Chapter 137: Households, Families, and Surnames (Please vote and subscribe)

The next morning, Luo Chong gathered 60 adult men, including two people from the original Han tribe, Shouya and Shitou, all adult men from the Black Rat Tribe, and teenagers from the Tiger Tribe, Bear Tribe, Feishi Tribe, and Ya Tribe. He selected a few people from each tribe, plus Xue Tu and 30 teenagers from the Fire Tribe, and organized a total of 90 people.

He also selected 10 adult women from the Han Tribe who could shoot arrows to form a team of 100 people. They were about to go out to attack the Fire Tribe.

The reason for bringing ten women was, first, because they could also shoot arrows, and second, if all men were sent over, it might be difficult to bring back the women and children of the Fire Tribe. Those women might think that the Han Tribe was the same as the Fire Tribe and abuse them at that time.

But sending ten women over could greatly reduce the resistance of those women, let them communicate more, and let them know the good of the Han Tribe, so that it would be smoother to bring them back.

Several main responsible persons came to Luo Chong and listened to Luo Chong's specific tasks for them.

"Shu Da, you will lead the team this time, Shouya will be your deputy, and Xue Tu will lead the way for you. Listen to his advice. He is more familiar with the situation of the Fire Tribe than you are, but you will make the decision on the action. You are more familiar with our weapons and fighting methods, so you should give full play to our advantages.

This time I will give you ten horned deer. If there is an emergency, have someone ride the deer back to report. My requirement is to be fast and make a quick decision. We still have a lot of things to do, and we can't waste manpower outside.

Under the condition of ensuring the safety of the team, try to come back before this ring moon. Do you understand?" Luo Chong instructed them.

"I understand." Several people said in unison.

"Okay, let's go." Luo Chong nodded to them, and the team of 100 people set out.

Luo Chong was not worried about this battle. His side was powerful, well-equipped, and outnumbered the enemy. It can be said that he had all the advantages. As long as he was not particularly stupid, he would definitely win. Besides, Shu Da, Shouya, and Xue Tu were all stupid.

After they left, Luo Chong began to arrange things for other tribesmen. The gathering team should collect more rattan while ensuring food for the day. The Han tribe needs a large number of rattan baskets and dustpans to hold soil, mainly for digging rivers and building walls.

In addition, the teenagers of the Xue tribe were sent to dig pits and dig a fish pond by the river.

Now the weather is hot, even if the fishing team does not finish the catch of the day, there is no way to preserve the rest, so they simply dug a small pond, put water in it, and put the live fish that were not eaten that day into it, so as to store the live fish in this way.

If there is not enough food one day, you can catch fish from this small fish pond, which can be regarded as an emergency reserve.

In addition, two more brick kilns are built, or semi-underground green brick kilns, which are built next to the original kilns. Now dig the pits first.

The hunting team also took ropes and copper shovels to dig pits in the mountains to make traps. Their hunting area is not in the same area as the logging area, to prevent the tribesmen of their own tribe from being trapped when they go out to cut wood.

Da Zui was promoted by Luo Chong to be the head of the metallurgical team, responsible for all metal smelting and casting. The metallurgical team currently has 15 people, including eight women, who are mainly responsible for making molds with refractory clay.

The first task Luo Chong gave

him after the appointment was to make copper shovels, hoes, axes, saws, and other tools for cutting trees and digging soil. The head of the carpentry team is Mu Tong, and there are still 20 members, both men and women. Luo Chong's task for him is to first cooperate with Da Zui to make tools, and then start making a two-wheeled cart that can be pushed and pulled by people or pulled by animals. It doesn't matter how good it looks, as long as the manufacturing speed is fast enough.

This kind of human-powered cart will be the main means of transportation for carrying building materials in the future.

After Luo Chong made a circle of arrangements, Xiao Die also came to Luo Chong.

"Luo Chong, what about me? What do I do?" Xiao Die asked, grabbing Luo Chong's arm and shaking it.

"You, why don't you plant ramie and expand our ramie fields as soon as possible. I'll find a way for you if you need anything." Luo Chong thought for a moment and pointed to the small ramie field.

"But, but I want to weave cloth for you. Those ramie plants haven't grown up yet. When can I weave cloth for you?" Xiaodie muttered dissatisfiedly.

"This, I can't do anything about it. The Han tribe used sisal before, but it grows slowly and is not suitable for weaving.

We just started to plant ramie this year, so it will take time to accumulate. We will not collect the ramie this year. Once the ramie grows tender branches, we will plant cuttings once. We will try to increase the planting area of ​​ramie several times this year. When there is more ramie next year, we will weave cloth well. "Luo Chong could only comfort her.

"Well, I will plant ramie for you first, so that I can weave cloth for you in winter." Xiaodie could only nod, and then ran to the ramie field full of fighting spirit.

After coaxing Xiaodie away, Luo Chong called the elder and the rat witch, two old men, to tell them about the reform and household division.

"Chief, what is household division?" The two old men asked in unison.

"Household division means that every adult man, his woman, and children form a family. Both men and women must have surnames and names. One surname represents a tribe or a family.

Men and women with the same surname cannot form a family, which is what we said before, people in the same tribe cannot have children, otherwise they will give birth to fools.

But now the main population of our tribe comes from other tribes. They are not originally from the same tribe, so the children they have in the future will not be from the same family. They can find spouses in our own tribe, as long as they are not of the same surname. Even if they have the same surname, they can have children together after six generations.

Do you understand what I mean?" Luo Chong explained to them. Although the two old men have no real power, their prestige is still very high. If they can support it, the division of households will be easier.

"Well, the leader means to give each tribe a code name to distinguish them. The same code name means that the two people are from the same tribe, so the two people cannot have children. People with different code names mean that they are from two tribes, so they can have children.

Just like the Tree Tribe, the Black Rat Tribe, the Bald Tribe, and the Han Tribe, we all come from different tribes, so people from these tribes can have children, right? "The Rat Wizard said what he understood.

Luo Chong nodded immediately, indicating that what he said was right, but at this time the elder raised another question.

"Chief, I understand what you said about the code name called surname, but why do we have to separate households? Does everyone have to live separately? Wouldn't our tribe be broken up in this way?"

"It's not about living separately, just dividing into families, not driving everyone away.

Well, let's put it this way, looking at that piece of hut, that is our tribe, everyone lives together, works together, and lives together.

However, we can let each man have a separate hut, live in a hut with his own woman and children, so that one house represents a family, and the children they give birth to will not be mistaken, and the surnames will not be messed up, which can ensure that the blood of each surname is relatively pure.

This is what I mean by separating households, just living in separate houses, but everyone is still a member of the Han tribe, and still lives in the same place. Do you understand?" Luo Chong explained patiently.

"I understand, each adult man and his woman build a separate house to live in, so that everyone's children will not be confused, right? "The elder nodded in understanding.

"Yes, that's what I mean."

"What about their children when they grow up?" The Rat Wizard thought of another question.

"It's still the same. When boys grow up, they become independent and find a woman to start a family. When their parents get old, the children will be responsible for supporting them in their old age.

That is, when their parents can no longer work, their children will provide them with food and animal skins, which are the necessities of life, just like their parents raised them." Luo Chong continued to explain.

"Well, that's right. It's not easy to raise a child. When the parents can no longer work, the children they raised must support their parents. The chief said it well." The elder stroked his goatee and said in agreement.

"I understand, and I agree to do this, but what is this code called a surname and how do we do it?" The Rat Wizard also nodded in agreement, and then asked about the specific details.

(End of this chapter)