Chapter 467 Premonition of Flood (Two chapters in one, please vote and subscribe)

There was a country in ancient times, which was called Hua because of the beauty of its clothes, and Xia because of its great etiquette.

The Han tribe now has mainstream clothing, so it is natural to have etiquette, but how to promote this etiquette is still a problem. Of course, if you want to promote etiquette, you must first have a set of unified standards. After

sending away those trainee officials, they reloaded the caravan used to load fish with various farm tools and other tools, as well as a large amount of cloth, and returned to Liuyang County again.

From now on, they will take office in Liuyang County, and the first task they have to bear is to count the population like Hanyang County, and first figure out how many people they have, so that Luo Chong can make future plans.

However, it is foreseeable that the ratio of household registration to population in Liuyang County must be very small, that is to say, the proportion of adults in Liuyang County in the total population is relatively large. In Hanyang City, there are several children in one household. This is because the residents of Hanyang City joined early and have a stable life, so there are many children born in recent years, and the survival rate of young children is also higher than that of the previous tribal periods.

In addition, the hundreds of children rescued from the Fire Tribe at the beginning, all these situations combined, also led to the small number of households in Hanyang City, but a large population, and more children, and fewer adults.

But Liuyang County is different. The earliest of those tens of thousands of people joined the Han Tribe for only one year, and the shortest time was only about three months. They did not have the opportunity to have so many children, especially many newcomers who had just migrated.

No matter which era, it is not an easy thing to migrate with the whole clan, not to mention the primitive period now. On the long journey of migration, they have lost a large number of people, especially those young children who are not well fed, not warmly dressed, and have poor resistance.

Birds and beasts have the habit of raising elites. Those newly born cubs or chicks, starting from the competition for nursing rights and eating insects, are destined to have some weak ones abandoned. The same is true for humans at this time.

Once a child gets sick during migration, the tribe will abandon them without hesitation and will never waste scarce food on these sick children. Although it sounds a bit cruel, this is the law of survival and the only way for the race to continue. The law of the jungle is prevalent in any era, and no one is immune.

In other words, all the newcomers who are able to reach the Han tribe are strong men from various tribes. Those with weak bodies have already died in the mountains and wilderness. Perhaps a few lucky ones will survive by chance and then become the kind of savages that the Han tribe said, wandering between the mountains and surviving hard.

There is still a month before the next spring, and Luo Chong has arranged various development goals for the new year.

Expansion, continue to expand.

Well, this goal does not need to be planned at all, because this is just a process of Luo Chong's ultimate goal. If the Han tribe wants to become the Great Han Empire, it must expand continuously. When it is capable, it will expand its territory as much as possible. This is not only Luo Chong's goal, but also the goal of future generations.

The first development direction of the new year is to continue to build Fuma Pass and Ruyang County. When the new population of Liuyang County is counted before spring, Luo Chong will mobilize some people from there to Ruyang County and Fuma Pass to help build here together, so that this new county city can stand up earlier, and at the same time relieve the pressure of the population surge in Liuyang County.

On the other hand, after the two northern tribal alliances go south, Luo Chong will also disperse them into three parts and settle them in Fuma Pass, Hanyang City, and Ruyang County New City. Only by breaking up these old forces can they be integrated into the Han tribe faster, and at the same time reduce the probability of rebellion.

As a founding monarch, Luo Chong still has a very high status in the hearts of all the people. Coupled with the public opinion he guided, Luo Chong has now become a god-like figure in their hearts.

Thanks to such prestige, if someone else controlled the Han tribe, it would have been torn apart long ago, especially the clan leaders. Except for Luo Chong, they could not be controlled by others.

However, the current situation is relatively stable. In this extremely backward era, as long as Luo Chong can bring them a steady supply of food, they will still be very obedient. Food is the first necessity of the people. This is no joke. If everyone is starving to death, who will listen to your nonsense?

In addition to these construction projects, in order to understand the world more quickly, unlock new maps, occupy more resources, and expand the population, in addition to continuing to organize grassland trade next year, a new expedition caravan will be formed.

However, the route of this new caravan is not the old route, but a large ship heading south by water.

One is to start from Liuyang County and explore to the south, and the other is to start from Hanyang County and explore to the north, because according to Youye's reconnaissance report, the Rushui River in front of Hanyang County is a tributary of a large river. Entering another large river from the fork, you can go all the way north to find the cannibal settlement. At the same time, in addition to continuing to explore, the resources that have been explored on both sides of the river will also be occupied by the Han tribe.

Especially now that there are no coal mines, the raw materials for burning cheap glass cannot be gathered, so if you want to make more optical instruments, such as magnifying glasses, telescopes, etc., you can only start from the crystal mine. Although the value of crystal is much higher than glass, it is a bit wasteful to use it to make glass, but now there is no other way, so you have to make do with it.

After confirming these tasks, Luo Chong still has his own tasks to do, otherwise, continue to edit the book.

The book that the Han tribe has printed now is "Selected Poems and Lyrics". This book is very low-level and is used to teach people to learn characters. There are still too few things that can teach people the truth. Therefore, Luo Chong's new goal is to customize various rituals in "Han Li" in the same way as "Zhou Li" in the Four Books.

The content of this book first determines the class status of the Han tribe. Class is inevitable in any era. Since it cannot be eliminated, it is natural to pay attention to it. Instead of letting the class in the Han tribe evolve on its own, it is better for Luo Chong to personally formulate the rules of the game.

Luo Chong does not understand class status very well. After all, he was not a sociology researcher in his previous life. He only knows that in history, the Qin and Han dynasties practiced 20 ranks of nobility, that is, from the lowest civilians to the various princes, a total of 20 levels. Since there is a ready-made one, Luo Chong simply uses it directly, but it still needs to be modified according to the actual situation of the Han tribe, and it cannot be copied mechanically.

With this level as a foundation, then we will get to the point. Weddings, funerals, sacrificial rituals of various levels, and what kind of etiquette to use when different classes meet, all of which need to be set by yourself, which makes Luo Chong feel stressed. After all, Luo Chong's skills are not here. In his previous life, he learned skills for decades, all of which were in mechanization and marching. He also has a superficial understanding of etiquette, which is a liberal arts student. Most of the etiquette he has learned comes from ancient costume film and television dramas.

In addition to "Han Li", another must-have is "Code", or it can also be called "Law", which is simply the law.

Law is a kind of rule besides "etiquette". Of course, it is impossible to revise the law in one go, because society is always changing, and a bill clause cannot be applied all the time. Therefore, the draft law should be changed at any time according to the future development. Although it is not so fickle, it should also set a time, such as every few years.

Of course, at the beginning, a basic charter should be taken out, such as the "three chapters of the law" in the allusion, that is, the murderer shall pay with his life, the wounder shall be punished, and the thief shall be punished.

In addition, there are basic clauses such as robbery and rape, and then these types can be refined, that is, the punishment clauses in various situations.

However, there is one most special thing, in the various laws set by Luo Chong, there is no imprisonment in the punishment of criminals, only labor reform.

Kidding, it is not so cheap to want to be supported by the government for free food and drink after committing a crime. It just so happens that the Han tribe is still in the initial construction stage, and there are construction sites, all kinds of hard work waiting for those criminals.

These two books must be written within the new year. No matter how bad it is, the entire basic framework must be built, and then things can be slowly filled in.

In addition, after the new year, the school will also start operating. Every household in Hanyang City must send children over the age of six to school. Because this world has fourteen months a year, six years old here is equivalent to seven years old in the previous life. This is the most appropriate time to send them to school.

In this way, half of the first batch of more than 300 students taught by Luo Chong himself have been used up. There are more than 70 classrooms in Hanyang City. If each teacher teaches two classes, and counts the two subjects of Chinese and mathematics, nearly 80 teachers are needed, plus the fifty or sixty people assigned to each county government, which means 150 people are used up.

Of the remaining half, 100 people will be transferred back to Liuyang County to serve as teachers. Luo Chong decided to divide the remaining 50 people into two parts and assign them to the two water exploration caravans next year. These people may not have much ability, but they can still do simple reading and writing. With them joining the expedition team, they will definitely be able to better develop the resources along the route. Let alone other things, just letting them record information along the way can make Luo Chong know the outside world in more detail.

Luo Chong sat in his home. Xiaodie heated the kang, and he lay on the small table on the kang and wrote down the various plans for next year one by one.

However, things are impermanent, and the sky is not always what people want. Luo Chong's plan is good, but God does not give him face. In the month before the New Year, a sudden change disrupted all of Luo Chong's plans.

As the New Year is approaching, the temperature gradually rises, and it has reached above zero degrees at noon every day. Therefore, the ice on the Rushui River and the Liuyang River began to melt, and the water level of the river was gradually rising.

This is a normal phenomenon. Most inland freshwater rivers begin to reduce water volume and water levels in late autumn. When winter turns to spring and the ice and snow melt again, the water volume gradually increases and the river water level will rise again.

However, what is abnormal is that Dali discovered that the water level rise is a bit abnormal. Compared with previous years, the water level rises too fast.

Dali reported this special situation directly to Luo Chong and expressed his concerns.

"Leader, I found a bad situation. The river water level rose faster this year than in previous years. It has risen higher and higher in the past few days. I am afraid that if it continues like this, the river water will rise directly to the shore in the spring of next month and flood our farmland and cities." "

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Luo Chong was stunned at the time and didn't think of what to say for a while. He had been here for more than three years, and he really didn't expect that there would be a flood here. You know, this is a mountainous area. It stands to reason that there is still some altitude. Besides, this is not a basin or a large plain. How could there be a flood?

"Are you sure? Is it really rising faster than before?" Luo Chong asked in disbelief.

"Really? If you don't believe me, you can go and see. The water level in previous years was not as high as it is now." Dali said affirmatively.

Hearing this, Luo Chong frowned immediately. This special brew is too bad. If there is a flood, they can only migrate immediately. But this city that has been built for three years can be said to contain all of Luo Chong's assets. Can they just give up?

Luo Chong is not pessimistic. Floods can come at any time. What else can we do in such a tense situation? Build a flood control dam? You are kidding.

At the current speed of rising water, who knows when it will suddenly burst. Build a dam along the river? Hanyang City has only more than a thousand adults who can be mobilized. Even if these more than a thousand people build dams day and night, how long can they build in half a month? Assuming that a two-kilometer-long dam can be built, it will be useless. The river is so long. If you block this section, won't the flood come from other places?

Therefore, Luo Chong could only confirm the cause of the flood and assess the severity of the disaster. He had to prepare for the worst, that is, to move all the people in the city.

Once the city had to move, Hanyang would face the most serious food crisis. Even if there was no major flood, but the river had just flooded the ground, what would the Han tribe do for the spring ploughing next year? If they did not continue to grow food, the food in the warehouse would be enough for the thousands of people to eat for several months.

Thinking of this, Luo Chong could no longer sit still. He picked up a bear fur coat from the bed and put it on. He turned around and ran out, giving orders to Dali as he walked.

"Call all our elders, Beast Fang, One Ear, Stone, Feather, and Big Mouth. Let's see if there is something wrong with the rising water level. These are the elders of our Han tribe, and they grew up by the river. Other newly joined tribes can't see it either. Okay, go quickly. Take them to the East Gate to find me later."

(End of this chapter)