After announcing the selection criteria for underage slaves, Han Cheng had basically told everything he needed to say.
As the leader of the tribe, after the eldest brother said a few words, it was time for the witch to perform.
The witch had been thinking for many days about holding a formal meeting to worship the gods, telling them about the good things that had happened in the tribe, thanking them, and praying to them to continue blessing the tribe, so that they could get more good things and become more prosperous and powerful.
Now that the eldest brother and the others have returned and have held such a meeting today, it is only natural to put the meeting to worship the gods after this meeting.
Many things will change with changes in objective conditions, such as the tribe’s worship of gods.
At the beginning, it was carried out in the tribe’s caves.
Later, as houses were built in the tribe, people moved out of the caves and lived in the houses. The totem poles of the tribe were moved into the houses. When sacrifices were needed, they were carried from the houses to the caves.
Now, as the population of the tribe continues to increase, the caves in the tribe can no longer accommodate so many people, so even the place of sacrifice has changed.
Moreover, it was Wu who took the initiative to propose moving the place for worshiping the gods from the cave to the Qingque Square. He was a person who was generally reluctant to make too many changes when it came to matters involving the gods and worshiping them.
Han Cheng naturally agreed to such a thing very readily.
Although he is the son of God in the tribe and nominally the most powerful charlatan in the tribe, he is far from being as sincere as the witch when it comes to things like offering sacrifices to the gods.
The truth is that the tribe can be what it is today because of him and the people in the tribe who have worked hard bit by bit, and it really has nothing to do with the gods.
Of course, he did not oppose these things, nor did he say anything about overthrowing the gods.
This is not only because he is still the son of God and has a halo around him, but more importantly, the tribe is far from developing to the point where it needs to completely abandon its faith.
For today's tribes, the positive significance of this primitive sacrifice far outweighs the negative significance.
Moreover, the development of society and things is staged, and things that suit the actual situation of the tribe are the most practical.
Forcing something that is too advanced into a stage where it is not suitable will not only fail to achieve the desired effect, but will also cause harm to the tribe and affect its development.
Han Cheng did not object to this level of primitive belief and worship within the tribe.
More often than not, people watch from a bystander's perspective, just like watching temple fairs in later generations.
Amid the sounds of gongs and drums, the totem pole placed in the house where Han Cheng, Wu and others lived was carried out by the eldest brother and others, and then placed on the platform that had been tidied up.
Under the fluttering Green Bird flag, a more rough and primitive totem pole stood there. Han Cheng, the son of God, stood beside the totem as he did in the past, enjoying the same treatment as the totem pole.
In front of Han Cheng and the totem pole, there were several tables covered with red linen, on which were placed things used for worshiping the gods.
There are no such things as the three or five animals that were commonly used in ancient times.
Placed on it were the rice that Han Cheng brought back from Jinguan City, white kaolin clay, a bowl of cold water just drawn from the well, a piece of meteorite iron, and a white skull.
These things were obtained by the tribe this year. They represent the strength of the tribe and its continued improvement.
In Han Cheng's opinion, such sacrifices are far more meaningful than the three animals.
A pile of flames has been lit in front of the platform. This is also an indispensable tool when the witch formally offers sacrifices to the gods.
On the one hand, it is because people of this era generally have a fear of fire, believing that it is something sacred but also something that can bring harm to people.
On the other hand, without the blazing flame, people always feel that there is less sense of ritual.
Looking at the burning flames, the witch with a feather crown on his head and a bone staff in his hand was in a completely different state, with reverence, excitement, and piety.
However, Han Cheng, who was standing next to the totem pole on the platform, did not have the same excitement as the witch. Instead, he narrowed his eyes.
Of course it wasn’t because he couldn’t bear to watch it, but because the smoke blown by the wind got into his eyes.
In addition to the change in the venue for large-scale sacrifices, another major change is that this time, the people performing the sacrifices are not just witches.
As the next witch in the tribe who has been trained by the witch for several years and has reached adulthood, Shitou also took the stage this time.
He was dressed like the witch, with a feather crown on his head and a bone staff in his hand.
However, compared with the feather crown on the witch's head, the feathers on his crown appeared much sparser and far less bright than the feather crown on the witch's head. The bone staff in his hand was not as big as the bone staff in the witch's hand.
In fact, Shitou doesn't like to do such things.
This is not only because he feels that these things are extremely tedious and difficult to remember, but also far less interesting than other things.
The more important reason is that over the years, the gods have never paid any attention to me, let alone talked to me, and they haven't even given me any revelations.
Such things made Shitou very uncomfortable, and as a result, he lost some patience and due respect for the aloof God.
If Wu had not told him more than once with certainty that he himself had received revelations from the gods and had communicated with them, Shitou would have wanted to hug the totem pole in the tribe and ask the gods whether they were asleep.
Sometimes, I even want to slap the totem pole twice to wake up the sleeping god...
Shitou had practiced sacrifices many times under the guidance of the witch. After deciding to hold this sacrificial ceremony and let Shitou take part in the ceremony with him, the witch intensified his efforts on Shitou in the past few days. So even though this was the first time that Shitou had done such a thing in front of everyone, he was not too timid or panicked.
As the eldest brother struck the drum, a primitive, rough and simple sacrifice began.
The witch wearing a feather crown and holding a bone staff, and Shi Tou who were dressed in the same way, began to dance.
Shitou basically followed the witch throughout the whole process, doing whatever the witch did.
While dancing, the two of them were muttering something that probably only they could understand.
The two people did not just dance in the same place. Sometimes they would circle around the fire, and twice they went directly to the platform and circled around the totem pole and Han Cheng who was standing next to the totem pole.
After dancing for a while, under the guidance of the witch, the two people came down from the platform and circled around the people of the Qingque tribe who were standing in the square and looked very sacred and pious...
"God!"
After jumping and dancing for a while, Shitou felt so tired that he almost couldn't bear it. At that time, the witch who had been dancing finally stopped. He stood in the open space between the burning bonfire and the totem pole and shouted loudly to the totem pole. His voice was pious and he didn't sound tired at all.
The crowd, who had already been driven by this atmosphere, also shouted loudly along with the witch, and imitated the witch by putting their hands in front of them and saluting the totem pole.
"Son of God!"
The witch raised the bone staff in his hand, raised his arms and shouted with great piety and enthusiasm, then held the bone staff in his hand again, pressed his hand on his chest, and bent down deeply.
"Son of God!"
Shitou and the rest of the tribe raised their right hands like the witch and shouted in unison, full of reverence.
Junior Brother Sha and the other fifty people on guard raised their weapons high in the air, shouted loudly, and then bowed respectfully.
For a moment, the entire tribe was filled with rumbling sounds, and everyone leaned over, except for Han Cheng, who was standing on the totem pole.
I have to say, this feeling is really wonderful. Even Han Cheng, who doesn't have any big ambitions and just wants to develop the tribe quietly, couldn't help but feel his heart beating fast at this moment.
Fortunately, as a time traveler who had seen the world, Han Cheng quickly suppressed some other thoughts that arose from such scenes.
It’s not that he can really be free from all desires and thoughts, but the current situation of the tribe simply does not allow him to have such thoughts.
In the eleventh year of Qingque, after absorbing the Feng and Linfeng tribes, the total population of the tribe reached 1,169, and the total population of citizens was 807.
Among them, there were 123 male adult citizens and 225 female adult citizens, a total of 348 people.
There were 459 minors.
部落里的奴隶有三百六十二人，其中成年奴隶有一百八十二人，未成年奴隶有一百百十人。
今年因为黑石联军前来攻打铜山居住区，以及溪部落加入的缘故，人口得到了一个爆发式的增长。
单单是先后两次从黑石联军那里得到的人就有了四百五十多人，再加上溪部落的五十八人，一下子就达到了将五百二十人。
几乎是之前青雀部落总人口的二分之一。
再加上这半年多的时间里，部落里的新生婴孩儿，青雀部落的人数现在总共有一千七百三十二人。
到了年底，将部落里的一百名奴隶释放为部落里的公民之后，再加上能够在年底之前成年的十九人，部落里的成年公民能够达四百六十七人。
在针对未成年奴隶的选拔标准开始实施之后，也将会有一大批的未成年人奴隶，在短时间之内，成为部落里的公民。
韩成做了一个大致的估算，按照如今的这种趋势，到了今年年底，部落里的公民大约有一千一百五十人，奴隶有六百多人。
这样的人口，对于巫他们这些生活在这个时代、没有见过大部落的人来说，真的是已经非常的多了。
但从后世而来的韩成却知道，平原地带的一个村子，就跟部落里的人口差不多，甚至于比部落里的人口还要多。
在这样的情况下，一些心思就算是真的升起来了，他也不会将其实施。
因为这实在是太过于儿戏了。
如今的部落，最适合做的事情，还是慢慢的搞发展，壮大自己。
部落发展起来了，壮大起来了，人口多起来了，一些事情自然而言也就会出现。
就算是不会出现，韩成也只需要稍加引导就可以了。
今天的事情格外的多，一场祭祀天神的大会结束之后，图腾柱再次被送回到房间之内进行安放。
至于众人，并没有散去，因为还有一些事情没有做。
在部落里一些人的安排之下，以原溪部落首领为首的原溪部落的人，越众而出，来到青雀旗子下方的高台前，然后一一上台，让尊敬的神子亲自为他们带上刻有自己名字的、代表着部落公民身份的身份证。
身份证戴好之后，就请出陶制的青雀塑像，开始为这些人制作有着很高意义的青雀酒。
身份证与青雀酒对于新加入部落里的公民、或者是将要成为的部落公民的人而言，其意义和后世的领取结婚证与举行婚礼很是类似。
严格意义上来讲，拥有了身份证之后，这人就已经确确实实是部落里的公民了，但如果没有饮过青雀酒的话，总是让人觉得少了许多的东西。
就跟后世领取了结婚证，但是却还没有举办婚礼的人一样。
“喝了这碗青雀酒，从此就是青雀人！”
再将青雀酒的意义，当着所有人的面进行了重申，主要是给原溪部落的这些人讲述了以后，韩成端着酒碗对着全都端着青雀酒的溪部落众人说出了这最后的总结性的话。
然后率先举起酒碗，仰起脖子，一饮而尽。
其余在这次正式成为青雀部落公民的原溪部落的人，也都纷纷举起酒碗，郑重而又珍惜的将碗中的青雀酒喝下。
就算是怀里抱着的孩子，也用指头蘸了一些青雀酒，给他们湿了湿嘴唇。
这样的一幕，看的部落里的那些老奴隶们，以及一些明白了这一事情所代表意义的新奴隶们，一个个都是羡慕不已。
希望自己等人也能早些经历这样的事情，盼望着这样的一天能够早些到来。
一场用时半天多的大会结束之后，部落里众人的精气神与之前相比，明显有了一些不同，人们似乎变得更加有干劲了一些。
而大会上所公布的事情，也紧锣密鼓的开始进行了。
首先就是将部落奴隶之中，还不懂事的孩子，直接变成部落里的公民，其次进行了一场针对部落里大些奴隶的考试。
和之前韩成所设想的一样，这场进行选拨的考试，以读写为主。
同时也有填空题。
比如将青雀部落的盖世名篇《小蝌蚪找妈妈》给写在卷子上，然后在上面空出一些空，让部落里的孩子将之补充完整。
为了增加趣味性，韩成还在卷子上面画出来了狗子、羊、驴、猪、兔子等一些动物，下面括上括号，让这些孩子们在里面写上这些动物对应的名字。
当然，因为韩成没有将拼音教授给部落里的众人的缘故，进行默写的时候，是由充任第一任考官的韩成，拿着写了标准答案的纸张，对这些参与考试的孩子们慢慢的读写在上面的话，让他们进行听写。
除了这些之外，这些孩子们在完成了卷子之后，还需要从韩成手里拿着的几个竹筒里面，一人抽出三支写了字的竹签来读。
只要读的不是特别的差，韩成都会给他们过。
这一次，参加考试的未成年奴隶，基本上都是已经在部落里生活很长时间的‘老’奴隶，对于普通话以及汉字接触的时间很长，水平不低，特别是在说上面，许多人都非常的流利。
虽然在这第一次的考试之中，不少人都被他们的神子出的题目给难为的掉眼泪，但是还是有许多的人通过了这次的考核。
通过这次考核的人，一共有八十三人。几乎占据了‘老’未成年人奴隶的一半之多。
比韩成之前预想的人数都要多。
对于这些通过考核的未成年人们，韩成不仅仅当众宣布了他们从今天起就直接成为了部落里的公民，还当着所有未成年奴隶的面，一个人给他们发了三颗棒棒糖，并且还一人给发了一朵小红花，亲自给他们绑在衣服上。
通过考核的孩子们，嘴里叼着棒棒糖，一手还拿着一支帮帮糖，胸前还绑着一朵小红花，一个个都是把小胸膛挺的老高。
这样的光荣样子，不知道羡煞了多少未成年奴隶们。
不仅仅是他们，甚至于就连不少成年奴隶们，都对此羡慕不已，也想要神子在自己的胸前给绑上一朵小红花。
比如才来到青雀部落没多长时间的松针。
这样的一幕出现之后，很顺理成章的就在部落之中引发了一场学习普通话和学习汉字的风潮。
不少未成年人们，在晚上的时候，还拿着一根棍子，趴在沙盘前面，借着火光或者是皎洁的月光在练习。
青雀部落的盖世名篇《小蝌蚪找妈妈》也再一次的在部落中掀起一波热潮，一时间到处都能听到这些孩子们背诵这一名篇的声音。
在这样风潮的影响之下，部落里那些原本就是公民的未成年人们，也都纷纷加入了认真学习的行列之中。
至于那些通过考核、凭此改变了命运，并且还收获了很大荣誉的孩子们，大多都没有将这些事情放下，也在抽空进行认真的学习。
这样的一幕，看的韩成极为的满意。
他满意了，部落里的孩子们就要受苦了，因为看到了这种效果的无良神子很快就对部落里的这些孩子们宣布，等到下一次进行考试的时候，不仅仅会考汉字与普通话，而且还会考数学。
这样的一个消息颁布出来之后，这些明白数学是一个什么东西，有着多大难度孩子们，立刻就是哀嚎一片。
同时不少人都还在后悔，自己之前的时候怎么就没有好好的学习神文字，神语言呢？学好了这两样，一次性的通过上一次的考试，自己如今就也不用再遭受算术的折磨了。
但哀嚎归哀嚎，在成为部落里的公民以及棒棒糖、小红花这些东西的刺激下，这些孩子们，还是在成为了一名光荣的数学老师的圆的教导之下，认真的学习这这些恨不得让人拿脑袋往地上撞的数学。
看到部落里许多孩子们，在那里对着一个他们之前并不喜欢学习的算式进行苦思冥想的样子，韩成忍不住的笑笑。
果然，就跟后世想要哪个学科兴起，只需要将之列入高考之中一样，在摆脱奴隶身份、以及小红花、梆梆糖等物质奖励与精神奖励的刺激下，一直让部落里的大多数人觉得头疼，除了少数一些人喜欢学习，其余人基本上是能不学就不学的数学，也一下子就变成了热门。
原本，韩成的打算是将这些事情处理好之后，就立刻带着人一批人南下，前去建设第二分部落锦官城的。
但看到了这样的情况之后，又暂时的停留了下来。
他是想要初步编出一本语文书和一本数学书，用作部落的教学。
在此之前，教学事业部落里一直都有进行，并且也弄出来了《小蝌蚪找妈妈》、《猴子捞月亮》等这些课文，与学习汉字、普通话配套使用。
但是，却一直没有进行汇总，在教授的时候，显得比较随意。
至于数学，比普通话、汉字这些还要零散。
Before, there weren’t enough people in the tribe, and the academic atmosphere wasn’t so strong, so we could just make do with what we had.
But now it’s different, because after this incident, the academic atmosphere in the tribe has suddenly become much more intense.
Under such circumstances, if we do not integrate and carefully revise the textbooks and continue to follow what was roughly developed before, it would not only be irresponsible to the people in the tribe, but also to the entire tribe and its future.