"This time our clan suffered a catastrophe. Thanks to the blessings of our ancestors, the great elder turned the tide and allowed our clan to continue. Here we bow three times to the spirit of the great elder in heaven and observe three minutes of silence!" After saying this, Qin Ge knelt on the ground and faced the Qin family. Zhuang Fang kowtowed, and other clan members followed suit and knelt down one after another. Even the trembling clan elder also knelt down. After the kowtow, Qin Ge and everyone else knelt on the ground and observed silence for three minutes! Then get up.
Qin Ge continued: "I accepted the appointment of the great elder as the clan leader when I was in danger. Fortunately, I led the clan through the disaster. We must inherit the legacy of the great elder and revitalize our clan! Back then, my ancestor of the Qin clan moved north to herd horses for the Emperor of Zhou. Even the ancestors of Qin Feizi personally fed their horses and herded them, and then the Qin Dynasty came to dominate the world. We must inherit the will of our ancestors, do it ourselves, and have enough food and clothing. Let us use our own hands to create the glory of the Qin Dynasty! Build it with our hands Great Qin’s hegemony!”
"Great Qin! Great Qin!" Everyone shouted excitedly.
After the shouting ended, Jia asked: "Bo Xi! Then can we women also join in creating the hegemony of the Qin Dynasty!"
Qin Ge ignored the frowns of the clan elders and said with a smile: "In the past, the ancestors of the Qin clan fed the horses and the women and children cut the grass. When the Qin army soldiers went out to fight, the women made clothes. Therefore, the glory of the Qin Dynasty cannot be separated from the women. With your hands, who said women can hold up half the sky! You must inherit the glorious tradition of your ancestors and contribute to the revitalization of the Qin Dynasty!"
"Wow!" Mrs. Jia and all the women and children of the Qin family clapped.
When a clan elder saw that Qin Ge had moved out of his ancestors, he couldn't say anything else. He coughed and said, "The men of the Qin family can join the army and fight, but what can the women and children do!"
Qin Ge had already expected this and said: "What do you rely on to fight a war? I believe all the elders are familiar with military books. It does not rely solely on the bravery of the soldiers, but on resources. If the soldiers cannot eat food during the battle, there is no need to talk about fighting. , so the farmers are indispensable. If the soldiers do not wear weapons and equipment, how much combat power can they exert with their bare hands, so the blacksmiths are indispensable. If the contribution of farmers and blacksmiths is less than that of soldiers, how can they contribute? Noble or humble, it’s just a matter of different division of labor!”
"Bo Xi! You are the smartest and most promising person in our Qin family. Why do you say that my aunts will just follow you!" Mrs. Jia once again led the women and children to applaud.
Qin Ge chuckled and said: "Second Aunt is really a woman! Now that we are free to lead all kinds of industries, there are many places for you to contribute, eh! By the way, let the embroiderer tell you!" Qin Ge turned to behind him The embroiderer winked.
Wei Sanniang was stunned for a moment. She really never thought that Qin Ge would ask him to speak at such an important occasion as the Qin clan meeting.
Wei Sanniang quickly came back to her senses, collected her thoughts and said: "Young master just said that resources are the basis for all development. A cloth workshop is being built in the territory recently. Sisters who are ingenious and handy can work in the cloth workshop. The cloth workshop has established a complete reward and punishment system. If skilled sisters work in the cloth workshop and the work efficiency is high, the monthly salary they earn is no less than the salary of a copper-grade official! I feel that we women are not No matter how much power we expect to provide for the development of the territory, for daily fuel, rice, oil and salt, it is enough to help the family take care of their lives and make their lives rich and happy. Women will get a lot of wages when they work in the cloth mill, which is a good opportunity to make a fortune!" Wei Sanniang didn't make as big a point as Qin Ge, but talked about trivial matters in daily life, which aroused the enthusiasm of the woman. She asked one after another about the recruitment of workers in the cloth workshop.
Wei Sanniang smiled and said: "Young Master plans to start construction of the cloth workshop when the territory is promoted to a high-level village. It should be within half a month. There will be a recruitment notice by then. You will know after reading the notice. In addition, I heard that Qin Er My wife is a master-level pottery maker, and can make porcelain and pottery! Our territory has always planned to build a clay workshop, but there is no potter. If you, second madam, have this skill, you can reach a cooperation agreement with the territory. If Once the pottery workshop is built and the pottery and porcelain produced are of high quality, I will definitely open up sales for you. It is not impossible that the second lady will become the richest man in Free Village!"
Jia's eyes lit up and she said with a smile: "Xiu Niang! What's your name? Madam, I'm not sure, so let's call her Second Aunt! To be honest, our Jia family is a famous pottery making family in Yanzhou, but in my grandfather's generation Our family was in decline, and later we were bullied by the local clan. There was a bully in our area, the nephew of someone in the palace, who took a fancy to me and killed my parents. I ran away from home and met your second uncle. I originally thought that this craft of our Jia family would be cut off, embroiderer, you are really the savior of our Jia family! I have the ancestral pottery workshop production drawings, but there is no suitable soil quality in Qinjiazhuang, so it has been left empty. Now we can finally see the light of day again!”
Qin Ge's eyes lit up and he said: "Second Aunt! If the pottery workshop is built, our territorial economy will have another major economic pillar!"
Jia nodded and said: "However, making pottery and porcelain requires very high soil quality. Ziyou Village is located on the Tianjie Dimai. I heard from my father that the Tianjie Dimai is beautiful, and there must be high-quality clay nearby. I need to do some research to determine where the pottery field will be built!”
Qin Ge put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "This is simple! After Ji Wu and Ji Zong have finished the clan meeting, go to Lei Bao and bring out a hundred Dongyue soldiers to escort the second aunt to find clay!" Under Qin Ge's instruction, Wei Sanniang told the women and children of Ziyou Village how to make a fortune, which made all the women excited!
Qin Ge continued to discuss clan rules with his clan members.
The first one is to establish a clan management system. People in the clan must obey clan management, and the clan leader is the highest manager. At the same time, a group of elders and a group of elders under the clan are established. The elders of the clan are mainly composed of members of the clan. Elders over sixty years old are responsible for inspecting various affairs within the clan. The elders are elected by the clan to assist the clan leader in management. The clan elders are composed of twelve people, and the elders are composed of twenty-four people. As the leader, the elders have three major institutions: the property hall, the clan affairs hall, and the law enforcement hall. The personnel of the three halls are elected by the elders and appointed by the clan leader! The clan leader, the group of elders, and the group of elders are not allowed to hold any position in the three halls. The clan leader can be re-elected. The clan leader has the right to remove the elders of the group of elders, but it must be approved by two-thirds of the votes of the group of elders and the group of elders.
Article 2 Obligations within the clan. Everyone has the obligation to dedicate everything to the clan, and the clan has the right to support every clan member. All clan members who have jobs and salaries must pay 3% of their personal income to the clan every month as clan funds. The funds within the clan are mainly used to support clan members who have economic and living difficulties. When a disabled person, an orphan, or a child cannot live, they can apply to the clan for a minimum living allowance. Every year, the clan will allocate 20% of the financial balance to help poor families outside the clan, and the elders will decide how to use the rest. People in the clan must bear in mind the ancestral precepts and shall not commit adultery, gambling, killing, laziness, stealing and other things that are not tolerated by social ethics. Once found, they will be reviewed by the Civil Affairs Office and discussed by the Elders Council, and given a one-year probation period. If If you fail to change within the time limit, you will be expelled from the clan! Anyone who joins a clan must have more than half of the clan members and must be voted by the clan members before they can join the Qin clan.
Article 3 is supervision within the clan. The clan's property, civil affairs, and law enforcement matters must be announced to everyone in the clan first. If hundreds of people raise objections to the alliance, the matter can be terminated and will be verified by the elders before making a decision. If more than half of the clan members object, Government affairs are canceled immediately!
To amend the clan law, it must be approved by two out of the three clan chiefs, elders, and clan elders. To modify the clan law, a clan meeting must be convened and approved by two-thirds of the clan members. Change!
A set of the latest clan laws were all established under the auspices of Qin Ge. Qin Ge said to everyone in the Qin clan: "Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing. I hope you will not lead arrogance and domineering freely just because you are my clansman." , if I violate the laws of the territory, I will be unselfish. We are the largest clan in the free territory, so we must set an example, not only to show our abilities to the territory, but also to show our quality, so that everyone can People take us as a benchmark. I have said that there is no distinction between high and low. Those who want to join the military should join the military. Those who want to join politics can go to the Government Affairs Office to participate in the selection. Those who want to start their own business or farm, I support them all. In short, we must To become the vanguard of territory development, we must set a good example!" Everyone began to applaud.
At this time, Qin Fuhuo came over. He had been elected as the elder of the elders. He cupped his fists towards Qin Ge and said, "Boxi! I have thought a lot these days. Finally, I decided to work in the iron foundry. I found that relatively In terms of martial arts, I am even more pursuing to become a famous forger like Ou Yezi! And you said that there is no high or low profession, and besides, the cast iron of Zi&Ling is too backward, so it is my duty to forge soldiers for Zi&Ling!"
Qin Ge's eyes flashed with excitement and said: "Great! Uncle Huo, I want to thank you on behalf of the soldiers of the three armies!" Qin Fuhuo also seemed to be relieved and said with a smile on his face: "I'm going to find a few brats now. , I will report to the iron foundry tomorrow, I can’t wait now!”
Qin Ge nodded and said: "Uncle Huo! Soon I plan to seize the iron ore dozens of miles away from the territory. By then, the iron foundry must ensure that the iron ore can be smelted!" In the past, due to the poor technology of the iron foundry, even if the iron ore was captured, The iron ore mined in the mountains cannot be refined, and the military strength of the Free Territory is not strong. But now with Qin Fuhuo, Qin Ge's plan to attack the iron mines is on the agenda!
Qin Fuhuo said confidently: "Don't worry! Our Qin tribe has ancient books on the art of iron casting. I have also studied it. Refining refined iron will not be a problem!"
Qin Ge smiled with satisfaction and said: "One more thing is that we have a copper mine resource in Shixia Village. Due to the unusual difficulty in refining the copper mine, we have traded copper ore with the Cai family of Jiangxia in exchange for refined copper. This will not bring out the true value of the copper ore, and it is not a long-term solution. Uncle Huo must hurry up and study the method of refining copper ore!" Qin Fuhuo frowned and nodded, then fell into deep thought, and seemed to have begun to want to refine copper ore. Mine method.
"If Uncle Huo can figure out a way to refine copper, then our territory will really be rich in wealth!" Wei Sanniang came over.
Qin Ge looked up at the sky and murmured: "Tomorrow is the government affairs meeting in the Free Village. At the meeting, the directors of the fourth hall will be appointed. Tomorrow is the foundation laying meeting for the development of the Free Leader!"
