During the lunch break, a small and thin soldier asked to see Yuan Zhan, and whispered something to him.
After hearing this, Yuan Zhan smiled coldly, patted the soldier on the back, and whispered something to him.
The skinny warrior left, and Yan Mo, who was asking the witch for advice on the imprinting method of slave imprinting, didn't notice this. There were many warriors who came to report various things to Yuan Zhan during the day, from the leader to ordinary warriors, today it was considered very few.
In the afternoon, the mate selection meeting continued, but Yan Mo was no longer in the mood to watch. He took the slate and Yuan Zhan to discuss the various laws and regulations of the tribe. There were more people and more races, and many relevant regulations had to be changed accordingly. increase or decrease.
Reminded by Yuan Zhan, the essence of some rules does not need to be changed, but the method of implementation can be changed.
After he and Yuan Zhan have a general discussion, they will invite the leaders of the tribe to discuss together, and then formulate new laws and regulations.
Huang He finally rejected all the fighters who wanted to choose her. Afterwards, she begged the person in charge to send a message to Yuan Zhan, saying that she had important news to tell him.
The person in charge passed on the words responsibly, and Huang He held all kinds of expectations in his heart, but there was no reply from above.
Huang He was extremely anxious. She had just received the news that these women who refused to marry would be forced to do coolies like other male slaves. They would move out of the outer city and live in the wasteland outside the city. Tired of work, they can only live in dark, short and airless mud houses, and many people still live together.
Huang He asked her slave and the twelve girls to find a way to seduce the stewards. She thought that the stewards did not pass on her request to Yuan Zhan.
The next day, the person in charge was replaced by a stout woman, and her attitude towards them changed a lot.
Huang He didn't know that her every move and words were being secretly monitored and passed to Yuan Zhan's ears. She complained that her identity did not attract attention, but it was not the case, because of her and those twelve girls' special identities, how could Yuan Zhan not pay attention to them? It's just that it's not the same as what Huang He wants to pay attention to.
After Yuan Zhan knew Huang He's plan, he decided to do nothing and just left her alone. This girl is still useful to him, as long as the other party doesn't do something that damages Jiuyuan's interests, he doesn't want to kill her yet.
Inner city meeting hall.
"This kind of coolie mark is the slave mark that is often said in the cities. It is similar to the battle spirit oath, a kind of soul power mark. However, it does not need to be sworn by the person who is marked, but is forcibly marked by a wizard or warrior with strong soul power. In the opponent's soul, the price is the opponent's own soul, so once the imprinted person violates the soul oath, it is himself who suffers, and it is himself who supports the operation of this energy, and there is no need for a third party to manipulate it."
Yan Mo explained to Yuan Zhan what the coolie mark was all about. In addition, for the convenience of the witch, he unified all the terms of spiritual power into soul power.
The curse witch stretched his waist and added: "Although this kind of soul power branding is easy to use, it has a big disadvantage, because I am not willing to swear with my own soul. Once the soul power of the person who is branded exceeds that of the person who is branded, then He can be free, and if someone with strong soul power helps him destroy the mark, he can also be free."
Yan Mo, "For this reason, only me, the witch, and you are the only ones in Jiuyuan who are strong enough to carry out this kind of soul power branding. This kind of soul power branding is not difficult. You don't need to understand the principle, as long as you Follow the imitation, practice a few more times and you should be able to master it.”
Yuan Zhan's experience in Yincheng made him think of this point. Now that he heard about the Witches' Association, and that he could learn it, he couldn't help but feel at ease. If there is another war in the future, he won't be afraid that he won't be able to manage those prisoners of war. But he still has a very important question: "Once the slave is free, will the person responsible for the soul power branding be harmed?"
The curse witch shook his head, then nodded again, "It depends on how deep the connection is. If the connection is not deep, or the removal method is softer, the person who branded will not be harmed, but will feel it."
Yuan Zhan, "Does the connection you mentioned refer to the private slave mark?"
Yan Mo replied: "Yes, the imprint that Zhimu imprinted on you was a private slave mark. If we forcibly removed that soul power mark at that time, he would be injured and would know it, so I kept it at that time, just to keep it from It will affect you. And I can do this because my soul power is not weaker than Zhimu, and even a little stronger than him. And the slave mark on the cat people we saw back then is the most common kind , it generally does not establish a connection with a certain person, even if this kind of soul power branding is broken, it will not cause any harm to the person who is branded."
Yuan Zhan reacted quickly, "So, the private slave mark is more powerful, and the ordinary slave mark is easier to get rid of?"
Curse witch interface: "It can be said this way. Because the private slave mark generally needs to leave a trace of soul power in the soul of the slave, while the ordinary slave mark does not need it. Generally, it can control fighters below level five, even if it is a blood warrior. As long as the soul power is below level three, ordinary soul power branding can be used. However, if it is a fighter above level six or a spirit power above level four, it is best to leave a trace of soul power in the opponent's soul power branding. In short, the soul power of the branded person must be at least two levels higher than that of the branded person, so that he can control the opponent for a long time."
Yuan Zhan didn't want Yan Mo to have any possibility of being hurt, he wanted the curse witch and him to be responsible for branding the soul power of those blood warriors above level six, but Yan Mo didn't agree.
The curse witch sneered twice at Yuan Zhan's obvious favoritism, but the opponent was his disciple, and he didn't bother to teach him a lesson.
Yuan Zhan had a thick skin and pretended he didn't understand the sarcastic laughter of the witch.
Yan Mo... was still groping for the principle of the slave mark in his mind. According to his understanding, this thing is like some kind of hypnosis with the help of props, and the important prop is that weird pattern.
The more Yan Mo looked at the pattern, the more familiar it became. It was like some kind of energy circulation circuit diagram he saw when he studied the bodies of Jiuyuan people and mermaids. Looking carefully, it seems to be similar to the energy circuit diagram drawn during bone refining.
Wiring diagrams, energy…
If we regard this energy as electricity and the circuit diagram as a circuit diagram, can the application of this energy be expanded to more aspects
Yan Mo didn't think deeply, now is not the time for him to do research.
With the control methods for prisoners of war and slaves, everyone began to discuss the specific disposal and arrangement of these prisoners of war and slaves. In this original battle, the leaders and main managers were also invited to participate in the discussion.
The treatment of prisoners of war and slaves is easy to say, but the length of time and content of the coolies are different.
In the end, everyone had some different opinions on how to punish the traitors and criminals of the tribe. Some people want to kill them, some people want to cut off their limbs in public, and then drive them out of Jiuyuan, some...
In short, one opinion is more cruel than the other.
Yuan Zhan looked at Yan Mo before opening his mouth to make a decision.
Yan Mo said casually: "Except for a few culprits, some people's crimes can't be punished by death. Instead of driving them out of Jiuyuan with their arms and legs broken, it is better to let them stay and work to pay off their debts. We are short of people in Jiuyuan to work." Well, this is called reform through labor. From now on, all criminals who do not deserve to die will be dealt with in this way.
Think about it, and add another sentence: "But before the labor reform, those who should be whipped and boarded will still be whipped, and they will be sentenced in public, and their sentences will be announced in public."
Yan Mo would say this, the idea is very simple, but it is difficult for him, and he does not want to make it easy for others. The guide would punish him at every turn, he couldn't die even if he wanted to, so why let those criminals go to see the mother goddess so easily? Or drive out of Jiuyuan and pull it down
Now that there is a slave mark, why not squeeze out the surplus labor force
When Yuan Zhan heard the first sentence, he was a little worried that Yan Mo would soften his heart and let the criminals go, but after hearing it, he was the first to vote in favor, "Just do as the priest said, what other people think? "
Others also felt that the method the priest said was very good, it could not only relieve hatred, but also deter them, and in the end the labor was not wasted.
The matter was decided in this way, and Jiuyuan also started a reform-through-labor career where all criminals who did not die were imprisoned at night and worked during the day. Because of the control of the soul power brand renamed the coolie mark, this fine tradition has been continued for a long time.
Afterwards, apart from a few traitors who were killed on the battlefield, other criminals who caused disturbances during the Jiuyuan crisis were escorted to the outer city square in front of more than 70% of the tribal people.
The air on this day was extremely dull, and the sky was also oppressive gray-black.
The people in the square changed their smiles from the couple selection meeting a few days ago, but so many people were so quiet that they were almost silent. people.
"Kill them!" Someone yelled the first sentence, and soon there was a thunderous roar in the square: "Kill them! Kill these traitors!"
The many prisoners kneeling under the execution platform were trembling with fright. They themselves knew that they must have no way out, and they were already prepared to die in their hearts. Shouting, they were still scared.
Some people wanted to die in the water dungeon, but the guards guarded them very strictly, and they would immediately rescue them if they found that they wanted to die. They even wanted to commit suicide.
The smell of these prisoners was not good, but now there is a strong smell of urine, and many of them were so frightened that they lost control. The members of the picket team who guarded them frowned, but no one moved rashly.
The leader, Yuan Zhan, the priest, Yan Mo, and the ten elected leaders constituted the members of the adjudication team, sitting together on the adjudication platform.
Any other leaders and managers can only stay in the audience, including witches with high status.
Wu Chen is in charge of recording.
Jiu Feng stood on the tallest pillar and looked coldly at the people in the audience.
The picket team under the jurisdiction of the ice is responsible for escorting criminals, punishing and managing them.
Bing waved his hand, and the first criminal was taken to the scaffold.
Immediately, Bing also stepped onto the execution platform, and had someone grab the prisoner's hair, revealing his face, and stated in a clear voice: "Hyena, male, third-level fighter, betray the traps that our tribe set up on the grassland to the enemy. Because The Morgan and Huangjing tribes who attacked us promised him that after they conquered and occupied Jiuyuan, in addition to everything he originally owned, they would also let him randomly choose 50 female slaves from among the slaves in Jiuyuan, and let him be three slaves. When the enemy attacked the tribe, he deliberately set fire to disturb the interior. Hyena, is what I said above correct? Do you have any excuses?"
The hyena lowered his head. The three-month life in the water prison made him sluggish, and his legs were so rotten that he couldn't walk normally.
"Speak!" Bing lashed the hyena with a whip.
The hyena shuddered and said vaguely, "Just kill me."
Yuan Zhan on the verdict sneered, "What! The hyena once violated the tribal rules and insulted the tribal women, and was punished by the priest and me. Not only did he not repent afterwards, but he also held a grudge against the tribe. Now he betrayed the tribe, causing my tribe's son to almost die. There are so many, such a crime, death a hundred times is not enough! Now, in the name of the leader, I sentence this person to be skinned and exposed to the sun! Does anyone disagree?"
The hyena screamed, raised its head in fear and shouted: "No! Kill me! Kill me directly! My lord priest, my lord priest, please, just kill me!"
He has seen people who have been skinned and exposed to the sun, those people will not die immediately, they will be in pain for a whole day, the pain is terrible just by listening to their screams, some strong people can even last two or three days Geniuses die.
Everyone looked at their most soft-hearted priest.
Yan Mo slowly raised a hand in the eyes of everyone, "Agreed."
One of the members of the adjudicating team also immediately raised his right hand, "Agreed."
Kusamachi also raised his right hand, "Agreed."
Shen Gu, Hao, Mu Changming and others also raised their hands in agreement.
Among the twelve members of the adjudication panel, none of them voted against it.
The hyena shouted and was about to rush down the stage. He didn't want to escape, he wanted to die.
But the members of the picket team who suppressed him were all tall and strong men with extremely strong hands, and they forced him to kneel on the ground.
Yuan Zhan raised his hand and said, "Execution!"
Bing did not hesitate to get the hyena arrested, and he actually wanted to carry out the skinning punishment himself.
Half an hour later, accompanied by inhuman screams, the hyena turned into a blood-red mass of flesh.
There are many children in the square, but the adults did not cover their eyes. Although it is cruel, this is also a process of growth for them. The current Jiuyuan people still don’t think of caring about children’s psychology. To become a brave warrior, you have to see more blood since you were a child.
Ice wiped away the blood splashed on his face, and said in an impersonal voice: "Bring the next one."
The skinned hyena was carried off the scaffold and tied to a post specially placed in the square.
The hyena didn't die immediately, he kept screaming.
The second person who was put on the execution platform was completely frightened and stupid, with tears and snot running down his face, and he was dragged to the execution platform by members of the picket team.
Bing reported the name and crime of the second person, "Fat dog... In addition to the crime of betrayal, when Jiuyuan was attacked, he secretly captured two young children and wanted to cook them alive. Picket members spotted, arrested."
Yuan Zhan gave a verdict with extreme disgust: "Since you like cooking human children so much, then cook him and feed him to eat. Cook his legs first, then cook his arms. Be sure to let him taste it." Taste your own meat, stuff it if you can't eat it, and finally boil his head!"
Yan Mo felt that Yuan Zhan's punishment was getting heavier and heavier, and he really wanted to veto it, but he knew that in addition to appease everyone's hatred for these traitors, the more important thing to do today was to kill chickens for monkeys, in order to let the tribe Old and new people memorize the laws and regulations of the tribe as quickly as possible.
Worried about whether he would be punished by the guide, Yan Mo raised his right hand again.
This time, all twelve people still passed the sentence.
This time there was an extra pile of fire and a large stone pot in the square.
Then Mu Da of the Awu tribe cooperated with the enemy to set fire in the city, and used violence against his daughter Xiaoshu in the chaos. Xiaoshu resisted, and he even threatened her by throwing Xiaoshu to death. Xiaoshu was rescued, but Xiaoshu's body was broken in many places, and Xiaoshu was also insulted.
Yuan Zhan directly had him castrated, and then sentenced to death.
When the only female, Heixiang, was brought onto the stage, she was so scared that she frightened herself to death.
Excluding the four chief criminals, all the spies sent by the Duofei tribe were beheaded as long as they were still alive, and the other thirty or so participants were all sentenced to coolies for crimes other than the murderer. The time ranged from five to fifty years. wait.
The murderers were all killed on the spot, and no one objected.
As for the criminals sentenced to be coolies, Yuan Zhan also punished them according to the content of their crimes.
For stealing, all of them will be whipped twenty times, one finger will be cut off, and they will have to serve as coolies for more than five years.
Robbery, all of them will be whipped thirty times, two fingers will be cut off, and they will serve as coolies for more than ten years.
Hurt people, whip thirty times, cut off three fingers, and serve as coolies for more than ten years.
Rape, whipping for thirty years, castration, and hard labor for more than ten years.
Set fire, 30 whippings, walk 20 meters barefoot with burning coals, and serve as coolies for more than 15 years.
Considering the life problems of these people after they came out, Yan Mo suggested that the punishment of cutting off fingers be removed, which also prevents these people from being viewed with colored glasses in the future.
But Yuan Zhan felt that this was not enough punishment, so he changed his severed finger to walking on charcoal with bare feet. The walking distance varies according to the crime committed. , in short, it is to be severely punished.
Everyone else agreed with this, and the witch said that such a punishment was considered light, so Yan Mo could not support himself and had no choice but to agree silently.
As a result, the content of today's judgment became the standard for future punishment. After that, Jiuyuan implemented a rather cruel criminal law against criminals for a long time. But the benefits are also obvious. Apart from impulsiveness, there are very few people who dare to commit crimes, especially rapists. If they are caught, they will be castrated, and there is no chance of growing back.
And the guideline punishment that Yan Mo was most worried about did not appear, maybe because the punishment was for criminals, or the punishment mentioned by Yuan Zhan was within the reasonable range in this world
After solving the problem of the criminals, the next step is to resettle the large number of prisoners of war and the slaves who were compensated by the two tribes.
Prisoners of war were separated from slaves, men and women.
The coolie period of prisoners of war is all more than fifteen years, while that of slaves is only ten years.
"You can't treat them equally. They must be treated separately. Criminals and prisoners of war live in the worst environment, followed by sent slaves. Then subdivide these people, and change them to better places if they do well and have merit. , food, clothing, and tools are all like this. If you do better, you can get paid, and even shorten the coolie years."
Yan Mo solemnly explained, "These don't need to be hidden, they all clearly let them see the difference. People will stick together under the same difficult environment, but if there is a distinction between high school and low school, people's jealousy and wanting to live better Desire will make them mess up inside themselves. As long as they don't huddle together, it's not terrible, understand?"
Yuan Zhan smiled, "Understood, it is to divide them, right?"
"More than that, what we do can also make them see hope and have a sense of belonging to Jiuyuan. After a long time, let alone prisoners of war, those slaves will lean towards Jiuyuan in all likelihood. After all, what we need is Help, not more enemies."
Yuan Zhan drew inferences from one instance and instructed Binghe to answer, "Did you hear that? Don't be too nice to those slaves and prisoners of war at the beginning, it's better to be as bad as possible. When they behave better, bring them up and give them some benefits." Let those coolies know that only by working hard and heart to Jiuyuan can they live a better life."
Bing didn't say a word, he was only in charge of law and order, he wasn't really in charge of those coolies.
Da Da nodded and showed a strange smile, as if he had already found a way to torment those coolies.
Yan Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this time he really had a headache about the candidates to manage the coolies. He and Yuan Zhan had considered many people, but in the end he didn't expect that Da Da would recommend himself, saying that he wanted to use these people for training.
Yuan Zhan, Yan Mo and Da Da had an in-depth talk, and no fourth person knew what they talked about, but afterwards Yuan Zhan agreed to let Da Da manage the nearly 4,000 coolies.
Yan Mo didn't object to this either, he was thinking about how to improve Da Da's soul power, and at the same time, taught him some experience from his previous life.
"In addition to dividing them, the laws and regulations of Jiuyuan need to be implemented in them. If there is any problem, it should be reported to the relevant person in charge. The most important thing is, don't treat them as slaves, and don't treat them Any insults and bullying behaviors such as whipping and insulting, if someone does not do well or is lazy, they will be dealt with according to the tribal rules, and the treatment method is the same as that of each regiment, which needs to be explained to them from the beginning.”
Da Da looks reckless, but in fact he is extremely careful, he memorized everything Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo said. He has a very bold idea, other people can have a team, why can't he
Many of these prisoners of war and slaves are young and strong with good combat effectiveness. If they are trained well, they will be the best war slaves. But if they want to get rid of the status of coolies, what credit can be made faster and more obvious than military exploits
Of course, he will also ask the coolies to do what the leader and the priest want them to do, but he expects that many of them will not want to be coolies all the time, so he only needs to stimulate them a little, and take joining the team as an important task. As a reward, maybe these people will take the initiative to jump out and say that they want to be war slaves.
Yan Mo was not as optimistic as Da Answer and Yuan Zhan. He knew how powerful the slaves would be in a group to resist. For this reason, after thinking twice, he found the third disciple, Kusaming and others, and told them something, asking them to take turns to brainwash the coolies.
So these few passages spread among the coolies.
"Master Priest said that we drink the same river, and we are considered as our own. Although he is not happy that Morgan, Huang Jing and Duofei joined forces to attack him, he is also unwilling to send us out to other tribes as slaves to be bullied. The ancestor gods don't like their loyal subjects to become slaves, so there are no slaves in Jiuyuan. You see, it is much better for us to be sent to Jiuyuan than to other tribes. At least we are just doing long-term labor here, not really selling ourselves Be a slave forever."
"I heard that Jiuyuan, regardless of gender, is only allowed to have one spouse. Those female slaves who were selected before have really become Jiuyuan people now. They eat, drink, use and wear the same clothes as Jiuyuan people. Their men It is also very good to them, and makes them well fed every day."
"What about the Dona tribe? That's warriors and bears put together!"
"The Dona people can fit together, and they can be considered as one person. Besides, you don't have to marry the Dona people."
"Morgan and Huang Jing have given up on us. We are not important to them at all, but the Jiuyuan people said that they have few people. As long as they have no bad intentions, they especially welcome people to join their tribe, such as that black water And the Dona tribe, they didn’t just join in. We are coolies, but as long as we work hard and perform well, maybe in a few years, we will be able to break away from the status of coolies and become real Jiuyuan people.”
"I think life is better now than in Morgan and Huang Jing. Coolies can also find women to live, and their children don't have to be coolies. They can go to school in the city and learn the precious knowledge that priests can only learn!"
"That's right, children under the age of twelve don't need to do coolies. How well do they live every day, and what class can they go to every day?"
People's hearts are changed little by little in these words and seeing is believing. Maybe the change is so small that nothing can be seen at first, but as time goes by, these words will become thoughts, and then go deep into the bottom of my heart...
This is a subtle brainwashing process.
Another month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the weather has become extremely hot.
On this day, Yan Mo kicked off someone's thigh that was pressing on him, lazily got up, dressed and washed.
Ding Fei heard the sound and hurriedly filled the water at the door.
Yan Mo wore the cool and moisturizing snake shedding clothes given to him by the snake people, and opened the wooden door casually.
"Boom!" The wooden basin Ding Fei was holding fell to the ground, his eyes were full of unbelievable surprises, "My lord... you you you..."