Chapter 286 Slavery and Citizenship, the Prototype of the State

After killing the crocodile, Wu Mu, under Zhou Tieyi's instructions, quickly encircled and attacked the remaining Zhu Polong tribe warriors who had entered the forest.

Without the crocodile's divine power, the warriors, who had already been poisoned by the miasma, were now extremely weak. After just one hour, the battle in the entire forest was over.

In order to avoid any complications, Zhou Tieyi personally watched over the 800+ surviving captives, and used the power of [Mirage] to make them completely enter a dream, and then asked Wu Mu, Shan Xiong, and Shui Mang to lead the tribal warriors to attack the Zhu Long Po tribe overnight.

The Zhupolong tribe, which originally had only more than 3,000 people, lost more than a thousand of its most elite warriors. Its own gods and witches were killed, leaving more than a thousand children, women and children. How could the one or two hundred male warriors stationed there, who had gradually lost the power of the gods, resist the attack?

When the morning light rose again, Zhou Tieyi's bonfire had already been lit in the Zhupolong tribe.

In the forest, Zhou Tieyi felt the extension of his own authority. With a thought, he found himself in the Zhulongpo tribe the next moment.

The warriors led by Wu Mu half-knelt on the ground devoutly. After a whole night of fighting, they not only did not look tired, but became more excited.

Behind them, there were more than a hundred corpses piled up. The stubborn elements in the Zhupolong tribe had all been eliminated. On this point, Wu Mu and Zhou Tieyi showed no mercy at all.

Behind the hill of corpses, all the women, slaves and children in the Zhupolong tribe were crawling on the ground. When they saw the sacred light blooming from the campfire, their bodies began to tremble violently.

In the barbaric world, it is normal for the victor to sacrifice an entire tribe of survivors to please his own gods. The people of the Zhupolong tribe understand this better than the people of the Yanhuang tribe. That is why there are so many people who resist to the end, and the best outcome for them is to become slaves.

Zhou Tieyi looked at the survivors of the Zhupolong tribe who surrendered in front of him. Most of them were women of childbearing age. As males of the human species are naturally more powerful, when choosing followers, most gods would make males warriors.

Therefore, the living conditions of women in the Zhulongpo tribe are not good.

There is only one simplest and most effective way to get these women to convert to the Yanhuang tribe.

Give birth.

At the same time, they allowed their children to have the rights of ordinary people in the Yanhuang tribe, and taught their children from birth that they were members of the Yanhuang tribe, not the Zhupo Long tribe.

Because the people of the Yanhuang tribe were the masters, and the people of the Zhupolong tribe were the slaves.

In this way, their children will be ashamed to talk about their maternal ancestry and will instead elevate their paternal ancestry.

This is the piety of the convert.

At the same time, for these women, as long as they give birth to enough children belonging to the Yanhuang tribe and can be supported, they will be happy even if their power is restricted and they become tools of production.

After one or two generations of assimilation, the entire Zhupolong tribe will be completely integrated into the Yanhuang tribe.

Eventually, the tribal system completely transitioned to the patriarchal clan system.

The patriarchal clan system is also the real beginning of slavery and the process of evolution from tribe to country. Only by completing the transformation of the patriarchal clan, the Yanhuang tribe can always maintain its main identity in the future mutual annexation of tribes, and will not fall into new chaos in the process of annexation.

Of course, there are still many problems that need to be solved in this process, such as the conflict between the pure-blooded Yanhuang people and the mixed-blooded Yanhuang people in this generation.

Therefore, in the early transition stage, Zhou Tieyi was also preparing to implement the Athenian citizenship system.

Under this god, he implemented the civil rights of "equality for all".

But if you want to obtain citizenship, you really need to base it on your own ability.

The assessment criteria are based on the practice of martial arts and Tianyi Treasure Scroll as the first requirement, and military exploits as the second requirement.

This relatively fair competition will bring temporary satisfaction to both the pure-blooded Yanhuang tribe and the mixed-blooded Yanhuang tribe.

During this process, the god himself can continue to make bold moves, and through the priesthood he has [bred], allow mixed-race marriages to dominate the tribe. In this way, after two or three generations, all the people will be mixed-race people of the Yanhuang tribe, and there will be no pure-blooded people of the Yanhuang tribe. Eventually, a true tribal integration will be formed, with the culture, martial arts, and Tianyi Baolu practice of the Yanhuang tribe as the basis of cognition, forming a unified national foundation, and shifting from a citizenry system to a slave monarchy.

"Lift your heads, and I will allow you to gaze upon my glory."

Zhou Tieyi's voice was gentle and compassionate.

The women who were crawling behind the Yanhuang tribe warriors relaxed a little bit under the comfort of this voice. Under the influence of the power of [Mirage], their spirits were affected to a certain extent and they raised their heads slightly.

When they truly saw Zhou Tieyi's full appearance, the vigilance and hostility in the hearts of the women of all the tribes receded like the tide.

Heart of beauty in everyone.

This is the most primitive desire.

During the grand ceremony of the Zhupolong tribe, they also saw their own god, which was a ferocious monster. However, the image of the crocodile was ferocious, but it definitely did not make people feel close to it.

But the new god in front of him is different.

He sat upright on the flames, with magnificent, majestic, and mysterious colorful light blooming all around him. He was dressed in indescribable clothes with twelve kinds of patterns painted on them. Behind him, a bright moon hung high in the sky, causing clouds to surge. Even compared with the morning sun in the sky, it was no less beautiful.

And because Zhou Tieyi's face is constantly changing, the women in the tribe can find the aesthetic type that best suits them.

"Women, I am the god of the Yanhuang tribe, and also the god of your future offspring. I promise you that when you marry the warriors of my tribe, the children you give birth to will also be my relatives and members of the Yanhuang tribe."

After hearing the conditions offered by Zhou Tieyi, the vigilance of most of the women present continued to subside.

Not only did this new god not require them to offer blood sacrifices, he also promised that their future children would also be his believers. This was the greatest mercy.

Zhou Tieyi continued, "And when you give birth to a third member of the Yanhuang tribe, and when one of your offspring becomes a citizen of the Yanhuang tribe, then you will also be freed from your status as slaves and become members of the Yanhuang tribe."

After Zhou Tieyi said this, the women of the Zhupolong tribe, whose hearts were already under the power of lust, became even more agitated under the promise of this power.

Zhou Tieyi's expression also changed in time between the two hundred warriors of the Yanhuang tribe in front of him.

"I'm like a god-version dating site."

Zhou Tieyi seriously evaluated his current behavior in his heart.

Hearing Zhou Tieyi say that these women were about to obtain the identity of the Yanhuang tribe, as warriors of the Yanhuang tribe, the two hundred people in front of them were of course a little dissatisfied, especially the witch priest Wu Mu.

But Zhou Tieyi's next words directly dispelled their dissatisfaction.

"My warriors, go enjoy your women now. They will become your property and bring new strength to the Yanhuang tribe."

Because they are his believers, Zhou Tieyi's lustful power can have a greater impact on the warriors present.

After a war, lust is the most common means for humans to vent.

Under the instigation of their tribal gods, these warriors were completely dominated by lust. They stood up one by one at Zhou Tieyi's command and chose their own slaves.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and each warrior could choose five to six slaves.

What follows is the much-anticipated overnight battle.

During this process, Zhou Tieyi still focused his main attention on the wild world.

Of course, he didn't intend to be a voyeur, but he needed to ensure that the power of [pregnancy] was continuously exerted during this process so that all women could become pregnant quickly. This was the basis for stable tribal integration.

Of course, during these few days, he also began to digest the other powers of the Zhu Po Long tribe.

In addition to more than a thousand female slaves, more than 800 captured Zhu Polong warriors were held solitary in the primeval forest.

In this kind of human-creation activity, he certainly did not want to continue to stimulate his slaves and cause new variables.

Then first of all, you have to make your captives recognize the identity of slaves.

It's very simple. Let the remaining captives fight each other like gladiators. This will not only select the strong ones, but also destroy their unity. Of course, Zhou Tieyi also gave corresponding rewards.

For the warriors of the Zhu Po Long tribe, the first thing they faced was not their status as slaves, but the death of the gods. The power of the followers they obtained from the gods was rapidly fading, which made them weaker than ever before.

Zhou Tieyi promised that the winner would regain his blessing. As a result, a brutal fight within the tribe took place in the primeval forest during these five days.

The weak ones who believe in the Zhupolong tribe will be screened out again in this fight, and only those who are ruthless and will do anything to gain power will survive.

After five days of chaotic fighting, Zhou Tieyi looked at the remaining 300 people with satisfaction. Each of them survived by standing on the corpses of their companions, so naturally they had no qualifications to mention the faith of the Zhupolong tribe.

"I will grant you the power of martial arts."

In the campfire pond, Zhou Tieyi's voice was full of temptation.

"But you are still just war slaves of the Yanhuang tribe, not my followers..."

"Great God, how can we become your followers?"

Encouraged by Zhou Tieyi's gaze, one of the ambitious people asked the most realistic question.

Good question.

Zhou Tieyi said in his heart, and at the same time gave the answer, "Go and start a war against other tribes, and get more slaves. When your military exploits are sufficient, I will grant you a new identity, just like him."

With that, a ball of flame leaped out from the campfire and imprinted itself on the strongest of the three hundred men, a giant who was eight feet tall. His exposed skin was covered with a layer of blue-gray crocodile armor that had not yet completely faded.

There are two kinds of wounds on the crocodile armor, new and old. The first kind is the wound left by the previous battle for the Zhupo Dragon Tribe, and the second kind is the wound left by killing the Zhupo Dragon Tribe within the past five days.

The flames burning the flesh brought terrible pain, which was different from the grace bestowed upon the people of the Yanhuang tribe by Zhou Tieyi.

These people from the Zhupolong tribe still have the power of the crocodile god remaining in their bodies. The conflict between two completely different divine powers is simply not something that ordinary people can withstand.

Fortunately, Zhou Tieyi has now fully mastered the crocodile's divine duties. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the man. Under the effect of his divine power, the blue-gray crocodile armor on the man's body quickly disappeared, and was replaced by a layer of five-colored flames.

When the flames subsided, a totem of a dragon with horns was imprinted on its body, bringing new power.

Priesthood [Totem].

When he was in control of the Yanhuang tribe, Zhou Tieyi could produce a totem every month. The method of using this totem was similar to that of the Blood God. It was directly bestowed to allow the recipient to obtain a part of his own power.

And now, he has taken control of the Zhupolong tribe, even if it is just the initial control of this tribe. Zhou Tieyi's [Totem] priesthood has been completed after absorbing the crocodile's priesthood. Now he can condense three totems in a month, which can fully give these people without blood ties the same identity.

Of course, in the subsequent intermarriages, Zhou Tieyi would intentionally let these 'people of the Yanhuang tribe' who had only obtained the totem intermarry with women of the Yanhuang tribe who had real blood, so that their descendants would also become mixed-blood people of the Yanhuang tribe.

Zhou Tieyi looked at the strongest man who was given a totem. "From today on, I will give you a new name, Yan Xing. You will be the commander of my slave army and get more slaves for me!"

Completely abandoning his belief in the Zhupolong tribe and gaining new faith and power, Yan Xing was now the most fanatical convert, "Yes, the great and supreme God!"

More than ten days passed in a flash.

Another piece of good news also reached Zhou Tieyi, that is, the wheat planted three months ago has reached the harvest stage today!

Zhou Tieyi instantly had a premonition that this was a sign of his own breakthrough in the divine way, so he asked Wu Mu to prepare a new grand sacrifice.

In the former Zhupolong tribe and the new Yanhuang tribe, the bonfire pond became the center. On both sides of the bonfire pond, two altars were built, one of which was made of piled earth and the other was built with water.

Wu Mu was wearing a solemn painted feather robe, holding a tray in one hand and leading a giant beast in the other.

The tray is filled with wheat ears that were sown in spring and matured after three months of gestation. Under the influence of Zhou Tieyi's magical power, the grains of these newly planted wheat ears have gradually become fuller. After one or two more breeding and screening, they will become excellent grain crops.

The giant beast that Wu Mu was holding in his other hand was exactly the offspring of the crocodile god. However, under the influence of the soul-binding chain, the crocodile was in a trance and had no consciousness at all.

Wu Mu first placed the tray of wheat ears on the altar of the mound, and then pulled the crocodile into the mound. He took out the inherited bone blade and stabbed it hard into the crocodile's head. The inherited bone blade became extremely sharp under Zhou Tieyi's divine power. Red blood gushed out, dyeing the light blue water red.

Wu Mu sang sacrificial songs loudly, the warriors of the Yanhuang tribe beat the rhythm with new drums made of crocodile god leather armor, and the other thousands of slaves knelt on the ground.

"Great Lord Yanhuang, please accept our sacrifice."

Two strange forces were drawn from the mounds and swamps, transforming into an earth dragon and a water python, which coiled alternately, and finally formed a black and yellow throne in the flames.

The flames rose, and above the black and yellow colors, Zhou Tieyi's figure sat upright.

The response he received from this solemn sacrifice exceeded all the previous sacrifices combined.

Pictures after pictures appeared before Zhou Tieyi's eyes.

From the time when the tribe began to grow wheat under his leadership to when he defeated other tribes, he completed the transformation from clan public ownership to slave society.

The two forces of farming and war converged and merged with Zhou Tieyi's own [Totem] priesthood and the [Tribe] priesthood obtained from the crocodile god. Gradually, a new prototype of priesthood gathered on Zhou Tieyi.

[State] Prototype!
The most important affairs of a country lie in agriculture and military affairs.

Agriculture determines the ability to provide for others, and war determines the extent of the territory.

Even Zhou Tieyi had a premonition that he might be able to condense the priesthood of [State] faster than the priesthood of [War].

While he was thinking, different kinds of luck gathered together above the heads of Wu Mu and the others, forming a huge and colorful cloud of luck.

This huge auspicious cloud of luck is like the auspicious clouds of blood and energy gathered in a military formation, except that it is more complicated.

Because the auspicious clouds of blood and energy only involve the changes of the surrounding ancestral qi of heaven and earth.

And the auspicious clouds of fortune involve changes in the fate of those around them.

Zhou Tieyi looked at the auspicious clouds and felt something in his heart.

The earth has its own veins, water has its own veins, and people naturally have their own veins.

It's just that the manifestation of human veins is more difficult to grasp than the earth veins and water veins. He stretched out his hand, and a childish dragon roar was heard from the huge auspicious cloud of luck. A colorful, three-clawed little dragon flew out. As soon as the little dragon flew out, it pounced on Zhou Tieyi, who was sitting on the black and yellow, like a young swallow returning to its nest. Zhou Tieyi stroked the dragon's head, and the little dragon coiled obediently behind it, turning into a colorful screen.

Now the earth dragon, water dragon and human dragon have come together.

His eyes fell on Wu Mu, who was offering sacrifices in front of him, and he announced with unprecedented solemnity, "I accept your sacrifices and promise you the power of the country. When you occupy more territory, you will be able to establish a home here. This is your country. When you sow more seeds, you will be able to harvest more food. This is your root. Your descendants will surely thrive and prosper in this country I promised you for generations to come."

As soon as Zhou Tieyi finished speaking, a vast cry suddenly came from the sky above.

The sound was heart-shaking and could be heard thousands of miles away.

Even Zhou Tieyi couldn't help but slightly raise his head.

I saw a pure white phoenix flapping its wings and flying towards the sun in the azure sky. A pure white head feather fell from the phoenix and happened to fall into Zhou Tieyi's hand.

The white phoenix is ​​the swan.

The white feather was directly ignited and turned into a ball of bright and unobstructed flame, wrapping around Zhou Tieyi's golden body. Not only did the flame not harm the golden body, but it helped the golden body purify impurities.

After a moment, Zhou Tieyi's golden body was complete and unobstructed, the dragon form gathered, the phoenix fire was ignited, and he stepped into the seventh level of the divine way in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)