From the moment they entered Jiaozhou, the Agricultural Reclamation Corps had a series of cases of acclimatization. After arriving in Jiaozhi, more than 20% of the Agricultural Reclamation Corps' soldiers were acclimatized. And the three hundred Confucian scholars from poor families were already weak. Even more so. Everyone was spared, but the symptoms were mild or severe. Severe vomiting and diarrhea, and they could not even walk. The entire team was stranded in Longbian and did not dare to continue southward.
Zhang Fei, who was still stationed in Longbian, did not dare to neglect. He immediately reported the situation here to Xiangyang by meteor horse. After receiving the urgent report from Jiaozhi, Liu Xin felt deeply self-blame. This situation should have been expected by him. Among them, it was just that he was eager for success and ignored factors such as climate and food.
The reason why the soldiers of the Third Army and the Seventh Army did not appear acclimatized is mainly because they are physically strong and often go to various environments for training. They have strong adaptability. The Agricultural Reclamation Army It had just been formed for a month, and the actual training time was less than twenty days. Coupled with the long journey, suddenly entering a new environment, the body was naturally unable to bear it. This is true for these soldiers who have been working in the fields all year round. Those who hold books every day Not to mention the Confucian scholars who wrote classics.
Liu Xin had no choice but to make up for it. He urgently transferred 30 doctors from the medical school and sent them to Jiaozhi. Together with the original military doctors from the Third and Seventh Army Corps stationed in Jiaozhou, more than ten medical teams were temporarily formed. After several efforts, they were finally put together. The situation of acclimatization was brought under control.[
After all this trouble, it was already early February by the time the Agricultural Reclamation Corps and the Confucian scholars had completely settled down. The troops stationed in Jiaozhou had also made adjustments. The Seventh Corps had all withdrawn to Xiangyang for rest and recuperation. The Third Corps, which was skilled in mountain and jungle warfare, respectively The three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan were stationed. The remaining counties such as Cangwu and Nanhai were handed over to the newly formed local army. The soldiers of the Agricultural Reclamation Corps were busy reclaiming wasteland. Confucian scholars were also in the third army and counties. The school was set up with the help of the county local army.
In order to ensure that the local enrollment can go smoothly, Liu Xin spent a lot of money this time. Not only are all the children studying in the school free of charge, but they also have room and board included. They can also receive a living allowance of five coins per month.
In Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Rinan and other places, whether they are Han or other ethnic groups, children aged seven, eight, or even four or five have to help adults with any work they can. In this case, I want them to take the initiative It is almost impossible to send a child to school. Extraordinary measures are used in emergency situations. Liu Xin only had one episode of bleeding.
The announcement of enrollment was made by county and county officials, who organized yamen and security chiefs to beat gongs and drums, and went from village to village to announce the announcement. People of Han nationality and other nationalities did not believe at first that there was such a pie-in-the-sky thing. Later, something good happened. The author tried to register his child. More and faster chapters are available. In the end, he actually received five pieces of silver. Although five pieces of silver is not much, for a poor family, it can almost meet the expenses for more than half a year.
The news spread quickly. Soon, there was a long queue of people taking their children to school. Schools in all counties and counties were overcrowded. As a last resort, the local government had to change the admission age again and again. It turned out that Anyone under twelve years old can enroll. Later it was changed to under ten years old. Finally, it was limited to six to eight years old. The course law for those who had already registered was changed. Those who reported late were very upset. Even so, every student in the school was already in the thousands. There are more than 100 people.
The local people don't care how much real knowledge their children can learn in school. What they care about is that there is one less mouth to eat in the family and one more pair of hands to make money. However, the people are still happy with this policy of the Han Dynasty. Seeing the success, many people spontaneously came to help the school build school buildings. Anyway, there is plenty of space and there are many trees in the forest. With the help of the local garrison, it only took about ten days to build neat rows of brand-new school buildings. They stood up in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and the subordinate counties of Rinan.
The Guang Xuetang in the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Nichinan also received an unexpected effect. All the people who had children studying in the schools, no matter how tough and brave they were in the past, suddenly became more honest. Because There are regulations in the school. No matter which student, as long as someone in his family breaks the law, he will immediately lose the qualification to study. Update immediately. Losing the qualification to study means losing the free room and board, and also losing every opportunity. A monthly subsidy of five cents. With this, who dares to disobey the law? In the past, there were some brave and aggressive people, but now they are worried about stepping on ants when they walk.
What is even more exaggerated is that the rebellious Cham people in Rinan County had already fled into the mountains under the strong suppression of the Third Army. Later, they heard about the school being held in the county and actually sent representatives to the Han army. Surrender. The only condition is that their children can also enter the school to study.
In fact, the population of Rinan County is the smallest. The six counties in the county together do not exceed 70,000 people. Among them, the Cham people are close to 40,000. Please come to more and faster chapters. After the Cham people fled into the mountains, Rinan County There are also the most vacancies in the schools. After some well-informed ordinary people in Jiaozhi and Jiuzhenzhi counties learned the news, they began to move to Nichinan County. Anyway, everyone knew in their hearts that life would be hard wherever they lived. When they arrived in Ninan, there were more children. There is hope of entering a Han school, but the five qian silver per month is real. In this way, it not only increases the population of Rinan County, but also weakens the local population advantage of the Cham people.
Now, all the officials in the counties and counties in Jiaozhou are selected by Xiangyang. Only in Rinan, the rebellion of the Cham tribe has not been completely subdued. The governor is temporarily appointed by Yan Yan. I learned that several elders of the Cham tribe came to ask for surrender. Yan Yan slapped the table and said loudly: "Please surrender. Please come to more and faster chapters. You must agree to one condition."
The Cham elder said bravely: "What are the conditions? Sir, please tell me."
Yan Yan waved his hand and said: "The Han Reclamation Corps has 20,000 soldiers who want to take root in Rinan. They will always get married and start a business. Your Cham tribe wants to produce 10,000 women to marry these soldiers as wives."
The entire Cham tribe has a population of only 40,000. Yan Yan lion opened his mouth and asked for 10,000 women. There was also an element of bargaining in it. Unexpectedly, the Cham tribe elders actually agreed. As long as Yan Yan allowed them Surrender. They are willing to hand over all the unmarried and widowed women of the clan to the soldiers of the Reclamation Corps.
It turns out that more and faster chapters are here. Since hiding in the mountains, the life of the Cham people has become more and more difficult day by day. The Third Army is an expert in mountain and jungle warfare. There are a total of 30,000 troops, and 20,000 of them are concentrated in Japan. In this land of pills in the south, and with the assistance of the newly formed local army in the counties of Rinan, the living space of the Cham people is increasingly shrinking. In addition to the young and strong people who died in the war, more than a hundred people of the Cham people die of starvation and illness every day. And there is a gradually increasing trend. If they continue to fight against the Han people, there will only be one outcome. That is the annihilation of the entire clan. At this time, survival is more important than anything else. Who will care about this issue, let alone many years of During the war, a large number of Cham men died. There were already more women than men within the Cham tribe. What reason did the elders have to refuse?
Three days later, the Cham people huddled in the deep mountains and old forests finally saw the light of day. Months of living without food and clothing made these originally strong Cham men and women look haggard. These Cham men, women, old and young They were all gathered into a large wasteland on the outskirts of Nishijuan City. The surrounding area was filled with heavily armed soldiers of the Seventh Han Legion. Arrows were on strings and swords were unsheathed. The atmosphere was very depressing.
Yan Yan held a big sword in his hand and rode his horse in a circle around the Cham people. He gave the first order in a deep voice: "Everyone, please listen to me. Put down your weapons."
The Cham men and women, including the elders, looked at each other in confusion. In fact, they no longer had any decent weapons. Most of the swords, guns, bows and arrows they used in the past were captured from the old Han Dynasty troops stationed in Rinan. And they themselves have not yet mastered the art of forging swords. After more than half a year of wear and tear, the Cham people now have few useful steel knives in their hands. Although the bows and crossbows are still there, the arrows have basically been used up. What is left is Just hatchets and bamboo spears.
However, these Cham people held the weapons in their hands tighter. Many of them had a look of panic on their faces. They were worried that the Han people would suddenly attack them. If this happened, they wanted to use the weapons in their hands as a last-ditch effort. You can't sit still and wait for death.
Yan Yan had already guessed the psychology of the Cham people. Suddenly he looked up to the sky and laughed. He said: "If Yan wants your lives, don't talk about your current situation. Even if there are twice as many people and more weapons, it will still be impossible." It’s not like it’s a dead end.”[
However, a few elders understood the truth and took the initiative to step forward and take the lead in putting down the weapons in their hands. In fact, what they held in their hands could not be called a weapon at all. It was just a bamboo stick at most. However, their leading role was still very obvious. Other Cham men and women also came over in twos and threes and threw their weapons on the ground. With a "dinging" sound, the front of the team soon piled up high.
Suddenly, a dark and short Cham man screamed strangely and rushed towards Yan Yan. This Cham man was standing at the back of the team. He pretended to hand over his weapon before squeezing his way to the front. After everyone else rushed him one after another, When the weapon in his hand was thrown to the ground, he rushed towards Yan Yan with a hatchet.
Yan Yan snorted coldly. He moved slightly to avoid the Cham man's knife. He raised his left hand and heard a "pop" sound. He hit the Cham man's right hand holding the knife. The Cham man suffered pain. .With a scream, the hatchet fell to the ground.
Several soldiers rushed over and pushed the Cham man to the ground.
"Drag them out and chop them down." Yan Yan waved his hand and said to the Cham men and women who started to make a commotion. "Who among you is still dissatisfied?"
The Cham man who rushed out just now can be considered a warrior in the clan, but he couldn't even pass a round under Yan Yan. The others suddenly fell silent and there was no more sound.
Yan Yan waved her hand again and said loudly: "Bring it up."