"Goose, goose, goose, singing to the sky, white hair floats on the green water, and anthurium stirs the clear waves."
The sound of children reading aloud came from the courtyard.
The immature childish voice sounds so crisp and beautiful.
Zhang Yi stood outside the door and listened, with a bright smile on his face. Xiaolong who accompanied him was equally happy.
Not only the courtyard where Zhang Yi lived, but more than a dozen nearby courtyards have been turned into schools. There are beginner classes, intermediate classes. There are also advanced classes taught by Zhang Yi himself. The participants are brothers, village leaders, captains and six divisions.
the backbone of.
The children in this courtyard are special. They are all orphans from Mopan City and various cottages, and have miserable life experiences. Now they are gathered together and raised and educated by the common people's alliance until the children reach adulthood.
Zhang Yi and Xiaolong stood outside and listened. They were both very busy, but they felt that listening to the children reading was a rare treat.
Anu is also very busy and has to be responsible for the teaching tasks in various villages, but whenever she has time, she will come to teach the children and give demonstrations to several new teachers.
After a class was over and it was break time, some children asked.
"Teacher Anu, you said Uncle Zhang Yi will come to see us. When will he come?"
Someone took the lead, and a group of children started chattering and asking questions.
"Don't be anxious, Uncle Zhang Yi is very busy, he will come when he is done."
Anu comforted the children.
Zhang Yi and Xiaolong quickly took down two large packages from their horses and knocked on the door gently.
What greeted the two was the innocent and enthusiastic smiles and cheers of the children.
The two brought fruits, dried meat, toys, rare stationery and papers to the children, and distributed them one by one. Everyone was very happy.
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After saying goodbye to the children, Zhang Yi and Xiaolong rode horses on the mountain road, and the beauty was still in their hearts.
"These children are unfortunate, but also lucky." Xiaolong sighed and turned to look at Zhang Yi. Brother Yi was very busy, but he was busy but not chaotic. He focused on the key points in everything. With just one sentence, he could solve hundreds of orphans.
issues of life, growth and education.
"This generation is more or less guilty, and we can only learn to forgive," Zhang Yi said. "But children are different. They can start a new life."
"A new generation of civilized people." Xiaolong smiled.
"That's right, a new generation of civilized people." Zhang Yi burst out laughing.
The two of them looked around and saw that the entire Mopan City took on an unprecedented new look. The debris, bones and other debris that had accumulated on the roadside were all cleared away. People coming and going all greeted the two with a smile.
, there is no longer the shyness and inferiority of the past.
Large-scale renovation of the slum area has begun, and red bricks are piled on the roadside. Zhang Yi estimates that in a few months, the people of Mopan City will be able to live in brick houses.
"Unfortunately, I don't have time to see the first batch of bricks made by Xiaohan and his friends. I must go today." Zhang Yi said.
"Well, yes, Xiaohan is quiet and can't compete like us brothers. It all depends on the eldest brother's bowl of water." Xiaolong said with a smile.
Zhang Yi nodded.
Everyone wants his attention and support. After all, manpower and resources are limited. Wherever Zhang Yi pays attention, rapid development can be achieved.
Zhang Yi had a plan in mind. He must first solve people's problems of eating, housing and clothing, then further expand agricultural production, and then exchange excess resources for iron, horses, salt, sugar, etc.
In the past, General Cao followed a bandit's approach. He did not engage in production, relied entirely on plunder to accumulate money and food, and blindly developed force. As a result, he encountered a bottleneck that he could not break through. The fields were extremely limited, the surrounding villages were extremely poor, and the entire area was closed.
, in such a stagnant situation, it is impossible to support a large army.
Zhang Yi first needs to solve the problems of people's livelihood and economic development. At present, the number of alliance cottages has grown to 25, and the standing army is still 1,000 people. This legion is responsible for the security of the alliance cottages. If there are intruders, a well-trained and well-equipped legion of a thousand people will attack them.
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No hostile cottage dared to jump out and cause trouble.
Calculated, each village in the Common People's Alliance only needs 40 soldiers, and a large number of young and middle-aged people are freed to devote themselves to reclamation, grazing, mining and production.
This will enter the track of healthy development.
But Zhang Yi's heart is not at ease. Not counting the 8 cottages that have been eliminated and transformed into people's homes, there are still 30 cottages that have not joined the common people's alliance and have basically been won over by Liu Kai's forces. This is a huge
of hidden worries.
It poses a threat to his long-term development plan.
At this time, they walked to the deserted wasteland and it was easier to talk. Zhang Yi and Xiaolong discussed the issue of hostile copycats.
"We must unify this land and river as soon as possible, and we will not hesitate to use various means, Yi Ge," Xiaolong had already considered it and advised, "I know you don't want to fight a big war, but you can't do it without fighting. Now there are still opportunities to defeat each one. Once
If 30 copycats unite and their power is no longer under ours, it will become a tug-of-war."
"I will think about this carefully." Zhang Yi said after a moment of silence.
It's not that Zhang Yi hesitated, but that he had to weigh the pros and cons. If a war started, development would be greatly affected, and the war would also bring huge casualties.
What Xiaolong said makes sense. If the opportunity is missed, the situation will worsen, and the protracted tug-of-war will cause even greater damage.
He really needs to think about it.
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Unknowingly, we came to the foot of a mountain in the north.
The clay produced here is dried, crushed and sieved before being pressed into bricks and then fired in kilns.
Xiao Han, a swordsman of a generation, a super assassin, a brother of heroes, one of the five heroes who killed General Cao, and the head of the Ministry of Industry, who also has many famous names, is leading people to bake bricks at the moment.
soil.
Zhang Yi was extremely moved. The brothers were able to fight when they were mounted, and they were able to do hard work when dismounted. When there were no suitable talents, they could only work hard to rush to the front.
Zhang Yi shouted: "Xiaohan, we are here."
Xiao Han turned around and said with a surprised smile: "If you don't come, you won't come. If you want to come, both of you will come together, hahaha."
Xiaolong patted the bag of wine and meat hanging on the saddle and said with a smile: "Xiaohan hasn't returned to the castle for three days. We all miss you. Daniel and Xiaoshi will also come later, and the five of us brothers will have a good drink."
Xiao Han clapped his hands in great joy.
There was no other way. After he led people to determine the production process of red bricks, he still wanted to bake better green bricks. He could only let go after the firing successfully trained workers.
Zhang Yi jumped off the horse and patted the dirt on his brother's body distressedly.
Xiao Han is such a person, no matter what he does, he has to study hard to the end, so he can become a generalist. Xiaolong's advantage lies in his brainpower, and Xiao Han's advantage lies in his hands-on ability. The two of them are Zhang Yi's right-hand man, both in literature and in martial arts. As for Niu Ben
He and Shi Gandang are two brothers. They are purely military commanders. Their main task is to train soldiers and horses well.
Under the leadership of Xiao Han, Zhang Yi and Xiaolong visited the brick factory. Coal is used to make bricks. Xiao Han pointed to the mountainous area not far away and said that he planned to mine underground coal and wanted to carry out large-scale ironmaking and mechanical processing.