Although he had no rest today, Han Daoxun took a trip around the city. After having lunch in the afternoon, he hurried to the government office.
The Hongwen Hall, where the Secretary Supervisor and the Young Secretary Secretary work, is the equivalent of the National Library and Publication Administration in the dream world of Chu State. It can be said that between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River, only the Hongwen Hall can access the most complete various documents left over from the previous dynasty.
Documents.
To find information about water bug epidemic, Hongwen Library is more complete than Shangyi Bureau.
Seeing that his father's attention was temporarily diverted to the water bug epidemic, Han Qian breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that with his father's mind, he would not regard effective prevention and control of water bug disease as a trivial matter.
In the afternoon, Han Qian took Han Laoshan, Zhao Kuo and others outside the city to select healthy women with many children, and betrothed Zhao Kuo, Fan Xicheng and others as wives.
The hungry people relied on the fish, crabs, shrimps and snails from the lakes and rivers to avoid starving to death. However, this made the infection of water bugs more serious among the hungry people outside the city, so that the rich and wealthy officials in the city were unwilling to choose from these hungry people.
Servants and tenant farmers.
Hundreds of thousands of hungry people were stranded outside the city, struggling to survive. There was no other way to survive. Han Qian and the others went out of the city to recruit people, and countless people came swarming to sell themselves.
Even if she was sold into the Goulan Courtyard as a slave or a prostitute without hesitation, how could she refuse to take care of her children and marry a soldier from the Han family?
Selection was not a problem. Han Qian took Fan Xicheng to find Liu Yuan, the captain of Jiangcheng County, and Zhang Qian, the chief minister of Taowu County. They would take three days to rest for the appointment, naturalization and other matters, and there was no need to go to Linjiang Marquis Mansion.
Finish it all together within the time you should have.
Except for Fan Dahei and Lin Haizheng, who are still young and do not need to get married in a hurry, the ten soldiers in the house, including Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo, do not have wives. Two of them are suffering from injuries and illnesses and are staying in the villa to take care of them.
's farm house.
At this time, Han Qian also selected healthy women for the two sick and wounded soldiers and promised them to be wives.
The stepson who was adopted into their laps lived in Wuli Lane this time with the other children of the family soldiers.
After everything was arranged, in addition to the ten family soldiers who were previously available in the city, including Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo, Fan Dahei, and Lin Haizheng, a total of forty more children of thirteen or fourteen-year-old family soldiers were suddenly available in the city.
Twenty-seven of them were the newly adopted stepsons of Zhao Kuo and Fan Xicheng.
The house by the Shitang River was specially used as a place for the soldiers' children to have food and lodging and learn sword and bow formations.
Fan Xicheng was very dumbfounded that he had an extra wife, two stepdaughters, and three stepsons within three days, but he couldn't refuse, so he could only hold his nose and admit it.
When Fan Wucheng was there, he deceived Fan Dahei for his straightforward temperament.
Although they were both adopted sons of Fan Xicheng, their relationship was not close. Fan Dahei was very happy to have five more younger siblings.
Zhao Kuo also had an extra mother-in-law, two stepsons, and a stepdaughter in his room.
The house near the Shitang River, in addition to Han Qian's daily practice of swords and bows, also served as a martial arts academy for many young people, teaching them swords, bows, boxing, and literacy. Han Laoshan and Lin Haizheng could usually do these things.
The only problem is that with so many extra holes, the cost of the house will increase dramatically.
In the villa, even if the soldiers can eat some meat, the so-called meat is actually very little, and it can only be said to be an occasional tooth sacrifice; their young family's status in the Han family is equivalent to that of domestic slaves, who can only eat a simple diet for a day.
It’s considered good if you don’t go hungry for three meals.
Han Daoxun, it is not too difficult for Han Qian to raise fifty more people in this world without letting them starve to death. Moreover, selecting these people from the hungry people and giving them food is enough to make people grateful.
, but the problem is that if Han Qian really wants to train and train these teenagers as reserve soldiers, it will be very expensive.
The so-called poor in culture and rich in martial arts means that a boy of thirteen or fourteen is the time when he is growing up. From now on, he will have to practice fists, kicks, swords and bows all day long. No matter how much he consumes, his appetite is so big that he can eat a whole sheep every day.
Although Jinling is located in the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River and is rich in products, the Jianghuai War is endless. Sichuan, Chongqing, Jingchu, Fujian and Guangdong and other places are actually out of the control of the Chu State. A large number of nobles poured into the relatively peaceful Jinling City.
, all made the prices of goods in Jinling City, especially the price of meat, soaring.
However, Han Qian could not let Zhao Kuo, Fan Xicheng and other domestic soldiers who were forced to marry wives to bear these costs. As a result, just the additional food subsidy would cost thousands more per day.
In addition, during festivals and festivals, extra clothes and other items are given as gifts.
These just rely on Han Daoxun's official salary and the harvest of the farm, which is no longer enough.
Fortunately, as Han Qian was accompanying Linjiang Marquis this time, he received many rewards from the palace. Cloth, silk, cotton and other items were converted into grain, which was enough to support him for a while.
Three days later, Han Daoxun came back from Hongwen Hall to meet Mao. Han Qian invited his father to the courtyard by the Shitang River to see Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo and the others who had gathered forty young men in the courtyard near the river.
"All the young men have made lists..."
Fan Xicheng held the roster in his hand and gave it to Han Daoxun and Han Qian one by one to introduce the young people lined up in the yard.
In addition to his ancestral home, his descendants and stepsons, as well as the temperament of these young people, etc., Fan Xicheng spent three days to get a rough idea, and recorded them clearly in the roster. It can be seen that he has been surrounded by Han Daoxun for many years.
Ran is no longer the ordinary junior high school in the military.
Fan Xicheng also divided these teenagers into five teams, intending to select the five most clever and clever teenagers to serve as captains for key training.
Han Qian took the roster and looked through it. He thought that Fan Xicheng had learned some skills by following his father Han Daoxun, but he would not agree to Fan Xicheng's arrangement. He drew out the names of the other five teenagers with a red pen and said:
"Choose these five people to serve as captains to control others and teach them how to use swords, bows, boxing, kicks, and literacy."
"This..." Old Fan Xicheng's face turned red and he argued, "I have carefully asked about these young men's life experience and temperament, and I will never dare to lie to them in the slightest."
Zhao Kuo turned his head and looked over, and saw that the five young men selected by Han Qian were all relatively dull and straightforward people, and could be said to be the least suitable candidates to be the captain.
Not to mention that Fan Xicheng suddenly became excited and felt that he was being questioned by Han Qian for no reason. He also didn't understand why Han Qian chose these five people.
"Why these five people?" Han Daoxun also asked doubtfully.
"I believe in Mr. Fan's ability to judge people. These young men are not very experienced in the world and their temperament will not be hidden from Mr. Fan's eyes. It is precisely because of this that I think it is more appropriate to use five other people as captains..." Han Qian said.
When Han Qian said this, Fan Xicheng and the others became even more confused.
Fan Xicheng usually had a subtle influence on Han Daoxun's method of selecting people. He believed that the head of the family would arrange these young people, and would also choose the smart ones first for key training.
This can be said to be a matter of employing people according to their talents and showing their abilities. He couldn't understand why the young master would do the opposite?
Zhao Kuo narrowed his eyes and looked at the teenagers standing in the yard. Some were bold and curious, some were sluggish, and some were cowering behind. He thought that if it were him, he would also use those bold, smart and eager teenagers, but
Seeing how determined Han Qian is, he seems to have a good reason.
Han Qian did not sell out, and explained to his father Han Daoxun:
"There is nothing unsound about Master Fan's method of selecting people. With good guidance, these people may be ready for use within a year or two. However, Master Fan's method of selecting people can be done quickly, but it is not the best thing in children's minds."
The best method. Those young people who are bold, smart and eager to try, they also have a lot of confidence in their hearts that they can surpass ordinary people. At this time, use them as captains, whether it is teaching them fists, feet, swords and bows, or arranging troops, or family laws and clan rules, I believe
They can all master it faster than others; but for those honest and sincere teenagers, who feel inferior in their hearts, it is not too difficult to follow orders with swords, guns and sticks. Such an arrangement may not seem like much.
It's inappropriate, but the biggest drawback is that there may only be four or five people who can truly take charge of their own business in the future. And these four or five people may not be grateful to my Han family, because they think in their hearts that they are superior to others, even if they can in the future.
If they stand alone, they will also think that they deserve what they deserve. In this way, how powerful can the Han family be in their minds?"
Han Qian was discussing the method of placement of these young people. Fan Xicheng, Lin Haizheng and others were cautious and uneasy after hearing this. Han Qian's words may not have meant to accuse them of slacking off towards their master's family.
Han Qian continued to explain to his father Han Daoxun:
"Children should do the opposite of what they do. In addition to practicing swordsmanship, bowing, boxing, and kicking, and when it comes to reading and literacy, the simple boy should be at the top and the smart boy should be at the bottom. In daily life, children should also do the opposite of what they are assigned to do. For example, guarding the house, etc.
For things that seem dull, active people should be chosen to hone their patience, while for things that run around and deliver messages, clumsy-looking teenagers should be used to improve their agility. These actions seem to go against their will.
Temperament cannot be said to be used according to talents, and it will even take longer time to really let these young people do their own thing. But in the end, the honest and sincere people can stretch their temperament and have the opportunity to stand alone, and the smart and bold people can
More calm, which makes it suitable for everyone, not just five people. Whether it is practicing swords, bows, fists, reading and writing, or doing various tasks, if you are good, you will be rewarded, and if you are not good, you will be severely punished.
Those who rely on their intelligence and dare to violate the rules will be severely punished - the children also believe that as long as the Han family has clear rewards and punishments, they can be more impressed, so that the father can truly enforce the rules and prohibitions, and his power will gradually increase, and no one will dare
