PS: This is the first book I have written, and it is on the shelves for the first time.

The children of the cadet corps arrived at Dingyuan Fort in the afternoon.

Dingyuan Township is now basically the second richest township unit in the East Coast Republic of China. A population of 2,500 and a large number of factories supported the economic prosperity of Dingyuan Township.

Dingyuan Fort City is currently the office of the township government and some institutions and factories, with the stable life of the people of Dingyuan Township and the gradual development of the economy, today's Dingyuan Fort City has begun to show its prosperous side.

Outside the city, along the moat, is a mix of brick and wood bungalows, which are newly built bazaars. The bazaar is held on holidays and national holidays, and with the gradual increase of the purchasing power of the common people, some folk craftsmen began to set up stalls here and sell some things to subsidize their families.

There are itinerant vendors who make chocolate sweets, craftsmen who make ethnic handicrafts, and Charuya who sell their game. And as the number of people who own land increases, some nearby farmers will also take advantage of the crowded market to pick up vegetables or fruits from their fields to sell at the market. There are several factories near Dingyuan Fort, and there is also a military academy in the fort, which has a large number of consumers, so the business of these stalls is not bad.

According to the plan, the children of the Cadet Corps will rest here at Dingyuan Fort for one night and set off the next day. Therefore, after settling the more than 100 children of the School Corps, while it was still early, Mo Ming, who was idle and bored, began to walk around the inside and outside of Dingyuan Fort.

Mo Ming, who hadn't been shopping for many years, wore the black uniform of the General Intelligence Bureau, and the emblem of the double-headed eagle, the yin-yang fish, on his chest glittered in the sunlight. The tax collectors of the Ministry of Finance and the police officers of the police station who were wandering around the market all raised their hands respectfully and saluted when they saw it.

This is the national emblem that only cadres are qualified to wear, and they don't know how many years it will take for them to climb to reach this realm.

In addition to these vendors selling all kinds of goods, the bazaar is avoided. There is also a special propaganda team. This team is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Education. Travels around the country to publish news from neighboring La Plata, Brazil or the Old Continent. Of course. The content of the news is carefully selected, and it is basically all negative news about the countries of Europe and the Church in the Old World. Through this ongoing propaganda of discredit, the Ministry of Education seeks to inspire immigrants to compare their lives now with those of the past, and to strengthen their sense of belonging and identity on the East Coast.

As for the effect, it is probably only God knows, but the members of the propaganda team, such as his old friends Father Pedro, Pastor Francis, and Sheriff Lucio, are very hard-working. Mo Ming shook his head, assimilating these adults whose three views have been basically stereotyped is obviously half the effort, but this thing also needs to be done. You can't just leave them alone. Adults should be left to your Ministry of Education, and the future of the country depends on the next generation. Only when the next generation is effectively mastered can the rule of the Crossing Masses be truly stabilized.

In addition to government agencies, factories, schools, shops and other facilities, there are also many small shops and workshops run by private individuals. For example, a tailor shop for making ready-to-wear clothes, a carpentry shop for making furniture, an oil mill, a soy sauce workshop, a tofu mill, a sake brewing workshop, and so on.

With the enhancement of people's purchasing power, the demand for household goods has gradually increased. In recent months, more and more people have registered private enterprises such as trading companies, workshops and workshops, and their presence has effectively prospered the local economy.

Rested for the night in the Dingyuan Fort Station. The next day, a total of 165 baby students began to assemble in the school field in the city. Sergeant Henry, an instructor sent by the army (who served as a French translator), assisted Mo Ming, Liu Ang and others in organizing the team, and after the queue was finished, the whole team went to the cafeteria for dinner.

Before the meal, Liu Ang took the special supply order issued by the executive committee and negotiated with the Dingyuan Fort, and the Dingyuan Fort sent more than a dozen Irish cooks to carry large buckets of food. Each cadet's breakfast consisted of two cutloaf, a small plate of pickles, a boiled egg, two fritters, and a small glass of milk. There is no doubt about the luxury and preciousness of this breakfast, which can be seen from the envious eyes of the cadets of the Dingyuan Army Military Academy who dined next to them.

There is no luxury in the breakfast allocated to them, such as milk. Eggs are not available every day. The executive committee is really interested in these children, this food is the breakfast standard of the public, Mo Ming sighed a little in his heart.

After breakfast, Sergeant Henry began his daily routine at the suggestion of Liu Ang.

"What's your name?" Sergeant Henry casually pointed to a young boy of about 10 years old and asked.

"I ...... My name is...... Mateo, Mateo. Dobbs. The little boy seemed a little nervous and stammered in reply.

"What about your Chinese name? Didn't your instructor tell you when you first arrived? Sergeant Henry slammed the whip on the table and said sternly.

"Horse ...... Mateo. The little boy almost cried, but he finally pronounced his name in Chinese, which he was not very fluent in.

"Very well, now you sit down." Sergeant Henry nodded in satisfaction, and then continued: "The vast majority of you may be orphans, but today I want to tell you that you are not without relatives. All of you are brothers and sisters! Look at the people sitting next to you, you will be living, studying, training, working and even fighting together for many years to come! When you are crying, when you are hurting, when you are in trouble, your brothers and sisters are the only people you can rely on except for the Executive Committee. From now on, you will all be brothers and sisters, the Executive Committee will be your common father, and the East Coast Republic of China will be your motherland. Everything you have today is provided by the Executive Committee, and you can sit here under the shelter of the Republic of East China on the east coast of China, and in the future you will resolutely defend the authority of your 'father', bravely defend the interests of your 'mother', and destroy all enemies who stand in your way. ”

Sergeant Henry spoke impassionedly while Mo Ming watched the children's performance carefully. Perhaps because of the general young age of the children, most of them had blank facial expressions and did not seem to be touched. But it doesn't matter, this is just the beginning, and there will be people who will repeat it in their ears until this belief becomes a deep imprint on their souls.

After Sergeant Henry finished speaking, Liu Ang also went up and said a few words.

"Students, you may come from all regions and nationalities, but today you are all from the East Coast. It is the East Coast Republic of China that has given you everything you have now, it is this country that is sheltering you, giving you food, clothing, shelter, and education, and all you have to do is to study hard, train hard, and repay the country when you grow up, support the leadership of the Executive Committee, and defend the interests of the country. Liu Ang said, "You are the people of the East Coast in the new era, and you have received the most systematic and scientific education in this world. The Executive Committee is grooming you as the successors of a country that is both ours and yours at the same time. You are the children of the Executive Committee and the pillars of the country, and in the future you will struggle against foreign aggression and domestic separatists, and at all times and on all occasions you must never forget the principle of being an East Coaster, that is, to defend the interests of the motherland. ”

After the ideological education in the morning, the members of the cadet corps took their small bags and embarked on the journey south to Luoqia under the escort of the instructors and soldiers of the cavalry unit. For their young age, this level of marching is not easy to accomplish. Just in case, Dingyuan Fort also temporarily dispatched three large vehicles to accompany it to rescue the students who might be unable to continue the march for various reasons.

On the evening of October 14, after a two-day long journey (with a camp in the wilderness in between), the cadet corps finally arrived at the Corps Fort garrison in the Locha area at the foot of the Xiling Mountains (Great Kuchilia Mountains).

There were three platoons of army soldiers (two infantry platoons and one artillery platoon) stationed in the Corps Fort, as well as a large number of cadet instructors and administrators. The total number of students who arrived early and the new batch of students reached 238, and these 238 people are all the students of the first phase of the Guards Corps of the Executive Committee.

The 238 students were divided into 4 companies of 60 men each (2 were missing from the 4th company). In order to ensure the quality of education, the various ministries under the Executive Committee worked together to send a large number of cross-border students (many of whom were former secondary school teachers) and a small number of immigrants to serve as instructors to teach the cadets all aspects of knowledge.

On October 16, 1635, after a one-day break, the cadets of the first phase of the Guards Cadet Corps of the Executive Committee, which had placed their infinite expectations, officially opened. Due to language problems, these students will spend a long time in the painful study of Chinese, in addition to language learning, accompanied by ideological brainwashing and physical training, in short, the instructors of the cadet corps will not waste any time.

In addition to studying, they will also take care of the cotton fields that have been carved out of the city. The student corps has opened up a total of 238 acres of cotton fields, each person is responsible for one acre, from sowing to harvesting by themselves, the harvest of the last cotton is also a large proportion of the assessment project.

While the cadet corps was busy studying, in the mountainous Changshanbao iron ore area, Shao Shude was sitting on a shallow inland water transport boat full of iron ore, heading downstream along the gentle canal. The final destination of the transport ship is Ping'an Fort, which is located hundreds of kilometers away. (To be continued......)