At the end of October of the third year of Taichu, Wang He, who had completed the preparation, was sent to the army by Wang Lang and started his military career with a group of recruits.

Although Wang He is only eight years old now, he is nearly 1.5 meters tall and very healthy.

Before this, Wang Lang specially said his requirements to Lin Shupi, he must train this kid strictly, and he can't take special care of him because of his identity.

Under this order, Wang He began his miserable training time.

Every day before dawn, I was awakened by the whistle of urging, and got up from the bed in a panic, as long as the assembly was late, what was waiting for me was a morning of military posture, and I experienced the taste once, and I never wanted to try it a second time.

After a day of hell training, the recruits completed a transformation, from the previous free and casual farmers to disciplined soldiers, not to mention how to fight in combat, at least they looked quite powerful.

Wang Lang came to the barracks, watched Wang He's training, and was very satisfied with the realization of his eldest son, it is definitely not an easy thing for an eight-year-old child to persevere under such high-intensity training.

Standing beside Wang Lang, Shupi said slowly: "Your Majesty, the river is worthy of your blood, you have such perseverance at such a young age, and your future achievements will definitely not be bad." ”

Wang Lang chuckled: "Children must discipline them strictly, they are like small trees, if you don't repair them, they will grow crooked, and when the time comes, they can only be burned as firewood, and they will not be able to become pillars." ”

Hearing this, the bark nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right, which kid in my family is used to it, when he grows up, I will also send him to the army for exercise, and I will be satisfied if he can have half the perseverance of the river." ”

Wang Lang stroked his beard and said, "The dragoons have been trained for a while, and when this batch of recruits is trained, I should let you take them to open up the western grasslands and extend our territory of Great Xia over there." ”

"Your Majesty, is this true?" Bark said in surprise.

Wang Lang nodded and said: "The north is going well, and it's time to open up the west, I have a bad premonition, if we don't speed up the progress to unify this continent and gather the human race, we will be in big trouble." ”

Bark shook his heart and said in a deep voice, "Are you saying that those dinosaur people are coming soon?" ”

"I'm just worried, it's not a bad thing to make some preparations early, now our population is less than 100,000 people, such a small population can't hold our Xia Kingdom, we have to speed up."

Bark said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, as long as I bring a thousand people, plus those dragoons to search in the air, I guarantee that in less than a year, I will be able to capture all the humans on the western grassland." ”

"Well, I also plan to do so, with the help of the dragoons, the progress will be much faster, after capturing the population, move the population back, the east is our main defense location." Wang Lang said slowly.

"The minister has written it down."

"After the recruits are trained, bring Wang He with them, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with some savages, just let him hone it."

"Your Majesty, this can't be done, although the river is well trained, but he is always a child, although he is dealing with savages, this is too risky, what if there is an accident?" Bark hurriedly persuaded.

Wang Lang shook his head and said, "I believe in your ability, he will be fine with you." ”

Bark sighed, looked at Wang He, who was practicing fighting skills with the recruits on the school field, and said helplessly: "Obey the order!" ”

In a dark room somewhere in the Great Xia Medical Pavilion, Hana listened carefully to the words of an official at a trading post.

"Doctor Hana, these captives are our people who stayed with great difficulty, we are taking risks, Your Majesty doesn't know about this matter, we don't want much for a captive, just nine hundred copper coins, this is already very cheap, and it is not easy to have a chance in the future."

Listening to the official's seductive words, Hana's fingers tapped lightly on the table, her sharp eyes staring at the official's face, hoping to see a flaw in it.

Being stared at by Hana, the official couldn't help but be a little nervous, the news brought back by a subordinate in the north was that it was a captive of five hundred copper coins, but most people thought that the price was a little low, and in addition to a part of Lin Jianya, the rest of the money was not enough for his own people, and there were still a lot of risks involved.

"Dr. Hana, what are you thinking?" The official asked.

"Nine hundred is too much!" Hana shook her head.

"It's already very cheap, and we promise to send these people in quietly, even the Jinyi Guard won't find out." The official hurriedly added.

"Click! Click! Click"

The sound of fingers tapping on the table echoed through the small room.

"Eight hundred!" Hana said with squinted eyes.

The official thought about it in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said, "Deal!" ”

"When will you be able to send someone?" Hana asked.

"Within three days, we are guaranteed to be able to deliver people."

"Okay, when the time comes, as long as I can meet someone, I'll have someone send you money."

"Yes, but it's best to send money separately so as not to arouse suspicion." The official reminded.

Hana nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

"Then I will take my leave, you can rest assured, the goods will be delivered to you the day after tomorrow at the latest."

With that, the official turned and exited the gloomy house, speeding back to the trading post.

Wang Lang was not aware of this hidden transaction, he didn't care about the cannibal captives at all, and now in his position, he was thinking more about national affairs, and he didn't care about the details of the past.

I don't know what means the trading post used, but three days later, even the Ming prisoners were quietly sent to the infirmary without anyone suspecting them.

The captives, both men and women, had their tongues cut out and could not make much noise.

The transaction was completed quickly, and in order not to be discovered by others, the people at the trading post hurriedly left the hospital after delivering the goods.

The doctors of the Great Xia Medical Hall have imprisoned these captives in a cellar, these are all excellent test materials, and there can be no mistakes.

The captives huddled together in fear, looking desperately at the butchers above them as they were lambs to the slaughter.

"Father, with these experiments, I believe our medical skills can be further improved." Qi Yan said excitedly.

"That's right, after spending so much money to get these people, if it can't be fruitful, then we don't want to be this doctor." Hana chuckled.

At this time, a doctor frowned and looked at the captives below, frowned and said, "Hana, I always feel a little familiar with these people, I once seemed to have seen them in the Grass Snake Tribe. ”

When Hana heard this, she snorted coldly and said: "What grass snake tribe, the grass snake tribe has long ceased to exist, and now they are just a group of livestock, which is worthless except for experiments, remember?" ”

The doctor was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Yes, how can there be a grass snake tribe in this world, they are man-eating barbarians, and they deserve to die." ”

Hana glared at him and said coldly: "Listen to it, no one is allowed to mention this matter to outsiders." ”

Hana's sharp eyes swept over the doctors, and they were immediately frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly swore to the gods to promise to keep this secret.

In the days that followed, the captives thoroughly experienced what it means to live in hell on earth.

The male captives were taken out to experiment with herbs, while the female captives were forced to mate with the male captives, intending to impregnate the women in order to experiment with safer methods of delivery.

Even if some captives died during the experiment, their bodies were not wasted.

The doctors dismantled the dead corpses into eight pieces like decomposing livestock, studied the internal structure of the human body, and after some research, they recorded a lot of the structure of the human body on paper.

Under the prosperous appearance of the Xia Kingdom, except for a few people, the people of the country did not know that there was such a terrifying place in this world, and the Great Xia Medical Hall was still an extremely sacred place in the hearts of the people.

In the north, it belongs to the three villages of Yucheng.

After a two-month journey, Chen Bai finally arrived at the place where he took office before the winter solstice.

Wrapped in a thick bearskin jacket, Chen Bai took the two guards arranged by the military department to this small village of only about 100 people, and he will serve as the village chief in this strange land for five years.

"Village Chief Chen, this is Guiyu Three Villages!" One of the guards said.

Chen Bai nodded and said, "This is it, the two of you have worked hard to protect me along the way, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come here alive." ”

"Village Chief Chen said this, we are now your subordinates, it is the responsibility of the two of us to protect you, if you have an accident, the two of us will not end well, protect you thoroughly, it will be a credit to us in five years." The guard said slowly.

Chen Bai smiled, arched his hand and said, "Then the two of you can help Chen in the future." ”

Hearing this, the guard nodded and said, "Village Chief Chen, let's go into the village quickly, this place is too cold." ”

"Oh... I'm sorry, let's go! Enter the village. Chen Bai patted his forehead and said suddenly.

Stepping on the thick snow, the three of them walked to the wall of the village, and a white militiaman who was in charge of guarding on the arrow tower saw the person coming, and hurriedly asked in a strange accent: "What person!" ”

"I'm the newly sent village chief! My name is Chen Bai and this is my appointment document. Chen Bai said, took out a document with a seal from the package and shook it at the guard.

Paper is a very precious thing in the eyes of ordinary people, let alone ordinary people in this remote place in the north.

Seeing Chen Bai take out this piece of paper full of words, the militiaman immediately believed it for eight points, and said to Chen Bai and the others: "Wait a minute, I'll go and inform the Wu Chief!" ”

Not long after, a general dressed in thick animal skins and armor opened the gate and walked out with the soldiers.

Seeing Chen Bai wearing a civilian official uniform, the Wu chief hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This is the new village chief?" ”

Chen Bai nodded and said, "It's Chen, I don't know what the general is called." ”

The military commander waved his hand again and again: "Don't you dare to call the general, I'm just a military commander, just call me Zhou Heizi." ”

Chen Bai chuckled: "This is my confession, please verify it with Chief Zhou." ”

Zhou Heizi took the confession, looked at the confession and returned it to Chen Bai, and said with a smile: "It's no problem to tell the body, I explained it above, saying that there will be a new village chief here to take over here, you came just in time, and I just happened to go back to Guiyu City, this place where birds don't, I've stayed enough." ”

"What do you say about Chief Zhou Wu, I think it's not bad here, there are mountains and rivers, and there are a lot of beasts to come, and the conditions are not so difficult!" Chen Bai asked puzzled.

Zhou Heizi sighed and said, "That's it, let's go in and say, it's a cold day, stand here and do something, a few of you take these two robes to eat some wine and meat to warm up." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Chen Bai into this small village.

Walking into the walled gate, Chen Bai saw a very different architectural style from Yancheng, most of the houses on the grassland are brick and wood structures, and most of the houses here have half of the space underground.

Zhou Heizi saw Chen Bai looking at these houses, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Village Chief Chen thinks it's the first time I've seen a house like this!" ”

Chen Bai nodded and said, "It's really the first time I've seen it, I don't know why the house was built like this here." ”

"It's getting colder and colder every day since September, the cold weather has occupied almost half a year, only such a house can make people feel warmer, you are unlucky, the weather here is even colder after the winter solstice, and it will be very difficult to endure in the next half year." Zhou Heizi explained.

Chen Bai looked at the black smoke constantly emitting from the chimneys of the houses more than one person high, and saw that there was no extra wood in each household, and couldn't help asking: "Chief Zhou, I don't see much wood that has not been prepared, what do they burn in such a cold weather?" ”

When Zhou Heizi heard this, he pointed to the courtyard of a house and said, "Do you see the pile of black stones in that yard?" Just burn this! ”

"How can this stone burn!" Chen Bai asked in surprise.

"This is not an ordinary stone, I wonder if Village Chief Chen has never heard of such a thing as coal?" Zhou Heizi said with a smile.

"Are you saying this is the kind of stone that burns?" The pile of coal that Chen Bai looked at curiously.

"That's it, there's a lot of coal here, and it can be burned for a long time compared to wood, so it's best to use it for heating." Zhou Heizi said slowly.

"I can't imagine that there is such a magical thing in this world, it seems that the book is really right." Chen Bai said to himself.

"In the books? Did you also introduce this thing in the books in the school palace? Zhou Heizi looked at Chen Bai in surprise, coal has only been used in the past year, and it is impossible to see it in the capital.

"Naturally, there is no textbook in the school palace, but in the library, this thing is mentioned in the book called nature written by His Majesty, and I have some impressions." Chen Bai explained.

Zhou Heizi suddenly understood that as long as Wang Lang was involved, all this would be explained.