Since entering the territory of Jiaozhou, there have been successive situations of unadaptation to water and soil in the agricultural reclamation corps, and after arriving in Jiaozhi, more than 20% of the soldiers in the agricultural reclamation corps have been unaccustomed to water and soil. And the 300 Confucian students from the poor family were already powerless, and no one was spared, but the symptoms were mild or severe, and they were so severe that they couldn't even walk. The whole team was stranded in the dragon weaving, not daring to continue south.

Zhang Fei, who was still stationed in the dragon weaving, did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported the situation here to Xiangyang with a meteor fast horse. After receiving the urgent report from Jiaozhi, Liu Xin felt deep self-blame, this situation should have been expected by him, but he was in a hurry and ignored factors such as climate and food.

The reason why the soldiers of the Third and Seventh Legions did not appear to be unaccustomed to the soil and water was mainly due to their strong physique, and they often went to various different environments for training in ordinary times, and they already had a strong adaptability. The Agricultural Reclamation Corps has only been formed for a month, and the real training time is not more than twenty days, coupled with the long journey, it suddenly arrives in a new environment, and the body is naturally unbearable. This is true of these soldiers who work in the fields all year round, not to mention the Confucian scholars who hold books and classics every day.

Liu Xin had no choice but to make amends, and urgently transferred 30 doctors from the medical school to Jiaozhi, plus the original military doctors in the 3rd and 7th Army Corps stationed in Jiaozhou, and temporarily formed more than 10 medical teams.

After this toss, it was already the beginning of February when the Agricultural Reclamation Corps and the Confucian scholars had completely settled down, and the army stationed in Jiaozhou had also been adjusted. The Seventh Army Corps had all withdrawn to Xiangyang for rest, while the Third Army Corps, which was proficient in mountain and jungle warfare, was stationed in the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan, and the rest of the counties, such as Cangwu and Nanhai, were handed over to the newly formed local army. The soldiers of the Reclamation Corps were busy clearing the wasteland, and the Confucian scholars also set up schools with the help of the Third Legion and the county local army.

In order to ensure that the local enrollment can be carried out smoothly, Liu Xin has made a bloody investment this time. All children who go to the school are not only free of charge, but also have room and board, and can receive a living allowance of five dollars per month.

In Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Rinan and other places, whether it is Han or other ethnic groups, children who are seven or eight years old, or even four or five years old, have to help adults do what they can. In this case, it is almost impossible to get them to take the initiative to send their children to school. In extraordinary circumstances, with extraordinary means, Liu Xin only had one blood.

The notice of enrollment was issued by the county government to organize the government officials and the chief of the security department to beat gongs and drums, and to go through the villages and alleys. The people, whether Han or other ethnic groups, did not believe that there was such a pie in the sky at first. Later, a good person tried to take the child to register, and the result was really five coins. Although five coins of silver are not much, for the poor, they can almost meet the expenses of most of the year.

The news spread ten, ten, hundreds, and soon, there was a long queue of people with their children to report to school, and the schools in various counties were overcrowded. As a last resort, the local government had to change the age of admission again and again. Originally, students under the age of 12 could be enrolled, but later it was changed to under the age of 10, and finally limited to 6 to 8 years old. Of course, those who have already signed up can't change it, and those who report late are annoyed. Even so, there are already more than 1,000 students in each school.

The local people don't care about how much their children can learn in the school, what they care about is that the family has one less mouth to eat and more hands to earn money. However, for this policy of the Han Dynasty, the people were still happy to see it, and many people spontaneously came to help the school build a school building. Anyway, there are places where there are many trees, and there are also many trees in the forest, and there is the help of the local garrison, but after ten days of work, rows of neat and tidy brand-new school buildings have been erected in the subordinate counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan.

In the promotion of the school in the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Ninan, an unexpected effect was also received. All those people who had children studying in the school, no matter how brave and brave they were in the past, suddenly became honest. Because the school has a rule that if any student in his family breaks the law, he will be immediately disqualified from studying. Losing the qualification to study means losing the free room and board, and losing the subsidy of five dollars a month. In this way, who dares to disobey the law, there were some brave and ruthless guys in the past, but now they are worried that they will trample to death ants when they walk.

What's even more exaggerated is that the rebellious Cham people in Rinan County have already fled into the mountains under the strong suppression of the Third Army. Later, I don't know where I heard about the county holding a school, and I actually sent a representative to surrender to the Han army, the only condition is that their children can also enter the school to study.

In fact, the population of Rinan County is the smallest, and the total number of the six counties in the county does not exceed 70,000, of which the Cham ethnic group is close to 40,000. After the Cham fled into the mountains, the enrollment quota of the school in Rinan County was the largest. After some well-informed ordinary people in Jiaozhi and Jiuzhenzhi County learned the news, they began to migrate to Rinan County, anyway, everyone knew in their hearts that they were living a hard life anywhere, and when they arrived in Rinan, the children were more likely to enter the Han school, but the five coins of silver per month were real. In this way, it not only increased the population of Ninan County, but also weakened the demographic advantage of the Cham people in the local area.

At present, the officials of all counties and counties in Jiaozhou are all selected by Xiangyang, only Rinan, because the rebellion of the Cham people has not been completely quelled, Taishou is temporarily served by Yan Yan. Knowing that several elders of the Zhan clan had come to ask for surrender, Yan Yan slapped the table and said loudly: "It's okay to surrender, you must agree to one condition!" ”

The elder of the Zhan clan stubbornly said, "What are the conditions, please tell me." ”

Yan Yan waved his hand and said, "There are 20,000 soldiers in the Dahan Agricultural Reclamation Legion who want to take root in Rinan, and they always have to start a family. You Cham will send 10,000 women to marry these soldiers! ”

The entire population of the Cham tribe is only 40,000 people, and Yan Yan Lion opened his mouth and asked them for 10,000 women, and there was also an element of bargaining in them. Unexpectedly, those elders of the Zhan clan actually promised that as long as Yan Yan allowed them to surrender, they were willing to hand over all the unmarried and widowed women of the entire clan, and the soldiers of the Farming Reclamation Legion could choose at will.

It turned out that since hiding in the mountains, the life of the Cham people has become more and more difficult day by day. The Third Army Corps was an expert in mountain and jungle warfare, and of a total of 30,000 troops, 20,000 were concentrated in the small land of Nissan, and with the assistance of the newly formed local armies of Nisan Prefectures, the living space of the Zhan people was increasingly compressed. In addition to the young and strong who died in battle, more than 100 people died of starvation and disease every day among the Cham people, and there is a gradual increase in the trend. If they continue to fight against the Han Chinese, there will be only one outcome, and that is the destruction of the entire clan. At times like these, survival is more important than anything else, and who cares about this. What's more, after years of war, a large number of Cham men have died, and there is already a situation of more women than men within the Cham people, so what reason do the elders have to refuse?

Three days later, the Cham people who were cowering in the deep mountains and old forests finally saw the light of day, and the lack of food and clothing for several months made these originally fierce Cham men and women look haggard. These men, women, and children of the Cham people were all gathered in a large wasteland on the outskirts of Xijuan City, surrounded by soldiers of the Seventh Legion of the Han Dynasty, with arrows wound and swords unsheathed, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Yan Yan held a big knife in his hand, rode his horse around these Cham people, and gave the first order in a deep voice: "Everyone listen to me, put down your weapons!" ”

The men and women of the Cham tribe, including those elders, all looked at each other, in fact, they no longer had any decent weapons. Most of the knives, guns, bows and arrows they used in the past were captured from the old Han army stationed in Rinan, and they themselves had not yet mastered the art of forging swords. After more than half a year of wear and tear, there are now few usable steel knives in the hands of the Cha people, although the bows and crossbows are still there, but the arrows have been basically used up, and then the remaining are firewood knives and bamboo guns.

However, these Cham people held their weapons tighter. Many people looked frightened, fearing that the Han Chinese would suddenly commit poison. In case this happens, they still want to use the weapons in their hands to make a last stand, and they can't sit still.

Yan Yan had already guessed the psychology of the Zhan people, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "If Yan wants your life, don't talk about your current situation, even if there are twice as many people and more weapons are equipped, it will still be a dead end?" ”

However, a few elders understood the situation and took the initiative to go to the front and take the lead in putting down the weapons in their hands. In fact, what they hold in their hands is not a weapon at all, at most a bamboo cane. However, their leading role was still very obvious, and other Cham men and women also came over in twos and threes, throwing their weapons on the ground. With a "clanging" sound, the front of the line was soon piled high.

Suddenly, a dark and short Cham man screamed and pounced on Yan Yan. This Cham man was standing at the back of the line, and he pretended to hand over his weapons before squeezing to the front. When everyone else threw the weapons in their hands to the ground one by one, he rushed towards Yan Yan with a firewood knife.

Yan Yan snorted coldly, his body moved lightly, avoiding the knife of the Zhan man, and his left hand was raised, only to hear the sound of "pop", which hit the right hand of the Zhan man holding the knife. The Cham man was in pain and screamed, and the firewood knife had fallen to the ground.

Several soldiers rushed over and pushed the Cham man to the ground.

"Drag it out, cut it!" Yan Yan waved his hand and said to the Cham men and women who began to stir, "Who among you is not convinced?" ”

The Zhan man who rushed out just now can be regarded as a warrior in the clan, but he didn't even go through a round under Yan Yan's men, and the others were suddenly silent, and there was no sound again.

Yan Yan waved his hand again and said loudly, "Lift it up!" ”