If you want Tucheng to truly develop, in addition to building water conservancy projects, reclaiming land, and building roads, you also need to make these people at least literate.
The reason why most of the natives in Jiaozhou can be controlled by the people of the Priest Alliance is to make them worship and become the so-called spiritual beliefs.
The biggest problem is that they have no knowledge and only have thoughts brainwashed by priests.
Some even find it strange to see lighted candles. Not to mention comparing them with modern people, their level of understanding is far behind that of the local Liang people.
If the people of Liang people live in a backward feudal system, then the natives of Jiaozhou live in an ignorant slave society.
The transformation of their thinking is urgent. Not only to liberate their minds all at once, but also to at least have the most basic literacy and some common sense. This is the most basic thing.
This time, the literacy campaign is not just for the indigenous people in Tucheng County, but also for the children of poor Liang people who are too poor to go to private schools.
Moreover, in this literacy activity, Su Qi'an took the lead in doing a major event that transcended this era.
That is, children who can read and study, regardless of gender, even a woman, can also learn to read and study as long as she is willing.
For this reason, Su Qi'an re-divided the returned Tucheng County, including Qi'an City, into one county and six towns.
In each town, there are appointed heads of households, household heads, and security chiefs, who govern at the three levels of town, township, and village.
In every town, there are at least ten public and private schools funded by Su Qi'an.
Scattered in various places in the town, children of old age, and even adults, have to spend a certain amount of time every day to learn literacy.
Su Qi'an's policy made all the people in Tucheng County, including Wu Yong, applaud.
Every policy introduced by Su Qi'an shocked Wu Yong, because every item he proposed was full of good highlights.
Some of them even had epoch-making far-reaching ideas. If nothing else, just the fact that men and women could learn to read and write together shocked Wu Yong.
In Great Liang, and even in his opinion, women should stay shut in, learn to be beautiful, learn how to be dignified, and just wait to get married and be married to their husbands and raise children.
As for literacy, this has nothing to do with women. Perhaps some powerful families will invite some great scholars to come to their homes to occasionally give lessons to their daughters.
But this is a right that only the children of powerful families can have.
But Su Qi'an's policy directly broke the power that the aristocratic family had only if they were aloof.
Children from a humble family like them had a day when they could read and write. If this was spread, the jaws of everyone waiting would be frightened.
Su Qi'an dared to do this, so he had the confidence. His current identity was the Lord of Tucheng County.
According to the rules of Jiaozhou, all the territory and population in Tucheng County, as long as Su Qi'an is willing, he can do whatever he wants, and no one can stop him.
To put it bluntly, he is the overlord of Tucheng County.
But who would have thought that this overlord with his own private territory would not be like other people who crazily squeezed the people and exacted excessive taxes.
Instead, slavery was abolished, water conservancy projects were built in the county, houses were built, land was reclaimed, roads were built, and literacy classes were set up to achieve universal literacy.
What kind of overlord is this? He is the savior in the hearts of the people in Tucheng.
Many people lamented in their hearts that they had done some good deeds in their previous lives that would have allowed them to meet such a master. This was a blessing that could not be achieved in several lifetimes.
It is no exaggeration to say that the people of Tucheng County today will not leave even if they are driven away and beaten to death.
It is their blessing to be able to live in Tucheng County.
As the atmosphere among the people in the city became increasingly high, Su Qi'an made a decisive decision and finally made preparations to expand the army.
When the recruitment announcement was issued, there was no need for anyone to rush people. The recruitment points in six towns were crowded with people in less than a quarter of an hour.
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This time when Su Qi'an recruited soldiers, the treatment he received was not very good. He was only given one penny of silver per month. In addition to training, he also had to participate in spring plowing and autumn harvest planting when he was not busy.
To put it bluntly, it is the soldiers in wartime and the people in peacetime, completely integrating the people and soldiers.
And during the selection, you have to take two rounds of tests, both physical and mental. Only those who pass the test can be recruited into the army. This time, there are only 4,000 new recruits, and there is a quota limit.
Compared with other states, these conditions are indeed somewhat inferior. If nothing else, just the salary provided. In other states, it is at least five yuan per month, or even higher.
The craftsmen and escorts recruited by Su Qi'an in Dongshan Village were given at least one tael per month.
It's not that Su Qi'an is stingy, after all, he is not what he was now when he had the backing of Su Ji Trading Company.
He has only about half of the one hundred thousand taels he has on hand so far. If he continues to be as wealthy as before, he is afraid that it will be exhausted in a short time.
Therefore, this time the recruitment of four thousand people is strictly controlled to about four to five hundred taels per month.
What people didn't expect was that even with such harsh conditions, it still couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm.
Their positive response this time was not for the so-called money, but for their master Su Qi'an.
Su Qi'an did so many good things for them in Tucheng County, giving them dignity, building houses and roads for them, and improving the environment in the city.
The most important thing is to let them have food to eat, and their children, including them, can go to so-called public and private schools. This is the true self-sacrifice for the people, and the real hope that they can get better and live a good life. .
As for this recruitment, they know that the purpose is to protect their homeland, and they are willing to respond even if they are not paid a penny.
Everyone's enthusiasm was high. Fortunately, the Dongshan Army and government officials maintained order at the scene, which calmed everyone's excitement.
This recruitment took three days and successfully recruited 4,000 people. In addition to the Dongshan Army, which numbered about 1,000 previously, there were more than 5,000 people.
And this is Su Qi'an's capital to establish his foothold in Jiaozhou.
During this recruitment, Su Qi'an also carried out an army reform and abolished the organizational system of the Daliang army.
Instead, we use a modern military organization based on the system of squads, platoons, companies, battalions, and regiments.
Five thousand people were divided into three regiments, with each regiment having an organizational structure of 1,200 people. Battalions, companies, platoons, and squads were established according to the three-three system below the regiment.
The three regiment commanders are Su Yong, Song Biao, and Er Meng. The remaining people form a cavalry battalion of about 500 people, and the third regiment commander Er Meng concurrently serves as the commander. ap.
There are about a thousand people left, who are divided into special operations companies, security companies, logistics and transportation companies, communications companies, and reconnaissance intelligence companies. These people are all under the jurisdiction of the headquarters established by Su Qi'an.
They are called companies directly under the headquarters, and they are all responsible for Tong Zhan.
In order to prevent another incident like the previous Shui Sheng defection from happening again, Su Qi'an established a Soldiers Committee in the army, and the headquarters was established in the company headquarters.
The purpose of the Soldiers Committee is to better ensure the dignity and rights of our soldiers.
As well as being able to understand the specific situation of each soldier at any time, the Soldiers Committee is directly responsible to Su Qi'an.
Soldiers at each company level can participate, and the Soldiers Committee is equivalent to their head of family.
If you encounter injustice, you can complain to the Soldiers Committee.
Every company has a Soldiers Committee, and each squad member has one of the members of the Soldiers Committee.
The person in charge of the Soldiers Committee is a confidant who is absolutely loyal to Su Qi'an.
They were the first group of new troops to follow Su Qi'an. These people were all loyal to Su Qi'an.
The establishment of the Soldiers Committee allows Su Qi'an to immediately control any situation of the soldiers at the bottom, even if the regimental and battalion officers above want to do something extraordinary.
He also has no soldiers to use, so he must go through the Soldiers Committee, so that no matter what happens to the army, Su Qian can control the army.
Such an army can make Su Qian feel at ease. With the reform of the army,
With this completed, Su Qi'an became more confident in his development in Great Liang.
After the army expansion was completed, the training of new recruits was started immediately. The Dongshan Army with more than a thousand people in his hand was all dispersed and expanded to an army of 5,000 people.
Each of them is like the branches and leaves of this army, and is the backbone of this army.
As long as they are given enough time, Su Qian believes that this Dongshan Army of 5,000 people will regain new vitality.
In Tucheng County, development was in full swing, but this peaceful and good life did not last long, about a month later.
Soon, the county guard's order directly broke the fiery atmosphere.
The order was written very simply. Since Su Qi'an became the owner of Tucheng, according to the law, Tucheng belonged to private territory. Therefore, Qingcheng County cut off all connections with Tucheng.
All border checkpoints are closed. Without orders from the county magistrate, all counties under its jurisdiction are prohibited from entering or exiting Tucheng County.
This order was clearly directed at Su Qi'an. On the surface it sounded nice, allowing it to develop freely without jurisdiction. In fact, it turned Tucheng County into an isolated island, cutting off all connections with the outside world.
Tucheng County is originally surrounded by mountains and primeval forests. Some daily necessities must be transported from the outside to survive.
Now that everything is cut off, it will be okay for a short time, but over time, Tucheng County will be cut off from the source, and the people in the city will not be able to survive.
This is not the worst. The worst thing is that the county magistrate's transfer order has only been issued for half a day.
Near the border of Tucheng, a large group of prisoners of unknown origin, who seemed to be exiled, were being driven towards Tucheng County.
Su Qi'an and Wu Yong didn't even need to think about it, they knew that this matter was caused by the Qingcheng County Sheriff and the high priest.
Originally, Tucheng County had cut off contact with the outside world, and it was difficult for the city to be self-sufficient. At this time, with the arrival of this group of refugee prisoners.
The purpose is to cause another riot in Tucheng County. It is best for the people to live in dire straits, so that they can reap the benefits.
