Chapter 292 Where Have They Gone? (Please vote and subscribe)

In the afternoon, the cultural class in the military camp began. Although Luo Chong intended to teach them Chinese characters, he did not teach them the content of the characters directly. Instead, he integrated Chinese characters into the military formation for them to learn. While teaching them various methods of arranging troops and arrays, he wrote down some nouns of the formations in Chinese characters, and then let them learn Chinese characters.

This is actually the same as teaching elementary school students to learn Chinese characters. The characters have never been taught separately, but integrated into the text. While learning the text, they also learn the unfamiliar Chinese characters in it. Luo Chong also meant this.

He rubbed Chinese characters into the military formation that these people are more interested in. The effect is much better than teaching Chinese characters directly. First, the names of various weapons and equipment, then the Chinese characters in the regulations, and finally some formations.

For example, what kind of formation to set up when facing what kind of enemy, how to defend, how to charge, and what to do when breaking through. He even specifically talked about how to defend the city defense and other coping methods. The students also learned with relish.

After these people finished their classes, Luo Chong went to examine the items that he had mentioned in the morning, and finally gave them a few comments, explained their shortcomings, and asked them to train harder in the future, and then let them continue their physical training.

After the four general flags left, Luo Chong returned to the barracks and called another group of students. Most of these students were women who got pregnant last winter, and some half-grown children around ten years old, both boys and girls, a total of about 200 people.

Luo Chong naturally gave these people no longer military tactics and formations, but a large collection of nouns mainly for daily necessities, mostly the production methods of various things, and then wrote down the entire production process in the form of text, so that while teaching them how to make things, they also learned Chinese characters at the same time.

There is actually an advantage to doing this, that is, if you only rely on your brain to write down all the Chinese characters, it is very difficult, but if you write an article, you will use a lot of Chinese characters, and you don’t even know how many characters you can write, which is much simpler than thinking about a single character.

Another peculiar thing about Chinese characters is that if you see them too many times, you will forget what the character is called. The more you see them, the more awkward it becomes. Gradually, the character will separate in your eyes and become unrelated strokes. In the end, it will become harder and harder to remember. This is very magical, and even adults from elementary school to adulthood cannot avoid it.

In the third month of spring, the days of training the army and teaching at the same time passed day by day. Youye was also urging the production of goods. He was actually very concerned about the establishment of the fixed market in Hedong, and he wished that he could break away from his elder brother as soon as possible and lead his own team.

Luo Chong was also very concerned about this matter. The land in the new city area that was explored was much larger than that in Hanyang City, and there was a big river next to it, and there were raw materials for papermaking on the north and south sides. There was no reason for him not to be concerned. At the end of March, Luo Chong finally gave the order to let the advance team for the preparation of the new city set off.

The scale of the team was quite large, with all the troops of a group dispatched, plus the 20-man caravan led by Youye, seven carts, and 100 sheep.

Except for two of the carts loaded with pottery and white salt, the other three carts were loaded with tools for infrastructure construction, such as hoes, pickaxes, shovels, ropes, axes, saws and the like. The last two carts were loaded entirely with grain.

The other 100 sheep were bait that Luo Chong deliberately asked them to bring. The first purpose of their trip was to build a garrison base like a military camp, and then graze sheep around it, using these sheep as bait to attract wild beasts near the river to attack actively, and then use the army's combat power to annihilate the wild beasts, so as to achieve the purpose of clearing the surrounding wild beasts and create a safe and good environment for the upcoming land reclamation and city construction.

In this advance team, the army was led by Shu Da, and there were four purposes: one was to clear the wild beasts, the second was to provide protection for the caravan, and to be responsible for the escort of materials between the new city and Hanyang City, as well as to provide initial labor.

Just when You Ye led the team and Shu Da to set off, his brother You Fu had been away for two months. A team of 40 people had come to the grassland again, but this time they did not find last year's Qianyang tribe and Altai tribe near the edge of the mountain. The group walked for 10 days and did not encounter a single living person. This made You Fu's heart murmur, so he began to ask Ling Feng what was going on.

"Captain You, this is the grassland. The grassland tribes are different from our Han tribes. The Han tribes rely on fixed land to grow food, while the grassland tribes mainly feed on cattle, horses and sheep. They raise a large number of livestock, so they naturally need a lot of grass. Oh, by the way, our Han tribe calls that fodder, so when the grass in one place is eaten up, they will naturally move to other places with abundant water and grass. This is normal. All grassland tribes are like this." Ling Feng carefully explained to You Fu.

"Oh, so that's how it is. What should we do now? Can you find their migration station? Or other tribes can also do it. Otherwise, we can't complete the task assigned by the leader."

You Fu was also a little undecided. Now that he was in the territory of the grassland people, he habitually asked Ling Feng, a native, for advice.

"I do know some places with abundant water and grass in this season. We can go there to take a look. I guess even if Qianyang and Altai are not there, there must be other tribes there." Ling Feng suggested.

"Okay, let's go, but the grassland here is endless, and it looks the same everywhere. As long as you can find the way back, it's fine. Don't let us find the tribe, exchange things, and end up not being able to return home." You Fu expressed his concerns.

His worries were not groundless. The vastness of the grassland is like the sea and the desert. It is endless. There is green grass everywhere. There is nothing to serve as a landmark. No wonder he thought so.

"Captain You, what's so difficult about this? Not to mention that my horse can find the way back by itself, aren't there our two giant eagles flying in the sky? They can even send letters back. It shouldn't be difficult for them to lead the way for us, right?!" Ling Feng reminded.

"Oh! Look at my brain. I got confused when I was anxious. If you hadn't mentioned this to me, I almost forgot that we still have two eagles." You Fu immediately calmed down after hearing Ling Feng's words. The worry on his face disappeared immediately, and the team quickly started to move again.

(End of this chapter)