The recruitment of laborers went smoothly.
The imperial court forcefully allocated the number of laborers to each city. There were more than 400 cities, and the smaller cities had to send more than 10,000 people while the bigger cities had to send 30,000 to 40,000 people.
Although it would have a little impact on the cities, it wasn't a big deal.
The Yun Nation also had a population of nearly 100 million.
This wasn't like sending able-bodied men to war. The wages were sufficient, and there wasn't much backlash from the people.
On the contrary, the wages were too generous, and many people doubted whether they could really get it.
As for the other classes, such as scholars, wealthy families, and merchants, they were happy to see this happen and were even looking forward to it.
After all, after walking the road from Lan City to Pingdu, the road to the Yun Nation was no different from a country road.
In just 20 days, millions of laborers were recruited to start building the road to the Yun Nation.
The first was the road from Pingdu to Wangjing.
After it was repaired, it would only take two days for tractors and one day for trucks to travel from Pingdu to Wangjing.
In other words, with trucks, fresh seafood from the sea could be delivered to Lan City in two and a half days.
For the people of Dayao who had a hard time eating, this was an excellent thing.
After all, as far as Ren Baqian knew, there was kelp in this world, but the fishermen of the Yun Nation didn't eat it.
The various resources in the sea were also extremely rich.
At present, the ingredients in the sea were what Ren Baqian cared about the most.
This was because he wanted to expand the planting area of soybeans and other oil crops that were used as raw materials for biodiesel. This would reduce the farming and grazing area in Dayao, which wasn't considered rich.
In this case, the sea was an excellent source of food.
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Xiaojiang Academy.
The sound of people reading echoed in the academy.
The sound of students reading had always been Ning Changqing's favorite.
At this time, Ning Changqing, who was nearly 70 years old, was sitting in the courtyard with his eyes closed. He was listening to his favorite reading, but his eyebrows were furrowed.
"Dean, we can't go on like this." Sitting not far away from him was a scholarly scholar who was about 50 years old.
"Mm!" Ol 'Amos replied softly, his eyes still closed.
Xiaojiang Academy was one of the top five academies in the Yun Nation. For hundreds of years, there had been many important officials from the academy.
There were two prime ministers.
There were countless officials, big and small.
Ever since the establishment of the Xiaojiang Academy, it had emphasized, "A good country should not nurture talents first; a way to nurture talents should not first encourage them to learn."
When students entered the Academy, they would be enrolled in different subjects according to their specialties. The curriculum advocated practical application and field investigation, which was called "understanding and applying".
Furthermore, he proposed, "It is necessary to teach the economic industry and obtain economic talents."
It was very compatible with the strong business atmosphere of the Yun Nation.
Thus, although Xiao Jiang Academy was one of the five great academies, it was one of the two most famous academies.
As for the most famous one, it was the Wangjing Academy, which was based on the study of scriptures.
But in terms of students, Xiaojiang Academy was the best at practical work.
In fact, in the eyes of many, the Xiaojiang Academy was the leader of the five great academies.
Logically speaking, with such a famous Xiaojiang Academy, there shouldn't be anything for the Old Dean to worry about.
That was how it had always been.
However, a few years ago, the Yun Nation had fallen, and the emperor had been captured. Everything had changed overnight.
From then on, Ning Changqing always frowned.
Especially in the past two years, Ning Changqing's frown had become more frequent, and he had also become more and more aged.
When the others saw this, they naturally knew it wasn't easy.
However, they had to think of a way.
Ever since the fall of the Yun Nation, it had been a few years since a student had become an official.
There were no examinations in Dayao and the Yun Nation. It could be said that the future of the students had been cut off.
In the past, the students in the academy wouldn't even take a second look at the merchants.
But now, when students from ordinary families left the academy, most of them went to work for merchants. What did the teachers in the academy think of this?
Not to mention that the number of students in the past two years was only half of what it used to be.
Many of the teachers in the academy were anxious when they saw this.
Another scholar sighed. He knew that it was useless to look for the Old Dean in today's world.
The aboriginals only cared about their fists and didn't care about knowledge.
Most of the time, he just wanted to vent his frustration.
"In fact, there is a way!" Ning Changqing suddenly opened his eyes. However, after saying this, he shook his head and closed his eyes again.
"Let's wait!"
The scholar laughed bitterly.
Indeed, they could only wait.
If there was a change of dynasty, the new emperor would definitely hold a major examination to fill in a large number of officials.
In addition, holding a major examination would signify the end of everything and the beginning of a new dynasty. It was also intended to rope in the scholars and stop them from gossiping.
It wasn't that the Dayao imperial court didn't lack officials. On the contrary, it was extremely lacking.
It was just that the fierce aboriginals had no intention of roping in the scholars.
As a result, these scholars were at a loss.
Not to mention whether they were willing to work for the aboriginals or not, they didn't even have the opportunity to work for the aboriginals. The aboriginals didn't seem to care about them at all.
However, looking at the aboriginals' conciliatory behavior, they would rope in the scholars of the Yun Nation sooner or later.
They just had to wait.
At the thought of this, the scholar felt extremely complicated.
On one hand, Dayao was their enemy.
On the other hand, the Yun Nation was now under Dayao's rule. On the contrary, it wasn't as chaotic as before, and the people were living a better life than before.
Just like the conscription in the past few days. If the Yun Nation was still in power, they would probably become forced labor and end up in misery.
Furthermore, the behavior of the aboriginals in the past two years was completely different from the fierce and overbearing aboriginals of the past.
The two of them sat in the courtyard, each thinking of their own thoughts.
At this moment, an old man rushed in and said, "Dean, something has happened!"
"What's the matter?" Ning Changqing opened his eyes. "Don't worry, speak slowly."
Ning Changqing's eyes weren't muddy like an old man's. Instead, they were clear and intelligent.
The old man took a deep breath and said, "A few aboriginal soldiers are at the door and want to see you, Dean!"
Ning Changqing knocked on the armrest of the chair twice, stood up, and walked out.
"Dean, should we inform the others?" The scholar got up and followed behind him with a worried look.
He didn't know what the aboriginal soldiers were here for.
"Don't alarm the others." Ning Changqing waved his hand. "It might not be a bad thing."
A moment later, Ning Changqing arrived at the entrance of the academy. The old man didn't know the purpose of their visit and hurriedly ran to the academy to report the news before leaving them outside.
Fortunately, they didn't look impatient.
"Gentlemen, I'm the dean here. Sorry for the delay. Please come in and talk."
"There's no need. We'll give you the letter. We'll leave after you reply," said a woman in her twenties who was wearing armor.
She took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Ning Changqing.
"Gentlemen, please wait for a moment." Ning Changqing took the letter unhurriedly and opened it. He frowned, relaxed, frowned, and relaxed again.
The scholar beside him looked at his frown and felt like pressing his fingers to smooth it out.
"Please report to Zhao Prince Consort that I will bring the students of the academy for an exchange!"
"Got it!" The person turned and left.
After the other person left, the middle-aged scholar asked, "Dean, what kind of exchange?"
Ning Changqing's frown finally widened.
"Didn't I tell you to wait? You've waited! "
Ning Changqing continued, "Zhao Prince Consort invited the students of the academy to visit Black Bamboo College for an exchange! That's what the letter said! "
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