Learning was a form of foresight.
For many people, they couldn't see the value of learning.
The more ignorant the people and the more ignorant the region, the more this was the case.
On Earth, there were families that made their children drop out of school to work. This situation mostly occurred in remote mountainous areas. On one hand, the family was poor, and on the other hand, they were limited by their horizons.
This was especially the case in Dayao.
The aboriginals were used to using their fists. Their concept of learning was to learn martial arts, or better yet, to learn words.
As for the things that Ren Baqian taught, they weren't taken seriously before his few matches.
However, the nuclear warhead made these muscle-brained aboriginals realize the value of learning.
That night, Xi Wanya found Ren Baqian and wanted to send his son to the academy for the next batch of students.
Ren Baqian was naturally happy to accept this.
This world was different from the ancient times on Earth. The descendants of experts had a higher probability of outstanding talent, so the descendants of experts had a higher probability of becoming higher-ups. Letting them experience a period of school life would greatly improve the educational qualifications of the higher-ups in Dayao in the future.
Even a protector general like Xi Wanya sent his son to the academy. Naturally, the status of the academy in the eyes of other officials and commoners would rise.
"If there are any outstanding youths in your village, you can also send them to my place. The next enrollment will be at the beginning of next year, so it's best to rush to Lan City before the new year, "Ren Baqian said to the other Cardinal Heaven experts.
"Thank you, Sir Ren." The few of them nodded and were calculating which of the youths in the village was the most suitable.
Although Ren Baqian wasn't very strong, they didn't dare to underestimate him after witnessing the power of that nuclear warhead.
Ren Baqian said rather modestly, "This is just a small guy. A real big guy is tens of thousands of times more powerful and can turn an entire city into nothingness."
Ren Baqian had another one that was twice the size of this one and several times more powerful.
"I want someone with a good brain. A good brain and enough hard work, that's the most important thing. As for martial arts talent, it's the icing on the cake. It's best to have a high talent, but it doesn't matter if it's low, "Ren Baqian reminded them.
The few of them hesitated for a while. One of them raised his head and asked sincerely, "What's the icing on the cake?"
The corner of Ren Baqian's mouth twitched. Sure enough, it was best to speak in plain language when talking to these people. He didn't need to use idioms or anything like that.
"After you have chosen the person, look for Sir Xi and ask him to send someone to Lan City," Ren Baqian said after thinking for a while.
He didn't doubt that these people could find Xi Wanya.
They were Cardinal Heaven experts after all.
Furthermore, what Xi Wanya was going to do next required the help of these people. Now that the empress was here, these people behaved themselves and even rushed over from afar to pay their respects. If the empress wasn't around, it would be hard to say if they would still give face to Ren Baqian.
It would be easier for Xi Wanya to speak up if he had something to do with the matter of escorting the youth from the village. After all, the youths they had chosen were more or less related to them, or were youths that they thought highly of.
Sending these people to Lan City wasn't a big deal.
"Sir Xi, if these disciples from the village want to go to Lan City, I'll have to trouble you to send someone to escort them," Ren Baqian said to Xi Wanya.
Xi Wanya cupped his hands in a tacit understanding.
After all, he was experienced and knowledgeable as a Protector General, so he was more quick-witted when it came to such matters.
He then said to the rest of them, "When the time comes, you can ask them to look for me."
They nodded and said, "When the time comes, we will have to rely on you, Sir Xi."
…
Everyone stayed in the Ya family village for another three days. The empress handled some matters and went to the burial mound again.
Neither the empress nor Ren Baqian mentioned anything about that period of history.
They only told Xi Wanya about what they knew about the herdsmen and the foreign races.
His next task was to establish a new Protectorate of the Barbarians and then explore the depths of the Sixty Thousand Mountains to find traces of the herdsmen and the foreign races. If he found any, he would report it immediately.
In addition, personnel from the Ministry of Revenue came to register all the villages in the Sixty Thousand Mountains. In the future, all the villages that wanted to migrate or do other things had to be recorded.
This was also a preparation to bring the many aboriginal villages in the Sixty Thousand Mountains under the rule of law.
Although Dayao had laws, they didn't have much of a binding force on the Sixty Thousand Mountains. This was because the situation in the Sixty Thousand Mountains was complicated and difficult for the imperial court to control.
They didn't even know how many villages there were in the depths of the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
Although the people in the depths of the mountains knew that the imperial court was present, it was difficult to communicate with them. On the other hand, it was difficult for the imperial court to influence them.
Not many people took this matter seriously.
Only the periphery and the central region would be affected by the imperial court. This effect decreased with the distance from Ya City.
The further the distance, the smaller the effect.
In the future, this naturally couldn't happen again.
Not only did they have to register all the aboriginals, but they also had to station troops, open up the mountains, and build roads to connect the Sixty Thousand Mountains with the outside world.
At the very least, they had to build roads that could reach the central region of the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
However, this was a huge and slow project.
Furthermore, the maintenance costs were far higher than those of the plains outside.
Three days later, Ren Baqian and the empress led 2,500 winged cavalry warriors on their return journey.
"Brother, I invite you back to Lan City to take a look. After all, you are my only relative, "the empress said to Qi Ziting, who was dressed in red.
Qi Ziting had been chased out of Lan City previously.
Therefore, the empress was here to invite him.
"I'm not going back. I'm very interested in the foreign races that you mentioned. I wonder if there are any experts among them! "Qi Ziting grinned, revealing his white teeth, and was in high spirits.
He looked at Ren Baqian and said to the empress, "Men aren't good people. Be careful of this guy. Tell me if there's anything, and I'll break his legs. "
Ren Baqian really wanted to ask if he was being scolded by Qi Ziting. Or perhaps it wasn't his legs that were cut off?
"He doesn't have the guts." The empress was clear that Ren Baqian had the intention but didn't have the guts.
However, Ren Baqian felt that … this hurt his pride.
Should he be more daring too?
He heard that there were a few new Earth Wheel experts in the brothel …
"Let's go! If we go back early, those people will be anxious. I have to contact some people to go with me to the depths of the mountains. "Qi Ziting waved his hand rather heartily.
"This is the responsibility of Protector General Xi."
"I know. I'll inform him if I discover anything. I won't send you off. I'm leaving. " Qi Ziting waved his hand, tapped his crutches on the ground, and flew backward like a big bird.
"Your Majesty, forgive me for not being able to send you off," Xi Wanya said as he stepped forward.
Seeing that Qi Ziting had left, the empress immediately lost interest and waved her hand. "This place is different from Tianjing Basin. The environment here is complicated, so you have to put in more effort and don't let me down."
"I'll do my best!" Xi Wanya immediately shouted.
"Let's go!" The empress flashed onto Qi Shui's back.
"Sir Ren, I'll have to trouble you to send this letter to my son." Xi Wanya handed the letter to Ren Baqian.
Ren Baqian took the letter and didn't say anything else. He cupped his hands and bade farewell before jumping onto the crow general's back and following the empress.
One month later, everyone finally passed through the Sword Screen Forest and saw Ya City in the distance.
The mounts that the winged cavalry lacked had already been prepared here.
In addition to the winged cavalry that didn't have mounts, the other new winged cavalry also needed to change mounts.
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