1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 272 War and Peace ([-])
"Sir, sir!" Seeing that Mr. Luo was obviously distracted, Wei Sumei didn't pay attention to her shout, so she boldly raised her voice a little.

"Ah?" Luo Xinru suddenly came back to his senses, and looked at the 11-year-old girl in front of him with wide eyes, "What's the matter?"

"Sir, my homework is finished, can you take a look?" Wei Sumei looked at this beautiful female gentleman timidly. Great respect.

"Oh, show it to me." Luo Xinru's complexion was a little reddish. Thinking back to these days, Qi Tian's contact with him, and what he said, he suddenly felt a little hypocritical, even the students' shouts I didn't hear it, but I'm really ashamed to kill someone.

"Well, the handwriting written today is more neat than in the past." Luo Xinru looked at it and said, "Do you understand the meaning of these words? Do you want me to explain it to you in detail?"

Wei Sumei hesitated for a moment. Something was wrong with Mr. Luo today. The homework I gave her was not an explanation of words, but an explanation of a passage she assigned yesterday.

She moved her mouth nervously, hesitating whether to remind Mr. Luo.

"Well, at present, we in Hanzhou are working on compiling a dictionary of words, which will include all the words we know, explain them, and make notes. In the future, after this dictionary is compiled, each of your students will You can learn the interpretation of each word according to this dictionary, which will greatly promote your mastery of reading and writing." Luo Xinru said to Wei Sumei with a smile.

In December last year (1638), Qi Tian, ​​Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others said that the different dialects in various parts of the Ming Dynasty had certain obstacles to cultural exchanges, and that many literati had different annotations and comments on certain words. paraphrase.He suddenly remembered the most famous "Xinhua Dictionary" in later generations.

Therefore, he asked whether it is possible to compile a dictionary of words in Hanzhou, covering all the words that have appeared so far, and mark out the interpretation and interpretation of each word.Just like "Erya" in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, it summarizes and explains the words and poems produced before the Ming Dynasty, and uses it as an important tool for reading and literacy.

If possible, the pronunciation of each word is also unified.In this way, it is not only convenient for learners to quickly recognize words, but also unifies the language of Hanzhou.

When Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others heard this, they immediately realized that the compilation of this grand ceremony would be a grand cultural event in Hanzhou and even in Ming Dynasty, but it was also a long-term and huge task.

However, Qi Tian didn't want to procrastinate too long for the final completion of this dictionary.He suggested that this dictionary can be compiled step by step.In the early stage, commonly used words can be compiled first, and then printed and published.Later, those uncommon words, as well as new words that have been gradually added, will be engraved as supplements.

At present, almost all scholars in Hanzhou have participated in the compilation of this dictionary of words. They will conduct intense discussions and confirmations on the annotations, interpretations, and pronunciation of all words.

In the evening, the university hall in Jianye City was over.Hundreds of teenagers and children of different ages cheered and rushed out of the school gate and ran towards their respective homes.

Wei Sumei waited until her elder brother Wei Deyuan returned home with a dozen children who also lived in Beicheng.When passing by the Naval Academy, a group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old naval cadets, dressed in blue and black military uniforms, happily walked out of it.They are the fourth batch of students recruited by the Hanzhou Naval Academy. Compared with the first batch of students who graduated hastily, they quickly filled the Hanzhou Navy.The following three consecutive batches of students should appear more formal and professional, and they will study strictly in accordance with the naval curriculum for three years.

Wei Deyuan waited for a group of boys, looking enviously at the proud naval cadets, until Wei Sumei reached out and gently tugged at his sleeves, then withdrew her reluctant gaze.

"In two years, we will also go to the Navy!" A child said loudly: "Look at how proud and majestic they are!"

"That's right, we went to the navy school, and then we came out to sail a warship, and we're going to beat those Dutch red-haired ghosts hard!"

"There are also barbarians from Spain and Portugal!"

"I'm going to be a navy officer in the future!" Wei Deyuan said softly.

"Grandma won't agree." Wei Sumei said in a low voice.

"Father is an officer of the navy, why can't I go?" Hearing what his sister said, Wei Deyuan was a little annoyed.

"..." Wei Sumei thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Grandma will definitely not agree."

At home, my mother kept saying that after hundreds of years, the Dan people could finally live on land.Because their father wanted to repay Han Zhou's kindness, he had to continue to go to sea.Therefore, as former Dan people, the mothers of the brothers and sisters of the Wei family naturally do not want their descendants to have any contact with the sea.

"Hey, Xingzai is back from school!" When entering Beicheng, passing by a restaurant that had been open for less than half a year, the owner Liu Acai rubbed his son's head happily.

Liu A Cai is also a Cantonese from Canton, and was once a sailor on a warship of the Hanzhou Navy.Last year, when attacking the Spaniard in Luzon, he injured a leg and had to retire and go home.

Originally, according to the regulations of the Hanzhou Navy, sailors who retired due to injuries could be allocated [-] acres of land first, or they could be directly assigned to fishery administration, cargo shipping and other civil affairs departments.

But Liu A Cai didn't choose any of them, and instead opened a restaurant.For this reason, the military government directly issued him 100 yuan of Hanzhou silver dollars as compensation for disability and retirement.

The restaurant opened near the military government building, which attracted many soldiers who were impatient with the food in the cafeteria.When those soldiers came to the restaurant, in addition to improving the taste, they could also take care of the business of the former army.

The business in the restaurant was booming, and Liu A Cai and his wife gradually became overwhelmed. Later, they invited the family members of three sailors to help.Looking at it, this day is getting more and more hopeful.

However, last October, war broke out between the Dutch and Hanzhou.Almost all the officers and soldiers of the Hanzhou Navy were dispatched. First they sailed to hide in Beikoubao, and later they might go to sea to attack the Dutch strongholds in the Nanyang region.There were only a dozen soldiers staying in the military government building, and they were busy preparing for battle and organizing training for local soldiers, or planning a counterattack plan in the later stage of Hanzhou.

As a result, there are very few customers who come to the restaurant to eat every day.To make matters worse, in the face of the blockade by the Dutch, the Hanzhou people's government controlled some materials such as rice, flour, spices, and cloth that were not self-sufficient in the local area, and all of them were purchased by ticket rationing.

This is tantamount to a disaster for a restaurant.You said that when guests come to eat in the restaurant, there are fish and meat in the bowl, but you can’t use corn batter and potato cubes as the staple food.

After a few months, the business of restaurants and stores was extremely bleak, but Liu A Cai didn't complain at all.He had been a sailor in the Hanzhou Navy for two years, and he was very consistent with all the officers and soldiers of the Navy regarding the war between Hanzhou and the Dutch.Although you can't beat it, you must fight it.Because, from the bottom of its heart, the Dutch navy has always underestimated the weak naval power of Hanzhou.They believed that as long as the Dutch threatened a naval blockade, Hanzhou would definitely submit.

Any man with a little blood in the army will not tolerate the Dutch's wanton threats and contempt for Hanzhou.I would rather beat you to pieces than bite you Dutch.

Besides, our Hanzhou is nothing more than being blocked by you. Materials such as rice, flour, and cloth cannot be imported, but everyone is not hungry after all.Corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes have been eaten for a long time. As for the fact that there is not much cloth, then wearing old clothes can make ends meet.

Now, seeing her 13-year-old son happily returning from Jianye University, Liu A Cai feels an inexplicable sense of relief.

As a former Dan people, it has been passed down through generations for hundreds of years, and there has never been anyone in the family who can read and write!Just for our children to study well, and for the safety of our Hanzhou, as long as the commander-in-chief orders to be recruited, even if I lose my other leg, I vow to kill the Dutch red-haired ghost.

"Father, when I grow up, I want to be like you and become a soldier of the Hanzhou Navy." Liu A Cai's son helped him tidy up the tables and chairs in the shop.

"Okay!" Liu A Cai happily patted his son on the shoulder, "You will definitely be better than me in the future, maybe you can be a captain?"
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Fu Jinbiao and his party of more than [-] cavalrymen swept past the group of natives holding wooden spears like lightning, and each of them waved the saber in their hands twice, leaving behind a pile of corpses.

Mo Pu and Yi Changshun, standing behind the aborigines, were devastated. Nearly 200 strong aborigines on their side were killed by these 30 Hanzhou cavalry without any power to fight back, and even chased them relentlessly. Escape everywhere.

There are two black lacquered armors on the chest and back, and an iron helmet mask on the head. A musket is held on the back of the horse, and a saber is held in hand.Facing our group of natives with wooden spears and sticks, can you stop bullying people too much!

Half a year ago, after they separated from Lai Si, the two of them drove their respective natives to the south.But the more they walked, the more desolate they were, and the food available on the road became less and less.The aborigines began to flee and disperse one after another, leaving behind no morale.In the end, I simply found a valley for temporary shelter.

But he hadn't recuperated much, and the cavalry from Hanzhou were found here.If you think about it, so many aborigines have been lost along the way, just let the Hanzhou people catch one or two, and after a little torture, they can chase them along the trail.

Watching Hanzhou's more than 30 cavalry circle in front, then stopped, staring at them.Mo Pu and Yi Changshun looked at each other, shaking their heads and smiling wryly.Look at this, the cavalry of Hanzhou wants to gather them here, although the opponent only has more than 30 cavalry.

"Stop fighting, let's surrender." Yi Changshun said, "Look at those natives, they don't want to fight at all."

"They won't kill us all, will they?" Mo Pu said worriedly.

"Anyway, sooner or later." Yi Changshun said: "Let's just let fate."

As he said that, he threw away the broken knife in his hand that had already been damaged by countless gaps, and shouted loudly to the cavalry on the opposite side: "Surrender, surrender! Stop fighting!"

Fu Jinbiao, who was charging the musket in the horse, heard it from a distance, stopped his hands, turned his head and said to his subordinates with a smile: "I thought, these local thieves will have to play with you for two more days.  …Let's go." , drive them back to Song Castle!"

(End of this chapter)