The Emperor is Above

Chapter 327 Swear allegiance to the Lord until death!

It is human nature to pursue good and avoid evil.

As soon as it was said that two happy events were going to be announced, all the people in the territory immediately became excited and listened attentively.

Only a very few sensitive citizens were shocked to find that even though they were more than a hundred feet away from the martial arts arena, they could still clearly hear the lord's gentle voice.

“One of these two happy events is that I will set up a needlework school to teach the exquisite needlework of weaving and embroidery, which will be taught by Aunt Hua and others who have profound skills.

If someone has excellent skills and talents, he or she may have the opportunity to learn Zhongzhou court embroidery. Even an embroidery that is only one foot long and wide can be exchanged for a thousand coins.

In addition, we migrated from the capital to Longcheng Fengtu, and the journey took nearly a month. Every family could come to collect cotton and linen raw materials to weave cloth.

After arriving at Longcheng and enfeoffing the land, the work points will be recorded according to the amount of woven cloth and embroidery, which will be used as one of the criteria for enfeoffment and granting of land. "

When it came to selecting the host for the needlework school, Gongsun Wu recommended his own mother Jiang Ji. However, Jiang Ji was now responsible for the health of the entire team with her pharmacist apprentices and did not have the time to teach needlework.

Fortunately, Jiang Ji had gotten along well with the women of Guqiu over the past year. Aunt Hua and many other women had learned many needlework skills from her, and their various techniques were quite sophisticated.

Jiang Ji believed that it was enough for this group of women from Guqiu to be responsible for teaching skills. At the same time, Jiang Ji also promised that if she found someone with outstanding talent, she would personally teach the most sophisticated needlework skills.

Hearing that the Lord would reward weaving and that they could learn more skills, the eyes of many women in the territory suddenly lit up, and the noisy chattering went straight to the sky:
"That's great. I've been eating and sleeping these past few days. My bones are almost rusted from idleness. Not only can I get rewards for spinning and weaving, but I can also increase the amount of land I'm granted!"

"Sisters, pay attention! The Lord must have technicians who are proficient in Zhongzhou court embroidery. We must work hard to learn from them. This is a skill that can be passed down to our children and future generations!"

The chattering of thousands of women would have almost made people collapse in the past, but at this moment, many people in the territory were excited and looking forward to it, saying, "Lord, what is the second happy event?"

"Since everyone is looking forward to the second happy event, I will tell all the villagers that I plan to set up a school in the caravan so that the children can read and learn calligraphy and poetry and classics."

Before Qing Yi finished speaking, many puzzled questions were raised by the people around him, especially many elderly people who shook their heads in denial:
"My Lord, our country of Xing has always been a martial arts country, and we value brave warriors and nobles. What good can we achieve by letting children study and learn to write?"

"Yes, yes, Lord, please forgive me. I think it is better to let the children practice martial arts and learn combat skills instead of learning poetry and classics!"

"My Lord, please think twice. The northern border is adjacent to the Xianyu tribe, and there is also the Guiwu tribe separatist. There are barbarians everywhere in the wilderness. How can poetry and classics repel the enemy?"

Seeing the overwhelming denial from many of the people, Qing Yi remained unmoved. He smiled and spoke in a pure voice without a trace of impurities:
"Ancient sages have said that parrots can speak, but they are still birds; orangutans can speak, but they are still beasts; and if people do not learn, they are no better than beasts.

The elders in the village think that reading and writing are useless, but they don’t know that reading poetry and books can enlighten the mind; being familiar with national history can help one learn from the past and present; and being familiar with the classics can help one understand fortune and disaster.

Whether practicing martial arts, combat skills, or practicing techniques such as talisman master, formation master, pharmacist, weapon refiner, and mechanical master, being proficient in poetry, books, and scriptures can open the mind and help accelerate practice.

Therefore, starting from tomorrow, all children and teenagers in every household aged five and above and under eighteen, regardless of gender, must go to school, and no excuses or obstacles will be allowed. "

Many of the subjects used to be villagers living in the capital's suburbs. They had no idea that studying has so many benefits. They were so happy that they would not want to stop it.
After two pieces of good news were announced in succession, everyone, whether women, children or teenagers, had a smile on their face and were happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Although many of the young and strong people in the team were happy, they couldn't help feeling lost, as if they were completely useless except for farming, and a strong sense of failure came over them.

Throughout the night, many young men tossed and turned, unable to sleep, wondering where their future would lie. When the sun rose, dozens of sleighs had been transformed into special schools by Tun Shigu and his craftsmen overnight, and the children happily lined up to be taken to the sleigh school.

Many women happily received cotton and linen, or started weaving or learning embroidery. They put aside past conflicts and devoted themselves fully to their work.

Only the young and strong people ate the meat soup, corn porridge and other breakfasts provided by the kitchen car with no appetite, and watched with envy the private army's martial arts training. Then the whole convoy continued on its journey.

After a whole day of fermentation, many young and strong citizens were disappointed and could no longer accept their own uselessness.

When the caravan camped again in the evening, they all made requests to the lord through San Yisheng, Beigong Yu, and Nan Guoshi:

"When the Lord was a sergeant at Lone Hill, his private army initially consisted of only ten people. He had no choice but to organize the Lone Hill militia to protect his homeland.

Although we are useless, at least we receive military training every year. We ask the Lord to train us into militia, so that we can not only protect our families and relatives, but also serve the Lord and defend the fiefdom!"

“I beg the Lord to organize us into a militia. We all know that our strength is weak and far inferior to the Lord’s private army.

But we are all civilians in Tingli Village. We are not afraid of hardship or fatigue. As long as the lord recruits us into the militia, we will serve you till death."

Faced with the heartfelt pleas of more than 6,000 young and strong men, Qing Yi knew that the atmosphere was almost brewing and if he continued to be pretentious, it would become a bit too much.

So, accompanied by Gongsun Wu, Dongmen Hu, Dongmen Bao, Chai Yong, Daniu, Mu Yi and others, Qing Yi walked out in neat clothes.

Even though he was very happy, he still looked solemn as he bowed to the young and strong people, and then said loudly: "I relied on the strength of my private army and ignored the desire of my uncles and brothers to protect their homes and relatives.

Although your strength is not enough to be incorporated into my private army, your passion is enough to serve as a militia to protect our homeland."

Before Qing Yi finished speaking, cheers from many young and strong people were heard all around:
"Great! We are now the militia under the command of our Lord!"

"Thank you very much, Lord, for agreeing to this. We are very grateful!"

"I swear to serve you till death, and I swear to be loyal to you till death!"

Seeing thousands of young men excitedly venting their joy, Qing Yi raised his hand slightly to signal silence, and then said loudly: "Considering the large number of uncles and brothers, I will divide the Longcheng Fengtu militia into four levels: A, B, C, and D.

Those who have reached the high level of physical forging are grade A, those who have reached the middle level of physical forging are grade B, those who have reached the elementary level of physical forging are grade C, and those who have not yet reached the elementary level are grade D. "

"My Lord, your classification of levels is fair, and we have no objection!"

"Although we are assigned a low rank today, as long as we are willing to work hard, we will be promoted to the private army sooner or later."

Qing Yi heard the young and strong people talking at once and smiled faintly. He immediately said loudly: "Since the uncles and brothers have no objection, then the martial arts training will begin tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)