201 The Han Banner in the Bitter Cold Land
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In mid-December, the Aman Mountains, located in the extreme north of the eastern grassland, was the border of the Great Han Dynasty outside the border. There were alien herders and a small number of alien troops who surrendered to the Han Dynasty to guard the border.
Today, these alien warriors guarding the frontier will welcome the first batch of prisoners serving their sentences to build fortifications instead of the herdsmen living here.
The bitter cold wind made people feel really painful. These prisoners who have lived in the south for a long time have never suffered such pain. They are all wrapped around their cotton coats, and their faces and lips are frozen in purple.
“Hi~~”
The prisoners arrived at the edge of Manshan Mountain, and the alien warriors who came to greet him yelled at them from a distance.
The Han soldiers escorting the prisoners heard the sound of tearing and waved their whip to urge the prisoners to hurry up, and the officer in charge took the lead and greeted them.
I saw an alien warrior wearing cotton armor smiled and opened his arms to greet him when the Han army walked in front of him, and greeted him in a slightly stiff Chinese:
"My friend, you are here. I heard that you are coming half a month ago. Everyone has prepared cattle and sheep for slaughter, waiting for you to enjoy together!"
The officer hugged each other tightly, and then the officer said to the alien warrior with a serious expression: "Do your business first and then test how many Chinese characters you can recognize."
"Here!"
The alien warrior stood up straight and replied respectfully.
Then, the two handed over the criminal matters. After the review, they confirmed that the 284 prisoners were correct and walked towards a newly built small town on the border of Manshan.
"How can you endure this day..."
A prisoner in his forties shrank his neck and looked at the desolate surroundings, burst into tears.
His name is Lin Zihua. He was originally the chief of Zhenjiang Yantieng. He was investigated and dismissed for seeking huge profits from the private salt criminals and Chu State. He was sentenced to be exiled to the frontier for ten years.
Looking back at this time, I could spend the winter in a comfortable mansion with fire. Looking at the current bitter and cold environment, Lin Zihua felt sad and regretted that he shouldn't have had greed and ended up like this.
About an hour later, a small city appeared on the desolate plain, standing alone in the cold wind, only a military flag symbolizing the Han army swaying around the top of the city, which is particularly eye-catching.
"Hurry up, don't be too slow!"
Lin Zihua was rude for a while and then he caused the Han soldiers who escorted him to scold him.
Nearly 250 prisoners staggered into the small town on foot and officially began their career in serving their sentences in the Far East.
As the process of starting the handover of prisoners, the alien warrior quietly pulled the Han army officer who was escorting him and asked in a low voice: "Wu, we are friends. Tell me, how are my daughter and children in Jizhou now?"
The officer took out a pipe from his arms, grabbed two more handfuls of tobacco, and gave it to the alien warrior, and replied: "Your son and your daughter are very good. Now they are a fifth-grade student in Jizhou Primary School. It's almost time to have winter vacation, and you will see them soon."
The alien warrior was particularly excited when he heard this.
The reason why these alien soldiers and herders guarded this desolate border is mostly for their children to have a good future.
Since the Central Plains culture has been in contact with these aliens for a long time, the concepts of these aliens have changed a little bit. They don’t want their descendants to be like themselves, and they can only wander around on the horse’s back all day long, so they must have a comfortable living environment.
The quickest way to change this environment is to integrate into the Han group and allow your children to enter the school to study. In this way, even if they cannot become officials in the future, they can at least find a job that suits them like the people of the Han Dynasty.
However, due to the dense population of the Han Dynasty and the difficulty of training teachers, so far, it is barely enough for children in various towns to receive free compulsory education, and it is preferred to admit civilians of this dynasty who hold Chinese language. Undocumented children of foreign races must pay high tuition fees if they want to study...
However, there are exceptions in everything. As long as foreigners are willing to accept the matters arranged by Han officials, they can allow their children to enter primary school and learn knowledge with the children in the Han family before obtaining their Chinese books.
This is the case with these alien warriors guarding Manshan. For their descendants, they are willing to endure loneliness and bitter cold, stay here to prevent the invasion of the Slav tribes separated by a river.
The officer took a deep breath of cigarette, seemed to think of something, and said, "Oh, by the way, you have been here for four years, right?
I have asked you before I came. Next summer, your Chinese certificate will be issued, and you and I will be the same at that time..."
"Please trouble you!"
The warrior nodded gratefully, took a deep breath of cigarette, and looked at the prisoners and frowned.
"Are these people corrupt officials?"
"There are also those who are ill-hearted and intend to rebel..."
"How could there be such a scum who is ignorant of life and death under the rule of Ce Khan?"
"So you will leave these people to supervise. It's a boring time, adding some fun to spend time..."
"It would be better if some women came. I am not interested in this man. I am not as good as Long Yang."
"Go to yours, woman? Don't even think about it, hahaha..."
"Hahaha……"
The officer and the interracial warrior burst into laughter.
After the handover procedure, the group of prisoners came to a four-story prison in a circular shape, which could accommodate more than 2,000 prisoners at the same time. This was the first group of serious prisoners serving sentences from outside the Far East. After the door of the prison room was closed, they completely lost contact with the outside world.
After confirming that all 248 prisoners were imprisoned in their respective prison numbers, the warden shouted loudly in stiff Chinese: "You all listen, the prison here is specially prepared for you prisoners who have committed serious crimes,
The rules here are very simple. You must do whatever I ask you to do every day. If you want to survive, you must be obedient.
Otherwise, I will let you know what the rules are! If you don’t have a job today, you don’t have to work for the time being. You will stay in your own room and reflect on your sins.”
After the warden left, a group of prisoners who were already serving their sentences in the prison immediately began to cheer and whistle to the new novices.
Soon, the officials in Jiangnan who could not stand the stimulation could no longer hold it back and started crying loudly, crying so sadly.
An official in Jiangnan recalled that he had lived in his home in Jiangnan in the past as free and free, but now he has to serve more than ten years in this bitter and cold place in the extreme north. When he thought of this, he immediately covered his face and cried, regretting that he had been.
"Hey, what's your name? Let me introduce myself. My name is Tulazan, a native of Huluan. I have been serving four years in prison here. We are very hard here and need mutual help to survive. Do you need help?"
Opposite Lin Zihua's room, a dark-looking alien prisoner greeted him "entirely".
Tulazan looked at Lin Zihua with unusual colors, as if he had seen a delicate beauty, which made his Adam's apple roll up and down, and he was extremely hungry...
Chapter completed!