Chapter 989 Military Primary School

In the early days of Haihan's occupation of the Qiongbei area, Yan Chujie personally served as the chief military officer. Later, this position was taken over for a period of time by Roger, who had just transferred back to the military from the Ministry of Industry. The situation in Qiongbei became stable, and Roger South

After taking up their posts in Ambona Island, the command of the Qiongbei Defense Area, including Haikou City and Danzhou, was taken in turns by Yan Chujie and Wang Tom on a six-month cycle. However, both of them have recently returned due to the upcoming founding celebration.

In Sanya, the highest local command authority is temporarily exercised by Qiu Yuan.

Of course, in the current peaceful period, it is unlikely that Qiu Yuan will need to use his command power. Even the daily operations of the garrison do not require him to interfere with everything. Today, in order to welcome the arrival of the inspection team, Qiu Yuancai mobilized a team of cavalry

Put on a show - this show was not for Ning Qi, but for the Dutchman who was traveling with him.

Van Diemen did notice this small armed cavalry, not because of the cavalry muskets on their saddles and the sabers slung around their waists, but because of the special shapes of the horses these cavalry rode.

They are tall and obviously not from the Far East. Van Diemen is convinced that they should belong to Arabian horses and Andalusian horses from Europe, or they are mixed descendants of the two. Haihan can get such good horses in batches, so he must be the same.

It took a lot of effort, and there must have been a fairly large population, to be able to deploy a cavalry team in a place like Haikou City.

The mobility of the cavalry on land and the charging tactics on the battlefield are the parts that every commander will pay special attention to. However, while having powerful abilities, the cost of training and maintaining a cavalry is also very high. The cost of a war horse

The daily expenses are at least equivalent to three to four infantrymen, and the amount of food and grass supplies required is far more than that of infantrymen. Not only must they be fed fodder, but they must also be fed with concentrates such as black beans, and when the combat intensity is high, they must also be fed with salt.

Of course, salt is not valuable in Haihan, and it can be supplied at any time. The main difficulty lies in the logistics supply during wartime. Although the cavalry has high mobility, the logistics troops may not be able to keep up.

Therefore, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, the cavalry unit must not only have war horses, but also a considerable number of pack horses. It is normal for a cavalry team of one hundred people to have two hundred horses. Heavy cavalry may also need to be equipped with war horses and pack horses.

With one more horse for daily riding, the Mongolian cavalry that swept across Eurasia even reached a configuration of one man and six horses. Of course, the current Haihan cavalry is far from such a luxurious configuration, and only maintains one man and two horses.

The preparation and consumption are already very large.

If non-nomadic people want to maintain an established cavalry, their military expenditures are quite staggering. With the financial resources of the East India Company, in the past, they could only maintain a cavalry team of 200 people in Batavia. However, due to the previous

The battle was too brutal, and this cavalry team was also completely lost in the battle with the Horse Fighting Blue Army. It is currently undergoing post-war reconstruction like other local garrison troops. However, because the war horses must be transported from distant places by sea

When they arrived in Batavia, it was still unclear when the cavalry would be reorganized. When Van Diemen saw Haihan's well-organized cavalry, he naturally felt a little sour in his heart.

It was about six or seven miles from the military dock where Ning Qi and others landed to Haikou City. It took a short time to take the carriage and arrived outside the city. The carriage stopped at the edge of the town outside the city, and everyone got off the car. This time Qiu Yuan did not

Then he took his daughter out of the car and asked his entourage to take her back to the official residence in the city in a carriage.

Outside the west gate of Haikou City is not the main residential area. The people living here are mainly military families, with a total of more than 1,300 households. Since these people have relatively similar family backgrounds, this residential area outside the west gate has become a

A small society has its own military-run schools, clinics, post offices, grocery stores and other service institutions, and public security is also handled by the gendarmerie affiliated with the military.

The towns here are as clean and tidy as those in military camps. There are no urchins chasing and playing in the streets, and there is no smell of livestock excrement. From Van Diemen's point of view, the cleanliness of this civilian area outside the city is even higher than

We visited Danzhou City, which we had just inspected.

"Director Qiu, aren't you conducting a health raid to cope with the inspection?" Ning Qi was also a little surprised by this scene, and teased Qiu Yuandao: "This one is not going to be scored, and it is not going to be evaluated, so there is no need to spend so much money.

time."

Qiu Yuan couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Mr. Ning, you have wronged me. This is really not the result of a surprise attack, but has always been like this. I, Qiu Yuan, are not bragging. If you come back and see it anytime, it will definitely be at this level.

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"Oh? Then it seems that the social work here is well organized!" Ning Qi knew very well that maintaining this sense of cleanliness does not just require sweeping the floor more diligently. This must also rely on the people's literacy to reach a certain level, or

Regulations are stringent enough to provide protection.

"It used to be chaotic here, but since Wang Tom transferred Yu Tiezhu to take charge, he has taken up the work of city appearance and environment." Qiu Yuan explained the reason to Ning Qi: "In the first half year of his taking office,

, there are not a few people who have received military sticks for the crime of disorderly conduct. The neat and orderly streets you see now are probably the result of him forcibly beating them with military sticks."

"It turns out it's Yu Tiezhu! Where are the others?" As soon as Ning Qi heard that this person was not an outsider, he immediately wanted to meet the person involved.

Yu Tiezhu was one of the first batch of veterans from the local fishing village to sign up for the army after Haihan landed in Yulin. With years of accumulated military exploits, he has been promoted and is now a major battalion commander. Under Yan Chujie and Wang Tom

When they all returned to Sanya, Yu Tiezhu was the officer with the highest military rank and position here. Although he still had to obey Qiu Yuan's orders, he was actually directly responsible for the management and command of the troops stationed in Haikou City. As for

The land in this military-affiliated residential area outside the west gate is allocated to the military, and local affairs are naturally decided by him. Because of his efficient management and remarkable results, Qiu Yuan will basically not interfere in the affairs here, leaving everything to him.

Yu Tiezhu and the army battalion are taking care of it.

Not long after, Yu Tiezhu rushed there sweating profusely. After saluting, he quickly explained the reason why he didn't wait here in advance - his wife was giving birth at home, and he couldn't worry about it, so he went back to take a look. Unexpectedly,

At this moment, the inspection team arrived.

When Ning Qi heard this reason, he had nothing to criticize and quickly stopped Yu Tiezhu: "Okay, don't apologize anymore. On behalf of the executive committee, I now order you to take leave immediately and go back to guard your wife and children.

Go! After the baby is born, you can just come back to announce the good news."

After Yu Tiezhu thanked him repeatedly, he trotted away again. Qiu Yuan said with a smile: "This guy has never said anything about his family affairs. If you hadn't come here, he would probably just pass by quietly.

Already."

Ning Qi smiled and said: "At least I have been his teacher for a few days, so there is still a sense of teacher-student friendship."

When Haihan started to run literacy classes, Yu Tiezhu had worked under Ning Qi. It was true that there was a teacher-student friendship. It was just that Yu Tiezhu's talent in reading and literacy was limited, and the army was in urgent need of recruits at that time.

, Yu Tiezhu’s academic career did not last too long. He could barely read and write seven to eight hundred common words. However, as he has been promoted all the way in the past few years, he has to write more written reports. I think Yu Tiezhu came to

Privately, I still study on my own to increase my knowledge.

Qiu Yuan nodded and said, "I'll have someone send some condolence gifts to his home later. Yu Tiezhu is a nice person, so it's better to let him fully feel the warmth of the organization."

Everywhere Ning Qi visited, he would visit local educational institutions, and coming here was no exception. He mainly asked Qiu Yuan to lead the way to the primary school here.

The military-affiliated primary school outside Ximen was requisitioned from a local landlord's house. Of course, the landlord's family had already been sent elsewhere for resettlement, so there would be no disputes over property rights. There are four entrances to the courtyard, divided according to the course progress.

It is the third grade of junior high school and senior high school. Due to the small number of girls enrolled, it is organized into a separate literacy class. There are more than 200 students in the military primary school. From a distance, you can hear the sound of reading loudly in the courtyard.

The textbooks used here are also basic textbooks uniformly compiled and issued by the Ministry of Education of Haihan. Since it is a primary school directly under the Ministry of Education, the curriculum does not have the content of the Four Books and Five Classics in ordinary private schools. The teaching content is mainly literacy and common sense. Here

Most of the teachers in Sanya have received special teacher qualification training in Sanya. Ning Qi attended several classes and actually met several students who had studied under him and are now teachers here. Naturally, he was very enthusiastic at the moment.

Chit chat.

As a military-affiliated community, in addition to ordinary courses, the teaching here naturally also has some contents unique to the military. For example, in addition to teaching common knowledge in literature and history, teachers will also tell students about the previous events that the Haihan Militia has participated in.

Combat allows these children to feel the power of the Haihan Army from an early age and feel proud of the emerging country where they live. According to Qiu Yuan, there will also be guest lecturers from the military on active duty and retired veterans from time to time.

, using his own experience to teach students basic military knowledge.

Although this military knowledge will not turn these half-year-old children into soldiers, it will at least allow them to establish a preliminary understanding of words such as mission, responsibility, obedience, and courage, and their perception of the profession of soldiers will also be greatly improved. It is not an exaggeration.

It can be said that the proportion of students who graduate from this kind of school will choose to join the military in the future is much greater than that of ordinary schools. Ning Qi can completely imagine that if Yan Chujie or Wang Tom were here, they would brag proudly that this is Haihan

The military's preparatory school for non-commissioned officers.

"Do you find it a bit hard to accept?" Qiu Yuan saw Ning Qi's serious expression and asked him in a low voice.

Ning Qi nodded slightly and said: "It is always not good for the military to interfere in educational institutions so obviously. I will report this matter to the executive committee after I return."

Qiu Yuan advised: "Reporting may not be useful. The parents of these students are either soldiers or military dependents. If the military does not follow the wishes of the military, the teaching in this school may not be very smooth."

Ning Qi turned to look at him and said, "Is it possible that the military still threatens educational institutions with force?"

"My teacher Ning, you have been away from the grassroots level for too long and don't understand the situation below!" Qiu Yuan had to explain patiently: "Think about it, all the students in this school come from military families. If the military does not understand the teaching content

If you are dissatisfied with the changes, it is possible that this school will become empty in a minute. We have not implemented compulsory education, are you forcing parents one by one to send their children to school?"

Ning Qi couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. The situation Qiu Yuan mentioned did exist objectively, and the education department seemed to be unable to come up with any effective response methods. In fact, powerful departments like the military were originally

It has its own complete institutional system. If the military is willing, even educational institutions from literacy classes to National Defense University can be established by themselves. The main reason why only high-level educational institutions such as military academies are now listed as units directly under the Central Military Commission is

Considering the possible waste of resources caused by overlapping institutions, all primary education institutions are still under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.

However, this division in organizational structure does not mean that the education department has complete control over grassroots education institutions. Similar to the military-affiliated primary school here, Ningqi really can't find any way to change the teaching methods and content here. And watching helplessly

If the teaching here "changes", it will make him feel that he has neglected his duty.

Thinking of this level of stakes, Ning Qi was not in the mood to visit this small campus anymore. After leaving the elementary school, looking at the neat streets and orderly people, Ning Qi suddenly felt a little boring: "

Let’s go, let’s go to the city and have a rest.”

The layout of Haikou City is actually not much different from that of Danzhou and Yacheng. However, most of the Ming Dynasty Yamen residences here have been requisitioned by Haihan. The original magistrate's Yamen has become the seat of the management committee, and its subordinate officials

However, the six-room office space of Libingxinggong could not meet the needs of Haihan official institutions with more detailed functions. Therefore, some official residences and private residences in the city were requisitioned by the government and became the offices of various departments. Even the former Dongchang

The residences located door-to-door with Jinyiwei in the city now serve as the city's pharmacy and hospital respectively.

Qiu Yuan did not hold a welcoming banquet at a restaurant in the city, but directly held a family banquet, which made Ning Qi feel a little at home. Probably because most of the local landlords, rich gentry, and gentry have been moved away, so there are no

As in the previous stops, there were so many local people to accompany the guests, but only a few of Qiu Yuan's close subordinates were present. They were all people in the system, so there were no taboo topics. When the banquet was about to start, I went back to take care of him.

Yu Tiezhu, whose wife had given birth to a baby, also hurriedly arrived.
Chapter completed!