Chapter 59: The Great Gift
Soon, several people arrived in Huo Gang's tent, because of the limited conditions, everyone was sitting on the ground, of course, woolen felt and sheepskin blankets had already been laid on the ground.
The Turks of this era almost always slept on the ground in this way, and such things as beds did not exist at all, because beds were not suitable for nomadic relocation.
"Several, since everyone is their own person, there are some things I will arrange directly." Huo Gang looked at Anno and said.
"General Huo, please command." Anno had a good attitude.
"Well, your tribe will eventually migrate to the vicinity of Yangguan in the Han Dynasty, and all our cattle, sheep and horses will be raised near Yangguan, and then these tasks will be handed over to you to be responsible." Huo Gang nodded, then looked at the four of them and asked, "But before that, I have some questions I want to know." ”
"General, excuse me."
"How many people in your tribe are literate?" Huo Gang asked.
Among the people led by Huo Gang before, there were not many literate people, and the only one who could take it out was Wu Ping.
"All." Anno gave an answer that made Huo Gang a little stunned.
"All?" Huo Gang repeated.
"Yes, General, of course, there were originally some people who were illiterate, but over the years, some of us literate people had nothing to do, so we began to teach the entire tribe to be literate, and now our entire tribe, including children, can read some words." Anno said seriously.
Hearing this, Huo Gang was really surprised, in 627 AD, there was actually a tribe that achieved a 100% literacy rate, can you believe it? Although there are only more than 400 people in this tribe, this is still an unnatural achievement.
And this is a huge fortune for Huo Gang, why did ancient China have a flowing water dynasty and an iron-clad family? It is because of these gate valves that the millennium family has mastered the most important thing of this era, knowledge!
In these eras, it can be said that knowledge is the most expensive, not that there are no poor students, but there are too few poor students who can rise, and the entire wealthy family, almost as long as they are not stupid, can master a certain degree of knowledge.
Mastering the knowledge of the entire era, it will naturally become the most important backbone of a dynasty, and of course it can become a thousand-year-old family!
And the forces before Huo Gang, what they lacked the most were readers, or to be precise, literate people! Even if he only knows a part of the text, there are not many people, and now suddenly there are more than 400 readers for him?
Huo Gang didn't expect that this was the biggest surprise for him!
"This is something I didn't expect, then the rest of the things are much easier, please Mr. An count all the names of these in a book, and if they have some special abilities, such as carpenters, they must be recorded, because if we want to develop them later, these abilities are very important." Huo Gang didn't hide it, there was nothing to hide.
There are a lot of things to develop in his territory next, and these things don't need to be hidden.
As long as the army is in his hands, Huo Gang is not afraid of anyone.
"If you don't have the word Mr. General, the general just calls me by my name." Anno said very dryly.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you with this matter, solve this matter as soon as possible." Huo Gang nodded.
"I don't know what kind of craftsman the general wants?" Anno thought for a moment and asked directly.
Because Anno knew very well that if they wanted Huo Gang not to abandon them, they had to improve their status, and to improve their status, it was natural to show their role.
"Listening to your voice, there are many craftsmen in your tribe?" Huo Gang squinted his eyes slightly and asked.
"Back to the general, there are indeed some craftsmen, but there are some craftsmen who need tools because of their craft, and we don't have these tools, so their craftsmanship has not had a chance to be displayed for many years." Anno smiled bitterly.
"These people can tell the general now, our tribe has 22 carpenters, 10 masons, 27 blacksmiths, and 18 stonemasons, these are all masters, some of them are older, but these people have some apprentices over the years, but because there are no raw materials, especially like blacksmiths, almost all the apprentices only know some theoretical knowledge."
"In addition, there are 6 people who have studied arithmetic, there is no problem in doing some statistical work, the women of the tribe can weave and embroider the craft, and there is no problem with sewing and repairing needlework, and there are 7 craftsmen who burn pottery, some old farmers who are more proficient in farming, and 11 gentlemen who can teach private schools, and the remaining part is to follow Guo Ming and Lu Yanzhen to fight as soldiers."
"In addition, almost all of them have learned their crafts from craftsmen." Anno directly told all the skills of these people in his tribe.
After listening to this, Huo Gang's face was weird, this was simply a big gift package sent directly! But thinking about Anno's surname Yang, Huo Gang understood why these people around him were craftsmen and the like.
understands everything, but now he doesn't mention these things, and even Anno himself understands that these things are impossible, so his mentality is so correct.
Just like Huo Gang guessed, Anno doesn't have any other ideas now, he only has one thought, that is, let these people who follow him loyally live, live with peace of mind, and live a good life, this is his greatest wish in this life.
Unlike when he just escaped from the Western Regions, Anno now has long since lost those messy ideas, in the words of later generations, Anno has been beaten by society, and now he has matured too much, and he feels that his only responsibility is to let these people around him live well.
"It's all talent!" Huo Gang glanced at Anno deeply and said in a serious tone.
"And hopefully they can help the general." Anno said with the same seriousness.
"If that's the case, then I'm probably going to have to separate them." Huo Gang was planning to unify them near Yangguan before, with Anno as their leader for the time being, and Huo Gang could directly order the task through Anno.
But now, after knowing that these people are all craftsmen, then Huo Gang can't arrange it like this, these people all have important things to do, and they will inevitably be separated at that time.
For example, the blacksmith will most likely stay here in the Black Mountain station, because iron ore and steel Huo Gang can only buy from Ake City, even if it is very expensive, he can only buy it from here, fortunately, his demand for steel is not very big now.
And the mason is definitely going to Yumen Pass, and the reconstruction of Yumen Pass is a must.
There is also the carpenter estimated to be divided into Yangguan and Yumen Pass.
"It's all on the orders of the general." Anno didn't even hesitate, and simply agreed.