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Text Chapter 690 Thea is going to school

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    I saw that the faces and bodies of the people in front of me were all covered with pimples, and they looked like toads. Especially under the dim torch, they looked even more disgusting, and they felt like they were a group of toad spirits.

    However, experienced people know that these natives must be survivors of smallpox before. Moreover, when they got smallpox, these natives were inexperienced and ruptured the pus cells on their bodies, which resulted in such disgusting appearance.  .

    Although these natives looked ferocious, they knew how to advance and retreat. When they saw that they were being blackmailed, they immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered. After all, there were only seven or eight of them left, and most of them were injured. There was no way they could escape.  Chance.

    "It's a pity that Ma Ming, who has been in the army for many years, does not have a compassionate heart. A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said with a murderous look on his face: "Kill them all, and then send them to the city to receive the reward!"

    Hearing Ma Ming's order, Sang Mu and others who had been prepared immediately fired arrows. As a result, after several screams, all the surviving natives died.  The natives on Java Island are originally hostile to the Han people. Although they have experienced disasters such as smallpox, they are still hard to change their nature. Therefore, Daqi officials have always had only one word for the natives on the island, and that is "kill". Even the government  A special amount of money was allocated for this purpose. Each native's head could be exchanged for two copper coins, which was considered a large sum of money.

    ¡°Then someone came forward and chopped off the native¡¯s head, and slaves dragged the body outside and buried it.  Ma Ming summoned the patrol team that first encountered the natives and asked them about the battle between the two sides.

    This patrol team was originally behind Ma Ming and the others, but just as they were advancing along the originally planned patrol route.  The wolf dogs around them suddenly noticed the intruding natives and rushed up to bite them.  The patrol members also rushed over, but they did not expect that there were so many natives.  For a moment, he was no match for him, so one of them was injured, and the other three people also suffered minor injuries.

    Finally, Ma Ming rushed to the place where the natives were found, and found that a large area of ??the sugar cane forest there had been cut down, and they were all tied into bundles. It was obvious that they were here to steal the sugar cane.

    "Brother Ma, why is this so weird? Normally, it's not difficult to find something to eat in this part of Java. Why do these natives risk their lives and come to us just to steal a few bundles of sugar cane?"  A man asked with a puzzled look on his face as he looked at the sugar cane in the sugar cane field.

    "Yes, and our plantation is so close to Coconut City. There are several plantations such as Li's and Zhou's outside. They also grow sugar cane. Why don't they go there to steal, but come to us secretly?  Where's the steal?" Another person asked equally puzzled.  These surviving natives generally live in deep mountains and old forests far away from Han cities, even if they come out to rob.  They will only rob those plantations that are far away from the city. I have never heard that they will pass through several plantations and come to the city to rob, and only for a few bundles of sugar cane?

    Originally, the natives themselves must know this issue.  It's a pity that Ma Ming killed the people so quickly that he didn't even have time to ask.  But if you don¡¯t understand it, don¡¯t think about it. People are already dead anyway.  Who cares why those natives are here?  Maybe the other person is simply lost, or maybe there's something wrong with his brain.

    After these dozen natives made such a fuss.  Many people in the manor were woken up, especially those injured.  I also need to ask the doctor in the manor to help bandage it. Fortunately, except for the slave, everyone else was slightly injured and will be fine after a few days. As for the slave, he blocked a knife for the overseer next to him. The wound was in the lower abdomen, and it was still there.  Injury to the internal organs is difficult to treat. The conditions in the manor are limited, so the doctor can only do a simple treatment. It needs to be sent to the hospital in Coconut City tomorrow.

    Ma Ming and the others had nothing else to do. He happened to remember that wild boar was still being cooked in the turret, so he invited the other patrollers to have a meal and drink, but they did not dare to drink. After all, the night watch tonight was not over yet. Who could  Don't dare to be too careless.

    It¡¯s also worth mentioning that because of the slave¡¯s heroic performance before and saving the life of an overseer, the Ma family is now discussing that it is very likely that the slave will be freed from slavery and become a free man.  This further stimulated the enthusiasm of other slaves, and even in the following time, the speed of harvesting sugar cane was much faster than usual.

    But in the morning of the next day, the people who sent the heads of the natives to the city to receive the reward came back with a definite message, which made everyone know the origin of this group of natives.

    It turned out that just a month ago, a group of hundreds of native bandits attacked a plantation thirty miles southeast of Coconut City. However, this plantation was very powerful and actually resisted the natives with its strong fortress.  attack, and finally the regular policemen sent by Yecheng? Came here and wiped out most of this group of native bandits, but some fish still slipped through the net and escaped.

    Afterwards, Yecheng sent a small group of troops to clear up the area, and they did kill some of the escaped native bandits.  After a month passed, there was no news about the native bandits. This made Yecheng think that all the escaped natives had been wiped out, so he relaxed. Unexpectedly, there were still fish that slipped through the net.  The appearance of those natives and the weapons they used can be determined.

    After hearing the news, everyone in Ma's plantation breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't dare to be careless. They even sent more patrols every night, for fear that another fish would slip in.

    In addition, after this incident, Ma Ming, the leader of the plantation's guard, felt deeply that the plantation's force was insufficient. This time it was just a group of bandits who escaped. If a group of hundreds of bandits really attacked the plantation in the future, they would probably  Can't hold on.

    In view of this situation, Ma Ming persuaded other members of the Ma family to buy a batch of civilian muskets at a high price. This type of muskets was just launched this year. It was also the first batch of muskets sold to the public. Although its performance was  It is very different from the military one, but it is still very sharp for general defense.

    For things like muskets, except for people in the army, most people among the people only hear their names. Rumors have spread the power of this firearm to the sky. It is a pity that neither the Tang Dynasty nor the Qi Dynasty have any knowledge of muskets.  The management was very strict, and no one was allowed to possess it among the people. However, as Daqi expanded overseas, the civilian force was urgently needed to be strengthened, so Li Min finally decided to let the arsenal produce a simple version of the musket for sale to the people.  Han Chinese overseas can protect themselves.

    However, even if it is a gun for civilian use, not everyone can hold such a gun. First, you must have a Han household registration. Second, you must have a legitimate reason to purchase a gun. Third, when purchasing a gun, only one household registration is allowed.  Buy a gun, and the price of such a gun is not cheap, and ordinary wealthy families cannot afford it.  Moreover, ordinary people have no use at all. Only rich people like Ma and those who need to be defended by force are eligible to buy muskets.

    Java is a relatively dangerous area, so the gun purchase quota here is relatively loose. The civilian guns purchased by the Ma family were also delivered quickly, along with a large number of bullets. These bullets are the same as those used in the army.  They are all paper shell bullets. When using them, you need to bite the paper skin, then pour the gunpowder into the primer pool and barrel, and finally plug the bullet firmly before shooting.

    There are forty-six people with Han household registration in the entire Majia Manor, so the Ma family can only buy forty-six guns. Then all men, women and children in the manor must learn to shoot, except of course the slaves.

    This decision made Ma Xiaoyu, a lively and active girl, very excited. She pestered Ma Ming every day hoping to play for a while longer. However, her shooting skills were so bad that she rarely hit the target even if she fired a hundred shots.  However, Thea is very talented in shooting. She can shoot more accurately than most adults at a young age. Only Ma Ming in the entire plantation can beat her. This surprised Ma Ming and even recruited Thea into the plantation.  The idea of ??a convoy.  However, this was strongly opposed by Ma Xiaoyu on the grounds that Thea wanted to go to school with her and could not stay in the manor.

    Regarding Thea's going to school, Li Yong had already told her when she was still on the ship that she should study hard in school so that she can control her destiny in her own hands in the future. Therefore, Thea has always had a firm belief in going to school.  A strong fantasy.  However, because Coconut City was newly built, the school had to carry out final construction some time ago, so the students were given a few days off. This is why Ma Xiaoyu has been staying at home. But now the school has notified that students can go to school tomorrow.  .

    The Sam couple did not know what school was for before, but later after contacting people on the plantation, they gradually understood the meaning of school. They also knew that only by allowing their daughter to go to school can she live a better life in the future.  Therefore, the two of them are very supportive, and they don't need their daughter to help with work now.

    However, Ma Xiaoyu is happiest about Thea going to school, because it means that she and Thea can not only play together, but also study together, especially when going to school, because many children¡¯s families usually  They all live in plantations outside the city and rarely live in the city, so students usually choose to live on campus. Ma Xiaoyu has long wanted to find a companion, and now she can finally do so.

    The day before going to school, Ma Xiaoyu gave one of her schoolbags to Thea, and in the evening she told Thea a lot of interesting things about school, and what to pay attention to on the first day of school. This made Thea also  I listened with great interest and looked forward to school even more.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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