Chapter 1079: The Squad Leader

The first thing is that Huaxia and the Suiren Clan have different attitudes and policies regarding Slaves; as long as you have ability, no one cares about your status, and in Huaxia, everyone can have a chance to get ahead, though it is a bit harder for Slaves.

For children of ordinary families, once they finish primary school, if they do not pass the exam for Middle School, they can choose to learn a certain skill, at least giving them more options for the future, but Slaves cannot; as soon as their grades are too poor, they are immediately removed from school and assigned work arranged by the government.

Even during the primary school stage, an elimination system is implemented for the children of Slaves; those who are too slow or lack motivation are eliminated early to avoid wasting Huaxia's food and learning opportunities, because teachers are scarce, school spots are in short supply, and the population is constantly increasing—having one or two hundred students in a Squad is the basic state, and since no tuition or miscellaneous fees are charged, the school's educational expenses are very high.

Eliminating fools, those with low intelligence, and those without motivation through strict measures in advance can save Huaxia a large amount of expenditure and also alleviate the pressure on schools.

Eliminating a few each year adds up to a very large number by the end of primary school, but unfortunately, except for the children of Slaves, other children cannot be eliminated at this stage and their fate can only be decided during the final graduation exam.

Now Baifeng is also preparing to add quality education and assessments; if a student does something bad or something unforgivable, they can be expelled directly during the primary school stage, with warnings, demerits, and major demerits as various levels of punishment, and finally, requirements can be set on their grades during the graduation exam—commit a second offense and they are expelled directly, no questions asked.

As Chengqie studied, he gradually came to understand himself and Huaxia clearly; the arrogance he was born with was also slowly suppressed, and he lived in peace with all the children, even the children of Slaves, whom he would treat normally on the surface because he knew that these people who looked lowly now might suddenly change their status one day.

Especially those who are smart enough; as soon as they pass the exam for Middle School, they can immediately change from the status of a Slave to a Free Person, possessing the foundation to continue rising, and Huaxia's special policy for Slaves makes Chengqie dare not look down on any smart person.

The path for Slaves to rise in Huaxia is constantly changing and has not been prohibited; the tradition and policy where one could change their status after winning in the Sports Meet at the beginning does indeed still exist, but it has been many, many years since such a Slave has appeared, because the physical fitness of a Free Person is better than that of a Slave.

In order to obtain honor, those who sign up to participate have all undergone targeted training; now, the Huaxia Sports Meet has become somewhat professional, but the Soldiers of the army are the ones who receive the most awards, as they naturally have the best physical fitness and more training time, and receiving a Third Class Award at the very least after winning honor makes them flock to it, and the mentality that they must win an award gives them great motivation.

In Huaxia, Chengqie has already seen too many different things, and he also feels that there may be more and more things in the future that will affect him and change him.

In the Squad, his speed of learning is not the fastest because there are people smarter than him, but he is very studious, and his thirst for knowledge has become increasingly intense; he really wants to understand the strange symbols and wants to comprehend those strange things, which he finds very interesting and great fun.

There is even a subject called Nature, which is taught rarely, but it covers many, many fun and very peculiar things, such as why it rains and why one hears lightning before seeing the thunder, and some are even demonstrated directly for them.

He still remembers that on a very sunny afternoon in that Nature class, a young female teacher used a strange tool made of bamboo to spray water mist under the sunlight, and a rainbow immediately appeared in the mist.

There was also transparent Glass, in strange shapes, which also showed the colors of a rainbow under the sunlight; this Nature class, which he didn't quite understand, told them how a rainbow appears.

Almost no one understood, but Chengqie only understood one truth: a rainbow can be made artificially, and the people of Huaxia can do it, so since they can make a rainbow, can they make it rain? It would be using strange things, not some sacrifice, not done by a shaman.

He kept this question for a long time, and on a later day, he did find an opportunity and somehow remembered this question; he asked Baifeng, the smartest and most powerful person in Huaxia.

What shocked Chengqie was that he actually received an answer.

"Humans can indeed influence rain; under special circumstances, if you want it to rain, you can intervene to make it rain, and if you don't want it to rain, that is also possible, but for now, I feel that Huaxia still cannot do it; perhaps in a few decades, we might have such technology.

It is mainly because the power of this Bomb is not enough, and the cannon barrel is not good enough to send the Bomb that high; heh, I didn't expect you to think of this; it seems you have been listening carefully in school."

Chengqie did not hear what Baifeng said afterward; he only heard Baifeng say that humans can make it rain and can also make it not rain, which shocked Chengqie so much that he couldn't think, and later he gradually began to accept the fact that Baifeng was the son of Heaven, and then further became a firm believer and supporter of this claim.

In school and at home, Chengqie is the leader of his brothers and sisters because Huaxia says that the eldest brother acts as a father; Chengqie, who previously had no feelings for his brothers and sisters, has now actually begun to take on the role and responsibility of a father, trying his best to let them live more comfortably in Huaxia.

In the Squad, because he is the oldest and has sufficient status, he defeated several little brats of Marquises and successfully became the leader of their Squad, and he even conquered several Squads next door; however, there is indeed a suspicion of bullying the weak, after all, those as old as Chengqie have already gone to junior high school, and only he is still at the very beginning.

Later, Baifeng even specifically talked to Chengqie, telling him to study well and work hard, and that it would be best if he could skip grades, otherwise, if he finishes his studies at his age, he will be far behind his peers, and it would be a bit difficult for Baifeng to help unless Chengqie demonstrates abilities that surpass ordinary people.