Chapter 966: Exercising at the Grassroots Level

Huaxia had everything prepared, and the few officials selected to go teach and recruit were, in fact, mid-to-lower-level people—ordinary civil servants, so to speak. It would not be difficult for them to rise quickly, but to rise a step within Huaxia City could be said to be as difficult as ascending to Heaven.

Therefore, if they wanted a brighter future for themselves, there was only one way: go to the arduous regions to train, go down to the grassroots level, and work steadily for two or three years. Once their abilities were honed and they had achievements, they would naturally have a greater advantage compared to their peers.

Even when facing colleagues who were children of Noble officials, they had an absolute advantage to rise, because Huaxia was still in the startup stage, so everything was relatively fair; between those who had merit and those who did not, those with merit would certainly be promoted first.

Thus, this trip to the Suiren Clan for teaching, training, and the work of statistics and recruitment was truly bitter; perhaps by the time they returned to Huaxia, they would look like savages.

However, Sanxin had also clearly explained the situation of the Suiren Clan to them in advance. Once they went to the Suiren Clan, there was a high probability that they would not even have a house that kept out the wind and rain to live in. Of course, if they could use their own wit and talent to build a house for themselves, the Suiren Clan would fully support them, but Huaxia would find it difficult to provide support.

Once they went this time, it would be two or three years at the shortest, four or five years at the longest, but it would not exceed five years. If they returned smoothly after five years, they could fully obtain high official positions and generous salaries, and being enfeoffed with a title was not impossible.

But compared to the difficult environment and the high possibility of dying at the Suiren Clan, the temptation of a title was limited. In the end, there were not many people who signed up. After selection by the Secretariat and the Ministry of Personnel, five people were chosen to go to the Suiren Clan.

As for the others, it was basically already decided. Soldiers must not fear hardship; no matter where they were, they should endure hardship, otherwise how could they be worthy of the good benefits and high treatment given by Huaxia?

Moreover, the duration of their mission was not that long; as soon as they could train a batch of qualified Suiren Clan Soldiers, they could return. Later, they could take turns going, or let the Suiren Clan conduct training internally.

As for the doctors, the competition was somewhat fierce, because everyone was in urgent need of a place to practice, and the Suiren Clan was the most suitable—there were many people, it was wild and primitive, and they would encounter all kinds of different illnesses. Furthermore, even if some accident happened, they did not have to worry about taking responsibility, because if they did not treat them, there would be no other doctor in the Suiren Clan to do so.

For these fledgling doctors who had just passed their internships, it was very attractive. Moreover, once they finished their studies and returned, their future path would be extremely clear. A qualified and excellent doctor, no matter where they were assigned, would only be in a city; it was impossible for them to go to some town, or even some tribe.

The so-called grassroots level was the place where those newcomers should go, so these newcomers were now racking their brains to get this opportunity.

The medical department was also in a bit of a dilemma, because the number of internship graduates in each class was considerable now, and choosing who to send and who not to send was a rather difficult decision.

After reporting to Baifeng, Baifeng also learned in detail about the current staffing situation of the Huaxia Health Department. Apart from sending a certain number of doctors to several towns every year, there was really nowhere else for them to go to practice.

Instead, it was Baifeng who always felt that Huaxia's doctors were pitifully few and had always been reluctant to send them out, thereby ignoring the growing number of new doctors.

Therefore, Baifeng hardened his heart this time and sent out three at once, which solved the internship practice problem for these students in one go, allowing them to gain grassroots work experience.

As for the rest, Huaxia's towns and the Western Development Group under construction could digest them. Once the people of the Suiren Clan moved over bit by bit, it would return to a state of being short-handed.

As for the grain, Baifeng also planned to send some to Baoxi this time, but not too much—at most enough for one or two thousand people to survive the Winter. After all, there were too many places in Huaxia that needed grain now, and he himself had to tighten his own grip as well.

Fortunately, the grain was about to ripen now, and if there were no accidents this year, it would be a year of Harvest. Once the grain was in the granary, there would be no need to worry too much about grain for the next two years.

However, Baoxi would not be able to see the busy scene of the harvest. Today the wheat was not yet completely dry, but perhaps after one night, the wheat would turn completely yellow, and everyone would need to work together to rush the harvest.

Huaxia did not have many Weapons either; many surplus Weapons had already been sent to the Shennong Clan Battlefield. Even if he wanted to send some to Baoxi, he did not have the ability. In the end, he gave Baoxi ten sets of brand-new equipment.

Ten sets of Crocodile Skin Armor, ten brand-new War Sabers, and the Bow and Crossbow were all complete. These could at least help Baoxi form an excellent Guard that could protect him at close range.

As for Iron Armor, there really was none left. The production was low to begin with, and even if it were rushed, it would be impossible to make a set for Baoxi. There were no old ones either; the ones worn by Huaxia Soldiers could not be taken off and given to Baoxi, so he could only let Baoxi wear Crocodile Skin Armor. Moreover, in situations where close-quarters combat was not required, Baoxi did not need such good armor; it was too heavy and cumbersome.

A few cattle were sent to Baoxi as his mounts, and some Iron tools were also sent. However, it could not be said to be "sent" now; after all, Baoxi was a Huaxia person, so it could only be called "distributed."

However, because the road between Huaxia and the Suiren Clan was not connected, and they would encounter waterways and mountain roads along the way, ox carts could not pass at all. Huaxia also had no way to send too many people to escort supplies for the Suiren Clan, so things like Cement and grain could only wait until Baoxi returned to the Suiren Clan, and then a team could be sent to take over halfway.

Huaxia could use carrier pigeons to determine the time of the Suiren Clan's departure, and then let their own people use ox carts to transport the grain as close as possible through the areas where Huaxia could drive, and then let the people of the Suiren Clan carry it back themselves.

The Cement was the same. Although they had to build a house for Baoxi, it was impossible to bring all the Brick over together. Fortunately, the Suiren Clan could fire Pottery themselves, which meant that firing Brick and Tile was not a difficult task.

After those Artisans went over, they would first guide them to fire the Brick and Tile and lay the foundation. In their spare time, they would build some wooden houses for those Huaxia office staff to live in first. Although they were going to suffer, they did not need to suffer that miserably; if the roofless house leaked when it rained, the little bit of information they had painstakingly recorded in their notebooks would all be soaked away.