Chapter 679 Legislation, Recruitment of Disciples
There is no crown, no dragon robe, no dragon chair, no luxurious guard of honor, and no cumbersome enthronement and coronation ceremony.
Only Qiao Ran took out from the space a set of luxurious brocade robes and a gold-inlaid jade crown that were looted from King Ping's warehouse. The chair was also a golden sandalwood chair that was looted, and was covered with luxurious tiger skin.
Bartus, who had shaved his beard, tied up his hair, and sat on the large and luxurious golden sandalwood chair, had undergone a tremendous change in his temperament.
It made his people's eyes brighten, and they respected and loved this god-envoy king even more.
Qiao Ran, who had just been promoted to the "eldest prince", was also wearing a brand new brocade robe, her hair was tied high, and she was wearing brocade boots, looking dashing.
Mo Beihan, Vice General Cheng and others also attended as guests, and they all wore their best clothes to show respect.
After the simple ceremony, the first king Battus announced:
Agate Country, an island country divided into more than ten islands with a total population of just over 10,000, was born!
After ascending the throne, Battus immediately promulgated a series of decrees on people's livelihood, folk customs, law, economy, military and other matters.
These have been researched and formulated by Bartus, Qiao Ran and Mo Beihan over the past few days.
In addition to vigorously developing agriculture and ensuring food for the island residents, establishing an army under militarized management is also the current top priority.
Bartus decided that all men from 10 to 60 years old from all islands and tribes must join the army and be divided into two teams, the Boy Scouts and the regular army, to be trained separately.
With Mu Yi Mu Er and Vice General Cheng here, there is no need to worry about the general's duties and responsibilities and the drill of the soldiers. They can help teach and demonstrate.
In addition, Qiao Ran also discovered that the combined area of these dozen islands was not small at all.
The largest Agate Island is probably larger than modern Taiwan Island, and the second largest island is not much smaller than Agate Island. The other islands are large and small, and the smallest one is only as big as a football field.
But the combined area of the islands in the entire sea area cannot be underestimated, at least it exceeds the Japanese island at this time.
However, due to the sparse population, most of these islands are uninhabited and deserted places.
If it is utilized, this country can take advantage of its natural geographical advantages and become a relatively powerful country, at least making small countries like Japan afraid to invade.
If a country wants to become strong, it must first solve the population problem.
It is said that there is strength in numbers. In this era of cold weapons, the battle is often about numbers of people, especially when war breaks out.
Therefore, Qiao Ran decided to solve the problem of Agate Country's small population first.
The islands in the Agate Kingdom used to be independent, and even the same island was divided into several tribes.
Tribes either have no contact with each other or have constant conflicts.
In short, there are very few intermarriages between tribes, usually within the same tribe.
Due to the low fertility rate, these islanders tried their best to have more children to expand their tribe.
The status of women on the island is relatively important. Every woman can choose a husband when she is 15 years old. If the husband cannot get her pregnant within two years, she will divorce her husband and marry again until she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child.
Some tribes have relatively small populations, and even close relatives marry, resulting in children with intellectual or physical defects, and the population shrinks.
After Qiao Ran learned about this situation, she asked her father to add a marriage law to the Agate Kingdom Code, which prohibited close relatives from getting married and having children. Intermarriage among tribes and islands was implemented, and monogamy was implemented. Women can only have children after they are 18 years old. .
In addition to legal provisions, Qiao Ran felt that the problem of fertility difficulties must be fundamentally solved.
After surveying the terrain and diagnosing the pulses of islanders of all ages, Qiao Ran found that due to the high humidity on the island and the previous diet that was too primitive and unnutritious, the islanders' bodies were relatively wet and cold.
The tadpoles are not very energetic, the women have a cold uterus, and there are many gynecological diseases, resulting in very low fertility and survival rates.
Therefore, the top priority is to solve everyone’s physical problems.
It would take some time for the food to be grown, so Qiao Ran decided to use Chinese medicine to regulate everyone's physique first.
One person's strength is too small, and she doesn't want to tire herself to death.
And she will still have to leave in the future. After all, there must be people who know medicine on these islands.
Therefore, Qiao Ran decided to accept a disciple!
She first uses the assessment and screening method to recruit a dozen children who are talented in pharmacology and medicine to be her apprentices, regardless of age or gender.
If the ghost doctor knew that she had to pester her master so hard to get a position as an apprentice, but now she accepts apprentices so easily, and there are more than a dozen of them at one time, and they are all primitive islanders with no foundation at all. , I'm afraid I'll faint in the latrine from crying. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
The islanders originally regarded Qiao Ran as a savior from the sky as a god. When they heard that they could learn magical medical skills from her, they were all ecstatic and sent their children over one after another.
The children sent here range from two or three years old to eighteen or nineteen years old.
There were even one-year-old baby babies who could not walk steadily, and old girls and boys in their twenties and thirties who were not yet married, which made Qiao Ran dumbfounded.
After some basic teaching, Qiao Ran found a bunch of herbs for these people to identify and tell them their medicinal properties.
In addition, human models were made out of wood and hay to allow them to test acupuncture, and questions were asked to ask them to answer what symptoms needed to be treated.
After passing a series of assessments, Qiao Ran finally left behind twelve children with relatively good talents, ranging in age from six to eighteen.
She took these children to various islands and into the jungle, teaching them to identify and pick herbs.
In just a few days, the children found a lot of medicinal herbs. Qiao Ran taught them how to prepare the medicinal materials, grind them into powder, and make pills.
Qiao Ran specially taught them to take out some of the herbs that can help the islanders to regulate their physique, dry them and store them in the sun, and give them to the islanders to make medicinal diets. If they eat them once every three to five days, their physique will be greatly changed in three months. .
Qiao Ran also taught these apprentices everything from acupuncture to sutures, etc.
The adults were busy training and repairing the fortifications, and strong women and half-grown children also joined in.
The elderly and younger children are responsible for the logistics, picking wild vegetables and fruits, catching fish and seafood, and making fires for cooking.
Qiao Ran and a group of apprentices were busy studying medicine and collecting herbs.
The island is busy, everyone has something to do, and everyone is very motivated. Even Mu Yi, Mu Er and Deputy General Cheng are also affected. Although they cannot understand the language, they still get along with the islanders through sign language and movements, and work hard to express themselves. Teach these islanders what they learned.
Just when everyone was busy and busy, on the eighth day after Qiao Ran and the others landed on the island, the Japanese bandits came again!
