Chapter 235 Refugee Wave

It can be said that Liu Ruyan was completely attracted by these contents that night.

It seems to have similar uses to Zhuyin, but if you think about it a little deeper, you will find that it is much more convenient than Zhuyin. The essence of phonetic notation is to use simple words to represent complex words. Currently, it is mainly divided into two categories: direct notes and cut notes. The former is such as "Song Du Ruosu" and "Xing Du Ruoxing", while the latter is more complicated, such as "Lianwei Langdianqie" and so on.

But as far as her actual use is concerned, these annotations are only suitable for people who have certain basic skills in writing. Otherwise, it is better to just memorize unfamiliar words. After all, there is no standard for the phonetic notation of a word. It completely varies from person to person. For example, in the Song Dynasty, it can be annotated as sending, or it can be annotated as chanting and litigation. It all depends on the personal habits of the annotator.

However, regardless of whether the learner has mastered these words in advance, even if they have, their pronunciation may be completely different from the annotator's accustomed pronunciation!

For example, the pronunciation of "song" is obviously different between the north and the south, so it is very likely that the tones of the annotated characters are similar but the phonetic characters are different, or neither is similar.

This is true even for straight bets, let alone cut bets involving two decompositions.

The auxiliary textbook that Master Fu Cheng gave her completely solved this problem from the front - it abandoned the phonetic notation of characters and instead changed them to twenty-six weird symbols. It is true that these symbols can also be phonetically notated with words, such as "a" pronounced as "ruo" and "o" pronounced as "ruo". However, the most basic words with the least phonetic changes are used for onomatopoeia, which greatly reduces the possibility of misreading.

Secondly, no matter how uncommon the glyphs are or how awkward the pronunciation is, it can all be derived from the combination of these symbols. There is no need to worry about whether the annotation is understandable or the annotator's own pronunciation habits. Taking into account homophones, the pinyin also adds a tone link to make the pronunciation clear at a glance.

In the past two days, Liu Ruyan devoted his time to Pinyin whenever he had free time.

The more she studied it, the more she felt that this method had great potential.

For children who have not received enlightenment, this simple and easy-to-use new phonetic notation method will definitely greatly improve their speed of word recognition. Even for a person like her who has achieved a little bit in learning, it is of great significance - with this set of standards, Liu Ruyan found that she could easily notate a poem.

In the past, this was something that only famous masters could do.

In the years after being sold into a drunken brothel, she also learned a lot of things, such as music, dance, and even techniques to please men. But it was all done by force, and every time I think of it, the memories are filled with pain.

Now, she felt like she was a child again. Learning was out of interest, and it made her feel the long-lost joy.

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On the outskirts of the west gate of Jinxia City, the new prefect Hong Siqi was completing his first mission.

"Sir, refugees...are coming."

The servant Ding Pan swallowed.

"I saw it." Hong Siqi said solemnly.

"You...really want to stay here?" He looked behind him and saw that there were less than fifty people following them on this trip. Compared with the dark crowd in the distance, this small group is like a rock in the rapids. If the refugees become restless, they can be trampled into mincemeat with just their feet.

Ding Pan has followed the master for so many years and is the only one who has actually seen riot scenes.

As long as there are enough people, even unarmed refugees can cause huge harm.

Therefore, one of the things that officials in various places fear most is that homeless people gather in groups. If they can be driven away, they will disperse them as soon as possible. If they cannot be driven away, they will have to notify the local garrison.

Mr. Fu Cheng did not explicitly embarrass the master, but the Secretariat only sent so many people here, what is the difference between it and embarrassment? He has already seen that the people sent here are all young men with less experience than him. It is nonsense to expect these people to stop the refugees when they are in danger!

"I can stop staying here, or even leave, but what happens next?" Hong Siqi glared at the servant, "This place is no longer relevant to me, and the same goes for money! The princess came out of the affairs bureau and took a look Even if I want to evade the government office, how can I expect the officials to understand my pain and issue a new transfer order? "

He turned back to the crowd in the distance, "So I have to do this, and I have to do it properly, to have a chance to gain His Highness's attention!"

"How can the resettlement of refugees be considered properly?" Ding Pan wondered. When it comes to expulsion, let alone an experienced master, even he can imitate it well. But as for resettlement...are we really going to gather all the refugees together? If a riot breaks out, it will really be like digging your own grave.

"Silly words, there are no unchanging standards in this world. If you satisfy Her Royal Highness the Princess and Lord Xia, then it will be considered appropriate." Hong Siqi snorted coldly, "So what you should ask is not how to calculate it properly, but What is the standard for these two people to be satisfied with?”

Ding Pan suddenly felt his mind broadened after hearing this from his master, "That's why you spent several days wandering around the market area and dock area..."

"Yes. As far as my current summary is concerned, His Highness's attitude is rarely revealed, but Mr. Xia's thoughts can still be understood." Hong Siqi explained patiently - there is currently a shortage of people around, if you can help the servants It is better to cultivate it than to work alone. "First of all, he values ​​order and order, so just gathering refugees will definitely not work. Secondly, he does not like direct charity, but prefers to mobilize people's enthusiasm, just like dangled a carrot in front of a donkey. As for the third It’s three o’clock…”

"What's the third point?"

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it." Hong Siqi took back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, because it was really incredible - from the answers he asked everyone, Xia Fan really fed the carrot to people. In other words, he really cares about the living standards of the people and tries to continuously improve this standard.

The question is, what is he after?

Political achievements? The Ministry of Personnel will not care about an official of the Privy Council. Status? Judging from the princess's trusting attitude, no one can shake his position in Jinxia City. Money? It is obviously more cost-effective to put the income into his own pocket. Even those scholars and officials with lofty ambitions and dedicated to the country are essentially trying to make their careers go to the next level. This is the first time Hong Siqi has seen someone like Xia Fan.

Maybe he has a deeper plan, but he has not figured it out yet.

Considering this point, Hong Siqi decided to put the third point aside for the time being.

"But sir, will these people really listen to you?" Ding Pan said worriedly.

"We'll know if they'll listen after a try."

When the black crowd approached, Hong Siqi took a step forward and shouted to the refugees, "I'm Hong Siqi, the governor of Jinxia City. I'm here to settle you in the name of the princess!"

"Sir, give me some food. My child is starving to death."

"Let us rest for a while at the edge of the city, please!"

"Sir, we won't cause you any trouble..."

Accompanied by the pleading, the crowd did not stop, but slowly squeezed towards where they were standing.

Swept suddenly in Hong Siqi's palms. There were at least seven or eight hundred people in this wave. Just standing in front of them, he could feel the pressure brought by the crowd. In normal times, he would have asked the yamen runners to raise their guns and block them.

"Are you deaf? Stop right there!" He resisted the urge to retreat and shouted, "Whoever dares to take another step forward, I'll cut off his dog legs!"

After that, he drew out his sword and thrust it into the ground in front of him!