The first day of class was quite heartbreaking. Out of the three to four hundred thousand students in the school, only one did not become my disciple.
Early the next morning, I announced their benefits. As my disciples, they would each receive two Points every half year, and could freely browse the books inside—well, the open-shelf ones, of course. Considering they were all my students now and housing would be assigned in a little over two months, I told them they could think about whether they wanted to bring their families over. I would allow each of them to bring one or two relatives to live with them at their homes. By the end of the year, we would be distributing land. Everyone would be allocated ten mu of land. Whether they farmed it themselves, had their family members farm it, or contracted it out to other slaves was entirely up to them, as long as they paid a one-tenth tax. Now, they could put forward their requests. Anyone who needed to bring their relatives should step forward; those who did not needed to move to the back.
The result came as a huge surprise to me. Not a single one of the wives we had seized was willing to bring their family members over. On the other hand, about half of the young ladies we had captured wanted to bring their parents. I asked them if their parents would actually come.
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