Unknown Knight

The next day, Aix resigned as King of Yarogerk and left Roma Castle to head for the territory.

This trip was not in vain. Although the grain was not sold at a good price, he bought more than 30 captured steppe horses from King Yarogelk at a low price. This kind of horse is gentle, not picky about grass, and has enough endurance. The only disadvantage is that it is about 5 cm shorter than other horses, so it is not tall and powerful enough to ride. It can be used to pull carts for merchants.

Before leaving, Aix had the caravan members escort more than 100 Tang people outside the castle for more than half an hour to watch the Vigria soldiers slaughtering the prisoners. Only then did everyone believe what Brother Shun, named Zhang Shun, had said last night that he had not deceived them.

Seeing rows of prisoners lying on the ground and still bleeding, some of them were so scared that they started crying. Aix saw that the effect was almost achieved, so he notified everyone to start their journey home and waved for the man named Zhang Shun to come over and said:

"You are someone I admire. Find a few reliable people to maintain order on the road. Don't let anything go wrong. I have already promised His Majesty the King that I won't let you roam around. If anyone runs away, I won't ask whether he lives or dies."

Zhang Shun didn't understand Aix's intention when he heard it, and nodded hurriedly:

"Don't worry, sir. I'm awake and nothing will go wrong."

Aix looked at him nodding and bending, and felt that this was not what he wanted, so he said to him:

"Stand up straight and talk. What do you mean by small land? You are all my noble Chinese people. I am a man of the Han family. When you talk to me in the future, you must call yourself a subordinate. I don't want to hear the words small or mean. Do you understand?"

Zhang Shun's eyes were filled with tears after hearing these words. His throat was blocked. He tried hard to hold back his sobs and saluted Aix. He said:

"I am awake now, and I will not let you down!"

Finally, Aix asked him to call Ran Gong over. Ran Gong came up to him, bowed deeply and said:

"Ran Gong thanks you for saving me. You gave me my life, and I will repay you with my own death!"

"What's the point of dying? I want you to live well. Do you believe what I say?"

Aix asked him with interest, and seeing that he lowered his head and remained silent, he continued:

"Tuoju Nayan doesn't consider you as one of his own people. Na Ke'er, Na Ke'er, is one level higher than a slave, but is still just a servant. You should just be a son of the Han family! Ran Gong, is that the name Tuoju Nayan gave you?"

Seeing him nod, Aix continued:

"Just listen to it and you will know. What a bunch of bullshit. Respect, kindness, and obedience. Isn't it just hoping that you will always be respectful and obedient to them? During the Five Barbarians' Rebellion, there was a man named Ran Min who also had the last name Ran. Did you know that?"

Ran Gong shook his head in bewilderment. It was obvious that the Kugit people would not allow their culture to be passed down among them, so Aix continued:

"At that time, five kinds of barbarians invaded our Chinese land and almost killed all the Han people in the Central Plains. It was this Ran Min who stood up to resist and issued the "Order to Kill the Hu", which preserved the blood of our Han people in the Central Plains. Your surname is also Ran, you can't disgrace this noble surname. Don't call yourself Ran Gong anymore. From now on, you will be called Ran Hu, the tiger of our Han family! Do you understand?"

After hearing this, Ran Hu immediately knelt down and saluted:

"Thank you for the name, sir!"

Seeing that he no longer had the arrogance he had before, Aix felt secretly happy, and then continued in a deep voice:

"Get up, go back and tell everyone that anyone with words like Gong, Liang, Shun in their names should change them. If you don't know what to call yourself, come to me and I will give you a name."

"Subordinates take orders."

Seeing that Ran Hu's attitude made Aix very satisfied, he continued to say to him:

"It will take some time to get back to the territory. Work with Zhang Shun to maintain order among the tribesmen and make sure nothing goes wrong. Go down."

Seeing Ran Hu going away, Aix sighed in his heart, as if he had let go of a worry. Ran Hu's force was off the charts, and if he couldn't be subdued, he would definitely cause trouble. It seemed that he should be stable now, and he would have to slowly polish him after returning to the territory. Even so, Aix couldn't be completely at ease, so he called Fatis and said:

"These are my lost tribesmen. They are still unstable and prone to chaos. Tell the sentries to be more alert when on duty. Double the number of personnel on duty. Give the brothers a few more days off when we return to the territory."

Fatis looked at Aix deeply and said:

"Sir, these people are new here, and I'm afraid they are unstable. And the guy just now doesn't seem like a good person, so it's hard to control them. It's better to give them less food so that they can have a safe journey."

After hearing his words, Aix shook his head and laughed:

"No need. Look at them, some of them are staggering. If they don't eat enough, it's hard to say whether they can make it to the territory. But what you said makes sense. Don't let them eat too much for now, especially those who are pale and skinny. Wait for two days and then slowly increase their food intake."

Seeing Fatis leave, Aix thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and wanted to find an empty truck to lie down and rest. After all, his injuries had not yet healed fully. But then another headache came his way.

The reason was simple. It turned out that after Ran Hu returned to the crowd and explained Aix's naming policy, these people came to Aix to give them names.

The reason for this is that their names were indeed given by Master Yan, like Wang Liang, Liu Shun, Li Gong, as well as names like Gou, Quan, Lai, and Gui. Some of them simply have no names, such as Liu San and Wang Er. There are also slaves whose parents died early, and they don't even know their own surnames.

In short, there are so many different situations that make Aix very confused. It is not that it is particularly difficult to choose a name, but as a Chinese, Aix knows that the meaning of names to Chinese people cannot be taken lightly, and we must not just use whatever we see as a name, such as "mountain", "under the pine tree", "roadside", "nojiri", and "fertile field", which are really insulting.

However, he couldn't figure out the ideas here for the time being, so he had to let these people go back first, saying that he would think about it before giving everyone a unified name.

Along the way, he lay in the truck and thought a lot, from the origin of his surname to the meaning of his name, and later he even thought about the origin of his nickname and the intention of Kugit Nayan in naming his slaves, and slowly he had an idea.

Don’t underestimate the meaning of a name. Sometimes a good name can influence a person’s life, especially when the mind is not yet mature. Aix once saw a neighbor’s child who was not very smart when he was young. People around him thought that the child would have no future when he grew up. Later, his parents changed his name to “Qin”, and he was still admitted to a 985 university.

Therefore, a good name with blessings can at least influence a person's progress, or even change his fate. Similarly, a malicious name or nickname can also affect a person's fate, and even make his life negative, bleak, and dull.

Aix felt that he had saved these compatriots in a foreign land, hoping that they would live a good life and change their fate. So starting from this direction, naming becomes very easy. Generally speaking, there are two aspects to start with. One aspect is what this person lacks, and the other aspect is what this person yearns for and hopes for.

For example, a weak person can be called "strong", a timid person can be called "brave", a gloomier person can be called "happy" or "joyful", a rash person can be called "cautious", a dull person can be called "intelligent", and so on.

For example, if someone is afraid of being poor, he can be called "Fu", if someone is afraid of suffering, he can be called "Feng", if someone wants to be a superior person, he can be called "Gui", if someone wants to be a hero, he can be called "Yi", if someone hopes to get land, he can be called "Tian", if someone hopes for family unity, he can be called "Mu", and so on.

Even with this idea, you can't just speak it out. You must first understand the situation before making a decision. So Aix decided to call more than 10 people to come up with names during the lunch break and the evening break when he was on the road every day.

When each person comes, they are not given a name right away. Instead, the owner first looks at the person and then asks a few different questions, such as where they are, how old they are, what they like, what they think, etc. Finally, the owner gives the corresponding name based on his or her judgment. If the other party is not satisfied, the name can be changed temporarily.

In this way, during the 5-day journey back to the territory, Aix re-chose almost everyone's name, and everyone who got a name was very satisfied. This made Aix very proud. He planned that if he couldn't make it one day, he would simply create a Swadian language school and set up a stall to tell fortunes and give names.

Another result he did not expect was that these slaves, who were grateful for his life-saving grace, considered it a great honor from the moment they received the names he gave them. They had a sense of belonging to him and regarded themselves as his subordinates, sharing his fate and success.

Others tried every possible means to win people's hearts, but he just helped pick a name out of kindness and won people's hearts. This really made the utilitarians all astonished and the vain ones envious.

At the same time, Aix also got a preliminary understanding of this group of hometown people through naming them. He knew that most of them were the shepherds of Master Na Yan, and all of them were good horse riders. Some of them even practiced horseback kung fu and archery in order to become Master Na Yan's Na Ke'er. There were also thirteen Na Ke'ers led by Ran Hu, all of them were skilled in martial arts, archery and horse riding.

There are also three blacksmiths and five leatherworkers. The blacksmiths are good at forging scimitars and spears. They can make scale armor and Kugit-style iron helmets. They can also make horse harnesses and horseshoes. Of course, they can also replace horseshoes for horses.

A leatherworker knows even more. In addition to peeling and making leather, he can also make leather marching tents, leather clothes, leather armor, leather hats, leather boots, and even leather vests. He can also make many other small items such as leather drums, leather water bags, belts, leather bags, etc.

What made Aix even more delighted was that there was actually an old accountant who could do math and keep accounts. This old accountant wore a long gown and had a bun on his head. His name was Li Da. He was one of the few people who did not need Aix to rename him. He was considered a cultured person among these people. After some communication, Aix found that this person used the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic, and his attainments were not shallow. He was very good at using the abacus. He was also talented in languages. He could speak not only Kugit, but also Swadian and Sarande.

After the conversation, Aix excitedly shouted in his heart: "This wave of profit!" Think about it, if these people are all useless, those Kugit Nayan masters will not support them. Moreover, these people must have strong skills. Without strong skills, the noble masters will not be led from the east of sunrise to the west of sunset, and will not be reluctant to abandon them after experiencing all kinds of difficulties and twists and turns on the road. The useless ones would have been abandoned or killed on the road.