Beside the vast, bustling wharf, large and small boats were loading and unloading cargo on the water, while four-wheeled carts queued along the shore, waiting to take on their loads. A towering white lighthouse stood nearby, and in the distance rose the majestic walls of Weishan Commandery.
This place was far larger than Dongxin Commandery. In terms of the city's scale, it might not compare to the Kaiyuan Commandery city they had once seen, but in terms of prosperity, even three Kaiyuan Commanderies might not match it.
This was the first time the slaves from the Xin Tribe had ever seen such a prosperous and enormous city. This territory likewise belonged to the Han Tribe.
"All right, stop gawking. Stand according to your respective ten-and-hundred-man units." The overseers immediately began shouting orders, organizing the slave groups that had already come ashore.
Everyone quickly formed ranks according to the ten-and-hundred-man assignments they followed every day. Then they heard the overseers speak again.
"Now, five ten-man units will make one hundred-man unit. Each unit will carry a flag. Then follow the flags in marching formation. No shouting, no fighting, and no escaping. Anyone who dares disobey will be punished severely, and his entire group will be implicated. All right, form your units."
The overseers gave the slaves a brief lecture, then began combining every five neighboring ten-man units into one hundred-man unit. One person in each unit was given a white flag mounted on a bamboo pole, bearing the words, "Newwei Line Railway Engineering Team, Unit Number ___."
It was easy to tell from these designations that the people would certainly be assigned engineering tasks according to their organizational structure in the future.
The slaves could not stay in this bustling city for long. Once the groups had been arranged, they formed