The memories of his youth were really too intoxicating. Li An stood in the unfinished flushing toilet, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously revealed a smile of reminiscence. His smile was very happy, very sweet, and also very nostalgic.
However, Ang Lee did not want such a thing to happen locally, so as not to affect the physical and mental development of local children and delay their studies.
In addition, because the number of teachers was quite insufficient, the scale of enrollment was not large for the time being. Therefore, Ang Lee did not intend to recruit female students. It would not be too late to recruit girls when the teachers' team grew stronger in the future.
After recruiting girls, he would choose the innermost corner of the school as the toilet. The distance between the two toilets was nearly 100 meters, which could absolutely put an end to the ideas of curious people.
School was a place to learn knowledge, not a place for exploration and curiosity. Anything that had nothing to do with learning had to be suppressed as much as possible. After all, a person's energy was very limited. If they put all their energy into other aspects, then the energy they spent on learning would obviously be insufficient, and the result would naturally be the abandonment of their studies. The lesson from the past was still vivid in Li An's mind. How could he let history repeat itself?
To prevent the idea of puppy love, Ang Lee also asked his subordinates to warn the teachers to pay more attention and to create a good learning environment so that local children could learn the language and knowledge of the Tang dynasty as soon as possible, and thus become the first local people to admire the culture of the Tang dynasty. When they grew up, they could join the teachers' team and continue to teach local children knowledge, so that more local people would understand the language and history of the Tang dynasty and be full of yearning for the Tang Empire.
For some students who were particularly excellent in their studies, they would naturally be given certain material rewards. Those who performed particularly well could also go to the most prosperous city of the Tang dynasty, Chang 'an, for free to study and get in touch with the real culture of the Tang dynasty.
Ang Lee had recalled these long-term ideas many times, and he felt very happy every time. It was his biggest dream in this life to be able to develop overseas territories for the Tang dynasty.
After all, Ang Lee had obtained everything he could now. He had countless money, as many beauties as he wanted, and the food and drink were of the highest grade. If he did not develop overseas territories for the Tang dynasty, life would seem to be without pursuits. Then, what was the point of living?
Pursuit, continuous pursuit, could make life more colorful, make one's life more meaningful, and make oneself happier.
Walking out of the washroom that was about to be completed, Ang Lee casually walked around the large playground, and then went to the teaching area.
Four buildings were being built at the same time. Among them, the two in front were teaching buildings, the one on the left was the office and teachers' dormitory, and the one on the right was still the teaching building.
Of course, this was only a preliminary plan. It could be adjusted at any time in the future, and the authority to adjust it was in the hands of the principal.
Although the buildings were still in the construction stage, the most basic prototype was already very clear. Each building was composed of four big houses, and each big house was enough to accommodate fifty to sixty people. Of course, if there were enough rooms, it was not impossible for a room to accommodate more than a dozen people, depending on the specific situation.
Based on this calculation, there were 12 classrooms in the three teaching buildings. If a room could accommodate 10 children, it would be enough to handle the teaching of 120 people. If a room could accommodate 60 students, it could accommodate 700 teachers and students. This depended on the specific situation.
One office was enough. The remaining three big houses could be used as teachers' dormitories, if they were willing to live in the school.
Of course, sometimes some rooms such as warehouses were also needed. If there were not enough rooms, the classrooms that had not yet been put into use could be temporarily used.
The core buildings of the entire school were these four big houses. In order to save money, a single-story structure was used. Moreover, there was a shortage of students for the time being, so it would be a waste to build multi-story buildings. If the scale of the school was rapidly expanded in the future, multi-story buildings could also be built in the open space behind.
Because of the construction, there was a certain degree of danger. Therefore, Ang Lee did not get too close to these main buildings. He took a few steps back after a glance.
"A statue of Sage Confucius should be erected in this position. This is a must."
An official in charge of the construction ordered the coolies.
The position of the statue was directly opposite the gate, dozens of steps away from the gate. It could be said that it was in the middle of the playground. In this way, the students could pay homage to the statue of the scholars of the Tang dynasty after class.
"Assistant Minister Li, do you have any other instructions?"
The subordinate saw Ang Lee standing at the construction site of the school and asked.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "You did a good job. However, the construction of the school will be completed in seven or eight days at most. The enrollment work needs to be carried out in advance. From now on, you can recruit students from nearby."
"Yes, Assistant Minister Li. I will do it right away."
The subordinate put down his work at the construction site and went to organize the enrollment.
Because of the language barrier, it was difficult for the officials of the Tang dynasty to directly enroll students. They had to let these teachers contact the local wealthy classes and ask them to send their children to the school. They also had to ask these rich people to tell the poor about the school's enrollment.
The enrollment work was carried out very quickly. The results were very good because the teaching was free. Moreover, lunch was provided, which was very attractive to many poor people. Even the rich hoped that their children could learn the language of the Tang dynasty. After all, they were more knowledgeable and understood that their children would have a better future if they learned a foreign language.
Ang Lee's original plan was to enroll one or two hundred children in the vicinity of Tanar. When the number of teachers was sufficient in the future, the enrollment scale would be expanded.
However, the enrollment results shocked Li An. There were actually thousands of children who signed up to study at the school. This was far beyond Li An's expectations. The current teachers and teaching resources were also unable to meet this demand. Therefore, the enrollment work had to be stopped immediately. He could not continue to advertise enrollment. Even the number of students he had recruited previously had to be reduced appropriately. He could not take in all of them.
"Assistant Minister Li, these are the enrollment materials of more than a thousand children. What do you think?"
His subordinates were very serious in their work. Every student's information was very accurate and placed neatly in front of Li An.
Ang Lee casually flipped through some information and said, "There are too many. The school can't accommodate them all. Just choose three hundred children from them."
"Assistant Minister Li, what are the selection principles?"
The subordinate asked.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and replied, "Family situation. We have to enroll children from wealthy families first."
Although the children of the poor needed to go to school more urgently, they needed to learn more knowledge and they needed a free lunch, according to Ang Lee's understanding, only the children of the rich were most suitable to study first.
The level of nutrition and health from a young age determined that the children of the rich had better abilities and would definitely learn faster. As for the lack of perseverance, they only needed more guidance from the teachers.
As for the children of the poor, due to insufficient nutrition, their level of intellectual development was bound to be lower. Moreover, the poorer the children, the more mischievous they were and the more rebellious they were. The chances of success were also very small.
As for why Hua Xia was full of theories about the success of the poor, it was because of the special national environment. The political power was fought for by the poor, so the greatness and wisdom of the poor must be reflected in all aspects. When a poor person in a certain place got into a good school, it was bound to be vigorously promoted, creating the illusion that only the poor could learn well. On the other hand, the rich were all hedonistic children who did not seek to improve themselves.
Of course, with the development of the economy, the children of the poor would soon fail. In the end, it was still the children of the rich and the middle class who could achieve better results.
There was an old saying that poverty would limit people's thinking and vision, making it more difficult for people to succeed. This was the truth.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Ang Lee decided to enroll children from the rich first. When the conditions were better, he would enroll children from the poor.
Moreover, the rich were relatively influential people. Only by enrolling their children first would they not cause trouble. If they enrolled the children of the poor first, these rich people would be furious.
Although the poor had lost a chance, as long as the Tang dynasty promised to enroll more children as soon as possible, they would not have much objection. After all, they had been enslaved for too long. They would take it for granted that the good things should be given to the rich first.
After making some promises, the officials of the Tang dynasty successfully selected three hundred children and let them study in the school on the completion day of the school in a few days to complete their studies.
Ang Lee was also quite busy these days. He had been preparing teaching materials. Although the dozen or so teachers recruited were specifically responsible for teaching, the level of these teachers recruited temporarily was really limited. They were not as good as Ang Lee in all aspects. Except for knowing the local language, they had nothing to commend.
Ang Lee personally wrote some simple teaching materials for these teachers to teach. It was a contribution to the Tanar School and gave him a sense of satisfaction.
The language was not easy to write because Ang Lee did not know the local language. Therefore, there was no way to write a language course. He could only let these teachers write and teach.
In this regard, Ang Lee was still very strong. Looking at the entire Tang dynasty, there was really no one better than Ang Lee. For example, the knowledge of calculus and equations of several yuan and several degrees. Except for Ang Lee, there was really no one who knew these things.
Therefore, Ang Lee volunteered to write the basic knowledge of mathematics, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. As for profound knowledge such as calculus, Ang Lee did not write it. With the IQ of these children, learning too profound knowledge was too difficult for them.
Mathematics was the focus of Ang Lee's writing. Ang Lee's work these days was mainly used to write mathematics teaching materials. As for history, Ang Lee also participated, but the main work was handed over to his subordinates.
In terms of historical knowledge, Ang Lee still had many talents under his command. Their level was not worse than Ang Lee's, and they were even better than Ang Lee. Ang Lee was very relieved to let them write. However, he could not completely ignore it. When his subordinates had different interpretations of history, Ang Lee was responsible for making the final decision and determining the final direction of writing.
Days of writing made Ang Lee quite tired. When he looked in the mirror, he found that he had dark circles under his eyes. However, as long as he saw that the teaching materials and teaching supplementary materials he wrote were so perfect, he was still very proud.
After writing the teaching materials, the next step was naturally to print them. If he did not print them, how could he let each child have a copy? Only when every child had a book in their hands could they learn fast enough and it would be convenient for them to review when they went back.
There were 300 students in the first batch. Including the few teachers, he needed more than 300 books. With such a large demand, it would be a waste of time if he copied them by hand. The most reliable method was to print them.
The equipment for movable type printing was in the Tang dynasty. Ang Lee did not bring it with him. Moreover, movable type printing was also limited. It only had the characters of the Tang dynasty. Later, some characters of Tufan and other places were added. However, there was absolutely no characters of the Lion Kingdom. Therefore, if he wanted to print more than 300 teaching materials, he could only use other methods.
Before Ang Lee invented movable type printing, the Tang dynasty used engraving printing. However, after Ang Lee invented engraving printing, with the gradual development of technology, he finally invented waxed paper printing. Compared to movable type printing, waxed paper printing was more convenient and faster. However, the only drawback was that it needed to consume waxed paper. It was not easy to make waxed paper, so it was naturally more expensive.
Ang Lee did not care if it was more expensive, as long as it was convenient. When he set off to the south, he brought a lot of coins and waxed paper. Now, they could come in handy.
As for why Li An brought these things along, it wasn't to prepare for the printing of books. It was entirely a precaution. There was no telling what might happen along the way, so it wouldn't be wrong to bring along more items.
Except for Ang Lee, more than a dozen newly recruited teachers did not know how to use coins and waxed paper at all. However, as long as they knew how to write, it was not too difficult to learn these things. It was easy to learn.
Ang Lee first gave these teachers a hard pen and a piece of waxed paper to let them practice first. After they were proficient in using them, he gave them more waxed paper and let them write the teaching materials they wrote on the waxed paper.
There was a lot of content in the mathematics that Ang Lee personally wrote. It was estimated that there were more than 50 sheets! If he wrote them one by one, it would be enough for Ang Lee to be busy for a long time. However, Ang Lee had already trained helpers. The two little guys, Yun 'er and Jiaren, had already learned how to use hard pens and waxed paper.
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