Eluri often brought the children to volunteer to learn, so she was very good at farm work.
It was hard to imagine, wasn't it? A Saintess who was high above others, but good at farm work?
This was unimaginable on Earth. If it was a religion on Earth, the Saintess only needed to serve the Pope well. Why would there be so many things to do?
"Sister Eluri, we also want you to teach us!"
Little Sloppy ran over with the girls. Porta smiled and did not mind. Girls, of course, he could understand.
"Saintess! We also want you to teach us — Ouch! Let go of me! "
When the boys saw this, they also wanted to join in, but Porta grabbed each of them with one hand and said with a smile, "They are all girls. They can just learn some simple farm work. You are all boys. You have to feed your families in the future. Why are you joining in? Come and learn from me. You won't have to starve in the future."
Damn it!
How despicable!
The boys looked at Tang En who was surrounded by girls of all sizes. The hostility in their eyes became more intense.
Of course, it was not enough to rise to the level of hostility. However, the perfect Saintess in their hearts had been snatched away, and even the girls of the same age had run away. They were not willing to accept it!
Tang En noticed their gazes. After a moment of surprise, he suddenly grinned. These little guys still have the courage?
Unfortunately, in front of me, you are destined to fail!
Damn it! Sooner or later, I will defeat that guy!
Anthony hatefully hoed the soil, as if the person under his feet was Tang En's detestable smiling face. At this moment, the only thing left in the boy's heart was the desire to defeat Tang En. As for the longing for Eluri, it had quietly disappeared.
After all, he was an innocent child. As long as he was stimulated a little, he would immediately change the goal in his heart.
Looking at the boys and girls working hard in the field, Tang En smiled and pondered.
The Holy See took in orphans and trained them to have the ability to live independently. However, this could not maximize the potential of these orphans.
Prandal was vast and sparsely populated, and the orphans in the various cities and villages were also a precious force. If they could be trained to become brave warriors from a young age, they would be of great use in the future, right?
The only thing that was worth lamenting was that if they were directly trained according to the needs of society, it was equivalent to destroying the talents of these children and killing the possibility of them becoming geniuses in other fields.
However, one could not blame Tang En for being too cold-blooded. The Army of Chaos invaded. If they could not win, what awaited this world would be destruction. Everyone would die here. Moreover, they were orphans. If Tang En did not intervene, the Holy See would not have the ability to raise all the orphans. Most of them would probably not survive. Directing them to nurture them would at least give them a chance to live.
Olina, who was busy, saw Tang En sitting there deep in thought. She put down the farming tools and walked over to gently knead his shoulders. She asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Tang En briefly told Olina about his troubles and said in the end, "So I plan to cooperate with the Holy See to open a batch of charity schools, which are also orphanages to adopt these orphans. But I'm worried that this will kill the nature of these children."
Olina said with a smile, "In fact, you don't have to deliberately open a charity school."
"What?"
"Aren't you opening a compulsory school now?"
Olina gently massaged Tang En's shoulders and said beside him, "Although there have been a lot of things recently, Olina has been paying attention to education. The number of schools is still increasing. However, it's easy to build schools, but it's not easy to train teachers. That's why the enrollment rate has not kept up."
"You mean to say that …"
"Yes, as long as the training speed of teachers keeps up, in fact, ordinary schools can also accept a large number of orphans. Comprehensive education is always better than simple military education, isn't it? In this way, not only can they receive the normal training, but they can also receive the basic training of fighting skills. Then we can select the different talents of each of them for the follow-up training. "
Olina paused for a moment and said, "What's more, living and going to school with the children of ordinary families can also prevent the orphans from becoming more and more isolated. They can become more cheerful and value their current companions more …"
Tang En said with a wry smile, "But according to my experience, if the orphans and the children of ordinary families go to school together for a long time, they will be more likely to be discriminated."
"It's not the same."
Olina shook her head. "You said that in your world, religion is false and used to fool the people. But in Prandal, our religion is real and supported by God."
"So, we can cooperate with the Holy See to train those children to become devout believers from an early age. In this way, when they have firm beliefs in their hearts, they will not be easily influenced by negative emotions."
"What's more, children will discriminate against orphans. This is the education problem that we should solve, isn't it?"
Tang En laughed. "You're right. It's me who's thinking too much. Orphan schools are indeed unnecessary, but orphanages are necessary. After all, many abandoned orphans are still unable to survive and need people to take care of them. So, I've decided to cooperate with the Holy See to expand and standardize the orphanages of the Holy See into the formal management system, so as to prevent people from abusing children and using the orphanages to fill their pockets. "
Eluri, who had just put down the farming tools and walked over to take a rest, said with a smile, "You're so considerate."
"I can't help it. In our world, everything has happened. It's not strange."
"In your world, there are also people who will violate children like those perverted nobles?"
"Yes, and there are many such perverts."
Tang En said coldly, "So, we have to add an article to our law. If anyone has sex with a boy or a girl under the age of 14, whether they are willing or not, they will be regarded as adultery. They will be punished severely and sentenced to death!"
"Your Majesty."
Olina reminded Tang En. "In our world, there are many girls who are married and have children at the age of 14, and Elijah …"
"…"
Tang En was silent for a moment, and then waved his hand. "Then change it to 12 years old!"
Eluri looked at Tang En. This guy was definitely guilty just now, right?!
"About the charity orphanage, I think His Holiness will be happy to accept your kindness and cooperate with you."
After Eluri said that, she thought for a moment and said, "But it's very expensive to open an orphanage. There are many orphans in every city. These financial expenses …"
"The financial expenses will be handled by the Datang Chamber of Commerce. I'll talk to Fiona when I go back. As for the specific cooperation plan, you can let Fiona and His Holiness talk about it. If it doesn't work, you can inform Fiona and let her go. Fiona knows how to use this opportunity to maximize the value of charity."
Eluri said with a wry smile, "I always feel that the original meaning of charity is lost when it is utilitarian."
"But it's indispensable. As long as you're not a saint, you can't do anything without a purpose. Farmers farm to harvest food to feed their families. Businessmen sell goods to make money to live a better life. Nobles support the rule of the king to stabilize their own interests. Kings rule the country to be famous. As for me, I'm both a king and a businessman, so my purpose is simpler. "
Tang En said casually, "Although the Datang Chamber of Commerce makes a lot of money, it can't be spent casually. The money spent must be meaningful. Just like now, part of the money we earn is used to build society, and part of it is used to increase salary and benefits. In the end, it's all to give back to society. Although it costs money to build an orphanage, as long as we do it, we can win a good reputation. It's not a waste. It's not like the orphans haven't been properly taken care of, so this approach is understandable."
Eluri looked at Tang En helplessly. Even if there weren't so many reasons, they wouldn't reject your proposal …
"The troublesome part is that the expenses of the orphanage aren't one-time. There are so many mouths to feed and so many people to wear clothes. These can't be made out of thin air, so the subsequent expenses are the troublesome part."
Tang En sighed and pointed to the boys and girls who were learning to farm. He said, "They're okay. They have some ability to work. But what can those children under the age of ten do? Raising them is a pure expense. Even if the Datang Chamber of Commerce is a big business, it can't afford to burn money like this. "
Eluri suddenly became anxious. "Your Majesty —"
"Don't worry. I'm not giving up on them, but they have to understand their situation and contribute to their own survival."
Tang En said, "In the future, we can consider arranging some easy jobs for the orphanage. For example, we can let them process some small parts, or weave some cloth, and so on. We don't expect them to contribute much, as long as we let them understand that there is a reward for their hard work, and that their current lives are earned by their own hands."
After listening to Tang En's words, Eluri breathed a sigh of relief.
What Tang En said was actually the same as what the Vatican was thinking. They couldn't let the orphans eat for free all the time. They couldn't let them develop the habit of reaping without sowing. They had to know the pressure of life.
The Vatican used the method of volunteer learning. Tang En obviously intended to use a similar method to educate them.
Regardless of the benefits, at the very least, these children would grow up to be hardworking adults, not lazy bums or cynical youths.
Tang En also intended to set a rule. When the orphans grew up, part of their labor income would be given back to the orphanage to raise the children who were itching to work in the future. In this way, as long as they could survive the first few years, a virtuous cycle would be formed. It would greatly reduce the economic pressure of the country and the Datang Chamber of Commerce.
The plan was beautiful, but how it would be carried out depended on how the Vatican and Aurelia decided on the plan. Whether the Vatican or the government would be in charge was a matter for the future. It was useless to think too much about it.
But now …
Tang En only wanted to press those naughty children who secretly stared at him from time to time on the ground and rub them hard. He wanted them to know what respect was!
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