Mao Ada didn't expect to come to Herkulen. Before he came, he heard a rumor that 'Zhou Qingfeng betrayed his master, betrayed his master, and committed heinous crimes. Everyone has the right to punish him.' After asking carefully, he found out that this rumor was spread by Zhou Qingfeng's senior, Yang Jian. This person had recently become the Khan's grandson-in-law, and his status had risen sharply.
From the bottom of his heart, Mao Ada always had some kind of fear toward Zhou Qingfeng. It was a kind of unbearable feeling of having one's secrets found out, and even having one's weakness held against them. Every time he met Zhou Qingfeng's gaze, even if the other party was smiling, Mao Ada's heart would turn cold. This time, when he saw Zhou Qingfeng at the lumberyard, it was even more so.
Mao Ada wasn't happy that Zhou Qingfeng appointed him as the leader of the 'carpentry team.' But he also knew that he couldn't escape, especially when he learned that he had to teach five apprentices. He was even more displeased — teaching apprentices would starve the master. How could he teach his own skills to others? Even a master couldn't force him to teach apprentices!
Mao Ada habitually put on the airs of a master. So, for the whole morning, he ordered his five slave apprentices to serve him and did nothing else. At noon, all five apprentices went to complain.
"Apprentices complain to master? What a joke! Are you trying to rebel? "Seeing the five angry slave apprentices surrounding him, Mao Ada shouted and scolded. He didn't expect the social environment here to be so different.
Behind the five slave apprentices was the female slave who whipped them in the morning. Mao Ada was a little afraid of this female slave, but he stubbornly shouted, "I'm the leader appointed by Young Master Zhou. I'm their master. If they want to learn my skills, they have to serve me for three years. This is the rule. For three years, they can be beaten and scolded, and their lives are at my disposal. This is the rule everywhere! "
This female slave obviously had some status, but she didn't know if she should follow Mao Ada's "rule." She ran to report to the chief, and the chief quickly made a decision.
"The chief said that your domineering way of thinking is wrong, and you have to accept criticism. Let everyone take a good look at the fate of a backward person like you. " The female slave waved her hand and gave specific instructions, "Tie him up, put on a tall hat, hang a sign, and parade him."
The female slave said all the new words, and the slave apprentices didn't really understand. However, it was clear that he wanted to teach Mao Ada a lesson. The few of them worked together and tied up Mao Ada in no time. Only then did Mao Ada realize that things were going to be bad, but no matter how much he begged for mercy, it was useless. The surrounding slaves all wanted to watch the show.
Cai Zhiwei was called over and asked to draw a 'pai' for Mao Ada.
"What card?" Artist Cai expressed that he didn't know what this' card 'was. He had only been in Ekulum for a day or two, but he already felt like he had come to a whole new world. Everything was new and unheard of.
The slave girl took out a writing board and said, "The chief said that you should draw a funny picture of this backward person. I just want to embarrass him. "
Cai Zhiwei wanted to say that Mao Ada's current appearance was embarrassing enough, and he didn't know how to draw a 'funny' picture. But he had to draw even if he didn't know how to. He didn't want to become a backward person — so he used a charcoal pencil to draw a person with a big head and a small body tied up on the writing board. After he finished drawing, even he felt that it was really funny.
With his hands tied behind his back, wearing a tall hat made of tree bark, and hanging a funny card around his neck, Mao Ada enjoyed special 'treatment' on his first day in Ekulum. For the first time in Zhou Qingfeng's system, criticism fell on him — the female slave Sun Ren held a trumpet wrapped in tree bark, and the five slave apprentices kept pushing and shoving Mao Ada to be shown to the slaves on the construction site.
"Backward Mao Ada, as the leader of the carpentry team, you have betrayed the chief's trust. You are bossy in front of your apprentices, and you are not good at teaching skills. Your attitude is extremely bad." The female slave Sun Ren took the lead, and the other five slave apprentices began to list the 'crimes.'
In fact, the whole thing was like a farce. The slaves who were working stopped to get a few minutes of rest, and at the same time, seeing Mao Ada's embarrassment, they laughed a few times and felt a little better. This novel trick made the slaves on the entire construction site excited, and they kept talking about it. They even felt that their work was a little easier.
This trick of wearing a tall hat and hanging a card was really torturous. Mao Ada didn't think that just because he put on airs, he would be punished like this. He was forced to walk back and forth on the construction site, and as a backward person, he taught the other slaves how to work well. This humiliation made him hate and fear, and he was afraid that he would die afterward, so he kept kneeling and begging for mercy.
The criticism went on for the whole afternoon, and Zhou Qingfeng wanted everyone to understand what would happen to those who disobeyed his orders. Compared to the slave masters' punishment methods of whipping, starving, and even execution, the criticism only dealt a mental blow, which was much gentler. The people who were criticized did not affect their ability to work, and the people who watched the criticism were educated and relaxed.
It seemed that everyone was happy.
Only Mao Ada was not happy. After nightfall, he got his own dinner. After eating his stomach, he still had to make up for what happened during the day. He had to find a way to teach his five slave apprentices how to be carpenters. Under the light of the bonfire, the five apprentices who criticized him during the day once again surrounded him, waiting for him to teach them.
"I'll teach you, okay? But I just randomly teach. "Mao Ada's heart was full of hatred." I'm really stupid, why do I have to go against the people here? Anyway, these people don't know carpentry, I just casually teach them. "
Carpentry, that is, planing, sawing, and drilling. There were all kinds of rulers, planes, saws, drills, iron files, chisels, and so on. Mao Ada fled all the way, even his wife and children could be abandoned, but he always kept a wooden ruler, a saw blade, and a planing knife. These were his tools, he absolutely could not lose them.
Mao Ada thought about it, took out his own wooden ruler, and taught his five apprentices how to use and identify the scale on the wooden ruler, and how to measure the length of the wood. It also involved some basic mathematical knowledge. After explaining a bit, he looked at his five stunned disciples proudly and thought to himself, "So what if I teach you? Do you understand? "
Not to mention, even the simplest addition and subtraction, the five slave apprentices could not understand. They stared at Mao Ada, only feeling that this master seemed to be quite capable — he could actually calculate, and calculate addition and subtraction above ten. No one in our generation can do this.
But even with such simple measurement and calculation, Mao Ada still felt that he had taught too much. Looking at the silly expressions of his five slave apprentices, he laughed and said, "Okay, this' the master leads the way, the cultivation is up to the individual ', the rest is up to you.' It's dark, we should go back. "
"We can't go back yet, we have to go to class." A slave said.
"What other classes do we have? We'll stop here today, wait until you understand what I just said, then we'll continue teaching. " Mao Ada was used to 'working at sunrise and resting at sunset'. Now that it was dark, he had already begun to feel sleepy.
At this moment, Zhou Qingfeng's' electric horn 'sounded on the construction site. "Class is starting, today's big math class. Everyone hurry up, roll call will begin in five minutes, those who are late will be punished. "
This loud voice scared Mao Ada, but his five slave apprentices quickly got up and ran in the direction of the sound, for fear that they would be punished if they were a step slower. Mao Ada was curious, but he followed them.
An open space was opened near the construction site, and teams of slaves sat down quietly according to their respective organizational structures. Everyone had a learning board and a piece of charcoal in their hands. There were also people on the scene to maintain order and count the number of people. When Mao Ada stepped forward, he was stopped. He had not been organized yet, so he could only stand outside and listen.
Under the illumination of several huge torches, Zhou Qingfeng stood in front of the wooden blackboard and directly began the class. "In addition to learning to write, we also need to learn arithmetic. Today, we'll start teaching from numbers. "
On the blackboard, there were already ten numbers from zero to nine, so Zhou Qingfeng taught them from the pronunciation, writing, and meaning. The slaves all listened attentively, because if they didn't pay attention, they would be punished. The whole class also stopped from time to time, allowing slaves who didn't understand to raise their hands and ask questions. Zhou Qingfeng also answered them one by one.
Mao Ada stood outside the open-air classroom in a daze, then he heard someone next to him whisper in surprise: "What is the background of this Zhou Qingfeng? He's obviously a Han, but he's a Jurchen. He's so young, but he can teach on stage. Moreover, as a cultivator, he should be high and mighty. How could he be willing to associate with these hundreds of lowly people, and even teach them how to read and do arithmetic? It's really strange. "
Mao Ada tilted his head and saw that it was the painter who came with him from Hetuala. He was also trapped here by Zhou Qingfeng and couldn't escape. He immediately regarded the other person as one of his own, revealing the truth in a low voice: "This kid is actually a fugitive. He couldn't survive in the Central Plains with his master, so he escaped to Hetuala.
He was treated courteously in Hetuala, and the master in Jianzhou treated him very well. However, he still seems to be dissatisfied. He actually deceived his master and destroyed his ancestors. Even his master can't tolerate him, and he escaped to this Jurchen's territory. We're also unlucky to fall into the hands of such an evil person. "
With the scolding during the day, Mao Ada now hated Zhou Qingfeng to the core, and his words were full of slander. Cai Zhiwei only grunted a few times, but continued to focus on Zhou Qingfeng's class.
Zhou Qingfeng's class was very fast. After making sure that most people could recognize ten numbers, he quickly turned to addition and subtraction with single digits. The number of slaves who could keep up with his class quickly decreased, and there was less than a tenth of the original number. However, he didn't stop easily. Instead, he increased the difficulty again and began to talk about the 'carry' and 'borrow' of addition and subtraction.
This kind of abstract concept was too difficult for the slaves.
"Does anyone understand? It doesn't matter if you don't understand. It's good to be able to ask questions. Those who have questions, raise your hands, "Zhou Qingfeng shouted from the stage. However, the dozens of slaves below the stage were all silent. When they were stared at by Zhou Qingfeng, they even lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze. "Not a single one understands? Not a single one who can ask questions? "
The slaves didn't make a sound, but Mao Ada was in shock. He almost went crazy and shouted in his heart, "This kind of arithmetic method is actually taught so easily? And to a bunch of stupid slaves, they can't even give a gift for becoming a disciple. How can such a profound skill be taught to people so casually? "
Cai Zhiwei was also inexplicably surprised. He directly said, "Education without discrimination, this is really education without discrimination. The ancient sages used this method to teach the world, and gained unprecedented fame. This child actually did such a seemingly ridiculous, but actually hard work. This is definitely not a fish in the pond, definitely not a fish in the pond! "
Zhou Qingfeng didn't have time to think about how others would evaluate him. He only glanced back and forth at the slaves in front of him, but the more he glanced, the more disappointed he became. He wanted to find a few people who were more sensitive to numbers from a large number of slaves to focus on training, so as to reduce the difficulty of his classes every day. But the current situation was really bad — addition and subtraction with ten digits, not even one could ask questions.
There was still a long way to go to open people's wisdom!
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