Time gradually came to the middle of May 1617. Sun Yuanhua had been in Tianjin for almost a month. However, the matter of him wanting to see the Revolutionary Army's new agricultural machinery had been delayed again and again. Although the collective farm was not far from the city, although there were more and more public transport carriages in Tianjin, making transportation more convenient, and although he himself felt that this matter had been delayed for too long, he still did not have the time to go.
The reason was very simple. Xu Guangqi asked Sun Yuanhua to collect the secret techniques of the rebels, but there were too many of them.
The Revolutionary Army pursued the idea of opening the door to the school, and there was too much knowledge worth learning in the school. Zhou Qingfeng did not care about the spread of some basic knowledge at all. For example, elementary school language, mathematics, history, geography, astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics. These simple common sense things were not deliberately hidden. They were easy to obtain in the market.
The problem of the Ming Dynasty was not the backward technology at all, but the imbalance of power in politics. The huge national power could not be used centrally, and the power of the low-level officials was too great. After the Revolutionary Army came to this world, they quickly understood that Daming could not rely on technology to save himself. If the latter wanted to survive, he had to kill all the higher-ups in his own organization first, which was equivalent to suicide.
Zhou Qingfeng's words were very clear. "The truly stubborn enemy will not learn from us. Those who will learn from us are all useful talents that can be won over. The necessary dissemination of knowledge will not pose too much of a threat to us, but will be beneficial to our future rule.
People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. Even if a small number of reactionaries secretly learn, there will be more people who will surrender. They are all China people, and sooner or later, they will also be used by me. "
Because of this, after Xu Guangqi became interested in the knowledge of the rebels, Sun Yuanhua shouldered the master's order and entered the Revolutionary Army to secretly learn from them. He could easily get free education by signing up for a primary school in Tianjin, and he could even eat two good meals of fish and meat a day for free.
Primary schools were still divided into six years, but in terms of education, they were divided into junior primary school and senior primary school. Junior primary school education was the knowledge within the third grade of primary school.
Although the quality of the teachers in the Revolutionary Army was uneven, and most of the teachers only knew how to read from the book, Sun Yuan's chemistry content was really too simple. He only spent five days flipping through the language, mathematics, and a few natural science books before happily running off to take the exam.
According to the Revolutionary Army's regulations, if one wanted to learn basic knowledge, one must obtain a basic diploma. Apart from the awkwardness of using simplified Chinese characters and Pinyin, Sun Yuan Hua relied on his Encyclopedic Knowledge to memorize the textbook and easily passed the exam. Then, he applied to enter the intermediate class.
All the people who could quickly pass the primary diploma exam would be reported to the Ministry of Education of the Revolutionary Army for record, let alone Sun Yuanhua who was monitored by the Ministry of Security. Knowing that this old man had such a strong thirst for knowledge, Zhou Qingfeng directly ordered, "Increase the stakes for him, don't let him have it too easy. They want him to train ten junior graduates before letting him enter the intermediate class. "
Bah … Because he was jumping around too excitedly, Sun Yuanhua's application had a condition added. He was stunned for a long time when he heard about this from the school. "You mean you want me to be a teacher in the school?"
That's right, you can eat and drink for free to learn, shouldn't you contribute to the people? Since you're good at learning, you can teach and educate people. It doesn't need to be much, teaching ten people to get a basic diploma would be enough. The school's principal was younger than Sun Yuan Hua, but he didn't have the slightest flexibility on this point. Who dared to make an exception when it was the order of the Grand Marshal?
Ten people didn't seem to be a lot.
Sun Yuan Hua even immediately thought that he could take advantage of the loophole. "Can I choose my own students?"
Of course, we teach without discrimination, as long as they are willing to come and learn.
After getting the approval of the school's principal, Sun Yuan Hua immediately thought about it. The Revolutionary Army's primary education also had its merits. For example, using Pinyin to assist in learning Chinese characters was more efficient than simply memorizing "Three Character Classic" or "Thousand Character Classic". Although mathematics knowledge was simple, it was also quite useful.
Sun Yuan Hua immediately wrote to his teacher for help, wanting to arrange ten smart and clever students to come to Tianjin so that he could quickly and smoothly complete the stealing learning task. There were plenty of children who were good at learning. Xu Guangqi didn't think much and just recruited some good children from his side and sent them over. He was even afraid that ten would not be enough, so he sent twenty to Sun Yuan Hua.
Most of the children sent over were eleven or twelve years old, and they all had the foundation of learning, so they were taught very quickly. Sun Yuan Hua set up his own class to teach these children, and at the same time, he was allowed to obtain secondary education textbooks so he could study by himself first.
This was simply sending talents to the Revolutionary Army.
These twenty children were accompanied by their families with a lot of money, and they trembled when they arrived at the rebel's territory. But when they found out that the rebel had three meals a day and meat every day, they immediately felt relieved. Then, when they found out that they were good at studying, outstanding in exams, and had a lot of scholarships, the parents who accompanied them to study immediately wanted to take out a whip and whip their children to study hard.
At this moment, Sun Yuan Hua fully understood the great power of spending 500,000 taels of silver a year to develop education. As soon as the children he 'selected' entered school, the Revolutionary Army's Ministry of Education immediately issued two sets of school uniforms to each of them. They were all good clothes made of thick cotton, sturdy and warm. It was just that the color was a bit rustic. The Revolutionary Army hadn't opened the technology tree of dyes yet.
There were clothes and food, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and there was fish. The food they ate was even more luxurious than the landlord. The Revolutionary Army searched the Gyeonggi region and used all the food they found to eat. They deliberately let the common people at the bottom come and take advantage of them so that they could eat well. After eating for half a month, the students could be a few pounds stronger. Many of the children's thin cheeks were obviously bulging, and they were more motivated to study.
At this time, these children were not willing to leave. Their parents even unceasingly wrote letters to their relatives and friends, encouraging them to come to Tianjin to take advantage of them — if for no other reason than to eat more.
Because these children had a good foundation, Sun Yuan Hua taught them for half a month, and they could basically pass the elementary school diploma exam. After he self-studied for half a month, he actually finished learning the intermediate class curriculum. He even completely mastered some elementary school mathematics that was extremely difficult for ordinary children.
Within the Revolutionary Army, the high school diploma was basically the completion of the six-year elementary school curriculum. After learning this knowledge, Sun Yuan Hua no longer dared to despise the education of the Revolutionary Army. Because there were a lot of things in it, such as mathematics. His teacher Xu Guangqi had just translated the content of the Principles of Geometry, or mathematical methods that even he had not learned.
That's all the knowledge most people need in their daily lives. But even this simple knowledge, the Daming court never attached importance to it. The Ming court's examination was based on the eight-legged essay, which was useless in real life. However, the knowledge taught by the Revolutionary Army could be used in real life. Learning these things would not be the same as being blind.
Now Sun Yuan Hua remembered the soldier he saw when he first entered the city who could answer fluently. That should be a person who had completed elementary school education. And this kind of people in the Revolutionary Army, there were at least thousands of them.
"These are the thousands of scholars who can't recite poetry, but are better than poetry reciting." Sun Yuan Hua felt that his knowledge should be higher than that of the 'Revolutionary Army' who had completed their primary education, but he still felt an urgent sense of crisis. "With a few thousand scholars, it's no wonder that the 'Revolutionary Army' doesn't even care about the original scholars. No wonder they dared to massacre the Ming Dynasty's officials."
It turned out that the Revolutionary Army had nothing to fear. They even thought that the old forces were too much of a hindrance, so they wanted to get rid of them and not carry the burden. For a moment, Sun Yuan Hua also wished he could be like the Revolutionary Army and kill all the vermin in the court with a sharp knife. But who exactly should he kill? As long as he closed his eyes, he would think that those people who were to be killed were almost all related to him.
After finishing the elementary school curriculum, Sun Yuan Hua did not go to the corresponding diploma exam. Because he had asked, the follow-up middle school curriculum could only be learned at Jinzhou University in Liaodong. So he simply continued to teach the students in the school patiently. At the same time, he also found another treasure — the school library.
Zhou Qingfeng personally selected the books in the elementary school library. A large number of extracurricular reading materials could greatly expand the students' horizons and stimulate their interest in learning. The school where Sun Yuan Hua studied was originally a temple in the city. The library was in the two wing rooms of the temple. It was actually a bit exaggerated to say that it was a library. In fact, it was equivalent to a reading room.
But when he walked into this reading room, Sun Yuan Hua immediately found a treasure — the map of China that was copied from the Historical Atlas was hanging on the wall. This map marked the geographical location of Daming and the surrounding countries in detail.
Seeing this thing, Sun Yuan Hua immediately fell into a trance. This map was so detailed that it was better than any map he had seen in the past. And it used a scale on it. The distance between cities could be seen at a glance.
The place where Sun Yuan Hua was born was Shanghai in the future. He stared for a long time and immediately found the Songjiang Mansion's Jiangdong Gaoqiao Town. When he really found the location of his hometown, he was simply ecstatic. He found the capital, Tianjin, and all the places he had been or not been to. For a moment, he was really relaxed and happy.
There was an illiterate old woman sitting in this reading room. She was responsible for keeping an eye on the people who read books. She didn't allow anyone to steal or destroy the books. She had seen Sun Yuan Hua staring at the map in a daze many times. Basically, as long as the people who came here to read books saw this map, they would be stunned for a while.
"Old lady, where did this map come from?" Sun Yuan Hua had a bit of an idea. He politely asked the old woman who was in charge of this place.
The old woman looked up and said with a tone of looking at a bumpkin, "This map was naturally sent by the Grand Marshal."
"Oh …, that's right, that's right." Sun Yuan Hua lowered his voice and asked, "This map …, can it be …, sold?"
"One hundred yuan per copy. I can sell as many as you want." The old woman said.
One hundred yuan for sale?
Sun Yuan Hua suddenly trembled with excitement. He quickly took out money from his pocket. But one hundred silver yuan was not a small amount. It was not light. He only brought one or two yuan with him. He didn't have enough money. He immediately said to the strong servant beside him, "Go back and get the silver. Give me one hundred yuan."
The strong servant hurriedly asked in surprise, "One hundred silver yuan is enough to buy a concubine. Master, you are selling this piece of paper? Is this thing better than erotic paintings? "
With a smack, Sun Yuan Hua reached out and hit the servant's head. "How can such a detailed Universal Geographical Map be compared to erotic paintings? This map is too precious. One hundred silver yuan is too cheap. If I tell you to go, go quickly. You talk too much nonsense. "
The strong servant nodded a few times and turned to leave.
Sun Yuan Hua turned around and saw the old woman staring at him coldly. He quickly chuckled and pretended to be stupid. "My family's wealth is not bad. The Heartless Saint's book is good for miscellaneous knowledge. I have a lot of knowledge about the Dao of Geography. If I want such a map, it doesn't matter if I spend more money. Hahaha … "
The old woman stared for a long time and suddenly said, "I still have some books. Maybe you will like them. For example, "Agricultural Survey", "Indigenous Fertilizer", "Iron Smelting Guide", "Fire Brick Technology", "Key to Opening a Small Coal Mine", "Indigenous Papermaking", "Chicken Farm Construction", "Livestock Feed", "Wood Processing Technology", and so on. They are all secrets to making a fortune.
These books are the secret books that the Grand Marshal used to fight for the world. They are never shown to others. Today, I have fate with you. All of them are twenty yuan per book. Only twenty yuan per book. As long as you learn these secret books, you are guaranteed to be rich, have a house full of beautiful wives, and have many children.
If you buy all of them, you can get another 20% discount. Do you want to buy a few books back? It's almost the end of the month. I also want to increase my sales. "
Increase my sales …
Increase my sales …
Increase my sales …
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