"Lord Manager is wise!"
As Kong Huisuo spoke one practical plan after another, the Confucians suddenly felt enlightened. If they followed this plan, their education plan would be able to be carried out smoothly. The only drawback was that it was too expensive.
However, the Confucians all looked at Kong Huisuo strangely. They could naturally sense that Kong Huisuo had Mo Jiazi's style.
Kong Huisuo immediately smiled awkwardly and quickly covered it up. "Of course, besides this, we have an even more important matter to do. I want all of you to learn the civil language."
"Learn the civil language!" The Confucians couldn't help but burst into an uproar. In their hearts, they had come to educate the people, teaching them how to speak the noble and elegant official language. They hadn't expected that they would have to learn the awkward and unpleasant civil language.
"That's right!" Kong Huisuo nodded. "Confucius said, do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. If we want the people to learn to speak the official language, how can we not speak the civil language ourselves? Besides, how will you communicate with the children and pass on knowledge? If the teachers and students can't speak the same language, this teacher-student relationship will be nothing more than a castle in the air, let alone learning knowledge."
The Confucians couldn't help but silently nod. A teacher for a day was a father for life. The teacher-student relationship was the most stable relationship in the Confucian school. If they lost this relationship, it would be impossible for them to educate the people. In that case, they would have to learn the civil language first.
Kong Huisuo boldly said, "However, this matter can be done step by step. First, learn simple daily communication. In the future, you can slowly improve. When we can all speak the civil language fluently, that will be the time when we have succeeded in educating the people."
"We solemnly obey Manager's orders!" The Confucians cupped their hands. Fortunately, they were all adults, so this wasn't difficult for them.
"Liu Heng!" Kong Huisuo turned to Liu Heng and ordered, "This time, you and Moda will work together. If the people want to work and earn money, send their children to school. This time, the Confucian and Moda families must work together sincerely."
Liu Heng and Moda solemnly looked at each other and loudly said, "As you command!"
In the county town of Ya Zhou, a rumor quickly spread among the commoners. The Han people's brick kiln was about to recruit workers, and each person would be paid three copper coins a day. The person in charge of recruiting workers was the black-clothed Mo Da who sold chickens, ducks, and geese.
Hei Yi Mo Da had recently become the center of attention in Yazhou. His artificial hatching techniques of chickens, ducks, and geese were extremely popular everywhere he went.
Three pennies a day could be said to be hard-earned money in Chang 'an City. However, in Lianzhou, three pennies a day meant 90 yuan a month. That was an absolutely high salary, which was an irresistible temptation for the people of Lianzhou who were struggling on the starvation line.
"Great Mister Mo, the people behind me are all the best men in the village. Please be magnanimous and accept them!" The leader of the village, Tu Lu, begged in an extremely shaky Han language.
Before this, the University of Mo had already used artificial incubation technology to successfully infiltrate the inner workings of the stronghold, gaining the trust of the people of the stronghold. Just as the news of the University of Mo Hai's recruitment had spread, everyone was scrambling to get a job.
Mo Da looked at Liu Heng at the side and said in a clear voice, "The recruitment for the brick kiln this time, other than having a strong body and working hard, there is another condition. That is, the boys in the family must be enrolled in the school."
"Enrolled in the school?" The group of Lianzhou people could not help but look at Liu Heng. A while ago, Liu Heng had advertised to every village to let their children enroll in the school. However, it was a pity that no one paid any attention to him. After all, they did not believe in the Han people. If they sent their children into the hands of the Han people, wouldn't that be like sending sheep into a tiger's mouth?
Seeing this, Liu Heng immediately stood up and used the language he had just learned to speak with difficulty, "As long as they enroll in the school, every child will have a winter coat and lunch will be provided."
"Eat until you are full!" Liu Heng thought for a while and added in the end.
"A full winter coat, lunch will be provided!" Instantly, the group of Lianzhou people was in an uproar. The reason why Lianzhou people were hostile to the Han people was because of the hatred from the war between the two sides. On the other hand, the Lianzhou people were poor. Although the Han people were not all rich, they did not have a problem with food and clothing.
When the Lianzhou people heard that the Han people only needed to enroll their children in the school, they could give their children warm winter clothes like the Han people. Furthermore, lunch would be provided. This was a huge temptation. It must be known that some families had many children and sometimes they could not afford to raise them. If they could eat until they were full in the school, wouldn't it be the school helping them raise their children? How much food could they save every year?
"Is there such a good thing in the world?"
"Would the Han people be so kind?"
However, the wariness they had towards the Han people for a long time made them hesitate. Although they had such good conditions, no one was willing to let their children enroll in the school.
Seeing this, Master Mo could not help but look at the leader of the Lianzhou people, Tu Lu, who was begging him. Tu Lu was not an idiot and naturally understood Master Mo's meaning. If the children of the Lianzhou people did not enroll in the school, then it would be impossible for them to enter the brick kiln.
However, regarding the matter of the Han people letting their children enroll in the school, Tu Lu thought that it was a method of the Han people to restrain the Lianzhou people. Once the children of the Lianzhou people were enrolled in the Han school and their parents worked in the brick kiln, they would naturally not destroy it. Furthermore, the Han people gave them cotton-padded clothes and food, so the treatment was not bad. Tu Lu gritted his teeth and said, "Since that is the case, this old man's child will be the first to enroll. Others may not believe it, but how can I not believe Master Mo?"
The Lianzhou people could not help but fall silent. Master Mo had traded chickens, ducks, goose eggs, and cubs with them in an extremely fair manner. They could use money or items to trade freely, unlike the merchants in the past who desperately tried to lower the price.
"My child is also willing to enroll in the school! However, the cotton-padded clothes and food that you said must be honored. "A Lianzhou person with a miserable expression gritted his teeth and stood out.
"Mu Lang!"
The surrounding Lianzhou people could not help but glare angrily, but when they saw the miserable Lianzhou person, they could not help but fall silent. This Lianzhou person was called Mu Lang, and he was the poorest Lianzhou person in their Lianzhou village. His family had long been unable to eat. Now that he heard that the school would give him winter clothes and food, how could he not be moved?
With Tu Lu and Mu Lang taking the lead, the poor Lianzhou people quickly followed the good advice and sent their children to the school. Master Mo did not hesitate to recruit these Lianzhou people into the brick kiln.
Of course, there were also many tough Lianzhou people who firmly refused to send their children to the school, even if they did not hesitate to give up the opportunity to enter the brick kiln.
Master Mo could not help but sigh when he saw this. He said softly, "You will definitely regret this."
Now that the imperial court had already changed the Ya Province, this was already a fact that could not be changed. If these Lianzhou people did not go with the flow, they would probably suffer the consequences of their own actions.
On the other hand, Liu Heng did not care about those Lianzhou people who stubbornly left. As the Mohist family's brick kiln was filled with people, the first batch of students for the school was also filled. The Confucian school's great plan of education had finally taken a firm first step.
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