Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 664
Early the next morning, Cao Yi left the port of Wucheng with thirty ships and headed for South Island.

The development of the South Island is a bit slower than that of the North Island, with a population of more than [-] households, which is half of that of the North Island. There are also two counties, one is called Cao County and the other is called Gao County.

They also copied the management system of the North Island, and implemented the system of county magistrates and elders. Cao and Gao each had a permanent seat in the elders' church, and each had a veto.

There is very close communication between the north and south islands. There will be a boat every day between Wucheng and Cao County. Fan Ning originally planned to go to the South Island to take a look, but he has no time now. He just arrived yesterday and there are many things to do to do.

The establishment of an education system is the first thing Fanning has to do.

He didn't want to train a group of helpless scholars, but a group of skilled craftsmen who played a leading role in all walks of life. Simply put, he wanted to establish a vocational and technical education system.

The key here is to brainwash the management of Beidao.

After sending Cao Yi away, Fan Ning came to the county school. The county school is located in the northeast corner of Wucheng. It was officially established this year. Currently, there are 120 students, almost between the ages of ten and 16.

Bei Dao didn't have such good conditions, so he split the school into two, one part was merged into the Mongolian school, and the other part was merged into the county school, that is, he studied in the Mongolian school until he was ten years old, and then was promoted to the county school.

There are more than [-] people in Wucheng County, but there are only about [-] students in the county school, which is still too small.

On the one hand, it is because many families are not ready to send their children to school. On the other hand, Beidao is far overseas, and has almost no connection with the imperial examination system. The common people are not enthusiastic about sending their children to study. It is meaningless .

The common people have a steelyard in their hearts, they will weigh the pros and cons, they will be very realistic, and they will not waste time. It is enough to be able to read and write after finishing elementary school, and it is useless to learn more about Confucius and Mencius.

The county school occupies a large area of ​​[-] acres, with four large school buildings and two dormitory buildings under construction, which can accommodate more than a thousand people studying here at the same time.

But now only a small part is used. Fan Ning went to the window and saw Adu standing on the podium, teaching the students the indigenous languages ​​of the Pacific Islands. The indigenous languages ​​have no written characters, so the students are teaching them in Chinese. Aboriginal phonetic notation, and write the Chinese meaning next to it.

This is a good method, the students all do this in unison, probably it is the method taught by Adu.

Adu has to teach two languages, one is the Pacific Aboriginal language, and the other is the Nanyang language. Among them, the Nanyang language will interest the students. Mingli teaches them business and can speak the language, so it will be easy to make money.

It can be seen that Adu is also very involved. This is what Fan Ning promised him. He will study and teach languages ​​in Wucheng County for two years, and allow his whole family to be naturalized in Luzon Prefecture.

At this time, Fan Ning saw many students in the back row yawning and drowsy, so he coughed lightly, walked into the classroom and said with a smile: "Think about it a little bit, it doesn't matter!"

Adu hurriedly stepped aside and invited Fan Ning to come on stage. Zhu Qi was not there, and no one introduced him to the students. More than 100 students all looked at Fan Ning blankly.

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "Are there any students here from the capital?"

Several students raised their hands, Fan Ning said with a smile: "It is estimated that the students in the capital know my name, let me introduce myself to everyone, my name is Fan Ning, currently serving as the governor of the Song Dynasty, the Grand Master, and the title of King of Wujun. "

"Little Mr. Fan!"

Before Fan Ning finished speaking, most of the students exclaimed. Not only the students in the capital knew him, but everyone in the world didn't know the famous Mr. Fan, and who applauded first. The classroom immediately burst into warm applause.

Fan Ning waved his hand and smiled: "It seems that everyone knows me. I arrived in Wucheng County yesterday, visited here for a month, and then returned to Dasong. I don't have to deny that the North Island was indeed bought by me, but It does not belong to me completely, it also belongs to all the residents of the North Island. You and your parents are the masters of this island. You will get five hectares of land yourself, and in the future, Beidao will become a vassal state of Song Dynasty, and you will become the first generation of citizens of this island state."

The classroom was very quiet, and every student listened attentively. Fan Ning continued: "You may not understand, why are we learning the indigenous languages ​​of the surrounding islands? Here I want to tell you that when I came, my army was in the north. Nuamei Island participated in the war and helped one tribe wipe out the other three tribes. I want a plain, [-] miles from north to south and [-] miles from east to west. I can build a city, close to a very good natural harbor, which will become the north and south in the future. It is an important transit supply point between the island and the southern continent, and in a few years, some of you will go there to participate in the management, so it is inevitable to deal with the indigenous people, and if you don’t know their language, how can you communicate?”

"Some students will say that they should learn Chinese, why should we learn their language? This is true, but you don't know their language, how do you teach them Chinese?"

"We may not deal with these indigenous people for the time being, but sooner or later we have to face it. I once thought about killing them all, but it is unrealistic to think about it. They will flee into the virgin forest and into the The sea will flee to the middle mainland, and it will be impossible to destroy them. At that time, they will become the enemies of the North Island, constantly attacking our children and attacking our merchant ships. , then go another way to tame them, civilize them, teach them to farm, improve their lives, teach their children to read, let them believe in Buddhism, and gradually make them Sinicized. We also have a source of labor to achieve this goal , then language communication is necessary, today I let everyone learn their language, so that they can learn our language more conveniently, this will be the long-term stability strategy for our North Island in the next few hundred years."

After Fan Ning finished speaking, there was applause at the door, and Fan Ning found a large group of people standing outside the door.

Zhu Qi walked in and said to the students: "Fan Xianggong is right. People have immediate worries without long-term considerations. The aborigines in the northern islands are always our confidantes. We set up militias to guard against them. For the safety of ourselves and our descendants We must actively face and solve this problem, and learning their language is the first step, everyone applauds, thank Fan Xianggong for his teaching!"

There was thunderous applause in the classroom, Fan Ning waved to the students with a smile, turned and went out.

The group of people outside the classroom were the nine members of the Presbyterian Church, as well as the two county magistrates, Lu Min and Zhang Ji, who rushed back from Songcheng and Yuecheng overnight.

After meeting with Fan Ning, everyone sat down in the hall of the county school. Fan Ning said with a smile, "I just came here yesterday. I didn't investigate many things, and it's not easy to express my opinions. But I feel very good. The North Island is full of vitality. , is developing rapidly. Now we have only developed a small corner of the North Island, and there are even more vast lands waiting for us to develop. In the next ten years, we will build at least ten county towns and hundreds of small towns And villages, I am afraid that our generation will not be able to see a complete North Island, and the next generation will probably not be able to see it. It will gradually take shape after at least one or two hundred years, but the predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade. If we have nothing Do it, it is our children and grandchildren who are hardworking, and we are fighting today to make our children and grandchildren live a better life."

The nine elders are all elders. The youngest are Fan Tieniu representing the Fan family and Zhu Xiaoyun representing the Zhu family. Zhu Xiaoyun is Zhu Qi's father and Zhu Yuanfeng's third son.

It needs to be added here that in addition to the county magistrate and the Presbyterian Council, there is another invisible authority in the North Island, that is, the Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber of commerce represents capital, and is currently controlled by the Fan and Zhu families. Mingren, Mingli, and Zhu Lin are the three helmsmen of the chamber of commerce. The land, workshops, money shops, shops, and commercial firms of the Fan and Zhu families in the Song Dynasty will gradually be merged into it. The Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce actually controls the economic lifeline of the North Island.

Basically, all kinds of workshops in North Island are invested and built by chambers of commerce.

The lobby was very quiet. Fan Tieniu was originally a person who didn't like to talk. Zhu Xiaoyun had already found out from his son's mouth. Today Fan Ning had a target, and he didn't talk at this time.

As for Zhu Qi, Lu Min, and Zhang Ji, who were all officials, there was no room for them to intervene when the boss was speaking.

The other seven elders have experienced the world for a long time, and they all know that there must be criticism behind the praise.

So everyone remained silent, waiting for Fanning to continue.

Fan Ning saw that everyone was silent, so he nodded and continued: "Today I want to talk to you about running the school. Frankly speaking, I am very dissatisfied. The number of students is too small. The key is that the direction of running the school is completely wrong."

(End of this chapter)