Chapter 189: The First Academy of Upper Valley County

"One by one, one by two, one by two, two by two......"

In the school, more than 30 children are memorizing multiplication formulas.

The children were six years old and ten years old, all in one class.

Although all children of this age in the city can come to school for free, many families still do not let their children come to school.

Even though Kamiya-gun is more prosperous than other places, these children still have to help with a little light work every day in the homes of ordinary people.

The children who can come, the family situation is relatively good.

Not only the children in the classroom are learning, but also several teachers invited by Zhao Hui are also learning.

Although in the Han Dynasty, there are already ninety-nine ballads, but they are not as simple as the multiplication formula.

Many people don't know a few big characters, and they can only count them one by one with their fingers.

Multiplication formulas, combined with simple Arabic numerals, are easy to learn even for seven or eight-year-olds.

"Taishou-sama is really amazing." A few teachers who didn't attend classes sat in the courtyard and chatted.

"Yes, learning this, there is absolutely no problem in being a bookkeeper."

They also have books in their hands, and the content is a little more esoteric than what the children are learning.

Not only are these teachers learning, but Xu Shu Shitao in the Taishou Mansion is also reading a math book at the moment.

What they have in their hands is a little more esoteric than that of the school teacher, and the content of geometry and one-dimensional quadratic equations has appeared.

When they were in Luoyang, the two were impressed by Zhao Hui's unique insights.

In the traditional image of the Han people, arithmetic is difficult.

However, the books that Zhao Hui has published now have lowered the difficulty of learning arithmetic by several levels, making it simple and easy to understand.

Those questions based on the number of chickens, ducks, and eggs are also impressive. Once you've done it, it's easy to remember.

Although Zhao Hui has not studied for a few years, he can still remember some of the knowledge he learned in primary and secondary school.

He doesn't need to copy everything, he just needs to publish what he remembers into a book.

However, junior high school chemistry, junior high school physics, Zhao Hui has not sorted it out yet, but he has summarized the mathematics first.

The memory is relatively vague, and Zhao Hui also needs time to take his time.

The new issue of Youzhou Minbao continued to publish the news of Shanggu County's recruitment.

At the same time, the information of the Kamitan-gun School was also published, so that all children of the right age in the family could be sent over.

Through the publicity of the newspapers, some parents in the city sent their children to the school.

There are very few classes per day, no more than half a day at most.

Rejuvenate the country through education!

Zhao Hui doesn't have the luxury of hoping that these children can produce any great talents to stabilize the country.

As long as they can study here for a few years, they will at least have a chance to change their destiny.

They may become small officials in the government, or they can become bookkeepers, and even if they go back to be farmers, they will not be easily deceived by others.

Things are sold cheaply, and I don't know if the money is less.

The Han people are industrious.

But many people, except for doing it at sunrise, usually don't know what to do or what they can do.

On rainy days, I can only beat the children at home, and then go to the next door to chat.

Although the newspaper also published information about the school, the number of students sent to the school still did not meet Zhao Hui's requirements.

The entire city has a permanent population of more than 300,000, and among the population counted half a year ago, there are more than 10,000 children who meet this age requirement.

Zhao Hui doesn't have the luxury of expecting all the more than 10,000 children to come to the school, but there should be one-tenth of them.

But now, all the children in the school combined, there are only more than 300 people.

Zhao Hui deliberately demolished many houses before, and the renovated school can accommodate at least 2,000 students.

Now it is more than 2,000 books that have just been printed, and they are placed in the warehouse to ashes.

His current school is completely free, and these children don't need to pay a penny.

Even the books for the children are free, but the ownership of the books still belongs to the school, and the children have to return the books after they finish reading.

Although it is completely free, many people's thinking has been solidified, they don't know what the school teaches, and they don't know what their children can learn if they send it to the school.

They will think that sending their children to school is just a waste of children's time, at most they can recognize a few words, and they will have to come back to follow their own farming.

It is better to let the child follow him now, go to the field to pull weeds, and bring himself a meal.

"Yuan Zhi, this dean of the first school in the upper valley, it seems that you want to be your own." Zhao Hui looked at Xu Shu and said, "Now there are so few students in the academy, you are the dean to blame." ”

Xu Shu himself was born in an ordinary place and knows very well the difficulties of ordinary people in studying.

So when he learned that Zhao Hui was going to establish a school to educate children, Xu Shu immediately volunteered to become the dean of this school.

Xu Shu said: "My lord, don't worry, give me a month to ensure that there are at least a thousand students." ”

For this point, Xu Shu is still very confident that he can complete it.

It's completely free, and you don't have to pay any money to learn knowledge.

Xu Shu believes that as long as he publicizes it in place and lets everyone know the benefits of going to school, there will definitely be parents who send their children here.

Even if they themselves are a little bitter and tired, they will give their children a hope.

Now this situation is only temporary.

No parent would not want their children to live a better life in the future.

Zhao Hui said: "Give you half a month, if you don't do well, the position of dean will be given to Guangyuan, I think he is also very interested." ”

With Xu Shu and Shi Tao, Zhao Hui is really much easier.

Recruiting students like this no longer has to be done by himself.

With Xu Shu and Shi Tao, Zhao Hui believes that they will be able to bring in a thousand students within half a month.

Xu Shu said: "No problem, I will definitely finish it." ”

Half a month is a little tighter, but it is not impossible to complete.

After leaving from Zhao Hui, Xu Shu pulled Shi Tao and prepared to go to the street to publicize together.

"No, no." Shi Tao turned his face, not wanting to help Xu Shu.

At that time, he was just one step slower, and the position of the dean was robbed by Xu Shu, and he is still angry.

Xu Shu said: "You really don't want to go with me, I originally wanted you to be a vice president." It looks like you don't want to. ”

Shi Tao said: "Go!" ”

Together, they went to the city to find families with children and tell their parents about the benefits of going to school.

With the eloquence of the two, and they are all telling the truth, basically whichever one they find, the parents of that family will be persuaded by the two.

(End of chapter)