What kind of existence is an elementary school graduate? In modern times, primary school graduation is about the same as illiteracy. Not only that, but elementary school students are also a despised group. For example, the undisciplined game propaganda in later generations is such as "taking the head of the person with strength and rejecting primary school students"...... It can be seen that in modern times, primary school students are the objects of contempt.

However, to Marin's surprise, in this era, just graduating elementary school students are really popular......

Marin's junior high school students only enroll 2,000 top students. Another 4,000 elementary school students are to be promoted directly to society. There are generally two ways out for them - one is to become an apprentice to a craftsman, and the other is to enter a non-commissioned officer school, working and studying part-time.

What is a non-commissioned officer school? It is a school for the training of the lowest-ranking petty officers. A non-commissioned officer is an existence with a status below that of an officer, but a higher status than that of an ordinary soldier. Specifically in the army, in modern terms, it is the status of the chief and deputy squad leaders. And in this era, it is the existence of the squad leader and the deputy squad leader.

Generally speaking, in ancient class societies, civilians were the highest non-commissioned officers in the army, but it was almost impossible to be officers above non-commissioned officers. Don't look at the non-commissioned officer as one level lower than the lowest-ranking officer ensign, but this level is an unbridgeable chasm.

Even in later generations, it was difficult for non-commissioned officers to be promoted to second lieutenant. Second lieutenant platoon commanders in the army are generally graduates of military academies. Ordinary soldiers want to level up, unless there is a war, and they have made war achievements.

That's in modern times, though. In ancient times, a soldier from a civilian background, even if he made military achievements, could only obtain the status of a non-commissioned officer and could not become a real officer.

Of course, here in Marin, it doesn't care about commoners and nobles. However, now that he has become a great nobleman, Marin also has to abide by some rules. For example, if these students from civilian schools join the army, they will become non-commissioned officers at most, and they cannot become officers all at once, even if they are the lowest-ranking officers. Otherwise, those officers will sacrifice their lives for you, and as a result, future generations will be treated the same as civilians, can people be happy?

But this is only the beginning of the difference, just like the game of later generations, the children of the nobility are VIP players, and they start with a set of sophisticated equipment. And the children of civilians didn't even have a dog at the beginning......

Marin ostensibly followed the rules of the era - civilians could not start as officers. But in the future, Marin does not plan to abide by the rules of this era, but changes to - civilians can also be promoted to officers through meritorious service. However, in peacetime, when there is no war, non-commissioned officers are the end of the civilian population......

In this way, Marin did this, and it can be regarded as an explanation to those subordinates who followed his birth and death. Let them feel - it is still very good to be a nobleman.

But in fact, Marin felt that wars were so frequent in this era that there was basically no peacetime. Therefore, the children of civilians have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and be promoted. Even if the war in Europe stopped, Marin could send them to the Americas to fight the natives, or to Japan to fight the Japanese invaders...... In short, there are opportunities for upgrading......

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This is Marin's definition of a non-commissioned officer - a literate senior head soldier......

Non-commissioned officer schools are very different from ordinary schools, and the students of non-commissioned officer schools are not full-time, but take classes during busy farm time. Once the farming season began, all the students of the non-commissioned officer school had to go home to help. In other words, students of non-commissioned officer schools are not full-time students, but must take care of labor. After all, these eliminated people who graduated from elementary school are also thirteen or fourteen years old. In this era, you can play an important role in the family.

It was only during the off-season that Marin summoned them to school to learn cultural knowledge and military skills. When these children reach adulthood, they can grow into high-quality junior non-commissioned officers. Once the junior officers of the army were all educated and high-quality non-commissioned officers, then Marin's Beihai army could be transformed into a powerful army like the Prussian army.

In Ma Lin's view, the combat effectiveness of the army has a great deal to do with the quality of grassroots officers. The German army was stronger than the French army because of the strength of the Prussian education in Germany. Prussia was the first country in the world to introduce compulsory education for all, but its purpose was, to a large extent, to improve the quality of its officers and men.

On the other hand, it is France. The high-ranking officers of France, of course, are highly educated and personable. However, the French officers at the grassroots level were all barbaric and rude, and their quality was far inferior to that of the Prussian grassroots officers. As a result, this led to the fact that the French army could not catch up with the Germans in combat effectiveness. In the Franco-Prussian War, France was defeated. World War II was also annihilated, and only in World War I, with the help of British-stirring sticks, was it able to withstand the German attack.

This kind of part-time non-commissioned officer school also has a three-year duration of study. At the end of three years, the children were almost 16 years old. But at the age of 16, it was still difficult to go directly to the battlefield, so all Marin decided to temporarily integrate them into the militia and only gather for training every winter. When they reach the age of 18, they will be integrated into the army as needed.

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Marin intended to do so, he planned to integrate half of them into the non-commissioned officer school, and then send outstanding junior officers to them as instructors. At the same time, literate missionaries were sent to teach them literacy, and at the same time brainwashing.

However, plans have not kept up with the changes. Because, just for the sake of these 4,000 elementary school students, Beihai almost fought in China......

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How can there be a fight? It turned out that those great craftsmen in Beihai, in order to obtain excellent apprentices, withstood these eliminated primary school graduates......

have all been eliminated, why are they still said to be "excellent"? This starts with the background of this era......

In this era, there were very few literate civilians. In general, the cultured were mainly nobles and clergy. Of course, in addition to these two groups, there were also some civilians who were also literate, and they were artisans and merchants......

However, the literacy of these artisans and merchants was limited to the needs of daily life. In addition, they will have a little bit of elementary school math.

So, how did these artisans and merchants become literate? Here we have to mention one of the ancient European customs - apprenticeship......

In this era, civilians generally did not have the opportunity to go to school. Except for a small number of wealthy commoners who spend a lot of money to send their children to school, most commoners have only one way to become literate - that is, to become apprentices......

Ancient apprentices and modern apprentices are completely different, modern young people who have just worked, entering the factory, nominally apprentices, but still enjoy apprenticeship wages, and do not have to serve the master as an uncle. In ancient times, whether in China or Europe, apprenticeship was actually a free labor recruited by craftsmen and merchants. Moreover, it is generally child labor......

In ancient Europe, apprenticeships generally lasted up to 7 years. During these seven years, the apprentices worked for free for craftsmen and merchants as masters, and it was good to be able to manage food. Some stingy masters don't take care of the food.

However, the apprentices can't help it. Because, the only chance they can learn the trade is to become an apprentice. During their seven years as apprentices, they will not only learn the trade, but they will also be taught literacy and simple mathematical calculations, which are generally no higher than the third or fourth grade of primary school......

Even so, being able to learn crafts and simple cultural knowledge is a great creation for ordinary children. After all, the children of ordinary people generally do not have the opportunity to go to school, and they can read and write, most of them learn from their masters.

However, those craftsmen and merchants themselves are actually only half-educated, and they will not be very clever when handed over to apprentices. Often, after seven years of apprenticeship, the level of education may not be as high as that of the third grade of primary school.

And the batch of eliminated primary school graduates in Marin's hands may have a higher level of education than most craftsmen......

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In this way, these craftsmen can directly skip the link of teaching them literacy and directly enter the link of teaching skills by taking these children back as apprentices.

Of course, the craftsmen weren't so kind. Another important reason why they want this group of primary school graduates is that these primary school students have a higher level of mathematics than many craftsmen. In addition, in the last semester of elementary school, the school also teaches the basics of drawing......

In this way, the apprenticeship that the craftsmen get is not a simple apprenticeship. Such apprentices not only have a good cultural foundation, but also have certain drawing skills. Even, their level of mathematics surpasses that of many craftsmen and merchants themselves. In this way, it is very convenient for craftsmen to get such apprentices. Some of the troubles of calculation and drawing can even be left to such advanced apprentices.

What the? You say you're afraid that these apprentices will learn their skills and leave? Inexistent...... This is because these apprentices start with an apprenticeship contract of up to 7 years. In these 7 years, the apprentices are equivalent to selling themselves to the master, and there is no freedom at all. In normal times, apprentices not only have to help the master with the work. Even, you need to help the master with housework. For example, help the master pour the urinal or something......

Even if an apprentice learns a skill, it is difficult for him to leave for himself under the constraints of the contract. For 7 years, the apprentices are free helpers for the craftsmen. If you are a little more capable, you will be able to help the craftsman a little more. In addition, it saves a lot of time for teaching.

Therefore, for this group of 4,000 primary school graduates, craftsmen and merchants in Beihai, it is a covetous eye......

Not to mention this group of 4,000 primary school graduates, even the 4,000 people who were eliminated in the third grade of primary school two years ago, many of them were snatched away (in order to save money, Beihaiguo Primary School is a 5-year system).

Of course, the group of children who were eliminated two years ago are not very capable. Otherwise, it will not be eliminated. But even those children who are not very good, after all, have the level of the third grade of primary school, which is much better than those apprentices who can't read a single word. At the very least, it can save the teaching part. You know, those craftsmen also have a lot of headaches about how to teach literacy and numeracy. After all, they are not professional teachers. Moreover, their own level is also very limited.

The batch that was eliminated two years ago is so easy to use, not to mention this batch of eliminated?

You must know that many of the batches that were eliminated two years ago had very poor results. Many people have poor literacy and are not good at math. So, they were eliminated.

But even so, the more up-and-coming group of the 4,000 people are considered excellent apprentices in the eyes of many craftsmen.

And this batch of 4,000 people who were eliminated is even more powerful. After all, in the big elimination two years ago, this group of people was the winner. The most inferior of them is also a little more powerful than the top two years ago.

Obviously, this batch of people who can survive until they graduate from primary school, and their education level, including computing ability, is far greater than that of the group that was eliminated two years ago. What's more, they also learned the basics of drawing ahead of their time (this is a textbook suitable for elementary school students that Marin has edited and edited based on the "Engineering Drawing" he taught himself when he was working in his previous life).

It can be said that these primary school graduates, in this era, are particularly "high-achieving students". So, as soon as they graduated, they caused the coaxing of those craftsmen. In order to snatch these "top students" who graduated from primary school, some high-ranking craftsmen did not hesitate to make trouble in front of Marin......