The day of the start of school arrived, and early in the morning, the opening ceremony was held in the school's newly built auditorium. The students wore uniforms made in uniform and sat neatly under the rostrum, and a banner was hung above the rostrum, on which were the four big characters of "strengthening the country and enriching the people". As soon as Wang Qiang, Gu Yanwu and a few others appeared at the door of the auditorium, with the instructor's command, the students stood up and said in unison: "Say hello to Lord Wang!" ”

Wang Qiang first let Gu Yanwu and several other teachers sit on the side of the rostrum, and then went to the stage himself, and said to the students: "Everyone, please take a seat." With a bang, the students sat down neatly, Wang Qiang nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the effect of military training is not bad.

He coughed, cleared his throat, and began to speak: "Fellow students, you have been training in the wind and sun for a month, and everyone has worked hard. From today onwards, we will officially open our study house, and from today on, you will be the first batch of official students of this study house, and the name of our study house will be Tashan Military Academy! As for me, I am the principal of this military school, and here I will first announce a rule, in this school, in the future, there is no distinction between officers and soldiers, only between students and gentlemen, in the school, everyone does not have to call me an adult, just call me the principal. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Everyone knows that this school is not funded by the imperial court, but by the principal himself, so why should I run this school?" It is for these four words: 'strong country and rich people'! As he spoke, he turned around and gestured to the banner on the stage.

"Now that the country is ill-fated, with internal and external troubles, the people's livelihood is withering, and the foundation is unstable, the land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can repeatedly violate our territory, and the dignified Heavenly Empire is so weak, why? Because of the lack of talents to command the army and govern the country! Therefore, the principal of this school is to train a large number of good ministers and brave generals for the country. The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband! We are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and we all have the responsibility to contribute to the strength of the country and the peace and tranquility of the people, and it is not in vain that we are born as a bloody man! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, our school has a lot of rules and requirements, and you can see it in the selection of personnel, including a month of military training, and a lot of people have been eliminated, why? Because the jade is not cut into a tool, the tree is not cultivated, we must cultivate the courage, responsibility, can contribute to the country, for the well-being of the people, do not just slap the horse, loot the people's wealth of the corrupt officials, it is not easy to be an official, it is even more difficult to be a good official, if you want to become a good minister who governs the country and the people without suffering a little, it is not possible to work hard, so we must be strict from now on, if you have any who can't stand it, you can leave, this principal will never force it. ”

"What we are learning here is not the eight-strand essay for the exam, but the real talent and practical learning of the reasoning, why? Because what is needed to strengthen the country and enrich the people is a group of capable officials who can really do things, and a group of generals who can lead troops to fight, not those scholars and rotten Confucians who can only do what they can do. If you want to be strong, you need to have a team that can fight habitually, but is it enough to have soldiers? No way! There must be food and grass supplies and weapons and equipment in the rear, where do these things come from? It is necessary for the common people to plant it from the ground, and for the workers to mine and smelt it, so there must be a group of talents who can govern the local area and are good at the economy. Therefore, the curriculum of our school is to learn real practical knowledge and cultivate real talents and practical pillars. ”

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Wang Qiang spoke freely for half an hour, and his speech was impassioned and incendiary, which made the blood of these students boil, and he was eager to learn real skills in three days to serve the country.

Wang Qiang finished speaking, and then Gu Yanwu came to the stage to speak, and his speech was also conclusive and very agitatory.

Finally, a gentleman in charge of academic affairs came to the stage and announced a series of things such as school rules, discipline, and course arrangement, and the ceremony was completed in half a day.

Wang Qiang came forward to ask Hong Chengchou and the close ministers of the court to recommend experts from all walks of life to take turns to teach courses at the military academy, what astronomy, calendar, military, architecture, mining, agriculture, etc., as long as it is useful, Gu Yanwu is responsible for teaching the national language, and at the same time Wang Qiang also handed over the daily management of the school to Gu Yanwu in charge. Wang Qiang himself became a student, listening to and learning with other students, and chatting and playing with other students in his spare time to enhance his feelings.

At the same time of studying, he also occasionally made guest appearances as Mr. Teaching, he combined his modern knowledge with the actual situation at the time to organize the curriculum, he was eloquent, and not a legalistic person, the way of teaching is also flexible and diverse, so his classes are always lively and lively.

On this day, Wang Qiang gave a mathematics lesson to students, in that era, Arabic numerals had not yet reached China, at that time bookkeeping and accounting were in complex Chinese characters, complicated writing, very inefficient, so Wang Qiang decided to teach students the method of Arabic numerals.

Wang Qiang stood at the front of the classroom and said with a look of wisdom beads in his hand: "Students, today we are talking about arithmetic, ah, what is arithmetic, it is the technology of calculation." This arithmetic is very important, if you are a general, you must be able to do arithmetic, otherwise you will bring dozens of soldiers, and the number is not clear, so what soldiers do you bring? Isn't it? ”

The students laughed.

Wang Qiang continued: "If you want to talk about counting, everyone will, otherwise you won't be able to get here, but if you want to talk about this arithmetic, everyone may not be able to do it, arithmetic and arithmetic, it depends on who can calculate quickly and accurately, there are many ways in this." Let's have a competition, who among you is good at arithmetic, let's nominate two to try it out in the classroom, how about it? ”

After Wang Qiang finished speaking, he looked at everyone inquiringly, and the students immediately exchanged their heads and discussed, and someone pointed to a young man in the second row and said: "Qi Feng, Qi Feng is good at arithmetic, he is a famous person in our county who calculates quickly!" ”

Someone else recommended a tall young man in the back row: "Wei Fugui, Wei Fugui, their family has been an account room for generations, and they settle accounts quickly." ”

"Okay, Wei Fugui and Qi Feng, please come forward, I'll give you a question, and you will calculate the results, and compare who can calculate faster." Wang Qiang said.

The two stood in front of the stage, and Wang Qiang said: "Listen, three rooms, three people live in each room, how many people are there in total?" ”

"Nine people." Qi Feng said first. Wei Fugui glanced at it unconvinced, obviously he had calculated it himself, but it was just not as fast as Qi Feng's mouth.

"Okay, let's move on." Wang Qiang said: "A general, a total of fifteen battalions of men and horses, twenty-eight people in each battalion, how many people are there?" ”

This question is a bit difficult, Qi Feng silently calculated, and then preemptively said: "Four hundred and twenty people." When they heard this, they applauded. Wei Fugui was slow this time, but he was also convinced.

Wang Qiang said: "The number of the next question is longer, you can record it on the front panel and calculate it on it." Say that a general has 28 battalions under his command, each battalion has 135 soldiers, and each person has to eat 32 catties of grain per month, how much grain does he need in a month? ”

This is a multiplication problem, and the numbers are large, and mental arithmetic is not good, so both of them record the numbers on the board and calculate on them. This time, Wei Fugui calculated the result first, and the arithmetic level at that time was not calculated by formulas as it is now, but by formulas, calculated one step and recorded it, and then calculated the next step, so the calculation was very slow.

Wang Qiang came up with two more problems, both of which were more complicated problems of multiplication or multiplication and division, and the two of them calculated very slowly, and the result was that Wei Fugui won.

Wang Qiang commented: "Okay, it seems that this mental calculation is faster for Qi Feng, and this calculation is faster for Wei Fugui, both of them are good." In this way, Qi Feng, you will come up with the question, and I will try it again with Wei Fugui. ”

When everyone heard that the principal was going to compete with the students, they all wanted to know what the result would be, and their eyes couldn't help but widen.

Qi Feng learned from Wang Qiang's appearance, and also came up with a multiplication problem, and the numbers were relatively long, but these multiplication and division within a thousand were a piece of cake for Wang Qiang, a high school student, he used Arabic numerals and calculation formulas on the board to calculate, and then reported the results loudly, over there Wei Fugui used traditional Chinese characters to record the numbers, and the number has not been copied yet, and he calculated the result for a long time, and the number reported by Wang Qiang is the same, the student became excited, and enthusiastically discussed: "God!" Our principal is really talented, and he must have a trick up his sleeve to calculate so quickly. ”

"Needless to say, if someone else is so young and becomes such a big official, then the brain is good."

"What do you think he drew on the board? Crooked like a tadpole. ”

"You don't understand this, it must be Sanskrit, and the Buddhist scriptures are these words."

"You know, do you know that?"

"I don't know either."

Here Qi Feng went on to make two more difficult and complicated questions, the results of the competition were still the same as just now, Wei Fugui's face was flushed, and his forehead was slightly sweaty, but he couldn't catch up with Wang Qiang's pace, after a few questions, Wei Fugui bowed to Wang Qiang and said: "The principal is talented, the students are ashamed of themselves, I don't think there is any need to compare." ”

Wang Qiang patted Wei Fugui's shoulder with a smile and said, "Okay, in fact, you are quite fast, very good, go back and sit." Wei Fugui and Qi Feng returned to their seats, and the students also quieted down, everyone was completely convinced, curious to know why Wang Qiang calculated so quickly.

Wang Qiang said: "Students, you see, I am faster than the two of them, why is it fast? Hey, that's the method problem. He pointed to the words that Wei Fugui had written on the board and said, "You see, Wei Fugui writes a word, and it takes a total of more than a dozen strokes, and I, just like this, are all together." I've replaced these words with simplified strokes, so it's much faster than them. ”

"Oh! Here's the trick! It dawned on everyone.

Wang Qiang said: "Of course, if you want to calculate quickly, not only this trick, but also others, today, we will learn this trick first." After speaking, he used a brush to write the traditional Chinese one to ten on the board, and then wrote the corresponding Arabic numerals below, read them one by one, and then let everyone memorize and practice by themselves, and then asked the students to use Arabic numerals to calculate, and the calculation speed was greatly improved. In this way, after a lesson, the students have mastered the method of counting Arabic numerals.

Wang Qiang's lectures are active in form, the content is novel and practical, and after a period of time, the students generally feel that Wang Qiang is a knowledgeable person.

Two months have passed in a blink of an eye, the school's teaching is progressing smoothly, according to Wang Qiang's ideas, the military school's curriculum and work and rest arrangements are all adopting a new teaching mode, which is very different from the form of teaching in the private school at that time, teachers and students are gradually accustomed to and like this new teaching mode, forming a regular work and rest time, and the students are also familiar with each other, and gradually integrate into a whole.

In terms of logistical support, Wang Qiang is very willing to invest, the students' food and clothing are arranged very well, and a monthly example is also given, and the teacher's salary is also very generous, these expenses plus the daily operation of the school, the monthly expenditure is more than 10,000 taels of silver, but these money are all Tian Jingming found a reason from the accounts of the Special Economic Zone to spend, but Wang Qiang does not have to pay out of his own pocket.

During this period, the northeastern frontier defense was calm and there was no war, but the peasant army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong made a lot of trouble in the northwest and southwest, and the ranks of the rebel army grew stronger and stronger, and the officers and troops suffered defeats and lost battles, and their morale was low. During this period, Wang Qiang only returned to Jinzhou once and participated in a routine military meeting. Hong Chengchou already knew about Wang Qiang's military academy, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, but felt that this little eunuch was extraordinary in everything he did, and he appreciated it very much, and he also proposed to provide a batch of food and salary for the military academy.

On this day, Wang Qiang got up early in the morning and went for a walk on the playground. The weather has turned cold, the ground has become erect, and the leaves on the trees have basically fallen off. The cadets of the military academy were running and exercising on the playground as usual, shouting trumpets while running, adding some vitality to this slaughtering winter. Wang Qiang was walking along the track of the playground, and suddenly heard a gentle birdsong from not far away, as if there was more than one, "Where did the birds come from in this winter?" Wang Qiang walked over and saw that the door was open, black smoke was coming from the inside, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man was busy making a fire and boiling water, Wang Qiang knew that this must be the student who was responsible for cleaning up in the dormitory today, he probed in, and found no shadow of a bird, and the birdsong disappeared. At this time, the student saw Wang Qiang, hurriedly got up and saluted Wang Qiang, and said, "Say hello to the principal." ”

Wang Qiang saw it and knew that this student's name was Jinsong, so he said perfunctorily, "Well, you are on duty today." After speaking, he looked around to find the birds.

Jin Song looked at Wang Qiang's demeanor and couldn't help asking, "Is the principal looking for something?" ”

"Yes! I just heard the sound of birds chirping in this room, why is it gone as soon as I enter? Wang Qiang asked.

"Oh, you're looking for this! You see, here it is. Jin Song said with a smile, pointing to his lips at the same time, only to see his lips spitting and spitting, and a crisp birdsong sounded from his mouth.

Wang Qiang suddenly realized that it was the bird call that Jinsong had learned. He smiled and asked, "Hehe, it turns out that you kid is doing tricks, and you have deceived me by learning the truth." ”

"Let the principal laugh, I have been with these birds and beasts since I was a child, and I went to the forest every day to catch birds and dig birds' eggs, and I learned some bird language after a long time." Jin Song said.

Wang Qiang remembered the resume of this Jinsong, as if he was from Linxian County, Shandong, his family was poor, he had not read, and later joined the army, because he was familiar with the habits of animals, so he was arranged to be a groom, he was very smart, after joining the army, he studied hard, and also mastered a lot of knowledge, but he didn't know that this person could actually speak birds.

Wang Qiang asked: "You learn bird calls very similarly, but you say that you can understand the meaning of bird calls after learning bird language?" ”

Jin Song groaned and said: "Back to the principal, that's the case, the so-called people have words, and beasts have beasts." Although this bird and beast cannot speak like us, it can also convey information through chirping, and the same kind can understand each other. Let's say, if the bird finds a bird of prey, and if it wants to attack itself, it must be alarmed, and its chirping must be high-pitched and terrible. Saying that, Jinsong learned the bird's terrible cry when it fled in panic. Jin Song continued: "If two birds, one male and one female, stay together, it must be softly chirping, just like a man and a woman falling in love together, that's all." Saying that, he learned the chirping of birds again, and he took turns to learn the two birds to echo alternately. He felt that Jinsong's expertise should be put to good use, and he remembered the fact that people in modern society trained carrier pigeons, so he asked, "Jinsong, do you have this pigeon there?" ”

"Yes, there are pigeon eggs in the woods behind our village, and these pigeon eggs are delicious, and I often go to dig them, but the pigeon's cry is not very good." Jin Song said.

Wang Qiang said: "Then do you know, this pigeon has a ability, that is, to recognize the home, once in a place to settle down, then you take it to a far place, it can still be found." ”

"Really? I haven't heard of this, but pigeons really don't like to move, unlike some birds that fly away in winter. Jin Song said.

Wang Qiang said: "This pigeon's ability to recognize the family is very useful, you think, if we can domesticate some pigeons, take it when we go out, once something happens, we tie the letter to the pigeon, and then put the pigeon, the pigeon flies home, don't you bring the letter back!" ”

"Yes! Of course it would be nice to be able to do that, but can this pigeon be so obedient? Jin Song asked as if he was not at ease.

"Shall we try, then, I will send some pigeons from outside and give them to you to tame, and no matter what you think, you must tame them." Wang Qiang said.

"Okay, don't worry, principal, I just have to complete this task without eating or sleeping." Jin Song said excitedly.

Wang Qiang returned to his residence and wrote a letter to Tian Jingming, asking him to find a way to get a batch of pigeons for himself to transport to Tacheng.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Qiang did not have a class, he came to the playground, to watch the students on the martial arts class, the martial arts class is a few martial artists are responsible for coaching martial arts, the students follow the order of the martial arts, a move, a move, punch and stretch the legs is very much like a thing, every action has to "ha" roar, Wang Qiang observed the situation of the students, and found that everyone practiced quite seriously, only the three brothers of the Yan family were a little absent-minded, stretching their legs and punching weakly, and Yan Leopard was even more foolish with his hands. Wang Qiang couldn't help frowning, he has been paying attention to the learning and performance of their three brothers, the three of them are more strict with themselves, study hard, and get along well with everyone, the eldest and second can basically keep up with the progress of learning, only the third Yan Leopard is not a beginner in arithmetic, Wang Qiang knows that his brain was damaged when he was born, and he does not force him.

The martial arts teacher also found out about the situation of the Yan Leopard and shouted: "Stop"! Everyone stopped, not knowing what was happening. The martial arts teacher shouted, "Yan Leopard, you come to the front." ”

"Yes." Yan Leopard honestly arrived in front of the team, and the teacher reprimanded: "Yan Leopard, how did you practice!" Punching is so weak, can it take down the enemy? Come on, you punch me and try it. After speaking, he stepped away and motioned for the leopard to beat him.

Yan Leopard shook his head and said quietly: "If you don't fight, how dare I hit the teacher." ”

"Hey! I asked you to hit it, it's okay, come on! The teacher urged impatiently.

Yan Leopard was helpless, gently fisted a black tiger to hit the teacher, but the teacher flashed violently, grabbed the wrist of the Yan Leopard with his right hand, and took the opportunity to take advantage of the force to throw the Yan Leopard out, the Yan Leopard has been hunting for many years, and has learned the family martial arts, agile and fast, although the center of gravity of the body is lost, but the wrist is vigorous, and he turned outward, and he took off the teacher's hand at once, and at the same time the elbow bent, and hit the teacher's chest with the force of the forward rush, the martial artist was caught off guard, and was knocked to the ground in all directions. Yan Long and Yan Hu saw that their younger brother had knocked the teacher down, so they hurriedly came out of the team, scolded Yan Leopard, and asked him to apologize to the teacher. The martial artist originally wanted to make a limelight and teach Yan Leopard a lesson, but he didn't expect that he would make a fool of himself, and he felt even more embarrassed in front of Wang Qiang. He wanted to have a seizure, but Wang Qiang had repeatedly emphasized the equality of teachers and students, and it was forbidden to beat, scold and insult students, so he had to endure his anger, get up by himself, and dust the soil on his body in embarrassment, Qiang smiled and said: "Good boy, your skills are really good, I didn't pay attention to this, and let you fall, haha." ”

Yan Leopard is a foolish person, he didn't want to offend the teacher, just now he was in a hurry, out of the instinct of protection, so he did so, and quickly apologized and said: "Teacher, don't blame, the student just rushed into the teacher in a hurry, I hope you will forgive me." That being said, there was still a hint of unconvincing in his expression.

Wang Qiang also came forward to say a few words, but did not delve into it.

In the evening, Wang Qiang sat alone on a chair to summarize the day's work, and Jinsong's things inspired him a lot. "These students are carefully selected, and many of them have their own skills, so they should be allowed to show these talents and share them with other students, isn't this a ready-made teacher."

"It seems that these martial arts instructors have a bit of a problem, the things they teach these routines are not practical, they show off their legs with their fists, and they still have a bit of a role in strengthening their bodies, if they go into battle to kill the enemy, I am afraid that the kung fu of the Yan brothers is more practical. In order for students to learn real skills, it seems that they need to invite martial arts masters to teach. ”

"The content of this martial arts class is too monotonous, and these fist and foot routines are not new after they are practiced, so we should add some other sports to liven up the atmosphere. Not only the physical education class, but also the atmosphere of the whole school is not lively enough. For more than two months, the pace of study has been too tight, and even students have been arranged to read and study on their own in the evening, and now it is time to relax appropriately. These strong young men have too much energy, they get together all day long, and their lives are boring, and after a long time, they will cause trouble. There should be some entertainment programs to liven up the atmosphere in the school. ”

The next day, Wang Qiang convened all the teachers of the school, said his ideas, everyone unanimously agreed, and came up with ideas, Wang Qiang told some game projects arranged by the physical education class of the modern society, everyone was both novel and admired, and immediately organized the implementation, several measures were put down, the dull atmosphere of the school was completely broken, and the students' enthusiasm for learning was higher. At the same time, in the game, the personality and quality of students are also undoubtedly exposed, and Wang Qiang has another way to inspect students.