"No." Fang Xue was ordered, "Seeing that the autumn breeze is getting cooler, this winter clothing of our department has not yet been settled, Xie Xiancheng can only barely collect thousands of catties of cotton now, even if all of them are supplied to the Shuntian Army, it is far from enough, and there is a maximum of one-third of what can be allocated to our department, which is estimated to be more than 1,000 sets." Xie Xiancheng has mobilized all the existing sewing shops inside and outside the city to work overtime to catch up with the production, and recruited hundreds of better female workers among the people who joined him, hoping to complete it within half a month, as for the shortage of winter clothes, it is beyond Xie Xiancheng's ability. ”

"I know about this matter, Xie Xiancheng has done his best, and this matter will be discussed later." Yu Zhilong was helpless for a while, "How are those people who go to Tianlie School to read and write these days?" ”

"Lord Hui, this time a total of more than 60 people were selected, and they were literate in the school every day, which has been nearly 20 days, according to the original requirements of three words per day, and now it is estimated that it is about nearly 100 words."

Yu Zhilong originally wanted to invite Tian Lie to teach in the army, and specially selected some young and clever soldiers with a bit of literacy to follow Tian Lie to read and write, which was actually to run a literacy class. Later, Yu Zhilong thought that every time Tian Lie came back to the city and abroad, he was too tired and delayed, and then changed the teaching location to Tian Lie's school, and these dozens of soldiers stayed in the school.

In order to strictly understand the progress of literacy enlightenment, Yu Zhilong formulated literacy progress requirements, must learn to read and write three words every day to be qualified, and at the same time ordered the military police to patrol every day, before sunset assessment, if there is no respect for the teacher, there is no form in the hall, can not be completed on time progress, not only the rod is punished with ten sticks, but also must copy the word 50 times.

Yu Zhilong personally introduced Tian Lie before the lecture, and promised that as long as the big exam was conducted in a month, as long as they were qualified, everyone would be treated according to the Jing'an Army brand. One of his future responsibilities is to teach the soldiers and officials of the headquarters as a teacher of literacy, and if the professor is good, he can be promoted to a hundred households depending on his personal achievements!

As for the daily assessment, as long as you are qualified, you will be given a tael of silver after accumulating six times! But if you fail to pass three times in total, you will be sent back to the headquarters, and you will still do what you should do. During the teaching, everything was obeyed by his mentor Tian Lie.

With rewards and punishments and entries, these older students have pressure and motivation.

Fang Xue saw that there were a lot of soldiers in this group, and he had no teaching materials and pen and paper for a while, so he wanted to go to the market to buy some paper and pens, etc., but Yu Zhilong said that there was no need for this, so he ordered each person to prepare a wooden box with fine sand inside, and use wooden branches as pens to write on the fine sand. After becoming proficient, they practice writing with pen and ink on a wooden board and wipe it with a cloth.

The reason for this savings is that paper, books, etc. are expensive, and they cannot be easily afforded by small people and farmers. In the future, if the Jing'an Army will vigorously promote literacy, it will be a big expense to purchase these things alone, and although there is a lot of money in the army, Yu Zhilong does not want to be extravagant, so he simply simplifies it.

"Our department is almost all illiterate, these people are the seeds of literacy in the army in the future, if the training is good, the spark can also start a prairie fire." Yu Zhilong said with some emotion.

Fang Xue was quite puzzled by Zhilong's enthusiasm for promoting literacy to the officers and soldiers, since ancient times, the officers and soldiers have been reckless, and they can read and hyphenate almost every person. Han has Ban Chao, Tang has Li Jing, and most of them are people who abandon literature and follow martial arts. If it is required that officers at all levels must be literate and can understand hyphenation, it seems unnecessary to require the non-commissioned officers below to know it now.

Fang Xue's idea is very common, Yu Zhilong also understands his thoughts, most of these soldiers are illiterate peasants, not to mention literacy, even distinguishing between east and west, north and south also makes many people dizzy. I don't want to be a showman, to gain fame, what's the use of literacy?

However, Yu Zhilong thought about it repeatedly and decided to do it. Only with the ability to read and write can we better understand things, know the past and the present, and the simplest thing is that all written commands can also be clearly understood; if the Jing'an Army develops further in the future, all kinds of internal military regulations must be considered, improved, supplemented, and implemented, and it will be impossible for the army to realize it without a large number of literate and hyphenated people.

At present, there are by no means more than 200 people in the Jing'an Army who can read and write, and only a few dozen people can write and read.

To put it bluntly, the Jing'an Army is almost a group of illiterates! And the Han army and the righteous army of the Yuan court were no better there.

It is said that Xiucai rebelled, and it would not be successful in three years, but if there was no Xiucai, there would be no hope of success! It was not for nothing that the ancient uprisers recruited scribes, gentry and others in many ways. These people are well-informed, have plans, and can be counsellors, and they are the foundation of talents for military strategy and state affairs.

Yu Zhilong looked at himself, except for Zhao Shi and Xie Lin, there were almost no people who could take charge of themselves, and they all relied on their two knives to explore, fortunately, the scale is small now, and they can barely support it, but once the scale is large in the future, it is impossible for him to complete a large number of things and plans. For future development, Yu Zhilong must cultivate batches of capable cadres. These literacy classes are just the beginning of an attempt.

The Jing'an army's drills were in full swing, officers at all levels were sweating together with their soldiers, and a camp of the former Han army in the city was also very lively.

"Pressure big and small, buy and leave—open!" A man was holding a large bowl at the table, with several sieves in it, and the dice were rattling in the bowl.

"Hell, it's a little one again!" Seeing the dice being opened, the dozen or so big men around them suddenly looked like deflated bags, unwilling to watch their broken silver being taken away by the winner in a hurry.

"Lao Tzu just doesn't believe in evil, and he even opened nine small ones in a row, and this time it's still big!" A man took out another piece of broken silver from his arms and slapped it on the table with a bang. "If you are smaller, you must be a thousand!"

"That's, that's it, how can there be nine small truths in a row!" More than a dozen companions who followed the loss were all deeply sympathetic.

"Snort, that's because you haven't seen the world, Lao Tzu has seen seventeen small bureaus in Yidu City, what is today's matter!" Huang Pi, who was sitting on the dice and sitting on the banker, laughed.

In the past few days, dozens of people have gathered in this room in private to shout and gamble, and even the daytime drills have been less attended, because most of them are close officers of various generals, and naturally no one cares. The pickets in the Jing'an army could not control them.

"Big, big, big!" A few people who were too big to go up and shake the cup in person, and when the dice appeared, they were all dumbfounded.

", I'm an evil today! Another small one! ”

The man who spoke just now stretched out his hand and touched it carefully in his arms, but his arms were empty. He looked left and right, and said to the yellow skin who shook the cup: "Brother, I am short of money, I owe it first, let me press two more, and how about repaying it together after turning over?" ”

Huang Pi rolled his eyes and said: "There is no father and son on this gambling table, press your mother-in-law to me for two days, and then return it back, are you willing?" ”

The man was choked, and he was about to be angry and be a scoundrel again, but a person behind him hooked his shoulder and said, "Why should your brother be angry? I've got some silver taels here, so if you need them, go ahead and turn them over!" ”

When the man saw that the other party handed over a few pieces of broken silver, his eyes lit up, and he quickly took it, and thanked him: "Brother Pan is still angry, the brothers all give you a thumbs up, I didn't say it, if Brother Pan has an order, the younger brother will stick a knife in his ribs!" ”

Pan Gui patted the man on the shoulder: "This is a trivial matter, why bother?" Flip through the book, and then return it to me. ”

"Brother Pan, don't worry, after a while, I will return the book with interest!"

After saying this, the man bet again, after thinking about it, he felt that his luck was not good today, and he no longer pressed small, this time he changed to small.

With a loud shout from the yellow skin, a few dice grunt finally stopped, and under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, the big bowl was revealed, and it was a big one!

"Brother, what are you talking about!" The man said to Pan Gui with a sad face.

Huang Pi and Pan Gui were also speechless, this time Huang Pi used his tricks again, wanting to make a small one, but this dice is not a lead-filled Xibei after all, and his own skills are not skilled, he wants this man to win once, but it is self-defeating, and the man is trapped again.

"It's okay, it's not too late for another day when my brother is free." Pan Gui comforted him.

"Speaking of which, the brothers of several generals have come here to play a few hands, or they are drinking in Tianxiang Garden, but the brothers under General Fei have the least mix with us, don't you look down on us?" Pan Gui didn't seem to have any intention of talking about it.

"Hey, don't mention it, those people in the Jing'an Army are suffering now! General Fei ordered all officers, big and small, to train with the non-commissioned officers, and as long as there were no injuries or illnesses, no one could get out. The few buddies who used to be with us are now almost gone. ”

"Not really! I heard that there was also a gendarme there, and General Zhao, the adjutant, and others were led to patrol the training ground and camp all day long, and anyone who violated discipline was sent to rectify it. It is said that the most terrifying thing is the method of not letting people sleep for a few days and nights, and even Wu Side, who loves to brag the most, can't stand it and becomes a grass chicken! A man next to him said.

"It's still General Liu's good heart, knowing that you are waiting for hard work, and you are allowed to play fun from time to time, Boss Wan and Brother Xiahou are much stricter, and it will be difficult for me to wait for these little brothers to relax!."

"This Jing'an army is so diligent in training, could it be that something has happened recently?" Pan Gui asked as he placed a bet on the table.

"Then I don't know. Anyway, they haven't been idle since the celebration feast. After this way of recruiting was rejected by the generals, everyone trained more diligently! ”

"This is also no way, King Shuntian also said, the court has lost miserably, sooner or later it will be recovered, now all the departments are busy practicing, and it is estimated that such a good day will end in the future." An officer sighed.

Pan Gui and Huang Pi glanced at each other, and Pan Gui said generously: "Have fun today, Pan Mou's won silver is considered a brother, I have a treat, and there is one today, and I have a treat in Tianxiangyuan at night!" ”

Seventeen or eighteen people at this table were already pale from losing, and the rewards issued after the war had basically gone into the hands of Pan Gui and a few people today, and several people were so anxious that they heard that Pan Gui was so generous, and they had the opportunity to drink flower wine, and they suddenly came to their senses.

Pan Gui, Huangpi has been in the casino for a long time, even if it is not a thousand, you can achieve ten times six or seven by means alone, the number of bets on this dice is more, although the people at this table are good to gamble, but most of them are sheep, Pan Gui naturally wins.

Before Yu Bo left Linqu, he secretly instructed Pan Gui and others face-to-face, and tried his best to explore the details of the various departments of the Shuntian Army, especially Liu Zhengfeng and Yu Zhilong, and Yu Zhilong's department was the most important, Pan Gui and others used eating, drinking, and other means to get close to some of the middle and lower-level officers of several other departments was quite effective, but they did not have much opportunity to get close to the Jing'an Military Department, one reason was that Yu Zhilong ordered most of his troops to be stationed outside the city, and soldiers were generally not allowed to enter the city, on the other hand, Pan Gui and Huang Pi were worried that they would be recognized by those quarry people in the Jing'an army or local acquaintances in Linqu, and they knew that they had done a lot of bad things before, and if they were recognized by the enemy, they would damage the big things of Yidu Road and lose their lives.

Therefore, the two only arranged for a few of their subordinates to go to the Jing'an Army to make contact, and they mostly inquired from the officers and soldiers of the rest of the departments. Yu Bo left a lot of yuan bills and broken silver for Pan Gui, and the two of them did not feel distressed, either eating, drinking, and having fun, or prostituting flowers and willows, and met many people from various departments for a while.