Chapter XVI The Literacy Campaign
The return of the Black Pine Ridge fleet, especially the ships full of grain that landed one after another, made Gu Zhen inexplicably panicked, what did this son do? He immediately pulled Gu Haotian into the study, and after a question, he sat there in a daze. This is a big event that pierces the sky, dozens of people will kill them when they say they will kill them, even if they are bandits, it is also a matter of the government. Besides, there is no impermeable wall in this world, and if he ......, he will break out in a cold sweat for a while.
Although Gu Haotian had revealed some ideas about future development to his father before, this time the action was too big and a little sudden, which scared Gu Zhen a little.
"Father, do you remember that your son said about the barbarian invasion of the south."
"Then how do you know what year and month it is, and besides, don't we have a guard in our house?"
"Under the nest, is it well protected by only fifty people? There are also the fathers and villagers of this Gujiazhuang, and ......" Gu Haotian stopped, thinking about it, it couldn't be said too much, or it would be scary again.
"Son, are you walking too fast, although the government is unbearable now, it seems that it has not yet reached that time."
"Father, everything must be prepared for a rainy day, otherwise how can it be in time." Looking at Gu Zhen who was deep in thought, he felt that he had to win all Gu Zhen's support, so he explained his thoughts in detail, and even revealed Gu Zhen's most worried retreat problem - Liangshan.
Gu Zhen felt that his brain was not enough, in his mind, this son was a genius, but after all, he was only eleven years old, and he didn't expect to take such a big step at once. He pondered for a long time, and felt that the truth had become a reality, and there was no way out, and he had no other way but to keep up.
"Money and food matters, I will do my best for my father, the escort team should be expanded cautiously, and it should not be too sharp, and there is another place - Liangshan, which must be planned as soon as possible to feel at ease." Once he had made his decision, he did not hesitate to put forward his own proposal.
"My son knows." Gu Haotian was determined, and his father had passed it.
The second study discussion between father and son, according to later generations, was to unify thoughts, coordinate pace, and determine the direction, and since then father and son have worked together to create a great cause.
In the training ground, Ruan Xiaoqi, with the help of Ma Xian and others, is leading a group of newcomers to train, these people are the eighteen young people from the water town who entrusted Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu to recruit, they stayed after they came back from Heisongling, and it happened that Ma Qiang and more than a dozen other people stayed in Heisongling, and there was no need to add facilities such as accommodation and venues at home.
Xiao Rangjing has basically recovered from the doctor's conditioning, and he has been quietly observing for the past two days, and the training of the escort team has given him an indescribable feeling, and he always feels that it is very different from the current army.
"Sir, healed." On this day, Xiao Rang was still watching from the training ground, and Gu Haotian came over to say hello.
"Thank you to the little officials for saving me, it's already good, and Da En has to thank you again after returning to my hometown." Xiao rang saluted back.
"A little thing is not enough to worry about, I don't know where Mr. is in the township?"
"It's a shame to say that Xiaosheng is just a useless talent, and he usually relies on the words that he has passed in one hand in exchange for some money and food to make ends meet."
At that moment, Gu Haotian was sure in his heart that he must be a saint-handed scholar. And what he lacks most at present is a reader, he has long wanted to train the almost illiterate escort to literacy, but he has been suffering from the lack of suitable teachers, and once thought about going up by himself, but he has no energy, the key is that he also knows a little about the traditional Chinese characters of this era. And in front of him, there is a calligrapher-level professional, how can he let it go.
"I have a reluctant request here, I wonder if Mr. is willing to help?"
"Why should a petty official be polite, and please speak."
"Sir also saw that these guards boys can work hard, but they are illiterate, including I am not very knowledgeable, and I want to ask Mr. to stay and help teach them to read, thirty taels a month, I don't know if I am willing to give in." The reason why Gu Haotian clearly quoted thirty taels was also considered, in the original trajectory, Dai Zong only spent fifty taels to deceive him into Liangshan, and now he has a fixed monthly salary of thirty taels, such a high-paying position must be attractive.
Xiao Rang's heart was also churning, and he couldn't imagine that this little official not only saved his life, but also provided him with such a lucrative livelihood, you must know that the monthly reward of the Qipin County Order is only thirty taels. There is no need to hesitate now.
"The petty official saves his life and is a great favor, but he has been instructed that the little boy should not refuse, but his family is far away in Jeju, and he must go back and settle down before he can serve."
"This matter is easy, Mr. only needs to write a letter, and I will send a competent person to pick it up." Gu Haotian wanted him to take root in Gujiazhuang.
Xiao Rang hesitated for a moment and responded, and then wrote a letter to Gu Haotian to send someone to pick it up.
That night, in the classroom converted into a cafeteria, more than 50 people at home were all sitting there, Xiang Bian Xiang, Ruan Xiaoqi and others were very unhappy, but when they saw the little officials sitting seriously in front, they had to sit down obediently. Before class, Gu Haotian went up to lecture, in fact, he also understood that some people were more painful than killing their heads when they read books, and he knew it when he looked at Bian Xiang and Xiao Qi's restless appearances, so he didn't say anything big.
"Everyone knows whether reading is useful or not, and only you know whether you want to learn or not, but every five days, each squad leader must read the learned words in front of the whole team in public, and the team members must do the same in each team."
Before the words fell, the following heads and ears were handed over, which could not be read and how embarrassing it was, but the ruthlessness was still to come.
"After failing to pass the assessment for three consecutive times, the captain was demoted to the deputy captain, the deputy captain was demoted to the team member, and the team member was demoted to the miscellaneous staff washing vegetables and sweeping the pit. I really don't want anyone to sweep the pit in three days. After speaking, he deliberately glanced at a few captains, and then ended the lecture.
If the regulations in front of the petty officials hurt face, the regulations in the second half hurt both the inside and the silver, and suddenly there were many fewer people holding and watching the excitement.
But as Xiao Rang began to speak, they suddenly felt that it was not difficult to read and write. It turns out that there are no esoteric and difficult things in this lesson, but some words such as numbers, directions, food, movements, etc., often encountered in life and training, such as "left and right, front and back, advance and retreat" and other commonly used words in training, appear in front of them in the classroom, which arouses everyone's interest at once.
After class, Xiao Rang walked side by side with Gu Haotian, and he was very emotional, originally he had no confidence in this group of rough men, and the reason why he stayed was to repay his kindness and money. Unexpectedly, the unique course arrangement and assessment method of the junior official had unexpected effects, and he suddenly had some expectations for the assessment in three days.
Soon it will be the day of the assessment, and like all exams, people who are prepared are calm, bottomless and flustered, and of course, there is a kind of person - thick-skinned. For example, Bian Xiang, he thinks he is the veteran of the escort team, except for the petty officials, who dares to do anything to him, but he underestimates the insidiousness of the petty officials.
As soon as the classroom door entered, Bian Xiang felt that something was wrong, and the back row of the classroom was filled with the ladies of the house, including that Chunya. What's the situation, his brain was short-circuited all of a sudden, and when he looked at the little official, he saw him sitting in front of the podium with an expressionless face. He had a premonition of danger, forget it, didn't there be two more chances, and it was the best policy.
"Bian Xiang." The voice of the petty official sounded at the right time. "You're the first captain, you're the first to take the test."
"Petty official, I-"
"If you have something to say, let's talk about it after the exam."
It's over, admit it, he has to stand obediently in his position and accept the assessment.
The content of the assessment is ten words, six are qualified, the first eight he stumbled and recognized four, and the ninth is a "left" word, which is directly related to whether he is qualified, of course, it is also related to Chunya's impression of him, he racked his brains but just couldn't remember. At this time, I could only hear the side of the horse muttering "right", suddenly like hearing the fairy sound, then read out the "right" angrily, the voice did not fall, only listened to the full hall of "coaxing" laughter, what's going on, turned his head to see Ma Wei snickering there, was pitted by this kid, he broke out in a cold sweat, and then sat down in a daze and even forgot that there is a word behind.
The assessment lasted for nearly an hour, and in the end, the three captains Ma Xun scored seven points at best, Ruan Xiaoqi scored five points, and Bian Xiangmo was gloriously ranked at the end - four points. Two-thirds of the nearly 50 team members passed the assessment, which was a bit unexpected.
"I'm still very satisfied with tonight's assessment, what I didn't expect is that several of our captains are worse than most of the team members, of course, it's good to know what you know, and it's good to know if you don't know it, if you don't know it but think you know, it's another matter."
Gu Haotian made a concluding speech, he wanted to leave a deeper mark on Bian Xiang, "Think about it, if a general leads his troops to fight, and his boss asks him to set up an ambush on the left and ten miles on the right, what will be the result?" ”
The sound of "coaxing" made the audience burst into laughter again. Bian Xiang felt that his back was hot, and he felt that it was Chunya's teasing gaze, and at this time he only hoped that there was a pit in front of him—a deep pit that was enough to bury him.
That night, Ma Xun was chased and killed by him for half the night, and finally had to run to the petty officials for refuge before he escaped. And "no distinction between left and right" has become a pain in Bian Xiang's life, and there are always people who lead the army outside to ask, "General Bian, is it to the left or the right." ”
The "ancient" course and the "Bian" style lesson, so that the quality of teaching has improved rapidly, the first round of three assessments, the three captains finally kept their positions, and the team members were punished to sweep the pit, but found a group of players with better results. Gu Haotian told Xiao Rang to focus on training, what he lacks now is cultural people.
In this mode of day and night, the difficult June finally passed. At the beginning of July, Gu Haotian took the third pill, and he felt clear and his memory was outstanding. So far, he has finished taking the three pills of Erxian Mountain, and the final realization is: washing the marrow, strengthening the muscles, and concentrating.
At the same time, at the entrance of Anren Village outside Tokyo, an ox cart stopped, and a young man walked down and gently clicked on a firewood door on the side of the road.