After careful consideration, Xiao Xuan believes that man is a creature that is very bad at logical thinking and is easily influenced by associations. If you dress like a girl, even if you are a girl yourself, it will strengthen your gender identity even more, and there will definitely be many things that society has given to the definition of women's roles in this era, which is not conducive to becoming a person who can be truly respected and learned by outsiders. And it's not very conducive to disseminating an innovative enough education.

In the same way, if you dress the same as the ordinary people of this dynasty, speak and speak the same structure as the people of this era, and the environment and place of residence are no different from the general scenes of this era, you are likely to be assimilated by this era. Because after all, teachers are not officers and soldiers in the army, and it is not enough to have a closed or even shelf life for just a few years, and it is likely that they will have to live and work for a long time, and they must make themselves the "real sideburns" in Lingao. Therefore, all traces of "antiquity" must be completely reconstructed.

Therefore, Xiao Xuan specially built a small school that did not look very big but cost a lot of money for these forty-five children. If you don't have modern fabrics, you can make do with fine silk, and make simple school uniforms according to the era of white shirts and blue pants in modern Chinese schools in the seventies and eighties. If you can't make decent glass, you can directly import it from overseas at a high price and a lot of cost, and even use crystal to make even a glass door and window that the classroom needs.

You can't do it with ballpoint refills or fountain pens, or even a decent pencil. So that the skilled craftsmen do not know how much effort it took to make a unique fine brush. Both chalk and chalkboard have their fair share of "technical difficulties". Even: There is no electric bell, Xiao Xuan is not willing to make a man-made bell like some mountain village elementary schools he saw when he was a child. Xiao Xuan even did not hesitate to use excellent thin spring steel plates and countless hollow iron balls falling from a height of two zhang to simulate that sound as much as possible.

Of course, Xiao Xuan later felt that this was a bit too deliberate. Copying something from a modern school is probably harmful, because it seems to be too disciplined and cramming.

Although everything seems to be like that, it will be improvised, however, all these intentions are seen by those children who are relatively smart.

"Sir! Was all this arranged by God? The children, who were originally more brave and straightforward, finally asked boldly.

Xiao Xuan was silent for a long time before he replied solemnly: "Yes, the Holy Lord spent 50,000 yuan of wealth for the forty-five of you, which is equivalent to each of you being a typical rich man. Do you know why? In order for you to be a newcomer, a complete newcomer! You should not be like the children in the private school, under the pressure of their parents, under the precepts of their husbands. Love to think about everything in the world, love to ask questions, and have the courage to ask questions. Learning is not for the sake of glorifying one's ancestors or a good future, but for truly discovering the truth and transforming the world. In the future, I will give you how to let the children learn, and you will try to become like me in the future, and even more effective than me in inspiring and guiding the children... ”

At the beginning, Xiao Xuan did not teach people how to read or pinyin, or arithmetic, but took the children to shoot crossbows and hunt together, and even used two or three buckets of "strong crossbows" and even round-headed arrows to shoot and play on the boat. Although there was a saying of "childhood sweethearts" in ancient times, it means that gender preferences have been different since childhood. However, in the absence of special gender awareness indoctrination in children at this age, even girls may not only love their families, but also have some interest in things such as firecrackers and military weapons. Especially some adversarial games.

When these children became a little interested in this, Xiao Xuan directly threw out a puzzle like a mystery: a divine arm bow with one stone and five buckets or two Song stones and three buckets, or only a round-headed crossbow of this level could hope to destroy the opponent's boat and give the opponent a real threat. What is the method used by specially trained strong soldiers to effectively use the strong crossbow so that these five or six-year-old children can barely pull it out and use it effectively in a not too long time. And it is obvious that too many people can not be used in the operation of the ship.

This requires not only children to come up with good ideas, but also to develop hands-on habits from the start. And he has a basic interest in this kind of mechanical and mathematical things. Modern mathematics, especially advanced mathematics, and even elementary physical resources, and even chemistry have developed in the West, and almost all of them are related to military affairs. Therefore, cultivating such an interest in the game seems to be crucial to Xiao Xuan. Only people who love learning or aspire to a certain career can truly achieve something. If it is for one kind or another utilitarian purpose, there is no doubt that valuable higher education or scientific research resources will be wasted in the future. This is probably the original core motivation of Western educational thought. Of course, in the 21st century, things may be a little different. After Edison's time passed, the solidity of basic skills became quite important. But there is something that makes sense: that true education requires extensive reading to support a broader and deeper understanding of an area. In Xiao Xuan's view, the lack of hands-on ability, the narrowness of the reading range, and the poor textbooks, especially college textbooks, were the core differences between Eastern and Western education in later generations.

In this era, when "cutting-edge technology" is not so advanced and requires a high level of basic knowledge and intelligence tests, and when the selection of students can be done relatively well, many methods can undoubtedly be more radical, especially in primary school and early childhood. Xiao Xuan believes that there should be no big problem in doing so.

There was no shortage of smart people among the forty-odd children, and after a day or so of thinking, someone came up with the idea of using leverage. Someone else came up with a ratchet similar to a bed crossbow at the suggestion.

In the production and practice, Xiao Xuan also constantly teaches the children some basic mechanical principles and even the basic common sense of design in the process to minimize detours.

In this way, the interest in games is extended to the interest in crafts and physics, and then to the needs of mathematics. And put a lot more pressure on the side to think and search for ways than to simply familiarize yourself with the theory.

This series of teaching methods made John Tang and many craftsmen around him feel amazing. What Xiao Xuan didn't know was that Tang Ruowang felt a trace of worry at this time. And it was a worry that Xu Guangqi and others did not feel when they joined the church.

(End of chapter)