"Tang Daling, this is ...... Is it Yixue or a college? Huang Zongxi is a little uncertain, looking at the scale of this compound, it doesn't look like a rural school, but like a academy.

"Hehehe, Mr. Lizhou asked the wrong person." Tang Yonggang also looked confused, and said: "What is here, I don't know what it is." ”

Huang Zongxi frowned, even more puzzled. Running a school of righteousness and promoting education is a matter of immeasurable merit, and running such a big school, even if it is placed in the county seat or even in the prefecture, it is a political achievement worthy of a special mention by the local officials, Tang Yonggang, as the county magistrate of the county, did not know about it, this matter is really strange.

Everyone came to him in confusion and listened carefully to the sound of reading, Wang Fuchen was just a big man, but Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi both understood that what they were reading was not the Four Books and Five Classics, but the theory of killing battle formations, as well as some military regulations in the army.

At this moment, there was another noise outside the gable behind the courtyard, which seemed to be the sound of military drills.

"This is a martial arts!"

Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu suddenly realized.

The martial arts of the Ming Dynasty were roughly military schools, including the martial arts of Liangjing, the martial arts of the local capital Siwei and the martial arts of Fuzhou County, etc., but compared with the military schools of modern times, there are still great differences.

Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu didn't expect it at first, it was not that they had little knowledge, but that by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the martial arts in various places had long been abandoned.

"The two gentlemen have overdone it. It's not a martial arts here, and there is no township test, and it may not be able to participate in the general exam. It's just that the children in the army have a place to practice literature and martial arts. Wang Kefan nodded to Wang Jingjing and said to everyone: "Go in and have a look." ”

Wang Jing led the way in front, and everyone walked into the gate together, and a huge portrait on the wall first came into view, a majestic general holding a war horse, standing on the bank of the surging Yellow River, looking at the opposite bank. The face is resolute, and the word "Yue" is big on the flag behind him, and there are two lines of big characters in the Jinshu next to the portrait - Zhuang Zhi is hungry for Hulu meat. Laugh and talk about thirsty for Hun blood!

After saluting the portrait of King Yue, everyone walked into the courtyard, and only then did they see that there were people reading and attending classes in several big houses, and the total number was about two or three hundred. They are all young people between the ages of fifteen or sixteen and twenty.

Although it is inconvenient to enter the classroom to disturb. But outside the window, you can also see the content of the lecture, in addition to the military book and drill code, there are two rooms where cultural classes are held, and the teacher who is teaching arithmetic and physical science is actually teaching, and the teacher standing on the podium is also the yellow-haired and green-eyed Father Francis.

Outside the back wall, on a lower flat ground, there is a large school yard, and beyond that there are rows of neat buildings, which seem to be the living quarters of these students. Not far from the school grounds, more than 200 people could be seen practicing. From time to time, there were bursts of shouting.

"This is not so much martial arts, but the martial arts school of the Chu army, where the young children of the army learn to learn the command, and they will be able to join the army and kill the enemy in the future." The military academy opened by Wang Kefan was to train talents for the Chu army, and he had no intention of letting them participate in the martial arts of the imperial court.

The Loyal Battalion claims to be an army of 200,000 men, but it includes a large number of family members and non-combatants. After they joined the Chu army, after strict selection, the elite troops were retained, and the other soldiers and their families were divided, some of them were transferred to local troops, and some of them set up military cantonments, self-cultivation, self-sufficiency, and more than 1,000 people in the old camp came to Jinggangshan.

After the victory of the Battle of Huguang, most of the Jinggangshan Repair Institute moved to Hengyang, and some other units also left one after another, and these places in Dajing Village were empty, just for the loyal battalion as a military cantonment, but the situation of this military cantonment in Dajing Village is somewhat special, most of the people who come here are the lonely widows and disabled veterans of the old battalion, and there are many fifteen or sixteen-year-old child soldiers.

After the Hengyang Arsenal was completed, Fang Zhengzheng and others were responsible for the management, and Wang Jing was responsible for the stall left in Jinggangshan. He organized the child soldiers of the Loyal Battalion, while clearing the wasteland and cultivating the fields, while building canals and paving roads, continuing to implement militarized management, and also inviting teachers to teach all kinds of knowledge, which soon developed into a simple school.

Wang Jing was the director of the repair institute and the inventor of the gun, and he attached great importance to modern scientific knowledge, so he specially invited Father Qu Shawei, who came here to preach, to teach the students the study of physics and arithmetic. In addition, as a school run by the Chu army itself, of course, military education cannot be neglected, and it just so happened that the veterans in Jinggangshan grabbed a lot of them, and there were even a few wounded and retired officers, Wang Jing invited them to serve as military instructors, and this school had the prototype of a military school.

Wang Kefan is suffering from a shortage of talents, and he vigorously supports Wang Jing's work, asking for money for money, and asking people to give people, so the development speed of Jinggangshan Military Academy is amazing, almost every three days, and a big change in a month, and when Wang Kefan came to inspect this time, Jinggangshan Military Academy has just completed the basic construction, and it looks very formal, and it has shown a big face in front of Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and others.

The school is built according to the mountain, there are only a few classrooms on the hillside, but there is another world under the hillside, including the school field and living area, etc., the area is much larger, Wang Kefan attaches great importance to this military school, and took everyone to carefully inspect and walk around every corner of the school. Seeing the neat dormitory, the clean canteen, and the energetic child soldiers who were training, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuchen and others were all amazed.

Dining with everyone in the dining hall, and after the meal, he had a detailed exchange with the instructors and soldiers, military academy education is Wang Kefan's old business, and after a round of sightseeing, he basically knew the operation of the Jinggangshan Military Academy, and then ordered to summon Wang Jing alone.

"This school is doing well, and it will continue to expand in the future, in addition to the children who break into the camp, it can also recruit young children from other battalions, as well as those officers who can't read big characters, and they will be sent to make up for the class before they are promoted."

If measured by the standards of a modern military academy, the Jinggangshan Military Academy is too far and far behind in all aspects, its teachers are weak, its curriculum is primitive, it lacks specialized disciplines, and it is not capable of training qualified officers at all...... But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, Wang Jing was able to run the school in a hurry under simple conditions, and his work achievements must be positively affirmed.

"Don't be embarrassed by me!"

Wang Jing waved his hand again and again, and said with a wry smile: "This martial arts academy is so big, all kinds of things are complicated, I didn't think of it at the beginning, but now I feel powerless." If this martial arts school wants to do better, the military gate must invite another master, and it will be one day earlier! ”

The development of Jinggangshan Military Academy is too fast, Wang Jing knows that his ability is limited, and he has long wanted to abdicate and make way for Xian, but he has no suitable candidate at hand, so he can only hand it over to Wang Kefan to solve.

"What, it's still in it?"

Wang Kefan said with a smile: "Since you have put on the plough yourself, you have to finish plowing this land, don't think about being lazy in the middle." ”

"Wronged! Great injustice! I don't have this ability, I'm just afraid that I will delay the military plan! Wang Jing changed from a bitter smile to a bitter gourd face: "I still have the errand of the repair institute, being this professor (the director of the school) is originally to drive ducks to the shelves, and if I continue like this, I am afraid that these baby soldiers have not learned the real skills, and they will die in vain on the battlefield, won't I, Wang Jing, die in vain?" Even if the military gate cuts off the head of the lowly position, I must resign from this professor! ”

"Hmph, I always don't dare to put a burden on myself, it's useless!" Wang Kefan scolded and said: "This time I will rely on you, I will send someone to take over the school when I go back, but before the newcomers arrive, you have to take care of the school for me." ”

Wang Jingming did a good job but wanted to resign, as a leader, of course, he had to express his retention, but he was a technical management talent, not the most suitable candidate for the principal of the military academy, and there was a more suitable and urgent job waiting for him.

"That's fine! As long as it doesn't take too long, I can still withstand it in two or three months! Wang Jing immediately became very happy and said: "There is one more thing, this martial school has neither an official name nor a mountain chief, and I want to ask the military sect to name the martial arts and personally serve as the mountain chief." ”

"It's one thing, it's obviously two things." Wang Kefan said with a smile: "The name is Jinggangshan Military Academy, and the mountain chief will also be called the principal in the future, as for who will be the principal, let's talk about it later!" ”

Chu Jun is Wang Kefan's descendant, there is no need to engage in the Whampoa Military Academy, and the Jinggangshan Military Academy is not able to train officers, especially senior officers, so Wang Kefan has come to be the principal a little too much. Taking 10,000 steps back, if the Jinggangshan Military Academy can become bigger and stronger in the future, it can also imitate the Northern Shaanxi Resistance University, and it is enough for a general to serve as the principal.

Who will replace Wang Jing in managing the Jinggangshan Military Academy, Wang Kefan's heart is like lightning, and he has already had a preliminary candidate, and let him serve as the first principal of the military academy, which will help improve his prestige and carry out his work. This personnel adjustment is very important, Wang Kefan only has a preliminary idea now, and there is no need to sue Wang Jing immediately.

He changed the topic and asked, "I plan to move the Jinggangshan Repair Institute to Luling, what do you think?" ”

Wang Jing blinked his eyes and asked rhetorically, "Wang Junmen wants to use troops against Tan Tai?" ”

"It's not just Tan Tai, it may also be Nanzhili and Fujian, or Tan Tai who bypassed Jiujiang and went directly to fight Wuchang." Wang Kefan said: "In the next few years, Jiangxi must prepare for war, and also prepare for several big battles, and build another arsenal in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River, which is very necessary!" ”

"Of course, it's good to move to Luling, the stalls of the repair shop are ready-made, and they can start construction soon after they are transported to Luling, but Luling is close to the Ganjiang River, in case the frontline is unfavorable, isn't it a little unsafe......

"It doesn't matter, if the Qing army comes over, it's a big deal to turn around and go up the mountain!" Wang Kefan said: "The repair institute is placed in the ravine, the scale of production is difficult to expand, the safety is safe, but it has lost its due role, after moving to Luling, I am ready to expand it into the second Hengyang Arsenal, with you as the supervisor." (To be continued......)