It was August when the 12 people arrived in Quanzhou, and the traces of the earthquake and wind disaster a year ago were still there, but the people who were unyielding and trying to survive were still strong after the disaster. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The destroyed bridges, city walls, towers, and temples were being repaired, and Sun Yuanhua and the others had letters of recommendation from Xu Guangqi in their hands, and they knew where those people lived after a little inquiry.

When talking about these people, many people in Quanzhou praised them again and again, in fact, they didn't do much, but they could always be remembered compared to doing nothing. The people at the bottom have always been like this, sometimes they just need to loosen the tight chains around their necks a little, or give them a little more leftovers to burn, and they will be grateful.

More than a dozen people followed the instructions of the crowd and found the place where a small building had been built where porridge had been used and the dying had been treated.

From a distance, the transparent glass shines with a dazzling luster, and a two-story building-like caryophyllum sits there, and next to a row of bamboo-and-wood houses, all of which are still luxurious windows such as glass.

Traces can still be seen in the soup kitchen, with words such as "boil mung bean water with sugar, drink more light salt water in summer to prevent heat stroke" in Chinese characters, and several beggars are waiting around, as if waiting for the bitter mung bean dregs left over after others have drunk the water.

A small black and white flag hangs on a stone building next to it, with the words "Save the Dead, Regardless of Origin" written on it.

Seeing this, Sun Yuanhua said with a smile: "I can't complain that those people say, as long as you go this way, you can see at a glance which place is." It's really different. ”

Everyone is also quite curious, the production of glass is still a rarity here, especially window glass. But for Chen Jian, he got tax-free salt in the Great Wilderness City, repaired the coal canal in Nan'an, and gradually improved the technical level of the workers in eight years, except for the transportation and sanding processes, the price was actually quite cheap.

He didn't sail around the world this time to make money, just to set up an outpost, and there were all kinds of messy things on the ship, and he didn't even think about selling them for money to make a high profit. Taiwan and Quanzhou are the last stops, and the next step is to cross the Pacific Ocean and look for Hawaii as a transit point, so the accumulated things are basically used in these places, and the natural construction is unique.

These buildings didn't cost much, and they largely followed the path of cash-for-work.

It's just that these buildings are chic, but in the eyes of Sun Yuanhua and others, they lack courtyard flowers and plants, and they are inferior after all, and there are no doors and walls, which is really out of place.

When I got closer, I saw through the glass that there were eleven or twelve-year-old children sitting in the neighboring wooden houses, holding books and reading something in a low voice.

Sun Yuanhua suddenly became interested, beckoned everyone to be silent, and when he got closer, he heard some words reading inside, oh, oh, and so on, and saw a wooden board in front of him through the glass, on which were written some extremely simple words that Sun Yuanhua didn't recognize, which were actually cut sounds made by Chen Jian many years ago.

He thought it was the same Latin that his teacher had learned, but he didn't want to turn his head and see a few words written on the board in the other room.

It seemed that those words were somewhat familiar, but when he looked closely, they were not like that, and listening to the students reading them, he finally understood what those words were.

After looking at it for a while, I couldn't help but mutter, "What is this?" Love has no heart, the head is light, the body is boneless, and the turtle has no feet...... Besides, if you say enlightenment, you have a thousand-character text and a three-character scripture, how to use these strange words? ”

was muttering to himself, there was a sound of ticking footsteps behind him, which sounded like someone was on crutches and turned around, but he saw a young man wearing a cyan shirt and a square scarf.

Looking down further, it turned out that the man had a broken leg, and his left leg was amputated from the knee down, and a wooden limb was installed underneath.

Sun Yuanhua saw that this person was strange, and he didn't know what to call him, and he didn't even know if he was a local. Those who claim to be from the Far West have a somewhat strange behavior. If you don't believe their statement that the rebellion of the three eunuchs went west to Fusang, but the banner of these people is a yin and yang fish, tie their hair, and hand it over...... At least that's what the dress is. If you believe it and think it's ridiculous, how is this possible?

Fortunately, this Confucian scholar with a broken leg first said hello in Nanjing official dialect, and then recounted the words, only then did he know that this was a local.

After saying a few words, he talked about the broken leg, but the Confucian Sheng didn't care, and said with a smile: "Last year's earthquake, my leg was crushed. Fortunately, some of these people have the ability to rejuvenate and cut off my leg, otherwise my life would have been gone. It's nothing to give up a leg and exchange a life, and besides, with such a wooden leg, it's not a wasted person. ”

Seeing that this person was so talkative, Sun Yuanhua also asked a few words along the way, and the man said: "Among these people, there is really the ability of the ancient book of Zhonghua. I covered my nose with a cloth, and then I fell asleep, which is probably what the ancients called hemp boiling. When I woke up, my leg had been severed, and two more people had poured blood into me in goose feather tubes, and my life was finally saved. ”

"Transfusion?"

"Blood transfusions. Here's what they said. It is said that there are often dying people on their battlefields, and they use this method. But it's a big fate for me to survive, as they said before, there are filthy things between heaven and earth that can't be seen by the naked eye, devouring flesh and blood, suppurating and poisoning, and whether I can survive can only be done to obey the destiny of heaven. ”

Sun Yuanhua really couldn't think of such a means, and the things he thought about sprouted in his heart, and he said that he could use such a means even in the apricot forest, and maybe it really had the purpose of stabilizing the country.

I just thought of the words that were abused before, and I was a little dissatisfied in my heart, and asked, "What's going on with these bamboo houses?" ”

"Academy. They all teach arithmetic, nature, geography and so on. These people's families are poor, and they have missed the opportunity to be enlightened, and there is no hope for the imperial examination, just to learn something, thinking that they will live in peace in the future. It is said that in the future, he will be taught carpentry, bricklayering, planting, and other things. ”

"The idea is good, but why don't you teach the words of the saints? Besides, since these people are enlightened, why don't they start with a thousand-word essay? ”

The Confucian with the broken leg smiled: "Brother Tai, this is a joke." Where do these people know what thousand-character text? They can't read, so how can they teach their students? It's just that the leader of these people also said that the heavens and the earth are yellow and the universe is desolate...... The first eight characters of this thousand-character essay are extremely difficult. He also asked me, can I understand these eight words now? ”

Sun Yuanhua was stunned, and couldn't help but smile: "How did my brother answer?" ”

"Heaven and earth, the universe, the Xuanhuang flood...... How dare I understand? The leader also said that the master was only interested in learning at the fifteenth year, and these enlightened children did not take the imperial examination, so they could recognize a few words. Wait until you reach the age when you are not confused, and then think about the desolation of the universe. ”

"What's the use of learning these words?"

"You say these stick words? Hey, the boss said that the poor can't afford pen and ink, and this stick pen can save a lot of paper and ink money. Moreover, since you don't take the imperial examination, it's nothing more than literacy. He said that it is the business of scholars to govern the world, and in the future, scholars will use orthography, and the people will use these simple words. If you want to take the imperial examination, you will naturally not come here to study, and you will only want to learn carpenter, accounting, arithmetic and other skills in the future, and go to sea to seek food in the future. ”

"But ......"

The Confucian who broke his leg smiled: "It's nothing, brother, you think, if the family has money to study, who doesn't want to take a fame test?" Naturally, I won't come here to study, because the study of nature, geography, and arithmetic is useless. And even if the people here learn simple characters and know more words, they will be able to read some of the words of the saints in the future, which is better than not even having the opportunity to read, right? ”

"Brother Tai has also read the sage books for so many years, is it possible to read them in vain? If you don't have a gentleman, can you understand it by reading the book? I mean, Brother Tai can teach these children in his spare time. ”

Confucius frowned and said, "Me? I'm just a hired hand now, and I'll teach whatever they tell me to teach. Why don't you come here when you who are well versed in the words of the saints refuse to teach them for free, and who refuse to let others teach these poor children how to read? I have broken my leg now, even if I am rich and rich, I can't get famous, I have to eat, right? ”

Sun Yuanhua was about to refute, but this person said: "Don't say anything else, even now there is a village in the mountain villages of Fujian that doesn't know a single word, and Brother Tai is so hearty, might as well educate them?" Why stare at these children who recognize a few strange words? ”

Such a simple word made Sun Yuanhua unable to refute, and the man left with a snort, leaving Sun Yuanhua alone.

Turning around and looking at another room, there was a map hanging on the wall, a person holding a bamboo stick pointing to a place on the map and saying something, close to the glass window, Sun Yuanhua was hearing a child get up and ask something.

"Sir, all of us here say Luzon, where is this Luzon?"

The man who taught held a wooden stick and pointed at it, and Sun Yuanhua also knew where Luzon was for the first time, and the teacher said in a strange tone: "This is Luzon." You've seen those silver coins that were brought to Luzon from here......"

After speaking, he pointed at the other end of the map, and the children below exclaimed, Sun Yuanhua also knew for the first time that the silver in Luzon had been dug from such a distance.

Curious, they listened for a while, and then the children asked where the gentleman was from, and when the gentleman heard this, he smiled and pointed to another place far away.

"Sir, why have you come from so far away?"

The gentleman did not answer, but asked, "For what?" You have to know what you want to do in the future, tell me, what do you want to do in the future? ”

"I want to wait until I have the money to buy land!"

"I bought land, married a woman, gave birth to a baby, and I will test my fame in the future."

"If you win the top prize, you will have everything. Future generations will not be worried. ”

"Buy more land!"

"My mother raised me alone, and I will have money to build a memorial arch for my mother in the future."

The children were gossiping, and the gentleman was also smiling, and when the children finished speaking, he said with a smile: "I came here, one is because this is everyone's decision, and I have to abide by it, because I have a fellow party." Second, I think there are a lot of good things here. You have your own parents, and I have my own brothers and people. I just thought, if I bring back the medicine you have here, I can save a lot of deaths; The way you grow rice here can be brought back, so that more people will not go hungry; Of course, you are also human beings, and you are all poor like me, and we have brought our medicine and rice planting methods with us, so that you will die less and starve less. ”

After speaking, he said: "At the same time, I also circled the earth, thinking about why some people eat meat and silk, and why some people eat bran vegetables." ”

"Sir, have you found the answer?"

Not only were the children curious, but even Sun Yuanhua, who was outside the window, stretched out his ears, but he didn't want the gentleman to shake his head and said, "I probably know, but I'm not sure yet." Okay, let's not talk about this, come, I'll name a few names at random, and you can come up and point out where Quanzhou Mansion is, where Luzon is, where the capital is, and where the Japanese are from. ”

I read a few children who just said that their dream is to buy land, their son is the champion, and their mother is the archway, and they point out one by one.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the map in a daze, and suddenly woke up.

"In terms of geography, I can't compare to these children who have only been in school for a year. I even knew that Qilu was like this, and Luzon was there...... I was born and grew up in Si, but I don't know what Da Ming looks like as a group of Yi Di from far away? ”

"I think about sealing the wolf Juxu all day long, where is this wolf Juxu? How many miles from the Nine Sides? I think about Hai Bo Kiyohei all day long, where is this Japan country? What is the direction of the wind? I don't even know their size and size, but I have already thought about these things, is it because I am determined to be ambitious? Or is it too ambitious? Empty talk misleads the country, empty talk misleads the country, how many of these ministers who talk about stepping on Liao and suffering from peace and chaos know this? ”