Chapter 20: Wu Yue
"Miss Wu, you have impressed us during this time, and you have raised my understanding of traditional women by several levels." Lu Liang looked at Wu Yue, who was still a little shy in front of him, with big eyes and white skin, giving people an impression of gentleness and virtuousness, but Lu Liang knew that he must not despise this self-improvement heart that was covered by gentleness!
"Chief, thank you for the compliment, you have helped me a lot." Wu Yue smiled and said, she understood her father's actions, and also had some expectations for the so-called secretary work, but she didn't expect that after getting acquainted with it, she found that she actually liked this job, no, to be precise, she liked the feeling of being busy, the feeling of being recognized, and she couldn't say it vaguely, but she really liked it, and Lu Liang's praise made her even happier.
"Miss Wu, let's call me Lu Liang, or Mr. Lu is fine, the chief is too angry. How did it feel to work during this time? Tired or not? ā
"I'm not tired, I'm willing to work." Wu Yue hurriedly shook her head, wanting to say something, but she couldn't. Lu Liang looked at Wu Yue who was a little anxious but couldn't open his mouth and asked, "Miss Wu, is there something wrong?" ā
"IāI don't know what to say, I like the feeling of being busy." Suddenly, Wu Yue raised her head and said with a firm gaze: "I have never felt like this before, I just obeyed the arrangement of the family, got married and had children, I never thought that I could do these things!" ā
Lu Liang was a little sluggish, this is the germination of feminist thought, this is the beginning of modern women to modern women! Looking at the determined Wu Yue, Lu Liang felt that her plan was just right for her.
"Miss Wu, I appreciate your idea, in fact, in Western countries, such as England, the United States, France and other countries, there are already some jobs for women, and because women are delicate, they are more suitable for typists and other jobs. I support your idea, so there is a job to be given to you, and this work requires a certain degree of exposure, but I assure you, it is definitely very rewarding work. After Lu Liang finished speaking, Wu Yue fell into deep thought, and after a long time, Lu Liang couldn't help but ask: "Miss Wu can continue to work as a secretary if she doesn't want to, and she doesn't force it." ā
"No, no, Mr. Lu, I'm afraid that my ability is not enough and I will live up to your expectations."
"Hehe, Miss Wu, you don't know how much energy you have in your body, this job I gave you will definitely allow you to give full play! What do you think? ā
Wu Yue didn't hesitate any longer, pursed her lips and nodded, Lu Liang said happily: "We have a large number of factories and farmland, employing hundreds of thousands of workers, tenants, plus their families, a total of more than 400,000 people, distributed in Huizhou and the surrounding areas. Only a very small percentage of these people are literate. We have already carried out night schools for workers, training courses, cultural classes for the security corps, etc., but this is not enough, this is a plan, the next step of the education work will be spread out among the whole people, all children under the age of 15 must be enrolled in school to learn culture, primary schools, middle schools, technical schools, colleges, and so on are being built, funds, materials, teaching materials, teachers are all provided by me. Lu Meng, come in! Lu Liang shouted outside the door, and a middle-aged man with glasses and a polite demeanor walked in.
"Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Lu Meng, who is in charge of education, and from today onwards, you will be his deputy to assist in the education work. The specific details will be taught to you, and my request is that within three months all the schools will be built, all the school-age children will be enrolled, and all the workers will be trained and educated. Wu Yue said hello to Lu Meng, and then she was so excited by Lu Liang's words, she felt that she couldn't wait to put herself into work. Popularize culture among all? What a cause!
Soon Wu Yue entered the state under the leadership of Lu Meng, and at this time, her deputy, the gene man Lu Min, was reporting to her: "The education department plans to build 30 schools, including 20 primary schools, 8 middle schools, and two adult education schools such as technical night schools, which are expected to accommodate more than 60,000 students. At present, there are 17 schools that have been completed, and all kinds of materials are being installed and moved, and the teachers, teaching materials and management departments of the schools are all in place, and the school will be open immediately. ā
"Wait, Mr. Lu Min, where did the teachers and teaching materials come from?" Wu Yue keenly grasped the key point, indeed, all teachers and teaching materials are produced by the base, and the school will be a modern school immediately after it is built!
"Miss Wu, they were all brought back from the United States by the chief, and the chief has a great background over there." Lu Min said according to the previous compilation, including the previous technicians, engineers, managers, instructors, etc., all from the United States. Wu Yue was skeptical, but she had never been out of Huizhou, let alone the United States on the other side of the ocean, if it was someone who knew the situation, she would know that it was impossible, the United States was so powerful in excluding China, how could there be so many higher education and technical talents. The number of genetic people under Lu Liang has exceeded 3,000, and they constitute the middle and upper echelons of the system.
"Okay, what do you need me to do?"
"According to Teacher Lu Meng's arrangement, you will be responsible for the living arrangements of teachers and students, such as accommodation, meals, etc., recruiting helpers to clean and cook, and most importantly, publicizing and persuading parents to send girls to school, which should be the most difficult job. I suggest the use of incentives, such as sending children to school, and the school will take care of the food and housing of the students, which will leave a lot of money for the family. In addition, families who do not send their children to school will not be allowed to work in factories or levy more land rent. ā
Wu Yue felt that she could grasp other things, but it was a little embarrassing to show up and do persuasion work everywhere. All kinds of announcements are posted, and most families are happy to send their children to school, which is a once-in-a-lifetime good thing. But there are always some people who are either reluctant to send half of the labor force, or do not want girls to go to school, even if the feudal ideology in Guangdong, which has been open to the country for a long time and has a lot of contact with the outside world, is still huge, these families need to persuade before using coercive means.
On this day, Wu Yue followed a team to a die-hard farmhouse to do work, along the way Wu Yue always felt that someone was pointing behind her back, many people were tenants of the Wu family before, and they knew a lot of themselves. Wu Yue could only lower her head and try her best to hide her uneasiness.
"Miss Wu, there is no shame, the idea that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented has long been outdated, we are following the chief to carry out a great cause, you should hold your head high and be proud of what you have done. If someone is gossiping behind their backs, they should not be heard. Wu Yue was surrounded by a female genetic, perhaps because of the role of a role model, Wu Yue gradually felt less uncomfortable, and soon followed everyone to this farmhouse.
"Get me out! I have the final say on my children, I sent the boys, and no one wants to take the girls away! Men are inferior to women, this is the law of human ethics, what kind of system does a girl become when she sways outside! An old man outside the door of the farmhouse was rushing out to catch up with the members of the work team, Wu Yue stood outside the door with her cheeks flushed, as if she had been right, and she didn't know where to put her hands.
"Dad, if we don't send Su Juan to school, the rent will go up by two percent!" The middle-aged man on the side was trying to persuade the old man, it seemed that he was the girl's father, and the old man was the girl's grandfather.
"Shut up!" Lu Wei, the female genetic person next to Wu Yue, suddenly shouted loudly, the old man pointed at her and was about to say something, probably criticizing this woman for showing up and disrespecting etiquette.
Lu Wei snorted coldly and said loudly: "The so-called etiquette has made women become men's playthings and vassals for thousands of years, without any social status and being bullied. But aren't women human? It's just because of the strength of men that the moral concept of male superiority and inferiority of women has been created, but now it is different, there are many women who do things under Lord Lu Liang, and they do no worse than men, have you forgotten that it is a woman who rules this country now! Lu Wei's words were sonorous and powerful, especially the last sentence, which made the old man unable to refute. That's true, can you say Galeries Lafayette's?
Wu Yue was shocked by Lu Wei, after solving the family, Wu Yue has been following Lu Wei for advice, and Lu Wei also introduced to her the concept of feminism and the social status of women after the rise of feminism, and even the fact that women in the family are in charge of the family is also all said, and deeply imprinted in Wu Yue's mind, which made Lu Liang suffer a lot in the future.
Thanks to the efforts of Wu Yue and others, a wide range of education was rapidly popularized, and a large number of students and workers were enrolled. Lu Liang is well aware that education is the top priority, and it must be persisted in for a long time, and sometimes even coercive measures can be used. In this era, we are fighting for comprehensive national strength, and no link can be missing, industry and agriculture need talents, and talents need education. Later generations will use several indicators to measure the power of this era: steel production, the number of industrial workers, the literacy rate, the mileage of railways, etc., to become a strong country, these are indispensable. Now it is only carried out under the jurisdiction of Luliang itself, and then it will be rolled out throughout the country.