Chapter 64: The Academy
"Have you heard, slave children can go to school too!"
The news slowly spread through the village after the school day at noon.
"Lord Allen is really kind, in my opinion, slaves should work honestly."
"They're still kids, so they can't do any heavy work, at most they help wash dishes and so on."
"It feels a little bad, reading should be the right of free people, slaves don't."
"In addition to simple dishwashing work, it's actually good to read books in your spare time......
The villagers who participated in the military training discussed in confusion during the meal, and did not say that they particularly opposed Allen's new policy, nor did they say that they agreed very much.
The free people still have a little class idea in their hearts, they are the penultimate class at the bottom of society, and the slaves are the penultimate class, almost the same as animals, how can they be on an equal footing with them, this is really unreasonable.
But does anyone dare to say that to Allen?
There are really few who dare to talk about it to their faces, and if there are, it must be only the priests of the powerful class, Hood and Windsor.
Windsor used to be a cat slave, and she was very attentive to slave learning, so she should have no complaints.
Hood, the priest, was different, and when he was eating, he summoned a few old fellows, put a piece of fish and white rice on the table, and talked about it secretly.
"Alan is now introducing slave children into elementary school, which shows in disguise that the promotion of slaves to free people is a sure thing, alas......"
He felt a little uncomfortable with the fact that slaves could go to school.
"Priest, may we not talk about this topic?" Although they are old fellows, they dare not oppose Alan.
Hood nodded, even if he couldn't accept it.
He swallowed a mouthful of food and decided to supervise the slaves everywhere, ordering them to send their children to school.
If he doesn't supervise, Alan could use this reason to kick him out, which would be a bad thing.
You must know that Windsor can replace him at all times, and Alan is not very attentive to sacrifices, and he will be eliminated if he doesn't work hard.
After Hood finished eating, he immediately set off, and by the way, he mobilized some physically weak slaves, and asked them to put down their work and go to various construction sites to publicize a wave.
The best time to promote the New Deal was at night when the slaves were resting, and they would sleep in large huts.
However, Hood proved himself worthy, and he braved the afternoon sun to run around the major construction sites, in short, where there were slaves.
Soon, slaves at various construction sites heard the propaganda of the priest Hood.
"How old are your children, can they speak, can they go to school if they can talk?"
"I remember that your child seems to be nine years old, he can't read, go to school."
"Can pig-people children go to school...... Of course you can, Village Chief Allen treats any orc clan equally, and can go to school. β
"At what age can you go to school, you ask? Minimum age of six, age of five...... It's okay to be five years old. β
"What! Only four years old? It's not okay for a four-year-old, let him play for a while, it's too troublesome to cry and cry. β
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Kobold Little Stone set off early, he and a group of friends sneaked around the elementary school, sneaked to the back door, and looked at the classroom.
The classrooms were empty, and it wasn't yet time for the afternoon semester.
"Little stone, we're here too early, so you're in a hurry."
"Me, I thought I had to be early for school."
"There's already someone in the little playground, I see Miss Effie."
As he spoke, a gentle voice sounded behind several slave students.
"You're all new students, just find a place to sit, you can't sit in a place where someone is already sitting."
Xiao Shi and the others looked at the classroom's body and stiffened suddenly, slowly turned their heads, and looked nervously at the orc who was talking.
Oh no, it shouldn't be the orcs, it's the only human in the village - Chief Allen!
"Yes, Village Chief Allen." The little stones were very nervous, and after entering the classroom, they stood for a few minutes, stunned and afraid to choose a seat.
I used to be a slave before, and where did I enjoy the benefits of choosing a seat.
In their eyes, listening through the wall is already the biggest reward, and they never thought that the classroom blackboard was so close to them.
After a few more minutes, the classroom grew to include more children, most of them Freedmen.
At this time, Alan was also standing on the podium, and found that the newcomers from Little Stone were still standing behind in a daze, and immediately arranged the seats by name.
"You sit here, you sit here, there's no one here, sit down......"
After arranging the wood into the seats, Alan found that there were only six newcomers, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
The freedfolk children are a little uncomfortable, and it is not easy for Alan to arrange the position, and directly insert the slave children into the freedmen's seats.
In fact, he did this for a purpose, that is, to open the barrier between slaves and freemen, so that everyone could merge into a multi-ethnic family.
"It seems that everyone hasn't publicized it yet, and there should be a little more tomorrow."
Alan muttered to himself, and then started today's fun class.
He never talks about the knowledge in the textbook, but tells some fables and short stories to inspire students' thinking.
At the same time, the full level of teaching ability is used to mobilize students' brains, let them think at full capacity, and enhance the fun of learning.
Xiao Shi listened to the dreamy voice slowly in his head, and the fables unfolded vividly, such as today's content is the story of a good farmer saving the little snake.
Xiaoshi has no concept of snakes, and is struggling to imagine the appearance of snakes, when there is a glutinous little Lori voice behind him.
"Teacher, what does a snake look like?"
The small stone shook violently, and it was Ena's voice.
He quietly turned his head back to look behind him, just in time to see Ena, who had short white hair, raising her right hand, and her big cute eyes were looking at him, oh no, she was looking at Lord Allen.
Alan said wait a minute, and immediately drew a dozen times with chalk, and the image of the little snake was fully displayed on the blackboard.
The kobold elementary school student turned his head to look at the pattern of the blackboard, his eyes widened, and his chin slammed directly on the table.
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Can you still teach people like this?
"Teacher, can you draw a farmer?" Another familiar loli sounded.
"Yes." Alan responds to Effie's request in public.
Alan snorted more than a hundred times, drawing a simple sketch of the farmer with chalk.
A round straw hat, an old dragon clock's face, a torn linen shirt all over his body, straw sandals, and an iron hoe on his shoulder.
"Wow!"
The little stone was fascinated by it, the dog's ears on his head couldn't help but tremble, and the tail behind him also rotated clockwise in a spiral pulp, bringing the sound of whirring wind.
I really didn't expect that the real elementary school classroom turned out to be like this.
There are pictorial descriptions, and there are visual dictations.
If there is something that students don't understand, they can raise their hands on the spot and ask questions until they are clear.
Later, Alan continued to talk about the peasant and the snake, so that everyone can understand the truth of being a human being, and teach people to distinguish between good and evil, not to say that they will not be saved when they see death.
Afraid that the students would not understand, Alan gave examples of other stories to deepen everyone's impression in many ways.
The students began to think, and for the first time, the little slaves heard such profound principles of life, racking their brains to think about what they should do if they were themselves.
Gradually, there were more small figures outside the door, leaning against the window and listening secretly.
Alan glanced out the window, stopped lecturing, and asked Little Stone to bring someone in and arrange a place.
If it can't be arranged, it will be arranged in the next classroom, and then the teacher will be arranged.
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"Whew, whewβ"
"I'm so tired, I'm so thirsty."
Hood spent the whole afternoon promoting the New Deal, running until both legs were broken, and the back of the linen shirt he was wearing was completely wet.
Fortunately, the effect was very good, and the slaves knew that the priest was the most powerful person in the village, and they all believed the priest's words and immediately urged the children to go to school.
Hood sat on the stone, watched the sun go down, and sighed secretly.
Seeing the slave parents crying and hugging each other, saying that their children can go to school, and then the children rushed to the elementary school hall with joy, and honestly his heart was touched.
He has also seen some children scared to go to school, and are sent to elementary school by surprise slave parents with their necks on their backs.
Some slave fathers cautiously asked if they wanted money, after all, they had no money, and in terms of expenses, Alan specifically told him that going to school was free and did not need to pay extra money.
"Go to school, go to school ......"
Hood muttered these two words, feeling how much school meant to a slave, no less than changing a life.
Whoever wants to be born a slave, of course no orcs want to.