Herty and Rebecca were called to Gawain's tent, and after hearing Gawain's thoughts, they were shocked.

"Education? Teach every commoner, even serfs? Hetty's eyes widened, and he almost lost his grace completely, "And it should be listed as the law of the territory, and everyone should be educated like paying taxes?!" ”

"That's right, from now on reading and writing will not only be a right, but also an obligation," Gawain smiled, and it was actually quite pleasing to see that Hetty, who had always been mature and steady, was startled by himself, "Everyone in the territory must be able to read and write now, and those who come to this land in the future must also do the same, otherwise they will not be able to survive in the new order I have promoted." ”

Herty gave a thoughtful expression: "New order ......"

Rebecca next to her was much more practical, and she immediately thought of how difficult it was: "Ancestors, it is not so easy to teach an illiterate commoner to become a knowledgeable person, which requires literature teachers, mathematics teachers, history and geography teachers, as well as teachers who teach swordsmanship and horsemanship, and one or two naturalist instructors, even if these relatively basic courses are completed, there are also super difficult and super difficult courses such as art, etiquette, and heraldry, and these courses are not enough for more than ten years!" ”

Gawain was dumbfounded, and was about to explain, when Hetty, who was in front of him, covered his head and spoke: "Rebecca...... Not everyone has to study the art of etiquette and heraldry for more than ten years, and in fact you haven't learned them until now......"

Rebecca was stunned: "Huh? Is that so? How do I remember my etiquette teacher saying that I had been a teacher......"

Hetty hated iron and steel: "Because he really can't beat you!" ”

Rebecca: "......"

Amber, who was standing behind Gawain, suddenly leaned back with a smile, and the whole tent was filled with cheerful air.

And Gawain had to quickly interrupt the topic of the two eldest granddaughters, who were getting more and more biased: "Stop, stop, the more you talk, the more boundless it becomes, I think you misunderstood what I mean - the education I am talking about is completely different from the kind of education you know about the big family to cultivate heirs, I don't want to train a noble child or a trainee priest, but to cultivate talents with reading and writing skills and mathematical logic, and remember, it is a lot of training." ”

As he spoke, he shook his head: "The way of finding a large number of famous tutors, studying from morning to end every day, and educating a few young masters and young ladies for more than ten years will not work here." The education I asked for was simple: for the adults who were responsible for the work, they should have two hours of basic general education each day after work, literacy and numeracy, and for children who could not yet take on the job, they would be given half a day of education, and the other half day would be left for them to help their parents at home. ”

This kind of "superficial" and "cheap" education method is really unheard of, and Hetty couldn't help frowning: "That is to say, their minimum standard only needs to be read and literate, and teachers only need this level...... What would be the effect of such a basic education? ”

In fact, she still had half a sentence to say: why did commoners and serfs need the ability to read?

If it was before, she would probably blurt it out directly, but now she is not so sure, because she has really seen the other side of commoners and serfs, and Gawain had mentioned a plan to make everyone in the territory literate before, which was equivalent to giving her a preventive shot - but she didn't expect that her ancestor would play it for real, and it would be played so soon.

"Reading and literacy can understand the truth, can take on more complex work, can understand the thoughts we convey to them, can live more clearly, can become more useful talents," Gawain smiled and looked at Hetty, "Maybe some people are indeed destined to be born to become magicians and knights, can't become priests, and can't awaken extraordinary talents, but the vast majority of people are born to master knowledge through acquired learning, at least in this regard, fate is relatively fair." ”

Hetty didn't realize what Gawain was referring to at first, but she quickly thought of someone—a silver-haired girl from the royal capital who had just met today.

She finally showed a look of horror: "Ancestor, do you plan to ...... Add rune theory to those general education courses, right? ”

"That's an upper-intermediate course, but why not?" Gawain smiled, his mood more uplifted and happy than ever, "Recall carefully, Hetty, the formulas and theorems written in that notebook...... Is there anything related to magical talents? ”

Hetty's mouth was open, and it took a while for her voice to finally speak: "No, no, those...... It's all pure calculation! ”

"That's right, that notebook confirms one of my previous thoughts, that is, the gap between supernatural power and mortals is not as big as I imagined, maybe this power does favor those with special talents, but since it is a natural phenomenon, then it makes no sense that more than ninety percent of ordinary people in this world are isolated by it just because of a mere talent problem," Gawain said, his tone with a sigh, "Runes and magic have rules, and summing up the rules...... Wisdom, not power. ”

Yes, mortals can also have access to the transcendent realm, even if they can never release a spell themselves, they can also establish indirect contact with the transcendent forces through the "lever" of mathematics and logic, and once they have contact, the terrifying "number of mortals" can almost destroy the old order - Gawain is convinced of this.

Hetty pondered in astonishment, and finally hesitated to ask a question: "Most people ...... Is there really such wisdom? ”

"Your hesitant tone already shows that you have the answer," Gawain looked at Hetty with a smirk, "Are you still not sure that they are all people like you and me in these days of contact?" ”

"I see," Hetty took a deep breath, "I will prepare, first of all, select the one who can read and write from the hundred people from the royal capital to be the most basic teachers, and then gather the overseers to arrange everyone's labor and study time. ”

"Remember, the most basic literacy skills," Gawain nodded with satisfaction, emphasizing, "and we must not delay the construction of the territory, neither the teachers nor the students can take a leave of work at this stage—the teachers who teach literacy must also participate in the labor after class." ”

"Don't worry, I'll do it."

Rebecca looked at Hetty, then at Gawain, and scratched her hair a little confused: "What did you say at the end?" Rune Theory? How can I not understand......"

"It's normal that I don't understand, because you didn't come with us this morning," Gawain leaned back, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the iron-headed fireball baby with a smile, "Rebecca, I found you a friend, she's as good as you ......"

Before Gawain finished speaking, Rebecca's eyes lit up: "She will also send three big fireballs in a row?!" ”

Gawain: "...... Well, I'm not talking about the ability to shoot large fireballs. ”

Rebecca's eyes purred for half a circle, and she wanted to ask if she would climb a tree to dig out a bird's nest to roast grasshoppers since she didn't know how to make a big fireball, but she didn't dare to say what she thought because she was afraid of being beaten, and Gawain deeply realized the fact that no matter how talented the child in front of her was, he couldn't change his temperament (and his head was caught by the door), so he had to say directly: "The friend I said is not fooling around with you, but studying with you - her name is Jenny Perrault, and she is a member of the 100-person Aid Group, A fourth-level runemaster, she has the same talent for mathematical calculations as you do, and her way of studying magic has a lot to do with you......"

In order to prevent the girl from losing control of her mind again, Gawain told all about Jenny Perrault in one go.

Rebecca listened stunned for a moment, and suddenly slapped her face at the end: "You said that she has developed a technology that relies on calculations and non-magic to construct rune blueprints?" ”

Although the process was tortuous, Gawain did not explain too much at this time: "Almost the same meaning. ”

"Yikes! I want to meet that person! Rebecca really looked quite happy, "I feel like she's so good!" ”

Gawain was glad to see that Rebecca was fully interested in the matter, but he still reminded the stupid roe deer before he broke off: "Don't delay the development of the magic engine and 'cement'." ”

"Don't worry! I know! ”

"Then that's all for the matter," Gawain nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Amber, "Amber, you make another trip and call the Byron Knight." ”

Amber looked reluctant, but her figure gradually faded in the air: "Alas, what a hard life." ”

Soon, the Byron knight, who was resting in the barracks, was brought to the camp, and the middle-aged knight who was a mercenary saluted Gawain: "Lord Duke, are you looking for me?" ”

"Are you familiar with the serf market and the vagrants?"

The Byron knight was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I am very familiar with serfs, and I used to buy slaves from other nobles on behalf of Miss Rebecca's father, if you are a vagrant...... Familiar or unfamiliar, they were all iterative, wild people, the old mines and the abandoned Goering Mill further north of Tanzania......"

Gawain interrupted him: "I don't want those who have fallen into the grass, but I want to return their innocence for the time being." ”

"Displaced people are not innocent, but I think I understand what you mean, you want those who are still wandering around the towns and villages, and have not yet given up on seeking a livelihood in the civilized world?"

As a former mercenary, dealing with all kinds of poor people, and crawling in the gray area, Byron immediately understood Gawain's request, and followed up with a suggestion: "My lord, if you are really ready to recruit outcasts, then I have a suggestion: why don't you try to go to Tanzania Town to issue a mercenary commission, and say that you want to buy slaves in large quantities - buy slaves at less than 30% of the market price." This will not cost more than sending proclamators to post notices everywhere and communicate with local noble lords, and it will be particularly efficient. ”