In the backyard of Wu Jiugong's private school, Lin Jin handed the two newly copied books in his hand to Wu Jiugong, "Well, this is the seventh issue of "Mathematics", and there is also a copy of "Solid Geometry", you can put it away." After printing, it is distributed according to the old rules.

Although Luzon is a newly acquired territory, it cannot be ignored that the school over there must be opened as soon as possible. Therefore, the original mathematics issues from 1 to 6 need to be reprinted and sent over. ”

"I don't need you to remind you, it's already arranged. But ......" Wu Jiugong took the book, flipped a few pages of "Solid Geometry", glanced at it a few times, closed it, held it up, and said: "This is a new book, and some of the content in it may need you to explain it before you can understand it." ”

Lin Jin didn't shirk, nodded and said, "You look at it first, after reading it, mark what you don't understand, and I'll find time to explain it to you later." As for the others, you need to teach, and I don't have that much time. ”

Although Wu Jiugong cannot be said to be a genius, his talent and understanding are indeed better, and because he was born in a salt merchant's family and has a certain mathematical foundation, he performed the best among the students taught by Lin Jin, and soon stood out from it. Over time, it gradually became a situation where Lin Jin taught him one, and then he taught others.

Although Lin Jin wanted to change the world at the beginning, it was only on a whim, if Wu Jiugong failed to integrate the salt merchants and the Cao Gang, then her idea was just a fantasy and would be ignored. But Wu Jiugong successfully held the salt merchant and the Cao Gang in her hands, and in the case of money and people, Lin Jin's previous idea had the possibility of being realized, so she naturally had to work hard for it.

On the road to achieving the goal, Lin Jin did not let go of the line of "cultural aggression" in addition to the benefits that could drive the chamber of commerce to work hard.

She knew that mathematics was the foundation of most natural subjects, so she took out the mathematics in the library and spread it to the Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, in ancient times, in the early days, the status of mathematics was as important as language.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Mohists, who mastered advanced mathematical knowledge and made things that were regarded by Confucianism as "strange skills", were called the same as Confucianism, and they were all momentarily learned.

Zhang Cang of the Western Han Dynasty went from Long Liu Bang to Empress Lu, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Jing, from a small official to the prime minister of a country, because his mathematical knowledge crushed his peers, so he was named "Counting". From him, everyone saw the possibility of learning mathematics well and becoming an official, so the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" corrected by him became one of the classics that must be learned.

In fact, even in the Han and Wu periods, Dong Zhongshu was used to depose the hundred schools of thought, respect Confucianism, and make the hundred schools wither, so that in later generations, the doctrines of the sons of the hundred schools were scattered and scattered, and the lost ones were lost, and they failed to get a good inheritance, but because mathematics was directly used in the national economy and people's livelihood, for a period of time after that, the imperial court and the people have always cultivated mathematical talents.

For example, the Tang Dynasty's Guozijian had a set up of arithmetic, and its imperial examination system also had a special subject for mathematics, "Ming Arithmetic".

However, in the Song Dynasty, although the imperial examination system was vigorously promoted, the subject of "clear calculation" was reduced. Even if the household department and Qin Tianjian still need talents who are good at mathematics, but there is almost no way to rise in mathematics, and under the influence of the "official standard" thinking, the people's attention to arithmetic has become lower and lower, from not paying attention to learning, and finally not learning at all.

Gradually, the vast majority of the literati in the country began to care less about mathematics. In their opinion, mathematics has nothing to do with them, and if they really want to calculate anything, they can completely let the staff calculate it. What they have to learn is how to seize the moral high ground to make their own reputation, and how to ensure that they are not sunk in the ups and downs of the Huan Sea.

In Lin Jin's view, without mathematics, it is equivalent to a person with a lame leg, even if our country was ahead of other countries before, but the other party is on both legs, even if it is slower, it will eventually be able to catch up with us who are lame. In this way, we who were originally the bosses have become deflated for a while who can be stepped on by anyone.

Fortunately, she knows that from now on, it is not too late to catch up. Lin Jin didn't know if what she was doing now would prevent the country from staging that painful history in the future, but she felt that it was better to give it a try than to do nothing.

Lin Jin clearly knew that she could not compete with the most powerful literati in the country, so she was very clever to find another way, and chose to start with the group of businessmen in promoting mathematics.

Merchants are the most pragmatic group in the world, and they know that poetry and poetry are of no use to them in business, but a good study of mathematics means good accounting, so they are very receptive to the math books that Lin Jin took out.

There is no way, as the business gets bigger and bigger, the chamber of commerce's demand for mathematical talents is also increasing, but unfortunately, whether it is the country's Guozijian or the private school, whether it is big or small, the teaching is Confucian classics, and there are almost no teachers of mathematics.

Relying solely on the master of the bookkeeper to take the apprentice, the mathematical talents taught in this way cannot meet the needs of the Chamber of Commerce at all, and in this era, the master takes the apprentice, because he is afraid that "the apprentice has been taught to starve to death to the master", so the master is very stingy when teaching the apprentice, as if squeezing toothpaste, it takes a long time, and when the apprentice learns the ability and can become a teacher, the cucumber dishes on the merchant's side are cold.

Therefore, the math book that Lin Jin took out was completely a relief to the Chamber of Commerce, and she couldn't imagine that she had other thoughts in it. Even if they perceive it, under the trend of profits, the thirst for mathematical talents makes them unable to take care of it.

Although cultivated from scratch, talents are more loyal to the Chamber of Commerce, but the rapidly expanding business territory can't wait at all, so Lin Jin's students, except for Wu Jiugong, are all people in the Chamber of Commerce and their clansmen, as well as literate slaves of each family.

This situation has continued until now, Lin Jin felt that it was wrong for the Chamber of Commerce to be so self-contained, so he reminded: "Mr. Wu, even if all the students in your private school are ready to take the imperial examination, but after all, some people don't have that qualification, why don't you pick a few of them to teach mathematics, and then pull them to the Chamber of Commerce?"

If the chamber of commerce wants to have long-term development, it must not only be limited to the cultivation of talents within the chamber of commerce, but also learn to absorb fresh blood from the outside. ”

Wu Jiugong showed a very depressed expression and said, "Don't mention this, I get angry when I talk about this."

In the past, there were a few students in the school who were not qualified and had no hope of taking the imperial examination, but I taught them mathematics with the idea of cultivating talents for the chamber of commerce, and they learned well.

When they were able to get their basic accounts, I told them what the Chamber of Commerce wanted to recruit them, but unfortunately they were rejected. After that, they relied on the digital knowledge they learned to work as staff members next to several officials.

Since then, I have never done such a stupid thing to marry someone else. ”

In ancient times, literacy was a luxury. Literacy is almost standard for young ladies; As for the men's side, the families who can afford the men's education are also the cultivators with 100 acres of land. Because the money for bundling, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and books is a large amount of money, and ordinary people can't afford it.

For example, Grandma Liu said that twenty taels of silver is almost enough for her and her son-in-law's family of five to live for a year, but if it is used for one person to study, no matter how frugal she is, it will last for half a year at most.

Therefore, people who can afford to read for their children rarely hold the purpose of just letting their children read and write, and they all want to let their children fight on the road to the imperial examination.

Taking a step back, even if the imperial examination is hopeless, under the condition of the official-based mentality, the Shinong industry and commerce, in the case of the "scholars" far surpassing the other three classes, since they can be the staff of the scholars, who is willing to work for the lowest-status merchants? Even if you do a bookkeeper, if you have a choice, I'm afraid that everyone will also choose to be an official, not a businessman.

What's more, what they will do is not the poetry and songs that other people will have, but arithmetic, in this era when the power of liberal arts has reached its peak, it has the unique characteristics that no one else has, and I have, so as long as you don't offend the master's family, you basically don't have to worry about losing your job in competition with other staff.

Thinking about this, Lin Jin sighed: "I think that before I took out the math book, the Chamber of Commerce probably put a lot of effort into cultivating and retaining mathematical talents. ”

"Before the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, as far as I know, all the digital-related positions in the salt merchants, except for their own family members, were filled by loyal servants for many years."

Wu Jiugong smiled bitterly: "I don't know about other people's families, but our family, in order to cultivate a bookkeeper of our own family, spent almost as much money as a real person."

People have high salaries, and they dislike the smell of copper in our family, and we know that he is making false accounts to fool us and embezzle our family's money, we don't dare to say anything, and we have to provide for him well, just so that he can teach the apprentices we sent over. ”

sighed and said: "I'm afraid you don't know, the school currently opened by the Chamber of Commerce does not teach the classics and historical classics used in the imperial examination, so most of the students in it are from nursing homes."

In fact, according to the way the Chamber of Commerce used to recruit talents, even if it is an apprentice, the background is required to be clear and traceable, and it is not good for those children whose parents are unknown in the nursing home.

But things like what I just told you in my private school are being staged in various schools one after another. The Chamber of Commerce has no choice but to focus on the cultivation of children who cannot be traced for three generations in nursing homes, and naturally cut off the road to the imperial examination. ”

Lin Jin's reaction was not as strong as Wu Jiugong's, and said with a smile: "In this case, let's change our strategy and target those children of poor families who can't afford to read."

Whether it's to recruit apprentices or to run a school to teach them literacy and accounting for free. Get this done well, and we will have no shortage of people to use. ”

A spark can start a prairie fire.