Early the next morning, Cao Tong left the port of Wucheng with thirty ships and headed for the South Island.

The development of the South Island is a little slower than that of the North Island, with a population of more than 5,000 households, which is half of the North Island, and there are two county seats, one is called Cao County and the other is called Gao County.

They also copied the management system of Beidao, implementing the system of county officials and elders, with Cao and Gao each occupying a permanent seat in the elders' council, each with a veto power.

There is a close exchange between the north and south islands, there will be a daily sailing boat between Wucheng and Cao County, Fanning had planned to go to the South Island to have a look, but now he has no time, he just arrived yesterday, and there are still many things to do.

The establishment of the education system was the first thing Fanning had to do.

He did not want to train a group of scholars who were helpless, but to train a group of skilled craftsmen who played a leading role in all walks of life, and in short, he wanted to establish a system of vocational and technical education.

The key here is to brainwash the management of the North Island.

Sending Cao Tong away, Fanning came to the county school, which is located in the northeast corner of Wucheng, and was officially established this year, and currently has 128 students, almost between the ages of ten and sixteen.

Beidao did not have such good conditions, so the school was split into two, part of which was merged into Mongolian school, and part of it was merged into county school, that is, he studied in Mongolian school until he was ten years old, and then promoted to county school.

There are more than 25,000 people in Wucheng County, but there are only more than 100 students in the county school, which is still too few.

On the one hand, it is true that many families are not ready to send their children to school, on the other hand, Beidao is far away from the overseas and almost has no connection with the imperial examination system, and the people are not enthusiastic about sending their children to study.

The people have a scale in their hearts, they will weigh the pros and cons, they will be very realistic, they will not waste time, after reading Mengxue, it is enough to be able to read and write, and it is useless to learn the Tao of Confucius and Mencius.

The county school covers an area of 20 acres, four large school buildings, and two dormitory buildings are under construction, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people studying here at the same time.

But now only a small part of it was used, Fanning walked to the window, and saw Adu standing on the podium, teaching the students the indigenous language of the Pacific Islands, the indigenous language has no written language, so the students are using Chinese to phonetize the indigenous language, and write the Chinese meaning next to it.

This is a good way, and the students all do it uniformly, and it is probably the method that Adu taught everyone.

Adu has to teach two languages, one is the Pacific Aboriginal and the other is the Nanyang language, where the Nanyang language will interest the students, Mingli will teach them business, can speak the language, and it will be easy to make money.

It can be seen that Adu is also very devoted, this is what Fanning promised him, he will learn and teach the language in Wucheng County for two years, and allow his whole family to become naturalized in Luzon.

At this time, Fanning saw that many students in the back row were yawning and drowsy, so he coughed lightly, walked into the classroom and said with a smile: "Plan a little, it doesn't matter!" ”

Adu hurriedly stepped aside and asked Fanning to come to the stage, Zhu Qi was not there, and no one introduced the students, and more than a hundred students looked at Fanning blankly.

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Are there any students here from the capital?" ”

A few students raised their hands, and Fan Ning smiled: "It is estimated that the students in the capital know my name, let me introduce myself to you, my name is Fan Ning, and I am currently serving as the governor of the Great Song Dynasty, the Taishi, and the title of King of Wu County........"

"Little Fan Xianggong!"

Before Fan Ning finished speaking, most of the students exclaimed, not only the students in the capital knew him, but also the people in the world who didn't know the famous little Fan Xianggong, and they didn't know who applauded first, and the classroom suddenly burst into warm applause.

Fanning waved his hand and smiled: "It seems that everyone knows me, I arrived in Wucheng County yesterday, inspected here for a month, and then returned to the Great Song Dynasty, I don't need to hide it, the North Island was indeed bought by me, but it does not belong to me completely, it also belongs to all the residents of the North Island, you and your parents are the owners of this island, this is not a beautiful word, each of your families has five hectares of land in the North Island, in the future you will set up your own door, you will also get five hectares of land, and in the future the North Island will become a subject country of the Great Song Dynasty, You will become the first generation of nationals of this island nation. ”

The classroom was quiet and everyone listened attentively, and Fanning continued, "You may not understand, but what do we do when we learn the indigenous languages of the surrounding islands? I would like to tell you here that when I came, my army fought on the island of Nuamey in the north, and helped one tribe to wipe out the other three, and I asked for a plain, twenty miles from north to south and east to west, and I could build a city, close to an excellent natural harbor, which in the future would become an important transit and supply point for the north and south islands and the southern continent, and in a few years, some of you would go there to participate in the management, and naturally you would inevitably deal with the natives, and you would not know their language, how to communicate? ”

"Some students will say that they should learn Chinese, so why should we learn their language? That's true, but you don't know their language, so how do you teach them Chinese? ”

"We may not deal with these natives for the time being, but sooner or later we will have to face them, I have thought about simply slaughtering them all, but it is unrealistic to think about it, they will flee into the primeval forest, they will flee into the sea, they will flee to the Middle Continent, they will not be able to exterminate them, and then they will become the enemies of the North Island, constantly attacking our children, attacking our merchant ships, so that we cannot be prevented, since the road of extermination and slaughter will not work, then take another way, to tame them, to educate them, to teach them to farm, improve their lives, teach their children to read, let them believe in Buddhism, and gradually let them sinicize, we also have a source of labor, to achieve this goal, language communication is necessary, today I let you learn their language, in order to make it more convenient for them to learn our language, this will be our North Island for hundreds of years of long-term peace and stability. ”

After Fanning said this, there was a round of applause at the door, and Fanning realized that there was a large group of people standing outside the door.

Zhu Qi walked in and said to the students: "Fan Xianggong is right, people have no long-term worries, the natives of the northern islands have always been our henchmen, we set up a militia to prevent them, for the safety of ourselves and our descendants, we must actively face it, to solve this problem, learning their language is the first step, everyone applauds, thank Fan Xianggong for his teachings!" ”

The classroom burst into applause, Fanning smiled and waved to the students, turned and went out.

The group of people outside the classroom was none other than the nine members of the Council of Elders, as well as Lu Min and Zhang Ji, two county magistrates who rushed back from Songcheng and Yuecheng overnight.

Everyone and Fan Ning saw the salute, and then came to the county school hall to sit down, Fan Ning smiled: "I just came yesterday, many things have not been investigated, and it is not easy to express opinions, but it feels very good, the North Island is full of vitality and rapid development, now we have only developed a small corner of the North Island, and there is more vast land waiting for us to develop, in the next ten years, we will build at least ten county seats, build hundreds of towns and villages, our generation may not see a complete North Island, the next generation is estimated not to see, At least one or two hundred years later, it will gradually take shape, but the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, if we don't do anything, then it is our children and grandchildren who are still hard, and we are struggling today to make our children and grandchildren live a better life. ”

The nine elders are all elderly, the youngest is Fan Tieniu, who represents the Fan family, and Zhu Xiaoyun, who represents the Zhu family, Zhu Xiaoyun is Zhu Qi's father, Zhu Yuanfeng's third son.

It should be added here that in addition to the county officials and the presbyterian church in the North Island, there is also an invisible authority in the North Island, that is, the Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce represents the capital, which is currently controlled by the Fan and Zhu families, Mingren, Mingli, and Zhu Lin are the three major helmsmen of the Chamber of Commerce, and the land, workshops, money shops, shops, and commercial houses of the Fan and Zhu families in the Great Song Dynasty will gradually be merged into the Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce actually controls the economic lifeline of the North Island.

Basically, all the workshops in the North Island are invested and built by the Chamber of Commerce.

The lobby is very quiet, Fan Tieniu is a person who doesn't like to talk, Zhu Xiaoyun has already found out from his son's mouth, today Fan Ning has a target, and he will not talk at this time.

As for Zhu Qi, Lu Min, and Zhang Ji, all three of them are officials, and when the boss speaks, there is no room for them to interject.

The other seven elders are all experienced in the world, and they all know that behind praise there is bound to be criticism.

So the crowd remained silent, waiting for Fanning to continue.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Fan Ning nodded and continued: "I want to talk to you about running a school today, frankly speaking, I am very dissatisfied, the number of students is too small on the one hand, the key is that the direction of running a school is completely wrong. ”