Fanning's proposal for the reform of education was of course unanimously approved by the Presbyterian Church, and Fanning immediately put forward his own suggestion, Mengxue should be five to ten years old, and ten to sixteen years old should be county school, and in the future, if conditions permit, another institute for advanced study would be opened.

At present, the county schools in Wucheng, Yuecheng and Songcheng have been changed to professional and technical studies, including commerce, agriculture, medicine, machinery, mining, printing, smelting, casting, papermaking, shipbuilding, textile, brewing, construction, ceramics and other professional courses, each county has a different major, students can choose a major according to their own interests and hobbies, in addition to each student also has to learn martial arts and language.

The Chamber of Commerce is responsible for recruiting high-level craftsmen to come to Beidao as teachers in the Great Song Dynasty.

As soon as the reform decision was announced, it was warmly welcomed by the people of the North Island, and not only students enthusiastically signed up, but also many adults wanted to participate in the audit.

Many local craftsmen came to the podium, such as Fan Tieniu, although he did not have much knowledge, but he was an out-and-out agricultural soil expert, with extremely rich practical experience, he taught everyone to protect soil and fertilize, teach everyone how to plow and remove insects, etc., which is very popular with adults.

But the most popular majors are commerce and mechanics, business is Akihito and Mingli take turns to take classes, and machinery is mainly the steam engine to attract students, by two steam engine craftsmen who follow the ship, to teach everyone the principles of the steam engine and how to manufacture and maintain.

The education reform in the North Island even alarmed the South Island, Gao Zunfu personally came to the North Island to learn from the experience, the South Island teachers were insufficient, and even many South Island students also came to the North Island to study, these are all later words.

Fanning stayed with her grandmother for a few more days, and her grandmother Yang lived with the third uncle's family, she was eighty years old, dazzling and deaf, but she was in good health, and occasionally she could go out on a boat to relax.

The arrival of her grandson made Yang extremely happy, of course she preferred a pair of great-grandsons, she took advantage of the unpreparedness, secretly stuffed the dozens of dollars she had saved to her great-grandson Fan Jing, and told him to buy candy to eat, as for her great-granddaughter Fan Zhen'er, she got a basket of eggs.

Time flies, Fanning has been in the North Island for nearly a month in the blink of an eye, and the time to return is gradually approaching.

In the last few days, Fanning spent the last few days riding horses with a pair of children in Tiannan Ranch, and of course Jian Meizi and his apprentices were also with them, Tiannan Ranch is in the north of Yuecheng County, in the west of North Island, the terrain of North Island is high in the middle and low in all sides, that is, the middle is mountainous, and the surrounding coast is distributed with large fertile plains.

Tiannan Ranch has 20,000 hectares of land, and currently raises 3,000 horses, 5,000 cattle, and 150,000 sheep.

"Jing'er, let's ride a horse together! We're going to leave early tomorrow morning, so let's have some horseback riding today. Fanning shouted to his son in the distance.

Fan Jing is twelve years old this year, looks very much like his mother Zhu Pei, has a very quiet personality, loves to read, and his biggest dream in life is to live in the library for the rest of his life.

Fan Jing got up and said, "Daddy, my thigh hurts so badly that I can't even walk, so I won't ride." ”

Fan Zhen'er, who was beside Fan Ning, pouted and said, "It's really useless, and it's not good to ride a horse for only two days." ”

"Ah Zhen, don't talk about your brother like that."

Fanning didn't force his son, and said with a smile: "Then have a good rest." ”

He pulled the reins and galloped away with his daughter on a horse in the distance, Fan Zhen'er rode very well, had an unrestrained personality, and laughed loudly under the blue sky and white clouds in the vast grassland.

At this time, Jian Meizi sat next to Fan Jing and said with a smile: "Why doesn't Jing'er go horseback riding with Daddy?" ”

Fan Jing was a little embarrassed and said, "I don't want to ride with that crazy girl, she will play tricks on me." ”

After a pause, Fan Jing said again: "Actually, I don't like horseback riding, I like to take a boat, sit by the window of the boat and drink tea and read a book, that is my favorite." ”

Jian Meizi smiled slightly: "Do you know why your father brought you here?" ”

Fan Jing groaned and said: "Daddy told me that I will be the king of Beidao in the future, and Daddy hopes that I can be familiar with and like here." ”

"Do you like that?"

Fan nodded, "I like the tranquility and simplicity here, like a paradise, but unfortunately there are too few books, next time I come, I will definitely bring a boatload of books." ”

Jian Meizi smiled dumbly, "It is estimated that if you become a king in the future, it will not matter." ”

"That's what Daddy means, in the future, I will only be a symbolic king, and the specific things will be decided by the Council of Elders, and the state and county officials will carry them out."

Jian Meizi sighed softly, "Your father is a smart man, very smart, and he has been very smart since he was a child. ”

"Auntie, will you come to Beidao in the future?"

"Yes, in the future, I will build a female Taoist temple in Beidao and bring all the apprentices, my aunt also likes it here, and like you, I like the quietness here."

Jian Meizi looked up at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, and for a moment, her thoughts flew away to the distant future.

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Early the next morning, Fanning's family boarded the ship from Yuecheng, and the Nandao fleet arrived at Wucheng Port, and the two sides set off after convergence, passing through Yuecheng Port, and the main ship docked at the port to pick up Fanning's family.

The second uncle, Fan Tiege and his wife, as well as Akihito, also went back on Fanning's boat, and Akihito went back to be responsible for recruiting a group of high-level talents and teachers.

This time when he went back, the fleet was almost empty, which made Akihito a little disappointed, unlike Kunzhou in the past, which was rich in products, and brought back a large amount of gold, silver, grain, sulfur, timber, and horses back to the Great Song Dynasty.

On this morning, Akihito and Fanning sat in front of the window of the boat drinking, Akihito looked at the sparkling sea outside the window, sighed and said: "My biggest regret is that there is no fist product in the North Island, just like Luzon's frosting sugar and cotton, Baozhou's spices and rubber, we can't sell them to the Great Song Dynasty to make money, without money, we can't buy coke from the Southern Continent, we can't buy cotton and frost sugar from Luzon, we can't buy daily necessities from the Great Song Dynasty, we have too many people, we can't do everything ourselves." ”

Fan Ning took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Your Chamber of Commerce should be very profitable in the Great Song Dynasty, enough to subsidize Beidao, isn't business a good way to make money?" ”

Akihito shook his head, "Business is too empty, there is no special product to support, and there is still no bottom in my heart." ”

"If you invite me to drink today, you must have another intention!"

Akihito hurriedly laughed and said, "We all said that we need your guidance!" Everyone was embarrassed, so let me speak. ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Then I will point you to a few ways to make money." ”

Akihito was overjoyed, and quickly straightened his waist and listened attentively.

"The first way is tobacco, which is one of the four plants I brought with me when I came, and when it is grown, I will teach you how to process it, which is something that can make a lot of money, and tea, it will become a hobby, but the most suitable place to grow tobacco is Luzon, where the climate is very suitable and can grow high-quality tobacco, you should try to buy a few large farms in Luzon, specializing in growing tobacco, and transport it back to the North Island for processing."

"No problem, Banga Island in Luzon Province was purchased from the King of Luzon with 500 pieces of silk in that year, there are documents to testify, and the court also recognized it, the gold reserves on that island are very large, and the Luzon officials have approached me several times, and the court wants to take it back, so I simply replaced a few large farms on Luzon Island to specialize in growing tobacco."

"How to make it, I have written a booklet and handed it to the third uncle, this should be kept secret, you go back and discuss with the third uncle how to do it."

Akihito nodded, "I see. ”

Fanning continued: "The second way to make a fortune is to take the road of deep metal processing, for example, the high-quality iron ore produced in the North Island, you have to use the high-quality iron ore to smelt the best steel in the world, the price will be ten times that of ordinary pig iron, for example, there is a mineral reserve in Nuamey, which is cupronickel, you can mine it back and smelt it into cupronickel, and use it as currency Westerners buy goods from Westerners, Westerners regard it as a treasure, more valuable than silver, you are a businessman, you should think more deeply than me." ”

Akihito was fascinated by this, and Fanning smiled again: "The third way to make a fortune is machinery, do everything possible to make a high-quality miniaturized steam engine, and then use it to make a machine for ploughing the fields, a machine for transportation, a machine for logging, a machine for mining coal, etc., and you can sell it for a high price, which is also a way to make money." ”

In fact, Fanning wanted the steam train to appear in the North Island, but he did not want to participate, but wanted the clever craftsmen to invent it themselves.

Fan Ning thought for a while, took a piece of paper, drew a sketch of a train, and handed it to Akihito, "This is the transportation machine I imagined, using a steam engine, but I can't build it, you go back to the capital this time, and ask Old Man Zhu to move his steam engine research institute to Beidao, I will tell him, and then make every effort to study and build this kind of steam engine transport vehicle." ”

Akihito nodded solemnly, "I will definitely live up to your expectations." ”

At that moment, the whistle sounded, 'Woo-' Nuami Island arrived.

Countless natives waved and cheered on the shore, and the port city south of Noumi Island had begun to be built, and 10,000 skilled Japanese laborers had extended their labor contracts for six months at a high salary of five kan a month, and they were to build a castle and a port with a circumference of twenty miles.

Fanning smiled: "Let's go to the island to have a look, stay for half a day and then set off!" ”