Chapter 23 Registration
On the third day, King Urs himself came to Xue Yunchu's residence, this king was not a real feudal emperor after all, he had been in England for a long time, and knew that he could not treat these outsiders like his own ministers. During his study abroad, the civilianization of the British royal family was already quite serious, and many people did not take the royal family seriously, which was a very common thing. This environment had a great impact on his personality, so that he did not attach too much importance to his kingship, otherwise he would not have made so many different actions from his ancestors, including actively seeking outside help for these activities. Although these activities caused a lot of dissatisfaction, in the end he did not make substantial changes, so there has been no violent conflict. Therefore, although he knew about Jiang Minghong's secret actions, he did not stop it, because if Jiang Minghong was not allowed to do that, there would be no way to implement these measures to change the country now, at least the railway would not be built.
"I have basically read through this textbook written by the doctor, and I am very admired and grateful for the fact that the doctor has compiled such a comprehensive and detailed textbook in such a short period of time. However, I still have a few questions that I hope Dr. Li can answer for me. King Urs said politely as he stroked the heavy manuscript.
"Your Majesty, please be blunt, because of the rush of time, it is inevitable that there will be some problems, despite the many proofreadings. If His Majesty could point it out, I would be happy to correct it. Xue Yunchu sat opposite the king, without a trace of restraint, and replied very naturally.
The king nodded, and he carefully flipped through the manuscript to find the places where he had made the marks before coming. He didn't care about the doctor's attitude, on the contrary, it was one of the reasons why he often came to talk to the other person, after all, people want to communicate. After returning from studying abroad, I couldn't find anyone to talk to. His insight is already incompatible with others. After the pro-government, although I also thought of engaging in education first, in order to enlighten the people's wisdom, but the first treasury has no savings, the investment in education is very huge, and not enough people can be hired to do long-term education work here, if there is no high salary, modern people who are willing to come to this closed place to educate children from other countries, even if there are volunteers, because they are too closed here, often do not want to come when they hear that they will have to walk for a few months. There is also the opposition of the recalcitrant ministers, who fear that the education of the people will lead to dissatisfaction with the status quo and affect the rule of the country.
Of course, if he had the same spiritual qualities as some great men, he could have made a lot of changes, but alas, the chances of a wise monarch appearing are extremely low, and he also does not have that quality, and after many times of opposition from ministers and refusal of outsiders to help, he gave up those ideas. People are always lazy, and if there is no impetus and stimulation from the outside world, they often sink, although they know in their hearts what is right. So King Urs got by, and it wasn't until Jiang Minghong's arrival that he gradually felt that there was still hope, and this process didn't require him to put too much effort into it, but it just needed a few orders in his name, and he was naturally willing to approve it.
"This book is too difficult, even if it seems to me, there are many things that I don't understand, maybe my old brain is not very easy to use, but those children, I'm afraid it is more difficult to learn, and there are three languages in this book, do you want them to learn three languages at the same time? It's too hard for them. The king pointed out the marked places to Xue Yunchu one by one. He thought about it again and again, although he didn't want to be too critical, so as not to discourage the doctor's enthusiasm, after all, the other party did not do this work much good, it was entirely for his people. But if this book is tried, it may be difficult for most children to accept, according to his personal experience, the textbook used by children in the United Kingdom is one-tenth of the difficulty of this book, not to mention learning two other languages.
"His Majesty is right, but it is a last resort. Please listen to me and tell you carefully," Xue Yunchu was not surprised that the king could see these places, as long as he was a person with modern education, he could see these problems.
"First of all, with all due respect, the development of modern science has made the dissemination of technical literature often concentrated in a few commonly spoken languages, and in this case, the two languages I have chosen are indispensable if you want your citizens to acquire the knowledge they can acquire as soon as possible, and to be able to continue to acquire the latest technical information through training as adults. English, I don't think you need me to explain. Although Chinese is my mother tongue, I did not take a biased view when choosing Chinese. According to the latest statistics, China's GDP is close to Japan's, ranking third in the world. Of course, this is not the main reason. The development potential of Huaxia is the most anticipated among all countries, and his language will also become one of the strong languages in the future. As you know, translated scientific and technical literature often has a lot of fallacies, so it is better for students to learn these two foreign languages directly, so that it will be easier to communicate with foreign experts. Xue Yunchu didn't find it much difficult to convince this king, he was not a person with firm ideas, as long as what he said moved him, he would adopt it.
"As for the difficulty of the content, there is no way to do this, and the people of your country, who have basically not received any modern education, hope that during the probationary period of five to ten years, a group of outstanding students will be selected and a fully closed education will be carried out, and they will be trained quickly. For the education of ordinary students, I can make some deletions and changes to the content according to the results of the trial, and summarize the difficult content into a higher level of textbook. Xue Yunchu mentioned that this is one of his purposes, and those students who have been given memory input at birth, although it is also difficult to understand and grasp the whole content, the advantage is obvious.
Although there are many drawbacks to this method, it is really no way to implement key training, it is not a surprising suggestion, King Urs thought for a while, made up his mind, and said: "Well, since the doctor has this consideration, I will discuss it with the ministers again after I go back, and then I will finalize this textbook." "It was a discussion, but the king knew in his heart that there was no need to ask for the opinions of those people, they had not even seen modern education, they would only make some useless suggestions, and the natural science content of this book, let the high priest read it, I am afraid there will be more trouble, he does not believe much in the ancient religion of the tribe, but this is the tradition of the whole country, he does not dare to violate it. Now that the other party has said a lot of truths, it is at least much better than not doing well.
Ten days later, King Urs issued an edict to his subjects that at least one child between the ages of four and twelve in all families must attend the local primary school. For the citizens of the Kingdom of Urs, the changes they have seen in the past few years are more exciting and shocking than what many people have experienced in their lifetimes. It was not the school education that attracted these natives, but the edict that every child who went to school could enjoy three meals for free, and of course all the expenses were waived. This expenditure was naturally paid by Jiang Minghong, and from this point of view, the king could not do it. Although the population of the country is not very large, it is far from being able to afford to provide school-age children with a poor financial system.
The effect was very significant, and the dozens of registration points opened by Jiang Minghong in various parts of the Kingdom of Urs were crowded with children, young people and even gray-haired old men who came to sign up. It is not surprising that young people and old people are here, but it is strange that they are also enrolled in school. For many people in this country who are barely able to fill their stomachs, how can they not go to places where they can eat for free? As for going to school, it doesn't matter.
"Don't squeeze, everyone is standing in a line, holding on to this rope!" Long Zaixing shouted hoarsely, the sun here was too poisonous, and now he was so dark that he couldn't tell the locals apart. The guards next to him kept pushing the middle-aged people who wanted to squeeze to the front with the butts of their guns. And that's just one of a dozen or so registration locations.
In fact, the registration situation was not so hot at the beginning, and within ten days of the king's edict, each family was only forced to send the youngest child to school by the king's order. It was relatively easy to start, after all, the population of the entire country combined was only more than 4 million, and only more than 2,000 people signed up on the first day. After the train opened, when Jiang Minghong was busy preparing for the nuclear power plant, the people below him, under his orders, entrusted several construction companies to use imported building materials, and in just half a year, they built nearly 100 simple primary schools, pulled a fence, built a few bungalows and toilets, and leveled a piece of land to be used as a playground. Of course, such a simple condition, you have to be able to keep the teacher, fortunately, Jiang Minghong's conditions are very high, and each teacher who teaches also has a vacation, so there are quite a few people who have the idea of returning to China after a few years of hardship to apply, the level may not be high, but it is enough to coach them, and after a short training in the local language, they will be hastily hired. As for the level of teaching, I can't ask so much for the time being, so let these children be familiar with each other and give them a new context.
It was only after some of the children who did not live in school that they had eaten enough for the first time and stole a lot of canned food home. Many natives traveled dozens or even hundreds of miles from remote places to arrive at the registration site.
Although Long Zaixing was very tired, he did not complain, it is better to work here than to perform those desperate tasks, of course, if in the past, working in Africa, there was also the terrible AIDS, but now there is no such problem, people who work under this boss, at least there is no need to worry about illness and other things.
He pushed an indignant young man away, handed an offer to a child in the lead, and shouted, "Next! ”
Now he somewhat understands why the boss transferred him here, to maintain order and perform security tasks here, most of the time it depends on your appearance, and in the other peer, there are many more adults squeezed in than he is here, and it seems that the local natives who are relatively short due to malnutrition are quite afraid of him, even if he pushes him away stiffly, they don't dare to do anything with him, only say a few words they don't understand and walk away.
Now Long Zaixing is serving as a security captain, overseeing 130 security guards recruited from China. Naturally, these people can't go to war, but they are more than enough to maintain order and do guard work. After work, if he is bored, he will drill the players so that they can better "integrate" with the local crowd physically.
Long Zaixing was busy for a day, and finally when the sun was about to set, even though the electric lights driven by diesel generators had been turned on, due to living habits, the natives who were still signing up dispersed one after another.
"Head, have a beer." A security guard walked over and handed Long Zaixing a can of Tsingtao beer, these products in China are abundant in quantity and cheap, so they are naturally Jiang Minghong's first choice for imports, not to mention that King Urs also exempted him from most of his import taxes.
"You guys pack up and see if there's anything left behind, and we'll go back to rest." Long Zaixing commanded, and drank the can of beer "Goo Bang Goo" a few sips with a tilt of his neck, only to feel a chill rush from his body to the top of his head, which was extremely comfortable.
Hundreds of people cleaned up the registration site, and it didn't take long. Long Zaixing took them back to the temporary dormitory. It's just rows of bungalows, in a somewhat rudimentary condition, but fortunately there are diesel generators for power, and a few satellite TVs are installed, and you can receive some satellite channels, but only a few of them are programs that these people can understand. After making dinner with fruit and canned food from the locals, many people gather around and watch TV while eating.
"Head, how old are you?" After looking at it for a while, a person who usually talks a lot asked.
"Guess what?" Long Zaixing unscrewed a canned beef, picked up his chopsticks and took a bite.
"I see, I'm in my early thirties this year. Am I right, head? The other person intervened and set his eyes on Long Zaixing.
"That's wrong." Long Zaixing didn't have the habit of whetting other people's appetites, he hastily finished eating the canned food, wiped his mouth, and said something that surprised them, "It's more than ten years old." ”
"No, is it that old?" This is a mouthy guy, and he immediately lowered his head after saying that, lest he be targeted by this sect leader.
Speaking of which, I really don't feel that I am so old, Long Zaixing didn't say anything, took a mango and ate it, fifteen participated in the Vietnam War, twenty-five as a mercenary, thirty-five to the current boss, this year is not forty-five but also forty-eight, I have almost forgotten my birthday, and the days of gambling with my life are too long, these things will be indifferent unconsciously. If he hadn't been poached from that team by his current boss, he wouldn't have survived now.