Chapter 5 People of Faith
Over the years, the craftsmen who have been given by the Wang family have not only researched the flintlock pistol and have the ability to mass produce.
At the same time, he also studied a lot of good things to make money, such as glass, soap, new fertilizer, sugar, distilled spirit, cement, etc., which are basically not available in this world, but Li Hao knows the general method, and basically copied them.
Among them, the new fertilizer is mainly used to increase the grain output of the host country, and the cement is not intended to be sold for the time being, so the external sales are mainly glass, soap, sugar, and distilled spirits.
In fact, in the first two years, the sales of colored glass had been carried out on a small scale in the name of the Wang family's caravan, but at that time, Li Hao's preparation was not sufficient, so it was only a small amount of popular in the rich family to earn some small money.
Now it is necessary to establish a sales caravan, and it cannot rely on the Wang family, not because of distrust, but because the volume is too large, and it is too much to worry about.
The Wang family is still useful after all, and he can't be allowed to become the target of public criticism.
He immediately called Chen Xi over and asked, "Over the years, how many students have been able to become teachers?"
Chen Xi had long kept these data in mind, and replied without hesitation: "Since five years ago, according to His Highness's instructions, several new-style Yixue schools have been established in Hezhou to teach doctrine (political courses), classics (reading, writing), arithmetic (Arabic numerals, abacus), general knowledge (history, geography), and martial arts, and a total of 2,000 poor children have been enrolled.
The first batch of students has already been recruited, but the initial enrollment was small, only 200, and by next year, it should be able to produce 400.
However, there is a message from Hezhou, and now there are a lot of righteous students, if they are added again, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Wang family to cover it up."
Li Hao nodded when he heard this, and didn't say anything to this number, after all, the political lessons, arithmetic, and common sense here are very unfamiliar to people in this world.
In particular, when Li Hao personally compiled the textbook, he also mixed a lot of private goods in it, in order to allow students to strive for the ideal of the unification of the nine countries.
Therefore, when training teachers, Li Hao spent a lot of effort, and he had to send people to inspect from time to time in the follow-up.
As for the Wang family's problem, Li Hao can also understand it, but he can't agree: "The recruitment of students can't be stopped, and more manpower will be needed in the future, no matter what the Wang family says is right, I'll think about it again."
However, you should inform the students who have left the school, recruit them back to the capital, and meet them in person to verify their results."
Chen Xi replied, "Yes, the little one immediately sent a message to the Round State, asking them to rush back to the capital as soon as possible."
After confirming this matter, Li Hao asked again, "Besides, how are the people I asked you to train before?"
Chen Xi replied: "There are eighty people who have passed the training, all of them are practicing the secrets given by His Royal Highness, and according to the slaves and maids, the martial arts are already above the marquis."
Li Hao praised: "Well, you have done a good job in this, and you have stepped up your training with them recently, and it will be time to use them soon."
Chen Xi said happily: "His Royal Highness Xie praises, the slave and maid must do their best."
Waving his hand to let Chen Xi go down, Li Hao began to think about other ways to deal with it.
Originally, according to Li Hao's idea, he wanted to use these people of faith to build a strong army with strict military discipline and ability to fight tough battles, and his own team of secret agents.
But now that there are not enough personnel, it is necessary to have a focus, in Li Hao's heart, the first thing is to build a strong army, especially what Li Hao wants to build is a firearms battalion.
This kind of weapon has not yet appeared in this world, and Li Hao must ensure confidentiality in the early stage, so those who can use it must be trustworthy.
Therefore, in the formation of secret agents, we have to think of other ways, and we must use the least number of people to build up the team.
Hezhou is not far from Sudu, and there are flying pigeons in the middle to send messages, which saves time for a hurry, but in order to hide the traces, it takes these people seven days to arrive.
In the middle of this, Cui Ming finally sent the East Palace Guards to Li Hao, and Wang Qin personally brought them over.
"This is what I picked for you in the forbidden army, all of them
They are all good players with one enemy and several enemies, and the most important thing is that they have an innocent family background, and they are all from good families.
You don't know how much effort I put into helping you stop those families."
Listening to Wang Qin's performance, Li Hao smiled and said, "Okay, that nephew has thanked my uncle here, and I will let Chen Xi prepare a few altars of immortal drunkenness later, and bring them back when you leave."
But I have to warn you, you can't drink when you're on duty, especially when you're in the palace, and there's a lot of people staring at you right now, so you can't let anyone catch you."
Wang Qin was speechless for an instant and said, "Why are you as verbose as your uncle, I know that this position is important, and I will definitely be careful."
However, for the sake of those jars of wine, he put up with what he wanted to complain about, and turned his head to introduce the commander who led the team to Li Hao.
"Zuo Shuwen, you should have seen it in the palace before, he will lead the East Palace Guards, and the remaining two people are Deng Cheng and Yao Ting, who will manage a team of people respectively."
Seeing that Wang Qin finished his introduction, the three of them bowed down to Li Hao at the same time, and Li Hao said, "No need to be polite, your courtyard is ready.
Chen Xi, you wait for them to go down and settle down, and arrange a banquet in the dining room tonight to reward all the soldiers."
After Chen Xi agreed, he stepped forward to lead the three of them away.
Then Li Hao pulled Wang Qin into the room to talk, mainly to ask about Hezhou and listen to his opinions.
However, Wang Qin had very little interference in the affairs of the clan, and he didn't ask for any effective opinions, and after chatting for a while, he asked the immortal to be drunk, and let him go first.
After that, Li Hao didn't interfere in the affairs of the East Palace Guards, just let them follow the rules, just like when they were in the palace.
Because Li Hao didn't believe them, even if Wang Qin said that their family background was innocent, but such a good opportunity to insert people in the East Palace, those who coveted the position of the crown prince could let it go.
Li Hao is waiting for the people from Hezhou, and finding out the details of these people is to give them the first task, and a priori to see their success.
After a few more days, the two hundred men arrived in the capital and gathered at a manor outside the capital.
So Li Hao found an excuse to go out of the city on the rest of the day, and left the capital with some East Palace guards.
There is no way, since the guards have already arrived, Li Hao can't say anything if he doesn't bring it, but it is easy to suspect that Li Hao has something to do in private.
Fortunately, this manor belongs to the Wang family, and it was given to Li Hao very early, and it has been renovated a long time ago.
There is a secret room under the dormitory, and these people who were sent here are now waiting here, and Chen Xi has already secretly come here.
Therefore, after entering the manor, Li Hao found a reason to be tired and wanted to rest, let the guards watch outside, and he took the maid into the dormitory.
After that, the maid stayed in the room to check the situation, and Li Hao went down to the secret room and saw these students.
Suddenly, the three years of political and ideological education were not in vain, because Li Hao could perceive the worship presented in them from the burning eyes they looked at him.
The routine of buying people's hearts, Li Hao is now perfect, relying on the portraits and personal information he got from Chen Xina before.
Li Hao didn't need any materials, so he directly praised them by name, letting them know that although Li Hao had never been to Hezhou, he had never forgotten them.
Then Li Hao reiterated the concept slogan that he had spoken to them countless times.
"It has been a hundred years since the fall of the previous dynasty, and during these hundred years, the nine countries of the Central Plains have conquered each other, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries of innocent people.
Therefore, our goal is to reunite the world, and to exchange the peace of eternity with a sacrifice of the moment, and you are willing to fight for this for the rest of your life with Gu."
Most of these people are orphans who have been displaced by the war, and I am deeply touched by this.
After hearing this, they replied in unison: "We are willing to die for His Highness, I am willing to die for the Great Su, and I am willing to die for the unification of the world."
This loud sound made Li Hao can't help but rejoice, fortunately, this secret room is underground, and the sound insulation effect is good.
After confirming the loyalty of these people, Li Hao's purpose of coming this time has already reached half, and the next step is to test the ability of these people.