However, in the next few days, Cheng Nuo was not idle, and followed Zhang Jian to visit the various schools he organized.

It's okay not to visit, but after the visit, I learned that this old gentleman now runs dozens of schools, in addition to Tongzhou Minli Normal School, there is also a kind of A

Teacher Training Institute, Class B Primary School Teacher Training Center, Blind and Dumb Teacher Training Center, Dongtai Muli Normal School, etc.

In addition to ordinary schools, vocational education is also highly respected, and has successively opened jacquard hand-weaving practice, metalworking practice, knitting practice, dyeing laboratory, etc., and then gradually rebuilt into a professional university.

In later generations, the Jiangsu Provincial University was established on the basis of the merger of the Textile University, the Agricultural University and the Medical University.

When the two came to Tongzhou Women's Normal School, Zhang Jian couldn't help but introduce: "National education must be without teachers, but to set up normal schools, with women's education must not be without teachers, and national education must have mothers, and even set up women's normal schools, Now it seems that it is better to open a female ban like Professor Cheng." ”

In fact, Zhang Jian's initiative to integrate both men and women has a relatively long history, but at the beginning, it was simply considering that kindergartens need female teaching, so they slowly opened women's normal schools.

However, the gentleman has always been a gentleman who does not care about his deeds, no matter what, he has been ahead of most people in this era in terms of education.

Cheng Nuo praised it: ""Open the people's wisdom, understand the axioms, what is the reason for education, in terms of Tongzhou education, Zhang Laoju has made great contributions. ”

"This is a tree that I planted myself, and I didn't expect it to be so thick." Zhang Jian smiled and stroked a tree at the school gate: "Industrial rejuvenation of the country should also start from benefiting one side, thanks to the fact that Dasheng No. 1 Factory and Dasheng No. 2 Factory have had some surpluses over the years, otherwise they really can't afford these schools." ”

Cheng Nuo looked up, and he really couldn't see the top when he got close: "Ten years of trees and a hundred years of cultivating people, it does cost a lot in the long run, the teachers of the boys and girls are separated, and the teachers overlap, which is really a waste from a certain point of view, If it can really be combined, it can also learn from each other's strengths, and balance yin and yang." ”

"What Professor Cheng said is very true, Zhang will think about it again in private."

With the completion of the visit to Tongzhou Girls' Normal School, Cheng Nuo gave some of his suggestions while learning the experience of running a school, and the education trip came to an end for the time being, rushing to his industrial base.

It's just that this time the start was not so smooth.

On the beach, a group of cotton farmers were yelling around a young man, pulling his arm to prevent him from leaving.

Cheng Nuo hurriedly stepped forward with his entourage to avoid the expansion of the situation.

"Don't do it, don't argue yet, tell them one by one, what's going on."

A cotton farmer at the head stood up with anger on his face: "Okay, bring a helper, right, it's just right, we have a lot of people, and we are not afraid of you, even if Zhang Lao comes, I have to give an explanation." ”

The people below also coaxed: "That's it, we won't leave without giving an explanation, and it's the same when Elder Zhang comes!" ”

Zhang Jian set aside the entourage who protected him and stood up at the right time: "What's the matter, I have something to say, I, Zhang, am here, if something is coming at me, don't embarrass that child." ”

As soon as the arrogant crowd saw the real person, their momentum immediately became short, you push me, I hit you, and no one dares to stand up again.

In the end, the person who was the leader stepped forward, made a gesture, and said boldly: "Old Zhang, this land was reclaimed by you with the big guys, and it is watering everyone's sweat, and we should also be grateful."

You are, and the cotton planted has been handed over to you, but this year"

"But what's going on this year?"

The cotton farmer swallowed his saliva for a while, and then said: "But this year it is April, it is the time of cotton sowing, the factory suddenly notified us that there are not enough new seeds this year, and we want to use the old seeds before, how can this work, the harvest is poor, it will be May soon, and we are also in a hurry." ”

As the cotton farmer said, this large beach at the junction of Tonghai and Hai was originally just a wasteland, and after hiding the value behind it, Zhang Jian set up a Tonghai Reclamation and Animal Husbandry Company to reclaim this land.

However, because the area of this land is too large, Zhang Jian's manpower is difficult to meet the requirements, so he uses the method of "recruiting" to hire a large number of laborers for reclamation, and only needs to pay a deposit of 6 yuan per mu of land, and Zhang Jian takes 40% of the income, and the tenant farmers take 60%, and the radius of 200 miles has become fertile land for a while.

In order to make cotton yield high in this land, they also specially introduced high-quality seeds from the United States for promotion, fearing that cotton farmers would be worried, and signed an agreement, saying that the output should be estimated according to cotton, and if the cotton yield is lower than the cotton wool, the money will be calculated according to the cotton wool, and if it is higher than the cotton wool, the price will be calculated according to the actual output of cotton. But in general, the cotton produced by the company is sold exclusively to Dasheng Factory and is not allowed to be sold to others.

Over the years, cotton farmers have enjoyed the benefits, and the seeds only recognize cotton.

Now I heard that the seeds are going to be out of stock, and the harvest will definitely be drastically reduced, how can this be bearable, and I immediately want to ask for an explanation.

After Zhang Jian understood the meaning, he looked at the person in charge: "Xiao Li, tell me what's going on, why do you want to reduce the seed quota, this is a major event that affects the production of cotton." ”

The person in charge hesitated for a moment, and after getting closer, he whispered: "Elder Zhang, why don't we go back and talk about it, there are too many people here, I'm afraid it's not good to say it." ”

"If there's anything you can't say, just say it here, in front of the villagers!" Zhang Jian's eyes widened, ignoring the pleading in the eyes of the person in charge.

Seeing this, the person in charge shook his head helplessly: "Elder Zhang, fellow villagers, it's not that I want to reduce the quota of cotton seeds for everyone, but there is not much inventory in the warehouse, and I haven't been able to import much this year, and most of them are left over from last year." ”

The cotton farmer was puzzled and asked: "I could import it in previous years, why can't I import it this year?" ”

Zhang Jian, who came over here, sighed and answered this question for the person in charge: "Folks, because the sea is not very peaceful now, the ferry has been shortened by more than seventy percent compared with previous years. ”

Because of the First World War, there was a shortage of manpower in Europe, so Britain and France tried to recruit laborers from our country, and more than 100,000 people rushed to that continent.

But his sworn enemy Germany will not sit idly by, launching unlimited submarine warfare to attack ships indiscriminately, including many ships in China, the Gallic merchant ship "Ados" was sunk by German submarines, killing more than 500 Chinese workers.

Now that the United States has declared war on Germany, the shipping routes are full of murderous opportunities, and it is normal that seeds cannot come in.

After promising to find a way to solve it and increase the unit price, the cotton farmers slowly dispersed.

The entourage and the person in charge were separated, and only Zhang and Cheng were left nearby.

Finding a high place, Zhang Jian looked at the boundless world in front of him, and said with emotion: "Weighing the trend of the world trend, considering the suitability of local undertakings, several years of hard work in exchange for this performance, and now it may be ruined due to foreign affairs, I am unwilling, Professor Cheng, are you willing to help me?" ”

I probably understood what the old gentleman meant, and said to Cheng Nuo in the breeze: "The matter of seeds is imminent, I can understand Zhang Lao's mood, but Qiji is not a day's work, and the scientific thing is that the seedlings cannot be promoted, and the seeds will be sown this year, and they will not bloom until next year or even the year after tomorrow, and the results will have to wait for a while." ”

Zhang Jian laughed when he heard this: "The Shanghai Flour Union can ask you to select and breed wheat, and we in Tongzhou can also ask you to study cotton seeds, as long as you agree, you can choose any farmland within a radius of 200 miles, and the scientific research funds are completely up to you." ”

Afraid that the other party would think that he was talking nonsense, listening to the wind is the rain, Zhang Jian added: "Professor Cheng, we have subscribed to all the periodicals of your "National" magazine, and the period does not fall, not only that, but we also impart the above knowledge to the villagers through the society, and Tongzhou can not do without your help today." ”

Cheng Nuo also smiled after hearing this, this must be an exaggeration, the "National" magazine has only been published for a few issues now, how can it have such a big impact.

However, in these days, he also saw that Tongzhou had a faint tendency to be autonomous, and the governor of autonomy was not a local government official, but an old man in front of him who seemed to be able to be blown away by the wind.

Not to mention anything else, Tongzhou, as a county at this time, actually opened the first public museum in Beiping - Nantong Museum, from kindergarten to university has a complete set of teaching system, in addition to hospitals, nursing homes, disabled homes, habitats, Jiliang and model prisons, and even public welfare and charity organizations, and these have the shadow of Zhang Jian or the Zhang family.

If it weren't for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression later, Cheng Nuo would even want to directly build a university and set up a research institute here, and the political and business environment would be much better than those provinces under the control of warlords.

However, the matter of cotton seeds is not so much to do, so naturally you can agree.

Cheng Nuo nodded: "This is very good, when my southern trip is over, I can arrange people to come to support." However, with the trend of Tongzhou, it is in line with the way of Confucianism, Chengyi, and Chengdu, and now it seems that it is also sufficient to prepare the prototype of the national model. ”

In a sense, Cheng Nuo wants to learn the Tongzhou model from the bottom of his heart, and in the future, it is impossible to build only schools for his own development, but it is bound to be equipped with factories, hospitals and other infrastructure, and the experience and lessons are enough to benefit immensely.

Later others also realized the superiority of the Tongzhou model, Rong Desheng, Lu Zuofu and other industrialists came to investigate, but unfortunately there is only one Tongzhou, Zhang's brand is too profound, and it is difficult for others to copy.

"From scratch, from the plug, from small to large, and then promoted to the whole province and even the whole country." Zhang Jian picked up a handful of dirt from under his feet and laughed heartily: "Zhiyuan, you are really my bosom friend, when you are like a boy, why don't we be a year-old friend?" ”

The love for this land in his eyes can't be faked, Cheng Nuohao was excited: "Zhang Lao invited, how can I excuse myself." ”

(End of chapter)