Chapter 112 Talent and Population

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Hetty and Rebecca were called to Gawain's camp, and after hearing Gawain's thoughts, the two of them were shocked.

"Education? To teach every commoner or even a serf?" Heidi's eyes widened, and he almost lost his demeanor. "And it will be listed as a law on the territory, and everyone must be educated like paying taxes? !"

"That's right, from now on reading and literacy will not only be a right, but also an obligation," Gawain smiled, seeing that Hetty, who has always been mature and steady, was startled by him, but it was actually a It is quite pleasing to the eyes, "Everyone in the territory now must be able to read and write, and those who come to this land in the future must also do the same, otherwise they will not be able to survive in the new order that I have introduced. "

Heidi showed a thoughtful expression: "The new order..."

On the other hand, Rebecca next to her was more practical, and what she immediately thought of was how difficult it was: "Lord Ancestor, it is not so easy to teach an illiterate commoner to be a knowledgeable and reasonable person. This requires a literature teacher, Teachers of mathematics, history and geography, as well as teachers who teach swordsmanship, riding, and one or two naturalist tutors, even if these relatively basic courses are completed, there are also super-difficult and super-difficult such as art, etiquette, and heraldry. It's not enough to take these courses for more than ten years!"

Gawain was stunned and was about to explain, when Heidi covered her forehead and said, "Rebecca...not everyone has to study the art of etiquette and heraldry for more than ten years, and in fact you I haven't learned them yet..."

Rebecca was stunned for a moment: "Eh? Is that so? How do I remember my etiquette teacher said that I had already graduated..."

Heidi hated that iron could not become steel: "Because he really can't beat you!"

Rebecca: "..."

Amber, who was standing behind Gawain, suddenly laughed, and the whole tent was filled with a happy air.

And Gao Wen had to hurriedly interrupt the topic that the two eldest granddaughters had become more and more biased: "Stop, stop, the more you talk, the more boundless, I think you have misunderstood what I mean - what I said about education and The kind of education you know about cultivating heirs in a big family is completely different. I don’t want to train a nobleman or an apprentice priest, but to train people with literacy skills and mathematical logic, and remember, it’s a lot of training.”

After speaking, he shook his head: "The method of finding a lot of famous tutors, studying from early to the end every day, and educating a few young masters and young ladies for more than ten years will not work here. The education I ask for is very simple: For adults who undertake work, two hours of basic general education should be given after work every day, such as literacy and number recognition.

For children who cannot yet undertake work, half-day education is given, and the other half is reserved for them to help their parents work at home. "

This kind of "shallow" and "cheap" education is really unheard of, Hetty couldn't help frowning: "That is to say, their minimum standard only requires reading and literacy, and teachers only need this level... What is the role of such basic education?"

In fact, she still had half a sentence left unspoken: why do commoners and serfs need the ability to read?

If it was in the past, she would have blurted out most of the time, but now she is not so sure, because she has already seen the other side of commoners and serfs, and Gawain mentioned once before that everyone in the territory can read and write. The plan was like giving her a vaccination - but she didn't expect that this old ancestor of her family would play the real game, and she was going to play the real game so soon.

"When you read and read, you can understand the truth, you can take on more complicated work, you can understand the thoughts we convey to them, you can live more clearly, and you can become a more useful talent," Gao Wen smiled and looked at Hetty, "Maybe Some people are indeed destined not to become magicians and knights, to become priests, or to awaken extraordinary talents, but most people are born with acquired knowledge, at least in this respect, their fate is relatively fair."

Heidi didn't realize what Gawain was referring to at first, but she quickly thought of a person—a silver-haired girl from the capital who had just met today.

She finally showed a horrified look: "Ancestor, don't you plan to... add rune theory to those general education courses?"

"It's an intermediate and advanced course, but why not?" Gawain smiled, in an unprecedentedly excited and happy mood, "Recall carefully, Hetty, the formulas and theorems recorded in that notebook...Which one is Is it related to magic talent?"

Heidi opened her mouth, and it took a long while to finally make a sound: "No, no, those...all are pure calculations!"

"Yes, that notebook confirms an idea I had before, that the gap between extraordinary power and mortals is not as big as I imagined, maybe this kind of power does favor those with special talents, but since It is a natural phenomenon, so it makes no sense that more than 90% of the ordinary people in this world are isolated from it just because of a mere talent problem," Gawain said, with a sigh in his tone, "Rune and magic are the same thing. Laws, and summaries of laws... Wisdom, not power."

Yes, mortals can also contact the supernatural realm, even if they can never release a spell themselves, they can also establish indirect contact with supernatural power through the "lever" of mathematics and logic, and as long as there is contact, then The terrifyingly large number of "mortals" could almost destroy the old order - Gawain was convinced of this.

Hetty pondered in astonishment, and finally asked a question hesitantly: "Most people... do they really have this kind of wisdom?"

"Your tone of voice is hesitant, it already shows that you have the answer," Gawain looked at Heidi with a half-smile, "In these days of contact, are you still not sure that they are all like you and me? "

"I see," Heidi took a deep breath, "I will make preparations. First of all, I will select a person with reading and writing skills from the hundred people from the capital to serve as the most basic teacher, and call on the supervisors. Arrange everyone's work and study time."

"Remember, the most basic literacy skills," Gao Wen nodded with satisfaction, and emphasized, "and we can't delay the construction of the territory, whether teachers or students, can't be full-time at this stage - teachers who teach reading and writing are after class Then you have to get involved in labor.”

"Don't worry, I'll do it right."

Rebecca looked at Heidi, then at Gawain, scratching her hair in confusion: "What did you guys say at the end? Rune theory? Why can't I understand..."

"It's normal that you don't understand, because you didn't come with us this morning," Gawain leaned back on the chair and looked at the Iron-headed Fireball with a smile, "Rebecca, I'll find it for you. I have a friend who is in the same field as you..."

Before Gawain could finish speaking, Rebecca's eyes lit up: "She will also send three big fireballs in a row?!"

Gawain: "...Uh, I'm not talking about the ability to launch big fireballs."

Rebecca rolled her eyes in half a circle, wanting to ask if she could climb trees and dig bird nests and roast grasshoppers since she wouldn't be a big fireball, but she didn't dare to express her thoughts because she was afraid of being beaten. When Wen Ze saw the girl's expression, he deeply realized the fact that no matter how talented the child in front of him was, he couldn't change his temper, so he could only say: "The friend I'm talking about isn't just messing around with you, but with you. Researched - Her name is Jenny Perrault, she is a member of the Hundred People Aid Group, a fourth-level rune master, she has the same talent as you in mathematical calculation, and her way of researching magic also complements yours. and common ground..."

In order to prevent the girl from losing control of her mind again, Gawain told all about Jenny Perrault in one breath.

Rebecca, on the other hand, listened in a daze, and then suddenly slapped her hand at the end: "You said that she has developed a technology that relies on calculations, not spells, to construct rune blueprints?"

Although the process was tortuous, Gao Wen did not explain too much at this time: "It's almost the same meaning."

"Hey! I want to meet that person!" Rebecca really showed a very happy look, "I feel like she is amazing!"

Gawain was very happy to see that Rebecca was very interested in this matter, but he still reminded the silly roe deer before he let go: "Don't delay the development of the magic engine and 'cement'."

"Don't worry! I know!"

"Then let's discuss this matter here," Gawain nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Amber, "Amber, run again and call Knight Byron."

Amber looked reluctant, but the figure gradually faded in the air: "Oh, it's really hard work."

Soon, Knight Byron, who was resting in the barracks, was taken to the camp. The middle-aged knight from a mercenary saluted Gawain: "Lord Duke, are you looking for me?"

"Are you familiar with serf markets and refugees?"

Knight Byron was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "I am very familiar with serfs. Before, I went to buy slaves from other nobles on behalf of Miss Rebecca's father. If you are a refugee, you can't say whether you are familiar or unfamiliar, that's all. It's some sort of savages that move around, in the old mines and the abandoned Goering Mills farther north in Tanzanite..."

Gawain interrupted him: "I don't want those who have already fallen into trouble, but those who are innocent for the time being."

"The refugees are not innocent, but I think I understand what you mean. Do you want those people who are still wandering around towns and villages and haven't given up making a living in the civilized world?"

As expected of someone who had worked as a mercenary, had dealt with all kinds of poor people, and was struggling in the gray area, Byron immediately understood Gawain's request, and immediately put forward a suggestion: "Sir, if You are really ready to recruit refugees, so I have a suggestion: why don't you try to go to Tanzania and issue a mercenary commission, saying that you want to buy slaves in large quantities-buying slaves at less than 30% of the market price. This will not compare Sending announcers to post notices everywhere and negotiating with noble lords around the world will cost more, and the efficiency will be particularly high.”

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