1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2285
Several people talked happily during the dinner, but they had different ideas about the next arrangements.Since Li Nai needs to stay in the local area for a day to take care of Fu Ruifeng's property in Hong Kong Island, and will leave tomorrow at the earliest, Zheng Zuo and Zhang Jinbao will have nothing to do next, so they plan to go around the island Go around and see what interests you.

Zheng Zuoji was eager to visit the military base on Hong Kong Island and learn how Haihan deployed defenses in such complex waters as the Pearl River Estuary.Zhang Jinbao, on the other hand, is more interested in the daily operation of the local area. He wants to see what is special about the labor demand of a trading port like Hong Kong, which is located outside the mainland of Haihan.

You Yihan had no intention of hiding his secrets, he agreed to their requests one by one, and said that he would personally accompany Zheng Zuo to the military base in the south of the island.Of course, there is no doubt about this kind of treatment. After all, among the three, Zheng Zuo has the highest status and is also a representative of Haihan's important allies. As the local leader, You Yihan naturally has to fulfill his duty of maintaining diplomatic relations.

Li Nai comes here several times a year, and he is already familiar with the locals, so there is no need for You Yihan to send another person to accompany him.It was Zhang Jinbao's first visit to Hong Kong Island. To avoid inconvenience, You Yihan appointed a trusted subordinate on the spot to accompany Zhang Jinbao and his party for a tour of the local area.

Zhang Jinbao knew that his status was not comparable to the other two uncles, so he quickly stood up and thanked You Yihan for his arrangement.Although it might be inconvenient for the official people to follow him all the way, Zhang Jinbao also knows that this kind of measure can ensure him to avoid many unnecessary troubles. Generally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

These people are all people who do what they say they will do. After the banquet, You Yihan immediately took Zheng Zuo to the pier, and took a boat to visit the military port in the south.After Li Nai bid them farewell, he boarded the private carriage parked at the entrance of the restaurant long ago to inspect the local property.

Zhang Jinbao and his two companions were accompanied by the official named Shao Qiang sent by You Yihan, and they were going to see places outside the port area.According to You Yihan's introduction, this Shao Qiang is in charge of local civil affairs, and he is very familiar with the local people's conditions, so he can be consulted with any questions.

This Shao Qiang looks to be in his twenties, with a thin body and looks quite capable. He spoke Haihan Mandarin with a strong Cantonese accent and said to Zhang Jinbao: "Dean Zhang, I don't know where you plan to go to see first? I will take you there."

Zhang Jinbao had already thought about this question during the banquet, and immediately replied: "I heard that there are two private schools in the local area. This is my business, so I want to see the situation of this private school. Director Lao Shao will lead the way."

Shao Qiang agreed immediately, and waved his hand towards the street corner, and a box-type four-wheeled carriage drove out of the alley over there.

"This is the official reception car of the local management committee, please!" When the carriage approached, Shao Qiang invited Zhang Jinbao and others to get on the carriage. Including himself, there were four of them, and they just fit into the carriage. inside.

It was actually not far from the place where they boarded the car to the nearby private school. Zhang Jinbao reckoned that he had only sat for a little over a mile before arriving at his destination.

A few people got out of the car, and saw a plaque of "Scholarly House" hanging on the gate of a courtyard by the roadside, and the sound of reading books could be heard inside, so it should be here without question.

When he got closer, he found that the door was not closed, so Shao Qiang took the lead, led Zhang Jinbao and others, and pushed the door straight in.

In the hall directly opposite the gate, there are more than 30 desks, and dozens of students are shaking their heads and reciting articles.A teacher stood in the hall, saw them enter the courtyard, but did not come out to greet them immediately, and still stood in the hall without moving.

"Hanging the people and punishing crimes, Zhou Fa Yin Tang, sitting in court and asking questions, bowing down to make peace..."

"Adore the head of Li, minister Fu Rong and Qiang, be far and near as one, and lead the guests to the king..."

Zhang Jinbao and the others stood in the courtyard, and after listening to it for a while, they could tell that the article these students were reading was one of the most common traditional enlightenment books, "Thousand Characters".This long rhyme written by Zhou Xingsi, the servant of Sanqi in the Liang Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, is composed of a thousand non-repetitive Chinese characters. This article is used as a literacy teaching material for children's enlightenment.

After the founding of the country, the Haihan Ministry of Culture and Education organized forces to write some basic textbooks, positioning the direction of national education as literacy and general education, and no longer taking the traditional classics and history subsets and stereotyped essays as teaching requirements.However, after making such a major adjustment, Haihan did not prohibit the use of some traditional textbooks for teaching activities, especially the enlightenment books suitable for school-age children, such as "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Surnames" and "Thousand Character Classics". It is still used in grassroots schools in Haihan Country.

Although Jonesey Academy is a vocational education institution, mainly teaching professional production skills, but because most of the students are rural children who have not been educated, they also have basic cultural courses to teach students literacy.This "Thousand-Character Essay", which has been passed down for thousands of years, is also one of the designated reading materials of Jonesy Academy.

After the students had finished reading the Thousand Character Essay, the teacher asked the students to copy it, and then walked out of the hall calmly, and greeted the few people standing in the courtyard.

Shao Qiang introduced his identities to each other. The teacher's name is Yan Pengyun, a native of Foshan, Guangdong. He has been a teacher in Hong Kong for several years.However, this person is still from the Ming Dynasty and has not been naturalized in Haihan.

It is not uncommon for people to stay in Hong Kong for several years without being naturalized, because it is very close to Ming Dynasty. As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, even if there is any situation, it seems that he still has a way out.

Of course, there are also many people who come here for the favorable treatment of Haihan nationals. As soon as the naturalization requirements are met, they immediately apply to change their nationality to become Haihan nationals so that they can enjoy various preferential treatment policies for new immigrants.

After Yan Pengyun heard about Zhang Jinbao's identity, he was also a little surprised: "It turns out that it is Dean Zhang... I have heard of the reputation of Jonesy Academy a long time ago, but I have never had the chance to visit Danzhou, but I didn't expect to meet him in Hong Kong." to the Dean."

Zhang Jinbao was polite and asked him, "I don't know what articles Mr. Yan will teach besides the thousand-character essay?"

Yan Pengyun said: "I have little talent and little learning, at most I just explain the Four Books and Five Classics to the students."

Zhang Jinbao said with a smile: "Mr. Yan is a bit modest! If he can speak the Four Books and Five Classics, then it has nothing to do with lack of talent."

Educational institutions such as traditional private schools and academies, of course, must use the Four Books and Five Classics as part of their teaching materials.However, most teachers have limited knowledge and can only preach from the book. Those who can really analyze and interpret the Four Books and Five Classics are very rare. Generally, those who have this kind of ability have already passed the Juren exam, and there is no need to rely on it. Teach children to read to make a living.

If this Yan Pengyun wasn't bragging, then he might be an underappreciated talent.However, Zhang Jinbao thinks that this possibility is not high, because Haihan has always treated capable literati very highly. too difficult.This Yan Pengyun has been in Hong Kong Island for several years, so it is impossible not to know these official policies, but now he is still teaching private schools here, which shows that his ability is limited, only enough to teach children of old age to read and write.

Sure enough, Yan Pengyun coughed twice, took the initiative to change the topic, and stopped discussing the teaching content with Zhang Jinbao.Zhang Jinbao knew in his heart that this was his job, so he didn't ask any questions immediately, so as not to let the other party down.

Coming out of Shuxiangshe, Shao Qiang took the initiative to say: "This Yan Xiucai is just a half-can of water, ringing jingle bells, his little ability is only enough to teach children here, Dean Zhang, don't be as knowledgeable as him."

Zhang Jinbao said in his heart that you also know his details, so it seems that Yan Xiucai will hardly have a chance to be promoted in the future.

Immediately, everyone took the carriage again and went to another private school in the local area.But this private school called Haitian Academy is not much different from the Shuxiangshe I have seen before. The old master who teaches can only teach some basic content, and can't achieve the general education advocated by the Haihan Culture and Education Department.However, this old master had traveled to Danzhou for a study tour in the early years, and he had some common topics with Zhang Jinbao, and he could talk a lot more than the former Yan Xiucai.

After coming out of this private school, Zhang Jinbao expressed his thoughts: "Director Shao, the teachers in the local private school are still a little weak. Department's request."

Shao Qiang nodded and said: "Dean Zhang is right, but the requirements of the Ministry of Culture and Education can only be met by some domestic teachers who have received training. Most of these gentlemen enjoy favorable treatment, so how could they be willing to come to this island to settle down! "

When Zhang Jinbao thought about it, it was true.His academy hired two such specially trained teachers, and the textbooks they taught were also new things compiled by the Ministry of Culture and Education. Their salaries were much higher than ordinary teachers, and the academy was responsible for their housing, etc. The basic living problems are obviously not comparable to the treatment of Yan Xiucai and his like.

Even if these benefits are put aside, the living environment on Hong Kong Island is certainly not as comfortable as that in Danzhou City.Hong Kong Island is a small place and an island, because all the merchants and sailors who are not bad for money come and go here, so the prices are quite high, and the living cost of ordinary people in this place is not low at all.If you earn the same amount of income, you will definitely not be as comfortable living here as in Haihan. It is indeed not an easy task to attract domestic talents to settle here.

Of course, the problems that can be solved with money in Haihan are not big problems. Zhang Jinbao believes that as long as the Hong Kong Management Committee is willing to offer more favorable treatment, some people will still choose to work here for the sake of money.

However, the educational foundation here is weak, which is an opportunity for Jonesy Academy, which is now planning to develop abroad.Zhang Jinbao believes that although the cultural and educational level of his academy is average, it may not be able to squeeze into the top three in Danzhou, but its comprehensive strength should already rank first, which is enough to seize the beachhead when the education market here has not yet formed.

The so-called comprehensive strength here does not only refer to the teaching level and faculty strength, but also includes the ability of external publicity, enrollment, and capital operation.The strength of Jonesy Academy in these aspects is probably not only in Danzhou, even if it is placed in the whole country, it is also one of the best.

Zhang Jinbao had previously considered doing some long-term promotional activities for his academy in Hong Kong Island, a place that extends in all directions, in order to attract sponsors such as students and Fu Ruifeng.If we want to continue to expand our business to the north in the future, these preliminary publicity work should also play an excellent role in foreshadowing.

Judging from the visits to these two private schools on the island, there is a serious lack of higher education resources here. Jonesy College can take the initiative to take the initiative at this time, and it can take the lead and make its reputation first.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jinbao suggested to Shao Qiang to take a look at the eye-catching advertising signs in the port area.

Shao Qiang said with a smile: "It seems that Dean Zhang is going to make a move on Hong Kong Island!"

Zhang Jinbao responded: "Director Shao, don't make fun of me. What a move! I just want to learn more about the operation experience here. When I return to Danzhou, I will also tell the academy staff what I have seen and heard." Students, let them learn."

Zhang Jinbao spoke modestly, but Shao Qiang didn't quite believe it.He could see that this Dean Zhang was not the kind of pedantic old master who only read sage books. If he hadn't confirmed the identity of the other party, he would even have thought that Zhang Jinbao was the operator of a big company, and he had revealed it in his speech. There was a breath of businessman.

These advertising signs in the port area are almost all chosen to be erected on the roof of the warehouse. This is because the roof of these warehouses is mostly flat and it is easier to go up and construct.In addition, the height of the warehouse is higher than that of ordinary houses, and the viewing range will be larger when it is erected on it.Before Zhang Jinbao came here and hadn't disembarked from the boat, he could already see [-]% to [-]% of these advertising signs clearly from a long distance.

Of course, the most eye-catching one is Fu Ruifeng's giant signboard, which is nearly ten feet high, which can be seen from miles away.To make such a large signboard, the cost of construction and installation alone is not a small sum.

However, these are all one-time investments, and they can be managed for a long time after they are done. Zhang Jinbao is more concerned about whether there will be other expenses for the big signboard erected on the top of the warehouse, such as whether it is necessary to pay for the warehouse. The owner pays a certain amount of fees.

He raised this question to Shao Qiang, Shao Qiang shook his head and said: "The other family may have to pay, but this Fu Ruifeng's signboard does not need to take extra money."

"Why is this? Does Fu Ruifeng have such a great influence in the local area?" Zhang Jinbao asked puzzledly.

Shao Qiang said: "That's not... because the warehouses under the big signboard are all owned by Fu Ruifeng."

(End of this chapter)