1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 773 Learning Methods
But having said that, Li Nai is still very envious of the achievements of Haihan's education system.Although this system has not been implemented for a few years, the talents cultivated so far are really eye-catching to outsiders, similar to Xiaobao, Fu Li and others, no matter where they go, they are enough to be alone.However, with the traditional education system of the Ming Dynasty, most of these poor teenagers can only continue the life of their parents and continue to struggle at the bottom of society. Even if they are lucky enough to study a few words in a private school for two years, it will generally not help them change their lives. .

But Haihan's ability to turn waste into treasure and turn stones into gold saved them. In just a few years, these teenagers have changed from the ignorant and ignorant Li Nai when they first met, to the ones that countless naturalized people want to emulate. example.And in the early years, in order to learn Haihan's art of creation, various merchants specially selected students to come to Sanya as apprentices, and now they have made some achievements one after another.However, Haihan also set up an agency to accept these people. They signed an apprenticeship contract when they entered school. Even if they complete their studies and become teachers, they must continue to work under Haihan's rule for at least two years.Of course, after these teenagers have stayed in Sanya for a few years, they may not be willing to return to Daming even after graduation.

Almost every year, the Li family selects some bright-minded children from the clan to study here in Sanya, and there have been 40 to [-] of them in succession over the past few years.Except for a few mischievous ghosts who were kicked out by Haihan for not obeying the rules, the vast majority of them are still learning advanced knowledge in the academies, workshops, farms and other institutions under Haihan's rule.Li Nai is the one who comes to Sanya the most often among the top management of the Li family. Every time he comes here, as long as he has enough time, he will take the time to meet the younger generation of these clans, so he has a better understanding of the situation of these people.

Although there are not many opportunities to get in touch with these juniors, Li Nai can clearly feel that some of them are no longer on the Li family's side.If Haihan would open his mouth and give them a chance to be naturalized, at least [-] to [-]% of them would choose to give up their Ming nationality.As for the idea of ​​returning from school to serve the Li family and Fu Ruifeng, it is estimated that only two or three out of ten people still have this idea.

Li Nai will not blame these juniors for gradually changing their original intentions after they arrived in Sanya, because he also knows very well that he wants to rely on this simple learning and imitation to move Haihan's knowledge back to Daming for copying, which will not make Fu Ruifeng has become a competitor on an equal footing with Haihan. At best, it has transformed from a simple agent dealer to a comprehensive agent that can produce some primary products.Haihan's production technology can be learned, but Haihan's industrial system, management system, and operating skills are not something these apprentices can bring back.

One of Li Nai's cousins ​​was one of the first apprentices who came to Sanya to learn arms manufacturing technology. After a few years, he had already learned to make the [-]th and [-]th matchlock guns produced by Haihan in the early days. In the industrial system, the manufacture of such weapons can only be done by hand, and the accuracy of its mass production is far from the level of Haihan's mass-produced matchlock guns, and even the bullets cannot be used universally.In addition, due to the longer time required for pure hand-made guns, the manufacturing cost of guns will also increase accordingly. If the quality of guns is to be similar to that produced by Haihan, the materials for the barrel and all ammunition must be purchased from Haihan. In fact, it is not cost-effective to buy directly from the Haihan people, so this cousin can only do weapon maintenance and repair work after finishing his studies. As for the family's original plan to build a workshop to manufacture arquebus guns, it was abandoned. up.

Situations like this are not uncommon in the wave of Da Ming merchants sending apprentices to Haihan to learn technology. Many merchants only focused on the most profitable categories at the beginning, and did not consider the feasibility of imitating them to Da Ming. After one or two years of actual operation, I slowly discovered that all I learned were dragon-slaying skills, and they could only be used under the hands of the Haihan people. Once I returned to Daming, it would be useless.

However, although the results of the study deviate from the expectations of the businessmen, there are still a large number of "entrusted training" students who come to Haihan District as apprentices every year.For merchants, even if they don't learn too many practical skills, this apprenticeship model is still a good way to maintain the relationship between the two parties. According to the one-sided words of the Han officials, if someone of their own arranges to live in Sanya for a long time, then they will naturally get some more reliable information.

However, there is a ceiling for these students' study career in Haihan, at least they cannot break through the ceiling until they obtain naturalization.Some highly professional courses can only be learned by naturalized students, while foreign students can only learn "how to do it", but not "why they should do it this way".As for the newsletter published in the "Express", Li Nai believes that Haihan will increase education popularization, which will also affect the status of foreign apprentices and Wei Peisheng in the Haihan system in the future.Originally, they might still have access to some key positions and information due to the shortage of professional talents, but after Haihan stepped up the training of his own people, it would not take long for someone to gradually fill the positions of these outsiders and replace them. Their job opportunities under Haihan.This is probably not good news for some businessmen who want to rely on apprentices to poach Haihan's core technology.

Of course, this article on "Express" hides the real purpose deeply. If it is not for someone like Li Nai who is familiar with the Haihan policy and has done in-depth research, it is difficult to realize that this article will lead to What kind of rhythm does it play.Li Nai decided that after going back this time, he would give advice to his parents, so that some younger generations who lived in Sanya and loved Haihan could be liberated, and they could choose whether to join the Haihan naturalization.Doing so may bear a certain amount of economic loss in the short term, after all, this apprenticeship also pays additional tuition fees, but in the long run, it will definitely help the Li family's position to be further stabilized.Maybe after three to five or seven years, these teenagers who have left Lijiazhuang will also have the opportunity to grow into the backbone of Haihan's naturalized people, and the help they can give to the Li family at that time may not be learning how to make a musket , Blowing a glass bottle can be compared to the same degree.

Li Nai took the pen and paper from the table, and wrote down what he thought of just now.Otherwise, when I wake up tomorrow, I may forget some important ideas at this time.

The entourage knocked on the door and came in, added some oil to the lamp on the desk, turned on the wick, then changed a pot of hot tea that had just been brewed, and quietly retreated out.

After Li Nai finished writing, he continued to read the newspaper. This second page was his favorite content, a serial report on the militia war.There have been more than a dozen issues in this series of serials since July, and the content is mainly from the Battle of Penghu that broke out in the Fujian Strait in the first half of this year.Although the battle was not too intense in terms of combat intensity, the serialization was also well received due to the outstanding writing style of the war reporters and the description of the war process that could make readers feel personally on the scene.It is said that since the serialization was released, the sales volume of "Express" has been increasing month by month, and there is still a tendency to continue to rise.

Li Nai became fascinated by this series after reading two or three issues at first, and tried to contact the author privately through his high-level relationship in Haihan, so that he could directly buy the finished manuscript from the other party, so as not to read every issue You have to wait ten days to see the follow-up story.However, He Xi of the Guangzhou Office directly and clearly let him die because the writer is Luo Wudan, the fiancée of Qian Tiandun, the commander of the Haihan Militia in Fujian. It is definitely inappropriate to contact authors with special identities.

Naturally, Li Nai would not be so stupid as to get angry because of this, so he quickly dismissed the idea.However, this did not affect his love for this series. After the new issue came out, he even had to read it several times to enjoy it.

Today's issue is also a continuation of the previous chapter, and it is said that Shibazhi sent two fleets to fight the Haihan fleet to the death, but the purpose was not to prevent the Haihan fleet from attacking Magong Port, but simply to delay time so that the The pirate troops and their families on the island can only have time to evacuate from the local area.When Li Nai saw that the Haihan fleet finally took a step back and released the main force of Shibazhi, he couldn't help but sigh because of it.However, he certainly didn't expect that the Haihan military was actually somewhat suspected of releasing water, in order to drive Shibazhi to flee in the direction of the Japanese archipelago, so that they could find a reasonable excuse to use force against the local area in the future.

What was the scene of the two fully equipped Haihan fleets in the naval battle? Li Nai can barely piece together the battle scenes at that time through the serialized text descriptions and his own imagination.Although he was born as a literati, he also longed for this kind of grand and fierce war scene. Unfortunately, except for the battle of Lijiazhuang that year, he never had the opportunity to watch the battle in person again.

The story came to an abrupt end when the vanguard of Haihan landed on the beach of Magong Harbor. Even though he knew that the war was coming to an end, Li Nai still felt unsatisfied, and hoped that this series could be longer.But thinking about the pain of waiting for the follow-up, Li Nai felt that it would not be a bad thing to end the series as soon as possible, so as not to make people worry about it all day long.

Li Nai's eyes turned to the next edition, which was full of densely packed tofu articles, and the contents were basically notices for foreign businesses to recruit employees locally.At the beginning of the opening of Sanya, human resources were relatively cheap, but as the area became more and more prosperous, the consumption level also caught up with Guangzhou day by day. In addition, most of the local residents are naturalized citizens who have already naturalized Haihan, so it will not be easy. Unemployed, and the income is higher than that of the people of Ming Dynasty, so the price of foreign businessmen to hire local employees has also risen accordingly. They need jobs with special skills, and the salary level has even surpassed that of Guangzhou.

Li Nai also found his own recruitment notice in it. The local office of "Furuifeng" needs to recruit two "project managers" who are familiar with Haihan's transaction mode-this word Li Nai learned from Haihan people of.The specific requirements are "familiarity with Haihan laws and regulations, familiar with the basic market conditions of bulk goods, relevant work experience, Haihan nationality, and knowledge of Pan language are preferred", and the salary offered is also very competitive, 30 taels of silver per month As a basic salary, a certain percentage of commissions will be enjoyed according to performance. Those who perform well can be promoted to branch managers within one year at the earliest, and can enjoy the advanced manager training courses funded by "Furuifeng".

Li Nai himself had attended this course, and there were indeed a lot of "dry goods", but the class he attended was taught by Schneider, and the content was of very high quality.Second, Schneider, who is now in a high position, probably has no spare time to give lectures in vocational training schools.For a refresher course like this, Schneider can at most show his face when the class starts, and the lecturers are usually the apprentices, assistants or secretaries he taught before.

Li Nai continued to browse through the content, and the pages were mostly advertisements.The current Sanya Port is no longer the exclusive supplier of Haihan. Maritime merchants from south to north will ship various goods, and the local and low transaction tax will continue to generate larger transaction scales.When the market expands to the point that merchants can no longer advertise by yelling, it becomes a very efficient new way to choose to advertise in newspapers.

From novelty at the beginning to habituation later, the advertisements published in "Express" involved more and more industries, and the content became more and more varied.For example, in the advertising page of this issue, there is a very eye-catching advertisement for a restaurant: new store opening, free meals!

Look at the following content again, as long as interested diners come to the restaurant with this newspaper on a certain day to a certain day, they will have the opportunity to get free treatment for all consumption at the table when they check out, and five lucky winners will be publicly drawn every day , and the diners who failed to win the grand prize can also get discount vouchers based on one-tenth of the consumption amount, which is equivalent to [-]% off the checkout.

Unexpectedly, there will definitely be many old gourmets who will go to this new store to try their luck. Although the chance may be only a few tenths or even lower, for those who like to pin their hopes on the lottery, it is a few tenths. One is equivalent to [-]% before the draw.

Of course, to occupy the most eye-catching position in the advertisement, the advertising fee paid by this restaurant is probably not a small amount.Last time, in order to sell a batch of fruits from Guangzhou, the shop of "Furuifeng" also advertised in the same position in "Express". As a result, the profit from selling the fruits could only offset the advertising expenses. .Of course, this is still a very good deal for the advertiser "Fu Ruifeng", because if there is no such advertisement, these fruits will probably have to be thrown into their own hands.

(End of this chapter)