Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1379, Building a library

"Your Highness, how is the situation in Huairou County?"

After visiting the Imperial College of Technology, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao went to the School of Mechanical Engineering next door for a stroll. The School of Mechanical Engineering has been in operation for several years. There are many teachers and students, and there are many people coming and going, which is very lively.

"The situation in Huairou County is not bad. I have made a whole set of plans, mainly based on the rich coal resources in Huairou County, coupled with the advantage of being close to the capital."

"The focus is on the development of the coal industry and agriculture and animal husbandry. The main focus is on greenhouse vegetables. The one produced last year has already been tried out in Huairou County. As long as it makes money, more people will definitely follow suit."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said.

In the past, he didn't realize the difficulty of governing the country. Since he became the magistrate of Huairou County and managed one side, Zhu Houzhao really felt that managing the country is not an easy task.

Zhu Houzhao found it difficult to manage the small Huairou County, especially if he wanted to lead the people in Huairou County to make a fortune, which was definitely not an easy task.

If it is only to maintain law and order, support justice, and open courts to hear cases, it is of course very easy, but what is the difference between such officials and officials from previous dynasties?
Without any difference, naturally there will be no progress, and we still have to follow the old path of history.

"Your Highness's idea is very good, but the competition in agriculture is very fierce. As far as I know, there are basically many people working in agriculture and animal husbandry in the counties around the capital area. It will be more convenient and faster to transport agricultural and animal husbandry products in China, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and other places, and the advantages of Huairou County are not obvious."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

"I know, but Huairou County can only do this. Anything else is really not easy to develop."

Zhu Houzhao said helplessly.

"That's true~"

Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded in approval.

While the two were talking, they had arrived at the library of the School of Mechanical Engineering.

The library is actually the library of later generations, and they are essentially the same.

In every school founded by Liu Jin, Liu Jin will set up a library building as large as possible, and at the same time collect a large number of books for the students of the school to borrow freely.

The cost of studying in this era is very high, far beyond the imagination of future generations.

Among them, the cost of books alone is extremely expensive. In fact, scholars in ordinary families can't afford any books at all, and they basically copy books.

You must know that in ancient times, people who were able to study were from well-to-do families, but for people who eat and drink, buying books is a luxury, and you will know how expensive this book is.

Of course, this is mainly due to the backward productivity, relatively simple papermaking technology, and poor printing technology, but another aspect is also because books carry knowledge. Not cheap.

Many schools founded by Liu Jin provide free education for people, but the school is free, and textbooks are distributed to you, but other books besides textbooks have to be bought or copied by yourself.

For ordinary families, this meaninglessness is a very heavy burden, so there are libraries that are popular in later generations, and libraries are built in every school, which can be read for free, and borrowing or copying only requires a small fee. This greatly facilitates the students to learn all kinds of knowledge.

There are a lot of people coming and going in the library. Students in twos and threes walked in with a pilgrimage in their arms, and the books in their hands were well kept.

"Go, go in and have a look."

Seeing this scene, Liu Jin regained his energy immediately, and took Zhu Houzhao to the library.

The library building has four floors in total, and its structure is basically the same as that of later generations of libraries. There are places for collecting books and areas for reading.

Walking into the library, although there are many people inside, it is extremely quiet. Almost everyone is reading carefully and carefully. Few people are chatting. Even if there are people chatting, someone will stop them immediately.

For people in this era, reading is a luxury.

It is absolutely very precious to have a library here where everyone can read and copy books for free.

Compared with later generations, people in this era, even the children of wealthy families, attach great importance to and be strict with the matter of reading. As for ordinary families, the opportunity to study and read books is even more cherished.

Look at the scene in front of you, and then look at the school of later generations.

Liu Jin immediately felt that his efforts were worthwhile.

There are many people who study in the libraries of universities in later generations, but many people come to fall in love with places like libraries. This meaninglessness is the biggest waste of this place.

All the students recruited by the School of Mechanical Engineering graduated from the new intermediate middle school founded by Liu Jin. For these students, they came from ordinary backgrounds.

In the past, there was no chance to study at all.

But Liu Jin gave them the opportunity to study for free and gave them the opportunity to learn.

The ancients' respect for teachers was engraved in their bones. Their respect for teachers and their attitude towards learning are far from what people of later generations can compare with. I have to say that on this point, Liu Jin feels that later generations are doing better in this respect. Really not.

Children can't be beaten, scolded, or disciplined at school, and teachers can't, don't want to discipline, let alone dare to discipline children. The consequences are too serious.

Many children are just mischievous, as long as they are disciplined, they can still grow into talents, but because the teachers don't care and their parents don't have time, they end up going further and further away.

And many parents are also glass-hearted. When their children are told by the teacher at school, they go to the teacher to scold them severely.

In fact, it is your own children who suffer in the end. When the teacher doesn't want to, can't, or even dare to manage, what else do your children want to learn?
On this point, the ancients did a good job.

Every teacher has a ruler, chalk in one hand and a ruler in the other hand in class, you will be punished for not listening to the class well, and you will be punished for being lazy. If you still don’t obey the discipline, you will be sent home directly.

Under a ruler, they are all honest and obedient in their studies. Even if they are the children of princes and nobles, if they are beaten by the teacher's ruler in school, it can only be said that the teacher disciplines them strictly, beats them well, and educates them well. Well, I won't say anything at all to go to the teacher to make trouble, and I will continue to fix my child severely when I go home.

No matter how much the shrew who loves her children can only look at the swollen palms of her children, while applying medicine, she still cries and says, "Well done~"

This is the ancient teacher, with a very high status. The key is that education has always followed the word "strict", and the ruler is ruthless. Children know that they are afraid, and they will study harder and harder. After all, when they are young, reasoning is actually is useless.

Of course, the teachers in this era are all of literati background, and literati have their own arrogance, and a teacher's prestige is definitely not achieved by a ruler, but by his own virtue and knowledge.

In many cases, the ruler is raised high and lowered gently, just to let students understand the value of education and cherish it.

Looking at the many students studying hard in front of him, Liu Jin thought a little far away for a while, and thought a lot.

"Let's go, let's go~"

"Reading books is boring, but writing books is more interesting."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the library in front of him a little bored.

"..."

"Your Highness, I am looking forward to the book His Highness will write."

Liu Jin was a little speechless. Zhu Houzhao really didn't like reading books. He was more active and liked to do things.

"You wait~"

"Hmph, I'm sorting out research and discoveries related to electromagnetism, and I'm preparing to write a book on electromagnetism, which will definitely impress you when the time comes."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said confidently.

"Then I'll wait and see."

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately laughed. It is naturally an excellent thing to spread knowledge in the form of books.

Soon, the two walked out of the library.

"It's better inside the school. There is a library where we can read and copy books for free. If we leave the school, there will be nowhere to read and copy books."

"Isn't it? I've been home for half a month. I don't have any books to read. My whole body feels uncomfortable. It's better to go to school. The best thing is this library."

"Yes, yes, people can live without food for a day, but they cannot live without reading."

"Recently, I'm learning some European languages, and I plan to ask someone to bring back some European mechanical books. I found that Europeans are not inferior to us in mathematics, astronomy, etc., and even have a lot of uniqueness."

Just as Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao walked out of the library, three students walked up to them with books in their hands, also chatting.

Hearing what the three of them said, Liu Jin immediately stopped and thought.

"It seems that we need to invest another sum of money to build a library building in the main cities of Ming Dynasty. It is free for people to read and copy books. At the same time, it can also spread various knowledge and ideas, breaking the traditional scholars and Confucianism control over ideas and knowledge.”

"At the same time, we can also find someone to translate books from all over the world, so that more people can see the world with their eyes open, understand the humanities, history, nature, etc. of each country in the world, and also learn the excellent culture of other countries."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin suddenly became energetic again.

Well, building schools alone is not enough, we need to build more libraries, not only to cultivate new students, but also to spread more and wider knowledge to more people.

"The money is still not enough. I don't know how much money I will spend now, and the printing and papermaking techniques must be updated. Otherwise, why would I spend so much money to get so many books?"

Then Liu Jin frowned again.

　Do you think the teacher should use a ruler?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)