1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 148 Talent
Liang Yao picked up the Chinese translation of the "Bible" and said to Willis and Ayose.

"I hope that the students you teach will be able to understand the English version of the Bible in the future."

"You can rest assured that the education level of Fuhan Society has always been very high. Yung Wing, the first American college student in the Qing Dynasty, and Huang Kuan, the first college student in the British Empire, are excellent students taught by this society.

This time I also selected 45 outstanding students from church schools in Shanghai, Fuzhou, Xiamen and Morrison School in Hong Kong. They are very likely to be admitted to universities in the United States. I hope you can sponsor them to complete their studies. "

Speaking of Yung Wing and Huang Kuan, Willis's pride is vivid on the paper.

"I used to be the English teacher of Yung Wing and Huang Kuan. These two outstanding students are the pride of my life. They are also from Xiangshan County just like you. Xiangshan is really a place with outstanding people."

It is undeniable that Rong Wing and Huang Kuan's admission to Yale University and Edinburgh University had a lot to do with the church schools founded by these missionaries.

But Willis apparently selectively ignored the contribution of another person, Pastor Brown.

It was Pastor Brown who brought Yung Wing, Huang Kuan, and Huang Sheng to the United States and helped them complete their final high school courses.

As for the Morrison School, it was the first formal church school established in China. Its predecessor was the Yinghua College established in Malacca (Singapore) by the British missionary Burt Morrison and his assistant Milne in the early 19th century. .

The Academy was moved to Hong Kong after the Opium War. In memory of Bert Morrison, it was renamed Morrison School, and the local Chinese used to call it Morrison Xishu.

Soon after moving to Hong Kong, the Morrison School was no longer a pure church school. The funder behind it was Jardine Matheson in the UK, and the school also aimed to train comprador talents for Jardine Matheson in China. To put it bluntly, running dog.

The three of Yung Wing completed their secondary education at Morrison School.

The 45 outstanding students who had completed their education in church schools made Liang Yao's eyes shine.

These talents are exactly what he lacks at present. Since Willis said that they are smart and hopeful to be admitted to American universities, their knowledge level must not be much worse than that of Rong Wing when he first came to the United States.

At least they have completed part of their secondary education. Liang Yao can directly apply for American universities as long as he sends them to middle schools in eastern America to complete their final middle school studies.

Calculated in this way, this group of students can spend up to six years to complete their university studies.

In other words, after five or six years, he will have a group of available talents.

"I am very happy to subsidize poor students to complete their studies, and I will bring these students here later to arrange their daily meals.

But I want to know how are they doing with their studies?I can find the right school for them. " Liang Yao asked.

"There are 13 students who have completely completed all the secondary education courses, and only need a little revision before they can directly take the university examination. The remaining students have also completed at least part of the secondary education courses, but to different degrees." Willis He paused and continued.

"I can give you all these students, but I have two requirements."

"What request?" Liang Yao frowned slightly.

"I hope you can find a good school for them and try to let them finish college instead of just doing things half-heartedly. These students are all excellent and hope to go to college. It's just that in China, we have limited educational resources. There is no better educational resource for them.

This is my personal request, but also a teacher's request. "

Willis showed a look of reluctance. Many of these 45 students were taught by him himself, and he also had some feelings for these students.

Morrison School is already a formal western school with the best educational resources in China, but it can only teach these students the middle school courses.

The cost of supporting a student through college is very high.

Jardine Matheson, the investor behind Morrison, only required these students to complete their secondary school studies, because what Jardine Matheson wanted was a group of diligent and rigid slaves.

Jardine Matheson was unwilling to spend high tuition fees for these students to finish college, thinking that it was not worthwhile to do so, while Willis felt that these outstanding and bright students should receive higher education in universities and embrace a brighter future. Education is not a business.

For this reason, Willis brought these students from Hong Kong to California despite the opposition of Jardine Matheson. He was a pastor, a missionary, and also the teacher of these students.

As for Yung Wing and Huang Kuan, it was Pastor Brown who sponsored them to go to college. Last year, Liang Yao had a correspondence with Rong Wing. When he made his fortune, he also sent some money to Yung Wing and Huang Kuan to help them finish their studies.

"I will give them the best conditions."

Liang Yao bowed slightly to Willis to show his respect.

"With your words, I can safely hand over these students to you." Willis said with a sigh of relief, "The second requirement is that the Fuhan Association hopes to open a branch in California. , this is the request of Mr. Guo Shili and the church."

"As long as you obey the laws of California, preach legally."

Liang Yao also made his request.

Later, Liang Yao asked about the textbooks used by Willis and Ayose Church School and whether they could work together to compile a Chinese-English dictionary.

Missionary schools have been operating in China for more than ten years, and they must have a relatively complete set of teaching materials in their hands.

At the same time, Liang Yao could also use these textbooks to have a general understanding of the knowledge these students had received, and figure out what they had learned in the church school.

He didn't intend to directly copy the textbooks from missionary schools. Missionary schools are missionary schools after all, and their textbooks will inevitably contain a lot of private goods.

What's more, the purpose of running a missionary school is different from that of Liang Yao.

However, the textbooks of church schools can also provide him with an idea and reference for compiling textbooks.

Willis said that he would send a set of Morrison's textbooks to Liang Yao.

Ayose also lost the opportunity to express to Liang Yao that he has a batch of translated works and hopes to get Liang Yao's funding to publish them.

Liang Yao didn't agree to Ai Yuser right away, but asked Ai Yuser to send his manuscript and give him a reply after he read it.

"Kony, you ask the people in the garment factory to measure the body size of these Chinese students, and make two sets of spring clothes and two sets of summer clothes for each of them."

After the two pastors left, Liang Yao told Coney to say.

"What Chinese student?"

Kony was at a loss for Liang Yao's order.

Only then did Liang Yao realize that Kony doesn't know Chinese, and he raised his forehead and said, "Kony, it's time for you to learn Chinese."

"Boss, leave this matter to me."

Hu Jinchen hurried forward to help Kony out of the siege, and took over the matter.

(End of this chapter)