African Nationhood

After sitting in the Crown Car, Cai Shaoji remembered to ask Boss Shi why Teacher Rong Hong came.

After the Sino-Japanese War, Rong Hong returned to the Qing Dynasty and actively participated in political affairs, and participated in the "Hundred Days Reform" in the 24th year of Guangxu (1898).

After a subsequent failure, he was wanted by the Qing court and fled to the Magic City Concession to escape.

The year before last (1900) he participated in the rebellion against the Qing court in Shanghai, and last year (1901) he became involved with Sun Dapao.

In order to support the anti-Qing people in Hong Kong, this progressive-minded patriot thought of the students who launched a major war in southern Africa.

Then he informed Shi Jintang through Rong Kui that he was going to visit Nanhua Company.

……

Shi Jintang briefly talked about Rong Hong's experience.

Cai Shaoji couldn't help but shook his head when he learned that Rong Hong's thoughts had become so radical.

"Teacher Rong is a scholar. If he wants to rebel, it will be difficult for him to succeed."

Shi Jintang nodded, "Everyone has his or her own ambitions, it's not easy to force things.

If he comes to beg for alms, then you can continue talking to him and give him some support.

Anyway, we happen to have a batch of British ordnance on hand, so we will give him some.

If he plans to settle here, then give him some of the work in the education department and let him take care of it for you. "

……

When Boss Shi mentioned this, Cai Shaoji immediately perked up and said, "I was just wanting to talk to you about this."

Shi Jintang rolled down the window and planned to smoke a cigar. Cai Shaoji took the lead and took out a lighter and came over to light it for Boss Shi.

"I'm talking about education. We have already occupied the Transvaal. There are no tsetse flies and no malaria here, so I want to build a comprehensive university in the Transvaal.

Let children learn at home without having to travel to Europe. "

Shi Jintang nodded and exhaled the smoke in his mouth, "Well, it's okay. You can write a report and I will approve it. Try to go to Europe to invite some cutting-edge scientific people to come as professors.

For example, the Curies in France, as far as I know, they are studying a substance that can emit radiation.

This substance is very important. When I am free, I will write a letter and you can have someone take it to them and give it to them. "

According to the historical process, the Curies will purify the radioactive element "radium" by the end of this year (1902), and then next year they will win the Nobel Prize.

This was a major event that affected the world, and the couple made many achievements in radioactivity research since then.

And they would publish a monograph "Radioactive Monograph" in 1910, describing in detail their research on radioactive substances.

Nanhua Company had to prepare for war before, and the Curies had no achievements, so they didn't care.

Now that this research is about to yield results, Shi Jintang plans to discuss radioactive materials with them in his letter and try to attract them.

If you can succeed, that would be the best. If not, just cultivate it yourself.

"Okay, I will arrange it as soon as possible."

Shi Jintang nodded. After the Dominion was established, he planned to start secret research on the "Dog Beating Stick" project.

This research is related to the future of the country. The sooner it succeeds, the sooner it will benefit.

It's just that he doesn't know enough about this research on "world nuclear peace" and only has some general knowledge.

He only knew that this research required a large amount of electricity, so power construction had to be carried out aggressively and quickly.

After the Dominion is established, Boss Shi plans to learn from Red Goose and create a Nanhua version of the First Five-Year Plan.

……

"What are you thinking about, so lost in thought?"

Shi Jintang came back to his senses after his thoughts were interrupted, "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of the children at home." When he heard Shi Jintang talking about the children, Cai Shaoji also became energetic.

"What you are saying is that the boys in my family are not easy to worry about either.

The mother can't take care of the children at home, and I'm busy at work, so I always find time to take care of them. "

Cai Shaoji and his wife Li Wei have a very happy married life. They have 6 children.

He wanted to continue having children, but his wife was unwilling and asked him to marry a concubine to continue having children. Cai Shaoji hesitated.

(In the original time and space, Cai Shaoji and his wife gave birth to 10 children. He was a strong man.)

……

"Well, I thought you specialized in education, and you should have a certain way of educating children."

Cai Shaoji shook his head, "Children are all the same. It depends on whether you have perseverance and determination. Children can feel it no matter how young they are. I call it leading by example."

After Shi Jintang heard this, he suddenly remembered a saying from later generations: Parents are the mirror of their children.

As long as the parents are of good character, the children they raise will basically not be too bad.

But if parents are too ignorant, they will most likely not be able to teach outstanding children.

Because parents will teach their children some useless beliefs through words and deeds in their daily lives, causing their children to be trapped in spiritual internal friction and ignore the opportunity to climb to higher goals.

“When it comes to teaching children, one thing comes to mind: we must strengthen the guidance of teenagers.

Young people should be allowed to establish lofty ideals and develop good character.

Therefore, we need to set up a special course to tell short stories about famous people. Anyone with shining points, regardless of ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, can be brought over for our use. "

After listening to Boss Shi's words, Cai Shaoji came to some realization.

"Compile a collection of celebrity stories, from which the excellent qualities of celebrity stories can be extracted?"

"Excellent or not is another matter. The main thing is to teach children to have good moral character.

For example, in "The Biography of Washington", there is a story about him cutting down a cherry tree when he was a child. Although he was afraid of his father's reproach, he had the courage to admit his mistakes and was praised by his father.

Having famous people as role models makes it easier for people to believe you. "

Cai Shaoji nodded, "Brother Wen Yuan, if you are smarter, well, I will arrange for someone to do this."

Shi Jintang nodded, "In addition, we also need to play some puzzle games. You can learn knowledge by playing games."

Upon hearing this suggestion, Cai Shaoji scratched his head a little, "This request is a bit difficult!"

Shi Jintang thought for a while, "I have an idea now. This game imitates the play of checkers.

Advance by rolling dice, and there are a variety of props that can trigger some "special events".

The ultimate goal is to win by buying real estate, collecting tolls and rent from the opponent, causing the opponent to go bankrupt. I named this game 'Monopoly'. "

After Cai Shaoji heard this, he said, "This game is pretty good, but how is the difficulty? Is it easy to play?"

“It’s not difficult to play, it just requires patience and luck. Children around ten years old can play it.

It is not difficult to make and is suitable for large-scale promotion. "

Cai Shaoji took Shi Jintang and asked him some details about the game. The two talked about it halfway. By the time they arrived at the Pretoria train station, they had almost finished talking.

When I walked to the platform, I found that many old classmates had already arrived here.

They greeted the two of them one after another. Shi Jintang nodded and smiled, and then walked to the front. Many old classmates surrounded him. Although everyone had a smile on their face, the hope and flattery in their eyes could not be concealed.

Just after saying a few words, I heard the whistle of "Woo~~" coming from the distance.

The train has arrived. (End of chapter)