When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 969 Sparkling Water and Shenglian Education Issues
"Gulp, gulp, gulp...burp——" After drinking a whole bottle of amber-colored water with white steam coming out of it, Alexei let out a long burp.

After the fight, he lowered his head a little embarrassedly, pretending to be indifferent and said, "The pious note from the Holy League today is quite interesting."

At the end of today's meeting, Alexei was indeed enlightened.

It must be said that this was the first time Alexei had seen the Holy Union's open administration, which proactively made problems and public demands public.

The layman looks at the doorway, the expert looks at the inside.

As a genuine candidate for ruler, the young bear master finally got to observe politics today.

There was quite a lot of content in this meeting, but some of the content left the deepest impression on him.

The first is the question of whether to abolish or enact the prohibition on alcohol.

The second is a bill to expand rural primary schools and artisan schools.

The third is the "Comprehensive Conscription Act."

What concerns the young bear most is the final "Comprehensive Conscription Bill".

The law required all adult men to serve in a nearby legion or crusader corps for two years.

Of course, considering that many people still have main jobs, Horn allowed them to serve six terms, each lasting four months.

Alexei thought that peace would be the theme of the Holy League in the future. Why are they still preparing for war?
As for the question of whether anyone objects, of course no one is likely to object.

If you ask if there are people who have complaints, the answer is definitely yes.

If you have any complaints, go and talk to Horn's Three Judges, Four Saints, and Sixth Regiment.

As for the reason, it is of course useful.

If nothing goes wrong, Horn will go to Black Snake Bay next year and let the sun of the Holy Grandson shine on the snake tribes and barbarians in the Eastern County.

Let's see if they dare to plunder the spice plantations again.

The United Spice Company has urged Horn to expand its garrison more than once or twice.

Moreover, according to the survey report, there are still many undeveloped resources in the eastern county, and spices are everywhere.

Wherever there are spices, there will be the Holy Alliance.

After the meeting, as the restaurants near the semicircular theater were full, Alexei and his group had to walk to a restaurant three blocks away for dinner.

Sitting around a round table outside the store, the three were still discussing the Holy League affairs they had seen in the semicircular theater today.

Theomir on the other side shook his head: "Isn't it just a bank check with a fixed denomination? France already has it, it's called a banknote, and many banks can issue it."

"Theomir, the gap between us and the Holy Union is like the gap between the Holy Union and Faran." Alexi glared at him, "We should learn from the Holy Union instead of Faran, because we can't learn...hiccup!"

Alexei suddenly covered his mouth. What was in the drink just now? Why did he keep burping?
Gloev was staring at the amber liquid in front of him in a daze. Shengsun was a practical man, so what exactly did this move mean?

After thinking for a long time without figuring it out, he picked up the strange drink in front of him and drank it.

"Gulp, gulp, huh?"

Putting down the cup, Gloev looked curiously at the amber liquid in his hand that was bubbling and steaming.

He stuck out his tongue to taste it, and a burst of fine bubbles of violent sweetness spread across the tip of his tongue, almost like a tiny electric current.

He knocked on the table and called the waiter. Then, pointing at the amber liquid, Gloev asked, "What is this?"

"This is Black Snake Bay Bubble Potion Water."

Alexei burped again: "Is this a potion?"

The waiter smiled and said, "This restaurant was originally a pharmacy. Isn't Frick Elementary School across the street?
Every spring, primary school students always have coughs and colds, so a pharmacist from Black Snake Bay came up with a cough medicine.

In order to make the children willing to drink it, he added alcohol and a lot of sugar to it, and accidentally got this sparkling water with a rich taste.

Due to its unique flavor and taste, it is popular among many people. Even if they are not sick, they will come to buy this medicine and drink it at home.

You know, there was always Alcoholics Anonymous, which was kind of a replacement.

So our boss bought the formula of the potion, reduced the herbal ingredients, and turned it into this sparkling water."

The alcoholic smell in sparkling water does not actually contain alcohol, but is the gas released during the fermentation of the wine.

This is a gas named by pharmacists, which is produced by grain fermentation. After the promulgation of the "Alcohol Prohibition" and the grain monopoly, a large number of drinks began to replace beer.

In Longsand County, gin made with fruit syrup became popular, and in Hotham County, berry wine became popular.

On the contrary, the mountainous counties and other counties could not give up drinking due to the bitter cold weather, and instead fell in love with the more fragrant potato root wine.

As for the Holy Trinity, in addition to various cocktails, this kind of sparkling water is the most popular and every household drinks it.

After listening to the waiter's introduction, Alexei temporarily put aside his curiosity about the pious banknotes: "Who is this pharmacist? Can we go visit him?"

I thought the waiter would agree immediately, but he looked embarrassed: "This pharmacist tried to add ice frog poison to the new children's drink and has been arrested by the night watch."

After hearing this, Alexei and Gloev were speechless, not knowing what to say.

As a person from Black Snake Bay, you can live without life, but you really can't live without life.

According to the patent law of Shenglian, he can make money without doing anything with just the formula of Black Snake Bay Pharmacy Sparkling Water.

But he refused to do so and insisted on innovating, and now he has ended up in jail.

It was a bit awkward to continue talking about this topic, so Alexei turned around and asked about the elementary school in front of him: "How many students are there in this elementary school?"

The waiter wiped his hands on his apron and said proudly, "There are about 800 people. My younger brother goes to school inside."

"How many elementary schools like this are there in the All Saints' Alliance?"

"I don't know. Why don't you buy a copy of the Holy League Dictionary?" The waiter smiled and took out a thick book from behind his back. "10 gold pounds."

Ten gold pounds was an old farmer's five years' surplus, but it could only buy one book.

Of course, the main reason is that this is the Holy Court, and everything is expensive.

"This book contains everything about the Holy Union." The waiter pretended to open the book and said in a mysterious and hoarse voice, "For example, if you want to know how many elementary schools there are in the Holy Union, just turn to this page and you will find it."

Alexei took a closer look and saw that it was indeed covered with densely printed words.

After the implementation of the Compulsory Education in Towns Act, all children aged 7 to 12 living in priestly towns and towns must attend school.

Currently, there are nearly 120 primary schools in Shenglian, and the general school system is four to six years.

Six years for county seats and large towns, and four years for country primary schools in priestly towns.

The first batch of primary school students have graduated. With the improvement of living standards, a large number of ordinary families have begun to consider sending their children to school or even to middle school.

This means that nearly 12000 primary school students graduate from Shenglian every year, and the vast majority of them can read, write, do arithmetic and have a certain level of "common sense".

This is one of the main courses in common sense and even in elementary school. The specific content covers everything, including history, art, theology, politics, natural history, and natural phenomena.

As for the general knowledge textbook, it was the "Holy Union Dictionary" in Alexei's hand.

Closing the Holy Union Dictionary in his hand, the young bear master thought: "12000 teenagers who can read, write and do arithmetic every year, that's 12 in ten years."

This is a precious literate population, although it is impossible for them to write articles and sentences like priests or monks.

But these people can become government employees, shop assistants, or even apprentices.

"Ah!" Alexei shouted as if waking up from a dream, "I know why the Holy Grandson wants to expand the Craftsmen School."

"why?"

Alexei pointed to the Holy League Dictionary and said, “Look at this paragraph.

…Every summer, primary schools hold graduation exams in reading and writing.

The Holy Synod of Theology and Technology would send internal security forces to escort and supervise the Cheka to deliver the test papers to primary schools at all levels.

The top 10% have the opportunity to study at the middle school in the county seat, but each middle school only has about 150 to 200 admissions each year.

Similarly, the high school graduation examination is also hosted by the Holy Church, and the admission rate of the two universities of the Holy Church is only 5%-6%..."

Taiomier understood, and he smiled with glee: "After reading books and gaining wisdom, it is impossible for me to be an honest farmer all my life.

There are nearly 10,000 new literate people every year, but they can't find jobs that match their literacy level. Hahaha, no wonder they need to expand the Artisan School!"

(End of this chapter)