Late Tang

An agreement was temporarily reached between Li Jing, Wang Jin, and Feng Zhang, and the dark clouds of a war hanging over Shamen Town also temporarily dispersed.

From the next day, the family members of the [-] weapons workshops were allowed to move to Salmon Island one after another.Most of the craftsmen in the weapons workshop are locals from Dengzhou, and some of them are military craftsmen.They made weapons secretly on Salmon Island before, and their families stayed in their hometowns. Some of the family members of master craftsmen and official craftsmen still lived in Wang Jin’s various farms in Dengzhou. Play the role of a hostage.

Li Jing moved the underground workshop to Shamen Town. Although he forced those craftsmen to stay, many people were still worried about their family members in Wang Jin's hands, and they were always unhappy to cooperate.This time Li Jing and Wang Jin reached an agreement, but Wang Jin didn't make things difficult, and immediately notified the families of the craftsmen, allowing them to leave the manor and come to Salmonella Island.

When Li Jing informed the craftsmen that their family members were about to go to the island, they were still full of disbelief, not believing that Wang Jin would release their family members.When a group of hundreds of craftsmen's families were picked up on the island, the craftsmen who had been waiting on the pier were very excited.In the past few years, they worked in two shifts, working in the dark underground workshop all day long.Although Wang Jinbi's salary is not low, the days when they can only get home to visit their relatives once in three years really make them uncomfortable.

Now they belong to Li Jing's subordinates in Shamen Town, and the workshop has also been transferred from the underground to the new workshop area planned in the town, and the new workshop is under intense construction.Even their family members have begun to come to the island one after another. Li Jing even publicly announced to them that although they can only live in the military camp in the city for the time being, their family members will be arranged in a temporary camp outside the city.However, the above has promised that according to the seven-day calendar, every seven days is a week, and Sundays and lunar days, that is, Saturdays and Sundays, they can return to their homes in the camp.They also have one day off each week.

Moreover, Li Jing treated these craftsmen very preferentially. The craftsmen of the four levels were divided into three levels each, making a total of twelve levels, all of which had very generous basic salaries.Then they will be paid piecework salaries based on the quantity and quality of the ordnance they forge. The more ordnance they forge and the higher the quality level, the more piecework salary they can get.Many craftsmen have figured it out. According to their previous level, even an introductory apprentice can earn at least four pennies a month's basic salary and piece rate salary, which is more than a strong man carrying a bag on the dock. Twice as much money.

And a senior apprentice can earn at least six rounds a month, which is already a high salary, and if it is a third-level senior apprentice, he can even get eight rounds.As for the official craftsmen, even the official craftsmen with only the first level can get eight guans in a month, and the third-level ones can get ten guans anyway.As for the small number of old craftsmen, their monthly salary is at least [-] yuan.

The result of this calculation made many craftsmen very excited. Although the price of rice is getting higher and higher today, you can still buy five buckets of rice with a consistent amount of money.They work in workshops, eat food from the commune every day, and receive a monthly food subsidy.The whole family is now on the island. Even if the family has no land to cultivate, if they go to the newly opened workshops on the island to do something, basically the family's food and needs can still be solved.Many people even calculated that they could basically save most of the money they earned in the workshop or even save it all. After a few years of working like this, they could change jobs in towns and cities to buy a big house, or even directly in the town. Build one yourself outside the city.

Li Jing didn't promise too much to those craftsmen, but brought their families over, and then gave them a visible and tangible salary plan, drawing a blueprint for their bright future.None of these craftsmen had any second thoughts, and they all immediately devoted themselves to the construction of the new workshop.

From the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the families of the craftsmen on the island have come in batches. There are more than 700 craftsmen, and dozens of management guys from the former royal family who are willing to stay on the island. Their families add up to nearly [-] people.

Originally, more than 600 people were lost on the island, but now [-] more people have been added all of a sudden. In addition to the [-] captive slaves of the pirates, the population of Shamen Town has finally exceeded the upper limit of [-].

Tens of thousands of people gathered on the small Shamen Island, and the surrounding area of ​​Xinzhen Town was immediately surrounded by four densely packed camps.

After the three-day Shangyuan holiday, on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, a new and magnificent building in Shamen Township was officially completed.

"Everyone sign up for the team, and bring the children to come forward one by one to get the books, paper and ink, don't make a mess."

Standing next to Li Jing, Zhang Hong kept shouting loudly to the crowd who came continuously.However, although his voice is about to become hoarse, today Zhang Hong has the spirit of his name. He even changed his habit of always wearing old clothes and not wearing new clothes until the New Year's Eve. Confucian gowns and scarves are the attire of a well-educated Confucian scholar.Not only him, those who have attended school in Shamen Town today are all dressed like this, very solemnly.

All because today is also a big day in Shamen Town. Today is the day when the Confucian Temple on the island was completed, and it is also the official opening day of the first school in Shamen Town.On the first day of school, Li Jing, Zhang Hong and others personally set up a table at the entrance of the Confucius Temple to register new books for parents who came to sign up, and distributed textbooks, pens, ink and paper.Then after the registration is completed, the first class of the school will be washed and released.

Shi means Confucianism, meaning Confucianism, and Shi Dian is an activity to pay homage to Confucius at the beginning of school every spring. "Book of Rites. Prince Wen's Son": "Every student who learns, the spring officials explain it to their predecessors, and the autumn and winter are the same. Wherever a scholar is established, he must explain it to his ancestors and teachers." In the imperial court, every year the emperor will lead The minister held a grand funeral ceremony.And universities in various places will also hold the memorial service ceremony together in the school with all the teachers and students.The first school in Shamen Town opened for classes this year, and the Confucian Temple had just been completed. In order to show grandeur, Li Jing moved this activity directly to the Confucian Temple.

The establishment of a school in the town was something that Li Jing had planned long ago. Although everything was complicated at the moment, Li Jing was still the first to get the school out after the Lantern Festival.This move was highly praised by Zhang Hong, Cui Zhiyuan, Du Zhongwu and other formal scholar-borns.In their view, the opening of the school also showed that Li Jing valued literati.

The school recruited students for the first time. Li Jing did not engage in compulsory education, but considered the current reality and proposed to enroll voluntarily.School-age children who voluntarily enroll in school are exempted from miscellaneous fees, and the school will distribute a batch of pens, ink, and paper for free every semester. In addition, parents of enrolled students can enjoy some preferential treatment in terms of taxes and fees.Moreover, the school has also set up some scholarships, and students with outstanding academic performance will receive generous scholarships provided by the town general's mansion.

After the announcement of this series of enrollment requirements, Li Jing announced that he, together with Zhang Hong, Cui Zhiyuan, Du Zhongwu and other civil officials in the town, would serve as guest teachers of the school, giving lectures to students at the school from time to time.As soon as the news came out, many sergeants and craftsmen in Shamen Town couldn't help being moved when they heard that their children could become the town general's students when they went to school, and there were so many preferential treatment conditions.Many parents bring their children to school as soon as possible. In the past, many people's children did not go to school mainly because they could not afford to read books.

Textbooks, ink, and paper are not affordable by ordinary people, not to mention that teachers have to fix them for reading, which costs a lot of money.It’s all right now, not only do you not need money for studying, but you can also get money if you study well. How can such a good thing be done?

From early in the morning until the afternoon, Li Jing had to send additional manpower to register several times, and finally finished the registration work after lunch time.According to the statistics, there are actually more than 100 students who came to sign up.Li Jing did the math, and now Shamen Town has a population of more than 1, with an average household of five, and a population of about 200.If there is one school-age child per household on average, there are [-] people.However, although Datang was open to the public, there were only a small number of women enrolled in the school, and only rich families would invite teachers to teach at home.Excluding the girls, it is not uncommon to have hundreds of new students.

Herding a sheep is herding, and herding a flock of sheep is also herding.Although the number of students exceeded Li Jing's expectations, fortunately, the new school is large enough, and there are more than ten teachers specially invited, so it is possible to teach them with a little hard work.

In the afternoon, together with the newly invited gentleman and the civil and military officials of the town, Li Jing led the one hundred and three students to hold a grand funeral ceremony at the Confucian Temple.Then go back to the newly built school and divide the students into classes.

One hundred and three students, ranging in age from five-year-old boys to **-year-old boys, Li Jing divided them into four classes according to their ages, and divided them into classes A, B, C, and D.The school was built according to Li Jing's requirements. The classrooms are spacious and bright. Each room has two doors at the front and back, and two rows of large windows for ventilation.The desks and benches are all brand new, and blackboards and chalks are specially made for the students to use.Even the textbooks were ordered and bought by Li Jing at the Dengzhou Bookstore in advance.

After the classes were assigned, the parents of the [-] new students gave the students Shuxiu as usual.Two pieces of pork, [-] eggs, and some local goods, cloth shoes, linen and so on.Although Li Jing said that the school does not charge tuition fees, no one dares to forget this set of rituals.In the eyes of these soldiers and craftsmen, it is a very sacred thing to learn from a teacher.

The gentlemen accepted these gifts calmly according to Li Jing's intention, and it would be bad not to accept them.After accepting the gift, it was the last and most solemn thing for the new year's freshmen to enroll.

All the parents handed over a lantern carefully prepared in advance to the children, and asked the new students to carry the lantern and put it in front of the teacher, and the teacher would light the lantern for the children.This is a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. Mr. Li lights up lanterns for new students, which is called "turning on the lights", which means that the future of the students is bright.

After the lanterns were lit, the entrance ceremony of the new school in Shamen Town officially ended, and from the next day onwards, the school would officially start classes.

(To be continued)