Beiyang new warlord

"General, please think again! I can only reveal one thing now, the general will never regret marrying Chiyohime!"

Today's routine action failed again, Mao Jue couldn't help but feel a little resentful, and even dealt with it severely at the famous scenic spot in later generations, "Yuan Chonghuan's Out of Gong", and then returned to Baima Mountain City humming depressed.

It's just that he was restless when he went back, Mao Jue dug out a lot of things in a mess, and put them together with the map of the Sado gold mine that the old lady got today.

It has to be said that Li Yuanyi really gave Mao Jue a big gift, not to mention the unidentified orphan and widow, the text box just copied from her basement is worth a thousand gold, not to mention that it is now the main design drawing of the Dongjiang battleship , just the map is very precious. There are more than [-] ruling countries in the entire Japanese kingdom. Seeing a Japanese general who went on a rampage and killed all sides with blood, the Japanese country is no longer a stranger in his eyes.

However, what moved his heart today was not the gold of Sado Island, but the small and large squares of Linguo on the map, or the numbers written on it.

For example, the Kaga Kanazawa clan of the Maeda family has a stone height of 77 stone, the Shimadzu family of the Kagoshima clan of the Satsuma clan has a stone height of 62 stone, and the Date family of the Shilu Osendai clan in the north has a stone height of [-] stone.

But the most attractive thing is Owari, the core area of ​​the Tokugawa family of Kii's generation, the territory of the vicious vassal daimyo, the genealogical daimyo is actually quite small, but the stone height is not much lower than those of the great vassals.

The Wa Kingdom is similar to the Ming Dynasty, both of which are traditional agricultural countries. The most direct manifestation of the strength of a territory is Shi Gao, how much food a territory can produce.

Moreover, the stones of the Wa Kingdom are not the same as the stones of China. Akashi is about 94 kilograms, 180 Jin, while a stone of the Wa Kingdom is 340 Jin. The territory of the Wa Kingdom is only 25/6000th of later China. For one, the official population of Daming is [-] million, and the official population of Wa is [-]. Not counting the hidden population, the population is only about five times that. This all shows that Wa has a lot of food production.

What is Dongjiang most lacking now?Food! Don't look at Mao Jue's efforts to open up sources of income and reduce expenditure recently, the gap is still not small. Today, when he came back from Shouguan Village in the lower city with a map, Mao Jue suddenly remembered that he still had such a rich neighbor beside him. !

"What are you doing? Let Su Yi ask you to go to dinner and you don't go, you forget to eat and sleep, brat, do you really think of yourself as a character?"

These words feel a little sour, but it is no wonder that Mao Wenlong, the first hero, now wants to pass on the Dongjiang that he has worked so hard to build. No wonder the old guy beat Mao Jue every now and then for some reason.

If the old man committed suicide on weekdays, Mao Jue would definitely be sweating with guilt, but this time, after closing the map, Mao Jue actually had a meaningful smile on his face.

"Father, when you first left Zhendongjiang, the military town didn't have enough food, what did you do?"

"Grab it!"

Surprised by Mao Jue's attitude, Mao Wenlong was full of pride once again when he recalled the soldiers and horses in the past, and said high-spiritedly.

"Don't talk about Zhendong River, your father and I will be full of food and grass when we were defeated. When Guangning was defeated, your father and my army were scattered. Only about two hundred brothers were left, trapped by the sea, for three days in a row Without enough food, everyone was hungry like a ghost. Once your father and I gritted our teeth, we couldn’t be a starving ghost. We took our brothers to touch Zhenjiang City and went. Those Jian slaves deserved the bad luck. They beat them too much. It went well, without even looking at the door, that night your father and I walked into the city, chopped off twenty or thirty of them with a knife, and then we had dinner!"

"The taste of rice, tsk tsk"

He clicked his lips, as if he was still reminiscing about the sweetness of the past, but seeing Mao Wenlong's endless aftertaste, Mao Jue was full of smiles and hurriedly gestured.

"Okay dad, the child is taught!"

Chapter 225. Dongjiang Academy

The matter of Yuan Chonghuan reminded Mao Jue that this year he was obsessed with collecting foreign talents, but forgot to cultivate local talents.

Now Mao Jue's goal is clear. To establish a separatist warlord regime in the enclave of Liaodong. When the world changes in the future, no matter what the situation is, as long as he has the strength in his hands, at least he will not lose. And if Daming survives Well, he can also learn from Li Chengliang's family in those days, when they were appointed as marquises and worshiped as ministers, they entered the customs with their property, and scattered their generals and grandchildren on the nine sides as family protection, and they were still prominent lintels.

But since we want to separate the regime, we must formulate a long-term talent plan. After all, although they are all military settlements, there is still a big difference between soldiers and civilians. The long-term introduction of foreign talents cannot form the core cohesion that belongs to Dongjiang.

After all, people are selfish, and the geographical barriers in this era are big enough, otherwise there would be no Party of Qi Chu and Zhejiang, and Huizhou Merchants Guild Hall. No one wants a bunch of outsiders to manage themselves, but Dongjiang has a population of 30. The culture is only a few hundredths, less than 600 people, and more than half of them are the bosses of the chamber of commerce, masters, etc., who can't manage the place without knowing a single word, calculate money and food, and judge lawsuits.

Just do what you say, this is Mao Jue's fiery youth running under the setting sun.On the second day after returning from Yuan Chonghuan's house, he gathered a large group of craftsmen and planned it in Baima Mountain City.

Now Dongjiang is short of food, but not short of labor force. There are nearly [-] middle-aged men, tens of thousands of them excluding those in the army, and even the unemployment rate is a bit difficult. Recruiting soldiers from various villages in slack and garrisoning them in two days, there is one Thousands of craftsmen gathered in Baima Mountain City.

It is very similar to the universities of later generations. After all, defense must also be considered. On the hillside behind the mountain city, a small city wall was built first, and after a playground was left in the middle, foundations were laid on the sunny east and south sides, and two three-story buildings were built. In the teaching building, there is a cafeteria in the north, and a water cellar in the west, where the mountain spring water flowing down from the mountain is collected in the water cellar, so that in case of siege, there is no shortage of water to drink.

The last few months of Chongzhen's five years were completely consumed by Mao Jue.

On the eighth day of November, the first school in Dongjiang Town was built. The famous Dongjiang Lecture Hall is still hung with the plaque of Dongjiang School. , Immediately after, a large string of crackling firecrackers rang lively on both sides.

The opening day of Master Mao’s school was also very lively. People from other places came to do business, local military leaders, and famous people. Unknowingly, almost 2000 people came, more than the workers. A large group of people gathered around the new school to discuss and talk non-stop. As expected, there were always more words than actions.

Especially when there are troublemakers, such as Kong Youde, who knocked his hands on the wall loudly like an expert, looked around the large playground, and then started yelling regretfully at the top of his voice.

"What a nice house. If this is used as a military camp, at least two regiments can be formed for a group of poor people. The general is too wasteful!"

"Old Wen, don't you think so?"

"That's right! The camp of the Caledonian Army is not so grand!"

The two of them were muttering somewhere, but Pang Hai rolled his eyes behind him. There was a sour taste in the words of these two guys.

The two of them are still single and have no son. As for the two of them?Zhuer, who is always confused when he reads the book, has nothing to do with Mao Jue's several colleges, but it is very different for Dongjiang generals such as Pang Hai, Zhao Cheng and Zhao Yong, and Tian Tao. The children of his family can go to school first, instead of going to the south of the Yangtze River if they want to study like Mao Jue did before.

In particular, the director of Dongjiang Academy is not an ordinary person. Shen Guangzuo, a celebrity from Hangzhou, came to take charge of it himself. He has been in the officialdom for decades, not to mention knowledge, even the accumulated relationships are worthy of people's flocks. Today, Dongjiang Academy is listed, and it is early in the morning. Dozens of school-age children were brought here, dressed in that kind of Gao Guanbo, and brought them here to apprentice. If it wasn't for the fact that Pang Dahai's baby was too young, he would have been eager to bring them here as soon as possible.

After all, in this era, the noble and the humble are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In addition to these local upper-class figures, some special guests came this time. Thirty or so Li Chao scholars who wore high black gauze hats like those in Korean dramas and Korean Confucian clothes were also looking around, looking around. A three-story building built with bricks, cement and steel bars, blue-gray walls, red brick roofs, and some old antiques with disdainful and contemptuous expressions on their faces, and a few young Korean officials looking around in novelty. .

Mao Jue has a lot of face. His Dongjiang Academy opened, and Li Chaodu sent a special mission to celebrate.

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers kicked the gate of the academy with a big goose step. On the long bluestone stairs at the gate, the noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, and they all looked inward. , personable, striding forward like an immortal, and all of a sudden, those students and boys in the crown immediately put their hands together neatly, with their thumbs pointing up, and neatly bowed to the ground with their five bodies neatly.

"Disciple Mengdu pays homage to his master. The disciple's heart is to teach and educate. He looks to the sages. He hopes that the master will be perfect and he will be accepted under the sect! The disciple will serve the master with devotion and never dare to neglect!"

There is a saying called being a teacher, and it is about Shen Guangzuo today. Today, the old guy is rosy, and his voice is like a bronze bell, as if he has rejuvenated.

To be honest, the old guy came to the north because he was helpless. On the one hand, he disdained to associate with other wealthy families in Hangzhou and plunder the poor. On the other hand, he was afraid that the Shen family would be isolated. One day when people are sitting at home, the pot will come from the sky, and if they don't look at the old guy Mao Jue, they won't feel at ease.

Literati! They all have spiritual pursuits. When he was in Hangzhou, Shen Guangzuo was a famous scholar. Even after retiring, he usually kept in touch with the literary world and wrote books. Moreover, the judiciary these days is actually very simple. There is a saying that the people do not Officials are not investigated, and the government is dark. Even if there is something wrong, the common people are not willing to go to the government to solve it. For example, Shen Guangzuo, a respected village elder in a place, has become the main figure in mediating conflicts and adjudicating justice. In Hangzhou, Shen Guangzuo Retirement life is actually very rich.

However, when he arrived in Dongjiang, although the Mao family and his son entertained him in every possible way, this life is too idle. If he has time to soak in the hot springs, Mao Wenlong will accompany him to play chess and teach the children of the family, so there is nothing to do. up.

This is what the old man is most afraid of. Once he is free, he will be useless. But when Shen Guangzuo was bored, Mao Jue respectfully invited him out of the mountain, and spent tens of thousands of taels of silver for him to study in a school. With Xianbei's body of knowledge, how could Shen Guangzuo not be flushed.

Facing the students kneeling down to worship their teachers, Shen Guangzuo also had a majestic face, and his voice was as loud as Hong Zhong's.

"The way of a sage is like a vast sea of ​​stars, old and dull, but a ladle to be taken. He is ignorant and ignorant, and he is often frightened. However, the way of a sage is taught without discrimination. Even though Shen is stupid, he dare not hide his secrets. You Since you are dedicated to learning, the old man will also take what I have learned, and teach it with all my pockets!"

"However, there are three things not to teach in my sect. Those who are disloyal and unfilial will not be taught! Those who are lazy and lazy will not be taught! Those who are greedy, corrupt and adulterous will not be taught! You should warn them of the three precepts, but if anyone violates them, the old man will definitely be expelled from the door, and there will be no mercy !"

"Disciple dare not, keep it in mind!"

There was a large group of boys, and the boys quickly kowtowed again.

Although there were more people appreciating teachers this time, the ceremony of appreciating teachers was carried out in a strict manner. It was not until the third kowtow that these newly promoted students were put into the academy and followed behind, and those smiling parents also followed in. Each of them held a lot of gifts in their hands, and rushed to stuff the gifts into the concierge in the hall of the teaching building.

But don't look at a lot of things, but they are not worth much. They are also prepared according to the traditional apprenticeship ceremony, which has special meaning. For example, celery represents diligence, bacon represents heart, and there are red beans, red dates, lotus seeds, longan and so on. According to this quantity, it is estimated that Recently, the Shen family has been eating fried bacon with celery and red bean and longan porridge for a long time.

Everything is really new. According to the school admission process of later generations, he registered at the teaching office first, received the school bedding and settled in the dormitory, and finally followed Shen Guangzuo to the first classroom on the third floor of the east building.

In the next few decades, the ultimate class of Dongjiang Academy, which will stand against the disciples of Yuan Chonghuan in Xiashou Village, will be completely established here. Dozens of scholars are either the children of military officers in Dongjiang or the children of big businessmen. Their equipment is also luxurious. , Mao Jue brought back a complete set of classics, book records, and brushes from Guannei, all of which are lake brushes, and rice paper and ink are also inexhaustible.

But until he thanked the teacher, Mao Jue, the iron coach, never faced him. While the officers and villagers on the third floor were still busily thanking him, in fact, in the classrooms on the first and second floors, the lectures had already begun. here we go.

Tens of thousands of taels have built this place, which is enough to accommodate thousands of people. The Dongjiang Academy is not for the privileged children of only three or forty people. Before today's opening, Mao Jue had already selected more than 40 people from fourteen to sixteen in Tieyi Town. A boy around the age of 300 rushed into the academy and started teaching.