"Following time" was originally a characteristic and privilege of the nobility, because only the nobility have the tools and methods to accurately calculate time. Neither the magic timer nor the mechanical clock from the dwarf kingdom can be owned by ordinary people. Therefore, Nobles also regard "obeying time" as part of the upper class society and regard it as etiquette and rules, while commoners simply rely on the sun and stars to roughly judge the time and arrange their own production activities accordingly. This is reflected in Cecil It is normal for any nobleman outside the collar.
However, in Cecil Territory, everyone's life will strictly follow "time", what time will they start work, what time will they finish work, what time will the cafeteria open for meals, what time will night school start, everything will be regulated. It has a precise time scale, from territorial officials to common people.
This is the change brought about by Gao Wen. It is a change made to reverse the chaotic, primitive and inefficient production model. Only an accurate timetable can ensure the smooth operation of the factory, and only an accurate timetable can ensure the smooth operation of the factory. Accurate timetables can make people realize the importance of efficiency. At first, many civilians were quite puzzled by this requirement. It was only because of the huge prestige of the lord that they followed the newly established rules. But now, the word "punctuality" has become an unfamiliar word in the territory. Unfamiliar vocabulary, even small children understand the necessity of punctuality.
Because they have to come to school on time—arrive earlier, study longer, and have more stringent requirements than adults.
Gaowen has not implemented a full-time school yet, so the children in Cecil’s collar currently have to help their parents with work at home for half of the day. After lunch, they must go to the school. "Cecil General College" reported in the southern part of the territory.
This is a brand-new school built with bricks and cement. Its main building is the most majestic and largest building in the territory besides various factories, and it is on the square of the school. The flag of Cecil's territory is also flying, and the huge and majestic Cecil emblem and Ansu emblem are printed on the fence - Gawain firmly believes that the sense of honor and belonging must be cultivated from an early age. Compared with adults whose worldview has been solidified, , it is more important for children to have this awareness early, and the distinctive and majestic school logo will also help increase the enthusiasm of the people to "enroll in school": receiving education arranged by the lord in such a magnificent facility, which in many cases It will become a very glorious thing in people's minds.
Even if they don’t feel glorious, Gawain must instill in them the idea that doing so is glorious.
Night classes for adults begin after work is finished in the evening, while children come to school from the afternoon. They will study here until the sun goes down, and then have a free meal with the teachers. After dinner (this dinner is also one of the motivations for many adults to send their children to school), they continue to study until the adults’ night school classes are over, and they go home from school with their parents.
Adults’ thinking is solidified and they accept new knowledgeIt has become quite difficult, so Gawain’s requirement for most adult workers in the territory is that they can read and count. At least they can understand the operating instructions on the machines in the factory, but children are precious.” "Blank paper", they have not had time to be numbed by life, and they can still accept flexible new ideas and new knowledge, so Gao Wen has always attached great importance to the education of children.
At the beginning of the establishment of the territory, there were almost no children in this town, because those who fled from the old Cecil Territory were basically strong adults. Although women and children were evacuated first, they were not included in the evacuation. Under the corrosive environment of the demonic tide, most of the children with weak constitutions did not survive. It was not until several population expansions that the Cecil Territory finally had a generation of minors again, some of whom were sold along with their parents. Slaves (if it were not for Gawain's emancipation system, these children and their descendants would have been slaves for generations), and there are also homeless people rescued by Joan and Tom. These children even have to live in buffer camps with their parents. , are also arranged to come to the college for classes every day.
Today, they are adding a special new course.
Santis Said was nervously arranging his clothes in the teacher's office. The office was very simple, but it had a mirror as high as one person, and above the mirror was affixed a gift from the lord to the teachers of the college. A motto: Use your body as a mirror.
Santis tidied up the somewhat old robe and smoothed out the wrinkles on the robe a little awkwardly. He saw the motto above the mirror: There is wisdom in the lord's words, but he He still doesn't quite understand why this sentence appears here, but rather than understanding this sentence, he is more worried about whether he can handle this first lesson smoothly.
He is going to teach a group of poor children and let them learn knowledge that even the children of wealthy businessmen and knights may not be able to learn. Is this really possible?
He once served as a tutor for some businessmen or small nobles. The children of wealthy people can be regarded as "educated future superiors", but teaching them to read is still a hard job. , and now he has to face a group of serfs, slave laborers, indentured slaves and the children of free people. This young second-level arcanist simply can't imagine how he will teach them this first lesson.
But the school bell was about to ring. Through the window, he saw that the old man with a hunchback who was responsible for ringing the bell was already walking towards the copper bell hanging in the yard with a small hammer. He hesitated at this moment. It's meaningless.
Santis Said adjusted his collar for the last time, then with a determined expression he picked up the drafts and lesson plans prepared next to him, opened the office door, and strode towards the children classroom.
After opening the door, he saw two apprentices who were cleaning looking at him with blank faces - he had gone to the wrong door.
"Yes... I'm sorry!" The young arcanist didn't have the arrogance and momentum of a professional spellcaster at all. He apologized nervously, his face flushed with embarrassment, before the two apprentices could react. , he has alreadyHe ran back to the corridor as if running away.
The class bell had already rang, but Santis pushed the wrong door twice in the corridor before he found the classroom where he was supposed to be in class. He almost panicked and pushed the door open. I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I saw a roomful of messy, dirty children of various ages sitting inside.
The children who came to class were noisy. Although it was not the first time they entered school, the word "rules" still did not enter their minds. These children from different places and different ages They treat the classroom as a gathering place and make a noisy mess. Their parents may be serfs, freedmen, slaves or even exiles, but they themselves have no concept of this. All the children are mixed together and become a complete mess. .
Teachers who usually teach general studies can use their loud voices to calm these children, but Thantis Seid does not have such a loud voice (and the courage to match the loud voice). He just pushed When the door entered the room, the classroom was indeed quiet for a moment, but that was just the children temporarily stopping their noise out of curiosity. Soon the noise started again. This time, the focus of the children's discussion changed from dinner and mud to He picked up the old magic robe on Santis.
“Look! The new teacher!”
“The new teacher is wearing a robe, it must be a robe!”
“The new teacher is a master mage! He will definitely be able to transform into a dragon..."
"Hush, you will be dead if he gets angry!"
"That robe is so old..."
Older children will still look at Santis's robe and the short staff around his waist with fear, but the younger children have no fear at all. They have not yet learned to be like their parents. Like that, when he saw the mage master, he immediately bowed humbly - similarly, Santis also failed to master the "magnitude" of ordinary mage who would throw out a fireball when he saw a rude pariah and blow him into a cripple.
He can only release so many arcane missiles a day.
He could only open his mouth in vain, and it was difficult for the first row of people to hear the soft voice: "Quiet... Everyone, please be quiet, class is on..."
No one Listening to his words, it was as expected: the sons of common people were more difficult to deal with.
Santis felt sweat beading on his face. He felt that his first lesson might have failed, but a handkerchief was suddenly handed over from the side - he looked over unexpectedly and saw He saw a girl with big eyes looking at him while holding up a handkerchief.
This girl is a little thin, but she is wearing a very clean and neat cotton dress, and there is a small hairpin on her head, which shows that her family conditions should be good. She passed the handkerchief forward again. After a while, he opened his mouth and made a sound of "Ahhhh".
"Thank you... thank you..." Santis did not expect that a child would be so sensible. He immediately thanked him and took the handkerchief, wiping his sweat while laughing, "You are not like other people. Yell, you are so sensible..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a boy next to him suddenly shouted: "Because Pea is mute! "
The girl with big eyes immediately glared at the boy, who quickly shrank her neck: "I'm sorry, Sister Wandou..."
The girl's name is Wandou. , is he a mute?
Santis was stunned for a moment. He remembered that he had indeed seen the strange name "Pea" in the student roster before, but he did not expect that there would be one among his students. Mute.
And in those two stunned seconds, out of the corner of his eye, Santis suddenly saw a small hand reaching out from under the podium, holding a piece in his hand. The slate used for writing had a few crooked words written on it: Cast a spell, sir.
Then the slate was quickly taken back, and Santis didn't even see who it was. Handed over.
He was stunned for a moment, finally reacted, and then raised his right hand slightly - he only used the precious spell-casting opportunity a few times a day for his first class.
p>A small arcane energy ball flew out of the hand, flew into the air of the classroom, and then exploded, scattering magic sparks as if a firework had been set off in the room.
All the children were quiet for a moment.
They looked at their new teacher in awe, and it was only now that they finally realized and were finally sure that this was a real mage. < /p>
Like Ms. Hetty, a magician
The children looked at each other, and Thantis finally knew what to do.
"The children. ," the young second-level arcanist showed a smile. He put aside his experience as a tutor for small nobles and businessmen, threw away those meaningless gorgeous opening remarks, and threw away those "first contact etiquette" He Juju said what he wanted to say most at the moment, "I'll tell you how to identify the runes and the basic principles of their effectiveness. ”
These children may never be able to cast a spell with their own hands.
Santis turned around and wrote the title of the first lesson on the blackboard with a plaster pen .
No one in history has ever considered transferring the secrets of magic to everyone without reservation.
The basic runes of earth, water, wind and fire have been transferred from the tip of the pen to the blackboard. , followed by derivative runes in various fields such as frost and lightning.
However, these children can remember this knowledge with their minds and calculate this knowledge with paper and pen. Miss Jenny has proved this "calculation". The lord also believed in the value of these.
Santis turned around and saw dozens of curious and focused eyes - they could focus. >"Let's have our first lesson. ”