Hu Changan looked at the expectant eyes of everyone, and smiled slightly and said: "Don't panic, I am too impatient to eat hot tofu, you should start by learning to read."
"I have invited Mr. Enlightenment from outside, and he will teach you how to read from now on."
"All craftsmen, you go to the school to study in the morning and make iron in the afternoon."
With that said, Hu Changan led the craftsmen towards the school.
Hu Changan specially found an empty room in the Ministry of Industry to serve as a classroom for these craftsmen in the future.
This room is not far from the iron-making workshop of the Ministry of Industry, making it very convenient for craftsmen to come and go.
After a while, Hu Changan led everyone to the new school.
Looking at the bright and clean classroom, everyone was moved.
I didn’t expect that these rough and tumble guys could become intellectuals one day!
At Hu Changan's signal, everyone took their seats.
The person in front of the stage is an old Confucian scholar with gray hair.
This man had passed the scholar examination a long time ago, but had no choice but to fail in the provincial examination many times, so he had to accept his fate and become a teacher.
Now he has been working hard on the podium for many years and is already an experienced enlightenment man.
Looking at the tall and strong craftsmen in the audience, the old man felt slightly uncomfortable.
The people who came to him for enlightenment before were all three or five-year-old little Douding, and he had never taught an adult like this before.
However, looking at the eyes of everyone in the audience who were eager for knowledge, the old gentleman slowly calmed down, picked up the "Three Character Classic" and began to teach slowly.
Hu Changan looked at everyone studying seriously, nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left.
According to the old man, in about half a year, these craftsmen will be able to master basic reading and writing.
Hu Changan needs to complete the compilation of physics and chemistry textbooks before then.
Originally, Hu Changan planned to hire someone to teach, but later he thought about it and gave up the idea.
After all, in the Ming Dynasty, except for Hu Changan himself, no one else had any concept of physics and chemistry.
Hu Changan was afraid that finding second-hand dealers would distort the facts.
So after much deliberation, Hu Changan decided to personally serve as a lecturer for these craftsmen.
Anyway, Hu Changan only needs to use this wave.
In the future, Hu Changan plans to let these first batch of educated craftsmen become teachers, leading the new with the old, and continue to teach other craftsmen.
Hu Changan hopes that he can cultivate a group of modern engineering talents in his lifetime!
But for now, we are just looking forward to the future, and we still have to eat our meals one bite at a time.
Let these craftsmen learn to write their own names first, which is the first step.
Hu Changan turned around and walked towards Fuzhong, preparing to experiment with new products.
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Today's Hu Mansion is filled with a strange plant planted by Hu Changan.
It's really weird. Although this kind of thing looks as green as a plant, it's covered with little thorns. It hurts when poked.
At first, the curious servants of the Hu Mansion would touch this strange plant with their hands, but after being stabbed firmly several times, everyone gave up the idea.
Some of them were not careful and even got pricked with blood!
Not only that, the small thorns of this plant can also catch people's clothes when they walk by.
The clothing of the Ming Dynasty was all about elegance, with various ribbons and various ornaments.
Once you accidentally get hooked by a plant thorn while walking, it will be tragic!
A piece of clothing may be ruined.
A maid accidentally cut open a gauze dress by being pulled by the thorns of this plant.
Therefore, everyone in the Hu family stayed away from this plant.
Only Hu Changan is different.
Hu Changan loved these plants so much that he would get closer every now and then to see how they were growing.
These plants are naturally the cacti that will be well-known in later generations.
Hu Changan plans to use these cacti to raise cochineal insects and make the first lipstick in history!
Cochineal insects contain carmine, which can be made into pigments.
This is a rare pure natural pigment.
It is not only non-toxic and pollution-free, but also has strong antioxidant capacity and will not fade after being applied to the lips for a long time.
The raw material of many big-name lipsticks is this humble cochineal insect.
Better cochineal insects were even as valuable as gold in later generations!
Nowadays, Ming women's lipstick is made from various kinds of flower petals.
Women of the common class often use lipstick made of red and blue flowers and pomegranate flowers.
The richer aristocratic class would choose mountain jellyfish.
But in short, they all use the juice of flower petals.
Although these lipsticks made from flower petal juice are okay, compared to the lipsticks made from cochineal insects, the flower petal lipsticks are obviously lighter in color and do not stay on the lips for as long.
Hu Changan believes that the cochineal lipstick he launched will be a big seller in Yingtian City!
The reason why Hu Changan wanted to launch lipstick was actually because he wanted to take the upper-class route.
After several false alarms, Hu Changan finally figured out that only by establishing good relations with the higher-ups could he have smooth business and official career in the future.
Today's Ming Dynasty is similar to that of later generations. Men love wine and women love makeup. This is an irrefutable truth.
As for wine, Hu Changan has rum.
As for cosmetics, isn’t Hu Changan currently developing them?
Of course, now we have to wait for the cactus to grow a little bigger before we can transplant the cochineal insects.
So recently, apart from attending court and working, Hu Changan spends the rest of his time in his mansion planting cacti.
The origin of cactus is Mosig and the United States, and it is not yet available in China.
But Hu Changan didn't have a system. As soon as he exchanged the money, a watery cactus appeared in front of him.
Fortunately, cactus is a relatively hardy plant that is not only drought tolerant, but also cold tolerant, and can be grown even in winter.
All Hu Changan has to do is to provide some basic water sources so that they can thrive on their own.
Hu Changan carefully took care of the cactus according to the textbooks provided by the system.
Of course, in the eyes of others, this thing has changed.
"Hey, Master Hu, why have you been growing these weird things lately? Do you know what these things are?"
"Of course I don't know. I grew up in Yingtian Mansion and have never seen such a weird thing. I don't know what it can do."
"That's right, look at how this thing is full of thorns. It even ruined two of my clothes. It's so disgusting!"
"I don't know what Mr. Hu wants to do with this. Does he want to keep it as a decoration? Otherwise, I really can't think of what this thing can be used for."
"Hey, Master Hu has really strong taste. My scalp goes numb when I see so many sharp thorns. I didn't expect that Master Hu can even appreciate this kind of thing. If you ask me, he is truly worthy of being a young master."