"Using the ancestral hall and old house of a powerful landlord as a school?"
The Ninth Princess nodded slightly: "This is a good idea."
The three biggest difficulties in implementing compulsory education are tuition fees, venues and teachers.
At present, Dakang's labor costs are still very low, so Jin Feng plans to exempt tuition fees for compulsory education, and teachers' salaries will be directly allocated by the court.
All that's left is the venue and the teacher.
The site is also easy to solve. Many old ancestral houses of powerful people were confiscated to divide the land among the local tycoons. With a little renovation, it can not only be used as a classroom, but also as a teacher's dormitory.
For Jin Feng, the most difficult thing is the teacher.
Even if Fang Lingjun comes, it will be difficult to train enough teachers in a short period of time.
However, compulsory education is related to the future of Dakang. No matter how difficult it is, Jin Feng will continue to do it.
Seeing that Jin Feng had already thought about it, the Ninth Princess asked some detailed questions and put forward some reasonable suggestions.
Early the next morning, several airships took off one after another and flew to various places in Sichuan and Sichuan.
Guangyuan, Fengyuefang.
Two government soldiers took the notice and posted it on the bulletin wall at the entrance of Fangshi.
It was still mid-morning, business in the brothel was not good, and many girls were wandering on the street.
When they found out there was a new announcement, they gathered around.
"Sister, you know how to read. Come and read with me. What announcement did Mr. Jin make?"
A girl with pigtails pulled her companion's arm and asked.
If Jin Feng were here, he might be able to recognize that the little girl's companion was Miss Luliu from the Guangyuan Jiaofang Division.
"Mr. Jin wants to establish a group of schools so that all the children in Dakang can study. Now he is recruiting school teachers." Luliu said in a low voice.
"Mr. Recruitment?" The girl with pigtails said in surprise: "Sister, hurry up and sign up!"
"I...can it?" Luliu's face was full of expectation, but more of hesitation.
After the Ninth Princess established New Dakang, she continued to implement the slave release order.
Considering that brothel girls do not have many survival skills, Jin Feng did not ban brothels across the board, but negated all prostitution contracts and issued new dental licenses to all brothel girls.
From the day the slave manumission order was issued, all domestic slaves and brothel girls regained their freedom.
They can stay in the brothel and work in their previous jobs, or they can leave.
Many brothel girls had no choice but to come to the brothel to seek a way out because their families could no longer survive.
Now Jin Feng is providing work-for-relief on a large scale in Sichuan and Sichuan. The lives of the people in Sichuan and Sichuan have become much better, and many girls have been taken back by their families.
Of course, many girls stayed.
In the past, girls were regarded as the private property of brothels, and there were no wages or commissions for receiving customers. Even the tips given by customers had to be turned over to the madam according to regulations.
But starting from the issuance of the slave manumission order, the girls can keep half of the money they earn, and all the tips given by the guests belong to the girls themselves.
Many girls stayed here in order to earn this money.
There are also some girls who have no one left at home, or whose families are unwilling to accept them, so they have to stay.
After Luliu became a prisoner, his parents and brothers were sent to the barren land of the southwest and lost contact with them long ago.
And she has no other survival skills, so she can only stay in the brothel temporarily.
But she stopped accepting customers long ago, and instead made money by playing the piano and dancing.
Although she doesn't earn as much as she does from taking on customers, Luliu is already very satisfied.
Life now is so many times better than before.
The only thing she regrets is that the Jinchuan Song and Dance Troupe came to Guangyuan Fengyuefang to recruit, but she was not selected.
It's not because she can't sing or dance well, it's because her voice isn't loud enough.
Dakang currently does not have speakers. When the song and dance troupe performs, they must sing at the top of their lungs, otherwise people far away from the stage cannot hear them.
Lu Liusheng is thin and has poor lung capacity. It would be okay to have tea in the courtyard of a brothel, but it would not be okay to perform on the stage of a song and dance troupe.
Every time I applied for a song and dance troupe, I was rejected during the voice test.
Recently, in addition to playing the piano and singing, she also practiced lung capacity, hoping to get out of the brothel one day.
But her body was too weak, and no matter how hard she tried, her improvement was still very small.
Luliu was almost desperate when she saw this recruitment announcement.
"As a teacher, just talk in the room. You don't have to raise your voice. Sister, you are good at poetry and painting, you can definitely do it!"
The girl with pigtails cheers for Luliu.
"But...but I am a woman and I am from a brothel, can I be a gentleman?" Luliu was still a little worried.
"What's wrong with women? Mr. Jin has long said that we women can hold up half the sky."
The pigtailed girl said: "Go to West Street and take a look at the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce, Jinchuan Bank and Jinchuan Inn. Which one is not a woman?"
"It's different. Your husband wants to teach and educate others. How can someone who is a role model come from a brothel?"
“Can’t you just ask and you’ll know?”
The girl with pigtails shouted to the soldier who posted the notice: "Master, can I ask you something?"
"Girl, please don't call me military master again. Mr. Jin said that in our new Dakang, everyone is equal and there will be no masters anymore. If you call me that again and my captain hears it, you should scold me.
"
The soldiers waved their hands repeatedly: "What do you want to ask?"
"I would like to ask, can those of us who come from brothels sign up?"
"Since the notice has been posted at the entrance of Fengyuefang, it is naturally okay."
Fu Bing said with a smile: "Girl, do you want to sign up? Just go to the Fu Yamen directly! Once you are selected, not only will you be covered, but you will also get one hundred and twenty wages per month. After working for half a year, it can be increased to two
Bai Wen! If you are selected as an outstanding teacher, you will get more bonuses!"
"Oh, what a high wage!"
When the people around him heard this, they all expressed surprise.
Dakang's copper coins are still very valuable, and two hundred coins are enough to feed a family of three.
In this era, being able to have enough to eat means living a life of excellence.
Of course, Luliu was once the red card of the Jiaofang Division, and its reputation was there. Even if it didn't accept customers and just played tea party, it would still make a lot of money every month.
But she longs for a dignified life even more.
So after listening to the Fu Bing's words, Lu Liu finally made up his mind, grabbed the girl with pigtails and ran to the Fu Yamen.
As a result, when I arrived at the government office, I found that the entrance of the government office was crowded with people who had signed up.
A useless person is a scholar, and many scholars have a very difficult life.
But if they are asked to do business or work, they feel they lose their status.
In this way, becoming a teacher is a very good choice.
Luliu waited in line for half an hour before it was her turn.
After registering her dental license information, the yamen officer handed her a number plate and asked her to come for the exam in three days.
The content of the exam includes not only literacy but also basic arithmetic.
This time Luliu did very well in the exam and was admitted into the first batch.
The day after admission, Luliu, escorted by bodyguards, took a carriage to Xihewan.
At the thought of possibly seeing Jin Feng again, Luliu couldn't help but start to look forward to it, and also felt a little uneasy.