[Chapter 245 Winter Education Program]

David was a little embarrassed, vaguely seeming to recall the fear of being dominated by the murlocs in Menethil Harbor.

But he is now much thicker-skinned than before, with a calm look as if nothing had happened, and walked straight to the black leather and picked it up.

He couldn’t tell what this thing was, it didn’t seem to be an equipment, more like a ‘raw material’.

“It seems that this is the biggest difference from the original game.”

The dropped items did not follow the settings in the game. The black leather was full of energy fluctuations, and it vaguely revealed a hellish aura similar to Andariel.

At the same time, David couldn’t ‘see’ what attributes this thing had, but he could be sure that it should be a very rare and good thing.

“Is this the first ‘attributed’ item we have seen?”

David led these people to almost clear the first map. The dropped items were all ordinary equipment, and the only magic equipment was obtained by Charsi using the hammer enchantment.

“What’s the use of this thing?” Several people came over to look at it. Helen looked it up and down. It looked like a piece of leather, but the quality was good: “Maybe it can be used to make clothes or shoes?”

“Well, it’s a good suggestion. Let Gwen decide what to make it into!”

David handed the leather to Gwen. This thing was fought by Gwen, and no one would object to sharing it with Gwen.

“Give it to me alone?” Gwen didn’t think that she killed Andariel alone. If it weren’t for the help of David and Laura, she should still be in the previous mission areas, working hard to kill monsters and improve herself!

In this case, letting her enjoy the spoils alone made her feel a little embarrassed.

“Keep it! Anyway, we will come to the dungeon frequently recently, and there should be a lot of good things later.” As for this piece of leather, maybe it can be made into some equipment first and let Gwen use it first.

Hearing what David said, Gwen was not polite and began to think about what this piece of leather could be made into?

Leather armor? Vest? Jacket? Leather boots? Or…leather clothes? Leather pants? Leather skirt?

Gwen can think about it slowly. After killing Andariel and finishing the first map, David did not take a few people to Lugain, but took a few people out of the dungeon.

They are brushing the dungeon for the purpose of training, not really saving the world.

So there is no need to rush to the next map. After fighting continuously for a period of time, rookies like Gwen, Eva, and Helen all need to rest for a while.

“Have a good rest! The next time you brush the dungeon, it will be at least a few days later.”

These few days are also for a few people to digest the improved strength, and David came out to see if there is anything he missed.

In this way, after resting for a few days, David took a few women into the dungeon again, took a few people to quickly complete the plot, and took the opportunity to clean up the demons to let the women exercise.

Helen and Eva are still steadily improving their strength, and Gwen’s progress is very obvious.

In addition to being able to skillfully use firearms and other weapons, Gwen has also learned how to fight with weapons such as short knives, daggers, and one-handed swords, and even showed some talent for bare-handed combat.

As long as they continue to fight like this, after David clears the normal difficulty, these people should all be able to gain good strength, at least enough to protect themselves.

At this time, even without the escort of David and Laura, several people have enough strength to go to the dungeon by themselves.

As long as they go back and clear their personal tasks again, their strength can be improved. At that time, it will not be difficult to clear the normal difficulty with their own strength.

After things got on track, David began to focus on other things.

For example, the education problem that he had thought of at the beginning.

Winter Town has absorbed a large number of people from the Snow Fortress, and will get more people from the Iron Tree Fortress. In this round of harvest, the population of Winter Town has doubled.

It is not clear how effective the forced population migration of the Kingdom of Tilan is, but David thinks that after this series of operations, it should not be out of reach for the population of Winter Town to exceed 10,000.

The population has increased, the infrastructure has been built, and the military strength has steadily increased. He should also consider more things.

How to solve the problem of education? David thought about it for a while but still couldn’t find a reliable solution. In the end, he could only call everyone to a meeting to discuss it together.

“Education!” Tony was making the first test model of the new rifle. He was very unhappy when David called him over, but when he heard that it was “such an important” matter, he swallowed his dissatisfaction.

Everyone was present today, not only Steve was there, but even Leon happened to be in Winter Town. Hearing the question raised by David, the elite agent was speechless: he couldn’t give any reliable good suggestions for this kind of thing.

“Perhaps, we don’t need to pursue a too detailed education system at the beginning.” Everyone was silent for a long time. In the end, it was Casillas, a Kamar-Taj mage who came to Winter Town to study, who broke the silence: “I think Winter Town is not pursuing the cultivation of top intellectuals, but literacy…”

“You are right, we really shouldn’t set the goal too high at once.”

Originally, the illiteracy rate of residents in Winter Town was not high. That was because the main body of Winter Town residents were craftsmen from Azeroth. These craftsmen themselves had some “cultural knowledge”. After coming to Winter Town, they had to learn the Brunnian Common Language in order to live in this world. It was a forced popularization of cultural courses.

However, with the influx of more and more local civilians, the illiteracy rate rose sharply. Only a few people knew how to read, and they didn’t know many.

“Then the next question is, how do we solve the problem of teachers?”

“…”

A group of people looked at each other. Seeing that no one had any suggestions, Edwin Van Cleef spoke up: “After the adults distributed houses and land to the craftsmen, some craftsmen were relatively idle, and they could serve as teachers.”

Too complicated knowledge could not be taught, but simple literacy was not a problem.

Moreover, these craftsmen who learned better were all senior craftsmen, and they knew how to teach others.

“That should be enough.”

The discussion continued. After half a day of discussion, a rough plan was set: Taking advantage of the winter farming off-season, Winter Town will provide compulsory education for all residents in the territory.

This education is divided into two parts: First, all young people over the age of seven and under the age of eighteen in the Winter Town territory must go to school.

This is mandatory, and it is not allowed to refuse children from entering school!

During the study period in school, the school will provide students with sufficient clothing and food, which can also relieve the pressure of raising children in the territory.

At present, it is tentatively scheduled to be a six-year study, and only basic liberal arts, basic mathematics, and physical education classes have been confirmed.

Among them, the basic liberal arts courses include the Brunnian common language, history, ideology and morality, etc. It should not be difficult to gather knowledge points that can be studied for six years; physical education classes are more like basic military training. David even considers stationing a group of Holy Light priests in the school.

As for whether to add new courses in the future, it depends on the situation.

David’s goal is that graduates who have completed six years of compulsory education must be able to use the Brunnian common language proficiently for conversation, reading, and writing, be able to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division normally, and be able to meet the standards for recruiting new soldiers for the Winter Knights.

Considering the current situation in the territory, after the opening of this basic academy, all young people of school age will be recruited into the school, and then divided into classes according to age groups – there is no need for grading for the time being, everyone is in the first grade.

In the future, each grade is estimated to be the size of one class. If no students are recruited in a certain year or only one or two are recruited, then decide what to do according to the situation.

The second part is for adults in the territory. Winter Town will open a literacy class specifically for all civilians in the territory. As long as you are a resident of Winter Town, you can sign up to participate.

This literacy course is also free of charge. Basic supplies such as textbooks are directly distributed after registration. Compared with primary school students, it only lacks benefits such as food supply.

The literacy class will be arranged in several time periods to facilitate people to choose the appropriate time to study.

The curriculum is the same as the primary school curriculum, and the requirements are similar.

The graduation method is relatively flexible. As long as you complete the course and can pass the corresponding assessment test with enough points, you can get a diploma.

“What if no one signs up?” Gareth has not spoken today. It seems that there is no room for him to speak in education work. Until this time, he asked, if the civilians have no enthusiasm for signing up for learning, can this class still be held?

“Even if no one signs up, this class will continue until the day when there are no more illiterates in Winter Town.” David felt that when that day really comes, the literacy class may become an institution such as adult night school or cram school. As for

what if the civilians don’t want to study? Sooner or later, they will be eliminated by their own children or other people’s children, and the resources that originally belonged to them will be taken away.

As a lord, although David is “responsible” for all his subjects, he will certainly not pay too much attention to those who are stagnant. Instead, he will invest more attention and more high-quality resources in those who are more worthy of investment, because these people will bring him more returns.

This kind of differential treatment is inevitable!

“That’s roughly it, just do it! As for the person in charge…” David found that he had to appoint an education officer, otherwise it would be easy to cause trouble if there was no one really responsible for so many things.

Looking at the people present, David looked back and forth for a long time, but he didn’t find anyone suitable to be in charge of the education work in Winter Town. In the end, he could only throw the burden to the old hunter Addis whom he trusted.

“Addis will be the education officer of Winter Town.”

(End of this chapter)