"Well, Xiao Linzi, oh no, Captain Lin, what do you think?" Wang Liang turned to look at Lin Hai. Although Wang Liang was a county lieutenant in terms of position, the old brothers all knew that it would be right to listen to Lin Hai when there was something.
"There are about 400 people in the county now. Brother Three and Brother Twenty-Six have been taking people out these past few days, and they should be able to call back quite a few people. By then, there will be at least a thousand people in the city. Food is definitely not enough, so there's no need for the children to study all day. We'll start a night school. After dinner, before it gets dark, have Master Shi teach them for an hour. When there are more children in the future, Master Shi and Sister Zhen'er can teach them together so that there won't be any delays."
"But there's no food at home. I'm afraid we can't even afford the teacher's salary..." Yang Xiong was about to argue, but Lin Hai interrupted him, "No need for a salary. The county government has paid for the food for Master Shi's wife. From now on, just treat her as a teacher employed by the county government. After all, educating the people is the county government's responsibility."
Go ahead. Lin Hai turned and said, "Yang Xiong, go back and tell everyone this news. This is a government decree. All children, five years old or older, regardless of gender, must go to the county school for their first education. Master Shi, go back and tidy up the old county school. You don't need to teach them classics. Just teach them to read and write first."
The two looked at Wang Liang and found that Wang Liang kept nodding.
Only then did Yang Xiong and Shi Bangyi finally confirm that the rumors were true and that Lin Hai was the real boss of the county.
After the two left, Lin Hai continued to explain to Wang Liang the importance of education. Besides, Lu You would be back with food soon, so the food problem was not the most important issue.
"Xiao Linzi, your nineteenth brother is back and is in some trouble."
"what happens?"
"Someone robbed us and we lost two large carts of food."
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