"That's right." Zhao Hao was very happy. With popularity, everything would come true. He flattered Zhang Zhixian and said, "By the way, Mr. Tang said before that this road has no name. Why don't you ask the old senior to give it a name?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Magistrate Zhang waved his hands quickly.
"The smooth construction of Xiaocang Mountain is all thanks to the protection of our old predecessors. Isn't it our duty to give the road a name?" Zhao Hao complimented with a smile.
"Then I will be disrespectful to refuse it." Magistrate Zhang thought for a moment with joy, and then suggested without any imagination: "How about calling it 'Zhuangyuan Road'? To commemorate the first number one scholar in Nanjing in 200 years."
"Uh, OK..." Zhao Hao couldn't help but want to complain. But thinking that no matter how nice the name is, it is not as practical as "Zhuangyuan Road", he nodded and smiled: "I will follow my parents' wishes."
From now on, the gentry and common people in Nanjing City must always mention Dad and keep him in their hearts... uh, step on him.
It doesn't matter if you step on me, I'll just be your servant.
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The project at Xiaocangshan will not be completed until the end of the year, and Zhao Hao originally planned to go directly to Caijia Lane from Zhuangyuan Road.
But County Magistrate Zhang was more concerned about this image project for Shangyuan County than Zhao Hao, and he insisted on pulling him to stop and take a look.
In fact, County Magistrate Zhang was not so concerned about it at first, but Zhao Hao renewed his contract for another three years. This project was no longer a wedding dress for others, but a real political achievement of his own.
When he thought about the county's reception banquet being held here in the future and all the officials attending the banquet having to listen to his bragging, County Magistrate Zhang wished he could do it himself and finish it in one day.
The carriage stopped by the Hibiscus Pond, where the surface of the pond was covered with rippling green waves and lush lotus leaves. The area of the pond was more than twice as large as before.
It can no longer be called Furong Pond, it should be called Furong Lake.
There are several brand new pleasure boats and cruise ships docked at the newly built pier.
The workers were building a bluestone fence by the lake under the scorching midday sun, and it was clear that it would take some time to be completed.
"The deadline is so tight," Zhao Hao asked Shopkeeper Fang. "Why don't you take a break at noon?"
"Alas, sir, it has been raining every day since the beginning of the plum blossom season. We finally get a sunny day, so we must seize it." Fang De smiled bitterly.
"Oh, that's right." Zhao Hao suddenly remembered that last year there was a rare severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and this year there will definitely be floods and disasters.
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Mr. Zhao invested 50,000 taels in Xiaocang Mountain, recruited refugees for construction, and invited Wen Zhengming's eldest son, Mr. Wenshan, to design and supervise the project.
With sufficient funds and manpower, and with experts in charge, we can naturally build roads, expand lakes, and construct buildings at the same time, and the project will naturally progress rapidly.
At present, the pavilions and towers by the lake have been half built, and the six-story restaurant built for the delicious food has also reached the fourth floor.
Actually, there wasn't much improvement on the construction site, so after a quick tour, everyone got back in the car and headed to Wei Ji Xian in Cai Jia Xiang for a banquet.
After the welcoming banquet, the drunken County Magistrate Zhang, supported by Li Jiutian, staggered into the car and returned to the yamen.
Mr. Zhao, whose corpse had been force-fed again, was carried to a carriage by Zhao Shouye, Fan Datong and others and taken back to the Zhao Mansion in the south of the city to rest.
Zhao Hao did not go back immediately, but went to the back of the restaurant with great interest and visited the Caijiaxiang Primary School which was converted from his old residence.
Turning around the alley, I saw that the entire school occupied an area that was six times the size of my original home. Through the five-foot-high wall, I could see the main building of the school, which was a two-story building with ten classrooms on each floor.
On the wall on the east side of the building facing Caijia Lane, there are three big black characters "Youde Building" written on it.
That is the teaching building donated by Tang Youde.
Tang Yuanwai also promised that he would donate a "Youde Building" to every school established by Mr. Zhao in the future...
However, Mr. Zhao has not yet revealed to Fatty Tang that his goal is to open schools all over the world and make the whole world speak Chinese!
"If Fatty Tang goes bankrupt in the future, it will probably be because of building a building..."
Master Zhao chuckled secretly, then walked into the school surrounded by the crowd.
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It was class time. Zhao Hao signaled to everyone to keep quiet and stood outside a classroom window with Li Zhi and Zhang Jian.
The classroom was full of students, all around 70 or 90 years old, who were concentrating on listening to a teacher in his 40s teaching them how to read.
Then the teacher wrote the word "大" on the blackboard with a white chalk pen and asked the students, "How do you pronounce this word we taught you this morning?"
"Big!" the students answered in unison.
"That's right...what about this word?" The teacher added a dot under the big word, writing it as '太'.
Unexpectedly, the students still pronounced "Da" in unison!
"Look carefully, this character is bigger, and there is an extra dot in the middle." The teacher corrected him, "It's the Tai in Taigong!"
"Tai, Taigong's Tai..."
Then the gentleman erased that dot and changed it to 'dog.' "What about this one?"
"Tai, Taigong's Tai."
"No, that dot is outside!" A sharp-eyed student shouted, "How could it be Taigong?"
"That's more like it." The gentleman, who was almost vomiting blood out of anger, finally felt a little relieved. "Then what do you think it should be?"
"Great Grandfather!"
"Poof..." The gentleman vomited blood on the spot.
'Pfft...' Zhao Hao and the others outside the window couldn't help laughing.
Yu Jiachang was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained in a low voice: "This class was only opened last month. The first batch of children can already recognize 100 to 200 words."
Li Zhi suppressed his laughter and said to Zhao Hao: "Children from poor families have lived in an illiterate environment since childhood, so of course their foundation is very poor."
"Yes, the children of wealthy families are influenced by their parents and taught by them since childhood. They know hundreds or even thousands of words before they even start learning." Zhang Jian also felt deeply: "The gap is so big at the beginning, and it will only get wider in the future."
"That's right." Li Zhi nodded, glanced at Zhao Hao and said, "Although the boss's intention is commendable, the most he can do is to teach them to read. It is a luxury to expect more."
"As long as you can write and count, I will be satisfied." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and did not explain the great power of the literacy class.
Young Master Zhao inspected several other classrooms and found that the situation had indeed improved a lot.
The children who were the first to receive education could already read the "Literacy Textbook" he compiled and recite the multiplication table...
When leaving Youde Building, Li Zhi probably felt a little embarrassed that he had eaten dry food for a month for nothing, so he offered to help him teach these children.
But Zhao Hao declined without hesitation.
"Dr. Li should just focus on the Science College. It's enough to have Yu Jia here."
What a joke! What I want to train are down-to-earth and loyal grassroots backbones. If you, Li Zhuowu, teach them, wouldn't they all be confused?
All we need to do is teach the children how to write and do math, to express their gratitude to Mr. Zhao. Yu Jiachang will be in charge of this, and it will be more than enough to hire a few teachers who can read and do math.
What other bicycle do you want?
ps. Chapter 1, please give me monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!!! I am still checking the rest~~~