Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang to join him, but it only took him three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage.
Since Wei Ji reported that Cai Yan wanted to see him, Liu Wei had kept quiet, saying that he was compiling some kind of educational materials for children's early learning.
This would greatly pique Cai Yan's interest.
Imagine, a prince who not only knows these things, but can also compile a book.
How could this not arouse extreme curiosity in the talented Cai Yan?
Once curiosity is piqued, wouldn't it be a natural progression for Liu Wei to have her take charge of the teaching in the three prefectures of Hetao under the Yunzhong Prince's Mansion?
Regardless of whether Liu Wei was lusting after her body, he was definitely lusting after her brains!
"Since they have come to see me so many times, let them come to the Boy Scout camp to find me!"
Liu Wei left those words for Wei Ji, then turned and headed toward Yang Yi's Boy Scout camp.
Yang Yi and nine other guards who had come to Shuofang with Liu Wei were training these boy scouts in running exercises.
Instead of going to Linwo to manage Liu Wei's coal mining business like Guo Luo and the others, the ten of them chose to train these thousand children here.
But this does not affect their treatment in the slightest.
They were treated the same as Guo Luo and the other ten people.
"One, two, one! One, two, one! Halt!"
A thousand children chanted in unison in the biting morning wind, their voices echoing across the shores of Wuliangsuhai Lake.
They were all bare-shouldered, revealing their muscular arms, even though their noses and faces were red from the cold and their bodies were steaming.
But their eyes gleamed with a wolf-like sharpness, no less than that of adult soldiers.
"sit!"
After a thousand men ran a large circle around the old Wuyuan City, they returned to an open space in front of the military camp.
With a command from Yang Yi, the thousand men were divided into ten companies of one hundred each, and all squatted down in front of the open space.
They stood tall and motionless, their small bodies upright, their eyes filled with unwavering determination.
"Now it's time for His Highness to give his lesson, let's all give him a round of applause!"
The training method for these thousand Boy Scouts was developed by Liu Wei based on his observations and experiences during university military training and in television and movies in his later years, and then discussed with Yang Yi.
Clap clap clap!
A thunderous applause erupted as Liu Wei slowly walked to the crowd with his hands behind his back.
The thousand Boy Scouts looked at Liu Wei with boundless admiration and fervor.
Since their formation, they have been instilled with the idea of loyalty to King Yunzhong and Liu Wei every day.
The children of the Hu people had long forgotten their original ethnic identity and, without exception, all claimed to be soldiers under the command of the King of Yunzhong.
Yang Yi gave all the Xiongnu and Xianbei children Han names.
Just then, two guards followed behind, carrying a stand about ear-high, resembling a modern blackboard.
"Today, I, the King, will teach you two characters!"
Liu Wei picked up a small bamboo stick from the blackboard and gently tapped two words on the blackboard:
Home, country!
Above the characters, the pinyin for "guo" and "jia" were also marked.
"Everyone, repeat after me: guo, guo!"
Liu Wei pointed to the pinyin and read it aloud.
Since practicing that secret technique, he has not only become physically strong and healthy, but also cleansed his marrow and refined his essence, enabling him to kill ruthless assassins with a single move.
Moreover, his voice was loud, strong, and had a powerful penetrating quality, which could be heard by more than a thousand children.
"Guo, the country!"
Their childish voices, reading aloud in unison, were clear and pleasant to hear.
"Come on, everyone, keep repeating after me: jia..."
“jia”
The clear voice rang out again.
"What is a country? What is a family? Today, I'm going to tell you..."
"The sounds of wind, rain, and reading all enter my ears; I am concerned about everything concerning the country, the family, and the world!"
"The foundation of the world lies in the nation, the foundation of the nation lies in the family, and the foundation of the family lies in the individual."
"The nation is the land and home we live on now, and no one should covet or take it away."
"Every inch of our land is bought with blood; we vow to defend our homeland to the death."
"I don't need you to understand these grand principles. All you need to know is that this land beneath your feet is our home!"
"......"
Liu Wei spoke eloquently about the relationship between family and country, and the group of Boy Scouts listened thoughtfully.
However, the two people not far away were already experiencing a storm of emotions.
These two were Cai Yan and her daughter, whom Liu Wei had summoned to the Boy Scout camp by Wei Kai.
“Father, I was very curious when I heard Lord Wei mention that the Prince was compiling books and textbooks for enlightenment and education.”
"I never imagined that this prince would personally teach; it's truly unbelievable."
Cai Yan was greatly shocked by Liu Wei's strange method of teaching a group of children to read using those bizarre symbols.
She had never heard of it before.
It should be noted that the teaching in the private schools of the Han Dynasty relied entirely on the oral and practical instruction of the private school teachers.
If this gentleman has any regional accent or speaks Mandarin incorrectly, a single word might have multiple pronunciations, which are extremely inaccurate.
However, as long as these symbols are pronounced correctly and put together, they can become the pronunciation of the characters.
Such a groundbreaking move is worthy of being recorded in literary history.
Cai Yong was known as a great Confucian scholar of his time. He wrote books and established his school of thought, and his fame had spread throughout the country.
However, Liu Wei, a prince who grew up among the common people, could not be associated with such an innovative move.
There must be a capable person among his advisors and strategists!
“Yan’er, the King of Yunzhong has kept my father and me under house arrest for so long because of the assassination attempt, and he hasn’t even held us accountable.”
“We have requested an audience with him many times without success. Now, however, he has brought us here to watch him teach children to read.”
"I think we probably won't be able to go back to Luoyang, alas!"
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