Pioneering

Literacy is a good thing.

Based on Mu Qiang's mentality, the knowledge learned by the aristocrats and rich people in the past is now open to everyone for free, which has indeed attracted some people.

If you learn well, you can be hired as a "teacher" by the Yaxia government.

The standard contract provided by the Yaxia government to literacy teachers is a five-year contract with a salary of 14 yuan per year, five days and fifteen hours of weekends (45 hours day and night), five meals and no housing, and a monthly salary of 60 silver dollars for three months during the internship period. It is 80 silver dollars per month, and the performance bonus is calculated separately, and there will be additional subsidies for the transfer of work flow.

This salary is considered to be the best among the migrant workers in Yaxia, and it should be regarded as the level of high-quality white-collar workers in Blue Star.

After all, the average salary of a skilled worker in the textile industry near Chang'an City is 12 salaries, two days off a month, fifteen hours a day, and two meals. Before the Northern Continent War, the monthly salary was only more than 50 silver dollars.

The fledgling printing industry market is only for Yaxia government officials, nobles, wealthy businessmen, and some citizens with spare money. The market is small, but the net worth of consumers is high, and there are few skilled printers, and the salary is slightly higher. There are also those who live in the capital, with an average monthly salary of 13 or [-] silver dollars, and some "wild" printing factories even pay [-] silver dollars.

The salary in the metallurgical industry is barely comparable to the salary of this literacy teacher, but the work intensity is far greater than this, and there are no performance bonuses and subsidies.

In the ordinary labor market, the competitiveness and temptation of this "literacy teacher employment contract" are quite high.

Jobs that can exceed this salary are only valid for government officials loyal to His Majesty Zhong Ming, official employees of the royal family's private companies, warriors and soldiers, and retainers of nobles and nobles.

Even for ordinary soldiers of the standing army, the treatment of non-officers is slightly worse than this.

It can be said that if one can get such a job, in Zifengche Town, one can be regarded as one of the "upper class" next to nobles in the eyes of the townspeople.

not to mention……

"Gentlemen and ladies, we would like to thank His Majesty Zhong Ming for all the honors and favors that His Majesty Zhong Ming has given you and us, allowing you and me to be together today..."

"Perhaps you will say:
What is the use of literacy?Just relying on what you said, what is the difference between the little teacher position provided and the carrot hanging on the forehead of the donkey?
With that wasted effort, it is better to have more children with your husband or wife. "

"I will tell you:
Oh my gosh, what a stupid idea, what a narrow perspective!

Reading is very useful, and literacy is very useful! "

"Even if you're not smart enough to win the crown from a thousand horses - the teaching job that beautiful me can provide, reading and writing will still be of great use.

Enough to give you a far better life than an illiterate person. "

"Take the food delivery to us tonight, the Douqihua Restaurant as an example.

Why can its owner beat other restaurant owners in your town, convince our stomachs, and win the catering contract for half a year? "

"Why don't we choose the Scalper Restaurant, the Chicken Popcorn Restaurant, or the hundred-year-old Purple Windmill Restaurant?"

"Perhaps you will privately slander our quartermaster for taking kickbacks from the owner of the Douqihua Restaurant, or the boss's relatives, or the boss has a beautiful daughter who fascinated our young quartermaster."

"But I can tell you, neither.

When the quartermaster chooses to serve meals, he is chosen by more than 100 brothers who come to Zifengche Village to fight illiteracy. He has no chance to receive kickbacks, and he is not a relative of the boss, and the owner of Douchihua Restaurant has no daughter. "

"It's simply that we think the food at Douqihua Restaurant is the best!"

"I believe you all think so, right? I see that the price of the menu at Douqihua restaurant is 10% higher than that of other restaurants, but the business of Douqihua restaurant is the best in your town.

Everyone's money pockets are not deceiving. "

"Then, why can the boss of Douqihua make the best ones?

Overwhelmed the scalper restaurant with the largest servings, the chicken popcorn restaurant with the cheapest price, and even surpassed the owner of the Zifengche restaurant who used to be a private chef for nobles for decades? "

"You know, the boss of Douqihua entered the catering industry halfway, we checked the supplier's information, he used to be a tutor.

When chatting with us at lunch, he said that he could count on his hands the number of times he cooked by himself when he was not in the industry.

Are you curious about the secret of Mr. Martinez becoming a 'master chef' quickly? "

In the Church of the God of Wealth in Zifengche Town, a man in a dark yellow uniform was talking eloquently, and his humorous words brought him great affinity.

Even though there was still a bit of the chilling aura left on the battlefield on his body, even though there was a long and thin scar on his left cheek, he still deeply attracted the townspeople present.

"Oh! I didn't expect Chief Arce to be so eloquent. He really entered the wrong profession and wasted his good eloquence!" A warrior who was maintaining order outside the church looked at Arce, who was eloquent and full of manly charm in front of thousands of people. Said, turned his head and whispered to his companion, a little enviously.

"What nonsense, you can find a better job than the Warrior Legion? Why, you don't get paid better than us when you become a civil servant and don't mix in the province." Another companion retorted.

"I mean, Boss Arce is so eloquent, it's a pity not to go to the church. The treatment in the Fortune Church is not worse than ours, right? And there is no risk.

With Boss Arce's appearance, if it weren't for the scar on his face, it would not be difficult to charm a noble lady, what a pity... If I had the conditions of Boss, I would go directly to a noble widow, I would be very happy. "

"You boy, is it because you have a bad stomach? Still want to eat soft rice?"

"..."

Arce continued his speech: "Do you want to know the secret of Mr. Martinez?"

Everyone in the church booed for a while, especially the townspeople who were also eating and drinking in the town were the most enthusiastic.

These restaurant owners have long been envious of Martinez, a half-outsider, who forcibly took the largest share of catering in the town. If Yaxia’s law and order were not good, Martinez’s restaurant would have opened a long time ago. I can't go down.

"Mr. Martinez, would you mind talking to us about your secrets?" Arce said to a middle-aged man with a bookish look, wearing a tuxedo, who looked more like a noble butler than a cook.

Martinez stood up shyly, adjusted his tuxedo, which was a little tight because of his weight, and said, "Of course I don't mind, Chief Arce. Zifengche Town is my home, and all the townspeople are my family. I am happy to let everyone gain something.”

"Oh? Tell everyone the secret. Aren't you afraid that your business will be robbed?" Arce joked. He had a good impression of this literate and polite restaurant owner, otherwise he wouldn't have advertised for him for free.

Conquering a person's stomach is indeed very easy to gain his favor.

"No, no." Martinez quickly waved his hand and said nervously, "We are all one family, it doesn't matter if you earn more or less. And I'm already planning to open two branches in other towns. I won’t steal everyone’s business again.”

"Oh~" Arce said meaningfully, "It turns out that it has developed into a chain restaurant tycoon, no wonder it has to be afraid of being robbed of business."

"Where there is nothing, thanks to the money from the order you gave me, Mr. Arce, I have the money to open a branch store, to find some livelihood for my unsatisfactory child, and to eat a living." Marty Nitz said humbly.

"Then Mr. Martinez, what is your secret?"

"My secret," Martinez scratched his head, thought for a while, and said, "Actually, there is no secret, that is, put as many ingredients as the recipe says, and how much oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are on the recipe. Just put as much as you want, and I will use it according to the recipe. "

"Thank you for the recipe written by His Majesty the King, it is really easy to use."

"Is there no other secret? You are about to become a chain restaurant tycoon. Rich people can't lie to poor friends!"

"Does it count to choose the freshest ingredients? There are really no others. I swear by my belief in wealth, there are really no more."

Arce nodded for him to sit down, applauded, and said, "Okay, thank you Mr. Martinez for sharing his dining secrets with us."

"Did you see that Mr. Martinez was able to get mixed up from an unemployed tutor to the current chain restaurant owner? The key is that he can read!"

"He can read, he can understand the recipe thoroughly!"

"Honestly, it's really important."

"When we tasted the dishes together to choose a food supplier, we discovered that some bosses may be illiterate, and can only learn to cook by looking at the illustrations. It is inevitable that there will be many mistakes and omissions."

"The seasoning and heat are not properly controlled, even the sweet and sour pork ribs mixed with salt and sugar, the burnt eggplant with minced meat, and the prickly ash with peppercorns..."

"Honestly, I can't say it's terrible, but there are flaws."

"As for Mr. Arce, who is literate, even if he is a cook who has just entered the industry, he can rely on the advantage of literacy to defeat you old seniors!"

"Take me as an example again. I can't beat my deputy Kurai. His swordsmanship and gun skills are worse than mine, but I can be a full-time job. He can only listen to me in the audience. Isn't it because this brat is not as literate as I am?" , the ability to understand the boss's battle plan and deploy the battle is not as good as mine?"

"Many of you are not too young to say that you can practice martial arts, become a wizard, or become an official if you can read and write. That is purely fooling you."

"And me, I don't like to tell lies!"

"Maybe only a handful of smart people among you get this 'five-year contract', but...!"

"You can read, you are better than others as a cook!"

"You can read, read the manuals of agricultural machinery, and learn how to grow various new crops. You are better than others in farming!"

"You can read and write, you can go to the factory with abacus to buy goods directly, and become a small boss; you can work as a technician, and your income is twice that of ordinary workers; you can go to a printing factory as a typesetting worker, you can go to the dock as a contractor, you can go to... …

You have more employment options than illiterate people, and you earn much more than illiterate people.

During the slack season, everyone wants to find a more lucrative job, and no one thinks too much money!
(A god who is worrying about how much gold and silver will hit the market this year suddenly sneezes)”

"Literacy is really the best investment! Its benefits may not be obvious, but they are real!

Otherwise, our Mr. Martinez would not waste his time making money just to learn more, would he? "Arce asked humorously, and Martinez smiled.

"Knowledge alters your fate!"

The applause of the audience was thunderous.

Amidst the loud applause, White Mushroom Lal murmured, "It makes sense, makes sense, makes sense!"

Then he excitedly patted the old Kent next to him, and said: "Kent raised by the goblin, do you hear that, there are many benefits of literacy, and if you can read, you will be better than you in farming!"

"Hmph, you're dreaming!" Kent seemed to have been greatly insulted, and grabbed Lal's sleeve, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"It's absolutely impossible for you kid to be better than me in farming! I've been farming my whole life, will it be surpassed by you?
Isn't it literacy?If you learn, I will learn too! "

……

Such similar scenes still appear repeatedly in various villages, towns and cities in the central provinces. The people in charge of propaganda grasp Zhong Ming's core idea of ​​"using profit to lure them" and use the benefits of literacy to seduce the people and stimulate their subjective initiative. .

The five-year employment contracts for high-quality "literacy teachers" not only let them see the real benefits of literacy, but also lay the foundation for the rapid promotion of literacy campaigns in places outside the central provinces, killing two birds with one stone.

Win win win!
And the newly acquired eight provinces——Xiashan Province, Cuihu Province, Huoshi Province, Xinghai Province, Feifeng Province, Caiyu Province, Bingxia Province, and Wulin Province, these turbulent regions plagued by drought, are also in Asia. After Xia invested a large amount of grain into work-for-work relief, the situation gradually stabilized.

Zhong Ming's method of naming is still simple, still ingenious, still... well, His Majesty King Yashai is just trying to save trouble, naming it after the geographical features of various places.

The belief in the God of Wealth is also rapidly seeping into these new provinces.Regardless of whether they believed in the sea god or the sun god, when everyone was starving to death or threatened by swords, they were not the ones who stood up.

Your god cannot save you, but my god can!You are willing to starve to death for your faith, so is your god willing to perform miracles for you? ——A certain fortune church missionary.

After choosing to settle accounts after autumn, the number of civil servants is barely enough, and they have been laid in the eight new provinces, taking care of both public security and taxation.

The verification of military achievements has been completed, the rewards of gold and silver have been distributed, the titles have been conferred, and the warriors have received double salaries to eliminate illiteracy.

This year's fiscal deficit and the supernatural power of currency issuance are ready, and 3000 million gold dollars should not be too much for the reconstruction of the western provinces and the opening of the external market for Assia.

All walks of life are starting to grow again, and everything is booming. (end of this chapter)