Act 111: American martial arts training
"Workers' Children's School" sounds great, doesn't it?
However, Doug's purpose is not to give the children of workers the opportunity to change their destiny with knowledge. Instead, he should start from the doll and cultivate his own confidants.
Children are the most malleable.
Since childhood, I have instilled in them the spiritual concept of "serving Mr. Doug" and I should have gained a group of the most loyal slaves.
Doug even planned to use the chicken soup texts in the New Haven Times as textbooks for the workers' children's school. Although it seems to be just used to teach children to read and read, it actually subtly strengthens their feelings for Doug.
Unfortunately, although education has become increasingly popular since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, there are still no specialized teachers' colleges and universities in the United States, or there are normal majors in colleges and universities.
Moreover, no one knows what kind of rope the workers' children's school should be. Therefore, Doug can only do it himself for the establishment of the workers' children's school.
The classroom is temporarily the vacant factory building of the printing and dyeing factory.
I found a stock supplier from Winchester Weapons Company and a wood model supplier from Monopoly, and I customized more than a dozen sets respectively.
Because the economy is still in a downturn and orders are not improving, these table and chair suppliers do not even ask for money, just want to have a stable order.
As for other teaching equipment, Doug directly found a few workers to prepare it.
A large piece of template is painted with black paint on the wall, and the long strips of ripe lime in the mold are complete. The blackboard and chalk are complete.
In addition, Doug also plans to teach children some basic math knowledge.
There is no need to create various measuring instruments by yourself, Freeman directly has a complete set of large measuring instruments.
"Sir! Can I... my child really come to school?"
More than a month ago, Ruth, who had knelt down and asked Doug to accept his child as a child laborer, his mouth trembled and was a little out of control.
"Of course." Doug replied kindly.
Building a school seems to be a great thing.
However, it is really a good thing, but it depends on the purpose of running the school and who the students taught serve.
Doug suddenly remembered that in this era, there seemed to be a beggar named Wu Xun.
If we look at this Wu Xun from the perspective of begging to run a school, he is undoubtedly a role model for an era.
However, under the reputation of running schools, he is engaged in usury.
The students taught in the school have become accomplices of oppression and exploitation.
Using the monopoly of knowledge, fool illiterate farmers into pressing their handprints on the deeds of usury.
If he couldn't live a life, he would sell his children to the master's house and even he would have to pay the money to the master's house.
If you don’t break or set up, you won’t make the old world go through a mess, what shame can you hide just by slitting and repairing?
"I'm afraid it's not, it's an American martial arts training?"
Doug thought to himself.
"However, the conditions are limited at the moment. Every family who works in a printing and dyeing factory has only the first child to be sent to study, and all fees are exempted and three meals are served. If the remaining children want to come, they will have to spend money."
"You! You are so good!" When Ruth heard this, she suddenly knelt on the ground and cried.
Other workers did not respond much when they heard that they could send their children to school. After all, although the boss and the top students at Yale Academy breathed the same air as them, they were facing completely different fates.
The female workers could not imagine that their children would be the same as them.
However, serving three meals is really too much.
You know, even adults, they usually only have two meals in this era.
Whites are not strong because of their racial advantages.
It is because the industrial revolution greatly increased productivity and the output of grain and meat has been steadily improved. After generations of abundant food and clothing, it has become higher and stronger.
Otherwise, Doug would not have been taller than 1.5 meters two months ago, just one meters and four meters tall.
In this era when civilians lack access to entertainment and contraceptive methods.
It is an indisputable fact that there are many children.
Even if both husband and wife are workers, it is not easy to work hard every day to make all children live healthy.
Not to mention, there are countless irresponsible men who make women's belly bigger but do not take responsibility. A woman pulls several children.
Moreover, when a child grows up, it is the time to eat the most.
When the female workers heard that Mr. Doug had to spend money to support their meals, they all enthusiastically picked up the name, for fear that Doug would repent.
How could Doug, who wants to reap the loyal slave, go back on his word?
At the beginning, he personally did it, and all the children who were going to school for each female worker were on the table.
However, he underestimated these female workers a little too much.
There are more than a hundred female workers, but almost all of them have children.
The school is too small to expand.
But when faced with these chattering women and not having much plasticity, he lacked much patience.
Therefore, he gave Rose the matter of recording the list.
After he left the female worker's workshop, Nathan and several security guards came over, "Boss! We all have children too... Look..."
"Check Rose to register."
Still full of oil on his hands, he built a stove, which made the entire printing and dyeing factory's interior warm, Freeman also walked over with a big belly and a silly smile.
Doug asked before he could speak, "Freman, do you have children to come to school, too?"
"My son? He went to sea a few years ago and encountered a hurricane and was already dead. I want my disciples to learn some knowledge from you. Don't worry, you don't have to spend money on their meals. As long as you don't think they are stupid, you are willing to teach them some knowledge."
Freeman said sincerely.
As a middle-aged man who lost his son in middle age, Freeman is not very strong inside.
After losing his child, his only support is his career.
However, not long after the pain of losing his son, his vision also fell into a low point.
Although the steam engine is the main theme of this era, it is not needed in any place.
At his lowest point, Doug appeared, which reversed all this.
The three apprentices he accepted were regarded by him as the continuation of his career and life.
He wanted to gain a future for these three children from poor backgrounds.
Doug finally saw the "parents" who really wanted to let their children learn knowledge. He patted Freeman on the shoulder with gratitude and recited a famous saying, "The 19th century is the century of science and the century of knowledge. Freeman, give them to me, don't worry."
"Yes!" Freeman said, "If they are disobedient to the class, you...you say to me...I will beat them!"
Chapter completed!