Chapter 1510 The Meaning of Grass Fabric
Using local churches as educational sites is the fastest way. After all, building a new school is troublesome. Not only does it cost a lot of construction costs, it also requires maintenance. The most important thing is that it takes a long time to repair it. If you want to build 150 primary schools in Northumberland County, God knows which year and month it will be completed and put into use.
Marin obviously couldn't wait, so he simply decided to open a school in a local church. It just so happened that there were many tables and chairs used by churches for worship, which were used as desks for children on Sundays, which was a waste of time.
But this incident also made Marin realize a serious problem - he actually forgot the education problem of the British territory...
In fact, when he sent troops to help Edward seize England and Scotland, Marin thought about promoting brainwashing education in his territory in the future. But later, because he was busy going to the Ming Dynasty, Marin forgot about this.
Fortunately, Old Mason mentioned it, it was not too late. So while Marin dispatched 150 primary school teachers to the English territory, he also focused on the local church...
First, Marin needed to seize power and manage the teachings in his own territory to avoid the local church's own system. Therefore, Marin first had to obtain the approval of the Church of England to make a major adjustment to the positions of the church in Northumberland, Isle of Wight, and the border counties and the Highland areas under his name.
The purpose of the adjustment is to change the local snakes from the original churches in various places, so that they can lose their local snake attributes so that they can control the church themselves.
This problem is difficult for others, but it is indeed a piece of cake for Marin - he only needs to write a letter to the Pope's father-in-law and ask him to order the Church of England to transfer the church's authority in his territory to himself. Although it is not very consistent, it is not impossible. After all, the Holy See is the leader of the church.
After obtaining the authorization, Marin planned to completely change the management areas of the church in several of his territories. At the same time, he also allowed the priests in his territories to get an important message - your personnel rights belong to me, so don't cooperate...
Then, it was the control of the grassroots of the church. On this side, Marin planned to select young missionaries from his own territory and enter the Theology Department of Orich University for systematic study. Then Bishop Taylor, a great fool and his first disciples, fooled these young missionaries, so that they could completely become their supporters.
When Bishop Taylor and his disciples complete brainwashing education for these young missionaries from England and Scotland who came to study, they can arrange their future work based on the loyalty of these young priests to themselves. Those with the highest loyalty will arrange important positions and vigorously reuse them. Those with low loyalty will go back to be grassroots priests. Those with rebellious bones will simply find excuses to clean up the church. Or, send them to places like Africa that will die for themselves...
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But those plans will take several years to achieve. It will take several years for young priests in the territory to learn more.
However, the education of local children can be carried out immediately.
After all, it is relatively simple to use local churches to conduct primary school education. After all, in Europe, even the most remote villages, there are churches.
Just send the 150 high school graduates who serve as elementary school teachers to arrive in Northumberland County. Then, you can be assigned to churches everywhere to be teachers.
By then, Marin will equip them with enough textbooks, blackboards and chalks, and a sand table for children to practice writing...
It was extremely luxurious to give children free paper and pens in this era, and Marin would not do that. Therefore, it is most economical and cost-effective to equip children with sand trays that can be smoothed out at any time. It is not cost to write and draw on the sand in the sand tray with a "pen" made of branches. Back then, Yue Fei also came here, and later became a big shot.
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In fact, the straw sandals, straw raincoats and writing on sand trays introduced by Marin to Beihai Kingdom are of great use. Because these inventions are very cheap and cost-effective, but they are very practical.
Of course, the shoemakers in Beihai Country were in trouble. In the past, the common people of Beihai Country always had to buy shoes from the shoemakers. The straw sandals promoted by Malin were cheap and comfortable to wear, which made many shoemakers unemployed. A small number of shoemakers who survived had to make leather shoes for rich people. After all, rich people and nobles would not choose to wear straw sandals. But on the other hand, straw sandals are too affordable for most people in Beihai Country. They are not only easy to use, but also cheap, and everyone can afford it.
Even now, straw weaving has become a very popular craft in Beihai, and poor people will have bothered it. Some poor families, because they cannot afford to make clothes, even use thatch to weave clothes instead of expensive clothes. Especially when working, some poor people simply wear straw weaving clothes to work. Clothes made of fabrics are only taken out to wear during festivals and on long trips.
Of course, this is also related to the cooler climate in the German region. If you wear thick straw clothes in tropical areas, you must cover yourself with heatstroke...
Moreover, since the straw raincoat was promoted in Beihai Country, ordinary people have discovered that it seems that wearing straw raincoats is quite warm in winter. They can’t afford down jackets or cotton coats, but after wearing strawcoats, they can go out to work in winter. Unlike before, they didn’t dare to go out without thick clothes, and they could only shrank in the thatched hut and shivered in winter...
The emergence of straw raincoats and straw sandals greatly reduced the chances of the serfs in Beihai Country being frozen to death in winter...
As for writing on the sand table, it gives many children from poor families the opportunity to learn and write. Otherwise, they will not be able to afford paper and pen to learn cultural knowledge...
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In the middle of winter, when Malin went out of the city to inspect the dairy cattle breeding base and the dairy sheep breeding base, he found that the rural roads were full of farmers wearing straw raincoats, straw sandals and straw hats. If they stood in the fields without moving, they would have thought they were scarecrows from a distance...
Of course, those poor serfs in the countryside would wear a full set of straw fabrics without any hesitation. In the city of Orich, the residents lived much better, so they naturally did not have to wear straw coats, but instead wore normal clothes. After all, the people in the city pay more attention to face. However, many people still wear straw sandals. After all, leather shoes are too expensive. Moreover, shoes wear faster and are not as durable as clothes.
Another type of wooden shoes is cheaper than leather shoes, but you can't work if you wear them. Therefore, the working people in Beihai usually like to work with straw sandals. Even if they are worn out, they just make a pair of them, which is almost no cost, just a little time...
Chapter completed!