The army gathered in Chongming Island, showing neither mountains nor water.
Yuzhu inspected the terrain of Jiangyin on the spot and immediately decided to build two permanent forts on both sides of Jiangyin.
The purpose of the Chongming Island Fort is to prevent possible enemies from entering the Yangtze River Estuary.
The river surface in Jiangyin is very narrow. After the permanent fort is built, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River can be guaranteed to be safe.
When Yuzhu was in Jiangyin, he got the great news that cement was successfully fired by foreigners.
The principle of cement is actually not complicated, but no one realized it in the 18th century.
Limestone and clay are used as raw materials, and after mixing in a certain proportion, the clinker is calcined in a vertical kiln similar to burnt lime, and then ground into cement.
Yuzhu knows about limestone and clay, and also knows about kiln-fired cement, but he doesn’t know the proportions of the formula.
After long-term experiments, foreign construction engineers finally came up with cement. They found that limestone and clay in a ratio of three to one produced cement with the best quality.
Most people only value weapons such as gunpowder and guns, but Yuzhu attaches great importance to cement.
Because if you want to be rich, you must first build roads.
In such a huge empire, even the official roads out of the capital are all rough and uneven, which is too shameful.
If the frame is made of cast iron and cement is poured into it, the official road will become a straight road that can quickly transport artillery.
Another characteristic of cement is that even if the road surface is damaged, it only takes three days to be completely dry after repair.
Cities in the south of the Yangtze River are connected to each other by waterways, so the cost of commercial trade is much lower than in the north where only land routes are available.
As long as there is practical application, the Qianlian low carbon steel produced in Luanzhou can be made into cannons by casting method because of its high quality. As for cast iron, of course it can be cast into roads and fortifications.
Once cast iron concrete is fully promoted, housing construction across the country will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Yuzhu was really happy and immediately issued a huge sum of 3,000 pounds to each of the foreign cement engineers who participated in the research and development.
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.
Wanting a horse to run fast but also wanting the horse not to eat grass is a ridiculous approach that goes against human nature!
After returning from Jiangyin, Yuzhu inspected the first new school in Hangzhou without saying hello.
Entering through the new gate, Yuzhu heard the sound of reading from afar.
"Reading for the rise of China..."
The number of new teachers is insufficient and only six classes with a total of 240 students can be admitted at a time.
These six classes are from the first year of junior high school to the third year of high school, one class for each age group.
The courses I studied, in addition to Chinese language and geography, were mainly physics, chemistry, algebra and geometry.
As for preliminary medicine, art and biology, you need to continue your studies after graduating from high school.
Because there is a serious shortage of intellectuals in the entire empire, high school graduates will be uniformly assigned to primary schools in the future and will be employed as teachers.
In Germany, which has not yet been unified, there are actually two principalities that have promulgated a universal compulsory education law. This shocked Yuzhu greatly.
No matter how poor you are, you cannot lack education!
Moreover, as long as it is a country that truly values education, no country is weak!
In the evening, Yuzhu hosted a banquet for all the teachers of Hangzhou New School at the Wang Runxing Hotel on the edge of the West Lake.
"Everyone, the country's financial resources are not sufficient. I have wronged you for the time being. I can only receive a salary of ten taels of silver per month. I am really ashamed." Yuzhu raised his wine glass and said very sincerely, "Please
Everyone must believe that the country will give priority to increasing your salary as long as it has sufficient financial resources."
Mathematics teacher Zhang Dongjin was more courageous. He stood up on his own initiative and said gratefully: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, when I was a poor scholar, my annual salary was only ten taels of silver. To be honest, my annual salary was only ten taels of silver."
One hundred and thirty-two taels is more than enough to support the family, and I am already very contented."
Chemistry teacher Wang Chengbin has a rather upright temperament. He drank a few more drinks and couldn't control his mouth.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the top priority is not to increase the salaries of ministers and others, but that the food in the cafeteria is relatively poor. Every day they cook vegetables with just water and sprinkle some oil. If this continues, who can bear it?"
When Yuzhu heard this, he became angry on the spot. The food allowance he paid to the new students was sixty cents per person per day.
Three meals a day, each meal costs 20 cents on average.
You know, the price of goods in Hangzhou is only two cents per pound of rice.
Which dynasty and generation could afford to spend ten kilograms of rice per meal?
"Come here, arrest all the professors and instructors in Hangzhou Prefecture, and ask them carefully who embezzled the students' food expenses?" Yuzhu became more and more angry as he spoke, and finally said angrily, "How dare you embezzle the students' food expenses?"
Food expenses, I found one skinned!"
"Yes."
After Yuzhu lost his temper, he turned to Wang Chengbin and said: "You are too straight-tempered. Please continue to teach for a few days. When the new teacher comes to take over, you can go to the new school in Wuchang Prefecture to register. I want to see who will
You dare to do something small and harm people under my nose."
Oops, Wang Chengbin was so grateful that he subconsciously knelt down to thank him.
The teachers present are also understanding people.
Wang Chengbin revealed the truth about the deduction of food expenses, and if he continues to stay in Hangzhou, he is likely to be in trouble.
Because, in the officialdom, things often affect the whole body, and the bottom of the water is unfathomable.
After being transferred to Wuchang Mansion, there will be no personnel involvement.
Not only does the new school not charge tuition, but food and accommodation fees are also waived.
After successfully graduating, the imperial court assigned him to teach in a primary school, and his monthly salary was still ten taels of silver.
With such generous treatment, poor talents from all over the world desperately want to join the new study.
Just like the first college entrance examination resumed after the reform.
The new students range in age from old men who are already married and have children to teenagers.
There is no way, the country is too short of talents who have received education in modern natural knowledge, and various resources will inevitably be tilted.
With the gradual rollout of compulsory education, the involution of teacher qualifications is definitely an inevitable trend.
Now, you can teach elementary school after graduating from high school. In a few decades, you will only be qualified to teach elementary school after graduating from college.
According to Yuzhu's plan, his ultimate goal must be to universalize twelve-year compulsory education.
However, with so many young people studying for free, there is a lack of teachers and financial income.
You have to eat one bite at a time and never be impatient!
At the banquet that night, all the teachers present were very drunk.
Yuzhu simply booked a few first-class single rooms in the inn next to the hotel and put all the drunk teachers in them.
On the morning of the next day, Yuzhu summoned the envoys sent by North Korea at the Suzhou government office.
North Korea's envoys have long been impatient and eager to see Yuzhu to complain.