Chapter 773 Learning Method
But having said that, Li Nai still envies the achievements of Haihan's education system. Although this system has only been implemented for a few years, the talents cultivated so far are really coveted by outsiders. People like Xiaobao, Fu Li and others are enough to stand alone no matter where they go. With the traditional education system of the Ming Dynasty, most of these young people from poor backgrounds can only continue the life of their parents and continue to struggle at the bottom of society. Even if they are lucky enough to attend a private school for two years and learn a few words, it will generally not help them change their lives. .
But Haihan's ability to turn waste into treasure and turn stones into gold saved them. In just a few years, these teenagers went from being ignorant and ignorant when Li Nai first met to becoming what countless naturalized people now want to imitate. example. In the early years, in order to learn Haihan's creation skills, various merchants specially selected the disciples who came to Sanada as apprentices, and now they have achieved some results one after another. However, Haihan also had an agency to recruit these people. They signed apprenticeship contracts when they entered school. Even if they complete their studies and become apprentices, they must continue to work under Haihan for at least two years. Of course, after these teenagers have stayed in Sanya for a few years, they may not be willing to return to Ming Dynasty even if they graduate.
Almost every year, the Li family selects some bright-minded children from the family to study in Sanya. Over the past few years, there have been thirty or forty people. Except for a few naughty guys who were voluntarily kicked out by Haihan for not obeying the rules, the vast majority of people are still learning advanced knowledge in academies, workshops, farms and other institutions under Haihan's rule. Li Nai is the one who comes to Sanya most frequently among the senior members of the Li family. Every time he comes here, as long as he has enough time, he will take the time to meet with the younger members of the clan, so he has a better understanding of the conditions of these people.
Although there are not many opportunities to contact these juniors, Li Nai can clearly feel that the hearts of some of them are no longer with the Li family. If Haihan was willing to open his mouth and give them a chance to naturalize, then at least 60 to 70% of them would choose to give up their Ming nationality. As for the idea of returning to work for the Li family and Furifeng after completing their studies, I guess only twenty-three out of ten still hold onto this idea.
Li Nai would not blame these juniors for gradually changing their original intentions after arriving in Sanya, because he also knew very well that wanting to rely on this simple learning and imitation to move Haihan's knowledge and knowledge back to the Ming Dynasty for replication would not allow Fu Ruifeng has become a competitor on an equal footing with Haihan. At best, it has transformed from a simple agent dealer to a comprehensive agent that can produce some of its own primary products. Haihan's production technology can be learned, but Haihan's industrial system, management system, and operational skills are not something that these apprentices can take back.
One of Li Nai's cousins was one of the first apprentices to go to Sanya to learn arms manufacturing technology. Over the past few years, he had already learned how to make the Type 27 and Type 28 matchlock guns produced by Haihan in his early years. But the problem was that without Haihan's In the industrial system, the manufacture of such weapons can almost only be done by hand, and the accuracy of its mass production is far from the level of Haihan's mass-produced matchlocks, and even the projectiles cannot be universal. In addition, since hand-made production takes longer, the manufacturing cost of the gun will also increase accordingly. If you want to achieve a quality similar to that produced by Haihan, the material of the barrel and all ammunition must also be purchased from Haihan. In the end, In fact, it was not cost-effective to buy it directly from the Haihan people, so after completing his studies, the cousin could only do weapons maintenance and repair work. As for the family's original plan to build a workshop to make matchlock guns, it was abandoned. .
Situations like this are not uncommon among the Ming merchants who sent apprentices to Haihan to learn skills. Many merchants initially only focused on the most profitable categories and did not consider the feasibility of copying them to the Ming Dynasty. However, After a year or two of actual operation, I slowly discovered that all the dragon-slaying skills I had learned could only be used by the Haihan people. Once they returned to the Ming Dynasty, they would be useless.
However, even though the learning results deviate from the businessmen's expectations, a large number of "commissioned training" students still come to Haihan as apprentices every year. For businessmen, even if they don't learn too many practical skills, this apprenticeship model is still a good way to maintain the relationship between the two parties. It can also provide an exclusive news channel for the businessmen - after all, many things cannot be heard only by others. According to the one-sided words of the Han official, if someone of their own arranges to live in Sanya for a long time, they will naturally be able to get some more reliable information.
However, there is a ceiling for these students' learning careers at Haihan, at least until they obtain naturalized citizenship and cannot break through the ceiling. Some very professional courses can only be learned by naturalized students, while foreign students can only learn "how to do it" but not "why to do it". As for the "Express" article that Haihan will increase its efforts to popularize education, Li Nai believes that this will also affect the status of foreign apprentices and trainees in the Haihan system in the future. Originally, they might still have access to certain key positions and information due to the shortage of professional talents, but after Haihan increases his efforts to train his own people, it won't be long before someone will gradually fill the positions of these outsiders and replace them. Their job opportunities under Haihan. This is probably not good news for some businessmen who want to rely on apprentices to poach Haihan's core technology.
Of course, this article in the "Express" hides its true purpose quite deeply. If it were not for someone like Li Nai who is familiar with Haihan policy and has done in-depth research, it would be difficult to realize at the first time what this article will bring. What kind of rhythm? Li Nai decided that after going back this time, he would give advice to his fathers so that some of the younger generations who live in Sanya and yearn for Haihan can be liberated and choose whether to become naturalized as Haihan. Doing so may incur some financial losses in the short term, since being an apprentice also requires additional tuition, but in the long run it will definitely help the Li family's position to be further consolidated. Maybe in 357 years, these teenagers who left Lijiazhuang will have the opportunity to grow into the backbone of Haihan's naturalized people. At that time, the help they can give to the Li family may not be to learn to make a musket. , which can be compared to blowing a glass bottle.
Li Nai took the pen and paper on the table and wrote down what he had just thought of. Otherwise, when you wake up tomorrow, you may have forgotten some important ideas at this time.
The attendant knocked on the door and came in, added some oil to the lamp on the desk, turned on the wick, then replaced it with a pot of hot tea that had just been brewed, and left quietly.
After Li Nai finished writing, he continued to read the newspaper. This second page was his favorite content, a serial report on the militia war. There have been more than a dozen issues in this series, which started in July. The content mainly comes from the Battle of Penghu that broke out in the Fujian Strait in the first half of this year. Although this battle was not actually too intense in terms of combat intensity, due to the outstanding writing skills of war correspondents, the description of the war process can make readers immersed in the scene, so this series was also well received. It is said that the sales volume of "Express" has increased month by month since the serialization was released, and it will continue to rise.
Li Nai became obsessed with this serial after reading two or three issues at first. He also tried to contact the author privately through his relationship with the senior management of Haihan, so that he could buy the written manuscript directly from the other party without having to read every issue. You have to wait ten days to see the follow-up story. However, He Xi from the General Office of the People's Republic of China in Guangzhou made it clear that he wanted to die because the author was Luo Wudan, the fiancée of Qian Tiandun, the commander of the Haihan Militia in Fujian. Regardless of Li Nai's purpose, he tried to It is definitely inappropriate to contact an author with a special status.
Li Nai was naturally not stupid enough to get angry over this, so he quickly gave up the idea. However, this did not affect his love for this series. After the new issue came out, he even had to read it several times before he could enjoy it. Today's issue is also a continuation of the previous one. It tells about Shibazhi sending two fleets in succession to fight to the death with the Haihan fleet. However, the purpose was not to prevent the Haihan fleet from attacking Magong Port. It was purely to delay time so that the Haihan fleet could attack Magong Port. The pirate troops and their families on the island can only have time to evacuate the area. When Li Nai saw that the Haihan fleet finally took a step slower and let go of the main force of Shibazhi, he couldn't help but sigh for this. However, he certainly did not expect that the Haihan military was actually suspected of letting go in order to drive Shibazhi to flee towards the Japanese archipelago, so that he could find a reasonable excuse to use force against the local area in the future.
What kind of scene the two fully-manned Haihan fleets looked like in a naval battle? Li Nai used serialized text descriptions and his own imagination to piece together the combat scenes at that time. Although he was born as a scholar, he also yearned for such majestic and fierce war scenes. It was a pity that except for the Battle of Lijiazhuang that year, he never had the opportunity to watch the battlefield in person again.
The story ended abruptly when Haihan's vanguard troops landed on the beach of Magong Port. Although he knew that the war was coming to an end, Li Nai still felt that it was still unfinished and hoped that this series could be longer. But thinking about the pain of waiting for the follow-up, Li Nai felt that it would not be a bad thing to end the series as soon as possible, so as not to make people worry about it all day long.
Li Nai turned his attention to the next page, which was full of tofu-block articles. The contents were basically announcements of foreign businesses recruiting local employees. When Sanya opened as a port, human resources were relatively cheap. However, as it has become increasingly prosperous, the consumption level has caught up with Guangzhou. In addition, most of the local residents are naturalized Haihan citizens, so it will not be easy. Unemployment, and the income is higher than that of the people of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the price for foreign businesses to hire local employees has also risen with the tide. Positions requiring skilled workers, the salary level has even exceeded that of Guangzhou.
Li Nai also found his own recruitment notice here. The local office of "Furuifeng" needs to recruit two "project managers" who are familiar with Haihan's trading model - Li Nai learned this term from Haihan people. of. The specific requirements are "familiar with Hai-Han laws and regulations, familiar with the basic market conditions of bulk goods, priority will be given to those with relevant work experience, Hai-Han nationality, and understanding of the Chinese language", and the salary offered is also very competitive, thirty taels per month. Silver is the basic salary, and a certain percentage of commissions will be provided based on performance. Those with outstanding performance can be promoted to branch managers in as soon as one year, and can enjoy senior manager training courses funded by "Furuifeng".
Li Nai himself also attended this course, and there was indeed a lot of "dry information." However, the class he attended at that time was taught by Schneider, and the content was of very high quality. Second, Schneider, who is now in a high position, probably has no spare time to give lectures in vocational training schools. For a refresher course like this, Schneider can at most show up at the beginning of the class, and the lecturers are usually his former apprentices, assistants, or secretaries.
Li Nai continued to look through the content at the back, and the layout was mostly filled with advertisements. The current Sanya Port is no longer the exclusive supplier of Haihan. Maritime merchants traveling from south to north will transport various goods, and the local and low transaction taxes continue to generate larger transaction scales. When the market expanded to the point where businessmen could no longer promote through shouting, choosing to place advertisements in newspapers became a very efficient new method.
From being novel at the beginning to becoming commonplace later, the advertisements published in Express News cover more and more industries, and the content becomes more and more varied. For example, in the advertising section of this issue, there is a very eye-catching advertisement for a restaurant: New store opening, free dining!
Let’s look at the content below. As long as interested diners come to the restaurant with this newspaper between a certain day and a certain day, they will have the opportunity to get all the consumption at the table for free at the checkout. Five lucky people will be drawn out every day. , and diners who fail to win the grand prize can also receive discount vouchers based on one-tenth of the consumption amount, which is equivalent to a 10% discount on checkout.
Unexpectedly, many gourmets will go to this new store to try their luck. Although the chance may be only a few tenths or even lower, for those who like to place their hopes on the lottery, the chances are tens of tenths. One is equivalent to 100% before the lottery is drawn.
Of course, in order to occupy the most eye-catching position in the advertisement, the advertising fee paid by this restaurant is probably not a small amount. Last time, in order to sell a batch of fruits shipped from Guangzhou locally, the "Furuifeng" store also placed an advertisement in the same position in the "Express News". As a result, the profit from selling the fruits could only offset the advertising expenses. . Of course, this is still a very good deal for the advertiser "Furuifeng", because if it hadn't been for that advertisement, all these fruits would probably have been thrown into their own hands.
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