Chapter 60

"Not at all!"

Wen Pin shook his head and said: "I didn't limit the scope! At first, quite a few people came to apply, but when they heard it was to teach thousands of family servants and guards, these people were all unwilling."

The arrogance of scholars is not just talk.

"Also, shouldn't the matter of private soldiers be kept secret now? It's not suitable for outsiders to be involved; otherwise, once the information is leaked by someone with ulterior motives, it will cause big problems."

The Su family is not without opponents.

In such matters, one cannot be too careful.

"Hmm! Indeed, it was my lack of consideration!"

Su Xuan nodded in understanding, thought for a moment, and said: "Then like this, I will write a Thousand-Character Classic later, and also come up with Pinyin; these can greatly reduce the difficulty of learning to read;"

"I will teach you first, and then you can each teach ten soldiers; once they learn it, let them teach the remaining soldiers to read;"

"At the same time, I will also transfer a few literate teachers from the family to help; it shouldn't take you much time."

"With this teaching process, it can also enhance the feelings between the soldiers, which is conducive to learning and forming military formations later; what do you think?"

If the soldiers are illiterate, it will be very troublesome to teach the Military Formation Body-Tempering Technique.

By then, we can only use the original method to teach them one by one.

Too troublesome.

It is the best choice to teach them to read and write first, and by the way, teach them some basic cultivation common sense.

Moreover, if these people are well-trained, they can all serve as future military backbones and grassroots officers.

It will be convenient for him to quickly complete the expansion of the army and further reorganize the army when necessary in the future.

Lay a good foundation for these people.

Training more troops in the future will be much simpler.

Therefore, no matter how troublesome it is, this step must be taken.

"This..."

Huang Zhong and the others looked at each other when they heard this, and although they were a bit hesitant, they all nodded and agreed in the end.

"Uh..."

Dian Wei touched the back of his head and asked with some distress: "My Lord! Do I also have to learn to read and even teach students? Isn't that too difficult for me?"

"To be honest, I don't even know many big characters, let alone teaching students; why don't I just honestly be your guard?"

He would rather go to the battlefield to kill the enemy than do these brain-racking things.

"Of course not!"

Su Xuan rolled his eyes and scolded: "Even ordinary soldiers need to learn, how can you be an exception?"

"You are going to be a great general who can stand on his own in the future; how can you not be literate?"

"By then, you won't even be able to understand letters and military orders; how will you fight?"

Dian Wei whispered when he heard this: "I can let someone literate around me help me read!"

Su Xuan glared at Dian Wei angrily when he heard this: "Absurd! What if that person deliberately misinterprets the military orders and the content of the letters?"

"If the content of the letter involves things unfavorable to him, how can you ensure that he won't hide and misinterpret the content?"

"Uh..."

Dian Wei was stunned when he heard this: "That's true!"

"So!"

Su Xuan said speechlessly: "Don't think about being lazy! You must be literate, and even read more books; otherwise, how can you understand military books and become a knowledgeable general?"

"Moreover, even as my guard, you must be literate;"

"Otherwise, how can you help me convey orders and letters when I need to?"

Simply unlearned.

Can such things be lazy?

Moreover, in this era, how many people don't even have the opportunity to read and write?

Dian Wei is completely unaware of his blessings.

Huang Zhong also smiled and persuaded: "Dian Jun, the Lord values you and is doing this for your own good; what else is there to hesitate about?"

"If you are illiterate, you won't even be able to recognize a martial arts cultivation method when it's given to you; how will you become stronger?"

"Have you forgotten the last time you asked me to explain the content of the cultivation method the Lord gave you?"

Huang Zhong didn't expect that Dian Wei, a thick-browed and big-eyed guy, was already at the Gangjin stage but was illiterate.

He even needed others to look at the cultivation method and explain it to him when practicing martial arts.

It was speechless.

"Uh..."

Dian Wei touched the back of his head in embarrassment and laughed: "That's true! Then I'll learn! I'll learn!"

"Hehe! My Lord, I was wrong! I will learn well!"

Dian Wei licked his face and apologized to Su Xuan with a fist salute.

"It's good that you've figured it out!"

Su Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

Next, Su Xuan learned about the training situation of the private soldiers from Wen Pin and personally trained with the soldiers for a day.

He didn't leave the military camp until dusk and returned to the mansion.

The next morning,

He came to the medical school in the city and found Hua Tuo, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Mr. Yuanhua, how is the situation at the medical school? Are there any problems that need me to solve?"

Su Xuan bowed slightly to Hua Tuo and asked with a smile.

Hua Tuo nodded and said: "There are no other problems; the students recruited in this batch are all very diligent and eager to learn;"

"It's just that there is still a lack of textbooks; although we have compiled medical books, there are only two or three copies of each, and I still have to copy them; can you find some people to help copy more?"

Hundreds of students, letting him copy all the textbooks, isn't that really making things difficult for him?

"It was my lack of consideration!"

Su Xuan nodded apologetically: "Leave this matter to me! I will solve it as soon as possible!"

He thought to himself: "It seems I have to bring out printing technology in advance."

Of course, Su Xuan was not prepared to spread printing technology to the outside world for the time being.

He wasn't even prepared to spread the paper used for writing.

The foundation of him and the Su family is too poor now, and they can't grasp it if they let it out.

Let's wait a bit longer.

However, small-scale internal use is no problem.

"Hmm! Also,"

Hua Tuo nodded with satisfaction and continued: "There is still a significant shortage of some basic medicinal herbs, and gauze and alcohol are also lacking!"

"The disinfection and bandaging methods you proposed are indeed very easy to use; I have tested them, and they can greatly reduce wound infection, but students also need quite a few samples for practical operation; if possible, please prepare more regularly!"

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan smiled apologetically: "It was my lack of consideration! I will have my second brother send a batch regularly every month!"

"If it's not enough, you can go directly to my second brother, sir!"

"Also, I am prepared to transfer a batch of people from the caravan guards to learn basic first-aid medical knowledge such as disinfection, bandaging, wound suturing, and even artificial respiration; can you arrange it, sir?"

"The number of people is about a hundred."

He will definitely send these medical school students to the army to set up special field hospitals or medical camps in the future.

But not now.

Let these students study well for now!

Of course, he was also worried that there would be too many people and someone would leak the matter of the private soldiers.

"Is that so?"

Hua Tuo frowned slightly when he heard this, looked at Su Xuan meaningfully, and nodded: "Fine! Send your people! I can do it anytime!"

"Just teaching these basic things, many students in the medical school can already handle it; it's not a big deal."

"That's good!"

Su Xuan nodded happily.

This matter was also settled.