Chapter 1109: Lighthouse?

The next day, the small farm owners were still savoring yesterday's events.

They were then taken by people from the Chinese Medicine Association to visit several medicinal material bases in Qiongzhou.

Medicinal farmers appeared and spoke, dispelling many of their doubts.

On the third day, they toured Qiongzhou's medical industry, and incidentally had a health check; several people were advised to undergo half‑month hospitalization treatment.

Of course that was impossible, because they still had matters to attend to.

However, they took the doctor's words to heart.

In the following days, they visited the Chinese medicine industry.

They saw a large quantity of medicines, health products, cosmetics, beauty products, and recuperative goods related to medicinal herbs.

Finally, they personally experienced Qiongzhou's medicinal cuisine industry, the soup‑making culture.

This let them realize the enormous market for medicinal materials.

Only then did the training begin.

When a group put on AR glasses, they finally understood how different Qiongzhou's training was from what they had imagined.

Qiongzhou's virtual reality technology is incredibly powerful; through AR glasses, they can intuitively see the condition of medicinal herbs from seed to maturity.

Besides, there were teachers providing a detailed, no‑detail‑left‑out introduction.

What environment the medicinal herbs need to live in, soil requirements, environmental requirements, points to note during growth, what growth stages, what properties they have, how to handle them…

The varieties of medicinal herbs they can cultivate are not many, so they do not need overly lengthy training.

After one month, they had become quite qualified medicinal farmers.

The efficiency of Qiongzhou's vocational education left these small farm owners astonished.

"The way they acquire professional knowledge is actually so simple, and the learning efficiency is so high."

"I feel we are living in the old century, while they live in the future."

"If this continues, do we still have any hope?"

They began to feel fortunate to have gotten on the Chinese Medicine Association's path.

"After returning, we should let our children come study here; Daxia's education has already surpassed ours, and I fear it is not inferior to our elite education—indeed it may exceed it and leave nothing lacking."

"They have changed the entire education system, making it more advanced than ours."

"In a few more years, they will have a large number of top‑notch talents flowing into the market."

"They are already ahead of everyone."

"They are unstoppable."

The use of virtual reality technology has brought about a massive transformation for society as a whole.

Meanwhile, Vanguard Education has long been laying out its plans in education for several years.

Now they already possess a large amount of experimental data.

The speed and quantity at which they produce talent will only keep increasing.

This is the change of the entire education system.

They have no recourse.

The effort and resources required to invest in this are also beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

Wanting Yingjiang to invest so heavily to push educational reform?

Almost impossible.

Their education remains at the stage of self‑sufficiency.

The poor receive poor people's education, the elite receive elite education.

A large amount of resources has been diverted to the elite, while ordinary people have long been rotting in the mud.

They fundamentally have no chance to turn things around.

But Qiongzhou has let them see hope.

Come here to study abroad.

Even if they cannot study abroad, coming here to live allows them to enjoy part of the educational resources available here.

Although they cannot obtain a long‑term visa, coming here for two months each year can already bring great changes to their children.

If they spend a bit more money, hire some people to conduct offline education, they can achieve even better results.

This is almost the inner thought of all these small farm owners.

Cooperating with the Chinese Medicine Association is their wisest decision.

Precisely because of these connections, they are able to enjoy these conveniences.

The partial educational conditions they enjoy have already shocked them; to what extent should those who have enjoyed Qiongzhou's full educational resources grow?

This is the gap in overall quality; although Yingjiang's elite education is strong, under the huge numerical disparity they have long lost any advantage.

Even they can foresee that the future belongs to Daxia.

They have long fallen behind others, and this backwardness cannot be changed.

After the training, aside from the few people advised to undergo hospitalization treatment, the others quickly returned to Yingjiang.

Afterward they became Xiachui.

Their every word and deed profoundly influenced those around them.

"I think you should go to Qiongzhou to have a look; if you never visit Qiongzhou in this lifetime, it will be your greatest regret."

"That is an advanced, inclusive, miraculous world."

"That is where the direction of human civilization lies."

"They have been constantly remodeling their homeland."

"Like deserts, Gobi, wastelands…"

"Let them be more suited to human life."

"The western part of Qiongzhou is relatively arid, belonging to very inferior land, but they did not turn a blind eye; they built seawater desalination projects, through human effort, changing the water-scarce environment there, turning it into fertile fields."

"They also carried out large-scale afforestation in Qiongzhou, planting large numbers of fast-disappearing plants everywhere."

"Large quantities of precious tree species have even become common choices for greening."

"This is the perfect symbiosis between humans and nature."

"Qiongzhou is a model for all humanity."

"Blind worship is a common affliction of everyone; the Yingjiang people are no exception."

"They cannot understand Qiongzhou's changes, so they think the Daxia people are noble, just as noble as themselves."

"They have not undergone the baptism of Westerners, so they have not worshipped to the point of feeling inferior."

"But their longing for Qiongzhou is no less than some people's earlier longing for Yingjiang."

"Hey, buddy, do they still need cooperative herbalists?"

"Yeah, buddy, I think we can do it too."

"Novice herbalist."

"What are you thinking? They have a plan; once they're full, they won't take more."

"Back when Lao Jieke had you join, you still thought it was a scam and even sneered at Lao Jieke; now you know its benefits and want to do it again—do you think that's possible?"

"However, don't say the brothers aren't giving you a chance; study well with us, and when there are indicators, we'll recommend you right away—you have a foundation, that's an advantage."

"Guys, we're recruiting apprentices; anyone interested, contact us."

"Also, our farm is recruiting herbal planters, offering free training; future medicinal herb planting is a lucrative industry—don't you all want to give it a try?"

"Watching them show off, many people regret it deeply, regretting their hesitation; they should have seized the opportunity."

"In that case, now the person envied is oneself."

"Although the cooperation fell through, they can still go to Qiongzhou."

"Go and see whether it's really as good as they say."

"If it's true, then in the future we must seize the opportunity and cooperate with Daxia."