Chapter 308 Preparation
"This is your residence, children share four rooms, and adults share two rooms. Conditions are limited." Caitlin brought the teachers and children from the branch to the newly built building complex at the corner of the main street, and introduced the row of brand-new houses.
The buildings in Phoenix are all made of stone. Against the backdrop of the ice and snow, they exude a cold and simple atmosphere.
The row of houses in front of you is much simpler than other houses.
The exterior walls of the house are all made of stones of different sizes, with irregular frost textures in the gaps.
The roof is covered with flat slates, and a thin layer of snow has accumulated on the slates, like a white hat on the house.
Each window is a simple square hole cut out. There is no delicate window frame, and it is only roughly fixed with a few animal bones. Ice lings of different lengths hang on the edge of the window hole, like a natural crystal curtain.
The door was also made urgently. It was just a large stone slab with rough ax chisel marks on it. However, in order to withstand the severe cold, furry animal skins were stuffed in the cracks of the door.
Caitlin stopped and her voice reached everyone's ears clearly: "But His Highness has already sent people to build these houses in a hurry. In Phoenix at the moment, almost everyone is engaged in clearing wasteland and farming. It is only after His Highness personally ordered that the Zhenbing Tribe will send people to build these houses for you."
Caitlin made the introduction while not forgetting to give Godra a wave of favorability.
"Having a decent house to live in and shelter us from the wind and snow is beyond our expectations. How can we still find it objectionable that the conditions are not good." Guardian Damon, who is the director of the branch, said with a wry smile, with a bit of self-deprecation.
This is the truth.
Although Caitlin didn't say it explicitly, Damon's guardians and teachers knew it.
They are the remnants of the Snowfield Guardians who were single-handedly wiped out by the Zhenbing Tribe. Their current status is, at best, they are surrenderers, and at worst, they are prisoners
Generally speaking, as captives, they are mostly used as coolies, and the places they live in are basically simple tents.
A bunch of people are crowded together without any privacy and sleeping on the floor. It’s not like they can be allocated free and regular housing now.
When thinking of this, Guardian Damon was even a little moved.
Caitlin smiled slightly, then looked up at the teachers, and said: "Everyone, put your things away, and then prepare to follow me to meet His Highness."
"Meet His Highness?!" After hearing Caitlin's words, the teachers and even Guardian Damon froze on the spot, looking at each other several times, especially in disbelief.
Among the guardians of the snowfield, the most powerful ones are the "Guardians" and "Hunters".
As for these instructors, to be honest, they were forced to become instructors because of their lack of strength and talent. They were all only first-level ice-born mage.
Although a first-level mage is not a worthless thing in the Zhenbing tribe, it is certainly not very rare and precious.
· Even among the Snowfield Guardians, they rarely have the opportunity to meet the senior leaders of the sect.
As the dignified king of the Zhenbing Tribe, Gothe actually wanted to meet them in person?
How can this not make everyone full of doubts.
"Lady Caitlin, are you sure you want to take us to meet the King of Perfect Ice?" Damon calmed down, but couldn't help but ask. He needed to confirm again, for fear that he heard wrongly.
Caitlin looked at everyone's reaction and smiled softly. She knew very well what everyone was thinking, so she explained softly: "Based on your status, you are indeed not qualified to meet His Highness."
She spoke very straightforwardly, without any euphemism.
"But the situation is a little different. According to His Highness's plan, you will be included in the Ministry of Education in Phoenix."
Caitlin paused for a moment, giving everyone some time to digest, and then continued: "And the Ministry of Education, that is not an ordinary department, but a department that His Highness is personally responsible for."
After a pause, Caitlin emphasized: "In Phoenix, even the Ministry of Agriculture, which cultivated Northwest Barley No. 1, was handed over to Lady Flora and the War Mother, His Highness, instead of being responsible for it himself."
Hurrying to put down his scanty luggage, Damon and his teachers, led by Caitlin, came to the city hall, outside Gothe's office.
Gaode did not meet everyone at once, but let them enter the office in turns.
Damon was the first to enter.
"Lady Caitlin, are you really okay?" While waiting outside the door, Ona twisted her fingers at the edge of her clothes, feeling somewhat uneasy.
Although she had done some psychological construction for herself more than once on the way, when she got here, those constructions turned into rubbish and all collapsed at once.
After all, if Gaode really wanted to care, they would have directly offended Gaode.
Caitlin reassured: "Don't worry, His Highness is a reasonable person, and you didn't do anything."
"On the contrary, I am the one who has really offended His Highness, but you have seen the current situation." Caitlin patted Ona's shoulder as she spoke.
After hearing what Caitlin said, Ona's nervousness relaxed a little.
Before entering Gaode's office, Damon underwent a very detailed body search.
Humbling with uneasiness, he finally met the man in the prophecy, Gaode, the new king of the Zhenbing tribe.
At this moment, Damon finally understood why Caitlin called Gothe your highness.
Under normal circumstances, it would be more appropriate for foreigners like them to call Gaode "Your Majesty."
Although the title "His Royal Highness" is no less respectful, it is somewhat more intimate.
— It’s not because of intimacy, but because the new king is too young, definitely no more than twenty years old. The fingers holding the quill are long and slender, and his eyes are glowing with fluorescent light. This is a sign of abundant life energy.
It was really hard for him to imagine that the person in the prophecy would be such a young foreigner.
"Damon Guardian?" Gothe sat in front of the long table, looking through the list presented by Caitlin in his hand.
"Yes, Your Highness." Guardian Damon bowed his head and replied respectfully.
"I was entrusted by the guardian of Baruch to visit you, but unfortunately you happened to be out at that time and didn't meet you."
Gothe mentioned it casually, but it made Damon feel tight. He subconsciously thought that Gothe was preparing to settle accounts in the future.
Fortunately, Gao De just mentioned it casually, and he had already received the next sentence before he could reply.
"Are you literate? What I mean by literacy includes "reading and writing", and it must be truly mastered, and cannot rely on "knowledge of the language". "
It was just that Gothe's first question was still completely beyond Damon's expectations, so much so that he was confused and could not answer it immediately.
"Of course, this is the most basic requirement for teaching in the branch
" After reacting, Damon hurriedly replied, and then remembered his identity, and then added: "Although I am not a teacher, I often work as a teacher, so I still have the ability to read and write."
In the Zhenbing tribe, ice-born mages are basically illiterate.
After all, there are very few times when you need to read and write. If you really encounter a situation where you need to decipher words, you can easily solve it by casting a [Language Understanding] spell, so there is no need to expend energy on learning to read and write
But the teachings of the Snowfield Guardians are different. Their task is to teach the orphans. If they themselves cannot read, how can they impart knowledge?
Hence, literacy and writing are essential skills for teaching.
"No, Your Highness, do you mean Common Language or Ace Language?" After answering, Damon seemed to suddenly think of something crucial, and hurriedly asked again.
"Ais Language," Gothe put down the list and looked at Damon with interest, "Do you also know Common Language?"
Damon hesitated for a moment before speaking: "I did learn some common language from him when I rescued a foreigner in the snowfield a few years ago. He was seriously injured and stayed with us to recuperate for half a year. I had nothing to do, so I learned some common language from him."
Gothe laughed, "That's great, I finally found someone who understands Common Language."
"Your Highness?" Damon didn't understand why Gothe laughed, but he was vaguely aware that this should be a good thing.
"You have two choices, one is to be assigned to work under Deputy Secretary Grant of the Ministry of Agriculture to open up wasteland and farm, and the other is to become a teacher under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, responsible for teaching reading and writing common language."
"Both are non-slaves, but the former will be harder and the latter will be more respected."
Is this still a choice?
Not to mention that teaching is his old job and his comfort zone. Opening up wasteland and farming sounds like coolie
Damon raised his head and glanced at Gothe, and replied cautiously: "Your Highness, I choose to become a teacher."
"I just don't know which elders' children I want to teach?"
Gothe looks too young and does not look like a person with children at all, so in Damon's opinion, Gothe should let him teach the children of the elders of the Zhenbing tribe.
“All?” Damon was stunned. Firstly, he didn’t understand the significance of doing this, and secondly, he couldn’t imagine such a huge teaching scale.
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"Yes, all." Gao De affirmed.
If he doesn't understand, Damon still nods silently and very wisely.
"Then from now on, you will be the second-level teacher at Phoenix No. 1 Middle School."
"Level-2 teacher" Damon couldn't help but ask: "Is there a higher level above?"
“Yes, there are first-level teachers, senior teachers, and special-level teachers. Those who are only responsible for teaching literacy are second-level teachers. From the first-level teachers onwards, they are responsible for teaching more advanced content, including but not limited to the introduction to mage practice and spell teaching.” Gothe didn’t mind revealing a little about his future plans to Damon.
Introduction to mage practice? !
But the mages in the north are basically ice-born mages. All knowledge and power come from blood. Damon was even more confused.
"So, if you want to make progress, you can take time to learn spells first. In the library of Phoenix No. 1 Middle School, there are now 44 spell recipes for sleight of hand. At present, [Shaping Soil] is particularly important."
Gothe kindly reminded Damon, hoping that the other party could better integrate into the education system he built.
"I understand, Your Highness." Damon responded, but in fact he was confused and retreated in a daze.
Gothe picked up the quill and lightly drew a circle next to Damon's name on the list.
This is the first person to master the lingua franca so far.
——The Ace language used by the people in the North is still too ancient and niche.
In the entire plane, except for the people in the north, humans from other countries use common language.
As a native language, Ace language certainly has extraordinary significance to the people in the north, but it also invisibly creates a barrier, restricting the communication between the people in the north and the outside world.
If the Northern Territory wants to rise, the learning and popularization of common language is a must.
The simplest example is that a lot of advanced and profound knowledge in the outside world, no matter what field it is in, is written in common language.
If you don’t master it, it will be difficult to even learn a trick.
After confirming the arrangements for Damon, the next person has been brought in.
Gothe looked up and saw that he was an acquaintance:
Ona, whom Flora had noticed was not a good person.
Although the other party was trying his best to restrain himself, it could still be seen that Ona's legs were shaking slightly.
Gothe smiled slightly and said softly: "Don't be nervous. Are you literate? Where is the common language?"
Gothe was busy asking and arranging these lessons from the guardians of the snowfield this afternoon.
This is something that must be done in order to carry out the work of universal education smoothly.
At present, other people cannot understand his educational philosophy and ideas for building an educational system.
So even these trivial matters, he can only do it himself.
After seeing off the last instructor, Gothe put down his quill, stretched out, and then immersed himself in his desk again without slacking off for a moment.
Education is not that simple. It is not as simple as just gathering a group of children together and finding a few teachers to teach. There are many things that need to be done.
In addition to the selection and construction of teaching venues, the selection and appointment of teachers, the construction of the education system, and the organization of students, what is more critical and more difficult is to formulate a set of interlocking teaching content that fits his educational philosophy, precise and strict teaching standards, flexible and effective teaching methods, and even the compilation of systematic and practical teaching materials.
In this northern region where talents are scarce and ideas are ignorant, these numerous and important responsibilities can naturally only fall on his shoulders.
Some time ago, Amap has roughly set the teaching content and teaching standards.
What he has been doing these days is formulating measurement units.
Yes, in addition to the most basic reading and writing, Gaode is also preparing to unify weights and measures in the upcoming compulsory education.
He will start from the most basic unit of length, refer to the weights and measures of previous lives, standardize a clear and practical standard unit for various measurements, and popularize it in Phoenix through compulsory education.
In fact, Gaode is already doing this work consciously.
For example, the "mu" as the unit of measurement for land area in Jinhui Farm and the "kilogram" as the unit of measurement for barley weight are all brand-new measurement units formulated and proposed by him.
Gaode had not finished his work when the knock on the door rang again, breaking the silence in the room.
"Come in." Gao De said casually without raising his head.
The door shaft creaked slightly, and an elder of the Zhenbing tribe wearing a thick snow bear fur robe slowly walked in.
He bowed slightly to Gothe and saluted: "My king, these are the scabbard and sheath made according to your request."
The scabbard is long and narrow, just suitable for the sword body of [North Wind]. The sheath is tanned with snow rhinoceros leather, which is rough but not hard, tough and cold-resistant.
This is what Gothe specially ordered the tribe to make for the upcoming astral teleportation.
This scabbard and sheath combined can tightly wrap [North Wind] from beginning to end.
Isolate the chill from the [North Wind] to a certain extent. Of course, the extent is extremely limited.
Their most important function is to hide the too eye-catching, strange and gorgeous appearance of [North Wind].
【North Wind】is really eye-catching. Anyone who takes a quick look at it can conclude that this is a high-level extraordinary sword.
When the mage level is less than one level, it is too easy to cause unwarranted trouble by carrying such an eye-catching thing.
Now, with the tightly fitting scabbard and the thick sheath, at first glance, [Beifeng] is just an ordinary sword.