Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1301 - 1163: Learning to Read

Of course, besides enhancing the cultural level of these people, Lin Yi also arranged for schools to be established.

Just like the nine-year compulsory education in later generations, under the rule of Dayou, the nation would be covered with schools and filled with teachers.

The issues of paper and books are nothing to worry about.

Although the aristocratic families previously controlled the majority of writings and books, to Lin Yi, this is absolutely not a problem.

You could even say it wouldn’t affect him in the slightest.

To put it mildly, even if these aristocratic families control countless books, so what?

For him, as long as he takes out the primary and secondary school textbooks from the nine-year compulsory education of later generations, they would absolutely surpass all the books of this era.

Without exaggeration, once those things are brought over, which student in the whole world wouldn’t make rapid progress? Their learning would improve further.

Or it could be said that it would further enhance the cognitive level of the people of this era.

Of course, to adapt to the present time, Lin Yi does not intend to directly copy all the courses from later generations.

At the very least, subjects like physics and chemistry are unnecessary to replicate because they do not apply to this era. But subjects like mathematics and language are fine.

In summary, in this era, everyone must learn to read, to ensure no illiteracy exists, because only then can the whole society experience rapid growth, and only then can he, in just a few decades, shape it into the likeness of later generations.

Anyway, enough digression, let’s return to the current scene. Looking at the excited crowd, the Shopkeeper naturally couldn’t say all this. What he had to do was guide and correctly steer these people’s thoughts, not directly tell them what His Majesty intended.

If he really told them, some might not reject it openly, but secretly they wouldn’t cooperate. After all, for them, learning to read seems like a waste of time. In that time, they’d rather be in the field doing more farm work to exchange for more grain.

Because for the commoners of this society now, being able to fill their bellies is a tremendous thing; nothing is more important, not even studying, which might allow one to pass the examinations and become an official, etc.

But this is all based on the premise of being alive, of having food to eat. If these two prerequisites are not met, how can one even talk about studying?

And coming up next, the Shopkeeper continued to encourage. Soon, this game began, and admittedly, it stumped many people, nearly everyone present. They were uniformly taken down a peg, unable to recognize even the simplest characters. However, while they didn’t know them, it didn’t stop some well-read individuals from being present.

Compared to these ordinary people, these individuals were more literate and acted as a good example. So, under everyone’s watch, they easily obtained this qualification and proceeded to the lottery.

And as expected, with their movements, several more jars of wine were drawn, and as soon as these wines were drawn, they were like pieces of fragrant meat, quickly being eyed by those stewards, who began bidding high prices to buy them, leading to transactions much like the deals made by Steward Lu before. It could be said that with each jar of wine drawn,

they could get ten taels of silver, something they dared not imagine. All at once, they saw hope, saw the longing in their expressions.

Everyone was thinking in their hearts, how great it would be if they drew this jar of wine themselves, if they really could get those ten taels of silver, it could be said that their family wouldn’t have to worry about food for a whole year.

Although His Majesty had canceled the grain tax, the grain hadn’t been harvested yet, and after production, it would be several months. In these months, if they could get these ten taels of silver, not only could they eat well, but they could eat better. Buying some fine grains wouldn’t be impossible.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt anguished, they all secretly hated why they couldn’t read.

Why couldn’t they recognize what those characters were?

Because of this, some began to oppose. These guys immediately jumped out and started complaining to the Shopkeeper.

Although they could see that the Shopkeeper was not to be trifled with, there must be some big figure behind him; otherwise, these stewards wouldn’t be so polite, nor so obsequious.

But in the face of absolute interests, when related to their lives, these people undoubtedly gained courage, stood up, and began to protest to the Shopkeeper, asking why they were being treated so unfairly, since they were illiterate, asking them to recognize characters, to participate in such a game, wasn’t it just obviously not letting them participate in the lottery?