The confused future suddenly became clear with Li Mengxi's few words of advice.

The village heroes gathered around the campfire, talking and thinking about the future, and their mood became more and more enthusiastic.

All the local warriors felt that if they were to fight against the Yellow Turbans next time, they would wait for military orders and, no matter what else, find the men in the Yellow Turbans who were wearing good armor and rush over to them, capture and kill one or two Yellow Turban centurions, and then kill them.

You can really get military merit.

To put it aside, didn’t Shi Changgouzi become a centurion just because he stabbed a soldier to death? Is his dog really better at fighting than others? Not necessarily!

The more the villagers thought about it, the more reliable it became. They discussed that next time there is a war, everyone should go shoulder to shoulder and win military glory together.

Everyone agreed.

Fortunately, they are self-aware and know that the power of one person in the battle formation is limited, so forming a formation and advancing together is the best strategy.

Li Mengxi held his younger brother in his arms and smiled quietly while listening to the village heroes chatting about their future.

It would be a bit too much to say that the village heroes have no ambitions.

But they really have no ambition to reach the sky.

Li Mengxi's advice to them was to get an official position as soon as possible. Their biggest goal was really only to obtain an official position, with the highest being a centurion.

As for taking care of a thousand people, the village heroes dare not even think about it.

There is a saying that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and there is some truth to this.

No matter how low a soldier's background is, as long as he has ambition and pursuit, he will have the motivation and mind to learn, and naturally, he will be able to achieve something in the future.

And the fighting spirit, eagerness to learn, and ambition of such a soldier who aspires to become a general are equivalent to a very good character in an ordinary soldier.

Soldiers who are willing to learn and make progress are naturally good soldiers.

There is no hope of promotion in *****, there is no way to get promoted, the soldiers are eating and waiting to die, the whole army is lifeless, naturally, there are no good soldiers.

Fortunately, now is the time to make contributions and establish a career. Many of the local warriors have been promoted to officers such as corps commanders due to their military merits, and the channels for advancement are unimpeded.

Seeing that all the village warriors looked like farmers and did not look like they were literate, Li Mengxi thought of the importance of literacy.

Among other things, you must be able to read numbers and identify people.

So, "Brothers, do you know how to read?" Li Mengxi asked curiously.

This question made the village heroes who were having a lively discussion fall silent.

After a long time, as if being asked about his shortcomings, Shi Changgouzi scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled awkwardly at Li Mengxi.

Gouzi casually picked up a branch and threw it into the bonfire, then lowered his head and whispered, "How can I afford a gentleman and how can I read?"

His words were full of helplessness.

In ancient times, the cost of reading and literacy was unaffordable for ordinary people.

My stomach is not full, so I don’t have the energy to ask my husband to teach me calligraphy.

Moreover, they are both ancient times, but there are differences between ancient times and ancient times.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, when papermaking and printing technology matured, and the cost of reading and literacy dropped significantly, ordinary people had a chance to support one or two children to learn Braille.

However, that was the Tang and Song Dynasties, and now it is the late Han Dynasty.

Forget about printing, papermaking has just matured. Paper production in the Han Dynasty was very low and expensive. The mainstream carrier of written records was still bamboo slips.

It was difficult for ordinary people to learn and read in the late Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this section, Li Mengxi looked at the village heroes who had become silent. He sighed softly, and then seriously advised, "Everyone, listen to something.

If you are determined to be in the military and want to earn an official position, you can't just know how to fight, you have to learn to read.

It doesn’t matter if you are a captain of ten or a centurion. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to read.

When you reach the rank of captain, you need to be able to read military orders well, manage and distribute food and grass, decide the rewards and punishments of the soldiers under your command, and preferably also know how to arrange troops, and all of this requires being able to read and write.

If you can't even count a hundred, you will never be able to manage a thousand people, and if you can't check the number correctly, then how can you be a captain of thousands? Tell me, is this true?"

Li Mengxi asked.

The village heroes all nodded and agreed with Li Mengxi's statement.

Seeing this, Li Mengxi had a plan.

After pondering for a moment, he solemnly said to the village heroes, "Everyone, if someone can teach you, I will ask someone to teach you how to read and write. Are you willing to learn or not?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the villagers raised their heads and looked at Li Mengxi in surprise.

Li Mengxi chuckled and glanced around, "I mean, do you want to learn calligraphy?"

"I want it! Why don't I want to!"

After coming back to their senses, the village heroes looked at Li Mengxi with warm eyes.

Things are different from what Li Mengxi thought.

According to records in history textbooks from previous lives, it is said that in the dark Middle Ages, education was monopolized by the church, and even nobles may not even know how to write.

At that time, someone asked people on the street, "Does anyone want to learn knowledge?"

People at that time showed a blank expression. What is knowledge?

Li Mengxi thought that maybe these poor and ignorant village warriors in front of him might find reading useless, or they might not be so enthusiastic about learning calligraphy, so he asked this question.

Unexpectedly, when these illiterate country warriors heard that they had the opportunity to learn Chinese characters, their attitude towards the pursuit of knowledge became almost fanatical.

Maybe, this is the reason why Chinese civilization has such a long history.

No nation is as pious in the pursuit of knowledge as the Han nation.

As for Confucianism, it is said that Confucianism does not value scientific knowledge and does not respect technology, which resulted in its subsequent backwardness.

This does not mean that there is no respect for knowledge. There is no problem with Confucianism’s attitude towards knowledge. It is a problem of perspective and the identification of knowledge.

Confucians believe that science and technology are not worthy of elegance, so they despise them to the extreme.

Confucianism has a bad outlook, but its attitude toward learning and pursuit of knowledge, whether it is no matter whether it is poor reading or starving to death in order to study, is admirable.

In later generations, in those countries in the Confucian cultural circle, even if some people traveled across the ocean and took root in foreign lands, they still invested in the education of future generations regardless of the cost.

This is almost a unique feature of Han civilization.

The heroes all said they were willing to learn calligraphy. The heroes looked at Li Mengxi eagerly, and the military advisor decided that they would study and learn calligraphy.

This is good, and the country warriors are eager to learn.

Li Mengxi thought deeply, thinking about how to teach the village heroes to learn calligraphy.

Thinking about it, another picture emerged in Li Mengxi's mind, that is, during the revolutionary period, a vigorous cultural trend was unfolding in our revolutionary base area.

In some illustrations in history textbooks, you can see soldiers with papers taped to their quilts and writing on the papers. They did not forget to study even while marching.

Do you dare to imagine? With the weakest foundation and the most difficult environment, the army fought out from the ravines and ravines, and most of the soldiers came from poor backgrounds. They studied while fighting. By the end of the Anti-Japanese War, their cultural level had generally reached the level of primary school graduates.

Degree.

It can be said that the Kuomintang's slanderous claims are in vain. In fact, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is an army whose cultural level far exceeds that of the Kuomintang army.
Chapter completed!