After watching the training, Su Yang was not in a hurry to leave.
He noticed sharply that a musketeer was still practicing alone after the training.
"May I have your name?"
The Musketeer was startled at the sudden sound.
He turned around and looked pale with fright.
The man in front of me is a playboy who is older than the general!
"My lord, my name is Wang Ergou!"
"Get up and talk! Don't be so afraid, I just want to talk to you."
Su Yang smiled and reassured, and then Wang Ergou got up tremblingly.
He glanced at the three generals behind Su Yang, and his calves began to tremble.
Seeing this situation, Su Yang didn't point it out.
"Ergou, the training is over, why are you still here training by yourself?"
"Sir, I... I am stupid... so I can't remember many actions."
Wang Ergou replied honestly, "I don't want to drag down my companions, let alone be driven away, so I use the rest time..."
After hearing this, everyone finally understood, and there was a touch of softness in Wang Ergou's eyes.
This is a good soldier!
Su Yang smiled and nodded, "Then are you familiar with this blunderbuss in your hand?"
"Familiar!" Wang Ergou's eyes lit up with a strange light, "I hold it to sleep at night, so it couldn't be more familiar."
"Okay, show me the training content!" Su Yang ordered.
Wang Ergou didn't dare to refuse, so he immediately cleared the chest, filled the medicine, pressed it, and started the fire. A series of actions were done in one go, making Su Yang nod his head and praise him profusely.
"You did a great job, really great!"
"You must have put in a lot of effort to achieve this in such a short period of time."
Hearing Su Yang's praise, Wang Ergou felt as sweet as honey and subconsciously grinned.
Su Yang smiled and asked again: "Ergou, do you know the structure of the parts in this fire gun?"
Wang Ergou was stunned when he heard this, his face turned red and he shook his head.
"I...know what that is..."
"But I... can't read!"
If one is illiterate, it is naturally impossible to truly understand the structure of the fire gun, nor can one explain the principle of firing the fire gun.
Su Yang was a little disappointed when he saw this, but he could understand it.
He had forgotten that most of the soldiers in the army did not even have enough to eat, so how could they have money to study and practice calligraphy?
In other words, most of the officers and soldiers in the army today are outright illiterate and cannot even read the most basic Chinese characters!
Well, for example, the Wang Ergou in front of me, and the famous general Tan Yuan standing beside him!
It's not enough to be illiterate. Su Yang has high hopes for these musketeers. He hopes that these musketeers can become a real special firearms unit in the future and bring a different glory to this era.
Therefore, a thousand musketeers must be literate.
"Ergou, do you want to learn how to read?"
When Wang Ergou heard this, a frightening light suddenly bloomed in his eyes, but then the light gradually dimmed.
He hesitated and said: "I... have no money and am stupid, so..."
In Wang Ergou's impression, studying and practicing calligraphy meant paying money, but his family had no money and was so poor that they couldn't even eat. Otherwise, he might be a scholar now.
"You don't have to pay, don't worry about that."
"Who said you are stupid? Your familiarity with fire guns must far exceed those of your companions!"
"If you are considered stupid like this, then there will be no smart people among these thousand musketeers!"
Hearing Su Yang praise him again, Wang Ergou laughed sheepishly.
"If I don't pay, I definitely want to learn."
"Why do you want to be literate?"
"Because after I can read, I can write letters to my family without having to spend money to find someone."
Hearing Ergou's simple words, Su Yang couldn't help but feel a little moved.
He patted Wang Ergou on the shoulder and motioned for him to continue training.
After leaving the firearms training ground, Su Yang turned to look at Zhang Yu and the others.
"Are you all literate?"
Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng nodded, they were naturally literate.
Only Tan Yuan's face turned red and hesitantly expressed that he didn't know how to read.
Tan Yuan felt miserable. He had been in the army with his father since he was a child and had been fighting all his life. How could he have time to study and practice calligraphy?
But after he took the position of general in the army, Tan Yuan gradually realized his shortcomings.
In terms of status and achievements, there is not much difference between him and Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng.
But just because he was illiterate, Zhang Yuzhu was not more favored by King Yan, and he was lower than the two of them.
Su Yang noticed Tan Yuan's expression, and then sighed.
"Do you want to be able to read?"
"I think!"
Tan Yuan suddenly raised his head and spoke decisively.
He no longer wants to be looked down upon by others just because he is illiterate!
"I'm very pleased that you have such an attitude."
"Honestly, no matter how brave you are in fighting, you will only be a brave general throughout your life, and you will never be able to become the commander-in-chief of the three armies on your own!"
"But Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng are different. They are literate and read, so they are familiar with military affairs and understand the art of war. They will definitely be famous generals in charge of the three armies in the future!"
"Tan Yuan, now do you understand where the gap is?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuzhu Neng looked at each other, always feeling that Mr. Su was trying to sow discord.
But Tan Yuan nodded fiercely and said proactively: "Master Su, I would like to accept you as my teacher and ask you to teach me how to read!"
Su Yang nodded, rarely refusing.
"Most of the officers and soldiers in the army are illiterate and cannot read a single Chinese character."
"On the surface, literacy or not seems to have nothing to do with the military's combat effectiveness."
"But this is not actually the case. You can imagine that if Wang Ergou could read, he would be able to understand the fire gun better. Even if there was a problem with the fire gun during the war, he could quickly replace it and continue to fight. Don’t lose your fighting power just like this!”
"Like the most ordinary soldiers, if they are literate, they will naturally understand military orders more deeply, and they will not be confused and confused, resulting in chaos."
"So, if the three guards of Yanshan want to become an iron army, the biggest problem lies not in other things, but in literacy."
"There are so many illiterate soldiers in the Third Guard that their development has been restricted!"
After hearing what Su Yang said in his heart, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng nodded silently.
They are veteran generals in the army and do not understand the importance of literacy.
But it is simply impossible to make all these illiterate people literate!
After all, there are so many people, even if hundreds of gentlemen are willing to teach, they simply won’t be able to teach them.
Besides, no one would be willing to teach them.
Literary men have always been very self-respecting, and they looked down upon the unreasonable and unreasonable warrior Qiu Ba!
"Master Su, even if they want to know how to read, no one will teach them!"
"Don't worry, I'll teach you in person!"
Su Yang nodded, "From now on, the rest time at night will be shortened. Give me an hour and I will personally hold night classes for them."
"The first batch of students is composed of musketeers and military benchmarks, and there are also illiterate military lieutenant generals like General Tan Yuan. There must be no more than a hundred people at a time, otherwise I won't be able to teach them."
"Every time a student learns a word, he or she will teach it to others. Each person will teach one word. If this continues, sooner or later the three guards will be emptied of illiterates."
Hearing Su Yang's words, the three of them were very moved.
After getting along for such a long time, they also understood Mr. Su's temperament.
If it is not a very urgent matter, Mr. Su is never willing to take the initiative.
But now, in order for the three guards of Yanshan to develop better, Mr. Su actually wants to open a night school to teach them literacy in person!
After the soldiers become literate, they will naturally have a better future!
For example, Tan Yuan has the possibility of becoming the commander-in-chief of the armed forces in the future!
This kindness is so great!
Tan Yuan's eyes were red and he bowed solemnly to Su Yang.
"Tan Yuan is a soldier of the three armies. I would like to express my gratitude to you for your great kindness!"
