The big man has a living father

Chapter 95 Education Industry
Dongfang Shuo surrendered: "Okay, no more competition, you won, let's stop singing!"

"Other people sing for money, but you sing for your life!"

Huo Hai: "Convinced?"

Dongfang Shuo: "I am convinced."

Huo Hai: "Are you convinced?"

Dongfang Shuo: "I don't know in my heart, but my ears are convinced!"

Huo Hai: "Then let's take this much money and bow to the audience."

Dongfang Shuo: "Wait a minute, the richest person in the audience hasn't been rewarded yet."

Liu Che, who had been looking at Le, shouted: "You're pointing at me, right?!"

"Come here, give me a reward."

Dongfang Shuo and Huo Hai stood up and bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The show is over.

Dongfang Shuo, who was two meters one meter tall and weighed one hundred and fifty kilograms, walked off the stage with a dozen strings of money hanging from his arms.

Dongfang Shuo's son saw his father stepping down with the money and ran to take it.

Dongfang Ji: "Dad, this is so much money, it will take a long time to spend!"

Dongfang Shuo: "We have to share it with others."

Dongfang Ji: "How much is it?"

Dongfang Shuo: "Seventy percent."

Dongfang Ji: "Why do we only get 70%?"

Dongfang Shuo glanced at his silly son and said, "It's probably someone else's!"

Huo Hai looked at Dongfang Shuo's son and asked, "Is this your son? Your son is this old now? Has he entered the government?"

Dongfang Shuo: "Eight years old."

Huo Hai looked at Dongfang Ji, who was as tall as him, and asked, "How old is he?"

On the other side, Liu Che looked at the two of them thoughtfully.

Liu Che has always regarded Dongfang Shuo as someone who keeps him company and entertains him, but Dongfang Shuo has always regarded himself as a minister of remonstrance.

This time, Dongfang Shuo was not in any trouble and he even took the initiative to make people laugh with Huo Hai.

When Dongfang Shuo wrote the letter on two large carts of bamboo slips, Liu Che could not see from the words on the two carts that Dongfang Shuo had any administrative and logistical abilities, nor could he see that he could deploy troops.

At most, it contains some principles of being a human being, as well as some easy-to-understand principles for scholars to look at the world.

But the text on those two large carts of bamboo slips is just hilarious.

Liu Che originally regarded that thing as a joke.

At that time, Emperor Wu of Han had not yet taken power. The self-important Emperor Wu of Han was in a bad mood every day and read Dongfang Shuo's self-introduction letter for fun.

Over time, Liu Che became more tolerant of Dongfang Shuo.

If it were anyone else like Dongfang Shuo who liked to play word games and act weird in front of Liu Che, he would have been shot down long ago.

However, Liu Che did not think that Dongfang Shuo had any ability from the bottom of his heart. Although he kept promoting him, he never let him do anything practical.

Today, Liu Che saw that Dongfang Shuo was showing signs of retreating.

Dongfang Shuo didn't give up just because he heard Huo Hai's bad singing.

He admitted defeat because he knew he couldn't win.

Dongfang Shuo retreated.

To put it bluntly, Dongfang Shuo is a funny version of Li Bai. Dongfang Shuo's surrender is like the most bizarre story Liu Che has seen in recent years.

But Liu Che was like this. Although he regarded Dongfang Shuo as a close person in his heart, he would not give him any chance.

Now Dongfang Shuo wanted to retire, but Liu Che would not let him.

After Dongfang Shuo took the money and stepped down, Liu Che pulled Liu Ju to Dongfang Shuo and said, "Dongfang Shuo, many of these actors are from the Western Regions. Zhang Qian should have been asked to talk to them. Now that Zhang Qian is not here, this task is handed over to you."

Huo Hai stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I want to talk to that Egyptian."

Liu Che: "The one with the longest road, saying that their place is an oasis in the desert?"

Huo Hai whispered, "I read in an ancient book that there is a place with the same name and the same topography as the place he mentioned, but the ancient book said that there is a river in that place, and the river is wider than our big river."

This sentence made Liu Che understand that the distant place was by no means just a small oasis as he had imagined.

A river wider than the Yellow River, even if it is not suitable for human habitation, the population scale must be at least the same as the Yangtze River in the south, right? How many people would that be? Could it be a small place?

Emperor Wu of Han became serious and said: "Dongfang Shuo will be the chief envoy and you will be the deputy envoy to receive the people from the Western Regions."

Liu Che and Huo Hai also glanced at Liu Ju, meaning that if there was anything important, they could go to the Prince's Palace to find him.

Soon, Liu Che arranged for Lu Bode to settle these people from the Western Regions.

In this era, people coming from the Western Regions are still relatively honest. They did not pretend to be envoys. Of course, they did not know that they could gain benefits by pretending to be envoys, but they were still arranged in the Dahonglu Temple.

Of course, this also means that this team will be separated from the actor team from Longxi.

However, everyone in this group has learned Chinese, so they are not afraid of not being able to survive after leaving the main group.

The one he feared the most was Dongfang Shuo.

Dongfang Shuo had been waiting for this opportunity all his life.

But when the opportunity really came, Dongfang Shuo was stunned.

Foreign affairs activities, what a huge job it is. If you do it well, you will be promoted quickly!

But Dongfang Shuo really doesn’t know how to do this!

Not only Dongfang Shuo doesn't know how to do it, his family just doesn't have the gene for it.

Historically, when Dongfang Shuo died, he recommended his other son of appropriate age to be a palace attendant, who later became an envoy with special powers.

However, when he served as an envoy of the Western Han Dynasty, he did not even leave his name behind, which shows that he did not do a good job.

Dongfang Shuo looked at Huo Hai and asked, "Do you have any experience as an envoy?"

Huo Hai shook his head: "No."

Dongfang Shuo was silent.

I'm already old, and now when I encounter opportunities, I don't know how to do it.

Huo Hai: "When dealing with foreign affairs of a great country, one should be magnanimous." Dongfang Shuo: "I'll ask someone who knows..."

Huo Hai interrupted: "You might as well not ask. How others receive foreign affairs has nothing to do with you. Let me ask you, I heard from people in Chang'an that you have a photographic memory. Is that true?"

Dongfang Shuo nodded: "It's true."

Huo Hai: "Then this is easy. You don't have to do anything else but chat with this group of people every day and learn from them. Learn the Loulan language, the Qiuci language, the Dayuan language, the Daxia language, the Parthian language, and the Egyptian language."

"In the process of learning, if you write down and organize the special things that we don't have here, that would be a great achievement."

Dongfang Shuo thought it made sense. Why should he learn how to be an envoy and receive foreign affairs? It would be better to learn from these foreigners.

"And you, what are you going to say to the Egyptians?"

Huo Hai: "I want to keep him, including this group of people. I want them to be willing to stay and be teachers, teaching the people I select their language."

At present, almost all caravans on the Silk Road only travel short distances. For example, if there are destinations 12345 on the road, those who take the route 12 will always go back and forth between route 12, and those who take the route 23 will always go back and forth between route 23.

Maybe those who walk 12 and those who walk 23 know each other and are familiar with each other.

But do people who take business line 12 and people who take business line 34 know each other?
Even if you have heard of it, it is just hearsay.

What’s more, the people who heard the stories from others told us about the distant places and the distant places.

Huo Hai wanted to train a group of people who were capable of crossing multiple countries and city-states.

It is too far away from Daxia at present, but if the Huns are defeated later, the Han Dynasty will be bordering Daxia. At that time, the Han Dynasty will actually be separated from Egypt by two countries!

This is one of them.

Secondly, although these people make a living by performing, they have actually seen too many businessmen, and they definitely know the principles of hoarding and the fact that scarcity makes things valuable.

In other words, they must have something valuable hidden on them that can help them turn their fate around in difficult situations.

Those things may be worthless locally, but may be worth a fortune elsewhere.

The most likely possibility is... seeds!
Huo Hai wants to get the seeds from Egypt!

After Huo Hai and Dongfang Shuo divided the money, they asked Lu Bode to arrange for the Yulin Guards to deliver their money to the car, and then they found Huo Qubing who was chatting with someone.

Huo Qubing looked at Huo Hai and asked, "Why did you suddenly think of doing this with Dongfang Shuo?"

Huo Hai: "Brother, didn't you tell me the reason?"

Huo Qubing: "?"

Huo Hai: "We do this just for fun."

Huo Qubing smiled and said, "Really?"

Huo Hai became serious: "Brother, let's put aside the jokes. Among the soldiers you have taught recently, are there any language geniuses who can learn and interpret words very quickly?"

"Those who can learn multiple accents of their fellow soldiers in a short period of time also count."

Huo Qubing said: "There are not many such people, only one in a hundred, but I have many generals and soldiers under my command, and I can select hundreds of such people."

You can’t choose one out of a hundred, but if you can choose one out of two hundred, then you can choose five hundred out of one hundred thousand.

Huo Hai: "Then take them all out. I want them to teach those foreigners elegant language and learn the languages ​​of those countries."

Huo Qubing frowned: "Before we defeat the Huns, I'm afraid we won't have time to deal with them? And if we don't defeat the Huns, it will be difficult for us to contact them."

If one or two foreigners went east, the Huns would let them pass. But if a group of foreigners went to the Han Dynasty, or a group of Han people went west, the Huns would definitely stop them.

You should know that from Loulan to Dayuan, all were under the control of the Huns.

The countries in the Western Regions are now caught between the two empires. The situation is more tense and more difficult to pass through.

Huo Hai: “Prepare for a rainy day.”

In fact, there are many reasons for Huo Hai, and the military is probably still far behind.

But the words "prepare for a rainy day" immediately made Huo Qubing take it to heart.

Indeed, plan ahead.

Huo Qubing said: "Okay, if you have the ability to convince them to join you, you can pick any soldier in the army."

There are currently three types of soldiers: garrison service.

Among them, Wei refers to the central army, Shu refers to guarding the border, and Yi refers to serving in the local area.

According to the Han regulations, all men must serve in the army, and each person must serve for at least three days each year, or pay money to find someone to replace him.

This is a preparation method for universal military service, and there is no crisis of universal military service at present.

The other two are lifelong.

Including those from good families who voluntarily join the army, including those who serve in the garrison, once they enter, they will be there for life.

This system has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that professional soldiers are more powerful than newcomers. Even if they are not as physically fit as young people, they still have the experience.

But there is also a downside, which is the aging of the team.

In fact, the best situation is that soldiers are willing to work from the age of 16 to 35, or around this range, and are willing to leave after 35.

But, no one can do this.

A thirty-five-year-old man has been eating the government's food almost all his life since his teens. He doesn't know how to do anything except being a soldier and wielding a knife. How can he leave?

Therefore, Huo Hai really had the ability to persuade the soldiers to leave the army and work with him. Not only was he willing to do so, but Liu Che was even more willing.

How much salary does a soldier get per year? The soldiers' children also get a full subsidy, and the soldiers' wives get a half subsidy. This expense is really no joke.

Huo Hai: "The future education industry is a huge and ever-expanding meat pie. They will be willing to do so."

Now Zhao Guo is about to announce the use of manure.

Coupled with the promotion of pasta, wheat will definitely replace millet in a large area.

Just the results that Zhao Guo is about to announce will cause grain production to increase by more than six times.

The Han Dynasty currently has an oversupply of food, and even a large part of the horses depend on food for their food.

Food production has increased sixfold. What are the consequences?
The population is increasing rapidly, and a large number of families are willing to have more children.

Not to mention the surge in grain production, the population of the Han Dynasty has been skyrocketing in recent years. Before Liu Che had time to plunder salt and iron, the population increased rapidly!

Whether it is the current increase in population or the upcoming explosive population growing up and reaching childhood, this is the period when simplified Chinese characters and pinyin will spread.

At the same time, with the rapid development of the economy, more and more people are making money, and more and more people will realize the importance of literacy.

The education industry will expand tenfold or a hundredfold!

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