Courtyard House: I Rely on Time-Space Trade to Build a Nation

After the traditional courtyard farm was on track, Zhao Ping'an did not linger.

Shuanzi was left behind to manage the daily affairs, ensuring that everyone in the courtyard had enough to eat every day and that the nineteen experience points would be steadily earned. He then quietly left Beiping with Lao Xu and returned to Shijiazhuang.

Zhao Ping'an exchanged ten Jiefang trucks, each loaded with 1000 sets of books on dictionaries, law, administration, basic medical care, basic finance, and basic agriculture.

These materials are another "generous gift" that Zhao Ping'an plans to present to the central government.

The handover was handled entirely by Lao Xu, and the information was sent directly to the Central Committee through confidential channels.

Zhao Ping'an, without stopping, devoted all his energy to his long-planned next step:

Systematic military reorganization and talent cultivation.

Zhao Ping'an's core idea is clear and efficient: to transform military units into multifunctional learning organizations.

The goal is to ensure that every soldier not only becomes a qualified combatant but also acquires a skill for building a new society.

The goal is simple: to explore whether it's possible to train a group of qualified grassroots management personnel within six months, and then expand and promote the program accordingly.

The plan will proceed in three steps.

Step 1: Structural Modification and Comprehensive Literacy Training

Zhao Ping'an directly adopted the "group learning method" that had proven effective in training artillery technical backbone personnel and promoted it throughout the entire brigade.

The most basic unit is the class. Each class has twelve students, who are divided into two study groups of five, each led by a class leader and a deputy class leader.

This not only facilitates management but also creates a micro-learning environment where mutual assistance and competition coexist.

Literacy education was a foundation laid long ago.

Over the past few months, the 1,000 sets of Xinhua Dictionary and simplified Chinese version of the "Nine-Year Compulsory Education Textbook" that were initially exchanged have been distributed to the platoons and squads.

Thanks to the powerful tool of Pinyin and persistent night school learning, the literacy rate of the entire brigade now far exceeds that of any army in this era.

The vast majority of soldiers are now able to read newspapers and documents, albeit haltingly. More importantly, they have mastered the ability to learn on their own—they can look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary.

With the cultural hurdle overcome, the process of specializing in specific fields of study began.

Step Two: Specialization and Textbook Implementation

Zhao Pingan planned five clear professional learning directions for each group of five, requiring each of the five members to specialize in one area:

1. Publicity of laws, regulations and policies: Learning basic legal provisions, land policies and urban takeover regulations to cultivate future grassroots political and legal cadres and publicists.

2. Agricultural technology and rural work: Learn seed selection, fertilization, and water conservancy to cultivate talent for land reform and production recovery.

3. Basic Traditional Chinese Medicine and Battlefield First Aid: Beyond simple bandaging, students learn the prevention and treatment of common diseases, the identification and application of Chinese herbal medicines. After all, in this era of scarce medical resources, seeing a doctor was an extreme luxury. Training grassroots medical personnel became the primary way to treat and save lives.

4. Basic Financial and Materials Management: Learn bookkeeping, statistics, and warehouse management to prepare for taking over urban and rural areas and managing corporate logistics.

5. Militia organization and basic training: learning how to mobilize the masses, organize and train the militia, and conduct basic defensive operations.

The requirements for the squad leaders and deputy squad leaders are even higher: they must be well-versed in all five subjects mentioned above, reaching the level of "understanding the whole picture and being proficient in one or two subjects". In the future, they will be the core backbone for managing a village, a factory or mine, or leading a work team.

Where do the teaching materials come from? From the system's online store.

Zhao Ping'an exchanged a large number of highly effective manuals, including "The Barefoot Doctor's Handbook," "The Militia Training Handbook," and "The Practical Rural Technology Handbook," and quickly distributed them. These books were written in simple language and were richly illustrated, making them ideal for soldiers with basic literacy skills.

In an instant, the Sixth Brigade's camp was transformed into a giant school.

After completing the necessary military drills during the day, the barracks were brightly lit at night. The soldiers sat together, those who were literate read aloud, and everyone discussed and studied policies by combining them with practical cases. They identified herbs by comparing pictures and used sand tables to simulate how to organize the militia to dig tunnels.

Zhao Ping'an even planned to find a piece of land the following spring to conduct on-site agricultural teaching. After all, in rural areas where illiteracy was widespread, there were only a few things that were considered hard skills: having a gun, being able to distribute benefits to the people, being able to teach, being able to treat illnesses, and being able to farm. Among these, being able to farm, although it took a little longer, was absolutely the most impressive.

Step 3: Establish specialized military academies – Motor Transport School/Tank School

In addition to training general personnel, Zhao Ping'an once again made a large investment, exchanging one hundred brand-new Jiefang trucks and 50 tanks from the system.

A simple yet fully functional "Training School for Motor Vehicle Soldiers" was quickly established on a site selected in the suburbs of Shijiazhuang.

The school is divided into two main sections:

Cars and tanks

The automotive section initially consisted of a driving training team: fifty trucks were used as training vehicles. Quick-thinking soldiers were selected from across the brigade and various training regiments.

Learn driving theory, vehicle operation, driving in complex road conditions and even off-road conditions, convoy formation and driving here.

The instructors were the first batch of drivers trained earlier and a few former KMT motor transport soldiers recruited by Lao Xu.

Then there's the maintenance training team: another fifty trucks, some used as teaching aids, and some deliberately malfunctioned.

Here, trainees learn engine principles, chassis structure, and electrical and hydraulic systems. Using repair manuals and special tools provided by Zhao Ping'an, they start by disassembling and assembling a spark plug and work their way up to being able to independently complete major repairs.

Several simple machine tools have also been specially set up here for processing non-standard parts.

With the superior's order in hand, Old Xu worked with great efficiency, quickly selecting five hundred bright and mechanically interested recruits from several new recruit training regiments and sending them to the motor transport school.

Zhao Ping'an's goal is to train at least 300 qualified drivers and 200 basic maintenance technicians within two months, and to explore a feasible accelerated training program.

Next came the tank section. Zhao Ping'an personally led some elite soldiers from the Sixth Brigade to learn tank maintenance and driving. However, unlike the car training, Zhao Ping'an's training for tank soldiers focused on three aspects: driving skills and attacking fortified positions, infantry-tank coordination, and tank maintenance.

Fortunately, because of their basic literacy, the soldiers learned quickly, after all, the Type 59 tank was known for its ease of operation and reliability.

As the soldiers' learning progressed rapidly, Zhao Ping'an couldn't help but have a new idea in mind.

That night, Zhao Ping'an had just finished a long day's work and was preparing to rest.

"Comrade Ping An, I have good news!" Old Xu pushed open the door and walked in.

"Old Xu, what news could make you so happy?"