Chapter 184: Guarding the Central Plains for the Tang Dynasty

Even if Cen Wenben is well educated, he couldn't help but feel the urge to complain when facing the inappropriate school of Chenjiabao. After a simple understanding, Cen Wenben knew that Chenjia Engineering was a school composed of children of craftsmen and soldiers of the Mansion. They studied a hundred families, learned arithmetic, physics, chemistry, medicine, agronomy, and even learned cooking skills.

There are also astronomy, geography, and history, but the school does not teach the Four Books and Five Classics. At this time, Cen Wenben had the urge to vomit blood: "In this way, what will this school look like? The school is the place where the Four Books and Five Classics are taught! It is the place where the way of the saints is taught!"

The one-armed old man who acted as a Si Yan and the guest listened to Cen Wenben's words and said disdainfully: "Come on, let's get the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of the saints! Now the world is so chaotic, and I can't live anymore. What else can I talk about the way of the saints..."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he was so angry that his forehead was bulging with blue veins and his beard trembled. He pointed at the one-armed old man and shouted: "You...you..."

The one-armed old pawn continued: "Now, there is a craft that is much better than a saint's way!"

Cen Wenben roared: "Stop talking nonsense, shut up. If a school does not teach the way of a saint, it is still a school!"

The one-armed old man said seriously: "We are not a school, but just engineering. Our Lord has already said that the school is a place to teach people to be officials. We are engineering. After learning to recognize thousands of words, add, subtract, multiplication and division, they start to learn the courses they are most interested in. Those who like to draw will learn to draw, those who like to sing will learn to sing, and those who like to farm will learn to farm. This school has cultivated a large number of elites from all walks of life, rather than a group of nerds who only know how to talk about it!"

Hearing this, Cen Wenben was no longer angry, but calmed down.

As the saying goes, if you don’t have any speculation, Cen Wenben also lost interest in Chenjiabao’s engineering school.

It is a good habit to prepare for the future.

Although Chen Ying was in Hulao Pass, the affairs of Chenjiabao have always been dominated by Xu Jingzong. Before the outer wall of Chenjiabao was fully established, Chenjia Engineering had actually surrendered and fully operated. Of course, it is a place to teach children to read. At night, it becomes a night school.

According to the different majors, skilled craftsmen teach apprentices to learn about steelmaking, ironmaking, machining, crossbow making, armor making, knives, bearings, crossbows, crossbow machines and other professional adult craftsmen learn system theoretical knowledge here. These craftsmen who don’t know a lot of big words have a strong ability to accept when learning theoretical knowledge. They are easy to understand, but they cannot remember. However, in order to standardize and assemble, Chen Ying had to let these craftsmen hang the text of each process in their daily work in their conspicuous places, learn the comparison of different components of smelting, iron, copper and alloy steel and basic physics and chemistry knowledge.

In addition to craftsmen, farmers are also trained to learn scientific and standardized planting techniques.

At the beginning, many farmers felt incredible. After all, the Guanzhong proverb "No need to live in crops, but we are suddenly a little bit too." Even if Chen Jiagong School does not charge tuition fees, but if he doesn't sleep well at night, who would be willing to suffer?

At the critical moment, Chen Ying still thought of a plan. He sent his tenants to tell him that as long as he learned his planting method, he could collect two or even three stones per mu. Although the tenants were skeptical, more than 300 families followed him to night school.

Of course, the Chen family's engineering studies have been established temporarily, but there are neither great scholars nor high-ranking officials and nobles here. At least no children of aristocratic families have come to study.

Chen Ying was not in a hurry. It always took time for a seed to take root and sprout in the ground until it grew into a towering tree or bear fruit, so that people would realize their true value.

Now Chen's engineering studies were later written by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and was called the three major universities of the Tang Dynasty together with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and the Imperial College. The students of the Tang Dynasty have a very famous feature, that is, all the students in this university are versatile, and they can benefit the people. In the military, they can become qualified generals and teachers. Even if they are given a piece of wasteland, they plant more food than others. What's more terrible is that as long as the students of the Tang Dynasty University of Technology are all masters who are proficient in all craftsmen.

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Chen Ying and Li Xiuning stood at the top of the city, looking at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the pass. Feng Li hurriedly walked up to the city and reported to the two: "The General and His Highness the Princess, have searched all of them, but there is not a single soldier in the pass."

Li Xiuning's face changed slightly, she frowned, and clenched her teeth: "Even the shadow of Dou Jiande's army had not seen it, she escaped completely. Shi Derui is such a waste!"

Chen Ying's expression remained unchanged and said without caring: "Shi Derui is not a waste, he is just too smart."

"Smart?" Li Xiuning said in confusion: "He did this matter really not smart!"

"It's just a clever oneself!" Chen Ying smiled and said, "Because of the repeated defeats in the Longmen Battle, Shi Derui also had a wait-and-see attitude. If the Tang Dynasty wins, he will lead all the nine states below Weizhou and other places to surrender. If the Tang Dynasty is defeated, he will surrender to Wang Shichong and become the Duke of Wei of Zheng. There is not much time left. Tomorrow morning, Dou Jiande's army will be at the city."

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning and said, "Sanniang, let's go!"

Li Xiuning suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Ying in disbelief, his tone revealed a strong sense of badness: "Go? Where to go?"

Chen Ying said: "What's the matter if I ask me to send troops to Hulao Pass?"

Li Xiuning said: "Block Dou Jiande's army."

Chen Ying gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, if we block Dou Jiande's army, if we only defend but not attack, it will take less than half a month and our morale will be gone. How can we resist?"

Li Xiuning and Feng Li were speechless.

Chen Ying looked determined and looked outside Hulao Pass, "How many people do we have in total?"

Feng Li said: "Thirty-six regiments..." He paused, swallowed and spitted: "Including the general and His Highness's personal guards, there are a total of thirty-eight regiments, 11,400 people."

Chen Ying said: "Raising up the flag, closing the city gate, preparing equipment, burying the pot to make rice!"

Feng Li looked at Chen Ying without saying a word.

Chen Ying turned to Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui and said, "You two lead ten Six-Mission Cavalry Groups. They are not allowed to fight before the war horses arrive at Hulao Pass. Those who violate the order will be killed!"

Luo Shixin said in his mouth: "General... think twice..."

Chen Ying turned to look outside Hulao Pass, watching the dark clouds in the sky, as if they were about to make people breathless. Chen Ying smiled and said, "We rely on these 38 regiments to defend Hulao Pass for the Tang Dynasty... and defend the Central Plains for the Tang Dynasty...."

Li Xiuning knew that she had misunderstood Chen Ying and hurriedly said, "Chen Lang...me!"
Chapter completed!