Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Chapter 887 Li Mu's Journey to the Orphan Camp (Second Update)

From Xihai to Handan, this is a journey that spans more than half of the country of Zhao.

Taking the territory of Zhao State today as an example, that would definitely be a very long journey.

So when Li Mu saw Handan City in the distance appearing in front of him, this general who had long been accustomed to life on horseback also couldn't help but let out a long breath, and then cursed.

"Finally it's time to go, to Beidaying!"

According to the usual practice, every time a general returns to the imperial court, he must first report to the North Camp, return the soldier amulet, and then wait for the king's summons.

The governor of Zhao State rode his horse and led a thousand guards under his command to leave the main road and headed for the road outside the Peking Camp.

Li Mu is no stranger to Beidaying, after all, this is not the first time he has come here.

Suddenly Li Mu slowed down the speed of the horse, from galloping wildly to walking in small steps.

There was a small camp on the side of the road. The walls of the camp were not too high, but there were dozens of fully armed Zhao soldiers patrolling back and forth.

What is even more surprising is that pairs of curious eyes can be seen from the gaps in the wall of the village.

It was a group of children.

A smile appeared on Li Mu's face, he pulled the rein suddenly, and headed towards the small camp.

"Stay, general!" The sentry at the door blocked Li Mu's way with a serious face: "Please show the token!"

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then said: "I am Li Mu, can I enter?"

"No!" The sentinel said very seriously: "Those who do not have the token are not allowed to enter."

One of the young guards behind Li Mu was obviously dissatisfied, and shouted: "Open your eyes wide and look, this is Zhao's northern governor, who just came back to conquer the Hu people for the king's expansion of territory!"

From the point of view of this personal guard, what happened to the dignified Northern Governor of Zhao State, one of the important ministers of Longtai, entering a small camp?

It would be fine if it was a regular army camp, but the problem was that it was a group of children, obviously it was just a family camp.

The governor is willing to enter your family's residence, it's all for your face!

"Shut up!" To the surprise of the guard, Li Mu turned his head and gave him a hard look: "Go get twenty army sticks later!"

After scolding his ignorant subordinates, Li Mu turned back to the sentry post and asked very gently: "My young master came here, but I didn't know there was such a rule. By the way, if you want to visit inside, who should you go to? What about issuing this military order?"

At this time, a heroic smile came: "This military order is issued by the old man, the governor, please come in!"

Li Mu turned his head and saw an old general with white hair standing aside with a group of people, looking at him with a smile.

Surprised, Li Mu quickly jumped off the horse, bowed to the old general, and said, "Why is Pang Qing here?"

It was Pang Nuan who came.

I saw Pang Nuan smiled and said: "The chief inspector returned to the court, how can there be no one to greet him? The old man was ordered to wait here. Speaking of which, this orphan camp is also in charge of the old man. Since the chief inspector wants to go in, let's go in and have a look." Bar."

In fact, the official name of this camp is not so, but everyone is used to calling it Orphan Camp.

Li Mu arched his hands and said, "In this way, there will be Lao Pangqing."

The two walked into the camp with a group of followers behind them.

Li Mu smiled as he walked, "I heard about this orphan camp when I was back in Handan last time, but at that time the military affairs were very busy and I didn't have time to come here, so this time I originally planned to visit the orphan camp before going to Peking University. Pang Qing has been waiting for a long time for the camp report."

Pang Nuan smiled and said: "Wherever it is, here are our sons, and it is only natural for the governor to take care of this place."

Li Mu smiled and was about to say something when he stopped suddenly with a surprised expression on his face.

In a large main room in front of him, there were waves of reading aloud.

"The mysterious bird of destiny, descended to give birth to Shang, housed in Yin soil.

The ancient emperor ordered Wu Tang to rule in all directions.

Fang Ming later, there are nine out of ten.

After the Shang Dynasty, he was ordered not to die, and he was the grandson of Wuding.

Grandson of Wu Ding, King Wu is invincible"

The door of the main room was open, through which Li Mu could clearly see a group of children sitting on their knees, reading aloud a chapter that Li Mu had never heard before.

Li Mu stopped and listened for a while, and couldn't help asking Pang Nuan: "Pang Qing, is this from the Book of Songs?"

Pang Nuan smiled and said: "It's from the Book of Songs." He said proudly: "The king ordered all the orphans in this camp to learn hyphenation."

"What?" Li Mu subconsciously asked, "All?"

Pang Nuan nodded, and said very seriously: "Everything."

Li Mu was really shocked now.

You must know that in this era, learning knowledge is the patent of the nobles, even the so-called humble scholars belong to the lowest level of "scholars" among the nobles.

But most of the parents of the orphans in these orphan camps are nothing more than common people.

The son of the common people can have a gentleman to teach knowledge?In this era, this is definitely an unprecedented thing.

Li Mu couldn't help sighing: "This is a great thing."

As a Zhao Guo general who was born from the bottom, Li Mu understands how culture and knowledge can change a person's fate.

"By the way, where did you find these gentlemen?" Li Mu couldn't help asking.

Pang Nuan smiled and said: "These gentlemen are all scholars from the Huaxia Academy. Your Majesty has issued an order that every scholar must teach in the orphan camp for half a year, otherwise he will not graduate."

After a pause, Pang Nuan continued: "But even so, those scholars didn't try their best, hey! Fortunately, the king has opened universities in various counties, and is going to train a group of professional teachers to teach children. You don’t have to worry about it anymore.”

"Teacher?" Li Mu shook his head, feeling that his king seemed to be making a fuss out of a molehill. In order to train these children, he had to hire a group of teachers?

Pang Nuan sensed Li Mu's thoughts, and said with a smile: "The governor has misunderstood, these teachers are not just for educating these children, but will also spread to the whole country in the future to teach other scholars who want to learn."

Only then did Li Mu suddenly realize, and couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty has the world in mind, it's really not something I can figure out on my own."

The two continued to walk forward.

Walking through a playground, another scene that surprised Li Mu happened.

On the school field in front of Li Mu, two teams of boys with about 50 people each shouted, raised the wooden swords in their hands high, each formed a neat formation, and charged together.

Li Mu took a closer look and found that these boys had a certain amount of advance and retreat, and they seemed quite methodical in their coordination, and they even consciously covered their comrades who were not strong enough in combat.