Chapter 84: Rebuilding a family and country (12)(1/2)
[Montaneg's living room]
Just as Little Priskin reported the name that did not surprise Winters, Anna walked into the room with a cup and a drink.
Her aftertaste accidentally scanned the flyer that Winters placed on the small table. The sensational title immediately attracted her attention and made her look at it a few more times.
"What is this?" Anna asked Winters curiously while pouring drinks for the guests.
Little Priskin, who was personally received by the "Wolf Queen", was flattered and quickly picked up the porcelain plate with both hands.
"This?" Winters reached out and placed the leaflet in front of Anna, then glanced at Little Priskin with a meaningful look and teased: "It's Mr. Kay Morland's 'masterpiece'."
Little Priskin stared at the scum in the plate awkwardly, not even daring to raise his head.
Anna quietly slapped Winters on the back of her hand. Ms. Navare, who has a good tutor, has never liked Winters to speak in such a sarcastic tone, especially in front of outsiders.
Next, Anna poured Winters a drink, then turned her eyes to the flyer again, not picking it up, but sat upright and finished reading it at a glance.
"Is it the story of Mr. Kay escaping from the Kings Castle?" Anna smiled and commented: "It's very interesting."
"Where's fun?" Winters lazily commented in a soft chair, lying in a lazily positioned his boots comfortably on the small table:
"The tiger's mouth escapes danger, and is thrilling, tortuous, and decent, and villains. There are both sinister and cunning villains and heroes who stand up. The most valuable thing is the happy ending. What a good subject! He wrote it as a plain boiled water.
Especially this title, XX, XX and XX, who can understand it! Is he still very proud?
Alas, but that’s the case, how much can he write with a half-open paper…”
Just as he was excited, Winters suddenly hit his shin with a heavy blow, causing him to bounce off the recliner in an instant.
Anna let go of her fist, carefully smoothed Winters' wrinkled tablecloth, smiled, and softly reminded: "Don't be so mean."
Winters dared not be presumptuous anymore. He sat upright, reorganized the language, and said to Little Priskin: "This thing written by Kay Morland is okay to show to the gentlemen of Artemis. But if he wants more people to know what happened in the castle of Kings, he still writes it too literary."
Faced with the blood wolf's sudden serious comments, Little Priskin was a little at a loss: "Uh, this..."
"However, Kay Morland asked you to come to me with this piece of paper, probably not to want to engage in literary appreciation with me." Winters picked up his arm and asked with interest: "Tell me, what does he want to do."
Encouraged by Madame Montane's eyes, Little Priskin replied carefully: "Mr. Kay wants to borrow the printing press from the Town Hall. He said he would print out thousands of pieces of this leaflet and distribute it to all parts of Paratu so that everyone can know the crimes of the pseudo-government of the Kings Castle. He also hopes to publish articles in your "Newsletter" to reveal the true face of Grove Magnus to the people of the new land."
Little Priskin asked tentatively: "I don't know you..."
Winters ignored it, but instead stared at the little Priskin and asked with a smile: "It seems that 'Mr. Kay' must be very popular. When did you become his phony tube?"
"Absolutely not! I... I'm monitoring Kay Morland for you! This guy has been very close to the city's head recently. I don't know what he is doing, so he must not be kind."
Little Priskin jumped out of the chair in shock and immediately cut the mat with Kay Morran: "I'll go and refuse him now!"
"No hurry." Winters raised his hand gently, stopping the little Priskin from walking out the door, and rubbed his jaw: "The printing press is nothing, just let Mason protectors line up a few more shifts; it's nothing to publish articles in "The Communication". Although he doesn't write well, he can always polish it. But..."
Winters stretched out his finger and rubbed the flyer, and the fresh ink immediately left a black mark on his fingertips.
"He has printed it all." Winters looked at the little Preskin and asked coldly, "What are you asking me to borrow a printing machine?"
The Blood Wolf did not get angry, and the little Priskin also knew that the Blood Wolf was not angry, but when the little Priskin faced the Blood Wolf, he still trembled uncontrollably.
Little Preskin explained panickedly: "Kai Moerran used a small printing machine in the workshop under the name of Gwadani Yurov. He said the machine was too small and printed too slowly. He promised that before you get your permission, this leaflet will not appear anywhere outside the workshop-except, except at your home! The one I brought is the only flyer taken out of the workshop, just this one..."
"Don't be nervous, Mr. Priskin." Anna picked up the glass kettle, poured a glass of cold water for the little Priskin in time, and comforted softly: "He just treats you as Kay Morland and is asking."
Then, Anna looked at Winters again, with a little reproach in her tone: "Mr. Priskin is not Mr. Kay, how could he know what Mr. Kay is thinking?"
Winters shrugged and no longer stared at Little Priskin, but reluctantly pushed a smile to the latter.
Little Preskin quickly stood up and sat down quickly under the sign of the Blood Wolf. He nodded to the "Madam" gratefully, took a sip of cold water, and his anxiety and tension were relieved a little.
Anna's eyes turned to the flyers on the small table, and she whispered to Winters: "Sometimes, the people who ask for help do not necessarily need your help, they just want to show goodwill to you."
"He asked me to borrow a printing press." Winters asked back: "Are you showing kindness to me?"
Anna did not answer, but just looked at Winters patiently with her beautiful eyes.
With a clear understanding of the joints, Winters quickly understood the joints.
He pondered for a moment, Zhan Yan smiled: "Then lend it to him--friendship is always pleasant."
"It's just that, it's not enough." Anna reminded again.
"You mean," Winters asked: "I should also ask Kay Morland to do a favor so that I can convey the right message to him?"
Anna blinked.
As if he had received the most beautiful praise, Winters unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, but he was a little distressed: "But, what do I need for Kay Morland?"
I don’t know when it started, but Little Priskin could no longer keep up with the conversation between “Blood Wolf” and “Wolf Queen”.
But when the little Priskin heard the Blood Wolf's muttering to himself, he suddenly realized and replied: "It's better to ask Kay Morran to find the 'teacher' for you."
"Hmm?" Winters looked at the little Priskin and subconsciously frowned.
But soon, at Anna's reminder, Winters coughed lightly and flattened his eyebrows again.
"What did you say?" Winters asked again, this time his expression was extremely kind.
"The best families in Fengshi City have teachers who specially hired to teach children to read and write. Since Kay Morland is very close to the major families, he will ask for help, and the top figures in Fengshi City will never refuse. In this way, all the enlightenment teachers in Fengshi City can be collected safely..."
Little Priskin explained as timidly as possible, but the more he pretended to be calm, the more pitiful he looked: "I heard that the school you were going to run did not have enough literacy teachers. He paid a lot of money to recruit, and no one applied for it. This made Mason Baomin Officer very worried. So..."
Winters fell into deep thought after listening to the advice of Little Priskin.
...
The average score of the "All Army Test" is worse than the worst expected.
The cultural test scores of informal officers, especially those of the reserve officers of the Iron Peak County troops, were simply unsightly.
Mathematics and geometry, common sense, current affairs, politics, geography, grammar, six test papers, one hundred and twenty questions.
Preparatory officers who can answer three questions correctly on each test paper are rare.
Current affairs, politics and grammar are the most tragic, and most reserve officers cannot even get a single point on these three test papers.
Not to mention, a considerable number of informal officers’ test papers were marked with conspicuous assessments of “no literacy ability”.
The only thing that made Winters feel relieved was that the regiment-level, battalion-level and senior company-level officers under the Tiefeng County Army had a very dazzling performance.
These soldiers who followed Winters before the first army was founded, literally delivered a "satisfactory answer".
In the camp outside Wolf Town, the knowledge that Winters had worked hard to teach them was not wasted.
Of course, many of them are also due to the "one more".
As for the "appointed officers" in Baishan County, Leiqun County, and Bianjiang County, although their educational level is relatively high, they still cannot be compared with regular officers, but their military skills are generally unqualified.
In theory, there are two types of sources for appointing officers:
One type comes from within the army, and the promotion of senior non-commissioned officers and meritorious soldiers; the other type comes from outside the army, and those who meet the conditions are allowed to pay for military ranks.
Although almost all the appointed officers in Baishan County, Leiqun County and Bianjiang County are from the latter, in fact, the basic qualities of these wealthy children who "spend money to buy their origins" are quite good.
They are generally able to read and write, have a strong body and are well-nourished.
But the problem is that they just "spend money to buy their origins" and never thought that one day they would really set foot on the battlefield.
Therefore, compared with the fighting skills, they lack the will and determination to fight.
Some people even deliberately answered the test paper incorrectly, hoping to be kicked out of the army and regain civilian status.
In short, you don’t know if you don’t take the exam, and you’ll be shocked when you take the exam.
Within the coalition, the informal and reserve officers' teams were in a very bad situation, so bad that it was hard to help but wonder if they could really support an army in the future.
The "admission plan" formulated in advance in the preparation meeting also has to be adjusted according to the actual situation.
According to the original plan, for informal officers who have obtained formal positions, such as Tamas and Bart Shaling, the "Second Army Academy" will focus on their examination results and conduct short-term military and cultural training on them.
After all, these officers have positions, and it is impossible and are not allowed to leave their posts for a long time.
After the short-term training is over, they will be awarded the appropriate "agent" military rank.
As for when will you become a regular?
It depends on when a well-known captain can be promoted.
Those reserve officers who have not obtained formal positions and appointed officers will become the first and second cadets of the "Second Army Academy".
According to the original plan, the "Second Army Academy" will select the first class of cadets from reserve officers and appointed officers based on the examination results.
Those who have not been admitted will conduct basic training courses in a unified manner. After the course is over, the exam will be held again.
Those who pass the second exam will be admitted as the second class of students.
This plan was finally recognized by all parties after many twists and turns, but in reality, it still slapped the "preparatory meeting".
If it is strictly implemented in accordance with the original plan, the "Second Army Academy" will inevitably face the dilemma of "no students to teach".
In the end, Captain Richard Mason made the decision - recruiting them all, teaching tactics and culture.
What should I do if the unqualified students?
Captain Mason also gave a solution - changing the screening process from the initial entrance exam to the final graduation exam.
Those who fail the qualification will be postponed.
Faced with this "creative move" that completely subverted the Alliance Army's teaching tradition, although other officers in the preparatory meeting felt something was wrong, they could not come up with a better solution.
To be continued...