Since he had decided to issue newspapers, Fang Nan took time to write a simple plan, from preparing to build a newspaper, to establishing a printing factory, and then selling printed newspapers.

It is relatively simple to prepare for the establishment of a newspaper. It requires a general manager, some editors with good writing skills, and typesetting staff.

The newspaper is a direct agency of the Xia government. It needs to obey Fang Nan and the cabinet's instructions, write down important matters and put them in the newspaper.

After a newspaper is finalized, it must be submitted to the cabinet or even Fang Nan for review. Only after approval can the newspaper enter the printing factory for batch printing. The printing technology can be printed using metal movable type, and the technical difficulty is not high.

There cannot be only one printing factory responsible for printing newspapers.

At least a few years after the newspaper is issued, cement roads cannot connect all important cities in the Xia Kingdom, let alone railways. It is impossible to print all newspapers in a printing factory and then send them to all parts of the country. It will take too long and it will be difficult to issue one issue per month.

Fang Nan intends to set up a printing factory in each of the fifteen provinces currently owned by Xia Guo that can print newspapers in large quantities. The newspaper headquarter is in Wuchang City. Before the newspaper has started printing, the samples can be sent to the printing factories in various provinces day and night.

Newspapers printed by printing factories in various provinces are sent to cities and counties and will be sold together in a special place at the same time. The time for the release of newspapers can be a little later, but they must not be earlier than the agreed time.

As for newspapers ordered by villages outside the city, the village can send a person to the county to pick them up, or the newspaper can arrange special personnel to deliver the newspapers.

When Fang Nan thought of sending newspapers to the countryside, another idea came to his mind. The Ming court had a post station, and the Xia Kingdom could set up postal services, not only for the government but also for the military, but also for the people.

It is very troublesome for ordinary people to send a letter to their relatives far away. They have to ask someone and spend money to buy things and give favors. Many times, they can't find anyone to deliver letters.

The Xia government established a postal system, which can cover all parts of the country, making it convenient for the people to deliver letters and even some lighter items. Of course, it also costs money for the people to deliver things through postal, but the cost will not be too high.

After thinking a little, Fang Nan decided to postpone the establishment of postal service, but the main problem was that there was a lack of horses.

The plan to distribute newspapers is roughly the same, but Fang Nan did not intend to distribute newspapers nationwide from the beginning, and first conduct trial distribution in the Wuchang City area. If there is no problem, newspapers can be distributed nationwide.

After writing the "newspaper" plan, Fang Nan wrote two words on the paper, "Learn Literacy" and circled them in one circle.

From ancient times to the Ming Dynasty, there was no dynasty where the whole nation could read. Emperors and ministers believed that it would be better for the lower class people to be illiterate and farm honestly, and there would be no chaos, which is the so-called foolish people.

However, too many fools are really troublesome for a country. The people at the bottom don’t know anything, so they are easily induced by others, which leads to serious consequences such as rebellion.

Letting the lower-level people learn to read is a better start. Knowing literacy does not mean that the people really understand all the great principles. However, compared to illiterate, the literate people can more or less understand some simple principles in the process of literacy, which makes the people less blindly follow.

The whole nation began to learn literacy when the People's Army was still in the mountains. Fang Nan personally served as a teacher to teach students how to read, read, arithmetic and other knowledge. Fang Nan assigned a task for the students. After the students returned home, they needed to teach the knowledge they learned in school to their families in their spare time.

This is also a way of learning. When students teach their family knowledge, they learn it again.

At first, the students' parents were not willing to learn, mainly because their children taught themselves, and they were a little embarrassed. In order to let the students' families learn with the students, Fang Nan told the students a method. The students told their families that this was a task arranged by the teacher and must be completed.

Fang Nan already has a certain status in Qingshanzhai, and Fang Nan must listen to his words. Gradually, the students' families began to learn about words and learn arithmetic.

This model has been passed down from generation to generation by teachers and students. When the People's Army walked out of the mountains, it was not only three years of education that graduates could read and read, but also students' families could also recognize some common words and could simply arithmetic.

It is enough to be able to recognize common characters and know simple arithmetics. They also walked out of the mountains. At first, their knowledge was not enough to serve as a high-ranking official in the People's Military Government, but it is still possible to serve as a minor official.

As the People's Army has reached today, some of these people who were already in their thirties when they came out of the mountain, and some of them grew up slowly in their jobs, and the highest-level people have become the head of a county.

Some people are unable to continue to make progress, either continue to serve as a small official, or give up their posts and go home to live a life of almost pension. Their sons are already middle and upper-class in the People's Army, and there is no problem in supporting the family. Maybe they will be idle and continue to serve a few acres of land.

The main reason is that the lack of manpower was initially given a chance for middle-aged people who were almost about to set their minds.

Later, as the People's Army occupied the entire Guangdong, in the newly established schools/primary schools, teachers also assigned homework to teach students how to read and arithmetic their families.

It didn't take long for the students to accept this fact. The teacher's homework was one of them. In addition, the teacher also gave other explanations, such as learning to recognize words and arithmetic, and then selling food and buying things, you will not be deceived.

The people at the bottom who don’t know a single word are indeed often deceived, but they have no choice but to make them illiterate. They hope that their children can read and get rid of the fate of being deceived. Unexpectedly, with the arrival of the People’s Army, not only will their children have the opportunity to read and read, but they also have the opportunity to read and read.

In fact, one of the important reasons why these lower-level people can read and read is that the People's Army distributes the land for the people. With their own land, the people can eat enough by relying on farming. They have more free time in the year and have time to study.

If I had been in the past, I could only rent landlords and was seriously exploited by landlords and government officials. I was busy from morning to night every day, and I was so tired that I fell asleep directly at night, so I would not have the heart to read and read.

From Guangdong to the four provinces adjacent to Guangdong, more and more ordinary people can recognize common characters and simple arithmetics. However, compared with the hundreds of millions of people in China, the illiteracy rate has not decreased much. However, with the efforts of three years of education, sooner or later, the illiteracy rate will drop to less than 10%, and a large part of them are elderly people who are unwilling to learn.
Chapter completed!