Chapter 146 Harold: I am such a kind person
The text of these textbooks was written by him, and the content and accuracy have been verified. He does not think it is necessary to check this part again.
So when others were concentrating on the content of the books, he casually opened the children's enlightenment book and looked at the illustrations carefully drawn by Kavi. But he had already seen this part of the illustrations once, so after flipping through it hastily, he put the textbook aside and picked up the book with a bookmark to continue reading.
By the time everyone had carefully read the textbooks they were assigned, two hours had passed and the clock on the wall pointed to eleven. Seno and Setale, who had eaten breakfast at six o'clock, felt hungry, but the shock and excitement made them forget their physical needs.
Sino: "The pronunciation of this symbol is /t/. This symbol is pronounced... This symbol has two pronunciations... This is the pronunciation rule I deduced based on the pronunciation of Xumi Common Language and the symbol annotations below, according to the symbol pronunciation proofreading table in your appendix.
Applying this rule to this ancient desert script... the fishhook-like script should be pronounced /li/, right?"
"Yes, that's how it's pronounced." Setale could no longer control her excitement. This was a big step. Although she was lucky enough to receive education in the desert, it was not through self-study.
Their tribe was relatively open, and many adult mercenaries would go to the rainforest to work, but it was the scholars who passed by their tribe who really enlightened her.
The scholar stayed in their tribe for more than a month due to his injury. Fortunately, she and several other children learned the Xumi common language from him.
Although the scholar taught the children of the desert tribe only in exchange for food, shelter and medicine, and to pass the time of recuperation, for these educated people, it was a ray of light that broke the darkness.
When talking about the environment and food in the desert, the scholar always complained. He told his students about the rain forest on the other side of the desert, where the vegetation was lush and there were endless fruits and vegetables. Children born there had to receive education from a young age, with the goal of entering the Church of God and becoming scholars.
His unintentional words planted a seed in the hearts of these desert children. Only then did she have a clear goal and knew that there was another way to go.
Finally, she was admitted to the College of Teachings with her hard work and extraordinary talent. However, those children who could barely be considered as her fellow disciples still followed the old path of their ancestors for various reasons.
She knew that the textbook written by Elhaisen was very difficult. Even though he explained the grammatical structure of several characters in detail and gave examples in the book, it was still too difficult to infer the pronunciation of the runes based on the language of the tribe and then learn a foreign language based on the runes.
In the desert, even children as young as seven or eight years old have to participate in labor, or train in combat skills, or follow the brave men of the tribe to go hunting. Few have the time and energy to learn. Even those who are willing to learn and work very hard may not be able to reach the threshold of the Order House due to their limited talent.
But entering the Order House is not the best choice for the desert people. Her compatriots can learn the common language of Xumi to read the books smuggled from the rainforest, or communicate with rainforest merchants without obstacles to gain more benefits for themselves instead of being passively guided by others, or they can find jobs in the rainforest without encountering obstacles everywhere because of language differences...
Even if we cannot improve our material life through learning, we can broaden our horizons and enrich our spiritual world through reading, rather than living like a walking corpse.
Seno: "Well, it seems that there is no problem in learning the desert language by myself through the runes and the Xumi common language I master. The same is true in reverse. It's just that for the desert people, the difficulty of learning is too high.
But as long as one person can benefit from it, it is meaningful to transport these books to the desert - the actual situation will be much better. Many tribes in the desert are linked by "family", and the enlightenment of one person represents the progress of the entire tribe. "
But in some tribes, these books will become accomplices of the dictator, Harold said silently in his heart.
He did not raise any objections. These problems stemmed from the desert environment and the tribal system. Speaking out about them would do nothing but drive a thorn in everyone's hearts.
It's not that he didn't consider selecting clients, but this would intensify conflicts between tribes, and these books produced for the purpose of spreading knowledge might eventually become the fuse of a melee.
It would be better to leave it alone and maintain the status quo. I can still make a lot of money and invest the money in desert infrastructure in the future. It is a disguised way of "taking from the people and giving back to the people". The desert will not be united. I will help them raise funds. I am really a good man. Harold thought.
"I drew all these pictures." When Setare opened the children's enlightenment book and was attracted by the childlike illustrations, Kavi said proudly, "I deliberately dug out the picture books I read when I was a child just to make these illustrations more suitable for children's psychology."
"Six thousand Mora per copy, it's worth it," Harold said with a smile.
The batch sold to the desert will be priced at 4 million Mora per copy.
"Mr. Duo? Six thousand? That's too expensive." Although he was very happy that his hard work was recognized by his junior, Kavi still shook his head in disapproval. "There are so many desert people who need it. If we sell it cheaper, we can quickly make back the money that was cheated by El Haisen, right?"
"This price is very suitable, senior. It can make the desert people pay more attention to these books. What I want is for them to think about the money they spend and grit their teeth to continue studying, rather than letting them throw the books aside after buying them." Harold gave the explanation he had thought of long ago.
"Six thousand Moras is too cheap. If it were me, I would probably increase it to ten thousand Moras." Seno said thoughtfully.
"This is the price for the part sold in the rainforest. The batch sold to the desert...are all delivered to your door, so it's reasonable for me to set the price a little higher," said Harold.
"A hundred times more expensive?" Elhaisen said in a flat tone.
"When I set the price, I will consider their demand and purchasing power, as well as the consumption of the caravan. After all, people and pack animals also need to eat.
If the goods are seized by trade inspectors on the way, we will lose all our money. " Harold did not answer the question directly, but just responded with a smile.
"...One hundred times?! How can you say that? Do you think everyone is as vicious as you?" Kavi said with a little surprise.
El Haisen: "It's just a hypothesis. There's nothing to be surprised about."