Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 480 The Sound of the Trumpet

Chapter 4 The Sound of the Trumpet

Qin Yang went back after the opening ceremony, and so did Cheng Yaojin and others.

That is to say, the instructors and teachers in the school did not arrive and did not return to the staff dormitory.

Starting tomorrow, teaching will begin.

That afternoon, a total of [-] classes received books one after another.

Each class has 50 to [-] people, and [-] classes means about [-] people.

Among them, there are about 500 people on the boys side, and about 500 people on the girls side.

This fact that men and women are actually equal in number has also aroused private heated discussions among Yu Chiliang and others.

"Don't you think it's strange? Why are there about [-] women here in such a good college, how many men are there in the number of our men? How many less than the girls?" A boy from the young master class Can't help but say.

Li Chongzhong and Yu Chiliang didn't speak, and another person next to him explained: "You are stupid and you still don't admit it! Isn't this a matter of defeat in the open? Because if men are scholars, most of them want to enter the court and become Imperial officials! Instead of coming to this college and becoming so-called talents. Except for our class, because of their background, they will not worry about things after graduation. If you ask people in other classes, they will know that they are very worried. .”

"Since you are worried, why do you still come?" The man was puzzled.

"Because Youzhou and several other places in the Northland are not places with rich literary style, and there are not many academies. Even if it is an official school, if they want to enter, they have to choose one in a thousand. The rest of them can only Learn by yourself. But even a family like ours may not have a lot of books. It can only be said that it is more than ordinary poor families. Those poor families can get a few books for enlightenment, which is quite good. After enlightenment, it is not easy to obtain books."

"Isn't there a Youzhou Library? Besides, Chang'an and Youzhou both print books? I heard that some kind of movable type printing is used. Books are very cheap now, and a book may not even cost a tael of silver!" The previous man retorted.

When I said this, there was a little bit of why not eat minced meat.

Although Yu Chiliang and Li Chongzhong were originally this kind of young masters, they also tried their best to get to know their fellow students in the next four years during this time, and as a result, they learned something that they didn't know before.

Li Chongzhong spoke at this moment: "Then do you know how many monthly cases a restaurant owner in Chang'an City can get in a month?"

"This... ten taels?" The young master recalled the monthly records he could get and said tentatively.

"Three taels to five taels, and this monthly example is already quite a good income. Of course, this does not include the rewards from customers and the rewards from the boss." Li Chongzhong said.

Three taels to five taels of silver?
This is lower than what they thought!

The other people present looked at each other and felt that this number was too low.

"The shopkeeper of Chang'an Restaurant can only get so many monthly cases in a month? Then here in Youzhou..."

I thought Li Chongzhong would say a very low number, but in the end, Li Chongzhong sighed: "In the past two years in Youzhou, the people have been able to get at least one or two taels of silver a month, or even more, and every time they harvest, if they sell You can also get one or two taels for the extra harvest. The annual income of each of their households in the past two years probably exceeds 20 taels."

If there was no example of the monthly salary of the shopkeeper of Chang'an Restaurant, the people present would not think that the people in Youzhou have a high income.

But compared with this, everyone present looked at each other in blank dismay, my good fellow, are the people of Youzhou already so rich?
"But what does this have to do with what we're talking about?"

Li Chongzhong raised his eyebrows and said, "Why doesn't it matter? Think about it, one family of such wealthy people can only harvest 30 taels of silver a year. But for scholars, a thin book, even now, can't At least dozens of books are needed! In addition to books, there are also pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Add these all together. Is the annual expense a small number? Even if the people of Youzhou are as wealthy as today, they can support at most one scholar per family. That’s right. But there is a saying that worries not about scarcity but inequality. How can a family only have one child? If there are ten or eight children, how can only one of them want to study? But if these children are If they all go to school, even if they don’t eat or drink, I’m afraid they can’t afford it, right?”

That's true!
When everyone heard it, it was indeed the case.

A child needs at least a few taels of silver a year to study.

A family's annual income of 30 and [-] taels seems to be a lot, but with such a large family, food and drink will cost some money.And these days, even if the family is divided, it is common for a family to have several children, and only provide for one child?What about the other children?Available to all children?How can I afford it?
"So, being able to be sent to the First Academy is actually a good way out. The reason why there are so few students is mainly because the lower-level people want to send their children in. Ordinary country gentry probably hesitate. But our academy , Not everyone can enter if they want to. Those who want to enter need to pass some tests. Those who meet the requirements, most of them will not come to our college, and it is natural to choose those who meet the requirements from those who are willing to come. There may be too many selected. This is the reason why the number of men and women in our class is equal. For women in Youzhou, no matter whether they are talented or not, it is impossible for them to take part in the imperial examination, so anyone who is motivated can only It was sent to our academy."

There is one more thing Li Chongzhong didn't say, that is, in fact, a large number of people from other families are unwilling to let their daughters study in some colleges.

Therefore, this part of the family should also be eliminated.

After listening to Li Chongzhong's words, everyone was a little silent.

They feel unfair that they went to school!

Obviously this school is very hardworking from the inside to the outside!
Even the dormitory building and cafeteria are well built, but the tuition fees are very low. In such a good school, there are so many people who are unwilling to send their children to take the exam?

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Let's talk about something else. Class starts tomorrow. When do you think we can face the physical education teacher?"

The real schedule will not be available until tomorrow morning. I heard that each class will have a head teacher.Although the head teacher can serve concurrently, that is to say, several classes may share a head teacher, but this new model still makes these boys curious.

That night, they tossed and slept very late, and the next morning, just after dawn, they heard the sound of trumpets blowing.

This voice has almost been engraved in their souls!

At the same time as they heard the sound of the trumpet blowing, the members of the young master class who didn't open their eyes all jumped up!

"what happened?"

(End of this chapter)