Compulsory education in ancient times

In addition, the central idea of ​​building the aqueduct in the past was how to bring water up. With the waterwheel in the future, the aqueduct built will definitely be different from the previous one. This time, we can take the opportunity to repair the aqueduct to make it more convenient to use the waterwheel.Thinking about it this way, Qian Wulang has done a good deed!

But now the knowledge of the waterwheel has not been exchanged, and Tao Yanran can't tell his plan, so he comforted his younger siblings before going to Uncle Tian's house.The renovation of the canal must start as soon as possible, and he must quickly settle the matter of renting the land.

Now that the autumn harvest is over, Uncle Tian's family has not stopped busy.Those who have free time at home go into the mountains to cut firewood.Apart from hoarding them at home for the winter, the main thing is to sell them to wealthy families in the town, which is also a relatively important income for the Tian family for a year.

When Tao Jianran arrived, only Aunt Tian was at home with her grandson in the Tian family. When she heard that Tao Jianran wanted to rent the land to their family, she hurriedly went out and called Uncle Tian back.

After Tao Jianran waited for a short time, Uncle Tian came back with half a load of dry firewood on his back, walked up to him in a hurry, and said excitedly, "Teacher Tao, are you going to rent the land to us?"

"Uncle, don't get excited, just sit down and talk." Tao Jianran saw that Uncle Tian had many shallow cuts on his hands, most of them were new, probably scratched by firewood.And Uncle Tian didn't notice it, he must have gotten used to it.

Uncle Tian sat down obediently, then looked at Tao Jianran with a cautious expression, but looked expectantly in his eyes.

Tao Jianran was very embarrassed: "Hey, uncle, it's like this. The canal in our field was damaged by someone. The village chief said that even if it is repaired, it may delay the spring plowing."

"It's okay, we've done a good job!" Uncle Tian promised, wishing to get up immediately to prove to Tao Yanran how capable his family is.

"Uncle, that's not what I meant. I heard that [-]% of the rent is usually charged for renting land, but our canal needs to be rebuilt to avoid delaying the harvest, so we can charge [-]% of the rent." Tao Jianran asked the village chief about the rent. When I was there, I was frightened by the high rent, but seeing the expressions on everyone's accustomed faces, I didn't dare to let others see what I was thinking.

However, there is only eight acres of tax-free quota under the name of the scholar, and the remaining twelve acres, he actually has nothing left after paying the tax. Thinking about it, [-]% of the rent is not too high.If Tao Yanran knew that the taxes were paid by tenant farmers these years, he would definitely call him cheating, and he would never exploit Uncle Tian like this!

However, Uncle Tian became excited again when he heard that only [-]% of the rent was charged, but then he wanted to decline.

Tao Jianran knew what he wanted to say just by looking at his expression. Uncle Tian has no shortcomings, but he is too straightforward, and he is afraid that he will take advantage of others.Tao Jianran didn't give him a chance to speak, so he settled the matter in a few words, and even took Uncle Tian to recognize the place.

After returning home, the younger sisters of the Tao family rented out the land they had just bought when they knew that the eldest brother was going out.Naturally, Tao Xiran didn't have any thoughts, but Tao Yanran noticed Tao Xiaomei's hesitant to speak.

Tao Jianran attached great importance to Tao Xiaomei's psychological work, and as soon as he realized this, he immediately said to Tao Xiaomei: "Don't think it's a good thing to rent out those fields, we have to study every day now, how can we have time to repair canals and farm? Besides, for those of us with thin arms and legs, don’t talk about farming, it’s better not to ruin the good fields.”

"It won't be ruined." Tao Xiaomei muttered in a low voice dissatisfied, but the original small lump in her heart was successfully broken up.

Seeing this, Tao Jianran breathed a sigh of relief.Of his two younger siblings, when it comes to Tao Xiaomei, the most worry-free one is Tao Xiaomei, but it is also Tao Xiaomei who worries him the least.Tao Xiaomei is [-] years old this year. After accepting the feudal thinking that men are superior to women for so many years, Tao Jianran still has a long way to go if she wants to change.

On the contrary, Tao Xiran, although a bit mischievous, has a simple mind, just a blank sheet of paper, and he will listen to whatever Tao Xiran says.

Now that school has started for more than a month, my little girl has almost finished learning the first year of Chinese.Tao Xiran is playful, and his progress is only a little faster than other students. Tao Jianran does not put pressure on him, and only plans to let Tao Xiran join the class when he is promoted to the second grade next year.

Considering that the new school will be completed by September next year, preparations should start almost now.Tao Jianran found out that there was indeed a place in the village suitable for building a school.It was a piece of wasteland in the southeast of the village, with an area of ​​about one mu. The soil was hard and there were many gravels on it, so nothing could be grown there. Moreover, it was too far away from the center of the village, and no one wanted to build a house there.This is not a big problem for Tao Yanran. When the school is built, the surroundings will definitely be lively.

Including the money for buying the field before, plus the cost of this mu of land, it was only 40 taels.This made Tao Jianran sigh once again that paper and ink are so expensive!

After spring plowing and before autumn harvest, it is the most free time of the year for farmers. Many farmers will go out to do part-time jobs during this period to earn some money for their family.

Tao Jianran intends to directly recruit some laborers in the village to help. Firstly, the distance is close, which reduces the time to go back and forth, and the working time can be faster; secondly, everyone in the village knows the basics. Hard-working people are not a problem; thirdly, it can naturally stimulate the enthusiasm of workers to the greatest extent, this is a new school for their children!No need for money, not to mention, work and wages, stealing rape and playing tricks will be pointed and scolded by other villagers!

Another point is that the children who are likely to be sent to study by their parents in the village are basically first graders, and new students will have to expand their enrollment from several nearby villages next year.There are no advertisements these days, and many news are spread by word of mouth. If you want to recruit students from other villages, the Chinese New Year is the most important time!At that time, everyone will visit relatives, even if they are separated by a few counties, they will have to pay New Year's greetings and chat. Can there be a better publicity opportunity than this!

By the way, there is still a need to recruit a new teacher, otherwise he will not be able to teach alone!

Suddenly, a lot of things came up. Tao Jianran had to make up lessons for his younger siblings and Tianda alone on weekends. He had to teach students from Monday to Friday, and he had to copy textbooks stored in the system at noon. He could only discuss with the system in his mind every night. For future plans, let the system help you make a schedule and remind yourself when the time comes.At this time, the system showed the "usefulness" it said before. At least in the era without mobile phones and computers, it is very happy to have a smart electronic memo.Most importantly, don't waste pen and paper!

The busy and fulfilling days have already arrived in November, and Tao Jianran is lying on the bed today, planning to go to the town to buy paper and ink tomorrow. He has traveled so long, and he has never left the village except for the time when he applied for the title deed. , I must take my younger siblings for a stroll tomorrow.

[Host host~ Congratulations to the host for reaching 1000 reputation points~Does the host want to exchange knowledge of the waterwheel~! 】

【Change! 】

[Okay ~ 1000 reputation points will be deducted in exchange for "Water Wheel Irrigation Encyclopedia"]

As soon as the system finished speaking, a virtual bookshelf suddenly appeared in Tao Jianran's eyes. On the bookshelf, there were already textbooks for various subjects from grades [-] to [-]. In the upper right corner, there was a shimmering book. This was the newly redeemed "Waterwheel Irrigation Compendium" ", after Tao Jianran has read the book, the shimmering light on the book will disappear, similar to the reminder of new items in the game.

Tao Jianran flipped through it. This book recorded several methods of making waterwheels, as well as installation conditions and usage methods. It is very detailed and highly operable. It is worthy of being produced by the system.Tao Jianran picked a waterwheel that was most suitable for the nearby landforms, got up at night and copied down the production method, and went to the town tomorrow to find a carpenter to have a look.

Lejing Village is under the jurisdiction of Tongkou Town, and Tongkou Town is also the nearest town to Lejing Village. It takes an hour to walk from the entrance of the village to the town, which is quite close.There are more than a dozen villages under the jurisdiction of Tongkou Town, and it takes at least an hour and a half to walk to other villages.

It happened to be a market that day, and the town was very lively. Tao Yanran asked Tao Xiaomei and Tao Xiran to be responsible for shopping for the things needed for the New Year, while he went to find a carpenter.

There is only one carpenter's shop run by a father and son in the town, and the street where it is located is very remote. Tao Yanran turned left and right for several times, but he didn't find where the legendary carpenter's shop was.He didn't discover this deeply hidden carpenter's shop until a kind-hearted person pointed it out.There is no signboard outside the shop, and there is nothing related to carpenters. The shop is still half-covered, so it's strange to find it!

Tao Jianran walked into the shop, only a middle-aged woman was there.Tao Jianran looked at the wooden barrels in the shop, the workmanship looked good.There is also a wooden barrel filled with water at the entrance. It seems to be a little old. The surface of the wooden barrel is round and smooth. The rope on it is slightly peeled off, but it does not leak half a drop of water. I think this family must be very skilled.

"What does the customer want?" The woman saw a customer coming, her attitude was not very enthusiastic, but she was not indifferent, "Only wooden barrels and tubs are in stock in the store, and everything else must be made to order."

"I don't know how to charge for making a new gadget according to the blueprint?"

The woman said politely, "Do you have any blueprints? If you don't have any blueprints, you can directly ask for it. The deposit is [-]% in advance."

Tao Jianran had no objection, saying that he had blueprints, and the woman quickly brought out a middle-aged man from the backyard.

Probably the woman had told him the details, and the man said directly to Tao Jianran, "The drawing."

Tao Jian was stunned for a moment before realizing it, and handed him the blueprint in his arms. The man looked at it for a while, frowned slightly, and asked, "What is this?"

"This thing is called a waterwheel. When the water hits the lower wheel, the lower wheel moves, driving the upper wheel and bringing the water ashore." Tao Jianran recited a sentence written at the beginning of the book.

When the man heard it, his eyes lit up immediately. Although his language was still concise, his tone was filled with unconcealable excitement: "One month, five hundred Wen."

It means that it can be done in one month, and only five hundred cash is charged, which is really cheap!I always feel that compared with pen and ink, other things are so cheap!Tao Jianran happily paid the deposit, and the man hurriedly ran to the backyard with the blueprint.

"Don't blame the guest, my wife is like this, he didn't mean to target anyone." The woman explained, lest the guest would not like it.

Of course Tao Jianran wouldn't mind, he's just a bad-spoken engineering man, he's seen a lot!He also reported his name and address to the woman, and agreed to pick it up a month later. Tao Jianran went to look for Tao Xiaomei and the two.

When Tao Jianran passed the bulletin board of the yamen, he saw a group of people gathered together, arguing a lot.Moreover, most of the people looked gloomy and gloomy, and there was no festive atmosphere for the New Year at all.Strange, I haven't heard of any nearby places that have a bad harvest this year?I'm not happy during Chinese New Year, could it be... that I want to be drafted? !

Tao Jianran's heart tightened, and he hurried into the crowd and looked towards the bulletin board.

I saw a new piece of paper pasted on the bulletin board, with a lot of colorful words written on it, and the central idea expressed in the end was: Prince Xian is getting older, the emperor's kindness is great, and the Ning'an area is bestowed on Prince Xian. Ning'an is under the care of Prince Xian.

Is there something wrong with this?

The Rui Dynasty has always had a tradition of conferring vassal kings, but except for the founding heroes, in the next few dynasties, there was no such thing as a king with a different surname.