Farming and teaching across different worlds

In addition to these things, the twenty students brought by Mr. Lu can each have a red envelope of one tael of silver, and Mr. Lu's is even more.These people came here all the way from thousands of miles to contribute to Ji Xiuran, of course Ji Xiuran would not treat them badly, and during the Chinese New Year, everyone lived together here, they were all people who left their hometowns, so celebrating the New Year together was more lively.Homesickness is less pronounced.

Chapter 91

After the Chinese New Year, the day of the Lantern Festival was Jiabao's first birthday. Although Ji Xiuran didn't think about making a big deal, the country gentry and landlords who heard the news, the wealthy households in the county, and some other people tried their best to make it happen on that day. Giving gifts to Ji Xiuran, Ji Xiuran had no choice but to accept these gifts, and then asked someone to draw up a gift list and return gifts one by one.

Shi Jingchen has already taken up his job, and he also asked for leave to come back this day to celebrate Jiabao's birthday.The one-year-old child can already walk crookedly, Ji Xiuran carried him into the hall, and prepared a place for scratching, although Ji Xiuran didn't really believe this, but the customs here are like this, and Ji Xiuran didn't want to be too special, And it can be regarded as my best wishes to Garbo.

Originally, in Ji Xiuran's plan, Jiabao's first birthday should be spent in Qingshan Village, but the reality is unpredictable.But even if he was not in Qingshan Village, Mother Ji also prepared a full set of clothes, shoes and hats for Jiabao. Now Jiabao is wearing the red clothes prepared by Mother Ji's help, tiger hat, and tiger shoes. Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen are alone Supporting Jiabao on one side, let him stand on the table where the mascot was placed, Jiabao looked back at the two of them, Ji Xiuran said to him, grab what he likes, and give it to his father and father, Shi Jingchen watched He nodded, little Jiabao was encouraged by his parents, and turned his head to look at the things on the table.

Then he stepped forward, grabbed a book, and a small bow and arrow, returned and handed the book to Ji Xiuran, and handed the bow and arrow to Shi Jingchen.

The people around cheered when they saw it and said, "It's a good omen to have both civil and military skills."

Ji Xiuran rolled his eyes speechlessly, obviously because he couldn't leave his hands at ordinary times, and he had seen Shi Jingchen use a big bow to practice archery, that's why he chose this way. It's really unreliable to catch Zhou.But fortunately, what Little Jiabao caught has a good meaning, and it can be considered complete.

After celebrating Jiabao's birthday, both Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen started a busy new year. Shi Jingchen became famous after the First World War last year. Although his official position did not rise, his number of soldiers has doubled. Now he has 200 soldiers. Many people, he started training newcomers in the early spring, Ji Xiuran was also busy with spring plowing, and Mr. Lu and his students also started to get busy. Ji Xiuran and Mr. Lu began to frequently go to the countryside to give guidance on various new farm tools invented in Qingshan Village.The remaining part of the students are busy with the county school.Before Zhang Mian and others took over the political power, and the county school was also made into a mess, Ji Xiuran decided to carry out a thorough rectification after reading it.

The first step is to rectify the buildings of the county school, use new bricks and tiles, and build earth dragons, all of which are supervised by their own students.Moreover, the recruitment of new students and the assessment of old students are all entrusted to them. They have all experienced the operation method of Qingshan Academy, and they can still do a good job in these issues. If they are uncertain, they will report to Ji Xiuran.Everywhere is thriving, with a new year and a new beginning, their lives will be even better in the new year in Song County.

In the new year, an announcement broke the peace of Song County. Li Yan and Wang Lu took a few people to stand in front of the bulletin board, holding homemade speakers, and read aloud: "Master Ji of Song County tells everyone in Song County Common people, the county school is reopened, accepting children aged six to 12, anyone who is satisfied can sign up, and an adult course is opened, and boys from [-] to [-] can sign up. Shuxiu is one tael per year, and the adult course can be borrowed , can be installment, and those who meet the conditions can be reduced or exempted.”

After the people around heard it, they all asked if it was true.

Li Yan shouted loudly: "This is an announcement from the county government. It is true. If there are qualified children in the family, they can sign up. In addition, Shuxiu only needs one tael of silver per year. If the family is in trouble, and the situation is true, it can be reduced according to circumstances. If you have any questions, you can go to the side to ask, there is also an adult department, which is a chance to read and write for adults who have no chance to read, please remember to seize this opportunity.”

Next to him, Wang Lu went on to say: "This adult course does not exist in other places, and other schools will not open it. Only the school run by our county magistrate has it. It costs one tael of silver a year, and you can also borrow money in installments. After you finish your studies, You can pay it off by making money yourself, I hope you can seize the opportunity. To tell you the truth, we all came out of the adult class, and our seniors and classmates have a very good future, so you can sign up with confidence."

After the explanation by the two, the people around had a clear understanding of the adult department that they had never heard of, and some people in the crowd were already ready to move. Li Yan said, "Please hurry up for the adult department." Sign up, the number of places is limited this time, if you are late, you will have to wait until next year."

As soon as the words fell, a few eager young people in the crowd immediately stepped forward to sign up, one and then two, and soon a few people walked out of the crowd, and the enrollment for the enlightenment class was also very good.

This time, the enrollment went smoothly, and the 150 places for the first adult course were filled up soon.

The work of the county school soon returned to normal. Brother Lu is the person in charge of the county school, and Ji Xiuran will teach two classes when he is free.

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After the reorganization of the county school, Ji Xiuran also opened a bookstore nearby. The books were collected from Qingshan Village and the capital, and it was convenient for those poor students to copy books to make money. Moreover, the paper used in the bookstore was shipped from Qingshan Village. Here, the price is cheap and the quality is high, which is the gospel for the majority of students.

Since the opening of the bookstore, the only few scholars in Song County seem to have grown up in the bookstore. They have free books to read every day, and they can also copy books to make money. There is no better place for them than here, and Ji Xiuran He is also very sympathetic to them, and he would go to the bookstore in his free time, check the homework of a few people, and guide them a little bit by the way. After all, he is also a real Jinshi, so it is not a problem to point out a few young scholars.

Speaking of Song County, or the atmosphere of studying outside the customs, it is really incomparable with Ji Xiuran's hometown. In the entire county, there are no more than fifty scholars with fame, and no more than ten people who continue to take the exam. People, if you want to go to a decent academy to study, you have to go to other provinces hundreds of miles away, which is really inconvenient.

Fortunately, Ji Xiuran created convenience for these people, allowing them to get advice without leaving home.

Besides, most of the books in the bookstore were collected by Ji Xiuran, and some of them were precious books that could not be bought for a thousand dollars, so they just took them out and copied them for them. This kindness was kept in their hearts.

It was nearly July, and Ji Xiuran ordered two cars and gave each of them ten taels of silver as a package to send a few people to the scientific examination. Because there was no examination room in Mozhou, they had to go to other provinces to take the imperial examination and had to leave one and a half months in advance.

Ji Xiuran stood in front of the carriage in official uniform, and told them, "Just try your best, don't be too nervous, I've seen all of your usual articles, and if nothing happens, you're expected to be on the list." Of course, this is still true. Ji Xiuran knows who's level is a little watery, but at this time, of course, he has to choose something good to say.

Although he has only been in contact with these few people for a few months, they are the students who worry the most among the many students, so of course they will worry more.

Everyone listened carefully to Ji Xiuran's teachings, and finally Ji Xiuran waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's getting late, everyone, let's go, this county wishes you all to be on the list." All the people saluted and said goodbye.

Two months later, there was good news that three out of the nine people who participated in the imperial examination in Song County won the exam. When Ji Xiuran got the news, he smiled very gratified.

At this time, good news also came from Qingshan Village. Liu Xiang, Li Wen, and Wang Shuo also participated in the township examination, and they all passed. After Liu Xiang passed the examination, he did not plan to continue the imperial examination. He will concentrate on teaching in Qingshan Academy from now on. , while Li Wen, Wang Shuo, and Lu Yunze, who had passed the same exam as Ji Xiuran, planned to go to Beijing to participate in the next year's Spring Festival.

After Ji Xiuran got the news, he smiled and said to Shi Jingchen: "Maybe we can meet again in the capital at that time."

They are friends he met when he came to this world for the first time. To Ji Xiuran, of course, his feelings will be different. It makes him feel very happy to be able to reunite with them.Shi Jingchen could also understand Ji Xiuran's feelings, and said softly, "There must be a chance."

Time flies, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye.

The carriage was driving on the road in the country. The corn in the fields on both sides had grown to the height of a person, and it would be harvested soon. In the far distance, soybeans and sweet potatoes were planted. Now the wasteland in various villages in Song County has been mined. , new corn, soybeans and sweet potatoes were planted, and the faces of the busy farmers in the fields were full of joy and satisfaction.

In two years, Ji Xiuran pushed the agriculture of Song County to a new height, encouraged people in the whole county to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and formulated various preferential conditions for opening up wasteland, but the effect was also very significant. Now every village has Hundreds of acres of barren land were opened up, and various crops were neatly planted.

Now the corn they mainly grow here can not only meet their own family's rations for a year, but also provide it to the northern army.Now their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes, and there is a warm kang in winter