Xiangping in April is full of spring, and Xiangping Mountain in the east of the city is full of green and flowers.

In Xiangping Academy, Ji Kang, Tian Guang, and Shi Kang each carried a writing stone slab and sat in a pavilion in the academy to rest.

At this time, Shi Dang was muttering to Ji Kang: "Childe, the arithmetic taught by Mr. Noon, this ninety-nine arithmetic mantra is still provided by us." Isn't it too boring to study with the students here? ”

Ji Kang knocked on Shi Kang's head and said, "What's so boring?" If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher. At noon, Mr. Lu Zhonglian just taught you, and you forgot about it. Be humble! Be humble! Got it?

Besides, it's good for you to experience the life of the academy and live a collective life. In the afternoon, it's martial arts and equestrianism, don't you tell me, you're better than others? ”

Shi Dang looked at Tian Guang and began to get excited: "Tian Guang, I heard that you will compete with that Bo Tao in the afternoon and compete for the title of the first master in the age?" Are you sure? ”

Tian Guang scratched his head with his hand and said with a smile: "Bo Tao is also very powerful, I heard that I have been learning martial arts from General Bo since I was a child, and I don't know if I can beat him." ”

Ji Kang also smiled, and knocked on Shi Dang's head again: "Last time you competed with Bo Tao, you didn't win anyone's house, you are still one year older than others, and you have learned from Ji Bobai for so many years!" ”

Shi Kang's little face suddenly drooped: "Childe, you don't know, I was careless last time, so I lost." But my archery skills, except for Childe and Tian Guang, are better than any of them. ”

Tian Guang looked at Shi Kang, and shot a small bow more than a dozen steps away, and he actually dared to boast. But looking at Shi Kang's little face that had already drooped, he didn't dare to say anything.

Shi Dang then knocked on the heavy writing slate again, and said to Ji Kang: "Childe, we have paper, why do we still use this heavy slate?" It's ridiculous to think about it, when the two deans, Zou and Lu, saw the blank paper for the first time, they both cried happily and were so excited. ”

Listen to what Shi dares to say. Ji Kang and Tian Guang both remembered the scene at that time, and everyone laughed.

Ji Kang said with a smile: "Now the paper mill is expanding, and the current scale is still too small, and the output is limited. In addition to our college, it should also be provided to the departments of the Junhou Mansion and the yamen of the county government offices of the two counties of Liaodi.

In addition, we have to give a part of the Chamber of Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce, which can also earn us a lot of money. Even after the production capacity comes up, we still have to advocate saving, using this slate, I don't know how much paper can be saved for us. ”

At this time, suddenly an eight- or nine-year-old student ran outside the pavilion and shouted, "Why are you three still here, University President?" Hurry up to the restaurant, I heard that it is a big bun at noon, and it is stuffed with meat. ”

When Shi Dang heard this, his eyes lit up: "Qin Wuyang, you go first, and we will be there immediately." Childe, Tian Guang, let's hurry up too! ”

"Hurry up, I'll wait for you." Qin Wuyang shouted.

Ji Kang, Shi Kang, and Tian Guang hurriedly stood up and ran towards the restaurant with Qin Wuyang.

Ji Kang thought while running, after graduation, these students must go to the army to kill the enemy and fight, and after practicing their courage more, they will be transferred back to other positions, especially this kid next to him - Qin Kai's grandson Qin Wuyang.

At present, Xiangping Academy is divided into four grades: senior, middle, primary, and kindergarten according to their age and the amount of knowledge they have learned. But with the arrival of Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian, Ji Kang plans to open another graduating class and refine the major.

When Xiangping Academy was first established last year, the faculty was not strong. However, according to Ji Kang's requirements, courses such as Chinese, arithmetic, gewu, history, geography, military affairs, medicine, and vocal music were opened.

This year, it is planned to recruit the second batch of students in the two counties in June, and the number of students will be controlled at about 1,000 to 1,500, and most of the expenses for food and lodging for the children of the grassroots people will be borne by the college, while the children of officials, gentry, and businessmen will need to pay a large fee.

After Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian came this year, in addition to Gao Jin and a few other disciples who followed, there are now more than 20 disciples on their way to Liaodi. Ji Kang was selected from the army again, and a group of high-quality officers came to the academy to teach equestrian and martial arts, archery, and military formations.

Most of the students were orphans brought by Ji Kang from the vicinity of Jidu, plus the orphans taken in by the local area, there were more than 800 people at first, and most of them are now between six and sixteen years old.

The arrival of Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian greatly increased the popularity of the college. This made many gentry and businessmen in Liaodi send their children to the academy, and after the assessment, they paid a certain amount of money, an increase of more than 100 people, and now the total number of people in the academy has reached nearly 1,000.

Qin Wuyang also came to the academy under such circumstances, which let Ji Kang know that the descendants of General Qin Kai still stayed in Yangle in Liaoxi County to live.

After Zou Yan, Lu Zhonglian and others took up their posts in Xiangping College, in their conversations with Ju Xin and Ji Kang, they deeply knew the position of this academy in Ji Kang's mind, and its importance cannot be overstated.

The most significant difference from the Jixia School Palace is that Xiangping College does not have the exaggeration of the Jixia School Palace, and the content of the teaching staff is particularly pragmatic. It can be seen from the couplets on both sides of the gate and the eight big characters at the entrance of the auditorium, "empty talk misleads the country, and hard work prospers the country".

After visiting the entire academy, both of them were shocked by the size and hardware conditions of the academy, and they couldn't believe that it was only established last year.

All the books that the students are learning now have been replaced with books printed on white paper, although the quality is not up to the standard that Ji Kang thinks. But this made Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian and other people still shocked when they first saw the books printed on white paper. Then came ecstasy, tears of excitement.

The place where the students take classes is called the "classroom". Each classroom has a uniform desk and chair, and the gentleman stands at the front of the classroom and lectures on the so-called "podium". When the instructor is lecturing, he holds the so-called "chalk" in his hand, and on the so-called "blackboard" that no one has ever seen, he can write and scribble at will, and finally he can erase it with a teaching aid called "board eraser".

The academy pays special attention to etiquette, which is also appreciated by Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian. Before each class, wait for the gentleman to walk into the classroom and stand on the podium. The students in the class will stand up, bow down collectively and shout, "Hello sir", and the teacher will bow back and say, "Hello students, please sit down". At the end of the class, all the students will also stand up and bow down to salute the lecturer, and only after the teacher has left can the students walk out of the classroom.

The place where the students live is called the "dormitory", and the students in each dormitory rest on wooden bunk beds, and are uniformly distributed with clay pots and other toiletries. The management of the dormitory, in the eyes of Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian and others, is completely militarized management. There are requirements for everything, the quilt must be folded out of "squares", and the placement of things must be standardized.

The college adopts a closed management model, and the tenth, twentieth and last day of each month are rest days before students can go out of the college. Of course, for well-known reasons, except for Ji Kang and Shi Kang.

In the academy, there are only two identities: Mr. and Student. All people are equal, there is no male superiority or inferiority, rich and poor, etc., and even the food eaten is uniformly regulated, which is called "food". The place to eat is called a "restaurant", but it is divided into two types: the Mr. Restaurant and the Student Restaurant, after all, it is more embarrassing for the Mr. and the students to eat together.

When it comes to the "food" of the college, this is what makes Zou Yan, Lu Zhonglian and others the most satisfied. The academy is now not two meals a day, but three meals. Drink a bowl of hot rice porridge or soy milk for breakfast, or eat a bowl of tender and delicious soy milk, eat two steamed buns or buns, and add an egg; At noon and in the afternoon, noodles, steamed buns, stir-fried vegetables, steamed buns, dumplings, and so on.

According to Lu Zhonglian's words, there is no need to say anything else, just rely on this "food" to stay in Xiangping Academy for the rest of his life, and he has no regrets.

The road of the college is also very well planned, not to mention that the entire avenue is covered with so-called "cement", even the path is paved with green bricks and stones. And every day, there is a special person to clean the fixed area, so that the whole college looks extremely clean, bright and tidy.

Trees and flowers are planted on both sides of the road, especially in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and the fragrance of flowers and trees makes people feel refreshed.

In particular, both the gentlemen and students in the academy have their own uniform clothing. Every morning, the students are arranged in groups according to their grades, dressed in uniform clothes, and do morning exercises and runs in the place called the "playground".

There are normative requirements for what the above colleges do. But these normative requirements made the entire academy more vigorous, and also made Zou Yan, Lu Zhonglian and others deeply intoxicated.

At the back of the college is the dormitory of Mr. College, isolated from the classrooms in front and the "dormitory" of the students. In the accommodation area of the gentlemen, each gentleman has a unified and separate courtyard, which can be home or single.

Gao Jin and several other disciples who followed Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian lived in the academy for less than half a month, and they all fell in love with this academy, and they had already sent letters to ask their families to move to the academy. Of course, Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian are no exception, and they have also sent letters to let their families come to Liaodi to reunite with them.

Early in the morning, in the study room of the courtyard where Lu Zhonglian lived in the academy, Zou Yan watched Lu Zhonglian just finish writing the lyrics of the song "Descendants of the Dragon" that he heard when he came to the academy that day, and his eyes were a little red with Lu Zhonglian.

They looked at each other and smiled, and slowly walked out of the room.

Looking at the rising sun, shining on all living beings on this land, everything is so beautiful. Both of them invariably thought of Ji Kang's "Young Yan Guo Said":

The red sun is rising, and its way is bright; The river flows out of the subterranean and flows into the ocean.

The hidden dragon soars into the abyss, and the scales and claws are flying; The milk tiger roars in the valley, and the beasts are terrified.

The falcon tried its wings, and the wind and dust were blowing. Strange flower firstborn, the emperor;

The cadres will be hairy, and there will be a man. The sky wears its blue, and the earth wears its yellow.

Throughout the ages, there are eight wildernesses, the future is like the sea, and the future is long.

It's beautiful that my young Yan Kingdom is immortal!

I am a young man in Yan country, and there is no boundary with the country! ”

Yes, the students of this academy are just like what Gongzi Ji Kang described, they are: the rising red sun, the galloping river, the hidden dragon of Tengyuan, the milk tiger of the Howling Valley, the eagle falcon that tried its wings, the strange flower of the first child, and the sword of the hair.

They will definitely change, this Central Plains land that has been war-torn for hundreds of years.

The future of this world is theirs, and this world will eventually change because of them.

One day, they will definitely shock the entire Yan Kingdom and even the world!

(End of Volume 1)