And the north of Jinyang City, Taiyuan County.

The originally spacious road is now crowded with people, and countless people have gathered outside a large mansion, their expressions are full of excitement, but they obviously suppress this excitement, just looking at the dozen or so cases at the door of the mansion, or the children who are being assessed by the examiner in front of the case.

From time to time, a child respectfully bowed to the examiner, and then excitedly walked into the house in the company of his family and the amazement and envy of the onlookers.

This mansion is the branch of the Avenue College that has just been renovated, although Li Yi promised to get the branch before, and it must be done as soon as possible, but whether it is Lu Zhi, who knows Li Yi very well, or Zheng Xuan, who has just joined the Avenue Academy, it seems that Li Yi's enthusiasm for the branch is still underestimated.

In more than a month, from the site selection and renovation of the branch, to the formulation of assessment standards and all the required teaching materials, all of them were completely completed in such a little bit of time.

Belch...... Well, whether it is the formulation of assessment standards or the preparation of teaching materials, in fact, Li Yi has already discussed it with Sima Hui and others, but because of Zheng Xuan's joining, after discussing with Zheng Xuan, it was revised again.

By the way, Li Yi did not spend a single plant to renovate this academy branch, and the mansion used by the branch was owned by the Wang family, and Wang Yun's brother, who was acting on behalf of Wang Yun at this time, expressed his willingness to contribute this mansion unconditionally to repay the teachings of the Daodao Academy to the children of the family.

In this regard, Li Yi didn't say much, not that he felt that it didn't matter if the friendship between him and Wang Yun was in vain, just because whether it was Wang Ling, the son of Wang Yun's brother, or Wang Yun's three sons, they were all studying at the Great Dao Academy at this time. can meet, after they perform the crown salute, they will definitely become Li Yi's subordinates. In this case, if you take it, you will take it, after all, after they come out, Li Yi will definitely take care of them secretly.

As for the money for the renovation of the mansion, Li Yi did not pay it, but it was because the craftsmen who were in charge of the work said that they would never accept money when they heard that the branch would be open to all civilians. After several times of persuasion to no avail, Li Yi could only give them more food to express his gratitude.

"It's really a spectacular scene...... "In the academy, Zheng Xuan and the others felt the scorching atmosphere outside, and they all sighed.

Among these people, whether it is Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi and others, most of them have experience in teaching ordinary people, but they have never seen such a scene.

"Hehe, isn't that normal? After all, this was the first time they had been given the opportunity to learn, a real chance! Li Yi chuckled when he heard this.

Hearing this, Zheng Xuan and the others nodded in agreement. Speaking of which, although they have taught the people knowledge, most of them, they teach things about etiquette. Occasionally, when the mood is good and there is nothing to do, the people will be taught to learn literacy, but this is definitely a very rare case.

After all, they were all great Confucians at that time, and Zheng Xuan was a disciple of more than 1,000 people, and even if he didn't teach his disciples and protégés, he was busy researching knowledge, writing books, and so on. This is also why Li Yi must cultivate some masters who are not so highly educated if he wants to open a branch. Because it is impossible for a highly educated person to have the patience to teach others to read and write every day!

Money? Perhaps in the eyes of the vast majority of scholars, money is the most useless thing in the world.

The number of students in the first batch was set at 100, co-taught by six masters. In fact, in the view of Lu Zhi and others, it is completely possible to recruit more students. After all, it's just some simple literacy, and there is no problem for one master to teach more than 100 people at the same time. You must know that they were teaching those ordinary people before, and there is no limit to the number of people at all, and there is no problem with how many people are willing to listen.

"If there are too many people, the effect will not be too good, after all, there are so many people, it is difficult for the master to take care of everyone." Li Yi explained, "And don't forget, they paid for the tuition~"

Tuition? Of course, this has been established for a long time. However, the specific price was re-studied and formulated by everyone during this time.

Speaking of which, Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi and others have always felt that they should teach for free, after all, even if it is free, the benefits that Li Yi gets are far greater than these expenses, not to mention that the so-called expenses are not much at all.

But this proposal was rejected by Li Yi, "You can collect less, but you must not accept it!" If people can gain knowledge at no cost, how can they cherish it? Maybe not now, but what about later? ”

Li Yi's words, although Zheng Xuan and others were a little disagreeable, after all, what people would not cherish when they have the opportunity to study? But what about after that? But they can't guarantee it, after all, this matter itself is unprecedented, and it is difficult for Rao Zheng Xuan and others to make accurate judgments.

Therefore, after researching, everyone finally set the tuition fee at a thousand dollars! And the price of the state! Is that a lot of money? Of course a lot! In terms of the price of food in the state, a stone of grain is about 200 yuan, counting daily expenses, if the life is not too good, it may take a year or two to be able to accumulate tuition.

But! It sounds like a lot, but it's still an affordable price for all people. Because no matter how poor a person is, if he wants to, he can save money in a few years. After all, even if a person with a family of four walls, as long as he takes the initiative to apply for wasteland, he can get a piece of wasteland and the subsidy given by Li Yi. At most, it will take a year or two to be able to save such a sum of money.

A year or two of thrift in exchange for the opportunity for your children to learn knowledge and change their fate? If you look at the crowds of people outside, you can see whether these people are willing or not.

Soon, the students were full, but the people were still reluctant to leave, and they begged Li Yi to have more places. However, Li Yi directly refused, but also promised to open more branches in the near future.

Having said that, although the students were full and the college began to officially hold classes, Li Yi did not relax because of this. For a whole month, Li Yi dragged Lu Zhi and others in the room next to the classroom of the branch every day, observing the students' learning, the master's teaching, and the overall effect.

"Alas, if it goes on like this, the old man really can't imagine the scene after more than ten years." Zheng Xuan sighed.

"Haha~ What is there to imagine? When the time comes, won't Zheng Gong know it by taking a look with his own eyes? Li Yi laughed when he heard this.