Xue Wulang can also be regarded as a regular guest of the Li family's compound, and the old king who guards the door welcomes him in very warmly. After entering the hospital, Xue Wu didn't need to be led by anyone, and went inside by himself.

"Familiar, huh?"

"Well, I helped Li Sanlang get this compound back, so it's naturally very familiar."

Xue Wulang was a distinguished guest of the Li family, and when he heard that he was coming, Li Xiao hurriedly rushed back from the fish pond.

"Why did Gorou come over today?"

"Today's Xiu Mu, just come over to take a look, to be honest, you really have a lot of things here that make me believe, hand patting cucumbers, stir-fried vegetables, and the burning knife." Xue Wu sat on the kang in the front hall as he spoke, not treating himself as an outsider at all.

"By the way, I would like to introduce you to a friend, Cheng Wulang of the Camp Flying Horse, my good brother."

Camp flying horse, as soon as he heard this identity, Li Xiao knew that this person was probably also a son of a nobleman. After all, the cantonment camp is the Royal Forest Army, and the flying cavalry is equivalent to the central-central-guard-regiment.

"Wulang's brother, then he is also my friend Li San, the one who comes is a guest, don't be polite, sit on the kang."

Cheng Wu looked at Li Xiao when he entered the room, and by the way, he looked at the furnishings in the front hall a few times, which were ordinary, but they were not simple.

Ordinary but not simple.

"Cheng Boxian, the word is still virtuous, and he ranks fifth in the family." Cheng Wu reported to his home.

Li Xiao just nodded after hearing this, he had heard of Cheng Yanjin's name, and he also went to Cheng's house last time, but he really didn't know that Cheng Yanjin had a grandson named Cheng Boxian, so he didn't think about it for a while.

"Where was San Lang busy just now, what are you busy doing outside this cold winter when you are not at home?" Xue Wu asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that there is a depression on the edge of the field by the river in front of my house that has been barren, thinking that it is empty and space, so I plan to clean it up, dig a pond, and see if there is a fish breeding coupling next year, and more output income or something."

"Fish farming, there are many people on the edge of Chang'an who raise fish and grow vegetables, and it is said that the income is quite high. But San Lang, your home is eighty miles away from Chang'an City in Lanxi, even if this fish is raised, it is not easy to get to Chang'an? Xue Wu gave advice.

Cheng Wu also said, "If you can transport live fish to Chang'an to sell fresh fish, this is a good livelihood, if you can't survive, then it's not interesting." ”

"Anyway, it's just trying, it's idle to hit the child on a rainy day. Perhaps, there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and what method can be found by then? Even if I can't transport fresh fish to Chang'an, my depression is empty anyway, so I can eat it myself. Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Well, then I'll come to you to fish next year when I have time."

"Always welcome."

Cheng Wu couldn't help but ask Li Xiao at this time, "When I came here just now, I saw a lot of children at the gate of your courtyard, Brother Chu Yu said that your family has set up a home school, and you also accept the children of tenant families to school for free, and also accept the children of nearby landlords to attend schools, and now there are more than 40 people in the family school?" ”

"Well, that's right."

Cheng Wu became interested, "May I ask why San Lang wants to start a home school?"

It is very easy to understand that ordinary people run a home school, the family has a little money, and then find a way for the children to study, but Li Xiao runs a home school, but it is to let the children of the tenants in the family come to study, and also accept the children of the nearby landlords to study, in the whole school, the real Li family is also Li Xiao's sister studying in it, which is too strange.

"Reading is very important, I have always believed that in fact, there is no difference in human nature, no one is born smarter, no one is born stupid, the reason for the difference is because of the different education. Those who have never been educated are inevitably ignorant, while those who are well educated will be able to learn more, see farther, and go further. ”

"Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, a thousand years of planning, education-oriented."

Cheng Wu was surprised when he heard that a small landowner in the countryside could say such a thing. However, culture and education are the affairs of the imperial court, and where does a small landlord in the countryside manage so much, it is inevitable that the management is too wide.

"It's not a thankless task, in fact, running a school, done well, is fame and fortune, and it can really benefit everyone, so it is beneficial and harmless."

"But it costs a lot of money to run a school, more than 40 students, it costs a lot this year, right?" Cheng Wudao, although he is a disciple of Jiangmen, the children of the Xungui family also have to study when they are young, and they learn together with civil and military affairs.

Although there is an old saying that the poor are rich in martial arts, it does not mean that the poor can learn literature, but that the conditions required to learn martial arts are better, but learning literature is by no means cheap. Which pen, ink, paper, inkstone is cheaper? It's not cheap to hire a gentleman either.

Besides, it is difficult for ordinary people to get ahead after reading books.

Although the imperial court has an imperial examination every year, in fact, the imperial examination has nothing to do with ordinary poor children, and the candidates who are eligible for reference in the annual imperial examination account for a large part of the national sub-supervisor, and the students of various prefectures and counties account for a large part, and the last part is the township tribute students recommended by the local government.

Although there are thousands of students in the Guozijian, the vast majority of them are the children of Xun Qi and the children of officials above the fifth grade, and a small number of children of non-Xun Qi officials are also the children of the landlords and Haoqiang who have a relationship with them, and how many of them are really children of poor families?

The local state and county school students are also similar, basically they are the children of the local scholars, and no matter how bad they are, they are the children of the landlord's family, it doesn't matter, where they got into the official school, and the number of places in the official school is limited.

There is a little bit of township tribute left every year, and it is difficult for the children of the real poor to take their turn.

Even if he is recommended to become a township tribute, he can only arrive in Chang'an to participate in the Ministry of Rites exam. The imperial examination of Datang is once a year, and there are dozens of subjects such as Xiucai, Jinshi, and Mingjing, among which Xiucai and Jinshi are the most expensive, but Xiucai sometimes only opens one subject in a few years, and occasionally records one or two subjects.

Jinshi is admitted every year, but only one or twenty are recorded a year.

There are not many other subjects such as Ming Jing, Ming Calculation, and Ming Law, and those that are recorded generally do not get much use, and most of them are arranged to serve as petty officials and officials in various yamen, and it is difficult to be promoted.

Moreover, this is only the admission situation of each subject every year, in fact, the imperial examination of Datang is not all based on the examination, because the imperial examination of Datang is neither vague nor based on results.

After the candidates arrive in Beijing, they want to submit papers to those nobles, in fact, they are looking for a recommender and asking them to sponsor themselves. Even when the examiner reads the papers, the admission also depends on the origin of the scholar, so to put it bluntly, the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty is actually very unfair, and it is not an opportunity for the children of the poor family to leap into the dragon gate, which is not as strict as the imperial examination in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.

"Reading is not just about becoming an official, and reading is not just about reading Confucian classics. The original intention of reading is to broaden one's horizons and free people from ignorance. Keep your eyes peeled and you can see farther! ”

This statement made Cheng Wu feel that Li Xiao was really unusual.

Studying is not to be an official, and it is really the first time I have heard of it.

"Just say this to you, I have made up your friend. In this way, I will pay 100 yuan, which can be regarded as a little support for your school. Cheng Wu made a bold move, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was a hundred times.

Xue Wu sighed on the side and said, "Lao Cheng, can you not be so generous, as soon as you make a move, it is a hundred runs, then I am embarrassed to take less?" A hundred, I don't have much money. ”

Cheng Boxian said with a smile, "Who still lives on that little money, you have a lot of property under your name, don't pretend to be poor, you usually invite wine and banquets, don't you have to pay one or twenty times a meal." ”

"Yes, I can't say you, San Lang, I will also take a hundred yuan, but this money can't be in vain, it has to be famous, right?"

Someone gave a large amount of money of 200 yuan, how could Li Xiao have a reason to refuse.

"Our school has a sponsorship monument, and the friends who support the sponsorship of the school will remember the monument, and how much money and materials donated will be recorded on it. And we also have a ledger where all the sponsorship fees received are recorded, and the purpose of each expenditure is recorded and published regularly. ”

"In addition, we will send a letter of appointment to all friends who sponsor and donate to our school, and the school will hold a regular school board meeting every year, and invite all school directors to participate together to discuss important matters about the school and make decisions together."

"Aren't you homeschooled, how can you have any school board?"

"Although the school is run in the Li family compound, it is not the Li family's home school, the official name of the school is called Lanxi Academy, and it will move out of the compound and build a school on the edge of Lanxi when there are conditions in the future, and will even recruit more students in the future to educate more people and cultivate more talents for the world."

Lanxi Academy, this name was also just come up with by Li Xiao.

The school was so big before, of course, there was no need for a school name, but now that Cheng Wulang and Xue Wu each invested a hundred yuan, Li Xiao felt that this was a good opportunity to expand the scale.

Get a board of directors out and bring Xue Rengui's son in as a director, that is, pull the tiger skin to fill the banner, and in the future, you can hire better teachers and recruit more students.

"Lanxi Academy, the school director, it's a bit interesting, this hundred yuan seems to be worth the investment. Okay, then I will take over the title of director of the school, and if the school has something to do in the future, you can inform me, and those who can help will definitely help. Cheng Wu smiled and accepted the title given by Li Xiao.

"Hahaha, yes, although there is a hundred times and a lot of blood today, this blood is quite happy. It's rare to be so happy today, San Lang, don't you take out your burning knife and everyone drinks to celebrate. Xue Wu said with a smile, a hundred yuan is really nothing to him, although his own salary is not high, but which Xun Qi's son really lives on that little money.

Usually eat, drink, and have fun, and you can't play a few times with a hundred yuan of money, and investing here can be regarded as a good fate.

Li Xiao was a little distressed, "I brewed a little bit of the burning knife last time, and I drank it all out, so I have a little bit of two pots left here, or not?" ”

"What's the second pot?"

Li Xiao explained, "The smell of burning knives is strong, like fire, while the second pot head is mellow and fragrant but not strong, and the taste is pure and has great stamina." ”

Li Xiao's roasted knife and Erguotou are actually brewed at one time, but this roasted knife is actually a pot-head wine, which has a more mixed flavor and is stronger, but Erguotou is a second-pot wine, and the taste is more pure. The head of the pot is at least 75 degrees or more, so he calls it a burning knife, and it tastes like a fire.

The second pot head is only about 60 degrees, and the taste is more fragrant, but the second pot head is easier to get drunk because of its good taste, because it is easy to drink too much if you are not careful. It's not like burning a knife, every bite is a great test.

"It's strong, my grandfather has a special explanation, and he wants to burn the knife."

"Dare to ask who Grandfather Ling is?"

"Lu Guogong is my grandfather." Cheng Wu replied with a smile, Li Xiao took a breath of cold air, he didn't expect that this Cheng Wu was actually Cheng Yanjin's grandson.