After teaching them addition and subtraction, Li Hang checked their homework one by one, and more than a dozen people almost made him depressed to death, and at this time, some of the dozen people were a little stupid, and their homework could only barely pass.

"You guys! Go cook, if you can't do these questions correctly, just keep doing it for me! ”

After Li Hang finished speaking, he took the ring ruler and gently tapped it behind their backs. "If you are not right, all the money for business will be given to others in the future, think about it yourself!"

Li Hang doesn't say anything serious, and he doesn't like to use corporal punishment, but he will tell these people the results.

After finishing these, the young man who finished his homework early had to go to wash and chop vegetables.

These children are half-grown children and need to accumulate enough experience, and similarly, children from poor families are in charge of the family at an early age, and many children know the importance of money.

After checking the homework for the children, Li Hang walked in front of Zhu Zhengheng with a smile. "Teacher, did you come all the way to Donglin Port to pick up people?"

Donglin Port is the last stop of the canal hub, which can be said to be similar to the existence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the southerners want to come over, if they don't want to take a few months by land, they can only take the canal.

In this way, you can get here in ten days.

"Lord Yuan Jishi should come over this afternoon, it is said that he is ordered to inspect Weishan Academy." Zhu Zhengheng said indifferently, after all, Li Hang was also from Weishan Academy before, so he told Li Hang everything without any scruples.

Li Hang nodded secretly, Yuan Jishi is a famous scholar in the north, and now he is entering the court as an official, at this time, Zhu Zhengheng brought these people to see him, in fact, to put it bluntly, he brought the elite in the academy to him first, and forcibly brushed a wave of goodwill here.

Li Hang did not object to this approach. "Teacher, I'm a little curious, is the gap between the north and the south really so big?"

Li Hang, who came from later generations, didn't think there was such a big gap, just think about the score line, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, these places are all high scores, and this big win is divided into north and south according to the Yellow River, according to this statement, it is indeed a little bit I don't know how to say, but the gap between the north and the south should not be so big.

"Not big?" Yu Shida stared at his friend with wide eyes. "Li Hang, you are closing the door to your wife Meijuan and not asking about the world, you must know that above the court, now the southern scholars occupy seventy percent, and if this continues, sooner or later there will be no place for my northern scholars to stand on the court!"

Yu Shida shook his head very sadly.

"Is the textbook different?" Li Hang tilted his head and looked at everyone.

"Definitely!"

"That's the difference between gentlemen?" Li Hang glanced at Zhu Zhengheng strangely, he didn't think that Zhu Zhengheng was worse than others.

"Exactly!" Zhu Zhengheng sighed.

Li Hang was slightly startled, and then bowed his hand to Zhu Zhengheng. "Student Meng Lang!"

"I don't have anyone who can accommodate people at this point, there are few great Confucians in the north, and there are not many great Confucians in the bitter cold land who are willing to come to the north to give lectures, so the southern scholars faintly want to suppress the northern scholars."

Li Hang rubbed his hands and nodded secretly.

After the little fat man finished the family cake, Li Hang asked him to bring it up. "Teacher, let's try the craftsmanship taught by the students!"

Zhu Zhengheng bit the cake, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

Is this still your own student?

When Li Hang went to the stove in person, Zhu Zhengheng looked at him with a surprised face.

Why are you so skilled?

It's quite skilled.

Boiling soup and stir-frying, a table of sumptuous dishes was served in a short time.

"Teacher! Taste the students' craft! "The family cake is just an appetizer, and now this milky white fish soup is very powerful.

The fresh and mellow fish soup and the cakes made from the millet noodles baked on the side of the pot are really fresh and pleasant, and these stir-fried dishes are completely different from those boiled in the college.

"Li Hang! The food you eat for the teacher is a big appetite, and the teacher wants to catch you back to the academy! ”

Zhu Zhengheng laughed.

This fish does not have the slightest fishy smell to his appetite, but has a fresh taste of fish meat, which is really delicious, and the rest of the stir-fried dishes are also quite good, especially those green vegetables, which are a hundred times better than those in the academy.

"This is all fried in oil, so many students in the college, if they all fry like this, I am afraid that the food cost in the college will rise several times." Li Hang didn't say a word, if those poor students really distanced themselves from food, it would be troublesome.

Zhu Zhengheng also nodded slightly.

After eating with Li Hang and his party, Zhu Zhengheng sat on the seat and looked at Li Hang curiously. "Li Hang, what do you think of the surprise of the students in the north and south?"

"At the end of the day, it's a poor word!" Li Hang sighed, this is not a problem that can be solved in a short period of time, this kind of poor problem, this is a very thorny problem.

"Poor?" Zhu Zhengheng was slightly startled.

"If you are poor, you can't afford to buy books, you can't afford paper, you can't afford to buy pen and ink, even if you have amazing talent, you can only have a jewel in the dust, the best time for a person to study is when you are a teenager, if you miss this time because of your family's poverty, this is the biggest regret!" Li Hang sighed, his predecessor was exactly like this, aggravating the accident and the death of his parents, he couldn't afford to read books all of a sudden, and he instantly turned into a down-and-out talent.

If he hadn't gone up, it was estimated that he would have to be poor.

Li Hang said with a little emotion. "Teacher, don't look at me as a good student, but there were people blocking the door before, and there were people who coveted my craft, if it weren't for the students who still had two hands, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see the teacher now!"

Li Hang smiled and pointed to the signs in front of him. "If you want to make the northern scholars stronger, the most important thing is to increase the number of scholars. And to increase the number of readers, the first thing is to enrich the people! ”

Li Hang sighed. "Reading is a very expensive investment, not every family can afford this money, not only the college asks for money, books, pen and ink, lectures, which does not need money, plus the young and middle-aged students do not do things to study, this itself is a test for the family, such as my group of students here, they can study in my place, because I gave their parents a job to earn 500 yuan a day, and they study with me, they can also learn to read and write, Even if it doesn't work out, it's no problem to go back and open a pastry shop! ”

That's the reality!

Don't look at yourself on the surface, you are very happy and make money, but in fact you are just an ordinary teacher.

Li Hang also understands this truth.

"Yes!" Zhu Zhengheng nodded, and then looked at the students over there. "You let them work for you during the day, and then you teach them to read and write, although it is impossible to gain fame, but in the end it is also education and education! Not bad! ”

Although Li Hang's way is a bit curved to save the country, Zhu Zhengheng did not say that the businessman was a cheap business or other rumors like the shopkeeper Su.

Whether it is a craftsman or a businessman, he is also self-reliant.

Most of these students here are only learning to learn Confucian philosophies in Li Hang's place, although they cannot gain fame, but they are also in response to the sage's ideal of educating the world.

That's a benchmark for him!

After talking to Li Hang for a while, Zhu Zhengheng nodded with satisfaction.

Grow up! My own students have finally grown up!

Looking at Li Hang, who was already able to take charge on his own, and then at the students who were following him, Zhu Zhengheng couldn't help but smile.

These few are sure to be able to go to the imperial examination, and this is a good seedling.

"Li Hang, are you interested in going with me to meet Master Yuan?"

Zhu Zhengheng sent out an invitation.

Zhou Yurong on the side almost nodded for Li Hang when she heard this. This is a good opportunity, if Yuan Jishi takes a fancy to it, how can he have an impression when he takes the imperial examination in the future!

This is what Li Hang said.

Standing behind and gently pushing his back, Zhou Yurong pretended to go to check Zhou Xin's homework again, as for her sister-in-law, there were guests at home, and she was like a sister who also learned, and she kept silent, completely lacking her usual vitality.

"Okay! Students should accompany the teacher! Li Hang nodded.

A few people in his company did not reject him.

Not to mention that he just ate the food made by Li Hang and eats people with short mouths, even if Li Hang goes, he will not steal their impression points, after all, he is no longer a person from Weishan Academy, this time Yuan Jishi is going to Weishan Academy to inspect, so naturally he will pay more attention to Weishan Academy.

"Yes! We'll go to the dock and wait for Lord Yuan's boat in a while! ”

Yuan Jishi was not seen on the ship in the morning, so a ship of the same specification would only come over in the afternoon.

They can only wait. This is not the afterlife, what is the flight schedule, at this time you have to pick up people, then you can only wait! Wait on the docks!

With a few paper umbrellas, Li Hang found a big stone for a few scholars to sit down, and then looked at the canal scenery curiously.

This canal is indeed very grand, at least in Li Hang's view, modern mechanized operations are estimated to take a long time to complete, this era is actually completed by shoulder-to-shoulder, which is really a bit incredible.

"Teacher, is that the ship?" Li Hang pointed to a boat not far away, with a flag with the word Yuan on the bow of the boat.

As soon as everyone got up, a group of people came out of the Su family's business house, and the Su shopkeeper was also among them.

Looking at that group of people, Zhu Zhengheng was slightly surprised. "It's Lord Yuan's family!"