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In front of me, there is a vast barren beach, and you can only see boats walking around. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is just a river island, which was once just a small island for fishermen to fish and rest.

Hundreds of zhang away is the tide of the waves, looking at the English-style houses under construction, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but say.

"It's almost ready!"

The walls have been painted, and only the doors and windows remain.

The school cost 116,000 taels of silver in Guangdong Province, but it was all worth it. Just a month ago, the Governor's Office sent a telegram saying that Guangdong did not need to release money to the government this month, and the money was used to build Lingnan College.

Lingnan College is a school that Li Ziyuan has been strongly advocating, initially he founded Lingnan Medical School, and now he has begun to organize his establishment of Lingnan College, which is a school similar to Wenshan Yishu, specializing in teaching Western knowledge. Now the capital has given 200,000 taels, plus the 350,000 taels of silver he raised in Guangzhou, it can be said that the founding funds even exceed the founding funds of Wenshan Yishu that year, and the enrollment brochure of the college has been notified to the provinces, and Li Ziyuan himself has constantly persuaded the gentry from all over the country to invite their children to study at Lingnan College.

Therefore, the establishment of Lingnan in Jiangxinzhou is to save money, compared to the requisition of land from near the provincial capital, most of the land on Jiangxinzhou is terra nullius, since there is no owner that is the official land, the government can naturally expropriate it free of charge, and now the entire Datansha Island has been allocated to Lingnan College for the government.

"Why haven't these boatmen moved away yet?"

Pointing to the boathouses scattered around the island, Li Ziyuan asked Rong Hong beside him, two months ago, when he began to prepare for the establishment of Lingnan College, this Rong Hong, who graduated from Yale College in the United States, approached the governor's yamen, and Mao recommended himself to participate in the establishment of the college. This is a college graduate from an American university, not to mention that it is rare in Guangdong, even in the whole of China, and after testing it with the hands of foreign employees, Li Ziyuan entrusted him to supervise the construction of the campus of Lingnan College.

Yung Wing did not live up to expectations, he hired a British architect in Hong Kong, and on the basis of the British architectural firm Yale College, he designed the British-style Lingnan College.

"My lord, these boatmen must be ordered by the government to move away, they have been used to berthing for decades, and they have vegetable gardens by the river, so they ......"

Rong Hong's words made Li Ziyuan's brows furrow, and then he said coldly.

"The school is important, how can you allow this group of peddlers and pawns to disturb, tomorrow the official will transfer a company of military police, this big Tansha is from Lingnan College, it is for future students to study Western knowledge here with peace of mind, Chunfu, you just need to run this academy well, as for the rest, all the others will be handled by the official, and the wicked will be handled by the official!"

For Li Ziyuan, who has long regarded Lingnan College as a "lifelong fame", how can he accept that someone disturbs his fame, and when he speaks, he naturally seems extremely harsh.

"And will this school open next month?"

Li Ziyuan pointed to the uninstalled doors and windows.

"Chunfu, now that the enrollment regulations have been issued, the province has recruited enough 800 people, and after four years, it will be 700 to learn from foreign schools, and send 100 foreign people, if those students come, the doors and windows of this college have not been completed, then it will be a joke!"

Seeing that he is the only two local governors in the house, Li Ziyuan has always compared Zuo Zongtang, and in terms of reputation, he naturally cannot compare with Zuo Zongtang, who is known as "Jinliang", but as a person who came out of Han Du's side, he knows what Han Du likes.

A Western-style college like this is a choice for Li Ziyuan, and even in his opinion, it will achieve his "lifelong fame", because there is no university in China yet. As long as this school is completed, and the two major undertakings of railways and iron factories are added, Zuo Zongtang will be surpassed.

Thinking that Zuo Zongtang was even procrastinating, Li Ziyuan's heart seemed a little proud, what if he had set up a few yarn factories in Hunan now? As long as this school is run well, Handu's side will naturally look at it, and this school is even stronger than dozens of factories.

"I think let's light torches for them like this, and let them work day and night."

The governor's words made Rong Hong's heart happy, and he sighed that he was anxious, and then said again.

"The carpenter and the mason have already finished their work, and I have already calculated the deadline, if nothing else, it will be complete in ten days, and there is no need to waste money now."

"Oh, that's it, Cheng, you, the general manager of the academy, are in charge!"

Nodding, Li Ziyuan said again.

"Chunfu, is there anything else that you need the official's help with?"

Looking at Rong Hong, Li Ziyuan had a big meaning of "don't let me come for nothing", as if if he didn't do something, he would come in vain.

Although I have hired more than 10 professors in Hong Kong and Macau, they are good at teaching Western studies such as English and basic mathematics, but when they teach advanced architecture, shipbuilding, steelmaking, mathematics, physics, and chemistry, the teaching will be affected due to the lack of quality of professors, and this professor can be said to be the foundation of the university."

Once again, Rong Hong mentioned the professors that the school needed. Half of the professors were hired by him from the United States through professors in the United States, and half were hired from European colleges through former professors, but it always took time.

"Didn't this official say that as long as the academy needs it, I have nothing to say here!"

Li Ziyuan said with a smile. He is not a professor, he is not good at running a school, all he can do is take silver.

"If the money is not enough, I will find a way to raise it!"

"My lord, I'm not talking about silver!"

For the first time, Rong Hong discovered that Chinese officials can also be such "philistines", opening and closing their mouths are all about money.

"I'm talking about the hiring of these professors, and we must be very cautious, so I think this year's teaching can focus on foreign languages and mathematics, and spend a year to choose the professors you need to hire, I wonder what adults think?"

For Li Ziyuan, this Lingnan College is his "life's work" and his place of fame. For Yung Hong, it was his "graduation career", and in his opinion, it might even become the greatest achievement of his life, which is why he made this suggestion, and he did not want to cause the future development of the school to be limited, or even affect those students because of his quick success.

"This ......"

After pondering for a moment, Li Ziyuan thought of Wenshan Yishu, but he looked at the English-style buildings, frowned and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said.

"Chunfu, I don't understand in school, this official only knows ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, this school is naturally not overnight, as long as you feel necessary, let's do it!"

How many people in this world can do it without rushing for quick success? Li Ziyuan couldn't do it, but he knew what he needed? It's a real university, and that's what she wants to do.

What is it for the university? Li Ziyuan didn't know, but only read it from some books, but he had heard Han Du mention that he would run a university in the future, and every province would have to run it, and the country would also have to do it. In Handu's mouth, this university is related to the future of the country, and since it is so important, it is natural to run it.

Of course, the more important thing is to do it well in college, so that he can stand out. to be able to return to the center!

That's all that matters.

As for this university...... If you want to do a good job of him, it is natural for someone who knows how to do it, and he, a layman, just needs to take the silver! Sometimes, a clearer division of labor can be less troublesome.

The release of power by the adults is undoubtedly a kind of trust in him in Rong Hong's view, and because of this, when the adults said these words, a burst of emotions suddenly welled up in his heart that he died for his confidant, maybe he was educated in the church school, but he was Chinese, and Chinese traditional culture still affected him.

"The trust of adults in the lower part is difficult to repay even if the bones are broken!"

Although he knew that the officials in the palace could not be called "under the official" and "under the bottom" and other "self-contemptuous", Rong Hong still couldn't help but say so, and all he got in exchange for his respectful was Li Ziyuan's loud smile.

"Chunfu, what this official wants is not your broken bones, if you really have broken bones, who will do this Lingnan College?"

Li Ziyuan shook his head, turned around and saw the English-style buildings built of Western-style red bricks behind him, and said with a solemn expression.

"If you really want to repay this official for your knowledge, run this Lingnan College well and make it the best school in China!"

Showing favor to others never needs to be so naked, only stupid people will mention the "old grace" from time to time, the real smart people know how to let others remember the old days, Li Ziyuan knows that now is not the time for him to accept this "favor", he just needs Rong Hong to run this school well, as for the rest, he will talk about it later......

"Remember your teachings today!"

Rong Hong hurriedly bowed his head and said, now he only felt a stirring in his heart, there was a big picture of running this school even if he was broken, in order to report the meaning of the adult's acquaintance, in this regard, Li Ziyuan turned a blind eye, but continued to visit this school, and finally he came to the school monument, looking at the inscription on the stele "Gewu Zhizhi" four big characters, first silent for a moment, and finally silently came to a building, looking at the name engraved on the stone plaque inlaid in front of the building, that is the name of the donor of this building, His mind suddenly came to mind the woman dressed in Western clothes that he had seen for the first time that day.

"Chunfu, are you related to this Rong family?"

Although he was curious why the adult asked this, Rong Hong still quickly replied respectfully.

"Zai Xia and the Rong family only have the same surname, and there is no kinship."

"Oh......"

Nodding slightly, the corners of Li Ziyuan's lips suddenly lifted in a thoughtful manner, and then he looked into the distance, as if he was talking to himself.

"I heard that the fleet has left the port, it is estimated that there will be no time for a certain period of time, and there will be good news coming, and I, the people of Guangdong, should also go to Wuchang to congratulate the military merits!" (To be continued.) )