After the speech, he returned to the original rental room and had a detailed discussion with the big boss, and the big boss took out 500,000 taels of silver and handed it to Hu Xiaoyan.

Hu Xiaoyan originally thought that it would be difficult to snatch food from this group of bandits, but he didn't expect that before he could speak, the big boss would explain first. This made Hu Xiaoyan extremely moved. You must know that this is 500,000 taels of silver, not 50 taels. Then the big boss said goodbye and left, he wanted to go back to Anhui to take revenge, and Wu Dawei, the creditor, must also go back. The second boss stayed, and the second boss Wu Jinxiu has now gained a foothold in Shanghai, and he actually won a street by relying on a brother who dared to fight. At present, he is preparing to recruit guns and buy horses.

Hu Xiaoyan doesn't care much about this, because his future will definitely not be limited to Shanghai. Gangsters don't help him much.

When the appointed time was made in the afternoon, Hu Xiaoyan stood at the door of Ye's house.

Hu Xiaoyan brought a copy of Wu Yi's handwritten book The Rise of a Great Power, which contained more content than the one published by the newspaper. They were all added by Hu Xiaoyan's recent reading and memory recovery. Overall, the book is more objective and closer to the Rise of Great Powers series from previous lives. Hu Xiaoyan did not add personal opinions to it.

Ye Cheng's heartfelt invitation to dinner came second, and Hu Xiaoyan was more concerned about his university. Because this university is the first and most important step in Hu Xiaoyan's future planning for China, and it is the vanguard of his future development of science and technology to catch up with European and American technology.

It was Ye Yizhao who opened the door. Hu Xiaoyan followed him to Ye Chengzhong's study.

Ye Chengxin's physical energy this year is not as good as before, so most of the business has been handed over. Now he is most concerned about building a school. However, most of the halls he built were primary and secondary schools. Therefore, when I heard Hu Xiaoyan's tirade, I was surprised for a while. You must know that the most famous university in this era is the Peiyang University Hall founded by Sheng Xuanhuai. But the university's achievements are actually limited. If you don't believe me, ask your seniors if you have heard of this Peiyang University Hall, I believe that 90% of people have never heard of it. If it is Tsinghua University, then there are many people who know.

Because this school was founded privately by Sheng Xuanhuai, and the funds have not been abundant, its subject setting is very problematic. As a result, his influence has not been able to rise. What is a university? If a university does not even have a basic natural science subject, can it still be called a university? Unfortunately, Peiyang University Hall is such a university.

It is not for nothing that Hu Xiaoyan looks down on and even hostile to Sheng Xuanhuai. Therefore, if he wants to build a university, he will never go to the Peiyang University Hall of Sheng Xuanhuai. If we want to build it, we must build the best university hall in Asia.

In the study, Hu Xiaoyan handed over the suggestions on the construction of the university hall that he had sorted out. According to the plan, the area will be about five times the size of Peiyang University Hall, which will be divided into international history, Chinese literature, English and English and American literature, French and French literature, German and German literature, basic physics, basic chemistry, basic biology, basic mathematics and advanced mathematics, advanced physics institute, advanced chemistry institute, advanced biology institute. Among them, Chinese and foreign language literature are divided into linguistics, literature, calligraphy, music, painting and so on. In addition to these, he added another major in national arts. The institute of the higher natural sciences is equivalent to the graduate students of later generations.

Basic courses are generally based on a three-year credit system, and advanced research institutes are based on a three- to four-year credit system. If you are smart enough, you can graduate in a year. But it is clear that Hu Xiaoyan will never give the students of this era any chance to get lucky. Because he requires all graduates to be proficient in a literary side hustle and national arts, such as painting, calligraphy and so on.

He didn't want the students of his school to graduate later and find that the knowledge they had learned was not useful in their work. Well, you can't use it for your major, you have to have a side hustle like music, you can always use it! No matter how bad it is, you can become an actor or security guard who knows martial arts. After graduating from university, students have two choices, one is to study abroad, and the other is to enter a graduate school to continue their studies. However, the students of the first three realms, Hu Xiaoyan is ready to fund them to study abroad. The rest depends on whether the follow-up funds of the university are sufficient. If it is sufficient, we will continue to sponsor students to go abroad. The plan is long-term. Investment is also long-term.

Because of the large increase in the area of this plan, the initial investment is at least one million taels of silver. And that's just the cost of buying land and building and hiring some basic teachers. Teachers of basic natural sciences can barely be recruited in Shanghai. But the teachers and equipment of the major research institutes are not what China can provide at present.

But Hu Xiaoyan didn't care. There are only teachers waiting for the school equipment, and if you find that the school area is not large enough after finding the teacher's equipment, it will really become a joke. And Hu Xiaoyan already has an eyebrow for these teachers and equipment problems, and he only needs to persuade Li Hongzhang to start work. After all, the construction of this school is not a one-time thing.

Ye Chengxin held the plan and his hands trembled. Although he had overestimated Hu Xiaoyan's mind enough, he didn't expect that Hu Xiaoyan was not a person of the same world as him! He looked at the plan in shock, fully immersed in his vision for the future of the university.

According to Hu Xiaoyan's plan, when the major research institutes are established, they will also cooperate with local consortia, such as this university, which can cooperate with the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant to help them solve various professional problems.

For example, the university can cooperate with Zhang Jian, a merchant in the manor, to help him improve the machine.

And all that.

Ye Chengxin was shocked for a while, and ecstatic for a while. The whole person is like a roller coaster.

"This is the school I want!" Ye Cheng took the case and scared his son Ye Yiquan a lot.

"One million taels of silver, I'm out!" Ye Chengxin handed the plan to his son and stood up. ignored Ye Yiquan, who was scared stupid.

One million taels of silver!

Hu Xiaoyan really admired Ye Cheng at this time. At this time, in Shanghai, spending a million taels of silver in cash but not being able to bring him a penny of profit, only Ye Chengxin would be so generous and generous. Because Ye Chengxin is already old. He was no longer interested in the construction of industry and commerce. And correspondingly, the expectations for such a thing as leaving a name in history are high. Because no one can refuse to leave a name in history. Hu Xiaoyan himself could hardly refuse.

"In the early preparations, we still need to find more people, old man, as you can see, there is a great shortage of natural science teachers in China. And to recruit these foreign teachers, a lot of money is needed. Without a high enough salary, these teachers are reluctant to come to China. There are also various equipment and so on, these two things are the big ones that cost money. According to my estimates, two million taels each, this university can't handle it. And the annual cost is at least 100,000 taels or more. "Hu Xiaoyan is not as optimistic as Ye Chengxin.

Money is not a problem, and the Chinese have never been short of money. Talent is the most critical influencing factor.

"Well, you're right. Teachers and equipment, it seems that the old man is going to sell face. Ye Cheng stroked his beard heartily.

"Father, Lord Rong is very concerned about national education, I think I can find him." Ye Yiquan said suddenly.

Rong Hong's attention and dedication to the cause of education in modern China cannot be avoided and forgotten by later generations.

Then there was a knock at the door. It turned out that the dinner party was ready.

The three of them came out of the study and began to eat. The Chinese pay attention to food and silence, and the Ye family did not insist on this. But there is very little talk about.

After the meal, the three of them sat down together again.

Mr. Ye patted his chest and took care of the construction of the school and the contact with some investors. Of course, the specific construction was assigned to Ye Yiquan, after all, the old man was old.

The 500,000 taels of silver that had just arrived changed hands were given to Ye Chengxin by Hu Xiaoyan. Ye Cheng smiled heartily. Because he also knows that the amount of money that this university will spend is really astronomical. Even with Ye Chengxin's financial resources, if he bears it alone, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive in a few years.

After exchanging some ideas again, the three finally came to an agreement. The money for the first phase of the project was temporarily borne by the Ye family and Hu Xiaoyan, mainly for the purchase of land, the stability of the foundation, and the construction of sewers and other infrastructure. The second phase of the project will be undertaken by the Ye family independently, mainly school buildings, playgrounds, etc. The third and most important part of the research institute will wait until the equipment situation is clarified, and then start work according to the specific needs of each research institute. When the equipment and talents are shipped back from abroad, the third phase is believed to have been completed. The planning and design drawings of the entire school will be completed by the Ye family contacting Rong Hong and hiring foreign designers according to the existing schools of European and American universities.

The university is estimated to be able to accommodate 20,000 people. Among them are more than 1,000 faculty members and more than 100 security guards. Regardless of whether the teacher or the student implements the residential school system, in addition to cultural classes, there are also national art courses, under Hu Xiaoyan's strong recommendation, Ye Cheng sincerely agreed to hire Huo Yuanjia as the president of the national art academy.

Among the more than 1,000 instructors, less than 400 are Chinese, and the rest are foreigners. The foreign faculty will be paid more than twice as much as the Chinese faculty and will be contracted every five years. According to Hu Xiaoyan's estimates, it will take about ten years for these foreign teachers to send them back to their hometowns.

The ingenuity of Chinese students can be proven by the history of past lives. He believes that in 10 years, China will definitely have at least 100,000 college students and more than 10,000 senior researchers. In another 10 years, the number of university students in China will surpass that of Japan.

Because of those businessmen who have benefited from college students, whether it is the Ningbo Gang or the Jin merchants. Among the members of the imperial court, whether it is Li Hongzhang or Zhang Zhidong, they will definitely build their own universities for the first time. At that time, the number of universities in China will spring up. By the time World War I broke out in 1914, I believe that China would have already had its own aircraft researchers, battleship researchers. China's scientific prowess will use the victory of the war to refresh the eyes of discrimination in Europe and the United States.

This is the real reason why Hu Xiaoyan built such a university that he couldn't afford so far!

From the very beginning, he never thought of changing China through reform or revolution.

He has always firmly believed in that sentence: science and technology are the primary productive forces!

By then, millions of college students, hundreds of thousands of researchers, and countless factories had relied on these students to improve their processes.

There are countless provincial officials who have tasted the sweetness. In the face of the power of science and technology, these people will be far more rewarded than farming and harvesting farmers.

When the political system or state system hinders the development of science and technology, there is no need for Hu Xiaoyan to exert his strength, and those businessmen and officials who have benefited from college students will definitely overthrow that backward and barbaric country at the first time.

The so-called thief is punished, and the thief is Hou. Yuan Shikai, Sun Wen and the others are at most hook thieves. Hu Xiaoyan believes that his biggest liar at the end of the century is the real Hou.

At that time, whether it is the paster Li Hongzhang or the Beiyang Army Yuan Shikai, they will not be able to resist the trend of the times at all.

Anyone who stands in the way of the progress of history will eventually be run over by the wheels of history.