In the fourth year of the first peace, April 25.

Liu Cun returned to Qingzhou, which had been absent for half a year, and officially stationed in the Jinan New City General's Mansion where the lanterns were in preparation for the grand celebration.

Jinan New City with a circumference of 28 miles has attracted the attention of the world, second only to the imperial capital Chang'an City, the ancient capital Luoyang City and Linzi City, the ancient capital of Qi with a circumference of 32 miles.

The height and solidity of the four walls of Jinan New City are unprecedented, and together with the four military camps built on the four walls, they constitute a new urban defense system, and the overall defense power is far superior to the above three capital cities countless times.

The streets of the new city are wide, the layout is perfect, the underground drainage system is novel and solid, the zoning of residential areas, cultural districts, commercial districts and administrative districts is more reasonable, 12 large government schools and 10 medical halls are distributed in the meantime, and 360 richly decorated well platforms are scattered throughout the residential areas of the city, and Jinan New Town has done many unprecedented innovations.

Located in the east of the new city about three miles, across the weeping willows of the wide moat of the old city Licheng, has completed the city wall repair and the old city transformation, and the new city east and west, depending on each other, Jinan State Governance Office also from the west of the 75 miles of Dongping Mausoleum, moved to the transformation of the new city.

There were more than 50 smelting workshops inside and outside the city, and all of them had been moved to Zhangqiu, a new city 80 miles to the west, before the start of the new city, and more than 20 small workshops of Dongpingling smelting, which were famous all over the world, were integrated into two major smelting and manufacturing workshops, sharing the advanced technology such as hydraulic drive provided by the two new reservoirs built by the Qingzhou government at the foot of the south mountain in Zhangqiu, and obtaining the rich iron ore resources in the southern mountainous area, and becoming the second largest smelting and manufacturing base in Qingzhou.

The original smelting workshop area in the south and east of Licheng has now been replaced by textile workshops covering an area of more than 2,000 acres.

The river that flows from the mountains to the south and leads to the water in the north has been dredged. It provides abundant water for more than 10 large and medium-sized textile workshops on both sides of the strait. More than 100 large and small new waterwheels have been erected on both sides of the strait, and they have gained abundant power. Textile machinery and technology have been innovated, so that the output doubled the cost dropped sharply, and it is expected that after a year, Licheng will become the largest textile base in Qingzhou and even the Han world.

At the beginning, under Liu Cun's painstaking persuasion, more than 30 royal relatives and famous lords in Jinan and Qi counties were reluctant to agree to Liu Cun's additional conditions in order to obtain the qualification to invest in the Jinan branch of Langya Money Bank, and raised 80 million yuan to invest in Zhangqiu's smelting and manufacturing industry and textile industry, and obtained sixty percent of the shares that none of them were optimistic about.

These magnates don't expect anything from this. Many people simply regard their investment as paying protection money to Liu Cun, who knows that the state government has built more than ten textile workshops in less than half a year, and the efficiency of the new textile machinery introduced from Langya is amazing, and it has made a profit in two months after it was put into production.

The Zhangqiu smelting and manufacturing workshop has begun to take shape, and the yamen of the state government has requisitioned more than 18,000 young people from tens of thousands of displaced people, and worked hard day and night at the foot of a barren mountain to build a tall workshop area that stretches for four miles.

More than 6,000 local craftsmen hired after the integration of the industry, under the leadership of more than 300 craftsmen transferred from Zhushan and Linzi Tiecheng, built eight advanced large-scale refining furnaces and high-efficiency water drains in just two months. More than 20 huge waterwheels and dozens of manufacturing equipment were installed in the two aqueducts poured along the reinforced concrete.

Three and a half months ago, the ignition trial production was successful. Now has produced three kinds of export-oriented weapons and armor, more than ten kinds of advanced agricultural tools and two series of hardware tools, all products have not been put into storage, by the contract dealer Langya Chamber of Commerce caravan transported, sold to Jizhou, Xuzhou, Youzhou and even farther Wuyue and Jiaozhou area.

Now, more than 30 powerful people who have invested in the shares have narrowed their eyes into a slit with a smile, and the little resentment they have for Liu Cun has disappeared, and the thirteenth family headed by Liu Kang, the king of Jinan, is overjoyed, and regrets their original conservatism very much, and many gate valves have quietly changed their attitudes, re-examined Liu Cun's moderate political and economic reform policies, and began to take the initiative to move closer to Liu Cun.

Judging from the current situation, the huge profits brought to them by the two major workshops in Zhangqiu and the Jinan Textile Workshop are by no means lower than the monthly dividends of the Jinan branch of Langya Money Bank.

Therefore, in recent times, Liu Kang and the thirteenth family of Jinan have frequently met to discuss how to persuade Liu Cun to buy all the forty percent of the shares belonging to the Qingzhou Mansion in the two major workshops in Zhangqiu.

In contrast, the Qingzhou government has gained even more.

Tens of thousands of people have gained valuable employment opportunities because of the two major workshops in Zhangqiu and dozens of textile workshops in the suburbs of Jinan, and the living environment within a radius of 100 miles has been greatly improved under scientific and rational planning. More importantly, after the expiration of the one-year tax exemption period, the two industries will become important pillar industries in Qingzhou, bringing abundant tax revenue to the Qingzhou government.

Liu Cun was deeply satisfied with the achievements made by the yamen at all levels in Qingzhou in the past six months, and the day after he returned to Jinan, he walked out of the south gate accompanied by Huo Jian, Guan Ning, Guoyuan, Qin Yi and other civil and military officials, crossed the nine-hole stone bridge between Hengwo Lixiabo and Wulongtan, and went to the newly completed Jinan University for inspection, which was the place where Liu Cun pinned his infinite hopes.

The name "University" has a long history. In the "royal system", there are records of "the primary school is on the left of the south of the Gonggong, and the university is in the suburbs", as well as "the university is tied to the hair, the study is large, and the festival is carried out", "the five emperors are called Chengjun" and "Shangzhen is the university, in the western suburbs of the royal city", the university is also called "Chengjun" or "Shangzhen", the Western Zhou Dynasty has a direct central institution of Taixue, the early period of the dynasty also set up Taixue in Beijing, for the central government and the highest institution, Taixue sacrificial wine and in charge of the national education administration.

In order to avoid the criticism of the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court and the princes from all walks of life, Liu Cun and his henchmen discussed and named the largest and highest-level university in Qingzhou as Jinan University, which is more local in color, and implemented the imperial examination system in disguise to accumulate talents for future development.

What everyone didn't expect was that the first chief of Jinan University was not the world-renowned Zheng Xuan or Bing Yuan, but Zheng Xuan and Bing Yuan's student Jinan Xiangguan Ning. The superintendent in charge of the specific management of Jinan University is Liu Cun's respected confidant and strategist, and is famous for promoting new agricultural techniques and animal husbandry techniques.

The reason why Zheng Xuan and Guan Ning are reluctant to serve as the governors of Jinan University is not because they despise the education reform policy advocated by Liu Cun, let alone because they look down on a new comprehensive university that cultivates technical talents in agriculture, industry and commerce, but because the Langya Academy under their jurisdiction is more prestigious and influential than the newly established University of Jinan.

Secondly, Zheng Xuan and Bing Yuan were reluctant to leave the Langya Academy, where they and the families of the doctors of the college lived under the beautiful Langya Terrace by the mountains and seas, and were accustomed to the warm climate and lifestyle of Langya, and were reluctant to move away from this paradise in the minds of the world's scholars.

Among them, there is another important reason that is difficult to speak: to maintain the transcendent independent status of Langya Academy, adhere to a free and open academic atmosphere, get rid of Liu Cun's constraints, and not be controlled by the increasingly powerful Qingzhou regime!

Langya Agricultural Business College moved to Jinan University as a whole, and the original eight disciplines were reorganized into the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, the College of Industry and Commerce, the School of Mechanical Engineering, the School of Architecture and two academic research institutes under the University of Jinan, and the scale of the affiliated printing workshop was expanded several times, and the number of craftsmen and apprentices was as high as more than 400 people, becoming the largest book printing and distribution base in the whole Han Dynasty.

The original ceramic workshop, carpentry workshop, iron workshop and smelting workshop affiliated to Langya Agricultural Industry and Business College were all relocated to Zhangqiu Chengxi New District in the east of Jinan, and continued to operate in the name of the affiliated workshop of Jinan University, continuing to serve as an internship base for teachers and students of Jinan University and a test site for new science and technology, providing more funds for running a school for Jinan University, and continuing to enjoy the preferential policy of five-year tax reduction and exemption granted by the state government Yamen.

After the integration, the printing workshop of the University of Jinan is located in the south of the university campus, with new equipment and a larger scale, which will become the largest book printing and distribution base in Dahan, and the hundred schools of thought, advanced science and technology, and new ideas and new concepts will be spread from here to all directions.

Once the large-scale library costing 30 million yuan is completed, the tens of thousands of precious classics that Liu Cun and the Mi family have been buying and cherishing for several years will be sent into it, and then gradually sorted out and printed and published all over the world, at that time, the University of Jinan will gradually surpass the famous Langya Academy and become the largest cultural center of the Han Dynasty.

Located in the north of Xiahe City, the school building and workshop area of Langya Agricultural and Industrial College were sold to the Langya County Ya at a price of 50 million yuan, and were converted into a county school and two residential areas by the Langya County Ya to meet the residential and educational needs of more and more people in Langya County.

The 50 million yuan from the sale of the school building and land will be used as a special fund for the University of Jinan's own scholarship to support the poor students admitted to the University of Jinan to complete their studies.

Everything that Liu Cunzhen has done with all his heart has been well rewarded. The 3,000 teachers and students of Jinan University had great respect for Liu Cun, and they were very excited to learn that the lord Liu Cun had arrived, so they changed into uniformly sewn doctoral and bachelor's gowns, and wore a black gauze crown that symbolized identity and knowledge, and gathered in the large playground of the center to hold a grand welcome ceremony.

Liu Cun, who was on the review stand, couldn't help but laugh when he saw the football goals on both sides of the playground.

This popular sport, which has swept all parts of Qingzhou in recent years and has spread to surrounding states, although it is still known as "Keju", the rules are not much different from the football in Liu Cun's mind.

In the absence of rubber, the ingenious and creative Qingzhou craftsmen used cowhide, bristles and other items to make a leather ball with amazing elasticity and durable leather, and in strict accordance with Langya industrial standards, according to the size and weight of the ball, divided into three grades for production, this alone is enough to make Liu Cun proud.

After standing on the stage and saying a few words of congratulations, Liu Cun stepped down from the high platform, chatted with the teachers and students casually, and returned to the city after watching the Keju competition between the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Industry and Business. (To be continued......)