The New Year of the fifteenth year of Jianwen is coming soon.

According to the habit of previous years, after the Shangyuan Festival, the college officially opened.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the gate of Lotus Pond Academy was particularly lively.

Two pieces of red paper were posted outside the courtyard gate. On weekdays, most of the results of each monthly exam are posted here, and the school has just started at this time, where is the announcement?

The girls immediately stepped forward. The ladies who sent their daughters to the academy couldn't help but gather around and look at them curiously.

The first announcement was only a few sentences.

Lianchi Academy admitted new students in March this year, and a total of 34 students were enrolled, excluding the two places for the clan. Those who are interested in applying for the College can apply at the College from February.

The second announcement, again with only a few sentences.

Starting this year, all students attending Lotus Pond College will have to be restrained. Shushu is the same as Songzhu Academy, 100 taels of silver a year.

After reading the announcement, there was an uproar.

"Great! Lianchi Academy is finally willing to recruit more students. This year, there are 24 more places! ”

"My two younger sisters are over 10 years old, and I have a cousin and three cousins, who can also sign up together. With more places, wouldn't the chances of passing the exam be greatly increased? ”

"Isn't it? Ten places a year is too few. Now that's more than twice as much, which is great news! ”

Everyone was excited and happy about this good news, but as for the matter of a hundred taels of silver, no one mentioned it.

Reading is a matter of course. With such a large lotus pond academy and so many masters, I don't know how much it costs a year. In the past, it was supported by Queen Yu's private house. It's time to put some restraint on it.

A boudoir girl, making a few slightly better dresses, is more than a hundred taels.

People who can carefully raise their daughters to be admitted to Lianchi Academy are either blessed or expensive, who will put this hundred taels of silver in their eyes?

……

One student pays one hundred taels, and forty-eight students are four thousand eight hundred taels.

This year, 36 students will be enrolled, and another 3,600 taels will be enrolled.

So that's more than eight thousand taels of silver. That's not a small amount. At least enough to cover the daily expenses, including the monthly silver of the masters.

Xie Mingxi's white and slender fingers skillfully played the delicate silver abacus. The small silver abacus beads tinkle, and the sound is extremely pleasant.

After finishing the calculation, Xie Mingxi raised his head and smiled at Ruoyao: "In just two days, the bundles will be collected." A total of four thousand eight hundred taels of silver, and you can collect it and put it in the treasury. ”

Ruoyao responded with a smile, and couldn't help but joke: "The slave has been in charge of the treasury for so long, and it is the first time I have seen silver." ”

Gu Shanchang smiled dumbly.

In the past, the expenditure of the academy was controlled by the people around Empress Yu. If there are any additional expenses, most of them are posted in the store, and someone will pay the bill.

Now that it has begun to be reined in, this rule must be changed.

Gu Shanchang thought for a moment and said to Xie Mingxi: "In the future, you will be in charge of this accounting. Now there is silver in the storehouse, leaving some for daily expenses. You take out 3,000 taels and set up two shops in the name of the Lotus Pond Academy. ”

It's not a big shop, the location is better, and it costs two thousand taels to say the least. The lot is more ordinary, and it is enough to put two places. You can collect a fixed amount of rent every month.

Xie Mingxi's eyes flashed: "Master, I have another idea." ”

Then, whispered a few words.

……

After hearing this, Gu Shanchang was shocked and stunned: "The academy is a quiet place to study, so it's not good!" ”

Xie Mingxi smiled disapprerovingly: "The students are all studying in the academy, and they are not allowed to leave the academy during the day, so it is natural and quiet. The outside of the college is a little more lively, and it will not affect the students' reading. ”

"If you are affected so easily, you are not worthy of being a student of our Lotus Pond Academy."

Gu Shanchang: "......"

I always feel that what Xie Mingxi said is crooked!

Gu Shanchang frowned, and said, "Making money like this seems to be insulting." ”

Gu Shanchang was born in a famous family, and he has been clothed and fed since he was a child. After breaking with the Gu family, he had a slightly more difficult life in the Lotus Pond Academy. However, I have never worried about the silver. Speaking of the word silver, there are quite a few scholars who are unique to the high level.

Xie Mingxi smiled slightly: "If you can make money, what does it matter." ”

"Master gave me half a year, and I could double the three thousand taels back. With the silver, the master can give the masters more silver for a month, which can make the food in the canteen better, and find another place to be a academy, which will not be restricted, but will only accept the daughters of poor people's families and teach them to read and learn calligraphy. ”

"With silver, there are so many things that can be done."

"Is Master really unwilling?"

Gu Shanchang: "......"

Gu Shanchang was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "Mingxi, when you want to convince someone, who can stop your tongue lotus?" ”

Xie Mingxi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Master agreed?" ”

"Well, I'm supposed to do it." Gu Shanchang is not a hypocritical person, since he agreed, he said the ugly words first: "This is your idea, everything is up to you." I don't care! ”

Xie Mingxi smiled calmly, with confidence between his eyebrows: "Master, just wait and see!" ”

Gu Shanchang deliberately poured cold water: "What should you do if no one cares about it when the time comes?" ”

Xie Mingxi took it for granted: "How can this be." The Lotus Pond Academy is famous, but anyone who has a daughter wants to come and get a taste of the academy's culture. ”

"If no one dares to rent a shop to run a business, it only proves that they don't have the vision and luck to make a fortune."

……

That's right, Xie Mingxi's idea was to build two rows of shops outside the Lotus Pond Academy.

The blue brick road outside Lianchi Academy is spacious enough to accommodate six horse-drawn carriages in parallel. A row of shops was built close to the wall, and it did not affect the traffic of horse-drawn carriages.

The land belongs to the Lotus Pond Academy, don't spend money.

The shop is built according to the width of four meters and the depth of six meters, with ten rooms in one row and twenty rooms in two rows.

Three thousand taels of silver, go and buy a shop in a maximum of two places. If you buy some bricks and stones, ask a craftsman to build them, and three thousand taels of silver are more than enough to cover twenty houses. How can the rent of two shops be compared with twenty.

According to Xie Mingxi's estimate, there are 20 shops, which is enough to support all the expenses of Lianchi Academy, plus the annual restraint of students, the college has a large surplus.

Gu Shanchang told Empress Yu about this: "...... Mingxi's idea, I saw that she was full of confidence, but I couldn't bear to refuse. ”

Empress Yu smiled and teased: "Xie Mingxi was born with a sharp tongue, and he has never met an opponent so far. She is bent on coaxing you, where are you her opponent. ”

Gu Shanchang is the most protective of his shortcomings, and he is not happy to hear this: "I don't like to hear this!" She is so focused on the operation of the academy that she has become a coaxing for me. ”

Empress Yu: "......"

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