There are nearly 300 students in the Joao Branch, of which about half are of noble origin or direct associates. Some people may say that a small branch has so many talented noble relatives who come to the academy, and this proportion is also very high, but in fact, I remember what I said earlier, the academy organizes an exam for the sleeve mage every year, and you can become a sleeve mage if you pass. And those who have not passed, the academy will not ask them to leave, as long as they can afford to pay the fee, they can take the exam every year, so among the more than 100 people, there are actually many people who are really reluctant to pass the exam and repeatedly fail to pass the exam, and the oldest aristocratic student is almost thirty years old.

Nearly half of the students are from noble backgrounds, and it is said that there should be a lot of trouble and difficulties in management, but whether it is an inferior branch or a noble branch, the management of the Gomo Langming Imperial Magic Academy has always adhered to the principle, and has not given many preferential treatment because the other party is a noble student.

Those noble students were accompanied by slaves and guards when they entered and exited the family seal, but the branch house stipulated that non-college students were not allowed to stay in the academy, nor were they allowed to bring slaves and guards to swagger around the academy. Therefore, the aristocratic students are more comfortable in the academy than on the outside—they can use their mouths, but if they do it, no one will do it for them.

The College arranges two long holidays of three months a year for students to return home for reunion. In addition, students are allowed to leave the school for one day every ten days, and at other times, students must stay in the college, and if they stay out of the house without permission or do not return, they will be subject to heavy fines. These rules are all treated equally, even if you are a child of the Secretary of Military Affairs' family, don't tell me anything to live in a house outside the school, even if the Secretary of Military Affairs comes in person, as long as I take care of it, I am not afraid that I will not find someone to support me.

Although they can't enter the school, it is impossible for those enslaved guards to leave the young master and go home, so they naturally live in Geng Laoyuan, don't underestimate these people, Geng Laoyuan has a population of 3,000 people, and there are no less than 400 people in these people alone. And these owners who are not engaged in production but are not short of money naturally create a lot of demand. To exaggerate it, it is these hundreds of people who not only feed half of Geng Laoyuan, but even drive several neighboring groups.

Ao Zongheng asked for a room in the hotel in the center of the room, and sat down directly in the dining place without going to the room, and asked for something to eat and drink. After the meal, he had to go to the old servant that Lewei Ma had said.

The Sakai region is closer to the southern tropics than the kingdom of Miredang, although there are also planting shells and small pipes here, but the main crop is the oak, which is actually a rice crop, but the big difference is the practice - the people in the central part of the continent, such as the kingdom of Loren Magaga and the kingdom of Mire, are used to grinding the barley into flour after simple processing, and the rich people use it to bake bread and eat it, and those who don't have money boil the flour into a paste and eat it with other potatoes or wild fruits and vegetables. The empire, on the other hand, is more particular, they are more particular about preserving the flour of the oak straw, and when they eat it, they make noodles or dough and throw it in boiling water to boil, and the restaurants that are more proficient in making it will also add other seasoned ingredients or even minced meat when kneading the dough. Although for the arrogant from Middle-earth, these cooking methods are still too simple and crude, without the slightest beauty and taste of food, but noodles and dough are always much better than those lumps of paste, so after coming to the empire, his appetite is much better than before, at least not like before, he would rather take salt seasoning, catch some small birds in the wild and marinate them and eat them himself.

In fact, whether it is food or drink, the territory of the empire is much more diverse than that of the two central kingdoms, and the vast territory is only one factor, and the coexistence of multiple ethnic groups and cultures is the key.

Today's empire, there are eight major ethnic groups, these eight ethnic groups except from the imperial ancestral realm of the Boou and Koga people, the others are all from the empire conquered by the old country people, if you do not consider the size of the community, only consider the language, culture and customs, regional differences, there are hundreds of ethnic groups in the empire, and the total number of various local languages is six or seven hundred.

It is no wonder that such a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural hodgepodge can be so simple.

Even if you don't count the noble relatives and retinues from all over the empire, there are four ethnic groups in the local population alone, but fortunately, they all belong to the sub-clans of the barbarian tribe among the eight major ethnic groups, and although the languages spoken are different, it is not a problem to communicate. But if you go to Sakai, especially those from the north, don't find a literary slang who can understand the languages of both places, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch.

The innkeeper and the waiters who chatted with him were amazed to find that this black-haired foreigner could speak everything, and that even a literary scholar often learned two or three different local languages, and when he encountered a similar local language, he was often confused, and this person came with an open mouth, and even his accent was decent, and he had to live in the local area for at least three or five years to reach this level.

Ao Zongheng is not a man of many words, let alone to show off his own skills, he eats here not only for food, but also for the purpose of getting some information - he does not know where the old servant of Levimar lives.

Like the retinue of the other hundred nobles, the old servant of the Levimana family, surnamed Pigenpo, did not build the off-campus mansion in the enclosure, but built it in the southeast of the enclosure, next to the moat lane leading to the Joao branch.

This group of single-family three-storey houses, which is obviously more luxurious than any building in the district, is the so-called Genglao aristocratic district, located between the college and the center, which is undoubtedly the most convenient.

Le Weima's house is located in the aristocratic district relatively close to the periphery of the moat lane, and many people may think that the most central location of the aristocratic district must belong to the most powerful families or students, which is really not. These students are nothing more than second-hand houses bought from the hands of a relative of the last nobleman who graduated from the college or gave up his studies, and whether there is a house depends on whether or not someone leaves and moves out. Of course, if there is really none, the family will not be stingy with building a new house for their children, anyway, if they graduate and leave in the future, the house will not be worried about no one to take over

Ao Zongheng did not reveal his true identity to Piganbo, only said that he was a traveling mage of the Legal Management Department, and he was familiar with Le Weima, and he was entrusted by Le Weima to take care of his son temporarily. Anyway, Piganpo hesitated for a while before inviting him into the mansion, and said, "I am the one who killed your master, and I am entrusted by him to take care of his son." "It's no wonder that Piganbo doesn't think of himself as a madman.

Of course, Piganpo already knew what was going on with his master, although at that time there was no fast and universal means of communication, and it was impossible for the Empire to publicize this disgraceful matter to that irrelevant Sakai. But the legionary mansion in the imperial capital had already informed Piganbo of the bad news before the chickens flew and the dogs jumped.

Just as Le Weima commented on Piganpo, he was loyal to Le Weima, although the master died and the family was removed, he was not like those stewards and servants in the imperial capital mansion, and the people in charge of raiding the family and removing the name had already scattered to find a new job before they came to the door. What others are worried about is their own future, what he is worried about is that the master is dead, how can he support the little master with his own old man?

The admission of the magic academy is based on talent and grades as the first requirement, and they don't care about money at all, but this does not mean that studying in the academy is free, on the contrary, compared to those colleges that can only teach literacy, the price of the magic academy is much more expensive. If the tuition, meals, and accommodation fees for a self-financed student in the magic academy for one year are counted as one piece, at least one hundred and eighty bolin silver, which is about three to five times that of the non-magic academy. And the cost of a state-made custom magic academy like the Gomo Lamin Imperial Magic Academy is even higher than that of other academies. This does not include the cost of a house outside the campus, a servant guard, etc. Piganbo alone could not allow the little master to continue his studies in any way.

However, all this was no longer a problem after the appearance of Ao Zong, and he took out three large chests full of Loren shields from the borrowing ring and stacked them in front of Pigenbo, insisting that this was the inheritance that he had been entrusted by Le Weima to give to the little Le Weima from the imperial mansion.

Piganbo couldn't believe his ears, with this money, even if little Levima couldn't become a sleeve mage and reach the peak of his life, it would be enough to live a life without food and clothing. But is there really no problem with the huge amount of money falling from the sky? But the other party is a dignified commission mage, and he also took out at least 15,000 Luo Lun shields, if you want to say that people are liars, at the moment when the master commits suicide and the family is removed, Pi Genbo can't think of anything else worthy of such a character to deceive.

So he chose to believe that after making a grand gift to Ao, he frankly put forward the second problem he faced.

Little Levima didn't know what had happened to his father.

Joao's branch, like other spell schools, implements a ten-day holiday, except for the day of the vacation, the remaining ten days are a completely closed school life, and when the bad news came, the little master had already returned to school, so he could only wait until the next vacation to tell him.

The next time you take a vacation, it's tomorrow.

In fact, Ao Zongheng already knew that tomorrow was the college vacation, so he rode all the way unhurriedly, I want to see little Levima, not Pippogan, I have to wait in vain if I arrive early.

According to Ao Zong's idea, since the imperial court is not to raid the family and exterminate the clan, he came to Genglao Village, met with little Le Weima, and put down the money, which can be regarded as fulfilling his promise to Le Weima. So he took his leave to Piganpo, intending to come back tomorrow when Le Vima came home.

"Mr. Ao, please sit down in the living room for a while, I will prepare refreshments for you at once, and the little master should be back soon." Le Vima was a little surprised by his words, but after all, he was an old servant, and this little surprise was very well disguised.

This is not to blame for arrogance, although he has no problem reading and reading at the age of thirty-five, he has not attended half a day's school - all of them are taught by teachers. How did he know what day before the day before the holiday, the boarders would go home?