Chapter 110: The Academy
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With a design that someone got from modern time and space, Li Anran will not be satisfied with the role of a waterwheel that can only irrigate. After verifying the use of the waterwheel, several mills were built along the river. These mills, which use waterwheels as a power source, can not only grind rice and flour, but also grind soy milk. With the corresponding parts, it can even have the function of rice and cake.
During this period of time, in addition to waterwheels, canals, mills, cement kilns, and brick kilns, under the joint reclamation of multi-functional agricultural machinery and enough manpower, Xiaoyao Villa also had hundreds of acres of good land. Even the small hill that Li Anran had taken a look at was cleaned up and made into terraces. However, these terraces were not used to grow food, but were planted with several tea seedlings that Li Anran wholesaled from modern time and space.
At the beginning, Li Anran was still a little worried that these tea seedlings would be planted with problems or even unable to survive because of the water and soil. But I didn't think about it, and I don't know if it was because of the benefits of time and space travel, these tea seedlings not only survived, but also grew faster. Within a few days of planting, the tea saplings in this tea garden were already flourishing together.
The fruits and vegetables that Li Anran tried to plant when he got Datang Time and Space before were basically like this, not only did they grow much faster than normal, but the fruits they harvested were much stronger than the original in terms of size and taste.
Take the most common leeks as an example, Li Anran did not choose those varieties that sacrificed taste and nutrition for high yield and size. Can be planted in the Tang Dynasty after the time and space, this small-leaf leek not only grows similar to the broad-leaved leek with the thickness of a little finger, but also has a richer taste, which does not affect the taste at all because of the increase in size.
As for other varieties, such as tomatoes and cucumbers, although they have not yet borne fruit because of their own long growth cycle, they can be seen by looking at the vigorous growth, and a similar situation will definitely occur when the harvest comes.
Considering his own eating habits, in addition to millet and corn, the two main rations of the Tang Dynasty, Li Anran also asked people to grow a large area of rice and wheat. In order to be able to eat the best rice and flour, it took a lot of money and favors to get these two varieties that can be regarded as special grades.
The remaining crops such as corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops that can be eaten as both food and vegetables, Li Anran also let people plant a lot. Anyway, there was a lot of farmland in Xiaoyao Villa, and with the new fields that were reclaimed later, even if everything was heavier, it would be no problem.
After finishing the farmland, new fields, tea plantations, waterwheels, canals, etc., Li Anran began to rearrange the living areas of the villagers according to the plan on the design drawings.
In the past, the households in Xiaoyao Villa were scattered in different areas of the cottage fields. There are more than a dozen families living together, and as few as only three or five families living in one area. When you want to be notified, it often takes some time.
In the new plan, the residents' settlements were brought together, borrowing from the terraced rice fields, and progressing on a hillside, with farmhouse compounds connected to each other. Although the topography of this hillside cannot be compared with Xiaoyao Villa, it also faces the mountains and rivers, sits in the north and faces the south, according to the ancient saying, the feng shui is particularly good.
In order to avoid the problems of soil erosion and mudslides that may occur when heavy rains come, Li Anran not only planted a large number of fruit trees from modern time and space when building this farm compound, but also had people start digging drainage ditches to facilitate the discharge of water when the rainy season comes. At the same time, the slope was reinforced with masonry and prepared concrete to prevent collapse.
Compared with the farmhouse compound where the farmers lived, the treatment of those "nursing homes" was obviously much worse, except that a tent was built on a vacant lot adjacent to Xiaoyao Villa. Fortunately, these tents are all engineering tents ordered by Li Anran from modern time and space, plus there is no shortage of items needed for daily life, and the food for three meals a day is better than that of the villagers, so no one dares to complain.
As the construction of the villa is progressing smoothly, the progress of the academy is not slow. Although it was not completed due to the short period of time, some scenery can be seen at the moment.
According to the plan on the plan, the entire college area is divided into several areas.
In the main teaching area, schools imitating modern time and space have built the Enlightenment College, the Junior College, the Intermediate College, the Advanced College, and the Experimental Area.
The Enlightenment Academy, as the name suggests, is a place for those little ones to be enlightened, mainly teaching Hanyu Pinyin and basic mathematics with only addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, which is equivalent to the primary school of modern time and space.
The three colleges, elementary, intermediate, and advanced, correspond to junior high school, high school, and university, but here, in addition to further math knowledge, only some physics and chemistry are taught. Moreover, unlike the exam-oriented education of modern time and space, only practical knowledge that is closely related to daily life is taught in this academy.
As for the experimental area, it is natural to provide a place for those students to verify what they have learned. Fortunately, Li Anran didn't plan to teach anything too advanced, otherwise, this experimental area would have to be specially reinforced to avoid any accidents.
Adjacent to the main teaching area is a sports area dedicated to students' exercise, which is divided into two parts, indoor and outdoor, both of which are inspired by modern time and space. Especially in the outdoor part, a large square, whether it is used for running or ball games, it is definitely not a problem.
In addition, there is a cafeteria area for students to eat together, a dormitory area for students to live, and a library for students to read. In order to solve the problem that ancient people did not pay much attention to hygiene, Li Anran also asked people to build public toilets, and there are one or more places in different areas, so that students can deal with personal hygiene.
At the same time, Li Anran did not forget to make the environment of the academy more comfortable. Fruit trees and ornamental trees such as peach trees, apricot trees, pear trees, cherry blossoms, and maple leaves are specially wholesaled from modern time and space, basically ensuring that the academy will have a good environment in different seasons. For this reason, a stream was introduced to surround and pass through the entire college, and at the same time, some pavilions and pavilions were built to create a small park for students and teachers to enjoy for leisure.
Compared with the environment and style of the academy, which integrates humanities and nature, the official road connecting the academy to Lantian County, which is also under construction, is also not bad. According to later generations, this newly built official road is four lanes wide, and because of the use of cement and simple primary-made concrete, the strength of the road surface is even better than the original official road in Lantian County.
The two sides of this official road are not only planted with endless fruit trees of all seasons, but also full of flowers and plants. In terms of greenery alone, it is much stronger than the highway of modern time and space. Even, in some places with water and scenery, stone chairs, stone tables, wooden pavilions, bamboo buildings and other buildings have also been built for tourists to rest and go green. All in all, after the construction of this place, the relationship between the academy and the county seat is bound to become a new scenic spot in Lantian County.
Different from the new road leading to the academy in the county seat, the half of the new road leading from the academy to Xiaoyao Villa was built under the instruction of Li Anran, similar to the toll station on the modern space-time highway. Of course, this place is not for charging, the main purpose is to prevent unrelated people from entering the Paradise Villa. Even the owners of the lodge must have an "identity card" and be inspected before they can be allowed to enter and exit.
The ID card is still the inspiration that Li Anran got when he returned to modern time and space, and when he visited a small commodity wholesale market, he accidentally found that someone was selling the second-generation ID cards of foreign celebrities such as Obama and Putin. To this end, a set of equipment and materials for the production of identity cards was also procured. However, when teaching how to use it, he encountered some trouble, and in the end he had to go up first, and when someone learned it, he handed it over.