Milton's first visit was Nanjing's "Xi'anmen Street".

The most prosperous places in Nanjing are the South City and the North City respectively.

Wealthy businessmen, most of whom live in the south, are located in the southwest of the imperial city and belong to Jiangning County.

Most of the dignitaries and nobles lived in the north, and the address was located in the west and northwest of the imperial city, which belonged to Shangyuan County.

Xi'anmen Street is small, just near the gathering area of dignitaries. No matter what the emperor thinks, the teachers in this school must be the best.

Even if they are not excellent at the beginning, after a few years, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will make them excellent!

Milton and Marvier walked all the way, except for Xi'anmen Street, the rest of the streets are relatively narrow, and can even be called hutongs. Both sides are full of deep mansion compounds, and you can't see it from the outside of the wall, and you will find that there is no hole in the sky when you go in.

It was the afternoon at this time, and the principal Yan Bangqi personally received them.

"How many teachers and students are there in this school?" Milton asked.

Yan Bangqi replied: "There are 32 teachers (including principals and other administrative staff), and there are more than 600 students. ”

While talking, everyone had already arrived near the playground, and two classes were in physical education class.

When Milton saw the girls on the playground, he exclaimed, "Co-educational? “

"Not bad." Yan Bangqi smiled.

Rich and noble families like to send their daughters to girls' schools. But Xi'anmen Street is different, the students here are either rich or expensive, the teachers here are all celebrities, and the girls are not at the age of the first love, and the daughters of rich and noble families can study.

Therefore, the ratio of male to female students has almost reached the level of 55.

Milton asked, "Why are they wearing the same clothes?" “

Yan Bangqi introduced: "This is a Confucian shirt, and the clothes of a scholar are also." His Majesty has decreed that primary and secondary school students are not allowed to wear silk clothes, so these students wear cotton shirts. ”

Milton looked at it again and asked, "What do they have around their waists?" “

"Jade pendant, a gentleman is like jade." Yan Bangqi explained.

Honglu Temple Tongshi Translation: "Those are ornaments made of jade, in ancient China, only philosophers with high moral character were qualified to wear jade.

This is an encouragement to students to develop excellent moral character. ”

"I see." Milton nodded.

In fact, the birth must hang a jade pendant on the waist, which is the first requirement of Jinling University.

The jade pendants of Jinling are all medicinal jade, that is, stained glass. The pattern is also the school emblem, and the jade pendant is hung at the waist, which is equivalent to wearing the school emblem.

Xi'anmen Street is small and quickly imitated, but it is more advanced. It's not glass, it's all real jade, and it's worth a lot of money, and you're embarrassed to wear cheap Xiuyu. If you can't compare with your clothes, then change it to a jade pendant!

"Are they practicing their combat skills?" Marville pointed to the students in physical education class.

Yan Bangqi replied with a smile: "I was born to practice sword sticks, and the "Sword Sutra" handed down by Yu Wu Xianggong. It can be used for physical exercise, and it can also be used for combat. When fighting, you can use a stick or a sword instead. At the end of each month, the students also go to the Chengdong Horse Farm, where they practice riding for half a day. In case of heavy rain, indoor archery will be practiced at the end of the month. “

Honglu Temple Tongshi translation: "More than 100 years ago, there was a victorious general Yu Dayou in China. He left behind a set of fencing techniques that could be practiced with wooden sticks and could be exchanged for real swords at any time. This is a physical education class, and at the end of each month, there are also practice of riding and archery. ”

Swordsmanship, horsemanship, archery?

Marville immediately understood that this was an aristocratic school. In Europe, only the aristocracy could learn this, firstly, it belonged to the family secret, and secondly, the commoners did not have the financial resources to learn it.

Yan Bangqi stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Majesty has a saying, the ancient gentleman has six arts." Now a scholar should not only bury his head in hard study, but also exercise martial arts to strengthen his body. Schools in all provinces of the country have arranged physical education courses. However, it was only when I was a junior that I invited a master to teach swordsmanship, horsemanship, and archery. Students who go out of this school, both male and female, are both civil and military! “

When translating, the Honglu Temple Tongshi directly omitted half of it, but these are unique to this school.

Milton's view of education also believes that schools should have sports content. He praised: "China's education is the best in the world, and all schools should have physical education." “

Bypass the playground and come to the classroom area.

The quality of teaching here is also reflected in the class size. All of them are small classrooms, and there are no more than 2 students in each class, so as not to overwhelm the teacher.

Yan Bangqi pointed to the window: "In addition to the Imperial Palace, the window glass here is the most transparent, the same as the Yamen of the Cabinet and Jinling. “

Sunlight shines on the window panes and into the classrooms, where the children attend classes.

Milton was in a trance, such an expensive glass, only the big nobles in Europe could afford it, and even the small nobles did not have the financial resources.

In fact, China is similar, and the technology for making glass is not yet mature.

First, it is relatively brittle. If the glass is too large, it can easily break, and the window glass can only be made into many small squares.

Second, there are many impurities. The window glass of ordinary houses and schools is more or less pale green, and the light transmittance of the glass is not very good. Glass like the one in front of you, which is a top-of-the-line product, is not only expensive, but also produces not much per year.

In the classroom, a math class is being held, and multiplication of single digits is taught.

Milton looked at the equation on the blackboard and was a little confused. Because the equal sign was invented in Europe, but it was not popular. At this moment, even Descartes is still using "=" for "±", and the equal sign is in double quotation marks.

After some inquiry, Milton finally understood the equation.

Then I walked to the next class, where a Chinese class was being held, and there was a burst of recitation in the classroom: "On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops fall into the soil...

Listening to the students reciting poems, Marville hurriedly asked the general secretary to translate.

The general was a little embarrassed and said: "I can't write poems in Latin, I can only translate the approximate meaning." Farmers weed the seedlings under the scorching midday sun, and sweat dripped, wetting the soil under the seedlings. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is full of farmers' hard work? “

It's a pity that the two famous British people were not too touched by this poem.

It is true that they are all "fighters for democracy", but the class they represent are aristocrats, landlords, merchants, and petty burghers, and they also carry some yeoman farmers. The real poor peasants, who cares if they live or die in Europe?

Milton politely commented: "The author of this poem should be a man of high moral character, who will care even about the hardships of the peasants." “

"The author is an ancient Chinese prime minister. “

The two British have nothing to say, in their consciousness, the prime minister of a country should not exploit the peasants too ruthlessly, even if he is merciful, and he will care about the situation of the peasants?

At this time, agricultural planting technology in Britain was developing rapidly, and it was about to catch up with the Tang and Song dynasties in China. In order to increase agricultural production, the introduction of Asian farming techniques and the large-scale production of land are necessary but occasionally superfluous consumables for farmers.

After another stroll, Milton said to the general officer, "Sir, can you take us to the school in the poorest neighborhood in the city?" “

"Absolutely." The general smiled.

Nanjing's poorest neighborhood, in the northwest corner of the city. That piece of mountain, Qingliang Mountain, Stone Mountain, Lion Mountain... There are many forests, and the Qinhuai River is separated by the city wall, and there is even farmland in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

If the low-level civilians who do not have a house to live in want to build a few dilapidated houses to accommodate themselves, they either live outside the city or build a house in the northwest corner of the city on the mountain.

Gradually, a low-level block was formed in the northwest of the city.

People walked along Xi'anmen Street, and there were dense shops along the way, hanging various advertising signs.

Stores often don't have a unique name, but rather rely on the content of the product to attract customers. For example, the signs of those stores often read: Northwest Liangkou Leather Goods, Sichuan-Guangzhou Groceries, Fuguang Seafood Customers, Beijing-style Boots and Shoes Stores, North and South Fruits, etc.

There are also big mouths, and they make a long move, and they read: The goods of the East and West are complete.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were already Eastern and Western names, and various advertising signs looked very modern. For example, if you sell clothes and belts, the trick is

"The best official belt". Another example is the silver shop, the sign is "Wanyuan No. Commerce Silver Shop, Fair Access and Access".

Milton liked the lively atmosphere, the streets were full of people, and he didn't know why the citizens of Nanjing had so much leisure to go shopping.

After walking on West Chang'an Avenue, continue to the west along Shichengmen Street, and you can reach the Shichengmen of Nanjing. It is next to the Qinhuai River, which is also a prosperous yard, and many goods are transported from the city to the Yangtze River along the Qinhuai River. On the other side of the river are Mochou Lake and South Lake, the scenery is picturesque, so Shichengmen Street is also relatively prosperous.

To the north of Shichengmen Street, there are many large and small hills, which are also slums in Nanjing.

During the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's military warehouses and barracks were also in this area. Zhao Han was not demolished and was used as a military warehouse and school yard for the imperial city guards. As for the rest of the army in Nanjing, the military warehouse and school yard were located outside the city.

Due to the increase in the amount of goods transported to the sea, the area along Jinchuanmen Street, near the barracks in the city, became more and more prosperous. From Jinchuanmen Street,

The goods can be directly transported to the Yangtze River wharf for loading. In the past, I walked on Shimen Street, and I had to transfer a boat from the Qinhuai River, and large ships could not pass at all.

The advantage of opening the sea is that in the northwest urban area of Nanjing, along the line of Jinchuanmen Street, the nearby civilians are becoming richer and richer. Their homes are more valuable, they have more jobs, and the business atmosphere along the streets has become stronger.

The real slum is between Jinchuan Chuanmen Street, Dinghuaimen Street, Qingliangmen Street and Gulouwai Street.

The houses here are very densely built, but whenever there is a vacancy, there are poor people to build shacks. There are many densely populated houses, but there are no two-story buildings, and the houses are also built with rammed earth and bamboo strips. The window is just a hole in the earthen wall and a few wooden strips embedded in it.

Compared to the center of the city, it is like two worlds.

The general of Honglu Temple introduced: "The people in this area, most of the men work as coolies at the wharf, and most of the women work in the textile factories outside the city. Although their income is not high, as long as they are willing to work, they actually do not worry about eating and drinking. It's just that the housing prices in Nanjing are too expensive, and they can't afford to live in a good house. ”

Milton nodded his head again and again, this is right, if it is all like the center of the city, China is too terrifying.

The general of Honglu Temple smiled again: "In the past few years, the imperial court has not collected harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people here have a better and better life." Let's see, the houses in front of them are obviously newly renovated, and the owners must have saved money. “

Those houses really stand out in the slums, because the exterior walls of the houses are plastered with lime.

The people at the bottom also have that little dream, work hard, save money, save money to live in a better house, and it is easier for their sons to ask for wives.

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