Since mid-morning, the doors of the three academies of [Iron and Stone Town] have been opened one after another.

Entering junior high school directly requires a certain assessment in advance and requires a little knowledge base, and the vast majority of people in Hanzhong obviously do not have this condition, so the crowd gathered in the junior high school academy is not large.

Contrarily.

From the moment the gates of the two elementary schools opened, they have maintained a crowded scene.

"Good place, what a good place!"

"It's really good, it's a pity that Lao Tzu was born too early, and he didn't have that blessing!"

"You melon baby, after your father and I leave, do you have to listen to Mr. in the academy? The Shengping Jun of our Han Dynasty gave you such a good opportunity for our family, if you let me know that you don't study seriously in the academy, the next time I come over, Lao Tzu will break your legs. ”

After a peasant from a radius of more than ten miles sent his children to the academy, he circled the academy several times in succession, including the canteen, dormitory, and teaching building······ And so on, all of them were watched.

And after reading it, many people's eyes were red, some of them were excited, and some were pure envy, jealousy and hatred.

Made.

Why didn't Lao Tzu have this blessing when he was a child, living in such a place?

In fact, speaking from the heart, when Mo Jun built more than 100 academies in Hanzhong, the cost was not very much, except for the main courtyard of [Shengping Town], the academies in other places were basically composed of several buildings with seven stories in the main body.

Besides.

There is no fancy decoration at all.

There are only blackboards, desks, chairs and benches in the school building.

The dormitories built are far from being compared with later generations, they are all slightly larger 8~10 rooms, the bed boards are all simple wooden beds, the walls are all cement structures, and the appearance is whitewashed with a layer of white mortar.

Arguably.

The whole academy basically does not have any other features except for the large area and high building.

But even so, such a building is a first-class good place in the eyes of the vast majority of civilians in Hanzhong.

After all, people's aesthetics of house architecture are very simple, big enough and high enough is a good place, not to mention that the houses of the academy are all cement brick structures, which is not hundreds of times better than the houses they lived in before.

To know.

Before the arrival of Mojun, the houses of the vast majority of civilians in Hanzhong were made of clods of earth, wooden planks, and thatch.

As for any bricks and stones, it is simply unthinkable.

Now their children live in such a big house, and they don't know how many times better than when they were children.

Under these conditions, what more do you need a bicycle?

The teachers that Mo Jun had specially recruited from the hundreds of schools of thought had also been put in place, and now these teachers have been surrounded by the parents of the new students.

"Mr. Zhang, I'll leave it to you."

"Teacher Li, if my child makes a mistake in the academy, you must not be polite, just whip it, if something happens, I will spend my own money to find a doctor."

"Come, this is the old hen I brought from home, it's not worth a few dollars, Mr. Zhang, you take it, and stew it to make up for your body when the time comes."

Today's first day of school, these parents of new students are basically not empty-handed, and the sophistication of human feelings has been inherited in the land of the Central Plains for a long time.

Many people are not to blame.

This is a truth that almost every low-level person understands.

Many of the gentlemen in the academy were facing such an 'enthusiastic' parent for the first time, and they also shirked at first, but later found that they couldn't resign at all, so they accepted these 'shackles'.

After everyone settled the children in the family and greeted Mr. Shuyuan, everyone gradually left.

On the occasion of parting.

There is naturally a feeling of reluctance, but the vast majority of parents have left it behind after only walking less than half a mile.

Anyone who has ever brought a child should understand.

Seventy, eighty or ninety-year-old children can be said to hate dogs, and even if a child at the entrance of the village sees it, he has to run with his tail between his legs.

Every year at the beginning of the school season.

The saddest are the children, and the happiest are the parents.

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"Old turtle calf, over here, let's drink."

The old farmer, who was called the 'old turtle calf' at the gate of the academy before, had just sent his two children into the academy, and was immersed in the sadness of parting, but he had just walked out of the gate of the academy before he took fifty steps, and a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

And when he heard the word 'wine' in this sentence, a pair of ears stood up, and the 'distracting thoughts' in his mind were instantly swept away, leaving only the thought of 'drinking'.

"Let's go."

Dropping a word, he followed the 'old bastard' who shouted at him, and walked all the way to the market in [Ironstone Town].

When the two arrived at the town's market, it was late afternoon.

It was the hottest time of the day, but despite the scorching sun outside, the entire market was overcrowded, and the dark-skinned old peasants were constantly shuttling through the streets, all with uncontrollable smiles on their faces.

Obviously, these are also parents who have come all the way from the surrounding villages and have just sent their children to the academy.

On both sides of the street, all the shops and inns are hung with red lanterns, and under the red lanterns, there are also signs with wooden boards written "Half Price Today's Consumption".

This is not the case for one or two companies, but for all the shops in the entire [Ironstone Town] today.

No one made a claim.

This is an event spontaneously held by the townspeople of Ironstone Town to celebrate the opening of the academy.

Led by the 'old bastard', the two of them made a few turns along a small alley, and soon came to a tavern that looked a little shabby.

This tavern is small and a bit remote, but there are quite a few guests who drink here because the wine is cheap.

When the 'old bastard' and the 'old turtle calf' arrived, the guests of the whole tavern had even crowded to the ground outside the door, and many people could not find a place, so they simply sat on the ground, ordered a few side dishes, a pot of bad wine, and then ate like this.

The 'wine-making law' in Hanzhong had already been reformed by Mojun, and private individuals were still not allowed to make wine from grain, but they were allowed to use fruits such as mountain fruits to make some bad liquor for sale.

This change in the law has given many people at the bottom a way out.

Including the shopkeeper of this tavern in front of him.

The tavern was noisy, and after some people drank alcohol, foul language became almost the order of the day. But the people here never cared about this, because this is a gathering place for small people, and rich and rich people will not come here to drink such bad wine.

"Hahaha~~~ Old lame, you can talk about those big businessmen outside who pay half price, you can't be idle and have nothing to do to learn from them. With the little profit of your tavern, if you do this business, I'm afraid that the tavern will close down tomorrow! ”

Suddenly, a rough voice sounded in the crowd, and following the voice, I saw a big man with a flushed face laughing loudly.

As soon as the big man finished speaking, he saw a lame middle-aged man blowing his beard and glaring at a pot of wine, walking out of the tavern, and said angrily while putting the wine in the face of a guest:

"I know that you can't let out a fart in the mouth of a dog butcher who kills a thousand knives, Lao Tzu is half the price today because Lao Tzu is happy, and the two children in Lao Tzu's family have already entered the academy to study, and they will become big officials when they come out in the future."

"Today's wine is used by Lao Tzu to worship Shengpingjun, you guys who drill out of the mud, you should snicker if you can pick up a cheap one if you can get Shengpingjun's light, and you actually curse Lao Tzu, I tell you, Lao Tzu's tavern can't go out of business in this life."

As soon as the old lame man's voice fell, he suddenly provoked a burst of laughter.

"Poofha~~~ Hey, did you hear that? This old lame man actually said that his two children can become big officials in the future, if he says so, that little ghost in my family can still be a big general in the future! ”

"That's it, and this old lame man still wants to worship Shengpingjun wine, just your inferior fruit wine, don't dirty Shengpingjun's old man's mouth!"

"But your last sentence is right, you old lame, you must not collapse this tavern, after all····· In the future, Lao Tzu will still wait to see your old lame jokes? If you're gone, old cripple, we're going somewhere to find such funny fun in the future. You say, don't you? Brothers! ”

"Yes, yes, ······"

"Hahaha······ That's right. ”

The old lame's face suddenly turned red with anger, and then he scolded angrily: "····· A bunch of unconscionable things, if it weren't for Lao Tzu, you wouldn't be able to afford a single drink for eight lifetimes. ”

Let's talk about it.

The old lame man cursed and swore as he limped into the tavern to continue greeting his guests.

And when the old cripple left, the guests outside the tavern burst into laughter again, and then raised their glasses and said loudly.

"Come, let's have another drink, respect the saint Pingjun, and respect the better future of Hanzhong."

"Respect the Holy Peace."

"A better future in Hanzhong."

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The crowd cheered, shouted, and clamoured.

No one noticed that in a corner outside the tavern, an old man on crutches was smiling and celebrating with a smile on his face, looking at the smiles on the faces of the people in the tavern, and the light that flashed in his eyes from time to time, he also raised his glass and drank a glass of bad wine, and then quietly left the tavern.

The old man is none other than Mayor Tie.

He had come to this tavern for no other purpose than to wander around, so he rested here for a while.

The tavern scene is just a microcosm of Ironstone.

This is a carnival that belongs to [Ironstone Town].

Everyone cheered and celebrated like crazy.

On the surface.

They were celebrating the opening of the college.

But in reality they are celebrating their 'new life'.

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(End of chapter)