Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 203 Lan Xiang... No, Nanyang Technical School

"Did you know? Little General Yang built a building!"

"Tch, no matter what you say, you are the commander of the first guard. It is not a matter of course to build a house to enjoy yourself. What is there to make a fuss about?"

"No, the building he built is very evil. It is seven or eight feet high and can accommodate thousands of people. Moreover, every window is made of high-quality colored glaze. The building is open and bright, and it can accommodate thousands of people. See the dust in the air!"

"Use good glass for windows? Are you kidding me? Glass is very expensive!"

"For him, colored glaze is not a valuable thing! The glaze workshop he opened in partnership with the second son of the Cheng family can produce colored glazes of different colors, including transparent ones, red ones, blue ones, and yellow ones. And every piece is very big! Not only that, he also made cups, plates, saucers out of glass... Well, let’s go too far, let’s go back to that building. I went there once, and that building Don’t mention the magnificence!”

"That's not right, I heard from my neighbor's Sun Xiucai that the building is strange and vulgar!"

"Sun Xiucai? What else can he do besides being sour! I have business dealings with General Xiao Yang, and I was allowed to enter the building, oh, what a grandeur! The walls are painted as white as snow, there is no pillar inside, and it is frighteningly wide." , the floor is made of a whole piece of rock, which is as flat as the water surface, and even a needle cannot go in! The most important thing is that the inside is very bright, even if the windows are closed, it is still as bright as day! Compared with that building, The mansions of those officials and lords are simply beggars’ dens! Blessed are the children of Wuyangwei’s poor soldiers!”

"How to say?"

"You still don't know? Little General Yang built this building as a school for the children of Wuyangwei soldiers! My God, using such a magnificent building as a school for the children of poor soldiers, he Really worth the money!"

"My god, after hearing what you said, I'm thinking of Wuyangwei as a military household!"

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The news of Yang Menglong building a school is like a gust of wind, constantly blowing layers of water on the stagnant water in Nanyang. The streets and alleys, teahouses and restaurants are everywhere talking about his nondescript building and his almost nonsense. measures.The result of everyone's attention is that the number of people visiting the unfinished building has skyrocketed. The more visitors, the evaluation is not the same. Some people say that it is good, spacious and bright, with ample space, rigorous layout, and most importantly, it is strong. Some people dismissed it, thinking that the appearance of this tofu-like building was ugly and shabby, and the decoration was exaggerated and ridiculous. Without getting even a hint of it, the whole building is a product of bumpkins showing off their wealth, not worth mentioning!When they learned that this building was for the children of military households, the whole Nanyang exploded, and everyone was shocked: When will the children of poor military households be able to study in such a luxurious building! ?

These days there are no official schools among the people, and they all study in private schools, and those private schools are mostly funded by local rich people, and they are only for the children of the clan to study, and the children of poor families are not blessed.As for official schools, they basically exist in name only—the emperor is almost too poor to cook, so where does the money come from to maintain so many official schools?It turned out that the guards also had guard schools, but they were worse than the official schools. The official schools still existed in name only, and they simply disappeared——I don’t even look at how poor the officers and soldiers in the guards are. They can’t even eat. Full, where there is money to do health education!Now Wuyangwei is going to re-run the Wei School, and the first move is super generous, which shocked everyone so much that they couldn't even speak!Of course, after they reacted, they were flooded with cynicism, especially after learning that the school's annual tuition fee was only half a tael, the crowd was raging.It’s not that there are so many people who insist on going against Wuyang Wei, it’s just that everyone’s heart is very unbalanced: comment on why our child has no books to read, or our child has been living in poverty for ten years, and the whole family barely pays for him to complete his studies. You guys The children of lowly poor soldiers can study in such a good school, why! ?

Those sour scholars who had endured ten years of poverty and endured poverty at home were even more resentful. They criticized Yang Menglong verbally and writtenly, and revealed all kinds of trivial things, which completely blackened Yang Menglong and Wuyang Wei!In a word, if you don't stop this unreasonable health education, I will never end with you!

For these guys, Yang Menglong farted loudly and smelly with great disdain.These scumbags, even talking to them is unnecessary, and now he is happily planning the start of school.The teaching building and dormitories for teachers and students will not be put into use until next year, but this does not prevent him from making early preparations.

It is a good habit to plan ahead.

"I plan to start school next year... in February next year." In the spacious classroom, under the afterglow of the setting sun, this always unreliable guy stated his plan seriously, "Of course, if it's too cold, It can also be postponed a little later.”

Xiao Yufang smiled: "Well, although the building has been built, it still needs to be renovated, and books, pens, ink, desks and other things have to be purchased. This year will definitely not work, but next year will be quite suitable. It is still the same, only children from military households are allowed Go to school to study?"

Yang Menglong said confidently: "Of course! This is originally the Weixue, and the Weixue is a school for the children of the military households in the guards!"

Liu Ziyan asked: "Then what do you plan to teach the children?"

Yang Menglong said: "There are too many! I not only want to teach them to read and write, but also teach them arithmetic, physics, chemistry, medicine, agriculture, cooking, astronomy, geography...Anyway, as long as they can use it, they appreciate it. Anyone who is interested, this school teaches them all!"

Everyone was as dumbfounded as Cheng Jun.Wu Yong had the urge to vomit blood: "If this happens, what will this school look like? A school is a place where the Four Books and Five Classics are taught! It is a place where the ways of saints are taught!"

Yang Menglong curled his lips against the objections as always: "Come on, return the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of a sage! Now that the world is so chaotic, it's hard to survive, so why talk about the way of a sage! In these days, what is a craft compared to? The way of a sage is more than a hundred times stronger!"

Cheng Qi shouted: "You will talk nonsense! A school does not teach the way of saints, what kind of school is it!?"

Yang Menglong said: "Anyway, my school does not teach the way of sages! The students in this school learn to know a few thousand words, and after learning addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, they start to learn the subjects they are most interested in. Those who like painting go to learn painting. Painting, those who like to sing should learn to sing, and those who like to farm should learn to farm! The husbands I will hire in the future are also elites from all walks of life. I want to use this school to cultivate a large number of elites from all walks of life, not a group of only Talking nerd!"

Everyone was dumbfounded again.

Liu Ziyan clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Is there such a school? That's so fun!"

Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Isn't it fun? You can move here from Baicaotang and continue to be a teacher. In addition to teaching children to read and read, you can also teach them to sing and dance."

Liu Ziyan tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "Okay! But, should you give me some salary for a talent like me? Last year I taught you for free for half a year!"

Yang Menglong's smile froze: "Well... what kind of friendship do we have? We don't like to bargain. Talking about money hurts feelings!"

Liu Ziyan widened her eyes and called: "The ghost has friendship with you! I also want to wear clothes and eat, and I also want to buy rouge and gouache. I spend a lot of money. If you don't give me the salary owed to me last year, I will pay for it." You're not done!"

Beads of sweat came out of Yang Menglong's forehead, and he said awkwardly: "Okay... okay, I will send you last year's salary later, and then we will re-sign the contract, you come here to teach, every year... every year..." Bite Gritting his teeth, he became ruthless again, "I will give you 30 taels of silver every year, including board and lodging, how about it?"

Only then was Liu Ziyan satisfied: "That's about the same!" The annual salary of 30 taels, and it includes board and lodging, is quite a lot, and it is definitely a high salary.

Yang Menglong wiped off the beads of sweat and said to Xiao Yufang: "You can also come over and continue teaching. As for the salary...can it be waived?"

Xiao Yufang was categorical: "No!"

Yang Menglong said with a bitter face: "Well, you also have an annual salary of 30 taels, including board and lodging..."

Xiao Yufang snorted proudly: "Don't you dare try it?" She didn't care if she got a salary. In fact, Yang Menglong was in charge of all the big and small bills. It was too easy for her to get some money. Yes, but Liu Ziyan has a salary, she doesn't, that's not acceptable!
Cheng Qi looked at it and found it amusing, and tentatively said: "I... I will also come to the school to teach, okay?"

Yang Menglong can't get up in front of Xiao Yufang and Liu Ziyan, but he can try his luck in front of Cheng Qi—the first two have a good personal relationship, so I'm sorry to kill acquaintances, but this one doesn't have much friendship, so you can fight as much as you want of.He looked at Cheng Qi critically, up and down, left and right, and the more he looked, the more he was dissatisfied: "What can you teach?"

Cheng Qi said angrily, "Did you underestimate me? Let me tell you, this girl is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and poetry, tea art girl!"

Yang Menglong yawned straight away: "Proficient in everything in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, poetry and Fu? It sounds very powerful, but those children from military households don't need these skills!"

Cheng Jun wanted to stop his younger sister and tell her not to mess around, but when he looked at Cheng Shi, the old man just stroked his beard and smiled, looking very interested, without any intention of stopping him, so he had no choice but to shut up.

Cheng Qi had no intention of shutting up, she glared at Yang Menglong unceremoniously——this kid is afraid of women, not a single girl in Wuyang Guard is afraid of him, if a girl gets tough, he will give in, in Wuyang Guard After staying for so long, she has already figured out these weaknesses of Yang Menglong: "I can still settle accounts! My arithmetic is not inferior to that of the accountant. No matter how complicated the account is, I can pick out the mistakes in it. Aren't you going to teach arithmetic? Are you sure you don't want a genius like Miss Ben?"

Yang Menglong suddenly turned into a pug, shaking his head and yelling: "Do you still have such skills? You must, you must! As usual, the annual salary is 30 taels of silver, and board and lodging are included. You can teach and learn arithmetic!"

Cheng Qi's chin suddenly tilted up, looking very proud.

Wu Yong lamented in his heart, and recruited three women as teachers in one go, this school is finished!

Yang Menglong didn't notice Wu Yong's worry at all. He pinched his chin and meditated: "I already have teachers for Chinese, mathematics, music and dance, and I have to find another teacher for physics and chemistry... It's terrible. Where can I find so many people who know physics?" Talents in chemistry!" He sighed rather depressed, and said to himself: "Forget it, take your time, first recruit talents in agriculture, cooking, carpentry, pottery, mathematics, etc..."

Cheng Jun kindly reminded: "Sir, those children are still young. Farming and cooking are too complicated for them. It will take at least another ten years for them to be old enough to learn these!"

Yang Menglong waved his hand and said: "No, I plan to implement two shifts, let the children attend classes here during the day, and let the adults attend classes at night. Isn't there a lot of refugees who come to Wuyang in a steady stream? Just run night classes and teach them They can make a living with a craft, so they can't rely on us for everything, right?"

Cheng Shi couldn't help but clapped his hands vigorously, and said: "Use the spare time in the evening to run night schools, organize refugees to attend classes, and teach various crafts for making a living? General Xiao Yang is really thoughtful! It may take several years for a child to learn these crafts Even ten years, but for a young man to learn these things, he will see results in half a year!"

Yang Menglong nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, that's what I think! In this way, there will be more people who understand technology, and more good things can be made, and all walks of life will naturally prosper!"

Cheng Jun muttered: "This is good, but the problem is, these are cheap jobs! We spent so much money to build this magnificent building, and instead of teaching the ways of saints, we only teach these heretical ways. Isn't it tricky?" people ridicule!"

Yang Menglong said impatiently: "How other people chew their tongues is their business, why don't they care? If we listen to their opinions before doing anything, then we don't have to do anything!"

Cheng Shi chuckled: "Xiao Shuai Yang's words are very true, if we have to listen to others, then we really don't have to do anything! This school is interesting, and the old man also wants to find a job here, no Do you know if Xiao Yang Shuai can save face?"

Yang Menglong's eyes lit up: "Welcome with both hands up! A business expert like you just teaches everyone how to do business! My military household is so stupid that I was tricked several times when I did business last year. Father, teach them how to do this business and how to make a contract, so as to avoid being fooled!"

Cheng Shi was very straightforward: "Okay! Since ancient times, business has been a cheap business, and it is difficult to be elegant. There are very few merchants who can write books about it. The old man should be the first person to teach everyone how to do business in the school. ? Too long face, hahaha..."

Wu Yong even raised his eyebrows.Do you want to teach people how to pursue profits?It's over, this school is completely over!
Dad got involved, Cheng Jun didn't dare to say any more, and asked with a wry smile: "Xiao Shuai Yang, what do you think is the name of this school?"

Yang Menglong was taken aback: "Name?"

Cheng Jun said: "There must be a name!"

Yang Menglong held his chin and thought for a while, then said, "Let's call it Nanyang Technical School!"

Everyone nodded slightly, technical school?It is unconventional enough, there has never been such a school!
Yang Menglong murmured in his heart: "It's a pity that there is no excavator, otherwise it can be called Lanxiang Technical School!"

(End of this chapter)