Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

The land in ancient times was not as precious as the village soil in modern times. If many houses are located in remote places, as long as you don’t continue to build houses on the surrounding land, you can surround yourself with pigs and cattle, and generally no one cares about you.

The courtyard of the private school itself must not be used as a playground, so Lin Ze used a fence to enclose a place behind the house as a playground for activities.

The area is not too big. One lap of the playground is only 200 meters, and ten laps is only 2000 meters. It is just a good warm-up exercise.

Like the children who are already used to morning jogging in private schools, Lin Ze has slowly increased the intensity of his exercise to 20 laps every morning, plus some punches to strengthen his body.

Letting these gentlemen only jog ten laps today is because he has considered these people to relax because they have not exercised all year round, but the old ones like Mr. Jiang are still picked out. Lucky.

But the number of ten laps is shocking to everyone's ears. They are all in their 30s, most of them are around 40 years old, and they have not exercised for half their lives. Now they would rather go to Copy ten books!

Everyone wanted to repent in an instant, but Lin Ze was aiming to punish them, so he rushed ahead of them and led the team to start running.

The students of Zeyu Private School also follow behind very consciously and in a uniform manner. While running, they are reciting the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic. .

Seeing this, several poor exchange students hurriedly followed in panic. Although they couldn't finish "Three Hundred Thousands", fortunately, they were all from peasant families, so at least they had the physical strength to keep up.

A group of children didn't complain and persisted. Are these adults shy away?

In desperation, a group of middle-aged gentlemen had to straighten their clothes in a hurry, followed by the morning jogging exercise in a panic, while panting, they hated the little guy next door who snored very comfortably.

Why didn't they realize that their students were so useless and shameless before!

Although it is jogging, for people who do not exercise much on weekdays, the distance of 2000 meters is still enough to catch their breath for a long time.

The students who ran down Zeyu in ten laps had a relaxed expression. A few poor exchange students were fine, but a group of gentlemen just slumped on the ground, too tired to talk.

Looking at Lin Ze continuing to lead the children to practice fists and kicks to strengthen their bodies, and the roar of drinking and drinking on the playground, Mr. Jiang and other gentlemen felt extremely complicated in their hearts.

Regardless of the grades of the students on both sides, just the enthusiasm and mental outlook for learning, Zeyu's students are far ahead of their peers by a large margin.

As scholars, they also understand that fun and spiritual aspirations are very important for learning effectiveness.It's not that other private schools haven't thought about using some methods to increase students' interest and conscious effort, but the results are not good.

For example, the morning jogging exercise at Zeyu Private School is really worth learning. Physical exercise is a must if you want to take the imperial examination. They just don’t exercise because they have given up their official career. Children really need it.

But Mr. Jiang and others also deeply understand that the effect of their practice is definitely not so good, even the adults themselves don't want to get up early to exercise, let alone the children who are growing up and sleepy, they will definitely complain again.

What kind of magic does Lin Ze have?How did he make his students so obedient and self-conscious?

Mr. Jiang and his group of gentlemen were extremely puzzled.

But soon they figured it out.

After Lin Ze led the students to exercise, he clapped his hands to give instructions, and then a strong man drove a dozen people out fiercely with a whip.

Some of those people had engraved slave registration on their faces, and some didn't. There were men and women, old and young. They all looked like they had just finished exercising and were sweating profusely. When they saw Lin Ze He showed a frightened and frightened expression, just like seeing a scourge.

But Lin Ze ignored it, and after calling everyone over, he began to talk to the students, and began to brainwash every morning, no, it was ideological education.

"Look and see, these people are the fate of you who fail to pass the grades if you don't work hard. I won't talk about the glorious deeds of Mr. Uncle and Mrs. You all know that Mr. has to work hard for the purity of our family's blood. Liang Ku reformed them, of course, the premise is that the husband has to be capable, and the husband was harmed by them before, but because the husband worked hard! So now the husband takes care of them and educates them..."

"These new uncles must tell you a lot. Do you want to know how they got here? It was their parents who sold them because they were too stupid, too lazy, and didn't work hard. If you can’t create value for your family and cause trouble, being abandoned is the inevitable result.”

"Students, please remember that the backing of the mountain depends on the water and the dryness. No one can let you rely on it for a lifetime and support you for a lifetime. If you don't want to be like them, study hard, don't you just memorize a few books and do a few questions So, is this more difficult than making you hungry every day?"

"Tell sir, do you want to work every day and still not have enough to eat?"

"Woo, I don't want to!"

"Are you going to be lazy and worthless and then be sold by the family?"

"Woo, don't!"

"Do you want to be scolded by the husband like them in the future and just stare blankly?"

"No, sir, we don't want to be like this. I want to live in a big house, I want to eat meat, and I want to marry ten wives who are jealous of me every day. Huh, I will definitely get No.1 in the next exam..."

There is no harm without comparison, and there is no concept without examples.

Seeing Lin Dakun and Zhang Goutou wailing in the next yard every day, and seeing the disgraced appearance of these people with their own eyes, the students of Zeyu Private School were absolutely stimulated and motivated.

All the students cried while thinking that they might become like that in the future, and at the same time listened to Lin Ze's words full of enthusiasm.

A few poor exchange students were full of envy and excitement when they heard the ambitions of Zeyu's students.

They really want to marry ten daughters-in-law to be jealous every day for themselves!

The mood of Jiang Lao and others: It's hard to describe...

The way of educating geniuses is not to follow the usual path, and Lin Ze's goal is to turn the dozen or so children under him into geniuses, so sometimes this teaching method is inevitably a bit extreme.

Fortunately, he has a good eye for people, these children are kind-hearted, and Fang Shanyuan is at the side to engage in ideological tug-of-war with him, so the characters of these children may be crooked, but the essence is still straight.

After the regular morning jogging exercise ended, the children swarmed away to wash up. Lin Zechong bowed his hands to the gentlemen who were still sitting on the ground and had no image of resting.

A group of current students were left to think on the spot for a long time, and after enough rest, they immediately went back to the house and changed their clothes at lightning speed, then went to the student dormitory with the ruler in hand, venting their anger.

"Ah ooh ooh-"

After a burst of painful screams, it was the cries of young masters who didn't care about their attitudes before, "Woo, sir, we were wrong..."

On the first day of exchange study, 90% of the new exchange students attended class with their hands swollen by a ruler.

The students in Zeyu felt secretly refreshed, and went to tease them after class,

"Oh, have you been beaten by Mr.? It looks so scary."

"That's right, they're all swollen. Your husband is really cruel. We, Mr. Lin, never punish us physically. Mr. Lin said that children won't grow up if they beat too much..."

"It's so pitiful, why are you sir so fierce, our Mr. Lin and Mr. Fang are so gentle..."

A group of Zeyu students who don't think it's a big deal are pretending to be kind, completely forgetting that the culprit who adds fuel and jealousy is themselves.

The exchange students were so wronged that Jin Douzi nearly fell off his eye sockets, and wanted to go home very much.

A few poor exchange students shrank aside tacitly, drank the sweet soy milk that supplemented nutrition in the morning, pretended to be deaf and dumb, reminiscing about the breakfast of meat buns in the cafeteria, and had the idea of ​​staying in Zeyu Private School for a lifetime...

In the next few days, the rich young masters among the exchange students fell into the dire straits of reformation.

The poor village children feel that they have come to heaven. Except that they can't keep up with the progress of the courses, everything in Zeyu's private school makes them yearn for and nostalgia.

They only took the ancient Chinese lessons of the private school, such as pinyin, modern mathematics, and shorthand. , Unique things naturally cannot be easily shared.

And the morning jog, which is hated by young masters who can't get up every morning, is completely trivial for rural students who are used to working since childhood.

After a few days of getting used to it, the poor exchange students liked to run in the morning very much, because the feeling of everyone working hard to memorize books together was particularly motivating. After the back is over, I don't feel tired yet.

However, although they could not keep up with the progress of the course, the private school's lecture method with rich pictures and texts made people's thinking very clear, and some novel ideas and concepts made it easy for them to accept and understand.

And the "practical activity class" and "game class" of the private school are also very popular with everyone. The children only think that these classes are for relaxation and fun, but in the eyes of the accompanying gentlemen, they find these seemingly nonsense and misleading games. But miraculously, the children's way of thinking has been broadened.

This kind of openness of thinking may not be of any benefit at present, but it is definitely the foundation for the future of children, and the advantages and disadvantages of broad and narrow thinking can be reflected at critical moments.

In fact, this is not what surprised the accompanying gentlemen the most. What surprised them most was the food at the Zeyu Private School.

On the first day, they thought it was just Zeyu cooking some good meals in the cafeteria to welcome them, but then every day was different, but they were all meals with meat and vegetables. Everyone was shocked.

Yes, it’s really shocking. In this world where most families in the town dare not eat meat every day, Lin Ze actually feeds the children three meals a day, and there are meat buns every morning.

And eggs must be eaten every day, and milk and soy milk are exchanged, but they are also available every day.

In addition, there is an extra meal in the afternoon. Fruit cakes, bread, pastries, and rolls are also offered in different ways. In terms of food, Zeyu Private School does not treat money as money. This treatment is better than ordinary rich people. good.

Those young masters who are used to enjoying it may not think there is anything, but the small number of poor exchange students really feel that they are living a fairy life, eating enough every day, and eating meat every day, which is the dream of most people in the village .

Originally, everyone was still dissatisfied with the fee standard of Zeyu Private School, and felt that Lin Ze must be greedy.

But now everyone dare not think that way.

Leaving aside the fact that Lin Ze's teaching achievements are absolutely worthy of the high price of training for the children of merchants, let's just talk about the food expenses.

Thirty taels a year sounds like a lot, and it can catch up with the Shu Xiu of other poor students in private schools. It seems that Lin Ze’s special enrollment for the poor is not cheap, but according to the food standards of Zeyu’s private school, I believe any farmer is willing Send the child to a private school to raise.

As long as 30 taels, Zeyu can give everyone back a chubby and educated son, and this account can be settled by anyone.

It is true that other private schools only need 30 liang of Shuxiu, but the children do not have to eat and drink, plus the boxing gifts for the master, the amount in a year is immeasurable.

The most important thing is that Zeyu Private School will release some work-study tasks, so that children can use their spare time to earn some money to reduce the burden of school fees at home.

I have to say that Lin Ze is a strange person.

A group of accompanying gentlemen sighed in their hearts.

The new exchange students did have a lot of problems at the beginning, but after a few days of class and getting used to the students from Zeyu Private School, the situation improved a lot.

There are currently 13 students in Zeyu Private School, except for Zhang Shidaner and Guo Zian who belong to the calm type, the others are all escaping, and each of them is particularly powerful.

In addition to not being able to keep up with the progress of the courses, after adapting to the Zeyu private school system, it is very enjoyable to change students, and they all let go of their self-liberating nature.

The exchange students jumped up and down after school with the little devils of Zeyu, and enjoyed fighting wits and courage with the people in the 'Waste Recycling Station' every day. There are rewards, sir!

The two groups of Zhang Goutou and Lin Dakun were tortured by a group of little guys. There was Lin Ze, a big devil, and a group of little devils, private school students. They have put aside their grievances and joined forces for a while, and decided to boycott these devils first. It is really bullying. up...

However, although the exchange students could not keep up with their studies, they did not fall behind. They did not teach these children the courses of pinyin, mathematics and shorthand methods, but Lin Ze opened a targeted teaching class for these children.

Even though the teaching content is the same, the effect of students attending Lin Ze and Fang Shanyuan's class will be much better.

After several trials, the accompanying gentlemen also put away their contempt and studied the teaching method of Zeyu private school seriously.

But the premise is, first of all, they must first throw away their integrity...

In this way, when the private school exchange program was going on happily, Duan Wensai finally released a news that caused heated discussions among the people of Qingshan County.

That is, the government wants to sell the land to raise money for the common people to build roads.

This news was posted on a notice, and the yamen beat gongs and drums to read it out to the people, and its authenticity cannot be questioned.

The people living in the countryside were overjoyed when they heard this, and called the newly appointed county magistrate a man who loves the people and does practical things with benevolence and righteousness.

What is the most worrying thing about this era?It's not food and drink, but transportation. Let alone going to the distance, it is really difficult for people who live in the village to enter the town.

The rugged road not only delays time, but also makes it difficult for villagers to bring out the products in the village to exchange for money, and it is also very troublesome to purchase various daily necessities.

A tidy road is a well-known benefit, but it is not easy to have such a road.

The imperial court didn't have enough money to build roads for the common people everywhere, and the common people themselves were too poor, so they went round and round and could only stick to the dirt road...

When Lin Ze talked with Duan Wensai, the first suggestion was to build roads. Only when the traffic is developed can other things develop smoothly and efficiency can be improved.

And road construction is also the most direct benefit to the people. The benefits, the common people can see, touch, and understand, won't the reputation and merit of the new county magistrate come out if the matter is successful?

It doesn't matter if the imperial treasury doesn't have money to allocate money, we can raise it ourselves, what is the most valuable thing in the country, and it is useless if it is idle?Of course it is the land. In the whole world, is it the land of the king?

Lin Ze unceremoniously popularized modern real estate concepts to Duan Wensai, and gave the other party a "land bidding" attention, circled the wasteland around a small town as a commodity for sale.

The applicable objects are of course the businessmen in Qingshan County.

Lin Ze is not stroking the wool of these merchants and grasping the fat sheep pit, but some things require everyone's cooperation to develop well.

These wastelands may seem useless now, but in the future he will reward these merchants who are willing to pay.

However, there are not many people who have the foresight of his modern thinking. People in this era do not understand the importance of land, and planning and development are very difficult in the backward era.

Therefore, the wasteland that the government wants to sell this time is really wasteland. Everyone can't think of what use can be made of the weedy land outside the town that cannot grow food.

It is impossible for Lin Ze and Duan Wensai to speak out directly about the planning and development ideas that will be prepared in the future.

Therefore, in the eyes of merchants in various towns, what the government said this time about 'selling land to raise money to build roads' is simply an excuse to siphon money.

Those county magistrates and officials in the past were also like this. They didn't dare to be openly greedy for money, so they found various reasons to take away their merchants' oil and water. When a group of merchants heard the news, all of them were rotten.

I complained in my heart that the newly appointed county magistrate is even worse than the hypocritical Wang county magistrate before, and his life will be miserable for the next three years.

Lin Ze had expected this kind of scene.

In order to assist Duan Wensai's political achievement to go smoothly, after the news came out, he privately called all the merchants in Nanyang Town together.

"If you can trust Mrs. Lin, you can buy as much land as the government sells this time..."

Gathering everyone together, Lin Ze didn't say anything else, only said this sentence.

Everyone heard that Monk Zhang Er was puzzled, but they had tried the sweetness of following Lin Ze a few times, and even though they didn't understand, they all listened to it.

Buy more if you believe in it, and buy less if you have doubts.

As for Li Guangcai and Guo Yuanwai, after careful consideration, he gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble, and directly took out most of his family's wealth.

In the village, Lin Ze also made a special trip back to persuade Li Laofu and the clan elders to organize the villagers to collect money and buy a piece in the name of the village.

The villagers also couldn't figure it out, and most of them were reluctant to feel sorry for Yin Zi, but in the end they couldn't bear the pressure of several clan elders, and they loosened their pockets one after another. Of course, complaints were inevitable.

Faced with these shallow-sighted villagers, several clan elders did not dare to tell the news revealed by Lin Ze, so they could only use the clan elders to suppress them.

"Shut up! This is the clan's decision. Anyone who doesn't want to gossip should get out and don't be a member of our Heba Village!"

The village is the root, how many people can survive without the village?

The elders of the clan have all talked to this point, and whoever dares to speak again, even if he is reluctant in his heart, can only hold back. The power of the clan cannot be resisted by individuals.

After all, the clan will not commit suicide, right?Even the two members of the Lin family were involved, and buying the land might be really beneficial, so everyone calmed down after thinking about it.

The people in other villages saw the change in Heba Village, and after thinking about it carefully, they followed suit.

Anyway, each person in the village gathers a little, and even if there is any problem, they can't lose too much. If it is beneficial, they can follow suit, right?After all, the relatives of the new county magistrate are in Heba Village, so is it good for Heba Village to come?

In this way, under such a herd mentality, the amount of money raised by the entire Nanyang Town is very considerable.

And Lin Ze, of course, took the opportunity to hoard a batch of cheap land.

After the whole policy of "Official Land Bidding and Sale", a total of 10 taels of silver was raised in the end.

However, Nanyang Town took half of Qingshan County's results with just one town, which shocked the people in other towns. Secretly, he really didn't realize that the people in Nanyang Town were so rich!

Duan Wensai's mood was extremely fluctuated when he saw the white money and banknotes. He really didn't expect to solve the financial problem so easily, so much money was more than enough to build roads.

I was very happy, and as soon as the cinnabar pen fell, I wrote a commendation poem to Nanyang Town, which actively cooperated with the imperial court, and sent it over as a stone tablet, and the road construction work was first carried out from Nanyang Town.

This made the people and merchants in Nanyang Town feel much better. Although the money was paid out, they were the first to benefit, so there was some comfort.

And because road construction requires a lot of labor, the idle men in the village also have a place to work, so they can earn some money back during the Chinese New Year, so that the Chinese New Year will not be too poor.

"The money went out before, but now I earn back from the work, and it is convenient for us to build the road. In fact, it is not a loss..."

When the villagers thought this way, they didn't feel sorry for the money given out earlier. Anyway, the money went back to their pockets after going around.

And when the wasteland they thought turned into gold pancakes in the future, the crowd would really shout with joy, regretting that their vision was too short-sighted, and they should pay more money!

The bustle and bustle outside is nothing to do with the children and gentlemen studying in private schools.

The one-month exchange student program is over, and the exchange students should return, and by the way, it is the turn of the students from Zeyu Private School to go out.

There are only 13 students under him, and he only went for 5 days anyway. Lin Ze simply waved his hand and threw them all out, taking the opportunity to exercise everyone's practical ability.

And he and Mr. Fang Shanyuan can also take a vacation to have a good rest.

The students have been studying hard in the past few months, and the two gentlemen have not gone anywhere easily. Throwing these little devils out for a few days, the two of them can also breathe.

"Don't cause trouble when you get outside, don't blame me for being too cruel if anyone embarrasses me, come back, okay, you can get out..."

Under the speechless eyes of Mr. Jiang and the others, Lin Ze threw out everyone's burdens very actively and straightforwardly.

After the instructions were finished, they clapped their hands and closed the door of the private school. There was no trace of nostalgia in the whole expression and movement, and the heartless sentence of "you can get out" made them all feel so hurt in their hearts.

But in the end, when he turned his head, the classmates of Zeyu Private School showed reluctance on their faces...

In addition, the exchange students who were tortured to death during this period of time also had the expression of "I don't want to leave" on their faces.

The teachers in the private schools are extremely complicated in their hearts, and they can't figure out what kind of magic Lin Ze has, how can this group of troubled children be so loyal, loyal, and reluctant...

However the fact is.

"Hey, why do you want to be an exchange student? I won't be able to eat free desserts this week. I can't live my life."

"That's right, I can't work and study to earn money this week. My parents have to go hunting in the mountains again. Otherwise, I won't be able to pay for food next year. The mountains are very dangerous, eh."

"Ahhhhhh, I finally don't have to do laundry anymore. I'm going back to before liberation again in these 5 days..."

"Hey, Uncle Gou Tou lost a bet with me yesterday, he promised to beat my back and legs, now it's cheaper for him."

"That's right, the uncles and uncles who have lost the waste recycling center, who have we enslaved these days will work for us, tears of bitterness..."

A group of reluctant Zeyu classmates went out to venture into the world with small burdens on their backs.

Over here at the recycling station.

Zhang Goutou, Lin Dakun and others hid behind the door and watched with pity, weeping with joy on their faces: NND, these little devils are finally gone!