The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

Although the tuition fee of Feiguang Academy is expensive, compared with the big academy, the tuition fee is not high.

Gradually, many people came to their senses and wanted to enter Feiguang Academy. After all, once they entered this academy, it would be the same as getting a golden job.

Shen Ge originally held the idea of ​​Ning Que Wu Lan, and a steady stream of people came to post, but he did not accept it, but discussed it with Hu Naiqing and the others, and issued a paper.

Many soldiers of Lingwei in the Qing Dynasty were illiterate, so they had to start with literacy after entering Feiguang Academy.Shen Ge and other gentlemen didn't mind after recognizing their talents, and patiently taught them from the basics.

The admission of Bai Ding from Feiguang Academy does not mean that the academy does not look at qualifications. Shen Ge and the others have preliminarily screened the students who have already enrolled. Because they are Qing Lingwei's own people, the requirements are not strict. They only need to be smart and hardworking at an average level. Students who are studying are accepted, but such loose conditions are not applicable to recruiting students from outside.

It is not considered poor to be able to produce 20 or two beams of students who have come to Feiguang Academy. They have gone to school before and have a more or less basic foundation.

Shen Ge doesn't just take the essay test, but also the arithmetic and practical ability test. Which sub-college the student wants to apply for, there will be a little more questions related to the sub-college on the exam paper, and the comprehensive score will be calculated at the end. As long as they can pass The line is closed, which is relatively fair.

After Shen Ge resigned, he did not seem to be free. The affairs of Qingling Weizhong and the affairs of Feiguang College were intertwined. Shen Ge lived a full life every day.

On this day, a craftsman from Qing Lingwei came to Shen Ge and said that the dagger was ready.

Shen Ge hurriedly asked the other party to present it, and this batch of daggers was the one with the gold essence added earlier.Gold essence is rare, Shen Ge asked them not to mass-produce it, but to get samples first.

In order to ensure the quality of the dagger, Shen Ge did not save on raw materials. The entire dagger is made of fine iron with gold essence added, and the dagger will never fall off the handle.This batch of daggers did not plan to secure the handles, but added some spiral lines to the handles, and then wrapped them tightly with thick hemp rope to prevent scratching hands.

The craftsman brought the dagger in. The whole dagger was pitch-black without any light, and the light seemed to be absorbed by it. In actual combat, there will never be a situation where the opponent sees the light of the knife and detects it early.

The dagger is not too long, only about three inches, with both sides sharpened, it looks like a small dagger.

What is particularly frightening about this dagger is that it has serrated teeth on one side. It is conceivable that if it is pierced into a human body, it will definitely bring irregular wounds.In addition, there are blood grooves on the body of the dagger. Once it is stabbed, it will cause a blood spurt, causing the opponent to lose a lot of blood.

In this era when cold weapons are so simple that they can only break a little skin and can't even penetrate the flesh, such a dagger is no less than a magic weapon.

Shen Ge picked up the dagger and weighed it, and asked: "Only this one is the first batch of daggers made?"

The craftsman replied respectfully: "Back to the second master, there are two more, but this one is the best."

They are all done by hand these days, so it's normal to have errors, but with the level of Qing Lingwei's craftsmen, even if there are errors, it shouldn't be much worse.

"Have someone bring over all the daggers that have been added with gold essence. If the semi-finished products are convenient, bring them together." After Shen Ge ordered the craftsmen, he asked Dong Xiaowu, "Go and invite Brother Xun, Brother Shao, Brother Baili, and Brother Hu Big brother, they come together."

The two took orders to go, and after a while, everyone arrived.

Shen Ge circulated the dagger to everyone, "The sample has just been made, everyone is an expert, let's take a look together."

The daggers were placed on a tray and passed around.

As Shen Ge said, everyone here is an expert, and the weapons Shaoxin and the others have seen are much better than the silver taels that ordinary people have seen. After a little weighing and playing with them, Shaoxin and the others will know the benefits of this dagger.

"This dagger is really heavy, but it's enjoyable." Shao Xin waved it twice, "When we really meet an enemy, white knives go in and red knives go out, and the opponent is basically dead."

"This dagger is really good. Xun Jiu and the others are also suitable for it. For those who travel far and wide, having a good weapon can save a lot of trouble." Bai Liyi played with the dagger, and obviously loved it very much.

Hu Naiqing took a look at the dagger, and commented: "It's a great weapon."

Shen Ge turned to look at Xun Feiguang, "Brother Xun, what do you think?"

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Shen Ge suggested: "Since this is the case, let's not worry about it. First, cut out half of the golden stone to make weapons. What kind of weapons do you want, just talk to our craftsmen directly."

The partial craftsmen attached to Qing Lingwei originally stayed near the capital, but Xun Feiguang transferred them here after Shen Ge put Feiguang Academy on the agenda.

Xun Feiguang not only transferred the weapon craftsmen, but most of the craftsmen, such as cloth craftsmen and potters, moved here secretly.He has no idea of ​​returning to the capital for development in the short term. If he can take root here and get a prince with a different surname, then he will make a good plan.

If not, just like Shen Ge said, go directly overseas to retreat, and it is not impossible to expand the territory.

Shen Ge was a little worried that such a blatant rebellion would affect Shenjia Village and Master Wu, but Xun Feiguang said that there is no need to worry. With his character and wisdom, even if there is such a day, he will not be that barbarian. If it is about the clan, it will only lose the hearts of the people.

Of course, Xun Feiguang didn't intend to rely solely on the conscience of the present. If that day really came, their intelligence network would have been almost established, and they would definitely move everyone from Shenjia Village and Mr. Wu's relatives and friends here in advance.

It is still too early to say these things, although they are a bit out of line, but harmless, and will never happen at this time today.Besides, even if the other end of the capital really wants to go their own way, they may not be able to please.

After receiving Xun Feiguang's nod, Shen Ge went to inspect the Jin Jingshi himself, and worked with Xun Feiguang to re-create the templates for this batch of weapons.

Shen Ge himself didn't want this batch of weapons, his martial arts skills are very common, and he can do a few strokes against ordinary people, but he often doesn't need to use his hands when facing ordinary people.Those who can really break through the defenses and reach him are the best of the best. If there is such a day, it doesn't matter whether he holds a weapon or not. If he does, he will give food to others.

Shen Ge didn't want it himself, but he was quite interested in playing for Xun Feiguang.

He personally drew a few concept drawings, all of which were in line with his aesthetics and were extremely good and easy to use among the sabers he had seen in his previous life.

These drawings are all drawn with charcoal pencils, and the sabers on them are sharp-edged and extremely cold. Even if you only look at the pictures, you can see that these sabers are not extraordinary.

There are limited craftsmen in Lingwei in the Qing Dynasty. When making weapons in large quantities, they can only try their best to pursue the effect of weapons, and they cannot be refined. It is not difficult to make the sabers that Shen Ge saw in his previous life on a large scale, but it is not difficult to make one or two for Xun Feiguang .

After seeking Xun Feiguang's opinion, Shen Ge designed another spear for him.

There is a saying for weapons that "one inch is long and one inch is strong, and one inch is short and one inch is dangerous". At this time, if he has energy, Shen Ge hopes that both long and short weapons can be configured for Xun Feiguang.

Since the beginning of spring, the weather has been getting warmer and warmer day by day, Shen Ge is busy at both ends, and in a blink of an eye, it is late spring.

One day, Xun Feiguang pulled out Shen Ge who was buried in his desk, "It's a beautiful spring, we haven't come out for a walk this year."

"Who said?" Shen Ge retorted subconsciously, "planting rice seedlings, releasing fish fry, planting mulberry and silkworms, these things are all done in the fields."

Xun Feiguang stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his shoulders, and led him out with a little force, "You're busy these days, don't tell me to come out for a walk."

Shen Ge came back to his senses and laughed dumbly, looked at him and nodded, "So we have been really busy for a long time."

Not only Shen Ge was busy, but no one in Qinglingwei and Feiguang Academy was idle, Xun Feiguang and Shen Ge were especially busy.

Shen Ge was mostly busy with detailed practical matters, from the fact that the moat in front of the camp was dug too shallow, that when the spring water rose, the water would overflow, to twenty or thirty ducklings that had just been reared were frozen to death by the cold spring, all of these belonged to Shen Ge. song tube.

It's not that the small and medium leaders in the camp didn't make up their minds, but Shen Ge was the president's planner, and he had a plan in his mind for all matters big and small in the camp.Some things may seem small, but they are actually very important, such as the problem that the ducklings were frozen to death, if Chen Ge didn't order them to buy them, there would be nowhere to buy them even if they had money.

Xun Feiguang was busy with major issues in the camp, such as recruiting soldiers for Qing Lingwei. Today, Qing Lingwei has more than 5000 soldiers, and more than 3000 are stationed in Nanguan Mansion.The other 2000 or so were under Bailiyi's command. Some were merchants, some disguised as bodyguards, and some disguised themselves as ordinary bandits in the north.

Most of the Qing Lingwei outside were newcomers who came in one after another. Xun Feiguang handed them over to Bai Liyi and Xun Jiu for training, with the intention of secretly training soldiers.

Xun Feiguang planned to recruit about 6000 more people. He is not afraid of the emperor's suspicion now. At this time, the suspicion has become inevitable, so he needs to recruit more people. At this time, he must prepare for the future battle.

He didn't directly recruit people blatantly, but chose to recruit people secretly.After recruiting enough people, they did not stay in Nanguan Mansion, but were sent to various places for secret training.

In April, the peach blossoms of the mountain temple begin to bloom.

The two didn't take anyone else with them, not even their own soldiers, they only packed two packages and went to Donghua Temple.

The monks of Donghua Temple still looked the same, Shen Ge and the others went up the mountain, but the monks did not come to say hello, only the old monk asked.

Shen Ge likes the hot springs here very much. Before coming here, he had told Shao Xin and the others that he would live on the mountain for a day.

Shaoxin and the others responded, saying that there is no need to worry about the camp.Shen Ge was not polite to them, and directly said that he wanted to live on the mountain.

Vegetables are grown in the Buddhist temple, but it is the season of vegetable shortage, and the monks still eat more dry goods such as bean sprouts, bean curd and so on.

Shen Ge and the others specially asked the soldiers to send some dried vegetables and mushrooms to the monks. Before they finished eating, Shen Ge just took some back to cook.

Several monks practiced well, one by one, they did not place too much emphasis on their appetites, and the meals they ate every day were clear soup with little water.

This time going up the mountain was the same as usual, Shen Ge cooked by himself.There is another kitchen next to the meditation room where they live. This kitchen is no longer in the Buddhist temple, and it is okay even if they eat meat.

Shen Ge is not obsessed with meat dishes, but less restrictions are still something to be happy about.

In the evening, the two of them ate a vegetarian pot under the cloudy sky, chatting while eating, and when they were having fun, a pigeon flew over and stopped in front of the two of them.

Shen Ge recognized at a glance that this was Qing Lingwei's pigeon.Different from other pigeons, the pigeons of Qing Lingwei can not only recognize the way, but also find people by scent. When Chen Ge and the others come out, they often wear sachets with special spices on their bodies, so that the pigeons can find them easily. Extremely convenient.

"Hey, didn't you say don't bother me?" Shen Ge stopped his chopsticks, watched Xun Feiguang pull out the letter paper from the letter box tied to the pigeon's feet, and asked, "What's written on it? Is there something important?"

"It's not too important, it's expected." Xun Feiguang handed the note to Shen Ge, "The imperial court is sealing up Qing Lingwei's shops everywhere."

Xun Feiguang, as the Duke of Zhen, even if he had a shop under his name, would not hang it openly, and usually hang it under the name of a loyal servant.

Many of these shops without Xun Feiguang's name were run by orphans previously adopted by the Xun family. Most people would never guess that these shops originally belonged to Xun Feiguang.The fact that the emperor was able to seal up so many shops at once shows that he was well prepared.

Shen Ge read the text message at a glance. The reason for the seizure was roughly written on the letter, but he found that there were all kinds of reasons, even the stop sign was brushed down to obstruct pedestrians. Shen Ge knew that these were all excuses. .It doesn't matter why Guan Xun Feiguang's shop is there, what matters is that the emperor still made a move after all.

Shen Ge looked at a shop in 320 that was shut down in just three days. This is not a particularly far away place, because the news from there has not yet come.

"Xun Fei, do a rough calculation, we will lose more than one hundred thousand taels of silver these few days?"

These moneys include less profits, things damaged by the guards, money spent on redemption, etc. If this momentum is not stopped, they will lose even more.

Shen Ge didn't expect His Majesty to take such a drastic action, so he frowned for a moment.

Xun Feiguang didn't care, "It's just small money, don't take it to heart."

"Having said that, if pennies are like this, where will our military expenses come from?"

"I saved some before, and I still have 2000 million taels of silver." Xun Feiguang dipped his fingers in the wine and stroked the table, "Isn't our big ship built in the same way? Look, this is all the news we have inquired about."

Xun Feiguang briefly drew the map, especially in the direction of Gege Continent, "From here to here, there are iron mines, copper mines, and the coal mine you mentioned. They have never been mined. Gege Continent is not too far away from us. It’s really not going to work, let’s take the money and go to that place to avoid it.”

"That's what I said, but it must be even more difficult to do it. The point is, if there is such a day, we will stay away from Dayan, and there will be nowhere to buy supplies at that time."

"If you have money, you can do it. Look here, there is an island here, and you can settle people. If you want to grow vegetables, you can grow them yourself. Money can turn ghosts around. Even if your majesty wants to fortify the wall and clear the country, there will always be people who are willing to risk their lives to make a profit."

Xun Feiguang was not worried about these things. For a general, as long as he had weapons and troops, he could get anything.

"As you said, even if we can no longer communicate with Dayan, there are so many island countries, large and small, and Gege Continent is also here. We have soldiers and horses, and we can always find a place to stay."

Xun Feiguang stood firm and didn't worry at all. Shen Ge was calmed down by him. He laughed at himself, "I'm a scholar with no use. I said it earlier, but I'm always a little flustered."

"When it comes to rebellion, panic is inevitable, but there is no need to worry, I am here." Xun Feiguang raised his head and raised his lips slightly at him, "In any case, it will not be a problem to keep the brothers alive."

Shen Ge picked up the wine glass to clink with him, and after being prepared to accept the worst, everything else is easy to accept.

Fortunately, the imperial court did not take any further actions other than sealing up some of Xun Feiguang's properties.

Another half month later, Shen Ge suddenly received a letter from Fei Ge.

The letter was written by Shen Ge's uncle Hu Qingyan.

Shen Ge handed the letter to Xun Feiguang in shock, "Brother Xun, my uncle has resigned and is preparing to go south."

Xun Feiguang raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Uncle has resigned?"

"Well, it was half a month ago."

Hu Qingyan did not explain the reason in the letter, but only said that he had resigned because of something and was preparing to come to Nanguan City.Shen Ge's doubts turned into doubts, and he couldn't think of why his uncle resigned for the time being, so he had to prepare everything for his reception.

Xun Feiguang thought more than Shen Ge.

Hu Qingyan is in his 40s this year, and he is in the prime of his life. He is already a senior member of the second rank. After ten or eight years, it is not difficult to become a senior member of the first rank. After a fight, it is not impossible to be named a marquis and a minister. .With such a bright future, Hu Qingyan has endured step by step for so many years, but now he suddenly gave up and chose to come to Nanguan alone, which is really puzzling.

Xun Feiguang quickly found out the reason, and the letter sent back from the capital said that Hu Qingyan had been demoted not long ago, and was demoted to a place on the border of the northern barbarians as a prefect.

On the bright side, this official has not been demoted too much, but one Beijing official and one local official are still poor and remote, and they have to face the extremely vicious northern barbarian local officials, and the difference is greater than the difference between heaven and earth.

Most of the people who can enter the officialdom are good people. When everyone saw Hu Qingyan's appearance, he knew that he was disgusted by the present. Anyone who fell into trouble for a while, Hu Qingyan resigned directly from the office in frustration, and planned to come over to his nephew. head pension.

After Xun Feiguang knew the reason, it was difficult to tell Shen Ge, so he didn't mention it. He just wrote to ask Hu Qingyan if he wanted to come to Feiguang College as a teacher.

Hu Qingyan agreed almost immediately, and picked a day with better weather and rode over.

Shen Ge was worried about his uncle. After Xun Feiguang found out, he asked Bai Liyi and Xun Jiu to send a team of bodyguards to follow him, but don't bother him.

Hu Qingyan actually had a lot of ostentation, but he didn't look too eye-catching. The robbers and bandits who didn't have long eyes and dared to come and rob him didn't bother him much.

In less than a month, Shen Ge received another letter.

This time it was written by Wu Shiyu, Senior Brother Wu. He is the county magistrate. I don't know if he is acquainted with Shen Ge. Wu Shiyu was targeted more often.

Wu Shiyu had a good temper at first, and endured it for more than a month, until he saw a hooligan molesting his wife Ran Suxuan, he couldn't bear it any longer, and in a fit of rage, he signed his resignation and wanted to join Chen Ge with his family.

He doesn't have any special requirements, if it's suitable, he can come over and be a gentleman, as long as he can support his wife and children.

He is very happy to come to Shen Ge, and he has prepared relevant matters in advance.As for errands, Wu Shiyu didn't know how to work, farm, or do business, let alone a soldier, so it was still difficult to teach others, so he could at most be an assistant.

Shen Ge has been thinking about this matter all night.

Seeing him rolling around, Xun Feiguang refused to sleep, so he stretched out his hand and locked him in his arms, "Can't you sleep?"

"That's not true, it's just that I have something on my mind. Brother Xun, you said that after Uncle and Brother Wu come over, how about we open another academy?"

"Academy of Literature?" Xun Feiguang and Shen Ge had a tacit understanding, "Didn't you say before that you want to open a academy of literature? Uncle, Wu Shiyu and you both came from serious imperial examinations. It should be easy to open a academy of literature."

"It's purely my luck, others may not be able to learn it." Shen Ge rubbed his shoulders and neck, and sighed quietly, "Besides, Brother Xun, do you think the students taught by our college can go to the scientific examination? The examiner After checking, if we find out that it is our college, then we dare not record it?"

The influence of Feiguang Academy is not great at the moment, but it has entered the eyes of many interested people. If there is a college to go to the scientific examination, it will definitely cause an uproar, and the Dayan people who are best at mediocrity will generally not enroll the students of Feiguang Academy.

This is the case everywhere, if you are lucky enough to go to Chunwei in Kyoto, the students of Feiguang Academy who have already been marked in your heart will not be able to please.

Xun Feiguang thought about it, "In this case, let's train officials for Qing Lingwei. No matter whether I can become king in the future, our place will need a large number of officials."

"That would work. The Faculty of Letters can also teach law, and my uncle knows that well, and it will be very useful to teach. Well, if I have time, I can teach them how to write novels?"

"The scripts you wrote before?"

Shen Ge wrote the storybook before he became Zhongju, so it can be said that he earned his first pot of gold from the storybook.He has a special talent for writing story books, and many people are still asking about his new works, especially those who like horror, but it is a pity that Shen Ge has not written for a long time.

"You can have story books, but there is also a kind of novel." Shen Ge thought about it, and felt that the western novels he read in his previous life were also good.