Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The weather in July is getting hotter and hotter.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought a lot of ice cubes and put some in the cafeteria, the drink shop and other shops.

The trees in Zhangjiazhuang have not yet grown into mature trees, so there is not much shade. Many roads are paved with cement, which makes it even hotter.

The construction team has dug out all the workshop buildings and cellars.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked them to dig two large ponds in front of canteen 1 and canteen 3. After digging, they filled them with water, planted some lotus flowers and had lotus roots to eat.

2Build a large square in the middle of the cafeteria.

A slightly higher pavilion was built in the middle of the square to facilitate holding meetings.

We found some vacant land next to the vegetable garden in the north of the city and dug a few large ponds to raise fish.

It’s so hot in the summer that I wake up from the heat at night.

She checked the mall for cooling items that could be used.

Cool mats, beam pillows, cool quilts, bamboo ladies, cattail fans, fan carts, etc.

Zhao Yuanzhen ordered 50 fan cars, 10 of which were placed in the cafeteria, and the rest were distributed in the office hall and her own yard.

This is a fan car that can use wind or manpower.

Every day during lunch and dinner when there was no wind, Zhao Yuanzhen would ask people to shake the wind manually, so that the cafeteria would be much cooler.

A variety of iced drinks are also available at the special window.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought a lot of cool mats, pillows, bamboo ladies, etc. in the mall, and 1 point could buy hundreds of them.

He sold them to his employees at half the market price. They were not expensive, just a few cents or a dozen cents. They had been working for several months and had money in their hands. In order to have a good rest at night, basically everyone who was not particularly stingy bought a set.

You can still make some money.

Zhao Yuanzhen also purchased a batch of thin quilts, one point for 36 sets, one set of quilts was 3 jin of cotton, the market price cost was about 260 wen, and the lowest market price was 300 wen per set. Zhao Yuanzhen sold them directly for 150 wen.

One set can earn more than 120 Wen.

Not only did I make money, I also received a lot of grateful praise.

Kill two birds with one stone, why not?

Although it is sad to pay salaries, with more than 1 people having to pay out almost each time, but with a large population the purchasing power is really great.

By utilizing the system to earn the price difference, you can make a lot of money. If you do it a few more times a year, you can probably earn back the employees' wages.

When Zhao Yuanzhen went to the cafeteria to eat, she found many children playing with the soil around the pond pit. There were quite a few of them.

She counted them roughly and there were more than 100 of them.

These people have come here from far away with their parents to work. As they are young, they can't do much, so they just play here.

When the contract was signed, each family had two places for children under the age of 2 to eat in the cafeteria for free.

The youngest of these children is only one or two years old, and the oldest is about 10 years old.

It would be a waste to waste such a prime time like this. It would be better to learn some skills or knowledge.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked Zhang Yu to check how many academies there were in Xiaoshan County.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yu came to report that there were only two academies in Xiaoshan County, but the tuition was high and there were many people.

There are too few academies and the tuition is too expensive. The parents of these children are definitely unwilling to send their children to study.

Start your own academy.

We acted immediately. Academies can be divided into two directions, one is the imperial examination direction, and the other is the skill direction.

That is undergraduate and technical schools.

Learning can be divided into three stages.

The first stage is the literacy enlightenment stage.

The second stage is the imperial examination selection stage or the skills stage.

The third stage is for those who want to take the imperial examination to take it, and for those who want to learn skills to carry out theoretical and practical work.

She found the map of Zhangjiazhuang and found a large open space in the southwest corner, which she had left on purpose so that she could build something in the future.

It is now being used to build a college.

The academy is built in a two-courtyard quadrangle model. The front courtyard after entering the courtyard is the teachers' office and rest area.

The other three rows of houses once entering the courtyard are used by students who are learning skills.

The second courtyard and three rows of houses are used for cultural studies. Whether it is enlightenment or continuing on the path to imperial examinations, people study here. It is quiet here and not easy to be disturbed.

She drew the construction blueprints and gave them to the construction team, asking them to build the academy first.

After the academy is settled, the issue of teachers must be resolved. In the early days of the academy, it was basically just for enlightenment, so it only required finding a scholar who could read and write.

For those who plan to take the imperial examination in the later period, it is best to find someone with real talent and learning.

Zhao Yuanzhen was not very familiar with Xiaoshan County, so she did not bother to find the county magistrate if she had any questions.

It is a good thing to set up your own academy. The county magistrate will definitely support it and ask him to help recommend a few teachers with real talents and knowledge.

Sure enough, the county magistrate readily agreed and said that he would help find it as soon as possible.

Thinking about the border trade with the Jin people that would be opened in the future, Zhao Yuanzhen applied for a road construction plan again, and still paid for and contributed his own labor to build a cement road from Xiaoshan County to the border.

With this road, it will take less than 2 hours to get to the military camp, and it will also be convenient to transport military rations in the future.

The county magistrate also readily agreed.

It would be great if Xiaoshan County had more businessmen like Mrs. Zhang who care about the country and the people.

Zhao Yuanzhen sorted out the optimal route for road construction and drew it for the county magistrate, who also had to report it.

After everything was done, Zhao Yuanzhen went back.

As for the technical teachers in the academy, we found them from the workshops, one for each skill, and then added some courses, such as carpentry, boatman, doctor, shopkeeper, etc.

We focus on having a complete range of products so that everyone can find something to learn.

Zhao Yuanzhen customized the blackboard and chalk. Teaching in the Daliang Dynasty was still based on books, which means everyone had to buy a book and the teacher taught according to the book.

However, books are very expensive. Zhao Yuanzhen was afraid that some people could not afford the money for books, so she used a blackboard so that even people who did not have books could see, learn and recognize the words.

Zhao Yuanzhen has also thought of a name for the academy.

【Zhangjiazhuang Academy】

Not bad, it sounds nice, let’s call it this, Zhao Yuanzhen thought with satisfaction.

It’s definitely not that she doesn’t want to think about naming.

Zhao Yuanzhen went to ask the county magistrate to write an inscription for her. The county magistrate also wrote an inscription for her, considering that she was a great driving force for the development of Xiaoshan County.

Send the inscribed paper to have the plaque engraved.

Subsequently, a lot of recruitment advertisements were printed.

[Zhangjiazhuang Academy Enrollment: For people in Zhangjiazhuang, a monthly tuition of 100 wen is required during the enlightenment stage, and 150 wen is required for others. A copy of the enlightenment book "Three Character Classic" is given as a gift upon admission. The academy is divided into enlightenment classes, scientific examination classes, and technical skills classes.

Skill classes include ceramics, papermaking, printing, carpentry, bows and arrows, archery, horsemanship, medicine, abacus, cooking, winemaking, knitting and needlework, etc.

There is a cafeteria in Zhangjiazhuang. At noon, three dishes and one soup are provided as the main meal. The price for a meal is 10 wen for children under 8 years old and 10 wen for those over years old.

Everyone is welcome to sign up. The first 10 people to sign up will receive small gifts.

Registration address: Admissions Office on the 1st floor of Zhangjiazhuang Service Hall. 】

This admissions office was newly established by Zhao Yuanzhen and is responsible for other tasks for students besides teaching tasks.

Zhao Yuanzhen took on the honorary title of dean and chose a steady manager to be the vice-dean, who was also responsible for all matters of the admissions office.

Changed his name to Zhang Xiaoshu.

Zhangjia is the person in charge of Xiaoshan County Academy.

The owners of the shops that were opened before basically changed their names according to this pattern.

Zhang Xiaojiu, Zhang Xiaotang, Zhang Xiaosheng and so on.

She prepared writing brushes as small gifts for the first 10 people to register. Writing brushes are worthless in the system, and 1 point can buy 200 of them.

But in the Daliang Dynasty, the cheapest one cost 450 Wen.

Zhao Yuanzhen instructed the bookstore to give a 8% discount to all students of the college who came to buy the four treasures of the study and other books.

After the discount, a pen costs 360. Zhao Yuanzhen made a net profit of 355 coins.

The servants beat drums and gongs to post these notices along the streets and alleys. In the manor, they were posted in the three canteens. There were also servants standing by to interpret the meaning of the notices.

Compared to a salary of 100 wen per person, the 1500 wen salary was not very expensive. In addition, families with children came as a unit, and there were at least two earners. With 2 taels of silver per month, most families would send their children to school.

There are no parents who don't love their children. Parents who love their children will plan for the future. Parents want to try their best to give their children a better future.

Some open-minded parents discovered that their girls could learn knitting and needlework after getting started, so they sent their girls to learn to read and write.

After 10 days of construction, the college was completed. Zhao Yuanzhen and his team added some details and planted some flowers, plants and trees.

There are many stone tables and chairs.

Even the toilets are built in the style of flush toilets.

You should know that all public toilets in Zhangjiazhuang are squat toilets, which are built in the style of small cubicles and contain a lot of toilet tokens.

The county magistrate kept his promise and within two days after Zhao Yuanzhen went to see him last time, he sent six tutors.

Two of them followed the imperial examination system, and the remaining four were enlightened.

Zhao Yuanzhen was so satisfied. She had thought that she would have to find an enlightenment teacher herself, but she didn't expect that the county magistrate had already found one for her.

She was very satisfied and sent a cart full of fruits and vegetables to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate was very happy holding the big watermelon. It was so comfortable to eat watermelon in such a hot day.

Zhao Yuanzhen signed contracts with several teachers, offering a monthly salary of three taels of silver, including food and accommodation.

Anyway, we just eat in the cafeteria and live in the dormitory.

Two teachers chose to live in Zhangjiazhuang, and the others were from Xiaoshan County and chose to return home.

The welfare benefits that Zhao Yuanzhen offers to teachers are the highest in the entire Xiaoshan County. He hopes that the teachers can continue to do this for a long time.

Zhao Yuanzhen took the teachers to familiarize themselves with the academy and classrooms.

The most important thing is to get them familiar with the blackboard.

The teachers were very curious when they held the brush and the chalk for the first time.

Zhao Yuanzhen demonstrated to them how to use the blackboard and chalk, and explained the reasons for doing so.

"Books and study tools are very expensive, and I'm afraid some students can't afford them. But if we write on the blackboard, they can learn to read and gain enlightenment even if they don't have books."

"The dean is so righteous that we are ashamed of ourselves."

Several teachers were moved by Zhao Yuanzhen's idea. He is really a good dean and really cares about the students.