The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

Last time, Ning Quan worked hard on the ship for a month, hoping to have more children, but in the end, only Sikong Ruo became pregnant.

Kim Hyo-joo, Aruna and Li Wanyue were all silent.

This is undoubtedly a pity.

"Father, father."

Seeing Ning Quan coming, several children immediately ran over.

"Haha, you guys are having a lot of fun. Did you miss your father?"

Ning Quan squatted down, picked up Ning An'er and asked with a smile.

"Of course I do. I think about it every day."

Ning An'er hugged Ning Quan's neck and said happily.

The other three children also shouted.

"Haha, Father misses you too."

"Come, father will play with you."

Ning Quan said with a smile.

"Yeah."

"Cluck, cluck, cluck!"

Several children agreed happily, and their laughter filled the entire yard, making the atmosphere particularly harmonious.

Ning Quan played with the children for half an hour and left only when it was almost time for dinner.

..........

Early the next morning.

Ning Quan brought Zhuge Liang and other court officials to the Imperial College, also known as Daqian Zhonghua University, for inspection.

The Imperial College is not far to the west of the imperial city. It is very large, covering thousands of acres.

Fortunately, it is large, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate more than 20,000 students.

But even so, it's a bit stressful to use.

However, Ning Quan has already made up his mind. His next step is to expand the university and at least double its area.

"See Your Majesty."

Gao Yang and others knelt down respectfully.

"Everyone loves you."

Ning Quan waved his hand calmly and said.

"How are things going these first few days of school? Do you have any difficulties? Please tell me."

Ning Quan asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, everything has gone smoothly since the start of school. There have been no difficulties."

Gao Yang answered respectfully.

"Well, that's good. What are your plans for the new semester?"

Ning Quan continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, the teaching plan has already been determined. We only need to carry out the teaching according to the plan. There is absolutely no problem with the plan."

"But I have a suggestion. We should expand the scope of primary education as soon as possible so that there will be more students and talents to choose from."

Gao Yang suggested.

"Well, that's a good suggestion. We originally planned to add more elementary schools a year later because we will have more teachers a year later."

"We can't wait even a year now; we have to speed up the process."

"How about this, you guys come up with a plan and I'll approve it."

Ning Quan thought for a moment and said.

"According to the order."

Gao Yang and the others responded in unison, with joy on their faces.

"Well, I'm here, so you can take me around."

Ning Quan said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Gao Yang and his friends spoke quickly, and then took Ning Quan to look around the school.

While looking, he introduced the school's situation to Ning Quan.

Ning Quan felt very pleased when he saw the students studying hard and the teachers giving serious lectures in the classrooms.

These students will become towering trees in the future and contribute their own strength to the prosperity of Daqian.

"Why is that student dressed so shabbily? Is it because his family is poor?"

Suddenly Ning Quan stopped and pointed at the patch on a student's clothes in the classroom and asked.

This is a man about eighteen or nineteen years old. His clothes are full of patches and even have holes.

"Your Majesty, his name is Qin Hanwen, and his family is in very poor financial condition."

Gao Yang replied.

"Oh, so the school doesn't have any policies for poor students like these?"

Ning Quan frowned and asked,

"Your Majesty, there is a policy. Food and accommodation are all free."

"For students like Qin Hanwen, there are additional subsidies. His subsidy has already been distributed. It's twelve taels in total, which is one tael per month."

"But maybe he was reluctant to spend it, or he sent the money back home, so..."

Gao Yang answered somewhat uncertainly.

"Well, that's pretty much what you said. Well, it's his decision, so we shouldn't interfere too much."

"It's good to have a spirit of independence and self-reliance."

After listening to Gao Yang's words, Ning Quan nodded.

"However, regarding student subsidies, you should still use your brains more. For example, why don't we just provide students with clothes for all four seasons and daily necessities? Don't you agree?"

Ning Quan continued.

"Your Majesty is wise, and we, the ministers, are stupid!"

After hearing Ning Quan's words, Gao Yang and others immediately reacted and spoke respectfully.

"Okay, stop flattering me. I'll leave this to you. Hurry and do it right away."

"As for money and property, you don't have to worry."

Ning Quan waved his hand and said.

"Yes, I obey the order."

Gao Yang and others responded respectfully.

"I also remembered something. How old is our youngest student?"

Ning Quan suddenly asked again.

"Your Majesty, the youngest student is nine years old."

Gao Yang said respectfully.

"Oh, nine years old, that still doesn't work."

Ning Quan nodded suddenly

"Your Majesty, you are asking this...are you hoping to have the prince enrolled as well?"

Gao Yang asked tentatively.

"Yes, that's what I mean. But they are still too young. The eldest prince is only five and a half years old now."

Ning Quan shook his head.

"Your Majesty, five and a half is a little young, but next year it will be fine."

"When the time comes, I will arrange for a special teacher to teach the prince."

Gao Yang thought for a moment and said.

"Well, sure, next year then."

Ning Quan nodded with satisfaction.

Then, Ning Quan walked around the school again and then left.

Returning to the imperial study, Ning Quan asked Zhuge Liang to sit down.

"Prime Minister, what is the current situation of the bank?"

"Your Majesty, the bank is currently operating normally. Aristocratic families, wealthy merchants, and even ordinary people are rushing to deposit money, and the bank is accepting deposits of over one million taels every day."

"The loan situation is also very good, because our branches are spread all over the country. Many merchants are willing to use our banknotes and are also willing to lend us money because it is convenient."

"As for the outlets I just mentioned, we are still opening more outlets, and we expect the total number of outlets to reach 800 in three months."

Zhuge Liang said respectfully.

"Well, that's good. So what about the Chamber of Commerce?"

Ning Quan nodded with satisfaction and then asked.

"Your Majesty, the Chamber of Commerce is doing very well. Our business has expanded nationwide, even to Southeast Asia and Australia, and our monthly profit exceeds five million taels of silver."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile on his face.

"Well, it looks good, but these five chambers of commerce are all engaged in exclusive trade, which is a monopoly business, so profits are certain."

"And a monthly profit of five million taels isn't a lot. Of course, the business is just getting started now. As the business grows bigger, the profits will increase by at least several times, or even dozens of times."

"If we still make a profit of several million taels per month, then it's definitely not going to work, or something is wrong."

Ning Quan pondered for a moment and said.