Quyang Academy.
Although some students were eventually eliminated after several rounds of screening, the total number of students in the academy is still as high as more than 500.
The only wife, Huang Xie, had already turned his childish voice into a drake voice due to long-term fatigue.
Although winter has entered, the teaching work in the academy has not stopped - Huang Xie would look at the mountains in the distance and sigh silently from time to time after finishing a day's classes.
Grandma drops.
Xiong Wuliang, you are so unscrupulous! You are so damn good at deceiving people!
It has only been less than half a year, and I, a rich young man, have been used like a donkey by Xiong Wuliang and have lost my appearance.
If three years had passed...
It is estimated that this life will have to be lost in Quyang County!
Huang Xie took a long breath, picked up his pen, and began to correct the students' articles.
Typo!
Improper use of allusion!
That makes no sense!
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The writing style of these articles is generally immature, and the words and sentences used are all commonly used words. In some places, there are large traces of modification, which made Huang Xie frown.
Still, it's not bad.
Half a year ago, these students were still illiterate.
In just half a year, I have been able to write a practical text of dozens or hundreds of words, which is considered a rapid progress!
Based on this development, it will not be a big problem to train a group of grassroots officials who are more or less literate in one year.
It can only be said that these poor children are much more enthusiastic about learning and work much harder than the aristocratic sons who were born with golden keys in Yingdu.
There are also some articles that make Huang Xie's eyes light up - Huang Xie secretly thought that some students might be able to stay in the academy after one year and continue their studies with Huang Xie...
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and a slightly timid and respectful voice came: "Student Qu Yang, please see the Master."
Huang Xie stood up and went to open the door.
Huang Xie was deeply impressed by Qu Yang.
In the entire academy, he is one of the few hard-working and smart people.
Qu Yang walked into the room, his face turned blue from the cold, and bowed deeply to Huang Xie: "Student pays homage to the Master..."
Huang Xie's sharp eyes saw the two pieces of bacon in Qu Yang's hand, and he couldn't help but laugh.
Although the Huang family is not the top power in the Chu country like Qu, Jing, and Zhao, they are still a powerful family that stomps their feet and shocks three people. Huang Xie has been the young master of the Huang family since he was a child, and is sought after by thousands of people. How can he be inferior to these two pieces of gray dried meat?
Qu Yang was a little embarrassed: "Master...my father came here just now and said...that this is respecting the teacher, Master, please accept it!"
Huang Xie wanted to refuse, but when he looked at Qu Yang's expectant and shrinking face, his heart suddenly trembled.
Even in the prosperous Quyang County, these two pieces of dried meat are valuable to ordinary farmers.
Looking at Qu Yang's expression, Huang Xie was moved.
"Okay! There was indeed a precedent for Confucius to accept a disciple... Sir, no, I accepted it!"
"It's just that this matter must not be spread outside. Otherwise, if hundreds of students each send two pieces of dried meat, how can Huang eat it?" Huang Xie said as he took the meat from Qu Yang's hand and asked solemnly. On the beam.
Qu Yang's face flushed with joy.
Huang Xie was deeply touched: "You go back now, I have to correct the article, so I won't keep you any longer."
Looking at Qu Yang's cheerful back, Huang Xie let out a long sigh. For the first time in his life, a strong warmth surged in his heart - just stay in the academy and not go back to Yingdu this year.
At the beginning, Xiong Wuliang said that he would work in Quyang for three years.
Three years is three years!
In the past three years, labor and management have been squatting in Quyang and not going anywhere! Don’t let that bitch Xiong Wuliang find fault with you in three years’ time!
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Spring has arrived, and there is still a hint of coldness in the air, but the willow branches have been quietly covered with a vague layer of green.
The fiefdom is thriving again.
The farmers have already carried their farm tools to the fields and started sowing for the new year. There are also significantly more business travelers on the roadside than in winter.
Zhong Hua led eight hundred soldiers to escort Xiong Wuliang and went straight to Ping'a.
Xiong Wuliang learned the lesson from the last time. Now, whenever he goes out, he will bring his personal troops with him, and there will be a huge pomp.
The eight hundred soldiers under Zhong Hua's command were selected from the lieutenant colonels of the "Quyang New Army", and equipped with sophisticated equipment. In terms of combat power, I am afraid that the Yingdu Forbidden Army is no match.
Xiong Wuliang came to the edge of the Huai River and looked around, seeing the rushing river.
On the shore, 'Ping'a Commercial Port' has begun to take shape.
In order to build this commercial port, Xiong Wuliang invested a lot of money - the foundation of the commercial port is made of cement mixed with copper pillars, which is extremely solid.
According to Shi Er's estimation, this commercial port can be used for at least fifty years. If it is well maintained, it is not surprising that it can be used for hundreds of years.
Xiong Wuliang angrily spent 10,000 gold, which was just the first phase of construction of this Ping'a Commercial Port. In Xiong Wuliang's plan, there will be three to five phases of construction of this commercial port... When it is completely completed, Ping'a Commercial Port will be the most magnificent port in the world with the largest cargo throughput.
Now that the first phase of the project has been completed, the commercial port has been initially put into use.
Boats with flags of various colors flowed continuously on the river, which amazed the farmers passing by.
The vast majority of merchant ships were trading along both sides of the Huai River, a thousand miles away from Chu State. However, there were also merchant ships from Yan, Qi and other countries that took risks for the sake of huge profits. They took the risk of going around from the offshore to the entrance of the Huai River, and then came upstream along the Huai River. .
Shi Er had been waiting for Xiong Wuliang here for a long time. When he saw Xiong Wuliang's large group of people arriving, Shi Er strode forward and bowed deeply: "I pay my respects to the Lord!"
Shi Er led the way, followed by Xiong Wuliang, Zhong Hua and others, and went straight into a large shipyard - this shipyard was also under the jurisdiction of Shi Er.
"Master, please take a look, this is the new ship built according to your request..." Shi Er respectfully led everyone to the front of the ship.
This ship is not as good as the giant ships of later generations that can easily weigh thousands of tons, but for this era, its size is quite large.
Xiong Wuliang didn't know much about shipbuilding, but he had some impressions of the appearance of later ships - he made some suggestions, such as trying to build a pointed-bottomed ship instead of a flat bottom, controlling the height of the cabin to lower the center of gravity, and so on.
Shi Er didn't know much about shipbuilding, but he recruited a large number of craftsmen who were good at shipbuilding with high salaries, and spent a winter building the first-generation prototype ship through several experiments.
After several rounds of improvements, we finally created a ship that can be mass-produced like this.
Shi Er's eyebrows were beaming: "My lord, after experiments, this new type of ship can completely sail short distances on the sea. It is indeed much more stable than the existing flat-bottomed ships!"
"My lord, you can even build a ship, you are really a great talent!"
"In the future, pointy-bottomed boats will completely replace flat-bottomed boats. This is all due to the Lord! He will be admired by boatmen of all generations!"
"Please, my lord, give me a name for this ship!" Shi Er looked at Xiong Wuliang expectantly.
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