The Academy covers a vast area, and Yue King Li Hui spent an entire afternoon just leading everyone around the slightly closer area open to freshmen in the third year of Zaiqian.
In the evening, the freshmen gathered again and came to the grand and solemn hall of the Supervisor Building to hold the entrance ceremony - it was actually nothing, just the mountain chief and the wine sacrificer preached the history and achievements of the school, and the Supervisor read the saint's edict to encourage the students. Concentrate on your studies and make contributions to the Yu State, the Academy, and the people in the future.
The position of Jian Cheng is also held by the Imperial College of the Imperial City's Foreign Affairs Office. However, the Superintendent of the Imperial College is an official from the sixth rank, who is in charge of the school rules and the judgment of the supervisors.
In the Academy, he was just an official who liaised with the Academy for the Yu State. I heard he only came three or two times a month. He had no real power, no authority to manage, and no right to dictate.
This is quite strange. Li Ang originally thought that the Academy was an extremely important part of the Yu Kingdom's court, but now that he thinks about it,
The relationship between the Xuegong and the Imperial Court of the Yu State does not seem to be one of subordination, but more like... equal cooperation. Even the Academy has slightly more influence than the royal family on certain specific political affairs. It’s just that the academy rarely uses it actively.
After the entrance ceremony was the dinner. As Li Hui said during the day, the academy hired famous chefs from all over the country, and there were all kinds of dishes available, and the taste was quite good.
Thanks again to Xuegong for improving the production process of iron pots, oil pressing and seasonings. Without iron pots and vegetable oil, the cooking skill of stir-frying would have no foundation, and even fried poached eggs would not be possible.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Students who have applied for accommodation go to the dormitory,
Students who lived in Chang'an boarded carriages or rode horses on their own to return to Chang'an.
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"I'm back."
"Welcome back."
Daily conversations rang out in the Jinchengfang house. Li Ang, who had taken the bay horse back to the stable, wiped its hair and fed it, yawned and walked into the door.
"Master, are you tired?"
Chai Cuiqiao took the medicine box from Li Ang, put it on the table, made a cup of hot tea and handed it over.
Li Ang took a sip of tea and said, "It's okay."
"How is the Academy? Is it fun?"
Chai Cuiqiao squeezed Li Ang's shoulders and asked curiously: "I heard that there are many rare and rare treasures inside. When walking on the road, you can see rare and rare beasts and other things that have been sent as tribute from various countries."
"It's not a royal garden or a zoo. How can there be so many rare and exotic animals? There may be some in the back mountains, but it seems quite dangerous there. There are aliens with some demonic blood."
Li Ang casually told Chai Cuiqiao what he had seen in the academy today, "By the way, what are these new jewelry on the table?"
"Given by the ladies of the neighbors around Jinchengfang."
Chai Cuiqiao said cautiously, "Today the neighbors Mrs. Qian, Mrs. Zhao, and Mrs. Lin came to visit me and invited me to attend the Madam's tea party in Jinchengfang. I didn't go, so they left these gifts."
"tea party?"
Li Ang understood what was going on after a moment's thought. Most of the families living in Jinchengfang had some money. Those ladies invited Chai Cuiqiao to attend their tea party because they wanted to establish a relationship with Li Ang, the top scholar in the academy——
These days, people from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Works, and Taichang Temple have been visiting in turns. Fools all know that Li Ang has a bright future living here, and Chai Cuiqiao is heard to be his personal maid. There are only two people in such a big house. We stayed here, but strangely we did not hire any servants or maids.
(Actually, it’s because Li Ang doesn’t like outsiders and Mo Si at home)
No matter from which angle you look at it, Chai Cuiqiao's status in Li Ang's heart is very high, so the ladies' group's overtures are understandable.
"If you want to stay, just stay. Just give me an equal gift someday."
Li Ang glanced at Chai Cuiqiao's cute expression, thought for a while and said, "It's not good to stay at home all the time. You can also go to drink tea with them occasionally, participate in women's club activities, buy clothes, rouge, etc. ——Those wealthy ladies and ladies all travel in carriages and are protected by escorts."
"Eh?"
Chai Cuiqiao's eyes widened in surprise. After coming to Chang'an, the two of them encountered too many things that were too annoying. She had not yet visited the women's club in Chang'anfang City.
Li Ang said: "Don't be too happy too early. Although there should be no idiots among those ladies and ladies, I don't like them to gamble, bet on horses, or visit Taoist temples in superstitious ways..."
"You know, you know."
Chai Cuiqiao nodded quickly. As the person who has been with Li Ang for the longest time, she knew that Li Ang scorned any form of pious and superstitious beliefs. Even Haotian... Li Ang didn't believe much.
When the family celebrates the New Year, it’s all done by scribbling incense sticks to heaven and earth. Unlike ordinary families in Yu State, there are no redundant rituals.
"Um."
Li Ang nodded and said casually while sipping tea: "By the way, your friend Li Leling is the princess of the Yu Kingdom."
"ah?!"
Chai Cuiqiao, who was squeezing Li Ang's shoulders, was shocked. She subconsciously used her palms hard, causing Li Ang to grin and scream.
"Master, do you feel any pain?"
Chai Cuiqiao hurriedly rubbed Li Ang's shoulders and said sheepishly: "I didn't pay attention...by the way, is Leling really a princess?"
"Well, His Majesty and Queen Xue's biological daughter, Princess Guanghua, was specially recruited by the mountain chief to enroll in school this year. We met again in the academy today."
Li Ang said casually: "No wonder you saw her outside the examination room before. She was probably here to observe her future classmates."
"Is this so..."
Chai Cuiqiao blinked. She was not angry because her friend concealed her identity, nor was she overjoyed because her new friend was an imperial princess.
She tilted her head and thought for a while, then whispered: "Is it true that there are rumors that Princess Guanghua was frail and sick since she was a child, and the royal doctor said it would be difficult for her to live past the age of twenty?
When she was talking to me, she would suddenly hunch over, turn pale, and look very serious.
Master, can you give her a good look someday? "
"I'm not the omnipotent Doraemon who can do anything."
Li Ang shook his head helplessly, and spoke words that Chai Cuiqiao couldn't understand, "Even surgery can only really solve a small part of the disease.
What's more, the conditions for a complete surgical operation are not yet available.
If you insist, I will find a reason to examine her someday. Provided she is willing. "
While the two were chatting, there was a knock on the courtyard door of Jinchengfang's house, and a woman's voice came from outside the door, "Is Mr. Li Xiaolang at home?"
This was the voice of Li Leling's maid. Li Ang opened the door and saw Li Leling - she came specially to apologize to Chai Cuiqiao.
The two girls held hands and whispered in the yard. Li Ang stood aside, looking at Li Leling's relatively healthy appearance, and thought, "Should we get the stethoscope out? Otherwise, some internal and external maternal and child diseases will really happen." It’s not easy to check.”
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In fact, stethoscopes are not difficult to make. The medical stethoscope in the memory of another world was invented by French doctor Reinec in the early 19th century, using a hollow wooden tube.
Improved stethoscopes use steel, ivory tubes and rubber tubes, both of which are now available. When Li Ang visited the academy today, he saw through the glass in the academy greenhouse, a rubber tree-like rubber tree. trees.
With a stethoscope, you can hear the sounds inside the veins, arteries, heart, lungs, intestines, and even the fetal heartbeat, which can help diagnose illnesses.
It would be easy to say if Li Leling's heart palpitations were caused by anemia.
But if it's because of congenital heart disease...
No matter which type of acyanotic heart disease it is, it is quite difficult to deal with under the current conditions - it is back to the previous situation where dozens or dozens of prerequisites must be met in order to solve a problem.
It's one thing to treat Duke Yan with pig liver, but it's another thing to use a scalpel to cut open the princess's heart.
Sterility, hemostasis, and disinfection are conditions on the material level.
Breaking the Yu State's long-standing prejudice against anatomy and the taboo against exploring the nature of human body functions are spiritual conditions.
Li Ang silently wrote down this matter. Chai Cuiqiao had few friends and could not make her sad. Moreover, Li Leling had a good temper and was not as arrogant as other princesses.
The surgical operation required step-by-step planning. In the following time, Li Ang devoted himself to his studies in the academy.
The courses for freshmen in the academy can be said to be extremely busy, starting with the history of the nation taught by Dr. Wang Wenlun.
Not only the history of the Yu Dynasty, but also the history of the former Sui Dynasty, the former Jin Dynasty and even the history of all countries in the world.
Although it is indeed interesting to read history books, it is overwhelming that the historical books are so vast and all kinds of information can crush people to death.
You still have to learn, "Using History as a Mirror" is the training of the Emperor of the Yu Dynasty, and it is also one of the teaching purposes of the Academy - the Academy not only imparts knowledge and practice, but also teaches methods to observe and understand the rules of the world. Way.
Students need to read historical materials and submit papers every now and then, or discuss the direct, fundamental, or indirect reasons for the demise of the former Sui Dynasty, or explore why Xi Jing lost to the Southern Zhou Dynasty in the Battle of Numachuan two hundred years ago.
Next is agriculture,
In the freshman curriculum issued by the academy, agriculture is a basic course that runs through students’ first three years.
Academy disciples need to claim a large piece of farmland by themselves, plant grains and vegetables from scratch, and water, fertilize, and eliminate insects by themselves.
At the end of the year, performance will be evaluated based on the growth status of farmland crops, and those that fail will need to be retaken.
If you can make some achievements in agriculture, such as cultivating rare flowers or new edible fruits, you can greatly shorten the time of agriculture courses, and you don’t have to attend classes in the next two years.
To put it bluntly, it’s farming.
Li Ang has full confidence in this course - he is not some aristocratic boy who does not know the difference between wheat and grains. He used to help his mother take care of the garden vegetables and flowers in his hometown in Zhenzhou.
What's more, the database in the brain contains quite complete knowledge of plant cultivation.
Li Ang has dozens of types of home-made pesticides that are available under current conditions.
For Artemisia odorifera liquid, use one pound of Artemisia odorifera stems and leaves, three liters of water, boil for 50 minutes, filter and spray on crops. It can kill about 74% of cotton aphids and inhibit the germination rate of rust diseases.
Willow agent, made from soaked willow leaves, can kill 70% of cabbage caterpillars.
Absinthia liquid, soaked in absinthium and ten pounds of water, can be sprayed to kill red spider mites.
Cypress sap, castor...
Everything from killing all kinds of pests to fertilizing and nourishing the land.
Then, there is the arithmetic taught by Dr. Chao Wenyuan.
There is nothing much to say about this course. If Chao Wenyuan hadn’t spoken for Li Ang at the gate of Suzaku in the imperial city and didn’t want to disappoint him,
Li Ang really wanted to use one or more mathematics papers to completely skip this course.
(One more chapter, soon)
