"Can you get credits if you are good at speaking in class?"
"You can also get credits by doing good deeds in Chang'an City."
"How many credits can you get for publishing in the academic journal?"
As soon as the regulations on the credit system were announced, the freshmen eagerly gathered in front of the notice board or held papers with the regulations written on them to talk about them.
As freshmen, they have adapted to the life in the academy during this period, but there are still many places that make them feel inconvenient.
For example, a large number of books in the library cannot be borrowed, or even read in the library.
You are also not allowed to wander around the back mountain during non-school hours, and you are not allowed to enter the forge or greenhouse casually. I have only been to Dongjun Tower once - at the beginning of the semester, I was taken to visit the Academy by the fourth prince Li Hui, and watched from a distance outside Dongjun Tower. .
The purpose of these regulations is not to discriminate against freshmen, but to protect them - the vast majority of freshmen have just entered the practice and have little ability to protect themselves. Even a piranha flower in the greenhouse may cause harm to them.
Of course, the purpose of establishing the Academy is to cultivate more and more useful talents for the Yu State.
If a disciple performs well and makes rapid progress in practice, then these prohibitions can naturally be relaxed appropriately - in the form of credits.
“The more credits a disciple gets, the fewer the restrictions within the academy will be.
If a disciple has a reasonable plan, he or she can even use credits to apply for the use of academy resources to carry out inventions and scientific experiments. "
Li Ang couldn't help but light up when he saw the rules description.
Yang Yu muttered: "I heard that the 20-foot-wide arch bridge built in Yanzhou a few years ago was made by a disciple of the Academy. After returning to his hometown, he saw that the villagers were having difficulty crossing the river, so he designed the bridge drawings by himself and applied for the allocation of resources. , built.”
"And winemaking."
Li Wei added: "There was a senior brother who felt that using grain to make wine was too wasteful.
Using grapes and other fruits to make wine will make farmers take the initiative to plant fruits instead of rice, which will lead to rising food prices. Therefore, they want to use other materials, such as straw, to make wine.
After tossing and tossing, he wasted hundreds of thousands of gold, but still failed to achieve results - and the hundreds of thousands of gold were not all borne by him personally, but part of it was reimbursed by the academy.
The rest was borne by the large firms that hired him. "
"Oh? That's really..."
Li Ang's eyes flashed. He had just rejected the three million dollar patent buyout.
Although you can still make money through patent licensing, the efficiency and total volume are lower.
'It's really considerate of the academy to use public funds for experiments. '
Li Ang squeezed his palms and used the credits to buy resources for free and apply for an experiment. After the experiment is successful, more credits will be returned.
Even sell it as a patent to make money.
It's simply...a perpetual motion machine of merit.
Other students were still thinking about earning credits, and proudly stepped into the third floor of the library, which is not allowed for freshmen.
And Li Ang was already thinking about how to harvest the Academy's wool faster and more efficiently.
If you don’t pick it up, you won’t pick it up.
"Everyone, please pay attention, I just received a notice,"
A young instructor named Yu Yenong (a graduate of the Academy who is one year older than Cheng Juxiu and the others, and who stayed in the school as a teacher) clapped his hands and asked the freshmen to wake up, "Tomorrow our swordsmanship course will be the same as the engineering course. Go together.
The location is the forging workshop by Chuiyun Lake. "
"Um?"
"Two classes together?"
The freshmen were puzzled, and Pei Jing stepped forward and asked, "Teacher Yu, are the contents of these two classes combined?"
"right."
Yu Yenong nodded and said: "Tomorrow, His Majesty and the Queen will come to the Academy to inspect the academic status of the newly admitted disciples as per previous years.
Tomorrow’s swordsmanship class will be taught by Cui Siye from swordsmanship.
Tantai Siye in engineering and fu studies,
Xi Siye, who is studying,
The three businessmen tutored together.
The content is the flying sword enlightenment - everyone has to find materials and forge swords in the forging workshop.
And find a way to make the sword fly - the faster and higher it flies, the better. "
"this..."
As soon as Yu Yenong finished speaking, a large number of students, including Li Wei, turned pale.
Your Majesty and the Queen are not the only ones who come to supervise the school.
Your Majesty and the Queen are here, and the mountain chief and the sacrificial wine have to be present no matter what.
The mountain leader was present for the wine ceremony, and the other doctors from the academy had to attend anyway.
The academic doctors were all out, so naturally some of the important officials of the imperial court had to show up to show their attention.
The freshmen have been taking classes for more than a month. It would be too embarrassing if they couldn't even fly their swords in front of His Majesty the Queen, the mountain chief, and the civil and military ministers.
It is easy to be suspected of wasting the resources of the academy and the admission quota.
You must know that after the academy disciples graduate, many of them will work in the Sixth Department. No one wants to have a vivid and active dark history in front of their future superiors and colleagues.
Seeing the uneasy expressions on the freshmen's faces, Yu Yenong comforted them: "Don't worry, it's just an inspection class.
As long as you don't cry on the spot. "
It was okay if Yu Yenong didn't say this, but after he did, more people started to get restless.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I almost forgot to say it,"
Yu Yenong hurriedly added: "In order to make the scene more beautiful, there will be a lot of high-end forging materials in the forging workshop tomorrow.
Such as fine gold, black iron, orichalcum and other metals.
There are also materials such as 500-year-old peach wood and monster humerus.
There shouldn't be a situation where the flying sword cannot fly - no matter how bad it is, the whole peach wood can be flown up, and it can still be considered a flying sword. "
However, Yu Yenong's comfort had no effect, and the freshmen were still quite anxious.
"Adamantine, black iron, orichalcum..."
Li Ang took a deep breath and his thoughts changed rapidly. Some time ago, through continuous experiments, he was able to consume spiritual power and control Mo Si from swallowing silver ingots at close range.
But if a whole room is filled with rare metals such as fine gold and black iron, and you have to come into contact with it...
Is Mosi really not going to lose control?
'We have to find a way to control it. '
Li Ang put down the paper explaining the credit system with a calm expression and quickly thought of a solution.
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With the ringing of the Haotian bell, the day of school ends,
Li Ang took the bay-red horse back from the racecourse, put on the stirrups, and returned to Chang'an.
In the evening, Li Ang received the second letter from Zhenzhou, sent by Aunt Song, which contained 1,500 guan.
In addition, the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, headed by Jin Wusuan, also sent a flight ticket of 20,000 yuan as an advance payment for patent authorization.
This is the first money for soap, soap, cotton wool,
From now on, the income from patent fees will have to wait until each major business firm completes its income settlement every month and undergoes double review by the Ministry of Accounts and the Academy.
So there will be a delay of one to two months.
“It’s good if the water flows slowly and slowly”
Li Ang sighed and glanced at Chai Cuiqiao - she was staring at the ten stacked two-thousand-guan flying tickets, her eyes widened.
"Hey, wake up."
Li Ang stretched out his finger and flicked Chai Cuiqiao's forehead.
"Hey."
Chai Cuiqiao covered her forehead, but her eyes were still staring at the two thousand dollars, "Twenty thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars...
Master, which prime minister did you agree to be the son-in-law? "
"What kind of son-in-law is here? Can he speak?"
Li Ang rolled his eyes, "I want to be the son-in-law of the Dragon King."
Chai Cuiqiao tilted her head, "What is that?"
"A magical creature that will kneel down and give money wherever it goes. At every meal, powerful people will give gifts. It will shock the father-in-law and mother-in-law for a whole year."
Li Ang made a casual remark and said: “This is the first patent fee for soap, toilet soap, and absorbent cotton.
From now on, if the water flows steadily, there will probably be thousands or tens of thousands of coins every month.
It depends on how well the soap sells. "
"Thousands of dollars every month..."
Chai Cuiqiao's mouth opened in astonishment, and countless flying tickets seemed to be floating in the sky before her eyes.
Li Ang said with a smile: "When you were a child, have you ever thought that if everyone in the country gave me a penny..."
Chai Cuiqiao said subconsciously: "Can you become a rich man?"
"No, the national census can be completed in an instant."
Li Ang curled his lips and rubbed Chai Cuiqiao's hair, "Are there any dishes in the kitchen? Let's cook first. I'll go out and buy some things."
"There's food in the kitchen."
Chai Cuiqiao, who was still confused about the definition of national census, nodded, "Master, what are you going to buy?"
Li Ang said naturally: "When you have money, of course you have to buy some gold and silver jewelry for my dear first."
"Huh--"
Chai Cuiqiao blushed and slapped Li Ang on the shoulder, then jumped up and ran to the kitchen happily.
And Li Ang... took the flight ticket out with some confusion.
He did want to buy gold and silver.
Tomorrow's swordsmanship course will be attended by His Majesty the Queen, the mountain chief, and important civil and military ministers. The most important thing is that Xi Yangyu, who is studying for the swordsmanship, is also there.
The last time Cheng Juxiu returned to Chang'an, he had already said that Xi Yangyu and Pu Liuxuan did have a deep hatred.
Xi Yangyu deliberately made things difficult for Li Ang when he was taking exams in the Academy. It was also because of Pu Liuxuan that he hated the whole family.
Li Ang, who was riding on the horse, rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. Xi Yangyu will be in the class tomorrow. It’s hard to say whether he will secretly rub the stumbling block——
There are so many ways for Zhuxiao Realm Masters to target new students.
'There are five paths of Talisman, Technique, Sword, Nian, and Body. The ones I am most talented in are Fu and Nian.
If you want to further your studies in Nianxue, you will inevitably come into contact with Xi Yangyu, the Nianxue Secretary of the Academy.
We can only take one step at a time. '
Li Ang rode his horse to the West Market and used his flying ticket to go to the gold shop to buy some gold and silver ingots.
I went to the jewelry store again and bought some gold and silver jewelry.
And using the gold and silver ingots he brought, he made an appointment to order specially made precious jewelry.
A total of eighteen thousand guan was spent, and he was escorted all the way back home by the guards of the gold and silver store.
This is what Li Ang came up with to reasonably explain why he loves gold and silver so much - to create a persona for himself and Chai Cuiqiao who like expensive luxury goods.
As a scholar-bureaucrat, it is normal to be extravagant.
'I am a disciple of the Academy, and I am the top scorer in the entrance examination. I will be recognized wherever I go, and my words and deeds will be remembered.
Buying some gold and silver secretly and anonymously will arouse suspicion.
It is better to openly show that you love luxury goods. '
Li Ang returned home with boxes of luxury goods worth thousands of dollars and gave them to Chai Cuiqiao, who was cooking. The latter jumped up happily and fell into Li Ang's arms, letting Li Ang carry her around. In a circle.
"Come down, come down."
Li Ang was afraid that he would be too strong and hurt the other person, so he quickly put Chai Cuiqiao down with a grin on his face, "Are you fatter than before?"
"Eh? Is there any?"
Chai Cuiqiao, who was still holding a cooking spoon in her hand, looked shocked. She looked down at herself and muttered: "I don't feel like it... I couldn't get fat by eating in Zhenzhou before..."
"Maybe the food in Chang'an is more oily."
Li Ang clapped his hands without changing his expression, "Just watch and wear these jewelry when you go to any women's club activities in the future. I will buy more in the future.
Didn't you often say that the ladies in Jinchengfang all wear gold and silver? "
"Well, I was just joking..."
Chai Cuiqiao hesitantly put down the cooking spoon, looked at the valuable jewelry on the table, pursed her lips and said, "Master, I think it's better for us to be more frugal.
Those ladies and ladies only made friends with me because of your face.
I wear a Xiuyu bracelet, and they praise me nonstop.
Don’t buy me such expensive jewelry in the future. "
"No, it would be detrimental to the dignity of the academy if you still have to live with your money."
Li Ang said without changing his expression and without a beating heart, "It's enough to finish cooking this dish. I'll go back to the bedroom and lie down for a while."
"Um."
Chai Cuiqiao watched Li Ang's back disappear around the corner, took a deep breath, and carefully poked the corners of the exquisite and expensive jewelry with her fingers, fearing that the oil on her palms would be smeared on them.
After returning to the bedroom, Li Ang let out a breath, took out a large box of gold and silver and put it on the table. Listening to Chai Cuiqiao's low voice in the kitchen, he felt a strange sense of guilt.
Like the kind of scumbag who buys expensive bags and clothes for his mistress, and then goes home and gives his wife a discounted lipstick...
"What are you thinking about?"
Li Ang shook his head and threw the messy thoughts out of his mind.
Ink silk is neither gold nor silver, nor iron nor copper, nor even organic matter.
As for Chai Cuiqiao...because we have been together for so long, it has become difficult to locate her.
"Let's think about how to deal with tomorrow's swordsmanship class first."
Li Ang poured the gold and silver on the table, released spiritual energy, controlled the ink threads to pierce the skin, and slowly swallowed the gold and silver, "I hope this will be useful."
The gold and silver ingots worth fifteen thousand guan were quickly depleted and reduced by Mo Si's devouring.
The ink silk itself was gradually dyed with an imperceptible dark golden color.
