What Bai Song said made Shangguan Yi worried.
There was something special about this extraordinary person. From the moment he met Bai Song, Shangguan Yi felt that there was something different about this person. Although he looked young, his words were as calm as his own.
That is a feeling that only people with considerable experience can have, not something that people of this age should have.
And Bai Song's words were full of flattery. Shangguan Yi really couldn't understand, what could be flattering about him in his current situation?
"Master, are you going to open a school?"
"Exactly."
"Why?"
"Because..." Bai Song paused, and then changed the topic, "Just because I saw that there are many evil words among the people to confuse the public, I opened a school to educate the world, and I hope that there will be no ignorant people in the world."
After hearing this, Shangguan Yi suddenly stopped, put down the drumstick, wiped his mouth, and re-examined the boy in front of him who made him a little uneasy.
Educate the world and hope that there will be no ignorant people in the world?
The corner of Shangguan Yi's mouth moved imperceptibly, feeling ridiculous in his heart, but his previous uneasiness was relieved a lot, so he drank another drink.
"Young Master is truly a good man in this world."
He replied casually, a little perfunctorily.
After hearing this, Bai Song felt somewhat understanding. Just now he felt that his behavior was humble, but this time he felt that he still had arrogance in his heart.
I just don’t know how much his arrogance is worth now?
"Ahem..." Bai Song coughed lightly, "Mr. Shangguan is the first teacher I recruit when I open the school. From now on, he will earn one hundred taels of silver per month."
"One hundred...one hundred taels?" Shangguan Yi was stunned, thinking that he had heard wrongly.
Bai Song reiterated: "Yes, it is one hundred taels of silver."
"Sir, you really know how to joke."
"Do you think I'm joking?" Bai Song was very serious and took out a banknote with a face value of one hundred taels directly from his pocket.
Shangguan Yi's expression gradually became serious when he saw it. He had just come to Mang County from Ji County and knew about the recent popularity of banknotes in Ji County.
As long as you take this item to Mobai Bank to exchange it, you can exchange it for a hundred taels of patterned silver.
"Consider this an advance payment to your husband. My school has not yet been completed, and I don't need your husband to teach for a while, but you can take the salary first. From now on, your teacher will be the one I hired, and you can't take any job offered by others at will." "
After saying that, Bai Song earnestly pushed the banknote to the other party.
Shangguan Yi's eyes flickered, he looked at the banknote, and then looked at Bai Song in surprise. He realized that the other party was not joking, and felt his throat tighten for a moment.
With a salary of one hundred taels a month, how is the salary of a teacher?
One hundred pennies is about the same.
Shangguan Yi was also born into an official family. In his early years, when he learned to read, his family asked his husband to teach him in a private school. No matter how famous he was, the teacher's salary could only be a few hundred pennies a month, so if he paid one or two taels, he would be generous.
One hundred taels per month, even the great scholar of the time couldn't bear such treatment.
This is the salary that only the third and fourth grade officials of the imperial court can get.
"What? Mr. Shangguan doesn't like it too much?"
"No...it's not..." Shangguan Yi's voice was trembling.
"Then why don't you accept it?"
"Sir, how can Shangguan Yi be so virtuous? How can he accept such a generous gift? Shangguan Yi's family has fallen into decline. Now he is just a single person with no background and no fame. Does the master have a fancy for Shangguan to be so generous? I beg you. Young master, please give Shangguan some details, otherwise Shangguan will really feel uneasy."
"Let's talk about the reason..." Bai Song dragged his cheeks and flashed his sly eyes like a naughty child. He thought seriously for a while, "I think Mr. has a majestic and heroic appearance. He will definitely have a good career in the future." Achievement, becoming a prince or becoming a prime minister is only a matter of time. Investing in Mr. Investment is investing in the future."
"..."
Shangguan Yi was stunned and couldn't believe that he could hear such words from a mere eighteen-year-old boy.
This was no flattery. In a daze, Shangguan Yi seemed to feel the boy's vicious gaze, as if his ambition hidden deep in his heart had been seen through by him.
Become a marquis and worship a prime minister?
This is an ambition he has never mentioned to anyone, and it is something he dare not express, because Shangguan Yi knows that if he expresses his inner wish, he will only be laughed at.
But this Mr. Bai is different. There is no trace of ridicule under his slightly sly eyes, it is more like a statement, and he seems to be full of confidence in his future.
"Is your ambition only to teach in school?"
Shangguan Yi looked at the banknotes on the table again, finally took it in his hand, and responded in a low voice: "Shangguan understands. Young Master wants Shangguan to remember Young Master today's kindness when he becomes successful! Young Master, don't worry, if I, Shangguan Yi, can really succeed one day If you become a marquis and worship a prime minister, you will surely repay your kindness a hundredfold."
After saying that, Shangguan Yi stood up and bowed deeply.
This one hundred taels of silver bought off the arrogance in Shangguan Yi's heart.
After collecting the money, Shangguan Yi also became serious, no longer caring about eating and drinking, and asked seriously: "Where does the master live? How many children of school age are there in the family? How many collateral clan members are there? How many men and women are there?"
"In Baifu, Jixian County, there are no children in the family, let alone any collateral relatives."
"The Bai family in Jixian County...could it be...the Bai family in Mingchun Garden?"
Bai Song nodded.
Oops!
Shangguan Yi took a breath and said to himself that he was the owner of Mingchun Garden, no wonder he was so rich!
Maybe there are still many people who don't know about the Bai Song Dynasty, but everyone knows about the Bai family of Ming Chunyuan.
This is the new rich man in Jixian County. People who don't know the Bai family uniformly equate the Bai family with the rich.
But after hearing Bai Song's answer, Shangguan Yi was stunned.
What is this situation called?
If there are no children at home, why should we open a school?
Who can I teach myself?
In Shangguan Yi's mind, she thought that Bai Song wanted to teach the school-age children of the Bai family by herself.
These days, opening a school is nothing more than opening a private school. Each family invites a gentleman to teach the young children of the entire family.
The Bai family has no children and no clan, so how can they talk about opening a school?
Bai Song explained: "My school is not a private school, it is an academy. It attracts people from all over the world to study. Anyone who wants to learn but cannot learn can enroll. It is not just one professor per family."
"Teaching people in the world who want to learn? This...isn't this the establishment of a sect for a poor family?"
"It can also be understood that way."
Students from poor backgrounds usually attend school, or study on their own, and rarely receive guidance from famous teachers. Even if they have the desire to learn, it is difficult to find a way. There are a few gentlemen among the people who specialize in giving lectures to children from poor families, but they all do so in private, and few of them are on the stage. As Bai Song said, it is a very bold idea to put up a sign to attract poor families.
Because this move will definitely arouse the vigilance of the nobles, and it will have a bad reputation.
But Shangguan Yi could not have imagined that recruiting children from poor families was just his first step. After being rejected by Mr. Chen, Bai Song felt deeply that he could not take too big a step and that he had to put aside the matter of recruiting girls.
"There are very few wealthy people in poor families. Wouldn't it be a waste of money for the young master to open the academy? Shangguan's salary of one hundred taels is really not appropriate."
