"Has everyone left?"
"They're all gone, including the last one."
"Huh, that's good."
In the lobby of the security hall, Li Ang breathed a long sigh of relief and lay down in a chair tiredly. Chai Cuiqiao, who was looking out through the crack in the door next to the main door, walked over quickly and tapped Li Ang's shoulder thoughtfully.
During the day, Li Ang almost ran away from Zhenzhou Prefecture School after completing the withdrawal procedures. As soon as he returned to the gate of the security hall, he found that dozens of carriages had blocked the entire street, and everyone came to give gifts.
Congratulations to neighbors, acquaintances, wealthy businessmen, and gentry.
Some came with eggs, some with white wine, some with a bucket of rice on their backs, and some with two chickens tied with red strings.
Ceramic ware, rouge bracelets, books and ink, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, horse saddles, land deeds...
All kinds of people, packed with boxes, crowded the west bank of Jianshui River like a holiday market.
As soon as Li Ang showed up, he was recognized by the neighbors and almost surrounded. Fortunately, Aunt Song came forward in time, stopped the business of Lansheng Building, and invited the four guys from Lansheng Building to temporarily act as the concierge of the security hall, and entertained all the guests.
The person who gives gifts and congratulations,
While singing out loud all the gifts that were given, make a list of everyone's names, identities, and the gifts they gave.
Those that are too valuable, such as land deeds, expensive horses, coral sea pearls, etc. are clearly rejected.
It's too outrageous, such as asking for marriage at home, politely rejecting a servant,
Those that were too nonsense, such as asking for Li Ang's calligraphy and calligraphy treasures, or asking for Li Ang's pots and pans to take home for good fortune, were politely refused - if everyone agreed, there would be nothing left in the security hall.
After two hours of tossing, the neighbors and the gentry and wealthy businessmen from all walks of life were finally allowed to disperse.
"It's more tiring than rooting out Guinea worm..."
Li Ang lay in a chair with a exhausted expression on his face, "Let's compete with Fan Jin in the national examination."
Chai Cuiqiao knocked on his shoulder lightly and hard, and asked curiously: "Fan Jin? Who is that?"
Li Ang said casually: "An old poor student went crazy with joy after taking part in the provincial examination and passing the exam."
"You're crazy about the joy of lifting people up?"
Chai Cuiqiao curled her lips and said: "It has been several years since there was a decent academy student in the whole of Zhenzhou, and I got the recommendation letter in advance.
Didn’t you hear people say during the day that the Lu family in Zhenzhou City was an ordinary cloth merchant more than ten years ago, but because of a disciple from the academy, it became a wealthy family within a few years."
"Hehe, I guess the teacher and Senior Brother Cheng must be enjoying themselves right now, look at how embarrassed I am."
Li Ang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's true that the Prefect's Mansion posted the list so early, didn't it make me a target in public?"
"Ordinary people are not qualified to knock on the door of the prefect's mansion, so of course they can only come to our place."
Chai Cuiqiao rolled her eyes and said: "It's okay to come to the door with a portrait and birth date to ask for a hand in marriage. What else is there to say, 'Look, there is no one around Dr. Li'. We have to send dozens of servants here, and we don't even think about the security guards."
Can the hall hold so many people?"
"Ha, what's wrong? Are you jealous?"
Li Ang raised his head with a smile and gently poked Chai Cuiqiao's chin.
"No!"
Chai Cuiqiao snorted, lowered her head, snarled, and pretended to bite Li Ang's finger.
"Can't bite, hey."
Li Ang retracted his fingers, glanced at the pile of gift boxes and boxes stacked in the corner, and felt his head hurt again.
Not only the main hall, but also the second floor of the security hall and the backyard are full of these debris. Even the backyard of Lansheng Building next door is full of these debris.
And it can be expected that gifts will be delivered to your door in the next few days - local folks will come, as well as river merchants and maritime merchants from other places.
"Ah ah ah, I'm so annoyed."
Li Ang held his head and sighed. No wonder Pu Liuxuan and Cheng Juxiu had to hide their identities, otherwise they would be exposed. Just receiving the messy visitors with relatives and friends would be enough to bore them to death.
"I can only leave these matters to Aunt Song. Alas, it turns out that the debt of favor is the most difficult to settle."
Li Ang rubbed his eyebrows and listened to the commotion in Lansheng Building next door. It seemed that the reception held by Song Shaoyuan had also stopped - it was a great honor for Li Ang to get the recommendation letter as his distant cousin.
If we can enter the Academy together, and two neighbors on the same street are both Academy disciples, it will definitely be a good story.
"That's right, Master."
Chai Cuiqiao picked up the visitor list from the table and said: "The daughter of the prefect's family also has a letter of recommendation, but no one from their family came to send a letter of greeting today."
"After all, you are the governor of a state, so you have to take your status into consideration."
Li Ang said casually: "Anyway, Zhai Yiming has given me the invitation to their acquaintance dinner."
"Do you want to go then?"
"Maybe."
Li Ang said distressedly: "Lanshenglou will still be doing business in Zhenzhou City in the future. Even if it is for Aunt Song, I have to go to the prefect's family banquet.
Okay, go get a pot of tea, I still want to read."
I have accepted all the congratulatory gifts from the folks. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I went to Chang'an and failed the entrance exam to the Academy?
"okay."
Chai Cuiqiao took out the volume of "Shangqing Inspiration Chapter", poured another pot of tea, and lit the copper oil lamp - this new oil lamp was also given by the villagers today. It is ten inches high, has enough oil, and the candle flame is brighter than
The old one is much better.
"Go to tiredness and accept the truth, be open-minded and forget about fighting...commit to the roots of the cave, stay alone in the secluded room...remove the harshness from the extreme valley, and ascend to the sky with light taste..."
Li Ang read the obscure words skillfully. After this period of hard work, he had memorized the entire "Shangqing Inspiration Chapter", but he still didn't understand the meaning of the words in it.
"Can't you write it more clearly? Which organ extracts the spiritual energy from, which blood vessels and which fascia the spiritual energy passes through? It should be concise and clear, so as to avoid guessing and enlightenment."
Li Ang read it for a while, sighed softly, put down the "Shangqing Inspiration Chapter" and picked up another booklet.
This book was written down by Pu Liuxuan from memory and given to him last time. It contains some basic science about the academy, so that he will not be disappointed when he goes to Chang'an.
"This thing is still interesting."
Li Ang opened the book and read it with interest.
Xuegong is the largest and highest-level comprehensive school in the world, located at the foot of Xia Mountain to the west of Chang'an.
The principal of the academy, also known as the mountain chief, is responsible for managing the entire academy.
The Academy offers dozens of courses, the teaching contents include but are not limited to talismans, skills, swordsmanship, Nian, Ti, Yu State law, national history, agriculture, Chinese studies, military science, arithmetic, engineering, astronomy, herbal medicine, and divination.
, zoology...
Among them, Yu Lv, national history, Chinese studies, agriculture, arithmetic, animal studies, engineering, etc. are compulsory subjects, and all students must learn them.
Zoology not only teaches biological knowledge about common species, such as insects, poultry, domestic animals, wild beasts, birds, river fish and sea fish, but also searches for rare and dangerous creatures and even monsters from all over the world.
The academy is a solid wall between ordinary people and strange things. The disciples of the academy shoulder the responsibility of protecting ordinary people. They must understand the monsters that may cause great harm to the people of Yu Kingdom and know their habits and weaknesses.
Engineering, on the other hand, is an applied discipline, covering mineral mining, civil construction, weapons manufacturing, process improvement, urban drainage, bridge construction, etc.
In this era, Chang'an Xiongcheng, with a permanent population of two million and a floating population of more than one million, is a miracle created by Xuegong Engineering.
This chapter has been completed!