"Zhi Shan, when will these seven chosen children go to the capital?"
"Let them pack up, say goodbye to their families, and go to the capital after the Hungry Ghost Festival," Bai Shan said, "I have contacted the academy in the capital and let them go in to study first. After the fall, the Imperial College will have an entrance exam.
They can go and give it a try.”
If they can be admitted to the Imperial College, their future will be half stable.
Bai Shen's eyes brightened slightly and he asked, "How sure is the good cousin?"
Bai Shan: "Me? I'm not sure. It mainly depends on them. I will try my best to help them. As long as they work hard, I think the chances are still great."
He smiled slightly and said: "You have to rely on yourself to study."
A few people walked and walked until they reached the rockery in the yard. Bai Shan raised his head and looked at this large rockery that had not changed much.
A tribesman next to him said with a smile: "This rockery was built by the great ancestor of Erfang. At that time, he thought it would allow the students of the tribe to climb high and see far away, and cultivate their sentiments. It can be said that this rockery is the most popular place in the tribe's studies, the Shantang."
I have been away from home for many years, do you still remember this rockery?"
Bai Shan raised his head and looked at the rockery, and said with a half-smile, "Of course I remember." This rockery was the one that impressed him the most.
A person next to him immediately grabbed the man and lowered his voice: "Shut up. Bai Shan once fell from the rockery and almost died. What are you doing with the rockery?"
"how could I know?"
Bai Shen was also a little embarrassed and hurriedly said: "Cousin Shan, do you want to go to the library to take a look? The books and notes you sent last time are all in the library. Many students in the school go there every day after school.
Copied in the library."
Bai Shan nodded, "Okay, let's go and have a look."
The library of ethnic studies is actually a study room. It looks like there are a lot of books in it, but in fact there are a lot of repetitions, and most of them are notes of some tribe members studying, which are very precious, but the books are not wide enough, so they are not too many.
Bai Shan flipped through the pages and found that not even a copy of "Six Tao" was complete, so he put the book back on the bookshelf. It seemed that each family still held the books, and no one wanted to put them in this library.
Bai Shan sighed in his heart, turned to Bai Shen and said: "Cousin Shen, please tell those seven children that if they want to copy the notes I sent, they'd better copy them before going to the capital, otherwise I won't be able to do it when I get there.
There’s not another one for them.”
Bai Shen agreed and said with a smile: "When we get to the capital, I will ask my good cousin to take more care and teach me."
Bai Shan smiled and nodded, "Yes, don't worry, Cousin Shen."
Someone asked eagerly: "Should we let them bring some servants over? With so many people coming to Beijing, it would be too troublesome for the princess's palace."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "No, they just need to bring their own luggage. I will arrange the other things."
Among the seven children he selected, three of them could still raise children from home, but the other four had difficulty even providing education at home, let alone raising children.
So he didn't let them take any of them.
Bai Shan also didn't want to arrange for them to live in the princess' mansion.
There are always a lot of inconveniences when people who don't know each other well live under the same roof.
Fortunately, the Bai family has many houses in the capital. Well, although they are not too big, they are not as big as Man Bao's mansion in total.
But it is more than enough for seven teenagers.
Bai Shan chose the house in Erliu Lane for them to live.
The house on the second floor was once the residence of Mrs. Liu and Mr. Zheng when they came to Beijing. It had everything you need, and it was close to the river bank. It was more lively during the day, but quiet at night. It was not only convenient for life, but also easier for them to study.
After all, they usually go to school during the day, and it doesn't matter whether the neighborhood where they live is busy or not.
Bai Shan decided to choose a servant to come over and was only responsible for their food, clothing and cleaning. They would be responsible for their own daily affairs.
After handing the person over to the academy, he would occasionally go over to take a look and give some pointers. Whether they can seize the opportunity or not depends on them.
Bai Shan chose a good person and then brought up the matter of opening an ancestral hall and listing the genealogy.
Bai Shan had just received two benefits, and the matter had already been settled. It was not good for Bai to embarrass him on this matter, lest the relationship that had been eased aggravate again.
So the ancestral hall opened very smoothly. Not only was Bai Jingxing's child listed on the family tree, Xia Mu was also listed on the family tree. The reason why his surname was Xia was recorded in detail later, and there was a lot of blank space. It is expected that other important events will need to be recorded in the future.
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Bai Shan glanced at the closed family tree, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then left with satisfaction.
"Good cousin, let's go to the farm tomorrow to look at the crops, why don't we go together?"
Bai Shan said with regret: "I really want to go, but I have to rush back to the capital early tomorrow morning."
He looked at the sky and suggested, "Why don't we go see it now?"
"Now?" Bai Shen was surprised, "Why are you going back so soon?"
Bai Shandao: "There are many things in the court, and there are many trivial matters, so I only asked for a three-day holiday and came back together with the rest. If I don't leave tomorrow, I won't be able to go back in time to cancel my leave."
Although Bai Shen felt regretful, he couldn't force him to stay, "Okay, let's go and have a look now. I've heard that cousin Shan has made great achievements in mulberry farming, so I just happened to meet him today."
Bai Shan has made great achievements, but he still wants them to understand.
But Bai Shan went anyway. He wanted to find out from the tribesmen in Zhuangzi about the situation of new rice planting in Longzhou.
Outside the Bai family were fields, all of which belonged to the Bai family. The Bai Shan family's family fields were also there, but they were too far away. He didn't want to go so far to see them, so he took a closer look at the rice in the farmland at the corner of the house.
Bai Shan touched the plump grains, weighed the ears of rice, raised the corners of his mouth with satisfaction, and asked, "Whose family belongs to this land?"
The man who was draining water in the field immediately came up and saluted, "Greetings to the good uncle."
Seeing that his beard was gray, Bai Shan quickly stretched out his hand to support him. After holding it in for a while, he asked, "Does this land belong to your family?"
"Yes, both this piece and that piece."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "It looks like he's growing well."
Seeing him holding a hoe, he asked, "Are you planning to release water to prepare for harvest?"
"Yes, the ears of rice are hanging down and the leaves are starting to turn yellow. It will be ready for harvest in less than half a month, so the water must be drained."
Bai Shan nodded slightly, squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, smelled it and nodded, "The soil quality is not bad, how many times does your family fertilize in a season?"
"twice."
Bai Shan asked him about his farming process in detail, and finally asked with a smile, "I saw the crops in the field when I came along the road. This year is a good harvest year. The harvest in Longzhou seems to be good in the past few years."
"It's true. We have been very lucky in Longzhou in the past few years. Even if there are droughts and floods, they are not serious. They will be over after a while. In the end, the harvest is not bad." The old man sighed: "It's just that the price of grain has been lower than ever in a year.
One year, it seems that the harvest has increased, but the money earned is about the same."