In the early morning, more than a dozen gentlemen arrived one after another.
These people are all famous gentlemen in Yanzhou City. Even Bai Jinghao was dumbfounded by this formation and walked up to greet everyone.
These old scholars have very eccentric tempers, and they look down upon businessmen like them the most.
How did Bai Yan convince them to invite them all? Bai Jinghao couldn't understand.
"Boss Bai, you gave birth to a good son."
There are gentlemen who praise Bai Yan all the time.
"Don't dare, don't dare, it would be Quanzi's honor to be able to condescend you to come here." Bai Jinghao said tentatively.
"Why should Boss Bai be so humble? It is our honor to be able to associate with a young genius like Master Bai. What's more, Master Bai is also making a contribution to scholars by opening an academy."
"What Master Bai has done is beyond compare to all of us together. It's really admirable."
Everyone praised him one after another, without hesitating any words of praise.
Bai Jinghao responded, but felt confused in his heart. Is this the sun rising from the west?
"Master Bai is here."
A gentleman saw Bai Yan approaching and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello with a very low profile.
"Excuse me, gentlemen, I came here early in the morning. It's just that there are no classes today. I need you gentlemen to go to the Propaganda Institute with me so that more people can come to study in the institute." Bai Yan said.
"You are too polite to say this, little friend. Isn't this our duty? Whatever you tell us to do, we will just obey." said the respected Mr. Sun.
"Then thank you gentlemen. You don't need to do anything. Just show your face."
Bai Yan ordered: "A Cheng, take all the gentlemen with you."
Ah Cheng hurriedly ran forward and left with all the gentlemen.
Bai Yan then looked at Bai Xu standing in the corner.
"Did you bring all the tuition fees?"
Bai Xu took out a bag of silver from his pocket and handed it to Bai Yan.
Many of his followers have no money, and he pays part of it out of his own pocket.
"You are becoming more and more sensible. I will benefit from you if I follow my brother from now on. Let your people follow you gentlemen to protect their safety." Bai Yan patted his shoulder.
Bai Xu twitched the corner of his mouth, you took my money and still drove my people, is this good for me?
He asked weakly: "Brother, won't you have class today?"
"No. The school is not perfect yet and classes cannot be held. The college will not officially open until three days later." Bai Yan responded.
Bai Xu rolled his eyes, you don't want to go to class and you want me to give you money today? If I had known this, I wouldn't have come.
Bai Jinghao could no longer suppress his curiosity and asked quietly: "Bai Yan, how did you convince those gentlemen?"
With such a high net worth, he cannot be called an old friend by scholars, but these people still call Bai Yan their little friend.
While this made him happy, it also felt a little uncomfortable.
"Because of poetry."
Poetry? What poem? Bai Jinghao was confused.
He didn't know that Bai Yan not only visited them yesterday, but also wrote a poem to each of them.
After seeing the poem, these people immediately agreed to come and were full of confidence in the future of the college.
Bai Yan didn't say much. He turned around and handed an invitation to Bai Xu: "I'll give you something to do. Send this invitation to Cheng Hao and Cheng Hanlin."
"Are you talking about Cheng Daru? Bai Yan, do you want to invite him?" Bai Xu looked at Bai Yan in disbelief.
Bai Jinghao couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
Who is Cheng Hao? He is a famous contemporary scholar.
At that time, he entered the Hanlin Academy as the number one scholar and stayed there for twenty years, focusing on academic studies. He became a contemporary academic master and was recognized as a great Confucian.
Nowadays, Cheng Hao has given up his official position, retired to his hometown, thanked guests behind closed doors, and devoted himself to academic research.
There are only three or two disciples under his sect, and even the most outstanding people who want to study under his sect are turned away.
Expecting such people to attend the opening ceremony of the college? Is this outrageous?
"Brother, if you want to trouble me, just say so. Why bother making excuses?" Bai Xu said dissatisfied.
In his opinion, inviting Cheng Hao here was just an excuse. Bai Yan was deliberately torturing him.
It wasn't just him, Bai Jinghao felt the same way, but he still helped Bai Yan and said, "You can go if you want, it's only two days' journey back and forth. If you are really lucky enough to meet Cheng Daru, it will be your blessing.
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He said this, but he didn't think Bai Xu could see it, let alone Cheng Daru.
Those great scholars are very bitter, certainly more so than Mr. Pang.
"Sure enough, I am always the one who suffers." Bai Xu muttered dissatisfiedly, took the invitation and left.
After leaving the house, Bai Yan found some urchins and beggars and gave them some scraps of silver.
Not long after, the entire streets and alleys in Yanzhou City were filled with news that White Deer Academy was about to open.
Many people did not believe it at first, but with the affirmation of all the servants and gentlemen, no one doubted the authenticity of the news.
They don't believe in beggars, nor do they believe in servants, but they can't help but believe in their husband's words.
What's more, if more than a dozen gentlemen confirmed it together, who would question it?
For a time, the streets and alleys were talking about White Deer College.
In the academy, this is something unprecedented and rare, and it’s hard not to pay attention to it.
In the Qin Mansion, Qin Mo Sheng looked angry. She had been searching for several days, but there was no news about the God of Flame.
It was as if the Flame God did not exist in the world, leaving no trace behind.
"Miss, Bai Yan wants to establish Bailu Academy."
The maid got the news and came to report it as soon as possible.
"White Deer Academy? What is this?" Qin Mosheng asked curiously.
"It's a place to study. Bai Yan invited more than a dozen gentlemen, and it is said that he even invited Mr. Pang to be the dean. He is really whimsical," the maid described.
"If you can write an article, you think you are great. Just ignore him." Qin Mo Sheng said nonchalantly.
She just wants to find the God of Fire now and doesn't want to waste any time or energy on Bai Yan.
In the government office, the prefect of Qin burst out laughing after hearing the news: "It is a great idea to set a precedent in history. I cannot sit idly by and wait until the day when the school opens. I will go and congratulate you."
A businessman wants to build a school to make money? Are you kidding? Yanzhou City has been peaceful recently, and he doesn't mind going there to watch the excitement.
There was a lot of discussion in Pang's school.
Compared to others, these students care more.
"Teacher, I heard that Bai Yan is going to ask you to be the dean. Will you go? Will we all go to Bailu Academy to study in the future?" a student asked.
Other teachers also have students, and these students will all go to school to study in the future. If you pay the same tuition, you can take courses with different teachers.
Moreover, if the journey is far away, the school can also arrange carriage transportation, and the treatment is not very good.
Many students can't wait.
If Mr. Pang really becomes the dean, they will have a sense of superiority.
"The Bai family are businessmen. Bai Yan built the school also to make money. I am different from those common people and have already rejected him." Mr. Pang said coldly.
So many gentlemen were willing to help Bai Yan make money, which made him feel very embarrassed. It was simply a great shame and humiliation.