The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 90 School (Part [-])
The architect is an old man with a beard. He looks about five or sixty years old. His hair is carefully combed without any mess. The silver-like white hair is clearly visible in the black hair.

His face looks ruddy, he is in good spirits, and his body is still very strong.

"This is Master Yan who is good at architecture. Some of the buildings around us are designed and supervised by Master Yan." Wang Dong recommended for Su Tang.

"Master Lao Yan will take care of the construction of the house next." Su Tang said very politely.

"It's okay, I should do it." Master Yan was quite friendly with a smile on his face.

Su Tang walked around the house with Master Yan, and told him the general thoughts in his heart.

"I want to set aside a square of about one and a half acres on the west and north sides of the street for parking horse-drawn carriages, and the east and south sides are adjacent to the inner side of the house, leaving a road for two carriages to run side by side at the same time. Yes." Su Tang explained to Master Yan while walking.

"The area of ​​the building is nearly two acres, and it can be built as high as two floors, and the walls inside are reduced as much as possible to make the interior look more spacious and open."

Master Yan shook his beard and nodded, "There is nothing wrong with the rest, but building the house into two acres of land is a huge project, and the load-bearing design will be more complicated, which will increase the amount of work."

"I suggest changing a whole house into four houses next to each other, and then connecting with each other, which can also achieve the effect you requested."

People here still use mortise and tenon joints to build houses. No nails are needed, and the structure of the whole house can be built by combining concave and convex parts.

The combination of wood and wood supports each other and can withstand a lot of pressure, which is why it is necessary to find an experienced architect.

Not everyone can build such a house.

"Okay, then follow Master Yan's method." Su Tang took Master Yan's opinion. Master Yan is an expert in this field, and he is right.

Several people decided on a good day for the construction together, leaving Liu Zhonglin to assist Master Yan in building the house. If more workers are recruited and the progress is fast, it is expected to be completed next spring.

"How's the free school in the city going?" Su Tang asked Wang Dong. He could go and have a look while he was free.

"It's been done. Schools have been established in the four cities in the east, west, north, and south of the city, as well as outside the city. There are five schools in total. Teachers have also been recruited. Classes should have started by now."

"Let's go have a look."

Wang Dong took Su Tang to shuttle between the residents' houses, the residents were noisy and busy with their own livelihoods, the children who used to run around in the streets and alleys were much less now.

"The books used in the school are all bought from Baizhixuan, and the children like it very much." Wang Dong said.

In fact, it stands to reason that these papers should be provided free of charge, but what Rongjin got was the commission from Baizhixuan, and there are still many charities that need to be used in the future, so it is better to pay the bills.

Even if you wait until later to allocate these money as charitable funds, it will be clear and the accounts can be remembered more clearly.

The house used for the school was remodeled from an idle residence, and it can be used after a little tidying up inside. From a distance, Su Tang could hear the children's recitals coming from the school.

There is a bit of excitement and happiness in the immature voice.

Walking into the school, in a house with two entrances and two exits, the teacher in the school is teaching.

Standing outside, you can still see that there is a small sand table on each desk in the house, and the children will copy the words in the distributed books when they are more proficient in practice.

However, not many children came to study in the classroom, which surprised Su Tang, "There are nearly 2 people in the city, and there should be several thousand children under the age of 15. Why do you come to this school?" There are only a few hundred children studying in the area, and the total number of children studying in the five schools in the city is only more than 1000."

Faced with such a situation, Wang Dong was also very helpless, "There is no other way. Children from rich families study not only knowledge, but also etiquette, so they all study in private schools and will not come here, while those from farmers Neither will the children."

Yingyue was a little puzzled while listening, "It doesn't cost a penny to study, why are they still unwilling to come?"

"They feel that reading is useless, and learning something literary can't be used as a meal. With this kind of effort, it's better to grow more land at home and collect more food. The children who came here are still some small businessmen. , They know the importance of reading, so they let their children study."

It was only then that Su Tang realized that he had overlooked one point. This is ancient times. In addition to studying for an official career, studying can also be useful in being a shopkeeper, a doctor, and selling calligraphy and paintings.

Unlike in modern times, due to the phenomenon of social development, it is almost impossible for a person to walk without literacy, but knowledge can change a person's destiny, so everyone will be very active in learning.

But this is ancient times, and agriculture is very important. For those farmers, even many people, reading books is of no use at all, and they naturally don't want to waste this time.

But knowledge is a good thing to sweep away the ignorance of the people and strengthen the country and the people. Anyway, the school still has to be run.

"Now try to encourage the people to study, and after these children have learned the many benefits of reading, they will slowly influence those who feel that reading is useless. You can't force it, you can only take it slowly." Su Tang said.

"For the time being, that's the only way to go." Wang Dong replied.

Su Tang and the others left the school, and as soon as they stepped out of the courtyard, they saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child, dressed in rags, sneaking into the school, lying on the window outside the classroom and secretly listening to the class.

Su Tang wondered in his heart, there is no charge in the school, anyone can come in to study, why this person not only does not enter the classroom, but also sneaks up, "Wang Dong, go ask that child what's going on, is there any difficulty?"

Wang Dong responded, and after a while, Wang Dong twisted the child's arm and pushed him out.

"Why did you push the child out?" Yingyue asked looking at the child who was skinny and pitiful.

"I wanted to ask him about the situation, but he ran away when he saw me walking over. I had to catch him first."

Su Tang looked at the little boy. He was thin, his body was covered with black dirt, and his hair was fluffy like a pile of hay. It was obviously caused by long-term malnutrition.

(End of this chapter)