Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 309 Book Building and School

Chapter 305

Wei Hao's words made Li Chengqian stand there thinking deeply, and Wei Hao didn't speak. After a while, Li Chengqian cupped his hands at Wei Hao and said, "Thank you for your reminder, otherwise, I'm going to make a big mistake!"

"You are a prince, you have to remember, money, you can spend it, but, as a prince, you can't only have money in your eyes, that money is your tool, a tool for you to win the hearts of the people and officials, this money cannot be directly It’s for those people, but you can use it to do things and make Datang better! Of course, it’s okay if you say you want to listen to singers singing and dancing, who doesn’t have entertainment, enough is enough!” Wei Hao continued Said to Li Chengqian.

"I know!" Li Chengqian cupped his hands to Wei Hao again.

"Let's go, the school still needs to be opened, and I found that you know very little about the affairs of the common people. Just now, those students were in a hurry to read the books, and I found that you had an expression of disgust.

How should I put it, they may be your courtiers in the future, they are eager for knowledge now, and you should be very happy, Your Highness, when you are free, go to the folks more, East Palace, there are many things you can't see, If you can't hear it, you can't see or hear Dongcheng either.
Only in the west city and outside the city can you see the real thing. Datang, he is really poor now, that is, this year, he only has a little money. At this time last year, the emperor had to find a way to get money! "Wei Hao continued to say to Li Chengqian,
Li Chengqian heard it, nodded, and then said: "If you have time, Gu really needs to go for a walk!"

Soon, the two of them left the room, and the other ministers were waiting for them. "Do you need to go to the school now?" Li Chengqian asked Gao Shilian.

"Yes, Your Highness, you are still required to attend the opening ceremony of the school. This time, a total of 300 students have been recruited, and the potential of these students is very good!" Gao Shilian immediately said to Li Chengqian.

"Okay, then let's go and visit those students, they may become the pillars of the court in the future!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"Please, Your Highness!" Gao Shilian immediately made a gesture of invitation, Li Chengqian nodded, and walked forward, while Wei Hao followed. The school is next to the study building, very close, and they all walked there.

"Your Highness, look at the students outside. They are still queuing to enter the library. Ordinary people are still eager to study, but there is no chance!" After leaving the library, they saw four queues outside. They all waited for the inspection to enter the library. Today's situation is special, His Royal Highness is here, so they need to be inspected.

"Okay, His Highness is gone, they can go in freely!" Wei Hao shouted to the guards who were inspecting here.

"Yes!" The guards nodded immediately, and then began to let the students go in by themselves.

"Yeah, I remember, my mother said that I want to open a school, so, Shenyong, how about you, you are a little tired, choose a place for the lonely, and pay for the lonely, can you help focus on it?" Li Chengqian immediately asked. With Wei Hao said,

Gao Shilian and other ministers at the back heard it and nodded in satisfaction. They knew that Wei Hao and Li Chengqian must have said something in the room just now. Some words, what their ministers said, Li Chengqian would not listen to them, but Wei Hao went to say it, maybe it would be useful.

"Don't look for me, just ask the Ministry of Industry to do it. You pay for it and build it better. If not, just use new materials to build it. Do you know about my new mansion?" Wei Hao immediately flipped over. Said with a blank eye.

"Duke Xia, Your Highness asked you to take charge, so you should take charge!" Gao Shilian said anxiously from behind.

"No, I'm busy. I don't know many things every day. Besides, let the Ministry of Industry go!" Wei Hao waved his hand.

"I seem to have heard about your new mansion. It's all made of cement, right? Okay, so let the Ministry of Industry be responsible. Can you help with the design?" Li Chengqian asked.

"That's no problem, Your Highness, this way!" Wei Hao and the others walked, and they were almost at the side of the school. Just after entering, there were also a large number of students inside. They had already lined up on the playground and waited. What about Li Chengqian and the others.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" All the officials and teachers in charge here saluted Li Chengqian.

"Everyone has worked so hard, you are lonely, you have been waiting here for such a long time, it will be hot soon, let's hold the opening ceremony first!" Li Chengqian said to those officials with a smile.

"Yes, thank you Your Highness, Your Highness, this way!" The official in charge said to Li Chengqian,
Li Chengqian nodded and started to walk forward, while Wei Hao also followed him. When he reached the bottom of the platform, Wei Hao stopped and let Li Chengqian go up alone.
Standing there, Li Chengqian naturally wanted to say words of encouragement, hoping that those students could study hard, etc. After Li Chengqian finished speaking, it was the official who spoke,
Originally they wanted Wei Hao to go up and say it, but Wei Hao didn't know how to say it. He was not used to such a scene, so he let the officials here speak, and then the representative of the husband spoke,

It was two quarters of an hour after that set of procedures was completed, and then Li Chengqian announced the opening of the school, and those gentlemen also took their students to the classroom, and the class was about to begin.

And Wei Hao accompanied Li Chengqian and those officials to visit the school together.Introduce the functions of these buildings to them. After a quarter of an hour, Wei Hao and the others arrived at the classroom. At this moment, those gentlemen are already in class, and the classroom is slowly sitting. Wei Hao stipulates that a class is 30 people, but now , There are more than 100 people sitting inside, many of them are listening.

Li Chengqian and the others looked outside for a while with their hands behind their backs, and then they were about to go back. Wei Hao also sent them back. After Li Chengqian left the school, Wei Hao also went to his office room on the side of the school.

"Xia Guogong, this is Mr. So's registered disciples. There are a total of 920 disciples. Most of them are not fully recruited. I just hope to find better disciples. In addition, the students who are registered to study in the hospital will get rid of students and disciples. There are still more than 3000 people, and the current situation is that the classroom is too small, and many students have no way to attend the class, so, Xia Guogong, is there any way?" The official said to Wei Hao, the official came from the Ministry of Rites , called Chen Xi.

"So many people?" Wei Hao also looked at Chen Xi in shock.

"Yes, Xia Guogong, the current situation is that we don't know how to arrange those students to attend classes. The classroom can't be filled! Even if it is fully filled, it can only hold more than 1000 people, and there are still more than 3000 people left. These people are all disciples of the common people in Chang'an City, and they all want to learn from them!" Chen Xi also said very distressed.

"Well, that's it!" Wei Hao touched his head with a headache at the moment, he really didn't expect that so many people came to listen.

"Xia Guogong, now they can stand outside and listen, but in winter, there is no heater, how can they stand outside and listen to the class? In addition, so many students are willing to listen. It stands to reason that we should make arrangements. They may be me. Datang's future talents must be taken seriously!" Chen Xi continued to look at Wei Hao and said.

"You are like this, you want the guards at the gate to register to see how many people are willing to come every day, come every day, we will arrange it!" Wei Hao said.

"No, Xia Guogong, you didn't understand what I meant. These 3000 people live in the college, and they must come every day!" Chen Xi looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Ah, live in the school?" Wei Hao was even more shocked.

"There is no way to count those who are commuters, but there are probably quite a few." Chen Xi continued.

"Then there is no other way, so how many classrooms do we have now?" Wei Hao asked.

"It's not enough to have 20 or so classrooms, but the classrooms of the second phase still have about a month to go!" Chen Xi looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Okay, I'll go to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to add more teachers. In this way, each class will have 10 students, so that more students can be accommodated." Wei Hao thought about it and said to Chen Xi.

"Yes, this is the best. It is indeed necessary to increase the number of teachers, and next year there will be more students. I estimate that most of them may be people who study here!" Chen Xi nodded and said,
Wei Hao nodded, and then went to the library. When he arrived at the library, he found that there was no book on the bookshelf. His Majesty put tens of thousands of books here, but now there is not a single one.
Moreover, Wei Hao found that under those roofs, a large number of students knelt on the ground to copy books. For those students, they like to copy books, because it is rare to encounter a good book, and only after copying it can they go back and study slowly. In addition, the library provides paper for free now, as long as you bring your own pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Such an opportunity is indeed very rare for those students.

"Xia Guogong!" The officials from the library also came to Wei Hao's side.

"No more books?" Wei Hao looked at the official and asked.

"No, now many students are looking for their friends to copy a book together. Today, we have consumed a total of 2000 large sheets of paper, and those students took them! Now they are copying here!" the official said to According to Wei Hao's report.

"It's okay, as many sheets of paper as you want, the paper workshop will send them over. It's a good thing for us to copy them like this!" Wei Hao stood there, feeling a little sorry for those students. After all, I have printing skills in my hands, but I can't use it. This is a balance with the family. If I break it easily, the family will definitely fight back, and I may not be able to bear it.

"My lord, if this happens every day, it will be a huge expense!" the official said to Wei Hao worriedly.

"How much is the expense? A large sheet of paper costs 5 Wen, 2000 sheets are only 10 Yuan, and a year is only 3000 Yuan. How much is the expense? Huh?" Wei Hao glanced at the official, and continued walking with his hands behind his back. with.

"But what if the Ministry of Civil Affairs doesn't give you the money?" The official continued to chase after Wei Hao and asked.

"If you don't give money, I'll see who dares not to give it! What, no money?" Wei Hao asked.

"No, we don't need any money. It's mainly paper and candles. No, we have to open it at night, so we need to light candles! This needs money to purchase! There are only 20 coins in the account now, and there are 5 sheets of paper, [-] candles!" said the official.

"I'm going to go, you don't need to worry about this!" Wei Hao said to the official, and continued to look at those students, feeling very good. Seeing these students studying so hard, Wei Hao is also very pleased. Can you shoot left and right servants, can you shoot Shangshu?

Wei Hao made a round of inspection and then went back. He still had things to do at home. In Li Shimin's study, Duan Lun also reported to His Majesty the Ministry of Industry's inspection of cement. After the report, Duan Lun said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the minister's suggestion is to use cement to build the road. This kind of road is very easy to walk, and the cost is relatively low. The most important thing is that the speed is fast!"

"Well, have all the tests at the Ministry of Industry been completed?" Li Shimin sat there and asked Duan Lun.

"Yes, all the tests have been completed, including how to repair the road. We have asked Wei Hao in detail, and Wei Hao has given detailed answers, including that when the road was just repaired, it still needs to be watered. At the same time, every About 10 meters, we need to leave a gap and so on!" Duan Lun nodded and said.

"Okay, buy cement and notify those who repair the straight road to start repairing the cement road from now on!" Li Shimin nodded and said to Duan Lun.

"Yes, Your Majesty. In addition, cement has a huge effect. The Yumen Pass has been reported for repairs before, and it cost tens of thousands of guan. This time, if cement and steel bars are used, the cost is less than [-] guan. And it is still strong, my lord." It means that the Ministry of Industry sent personnel to bring cement and steel bars to Yumen Pass to repair Yumen Pass!" Duan Lun continued to cup his hands at Li Shimin.

"Okay, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs!" Li Shimin sat there and said.

"The minister is here!" Dai Zhou immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said.

"Pay money and buy cement. In this way, the priority is to satisfy the restoration of the frontier fortress. How much steel is there in the iron workshop now?" Li Shimin said, looking at Duan Lun.

"There are still 30 catties, and there is no mass production now, because everyone is not familiar with it, that is, Xia Guogong uses more! However, I believe that the amount of steel bars used in the future must be very large, and I have already issued an order to Tiefang. Order. Tell them not to stop producing steel bars, let them store them first!" Duan Lun said to Li Shimin.

"Okay, let's do this!" Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Yes!" Duan Lun and Dai Zhou said immediately, clasping their hands together.

"Well, let's do it!" Li Shimin said to the two of them, and the two of them immediately said with their hands together, and then backed out. After the two of them left, Li Shimin sat there worrying about Li Chengqian's affairs. Married, still not sensible.

"Old Hong!" Li Shimin shouted suddenly, and immediately Lao Hong came out and stood in front of Li Shimin.

"Did Gao Ming go to the school and library today?" Li Shimin asked.

"Go back to Your Majesty. I'm going. Although I was late for a quarter of an hour, I still performed very well, especially in the school, and talked with the students." Eunuch Hong stood there and said with cupped hands.

"Yeah!" Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Also in the library, Wei Hao chatted with His Highness the Crown Prince for a while. They chatted in a room. We don't know exactly what they were talking about. Wei Hao was asked to be responsible for the establishment of the new school, but Wei Hao did not agree!" Eunuch Hong continued.

"Oh, they talked, and they talked about building a school?" Li Shimin asked with interest at the moment.

"Yes, I don't know what we talked about specifically." Eunuch Hong nodded and said.

"Well, kid, what are you busy with now?" Li Shimin then asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, I don't know yet, I'm probably busy with his new residence!" Eunuch Hong replied.

"Well, this kid, it's hard for anyone to find him now. He doesn't come to the palace every day, but the affairs of the library and the school are doing well." Li Shimin nodded very satisfied and said,
In the afternoon, a large number of horse-drawn carriages from the Ministry of Industry drove to the cement workshop. Now Datang has no shortage of horses. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs,
In the first half of this year, nearly 12 horses were sold to Datang from Turkic and Tubo, and Datang bought them all. Now the price of horses in Datang has dropped by [-]% because of the influx of a large number of horses. And many ordinary people's homes, as long as they have a little money, will buy a few horses, mainly for work.

"How many catties, 500 million catties?" Cheng Chusi looked at the officials of the Ministry of Industry in surprise and said,

Now the cost of cement is 10 cents per 2 catties, the cost is about 50 cents, and 500 catties is 500 pennies, 10 million catties, which is equivalent to their current 2-day output, mainly because only two furnaces are turned on, and the rest The stove has not been turned on.

"This is only for these two days, and there will be a lot of demand in the future. It is estimated that all the cement on your side this year will be sold by the court. Now these cements need to be transported to Yumen Pass, and the cement for repairing straight roads is estimated to be sold tomorrow. Start buying!" The official from the Ministry of Industry said to Cheng Chusi.

"No, there are so many. Do you know how many horse-drawn carts you need to transport to Yumen Pass? A horse-drawn cart can hold about 2000 catties, and 500 million catties requires more than 2000 horse-drawn carts!" Cheng Chusi looked at them in surprise and asked. up.

"We have mobilized 1000 horse-drawn carriages now, and we will borrow another 1500 horse-drawn carriages from Tiefang. We are still working on new horse-drawn carriages, and it is estimated that we will have them soon. There is no shortage of horses now, so it is easy to make horse-drawn carriages! "The Ministry of Industry official said to Cheng Chusi and the others,
Now horse-drawn carriages are used a lot. Since last winter, many people in Datang have started to make horse-drawn carriages one after another, mainly for the convenience of transporting things.

(End of this chapter)