After that, there is a plaque, which reads "Yuxian Jiazi Meng School" in seven large characters.

According to this meaning, there are also Yuxian Yizi Meng School, Bing Meng School, and Ding Meng School...

The door was open, and there were sounds of children reading from inside.

"It's not easy to learn and practice it; it's not a joy to have friends from far away..."

Yu Qian couldn't wait to walk in and saw a man wearing a Confucian shirt.

This man, who was about thirty years old, first stood in front of Yu Qian, looked him up and down, and then asked: "Brother, are you here to apply for a teaching position?"

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, I made a special trip from the capital!"

"What kind of fame do you have from the capital?"

The man was not surprised, he seemed to be used to this kind of thing.

Yu Qian thought for a while and asked: "What kind of reputation is needed to apply for a teaching position?"

"In fact, it is not necessary, as long as you are competent, but if you are a scholar, you can be exempted from the exam."

Yu Qian said: "Can you show me around?"

The man smiled and said: "I just don't have class in the morning, so I will introduce you to our first-class Meng Academy. By the way, what is your name, brother?"

Yu Qian thought for a moment and said: "My surname is Yuan and my name is Bin!"

"It turns out to be Brother Yuan. I'm in Dang Xingyong. Nice to meet you!"

Yu Qian thought about it and asked, "When did Brother Dang come to the school?"

"I am a native of Yu County. I have been here since the beginning of the school's establishment, and I am also one of the first batch of teachers in the school."

Yu Qian asked again: "What did Brother Dang do for a living before the school was established?"

Dang Xingyong sighed and said: "If it weren't for the magistrate and this school, I would have probably starved to death."

Yu Qian was a little confused, but it was difficult to ask further.

Dang Xingyong smiled faintly, and then began to introduce: "This school covers an area of ​​20 acres and has 23 teaching staff, including 16 teachers, 7 cooks and handymen, and it can accommodate 500 children.

Many. This is the largest school in the county. The others are smaller in size, with three to four hundred students. The two in the suburbs have roughly more than two hundred people."

Yu Qian listened and asked: "It must be a lot of money to build these schools. Can the county's tax money afford it?"

"The cost is indeed staggering, but it was all planned and built by the merchants, and it did not take up the county's tax money."

"Businessmen are also interested in education?"

Yu Qian was even more puzzled. In his mind, merchants were just a group of common people pursuing the smell of gold. How could they come to build schools?

"Of course the merchants are interested, because children have to pay tuition fees when they enter school."

"The tuition fee...is a lot?"

Dang Xingyong said: "Just say that the tuition fees charged by our Grade A school are as high as 5,000 taels a year. In addition, the county will also provide some subsidies, which are around a thousand taels. In this way, it is six thousand taels."

Thousand taels. After excluding expenses, there will be a net profit of three thousand taels of silver in one year. Why do you think the merchants are interested?"

Yu Qian was shocked again. Can you still make money by studying?

What kind of world is this? Are you crazy?

He looked around and saw that the layout of the academy was very compact. The bookstores were lined up one after another without much scenery. The bookstores were divided into different grades, and children of different grades studied in different places.

Some of the teachers wearing silk turbans and silk scarves are teaching children to read in the bookstore, while others are still preparing lessons or taking a rest.

Along the way, he couldn't figure out how something as noble as reading could be mixed with the smell of copper?

"It's really incredible that teaching and educating people can be related to merchants and money."

Dang Xingyong laughed and said: "What Xiongtai said is not unreasonable. At first, many people...including myself, thought so too, but later I figured it out."

Yu Qian immediately cast a questioning look, and Dang Xingyong continued: "You can not only study and educate people, but also make money. The children have read and learned knowledge. We who work as teachers can earn some money to support our families, and merchants

We can also make a profit, achieve multiple things with one stone, and benefit each other, so why not?"

Yu Qian still didn't understand and said: "The truth is correct, but it doesn't feel right to put education, education and money together."

Dang Xingyong asked: "Brother, what you said is wrong. In fact, you don't care about money when you study."

Yu Qian asked: "How do you say this?"

Dang Xingyong said: "The so-called hustle and bustle in the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit. There is no reason to not settle accounts when studying. Among the scholars in the Ming Dynasty, none of us have a lot of money at home and spend money to build a family and a school.

, the people recruited are the children of the clan, so all the expenses are done in secret."

Yu Qian nodded secretly. These words are quite good. If your family has no money, what should you study...?

Dang Xingyong seemed to be quite touched and said: "Brother, think about it, if the school cannot maintain its expenses, then wouldn't all the teaching gentlemen starve to death? Most of these people are unsatisfactory scholars.

, although he has fame and fame, it is difficult to achieve anything. He is not involved in production, and his family is in poverty, so life is not easy. I still remember that when I was a child in Mongolia School, the old man had a very difficult life, even if someone gave him two eggs.

, he is so precious that he only takes it out to eat during the holidays."

Yu Qian asked again: "May I ask Brother Dang how much you will be treated here?"

Dang Xingyong did not hesitate and said: "The next month's salary is five taels, and the school includes room and board, so life will be reversed."

Yu Qian secretly sighed, five taels a month, isn’t it sixty taels a year?

From this point of view, there are more than some highly skilled craftsmen.

Food and accommodation are also included, and there are no burdens. It’s a decent enough life.
Chapter completed!