Some wealthy families in the south will not only ask teachers to teach elementary school, but also ask another teacher to teach classics and the way of making arts.

Bailu Academy is a county school in the county and is only for the students in the county. The so-called students are usually commonly known as scholars. Therefore, the rest of the students are generally not recruited here.

Otherwise, with Mr. Zhu's knowledge, Bai Jiaxuan would have been persuaded to let his two sons join Bailu Academy and listen to Mr. Zhu's teachings, how could Xu Xiucai come to teach...

However, as foreign barbarians invaded the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court was forced to make concessions in some systems.

Many old academies have been converted into schools.

For example, Guanzhong Academy, one of the four major academies in Guanzhong, was also the place where he entered the bank after becoming a student for food. Now it has been renamed the No. 1 Normal School in Qin Province. It not only recruits students, but also begins to add practical studies. Those who study practical studies do not need to become students...

(Zhunban, "Book of Rites: King System": "The Taixue is in the suburbs, and the emperor is called Piyong, and the princes are called Pangong." The name of the Taixue was found in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, but during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the Taixue was established as the highest institution of learning, and Pangong was the local (princes) official school, so these students were often called Zupan.)

Zishui County is poor and remote, and the new school has not yet been restructured, so Bailu Academy is still called Bailu Academy and can recruit some non-students to enroll.

...

Bai Jiaxuan left in a hurry just now, and Bai Gui immediately realized that this should be Bai Jiaxuan going to buy gifts for his apprenticeship. With Bai Jiaxuan's character, he would definitely prepare a copy of the gifts for them to buy.

They were not formally apprenticed to the masters, but just asked Mr. Zhu to teach the art of making art, so they just need to buy some gifts without preparing a separate tribute to the ritual.

but……

Bai Gui has experienced the benefits of respecting his teacher.

If it weren't for his five-liter refined rice and five-liter brown rice, Xu Xiucai would not have been impatient for him to give him some fun.

As Xu Xiucai’s identity, what’s the point of five liters of rice? He is not short of this little food and clothing.

But what is lacking is respect.

"Well, we suggest that we don't need to buy the most expensive gifts for the gentleman, pick some pens, inkstones, paper, and inkstones, or books for the gentleman. This is also our own wish as disciples..."

Bai Gui swallowed a mouthful of pork noodles into his mouth, took a sip of the hot soup, and said.

“This is a good idea.”

Several people agreed.

"Eh, I know what my uncle likes. I will wait for my dad to come back later and we will go to the bookstore to pick it up together." Bai Xiaowen thought for a while and took the opportunity to say that he was also happy that his uncle was valued so much by his classmates.

But after a while, Bai Jiaxuan, carrying a large bag of small bags, walked into the food shop.

"What? You use your own money to pick some gifts to Mr. Zhu. Is that good, I am worthy of being a good baby in our Bailu Village." Bai Jiaxuan smiled and opened his eyes. Whether it was sincere or false, it was good to be able to realize this.

Everything is judged regardless of the heart.

Walking on the way to the bookstore.

After knowing that this was Bai Gui's idea, Bai Jiaxuan also praised Bai Gui very much, thinking that he had given him a good start and took out a snack for him to share some food.

Bai Gui visited the bookstore in Bailu Town several times because of buying paper and pen. The bookstore in the town only has the largest circulation of Four Books and Five Classics, as well as Zhu Xi's "Collected Notes on the Four Books Chapters and Sentences", some current affairs essays, as well as medical books, etc., which are extremely lacking.

The county’s bookstore is called Wenchang Bookstore, and the gold-drawn plaque is erected.

When you are close to the Confucian Temple, standing at the door of the bookstore, you can smell the incense in the Confucian Temple.

"The street across the west is the Shanxi Guild Hall, and Jin Province is in the northeast of ours." Bai Jiaxuan narrowed his eyes and glanced at the tall courtyard wall of the Shanxi Guild Hall. In a low building complex, it was like a flock of cranes standing out in a flock of chickens.

At first glance, the surrounding buildings must be the Shanxi Guild Hall to be eye-catching.

"Class leader, we have a Shanxi Guild Hall here?"

"Well, the Shanxi merchants are doing business very well, and it is unlikely that the hall will be opened to us."

Bai Gui said in confusion.

Shanxi merchants were not only famous in the late Ming Dynasty, but also in the late Qing Dynasty. Shanxi merchants relied on mastering the tea trade of the Qing Dynasty to sell tea to the Rakshasa Kingdom. This was another newly opened tea path after the Silk Road was cut off. During the Kanggan period, Shanxi merchants made a fortune by selling tea, but with the signing of a series of stolen treaties such as the Aihui Treaty, the Qing Dynasty reduced tariffs on Russian merchants, and at the same time the Siberian Railway was opened. In addition, the Qing Dynasty forced Shanxi merchants to donate and allocate silver. It can be said that the levy silver that wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom accounted for 37%. Shanxi merchants donated more than two million taels of silver, which greatly damaged their vitality...

By the Guangxu period, the Shanxi merchants had become lonely.

In addition, Shanxi merchants and Shaanxi merchants have always had a good relationship and have newly built Shanxi and Shaanxi guild halls in various places.

What Bai Gui was confused about was that Zishui County was a barren land. If you wanted to open a Shanxi Guild Hall, it would be more suitable to go to Xi'an City. Of course, there must be Shanxi Guild Hall in Xi'an City. He just wondered what Shanxi Guild Hall was for when it was opened in Zishui County.

He will also involve business in the future.

Among the best business people in each province, Jin Province is definitely among the top three.

"This... is collecting our silk and cloth."

Bai Jiaxuan made a fuck and refused to say more. He used to visit Shanxi Guild Hall, but he had not done this business since Mr. Zhu almost smashed the archway in Bailu Village.

You can't tell the truth to the dolls.

Since Grandpa Lin banned smoking, although some people have planted it, everyone knows that this is a disaster, which ruins the good fortune of his ancestors and harms the next generation's business.

You should know that he was born into this thing at that time. After Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowu, Bai Wu gave birth to three men and one woman in one or three years every year, but he did not escape the misfortune of the four sixth, that is, the four sixth wind, and the baby died. The process of the four children's death was exactly the same. On the fourth day of birth, he began to cry, rolled his eyes on the sixth day, and hanged his eyes, and died!

It was not until after replanting the crops that he gave birth to his third son, the calf, and escaped the four or six winds.

"So that's how it is."

Although Bai Gui was curious and had some questions in his heart, it was not easy to continue to look at it carefully. What Bai Jiaxuan said was reasonable. Shaanxi merchants have always operated textile technology, which is quite famous throughout the country and has always been a pillar industry.

But his intuition told him that Bai Jiaxuan must be telling lies.

But he is not easy to inquire. Anyway, he is in Zishui County during this period, and there will always be a day when he knows it.

Entered the bookstore.

The books in the county are indeed more than twice as generous than the books in the town. Not only are there four treasures of various quality study, among which are jade pens carved with jade inkstones, jade inkstones are the most exquisite and luxurious, and there are also high-quality rice paper as white as snow.

In addition to these four treasures of the study, there are no shortage of other Four Books and Five Classics, historical books and albums.
Chapter completed!