There was something special about this extraordinary man. Ever since he met Bai Song, Shangguan Yi had noticed that there was something different about this man. Although he looked young, his words were as calm as his own.
That is a feeling that only people with considerable experience can have, not something that people of this age should have.
Bai Song's words were full of flattery. Shangguan Yi really couldn't figure out what could be flattering about him in his current situation.
"Master, are you going to open a school?"
"Exactly."
"Why?"
"Because..." Bai Song paused, and then changed the subject, "Just because I saw that there are many evil words among the people to confuse the public, I opened a school to educate the world, and I hope that there will be no ignorant people in the world."
Shangguan Yi suddenly stopped after hearing this, put down the chicken leg, wiped his mouth, and re-examined the boy in front of him who made him a little uneasy.
Educate the world and hope that there will be no ignorant people in the world?
The corner of Shangguan Yi's mouth moved imperceptibly, feeling ridiculous in his heart, but his previous uneasiness was relieved a lot, so he drank another drink.
"Young Master is truly a good man in this world."
He replied casually, somewhat perfunctorily.
After hearing this, Bai Song understood somewhat. Just now he felt that his behavior was humble, but this time he felt that he still had arrogance in his heart.
I just don’t know how much his arrogance is worth now?
"Ahem..." Bai Song coughed lightly, "Mr. Shangguan is the first teacher I recruit when I open the school. From now on, he will earn one hundred taels of silver per month."
"One hundred... one hundred taels?" Shangguan Yi was stunned, thinking he had heard wrongly.
Bai Song emphasized it again: "That's right, it's one hundred taels of silver."
"Sir, you really know how to joke."
"Do you think I'm joking?" Bai Song was very serious and took out a banknote with a face value of one hundred taels from his pocket.
Shangguan Yi's expression gradually became serious when he saw it. He had just come to Mang County from Ji County and knew about the banknotes that were popular in Ji County recently.
As long as you take this item to Mobai Bank to exchange it, you can get a hundred taels of silver from the exchange office.
"Consider this an advance payment to your husband. My school has not yet been completed, so I won't need your husband to teach for a while, but you can take the salary first. From now on, your teacher will be the one I hired, and you can't take over the work given by others at will."
"
After saying that, Bai Song earnestly pushed the banknote to the other party.
Shangguan Yi's eyes flashed, he looked at the banknote, and then looked at Bai Song in surprise. He realized that the other person was not joking, and felt his throat tighten for a moment.
With a salary of one hundred taels a month, where is the salary of a teacher?
One hundred pennies is almost enough.
Shangguan Yi was also born into an official family. In his early years, when he learned to read, his family hired his teacher to teach him in a private school. No matter how famous he was, the teacher's monthly salary could only be a few hundred pennies, so if he paid one or two taels, he would be generous.
For one hundred taels a month, even the great scholars of the time could not afford such treatment.
Only the third and fourth grade officials of the imperial court were paid.
"What? Mr. Shangguan doesn't like it too much?"
"No...it's not..." Shangguan Yi's voice was trembling.
"Then why don't you accept it?"
"Young Master, what kind of virtue is Shangguan Yi? How can you accept such a generous gift? Shangguan Yi's family has fallen into decline, and now he is just a single person with no background and no fame. Does the Young Master have a fancy for Shangguan to be so generous? I beg you.
Young master, please give Shangguan some details, otherwise Shangguan will really feel uneasy."
"Let's talk about the reason..." Bai Song dragged his cheeks and flashed his cunning eyes like a naughty child. He thought seriously for a while, "I think Mr. Mister has a majestic and heroic appearance, and he will definitely have a good career in the future."
Achievement, becoming a prince or becoming a prime minister is only a matter of time. Investing in Mr. Investment is investing in the future."
"..."
Shangguan Yi was stunned and couldn't believe that he could hear such words from a mere eighteen-year-old boy.
This was no flattery. In a daze, Shangguan Yi seemed to feel the boy's vicious gaze, as if his ambition hidden deep in his heart had been seen through by him.
Become a Marquis and Prime Minister?
This is an ambition he has never mentioned to anyone, and it is something he dares not express, because Shangguan Yi knows that if he expresses his inner wish, he will only be laughed at.
But this Mr. Bai is different. There is no sense of ridicule under his slightly sly eyes, it is more like a statement, and he seems to be full of confidence in his future.
"Is your ambition only to teach in school?"
Shangguan Yi looked at the banknotes on the table again, finally took it in his hand, and responded in a low voice: "Shangguan understands. Young Master wants Shangguan to remember Young Master today's kindness when he becomes successful! Young Master, don't worry, if I, Shangguan Yi, can really succeed one day
If you are granted the title of Marquis and worship as Prime Minister, you will definitely repay the young master a hundredfold for your kindness."
After saying that, Shangguan Yi stood up, held his hands in his hands, and bowed deeply.
These one hundred taels of silver bought off the arrogance in Shangguan Yi's heart.
After collecting the money, Shangguan Yi also became serious, no longer caring about eating and drinking, and asked seriously: "Where does the master live? How many children of school age are there in the family? How many collateral clan members are there? How many men and women are there?"
"In Baifu, Jixian County, there are no children in the family, and there are no collateral relatives."
"The Bai family in Jixian County...could it be...the Bai family in Mingchun Garden?"
Bai Song nodded.
Oops!
Shangguan Yi took a deep breath and thought that he was the owner of Mingchun Garden, no wonder he was so rich!
Perhaps there are still many people who don't know about the Bai Song Dynasty, but everyone knows about the Bai family of Ming Chunyuan.
This is a newly wealthy person in Jixian County. People who don't know much about the Bai family uniformly equate the Bai family with local tyrants.
But after hearing Bai Song's answer, Shangguan Yi was immediately confused.
What is this situation called?
If you have no children at home, why should you open a school?
Who can I teach myself?
In Shangguan Yi's mind, she thought that Bai Song wanted to teach the school-age children of the Bai family by herself.
These days, opening a school is nothing more than opening a private school. Each family invites a gentleman to teach the young children of the entire family.
If the Bai family has no children and no clan, then how can they talk about opening a school?
Bai Song explained: "My school is not a private school, it is an academy. It attracts people from all over the world to study. Anyone who wants to learn but cannot learn can enroll. It is not just a family of professors."
"Teaching people in the world who want to learn? This...isn't this the establishment of a sect for a poor family?"
"It can also be understood this way."
People from poor families mostly attend school or study on their own, and rarely take guidance from famous teachers. Even if they have the desire to learn, it is difficult to find a way. There are a few gentlemen in the private sector who specialize in giving lectures to children from poor families, but they all do so in private, and few go to the top.
Demei, as Bai Song said, put up a sign to attract poor families, which is a very bold idea.
Because this move will definitely arouse the vigilance of the nobles, and it will have a bad reputation if it is spread.
But Shangguan Yi could not have imagined that recruiting children from poor families was just his first step. After being rejected by Mr. Chen, Bai Song felt deeply that he could not take too big a step, and he had to put aside the matter of recruiting girls to enroll.
"There are very few wealthy people in poor families. Wouldn't it be a waste of money for the young master to open an academy? Shangguan's salary of one hundred taels is really not appropriate."
