In the new semester, according to the rules of the thank you letter, if you continue to study, you will have to start paying miscellaneous fees.
At the beginning, he thought that this measure would reduce the number of students by 30 to 40%. Who knew that as soon as the new semester started, all the students had arrived, and all the miscellaneous fees set in the thank you letters had been paid.
Xie Xin knows that almost all of these students' parents are farmers. It's good that their families have land. At least they don't have to pay land rent. With the annual harvest, plus the income from hunting and gathering, in addition to paying miscellaneous fees every year, there is still a lot of spare time.
There are only about ten students, and their parents are tenant farmers.
Landowners in every era are similar, and 50% of their land rent is lost before dawn.
It can be said that for these ten or so students, their family may have some leftovers even if they add in the income from hunting and picking wild vegetables and fruits.
If we encounter a calamity year, the most we can do is have enough food and clothing.
The worst thing is that regardless of how much the land harvests, the landowners will calculate the average harvest over the years, and then charge a corresponding amount of grain as land rent based on that number.
In other words, if the landlord is unreasonable, all the savings saved by the tenant's family for several years may be handed over to the landlord that year.
This year's harvest can only be regarded as average, but it is enough to cover the miscellaneous expenses of more than ten students.
Just by looking at the tattered copper coins, Xie Xin could guess how long these coins had been collected by his family.
Perhaps they were waiting to be used to marry them in the future? But at this moment, they all fell into the hands of Xie Xin.
I don’t know why, but when Xie Xin looked at these coins, he always felt like there was a non-existent hat on his head, and he wrote: Unscrupulous educator.
Do we need to exempt them from miscellaneous fees? But Chinese people don’t worry about scarcity but inequality. If their tuition fees were waived, other students would naturally have objections.
Work-study?!
This is a good idea, but where can I find any work for them now?
The horses have been sent to the racecourse and handed over to specialized horse breeders; the animal pens on the left side of the courtyard outside the private school and the farmland on the right side, according to Xie Xin's regulations, the students at the school will also help take care of them.
As for cleaning, the five maids, plus Guo, Bian Linglong, Wang Rong, and Gongsun Ying, are enough to keep everything clean inside and out.
Building bridges and paving roads? Isn’t it too abusive to let these eight to eleven-year-old kids do such heavy physical work?
In the end, Xie Xin put this matter aside based on the idea that "the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge".
Just like last time, a solution may be delivered to your door soon.
With all the students in place, the new semester is announced to have begun.
Nowadays, Huaxia Private School has eight classes every day, one every forty minutes. At the same time, after each class, there will be a ten-minute break.
As a result, the course schedule for the new semester has been released:
After getting up at six in the morning, students have half an hour to wash and eat; then they spend an hour practicing Tai Chi; from 7:30 to 8:00 they spend about ten minutes working (feeding animals, watering and weeding farmland),
The remaining time can be used for rest.
There are five consecutive classes from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock, and the school officially ends at 12 o'clock. After school, there is half an hour for lunch, and then half an hour for work (copying teaching materials); there is a one-hour lunch break from 1 to 2 o'clock.
, you can choose to take a nap or read scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion.
From two o'clock to two-thirty, I spend about ten minutes working (feeding poultry, watering farmland), and the rest of the time is allocated freely. After that, I have three consecutive classes from two-thirty until school ends at five o'clock sharp.
From five o'clock to six o'clock is free time, and then it is dinner time. After dinner, students can make their own arrangements, but they must return to the dormitory to sleep before nine o'clock.
As for homework, Xie Xin hates it very much, so unless it is something that must be remembered, he will rarely leave it behind. And the ones that are left behind are not too many. As long as you can listen carefully in class, you can spend twenty
It can be done in minutes.
Xie Xin couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at this arrangement which, in addition to evening self-study, was very close to the future course schedule. The pain he had endured many years ago was now being imposed on his students.
As for evening self-study...
Well, Xie Xin said that he also hated this very much.
Anyway, these days there is no competition for advanced campuses, no competition for key schools at the municipal or provincial levels. In addition, the students are studying hard, so the thank you letter simply leaves the evening to them.
For those who like reading, let them learn from each other. For those who don't like reading, at least give them a relatively happy childhood.
As for the only arrangement, I just ordered them to light a few more oil lamps in the Sutra Pavilion at night to facilitate students to read the sutras.
On the Immortal Sect side, there are almost no disciples now, so the positions are easy to arrange.
Basically, several acres of spiritual fields were given to Xie Yi and Lou Gui to take care of; the spiritual medicine field was given to Zuo Ci and Bian Linglong to take care of; and the spiritual animal garden was given to Xie's mother to take care of.
As for Xie Xin, according to several people, he, as the leader, is asked to raise his level as soon as possible, otherwise others at the Golden Core stage can bully him, and his sect is too shameless.
Under the enthusiasm of everyone, Xie Xin had no choice but to return to his room and concentrate on practicing.
Last time I got a lot of spiritual stones, including 5213 pieces of low-grade ones, 1454 pieces of medium-grade ones, and 768 pieces of high-grade ones. With this amount, it is enough for a Qian** Sect, assuming that all the disciples are in the early stages of Qi training.
All disciples have been promoted to the middle of the foundation building stage.
It's just that now it's difficult for Xie Xin to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and even if there is a spirit gathering array, it is very little. Most of the spiritual energy needed for cultivation now comes from the bonus of the body tempering pill and the help of these spiritual stones.
Such a large pile of spirit stones, according to Xie Xin's calculations, can at most allow him to be promoted to about the middle stage of the Golden Core. Taking into account the use of others, the remaining spirit stones can be raised to about the ninth level of foundation building.
It's already very good.
"Damn Taoist Tianji! Haven't you ever heard that 'cultivating a bad person is like killing your parents?' Even if you are Taoist Hongjun, as long as I have the ability in the future, I will kill you!" Xie Xin felt the thin spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and couldn't help but feel
I cursed Tian Ji Taoist over and over again in my heart.
As the class began, the sound of reading began to come from the private school again.
Chinese and mathematics, as major courses, account for 60% of the total courses; the other four major courses, music, physical education (horse riding and archery), calligraphy, and politics, account for the remaining 40%. Among the four major courses, politics accounts for the remaining 40%.
Majority, accounting for a full 20%; physical education, second, accounting for 15%; calligraphy, third, accounting for 4%; only music accounts for 1% of the total curriculum.
There are no students who are dissatisfied with this. After all, their families have determined that they have little connection with music in this life. As long as they have a rough knowledge of it, there is no need to be proficient.
So throughout the semester, there is actually only one music class per week.
It is not necessary to classify students yet, but due to the difference in admission time and individual age, Xie Xin has made some adjustments.
Wei Yan and Guo Jia were eager to be fed, so their mother brought them to attend one or two classes every day, which was considered as a kind of influence from an early age and made them interested in studying at the private school from an early age.
The Dian brothers are too young, but Dianjie can already start enlightenment. As for Dian Wei, Dianjie is given the guidance to help with daily matters. Those that cannot be handled are left to Guo and Wei to help Xie Yi
He and Lou Gui have the most extensive knowledge and are considered mature people, so Xie Xin arranged for them to stay. Normally, they will continue to study, but occasionally they will be asked to help teach Chinese.
In other words, these two were trained as future private school teachers.
As for Mao Jie, Ji Ling and Li Feng, they already have a good foundation, but they are not inner disciples, so Xie Xin usually asks them to teach those students with poor academic performance when they are free.
Speaking of which, after Mao Jie heard about this experience in Youzhou, he regretted not going with him. Just thinking of his parents at home, he could only smile bitterly at the others.
Although Bian Linglong, Wang Rong and Gongsun Ying are women, they have some basic skills and are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Therefore, they are not only allowed to attend classes, but they are also hired to teach calligraphy and music courses to students.
Wang Rong was even appointed as Xie Xin's assistant to help organize teaching materials and compile them into volumes.
In fact, precisely because of this status, the two girls moved in with peace of mind. They just complained about not being able to live in the inner courtyard, and complained in Xie Xin's ears every day.
These two were indeed bold masters. They tried different ways to sneak into the inner courtyard for several nights. As a result, they were captured twice by Mao Jie and Wei Zheng respectively. The last time they almost sneaked in, the barking dog sounded an alarm and alerted everyone.
After receiving a letter of thanks to the others, they were 'invited' out.
The third time, they finally saw some buildings in the inner courtyard.
Then the next day he said disdainfully: "I thought it was a good place, but in fact it's no different from the outer courtyard!"
It seemed that they no longer planned to sneak into the inner courtyard.
But Xie Xin felt that things might not be that simple. After all, these two people had quite a lot of criminal records.
The private school spent the first month of school in harmony.
In a blink of an eye, the autumn harvest is here.
The students were given a five-day leave by the thank-you letter and went back to help harvest crops.
The crops sown in the private school were harvested by the students early in the morning.
The spirit grains harvested in Lingtian were given to Guo in a letter of thanks, and she was asked to use these millets to cook for the people in the inner courtyard of the private school. As for the meat and vegetables, they all came from the Spirit Beast Garden and Lingtian.
In fact, as early as a few months ago, Xie's mother raised several chickens and ducks in the spirit beast garden. Now they have grown into low-grade spirit beasts. At the same time, they have received the bonus of the spirit beast garden, so they have grown into
The cycle is very short and it can be consumed within a few months.
But as a result, the expansion of the Spirit Beast Park is inevitable.
It is a bit of a privilege to eat separately from students, but after all, Xie Xin and others are monks. It is not forbidden to eat secular food, but the toxins in those foods accumulate in the body, which will have a great impact on the monks' health and life span.
Only by consuming spiritual grains, spiritual vegetables and spiritual animal meat will you not have such worries. For the sake of Xie Yi and others, the privileges should be a little more privileged.
Five days later, students also returned to campus one after another.
At the same time, I sent you a thank you note for an important message.
That is, there are several Shanyue tribes in Jiangxia. Because they have been oppressed by the Han people for many years, they finally couldn't help but embark on the path of rebellion.
Now they united with other tribes, totaling 40,000 people, to launch an attack on Jiangxia County.
Jiangxia County originally did not have many defenders, so it could only ask for help from Jingzhou. However, the literary style in northern Jing was too strong, so the military was naturally industrious, and there were almost no soldiers to fight; while southern Jing was located in a remote place and had too much time to take care of itself, so there was no surplus.
troops to move north?
After some calculations, they finally asked for help from Nanyang County, where Jingzhou belongs.
After all, there is a powerful army here that can wipe out tens of thousands of rebels. There is also a general named Huang Zhong who is known as the most powerful general in Jingzhou.
According to the feedback from the students, Huang Zhong has begun to mobilize troops and is afraid that he will go on an expedition in the next few days.
As for the authenticity of this news, Xie Xin no longer needs to doubt it.
Because Huang Zhong returned to Huangjia Village, he began to discuss with his father to mobilize some villagers from Huangjia Village to serve as archers in the bow and arrow camp and accompany the army on the expedition.
It was only when he returned to Huangjia Village that he discovered that there were more than 500 households here. After asking, he found out that they had recently moved here, and most of the residents had the surname Dian, so they should belong to the same family.
What surprised him the most was that the men in these five hundred households were all rare and strong men, and they all had good martial arts skills. If placed in a military camp, they would be at least corps commander-level officers!
Naturally, Huang Zhong couldn't let go of such a talent. He just visited him, but he was rejected all the time.
However, Huang Zhong's father pointed out a clear path: these 500 families were closely related to the two new disciples with the surname Xie Xin. If the men from these 500 families were to join the army, it would be best to ask Xie Xin for help.
So, Huang Zhong naturally came to Huaxia Private School. Not only did he tell what happened, he also smiled and asked Xie Xin for help.
"I can't make the final decision on the Dian family's affairs, but I can ask them to help you on the battlefield!" Xie Xin said.
Just changing the topic, he smiled slightly and said slyly: "But, I have a condition..."