Another World's Imperial Examination Official Path

"Little fool."

Chu Zhuang hugged Yunmengxi into his arms, patted him on the back lightly and said, "Don't worry, am I standing in front of you now?"

"Yeah." Yunmengxi nodded, as long as he thought about the scene in his dream, he couldn't help feeling afraid for a while.

As the saying goes, thinking day by day, dreaming at night, before Huiming used the safety of Chuzhuang to stimulate Yunmengxi, although the effect was good, but it also left a little shadow on his mind, that's why he dreamed of Chuzhuang The thing about being killed.

"come in."

Chu Zhuang took Yunmengxi's hand and entered the room. It was still early and he was not in a hurry to get up.

Especially Chu Zhuang looked at the cloudiness in Yunmengxi's eyes, knew that he didn't sleep well last night, and wanted him to catch up on sleep.

"Sleep with me for a while, I'll be by your side, nothing will happen." Chu Zhuang comforted Yunmengxi softly while hugging Yunmengxi.

"Um"

Yunmengxi nodded, leaning on Chu Zhuang's shoulder, his heart gradually settled down.

The two hugged each other quietly, feeling each other's heartbeat, and fell into sleep.

Early in the morning, Ono got up, he washed himself first, and went to fetch water to take care of the puppy to wash.

"Puppy, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival gift everyone bought for you yesterday. You were already asleep when I entered the room, so I'm giving it to you now." Ono took out a sugar figurine and a lantern and gave them to Puppy.

The puppy's leg was injured, so he couldn't go out with everyone yesterday, and Xiao Ye also had to take care of other people, so he couldn't stay and take care of the puppy.

But everyone didn't forget him, and pooled money together to buy a gift for the puppy.

"Give it to me?!" The puppy took the sugar figurine and lantern from Ono's hand, a little in disbelief.

They have seen a lot of these things on the street before, but these are all for those children who have parents and families.

As for a little beggar like him, it is already rare to be able to eat a full meal. The little dog has never expected that he can have such a fun thing one day.

"Of course it's for you!" Ono nodded affirmatively.

The puppy didn't go yesterday, and everyone wanted to comfort him, so they chipped in and bought him gifts.

"Thank you, Boss." The puppy looked at Xiao Ye with tears in his eyes, and said emotionally.

"Everyone bought this, and it was money given by Brother Chu." Xiao Ye scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I just gave it to you on behalf of everyone."

"Well! Then thank you everyone and Brother Chu!"

The little dog looked at his leg, and suddenly laughed and said, "Boss, I suddenly felt that my broken leg was worth it. If it hadn't been for hitting Brother Chu's carriage, Brother Chu would not have accepted us. We wouldn't have the life we ​​have today."

Now that everyone can eat and wear warm clothes, and can also learn from Big Brother Chu, the puppy feels that even if his leg is completely useless, it is still worth it.

!

Ono pursed his lips tightly, feeling a little complicated. He looked at the puppy and said, "Puppy, brother Chu cares about us, and we must repay brother Chu well in the future, you know?"

The puppy nodded affirmatively and said, "Boss, I know!"

They are all loyal people, Chu Zhuang is their benefactor, of course they will not be ungrateful, if Chu Zhuang needs them, they will go through fire and water!

"Xiao Wu, Xuanxuan, how are you preparing?" Guo Wen asked looking at the two of them.

"We, we are ready!" Bai Xuan and Guo Wu looked at each other and said nervously.

Previously, Guo Wen was in charge of teaching. Today is the first time for the two of them to formally teach the team members, so nervousness is inevitable.

For today, Bai Xuan and Guo Wu rehearsed several times last night, and they didn't go back to sleep until Guo Wen was sure that there was no problem.

"Don't be nervous, I will watch from the sidelines." Guo Wen comforted the two of them.

With him watching, even if there are some small mistakes, he can correct them.

"Hmm!" With Guo Wen's assurance, the two relaxed for a while.

"Ono, it's time for us to go."

The three came to the guest room to inform Ono.

"Okay, I'll be right here."

Ono agreed, looked at the puppy and said, "Puppy, then I'll go first, remember to write down the words I taught you when you're at home, don't be lazy."

"Boss, don't worry, I won't be lazy, I promise to write everything down!" The puppy promised quickly.

The puppy's legs are not easy to move, so he has to rest on the bed, so naturally he can't go to study with other children. Ono will teach him a few words every day and let him practice by himself during the day.

"I'll have an assessment when I come back tonight!" After speaking, Ono opened the door and joined Guo Wen and the others.

"Let's go!"

The four carried small backpacks and went out together.

Chu Zhuang woke up from his sleep, but seeing that Yunmengxi beside him was still asleep, he didn't get up in a hurry, so he picked up the textbook and flipped through it.

The "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" in Chu Zhuang's hands are no longer the versions he was familiar with in his previous life, but have been adapted.

The Yuechao version is the most suitable for enlightening children.

After reading these two books, they can also know some basic words. Although they can't meet the threshold of the imperial examination at all, they can at least meet the daily simple writing needs, and they are out of the ranks of illiterates.

In the past few days, Chuzhuang has made a complete plan for the academy.

He divided the setting of the academy into three grades.

The first grade is equivalent to elementary school. At this stage, you only need to master simple words and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

For the children sent by many families in Yongjian Lane, if they have no plans to take the imperial examination, they can just complete this stage of study.

The second grade is equivalent to junior high school, the curriculum is more complicated, and the teaching content is the content that children's students need to take in the exam.

After completing this stage of study, they can basically pass the examination of Tongsheng.

The third grade is high school, with a wide variety of courses, and the teaching content is based on the content obtained in the rural examination.

After completing this stage of study, they can basically pass the examination of scholars.

Of course, at present, the second and third grades are still a little far away, and Chu Zhuang only focuses on the first grade.

"What are you looking at?" Yunmengxi opened his eyes and glanced at Chuzhuang, put his arms around his waist, and asked sleepily.

"The enlightenment textbook prepared for Ono and the others."

Chu Zhuang stroked Yunmengxi's hair and said, "You guys have to go out for a while today, and find a bookstore to print the textbooks."

Since it is for studying, how could there be no textbooks? The academy has already started construction, so the textbooks must naturally be prepared.

"Well, good!" Yunmengxi opened his eyes, and nodded in response.

The two of them had things to do and didn't stay in bed, they packed up and went out.

"Master, are you going to print fifty copies?" Xiaoer asked Chu Zhuang.

Chu Zhuang nodded and responded: "That's right, what's the price of your printing?"

"This..." Xiao Er was a little embarrassed, he looked at Chu Zhuang and persuaded him: "If there are only fifty copies, you should not choose to print them, my lord."

"Ah?" Chuzhuang and Yunmengxi looked at each other, showing surprise, and asked, "Why?"

They came to give money to each other, but the other party didn't want it?

"Master, it's not that we don't do your business, but that the number of your publications is too small. If we take your business, it will not only be troublesome for us to do, but also cost you a lot." Xiaoer patiently explained to the two .

"Just printing fifty textbooks, why bother?" Chu Zhuang was still puzzled, their printing workshop is not small, only fifty textbooks, it should be very simple for them!

"Young master, it's troublesome because only fifty copies are printed!" Xiaoer explained: "To print a book, you need to carve a template before it can be printed. Let the master carve a brand new template. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is also very expensive. Generally, the number of printed copies is less than [-] copies, so we do not recommend you to print them.”

"Engraving and printing?"

Chu Zhuang was taken aback for a moment, and then he came back to his senses. The production level of Yuechao is relatively low, and movable type printing has not yet appeared, and it is only at the stage of woodblock printing.

To print a book, it is necessary to engrave a template. If it is not used later, it will be discarded. It is not only very rigid but also very wasteful.

Xiaoer looked at the thickness of Chu Zhuang's two textbooks, and continued: "Your two books will cost at least [-] gold coins just for the templates, and this does not include the silver money for subsequent printing."

"Instead of doing this, your family might as well find someone to copy it. According to market conditions, the most expensive thing to find someone to copy such a book is the labor cost of five silver coins, which is much cheaper than printing it!"

Yun Mengxi thought for a while, looked at Chu Zhuang and said, "Chu Zhuang, let's find someone to copy it."

"Scribing?" Chu Zhuang frowned, obviously not liking this backward and time-consuming method.

There will not be a small number of textbooks that will be used in the future. If you have to find someone to copy it every time, let alone whether you can find so many people to copy it, even the time it takes, Chu Zhuang is not willing.

Obviously, as long as the printing method is improved, the time efficiency of printing can be greatly improved, so why use backward labor to do it?

"What's the matter?" Yun Mengxi looked at Chu Zhuang's expression and asked suspiciously.

Chu Zhuang shook his head slightly and said: It's okay, let's go out and talk. "

"Excuse me." Chu Zhuang led Yunmengxi out of the printing workshop.

"Chu Zhuang, don't you want someone to copy it?" Yun Mengxi looked at Chu Zhuang and asked.

"Well, copying is not only slow, but also outdated, and the efficiency is too low. I don't really want to find someone to copy it." Chu Zhuang nodded.

When looking for someone to transcribe, he has to work hard to check whether the other party's transcription is wrong, and it takes a lot of time. He doesn't like this method.

"But printing is too expensive, it's not worth it." Yunmengxi frowned.

Spending dozens of gold coins to print fifty books is too expensive and not worth it at all.

"So I was thinking, should we buy a small printing workshop and print it ourselves!" Chu Zhuang thought for a while.

"Buy a printing workshop and print it yourself?!" Yunmengxi asked Chu Zhuang with wide-eyed eyes.