Chapter 38: Escape from the Troubled Times 36

The eight people walked out of the academy. It was still early, so since they were already here, everyone decided to go shopping.

Tired of walking, he found a teahouse to sit down and ordered a bowl of coarse tea for 1 cent. At this moment, the sound of loud conversation coming from the next table attracted Lin Xia's attention.

She listened to the conversation from beginning to end, and they were talking about the news about the current situation.

First, King Xian kidnapped the young emperor to take over the government, and then King Rui marched straight to the capital in the name of clearing the court of corrupt officials. Subsequently, uprisings rose up in various places, and the Hu people took the opportunity to invade.

The world has already become a mess. Seeing that the time is ripe, the hero and heroine change from a sneaky development to a direct confrontation. The governor of Lingzhou, Lord Xu, openly joins the hero and heroine's uprising team coming from Zhennan.

Previously, this team was unknown, but in May, it emerged with 60,000 people in a domineering manner, occupied Zhennan and Lingzhou, and a few days ago formally wrote a manifesto to split the two places and start an uprising.

The leader of the team is the male protagonist Xiao Cheng, everyone calls him King Cheng, and the female protagonist Zhou He'an is the deputy leader of the rebel army as a woman, known as General Xiao Zhou. Later everyone knows that this General Xiao Zhou Zhou He'an is the daughter of the God of War Zhou.

The two of them raised their banners, saying that they had no choice but to rebel.

The general meaning of the manifesto is that the imperial court is not doing its job properly. First, it wronged the Zhou family, persecuted loyal officials, and killed innocent people, which led to the rebellion of the Hu people. Then, the superiors were unkind. God wanted to punish the royal family, which led to frequent natural disasters. The imperial court also indiscriminately exploited the people and made it impossible for them to survive. The people could only rebel because of the officials.

In a nutshell, there is nothing wrong with them revolting, and there is nothing wrong with them dividing the two states.

After the uprising, the male and female protagonists widely invited talents from all over the world, and bluntly stated that they would be treated preferentially and would employ talented people regardless of their background.

Later, he extended an invitation to the lower-class people all over the world, saying that life in the Central Plains is hard, so come to Lingzhou quickly, where there is food and shelter, land distribution and tax reduction, and children have the opportunity to go to school, so hurry up!

The capable people seek to be reused, while the incapable people seek to survive. With this invitation, the threshold of Lingzhou was trampled in an instant, and a steady stream of refugees rushed to Lingzhou.

Afraid that the people in the state would be upset, King Cheng announced a few red notices when he came to the throne. The land tax was reduced and an academy was established. Everyone's attention was drawn to those things and they thought that it was a good thing that Lingzhou had rebelled.

After finding out what happened, everyone returned to the village, and Lin Xia began to deal with the remaining matters.

She rented the land to the Qi family. Since she was the one doing the farming work and the Qi family only helped with the harvesting, most of the grain this time belonged to Lin Xia. The land leasing would officially start next year.

Lin Xia was a little melancholy. She had finally built a house, but had only lived in it for two months. After that, she had to move into a dormitory. She had never lived in a dormitory before, and heard that there were many conflicts. In her previous life, she was sick, so she had always been a day student.

If you can't get used to living here, buy a mule and continue to go to school as a commuter?

Well, it seems that it is possible. Students can go to college as a day student.

In the next few days, Lin Xiatian went into the mountains to catch wild animals every day, made a lot of meat sauce and dried meat and put them into the space. He had the illusion of dreaming back to the life in the mountains when he was fleeing from famine.

She even set a trap and caught a wild boar, which caused a huge sensation in the village. Before she could take it to the county to sell it, the animal was divided up by the villagers and she successfully earned enough money to pay for a year's tuition.

The first day of school.

Lin Xia and Qi Jia entered the academy. They were not allowed to wander around when they registered, so only now could she see the layout of the entire academy clearly.

The academy is divided into five large courtyards. The east side is the school and canteen, the west side is the men's and women's courtyards, and the middle courtyard is the library and administrative office area.

The three children are in the same class, and Lin Xia is in another class.

After reporting, Lin Xia came to the dormitory and unexpectedly saw another modern item - bunk beds.

Lin Xia’s eyes went dark and she wanted to turn over.

The dormitory accommodates ten people, and even though she has no entertainment, she has watched TV.

The ancient dormitories on TV are luxurious and empty, while the real dormitories are simple and crowded.

There are so many people that there is not enough space.

There was already someone in the dormitory at that time, a girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old. Lin Xia took the initiative to greet her and went to tidy up her own bed.

She chose a bed near the window, threw it away, and flew up.

Turning her head, the little girl looked at her with sparkling eyes.

"Sister, you are so awesome!" the little girl said with great admiration.

What should I do? I really want to show off. This feels really good!

Lin Xia suppressed the urge to curl up her lips and replied calmly, "Thank you for the compliment."

The other party introduced herself shyly but boldly. She was a child from a nearby village and her name was Li Qiran.

People from the dormitory behind came one after another, and Lin Xia discovered that she was the oldest in the entire dormitory. The others were a group of little girls, the oldest of whom was no more than 15 years old.

The days that followed were orderly.

After staying there for a long time, Lin Xia learned that this class would be cancelled in the future, so the course lasted only two years, mainly to give young people who wanted to study an opportunity.

Moreover, it is quite difficult to obtain both certificates. Not to mention a graduation certificate, you can get it as long as you don’t drop out of school or skip classes; but it is very difficult to obtain a degree certificate, as you need to take the unified examinations of the last few major branches and reach a certain ranking before you can get it.

The learning difficulty here is both easy and difficult for Lin Xia.

She has a foundation and always finds it easier to get started than others, but classical Chinese is not so easy to learn. The book format, reading habits, writing methods, etc. are not as well accepted by the native ancients.

It took Lin Xia more than half a year to accept these complicated texts.

The new school year has started, and there are fewer students in the class this year. For example, the 16-year-old girl in her dormitory got married.

Lin Xia had a particularly comfortable year. As a student herself, she made rapid progress after getting used to ancient books, and her grades were consistently among the top three in the class.

The 6th day of school.

Li Qiran ran to Lin Xia's position, "Sister Lin, have you heard?"

Yes, Li Qiran replaced Qi Xiuer as Lin Xia's "new favorite", and she is willing to call it the "Did you hear" duo.

The two of them often quarreled over who was the number one little brother around Lin Xia. When Lin Xia was not around, they were best sisters.

"Sister Lin, I heard that we will go to the grassroots for internship in ten days. What is internship?" Li Qiran asked quietly.

"How did you know that?" Lin Xia was puzzled. How come Li Qiran was just like Qi Xiu'er, often knowing news that others didn't know? He was perfect to be a detective.

Li Qiran was a little embarrassed. "That's right... I wanted to go to the teacher to answer questions just now, and then I heard her talking with Master Wang at the door, and I knew it. Sister Lin, you haven't told me what internship is."

"Maybe we are not studying here anymore. We have to go do something. It shouldn't take too long."

Li Qiran's information was correct. After returning from the next ten-day holiday, Lin Xia and her friends were assigned to serve as volunteers in various counties in Xiping County, Xiangzhou.

It turned out that the war had intensified this year, and the natural disasters in the Central Plains had not eased. King Cheng's army had a great chance of winning. They first captured Yuezhou and then Xiangzhou, so that the people who had been waiting and watching came in droves.

Too many officials died or fled in the war, and many people fled from all over the place. As a result, there were not enough grassroots workers, so Lin Xia and her classmates in the school were transferred to the grassroots to help.

In this way, after Lin Xia and her group of female workers had interned for a few months, they successfully transitioned into the officialdom.