Chapter 585 Jiang Xuan Eats Lemons (Please vote and subscribe)

"This is the school of our Han tribe, a place dedicated to teaching children to read and write. In your words, it is a legacy, a legacy of the accumulated knowledge of the Han tribe."

You Fu had also lived in Liuyang County for more than a month before setting off. At that time, he trained boating skills on the boat during the day and lived here at night. Therefore, he had long known that this huge courtyard was the school of Liuyang County, but the school had not started at that time. Looking at the situation in front of him, it should have been a while since the school started, so You Fu introduced it to Jiang Xuan in this way.

"So many children are gathered together to teach?" Jiang Xuan asked in disbelief.

"Yes, didn't you see it all? They are all in this courtyard. Our leader calls this kind of teaching place a school." You Fu continued.

"Then, can I go in and take a look?" Jiang Xuan looked at You Fu with anticipation.

"This" was not his own territory after all, and You Fu couldn't agree directly, so he turned his inquiring eyes to the big tree.

"No problem, you can go in and take a look around. I have asked someone to prepare a guest house and dinner for you. It's not ready yet, so it's okay to take a look around first."

Dashu knew what Youfu meant by the "mission". Most likely, they were fooled by Youfu. Once their leaders saw the wealth of the Han tribe, the chances of recruiting them would be even greater. Dashu had done this kind of thing before, so he naturally knew how to cooperate at this time, so he agreed without thinking.

"Okay, then let's go in and take a look around first. Chief Jiang, please." Seeing that Dashu did not object, Youfu directly led several people from the Jiang family and several leaders of the Li tribe to the school.

The school's main gate is a gate-shaped building. There is a tall gate on each side of the spacious gate. The bottom is built with bricks and rammed earth, and the top is a pavilion with flying eaves and tiles.

This kind of thing is called Que. From the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, and then to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, this architectural style has always been popular. However, the original function of Que was probably to set up two lookouts on both sides of the gate, which is a bit like a modern guard. However, the symbolic meaning of Que is more important. The two Que buildings of the school are not lookouts, because there are guards inside the gate.

Walking into the gate, there is a hardened ground paved with blue bricks at the gate. Opposite the gate is a huge flower bed, which is full of luminous flowers and plants transplanted from Rumeng Water Valley.

In front of the flower bed is a huge stone sculpture. The shape is not a person or an animal, but a huge book. The stone book is in an open state. It is engraved with the construction time and name of the school, as well as the leader’s message to the students: Study for the rise of the Han Dynasty.

After the flower bed, the road around is still paved with blue bricks. Many tung trees and fluorescent willows have been transplanted on the roadside as street trees, winding to the buildings of various parts of the school.

Not far ahead, the group saw the teaching building in the middle of the school. Three dozens of meters long tube buildings were arranged in the shape of a product, and in the middle was facing the flag-raising platform. The Chinese characters on a red background and black characters were flying in the wind on the tall flagpole.

The people of the Youjiang clan and the Li tribe were almost staring at these huge buildings in front of them, and they performed the best explanation of being stunned.

Human power can actually build such a magnificent building!!!

Compared with their own tribe, the highest building of the Youjiang clan, the stone altar is simply a piece of dregs, not to mention the Li tribe, their level of civilization is not as good as that of the Youjiang clan.

The straight walls were built with bricks of the same color. The square shape showed the word "regular" everywhere. The red-painted lattice wooden windows were lined up in a row, with clean white window paper pasted on them. The brackets on the roof supported each other and stretched out, firmly holding up the four glazed tile roofs above. The tiles were all complete, shining brightly under the light of the setting sun.

Although the Jiang family had a heritage, Jiang Xuan could not find any adjective to express the grandeur and exquisiteness of the building in front of him at this time. He stood there blankly and just looked at it.

Some students who left late just came out of the teaching building and secretly pointed at this side. No one knew what they were discussing.

"Ahem, this is where the children of our Han tribe study. Chief Jiang, do you want to go in and take a look?" You Fu saw that this guy was already shocked, but he couldn't stand here with him, so he reminded him.

"Ah? Oh, look, can I still go in and take a look?" Jiang Xuan suddenly came to his senses after being asked by You Fu, but he suddenly had a mentality of not daring to go in, as if the building in front of him was the palace of the gods, and if a mortal like him rashly broke in, he would blaspheme the gods.

Although he had thought about how developed the Han tribe would be before coming here, and it would definitely be much stronger than the Jiang family, Jiang Xuan never thought it would be like this. In other words, he might not be able to imagine such a magnificent building at all, even in Luo Chong's eyes, it was just a three-story tube building.

"Of course you can go in, this place is originally for people to enter, come with me."

After answering casually, You Fu led them into the main teaching building in the middle. Everyone climbed up the stairs and came to the platform in front of the hall. The eight lattice wooden doors that opened were three meters high, and the wooden threshold in front of the door was also one foot high, which showed the majesty of the building.

Entering the hall, there was a staircase leading up to the door, and long corridors on both sides. You Fu did not take them upstairs directly, but started to visit the classrooms on the first floor.

Pushing open the wooden door of a classroom, the students inside had not yet left. Several students were still doing their duty, and some were copying math problems on the blackboard. In order to save paper, teachers often wrote homework on the blackboard and asked students to copy it down and take it home to write.

When a group of children saw Dashu following a group of people into the classroom, they immediately stopped what they were doing, stood up, bowed, and said: Meet Mr. Lin.

Dashu's surname is Lin, and he is the governor of Liuyang County. Most ordinary people call him Governor Lin directly, which is simple and direct. However, these children in the school have just learned Hanli for a month and have already become a bit of a figure. It is not appropriate to call him Governor in school, but he is a very famous male elder, so it is more appropriate to use his surname plus the word "gong" to show respect, so he is called Mr. Lin. As for the other people, the students don't know them either. Since the governor is here, it is definitely right to call him.

"Well, go home early after you finish your duty, and don't stay in school too long."

"Yes." The students bowed again and answered.

But Dashu saw another child still writing something with a pencil. He went over to see that this guy not only copied the questions on the blackboard, but also did his homework here, so he asked.

"Didn't you copy the math questions on the blackboard and do them at home? Why did you write them here instead of going home? What if your parents get worried and anxious?" Dashu asked puzzled. "

To answer Mr. Lin, my sister is young and can't walk by herself. She always cries every evening. My mother is worried about my studies, so she asked me to finish my homework at school before going home." The seven-year-old boy heard Dashu's question, put down his pencil and stood up to answer.

Dashu nodded and stroked his not-so-long beard, "Then write quickly and go home early to save the adults from worrying."

"Yes, I'll remember that." After the boy said that, he bowed and sat down to write quickly, muttering a lot of little tricks.

Seeing that there were still people in this class, everyone didn't want to disturb them, so they left the classroom and found another empty classroom to visit. However, Jiang Xuan, in addition to looking at the Arabic numerals on the blackboard that he didn't recognize, and the layout of the classroom, paid the most attention to the students' words and deeds. Then suddenly, he realized that You Fu had not explained it clearly to him before. The Han tribe actually had a strict etiquette system, which was a watershed in cultural level.

What is etiquette? This is the difference between barbarians and civilized people. This is a symbol of true enlightenment, far from what Jiang's family can compare to.

Entering an empty classroom again, it has been cleaned spotlessly, and the tables and chairs have been neatly arranged by the students on duty. The homework on the blackboard has not been wiped off. Although Jiang Xuan didn't know what was written there, he could clearly see that it was different from the things in the previous class, but it was not much different. Anyway, he didn't know them.

You Fu introduced them to the teaching methods of the Han tribe, the uses of blackboards and chalk, how students study, etc., and then led them to the second floor.

As for the amazing idea of ​​installing stairs in high-rise buildings, both the Jiang family and the people of the Li tribe felt it was amazing, and they admired the founder of this multi-story building.

"Is the staircase strong enough?" Jiang Yong stepped on the staircase with a half-believing and half-doubting foot, and asked carefully.

"Don't worry, see those beams under the stairs that are thicker than people? Even if the stairs are full of people, the stairs will not collapse."

After saying that, You Zhi directly pulled Jiang Lei up the stairs and went upstairs to catch up with You Fu and the others. Jiang Yong hesitated again and again below, and finally went upstairs with his head held high, but he still held the handrail tightly. This performance directly made You Zhi laugh. He didn't expect that the man who dared to fight in the water would actually have such a problem of fear of heights. This really shows that you can't judge a person by his appearance.

There was nothing new on the second floor. It looked the same as the first floor except that it was taller. After randomly selecting two classrooms to visit, You Fu took them to the third floor. However, in order to show that there were many and convenient passages for going up and down the stairs, they took the side stairs this time. Although it was not as spacious as the large staircase in the middle, an extra staircase could share more people going up and down the stairs, and it also showed the designer's consideration for safety.

It was not until they climbed to the third floor and stood in front of the window of a classroom that they felt the huge scale of Liuyang County.

Looking out the window, several markets of the same size were arranged in sequence. The streets and houses in the markets were lined up one after another. It was dusk, and smoke rose from the roofs of every house. Children who had just finished school and the yellow dog in the alley were playing games. Looking further, one could actually overlook the entire dock. Countless large and small ships were docked by the river, and vehicles pulled by cattle and horses were also carrying various goods and rushing to various markets in a hurry. It was really a beautiful scene of heaven on earth. The kingdom of God in dreams was just like this.

The people who had never been to a high building just stood in front of the window sill and looked at the scenery in the distance until You Fu woke them up, and then they went to the classrooms in other directions to watch.

Facts have proved that the teaching building, as one of the few high-rise buildings in Liuyang County, does have the function of a viewing tower. From the east window, you can overlook the neighboring market and dock, and from the south window, you can see the farmland divided by canals. The area of ​​farmland is even more shocking to Jiang Xuan. He can't even imagine how the Han tribe can cultivate it without those advanced farm tools and livestock.

In addition, the canals that bring water are even more exaggerated. I don't know how much labor is needed to build them. There are even those outstanding designers. Who came up with this method of irrigating farmland with canals? If the Jiang family also has this ability, they will not only cultivate farmland on the river surface, but also develop large tracts of land in places far away from the river like the Han tribe.

Walking to the north and west windows, you can see another scene. There are three other equally tall teaching buildings, as well as facilities such as stationery stores, canteens, and playgrounds. There are also various workshops outside the school, the county governor's office not far away, and the independent courtyards used by the subordinate departments for office work. All of them show a well-organized and tough style. The streets in the city are also well planned. Not only are they connected in all directions, but trees and green belts have been transplanted on both sides.

Witnessing such a Han tribe with their own eyes, the people of the Jiang family only felt more and more inferior. The people of the Li tribe next to them were in a good mood. After all, they had clearly stated that they wanted to join the Han tribe, which meant that they would also be part of it in the future. There was nothing to envy.

"Captain You, I wonder how many people there are in Liuyang County where we are, and how many settlements as big as Liuyang County there are in the Han tribe?"

After leading Jiang Xuan and the others around, they finally returned to an official guesthouse similar to an inn. A sumptuous meal was placed on the table. Jiang Xuan then asked this question that he had asked You Fu once before. Although he had heard You Fu say it before, hearing from others is one thing, and seeing it with one's own eyes is another. This gives people a very different intuitive impression.

You Fu didn't know how many people there were in Liuyang County now, so he had to look at the big tree next to him.

"The market town here in Liuyang County has about 20,000 people, and some newly established villages in the west also have more than 2,000 people." The big tree answered simply.

(End of this chapter)