Chapter 763 School
However, someone guessed Shao Yunduan's intention and bought a lot of land from the Zhao family. Then he turned around and took the initiative to find Shao Yunduan, saying that he had land to sell and asked him if he wanted to buy it.
What they are selling is their own and has nothing to do with the Zhao family.
Shao Yunduan did not refuse such a good offer that was delivered to his door.
He bought it at a price 20% higher than the market price, totaling 400 acres, and donated it all to the clan. The clan leader, elders, the village head, and the Shao family members he designated jointly managed the special account books, and all the income was used to maintain the school's various expenses and repair the ancestral hall.
Any surplus would be recorded in the public account and could be used during years of famine or when the village encountered difficulties.
The construction of the school officially began.
In addition to the school, a small courtyard, a library and a reading room were built to provide reading for students who had no money to buy books but were diligent and eager to learn.
Shao Yunduan discussed and agreed with Qiao Xuan and came up with a set of management rules and regulations for the school.
In addition to daily management, it also includes issues concerning the library and students' subsequent studies.
For example, books in the library cannot be borrowed and can only be read in the reading room. However, you can copy them and take them away.
For example, after passing the examination for a Tongsheng, in addition to the original benefits, one would receive a subsidy of fifty cents per month. If one still failed to pass the examination for a Xiucai after ten years, the subsidy would be cancelled.
Those who passed the examination and became a scholar would receive a monthly subsidy of 100 wen, also for a period of ten years.
If you go to the provincial capital to take part in the autumn examination, you can receive ten taels of silver for travel expenses. You can receive one tael of silver each time you go, and so on.
These subsidy standards are temporary and can be adjusted based on actual circumstances in the future, but they require discussion and approval by the clan.
This means that as long as the children in the tribe have a talent for studying, they only need to study hard, and all other worries will basically be solved.
Even if he was an orphan, if he lived frugally and his family had two acres of thin land, these subsidies would be enough for him to continue his studies.
When this incident happened, the whole Shaoding Village was in an uproar, and everyone from top to bottom was delighted.
Especially those whose children are of school age and are quite smart, they can't help but be happy.
The school will start classes next spring, and my family just happens to be the first batch. How can I not be happy!
Families who don’t have children of school age are also happy, after all, if they don’t have them now, they will have them in the future.
Moreover, when the ancestral hall is repaired in the future or when a major disaster occurs, everyone will have some protection. What a good thing!
Shao Yunduan also said that the clan’s land will be increased in the future, and the current 400 acres are not enough.
This made the whole village happy.
At this point, the position of the Shao family's eldest branch in the village has become unshakable.
Shao Yunduan and his companions don't need to worry about building the school, the supporting library and other buildings and courtyards. Once the money is in place, the village will take care of the rest.
It’s time to harvest the cassava in the field, and Qiao Xuan is busy hiring people to do the harvesting.
You have to save the seeds before harvesting.
It is very simple to preserve cassava seeds. Just cut the stems, bundle them up, and pile them in the cellar. Next year, cut them into sections and plant them directly in the field.
It is not picky about the soil, is easy to grow, and requires little management.
Cassava fruits grow underground just like potatoes and peanuts. The cassava that Qiao Xuan used her supernatural powers to stimulate grows particularly well. Each plant produces seven or eight gray-brown fruits that are the size of eggs and one or two feet long.
Scrape off a thin layer of gray-brown skin to reveal the hard, snow-white cassava flesh inside. Cut the flesh into slices, dry it in the sun, grind it into powder, and sift it to get cassava flour.
(End of this chapter)
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