This piece of land is nearly 500 acres. When Tian An first wanted to choose this piece of land, everyone thought it was too big. Even the largest Imperial College in the capital was not so big.
But when Tian An took out her construction plan, everyone fell silent.
In addition to classrooms and dormitories, the plan also included basic facilities such as a canteen, hot springs, a school clinic, and public toilets.
Then there are the martial arts training ground, laboratory, library, pharmacy, experimental operating room, painting studio, piano room, handicraft workshop, experimental field, and a large lawn. It is said that they will be used to install some fitness facilities for children or as a venue for holding activities during the New Year and other festivals.
Tian An closed the plan in his hand and said with some regret: "If the place is bigger, I would like to double the size of the experimental field. In this way, all the food and vegetables eaten in the college can be given to students majoring in agriculture and sericulture.
If they can be self-sufficient, we will have less worries.
Oh! By the way, there are also nurseries, and the cultivation of various fruit trees cannot be neglected either."
Tian An thought about this and wrote another entry in his notebook.
Mr. Han and An Rong looked at each other. If it was exactly as Tian An imagined, even another 500 acres of land would not be enough!
However, Zhao Yiming on the side silently listened to Tian An's plan.
Well, he remembered that there seemed to be a piece of land belonging to the Duke of Zhao's Mansion next to this piece of land. It just so happened that he was planning to give Tian An a betrothal gift recently, so he might as well include this piece of land in the plan!
However, he did not make it public at this time, and even gave Tian An a suggestion, "Before finding suitable land, you can plant all the landscaping vegetation in the college into fruit trees first."
Tian An nodded and looked at him with a smile: "We are thinking the same thing."
After the address was confirmed, An Rong wrote a letter to the Duke of An's Mansion, and the next day the manor's housekeeper came to the farm to meet Tian An.
After he took Chen Qiang for several days, Tian An successfully got the land deed.
After that, he personally took Chen Qiang to visit the construction team, building materials, etc.
Tian An knew that this must have been ordered by her grandmother and aunt-in-law who also served as godmother.
Come to think of it, they had been away for a long time this time, and she missed her grandmother, aunt, and her adoptive father.
Ignoring the distractions of the people around him, Zhao Yiming lowered his head and quickly drew the design drawings of the academy.
After finally finishing the last stroke, he rubbed his brows, raised his head and said to Tian An: "An An, come over here and take a look, is there anything missing?"
Hearing the voice, Tian An came back to his senses, stood up and walked to his side, looking carefully at the densely packed design drawings on the table.
After checking it twice carefully, she looked up at him and said, "The drawing is very detailed. Nothing is missed."
Zhao Yiming stood up and put away the blueprints. "Let's call the foreman to go to the site tomorrow to give instructions. Once the handover is clear, we can return to the city!"
Tian An nodded, she had the same idea.
However, the briefing process was not very smooth. In Zhao Yiming's drawings, all the toilets in the college used flush squat toilets and utilized many of the drainage systems mentioned by Tian An before.
It was the first time for the foreman to see such a toilet, and he was completely confused for a moment.
Zhao Yiming explained it to him five times, and then picked up a branch and drew a detailed diagram on the ground to explain it to him. Only then did he suddenly understand.
"I see. You are indeed a scholar. You can even think of this."
Zhao Yiming breathed a sigh of relief. If the master who installed the bathroom in the general's mansion was not there, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
After returning from the briefing, the two men began to send people to pack up and prepare to go back.
Early the next morning, Zhao Yiming was worried about the construction site, so he asked Tian An to load things first while he went to take a look.
Fortunately, the foreman was reliable and Zhao Yiming came back soon.
In the carriage, Tian An was drowsy and leaned his head on Zhao Yiming's shoulder.
Zhao Yiming skillfully reached out to hold her head and let her lie on his legs.
Tian An, who was half asleep and half awake, subconsciously adjusted himself to a comfortable position and fell asleep directly with his head resting on his legs.
As he twisted his body, the collar of his clothes loosened slightly, causing Zhao Yiming, who was lowering his head, to blush instantly.
He quickly looked away, took a few deep breaths, and then hurriedly grabbed the cloak beside him and covered her with it.
She murmured to herself helplessly, "What a jerk this girl is! She's almost coming of age and she doesn't even know how to be careful. She still thinks she's a young girl!"
But seeing her sleeping soundly in front of him without any defense, he felt relieved. After all, she was just trusting him, so she was like this...
When he was almost at the city gate, Tian An was awakened by the noise outside.
When they woke up, they found that their carriage had stopped at some point.
Tian An rubbed his eyes and got up from Zhao Yiming's lap and asked, "What happened outside? Why did the carriage stop?"
Seeing that she had woken up, Zhao Yiming put down the blue book in his hand, helped her up, and said, "It's nothing. The refugees at the city gate are rioting. We may have to wait a while before we can get through."
"What? Riot?" Tian An was instantly awakened from his sleep.
When they pulled back the curtain of the carriage, they discovered that the city gate was in chaos. Officers, soldiers, and refugees were all mixed together, and the sounds of fighting and killing were deafening. They were still quite a distance away from the city gate.
Suddenly thinking of something, Tian An turned his head to look at Zhao Yiming, "Oh no, Chunxi and the others are still at the city gate trying to recruit people!"
Zhao Yiming took out his thermos and poured Tian An a glass of warm water before saying, "Don't worry! They withdrew early when they saw the situation was not going well, and have now reunited with us."
Tian An nodded blankly, took the warm water poured by Zhao Yiming, drank it in small sips, and then said belatedly: "No, there is a riot at the city gate, how can you be so calm?"
"It's just a riot, not a war. My Zhao family has been soldiers for generations. We are scared by this little scene. How can we take on important tasks on the battlefield in the future?" Zhao Yiming's face was indifferent, as if the riot not far away was just a fight between children.
After thinking for a moment, he looked at Tian An again, "Did I scare you? Otherwise, I'll ask them to move further away.
The soldiers have been dispatched, and this riot will soon cease. We can enter the city in an hour at most."
"No need." Tian An shook his head.
She felt insulted. After all, she was an adult soul who was almost thirty years old, but she was not as capable as a teenager.
She thought that the biggest chaos she had seen in her previous life was fighting. There was nothing she could do about her lack of experience, because her country was strong and the world was peaceful in her previous life!
After calming down his bruised heart, Tian An stood up and walked out of the carriage, "I'll go check on Chunxi and the others."
Zhao Yiming immediately stood up and followed, "I'll go with you."
Although the officers and soldiers have been dispatched, he still doesn't feel safe letting Tian An go out just to be on the safe side.
Even though A Bing and the others were outside...
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