The next day was the Reading Festival, and Jenkins woke up on time at seven o'clock in the morning. Single men have no bed partners, only cats.
In his pajamas, he went outside to get the newspaper and milk, greeted the neighbors who went to work loudly, and then went to the kitchen to get some fried eggs for breakfast. This was the beginning of a peaceful day.
Nolan No. 1 Higher College is located on the west bank of the Westminster River. Passing the bridge in a carriage, watching the gradually waking city and the people hurrying along the river bank, Jenkins not only lamented the luck of this life.
With the rise of the bourgeoisie and the rapid development of the steam industry, the society has higher and higher requirements for science and technology, and the demand for professional and technical personnel is increasing. The impact of education reform brought new changes to the traditional closed universities.
In the past ten years, at least three universities have been established in Norland and have persisted until today. For example, St. Pascatini College, where Hathaway and Miss Michael studied, is a new private college for nobles, while the Nolan First Higher College, where Professor Burns works, is the earliest one almost at the same time as the establishment of the kingdom. Batch of colleges and universities.
Universities in this era do not allow outsiders to come in and out at will, so the professor has arranged for students to pick Jenkins in at the gate of the college. This is a young male student with freckles and buck teeth. There are some dark blue ink stains on the fingertips of his right hand, but the clothes on his body are very decent, and his family background should be very good.
After staring at Jenkins' face for a long time, the old gatekeeper slowly turned the iron turntable from the inside, and with the slight sound of gears hitting, the fence gate slowly opened.
From meeting Jenkins, the young student has been asking non-stop about the story collection, which is also a supporter of the writer. However, the scope of his discussion is not the content of the story, but more meaningful things such as artistic style and social significance. If he hadn't known that Professor Burns was a student of history, Jenkins would have thought he was a student of literature or sociology.
Nolan No. 1 High School did not decline with history, but became stronger. Taking advantage of the reform of the kingdom's education sector in recent years, he spent money to redeem a block adjacent to the school, expanding the area of the college again. Although it is not as good as another university town, it is much stronger in terms of closure.
Although today is an important religious festival for some believers, it is not a legal holiday. After eight o'clock, the college has started to study and work normally. Jenkins followed the young student Carlson all the way forward, feeling that everyone was looking at him.
"I'm sorry, is my clothes inappropriate today?"
He asked softly, and Carlson shook his head quickly:
"Please don't get me wrong, Mr. William. It's because your appearance is too young, the classmates may misunderstand, and a new student came..."
Yes, even though the college occupies a very large area, the number of students living in it all year round is less than four figures.
Chocolate was also brought out by Jenkins, who had already made the cat very angry by leaving it at home last night. If it is still like this today, the cat will never agree.
"...Augustus, Odin, Perrick, Bruce..."
When I saw the professor, he was wearing a brown wool shirt and giving a lecture in a large classroom. Below the podium are a few dozen or so sparse students, carefully writing notes.
Seeing that Jenkins was brought in, the professor did not stop the lecture, but pulled a hemp rope hanging beside the blackboard with his hand. The professor's hand is flush for easy writing.
During this process, the professor nodded imperceptibly, and Jenkins nodded in response, then entered through the back door, sat in the last row and waited for the course to end.
This blackboard is very interesting, and it can be distinguished from the sound. This is another successful application of gear machinery. The rope is connected to the lever and the pulley, and the blackboard is moved by pulling the rope, which is very clever indeed.
The book the professor uses in his lecture today is "Kingdom Chronicle", which is also the most orthodox modern history textbook. Today's lesson tells the historical events of the rebellion of the five border dukes 400 years ago. The surname Jenkins just heard is the family name of the five dukes.
400 years ago, the kingdom had just gone through two generations of queens, and it happened to be at the time when the direct heir died and the throne was vacant. That's pretty much the same as it is now, as the current previous and current kings were all women, and there are currently no direct blood relatives.
If the judgment is correct, the most likely successor to the throne is a 30-year-old nobleman with a thin bloodline to the royal family. He is not a nobleman of the Kingdom of Fidiktli, but a nobleman of the Kingdom of Cheslan.
But according to the law of succession of the royal family, the throne should indeed belong to him.
These have little to do with Jenkins, just think about it casually. As for the Duke with the surname "Augustus" 400 years ago, he was the ancestor of Viscount Augustus, Jenkins heard from his father.
Professor Burns had a long lecture which did not end until ten o'clock. Jenkins originally thought that after the course was over, he would bring the students from his teaching group to meet him, but unexpectedly, a group of people had already gathered outside the classroom.
Professor Burns had just announced the end of get out of class, and before he put down the chalk, he was surrounded by male and female students rushing in from the door.
Needless to say, he must have heard the wind and came to meet the great writer William. But fortunately, Carlson, who brought Jenkins in, noticed that something was wrong. Taking advantage of Professor Burns being surrounded, he took Jenkins out through the back door in advance, which avoided causing a bigger riot.
In the end, the meeting was held in the conference room on the second floor of the school's library. Besides the professor's students, five or six well-informed young people were also there.
There were almost thirty people present, and some drinks and snacks had been prepared in advance and packed in simple wooden containers, making it look like a party. Someone with good intentions brought a blackboard and wrote Jenkins' name on the blackboard, which was a clear theme.
The young people were very excited. Apart from asking about the details of the story collection, they were also asking about their plans for the next book. Jenkins got them excited by revealing a few unimportant details.
But he still has something to do in the afternoon, so he can't waste too much time here. Apart from signing the book, he just chatted with them a few words and is about to leave.
"They were so enthusiastic."
The professor sent Jenkins out of the school gate, and the two quickly walked around the flower bed, and the gate was in front of them.
PS: To celebrate the collection of 9000, there is another chapter at 8 o'clock.