Time flies so fast, it has been ten years. Lorist strolled in Chenxi College, looking at the still familiar scenery, he was filled with emotion.
Today Earl Kenmax, Baron Felim and Baron Shaheen each took their wives to Triumph Avenue, the most famous commercial street in Morente City, to make big purchases. Lorist took a vacation to spend time with his little fiancée. Lorist pushed that he had something to do, and sent the bodyguards to the three daughters of Dina, and slipped out by himself, preparing to go to Dawn Academy to visit the old Dean Levins and the great swordsman Crude.
What makes Lorist strange is that he previously handed over the production process and material formula for green glass and oil glass to Dean Levins for auction, and also took the opportunity to provoke the business alliance and Trimble Kingdom The Glass Wars. I remember that the newspaper reported that the auction was a success, and the two recipes and production techniques were sold for a large price, so Chenxi Academy must have made a lot of money. But why do I still see the campus layout ten years ago? Nothing new has changed...
Only then did Lorist realize that the bustling and bustling academy in his impression was empty, and he seldom saw students wearing academy uniforms with academy badges on them, and even a few figures occasionally passed by in a hurry. Very bleak and lonely...
The blue-gray tower also looked a bit dilapidated with the passage of time. Although it was still intact, Lorist always felt that it was crumbling.
Dean Levins was very surprised by Lorist's visit. The old man in his seventies had age spots on his face and his body was failing. It was still July and the weather was already very hot, so Lorist wore She wore a long-sleeved singlet, but Dean Levins sat on a recliner wrapped in a fine woolen blanket.
"Little Locke, I didn't expect you to come to see me..." Dean Levins struggled to pull a bell rope beside him. It took a long time before a fat maid came. Dean Levins ordered her to burn Water, and then go to the great swordsman Crude.
"You're welcome, old dean, why is your health so bad all of a sudden? Two years ago, I saw that you were still very energetic..." Lorist said.
"People are useless when they get old, and I'm about to return to Sigvar's heaven." Dean Levins laughed at himself and said, "Little Locke, I didn't expect that Dawn Academy will also be closed..."
"What did you say?" Lorist was stunned: "Dean, what's going on, is the academy short of money? If that's the reason, I can help the academy to tide over the difficulties..."
"Lack of money... Hehe, Chenxi Academy has plenty of money. It has never had so many gold blessings, and even filled the underground treasury." The old dean laughed, full of remorse and helplessness in his laughter: "Little Locke, the two papers you gave about the craft and formula of glass production made the college earn nearly two million goldfords. The college even formulated a ten-year development plan, ambitiously wanting to develop Dawn College into Morente City College One of the top three colleges in the district.
However, a glass war and a reform of the lord system have brought about results that no academy could have predicted. The Ford Business Alliance used to be a link in dozens of countries. We welcome visitors from all directions with an open, free and peaceful embrace. Morente City College District is the hometown of hope for many scholars.
Now, a war of glass, a revolution in the lord system, has ruined it all. This is a retrogression of history, against the wishes of the founder of the business alliance, Grand Duke Ford. It once again divides the people of the business alliance into three, five, and six classes, and once again allows the nobles to appear in the business alliance.
Now the Merchant Alliance has leapt to become the largest country in Galintia, even surpassing the former Krissen Empire, and even the people of Morente City are beginning to be complacent about being the citizens of the largest country. But they don't know what they lost!
In the previous business alliance, there were friends everywhere, and the business routes led to countries in the mainland. All countries greeted our businessmen with smiles and admired our glorious history of fighting against the former Krissen Empire for more than a hundred years. But now, we have become Abandoned the role of the former Krissen Empire, and began to stretch out our dirty hands to those friends who had helped us! Friends of the world have become enemies of the world, business routes have been cut off, and former allies are now guarding against us like enemies!
Last month in the Alliance Council, there was a fool clamoring that the military power of the Commercial Alliance should be greatly expanded, and the invincible and powerful Commercial Alliance army should be used to crush those countries that block the commercial routes. Since gold coins will not work, then use fists say! That idiot's speech was applauded and welcomed by more idiots...
This is the consequence of merchants running the country. They are short-sighted and only have interests in their eyes without the slightest moral restraint. Even if they put on the gorgeous dresses of nobles, they still exude rotten vultures in their bones. Their eyes are only gold coins shining with golden light, and they really think that the business alliance has become the most powerful country in the big furnace, but they don't want to think about it, this is a rotten world, they just haven't rotted so fast!
Cough, cough, cough..." Perhaps because of his emotional excitement, Dean Levins suddenly burst into a violent cough.
Lorist hurried forward to help, and gently patted the old dean's back.
Dean Levins asked Lorist to push him to the window, and tried his best to stand up while leaning on the window rail: "Little Locke, when you were still teaching in the college, our college was so lively and crowded. In the past, full of vigor and vitality, do you still remember how many students there were in our academy at that time?"
Lorist thought for a while and said, "I remember Shredder told me that the number of registered students in the college exceeded nine thousand."
"That's right, there were so many students at that time, and they quarreled and quarreled all day long, causing headaches. It was such a wonderful time..." Dean Levins closed his eyes, as if recalling the past.
After a while, Lorist only heard Dean Levins' faint sigh: "Little Locke, did you know that last year, the number of registered students in our college was only over 1,400, and the number of new students was only 74?" …”
"What, that's impossible!" Lorist blurted out. After all, Dawn College is also the top eight famous colleges in Galintia, so how could only this few students enroll.
"I forgot to tell you that these seventy-four freshmen are all nationals of the Business Alliance, and most of them are from Morente City. Also, the total number of new students enrolled in the top three colleges is 325 , Our Dawn College has already done the calculations. Remember San Marceau College? There were only eight freshmen they enrolled last year... "
"What do you mean?" Lorist suddenly understood.
"Last year, four of the twenty-seven colleges in the Morente City college district were closed, and another eleven were closed in May this year. By next year, our Dawn College will also be closed... Alas..." Dean Levins sighed sat down again.
"There is no source of students..." Lorist murmured.
"Yeah, there are no students, no one comes to school, why are there so many colleges open? At this year's college fellowship, there was a proposal to keep only the top three colleges and integrate the students from the other colleges into one Among these three colleges. Therefore, no matter whether our Chenxi College has money or not, it will be closed next year. What’s the use of opening a college without students..." Dean Levins smiled wryly.
Lorist understands that the reason why the academy district of Morent City is famous in the Galintia continent is that there is no discrimination in teaching, no matter which country the students can enroll as long as they meet the admission requirements, even if there is no tuition fee, they can still study in Morente first. In Lent City, he worked for two years to pay for his tuition and continued his studies until graduation. Of the twenty-seven colleges, less than 10% of the students belong to the business alliance. Most of the students are from various countries in the mainland. Of course, most of them are the children of the aristocrats and the wealthy class. They are self-motivated and work-study There are also a lot of free people students, and it is their existence that has created the prosperity of the Morant City College District and its reputation as a world-famous holy place for studying.
"A glass war, a reform of the lord system, which made the Merchant Union the largest country in Galintia? Bullshit, all I know is that it destroyed the academy district and twenty-four academies! No one Come to study again, the business route is cut off, the credibility is lost, and no one is willing to come to Morente City to study. The students from various countries we have educated now regard the business alliance as an enemy.
Do you know, Little Locke, when the armies of the Commercial Alliance swept across the seven countries and occupied their lands, the residents of Morente City celebrated their victory with joyful parades, while the students from these seven countries were weeping bitterly, even more so. Many students from other countries are packing their bags to leave the academy and the business alliance... "
"The war was won, and all participants received bonuses. The business alliance held a grand triumphant ceremony, and began to distribute titles and territories wantonly. No one knew that at this moment, the business alliance had already stood on the opposite side of neighboring countries around the world. , no country will treat the commercial alliance as an ally any more, and they will unite to guard against the commercial alliance just as they guarded against the Krissen Empire back then.
I rejected the baronial seat granted to me by the Union Council and the territory in the Christopher Hills. The biggest dream of my life is to carry forward Dawn Academy and become one of the most famous academies in the mainland. Now that my dream has been destroyed, what use is it even if I have a title and territory..." Dean Levins muttered to himself.
"Dean, it's my fault. I shouldn't have handed over those two letters to you for auction. In that case, there wouldn't be a glass war, and there wouldn't be the consequences like this. I was the one who killed Chenxi Academy..." Luo Rist felt really guilty about this, and there was nothing crueler than destroying an old man's dream that he had fought for all his life.
It's just that he took out the two letters about the craft and formula of glass production and handed them to Dean Levins for auction. He just wanted to cause conflicts between the business alliance and Trimble Kingdom, and transfer the business alliance to focus on the former Krissen. The attention on the empire's territory also relieved the pressure on his family's territory, Hilovas Island, by the way. After all, it is much easier to deal with a Chicod Chamber of Commerce than the entire business alliance.
I didn't expect that the two pieces of glass production technology and formula would cause such a big disturbance, which led to a glass war between the business alliance and Trimble Kingdom, although most of this was due to the brain damage of Trimble VII. A dispute that could be properly resolved through negotiations expanded into a great war that destroyed seven countries, but this result has exceeded the maximum imagination of Lorist's plan, and the current situation and results of Dawn Academy belong to this unplanned accidental injury.
"It's none of your business." The old Dean Levins shook his head: "You are also kind, and want to get some funds for the development of Dawn Academy. It's just that things have changed beyond our expectations, and no one expected Trimble The kingdom will adopt such drastic measures, which will lead to the development of the situation beyond our control. In addition, the commercial alliance is suffering from the lack of entrusted territories when it wants to implement the lord system, so this result is caused by the promotion of those who are interested. This is not It's your responsibility, and you don't have to feel guilty about it."
Lorist gently pushed Dean Levins back to the desk, and poured a cup of Mycos for the old dean with boiling water. milk and sugar.
There was a knock on the door, and then Great Swordsman Crude pushed in.
"Huh? Locke, when did you come?"
"Just now, I chatted with the dean for a while about the current situation of Chenxi College."
"You know everything?"
Lorist nodded: "Professor Crude, how many people are there in the academy now? Also, do you have any plans with Professor Anfiya?"
Professor Crude sighed deeply: "What are your plans? Anfeya and I don't want to leave Chenxi Academy. The old dean has no children, we have to take good care of him. Even if Chenxi Academy closes next year We are also staying here, maybe in the future, Chenxi Academy can be opened again. Now the teaching in the academy is almost gone, there are only a dozen or so left, and there are two classes that are graduating this year, and so on. After they graduate, there will be no more students in Dawn Academy."
Lorist pondered for a while, then looked at Dean Levins: "Dean, have you heard such a saying, tell the tree to move the dead and the living, since the college district of Morente City can't support the operation of Dawn Academy , why don't you change the place and go to another country to establish another Dawn Academy?"
Crude Great Swordsman laughed: "Locke, it's not that simple. It's not that we haven't thought of this method. No one in the surrounding countries is willing to let our colleges in Morente City go to them to run schools. Saint Ma Suo Academy groveled and asked all the countries around the world, and the answers they got were all refusals. To start a college is not just a matter of lip service, it also needs land, buildings, and funding. Those small countries can’t afford the sponsorship fees, and they don’t want to carry a burden on their shoulders.”
"Then are you willing to go far to the north? To run a school in my family territory, I can relocate the Chenxi Academy as a whole. You don't have to be responsible for the land, buildings, and funds. Our Norton family will bear it all, and we will give it to you every year in the future. Allocate a sponsorship fund so that you can run the school with peace of mind. You only need to provide teachers. If you are willing to go to the Northland, the treatment will be favorable. We will provide these teachers with housing and a good living environment, and they will not be wronged. "Lorist expressed his thoughts.
"Hehe, Little Locke, it's none of your business. Don't take the closing of Chenxi Academy to heart and want to give us compensation." Dean Levins smiled and shook his head: "The Northland is remote and sparsely populated. How many people can come to run the school, but it will add a burden to your family, so forget it."
Lorist laughed: "Dean, you underestimate our Northland and the Norton family. There are 1.2 million people in our family territory alone, and they all live a good life. Very good, very rich. Our family territory already has a Nico Academy, which was run by the daughter of Dame Nico, a famous female scholar in the former Krissen Empire. However, Nico Academy believes in the spirit of knowledge and wisdom. Shen Siming Ryder, they recruit not many students and are very strict, so our family territory still needs a comprehensive college. If Dawn Academy is willing to move there, I believe it will have a great development prospect.
You don’t need to worry about the funding issue. You should know that last year our family conquered the kingdom of Haneyabada and destroyed this evil slavery kingdom, so the seizures there are enough for our family’s territory to develop for more than 20 years. Every year It is not a problem to allocate a batch of funds to sponsor the academy. Perhaps the number of students was only a few hundred in the past few years, but I believe that Chenxi Academy will definitely develop greatly there as time goes by.
Of course, my words are groundless, so how about it, when I go back, you will send people to go with me to investigate, and it will take more than two months to go back and forth by boat. What do you think? "
Dean Levins and Kurud Great Swordsman glanced at each other, then nodded: "Little Locke, since you said so, please let us know when you go back, we will send someone to investigate, thank you gone."
"You're welcome, Dean, I have always been a member of Chenxi Academy."
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