When Fang Yun woke up, he felt his face a little itchy. He opened his eyes and saw that Nunu, who was supposed to be in the bamboo basket, was lying next to his ear and used the newly bought soft pillow as a bed.
Nunu used his tail as a blanket to cover himself and lay on his side with a very elegant posture.
Fang Yun smiled slightly, touched Nunu’s little head, and got up to wash.
Fang Yun took Zhou Zhubu's warrant to Wenhui Hall and then to the printing house. The 50,000 books took up a lot of space, so Fang Yun did not take them out. He planned to wait until the first day of April to take them out and sell them to people who came to buy "Shengdao" or "Wenbao".
Fang Yun further refined the sales plan, and everyone began to make intensive preparations, determined to establish the company's reputation.
After coming out of the study, Fang Yun asked Fang Daniu to go home, while he drove to buy all the collected works of this year's three semi-saint examiners, spending a total of sixteen taels of silver, which was equivalent to his income in the previous three years.
He also stopped by the Academy of Literature and bought ten years' worth of bound volumes of Wen Bao and Sheng Dao, spending a total of sixty taels.
Fang Yun calculated in his mind that just buying all the copies of "The Holy Way" and "Wen Bao" would cost nearly four thousand taels of silver. If he bought one copy of all the books in the Jingguo Academy, at 100 wen per copy, a total of one million copies, it would cost 100,000 taels of silver.
“It’s a long road.”
Fang Yun drove the carriage to a secluded place, put the newly bought books into the world of strange books, and then went home.
That day Fang Yun discussed with the eldest lady of the Fang family and asked him to teach elementary school. However, those children had already learned "Thousand Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names". It would be three months later in the autumn before they would study the classics of the saints and learn how to take the examination for the status of a student. During this period, he did not need to teach too much, only one class a day, which was very leisurely.
Although Fang Yun was grateful for the lady's arrangement, he did not want to receive twenty taels of silver a month for nothing, so he decided to teach something else and began to compile the "Three Character Classic".
The content of "Three Character Classic" includes many aspects such as education, history, astronomy, geography, morality, etc. It is easy to remember, read, and understand. It is a primer as famous as "Thousand Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Surnames", and has an irreplaceable position in ancient times.
The original "Three Character Classic" contains a lot of content, some of which are ideas, characters or history that are not suitable for the Shengyuan Continent. They must be eliminated, and the history unique to the Shengyuan Continent must also be added.
Based on the history of Shengyuan Continent, Fang Yun rewrote the "Three Character Classic" with about 1,500 words, preparing to use it as the content of tomorrow's lecture. If the response is good, he will continue teaching it, and then print the book as soon as possible to spread his literary reputation and earn money.
The more widely the poems and essays are circulated and the greater the literary reputation is, the brighter the stars in the literary palace will be, and the faster Fang Yun's own talent will grow.
The next morning, Fang Yun went to the Fang family, met the eldest lady, and then was led by the eldest lady to the Fang clan school. The eldest lady personally introduced the clan school to Fang Yun.
The Fang Clan School was located on the edge of the city, covering a vast area, and its scale was no less than that of a small academy.
The identities of the students here are very complicated. There are members of the Fang family, relatives of the Fang family, sons of Fang's servants, and descendants of some comrades-in-arms who had fought through life and death with Fang Shouye. All the sons of martyrs were adopted by Fang Shouye and regarded as his adopted sons.
Everything in the ethnic school is free, and free lunch is also provided.
Fang Yun estimated the expenses and found that it would cost at least one thousand taels of silver a month. He respected Fang even more for his persistence in running the business. This was benevolence and righteousness.
There are as many as 400 students in this clan school, divided into three parts: elementary school, beginner class and student class.
There were more than twenty teachers in the Fang clan school, and the eldest lady introduced all the teachers to Fang Yun.
Among these teachers, there were only four scholars, and the rest were students. Most of them were very enthusiastic about Fang Yun and praised Fang Yun for his good poetry. Only a few were lukewarm and were also cold towards the eldest lady.
Among them, there was one person with the harshest tone. He was a young scholar, and he said that he was "the top two students in the city" and was quite proud of himself.
Fang Yun was too lazy to pay attention to such people.
Every year, the number of candidates taking the examination for Tongsheng in the capital is twenty times that of Ji County, but the number of admitted candidates is only ten times that of Ji County. Therefore, although the sons of some wealthy businessmen and officials go to school in the capital, their student records are registered in other counties.
The competition among people in the provincial capital is much more intense than that in other county towns, so most of them look down on those from small counties. Even though Fang Yun is a top-ranked student, this scholar does not think he is much weaker than others.
However, if they encounter students from the capital, people from various states will unite again, because the admission rate of the capital ranks first among the four states and one capital. Although it is a city, the share of students is more than that of a state.
When the eldest lady introduced the scholar, she specifically mentioned, "This is your second aunt's nephew."
Fang Yun immediately understood what was going on.
After seeing off the lady, Fang Yun returned to the teaching room, sat at his desk, put the things he had brought on the table, and reorganized the content of the lecture once again.
Soon, Fang Jingtang, the old dean in charge of the clan school, came to the teaching room.
All the teachers stood up immediately.
Fang Jingtang smiled and said, "Everyone sit down, no outsiders. Fang Yun, you will teach the first class of the elementary school from now on, the second lesson every day, from 8:15 to 9:15, is that okay?"
Many people looked at Fang Yun with envy. There were five classes in the elementary school, and Class A had always been the best. The proportion of students who passed the examination was much higher than that of other classes. When these students had a promising future, they would have the qualifications to become teachers, and they could either teach in the Academy of Literature or use this opportunity to expand their network.
Fang Yun immediately said: "Everything is decided by the dean, and I will obey."
Fang Jingtang nodded with satisfaction, but Lu Yingnian, a scholar beside him, said, "Dean, he is just a student this year. Although he is a double A student, we cannot compare with him, but after all, he has no experience. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to let him teach the A class? I have been a scholar for five years and have been teaching here for three years. I am not tired of teaching the student class. Why don't I teach the A class?"
"Yingnian, are you questioning my arrangement?" Fang Jingtang asked with a smile.
Lu Yingnian's expression changed slightly, and he said hurriedly: "No, no, no, Yingnian is not questioning the arrangement of my uncle, I am questioning Fang Yun's ability."
Fang Jingtang asked with a smile: "Yingnian, how old were you when you passed the examination to become a student?"
"Nineteen." Lu Yingnian replied.
"Fang Yun, what about you?" Fang Jingtang asked.
"sixteen."
Fang Jingtang asked Lu Yingnian again: "Did you get top marks in the Tongsheng exam?"
"no."
"Have you ever written a poem about Mingzhou?"
“No.”
"Have you ever written a poem to protect the country?"
"What!" There was an uproar in the teaching room, and all the teachers looked at Fang Yun in disbelief.
At this time, the April issue of "The Holy Way" had not yet been published, and the story of Fang Yun's poetry becoming a national treasure was only circulated among those scholars with high literary status. The teachers did not know about it. They only learned from the "Wen Bao" in late March that Fang Yun was a top-ranked student in the Holy World.
Lu Yingnian opened his mouth but didn't dare to say anything else.
Fang Jingtang bowed to Fang Yun and said, "I just heard about your poem 'Early Morning Walk in Ji County' yesterday. It is truly a masterpiece. If you can come here, it will bring glory to the Fang family. If you teach well, no one will be able to gossip about you here."
Fang Jingtang still had a smiling face. He glanced at everyone and then left the teaching room.
Lu Yingnian remained silent. The students and teachers gathered around Fang Yun, wanting to know Fang Yun's national poem.
Fang Yun couldn't refuse, so he wrote "Early Morning Walk in Ji County". These teachers were just students, and they couldn't see the beauty of the arrangement of every word after looking at it for a long time. After Fang Yun pointed it out, everyone suddenly realized it, praised him again and again, and were convinced.
Although Lu Yingnian did not come over, he listened attentively. After listening, he lowered his head, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Nearing 8:15, Dean Fang Jingtang came to the teaching room again and took Fang Yun to Class A of the Elementary School.
Lu Yingnian and several teachers who had no classes followed far behind.
As they approached the classroom, Fang Yun's breathing became rapid. It was inevitable that he was a little excited as it was his first time as a teacher.
When he walked into the classroom, the first thing Fang Yun saw were pairs of bright and clear eyes. These children ranged from six or seven years old to eleven or twelve years old. They sat behind the desks with their chests straight, looking at Fang Yun curiously.
Only one person said, "Greetings."
There was a messy sound of desks and chairs being moved around. All the students stood up, bowed their heads slightly, and said in unison, "Hello, sir."
"Please sit down." Fang Jingtang smiled and motioned the student to sit down.
Fang Yun looked around the classroom and found that there was no blackboard, but there was a podium.
The two walked to the podium, and Fang Jingtang said, "This is the new teacher for the second class. You may not know that he is this year's famous double-class Saint Pre-Student, the first in the Ten Countries, Fang Yun!"
All the children stared at Fang Yun with their eyes wide open and their mouths opened wide, and some of them even screamed in surprise.
During these ten days, students from all over Jiangzhou and even Jingguo could hear words like "Fang Yun", "Shuangjia", "Shengqian" and "Mingzhou" every day. Whether in school, at home or on the road, people were talking about them everywhere, because Fang Yun broke the unprecedented record of Jingguo.
These children who were in elementary school had long been extremely envious of Fang Yun after hearing their teachers praise Shuangjia at school and their parents talk about Shengqian at home. Now that they saw the legendary talent appear here with their own eyes, how could they not be surprised.
Several children were so excited that their faces turned red, and they wanted to run to Fang Yun to ask for a poem.
Fang Jingtang was very satisfied with the performance of these children and said a few polite words before leaving.
Lu Yingnian and several teachers were outside the classroom, wanting to hear whether Fang Yun could teach.
Fang Yun glanced at the students who were still somewhat excited, smiled slightly, and said, "You all know who I am, but I don't know who you are. Starting from the left,
Introduce yourselves one by one. Tell us your name, age, and what you like. Come on, you go first.
Fang Yun looked at the first student in front of him on the left.
The child immediately became the focus of the whole class. He stood up with a red face and whispered, "My name is Song Qiming, I'm nine years old, and I like to eat."
“Hahahaha…” the whole class burst into laughter.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Okay, only by eating well can you grow strong. You must study hard in the future and defend the land of the human race, because no one knows what delicious food will grow in the land occupied by monsters."
The students laughed again.
Several teachers outside also laughed. They didn't expect Fang to use such a humorous way to educate children.
"Yeah!" Little foodie Song Qiming's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously, secretly taking note of Fang Yun's words.