Chapter 202 Jixia Academy

In the evening, Hua Kai communicated with his grandfather, fourth uncle, and fifth uncle.

Grandpa led the Guangxian merchant group to pass through the Aohan tribe. The Aohan tribe has now recovered. They plundered people from other small tribes. Now there is no difference compared to before the wolf disaster last year. When the Guangxian merchant group arrived at the Aohan tribe, the other party traded with the merchant group normally.

This year, because the merchant group used new horse-drawn carriages, the speed was more than 30% faster than last year. When they arrived at the Aohan tribe, many caravans sold some goods in exchange for some horses, so that their carriages became double-horse carriages, which could be faster.

This year, the Guangxian merchant group did not encounter any wild beasts, mountain bandits, horse bandits along the way, and even small wolf packs became rare. In general, this year is the easiest year for business.

Everything is fine with the merchant group, and everything is normal in the Ordos tribe where the fourth uncle is. Because of the drought this year, the water and grass are not good. In order to survive the cattle and sheep, the Ordos tribe divided all the flag owners, big and small, and each flag led a population ranging from one thousand to five thousand, and took tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to the place with abundant water and grass near the river.

This would put the tribe in greater danger, and those cattle and sheep were not enough to ensure the survival of so many people, so all the flag owners, big and small, carried heavy food on their horses when they left. When the food was almost eaten, they had to return to the tribe to transport food.

This was a last resort. The remaining cattle and sheep had to be kept as seeds after the wolf disaster, and they could not be killed easily. Only by dispersing the cattle and sheep could they reproduce better and the strength of the Ordos tribe could be restored.

"This year, the grassland wolves are basically extinct. Many small and medium-sized tribes have few people left, and they have been incorporated into the big tribes. The grassland is empty everywhere. The tribe does this to occupy more grasslands when all the main forces of the big tribes are sending troops to the south to plunder." Hua Zihuan said to Hua Kai.

"The Ordos tribe has our food support. Even if there is drought this year, the reproduction of cattle and sheep will not be affected. At most, their cattle and sheep scale can be restored in two or three years. Even if other large tribes plunder more this year, their vitality has been greatly damaged! When they react again, the Ordos tribe may have become a behemoth that they can't afford to offend!" Hua Kai said.

The others nodded when they heard this. After the wolf disaster, the Ordos tribe had sufficient food and gathered dozens of broken small and medium-sized tribes, gaining a population of nearly 100,000. As long as they can survive this year and the next two years, even the Zhizhi tribe will have to recognize their status.

"So the total population of the Ordos tribe this year has reached about 250,000, which is not a small number. We don't have enough food left there!" Hua Zichen said.

"Basically enough, the slaves of the tribe are different from our slaves, and they don't need much food. Those slaves are also strong, and they can survive with just one meal of vegetable balls every day!" Hua Zihuan said.

Everyone shook their heads when they heard this. The slaves on the grassland have been worn out and only the instinct to survive is left. The slaves purchased by the Hua family have no three months of teaching and even have difficulty communicating.

Fifth uncle Hua Zichen has not received the exact time for the wedding yet, so they can only continue to wait patiently in Qufu City. Hua Kai originally wanted to wait until he attended the fifth uncle's wedding before going to the Jixia Academy, but now it seems that it is not possible.

"Your grandfather and fourth uncle are not here, I will bring Ji Le back first and wait until early October to hold the wedding. Then you can apply for a family visit leave from the academy, I believe the King of Qi will agree." Hua Zichen said to Hua Kai.

On March 30, Hua Kai woke up in the morning to check the family attribute panel.

Huajiabao: Seventh-rank family

Prosperity: 1869

Combat power: 1460

Agriculture: 1237

Animal husbandry: 261

Commerce: 1012

Culture: 338

Comprehensive strength: 6177

Allies: Ordos Tribe (sixth rank), Yao Family (seventh rank), Lu Family (second rank), Sihai Chamber of Commerce (fourth rank)

Subordinate forces: Jia Family (ninth rank)

Hostile forces: Linzi City Bu Family (seventh rank)

Funds: 4 purple gold coins, 317,689 taels of gold, 794,820 taels of silver, 9,438,018 bone coins

Luck value: 5621

Portable space: 3 cubic meters

The Lu family has established an alliance with the Hua family! This is good news, at least it means that Uncle Wu has no problem marrying Princess Ji Le back.

Hua Kai will also use the second-grade family as an ally to establish relationships with more families. As a new family, what the Hua family lacks now is the network of relationships!

In half a year, the family's comprehensive strength has increased by 1,000 points, which is already very good. The space funds have exceeded 360,000 gold. The Hua family now has a monthly income of thousands of gold in the county and Huajiabao, and the family construction funds are sufficient. He plans to keep all the bone coins and silver. Small currencies are what the market needs most.

Seeing that the family's luck value has reached 5,621 points, Hua Kai's heart aches. In order to prevent King Qi from discovering the abnormality of the Hua family, he now dares not to use the family's luck value easily. This has led to the recent luck value increase speed being maintained at around 30 points, which is more than four times less than before.

It's better to be careful. If King Qi finds something abnormal, then the Hua family will have no way to deal with it. He needs to at least endure until the family has the ability to fight King Qi, or King Qi dies.

He refined 6 [Silver Spears] in succession to prepare for someone in the family to break through the Qi training realm in the future. As for how to use the family's luck value in the future after Jixia Academy, Hua Kai has already thought it through. He can send one [Gold Silk Soft Armor] to Huajiabao through his uncle every three days. [Gold Silk Soft Armor] can be put into the space of [Eight Treasures Night Name Armor] of his uncle, but [Silver Spear] is too long!

After breakfast, Hua Kai took Hua Xuan and Xiao Qiang to say goodbye to his family and set off on the road to Linzi City. Tang Lei escorted them all the way.

Xiao Qiang ran excitedly behind the horse. Since knowing that Hua Kai would take it to school, it has been much more energetic recently. Xiao Qiang is more than 2 years old. It probably has the thinking of a human child of 7 or 8 years old and can understand all human languages.

Because they were carrying Xiao Qiang, everyone rode slowly. It was already afternoon when they arrived in Linzi City. Hua Kai entered Linzi City and walked all the way west. Jixia Academy was at the westernmost part of the outer city of Linzi City, occupying about 20% of the entire outer city.

You should know that Linzi City is one of the largest cities in the world, with a population of more than 400,000, and the population of the outer city is at least 250,000. The outer city area is not small, but the entire Jixia Academy has only about 2,000 students, and the number of other staff such as students and teachers will not exceed 10,000 at most. It can be seen that the status of Jixia Academy in Linzi City.

Arriving at the gate of Jixia Academy, Hua Kai saw that the guards here were all in the Qi training realm, and couldn't help but sigh at the luxury of Jixia Academy.

Arriving at the gate of the academy, the guard saw Hua Kai and Hua Xuan coming and blocked them.

"Children, you can't enter here casually, you leave!" Although the guard said so, his tone was still kind.

Hua Kai stepped forward and saluted as a student, saying, "I am a student who came to study at Jixia Academy this year. I don't know where I need to go to register."

"You... bring your introduction certificate here!" The guard obviously didn't believe it. The two children looked under 16 years old. Students who could enter Jixia Academy were generally over 18 years old, and Hua Xuan was less than 13 years old, obviously not a student.

"Guangxian Academy? Hua Kai Sheng... are you the Holy Son?" The guard said in surprise after reading Hua Kai's letter of introduction.

"It's all the love of the monarch. Hua Kai's talent is shallow and he needs to study hard!" Hua Kai nodded and admitted.

"Meet the Holy Son!" The guard stepped back and saluted Hua Kai, indicating that he was willing to sacrifice his life to protect Hua Kai.

The guard led Hua Kai into the academy and introduced him to the regional division of the academy.

"The Jixia Academy is divided into study areas and living areas. You have to register now to get the school uniform and course schedule. I suggest you buy a book about the masters in the evening, so that you can choose a teacher according to your own situation. Freshmen have a one-year study period, and they can choose teachers after a year. Of course, teachers will also choose their own students." The guard introduced Hua Kai while walking.

Hua Kai asked about some precautions of the Jixia Academy, and the guard answered all the questions. They walked for half an hour and came to a sign-in courtyard, filled in their own and Hua Xuan's information, and the two took two sets of clothes and took a "course schedule" from the teacher.

This "course schedule" detailed the start time of the four masters and ninety-seven masters of the academy next month. Each of them has a different number of classes next month. Hua Kai saw that the most classes were arranged every day, and most of them had 7 to 10 classes a month. Some teachers had very few classes. Hua Kai saw that the four masters had only one class next month.

Students can choose the courses and teachers they want to take at will. Hua Kai roughly looked at the introduction of all the teachers. There is one each for the four great masters, Confucianism, Mohism, Famous School, and Yin-Yang School. Then the thoughts of the rest of the various schools of thought can basically be learned here.

"Jixia Academy is amazing. It doesn't cost money to get things. Classes are all voluntary and teachers can be chosen at will!" Hua Kai looked at the introduction of Jixia Academy on the other side of the course schedule and couldn't help but sigh.

"No students who can come here come to waste time. Everyone is tightly planning and arranging their own courses and doesn't want to waste a moment. If you choose a teacher next year, you have to perform well this year if you want to be favored by the teacher." The guard said.

Hua Kai then realized that choosing courses also has such a meaning, which means that next year you may become a personal student of a master or even a master. Of course, there are students who have studied in Jixia Academy for decades without a teacher. The proportion of such students is very high.

Entering the living area, Hua Kai was attracted by the prosperity here. Rows of shops stand here, and people and students on the street walk in front of various shops, just like a busy city in the city.

However, all the shops here are built very luxuriously, like a palace. In the distance is the student residence area. Looking around, there are a lot of courtyards here. Each courtyard has an area of ​​only 3 mu at most, but the buildings inside are very luxurious. All the courtyards are surrounded by a garden in the middle, with rockery, lakes, and pavilions.

This design is that dozens of small courtyards share a garden, which is also good. Hua Kai followed the guard brother and walked through more than a dozen small courtyards. He saw that this place suddenly became a pavilion courtyard. Each courtyard has a pavilion of more than three floors. This is much better than the small courtyard group.