Tales of Herding Gods - 107. Chapter 107

Five days later, Qin Mu came to Gangneung County. Gangneung County was more prosperous than the counties he saw on the road. Gangneung County was almost a city built on the river. This river is not Yongjiang, but Jinjiang. , So Jiangling is also called Jinling.

The Jinjiang River is full of turbulent waters, and the water is full of water. The original Gangneung County was built on an oasis in the river, but later on, the boats and boats became more prosperous and crowded, so the city was expanded and the city was heavily built.

At that time, it was the current national teacher who served as the governor of Gangneung. The piles are all a hundred feet long, with a total of more than 3,800 stone piles. The top of the stone pile is still thirty feet away from the surface of the water, which can allow large ships to pass underneath, and can also allow the flood to flow through calmly.

The Yankang State Master and those skilled in artisans and magical powers used huge stones to pave the road, use magical powers to stabilize, and expand Jiangling City. This is a huge project. Tens of thousands of magical powers worked here for ten years to complete the new city.

There are some patios under the new city for lighting. The patios are used to drain water during heavy rain, and some docks are built under the city and communicated by nooses.

There are also large and small piers near the city, where the boats and ships often berth, unloading and loading goods.

The place was really prosperous, so it was also called Xiaojingcheng. It was criticized by the scholar-bureaucrats at that time, saying that the government of Gangneung County was suspected of rebellion. The newly built Gangneung City cut off the dragon veins of the empire and let the emperor punish him.

Some also say that Jiangling Mansion Yin built a leader on the Jinjiang River, plotting wrongdoing.

After the national master Yankang completed this feat, he was called to the capital. Many people thought that the emperor was going to punish him, but they did not expect that the prince Yanfeng at that time would appreciate him very much. The prince Yanfeng was a grand prince. After he became the throne, he repeatedly promoted Yankang as a national teacher.

Qin Mu also heard these funny stories from Gong Gong, not knowing whether they were true or false, but the ability of Yankang’s national teacher and the re-use of Yanfeng’s emperor’s knowledge of people made him admire these two people.

He was accompanied by some scholars from Gangneung County, some from poor families, and some from rich families. Qin Mu asked, most of these people came from elementary schools and universities in Gangneung County, and they were all children of the same family.

Qin Mu was surprised and asked about the elementary school in Jiangling County, only then did he know why.

The elementary school university was established by Yankang National Normal University and has been extended to the whole country.

The national teacher said to Emperor Yanfeng: “When you are eight years old, you are from the prince and younger. As for the children of the common people, all enter the elementary school. , Build the foundation. Observe their talents, teach students in accordance with their aptitude, awaken the spiritual womb, break the gods, and choose to pull out their children and enter the university.”

The Chinese teacher said to Emperor Yanfeng: “It is ten or five years, from the emperor’s son, all sons, to the princes, princes, doctors, and the suitable sons of the Yuanshi, and the handsome men of the people, all enter the university. The teaching of supernatural powers, swordsmanship, righteousness, self-cultivation, and governance throughout the night has been used to study supernatural powers throughout the night. The scholars of the university are all students of the emperor and do not need to be attached to the sect. As time goes by, the troubles of the sect can be eliminated.”①

The national teacher also said: “After finishing college, you can enter Taixue. Taixue scholars, who teach their professions as officials, are the way of the generals, study the Taoism and govern the world, and the world is peaceful, and the emperor can sit back and relax.”

Qin Mu was full of emotion, how can the country not be prosperous if Yankang Guoshi conducts his studies like this?

The living space of Yankang State was squeezed by elementary schools and universities. Without living space, it is no wonder that there will be rebellion.

On the boat, Qin Mu took out the “Calculations” that he bought in Jiangling City from his baggage, studied it carefully, and wrote the Yuan solution fractions on the paper with a charcoal pen.

Suddenly, a chubby scholar asked, “Brother Qin also went to the capital to rush for the exam?”

Qin Mu nodded and said with a smile: “Yes. I plan to go to the capital to fight for a future. Brother Wei is also going to take the exam?”

The chubby scholar named Wei Yong nodded and smiled: “It is my long-cherished wish to get fame and fame and enter Taiyuan Academy to read books!”

Another scholar smiled and said: “Brother Wei, it is not so easy to enter the Imperial Academy. You are only fourteen, and you are still an elementary scholar, and you cannot enter the Academy!”

Wei Yong sneered and said, “Is it a great scholar of a university? It may not be able to beat Brother Qin and me!”

Many scholars laughed.

Qin Mu also smiled. Most of the scholars who were with them went to the capital to rush for the exam, wanting to enter the Imperial Academy.

The universities in Gangneung teach basic swordsmanship and spells, which are not widely involved. The Jingcheng Tai Academy has a collection of millions of books and is all-encompassing. Almost all the martial arts and supernatural powers of all schools of Yankang state are gathered here, which can be said to be the highest in the empire. Academy!

It is very difficult to enter Taiyuan College. Scholars from all over the country break their heads in order to enter it. As for the scholars from elementary schools, they plan to enter Beijing, often wanting to enter the universities there. It is even more difficult for elementary school scholars to enter the Taiyuan Academy. Unless they are particularly outstanding, they may be hired outside the standard. There are very few elementary school scholars who can pass the assessment to enter the Taiyuan Academy every year.

The man took the helm and let the ship sail to the opposite bank.

Qin Mu noticed that the ship used a strange pill furnace. There was flame in the pill furnace. As long as you put in the medicine stone, you could use the spiritual power in the medicine stone to rotate the gears above the pill furnace, and the gears turned over again with a huge ship. Water, like a waterwheel, pushes the ship forward.

And the male only needs to control the rudder and control the direction.

Qin Mu was amazed, where can you see such a strange thing in the big ruins?

Before long, the big ship sailed to the shore, he disembarked with many scholars, and as everyone did not go far, he came to the carriage market.

Qin Mu looked around and became even more curious, and saw that some land boats, speed carts, cranes, earth dragons, and a few boats were being prepared for sale here, braving the steaming smoke, and the smoke was still mixed in. Fire light.

“Brother Qin, here!”

Wei Yong stood under a ship and waved to him. The ship got off the ship ladder, and some scholars were getting on the ship.

Qin Mu walked over and looked up at the ship, with a look of surprise. Wei Yong was familiar with each other and said with a smile: “Land boats are relatively bumpy, speeding vehicles are too expensive, cranes and earth dragons and other wind and sun, or The boat is comfortable to sit on, but the speed is a little slower. However, the selection of the Academy is still early, so let’s go to the capital by boat.”

Qin Mu said yes, and said, “What’s the price?”

Wei Yong took out a jug of wine and smiled: “You wear better clothes than me. You still care about the price? Sister Fox, I bought you a jug of wine.”

Hu Ling’er was surprised and delighted. She stood up, thanked him politely, and then took the hip flask.

Qin Mu came to the boss of the ship and paid for the ship. It takes ten Dafeng coins for the ship from Jiangling to Beijing, which is not too expensive. He didn’t have any idea, he only knew that he would give him a Dafeng coin for his meals and lodging, and he was happy from ear to ear.

Two people and a fox boarded the ship. It didn’t take long for the ship to be full. The medicine master and boy started the furnace of the ship. The medicine was turned into mana and supplied to the bronze beast sculpture at the stern, and the bronze beast’s mouth was immediately spouted. With the intense flames, the ship slowly leaped into the sky, slowly turning around in mid-air, opening its sails and sailing away from Jiangling and heading north.

On the upper ship, the passengers have their own rooms and meals are also provided on the ship. You can just spend the next few days on the ship.

Standing on the boat, Qin Mu looked down, and saw that the boat rose higher and higher, and its speed gradually increased. The Jiangling city below has become smaller and smaller, but you can still see strange speeds, birds, and spaceships in the city from time to time. Things flew out and flew to other cities, while the boats on the river were very lively.

“Yankang is really a magical place.”

Qin Mu praised in his heart: “Ling Yuxiu said that Yankang’s Taoism and supernatural powers are changing with each passing day, and it seems to be the case now.”

He could see that Yankang country was applying Taoist magical powers to every corner of life, and ordinary people’s food, clothing, housing, and transportation were slowly being changed. This is very similar to the way of saints mentioned in the Dayu Demon Sutra. .

The way of the saints is only used by the common people. Yan Kangguo did a very good job.

Suddenly he had a strange thought in his mind: “Is the Yankang Guoshi also my demon sect?”

There were some scholars on the ship who were practising martial arts, and their cultivation strengths were outstanding, but what surprised Qin Mu was that they often practiced the same martial arts, spells, and swordsmanship.

Qin Mu was puzzled: “Isn’t it easy to get caught in the loopholes by cultivating the same spells and swords?”

In his view, although the martial artist is a basic realm, erudition is also the foundation. Most scholars practice the same kind of martial arts, the same spell, and the same sword technique. If this is the case, it is easy to be caught by others.

“Such a warrior, I can hit ten with one hand.” Qin Mu secretly shook his head, and continued to study the “Summoning”. There are ten volumes of “Summoning” printed by Yankang. He has read it, and the Yuan on the paper He also sorted out a lot of calculation formulas.

At night, Qin Mu came to the deck from the house, looked up to observe the stars in the sky, and then deduced it with the element solution formula, and then recorded the calculation on paper.

The boat floated for four days, and it was getting closer to the capital. Most of the scholars on the boat went to the capital for the first time. They couldn’t hide their excitement, and they all leaned on the side of the boat and looked out. Suddenly, a violent shock came, and the boat was tilted in the air, and the sages fell from the boat without grasping it firmly.

These people did not practice the magical power of flying, and they uttered long screams, screaming for a long time,-the ship flies too high, and it will take a while for them to fall to the ground.

Qin Mu frowned, his legs nailed to the boat like two guns, holding the drunk Hu Ling’er in one hand, and the drunk Wei Yu in the other, lest they be thrown off the boat.

At this moment, haha laughter came from outside the ship, and an unimaginable giant python opened its barbed mouth, bit the stern, and was tearing it hard!

Everyone on the boat was shocked, the stern of the boat had been bitten off by the giant python. The scholars standing near the stern fell from the boat one after another, and several scholars were swallowed by giant pythons!

There was one person standing on the flat head of the giant python, dressed in a floral robe, painted rouge and powder, very coquettish, but he was an enchanting man, looking excitedly at the panicked crowd on the boat.

Note ①: These passages are quoted from the words of Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty, and Zhaizhu is slightly adapted. The name of elementary school and university existed in ancient times, and the name was confirmed probably in the first century BC. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was recorded in the “Da Dai Li Ji” that “the ancients went out to live at the age of eight, learning small art and performing small festivals. “Tie the hair and go to university, learn great art, and perform great festivals.” “Little Dai Liji · King System”: “The primary school is on the south left of the Gonggong, and the university is in the suburbs.” Eastern Han Dynasty, “Baihutong”: ” Entering elementary school at the age of eight and entering university at the age of 15.”