The Li family now has many ways to make money, and the speed of making money is very fast. But the Li family is still too weak now, making money is easy to stay at home.

If Li Xiao doesn't work harder, then all this may end up just making wedding clothes for others.

For this reason, Li Xiao gave Xue Rengui the secret recipe for purifying and decolorizing frosting sugar to Xue Rengui. Later, he pulled Cheng, Xue, Liu and Liu to build a medicinal wine workshop. After taking out the printing operation, he also shared this precious technology with the court for free. Not only that, he is still holding the emperor and Wu's thighs tightly, so that he was scolded by Lai Ji and others as treacherous ministers and villains, and even had to go to North Korea to become an official.

I spent two days in the countryside of Lanxi, and I accompanied Wanniang well, and even went to Lanxi Academy to give a lesson for one day. The academy is now very popular, with many students, and the scale is getting bigger. There are more than 30 teachers and nearly two thousand students.

This is the largest academy in the entire Lantian County, far exceeding the scale of the county school, with only a few dozen students in the county school.

Li Xiao donated some books to the academy and took out some money to set up a scholarship to reward students who are excellent in their studies.

As the founder of the academy, Li Xiao is still the honorary chief of the academy, but he no longer manages the academy's affairs in detail, but has completely handed over the academy to the mountain chief Yang Dayan. Mr. Yang is very dedicated. Although he is in charge of the big and small affairs of the academy, he still insists on attending classes in person.

No matter the ups and downs outside, as long as Li Xiao can get the money, he will maintain the internal operation of the academy, allowing teachers to teach with peace of mind, and allowing students to read quietly.

"There are many good seedlings in the academy." Yang Dayan sighed.

"Since they are good seedlings, we will do our best to sponsor their studies. The academy can waive all their study fees and even give them scholarships. If they can nominate the imperial examination and Jinshi in the future, it will be worth it."

Li Xiao is much tougher now. When the academy was first opened, he never thought that the students would be able to participate in the imperial examinations in the future. He just wanted to teach the children in the village so that they could have a chance to read more words and not be blind.

And now, his ambitions are even greater.

He hopes that the children in the academy can go further and participate in the imperial examinations, take the imperial examinations, and even become officials and herdsmen in the future.

"I only have one requirement for the academy. I hope you can remember the original intention of running this academy. The academy is not just for the children who come in to take the imperial examination. It is a path, but not just this path. We need to teach according to our aptitude, and there are no different teachings. Some children are suitable for the imperial examination, and they will participate in the imperial examination in the future. Some children may not have this talent, so we should cultivate their other abilities, such as certain professional skills. Maybe they can learn arithmetic, become an accountant in the future, or they can learn documents, be a clerk in the future, or maybe they can learn painting, be a painter in the future, etc., or even become a professional craftsman, which is actually good."

"I won't forget this, you said before that our academy doesn't teach nerds."

"That's right."

Yang Dayan smiled and said, "I will stick to this path. One hundred students may be suitable for one hundred paths. I will not take them to only walk the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination. Saburo, there is another thing. Now there are more and more students in our academy, and there are many girls. I think it is not good to mix classes between men and women, so it is necessary to divide classes, especially as the classes are getting higher and higher, the students are getting older."

The old master proposed that he wanted to set up a special girls' college, which was nothing.

After all, in this era, girls aged 14 or 15 have begun to marry and have children. If they study for a few more years, they will be able to get into a class with men and women in their teens. Something is really easy to happen.

If you fall in love for a long time, you will be troublesome, especially if you taste the forbidden fruit in private and you will be pregnant, it will be a big trouble.

"Don't our academy have primary school departments or middle school departments? The primary school departments can teach together regardless of male or female. But when they arrive at the middle school, men and women must be divided into classes. It is best to build a separate women's college on the current academy. The teaching content can be the same, but it must be divided into students with male students just in case. Teachers can also invite talented women, such as some old female officials who come out of the palace. For girls, in addition to teaching general courses, they can also add some etiquette and female red courses."

"This is good, just do what you said." The old master was very supportive of Li Xiao's proposal.

It is already a pioneering move for women to study in academy, and Li Xiao did not think about taking too far.

A genius who is half a step ahead of the times, and a madman who is one step ahead is a madman.

After only two days in Lanxi, Li Xiao returned to Chang'an.

Wanniang still stayed in Lanxi, and her sister Zhen'er also stayed.

As soon as he returned to Chang'an, Wu sent someone to summon him.

Chang'an, Tai Chi Palace, Li Zheng Hall.

Wu had been granted the title of Concubine Chen. Although she had not been enthroned as the queen, the emperor had already allowed her to move into the Lizheng Hall.

Lizheng Hall used to be the residence of Empress Changsun. Empress Wang also lived here before. She moved here and further got to the position of the queen.

"Ruiqing, the Andersen fairy tale you gave to Honger before is very good. Honger likes to listen to it very much. In the past, he couldn't sleep at night, but now I tell him a story before going to bed, and he fell asleep and he slept well at night."

Wu held Li Hong in his arms and looked at Li Xiao with a smile, "Who is that Andersen? The story is well written. Although it is simple and straightforward, it is indeed suitable for children to listen to."

"Oh, that Andersen seems to be a Thai man. This book was purchased by me from a Western Region merchant. If Your Highness, if you like to hear it, I will look for such stories next time. If I can collect it, I will give it to you."

Li Xiao is very serious today. Facing the Wu family who has already been promoted to the position of Concubine Chen, Li Xiao really dared not have any other thoughts.

This woman has made another step further from becoming the person in history. And this step has also made a lot of contributions.

Wu stroked the back of King Dai and watched her sleep soundly in her arms, "It's a pity that you are going to Baekje."

Li Xiao smiled.

"Don't have any other ideas. Your Majesty asked you to go to Baekje, but in fact you are protecting you. You have offended too many people recently. It's okay to go out. After the wind is calm, Your Majesty will transfer you back. And after you have the qualifications to get out of the sect, your career will be smoother in the future."

"Thank you, Empress."

"After you leave, I will take good care of your wife and sister for you, don't worry. I am a person who is grateful. I will never forget you are kind to us mother and son." Wu said again.

"Thank you, Empress." There are some things that need not be said, just as everyone can understand. No matter what, Li Xiao will be a member of the Wu family in the future, which is something everyone knows.

Wu said he would take care of his family for him, and Li Xiao believed it.

But he still took out the prepared gifts, a few bottles of perfume and soap.

"This fragrance is pretty good. I like it very much. Thank you for your gift." Wu picked a perfume he liked, opened it and smelled it and said with a smile.

"It's good that the Empress likes it. After I leave Beijing, I hope the Empress can choose some people to help manage the perfume and soap workshop." As a reward, Li Xiao took out 30% of the workshop shares and gave it to Wu's family.

Wu accepted it with a smile, and didn't say much, neither refused nor thought it was too little. She actually didn't care much about how much the workshop was worth, but was satisfied with Li Xiao's statement of completely seeking favor.
Chapter completed!