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Chapter 54 Fifty-three, I never know the autumn wind and rain

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    It is said that Sun Yuanqi and others changed trains in Tianjin and arrived at the Qianmen of Beijing within a day.

    When we left the station, we saw heavy lead clouds in the sky, pressing directly on the capital.  Although it was afternoon, there was no sunshine.  The cold wind of early autumn is blowing, which is quite chilly.  Suspecting that it was going to rain, Sun Yuanqi was also anxious to see Vera and her son. He rented a carriage and walked directly through the city without even entering the old house in the city, watching the Jingshi University winding away in the northwest corner.

    Since they met, Lao Zhao and Lao Zheng have been talking about how attractive and smart the young master is.  Although the child is not yet one month old, these words are just words to make Sun Yuanqi happy, but he never tires of hearing them.  The more I listened, the more I couldn¡¯t wait to see it.

    When I saw the house in front of the school from a distance, a few drops of rain finally fell from the gloomy sky.  The coachman had to rush back to the city. When it started to rain, he had to crack his whip a few times.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????? Sun Yuanqi took a quick glance in the car and saw a pen and ink shop selling the Four Treasures of the Study, a Nan Zaodian selling general merchandise, and even a tavern.

    When he was about to enter the school, Sun Yuanqi asked Lao Zhao and Lao Zhao to take the guests to Banshan Residence to settle down first, and also asked the canteen to prepare more food and drinks.  But I got out of the car and wanted to see the changes in the school.

    After a year of trials and tribulations, the school gate has lost its frivolous newness, gradually revealing its simplicity and gravity.  At the entrance, a few more rows were added to the stone tablets in the green space. It seemed that after I left, more people donated money. This is a good sign.  He came closer and took a closer look. "In the summer and May of the 24th year of Guangxu's reign, Sun Tao of Shouzhou, a bachelor of Tiren Pavilion, a minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, donated five thousand taels of silver to his family."  He was so moved that the next sentence made him stagger:

    ¡°In the summer and June of the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu¡¯s reign, Yuan Shikai of Chenzhou, the Governor-General of Zhili, the Minister of Beiyang, and Prince Shaobao of Jiabao, donated 10,000 taels of silver¡±

    After seeing Yuan Shikai¡¯s name, Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong, and Sheng Xuanhuai behind him were all in vain.  Holding the stone tablet with his hand, Sun Yuanqi thought: In more than ten years, this name will be similar to "Shanmu Tower". Do you want to keep it or not?

    Before I walked across the Fengyu Bridge, I heard commands coming from the playground: "Stand at attention!" "Turn right!" "Step forward!" with a Shandong flavor.  Sun Yuanqi recalled: When he went abroad in April, he made an agreement with Zhang Yuanji to organize a one-month military training for the whole school when school starts in September.  Military training is not compulsory. At the beginning, you can apply not to participate; after participating, you cannot withdraw.  At last count, it is now late September and the military training is coming to an end. I still don¡¯t know how effective it will be?  Thinking of this, I hurriedly took a few steps.

    After crossing the Fengyu Bridge, they saw Zhang Yuanji and Yan Fu coming to greet them: "Baixi, you're welcome!"

    "Thanks to you, everything is fine. These past few months have been very taxing for you!" Sun Yuanqi cupped his hands and bowed.

    The greetings are over.  Yan Fu smiled and said, "What a coincidence that Bai Xi is here! It happens to be Saturday, and various departments are organizing exercises!"

    Everyone stood on the edge of the playground and looked into the playground. They saw large and small squares lined up in the vast playground, with a total of two to three hundred people.  Everyone is wearing a modern military uniform with a gray top and trousers, except that there is a braid dragging under the military hat, which is somewhat awkward.

    "Bai Xi, the group of boy scouts closest to here is from the primary school and has the largest number of people. In addition to the children of the school janitor, the nearby mountain farmers heard that they did not have to pay for school and were given clothes, so they all sent their children one after another.  "The enlightened gentry in the city also asked people to send their children over. There were fifty or sixty people in front of and behind them like this." Zhang Yuanji introduced enthusiastically from the side.

    He then pointed to the area in the middle and said: "That area is the secondary school and the higher school. This summer, Nanyang Public School suppressed students' freedom of speech and provoked riots. More than 200 students dropped out of school in anger. Heqin and the students  They all wrote letters, hoping to come here to study. I already have a close relationship with them, and since the school was first built, we said that foreign students are welcome to attend and study here, so I took the liberty to agree. I hope Baixi will not blame me for being arbitrary.  "

    "What Mr. Jusheng did is absolutely right! How can you say it arbitrarily? Even I want to do it, but I just don't have the chance." Sun Yuanqi very much agreed with his approach of bringing in foreign aid.

    "The furthest away are the students from the university hall. This year's admissions for the three colleges of science, engineering, and medicine are very smooth, but judging from the scores, there are not many outstanding students. The two colleges of Chinese studies and literature are full of talents. According to the scores  Several senior gentlemen said that they were all selected from the best and couldn't bear to delete them. In the end, a few more places were added." Zhang Yuanji looked very excited when he said the last words, "I thought that the students in the university hall would not want to participate in military training, but the result was very  Out of the ordinarysp; According to Zhang Yuanji, in the past six months or so, with the help of the municipal company, municipal facilities including tap water, sewers, etc. have been completed and put into use.  At the same time, a small hydropower station was also repaired, and the electricity generated was not only enough to meet the needs of the school, but also produced a large surplus.  Electric lights have been used throughout the school.

    The Chunpu Building dormitory will be completed in May and June, and all students will move in for free.  ¡ª¡ªOf course, you will be charged for borrowing and reading.  The two teaching buildings and one laboratory building built on the top of the hill behind Tongwen Building are expected to be renovated before winter and delivered for use next year.

    In addition to normal enrollment, we have also hired many outstanding teachers from Japan, Shanghai and other places, including Einstein, Luo Zhenyu, and Wang Guowei.  Of course, as the number of teachers and students increases, problems begin to emerge: the cafeteria is too small and too crowded, the bathrooms are too few and crude, the classrooms are tight, and the library lacks books

    "The new building will be repaired soon, so the classroom problem is temporary and does not need to be considered. The size of the book collection takes time to accumulate. If it cannot be solved at once, it does not need to be considered." Sun Yuanqi said: "Then, let's discuss it first today  Where to build a bigger canteen and bathroom.¡±

    According to the survey by OC Architectural Design Office, there is a ravine between the front and middle parts of the school. Beyond the ravine are two undulating slopes, one large and one small. The large one covers more than 6,000 acres, and the small one covers more than 2,000 acres.  acres, very suitable for building a campus.  What we are considering now is how to gradually shift the focus of the school back.  As necessary facilities for survival, the location of the canteen and bathroom determines the living area of ??teachers and students.

    "Baixi, aren't you still planning to install that heater recently?" Zhang Yuanji was a little worried.

    "Yes!" Sun Yuanqi answered decisively.  When I first came to the Qing Dynasty, I was half-frozen to death. After I went to the United States in 1900, I discovered that since heating was invented in Europe in the 1880s and 1890s, it had quickly become popular in various countries, and wealthy families had regarded it as a daily necessity.  When I returned to China, I found that the suburbs of Beijing were completely uninhabitable in winter.  Therefore, before going to the United States this year, I made up my mind that at least Chengqi Pavilion would have heating this winter. "Heating must be built! I have already booked a radiator manufacturer in the United States. As long as the quantity and specifications are confirmed, I can ship it."

    "At the beginning of this year, the school's balance was less than 11,000 taels of silver. Later, two universities in the United States sent checks for 180,000 U.S. dollars, equivalent to 250,000 taels of silver. After you went abroad, officials at all levels donated 110,000 taels of silver, plus  The Commercial Press sent another 15,000 taels in manuscript fees. The total is 380,000 taels." Zhang Yuanji counted on his fingers, "However, in the past six months, just various municipal projects, construction costs, and salaries of teachers, students, and school workers,  It will cost nearly 100,000 taels before and after. If we build a canteen, bathhouse, heating, etc., 150,000 taels will not be enough this year. We can still support it next year, but what about the year after that? What about the year after that?"

    Sun Yuanqi looked at Zhang Yuanji's worried look and persuaded him: "Mr. Jusheng, don't worry. As long as this and next two years pass, there will be a relatively stable source of income, at least there will be no problem in maintaining the daily operation of the school. We are now going to put it as soon as possible."  The school is built so that students can study with peace of mind and teachers can teach with peace of mind.¡±

    In fact, he was thinking: after this year and next, regardless of whether Jamie's car factory can make a profit, or whether the radio broadcast can be used, as long as Mr. Bergman's MSG factory operates normally, tens of thousands of dollars a year will still be enough.  Guaranteed.  In this way, the salaries of teachers, students, and school workers will be no problem.

    "Okay." Zhang Yuanji looked at Sun Yuanqi's confident look and knew that he must have some solution, so he stopped thinking about it at the moment.

    This autumn rain has been falling intermittently for nearly a week.  Sun Yuanqi originally planned to wait for the weather to clear and take Vera and Xiao Nianzu to the city to visit his great uncle. Looking at the situation, one can imagine that the official road outside must be full of mud and water.  Had to give up.

    Just when Sun Yuanqi was planning to enter the city some time later, Lao Zhao came to the door with a man.  After reading the letter, Sun Yuanqi sighed: Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation, it seems there is still no way to escape!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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