You are my golden finger

Chapter 107 The Spark of Civilization

After the staff was in place, the medical school began to recruit students. They enrolled boys and girls aged twelve to fourteen who had a certain level of literacy. Those with talent were trained to become doctors, while those with less talent were trained to become nurses, each getting what they deserved.

But there were not many boys and girls who could read in that era. Most of those who could read were children from wealthy families, all of whom were preparing for the imperial examinations, so not many students were recruited. Lin Xijin was not in a hurry, so she asked Shangguan Rui to recruit some in the capital, and asked Li Yuze to use his connections to recruit some in the prefectural capital and other counties.

I believe that after the charity school is opened, the medical school will have no shortage of students in a year or two.

There are not many students recruited, but there are quite a lot of patients who come here because of Lin Xijin's reputation.

The hospital affiliated with the medical school has a quiet environment, complete diagnosis and treatment and inpatient facilities, and mostly uses over-the-counter medicines. It has attracted many patients from nearby counties, and even some seriously ill patients from as far away as Kyoto have come here for hospitalization.

Lin Xijin has become busy because of this, especially for some serious illnesses that require surgery, which she currently treats personally. There are also some weak and seriously ill patients who need acupuncture treatment, which she also often treats.

However, this was equivalent to on-site teaching. Not only did Banxia and others gain a lot and grow rapidly, even several imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Service and famous doctors invited from various places were very impressed.

Rulin Bookstore has officially been put into use and started printing the first batch of books.

For the first batch of books, Lin Xijin asked the printing factory to print five categories of books.

The first category is ancient enlightenment books: "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames", "Thousand Character Classic", "Thousand Family Poems", "Sound and Rhythm Enlightenment" and the Four Books and Five Classics, which first met the needs of moral learning.

The second category is entertainment books: "Rulin Fairy Tales" Volume 1, "Journey to the West" Volume 1, "Legend of the New White Snake", among which "Rulin Fairy Tales" is a collection of classic fairy tales from various countries in modern times. Not only children love to read it, but adults also love it. The authors of the three books are all marked with the name "Rulin Shuhao".

The third category is mathematics books: Volumes 1 and 2 of Mathematical Classics, which summarize the contents of modern elementary school mathematics.

The fourth category is medical classics: "Huangdi Neijing", "Shennong Bencaojing", and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases".

The fifth category is agricultural classics: Volumes 1 and 2 of "Nongsang Ji Yao", but most of these books are given as gifts.

When the printing factory started printing, Shangguan Rui had already prepared bookstores in various places, just waiting for the books to be printed.

Of course, in order to transport books and other goods, General Wu and Murong Xu sent more useful veterans, which greatly alleviated the shortage of manpower.

August 24th was a good day, with bright sunshine and crisp autumn weather. On this auspicious day, Rulin Bookstores in various places opened simultaneously.

Because Shangguan Rui had distributed flyers in his own stores in various places earlier, many people also knew that Rulin Bookstore was opening today, and they also knew that the books sold in Rulin Bookstore were printed using the printing technology invented by Princess Jiahui. Everyone was curious, so the bookstore was crowded with people on the opening day, and the flow of people was particularly large.

Unexpectedly, people who originally only wanted to join in the fun could not put the book down once they picked it up. The price is low, the handwriting is clear, the paper quality is excellent, and the content is novel... If you spend less than two taels of silver, you will get a small gift such as a pencil, and if you spend more than ten taels of silver, you will get a 10% discount...

The problem is those three recreational books. Can you put them down after you pick them up? Will it be your turn to pick them up again after you put them down? There are people waiting to take the books from you!

Soon these three books were sold out, and there were few other books left.

This scene was played out simultaneously in bookstores across the country.

Therefore, the servants in the printing factory could only work overtime to print. Of course, they received generous wages and could expect bonuses.

With the appearance of these three books, the name "Rulin Shuhao" became famous throughout the country.

"Have you read the book by 'Rulin Shuhao'? Shuhao is so talented."

"His poems are also included in the Thousands of Poems. I remember one of them is called Autumn Lyrics, which goes like this: 'Since ancient times, people have felt sad and lonely when autumn comes. I say that autumn is better than spring. A crane flies above the clouds in the clear sky, and it brings poetic sentiment to the blue sky.' It is written with great vigor and heroic spirit!"

"Journey to the West has been shown in all the teahouses, but I don't know when the second volume will be released. I can't sleep at night waiting."

"Let's go to Yiyuan to watch a play. The Legend of the New White Snake is on stage and will start today."

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With the appearance of these three books, various lively scenes appeared one after another. Children in the streets and alleys were playing with golden hoop sticks, nine-toothed rakes, Snow White's toys and puppets, thus creating three little rich men, Xia Jia, Xin Lan and An An.

Of course, these toys were creatively designed by Xijia, Xinlan and Anan under the guidance of Lin Xijin.

Lin Xijin kept her promise and founded the "Jiaxin Toy Workshop" for the two girls. The toys they made were in short supply. The two little girls listened to and read a lot of stories, so the toys were updated quickly and made of unique materials, including ceramics, wood, fabrics, etc. Before others' copycat works came out, the new toys were already on the shelves.

The two girls were not greedy, they insisted on only taking 30% of the dividends, and insisted on giving one to An An, and the rest to Lin Xijin. Lin Xijin also let them do as they pleased, it was a good thing for the children to know how to be grateful, anyway, the money could be spent on them at any time.

The free schools in all towns and villages started to operate in early August, and each school enrolled about 500 students. The largest school was the large town of Qingtang, which enrolled 653 people. The school was free of tuition, provided books and accommodation for free, but students had to pay for their own meals.

The food in the school is quite good, but the cost is quite low, two copper coins for breakfast, three copper coins for lunch and dinner each, which means only eight copper coins a day.

If one really cannot afford to pay but still wants to continue his studies, he can use his rest time to help out in the school, doing things like cleaning, weeding, pruning, etc., to pay for his meals.

Qingyuan County deeply realized the importance of culture through Lin Xijin's repeated recruitment, so the villagers tightened their belts and would rather work harder to send their children to school. This move created a good situation of virtuous cycle development in Qingyuan County. In just three to five years, Qingyuan County became famous far and wide.

After Lin Xijin's patient guidance, the cement produced by the cement factory adjusted its proportion several times and finally met the standard. Lin Xijin asked Uncle Mu Xiong and Uncle Jian An to form the "Shilin Road Construction Team" and started the construction of the cement road from Shiziwo to Qingyuan County.

As for the Qinghe Guards brought by Sun Lingyun, 300 of them were left to help build the cement road, and the rest of the troops began to repair the roadbed from Qingyuan County to Kyoto, preparing to build a cement road from Qingyuan County to Kyoto. All expenses were paid by Murong Xu's funds, which was to say that he still used the assets obtained from "robbing the rich and helping the poor" in Lin Xijin's space.

However, there were also funds that were actually raised, for example, Shangguan Rui donated 100,000 taels of silver, General Wu and Taifu Lin each donated 50,000 taels, and the Empress Dowager, the Queen, and a group of ministers also made donations.

Murong Xu decided to erect a monument for these people, commend them strongly and make it known to the world.

The emperor ordered that half of the profits from the cement factory that Lin Xijin donated to the national treasury be invested in road construction projects.

This method of raising funds to build roads was directly adopted by counties and prefectures that built cement roads in other places, adding bricks and tiles to the road construction projects of the Jin Dynasty and establishing immortal achievements.

When Sun Lingyun received the task, he couldn't stop smiling. He led the team to set off immediately, as if he was afraid that someone else would snatch his task away.

Are you kidding! During the road construction period, not only did everyone have good food, but the tents, clothes, and bedding they lived in were all good things provided by the county lord, and there was also an extra wage subsidy. Not to mention him, any sergeant was looking forward to continuing to work at the construction site.

Moreover, many soldiers were noticed by girls while building roads, found their other half, and established happy families.