Chapter 799 The Old Pan Family Made a Profit

"The elementary school class is free, but these two classes require tuition."

"The first year of the accounting class is five hundred coins; the second and third years are one tael of silver. If you want to continue studying after three years, the annual tuition will be increased to two taels of silver. After another three years, you must graduate."

"Four years of elementary school, and another six years of accounting class, a total of ten years, not to mention being an accountant, even if it is to take the examination to become a clerk, it is enough. There is no reason to stay in the town school and rely on your family for support."

"The above is the plan for the town school's accounting class."

"For the imperial examination class, the tuition for the first three years is the same as for the accountant class. After three years, if you want to continue studying, the annual tuition is also two taels of silver. After another three years, you will start taking the county examination."

"From now on, the amount of tuition will be determined by the county examination results. Those who pass the county examination will be exempted from one year of tuition, and will receive an annual tuition of two taels of silver in the second year."

"Those who pass the prefectural examination will be exempted from three years of tuition fees, and can prepare for the academy examination with peace of mind. After three years, those who fail the academy examination and want to continue the imperial examination will be charged an annual tuition fee of two taels of silver. After another three years, those who still fail will be considered by the town academy to consider their current knowledge and persuade them to quit, or send them to another academy to study, improve their knowledge, and strive for the title of scholar again."

"Those who pass the examination will be called scholars. Whether they go to study in the provincial school or other large places, the town school will support them for three years, with 30 taels of silver per year."

"After three years, if a student fails to pass the imperial examination, his or her financial aid will be cut off...If a student can become a scholar, he or she should be able to earn a living. The town school does not want to produce nerds who only know how to study but not how to earn a living."

"Three years later, if someone passes the imperial examination, the town society will provide him with 100 taels of silver to cover his expenses when he goes to Beijing to take the imperial examination."

As the clerk read it out, the eyes of the village heads present lit up... Money, all this hard cash!

If their descendants work hard, they can get the money for free.

clang clang.

The clerk knocked the small gong again to wake them up, and said, "Please remember, the exemption from tuition and subsidies mentioned just now are all based on the output of the school fields and shops to support the town school. If the output cannot provide, the subsidies given by the town school will be reduced. You must explain this clearly to the villagers, and don't make any trouble!"

"Hey, hey, hey, we've remembered it. We will make sure to explain it clearly. Please rest assured, clerk!" The head of the village responded.

The clerk Guan said, "The imperial examination class and the accounting class have quarterly exams. The top three in the quarterly exams can be exempted from tuition fees."

"This is good, this is good, this way those bastards will work hard!" Village chief Zhou agreed with giving rewards for the quarterly exams, which can motivate the bastards to study harder.

Ding ding, the clerk struck the gong and said, "There are many other jobs in this world besides being an accountant or taking the imperial examination. If the town school has the ability in the future, we will add other classes to teach the students how to make money and live."

"But at present, the town school still focuses on teaching children to read and do math."

Everyone agreed, and they all felt like they had found gold: "I understand, it's great that we can let the kids learn to read and write for four years for free."

"The location of the town school is between the old and new streets, in front of the Qin family's medicinal materials workshop, near the big village road."

To the left and right of the town school are the Old Street and the New Street, in front is the Dacun Road, and behind is the Qin family medicinal materials workshop.

It can be said that the addition of the town school completely merged the old and new streets and expanded Taifeng Town by twice its size.

"Does the town school provide meals for the clerk?" asked Village Chief Cao cautiously.

Shuli Guan: "The town school has a big canteen, but it doesn't care about the students' meals. Students either bring their own dry food or pay if they want to eat at the town school."

"Ah? No food?!" Village chief Cao felt so painful that he wanted to persuade them, but when he met the clerk's all-knowing eyes, he swallowed his words back.

Guan Shuli: "Qin Shuli, distribute these agreed matters to the heads of the villages. When you return to the village, you must hold a meeting for the villagers, explain these matters clearly, and ask them to sign and put their fingerprints, so that they won't lie and say they didn't know."

Guan Shuli already understood the nature of his fellow villagers.

After hearing this, the heads of the village all felt embarrassed.

"Yeah." Qin Cunquan responded and distributed a hundred copies of the "Town School Agreement" to the head of the neighborhood and village, giving each person two copies.

"Both copies must be signed and fingerprinted. One copy will be kept in the village, and the other copy will be submitted to the town clerk's office." Qin Cunquan instructed.

"Okay, I understand." The village heads responded and carefully packed up the agreement.

Guan Shuli continued, "If you have good candidates for teachers, you can inform the Silifang, and the Silifang will ask the county government to investigate. If they are suitable, the Silifang will personally invite the teachers to teach."

"Hey, hey, hey, thank you, Shuli Guan. We will definitely recommend good candidates for the town school!" The heads of the neighborhood and villages have already turned their heads to think about which relatives of their own are qualified to be teachers of the town school?

Duh!

Old Man Pan slammed the ground with his cane, snorted, and walked away with a sullen face.

Tsk, the village heads knew why the old man was acting crazy. Didn’t he just want all the descendants of the Pan family to come to the town school to teach?

But your descendants couldn't even pass the exam to become a student, so how can they become teachers in the town school and earn a stable and high salary every month?

The descendants of the Pan family were all a little embarrassed.

But Pan Laotong got angry too early, and Guan Shuli had not yet finished speaking.

"The town school was proposed by Mr. Pan, who did his best to promote it. Many people in Taifeng Town were also educated by Mr. Pan, and there will be multiple classes in the town school, so several teachers are needed. The clerk's office and Mr. Qin both suggested that two teacher quotas be given to Mr. Pan's family. Do you have any objections?"

Yes, they have big objections!

But Old Man Pan was stubborn, abusive and was about to die. They did not dare to confront him, fearing that he would die and they would be responsible for the death of a human.

So no one objected.

The two elders Zhou and Lu were the first to express their opinions: "We, the Zhou and Lu families, agree."

“Our village agrees.”

"Okay." The clerk Guan nodded with satisfaction, motioned for the Pan family to stay, and said, "The matter of the town school has been settled. All the village heads can go back to the village and get busy."

"Hey hey hey!" The headmen of the village left Silifang and told the people outside the good news.

The Qin, Jiang, Xu, Qiao and other families, as well as the Pan family, were the rear guard.

The clerk handed four registration books to the descendants of the Pan family: "Two are for the teachers of the town school, and two are for the other types of workers in the town school. You Pan family can assign the candidates yourselves."

Pan Laoda was holding four grid books, and he was so excited that he almost cried. He said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Guan Shuli, and thank you, Mr. Qin. My Pan family will definitely work hard."

In the past ten years, the number of families asking the Pan family to teach them has been decreasing year by year. Unfortunately, Mr. Pan prides himself on being a family of honor and would not allow his children to work as clerks for merchants just to make a living, which has made life increasingly difficult for the family.

During the Chinese New Year, dumplings are made with two-grain flour. Even the female workers in the Qin family can eat white flour dumplings stuffed with meat!

As he thought about it, Boss Pan burst into tears.

"Dad, don't cry. Today is a happy day for our Pan family." The eldest grandson of the Pan family persuaded Pan Lao Da.

"Yes, yes, yes. Today is a happy day. No need to cry." Pan Lao Da wiped his tears, thanked the clerk Guan and Grandpa Qin, took the four registration grid books, and went to find Pan Lao Tongsheng happily and anxiously.