That is, Luo Xin and Gao Gong are not fighting for power and profit in the cabinet, but Gao Gong should not interfere in our Ministry of Works, and they are very irresponsible about the reform of the Ministry of Works.

Gao Gong thought for a few days and definitely did not have conflicts with Luo Xin for the time being, because although Xu Jie left the cabinet, the Xu Party did not disband, and it was a huge force. His main political enemy was the Xu Party. At this time, it was very unwise to establish Luo Xin as a political enemy.

Therefore, Luo Xin suggested that the academy be nominated as the name of the Institute of Works, but Gao Gong did not object at all. Moreover, Luo Xin asked Emperor Longqing to personally give the word "name of the Institute of Works".

The Institute of Works is a land provided by the imperial court, and funded by the cabinet, and built by the Ministry of Works. Therefore, the Institute of Works is not a private school, but a college belonging to the state, similar to the Imperial College. Of course, all the officials of the imperial court did not take the Institute of Works seriously, and no one compared the status of the Institute of Works with the Imperial College.

Because Luo Xin has put forward the slogan of the Institute of Technology to revitalize science and technology.

science and technology?

hehe……

In the hearts of all officials, that is a group of craftsmen. Will there be scholars going to the institute? Will there be anyone going to the institute as teachers?

Everyone was waiting to read Luo Xin's joke.

At this time, four people were sitting in Luo Xin's duty room. Now Luo Xin is the second auxiliary to the cabinet and has his own independent duty room. Luo Xin is sitting in the first seat, with Lin Yuntong, Zhou Yu and Sharon sitting on both sides.

"Brother Haode, how is the academy built?" Luo Xin asked softly.

"It's almost done!" Zhou Yu said excitedly: "Mr. Sir, and the others are really amazing. There are many ways to speed up the progress. Make a few wheels and wrap them with a rope and lift a few weights of hundreds of kilograms. No, is this the technology you are talking about?"

"Not bad!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "You will see more technological power in the future. How long will it take to complete the work?"

"Ten days, give me ten days to complete the work. Of course, this is only the first part."

"This is enough for the time being. First, there is a house for class, then we will build a laboratory, dormitory building, etc., and we will also have to enclose the entire academy with a wall. This takes a long time and requires a lot of money. The one million allocated by the Ministry of Revenue is not enough."

"What should I do?" Zhou Yu said anxiously.

Luo Xin looked at Sharon with a smile and said, "Mr. Sharon, how did the cement I asked you to test in Hangzhou before?"

"It has been made a long time ago and has not received your orders, so it has not been produced."

"Okay!" Luo Xin said happily: "First build a kiln and start making cement. Then build a house with cement and build a wall. At the same time, the academy will form a construction team to build a house for others in the future. By building a house, it will naturally become famous for cement. Such a house is solid and solid, and not easy to catch fire, and will definitely be promoted soon. At that time, we will only sell cement, and the academy will not be short of money."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin turned his head and looked at Lin Yun and said, "Brother Lin, how are the recruitment of personnel?"

Lin Yuntong shook his head bitterly and said, "No scholar is willing to come to our institute to study. Instead, he recruited four scholars and was willing to come to the institute to teach."

"Only four scholars were recruited!" A hint of disappointment appeared on Luo Xin's face.

"It's not easy anymore." Lin Yuntong complained: "It's because these four scholars are too poor and cannot survive, so they are willing to come to our institute to teach. Now you don't know how all the officials are laughing at our Ministry of Works."

"Four is just four." Luo Xin said helplessly: "Have you received the recruitment of students?"

Lin Yuntong shook his head and said, "It's impossible to recruit at all."

Luo Xin frowned and said, "How did you recruit?"

When talking about this, Lin Yuntong said with a tired look on his face: "I visited the capital and many surrounding academies and posted notices, but no one came to our institute, especially when I heard that we were just for technology, not for the imperial examination, and all we got was ridicule."

Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "Brother Lin, your way of recruiting students is wrong."

"Why is it wrong?" Lin Yuntong was dissatisfied.

"Those scholars, or families with the conditions for studying, are already stupid. They only think about the imperial examinations. In the future, they will not consider the industrial schools like us that do not value the imperial examinations. We should face families without the conditions for studying. Those families usually send their children to various shops to apprenticeships, and they will not get a copper deposit for several years, but this has to be entrusted to others, just to learn the ability to live. Some poor families cannot afford to raise children at all and send them to slaves.

So, we should face these people. We don’t have tuition fees, and we also care about food and accommodation. In this way, we will definitely receive students.”

"That's it!" Lin Yuntong thought for a while and said, "This can receive students, and it can also receive a lot of them. However, such children cannot read a big word. If you want to teach them to read, it is impossible without years of hard work. What technology can such a person do?"

"It's not that troublesome to read, I will publish a textbook."

"You are out of the textbook?" Lin Yuntong looked surprised.

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "It should be no problem to teach those children that they know enough words within a year. You will be able to teach two courses in the first year, Chinese and mathematics."

“Chinese and mathematics?”

"Chinese is to recognize literacy and teach them the meaning of words, and mathematics is the number in the six arts."

"Teaching them to read in a year?" Lin Yuntong's face was even more surprised.

Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "I know it when it's time. By the way, let the four scholars live in our mansion today. Starting from tonight, I will teach them some Chinese and math knowledge every day. When you recruit all the students, they can teach those students."

"Sir, how much do you recruit?"

Luo Xin pondered for a moment and said, "All fifty people. When these fifty people are cultivated, we will have our own gentlemen."

"Then... sir!" Lin Yuntong hesitated for a moment and said, "Can I go and listen to the sir's lecture tonight?"

Luo Xin knew in his heart that this was a textbook that Lin Yuntong did not believe in the textbook he compiled, nor did he believe that he could teach those students enough words in a year. He nodded happily and said:

"Welcome to you." Then he turned to Zhou Yu and said, "Do you want to come and listen?"

"I can't ask for it!" Zhou Yu smiled, and he didn't believe it in his heart. He was all those who have studied hard, so how could it be so easy to read?

The three of them studied the reform of the Ministry of Works for a while and then dispersed.

dusk.

Luo Xin and Zhou Yu, Hai Zheng, Zhang Xun, Tao Xingyan, Yun Zhiqiu, Xu Shixing, and Chen Yiqin stood at the door. Zhou Yu compiled a textbook for Luo Xin, and told several people about the four scholars today. These people were very curious. After the time comes, they came to Luo Mansion with Luo Xin. At this time, they were waiting for Lin Yuntong at the door.

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