Zhang Yu and Chen Gong were both in civilian clothes, and they didn't bring guards this time, so the two of them went out of the city and went to Jiangdong Academy outside the city.

The two soon arrived at the academy.

After arriving at the academy, Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to enter, but walked around.

Chen Gong looked at Zhang Yu and said speechlessly: "Master Zhang, it should be me who should be curious, what the hell are you curious about?" ”

Zhang Yu smiled wryly and said, "Things are busy, I really don't know much about Jiangdong College, and I don't know how lively the academy is." ”

At this time, the area around Jiangdong College was very lively, and there were many inns and rented out offices two or three miles away.

Many of the people who live here are students from other local families, and a small number of them are students of Jiangdong Academy, but most of them cannot enter the academy.

The students here buy books for self-study, and if they don't understand, they ask the students in the college.

However, this is also an intelligence center, and students from all sides continue to send back the situation here.

However, Jiangdong didn't care about this, they sent books and knowledge back.

Zhang Yu also wanted to take the opportunity to expand his influence, and the information they got would not endanger Jiangdong's security.

When these people bring the information back, they will also have this description, knowing that there is such a sacred temple, which will only attract more people when the time comes.

Jiangdong College has expanded to 3,000 students, and Zhang Yu has the intention to expand further.

Chen Gong was speechless, the feelings Zhang Yu didn't specifically take him to learn about it, but he was not familiar with Jiangdong College.

Zhang Yu can't say that he is not familiar with it, but it has developed too fast in the past year or two, and he has no time to pay attention.

"Master Zhang, there are at least tens of thousands of people gathered around this academy." Chen Gong asked curiously.

Zhang Yu nodded and said: "Our preliminary estimate is that there are more than 17,000 people, and there are still people from all over the world every day, and some leave, which has greatly driven the local economy, and those who can come here at their own expense are all rich people, and there are a lot of people selling books, stationery and wine around." ”

More than 10,000 students from other places have a high daily living expenses, and those who can come at their own expense must be the children of the family, of course, a small number of them are poor, but in addition to studying, the poor also have to find things to do to support themselves.

Zhang Yu said again: "However, according to our estimates, there are more than 3,000 people in the past month, and the number is still increasing. ”

Chen Gong suddenly stopped and asked, "Is it because of the imperial examination?" ”

"That's right, the impact of the imperial examination is huge, and tens of thousands of people may participate in it at that time, and tens of thousands of talents will be available for me to choose from." Zhang Yu said.

For the first imperial examination, Zhang Yu attached great importance to it, and the specialized people were already preparing nervously, and Zhang Yu often asked in person.

Chen Gong was in a trance, others wanted to recruit talents, it was difficult, and he had to invite him in person several times, but Zhang Yu was different, tens of thousands of people came from all over the world for him to use.

Chen Gong only sighed, there is no way to compare people compared to people.

Zhang Yu can gather tens of thousands of talents at once, and these talents will have a huge effect in the future.

After a long time, who else can compete with Zhang Yu.

This talent alone will be incomparable to the princes.

Chen Gong continued to follow Zhang Yu into the academy.

Walking around the academy, Chen Gong was immediately fascinated.

The college is very large, not crowded at all, the classrooms are separated, and there are many places where teachers can give lectures publicly.

When Chen Gong arrived, he saw Lu Zhi giving a public lecture in a pavilion.

There are more than 100 students listening to the lecture below.

When Lu Zhi gave a public lecture, it was usually what new doctrine and new viewpoint he had studied.

By giving public lectures and discussing with his students, he was able to refine his doctrine.

Lu Zhi has been teaching here for many years, and he no longer despises these students, many of whom have their own opinions and can often ask good questions to make themselves have an epiphany.

Zhang Yu listened to Chen Gong for a while, and Chen Gong felt very fresh here.

After turning around, Chen Gong had to marvel at how deep the Jiangdong Academy had been.

There are hundreds of teachers, not to mention all of them are at the master level, and many of them are really good at the level in their respective fields.

Chen Gong felt that he had entered a wonderful palace, where he was full of masters, and he could learn skills by chatting with anyone casually.

"Gongtai, how is it here? How about teaching here? After turning around, Zhang Yu led Chen Gong to a reception room, and then asked.

Chen Gong smiled bitterly and said: "In the past, I was often self-righteous and felt that I had some ability, but when I got here, I found that there seemed to be no shortage of me. ”

Chen Gong was a little frustrated, many people here have studied for many years, and they have rich resources, and their level is much higher than that of themselves.

This is not nonsense, Chen Gong's own resources are always limited, and in the academy, there are many books that others cannot touch in a lifetime, and there are a few masters who can communicate vertically and horizontally, and have a wider horizon.

Although Chen Gong was born in a rich family, when he was young, he could only read his own collection of books, and later there was no endless supply of books to read.

Zhang Yu said to him: "There is no need to be arrogant in the public platform, Mr. naturally has Mr. Cleverness, you have rich experience, which is not available in the academic school, Mr. also has a lot of unique opinions, and knowledge can only be higher through collision." ”

Zhang Yu's words made Chen Gong feel better.

When Zhang Yu and them were chatting, two students did not go to class, but chatted in a corner.

"Shiyuan, have you really decided?"

"Kong Ming, I decided, I went back to Jingzhou before, and asked my grandfather and teacher, but they didn't have any opinions." Pang Tong said.

Zhuge Liang nodded, the two of them were star students of the academy, and Zhang Yu secretly interfered, giving them a lot of freedom, so that they could freely learn what they wanted to learn.

After the two were silent for a while, Pang Tong said, "Kong Ming, do you really plan to stay for the scientific expedition?" ”

Kong Ming said with certainty: "Being able to compete with the world's talents is also a great joy in life." ”

"Jiangdong is suitable for you, but not for me, I am good at scheming, and you are suitable for governance, you agree with many views of Jiangdong, and government affairs are even more complicated, which is very suitable for people like you." Pang Tong said.

"Shi Yuan, do you have any plans after you leave?" Zhuge Liang asked again.

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "Most of the princes in the world, except for Zhang Yu and Cao Cao, who can make people look high, no one can let me serve at present, I will go back to Jingzhou first, learn more from my grandfather, and as for the office, I am not in a hurry." ”

Zhuge Liang did not continue to persuade Pang Tong, he had already decided to leave, this Jiangdong was not suitable for him, but Pang Tong also had ambitions.

"Here, I wish you a good score in the exam, according to Zhang Yu's words, it is the title of the gold list." Pang Tong said.

"When are you leaving?"

"I'll leave when I've sorted out my notes and books at Jiangdong Academy."

(End of chapter)