The conversation with Chu Yuncheng was very pleasant. Hua Kai also felt that Chu Yuncheng's fondness for the Hua family was constantly increasing. In just a short while, his loyalty had increased by more than 10 points, reaching 29 points. This was considered a very friendly value to the Hua family.
In the next few days, the Huajiabao City Gate was closed. The workshop was operating at full capacity. The papermaking workshop increased the number of workers and could produce tens of thousands of pieces of paper every day.
After these pieces of paper were cut, they could be printed and bound into hundreds of sets of "Three Kingdoms" novels. Hua Kai let the workshop continue to print 100 sets of "Three Kingdoms" every day. The Hua family's library accumulated more and more "Three Kingdoms" books.
As for the four-wheeled triple shock absorber carriage that Hua Kai had mentioned, a new model had appeared. Hua Kai personally tested the carriage and it was indeed more stable than before. It was easier for the horse to pull it, and it didn't take much effort for such a carriage to pull a 30 stone load. However, the brakes required a special hand brake and someone had to help. Otherwise, it would be easy to collide with the carriage in front.
The carriage had changed from 10 stone load to 30 stone load. The significance of this was self-evident.
Currently, not many people paid attention to the change in the Hua family's carriage. However, it was believed that in the spring of next year, the Hua family's carriage would be developed by other families. There would be more people coming to Fort Wah Ka to ask about the carriage. When that time came, the Hua family's carriage would also become a big source of income for the family.
As one of the most important businesses of the Hua family, the weapons workshop was now producing three times more weapons than before. The quality of the weapons had also improved a lot. Most of the weapons produced were stored in the warehouse, waiting to be transported to the grasslands next year in exchange for a large sum of money.
The brewery was the most mysterious in Fort Wah Ka. Hua Kai knew that the brewery could produce about 20 barrels of wine every day. All the barrels were placed in three different areas according to the quality of the wine. The wine cellar under the brewery began to be filled with all kinds of fine wine.
There were more than 300 people working in the brewery area. This had already exceeded 1/4 of the total population of Fort Wah Ka. Excluding the children and the elderly, this ratio was already very exaggerated.
On the 1st of December, as all the trees and leaves outside the village fell, the ground was covered in white frost in the morning. Groups of dire beasts began to appear in Fort Wah Ka. The expansion of the village protection team had been completed in the past few days.
The new village protection team was made up of three small teams, led by Hua Yue, Erzhuang, and Han Jinsheng respectively. Hua Zichen was the captain, and Yu Jun was the vice-captain......, 30 experts at the late stage of the Initial Yuan Stage......................
The Hua Family's strength this year was several times stronger than last year's. Everyone was confident that the Desolate Beast horde would attack the city this year, but Hua Kai had asked Hua Zichen to take the worst possible emergency measures. Only by taking into account the possibility of failure could they ensure that everything was fine. This principle was not wrong.
On this day, Hua Kai came to Fort Wah Ka Village School. Today was the day school started.
Fort Wah Ka stipulated that all illiterate people had to go to Huajiabao School to study. After they completed their studies and passed the assessment, they would be issued a special diploma. With the diploma, people from other villages would be able to work in all the workshops, village protection teams, shops, spirit farms, and other Hua family businesses in the village.
This made it necessary for people who wanted to live in Fort Wah Ka for a long time to understand basic history and writing.
More than 500 students came to the school today. More than half of them were adults over the age of 20. The rest were mostly children from the villages affiliated to Fort Wah Ka.
Huajiabao School provided free tuition for both adults and children. Food was also provided. This was unimaginable in this world. Many villagers from the affiliated villages saw the opportunity and even their families came to sign up.
On the first day of school, there was an examination. All adults over the age of 18 could only go to the adult literacy class. The remaining 200 students would be divided into three groups: Heaven, Earth, and Human.
Currently, there were only ten people from the Hua Family in Sky Class 1. However, there were quite a number of people in Class 2, with a total of twenty-four people. Most of their aptitudes were B-grade and above, and those with B-grade aptitudes were all children of the Old Hua Castle. For this assessment, Hua Kai, Hua Xing, and the other core members of the Hua Family were the examiners. It was obvious that they were biased towards the Hua Family.
Sky Class 3 also had about 20 people. The weakest of them was B-grade and above. These 50 plus students from the Sky Class not only studied for free, but also received scholarships based on their exam results. The Hua family would try their best to give them good resources. They could go to the spirit fields to feel the abundant spiritual energy. Hua Kai would also give them elixirs to improve their strength from time to time. Of course, this had to be done secretly.
There were more people in the Earth Class 1. Earth Class 1 was a female class with about 40 people. They were all new villagers that Hua Kai bought from the grasslands. Earth Class 2 was from Fort Wah Ka. They were all outstanding children. There were both boys and girls. There were about 40 people in one class.
Earth Class 3 was made up of B-grade youths brought back from the grasslands. Earth Class 4 was made up of people who had connections in the village. Most of them were Hua Kai's brothers or uncles. They were not willing to go to the Human Class.
The girls in Earth Class 1 were all A-grade and above. Earth Class 2 and 3 were mostly B-grade and above. The few who were C-grade and above were all old villagers that Hua Kai took care of. He did not want the whole class to be taken over by the new villagers.
The school provided meals for the Earth Class every day. If they had good grades, they would receive scholarships. If their monthly exam results were good, they could also be promoted to the Sky Class.
Because the average aptitude of the students in Huajiabao School was too high, as long as they could keep up with their studies, all the students in Earth Class 3 and above had a chance to enter the Tempered Body Realm before the age of 15. From there, they could enter the Guang County Academy to further their studies.
As for the Human Class, they were basically all C + grade and below. These were the children of the villagers in Fort Wah Ka. There were also some children from the neighboring villages. To Fort Wah Ka, their value was not high. The remaining 100 plus students in Huajiabao School were all placed in the Human Class.
The school would also adjust their classes based on their monthly exam results. If their results were outstanding, they could be placed in the Earth Class.
In the Human Class, other than the simplest meals, only the top three students in the class could receive scholarships. Moreover, the number of scholarships was very small.
The teachers in the school were all students invited from Guang County. The students' martial arts and mental cultivation methods were personally taught by the members of the Hua family. Hua Kai would also give an ideological education class to all the classes at least once a week. From a young age, he would train the students to be loyal to the family.
After the groups were divided, Hua Kai saw that all the students had entered their classes. The teacher gave everyone a small booklet. Everyone carefully kept it. This was a free textbook given out by the school.
Hua Kai, Hua Zichen, Yu Jun, Xu Hua, and the rest had discussed many times over the past few days. They arranged six courses for the students: General Knowledge, History, Martial Arts, Mental Cultivation, Ideological Education, and Elementary Understanding of the Hundred Schools of Thought. They also divided the courses into three books according to the difficulty level. As long as the students understood the contents of these textbooks well, it would be enough for them to enter the Guang County Academy.
All the textbooks were printed on paper. The textbooks could only be left in the school and could not be taken away. The Hua family had put in a lot of effort for the school in the village.
After staying in the school for a day, all the teachers took turns to teach the students. There were six classes in a day, and at least three classes were taught. Sometimes, several classes could be taught together. Hua Kai gave the first ideological education class to the ten classes.
In the evening, when all the students were dismissed from school, the martial arts field started again. The students did not go home. They went to the martial arts field after leaving the school and got into the horse stance. They would not go home until the evening practice was over.
Hua Kai looked at the martial arts field for a while. These students had only been in the school for a day. The discipline of the evening practice was much better than usual. After listening to the professional teacher's explanation, the [Air Splitting Spear] was much better than before.
As he stared at the martial arts field for the evening practice, Hua Kai suddenly saw Chu Yuncheng chatting with Xu Hua in the spirit field. Therefore, he went to Xu Hua's house in the spirit field.
"Greetings, Family Head!" Xu Hua saw Hua Kai coming over and said.
"No need to be so polite. President Chu is our family's distinguished guest. Lao Xu, you have to treat him well!" Hua Kai looked at Chu Yuncheng and said to Xu Hua with a smile.
"The Hua family is really full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons!
Mr. Xu's talent is hidden in the Hua family. With Mr. Xu's attainments in spirit plants, the Farmer's family will definitely have another big shot in the future! "Chu Yuncheng looked at Xu Hua and said sincerely.
Today, Chu Yuncheng had nothing to do and wandered around Fort Wah Ka. The more he looked, the more he felt that the Hua family was different from ordinary families, and even aristocratic families.
Everyone's support for Hua Kai and the Hua Family was inconceivable. Many people had a trace of worship and expectation towards the Hua Family, which made him very surprised.
Chu Yuncheng came to the martial arts field and saw that there was a spirit field cultivated here. Moreover, the spirit rice was growing very well, so he walked over.
At first glance, Chu Yuncheng found that he couldn't see through Xu Hua. Xu Hua was like a cloud of fog. Chu Yuncheng used his Xiantian spiritual power to perceive him, but he couldn't sense his cultivation. Instead, the pressure around him was getting stronger and stronger. Some special talismans vaguely flashed around him. These talismans could only be sensed by those above the Xiantian Realm.
"Lao Xu's ability is unquestionable. Without Lao Xu, our Hua family wouldn't have been able to grow the spirit rice." Hua Kai looked at Chu Yuncheng and praised Xu Hua.
"Patriarch, you don't have to be like this. All of this is what I should do!" Xu Hua said excitedly after receiving Hua Kai's praise.
Chu Yuncheng was speechless. Only a Xiantian Realm expert could make him feel threatened.
Xu Hua was a Xiantian Realm expert stronger than him, but he was so humble to Hua Kai. Was it because of the alchemy master behind Hua Kai?
Hua Kai dared to take on the task of refining the longevity medicine. It was obvious that the alchemy master's skills were extraordinary. Thinking back to the day when he gave the prescription to Hua Kai for less than an hour, Hua Kai had already returned and told him that the results would be out in seven days. Where could Hua Kai have run to in such a short time?
He probably couldn't even return to Guang County.
In this way, the alchemy master's location could be confirmed. He was in Fort Wah Ka. Only such a Xiantian Realm expert would be willing to stay here.
What Chu Yuncheng didn't know was that the growth of the spirit rice and the planting of some spiritual herbs was mostly due to the effects of the Spirit Gathering Array. It had nothing to do with Xu Hua's half-baked planting skills.
Hua Kai was too lazy to explain. Since Chu Yuncheng wanted to think this way, then let him think so. In just a short while, Hua Kai discovered that Chu Yuncheng's loyalty had increased by 3 points, reaching 36 points. This made it difficult for him to be hostile to Hua Kai.
On the second day of December, it suddenly started to snow. The children and adults of the Huajiabao School all walked into the school.
The workshop area was still bustling with activity. The village protection team was constantly patrolling every corner of the village. The entire Hua family was thriving.
Hua Kai came to Chu Yuncheng's room in the morning. Chu Yuncheng felt his arrival and opened the door in advance. Today was the seventh day of refining the longevity medicine that Hua Kai had mentioned.
"Hua Jiazhu, has the longevity medicine been refined successfully?"
Chu Yuncheng asked anxiously when he saw Hua Kai coming over alone. He knew that there was news about the longevity medicine refining.
"I didn't disappoint you!" Hua Kai said with a smile.
He took out a purple gold sandalwood box. This was the best box that Hua Kai could find. When he opened the box, he saw that there were three layers of pill aura revolving around the Hundred Longevity Pill. When the air came into contact with the Hundred Longevity Pill, it turned into mist. This was because the medicinal properties of the pill were too strong.