Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 1216 Epilogue : Office Play
These self-funded students who live in external dormitories have a full schedule of classes every day.

Because most of them have not formed good reading habits, it is undoubtedly harder than climbing to the sky to get them to study after class.

On the contrary, students in inner dormitories have much fewer courses and have ample time to manage themselves.

Although Xie Yan has two classes every day, he plans to let his teaching assistant take charge of one of them in the future. The teaching assistant will not teach new things, but only do consolidation exercises.

"Please raise your hands if you are enrolling this year." Xie Yan sat on the podium.

There are 25 students in the class, and about half of them raised their hands.

The rest are all repeaters... to be more precise, students who have been retained or demoted.

Even though they were all in the same dormitory, they were divided into different classes. The names of the classes were quite elegant, such as Duxing, Siqi, Mingde, Yangxin, Qiusuo, etc.

There are monthly and quarterly exams every semester, and the quarterly exams are equivalent to midterm and final exams.

If you pass every monthly and quarterly exam, you can be promoted to a higher grade in the next semester, and your promotion to a higher grade will be determined by your grades.

If you pass all the exams in a year and rank among the top in the dormitory promotion exam, then the self-funded students in the outer dormitory can become publicly funded students in the inner dormitory.

On the contrary, if you often fail the monthly and quarterly exams, you will be demoted in the next semester.

This class is called "Qiusuo Class" and is one of the worst classes in the dormitory. They are either self-funded students who have just enrolled, or students who have been retained or demoted.

"Your name is Ding Shaoyan, right?" Xie Yan looked at someone.

Ding Shaoyan stood up and tried to get closer to him: "My Lord Prince Consort..."

Xie Yan interrupted immediately: "You can call him a bachelor, or a lecturer, or just call him teacher or sir. This is a school, there are no prince consorts, only teachers and students!"

"Yes, yes...Mr. Xie." Ding Shaoyan sat down awkwardly, not daring to make friends anymore.

Xie Yan asked, "How many years have you been studying at the Imperial College?"

Ding Shaoyan said: "Two years."

"It's been two years, and you're still in this pursuit class?" Xie Yan said again.

"Hahahaha!"

A group of students laughed, most of them were Ding Shaoyan’s bad friends.

Ding Shaoyan glared at his classmates who were mocking him: "Aren't you the same? Some people have been studying in this class for three years. If they don't move up to a new dormitory next year, they will be expelled!"

But those bad friends were still laughing. They didn’t care about being expelled. They just came to the Imperial College to make friends and spend time.

Xie Yan flipped through the student roster and said, "The first place in the freshman entrance exam for the Seeking Class is Du Kuang. Who is Du Kuang? Introduce yourself."

A student of about seventeen or eighteen stood up and bowed to Xie Yan first, then to his classmates: "My name is Du Kuang, courtesy name Yizhi, from Quwo, Shanxi. I graduated from Jinzhou Prefecture School (high school) with the seventeenth place, and passed the examination to become a scholar this spring."

Xie Yan nodded in approval. Although this man was also a self-funded student, he did not come to Luoyang to spend his days idle.

I estimate that I will be promoted to a higher class in the next semester and my grades will be relatively high in the outer dormitory. If I work harder and have talent, I may be able to be promoted to the inner dormitory in two or three years.

Xie Yan asked: "Since you have passed the examination for the title of scholar this spring, why don't you take the examination for the title of juren?"

Du Kuang replied: "It is a stroke of luck that I was able to pass the examination."

Then, Xie Yan asked all the freshmen to introduce themselves.

But unfortunately, not many people actually come here to study.

Although Du Kuang was the top freshman in the Qiusuo class, he was ranked outside the top 200 in the entire outer dormitory. Those with good academic performance were assigned to better classes upon enrollment.

"Are you the grandson of the King of Ceylon?" Xie Yan was also quite curious about the international students.

"That's right," Xia Gongchen bowed respectfully, "I'm here to greet Master Xie!"

Xie Yan had only heard of Ceylon black tea, but after he traveled through time, he often played with the globe and learned that Ceylon was Sri Lanka.

When can we go and have fun?

Xie Yan then asked Ding Shaoyan, "Is Wu Yaochen, who hit me with a wreath on the wedding day, also studying at the Imperial Academy?"

Could it be that the prince consort holds a grudge against him?

Ding Shaoyan immediately felt something was wrong and quickly replied respectfully, "He studied at the Imperial College last year, but because he failed the exams many times, his family arranged for him to go to the Luoyang Military Academy this year."

Xie Yan said nothing more and started the class directly: "You have been exposed to chemistry before, but it should be superficial knowledge. Today I will start from the beginning. Close all your chemistry textbooks!"

what?
The students looked at Xie Yan, thinking they had heard it wrongly.

Xie Yan said: "Close the chemistry textbook, take out a pen and paper, and write down the key points of my lecture."

The students were confused and did as they were told subconsciously.

Xie Yan stood up with a piece of chalk in his hand, turned around and wrote the word "physics" on the blackboard.

Regardless of whether the new students who enrolled this year are just here to have fun or not, they all seem to be listening to the lectures seriously.

But those old students who were demoted or retained were all returning students. They were already absent-minded as soon as the class started.

Some people took out their novels, while others were daydreaming.

Ding Shaoyan pretended to take notes, but was actually writing a piece of paper, which he crumpled into a ball and threw to the person at the next table.

The person at the next table opened the note and read it, then made eyes at Ding Shaoyan.

Xie Yan said: "Physics is the study of the principles of all things. So what is chemistry?"

He then wrote the word "Chemistry" on the blackboard.

While Xie Yan turned around to write on the blackboard, Ding Shaoyan threw a wooden stick to the person at the next table. This stick was usually used to train fighting cocks.

"Chemistry is the study of the biochemistry of all things. But is water turning into ice chemistry? No, it does not produce any new substances."

"What, then, is matter?"

Xie Yan turned around and wrote on the blackboard again.

The person sitting at the table next to Ding Shaoyan received the cockfighting stick and poked it fiercely at Xia Gongchen in front of him.

Xia Gongchen was listening to the lecture attentively when he was suddenly hit in the butt. He turned around and glared at the person behind him.

Ding Shaoyan and the man at the next table covered their mouths and laughed.

Xie Yan had a blank expression on his face. He put down the chalk and picked up the ruler: "Ding Shaoyan, Xing Dazhong, you two come here."

The two young rascals had no choice but to walk to the podium.

"Stretch out your left hand." Xie Yan said.

Xing Dazhong reached out his hand obediently.

Ding Shaoyan still wanted to defend himself: "Master Xie, this has nothing to do with me. It's Xing Dazhong who is making trouble."

Xie Yan was too lazy to waste words: "If you don't reach out, I'll slap you in the face."

"Really with me...ah!"

Xie Yan had already hit Ding Shaoyan with a ruler, leaving a purple mark on his left cheek.

So cool!

You hit me with a wreath on the way to the wedding, didn't you? You even knocked my groom's hat askew!

"Spread your hands!" Xie Yan repeated.

Ding Shaoyan really wanted to bring his father forward, but the man in front of him was the son-in-law of the Qin Kingdom's eldest princess.

The young man was filled with rage, but he could only reach out his hand obediently.

Xie Yan had a serious face, but he was very happy in his heart. It felt so good to take revenge for personal gain.

Pa, pa, pa, pa. Four fierce blows from the ruler made Ding Shaoyan's expression distorted with pain.

That Xing Dazhong was also beaten with five sticks.

Xie Yan said to the two of them, "Go to the back row of the classroom and listen to the lecture. Stand straight and don't whisper to each other."

The two young thugs walked to the back of the classroom, thinking about how to take revenge, but they didn't dare to do it because of the status of the prince consort. Xie Yan said to the whole class: "I know some of you are here to hang out. If you don't want to listen to the lecture, you can lie down and sleep. If anyone dares to disturb the students who are willing to listen to the lecture, don't blame me for being too ruthless!"

"Sir, can I really...really sleep?" a student asked hesitantly.

Xie Yan said: "Just stop snoring."

"Hahaha!"

The whole class burst into laughter.

Well, when Xie Yan started to give the lecture again, five or six of them suddenly lay down. Two or three others did not lie down but took out their novels without hesitation.

Xie Yan began by explaining the concepts of pure substances and mixtures, and finally came to the conclusion: "Chemical changes are changes in molecules and atoms. The properties of substances during chemical changes are called chemical properties... Let's do an experiment. Before doing the experiment, I will teach you how to recognize and use chemical experimental equipment."

The chemistry of this time and space is difficult to explain. The basic chemical knowledge that Xie Yan learned at the beginning is now at the forefront of academic research.

He even had to rebuild the chemistry.

There are also many names of compounds that are different from the original name. For example, Ming Dynasty chemists called potassium permanganate "black acid powder". Although it was often used in experiments, they knew nothing about the chemical composition of potassium permanganate.

Therefore, the chemical formula of the heating experiment of potassium permanganate can only be expressed in words as follows: black acid powder → gray acid powder + unknown isocyanate + oxygen.

In the first class, we only taught basic chemistry concepts and didn’t really get into the main topic.

……

After class time.

After making sure that Xie Yan had gone far away, the two students who were punished to stand finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A few other students came over and pretended to comfort them, but they were actually just laughing and making fun of them.

The two were too embarrassed to save face and resorted to peeing tricks to go to the toilet.

"Did he beat me in vain?" Ding Shaoyan asked.

Xing Dazhong said, "Can you still fight back? He is the son-in-law of the emperor. Although he has no real power, if you meet him, even the ministers will have to be polite to him. Besides, he is still a teacher. If the student makes a mistake, the teacher will punish him. It is reasonable no matter where you put it."

"I can't swallow this!" said Ding Shaoyan.

Xing Dazhong sighed, "Oh, let's admit defeat. From now on, we will just sleep during his class."

Ding Shaoyan said sternly, "I will definitely find a chance to take revenge later!"

Xing Dazhong chuckled twice, knowing that this guy was just talking nonsense.

Xie Yan strolled back to the office, and along the way teachers and students came to greet him from time to time.

Especially for chemistry teachers, because of the emergence of the agate balance, a lot of knowledge has been overturned by experiments in the past two or three months, and there is no time to compile new teaching materials. They don’t know how to teach anymore!
"I am also still studying how to teach, and I am trembling with fear and treading on thin ice." Xie Yan said to several chemistry teachers who came to visit his office.

This is not a lie, Xie Yan is also sorting it out.

Some of them have been proven by recent experiments, and for some he still has to do his own experiments to draw conclusions.

After chatting with the chemistry teachers until almost noon, we all agreed to go to the cafeteria for a special meal. Just then Qingluan came with the meal.

"Didn't you say not to send food? It's so far from the city." Xie Yan was speechless.

Qingluan smiled and said, "It has been kept in the food box all the way, my dear, please eat it while it is hot."

"The love between the prince consort and the princess is so deep that it is really enviable."

"Since Mr. Xie has a maid to deliver food, we will not disturb him."

"Thank you, Master..."

The chemistry teachers left one after another.

The teaching assistant and two male assistants also went to the cafeteria to eat, leaving only Xie Yan and Qing Luan in the office.

Qingluan opened the food box, took out two dishes and a soup, and the bottom layer was filled with rice.

From another basket, he took out a wine jug, wine glasses and a wine warmer.

"Why should I drink at school?" Xie Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Qingluan said, "His Highness ordered it. My dear, you have worked hard at school, so you can have a couple of drinks at noon."

It's not hard at all. There are only two classes a day, and each class is only forty to fifty minutes.

There are also teaching assistants. If you are too lazy to teach, you can ask them to teach unimportant content. You can also ask the teaching assistants to prepare experimental equipment and do teaching experiments.

In the future, when I am promoted to be a teacher in Neishe, my teaching time will be even shorter.

"You haven't eaten yet?" Xie Yan asked.

Qingluan said, "I'll eat when I get back."

Xie Yan said: "There are so many dishes, enough for two people, let's sit down and eat together."

Qingluan sat down reluctantly, feeling extremely happy.

She followed the princess around all day and seldom had the chance to be alone with Xie Yan, but now she could eat and drink with Xie Yan at the same table.

"Youniang." Xie Yan called her by her nickname.

Qingluan said sweetly, "My dear, do you still remember me?"

Xie Yan said: "I've always remembered it. This is our secret."

There was only one cup, so Xie Yan filled the glass and handed it to Qingluan, and then he simply poured the wine into his rice bowl and drank it.

There is only one pair of chopsticks, which is not enough for two people, but you can use a spoon instead.

The two clinked their glasses, and Qingluan said, "I'll add some wine and some food for you, my dear."

Qingluan ate the same food and drinks, but she enjoyed it especially much, feeling that Xie Liulang belonged to her alone at this moment.

Hehehe, I will come to deliver meals every day from now on!

After accompanying Xie Yan to enjoy the wine and food, Qingluan was reluctant to leave. She didn't say anything, just sat there and stared at Xie Yan. The more she looked, the more she thought that this man was handsome.

"Why, is there something on my face?" Xie Yan asked with a smile.

Qingluan said: "It's more beautiful than flowers."

Am I being teased by a woman?

Qingluan said shyly again: "Before I left today, His Highness told me that after she gets pregnant, I will have sex with Liu Lang... If I get pregnant too, I will officially become Liu Lang's concubine."

Xie Yan had drunk some wine to begin with, and his body heated up when he heard this. He pulled Qingluan to sit on his lap and asked, "Young lady, are you willing to marry me and be my concubine?"

"Yeah... I'm willing." Qingluan had never been so intimate with a man before. Her ears felt hot and she leaned into Xie Yan's arms.

She recalled the intimate scene between the princess and Xie Yan, and somehow she pulled the man's hand and put it into her clothes.

She also wants to enjoy what the princess has enjoyed.

The taste must be wonderful, otherwise how could the princess become addicted?
I don’t know how long it was before there was a knock on the door. It turned out to be the teaching assistant and two male assistants who had returned from lunch.

Qingluan stood up quickly and straightened her clothes with a blushing face.

When she was almost done, Xie Yan said, "Come in."

Three men pushed the door open, completely unaware of what they had done.

"Liu Lang, I'll go back first." Qing Luan lowered her head and bowed.

Xie Yan smiled and said, "Go ahead."

Qingluan turned around and left as if nothing had happened. She quickened her pace after leaving the room, a smile on her face and she cheered.

It turns out that kissing feels like that, and there are many ways to do it. I will need to practice more in the future.

Alas, why isn’t the princess pregnant yet?

People can’t wait any longer.

(End of this chapter)