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Chapter 1264 Show off
If there are still people who are not satisfied and always have nowhere to vent their energy, it’s easy. Just invite some good friends, classmates and colleagues to the newly built training hall of the college to try your skills.

There are many new sports venues and equipment for badminton, shuttlecock, volleyball, basketball, archery and shooting. In spring, summer and autumn, you can also go to the school field outside to play football and polo. Anyone who comes to the Royal Academy can only complain that they know too little and are in poor health, but no one dares to say it is boring.

If you don't like any of these entertainment activities, it doesn't matter, there are special organizations in the college that will take you to make money. Sign up, fill in your own skills, and you will receive a notice in a few days, which will clearly state your address and contact person, as well as your daily wages and benefits.

Follow the address and you will find that most of the jobs are suitable for you. Your ability will be revealed at this time. No matter how vague and unclear the job is, you will know whether it is a mule or a horse after you pull it out. The answer is also very simple, it depends on who gets paid more.

Shops, factories, farms and even government agencies in society are not schools. They will not pay you for no reason. Instead, they depend on what value you can provide.

Students whose family conditions are not very good can use the holidays to earn some extra money to supplement their expenses. If an employer has a need for workers, they can hire a temporary worker at a relatively low wage to help them out, and both parties are satisfied.

Today it is the turn of students who are fluent in Latin to make a fortune. The college is going to welcome His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange of the United Provinces to visit, and has specifically hired twenty students who speak standard Latin to be responsible for reception and service.

The Imperial Academy was already familiar with this kind of activity. Whenever the court had important guests to receive, visiting the Imperial Academy was a default item. The professors would not go to the gate to greet them, but they couldn't leave them alone, so the students became the best temporary workers.

At 8 a.m., the carriage of the Ministry of Rites appeared outside the north gate on time. As the door opened, the college band played a cheerful welcome song, and the greeters wearing red ribbons on their chests lined up to present flowers first and then the same ribbons. The president personally exchanged gifts with the guests, and the welcome ceremony was over.

It took only ten minutes, and there were only thirty or forty people. Isn't it too sloppy? Even the emperor would be like this, who dares to say it's shabby? Are you more pompous than the emperor?
"Go back, everyone. We will take over the remaining tour guide and explanation tasks. Remember to treat me after school starts. If anyone dares to pretend to forget, I will complain to your professor and give you a bad review at the end of the semester, so you have to study for another year!"

Descartes personally went up to the students who were still standing there and refused to leave to explain the situation. The money was so easy to earn today that the professors were jealous and wanted to have a share!
“Your Highness, please come this way… This academy was built under the personal supervision of His Majesty the Emperor, with funds provided by the royal family. It was originally a small school that specialized in training royal staff and military officers. After years of continuous expansion, it has now become the largest and most comprehensive university in the world.

Every year, more than 1,000 students graduate from here, and there are nearly 3,000 professional students who are trained for the government, the military, and factories. Most of them have rich work experience or even official positions, and they have to stop working and study for two to three years in order to get better jobs.

I think this model is very good. Students usually combine the knowledge they hear in the classroom with the problems they encounter in their actual work. Sometimes the questions they raise will also benefit us teachers a lot. "

In addition to the students and the principal who were organized by the school to go through the motions, some professors came to greet the prince on their own initiative. Descartes, as a representative, introduced both parties one by one and began to guide the explanation.

“Is that building over there a church?”

After a night's rest, the Prince of Orange was in better spirits than yesterday, chatting with almost every European scholar who came to greet him. His mood was not affected by yesterday's conversation, and he looked around with interest, asking questions immediately when he saw something he didn't understand. "Yes, it's not finished yet. According to the design of the blueprint, it will eventually be 20 meters higher than the Stralsund Church of St. Mary."

Descartes was not surprised that the prince noticed the church as soon as he entered the college. That thing was not inside the college, but outside the south gate, 1.5 kilometers away from the north gate. But it was too high and too big, and it was impossible not to imagine it.

"It's a great project... I heard that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was opposed to religion. Is this a rumor?"

The Prince of Orange praised the church's height, but was more concerned about the background of its construction. In a country where Christianity is not encouraged, the appearance of the world's tallest church inevitably makes people feel unreal.

"Well... to be honest, we were all deceived by His Majesty the Emperor. He didn't build the church out of faith, but as a practice place for architecture students.

Each class of architecture students can make changes to the original design of the church. After evaluation by the entire department and approval by officials from the Ministry of Construction, whoever submits the most beautiful, tallest, and most reasonable plan will win first place and a large scholarship.

Originally, its tower was only 60 meters high, and it took more than ten years of modifications to become what it is now. But don’t trust your eyes. The design you see now is only the construction drawings so far. Maybe it will change and become taller next year. No one knows what it will look like in the end, including His Majesty the Emperor. ”

When talking about this church, Descartes was filled with hatred. There is no emperor in the world who is so bad that he lies for a living, and he lies openly to the whole country. But as a result, most people do not feel cheated, and they actively participate in it, and their enthusiasm has not diminished for many years.

Only a few people, like him, understand that this is playing with human nature. But knowing it is useless. No one cares about it. Even if they feel that they may have been deceived, they still hope that the church can be completed in their lifetime.

Especially Christians living in Ming Dynasty, both Catholics and Protestants, donate money to church projects every year, and unanimously hope that students can design churches that are taller, more majestic, and closer to heaven.

People like Grand Secretary Silva and his wife, Vice Minister Xiong of the Ministry of Construction, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, an official of the Imperial Observatory and Bishop of the Ming Dynasty, Rodrigo Escalante, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Diego Angelo, Commander-in-Chief of the Maritime Transport Department, donated tens of thousands of imperial silver coins to the church project.

According to Oyani, Prime Minister of Sun Moon Bank, the emperor did not spend a penny on the church project and only approved a piece of wasteland outside the south gate of the Royal Academy.

(End of this chapter)