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In addition, I need to go back to the city from time to time. I need to let Master Zheng and Aunt Zhao know that I am safe and sound, and also check if there is anything important going on at the Ningrong Street branch, in case anything unexpected happens.

His days were fulfilling and smooth, and his progress was also evident!

When the free clinic first started, Jia Huan's medical skills were naturally not recognized by the patients, and they avoided him like the plague.

But in just a few months, anyone in the village with a headache or fever would come to them for treatment. The change was far beyond imagination.

In just a few months, common ailments can now be easily treated.

It was also during this period that, with the improvement of medical skills and a deeper understanding of the body, the breathing progress bar, which had been stagnant, finally broke through the one percent mark.

As his medical skills improve, the progress bar for his breathing exercises will only rise faster and faster.

The improved effects of breathing exercises benefit the body, with the most obvious change being enhanced training results.

Putting everything else aside, his appetite increased, his strength grew, and his height also increased!

Originally, his hidden weapons could only hit the target every time within about ten steps, and the furthest distance could not exceed fifteen steps, otherwise the power and hit rate would drop significantly, mainly because of insufficient strength.

But when his breathing progress bar reached 1.5%, the range for his unerringly accurate throwing of hidden weapons had expanded to twenty steps.

The furthest attack range was barely thirty paces!

At this point, his overall abilities were naturally not as good as those of a young adult, but he still had no problem taking on a medium-sized martial arts school on his own.

Of course, outsiders wouldn't know about the improvement in his martial arts skills.

He mainly exercises by running. As for his throwing techniques, since the progress bar was gradually approaching 90%, I thought he was just playing around with throwing stones.

On one occasion, when the underlings at the Tongzhou Wharf ran into trouble, Jia Huan, unusually, secretly followed them and used a hidden weapon to ambush and eliminate a notorious bandit.

This time, he let his underlings know that although Jia Huan was young, he was quite capable.

The notorious bandit who was ambushed and killed was a highly famous evil master in the martial arts world!

I don't know what happened, but I started arguing with the guys at Tongzhou Wharf.

This guy is incredibly skilled. Even the top experts recently hired by the Tongzhou Wharf at great expense couldn't defeat him or keep him at bay, which shows how strong he is.

Jia Huan must be out of his mind to confront such a desperate scoundrel head-on.

He quietly approached the man twenty paces away and suddenly launched an attack, throwing three fine steel darts that instantly killed him.

Of course, after that incident, Jia Huan reflected on himself for a while and never made a move again.

It's not about showing off or bragging. As a leader of a power, one should only resort to desperate measures when absolutely necessary. It's better to avoid displaying one's strength in ordinary times.

It can be said that in just over half a year, Jia Huan has undergone tremendous changes in both physical fitness and personal temperament, which easily attracts the attention of others.

He was also somewhat worried that the bigwigs in the mansion were drawn to his dramatic changes over this period.

Fortunately, a major event occurred at the end of summer, attracting the attention of almost the entire Jia clan in the capital.

Even the attention of the Rong family's bigwigs was completely drawn to it.

Although she was somewhat surprised to see Jia Huan, she didn't take it too seriously.

This matter is somewhat related to Jia Huan. Jia Rui and Qin Zhong, both from the Jia family school, participated in the preliminary examination for the imperial examination and actually passed.

The news spread, shaking the entire Jia clan in the capital.

These are the only two students who have passed the imperial examination since the establishment of the Jia clan school!

Jia Dairu attended an official school, while Jia Jing was taught at home by a renowned tutor.

In other words, after so many years of accumulation, the Jia family's scholarship has finally yielded results!

congratulations!

The entire clan was in an uproar, with everyone's eyes glued to the clan school.

Under such circumstances, who would have the time and energy to carefully observe the changes in Jia Huan?

Aunt Zhao muttered a few words, but considered it normal growth and didn't take it too seriously.

Currently, the entire Jia clan in the capital is focused on the clan school, or rather, on the two students who have passed the preliminary examination.

Qin Zhong was a little better, after all, he was a student from another family!

His father, Qin Bangye, was a graduate of the imperial examinations, so his family had a strong academic tradition.

The teachers at the clan school also believed that his foundation was quite solid, and that it was not difficult to understand why he could pass the imperial examination after further study and improvement at the clan school.

Of course, Qin Bangye was quite pleased.

He naturally hoped that his son, Qin Zhong, could excel in the imperial examinations.

Otherwise, if he hadn't been so exhausted, he wouldn't have tried to send Qin Zhong to the Jia family school.

As an outsider, how could he know what the Jia family school was like before?

I just assumed that as a clan school run by the Jia family in the capital, its level must be better than that of private schools outside!

Putting everything else aside, the teacher's educational level and various learning materials are certainly quite abundant, which is exactly the kind of environment Qin Zhong needs.

How many years has the imperial examination system been around?

Since the Ming Dynasty, the exams have repeatedly focused on the Four Books and Five Classics. Our predecessors had already studied them thoroughly. To achieve anything in the imperial examinations by relying solely on these books would require exceptional talent.

Crucially, there are also commentaries by great Confucian scholars, various interpretations of the classics, and the latest theories—these are the key points.

For the average scholar, the expenses and expenditures on this are no joke.

Given the Qin family's apparent wealth, it was clearly insufficient to support Qin Zhong in purchasing all of these important books.

Qin Keqing and Qin Zhong were not truly siblings; sending Qin Zhong to the Jia family school was already a great favor. Expecting her to devote more energy to caring for Qin Zhong was clearly unrealistic.

Only by entering the Jia family school could Qin Zhong access those precious books that required careful reading and comprehension.

All I can say is that Qin Bangye made the right bet this time!

The clan school had just been reorganized by Jia Huan, and the atmosphere for studying was quite good.

In addition, the scholars under Master Zheng Er were also very talented, and it was through their careful instruction that Qin Zhong was able to pass the preliminary examination.

However, apart from Jia Baoyu, the Jia family members did not pay much attention to him.

With Qin Keqing's help, a small celebration banquet was held at the Qin family home. The scale was pitifully small, with only a few relatives and friends coming to show their support.

Of course, Jia Rong, the brother-in-law, was very generous and gave him twenty taels of silver directly.

He also told Qin Zhong that if he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, he would give him fifty taels of silver!

This is definitely a generous reward. With the additional reward given by Qin Keqing, the Qin family father and son can live a comfortable life for two or three years.

Chapter 164 A Matter of Great Interest (Please Subscribe)

The Jia family's focus was naturally on Jia Rui.

The happiest person was Jia Dairu, who was just a student who had passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations.

Now that his grandson has also passed the preliminary examination, he naturally hopes that the grandson can go even further.

Of course, the Jia family still had a sense of honor, and naturally they wouldn't make a big fuss over a mere child scholar, lest they be laughed at for being ignorant.

The key point is that Jia Rui, as a student who has passed the imperial examination, represents something extraordinary.

This proves that the Jia family's school of thought was capable of cultivating talents for the imperial examinations!

This is the most important point!

Otherwise, the Jia family in the capital has eight branches, and there are quite a few eligible young men in the clan, at least no fewer than twenty.

In the original novel of Dream of the Red Chamber, at Qin Keqing's funeral, there were eight or nine adults of the Yu generation alone, not including Jia Huang, who was related to Jin Rong!

Given that families typically had three or more children at the time, how could the number of members in the Cao generation be small?

Aside from the exceptional case of Jia Yun's family facing such hardship, the other branches of the family generally lived comfortably, and raising several children was not a problem for them.

In fact, when Jia Huan first went to the clan school, there were only thirteen students there.

Half of them were children from other families who attended schools affiliated with their relatives!

In the original novel of Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Jun, a member of the "grass" generation, bluntly stated that he came to the clan school just to join in the fun and pass the time.

What does this show? It shows that the Jia family members do not trust the teaching ability of the clan school!

Perhaps they would send their own school-aged children to more prestigious private schools, rather than sending them to clan schools and wasting their time and energy.

The money spent alone was not a small amount!

In the era of imperial power with low productivity, supporting a full-time scholar could bankrupt even a small landlord with dozens of acres of land!

The collateral branches of the Jia family may be able to support their children's education, but the pressure will certainly be immense!

If they could attend the free clan school, how much money could they save? That's the key reason why the clan was so excited!

With free books available, who would spend a considerable amount of money to send their child to a private school if they didn't doubt the teaching ability of the clan school?

Now that the clan school has produced two students who passed the imperial examinations, what is there to doubt?

To be honest, with the power of the Ning and Rong mansions, the Jia family's sons in the capital don't even need to pass the imperial examinations to the very end. If they have the title of Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial examinations), they can even directly become county magistrates in the provinces!

Even with only the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations), one can easily obtain a ninth-rank or even eighth-rank official position, which still offers some room for advancement!

Therefore, it's unrealistic for the clan's academy to rival the teaching strength of renowned academies. Unless the immortal cultivator, Master Jing, is willing to oversee the academy and dedicate all his attention to nurturing the next generation of the Jia family, but is that even possible?