"Ms. Yang, the two academies have been completed. Please inspect them," Feng Gong reported respectfully to Yang Mengchen.

Yang Mengchen smiled and nodded, "You've all worked hard!" Accompanied by her four maids (Shao Yao had already recovered), she followed Feng Gong to the academies.

One was named Yangshan Academy, and the other, Yangshan Girls' Academy, both of which were named by Yang Mengchen.

Yangshan Academy was divided into sections for preschoolers, elementary, university, and adult education. The preschool section enrolled boys and girls aged three to six, with girls moving to the Yangshan Girls' College after the age of six.

The academic building, laboratory, office building, sports field, cafeteria, and dormitories for teachers and students were all clearly marked, and the windows of the academic and laboratory buildings were twice the normal size to ensure ample lighting and ventilation.

The adult education section offered courses in agriculture, animal husbandry, sericulture, construction, cooking, gardening, and tea arts, with short timeframes and quick results, allowing learners to live or start businesses based on their skills.

In addition to cultural subjects, Yangshan Girls' Academy offered practical courses such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, embroidery, arithmetic, grooming, and household management.

Both academies were in beautiful, quiet, and serene settings, each relatively independent yet echoing each other, and not far from the village.

Feng Gong was diligent and skilled, and Yang Mengchen was very satisfied with both academies.

After arranging for Feng Gong and the craftsmen to rest for a day, Yang Mengchen planned to start construction of several new factories simultaneously the next day. She visited the Ceramic Glaze Factory with her maids and had Father Yang Chaoyi lead the workers in installing ceramic glaze windows.

Next, they went to the furniture factory, where desks, chairs, and wooden bunk beds were already piled high in the back storehouse. She then proceeded to the embroidery factory, where Wu Xuehua and the workers were still rushing to make uniforms and bedding. Lastly, they visited the temporary printing room next to the pharmaceutical factory.

Without waiting for Yang Mengchen to look for the village head and Lizheng, the villagers, upon hearing the news, volunteered to help during their lunch break, whether cleaning, installing ceramic glaze, or transporting uniforms, bedding, desks, chairs, and wooden beds, each with a joyful smile on their face.

In Old Hai's room in the East Wing.

"Ms. Yang, have you thought about where to find so many teachers, especially female teachers?" Old Hai asked.

Even though Song Bochao had invited more than a dozen friends or students, and Weichi Kong had brought in seven or eight knowledgeable people from Youming Palace, it was still far from enough.

"Don't worry," Yang Mengchen smiled and said, "The Prince sent a message that in a few days, more than thirty teachers and female teachers will be coming to take up positions. Additionally, I will visit the Broker in the town tomorrow. If there aren't suitable candidates there, I'll look elsewhere."

"What about teaching materials and writing supplies?"

"Everything is already prepared, but I took the liberty of adapting a few primer books to be used as teaching materials for the preschool section. I'd like to ask the elders and Young Master Hua to see if they're feasible," Yang Mengchen said as she handed several books to Old Hai, the seven people, and Hua Ziyu.

After all, they were teachers, so naturally she sought their opinions.

Originally, Long Xuanmo had sent her two sets of printing templates, but they were only used for medicinal product labels. It wasn't until she began planning to establish the academies that she started to collect and organize materials and then had the workers begin the printing. Due to the high cost of paper, the quantity was limited.

Old Hai and others started flipping through the books, their eyes growing brighter as they read.

The primer books included "Three-Character Classic," "Thousand Character Classic," "Idiom Collection," and "Ancient Poetry," four books in total. Each section within the books not only had annotations but was also extensively illustrated, even extending to many fables.

Previous books were rigid and uniform, filled with text from the first to last line, dry and uninteresting, unlike the books adapted by Yang Mengchen, which were richly illustrated, easy to understand, and very practical.

Especially the fables, which upon first reading seemed interesting, but after careful consideration revealed deep meanings. The stories contained caution, warnings, and various morals, from which many lessons could be learned.

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