"Teacher Fei Mu, are there any difficulties for the teachers in the academy now? Just ask me if there is one." Wufeng strolled on the trail by the lake while asking Fei Mu who was with him silently.

"Thank you for your concern. The conditions in the college are quite good now, and there are no problems at the moment." Fei Mu said the truth.

When these teachers from the imperial capital arrived in Qingyang, Wufeng provided them with quite generous conditions. They provided housing for them in Qingyang Prefecture City. Those who were willing to live in the school could also live in the school. Many older teachers prefer the quiet environment of the school and finally chose to live in the school. Since the school is still a certain distance from the city, Wufeng also specifically ordered the school to be equipped with more than ten official carriages for teachers to use.

The road from Qingpu to Qingyang City is quite good, and it takes less than half an hour to arrive. The teachers' salaries are also quite generous, far higher than the level of Imperial University and Imperial Military Academy. To be fair, Li Wufeng should attach great importance to this aspect. Although Fei Mu is very dissatisfied with Li Wufeng's performance in the Imperial Military Academy, he cannot admire his foresight when he attaches so much importance to the education and training of military officers.

"However, overall, the school's teaching power is far from enough. Although it is enough to deal with the current tasks, as the number of students gradually expands, I think this problem is gradually exposed." Fei Mu is a very rigorous person. From his academic attitude, he can tell his character. He is not afraid of interrupting Wufeng's good interest, but he still raised this problem.

Wufeng frowned. He obviously didn't want to hear these unsatisfactory things when he was in a good mood. But then he thought, didn't he just like Fei Mu's advantage? He then smiled and said, "I will consider this. I have asked the Department of Culture, Education and Health to send someone to the Western Mainland to recruit teachers, and invited some scholars from their side to visit us and asked them to be visiting professors of the two colleges here. I won't be long before these people will arrive."

"Oh? It's really a matter? That's great. We have long wanted to exchange teaching experiences with our colleagues in the Western Mainland. I heard that their education is highly valued. Whether it is a government-run school or a private school, the level is quite high, and the overall quality of teachers is also higher than the average level here. But the journey is long, are these people willing to come? Also, famous scholars may not travel here thousands of miles to be guest teachers." Fei Mu was happy at first, but then he was a little discouraged, obviously a little doubtful about Wufeng's statement.

"Teacher Fei Mu, you don't have to worry about this. You may not know very well about the current situation in the Western Continent. Now there are wars between countries in the Western Continent, and even the conflicts are constantly occurring due to ethnic, religious beliefs, hierarchy and other reasons. The chaos is even far beyond the Eastern Continent. Ordinary people are displaced and have a hard life. Even those scholars are not all comfortable in life, so when I sent people, I also chose to invite and recruit those who are not satisfied with their lives.

I think that in such a large Western Continent, I can still find some people who are willing to come to us. What's more, the situation here is that a large number of immigrants from the Western Continent have moved in, and people in the Western Continent should also hear about it. So, please don't worry, Principal Fei Mu, I, Li Wufeng, are definitely sure of this." Wufeng explained with a smile. With the information he has, he was quite satisfied with his plan and full of confidence. "At that time, it will definitely make you overjoy."

"If this is true, it would be a great thing at first sight." Faced with Wufeng's pledge, Fei Mu's doubts disappeared without a trace. "Although our East and West Continents have become more and more economic exchanges in recent decades, we have not seen much cultural exchanges. On the contrary, some negative things have been spread to our East Continent through commercial exchanges. This is indeed heartbreaking. I have been at Imperial University and Imperial Military Academy for nearly twenty years, and I have not seen much bilateral exchanges on education. This is a regrettable reality. If we can communicate and discuss with our colleagues in the West Continent this time, I believe it will be of great benefit to the improvement of our teaching level."

"Yes, I hope that by then, our school will benefit a lot. Adults can't favor one or the other." A cheerful and thick voice sounded on the path in the woods next to him, and then two well-dressed gentlemen walked out.

"Wow, Principal Qin, you have just arrived now. The lord has agreed to us. All the scholars who came are taken over by us." Facing the tall and thin middle-aged man walking in front, Fei Mu showed a rare smile on his face.

"Director Fei, it's too selfish for you to do this. Before the person arrives, you just take it alone. Are you not afraid of not digesting it?" The middle-aged man was obviously very familiar with Fei Mu and joked with a smile.

Wufeng had actually discovered the two of them a long time ago, but he knew that there were guards around him and others could not get close to them. Moreover, the two of them were obviously not good at martial arts, so he did not point them out.

The people who came were Qin Tieliu, executive vice president of Northwestern University, and Ma Yuan, the director of teaching. These two were also talents that Wufeng dug up from Imperial University.

Qin Tieliu was born into the Qin family among the six major families of the Empire. He has been knowledgeable and talented since he was a child. After entering Imperial University, he was even the best among the graduates of that class. The imperial court and the people all thought that he would be the future political star of the Empire. However, to people's expectations, he refused to enter the political field and stayed at Imperial University to teach, which made many people sigh. However, he was like a fish in water in the Imperial University, and received extremely high praise in both teaching and administrative management. He was soon promoted to deputy director of the Imperial University. Just when everyone thought that he would be the president of the Imperial University in the future, his behavior once again caused an uproar in the Imperial Government and the Imperial Government.

He married a woman he knew in a brothel as his wife, and the woman was a female slave at that time! Such shocking things immediately spread throughout the upper class of the imperial capital. Relatives, friends and family were all shocked and came forward to persuade him not to do such a "feat" that would damage the image of the entire aristocratic clan, but he firmly refused them.

The customs of the empire have always been that marriages should be of equal status, especially the gentry in the upper class of the empire. They pay more attention to the fact that the wife must be a genius, and at least they should come from a wealthy commoner family. The common people cannot accept it, let alone become a slave. Of course, the concubines, the outer room and the mistress are not subject to this restriction, but the wife must not be careless.

Therefore, his move immediately aroused strong reaction from the upper class of the imperial capital. The Qin family immediately announced that they had severed relations with him. Many of his friends also interrupted their contacts with him after their persuasion was invalid. Although the Imperial University did not make administrative treatment, the intention of promoting him to the director of the teaching was immediately shattered. Many nobles even proposed to the Imperial Administration of Culture, Education and Health that he should be expelled from the Imperial University to face the situation. However, since the imperial law did not explicitly stipulate that the aristocrats could not intermarry with people from slaves, the suggestion was not adopted in the end. It is said that this matter even alarmed His Majesty the Emperor, but His Majesty did not express his opinion on the matter, but remained silent.

Later, his wedding was very deserted, with few people attending, only a few friends who were very close and did not care much about the status of a nobleman, and Fei Mu was one of them. Fei Mu had persuaded him that if he really had a relationship with that woman, he could take her as a concubine after marrying her, but he was not accepted by Qin Tieliu. Instead, the concubines he took later were all from common people and civilians, which made all friends sigh that his behavior was unique.

The two approached, Wufeng and Ling Tianfang, and Luman and the other person greeted each other, Wufeng also made a few remarks to each other enthusiastically.

"I heard that the adults came to attend the graduation ceremony of the military academy students. Ma Yuan and I were also here to join in the fun. I was overjoyed when I heard the adults' words in the woods. Our school was short of teachers, and Ma Yuan and I were very worried about it. It turned out that the adults were still keeping this trick, which just happened to solve our urgent needs." Qin Tieliu's thick voice was full of persuasion, which made people involuntarily want to get close to him.

"President Qin, you can't be overwhelming. Today, Lord Li is here to attend the graduation ceremony of our college students and solve the practical problems of our college. Why do you act like this? I think it's better to wait until one day when the adults are free to come to your side, so you can make a request?" Although Fei Mu was wearing a face, there was a rare smile on the corner of his eyes. The two had a good relationship and didn't mind verbal disputes.

"You two don't have to argue. I think the results of going to the Western Mainland to recruit talents must be quite large, and it should be able to meet the current needs of the two schools. I have told people who have sent out that as long as they are talents, the more they are, the more they are, and try to recruit more. Even if they spend more funds, they don't care." Wufeng interrupted the dispute between the two with a smile.

"In the past two or three hundred years, both political and economic and cultural art have developed quite rapidly, especially the political, economic, cultural and artistic development of several important countries has reached a very high level. I have heard of it in the empire. The eastern and western continents compete for each other, with several powerful countries such as Famini in the west, and the Tanghe Empire in the east. Especially our Tanghe Empire, culture and art have reached a very high level through the development of hundreds of years of peace. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is prosperous for a while. Many aspects of literature, painting, music, philosophy, astronomy, and architecture have emerged in many aspects, creating miracles after miracles, especially literature, architecture cannot be compared with the Western continent, which is also related to the empire's tendency to attach importance to education."

He sighed softly, "But over the past few hundred years, the Western Continent has developed quite rapidly, especially numerology, science, astronomy, geography, music, and painting. Their numerology, science, and geography have surpassed us. If we don't catch up, at this development speed, it will probably not take many years to see it." Qin Tieliu's words were full of crisis. "Even music, painting, and astronomy, which were originally far ahead, no advantage can be expressed. To be fair, they should have their own advantages at present. In the past hundred years, the imperial court and the opposition have been filled with conservative ideas, contented with the status quo, and have no sense of innovation and creation. In the long run, the country will not be able to do so."

At this moment, the lakeside seemed particularly quiet, and everyone was silently thinking about Qin Tieliu's deaf words, even Wufeng was no exception.

After a long time, Qin Tieliu broke the silence. "Maybe Qin's words were a bit alarmist, but it was true. Unfortunately, no one in the imperial court could see the hidden crisis."

"Great insight! High insight!" Wufeng smiled and clapped his hands to express his appreciation, "It has been a long time since Li has heard such thought-provoking and wonderful arguments. I agree with Principal Qin's point of view, but do we have no solution?"

Others are still digesting and absorbing the views put forward by Qin Tieliu, and Wufeng has already considered countermeasures.
Chapter completed!