My Husband Comes from the Future

by Usui Takumii

not mine, shangai fantasy. After chapter 94 is MTL. Also at ao3.

15. 141 to 150

Chapter 141 Return

Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye usually gave Li Laogen five cents of pocket money every day.

The money was not much, but it was still enough. It was enough for Li Laogen to drink a pot of tea in a teahouse and eat a bowl of noodles or two steamed buns.

If Li Laogen had breakfast at home, he could save some money.

However, since Li Laogen came to the county town and had a place to spend money, he became a living person... The money in his pocket could not survive the night.

Sometimes Li Qingzhi or Jin Xiaoye asked him to help buy things and gave him a few extra cents, which he could spend immediately.

It was also for this reason that Li Qingzhi never gave him an increase in pocket money.

But if you want to go to the Lantern Festival... Li Qing said: "Dad, during the Lantern Festival, I will give you an extra ten cents a day, fifteen cents a day."

"Okay!" Li Laogen was overjoyed, and then said: "Ah Qing, give me these fifteen cents in two parts. Give me five cents in the morning, and give me another ten cents when you go out in the evening."

Li Laogen was self-aware. He knew that if Li Qingzhi gave him the money all at once, he might spend it all in the morning.

"Okay." Li Qingzhi agreed, and then told Zhao Xiaodou that he would also give him ten cents of pocket money.

Jin Xiaoye said: "At that time, I will also give the female workers in Miaoqian Village a pocket money of ten cents a day."

Jin Xiaoye has never paid these female workers wages, but has given them dozens of cash pocket money several times.

But she didn't spend any less on these female workers. Not long ago, she bought fabrics and silk and gave them to these female workers to make new quilts for themselves.

When the weather gets cold, she has to buy fabrics and silk for these female workers to make her own cotton-padded jackets.

These are not cheap.

She also bought washbasins and other things. Now these female workers already have a lot of property in their hands. Even the dowries of country girls do not have that much.

"Yes, give them some money and let them buy something." Li Qingzhi agreed.

Their family discussed going to see the lantern festival tomorrow, and many families in Chongcheng County were also talking about it.

People in Miaoqian Village are looking forward to this lantern festival.

"I heard that the lantern festival is more lively than the temple fair."

"My brother went to see it yesterday. There was a stage set up there! There will also be opera singing!"

"I must go and see it."

"Our whole family is going."

…

At the village river port in front of the temple, everyone made an appointment to go see the lantern festival together tomorrow, and then they saw Golden Willow coming back on Golden Mulberry's boat.

Jueweizhai's braised meat is not cheap. Nowadays, few people in the village buy it from Jinliushu. Only a man whose daughter-in-law had just given birth bought two braised eggs from Jinliushu.

Confinement was very uncomfortable on a hot day, and his wife had a bad appetite and couldn't eat, so this braised egg could appetize her.

"Golden Willow Tree, will you go to the lantern festival tomorrow?" the villager asked.

Jin Liushu said: "I will definitely go! Then I will set up a stall selling braised dried beans and braised eggs!"

"That's really good. There must be many people buying it."

"I heard a lot of people will set up stalls."

"It would be nice to have more stalls. You can go shopping!"

…

While everyone was talking, Jin Xiaoshu came back.

Everyone asked Jin Xiaoshu if he was going to set up a stall.

Jin Xiaoshu said: "I won't go. I have something to do tomorrow and I have to go to Fucheng."

When they went to Fucheng before, they looked at a few shops. Jin Xiaoshu will go there tomorrow and rent one of them.

After Fang Xiu Niang cleans the shop and asks a carpenter to make a counter and a plaque, Fucheng's "Juewei Zhai" can be opened.

Here in Chongcheng County, he has already rented a shop and the counter is ready.

In a few days, his father and mother will be able to open a shop in the city.

Jin Xiaoshu has been thinking about buying a piece of land to build a house next to the new dock, or buying a house in the city to live in, which would be more convenient.

"Xiaoshu, what does Fucheng look like?" the villagers asked curiously.

They really envied Jin Xiaoshu. Jin Xiaoshu used to be an ordinary child, but what about now?

He bought a boat, married a beautiful daughter-in-law, had a child... and he even went to Fucheng!

Jin Xiaoshu talked about some of his experiences in Fucheng, and the people in the village listened with interest.

People in the village are looking forward to the lantern festival so much, let alone the people in the city.

Compared with people in the village, people in the city still have a little money.

They have money ready now and are just waiting to spend it tomorrow!

The neighbors of the Fang family talked about this: "I heard that the new pier is already full of lanterns."

"Yes, they are all hung up. The words on those lanterns were written by the young master of Gou County Magistrate's family. If you touch them, you will get good luck!"

"Those are ordinary lanterns. If we say they are beautiful, the lanterns made by those shops are beautiful! The porcelain shop made a very large lotus lantern and put it on the roof."

…

Both Fang's mother and Fang Zijian heard these words.

In the past, Fang Mu would have definitely gone to see such a lively place, and Fang Zijian would have gone too.

At that time, they had money and could buy some food and drink.

But now...

Fang's mother and Fang Zijian looked at each other, their expressions a bit gloomy.

When Fang Xiu Niang was not in trouble, although Fang Zijian could no longer study and the family spent all their money to redeem Fang Zijian, their family could still live well.

Fang Xiu Niang can make money.

Not only can she make money, but she can also take care of the housework.

But now Fang Xiu Niang is gone.

What was even more hateful was that before Fang Xiu Niang jumped into the river, she went to collect her wages!

Therefore, after Fang Xiu Niang's accident, Fang Mu and Fang Zijian were not only criticized, but they also had no money to spend!

Mother Fang's embroidery work has always been inferior to that of her two daughters. Plus, having two daughters to help make money... She actually didn't do much embroidery work before.

She kept telling Fang Zijian that she had worked hard to raise Fang Zijian, but in fact, Fang Zijian was raised by his two sisters.

Now that Fang Jinniang was married and Fang Xiuniang was gone... their family almost couldn't afford to eat.

Fortunately, the books recommended by Fang Zi were valuable...Fang's mother could still make a living by selling them.

But this is not a long-term solution.

"Mom, let's move away." Fang Zi recommended Fang's mother.

He hasn't been out for a long time, and he can't stand being pointed at when he goes out.

Mother Fang said: "We have no money, so where can we go? It was originally agreed that your second sister would be a concubine, and they would give you a job, but now your second sister is gone..."

"Mom, I'm capable, I can definitely find a job!" Fang Zizian recommended.

"It's not that easy! I went out of town and had to pay for renting a house and so on..."

"Don't we need money here? Mom, I will definitely leave. If you don't leave, just stay here!" Fang Zijian said cruelly.

Mother Fang was immediately afraid: "Mom, let's go. Mom will go with you."

Mother Fang didn't want to go out of town, after all, she had never been out.

And at least she has some life experience... She knows that their lives may not be easy if they go to other places.

But Fang Zijian wanted to leave... then let's go. Her son was so smart, there must be a way to support them.

The two began to plan to sell the things at home, take the money and leave.

Next, there was a lantern festival held in the county town. No one noticed them, so they could leave just in time.

Fang Zijian really doesn't want to stay in this place anymore!

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye.

The Lantern Festival was at night, so everyone was doing whatever they were supposed to do during the day. Li Qingzhi took his three children to study as usual.

But today... in Li Xiucai's school, the students' hearts were filled with excitement.

Even Xu Qifei was a little absent-minded.

Li Qingzhi asked curiously, and Xu Qifei said sheepishly: "I'm going to the lantern festival today, and Miss Qu will also go."

So that's it, the young man's heart is full of love!

Most people in the school are thinking about going to play, but Gou Ying is different.

He has been going to the New Pier every day recently, and his expectations for the lantern festival are far lower than others.

At this moment, he was studying seriously.

But he didn't take it seriously for long. After finishing the homework assigned by his teacher, he jumped up from his seat and said to several teenagers about his age: "Let's go, let's finish the homework. We can Let's go play!"

Li Xiucai's school has a small courtyard with a flower bed.

The game these students played was that seven or eight children stayed in the flower bed, and one child stayed outside the flower bed. Then the person outside the flower bed had to catch the person in the flower bed without entering the flower bed.

After the people in the flower bed were caught, they became "people outside the flower bed" and began to arrest people in the flower bed.

This group of children ran around and had great fun every day, but the mud in Li Xiucai's flower bed was so hard that not a single weed could grow in it.

Fortunately, Li Xiucai did not plant flowers inside, but planted two jujube trees.

After Gou Ying played for a while, he was called back to study... Li Qingzhi happened to look out and saw him winking at others, looking full of energy.

That evening, Gou Ying followed Li Qingzhi to Jinye Embroidery Fang for dinner.

On the way, Gou Ying kept talking: "Brother Li, I think Brother Chang is definitely the best cook in Chongcheng County. The food he cooks is so delicious. I have never eaten so delicious in my whole life." dish."

Li Qingzhi also felt that Chang Zhan's cooking skills were very good.

But Gou Ying feels this way, probably because of chili peppers... Gou Ying especially likes to eat dishes with chili peppers.

Of course he likes it too.

When the two arrived at Jinye Embroidery Workshop, the people in the embroidery workshop were preparing to eat.

Chang Zhan cooked several dishes today. Gou Ying's favorite was the fried pork with cowpeas and chili powder. He picked up the plate and put some into his bowl, and then started to eat the rice.

After they finished eating, they walked to the new pier together.

Gou Ying went to study with Li Xiucai every day and was very familiar with Li Damao. Li Damao asked Gou Ying: "Uncle Gou, do you have any pocket money?"

Gou Ying said: "Da Mao, just call me uncle. Don't call me Uncle Gou."

One of the reasons why Gou Ying doesn't like his father is that his father's last name is not nice.

Uncle Gou...sounds like Uncle Dog!

"Uncle, do you have any pocket money?"

"What is pocket money?"

"It's money given by my parents, you can spend it as you like!"

Gou Ying said: "My parents don't give me money, but I have money that I can spend as I please."

"How much do you have? Do you know? My dad gave me ten cents today!" Li Damao was a little proud. For children like them, ten cents is really a lot!

Gou Ying: "...I have one hundred taels!" Actually, before he came to Chongcheng County, his grandfather gave him one hundred taels...

This is not counting the money his grandparents gave him before. He has more than a dozen gold peanuts in his hands.

"There are so many! Gou...Uncle, you are so awesome!" Li Damao looked at Gou Ying with admiration.

Li Ermao kept nodding.

Gou Ying was extremely proud.

When Li Qingzhi and the others had dinner, it was still bright and they were actually walking in the sun.

When they arrived at the new pier, it was around five o'clock in the afternoon, and it would take a long time for the sun to set.

But at this time, there are already many people here at the new pier! Many stalls have been set up!

Anyway, all the stalls that are available at the temple fair during the Chinese New Year are available at this time.

Li Qingzhi asked Li Laogen to keep Zhao Xiaodou in prison, while he and Jin Xiaoye watched Li Damao and Li Ermao. As for Chang Cui... Chang Zhan directly let his niece sit on his shoulders.

They just walked around.

Gou Ying was extremely surprised: "Why are there so many people today?"

Not only are there a lot of people, but there are also a lot of stalls and shops at the moment.

Li Qing said: "It's hard to have a lantern festival, and everyone will come out to hang out."

Li Qingzhi was indeed right.

Finally, there was a lantern festival, and everyone who could come came.

If it weren't for the spaciousness of the new pier and the large area of open space where houses have not yet been built, there wouldn't be enough room for so many people!

Magistrate Gou invited a troupe to sing, but in this situation... not many people could hear what the troupe sang.

There is no amplification equipment these days!

But everyone didn't care at all. They were already happy to see someone on the stage.

"It's so lively!"

"So many people!"

"Lots of food!"

…

The female workers from Miaoqian Village in Jinye Embroidery Workshop were extremely happy. They were already very young, and Jin Xiaoye did not restrain them. They went out to buy things in twos and threes.

Speaking of which, the lantern festival was so lively, and Li Qingzhi was a little worried for a while, fearing that some traffickers would fish in troubled waters at the lantern festival, but when he thought about it carefully...

At this time, there are many people throwing away and selling children. Human traffickers generally do not catch children in such crowded places.

Another thing is... people at this time all speak dialects, and it is easy for everyone to spot a foreigner when they appear.

But even so, he still asked Magistrate Gou to arrange yamen to maintain order and avoid accidents.

It's getting dark.

The people who were arranged to light the lanterns climbed up the ladder and started lighting the lanterns one by one.

Before the end of the world, Li Qingzhi had seen more than one light show and also went to a lantern festival.

He felt very bored at the time, even though those lights were very beautiful and exquisite.

For him at that time, lighting was not a strange thing at all.

But this era is different.

At night in this era, there are not so many lights.

The light show and stuff... the people had never seen it before!

When the lanterns were lit up one by one, the people who came to see the lanterns at the new pier were pleasantly surprised.

"So beautiful!"

"These lights have writing on them!"

"I heard that the young master of Gou County Magistrate's family wrote 'Ping An'."

"This word is so beautiful!"

"Look at the lotus lantern on the roof, it's so big!"

"The rabbit lantern over there is also pretty!"

…

In order to get a plaque handwritten by Magistrate Gou, and to compare favorably with others, the shops on the New Pier side all made very beautiful lanterns to decorate their shops.

Those lanterns are undoubtedly very beautiful. Chongcheng County does not celebrate the Lantern Festival very much, and there is no Lantern Festival at all. So the people are reluctant to look away when they see those lanterns of different shapes.

It was at this time that Magistrate Gou arrived belatedly with his wife.

There were many people who knew him in Chongcheng County. He was afraid that people would recognize him when he came over at dawn, which would prevent him from having fun, so he just came over at night. That was fine. He even wore a mask with his mouth exposed.

"Madam, how is this lantern show? Isn't it beautiful?" Magistrate Gou asked his wife proudly.

He didn't expect so many people to come...but the large number of people coming meant that his lantern festival was going well!

"She is very beautiful." Mrs. Gou smiled dignifiedly, but felt very uncomfortable.

There were too many people here, it was such a hot summer, and some people smelled bad... She felt uncomfortable.

And this lantern festival... She didn't know why these people liked it so much. In her opinion, this lantern festival was really ordinary.

The lamps hanging around here are very ugly, and I don't know where they were bought from!

"Madam, there are many people setting up stalls today, selling all kinds of food. People in Chongcheng County have different tastes from us, but some things here are still delicious. The sesame balls are very fragrant. I will buy one for you to try. Taste it?" Magistrate Gou asked his wife.

Mrs. Gou said: "Ms. sir, you also know that I have a bad appetite... I just had dinner, how can I eat?"

Mrs. Gou didn't want to eat the food sold by those stalls at all, it looked very dirty!

Magistrate Gou didn't know what his wife was thinking, so he only said: "Madam, your appetite is too bad... It has been a long time since dinner, and I am already hungry."

The sesame balls were really fragrant, so Magistrate Gou went to buy one.

When he first came to Chongcheng County, Magistrate Gou was not very good at speaking the dialect of Chongcheng County, but he can speak it now.

He is an academic master who can pass the Jinshi exam in the triennial examination!

The sesame balls are deep-fried and filled with sugar and sesame seeds. They are not cheap, but they taste really delicious... Magistrate Gou was very happy with them.

Mrs. Gou stayed away from him for fear of being contaminated by oil.

After Magistrate Gou bought the sesame balls, he asked Mrs. Gou if she wanted to eat anything else... Mrs. Gou refused.

Mother Yang knew that her wife was tired, so she said to Magistrate Gou: "Sir, my wife is not in good health... Is there a place to rest here?"

"Yes, Zhu Qian has reserved a private room for me at the restaurant in front. Madam, please go and have a rest." Magistrate Gou said, "Zhu Qian's wife is also there. You can just talk to her."

Mrs. Gou felt even more uncomfortable when she heard this. Her husband had asked her to receive Jin Xiaoye before, and now he asked her to talk to a businessman's wife...

Mother Yang?

She couldn't help but rolled her eyes secretly, but since Magistrate Gou was still there, she didn't say anything.

Magistrate Gou took his wife and daughter to the restaurant: "The one with the rabbit lantern is Zhu Qian's shop. He is a rabbit, and his wife is also a rabbit..."

As he was walking, Magistrate Gou heard someone praising him: "This lantern festival organized by the Magistrate is really beautiful."

"The county magistrate is so awesome!"

"The county magistrate's son is also very smart!"

…

Magistrate Gou was happy to hear this and puffed up his chest unconsciously. Unfortunately, his belly protruded more than his chest.

"Madam..." Magistrate Gou wanted to show off to his wife, but Mrs. Gou looked uncomfortable.

Then she thought that Mrs. Gou couldn't understand what the people in Chongcheng County were saying, and she didn't know what those people said... Magistrate Gou didn't say anything after all.

The restaurant they went to was owned by Zhu Qian.

Magistrate Gou asked his wife to talk to Zhu Qian's wife, but it was impossible for Zhu Qian to arrange Magistrate Gou's wife with his own wife... He arranged the best private box for Madam Gou alone, and also prepared Some snacks from Mrs. Gou's hometown.

After arriving in the box, Mrs. Gou finally felt a little better.

"Madam, if you're not feeling well, just rest here while I go down for a walk." Magistrate Gou said this before leaving.

"Dad." Magistrate Gou's youngest daughter called out.

Magistrate Gou came to his senses and looked at his two daughters: "Shuyun Shuyu, do you want to go play with dad?"

Magistrate Gou's youngest daughter immediately said: "Yes."

His eldest daughter said nothing, but looked expectantly.

Mrs. Gou said: "Sir, you can go and play by yourself. Shuyun Shuyu is a girl after all, so it is better to stay with me. I will take them to play after I take a break."

When Magistrate Gou heard what his wife said, he said, "Madam, please take them with you." He had even less contact with these two daughters than his son.

After all, she is his daughter. He likes her very much, but he really doesn't know how to get along with her.

Magistrate Gou just left, and Mrs. Gou felt even more aggrieved: "He just left me here."

Yang's mother said: "You don't know how to be considerate, there's nothing you can do about it... Madam, please bear with me."

"Alas..." Mrs. Gou sighed as she looked at the scenery outside the window.

There are many mosquitoes here, she can't understand what the people here say, and she can't get used to the food here.

She really doesn't like this place.

"I don't know what's going on, adults. I hang out with mud-legged people and merchants all the time..." Yang's mother complained in a low voice.

Mrs. Gou became even more sad, but her two daughters were a little overwhelmed and could only eat snacks while watching the excitement outside.

They actually wanted to try all the miscellaneous things their father ate before.

When he learned that Mrs. Gou had come to the restaurant, Zhu Qian asked someone to send some exquisite lanterns there, and also wanted his wife to talk to Mrs. Gou.

It was a pity that Mrs. Gou didn't call his wife to come over, and it was impossible for him to let his wife stick to him without Mrs. Gou's unwillingness, so he had to give up the plan.

It happened that Li Qingzhi and the others had been shopping for more than two hours. They were tired and came to the restaurant to rest. Zhu Qian asked his wife to talk to Jin Xiaoye.

Mrs. Zhu lives a high life and doesn't go out much. She is also introverted, completely different from Jin Xiaoye.

But Jin Xiaoye took the initiative to talk to her, and she was still very enthusiastic, and the two of them had a pretty good conversation.

While they were chatting, Li Damao and Li Ermao were so tired that they fell asleep.

They were so excited that they not only ate a lot but also ran around, and their energy was already exhausted.

"These two children are so cute." Mrs. Zhu pinched the face of Li Damao, who was sleeping on the put together stool.

She liked children very much, but it was a pity that after giving birth to three children, she never got pregnant again.

But Zhu Qian was very happy about this.

Zhu Qian has always been worried that he will not be able to divide the family property enough if he has more children.

Although his family is rich, he wants his son to be richer.

While Mrs. Zhu was talking to Jin Xiaoye, Li Qingzhi and Zhu Qian went to the next box to eat, and by the way they chatted about Zhu Xunmiao, who was studying at Chongwen Academy.

As for the others... Chang Cui also fell asleep. Chang Zhan took her to the braised food shop to rest, while Li Laogen and Gou Ying were still playing outside.

Li Qingzhi and Zhu Qian talked for a while, and then Gou Ying came over, along with Zhu Qian's daughter.

The two didn't know each other, nor did they play together. They just happened to meet each other when they entered the restaurant.

Miss Zhu entered her mother's box and started talking about what she had eaten and bought. As for Gou Ying who came in with her, she didn't pay attention at all.

Gou Ying didn't notice Miss Zhu either, but as soon as he entered the box, Mrs. Gou asked: "Ying'er, who is the young lady who came back with you?"

Gou Ying was confused: "How could I know?"

Mrs. Gou asked a few more questions and made sure that Gou Ying did not know her, so she asked Mother Yang to go out and inquire.

Yang's mother quickly found out: "Madam, that little girl is Zhu Qian's daughter."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Gou told Gou Ying: "Ying'er, you have to be careful, don't be deceived by those little girls..."

Even if Gou Ying was useless, Mrs. Gou would not want him to marry a businessman's daughter.

That would be too embarrassing. How would she go out to meet people in the future?

Gou Ying was dumbfounded. Although there were many lanterns lit here, it was so dark that he didn't even see what the people looked like!

They didn't even look at him or speak to him!

Gou Ying, who was in the rebellious stage, immediately became unhappy: "Mom, what are you talking nonsense! Why do you miss me so much!"

Gou Ying felt that his mother was a bit unreasonable, so she went to see Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi treats him as an adult and never talks to him a lot!

He originally wanted to come to see Li Qingzhi. When he met his father on the way and knew that his mother was there, he went to see his mother first.

Gou Ying came to Li Qingzhi's place and saw Li Qingzhi eating.

He was stunned: "You can still eat it!"

During the previous lantern festival, Li Qingzhi bought a lot of food!

Li Qing insisted: "I have a good appetite."

Gou Ying always felt that he ate too much before, but now...he ate so little!

Li Qingzhi is a veritable loser!

Soon, Gou Ying stopped thinking about it and started to laugh silly: "Brother Li, I heard many people say that my handwriting is good!"

"Your handwriting is indeed good." Li Qing insisted. When Gou Ying wrote carefully, his handwriting was still very straight.

Gou Ying was happy: "Brother Li, if I practice more, one day my handwriting will surpass yours!"

Li Qingzhi: "..." That's impossible!

Gou Ying's handwriting is improving, and so is his handwriting. His progress is definitely faster than Gou Ying's.

But he won't hit children.

Gou Ying was happy. On the other side, Mrs. Gou learned that her son had gone to Zhu Qian's box. She thought of talking to her son during breakfast a few days ago, and her son expressed admiration for Zhu Qian...

Mrs. Gou clutched her chest and felt even more uncomfortable.

Yang's mother was also angry: "Those shameless people are bent on clinging to our family, and they can think of any tricks... The young master is also stupid, and he was coaxed!"

"Mother Yang, what should I do if Zhu Qian is coaxing Ying'er and even calls his daughter here?" Mrs. Gou asked.

Yang's mother said: "Madam, why don't you arrange a marriage for the young master?"

"I would like to, but my parents have spoken and they will decide Ying'er's marriage..."

Mrs. Gou felt that her life was miserable again.

But in fact, her life was really good.

She didn't like the food sold at the small stalls, but many people who came to the lantern festival were really reluctant to spend a penny just for shopping.

The female workers at Jinye Embroidery Workshop are reluctant to spend money. When they encounter something they really want to eat... they pool their money together, buy some, and then share the food to get a taste.

Mrs. Gou's life was beyond their wildest dreams.

As for the female workers at Jinye Embroidery Workshop, they are not the worst off.

While everyone was visiting the temple fair, a fleet entered Chongcheng County.

"Old Wu, we have reached Chongcheng County! I envy you. You can go home and have a good sleep tonight!" Someone in the Shen family's caravan stood on the bow of his boat and shouted to Wu Baichuan.

"You can go home tomorrow." Wu Baichuan said with a smile.

Wu Baichuan was in a good mood, not only because he had made a lot of money during his trip to Beijing, but also because he had hooked up with Li Qingzhi.

As long as he has a good relationship with Li Qingzhi, his future will be bright.

The entire caravan ship stopped at the dock in Chongcheng County.

The caravan was going to the provincial capital, but it was too late today, so they planned to rest for the night before leaving.

In fact, if Wu Baichuan hadn't wanted to go home quickly, they would have stopped to rest in the last county.

Everyone was about to stop the boat and take a rest when they suddenly realized something was wrong: "What's going on? Why is there no one on the dock?"

"It's summer, shouldn't there be a lot of people coming to enjoy the cool air at this time?"

"Look at the houses in the city, almost no one lights the lights!"

"Where are the people from Chongcheng County?"

…

On winter nights, it is normal for there to be few people at the pier.

But summer is different!

On such a sultry day, many people will come out to enjoy the cool air. In addition, the cities in Jiangnan are relatively crowded and the alleys are very small...

At this time of year, the empty pier is always crowded with people, and there are also vendors selling things.

Why is there no one today?

Is there something going on in Chongcheng County?

Wu Baichuan was so worried that he quickly got off the boat and looked for people everywhere.

Fortunately, he quickly found a few strong men who usually made money by helping people move things at the dock.

Wu Baichuan anxiously asked about the situation, and one of the strong men said: "Everyone went to the new pier to watch the lantern festival today, so there will be no one here."

Wu Baichuan naturally knew about the new pier: "Everyone is at the new pier?"

"Yes! Most of the people in the county have gone!"

Wu Baichuan returned to the shore and saw other people in the fleet disembarking: "Old Wu, what's wrong with Chongcheng County?"

Wu Baichuan said: "They said that all the people in the city went to the New Pier to watch the lantern festival."

"New pier? Lantern Festival?" These people were a little curious.

Shopkeeper Shen, who was leading the team, even asked, "Shall we go and have a look too?"

"Old Wu, please show us the way."

"You don't need Lao Wu to lead the way. I know them all. A little further on the boat is the new dock in Chongcheng County. I saw it on the way to the capital."

As these people talked, they all planned to go to the new dock to have a look.

Wu Baichuan was also curious: "I'll go take a look too."

So, this fleet, which had just returned from the capital, sailed to the new dock together.

From a distance, they saw the lights over the new pier: "There are so many lights, it's really a lantern festival!"

"I've been on my way all this way, I want to go down and have a look."

"There should be a lot of delicious food there, I'm going to buy some."

"I'm going to buy some too, but I didn't find anything delicious along the way."

…

Magistrate Gou and his family were not used to the food when they came to Chongcheng County. The people in this caravan went to the north and were not used to the food.

For example, some people in the caravan only like to eat rice, but when they go to the north, they are often served pasta.

He ate it, but he didn't like it at all.

The fleet stopped at the new dock.

"This pier is so big!"

"We'll stop here when we come to Chongcheng County from now on!"

"This pier is in good repair."

"The pier in the city is really too small!"

…

People on the boat commented on the new pier, but people on the shore talked about their boats: "So many boats!"

"This is a big fleet!"

"This is the Shen family's fleet!"

"The Shen family's fleet has returned from the capital? They must have brought back a lot of new things!"

"Let's go take a look."

…

Juewizhai has always followed the crowd, and they also put up some lanterns to decorate their shop.

At that time, Li Qingzhi brought Gou Ying here every day. He also came up with some ideas and even tied up a few lanterns himself, which were very beautiful.

However, although they decorated the shop beautifully, they did not open the door for business.

It's weird to sell braised food at night, but it doesn't seem necessary to sell something else.

Chang Cui fell asleep, so Chang Zhan took her to rest in the shop. As he was resting, he heard from the workers in the shop that the Shen family's fleet had returned from the capital.

Chang Zhan hugged Chang Cui and walked out.

Is his brother back? He wants to see his brother!

On the other side, Li Qingzhi and Zhu Qian also heard about the return of the Shen family fleet.

Li Qingzhi learned some of the situation in the capital from Governor Zhang, but the details were not detailed. He told Zhu Qian, got up and walked out, planning to go to the dock to have a look.

By this time, Wu Baichuan and the others had already disembarked.

Then they saw beautiful lanterns and... all kinds of food.

They couldn't eat anything good on the boat, so a group of people rushed towards the lantern festival without thinking.

The shopkeepers in the fleet all made a lot of money, and even the servants or people hired to sail the ships also made a lot of money from this trip, and they started buying and buying.

Some people were reluctant to spend money to buy food, but when they saw these people buying so much... they became cruel and started to buy things.

The business of those stalls suddenly improved a lot.

Wu Baichuan bought twenty pieces of fried stinky tofu, poured it on the stall owner's homemade sweet noodle sauce, and ate it.

The sweet noodle sauce here in Chongcheng County is made of flour, it is not very sweet, and a little soy sauce is added to it... Anyway, the taste of the sweet noodle sauce made by each house is different.

The same goes for stinky dried tofu. The taste of stinky dried tofu made by different people is different.

Wu Baichuan felt that the stinky dried tofu he bought today was particularly to his liking, and while he was eating it, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

As soon as he turned around and saw Li Qingzhi, Wu Baichuan immediately put on a flattering smile: "Mr. Li, long time no see!"

"Long time no see... Where is Duan Jin?" Li Qing asked.

Wu Baichuan said: "Mr. Li, Duan Jin... no, Shopkeeper Duan has gained the attention of Eunuch Lu and will stay in the capital in the future."

Li Qingzhi was stunned, and Wu Baichuan said again: "Mr. Li, shopkeeper Duan asked me to bring back a lot of things..."

Chapter 142 Strategy

Li Qingzhi ordered twenty pieces of fried stinky tofu and sat next to Wu Baichuan to eat.

He felt that the stinky dried tofu with only sweet noodle sauce was not tasty enough. It would be better if it had hot sauce. It would be better to add sesame and peanuts, a particularly fragrant hot sauce.

There were no disposable tableware at this time. When everyone bought food, they either ate it directly or used the store's dishes. Those who were more sophisticated would bring their own dishes.

Li Qingzhi and Wu Baichuan were not fastidious people, so they just carried the store's plates and sat behind the stall to eat on the small bench prepared by the store.

In front of him was a bustling street lit up with lanterns, and behind him was endless darkness... While Li Qingzhi was eating, he asked Wu Baichuan about things in the capital, but Wu Baichuan didn't hide anything, using words that only Li Qingzhi could hear. The volume carefully explained what he knew.

After finishing speaking, Wu Baichuan asked Li Qingzhi: "Mr. Li, "Redress of Injustice"... was written by you?"

Li Qingzhi was not surprised that Wu Baichuan could guess it. For a person like Wu Baichuan who travels all over the world to do business, he may not be very courageous and likes to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but he is definitely smart: "I wrote it."

"Does Governor Zhang know?" Wu Baichuan asked again.

"I know." Li Qing insisted.

Wu Baichuan was in a good mood, and he knew that Li Qingzhi must be Governor Zhang's man.

"Mr. Li?" Chang Zhan came over with Chang Cui in his arms.

Children's sleep is good. It's so busy outside, but Chang Cui still sleeps very soundly.

"Cui Cui is sleeping...take her home quickly." Li Qing insisted.

Chang Zhan glanced at Wu Baichuan and left with Chang Cui. He wanted to know about his brother's situation, but it was obviously inappropriate to go up and ask about the situation now.

Li Qingzhi and Wu Baichuan had already finished eating the stinky dried tofu, so they went to Wu Baichuan's boat to get the things Chang Duan asked Wu Baichuan to bring back.

Chang Duan gave Li Qingzhi the owner of the things he brought.

If the letter was packed in a small wooden box, Li Qing picked up the box and said, "Thank you very much, Shopkeeper Wu. Next time you go to the capital, I will trouble you to bring him something."

Wu Baichuan immediately said: "No trouble, no trouble, Mr. Li, if you want me to bring anything to Shopkeeper Duan, just give it to me."

Li Qingzhi left Wu Baichuan and carried the box to find Jin Xiaoye.

In modern time, it should be around eight o'clock or almost nine o'clock. Most of the people have gone home, and most of the stalls at the Lantern Festival have been sold out - all the stall owners' items have been sold out!

"Zixiao." A familiar voice sounded. Li Qingzhi looked over and saw Li Xiucai.

Behind Li Xiucai, there was a large group of people.

Well, if Li Xiucai and his family go out, there will be really many people.

"Why haven't you gone back yet, sir?" Li Qingzhi asked. Generally, those with children will go back early.

Li Xiucai said: "Some children were playing wild before and were unwilling to go back. They are willing to leave now." He wanted to go back early, but his grandchildren were not happy. Just now, there were people sitting on the ground making trouble and refusing to go back...

"Sir, walk slowly." Li Qingzhi said with a smile.

Li Xiucai's income is still good. Although his family is not rich, they live a pretty good life. Li Qingzhi noticed that each of the children had something to eat and play in their hands.

When Li Qingzhi arrived at the inn, he met Magistrate Gou's family again.

Both Magistrate Gou and Magistrate Gou Ying carried a lot of things in large and small bags. Mrs. Gou and Magistrate Gou's two daughters did not carry anything, and they might have asked their servants to carry them.

After saying hello, Li Qingzhi went to find Jin Xiaoye and woke up Li Damao and Li Ermao.

These two children are quite heavy, so let them go on their own.

Li Damao and Li Ermao were a little unhappy when they were woken up, pouting their lips and getting angry.

Li Qingzhi saw this and said: "Da Mao Er Mao, dad walked a long way today and can't walk anymore. Can you help me walk?"

Li Qingzhi looked weak. Li Damao and Li Ermao saw it and said quickly: "Dad, I can!"

The two of them ignored the discomfort of being woken up and got up to help Li Qingzhi.

"Da Mao Er Mao is awesome. You hold dad's hand and walk with him. As long as you are here, dad can walk." Li Qing insisted.

Li Damao and Li Ermao nodded seriously and led Li Qingzhi away.

Jin Xiaoye glanced at Li Qingzhi with a little admiration.

Li Qingzhi is really very capable. These two children are always very good in Li Qingzhi's hands.

It was late at night and the way back was a bit dark, so Li Damao and Li Ermao were afraid. When Li Qingzhi saw them, he told them stories.

Ghost stories are absolutely not allowed to be told, so Li Qingzhi picked a historical story about marching in the middle of the night and winning a battle to tell them.

By the way, I told them what they should pay attention to when marching in the middle of the night.

The two children listened very carefully and completely forgot about their fear.

Also forgetting their fear were Li Laogen and Zhao Xiaodou.

Li Laogen is timid, maybe Zhao Xiaodou... He had heard some ghost stories before at home, so he was inevitably afraid of the dark.

The two of them walked hand in hand behind Li Qingzhi. They were originally more scared than Li Damao and Li Ermao, but now they were just listening to the story.

When they arrived at the county town, there were lights. When they returned to the Jinye Embroidery Workshop, the lights were also on - the female workers had already returned first.

Li Qingzhi asked Jin Xiaoye to take Li Damao and Li Ermao to take a bath and sleep, but he went to call Chang Zhan and asked Chang Zhan to read the letter sent back by Chang Duan with him.

Chang Zhan was a little disappointed when he learned that his brother had not returned, but he quickly adjusted his mood and read the letter with Li Qingzhi. Chang Duan did not mention anything about him and Lu Qingxi in the letter, but only talked about the situation in the capital, and then mentioned that he now runs a restaurant.

Li Qingzhi already knew about Chang Duan from Wu Baichuan, so he naturally knew that his restaurant was given to him by Lu Qingxi.

He also knew why Chang Duan stayed in the capital. Chang Duan can do more things if he opens a restaurant in the capital.

After reading the letters, Li Qingzhi gave those letters to Chang Zhan.

He has memorized it anyway.

The next day, after Li Qingzhi went to Li Xiucai's place, he took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Chang Duan.

He wrote down everything he knew about opening a restaurant, such as the waiter's service attitude, uniform clothing, and snacks for guests.

Li Qingzhi wrote down everything he could think of. Of course, he also wrote on it. He had no experience in opening a restaurant. These things were just random thoughts. Whether he wanted to use them and how to use them all depended on Chang Duan.

After writing this, Li Qingzhi took out another piece of paper and began to write about the technology of distilling liquor.

The day Governor Zhang got drunk, Li Qingzhi wanted to make some high-alcohol wine and keep it on the table. It was a good disinfectant.

But he never had time to make it. Besides...he found that Daqi already had distilled liquor.

But the breweries in Daqi don't know that they are purifying alcohol through distillation, and only regard this as a step in brewing.

They put the fermented grains in a large wooden barrel, and then placed the barrel on a steamer to steam. On top of the barrel, they placed a large iron pot with cold water in it...

Alcohol can evaporate at more than 70 degrees, and can condense when it encounters an iron pot filled with cold water... Finally, "shochu" can be collected.

The alcohol content of the shochu produced in this way is not particularly high, only about 20 to 30 degrees. Li Qingzhi...he designed a simple iron distillation vessel that can continue to distill the wine at 20 to 30 degrees. It should be able to distill wine of fifty or sixty degrees.

It's just that this vessel is not big, so it shouldn't be able to distill much wine...it's good to be rare.

Li Qingzhi drew a drawing and gave it to Chang Duan, and also wrote about how peppers can be used for cooking.

He planned to send half of the chili powder on hand to Chang Duan in the capital together with the letter he wrote.

Chang Duan is running a restaurant, so he should come in handy.

Li Qingzhi told Wu Baichuan to ask Wu Baichuan to help bring things to Chang Duan, but Wu Baichuan would not go to the capital again for two or three months... After thinking about it, Li Qingzhi planned to get something from Juewizhai Select two workers and ask them to follow other fleets to the capital to deliver things to Chang Duan.

The Shen family is not the only fleet going to the capital, but the Shen family's fleet is particularly large.

In addition, there are some escort agencies that will deliver things to the capital.

If you ask around, you can easily find a ship heading to the capital in the near future.

As for this matter, he can leave it to Chang Zhan.

That night, Li Qingzheng took Li Damao and Li Ermao to the lantern festival.

He promised his two children that he would take them with him every day, but he could not break the promise.

But Jin Xiaoye didn't go, she had a new idea and was preparing...

So, Li Qingzhi carried a bag of copper coins on his back, led Li Damao and Li Ermao, followed by Li Laogen, Zhao Xiaodou and Gou Ying, and walked from one end of the lantern festival to the other, and then from that end to this end, while walking. eat.

Seeing Li Qingzhi's good appetite, Gou Ying was in awe.

Li Qingzhi is really delicious!

They went home relatively early that day.

Li Qingzheng walked back with his three children and Li Laogen. Gou Ying didn't want to walk, so she went to Zhu's house.

The boat goes back.

When Gou Ying returned home, the house was very quiet. His parents must have gone to bed.

He didn't bother them. After letting the concierge open the door for him, he walked towards the small courtyard where he lived, planning to wash up and go to bed.

I have to go to school tomorrow!

Gou Ying no longer rejects reading.

Li Xiucai was not strict with him. Although he had to study in the school, he could also play with other people because he knew so much and because he was the son of Magistrate Gou, those people still listened to him!

Going to school is much more fun than being at home. He loves going to school!

"Brother." A small voice suddenly sounded.

Gou Ying was stunned for a moment, and then saw her eldest sister coming out from behind a tree: "Shuyun, is something wrong?"

Gou Shuyun was only ten years old, a little girl much shorter than Gou Ying. She looked up at Gou Ying: "Brother, did you go to the lantern festival today?"

"Yes, gone!"

"Brother, is the lantern festival fun?"

"It's fun! Didn't you go there yesterday?"

Gou Shuyun lowered her head, and after a while she said, "Brother, can you buy me some things from the Lantern Festival tomorrow?"

"Okay, what do you want?" Gou Ying asked.

Gou Shuyun became happy: "I want sesame balls, fried rice cakes, stinky dried tofu..."

Gou Shuyun said a lot in one breath, and then added: "Brother, just bring me two items at a time. Shuyu and I can't eat any more."

"Okay!" Gou Ying said.

Gou Shuyun said again: "Brother, don't tell mother."

"I promise not to tell!" Gou Ying patted her chest as a promise.

Gou Shuyun was very happy and quietly returned to the room.

Gou Ying waited for her sister to leave and began to think about it.

In addition to buying food tomorrow, he can also buy some toys for his two sisters!

Gou Ying actually likes his two sisters, but his mother thinks that his two sisters are girls, and she doesn't allow this or that on weekdays. He has no chance to play with them at all, and over time, he becomes unfamiliar with them. .

Nowadays, it is rare for his sister to make requests to him, and he must satisfy them.

But his sister didn't understand, but he knew that the servants in the family were his parents' spies. Today, his sister came to see him, so he definitely couldn't hide it from his parents.

But there was no one else around when he was talking to his sister, so his parents wouldn't know what they said.

With so many servants at home, it's not easy for him to deliver food to his sister without his mother knowing... But it's challenging, isn't it?

Gou Ying thought about it and finally chose the simplest one.

Tomorrow night, he will secretly put food outside his sister's window!

Of course he had to tell his sister in advance.

Mrs. Gou didn't know that her daughter had gone to ask her son for food at the temple fair. She had been very unhappy these two days.

She was unhappy when she went to the lantern festival yesterday. Today, Magistrate Gou asked her to go again. She refused and Magistrate Gou went alone. She was still unhappy.

What good would a broken lamp do? Why is her husband so focused on it?

That lantern festival would be great, of course.

At least the people in Chongcheng County find the lantern festival very interesting.

The open space here at the new pier is very large, and there are many stalls set aside.

On the first day, there were not many people setting up stalls, but on the second and third days, there were more and more people setting up stalls.

They may not necessarily sell food, but may also sell other things. For example, those with bamboo weaving skills will sell bamboo weaving at the lantern festival.

Small baskets, small baskets and small chairs...not practical but the kids love them!

Of course, they are practical, and there are also things that adults like, so you can choose as much as you like.

Even Jin Xiaoye took the female workers from Jinye Embroidery Workshop to set up a stall at the lantern festival.

They paid three times the money and occupied three stalls, where they sold various trinkets including head flowers.

There are many young girls who come to the temple fair, and they are all willing to buy some. Jin Xiaoye and the others' business is quite good.

Magistrate Gou originally planned to hold this lantern festival for four or five days, but because there were too many people, he planned to hold it for a few more days.

Magistrate Gou even asked Zhu Qian to set up a stall where he sold "Record of Injustice" and the stories written by Li Qingzhi for him.

Of course, there are some other storybooks mixed in, so it's not good to only sell these two.

Li Qingzhi and others were very slow in printing "Redress of Injustice" because Chang Zhan, Chang Duan and Feng Da were not skilled workers.

It would be much easier for Magistrate Gou to print this book!

After he told the book printing workshop in Chongcheng County, the book printing workshop immediately became busy... While Li Qingzhi was preparing for the lantern festival, Magistrate Gou had already printed thousands of sets of "Redress of Injustice".

Also printed is the story about how Li Qingzhi measured the land.

"Record of Injustice" is very popular in the capital, but in Chongcheng County, very few people know about this book.

But now, this book is placed together with the book about Magistrate Gou, and the people Zhu Qian found to set up a stall to sell books are still very good at shouting: "Come and see!" "Redress of Injustice", which writes all the grievances of the people of Linhu County , to reveal to you the reason why Governor Zhang went on a killing spree in Linhu County..."

"The people in Beijing are rushing to read "The Record of Injustice", which made the ministers of the DPRK and Central Government shed tears. Come and buy a copy!"

"Come and read "The Record of Principles of Injustice" that made Governor Zhang furious!"

Although few people know about the book "Redress of Injustice", the scholars in Chongcheng County already know about the promotion of Magistrate Zhang to Governor Zhang.

Amid such cries, many scholars bought books.

Those storytellers were even rushing to buy the book - they casually flipped through a few pages of this book and found that it was particularly suitable for telling the story to the common people!

And when these people who bought the book read the book...

"I know that Magistrate Yan has done a lot of evil things, but I never expected that there are so many unjust cases in Linhu County!"

"The people in Linhu County are so miserable, but our Chongcheng County is better."

"Magistrate Gou is really much better than Magistrate Yan!"

"Governor Zhang is also a good official!"

…

When the people in Chongcheng County mentioned Governor Zhang, he was playing chess with Chief Zhou Shan of Chongwen Academy.

Chief Zhou also mentioned Chongcheng County: "Mr. Zhang, I heard that Chongcheng County held a lantern festival and it was very lively?"

"I've also heard that there has been a lot of movement in Chongcheng County this year." Governor Zhang said.

The news of holding a lantern festival in Chongcheng County has already reached Fucheng.

After the ordinary people here in Fucheng heard about this, they were just envious and would not go all the way to Chongcheng County to see the lights, but those rich people were different.

Some wealthy people in Fucheng learned about this and hired a boat to go straight to Chongcheng County, where they had already seen the lantern festival.

In addition to the stalls set up by ordinary people, there are also various shops on the new wharf. The things sold in those shops are very good. In addition, most of the rich people in Fucheng are not like Mrs. Gou who rejects food such as sesame balls... From Fucheng Everyone who comes to Chongcheng County has a great time.

Later, even some people from less wealthy prefectures chartered boats to visit Chongcheng County.

"I heard that the magistrate of Chongcheng County is a rare good official." Zhou Shan said.

"Yes." Governor Zhang laughed.

Magistrate Gou is indeed good, but there is so much commotion in Chongcheng County and so many things happening, it should be related to Li Qingzhi.

Although Li Qingzhi was not even a scholar, he was really good at managing the people.

He will go to the provincial capital tomorrow to take office, and will pass through Chongcheng County on the way... Governor Zhang plans to stay in Chongcheng County for a day, chat with Li Qingzhi, and then see the lantern festival in Chongcheng County.

At this time, Chief Zhou Shanchang also talked about Li Qingzhi: "Sir Zhang, when I mentioned Chongcheng County, I thought of one person."

"Who?" Governor Zhang asked.

"It's Li Qing who is the leader of this year's government examination!" Zhou Shan said: "This person's talent and learning are really good, and the strategies he wrote are very meaningful..."

Chief Zhou Shanzhang praised Li Qingzhi for a long time, and finally said: "Sir Zhang, you went to Linhu County after presiding over the government examination, and you haven't even seen him. It's a pity."

Governor Zhang laughed when he heard this: "I have met him before the government examination."

"What do Master Zhang think of him?" Zhou Shanchang asked.

Governor Zhang said: "He is a genius."

Shanchang Zhou didn't expect Governor Zhang to have such a high opinion of Li Qingzhi, and was a little surprised.

Governor Zhang asked again: "You praised him for writing well-written policy papers... Have you read his policy papers?"

"Not long ago, he wrote two articles for my advice." After speaking, Chief Zhou Shan sent someone to bring over the policy papers that Li Qingzhi wrote to him when he came to see him last time.

Governor Zhang had talked with Li Qingzhi, read the book written by Li Qingzhi, and also read the policy papers written by Li Qingzhi during the imperial examination.

But he didn't have much contact with Li Qingzhi, and he didn't know much about Li Qingzhi's knowledge.

At this moment, Commander Zhou sent two policy papers written by Li Qingzhi to him. After reading them carefully, he realized that Li Qingzhi's policy papers were really good.

He felt that such a policy would be suitable for taking part in the provincial examination.

"Give these two policy papers to me." Governor Zhang said.

"He gave this to me. Mr. Zhang, you can't snatch it away!" Zhou Shan said: "His handwriting is really beautiful. I want to appreciate it every day!"

Governor Zhang said: "Then I will copy it and take it away."

"Sir, please tell me earlier... I have already asked someone to copy several copies. Just give you one copy." Chief Zhou Shanchang immediately asked someone to get the copied article, and then asked Governor Zhang: "What do you want this article for?"

Governor Zhang said: "The Anjiang Academy over in the provincial capital publishes a volume of Anjiang Collected Works every month, which includes the latest poems, songs, and various articles. If Li Qing implements this policy, he can publish it in Anjiang Collected Works. "

Hearing what Governor Zhang said, Zhou Shan was stunned.

His Chongwen Academy is the best academy in Hexing Prefecture, but it cannot compare with Anjiang Academy.

Anjiang Academy is the best academy in the entire Jiang'an Province. The current headmaster of the academy is a great Confucian who won the top prize in the exam, resigned and returned to his hometown, and has been teaching and educating people for decades!

This "Collected Works of Anjiang" is even more remarkable. Although this book is named after Anjiang Academy, it does not only include works by students of Anjiang Academy.

The Anjiang Collected Works will include all good articles and poems from the entire Jiang'an Province, and even good articles and poems written by literati from other places will be included in the Anjiang Collected Works.

Because of this, it is very difficult for literati to have their works published in Anjiang Collected Works. If a young man's article is published in Anjiang Collected Works... he will definitely become famous.

After all, most of the articles included in "Anjiang Collected Works" were written by very famous literati who had passed the imperial examination.

Zhou Shanchang's articles have been published in Anjiang Collected Works several times.

Although Chief Zhou thought Li Qingzhi's article was good, he didn't expect Governor Zhang's evaluation to be so high and that he actually thought Li Qingzhi's article could be included in the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

He wished that Li Qingzhi would come to Chongwen Academy tomorrow to study. Unfortunately, Li Qingzhi said he had something to do at home and never came.

After Master Zhou finished chatting with Governor Zhang and sent him away, Peng Jingliang came to ask for leave.

Zhou Shanchang frowned: "You are fine, why do you need to ask for leave again? You will be out next year." He planned to let Peng Jingliang go to take the provincial examination next year. During this period, he kept Peng Jingliang in check and asked Peng Jingliang to study hard.

Peng Jingliang said: "Chief, I will only take one day, plus the days I have to take a rest... I want to go to Chongcheng County to see the lantern festival, and pay a visit to Brother Li by the way."

Zhou Shanchang said: "Okay."

Peng Jingliang was overjoyed to see that his teacher agreed. However, Chief Zhou Shanchang said at this time: "I will go with you."

Peng Jingliang was dumbfounded.

He mainly wanted to go to the lantern festival, but if his teacher also went...then how could he have fun?

"Then Zhu Xunmiao is from Chongcheng County. Let's call him too." Chief Zhou Shan said again.

Li Qingzhi never came to study, but Zhu Xunmiao came.

Zhu Xunmiao's knowledge is average, but he has a good personality and is good at making friends, and he does well in Chongwen Academy.

Shanchang Zhou planned to take him with him.

Chief Zhou Shan had a good impression of Zhu Xunmiao, but not everyone in Chongwen Academy liked Zhu Xunmiao.

At this moment, a student had a conflict with Zhu Xunmiao and deliberately knocked Zhu Xunmiao's book to the ground.

This man had a younger brother who wanted to study at Chongwen Academy, but he never got a place. However, Zhu Xunmiao got in easily.

Just because Zhu Xunmiao is rich!

The man took Zhu Xunmiao's book and looked at Zhu Xunmiao with disdain: "He is just the son of a businessman. When he came to the academy, he thought he was a figure?"

Zhu Xunmiao was a little angry and was about to argue with this man when Peng Jingliang came.

The tense atmosphere disappeared instantly, and both of them looked at Peng Jingliang.

Peng Jingliang was carefree and didn't notice anything wrong. He smiled and said to Zhu Xunmiao: "Brother Zhu, the teacher asked me to tell you that you will go to Chongcheng County with us in the future."

After Peng Jingliang finished speaking, he left.

Zhu Xunmiao looked at the classmate who had always looked down on him: "I am indeed just the son of a businessman, but the mountain leader values me and there is nothing he can do about it."

Zhu Xunmiao's classmate was so angry!

Zhu Xunmiao was very happy. He would be able to go home and have a look the day after tomorrow!

During this period of time studying at Chongwen Academy, he did learn a lot of knowledge, but he also encountered some troubles... He was a little homesick.

He also wanted to see the lantern festival in Chongcheng County.

Early the next morning, Governor Zhang left Hexing Prefecture and took a boat to Chongcheng County.

When he went to Chongcheng County before, he took a small boat, but this time it was different - he was already the governor after all, and the Hexing Mansion Office arranged a large boat for him and several people to protect him.

After Governor Zhang boarded the ship, he sat at the table, took out the strategy written by Li Qing, and made revisions.

Li Qingzhi's policy writing is indeed very good, but it may not be accepted in Anjiang Collected Works. The requirements of Anjiang Collected Works are still very high.

But after he modified it, it was not difficult to get up.

When Governor Zhang was young, his articles were published in Anjiang Collected Works. No new works have been published in recent years. This is simply because he is old and busy with work and has no energy to write.

Governor Zhang's boat arrived at Chongcheng County at noon.

He did not rush to find Li Qingzhi, but asked someone to send him to the new pier - he wanted to see this pier.

It's noon now, it's too hot, and there aren't many people here at the new pier.

But even so, you can see that everything here is well planned and arranged in an orderly manner, and there is nothing dirty on the ground.

The new pier is large and well built.

Occasionally I meet a few people and see smiles on their faces.

Governor Zhang was in a good mood.

It was very hot, but Governor Zhang refused to take the boat and walked to the county seat with two guards.

Along the way, he met many people and found that the spirit of the people in Chongcheng County was completely different from that in Linhu County.

When he entered the county seat, this feeling became more obvious.

The weather was so hot that some people found their homes stuffy, so they took a cattail leaf fan and moved a bamboo chair to sit in an alley out of the sun to enjoy the cool air.

They all had smiles on their faces.

After Governor Zhang walked for a while, he asked someone to ask if they knew where the Golden Leaf Embroidery Workshop was.

"Are you a businessman from out of town? The Golden Leaf Embroidery Workshop is not far from here. I will take you there." An aunt said.

Governor Zhang thanked him immediately.

The aunt said: "You're welcome, just buy some more stuff from Gold Leaf Embroidery Shop!"

"Eldest sister likes Jinye Embroidery House very much?" Governor Zhang asked.

The aunt said: "I like it! My daughter is working in Jinye Embroidery Workshop! You don't know that she can earn more than one tael of silver a month. She can also take care of meals at noon and go home at night..."

I work as a nanny for a wealthy family to help nurse their children and I can't go home. I only have this little money for a month!

Governor Zhang chatted with the aunt for a few words, and finally found out about the situation of Jinye Embroidery Workshop.

And when he came to Jinye Embroidery Workshop...Jin Xiaoye asked: "Are you here to purchase goods? Do you want to see samples?"

The business of Jinye Embroidery Shop is quite large now, and merchants from other places often come to purchase goods.

Jin Xiaoye will first take them to see the samples, wait for them to choose what they want, then calculate how long it will take to complete it and how much it will cost, and then inform the other party of the price and delivery time of the goods.

Governor Zhang smiled: "I'm not here to purchase goods. I'm looking for Li Qingzhi."

"Are you looking for Ah Qing? He happens to be inside." Jin Xiaoye pointed to the backyard.

It's been hot recently, so Li Xiucai would spare an hour and a half at noon to let the students in the school have lunch and dinner.

Some students would study in class without taking a lunch break, but Li Qingzhi did not.

When he goes home for dinner, he will also take advantage of this time to teach some mathematics and science to three children who only attend half-day classes.

The three children had to take a nap, but they would not take a nap until he was gone. So when Governor Zhang entered, he heard Li Qingzhi teaching multiplication to three children.

Li Qingzhi asked his three children to memorize multiplication tables very early. Now he uses Arabic numerals to make calculations and asks them to multiply two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers.

Li Qing asked a question, and after a while, Li Damao calculated the result, followed closely by Zhao Xiaodou and Li Ermao.

Because Li Qingzhi used his powers to develop the brains of his two children from time to time, Li Damao is now a little genius.

Li Ermao is actually smart, but he is unwilling to use his brain and mess around all day long.

"Da Mao is awesome!" Li Qingzhi praised.

Governor Zhang couldn't help but marvel: "This kid's arithmetic is really good!"

Li Qingzhi had long noticed that someone had entered the backyard.

He thought the person who came was a female worker from Jinye Embroidery Workshop, so he didn't pay attention. It wasn't until Governor Zhang spoke out that he realized that the person who came was actually a female worker from Jinye Embroidery Workshop.

Governor Zhang was a little surprised: "Mr. Zhang, why are you here?"

Governor Zhang said: "I was going to the provincial capital to take office. I passed by Chongcheng County and came to see you."

Li Qingzhi did not expect that Governor Zhang would come to see him specifically, and was a little surprised.

Teaching children not to be in a hurry... Li Qingzhi asked the three children to take a nap in Li Damao and Li Ermao's room, while he took Governor Zhang to the study upstairs and moved a stool to Governor Zhang.

After Governor Zhang sat down, he asked Li Qingzhi: "Zixiao, was it you who came up with this lantern festival in Chongcheng County?"

"Indeed." Li Qing insisted.

Governor Zhang asked: "I will be the governor next. What do you think I should do as the governor of Jiang'an Province?"

Li Qingzhi didn't expect that Governor Zhang would ask him such a question.

Jiang'an Province is really wealthy, but this wealth is relative to other places in Daqi.

If compared with modern times, Jiang'an Province has more people who don't have enough to eat.

Li Qingzhi would also think about how to make these people live a better life... Now that Governor Zhang asked, he also gave some of his own opinions and suggestions.

For example, you can spend money to hire people to dig rivers, build bridges and roads.

Infrastructure construction can revitalize the economy.

When people have money in their hands, they will buy things, and businessmen will have money after selling things, so they will continue to do business... In this way, in the end, everyone will benefit.

This is economic. As for medical treatment... you can select some smart young people and let them learn some simple medical skills, and then treat the people in the village. You can even compile a simple medical book for these people to read.

As for education... You can encourage businessmen to build schools named after them and invite some gentlemen to teach ordinary people's children for free. Of course, what this school teaches cannot be the knowledge required for the imperial examination. It is simply to let the common people recognize words and do arithmetic.

"Sir, do you know? There was such an incident in Chongcheng County before. A government official took a piece of paper and wrote a few words on it. He found a farmer and said that their family was involved in a lawsuit. He asked the farmer to He was so frightened that he finally gave the government servant two taels of silver... People are illiterate and easily bullied." Li Qingzhi knew that it was unrealistic in this era to ask everyone to read and write.

Even if the school he proposed is built...study requires pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Those who can finally go to school must have some money in their families.

But even so, it is a good thing that more people are literate.

Li Qingzhi said a lot.

He wasn't sure if what he said could be realized, but it didn't matter if he just said it!

Governor Zhang can make his own judgment on whether it can be implemented in the end.

Just like Chang Duan... He wrote down some of the knowledge he learned about restaurants in modern times and sent it to Chang Duan, but in the end it was up to Chang Duan whether he wanted to use it or not.

Governor Zhang asked because he thought Li Qingzhi's ideas were different and wanted Li Qingzhi to give him some suggestions.

As a result... what Li Qingzhi said was beyond his expectation.

These suggestions are all very good. The biggest problem is that hiring people to build roads, training doctors, and building schools all require money.

Just when Governor Zhang was struggling, Li Qingzhi asked: "Sir, do you know about drying salt?"

Jiang'an Province is a coastal city. Although Chongcheng County is not close to the sea, it is not far from the sea.

For this reason, the price of salt in Chongcheng County is not expensive. You can buy a pound for about ten cents. In addition, you can buy salted fish and other salt to supplement the salt. The people here are not short of salt.

But compared to modern times... the price of salt at this time was really expensive!

Li Qingzhi learned about how people in this era made salt, and then discovered that... the salt farms in Jiang'an Province were still boiling salt.

Boiling salt requires a lot of fuel and the cost is very high. If it can be replaced by sun salt... Not only will the salt production increase, but the salt farm will also make more money.

Salt has always been in the hands of the court. Li Qingzhi knew that he could not make money in this way, so he simply told Governor Zhang.

If one could change the way salt is produced and no longer boil it, he would have saved a forest!

If the price of salt can be reduced, it will be a great good thing for the people.

After hearing this, Governor Zhang sighed: "Zixiao, I revised two policy papers for you and wanted to send them to Anjiang Collected Works so that they could publish your articles. But now... if you publish what you said, If you send these to Anjiang Collected Works, they will definitely be accepted."

""Collected Works of Anjiang"?" Li Qingzhi felt that the name seemed familiar.

Governor Zhang explained it to him.

Li Qingzhi remembered it immediately.

When he was studying with Li Xiucai, he once heard someone say that some articles were copied from the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

He could really try to contribute to "Anjiang Collected Works" and make a name for himself.

Scholars these days attach great importance to reputation and need to be famous.

However, he must be careful not to violate any taboos when writing.

Chapter 143 Surprise

Li Qingzhi did not go to study with Li Xiucai that afternoon.

He and Governor Zhang had too much to talk about.

Li Qingzhi didn't know much about Da Qi. After all, he had only been in this world for a year.

But he has experienced a lot in his previous life and has read a lot of history books, so he can naturally give some advice.

Governor Zhang admired Li Qingzhi very much. On the way he took it out, he explained two of Li Qingzhi's policies that he had revised.

Li Qingzhi found that the policy that Governor Zhang had revised for him was indeed more in line with people's reading preferences at this time.

If he has any ideas in the future, he can first write them down according to his own habits, list one, two, three, four, five, and then organize them in the strategy writing method that people at this time usually use, and then publicize them.

He doesn't actually write the former, he can just draft it in his mind, but if he writes it down... he can send it to Governor Zhang in the future.

"Does Mr. Zhang know the compiler of Anjiang Collected Works?" Li Qing asked.

Governor Zhang said: "I know him. He has some friendship with me."

The main compiler of Anjiang Collected Works was the head of Anjiang Academy, a great scholar named Fang who resigned and returned to his hometown to teach.

Chief Fang Shan resigned because the late emperor loved the imperial concubine too much and did many ridiculous things because of it. When he resigned, Governor Zhang first entered the officialdom.

For various reasons, the two met and had a good relationship, but not many people knew about it.

But Li Qingzhi can be said to be his savior... Governor Zhang told Li Qingzhi and said, "Zixiao, if you have a suitable article, you can forward it to me, and I will forward it to him."

Although Li Qingzhi took two cases in the county examination and government examination, looking at Daqi as a whole, it was really not enough.

If he had sent the manuscript by himself, he might not have gotten it into the hands of Chief Fang Shan.

But when he handed it over, the situation was different.

Li Qingzhi also knew this truth and immediately said: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."

Even in modern times, there are still many related households, let alone in this era.

He has no background and no reputation, so direct submission will most likely be rejected. Governor Zhang is doing it for his own good.

Li Qingzhi looked at the two manuscripts that Governor Zhang had revised for him and said, "Sir, I will copy these two policy papers tonight and give them to you tomorrow."

Governor Zhang said: "There is no rush in this decision. Tonight, I want you to accompany me to the lantern festival in Chongcheng County."

"Okay." Li Qingzhi agreed with a smile.

While the two were talking, Chang Zhan came back.

Governor Zhang and Li Qingzhi were talking upstairs, while the two guards he brought had been resting downstairs.

Chang Zhan knew the two people. He was very surprised when he saw him and went upstairs to find Governor Zhang: "Governor Zhang, are you here?"

"I'm going to the provincial capital and passing through Chongcheng County, so I came here to have a look." Governor Zhang said with a smile.

Chang Zhan was overjoyed: "Master Zhang, I'm so happy that you can come! I'll show you my skills tonight and make some delicious food for you!"

"Okay." Governor Zhang smiled.

When he first met Chang Zhan, Chang Zhan was full of bitterness and hatred. Now Chang Zhan looks like a young man, and he is very happy to see him.

Chang Zhan lived in Governor Zhang's house for a while and cooked for him.

But at that time, there were very few ingredients and seasonings available at Governor Zhang's home, so he was unable to show his ability.

It's different now!

Li Qingzhi loves to eat, so he bought all kinds of condiments and kept them at home. He can cook a table of his specialty dishes for Governor Zhang!

Chang Zhan happily went downstairs and even jumped down several steps at a time.

Governor Zhang and Li Qingzhi followed him and couldn't help laughing when they saw this situation.

After Chang Zhan went downstairs, he said to Li Laogen who came in from outside: "Uncle Li, give me your money. You can help me buy a chicken and a duck, and then buy me a live fish."

"It's hard to buy live fish in this weather," Li Laogen said.

Chang Zhan handed Li Laogen half a tael of silver: "Uncle Li, if there are any fresh vegetables, buy some for me, and the rest is for you." After buying these for half a tael, there is still a lot left, Li Laogen said Smiling broadly: "Don't worry, I will definitely buy you what you want!"

After saying that, Li Laogen ran out.

It's summer, so you don't have to worry about the dishes getting cold after they're done. Chang Zhan went into the kitchen and started cooking.

Their family originally only ate pork today, but because Governor Zhang came over, he asked Li Laogen to buy some more vegetables. Now, he can cook the pork first.

There is a lot of pork, most of it is given to the female workers, and the rest is eaten by themselves.

Keep for themselves one piece of pork belly and one piece of pure lean meat.

Chang Zhan made the pork belly into braised pork, and as for the lean meat, he planned to use it to stir-fry vegetables.

When Chang Zhan started cooking, the three children woke up. Li Damao and Li Ermao came to Li Qingzhi as soon as they woke up: "Dad, have you had dinner?"

"Dad, let's eat quickly!"

Zhao Xiaodou stood behind Li Damao and Li Ermao, also looking forward to it.

What they are looking forward to is not actually having dinner, but going to the lantern festival after dinner.

The Lantern Festival in Chongcheng County has been held for seven days, but these three children still enjoy it.

Li Qingzhi is also willing to take them there.

"It will take a long time to eat. You should go play in the water first." Li Qing insisted.

When Li Damao and the others heard what Li Qingzhi said, their attention was diverted: "Let's go play in the water!"

There was a big wooden bucket for them to bathe at home, so Li Qingzhi took it out

Put it in the yard, pour water for them, and then let them play in the barrel: "When you play with the water gun, you can't point it at adults, you know?"

The three children nodded repeatedly.

The water gun Li Qing held in his mouth was a gadget he bought at the lantern festival a few days ago.

Take a piece of bamboo, knock off the knot at one end, drill a small hole in the other end, then make a wooden plug with a small stick attached to it, wrap it with a piece of cloth and stuff it inside.

Put the end with the small hole into the basin, pull the small stick connected to the wooden plug, and the water will be pumped into the bamboo tube. Then push the stick outward, and the water will shoot out from the small hole.

Such water-playing tools were not uncommon in Li Qingzhi's previous life, but the tools at that time were all made of plastic, but now this one is made of bamboo.

Li Damao and the others were having a great time, and after a while, Chang Cui also joined in.

Chang Zhan is in charge of Juewei Zhai's money. He calculates the accounts every day, leaving part of the money as the capital for purchasing various raw materials, and the remaining profits are divided into three parts by him.

The largest portion, accounting for 60%, was given to Jin Xiaoye.

The second portion, which accounts for 30%, is for him.

10% of the remaining share will be given to Jin Xiaoshu.

For this reason, Chang Zhan now has a lot of money on his hands.

He always felt that his niece was pitiful, so he was willing to spend money on Chang Cui... Chang Cui had a small wooden bucket in his hand, a barrel-shaped bucket made of bamboo, and wooden bowls for her to play house with. .

At this moment, Chang Cui contributed it and played with it.

Governor Zhang moved a stool and sat under the eaves, smiling as he watched the three children playing there.

He no longer remembers what his son was like when he was young. Should he be so happy when he was playing?

It was his fault that caused his child to die due to lack of money for medical treatment.

Li Qingzhi saw Governor Zhang watching a few children having fun, so he took out a pen and paper and copied the two policy papers revised by Governor Zhang.

When submitting an article, good handwriting can make a good impression, so he wrote it carefully and made some changes to make the article look more perfect.

While Li Qingzhi was writing, someone rushed in from outside: "Brother Li, why didn't you go to school in the afternoon?"

The person who rushed in was Gou Ying. He rolled up his sleeves and was disheveled. He didn't see Li Qingzhi after he came in and didn't care. He came to the three children and used Chang Cui's small wooden bucket to carry a bucket of water to wash his face and hands: " It's so hot! It's getting hotter and hotter today!"

"There is mung bean soup at home, go and have a bowl." Li Qingzhi heard the voice and came out.

"I don't want it. Your mung bean soup doesn't even add sugar!"

"The requirements are quite high." Li Qingzhi was speechless.

Salt is not cheap these days, and sugar is even more expensive... His family doesn't have much sugar in total.

"Brother Li, you're not short of money either! Why are you so picky?" Gou Ying asked.

Li Qing said: "Who said I'm not short of money?"

Gou Ying said: "Okay, okay, you are short of money!"

After saying that, Gou Yingcai saw Governor Zhang and was a little curious: "Old sir, are you Brother Li's elder?"

"That's right." Governor Zhang smiled.

Li Qing said: "This is Governor Zhang."

Seeing Governor Zhang's smile, Gou Ying thought that Governor Zhang was Jin Xiaoye's father or another elder of Li Qingzhi, but she didn't expect... "Governor Zhang?!"

"Yes," Li Qing insisted, "Just know it, don't tell anyone outside."

Gou Ying nodded blankly, and then wiped his face with his sleeve. Halfway through wiping, he realized something and immediately ran into the house.

After a while, Gou Ying, who wiped her face and put down her sleeves, came out of the room and saluted Governor Zhang.

The young boy looks very handsome and looks like everyone else.

Li Qingzhi smiled and said: "Master Zhang, this is the son of the Gou County Magistrate's family."

Governor Zhang had a good impression of Magistrate Gou Ying. Although Gou Ying was reckless, wasn't that what young people were like?

Governor Zhang smiled and chatted with Gou Ying, and within a few words, Gou Ying confided in him. He also called him "Grandpa Zhang" as he requested: "Grandpa Zhang, you are completely different from my father. My dad knows how to train me..."

While chatting, Li Laogen came back with chickens and ducks.

He had not seen Governor Zhang until this moment, and he was a little curious and a little uncomfortable.

They all had gray hair and wrinkled faces, but Governor Zhang gave people a completely different impression.

For a moment, Li Laogen suddenly remembered something Li Qingzhi told him - Li Qingzhi said that if he gambled again, he would have to change his father.

Li Qingzhi wouldn't want to have a father like this, right?

Li Laogen didn't know how to entertain the guests. For a moment, he just wanted to show off... "I'll kill the chicken!"

After he finished speaking, he went to kill the chicken.

Governor Zhang talked with Li Qingzhi and knew that this was Li Qingzhi's father, so he immediately asked his guards to help kill the chicken.

Li Laogen suddenly became at a loss.

Fortunately, Chang Zhan rescued him: "Uncle Li, please help me light the fire."

Hearing this, Li Laogen quickly got into the kitchen and asked Chang Zhan: "Azhan, who is that old man?"

Chang Zhan said: "This is Governor Zhang."

"What?" Li Laogen was frightened.

Oh my god, that old man turned out to be Governor Zhang. Can he eat in the kitchen today instead of going out?

Of course this is not possible.

Li Laogen is the head of the family, how can he not go out to receive guests? Chang Zhan glanced at Li Laogen who was hiding behind the stove and said nothing.

Li Laogen just came back, and Jin Xiaoye, who had been working outside, also came in.

Jin Xiaoye had never met Governor Zhang before, and didn't know who Governor Zhang was. He thought he was a teacher at Chongwen Academy.

She smiled at Governor Zhang and looked at Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, who is this old gentleman?"

Li Qing said: "This is Governor Zhang."

Jin Xiaoye: "..."

Jin Xiaoye, who felt uncomfortable going to the magistrate's house for dinner not long ago, was a little confused.

Li Qingzhi once said that she might have a chance to go to Governor Zhang's house for dinner, and then... Governor Zhang came to her house!

Jin Xiaoye was a little uneasy at first, but Governor Zhang looked very gentle, and Li Qingzhi's expression was also very calm... Jin Xiaoye quickly felt relieved.

"Mrs. Li, your business is doing very well." Governor Zhang said with a smile.

"I just want to make some money." Jin Xiaoye chatted with Governor Zhang.

Li Qingzhi did not deliberately conceal Governor Zhang's identity, but he did not tell the female workers about it when they came to cook, lest they be frightened.

Jin Xiaoshu doesn't come to Li's house for dinner recently. Sister Wang and others also go home to eat in the evening, and Li Qingzhi and his family don't have much family.

However, there was still no room for one table, so Chang Zhan gave out some of each dish, and Jin Xiaoye took the four children upstairs to eat.

Li Laogen also wanted to leave, but as the elder of the family, how could he avoid it? In the end, I could only sit and eat while sitting uneasily.

Governor Zhang sat in a seat facing south, with Li Qingzhi and Gou Ying on one side, Li Laogen and Chang Zhan on the other, and two guards on the opposite side.

Everyone chatted and ate in harmony.

The dishes prepared by Chang Zhan are very rich, including chicken stir-fried with chili peppers, duck and bamboo shoot soup, braised pork and several vegetables.

Governor Zhang especially likes chicken stir-fried with chili.

"Grandpa Zhang, you also think this is delicious, right? I think this is so delicious!" Gou Ying kept talking to Governor Zhang.

Governor Zhang responded with a smile.

But it was Governor Zhang's two guards... These two were tall and powerful, but it turned out that they couldn't eat spicy food, so they stopped eating chicken and ate duck and braised pork instead.

What they like most is the bowl of braised pork. The fat of this braised pork melts in your mouth and it tastes particularly delicious.

After dinner, the group went to the lantern festival together.

Of course, Jin Xiaoye didn't go there to play, she went to set up a stall.

She is not very interested in visiting the lantern festival, but she is very interested in making money at the lantern festival.

As they walked out of the city, people around them greeted each other: "Captain Li, are you taking your children to the lantern festival again?"

Li Qingzhi smiled and nodded, chatting with them from time to time.

Gou Ying said: "Brother Li, you know so many people!"

Li Qingzhi could name everyone they met along the way!

Li Qingzhi smiled and asked Gou Ying: "Did your sister eat the food you brought for her?"

Gou Ying said: "Of course I got it!"

After saying that, Gou Ying started to talk about how he avoided his mother and brought food to his two sisters.

His two younger sisters were still young and lived in the same house. The house had always been guarded by their mother-in-law. However, Gou Ying chatted with Gou Shuyun the morning after Gou Shuyun came to him for food. In the evening, Gou Shuyun made a fuss about giving in. Mother-in-law sleeps outside...

The two sisters were alone in the house. After Gou Ying returned home, she would wash up and go back to her room, then go out from the window of her room, and then go to the back of the room where her two sisters lived, and open the door for her two sisters. Tight windows, handing them food.

After they finished eating, he would take the bowl away.

This is how he gave the food, but he gave those gadgets in front of his parents. After all, if he gave them in private and his servants dug them out when they were packing things for his sister, his sister might Being reprimanded.

It's a pity that those things were thrown away by his mother in the end.

Later, he simply stopped giving it to him and kept it in his room. His sister came to play with him when she wanted to.

"I didn't think much of my mother before, but now I see that she is just like my father. She has to take care of everything," Gou Ying said.

Li Qingzhi reminded: "Don't say such nonsense in the future." Talking bad about your parents outside... If this kind of thing is publicized, Gou Ying's reputation will be very bad.

Scholars these days are very filial.

Of course, everything is available in rural areas... It is not uncommon for children to ignore their parents.

"I'm just going to tell you. I won't tell anyone else." Gou Ying said.

Governor Zhang, who heard everything next to him: "..."

Chapter 144 Mrs. Gou

Although what Gou Ying said was a bit unfilial, Governor Zhang was not disgusted.

Gou Ying is a very lively child and he likes it very much.

If his own child was still alive, he hoped that the child would be like Gou Ying.

When a group of people arrived at the lantern festival, it was still dark.

But there are already many people here, and the person responsible for lighting the lanterns has begun to light one lantern after another.

"I made some of these lanterns, and all the words on them were written by me!" Gou Ying showed off everything she had done for this lantern festival in front of Governor Zhang.

Governor Zhang smiled and praised.

Gou Ying added: "There are a lot of delicious things at this lantern festival. Today's dinner is so delicious. I have eaten too much and I can't eat it now, but I will be able to eat it after a while."

It's great to be young. Governor Zhang was talking to Gou Ying and listening to the people around him.

Most of the people who come to the lantern festival are ordinary people from Chongcheng County, and many are farmers from nearby areas.

They talked about this year's upcoming harvest, the falling fertilizer prices this year, and how interesting the lantern festival was. They even talked about "The Record of Injustice."

"I heard someone read that book. The people in it are so pitiful!"

"Fortunately, Governor Zhang killed County Magistrate Yan."

"Our Chongcheng County is great!"

…

Governor Zhang especially likes this lantern festival. It's so lively here!

Mrs. Gou is different. She really hates this lantern festival in Chongcheng County.

Because of this lantern festival, her husband and son ran away all day long!

Her husband was doing better and was not too late to return home, but her son...had already left home before the lantern festival was held!

Not long ago, she also learned from others that the word "peace" on the lanterns at this lantern festival was all written by her son.

Her son is absolutely crazy!

He, a young young man, actually writes something like this!

Her son also bought some messy things home and almost spoiled her daughter.

Mrs. Gou knew that Li Qingzhi proposed this lantern festival, and it was Zhu Qian who helped with the affairs.

She became increasingly unhappy with these two people.

"Madam, I'm going to have a look at the Lantern Festival." After eating, Magistrate Gou wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

The two sisters Gou Shuyun and Gou Shuyu looked at their father expectantly.

When they were at Gou's house, they had friends to play with and many relatives, but when they came here, they were detained in the house.

God knows how much they want to go out and play!

Gou Ying always brought them delicious food these days, and they wanted to go out even more.

Magistrate Gou noticed the gazes of his two daughters: "Shuyun Shuyu, do you want to go together?"

Before Gou Shuyun and Gou Shuyu spoke, Mrs. Gou said: "Sir, they don't want to go. That place is too lively and they like to be quiet."

"Forget it then." Magistrate Gou said and left.

In the past few days, he actually wanted to take his daughter to play several times.

But every time his wife and daughter didn't like to go, he didn't say much.

Mrs. Gou breathed a sigh of relief, but the youngest Gou Shuyu suddenly cried: "I want to go! I want to eat sesame balls, I want to eat tofu bread! Ugh..."

Gou Ying will bring them food these days, but not all food is suitable to bring back. At least the smelly dried stinky tofu, Gou Ying does not dare to give it to them.

And they not only want to eat the food at the lantern festival, they also want to look at the lanterns.

Gou Shuyun could endure it for a while, but Gou Shuyu was young and couldn't help it anymore and started sobbing: "Why can eldest brother go but I can't?"

"You can go! Dad will take you there." Magistrate Gou felt distressed immediately when he saw his daughter crying.

His son was jumping up and down all day to get in trouble with him, but these two daughters were different, extremely well-behaved!

When County Magistrate Gou went to the lantern festival these days, he often saw people holding children while playing, and some letting children sit on their necks!

His youngest daughter is already six years old and it is impossible to sit on his neck, but there is still no problem in giving her a hug.

Magistrate Gou thought so, and picked up Gou Shuyu: "Let's go, dad will take you to play."

"Ms. Gong..." Mrs. Gou was anxious.

Magistrate Gou said: "Madam, if you don't want to go, there is no need to stop the child."

With that said, Magistrate Gou had already gone out with Gou Shuyu in his arms, while Gou Shuyun followed him closely.

"I'll go too." Mrs. Gou quickly followed.

Magistrate Gou smiled, ordered people to prepare the boat, and then put his little daughter down before boarding the boat.

He can't hold him anymore...

And carrying a child on board...he didn't dare!

Gou Shuyun and Gou Shuyu were a little afraid of Magistrate Gou before, and they didn't dare to talk to Magistrate Gou.

But just now Magistrate Gou hugged Gou Shuyu!

The two children were no longer afraid of Magistrate Gou: "Dad, I want to buy a rabbit lantern."

"Dad, I want a bamboo dragonfly."

"Dad, can you take me to eat bean curd?"

…

These two children want cheap things, and it is impossible for Magistrate Gou to disagree: "Dad will buy them all for you!"

"Thank you, dad!" the two girls said sweetly.

Magistrate Gou said: "Dad, I will buy you some good things when the time comes!"

When Magistrate Gou went to the lantern festival yesterday, he saw Jin Xiaoye selling some very cute things suitable for children.

For example, there are small fans painted with cute patterns, handkerchiefs embroidered with round little rabbits, horses, and monkeys, and various small animals sewn from cloth and stuffed with cotton that can be used as pillows.

These things were more expensive than bamboo dragonflies or something like that, but he could afford them!

Gou Shuyun and Gou Shuyu were afraid that their mother would not let them play or buy things, so they sat next to Magistrate Gou and did not even look at their mother.

In fact, they are closer to their mother than their father, but at this moment they just want to play.

Mrs. Gou felt even more uncomfortable. If she hadn't been outside, she would have burst into tears.

The group of people soon arrived at the new dock.

As soon as their boat docked, they met someone selling food: "Songhua cake? Songhua cake with bean paste filling!"

"Twist twists? Fried little twists."

"Do you want flowers? Beautiful head flowers."

…

Magistrate Gou put on a mask and put it on his two daughters as well: "We don't want it."

After hearing Magistrate Gou say no, these people left with regret.

Magistrate Gou took his wife and daughter to the place where the lantern festival was held: "These days, there are more stalls here, and many stall owners will hang their own lanterns on their stalls! Shuyun Shuyu, Dad will take you to your Li family's sister-in-law's place, she has a lot of new things!"

There are indeed many new things at Jin Xiaoye's stall.

Li Qingzhi designed some small animal dolls, and Jin Xiaoye found someone to make them. These dolls are big enough to be held at night or used as pillows, and small ones can be hung around the waist or worn on the head. They are all cute.

In addition, there are various kinds of head flowers, fans of various patterns, and shawls, etc., anyway, there is everything.

There were a lot of people lingering in front of her stall, and although most of them were reluctant to spend money, she was still able to sell a lot of things.

Next to Jin Xiaoye's stall is Wu Baichuan's stall.

Wu Baichuan brought back a lot of gadgets from the capital. He originally sold them to shops, but now isn't he setting up a stall? He mixed some and brought his son over to sell it in person.

He didn't care about drinking. He came here not mainly to sell things, but to establish friendship with Li Qing, so he spent money and chose the stall next to Jin Xiaoye.

As for the other side of Jin Xiaoye's stall, it was Zhu Qian's stall, which sold various books including "Record of Injustice".

However, unlike Wu Baichuan, Zhu Qian always looked at his stall and only came over occasionally to take a look.

The person who manages the stall is one of Zhu Qian's shopkeepers.

Li Qingzhi took Governor Zhang for a brief tour and then returned to Jin

In front of Xiaoye's stall: "Uncle Zhang, let's rest here for a while. When it gets dark, we can go shopping again."

"Okay." Governor Zhang smiled.

There is an open space behind these stalls. The female workers from Jinye Embroidery Workshop brought some stools over and sat down to rest when they were tired.

Li Qingzhi and the others sat down here.

At this time, Magistrate Gou came over with Mrs. Gou and her two daughters: "Shuyun Shuyu, are the things here beautiful? You can choose whatever you want, and dad will buy it for you!"

Gou Shuyun Gou Shuyu's eyes lit up when she saw the things sold at Jin Xiaoye's stall.

Who doesn't love gadgets like little rabbits and kittens?

"This little rabbit has a hairpin that can be inserted into the head..." Jin Xiaoye smiled at Magistrate Gou and began to introduce Gou Shuyun.

She knew that Magistrate Gou didn't want to reveal his identity, so she didn't say anything more.

Mrs. Gou didn't expect that Jin Xiaoye would set up a stall here to sell things.

Her husband is now a scholar after all, and she is still selling things at a stall outside!

"Miss, this small bag can be worn cross-body. You can put some gadgets in it..." Jin Maoer began to introduce a cross-body bag to Gou Shuyu.

"Dad, Mom." While they were chatting here, Gou Ying, who was resting behind Jin Xiaoye's stall, saw her mother and sister and walked out.

There was no lantern behind the stall. Mrs. Gou didn't see Gou Ying originally, but now that she did, her face looked a little ugly.

What was her son doing sitting behind someone else's stall?

"Shuyun Shuyu, you must buy this bag. It looks so good when you carry it." Gou Ying squeezed forward and pointed to the bag in Jin Maoer's hand and said to her two sisters.

Jin Mao'er was extremely surprised: "Master, are these your parents and sisters?"

"Yes!" Gou Ying said.

Then this is Magistrate Gou's family! Jin Maoer looked at Magistrate Gou excitedly.

Mrs. Gou tightened the handkerchief in her hand.

Yang's mother glanced at her wife and said to Gou Ying: "Master, why are you sitting behind this stall? All the people here are little girls. It's not good for you to stay here!"

Gou Ying was stunned. Although there were all little girls here, he, Li Qingzhi and the others were sitting in the back!

Mother Yang said again: "You two ladies, you have a maid to take care of you, and you don't need to bring anything with you when you go out. Why did you buy this bag?"

"Also, this little rabbit has a hairpin. Although its eyes are red and its ears are black, its body is all white. Who would wear a white hairpin on their head for no reason? How unlucky!"

"The top of this fan is not embroidered, it's just a few pieces of cloth with a silly picture. Why did you buy it?"

Mother Yang spoke quickly.

Magistrate Gou reprimanded: "Mother Yang, what are you talking about?" This person was an old man from the Yue family brought by his wife, and because his in-law's family was more prominent than his own, Magistrate Gou was usually very tolerant to Mother Yang.

But he didn't expect that this man would be lawless and say this in public.

"Sir, I'm telling the truth." Yang's mother looked aggrieved.

"You are telling the truth. If you don't like what I have here, just leave. Don't stop me from doing business." Jin Xiaoye said angrily.

At Magistrate Gou's house before, she didn't want to cause trouble and tolerated even a few words being said to her.

But this is her territory!

"Mrs. Li, I'm not talking about you. Mr. Li is also a scholar after all. It's his face that you expose yourself to." Yang's mother said with a serious look.

"You don't have to worry about it now. I think my wife is quite nice." Li Qingzhi also came out from behind.

Magistrate Gou was extremely embarrassed: "Zixiao, she just likes to rely on her old age and show off her old age. Don't worry about it."

After saying that, Magistrate Gou looked at Yang's mother: "If you say anything else, don't stay at my Gou's house!"

Magistrate Gou couldn't stay with Jin Xiaoye any longer, so he took Mrs. Gou and left.

Li Qingzhi was quite helpless. He originally wanted Magistrate Gou and Governor Zhang to meet... "What do you think of that old lady! Shopkeeper Jin's things were agreed upon by all the concubines in the palace!" Wu Baichuan road.

When Magistrate Gou was here just now, he didn't say anything, but now that Magistrate Gou is gone, he must have some nice words to say.

"Shopkeeper Jin, you don't know that the products from Jinye Embroidery Shop are selling very well in the capital. The supply exceeds the demand..." Wu Baichuan said something about the capital.

"Have you just come back from the capital?" Governor Zhang asked Wu Baichuan.

"Uncle Zhang, thanks to shopkeeper Wu's help, those books can be sent to the capital." Li Qing insisted.

"It turns out to be shopkeeper Wu." Governor Zhang asked about the situation in the capital.

Wu Baichuan immediately started talking, and as he talked, he asked: "What do you call me, old gentleman?"

Li Qingzhi whispered: "This is Governor Zhang."

Wu Baichuan: "!"

Wu Baichuan almost knelt down in front of Governor Zhang.

Then he felt that Li Qingzhi was really powerful, far more powerful than he thought.

Governor Zhang was actually sitting behind Jin Xiaoye's stall!

Governor Zhang chatted with Wu Baichuan and planned to go to the lantern festival again.

Li Qingzhi held the two children and took him and Gou Ying to continue shopping.

Governor Zhang liked the lively scene, but he didn't like squeezing into the crowd... After shopping around, he and Li Qingzhi came to the restaurant opened by Zhu Qian.

It was a coincidence that they met Mrs. Gou again.

This restaurant is closed at night, and there are no people inside. Only some people who are familiar with Zhu Qian rest here.

Magistrate Gou went shopping with his two daughters. Mrs. Gou didn't want to go, so she waited here.

"Mom." Gou Ying shouted.

Li Qingzhi didn't give Yang's mother any face before, which was equivalent to not giving her any face. Gou Ying was still with Li Qingzhi... Mrs. Gou usually didn't say anything, but now she couldn't help it, her voice was soft. "Aying, you don't go home all day long and you hang out with these people? Your father is the county magistrate. Even if you don't like studying, you can't hang out with some businessmen."

As she spoke, Mrs. Gou looked at Governor Zhang.

Mrs. Gou had never met Zhu Qian. It was dark now, so she thought Governor Zhang was Zhu Qian: "Some people are just staring at you to coax you."

Li Qingzhi: "..."

It was a coincidence that Magistrate Gou came with Zhu Qian.

Magistrate Gou recognized Governor Zhang at a glance: "Master Zhang?"

Mrs. Gou didn't react a little: "What Master Zhang?"

"Mr. Zhang, when did you come to Chongcheng County? Why didn't you tell me?" County Magistrate Gou didn't notice what Mrs. Gou said at all, and looked at Governor Zhang excitedly.

He has been wanting to meet Governor Zhang recently! As we all know, he is Governor Zhang's man!

Chapter 145 Enlightenment

Magistrate Gou was very excited when he saw Governor Zhang.

He is somewhat utilitarian in what he does, and he hopes someone will praise him after he accomplishes something.

Just talk about holding this lantern festival... Magistrate Gou has always hoped that the lantern festival in Chongcheng County would be noticed by Governor Zhang and then praised by Governor Zhang.

To this end, he specially paid more money to the government officials in Chongcheng County and hired some people to guide guests from afar while maintaining good order.

Li Qingzhi told him about the "service attitude" issue, and mentioned that the service attitude of their lantern festival must be good, and the prices of the things sold should not be inflated, and they should not rip off guests from out of town... He listened to all this, and continued to do so every day Make the rounds in person.

After doing so much, he just wants to leave a good impression! If Governor Zhang pays another private visit incognito, he will definitely like his Chongcheng County!

Now...Governor Zhang has indeed come to visit in private again!

Magistrate Gou felt that everything he had done was finally in vain!

Governor Zhang had a good impression of this lantern festival. The people setting up stalls were very enthusiastic and the prices were fair. Although there were many people at the lantern festival, the government officials had always maintained good security.

Facing Magistrate Gou's inquiry, Governor Zhang said: "I came here at noon. I just walked around and didn't bother you."

Governor Zhang came here at noon? Magistrate Gou smiled broadly: "Sir, have you been visiting the Lantern Festival?"

Gou Ying was not very happy when she was told by her mother, Yang's mother, at Jin Xiaoye's stall.

Just

His mother said something about him again... and he became even more unhappy.

Seeing his father looking so flattering... the young and energetic Gou Ying said: "Dad, Grandpa Zhang has been here a long time ago. He has been staying at Jinye Embroidery Shop in the afternoon. When you went to shopkeeper Jin's stall to buy things just now, , Grandpa Zhang and I were sitting in the back chatting! Originally, I wanted to tell you about this, but it turned out that Mother Yang was so picky about shopkeeper Jin's things that I was too embarrassed to speak! "

After saying that, Gou Ying snorted coldly at Yang's mother.

In the past, when he was at Gou's house, the most Yang's mother would do was ask him to get closer to his mother and tell him how difficult it was for his mother to give birth to him. He was willing to listen to these words.

But on the way to Chongcheng County, and after coming to Chongcheng County... this person always lectured him, saying that he was not good at this or that.

Gou Ying doesn't like Mama Yang at all.

When Magistrate Gou heard his son's words, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

Li Qingzhi is a little funny, Gou Ying is really... quite good at cheating on his father and mother.

Gou Ying was still not satisfied: "Dad, even the imperial concubines and concubines in the palace have agreed on Shopkeeper Jin's goods. People in the capital are buying them for use. Mother Yang doesn't know what she thinks of them, but she actually dislikes them... Grandpa Zhang The shoes I'm wearing are all from Jinye Embroidery Workshop!"

Magistrate Gou felt sweating on his body and looked at Governor Zhang awkwardly: "Master Zhang, the servants at home are not sensible..."

"It's okay, I'm just strolling around." Governor Zhang said.

There was something wrong with Magistrate Gou's wife. Governor Zhang could see it at a glance, but he didn't take it seriously.

"I've already taken Grandpa Zhang around twice, and Grandpa Zhang still praised me." Gou Ying was very proud.

"What do you have to boast about?" Magistrate Gou said subconsciously.

"This kid is very good. I heard that he helped make the lanterns and he also wrote the words on the lanterns? You father and son are very good people. They both care about the people." Governor Zhang praised.

He could see Magistrate Gou's little thoughts.

He didn't like it very much before, but now that he thinks about it... Magistrate Gou is much better than Magistrate Yan.

At least Magistrate Gou is really doing practical things.

Magistrate Gou was overjoyed when he heard Governor Zhang's praise.

Governor Zhang added: "I have already written to the emperor, recommending you to be the prefect of Hexing Prefecture. I don't know if you can succeed... If you can succeed, Hexing Prefecture will have a good prefect."

Generally speaking, it is impossible for a seventh-grade county magistrate to be promoted to a fourth-grade prefect at once.

But there are no absolutes in the world, and Magistrate Gou has indeed made a lot of achievements. He also hopes that the next magistrate of Hexing Prefecture will be someone who can do things for the people... He recommended Magistrate Gou.

Magistrate Gou almost forgot to breathe.

When he first came to Chongcheng County, he felt that he would not be able to go far in the officialdom. After all, he could not even manage Chongcheng County well.

As a result...how long did it take for Governor Zhang to actually think that he could be the prefect?

Governor Zhang really values him too much!

"Thank you for your kindness, sir." Magistrate Gou's voice trembled.

"Master Zhang, Master Gou, this is not the place to talk. Let's go upstairs to talk." Li Qingzhi glanced at the people gathered around and suggested.

After saying that, he looked at Zhu Qian who was following Magistrate Gou and did not dare to speak: "Uncle Zhu, is the box upstairs empty?"

"Empty, empty!" Zhu Qian said immediately.

When Governor Zhang was still the prefect, it was already out of reach for him.

Now...he is the governor!

Zhu Qian immediately led people upstairs.

Li Qingzhi said again: "Uncle Zhu, please ask someone to bring some bowls of bean curd. Mr. Zhang would like to try it." When he was outside, he noticed that Governor Zhang glanced at the bean curd several times.

However, there were a lot of people at the bean curd stall at that time, and they had to wait in line. Governor Zhang probably thought it was troublesome, so he didn't offer to buy it.

"Sure!" Zhu Qian immediately asked someone to make arrangements.

Governor Zhang smiled and said, "Zixiao, I never said I wanted to eat beancurd."

"Sir, I actually want to eat it." Li Qingzhi laughed.

Governor Zhang laughed: "You have such a good appetite, but I don't know why you are still so thin...Chang Zhan, please make him some delicious tonic in the future."

"Don't worry, sir. I will definitely cook more delicious food for Mr. Li."

Governor Zhang felt that Li Qingzhi was so thin because Li Qingzhi was arrested and taken to the quarry, and also because... Li Qingzhi kept writing books for him.

Not sleeping well for so many days takes a toll on the body!

And what he said now was because he was concerned about Li Qingzhi's health, and also to tell the people around him, including Magistrate Gou, that he had a good relationship with Li Qingzhi.

After Magistrate Gou heard this, he glanced at Li Qingzhi in surprise. He didn't know when Li Qingzhi had such a good relationship with Magistrate Gou!

Zhu Qian was also surprised. He had never spoken to Governor Zhang, but Li Qingzhi was already highly valued by Governor Zhang?

Of course, the two of them were excited after being surprised. They had a good relationship with Li Qingzhi, and it was a good thing for them that Li Qingzhi was valued by Governor Zhang!

But this was not a good thing for Mrs. Gou who was standing downstairs and heard the conversation.

Mrs. Gou didn't understand it at first, but then she saw her husband's attitude and immediately guessed the identity of Governor Zhang.

The old man she thought was Zhu Qian was actually Governor Zhang?

When Mama Yang disliked what Jin Xiaoye was selling, Governor Zhang was behind?

When she reprimanded Gou Ying, did Governor Zhang listen to everything?

Mrs. Gou covered her chest, not knowing what to say.

Her natal family is more powerful than the Gou family, but her uncle, who has the highest official position in their family, is only a fourth-rank official...

She can't afford to offend Governor Zhang!

"Then...is that really the governor?" Madam Gou's voice trembled.

Mother Yang didn't dare to speak, and a government official said, "Madam, that's Mr. Zhang."

"Why is he talking to that Li Qingzhi..." Mrs. Gou couldn't finish her words midway through.

"Master Zhang has always valued Mr. Li. Mr. Gou used to give gifts to Mr. Zhang, but Mr. Zhang would not accept them. But later, Mr. Li asked his relatives to follow him to give gifts, and Mr. Zhang accepted them and gave them to Mr. Gou in return! Zhang Your Excellency has also left Mr. Li's relatives with you," the yamen servant said.

Li Qingzhi recommended a person to give gifts to Governor Zhang, but the officials all knew that that person stayed with Governor Zhang!

Mrs. Gou was even more panicked.

The person she has always looked down on is actually related to Governor Zhang?

So what is she going to do now?

Mrs. Gou looked at Yang's mother, but Yang's mother was more panicked than she was.

The two of them were trembling downstairs, but in a large box upstairs, they were living happily.

Li Qingzhi and Chang Zhan both brought their children, so Magistrate Gou brought their two daughters upstairs.

They wanted to talk about business, so Magistrate Gou asked Gou Ying to take his sister and Li Damao to a nearby box to play while he talked to Governor Zhang.

Li Qingzhi did not interrupt, but asked Zhu Qian to bring him a pen and paper, and then began to write the method of drying salt on it.

Technically speaking, drying salt is not difficult. He saw it when he was reading in his previous life and remembered it, so he wrote it down.

Of course, when the things he wrote are actually implemented, some changes must be made according to local conditions.

By the time Governor Zhang finished talking to Magistrate Gou, Li Qingzhi's method of drying salt had already been written.

Magistrate Gou looked at the sky and invited Governor Zhang to live in his house.

Governor Zhang refused: "I have already booked a room at the inn here. I can just sleep here."

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Gou could only send Governor Zhang to the inn booked by Governor Zhang.

Li Qingzhi followed and waited for Governor Zhang to settle down before leaving with Magistrate Gou.

When they got outside, Magistrate Gou immediately asked: "Zixiao, why are you so familiar with Governor Zhang?" After Governor Zhang arrived in Chongcheng County, he didn't come to him, but to Li Qingzhi... Gou County felt sour. .

Li Qing said: "Governor Zhang admired my talent very much, so he chatted with me more. He also said that he would recommend me to Anjiang Academy."

Magistrate Gou was even more envious and believed Li Qingzhi's words: "Zixiao, your knowledge is really good!"

"Sir, Governor Zhang also likes Gou Ying very much." Li Qing insisted.

County Magistrate Gou thought that his son had just said "Grandpa Zhang" and that he had obviously established a good relationship with Governor Zhang, and suddenly he became attracted to his son.

Is his son okay? Not as useless as he thought?

"Yes, Grandpa Zhang likes me!" Gou Ying looked confident.

He had been praised by his grandparents since he was a child. He had been scolded by Magistrate Gou before, and he almost couldn't recover.

But recently, his confidence has returned.

His father taught him to read before but he couldn't learn it. It's not his fault, it's his father who doesn't know how to teach!

"You kid, you are so proud all of a sudden, but you can't be like this..." Magistrate Gou muttered.

Gou Ying was unhappy: "Dad, what do you always say about me? Why don't you go talk to mother?"

"What's wrong with your mother?" Magistrate Gou frowned:

"But the nanny next to your mother is really bad. She's getting too old and her brain is confused..."

"Dad! Mom looked down on Governor Zhang before." Gou Ying told what happened before.

In the past, he might not have said bad things about his mother, but a few days ago he gave his sister some things, and his mother threw them all away. She also disliked him, thinking that he would bring these things home to spoil her. …

He felt a little unhappy.

Magistrate Gou didn't expect this to happen, so he couldn't care about his son and went home angrily.

Li Qingzhi: "..." I hope his big hair and two hair will not be like this in the future.

Well, he and Jin Xiaoye will not be like Mrs. Gou, the county magistrate, and Da Mao Er Mao will not be like Gou Ying.

After Magistrate Gou left, Li Qingzhi took his two children to find Jin Xiaoye, and saw Wu Baichuan personally helping Jin Xiaoye close the stall.

Seeing him, Wu Baichuan smiled even more: "Master Zhang, have you gone to rest?"

Li Qingzhi nodded and thanked Wu Baichuan.

Governor Zhang was leaving early the next morning, so Li Qingzhi went to deliver it in person, and then gave Governor Zhang the salt-drying method he had written and the two revised policies.

He will also write down some of the other methods he proposes into strategies, and he will have someone send them to Governor Zhang in a few days.

He can also write down some of the policies that his country has implemented in his memory that are beneficial to the country and the people to Governor Zhang to see if they can be implemented.

For example, he mentioned the "barefoot doctor" before. Speaking of which... maybe he can find someone to write a basic medical book.

The medical skills of barefoot doctors are often not very good. In the history that he is familiar with, some tragedies have occurred because of the misuse of medicine by barefoot doctors.

There are very few medicines available in this era, and the role that barefoot doctors can play is even smaller.

But something is better than nothing, at least it can promote some correct knowledge.

Also coming to see Governor Zhang off was Magistrate Gou. Magistrate Gou didn't look very good. He obviously didn't have a good rest last night.

Li Qingzhi didn't ask any more questions, and Magistrate Gou didn't say anything. They both saw off Governor Zhang and went home.

When Magistrate Gou returned home, he saw that his wife was in tears and still crying.

After returning home last night, Magistrate Gou accused Mrs. Gou and asked Mrs. Gou to send Mother Yang away... Mrs. Gou agreed, but she kept crying silently.

She even cried, and it was hard for Magistrate Gou to talk to her... Then Mrs. Gou cried all night, and Magistrate Gou didn't sleep well.

"Why are you still crying?" Magistrate Gou couldn't help but ask.

Mrs. Gou's tears burst out immediately: "I didn't mean it..."

She is so pitiful, and her husband-in-law doesn't even try to coax her.

Her son is even more unreliable. It was the child who told nonsense yesterday that she was blamed for.

Even her two daughters don't listen to her now.

"I know you didn't mean it, just don't do it next time." Magistrate Gou said.

What happened yesterday really made him embarrassed and annoyed, but Governor Zhang didn't blame him, so he naturally wouldn't argue with his wife.

Mrs. Gou cried again.

Magistrate Gou didn't know why she was crying, and was a little annoyed: "Did Mother Yang around you send her away?"

Mrs. Gou sobbed: "I don't know either..."

"I'll send him away!" Magistrate Gou said and went out, asking someone to send Mother Yang away immediately.

Mother Yang cried and didn't want to leave, but Magistrate Gou gave the order... She could only pack her things and leave, without seeing Mrs. Gou before she left.

Magistrate Gou sent Yang's mother away and breathed a sigh of relief.

You know, this Mother Yang would catch him talking non-stop from time to time... Sometimes he didn't want to see Mrs. Gou just because of this person. Who wants to talk to his wife when there is someone beside him, asking him to do this and that?

But now that Yang's mother is gone, he doesn't want to see Mrs. Gou.

At least he won't go until people stop crying.

As for what's next...he can't live up to Governor Zhang's respect, he will continue to work for the people of Chongcheng County!

Magistrate Gou was very excited. After walking around for a while, he didn't know what he could do.

After much deliberation...he went to find Li Qingzhi.

After Li Qingzhi saw off Governor Zhang, he did not go to school to study. Instead, he planned to write a few policy papers and send them to Governor Zhang.

He attaches great importance to "Collected Works of Anjiang" and hopes that his articles can be published in it.

The time for him to take the imperial examination was quite good. The academic examination was held twice every three years this year, and next year there would be the provincial examination, and he could go to Beijing to take the examination the year after that...

He is not young anymore, and Li Qingzhi hopes that he can pass the Jinshi examination the next year.

After becoming a Jinshi, it will be much easier for him to do whatever he wants to do in the future.

Li Qing wrote until noon before going down to eat. Then he saw Li Damao, Li Ermao and Zhao Xiaodou coming back. The three of them also took a bowl and were showing something to Chang Cui.

Li Qingzhi took a closer look and found three small fish in the bowl, which were extremely small and only three centimeters long.

This kind of small fish is quite common in the rivers of Chongcheng County. You may catch it occasionally when you fetch water, but if you try to catch it deliberately, you won't be able to catch it.

"Where did this fish come from?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Li Ermao said: "Dad, someone else gave this to us!"

Zhao Xiaodou explained: "Cousin, a classmate caught some small fish and gave us three as a gift."

"This fish is quite fun." Li Qingzhi asked with a smile: "Do you want to raise it?"

"Yes!" the four children said in unison.

"You definitely can't raise them in a bowl, you have to raise them in a basin or a bucket..." Li Qingzhi found a wooden basin for his three children to raise fish, and also suggested that they raise some aquatic plants in the basin.

When Jin Xiaoye came in through the back door with his father and mother, Fang Jinniang, Jin Xiaoshu, he saw Li Qingzhi and three children staring at a basin: "Are you playing with water again?"

"No, we plan to raise three small fish." Li Qingzhi asked Jin Xiaoye to see the fish they raised.

The fish was too small. It took Jin Xiaoye a while to find the fish, and he was a little puzzled: "Why do you raise this fish? If you use this basin to raise fish, there will be one less basin at home."

"Keep it for fun, you can buy another basin." Li Qing insisted.

In the past, Jin Xiaoye would have thought this was too wasteful, but now that she has money, she doesn't care about a basin.

If you like to raise small fish, just raise them, it's not a big deal!

Jin Xiaoshu even said: "Da Mao Er Mao, do you like small fish? Then my uncle will catch the fish and send it to you."

"Thank you, uncle!" Li Damao and Li Ermao said immediately.

Li Qingzhi stood up and asked Jin Xiaoye: "How is the store ready?"

"Everything is ready and we can open tomorrow." Jin Xiaoye said.

After Juewei Zhai opened, Li Qingzhi proposed that Jin's father and mother rent a small house in the county town to sell braised food.

Although Juewei Zhai on the New Pier side sells braised food, it is not that convenient for people in the county to buy braised food. If Jin and his mother open a store in the county, business will not be bad.

Of course, even if the business is not good, Li Qingzhi still hopes that they will open a store.

Jin's father and mother look very old, but they are not too old, and they are hard-working, so it is completely unrealistic for them to stop working.

But it was too tiring to do farm work in the countryside, so it was best to open a store in the county town.

Some time ago, Jin Xiaoshu was busy with this matter. Now the shop is ready and can be opened tomorrow.

At that time, Jin's father and mother followed Jin Xiaoshu to the county town in the morning, and then opened a shop to sell braised meat. They sold it for a day and then went back... How wonderful! "Hey, we two are so old, how can we open a shop..." Jin Mu muttered in a low voice, always feeling panicked.

She usually doesn't talk to anyone in the countryside. Opening a shop...can she open it?

"Father, mother, if you don't open this shop, others will open it first, and the money will be stolen by others..." Li Qingzhi sighed.

Golden Mother immediately said: "If we open it, we will definitely open it."

"Those are troublesome parents." Li Qing insisted.

"No trouble, no trouble." Jin Mu said immediately.

Jin Xiaoye smiled as he watched Li Qingzhi deceive his parents.

In fact, it doesn't matter if the shop is opened by someone else. Anyway, all the braised food is bought from Juewei Zhai.

But her parents still had to say this to open a shop obediently.

Chang Zhan didn't come back to cook at noon, so they ate simply.

But for ordinary people, it is already very rich. There are not only braised food but also several vegetables on the table.

In modern times, Li Qingzhi would definitely not let his children eat braised food every day because there are too many additives.

However, Jueweizhai's braised meat has no additives. The chickens and ducks used are all grown up eating millet and vegetables. It is absolutely pollution-free, and it doesn't matter if you eat some every day.

They talked while eating, and Fang Jinniang said that she would continue to work in the embroidery workshop in the future.

The baby in her belly was already three months old and she wasn't feeling any physical discomfort, but she felt it was boring to stay at home all day.

"Okay! Jinniang, you are so good at embroidery. From now on, you will be the master of our embroidery workshop who teaches embroidery and researches new styles. I will give you three taels of silver a month. If you come up with a new style, I will give you an extra bonus." Jin Xiaoye said.

"How can that be done..." Fang Jinniang refused quickly. She had worked hard for a month and could not earn more than three taels of silver. How could she earn so much just by teaching embroidery?

"If you want it, I'll hire an embroiderer from outside. It might be more expensive!" Jin Xiaoye said.

While they were talking, Sister Wang, who was eating outside, suddenly came.

When Jinye Embroidery Shop first opened, Sister Wang ate with them.

But then there were a lot of things at home

Zhan, sometimes it's not convenient... Later, Jin Xiaoye asked Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu to take the female workers to eat outside.

The female workers ate the same food as before. As for Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu, they would share some of the good food they cooked here.

Recently, Jin Xiaoye handed over some work in Jinye Embroidery Workshop to Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu. Next... she also plans to bring Fang Jinniang with her.

Jin Xiaoye knew very well that she couldn't control Jinye Embroidery Workshop for too long, and sooner or later she would have to hand it over to others.

Li Qingzhi is so knowledgeable. He will definitely go to other places in the future, so she has to follow him.

As for the person in charge of the shop... out of selfish motives, she planned to let Fang Jinniang take charge, while Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu were helping.

Of course, she will give Fang Jinniang the shop in Chongcheng County, but when she goes to other places, she will recruit people to open a new gold leaf embroidery workshop!

She can also do other businesses!

Jin Xiaoye recently set up a stall with Wu Baichuan, and heard Wu Baichuan talk about something about the wooden shopkeeper in the capital... She wanted to be that kind of person.

"Sister Wang, what happened?" Jin Xiaoye asked curiously when he saw that Sister Wang's expression was a little strange.

Sister Wang said: "Xiaoye, Jinniang, I just heard something... Jinniang's mother and her brother ran away secretly."

"What ran away?" Jin Xiaoye didn't react.

Sister Wang started talking about it. It turned out that Fang's mother and Fang Zijian had sold a lot of things in the past few days. They also told people that they were poor and couldn't solve the problem, so they borrowed some money from relatives of the Fang family.

Then...the two of them ran away, and they didn't know where they went.

"Now the relatives of the Fang family are scolding them. Fortunately, Jin Niang, you are a married woman, so they won't come to you to ask for money," Sister Wang said, "I don't know where these two people have gone..."

Fang Jinniang was a little stunned.

Sister Wang comforted her: "Jin Niang, it's best if such people run away. Don't worry about them. The most important thing is to live your own life well."

Fang Jinniang laughed: "I don't miss them. I wish they would suffer a little bit outside."

"Yes!" Sister Wang said: "It's not that easy to mess around here. If they run out like this, they will definitely suffer a little!"

Sister Wang knew that Fang Xiu Niang was not dead, but she still scolded Fang's mother Fang Zijian a few times before leaving.

As soon as she left, a boat stopped at the back door of Li Qing's house, followed closely by Magistrate Gou.

Their house is quite lively today!

Li Qingzhi brought Magistrate Gou to his study, and soon figured out why Magistrate Gou came to him.

After learning that Governor Zhang recommended him to be the prefect, Magistrate Gou was eager to do something else!

Li Qing said: "Sir, Chongcheng County has been well managed by you, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. If you still want to do something...you can start with education."

"Enlightenment?" Magistrate Gou asked.

Li Qingzhi laughed: "Sir, I am willing to share your worries! I plan to set up a school near the new dock and hire some teachers to teach the people nearby. Students will not have to pay to study."

Magistrate Gou was stunned: "Will this cost a lot of money?"

Li Qing said: "Sir, this school does not teach the Four Books and Five Classics. It only teaches students reading and arithmetic. After the students complete the course, they will have to be apprentices in my shop for five years. I will not lose money."

Li Qingzhi is determined to train some people.

There are too few people available to him now. As for the workers at Juewei Zhai...

These workers are loyal, but they are old, and their previous experience of being imprisoned has hurt them somewhat. They are ordinary people, and now they want to live a stable life.

They kill chickens, ducks, and pigs to make braised meat very seriously, but they have no ambitions. They just want their wives and children to be warm on the kang.

Li Qingzhi also hopes that they will be happy in the future, so he does not intend to force them to learn anything.

In this case... opening a school and selecting some people to train is the best way.

Even if suitable manpower is not trained... it is also a good thing to be able to help the people of Chongcheng County and help some people change their destiny.

For Magistrate Gou, this is an achievement that educates the people.

Magistrate Gou immediately asked, and then Li Qingzhi expressed some of his thoughts.

For example, this school can be named after the builder or the builder's shop.

The school he wanted to build was going to be called "Golden Leaf Elementary School".

If Zhu Qian wants to build a school, he can build a "Zhu Qian Primary School".

In Li Qingzhi's previous life, after some wealthy people donated money to build a school, the school was named after the wealthy people.

This can get a good reputation... Li Qingzhi felt that Zhu Qian would definitely be willing to spend money to build a school.

Chapter 146 Unfathomable

Li Qingzhi chatted with Magistrate Gou for a long time.

Magistrate Gou became more and more excited as he listened, and stayed until dinner time.

When Gou Ying came back from school and saw Magistrate Gou, she couldn't help but ask: "Dad, why are you here?"

When Magistrate Gou heard such questions, he saw that Gou Ying was sweating profusely and had rolled up her sleeves and looked disheveled. He couldn't help but frown: "Mr. Li and I have something to discuss. How did you learn today?" You're not causing trouble, are you? Governor Zhang values you very much. You should study hard..."

"Sir, you can eat now." Li Qingzhi called to Magistrate Gou.

He had discussed Gou Ying's education with Magistrate Gou, but it was obvious that Magistrate Gou would have forgotten it after a while if he did not remind him.

There is nothing that can be done about this. Parents in this era can decide too many things about their children. Even if they sell or kill their children, no one will hold them accountable.

After living in such an environment for a long time, many parents don't care what their children think.

Compared with those who are too extreme, County Magistrate Gou and Mrs. Gou are considered good.

Magistrate Gou followed Li Qingzhi to the dining room. When he saw a lot of dishes on the table, he said, "I'm just staying for a simple meal. There's no need to prepare so many dishes..."

"Dad, there were so many dishes even when you weren't here!" Gou Ying said.

Li Qingzhi: "..." This kid also deserves a beating occasionally.

Magistrate Gou's taste was similar to Gou Ying's. He liked Chang Zhan's slightly spicy dishes very much and ate two large bowls of rice in a row.

Gou Ying was surprised: "Dad, why didn't I see you eating so much when you were at home?"

Magistrate Gou said: "Isn't it because your mother has many rules? It's not that your mother has too many rules, it's just that Mother Yang next to her has a lot of troubles, which makes me eat something else to fill my stomach before eating."

Magistrate Gou's arms were as thick as Li Qingzhi's thighs. To maintain such a round figure, it was impossible for him to eat less.

But in the past, when he ate too much and too quickly, Mother Yang would always remind him and say something else: "Sir, you have such a good appetite, but Madam is different. She has been unable to eat recently..."

It was as if he shouldn't feast in front of his wife... He would just eat something else first and eat whatever he wanted on the table.

Gou Ying was a little sad and angry. He used to think that he ate the most in the family, and he once suspected that his appetite was abnormal... It turned out that he was just like his father!

Moreover, his appetite is very normal. He can only eat two large bowls at most, and Li Qingzhi has already eaten four bowls!

While they were talking, Li Laogen was eating silently beside him: Oh my God! I just had dinner with the governor yesterday, and today I have to have dinner with the county magistrate again...

He didn't even dare to grab the good food on the table and eat it like before!

After dinner, the group walked to the lantern festival.

Li Qingzheng was responsible for taking care of the children, while Jin Xiaoye was carrying the goods for sale together with the female workers.

The goods at Jinye Embroidery Shop are not heavy and are easy to carry, but they are a bit hot.

When they set up the stall, they actually used stools and door panels - they put the door panels on the stools and a stall appeared.

But these things are all stored in Juewei Zhai on the New Pier side, so there is no need for them to carry them back and forth.

When they arrived at the place, Jin Xiaoye left four female workers to help her look after the stall and let the others go and play.

The female workers who helped her look after the stalls came in turns. After looking at the stalls, she would give her an extra ten cents in pocket money.

Thinking of Governor Zhang sitting behind Jin Xiaoye's stall yesterday... Magistrate Gou stood beside Jin Xiaoye's stall for a while and helped Jin Xiaoye sort out the goods, although he was doing it completely blindly.

Wu Baichuan recognized Magistrate Gou: "..." Li Qingzhi is really unfathomable! The county magistrate actually helped him with his work!

At this time, Zhu Xunmiao came with Peng Jingliang and Zhou Shanchang.

Peng Jingliang and the others set out this morning and arrived at Chongcheng County at noon.

After Governor Zhang came to Chongcheng County, he went to find Li Qingzhi, but they didn't. They went to the Zhu family.

It was too hot in the afternoon, so they stayed at Zhu's house. It was not until the sun was about to set that they came to the lantern festival.

"Zixiao." Shanchang Zhou was more enthusiastic than before when he saw Li Qingzhi.

He had already learned from Zhu Qian that Governor Zhang came to see Li Qingzhi yesterday.

Governor Zhang valued Li Qingzhi so much, and he even wanted Li Qingzhi to study at Chongwen Academy!

"Chang Zhou!" Li Qingzhi started chatting with Chief Zhou.

Wu Baichuan; "!" Who is this person? He looks like a big shot!

As soon as Captain Zhou saw Li Qingzhi, he persuaded Li Qingzhi to study at Chongwen Academy.

"Chief, I have a lot of things going on here..." Li Qingzhi said helplessly, "I will definitely go to Fucheng in a few days."

After receiving Li Qingzhi's consent, Zhou Shanchang left with satisfaction.

When Magistrate Gou saw this scene, he felt that he was really lucky.

Fortunately, he got to know Li Qingzhi early, otherwise... Li Qingzhi would definitely not help him write a book.

Zhu Qian had the same idea. He suddenly realized that the autobiography Li Qingzhi wrote for him might become their family's most valuable heirloom.

Magistrate Gou did not stay with Jin Xiaoye for long.

He and Jin Xiaoye bought some small items such as dolls and backpacks, intending to take them back to their two daughters, and then went to wander elsewhere.

He originally wanted to take his son with him, but his son didn't want to, so he had to give up.

Gou Ying definitely doesn't want to go with Magistrate Gou. His father likes to say that if he goes with his father, isn't he looking for trouble for himself?

Gou Ying would rather help Jin Xiaoye sell things.

He thought it was quite fun.

Gou Ying was wandering around some time ago, and many people in Chongcheng County got to know him and knew that he was the son of Magistrate Gou.

Unexpectedly, Magistrate Gou's son was actually helping Jin Xiaoye sell things!

"Is he really Magistrate Gou's son?"

"It's absolutely true. My father has a shop here. Before the lantern festival, I saw Zhu Qian and Chief Li bringing him to help."

"I heard that he wrote the words on those lanterns. Is it true?"

"It's true! My father said that Mr. Gou is approachable and very easy to get along with."

"Let's go buy something and take a closer look at him?"

"OK!"

…

After the two young girls finished chatting, they went to Jin Xiaoye's stall to buy some things and took a sneak peek at Gou Ying.

Magistrate Gou's son Gao Gao looks pretty good, but he is only thirteen years old and looks childish. They are already fifteen or sixteen years old, alas!

But even if they are similar in age, the county magistrate's son will definitely look down on them.

The two left regretfully, and soon someone else came to see Gou Ying.

But everyone just looks at it and doesn't know how to do anything.

"Master Gou is so handsome."

"I heard he is very knowledgeable."

"The people are easy to get along with and there is no airs at all!"

…

In the past few days, Jin Moli has also come to visit the lantern festival.

Since Jin Liushu didn't want to sell rice with her, her rice stall was put away.

The extra food at home has been sold out long ago, and now it's hot... She doesn't want to go to the dock and suffer this.

After she stopped selling food, Jin Moli had more free time, so she naturally had time to visit the lantern festival.

She has always liked this kind of excitement, plus she made a lot of money selling food before... Jin Moli bought a lot of miscellaneous things.

But she always walked around Jin Xiaoye's stall. It was not until today that she came near Jin Xiaoye's stall, and then looked at Jin Xiaoye's stall.

She heard about Magistrate Gou's son helping Jin Xiaoye sell things.

She is so curious!

She remembered that in her previous life, Magistrate Gou's son was famous for being a loser. He would hang around outside all day long. When he quarreled with Magistrate Gou, he even jumped into a river - of course he jumped into a small ditch. What happened? No.

Fang Zijian was killed by Fang Xiu Niang after he was admitted as a scholar. At this time in his previous life, Magistrate Gou had not been dismissed from office. This year, Magistrate Gou did not survey the land at all. It seemed that he was... searching for his son in the streets every day?

Magistrate Gou has been scolded in Chongcheng County. People also said that Magistrate Gou had such a debt collector's son because he had not done anything good.

But now...why is Magistrate Gou's son, who has always been scolded, being praised?

Jin Moli had never seen Gou Ying in her previous life, and she didn't see anything wrong with her in this life. In the end, she went to Jin Liushu with a confused look on her face.

"Brother." Jin Moli called expressionlessly.

Jin Liushu was annoyed with Jin Moli when they were selling food together, but after he gave up the job, he felt a little guilty towards his sister.

Smiling at Jin Moli, Jin Liushu took a braised egg to her: "Moli, eat an egg."

Jin Moli didn't want to eat Jueweizhai's food, but the egg was too fragrant... She took a bite and asked Jin Liushu: "Brother, do you know the son of Magistrate Gou?"

"I know! Master Gou is a very nice person." Jin Liushu said.

Before the lantern festival, Gou Ying had been helping out at the new dock. He was generous and always gave food to those hired to do the work, and everyone said good things about him.

And this is the son of Magistrate Gou, so it can't be bad!

With this in mind, Jin Liushu picked out some of the things he heard and told them to Jin Moli.

Jin Moli: "..." This is different from the previous life!

While talking, Jin Liushu also said: "Moli, do you know? The second uncle and the second aunt are going to open a shop in the city to sell braised meat! Their family is really prosperous, and it has only been a few months! We are chasing after them no matter what. Not on!"

In her previous life, her second uncle and second aunt also opened a braised meat shop in the county... Jin Moli was in a bad mood.

However, Jin Moli felt a little better when she thought that if Jin Xiaoye only sold braised food in Chongcheng County, he would not be able to make a lot of money for the time being.

In his previous life, it took many years for Jin Xiaoye to remember to open a store in nearby counties and prefectures! From that time on, she made more and more money...

She wears more than a dozen clothes in one outfit, more than a dozen clothes!

Just as she was thinking this, Jin Moli heard Jin Liushu continue to speak: "Moli, Jin Xiaoshu went to Fucheng several times some time ago, and I heard that they are going to open a store in Fucheng..."

Jin Moli: "..." She shouldn't talk to her brother. This time... she even lost her appetite for the braised eggs in her hand!

Mr. and Mrs. Yao took their grandchildren and son to visit the lantern festival and saw Jin Moli from a distance.

Jin Moli is a mother-in-law. She doesn't care if she goes out to play alone without her children. She even sneaks delicious food by herself...

Mother Yao dislikes Jin Moli again!

Zhou Shanchang and the others mainly came to see the lantern festival and did not talk much with Li Qingzhi.

The next day, they left Chongcheng County and returned to Fucheng.

Also on this day, "Juewei Zhai" in Chongcheng County opened.

The shop Jin Xiaoshu rented for his parents was not big, but it was near the old dock. There were many shops here and there were many people there, so there were many people buying braised food.

Jin's father and mother are illiterate, but they can use a scale and count money, so selling small things is no problem.

Li Qingzhi went to take a look and saw that the couple was doing a good job with smiles on their faces, so he quietly returned home and continued writing articles.

It was also at this time that Governor Zhang approached Fang Shanchang of Anjiang Academy with the two policy papers given to him by Li Qingzhi.

When Chief Fang Shan saw Governor Zhang, he said: "Zhang Zhiru, I have seen you! Come here quickly, I have something to ask you!"

Chief Fang Shan is much older than Governor Zhang, but his gray hair is not as much as that of Governor Zhang.

Governor Zhang sat down in front of him: "What does Chief Fang Shan want to ask me?"

Chief Fang Shan asked: "Are you really Lu Qingxi's person? Why do you want to help Lu Qingxi? His reputation is not very good!"

Governor Zhang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I am not his."

"I said this is impossible!" Fang Shan said: "But although Lu Qingxi has a very bad reputation, I haven't seen him actually do anything that makes people and gods angry. This reputation... doesn't matter!"

Governor Zhang smiled bitterly and said nothing.

King Jin used to have a good reputation, but in reality? This is not a good person!

"By the way, what do you want from me?" Chief Fang asked Governor Zhang.

Governor Zhang took out two policy papers written by Li Qingzhi: "Look at this article, can it be published in Anjiang Collected Works?"

Chapter 147 Alone and scattered

On the way to Fucheng, Governor Zhang took out and read the article that Li Qingzhi had revised for him.

At first glance, Governor Zhang was attracted by Li Qingzhi's calligraphy. Then he read the article...

Li Qingzhi's initial article was just average. After he helped revise it, the article looked much better. But now... Li Qingzhi has made some modifications to the article based on his revisions.

Now the article looks pleasing to the eye, reads fluently, and the content of the article is deeper.

Governor Zhang suspected that the two previous policy papers were written casually by Li Qingzhi without any intention at all.

Actually...it's true. These two policy papers were urgently written by Li Qingzhi the day before he decided to visit Chief Zhou, and he did not put much thought into them.

He didn't dare to write too much... This was a feudal society after all, and he was afraid that he would accidentally write something he shouldn't have written.

No matter what...after seeing Li Qingzhi's revised article, Governor Zhang had a feeling - this article will definitely be included in the "Collected Works of Anjiang"!

"You wrote this? Are you finally free?" Fang Shanchang took the two articles.

He admired Governor Zhang's sharp writing style very much. After Governor Zhang was demoted to Hexing Prefecture as the prefect, he approached Governor Zhang several times to make appointments for articles for the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

For ordinary students, it is a great honor to have an article published in Anjiang Collected Works.

But for Anjiang Academy... articles written by people like Governor Zhang can also increase the weight of "Anjiang Collected Works".

"I didn't write it. You should read it first." Governor Zhang said.

Fang Shanchang lowered his head and looked down, then said after reading: "Not bad... your handwriting is not so stable. Who wrote this? An official who just came to Jiang'an Province? Why haven't I heard of this person before?"

When Fang Shanchang saw this article and this word, his first impression was...this was written by a quite young Jinshi.

This article is not amazing, but it is smooth and without any mistakes. Even every word is arranged neatly... Is this a special practice? He should be a person who has just been admitted to Jinshi.

This kind of article was a little too crafty and lacked his own thoughts. He didn't feel anything after reading it, but it was already worthy of being published in Anjiang Collected Works.

The most important thing is... those readers who bought "Collected Works of Anjiang" like articles like this.

Fang Shanchang felt that the eight-part essay test in the imperial examination buried some good talents, but let those who had no special skills but made no mistakes come to the fore, which was quite boring.

But he also knew that he couldn't change the situation.

Governor Zhang said: "It was not written by an official who just took office."

"Which Juren wrote that? You came from Hexing Mansion. How could there be a Juren in Hexing Mansion who wrote such well?" Fang Shanchang was surprised: "This article is similar to Zhou Shanchang of Chongwen Academy. "

"No," Governor Zhang said, "He hasn't passed the examination yet."

Fang Shanchang was stunned, and then asked: "Could this be written by you?"

Governor Zhang was speechless: "Can I write this word?"

Also... Fang Shanchang read it again: "How come he hasn't been admitted as a scholar yet?"

Governor Zhang said: "He took the county examination for the first time at the beginning of this year and got the first place in the county examination. Then he took the government examination and got the first place in the government examination. It won't be long before he comes to the provincial capital to take the college examination. He will take the exam." Scholarship is not a problem."

"Don't say that it's not a problem to take the exam for scholar, just this article... it's not a problem to take the exam for the imperial examination." Fang Shan said: "Why didn't he take the exam before, but now he is taking the exam now that he is so old?"

"How old he is, he is only in his early twenties." Governor Zhang said.

Fang Shanchang was stunned: "Early twenties? Can a person in his early twenties write this?" As for this article, a person in his early twenties can write it, but this word... how much practice does it take? Ten years?

"He is a genius!" Governor Zhang smiled: "Can these two articles be included in the Anjiang Collected Works?"

"Yes." Fang Shan said. "Collected Works of Anjiang" is indeed difficult to get into, but after all, it comes out once every month, so it's not impossible to get into it.

And all along, including him, those responsible for sorting out the manuscripts of "Collected Works of Anjiang" have a consensus that young people should be given opportunities.

They will relax their requirements for younger people. If nothing else, they will say two articles of similar quality, one written by a forty-year-old and the other by a twenty-year-old... They will Without hesitation, choose the one written by a twenty-year-old.

The author of this article is only in his early twenties. Even if the quality of the article is not so good, he will let him be published in "Anjiang Collected Works"

"That's good," Governor Zhang smiled and touched his beard, "He will continue to write articles in the future. When he finishes writing, I will come back to you."

Fang Shan said: "Good articles are hard to come by. There is no way he can come up with two good articles like this every month!"

Governor Zhang: "..." That's not necessarily true!

Li Qingzhi is a person who... finished writing a book of more than 100,000 words in less than ten days.

Li Qingzhi is really good at writing!

With this in mind, Governor Zhang took out a set of "Record of Injustice" that he bought at the Chongcheng County Lantern Festival and gave it to Chief Fang Shan: "Chief Fang, this is a wonderful book. I give it to you."

""Redress of Injustice"? That book that changed the direction of the capital? Although I know about this book, I haven't read it yet. I must read it carefully... Who wrote this book?" Fang Shanchang asked Governor Zhang, "I I heard the rumors and they all said you wrote it."

Governor Zhang: "That's not true!"

"That's it..." Fang Shanchang was a little disappointed, and then looked at the name of the writer printed on the book: "Qingdu Sanren, I thought it was you."

When Li Qing wrote "The Record of Injustice", he didn't want people to know who he was at all, so he didn't even think of a pen name at the beginning.

But then I thought that a pen name might be useful in the future... so I casually chose the name "Ling Du San Ren".

To be alone, to be alone. To be alone means to be alone.

In his last life, in the last days, he had always been alone.

What's even more interesting is that he has a loving wife and young children surrounding him all his life...it has nothing to do with being alone!

Fang Shanchang guessed that this book was written by Governor Zhang, which was actually related to this name.

Who doesn't know that Governor Zhang is alone?

Governor Zhang was silent.

He didn't know why Li Qingzhi chose such a pen name. After all... his family was so lively!

Could it be that Li Qingzhi yearns to live alone?

Isn't it? He saw that Li Qingzhi liked his children very much, and he also liked to talk to people. He could say a few words to everyone he met...

Li Qingzhi probably deliberately chose a pen name that was completely opposite to his true identity in order to prevent others from discovering his true identity.

"I don't have time to write this book." Governor Zhang said, chatting with Chief Fang Shan about something else.

At this time, in Hexing Prefecture, Chief Zhou Shan was also reading "The Record of Redress of Injustice".

This book has been circulated in the capital, but here in Hexing Mansion...it wasn't until Magistrate Gou sold the book at the lantern festival that everyone saw this book.

Shanchang Zhou had heard of "Record of Injustice", so after seeing it at the lantern festival, he immediately bought two sets. With the recommendation of the stall owner, he even bought some books about Magistrate Gou... and when he returned to In Fucheng, he took the lead in opening "Record of Injustice".

The articles written in this book are all in vernacular: "After Housekeeper Lou dragged A-Zhen and all the food from the family away, life became even more miserable. Little Hua lay on the ground, picking up the grains that had fallen on the ground one by one. After eating it, I stuffed it into Xiaocao's mouth. Xiaocao had a small body and a very big head. She slowly ground the grains with her teeth and swallowed them. I stole some vegetables from outside and went home. There was no firewood at home, so I just I gnawed it...I don't know how long it took, but one day I woke up and found that the grass was out of breath..."

"I was really hungry. When I saw a child eating in front of me, his rice dropped on the floor, so I went down to pick it up. The child's mother was shocked and quickly took the child away."

"My father went to ask Mr. Lou to give him a few days of grace. Mr. Lou said that my father was too dirty and asked his servants to kick my father aside. My father knocked his head on the stone lion in front of Lou's house. When we went to find him, he was already out of breath. The Lou family's concierge said we were unlucky and took my brother away, and I never saw him again."

"The harvest that year was not good, and the grain collected was just enough to pay the grain tax. My father was afraid that the family would starve to death, so he hid some grain. When they came to collect the grain tax, they found that there was not enough, so they beat my father. They dragged my sister away. My sister was only fourteen years old and was sold into a brothel. She fell ill and died within a few months. I went to collect her body and saw that there was no good piece of flesh on her body and she couldn't close her eyes... … Someone I know told me that when my sister died, she kept calling her mother, and she didn't even know it. My mother had already died, my father had also died, and I was the only one left in the family."

…

"Redress of Injustice" was written orally by the common people and recorded by independent people. The words in it are completely different from the current articles.

The people who spoke orally were also numb, and they did not know how to express their pain.

The tragic events one after another were written down in the book so...seemingly in an understatement.

But anyone who reads this book can feel the indescribable grief of the narrator.

Zhou Shanchang's eyes became sore as he watched, and he couldn't help but press the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.

The Lou family in Linhu County and County Magistrate Yan died so well!

Peng Jingliang and Zhou Shanchang were reading together and couldn't help but sob.

Why are ordinary people's lives so miserable?

If he becomes an official in the future, he must be a good official.

And this book is even more popular in Chongcheng County.

In Li Xiucai's school, more and more people have read this book.

Gou Ying originally didn't want to read this book because everyone said it was very miserable.

If you watch something that makes you cry, why would you want to watch it?

But she couldn't help but everyone around her had read it... Gou Ying borrowed the book and read it. After reading it...

Gou Ying cried loudly. When she went to Li Qingzhi's place that night, her eyes were completely swollen.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Gou Ying said: "The people in "Record of Injustice" are so pitiful!"

Li Qingzhi: "Don't read this kind of book in school in the future. You should study hard in school." Looking at Gou Ying's behavior today, he must not have studied hard in school.

"I just planned to take a casual look at it at first!" Gou Ying said.

Li Qing said: "Okay, go wash your face and eat."

"Have you never read this book?" Gou Ying asked, "You must go and read it. The people in this book are so miserable!"

Li Qing insisted: "I have seen it, and I can also recite it."

"Really? I don't believe it!"

"You take a section and I'll recite it to you." Li Qing insisted.

Gou Ying smoked for a while, and Li Qingzhi started to carry it down, but when he finished it...

"You can indeed memorize it, but you memorized the wrong words!" Gou Ying took out the book and showed it to Li Qingzhi, telling Li Qingzhi where he made the mistake.

Li Qingzhi: "..." It's not that he memorized it wrong, it's that Chang Duan and Chang Zhan picked up the wrong words when printing! Wrong printing!

Because it was okay to write it this way, Governor Zhang did not point out the error, so Magistrate Gou followed it and printed it.

It was the book that was wrong, not him!

"Brother Chang, you didn't have any emotions when you endorsed the book. Can you understand the pain of the people in the book?" Gou Ying asked again.

"Of course." Li Qing insisted.

This book was written by him!

And everyone thought that this book was recorded by "lonely people" after being dictated by the common people, but in fact... it really wasn't!

He wrote this book out of thin air after learning about the tragic events of some stone-digging laborers from the memory of the original owner, and hearing some things from Chang Duan and Chang Zhan. Many details were added by himself.

And he can write about the pain and despair of ordinary people only because he has experienced them all.

In his last life, all his relatives died one by one, and he was always starving!

Li Qing didn't feel much when he was writing this book, but when he finished it and looked back...he found that when he wrote this book, he actually wrote out some of the emotions he had suppressed in his heart.

Therefore, this book is depressing as a whole, making people who read it want to cry.

Li Qingzhi took Gou Ying to eat, but after finishing the day, they did not go to the lantern festival.

It's not that I'm in a bad mood because I talked about "The Record of Injustice", but because...it's raining.

I don't know how many lights have been put away at the lantern festival, and whether the lantern festival can continue.

People in Chongcheng County don't take summer rain seriously. After all, in the middle of summer, it's okay to get wet with a little rain.

Li Damao, Li Ermao, Zhao Xiaodou and the others liked to play in the water, so they simply rushed into the rain to play. Later, even Chang Cui also went.

Li Qingzhi didn't stop them. These four children were all in good health. It would be fine if they got wet in the rain. They could just go back and take a shower afterward.

With this thought, Li Qingzhi also walked into the rain.

The feeling of raindrops falling on my body is pretty good.

The rain in the last days is polluted and cannot be soaked in casually. It is different now! He can soak in the rain as much as he wants!

Sitting in the rain curtain, thinking of Gou Ying's reaction just now, and the increasing popularity of "Record of Innocence"... Li Qingzhi's heart moved.

He has been writing policy papers for the past two days and plans to become famous.

But when he wrote, he was actually a little irritable.

This is because the articles he wrote that were suitable for the imperial examinations had too many regulations, and many things were actually not allowed to be written. If he did write, he would easily get into trouble.

Should he... write it under the name of Qingdu Sanren?

He could write about all matters such as land annexation, and he could write whatever he wanted, regardless of the neatness of the text.

After he has finished writing, he can send it to "Anjiang Collected Works". It would be best if it can be published. If it cannot be published, it will be fine.

Doesn't Juewei Zhai also have a complete set of printing equipment? The worst he can do is print it himself and then spread it out.

Li Qingzhi occasionally has the urge to reorganize society.

"Li Qingzhi, how old are you? You still play in the rain." Jin Xiaoye looked at Li Qingzhi speechlessly, who had moved a bamboo chair and sat in the yard.

Li Qingzhi looked at Jin Xiaoye with an innocent face: "I am three years old this year."

Jin Xiaoye didn't expect that Li Qingzhi would say this, and he burst into laughter.

After Li Qingzhi ran into the rain, Gou Ying could no longer restrain her inner impulse and ran into the rain to have fun.

Although his grandparents doted on him, they would not let him do anything like getting caught in the rain.

Now he was letting the heavy rain fall on him, feeling extremely excited and comfortable, and he even wanted to look up to the sky and scream.

Of course, he was embarrassed to do such a thing, so...he only laughed when Li Qingzhi said that he was "three years old."

Gou Ying went home early that day.

As soon as he entered the house, soaked to the skin, he heard his father ask: "Why are you so wet?"

"Is it raining heavily?" Gou Ying didn't care at all: "I'm going to take a shower!"

Gou Ying ran to take a bath, and Magistrate Gou couldn't help complaining: "This child is very frizzy."

Mrs. Gou didn't speak, she cried silently on the side.

Gou Ying came back from Li Qingzhi's house. It must have been because Li Qingzhi didn't give him an umbrella.

Did Li Qingzhi hold a grudge because of what she said before? So unwilling to give her son an umbrella?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Gou became even more sad.

When Magistrate Gou turned around, he saw his wife looking sad. He suddenly felt that his son was cute, so he went to find him.

Then... the father and son had another quarrel.

It was County Magistrate Gou who started first: "Look at you, you are not stable at all. When you came back, the rain was not so heavy. Why did you still get yourself soaked like this? You can't imitate Li Qingzhi..."

"It was Li Qingzhi who got wet in the rain first, and then I went to get wet!"

"He went to get wet in the rain? There must be a reason. Maybe he was inspired by poetry and wanted to write poetry..." Scholars sometimes behave strangely. I heard that there was a scholar in the provincial capital who even wore women's clothes. Jump into the lake!

Gou Ying: "You are so talented in poetry!" Where did Li Qingzhi become so popular in poetry? Li Qingzhi just went to play with the children in the water!

What a great father Li Damao and Li Ermao are! Why is his father like this!

"Who asked you to talk to your father like this?!" Magistrate Gou was angry.

The father and son quarreled again, but fortunately it was getting late, and they remembered what Li Qingzhi had said, so in the end they did not perform a full martial arts show.

The next day, Gou Ying left home early. She felt that she had not performed well last night. She thought of a lot of reasons and planned to have a good talk with Gou Ying early in the morning. Magistrate Gou Ying did not see anyone, so he could only stop playing. , went to do other things.

During this busy day, Magistrate Gou suddenly felt a little lucky that he was very busy.

When he first came to Chongcheng County, he was very idle. If he was still so idle recently, he would definitely stare at Gou Ying studying every day, and then the two of them would quarrel every day... Forget about having a wife who cries every day, and another one who quarrels with him every day. Son, it makes me sad to think about this day.

Magistrate Gou went to the Lantern Festival and found that all the lanterns at the Lantern Festival had been taken off.

Some of these lanterns are kept in nearby shops and can be used if there is a lantern festival in the future, and some... some people took the lanterns home before it rained and planned to offer them.

Magistrate Gou: "..."

Magistrate Gou went to Li Qingzhi and asked him what he wanted to do with the Lantern Festival.

The lanterns are all made of paper. In fact, if you really think about it... the lantern festival will not last long.

God will always rain.

"Sir, from now on we can call it a night market instead of a lantern festival, so that the people can have a place to go at night." Li Qingzhi gave a suggestion to Magistrate Gou: "Isn't there a lot of open space over there at the new pier? Let's set aside a piece of it in the future. People in Chongcheng County set up stalls to enjoy the cool weather."

In modern times, which city does not have squares and

Park!

There were no parks in this era. Those gardens were private places for wealthy people and ordinary people were not allowed to go in and play.

But we can give the people a square.

Anyway, there is no square dancing at this time, so we are not afraid of disturbing the people.

"Okay." Magistrate Gou said, and then he mentioned that Gou Ying got caught in the rain last night, and asked Li Qingzhi: "I heard that you got caught in the rain too?"

Li Qingzhi: "..."

The same thing, if you change the words, sometimes it will give people a completely different feeling! Li Qing said: "Sir, Gou Ying and I watched "The Record of Injustice" yesterday. We were so sad that we got caught in the rain together."

Magistrate Gou didn't expect this to be the case... "So that's it! Alas, the people written in "The Record of Injustice" are really pitiful. After reading it, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep."

"Your Excellency, you really care about the people! Having a magistrate like you in Chongcheng County is a blessing to the people of Chongcheng County!" Li Qingzhi said immediately.

After a heavy rain, the day became cooler.

Some people came to Zhu Qian's bookstore and bought "The Record of Redress of Injustice" from Zhu Qian.

Recently, this book has spread in Hexing Mansion, and even in the provincial capital, many people have read it. So in some bookstores, people often come to ask about this book.

These bookstores didn't have it, so I asked around where I could buy it. No, I finally found it here at Zhu Qian.

They planned to buy some books from Zhu Qian and sell them, and then print them themselves.

I don't even know who this "lonely individual" is, so this book can be printed at will.

"I heard that Governor Zhang relied on this book for his promotion!"

"This is a book that all officials in the capital read!"

"I heard that the emperor asked officials in the court and central government to read this book to understand ordinary people."

"We should take a look too!"

"My uncle is an official in the capital. He said that the imperial court sent this book to nearby cities, but we are too far away, so we didn't receive it."

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The book "Redress of Injustice" became popular in Jiang'an Province.

The name of "Lingdu Sanren" is also known by more and more people.

Chapter 148 Chongwen Academy

Anjiang Academy.

Anjiang Academy is located on a mountain in the provincial capital. The academy is very large, with many buildings and hundreds of students.

There is also a special book printing workshop in the academy, which prints some common books that students need, as well as the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

Anjiang Academy published the "Collected Works of Anjiang". At first, it was just to collect some good articles and print them out for students in the academy to read.

However, because the articles selected by the teachers in the college and included in the "Anjiang Collected Works" were so good, as time went by, the "Anjiang Collected Works" became more and more famous and began to be recognized by scholars in Jiang'an Province.

Even some people from other provinces will come to buy "Collected Works of Anjiang".

In the beginning, this book was not sold out, and only a hundred copies were printed for students in the academy to read. But now...every month, 5,000 copies of "Anjiang Collected Works" are printed, in addition to being given to students in the academy. In addition to being viewed by students, they are also sold outside, which actually gives Anjiang Academy an extra income.

Printing books takes time. Generally speaking, this month's "Anjiang Collected Works" has just been printed and sold, and next month's "Anjiang Collected Works" will start printing.

Fang Shan heads them and will select the articles a month in advance.

Because of this, if you submit your articles or poems to Anjiang Academy, even if you are selected, there is a high probability that it will not be published until next month, or even be pushed to the back.

When Governor Zhang gave Li Qingzhi's two articles to Fang Shanchang, a new issue of "Anjiang Collected Works" had just been printed, and the next issue of "Anjiang Collected Works" was about to be printed.

Today is the day when the finalists of the "Collected Works of Anjiang", including Fang Shanchang, will conduct the final review of the "Collected Works of Anjiang" that will be sold next month.

Fang Shan is quite old. Recently, a lot of work has been handed over to his subordinates. He doesn't do much of the review work of "Collected Works of An Jiang" now. He only takes a look at it for the last time.

At this moment, he looked through it.

Looking at it... Fang Shanchang pointed to one of the articles and said, "Isn't this article good enough?"

What Chief Fang Shan pointed out was a policy paper.

In the opinion of Fang Shanchang, the policy paper written by Li Qingzhi was not that good, and this policy paper was far inferior to Li Qingzhi's.

"This article is lacking, but the person who wrote it is a child who has not passed the college entrance examination. He is no more than a junior." A gentleman from the academy said: "Now we have no other good articles, so we chose this one." Chapter."

"Anjiang Collected Works" publishes one volume every month, but there are not so many good articles every month.

Sometimes the number of good articles is not enough, so some articles of lower quality will be selected and added.

This article is what they chose to add to it. As for why they chose this article... The person who wrote this article is Du Yongning, the chief executive of Yonghe Prefecture in Jiang'an Province. He has already won two county and government examination cases. First of all, I just want to get the top spot in the college examination so that I can get a small three yuan.

If you want to win the first-class exam in the college examination, in addition to your own talent and knowledge, your reputation must not be too weak, otherwise... if you put several similar papers together, the examiner will most likely give the first-class job to someone you are familiar with.

In Jiang'an Province, the best way to become famous is undoubtedly to publish one's articles in the "Collected Works of An Jiang".

Du Yongning came from a wealthy family. He came to the provincial capital in advance. Not only did he entertain the scholars in the provincial capital to expand his reputation, he also wrote an article for review and revision and sent it to Anjiang Academy.

Du Yongning is still young, and he also knows that although the articles he has written have been revised by others, it is still a bit difficult to get into the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

As for finding someone to write as a ghostwriter... who would be willing to give him a good article that could be published in Anjiang Collected Works? He was also afraid that others would know about it.

Moreover, everyone knew how knowledgeable he was, so there was no need to concoct an article that he couldn't write and send it to Anjiang Academy.

Du Yongning simply found a way elsewhere and gave a gift to the gentleman in charge of reviewing the manuscript at Anjiang Academy.

The gentleman from Anjiang Academy accepted the gift. It happened that there were no good articles recently, so he put his article in it.

Du Yongning is young and is not even a scholar. It is already very good to write such an article, so it is not wrong to include it.

In the past, although Fang Shanchang was not very satisfied with the article, he would have given in, but he had just read Li Qingzhi's article not long ago.

It is also an article crafted with great craftsmanship, but the one written by Li Qing is much better than the one written by Du Yongning.

"It's better to withdraw this article." Fang Shan said.

The gentleman who received Du Yongning's gift showed hesitation: "But... there haven't been any good articles recently. Our Anjiang Collected Works next month is already a bit short."

"I just got two good articles." Chief Fang Shan came here this time. He had brought Li Qingzhi's article with him, so he took it out now: "Pick one and put it in, and put the other one first." Keep it and put it in later."

Everyone went to read the article that Chief Fang Shan had brought out.

The level of this article is far higher than that of Du Yongning, and it is still something that scholars can learn. One gentleman praised it: "This article is good. Let my students memorize it. Maybe they can use a few sentences during the scientific examination."

Another gentleman said: "This article is well written, and the handwriting is even better...Which official wrote it?"

But the gentleman who accepted Du Yongning's money couldn't help but said: "Chief, although this article is good, Du Yongning is young..."

Fang Shan said: "This article was written by He Xing Mansion's trial case leader. He is only twenty-four this year."

Du Yongnian wanted to be younger than Sanyuan, so he took the imperial examination a few years late. This year he is twenty-two, which is two years younger than Li Qingzhi.

This age difference can be ignored.

By this time, even the academy gentleman who had received money from Du Yongning had nothing to say. They all agreed to replace Du Yongning's article with Li Qingzhi's article.

In other words, next month, Li Qingzhi's article will appear in front of everyone.

It is June now, next month is July, and the college examination will be at the end of August... Before the college examination, Li Qingzhi may have two articles that can be published in Anjiang Collected Works.

Fang Shanchang knew that Governor Zhang gave Li Qingzhi's article to him because he wanted to make Li Qingzhi famous.

Li Qingzhi is good at learning, and he is willing to do the same.

After discussing the content to be printed and sending the manuscript to the printing workshop, Fang Shanchang and others sat down and started chatting.

They rarely talk about "The Record of Injustice".

"A book like "Redress of Injustice" is truly unprecedented, and the entire text is based on what the public says."

"Have you seen "The Record of Injustice"? I've only heard of its name, but I haven't seen it yet."

"I have a volume over there that I can lend you to read."

"I have never read this book, but I have made an agreement with the owner of the study to send it to me as soon as he has the book."

…

While these people were talking, Fang Shan said: "I have a set of books for this book."

Everyone present looked at Fang Shanchang with envy.

Fang Shan said: "The book I got was given by a friend. I have already read it. If you want to read it, feel free to borrow it."

Everyone thanked him one after another and asked Mr. Fang Shanchang what he thought of the book.

Fang Shan said: "This book is a return to nature."

This book says that after seeing the poor man, the Qingdu San people wrote down the story told by the poor man. However, after reading it, Fang Shanchang knew that this story must have been revised and polished by the Qingdu San people.

This book must also incorporate the

Some thoughts from independent people.

After seeing it, he was full of admiration for this person.

Unsurprisingly, this lonely man should have experienced many hardships, and he wrote about the grievances and suffering of the common people through the mouths of the common people.

I heard that the current Holy Emperor asked the officials of the DPRK and the Central Government to read this book... He felt that the officials of the DPRK and the Central Government really should read it.

Otherwise, people who have lived in temples for a long time will not know the hardships of the common people!

The students in their college should also read this book, otherwise... many of them have no idea how difficult it is for the people in this land.

Chief Fang Shan highly praised this book, and at this time, the book had also spread in Linhu County.

After the Lou family and Magistrate Yan were gone, the people of Linhu County finally lived a better life.

When Chongcheng County held a lantern festival, some wealthy households from Linhu County went to Chongcheng County to play together. While playing, they discovered this book and bought it back.

Compared to people in other places, people in Linhu County were more excited after reading this book.

Some literate people in Linhu County even took the time to go to teahouses and other places to read this book to the people of Linhu County.

"Fortunately, the Lou family is gone."

"At that time, our family was almost destroyed!"

"Thanks to Governor Zhang!"

"This book is so well written!"

…

But after the initial excitement, these people also wondered: "Who wrote this book?"

"The story here looks familiar to me. Governor Zhang heard it before when he tried the case, but there are some discrepancies."

"This Qingdu San people know very much about our Linhu County. Is he from Linhu County?"

"Who is this person?"

…

Some of the stories in this book written by Li Qing have prototypes.

People in other places didn't know it, but people in Linhu County knew it. They found the prototype of the person written in the book and asked him about being a lonely person.

This lonely person must have chatted with this person before he could write all about this person's sufferings.

As a result... the prototype character in the story written by Li Qing was confused - he had never seen any solitary people!

He told the people in the village about his family's affairs.

Moreover, what is written in this book is somewhat different from his real situation...

Scholar from Linhu County: "..." So this book was not dictated by the common people?

But there is no doubt that this book is not groundless. That lonely person must have lived in Linhu County!

I don't know who this person is...

Chongcheng County.

June of the lunar calendar, converted to the Gregorian calendar, is July and August. In modern times, it is summer vacation.

It's a pity that there is no summer vacation in this era. Li Damao and the others have to go to school every day.

But they were already much better than the others. After all, they only went to school for half a day. After returning home, Li Qingzhi didn't stop them and was willing to let them play in the water as much as they wanted.

But after playing like this too much...Li Damao and Li Ermao turned black again.

So cute in black.

Li Qingzhi was particularly fond of these two children. When someone passing by saw them, he grabbed their little black hands and kissed them.

There are many mosquitoes in summer, and the two children are rarely bitten by mosquitoes. Li Qingzhi also used his supernatural powers to treat them.

Now that his body has recovered, his powers have become more abundant. On weekdays, he not only provides some minor treatment to Li Damao and Li Ermao, but also repairs the hidden wounds in Jin Xiaoye's body, or helps Jin's father and mother to recuperate their bodies.

The two old men's lost teeth couldn't grow back, and he didn't help remove the wrinkles on their faces, but their internal organs were now much better than before.

As long as they pay more attention, they can live to be seventy or eighty years old.

Taking advantage of Fang Jinniang's pregnancy, Li Qingzhi took Fang Jinniang's pulse and used it to slightly heal Fang Jinniang's eyes.

He only treated a little bit each time, and Fang Jinniang didn't realize anything was wrong. She just thought that because she was doing less needlework now, her eyes were getting better again.

You must know that there is nothing wrong with her eyes.

Fang's mother and Fang Zijian left Chongcheng County. Although Fang Xiu Niang had ruined her face, she settled down in the provincial capital. Plus she had a child in her belly... Fang Jin Niang was now much more cheerful than before.

"Are you going to the night market tonight?" Li Qingzhi asked Li Damao and Li Ermao.

The lantern festival has been turned into a night market, which is not as lively as before, but there are still some people going there every night.

Li Qingzhi's family will go as long as it doesn't rain.

"Go!" Li Damao and Li Ermao never tired of it.

"Then go." Li Qingzhi laughed and said to the two children: "Da Mao Er Mao, dad is going to Fucheng tomorrow. He should be there for several days. Then I won't be able to take you to the night market. You If you want to go, let mom take you there."

"Okay." The two children responded.

Li Qingzhi had already told them that they were going to Fucheng, and they were already prepared.

Li Qingzhi took them to the lantern festival again that day and bought them some small things.

And the next day... he got on Jin Xiaoshu's boat and asked Jin Xiaoshu to take him to Fucheng.

In addition to him and Jin Xiaoshu, there were also several barrels of braised meat in wooden barrels on the boat.

This braised food was prepared in the early morning, and they set off from Chongcheng County to Fucheng at dawn.

There is a shed in the middle of the boat that can provide shade. Normally, Li Qingzhi would have sat in it, but now it is filled with braised meat.

Li Qingzhi could only bring a bamboo hat and sit on the bow.

He has a lot of things going on recently and has no time to enjoy life, so it is quite comfortable to enjoy the wind on the bow of the boat.

Unfortunately, the boat was moving and he couldn't fish.

After looking at the surrounding scenery, Li Qingzhi looked at Jin Xiaoshu again, and then found... Jin Xiaoshu was really getting rougher.

When I first met Jin Xiaoshu, he was tall, thin and looked like a teenager, but now... he is tanned, and because of eating well and rowing, his arms have become very thick, and his shoulders and back are also thick.

With Jin Xiaoshu's condition, it's okay to say that he is in his twenties.

"Brother-in-law, you are getting whiter and whiter." Jin Xiaoshu looked at Li Qingzhi and couldn't help but said.

His brother-in-law still looks a little thin now, and he doesn't know why he hasn't gained any weight, but he really looks much better.

That fair and pure skin... no worse than his wife's!

Li Qing insisted: "I was born with white skin." He was telling the truth. His body was actually born with very good conditions.

His mother is a great beauty, and his brothers and sisters are all good-looking.

When the original owner fled all the way to Miaoqian Village, his skin was rough, but he was still the most handsome man in Miaoqian Village.

As for now...he used his supernatural powers to remove all the impurities from his body, and his appearance naturally became more and more outstanding.

Especially the skin... There are no blemishes on his face, which is definitely very rare in this era.

In fact, he doesn't want to be like this. He doesn't mind if his skin is darker and the pores on his face are bigger, but his powers are always flowing in his body. Even if he doesn't do something deliberately, his physical condition will be unconscious. Get better.

"Brother-in-law, your appearance now is really completely different from before." Jin Xiaoshu said again.

"That's right, after all, I'm pampered now," Li Qingzhi looked at Jin Xiaoshu, "Xiaoshu, don't bother yourself by always not wearing a hat. Your face is already dark, and it will get darker if you get too much sun. If you don't pay attention, In a few years, people might think you are Jin Niang's father."

Jin Xiaoshu: "..."

Think about it carefully, is it really possible?

The men in their village who were the same age as Fang Jinniang, standing together with Fang Jinniang, looked like Fang Jinniang's elders!

The two went out very early and arrived in Fucheng at around nine o'clock in the morning.

Jin Xiaoshu immediately stopped the boat and gave it to Fang Xiu

Behind the shop my mother rented.

Today is the day when Fang Xiu Niang's Braised Meat Shop opens. Fang Xiu Niang has been waiting for a long time. When she saw them, she immediately asked: "Have you eaten yet?"

"We bought food at the dock in the morning and came here after eating." Jin Xiaoshu helped move the braised food on the ship to the shop, poured the braised food inside into the container prepared by Fang Xiu Niang, and then returned to the ship: " Xiu Niang, I want to send my brother-in-law to the academy, so I'll leave first."

After he finished speaking, he took Li Qingzhi to Chongwen Academy.

Seeing a stall selling rice balls on the road, Jin Xiaoshu said, "Brother-in-law, I want to buy a rice ball to eat. Do you want it?"

Jin Xiaoshu and Li Qingzhi did come after eating in the morning.

But it was only after five o'clock when they went out, and Jin Xiaoshu kept rocking the boat all the way... He was already hungry.

Fang Jinniang didn't come, and it was inconvenient to eat at Fang Xiuniang's place. He didn't say anything when Fang Xiuniang asked before, but now he wanted to eat something.

Li Qing insisted: "Buy me one."

After hearing what Li Qingzhi said, Jin Xiaoshu bought two rice balls to eat.

This rice ball is made of glutinous rice, with pickles fried with dried tofu wrapped in the middle. It is very fragrant when you bite it, and it is also very suitable for working people to eat.

Li Qingzhi a little missed the rice balls he had eaten before the end of the world in his previous life. At that time, they were filled with fried peanuts, fried dough sticks, egg skin, and meat floss.

Unfortunately, fried peanuts are not cheap nowadays and people won't put them in them.

Jin Xiaoshu ate the rice ball in two bites and took out a kettle filled with tea to drink tea. After eating, he felt like he had come to life and continued rowing forward: "Brother-in-law, this rice ball is very delicious. I will buy another one later. Eat on the way back."

He was full now, but he would probably be hungry again on the way back.

"Okay, you can go to your sister's place for a big dinner in the evening." Li Qing insisted.

"I will definitely eat more then! Brother-in-law, Chang Zhan's cooking skills are really good. Ordinary things become very delicious as soon as he makes them."

Jin Xiaoshu placed Li Qingzhi near Chongwen Academy and left.

Li Qing entered Chongwen Academy carrying a box and carrying a box on his back.

Now that he is only two months away from the hospital examination, he really should study hard, and there is nothing else for him to do for the time being.

He gave his advice to Magistrate Gou. After talking about the matter of building a school, Magistrate Gou had already started working on the matter. However, this could not be done in a short time. Apart from anything else, building a school was the first step. You need land and a house!

Moreover, only Li Qingzhi and Zhu Qian run the school, which is a bit small after all. In addition, it happens to be the day to harvest summer grain...

Li Qingzhi felt that he should wait until he finished taking the college examination before this could be done.

For now, he should concentrate on studying.

Zhou Shanchang had already confessed that Li Qingzhi quickly met Zhou Shanchang, and then went to Zhu Xunmiao's room to live with Zhu Xunmiao.

Students of Chongwen Academy all live in the academy, with two people sharing a room. Of course, if you pay more, you can also live in a room per person.

Zhu Xunmiao paid more and lived in a room alone.

But he had invited Li Qingzhi before, saying that if Li Qingzhi went to Chongwen Academy to study, he could live in a room with him.

The accommodation conditions in Chongwen Academy are quite good. A room is almost forty square meters, with two beds and a wardrobe on both sides, and a desk in the middle.

Zhu Xunmiao has been living here for a while, and he has a lot of money... Li Qingzhi found that he could live here comfortably even if he didn't bring anything with him.

"The academy does not allow servants, but you can pay people in the academy to help clean the house and wash clothes..." Zhu Xunmiao introduced Chongwen Academy to Li Qingzhi: "There are three types of meals in the academy, one is the cheapest. Each meal has one dish, one soup and rice, which doesn't cost much. There is also a more expensive option, which includes two dishes and one soup, including a big meat dish. The second option is to pay the kitchen to cook it... I eat two dishes and one soup for lunch. I pay the kitchen to cook it at night, brother Li, come with me!"

"Okay." Li Qingzhi agreed with a smile.

Li Qingzhi said he came to study, but he did not go to the classroom like Zhu Xunmiao.

He mainly stayed in Zhou Shanchang's library to read, and when he had questions, he would ask Zhou Shanchang.

This way of learning is more suitable for him.

There are really many books in Zhou Shanchang's library, many of which Li Qingzhi has never read. Li Qingzhi looked around and saw the complete set of "Collected Works of Anjiang" inside.

It's not necessarily a complete set. Anyway, starting from a certain issue ten years ago, there is not a single issue left, but there is no one from further back.

Li Qingzhi opened a book and looked at it.

The quality of the articles in the "Collected Works of Anjiang" is really good. Reading more of them will be helpful for scientific examinations and writing articles.

Li Qingzhi was watching when he saw Peng Jingliang coming.

Peng Jingliang, like Li Qingzhi, did not attend classes. He mainly studied with Zhou Shanchang. Seeing Li Qingzhi reading "Collected Works of Anjiang", Peng Jingliang said: "Brother Li, the new issue of "Collected Works of Anjiang" has arrived. Let's read it together. ! I will copy it again after reading it!"

Chief Zhou Shanchang was very strict with Peng Jingliang. He asked Peng Jingliang to copy the "Collected Works of Anjiang" because he wanted Peng Jingliang to learn something and to practice calligraphy.

Peng Jingliang often complained about this, but after complaining, he would finish the things assigned by Chief Zhou Shan.

Li Qingzhi knew that Governor Zhang helped him submit the article, but he knew that he would not be included in this issue.

By the time Governor Zhang went to submit the article, the printing of this issue would have already started!

Printing books these days is not as fast as modern times!

But the next issue...maybe there will be an article by him on it.

When Chongwen Academy got the new issue of "Collected Works of Anjiang", people in the provincial capital had already read it.

In a restaurant in the provincial capital, a group of scholars were discussing articles in the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

Most of these scholars came to the provincial capital to participate in the college examinations, and a few were scholars who had already passed the college examinations.

Their level is average, so naturally they will not criticize the articles in "Anjiang Collected Works", they are all praise.

"This poem is really well written!"

"The sentences in this article are cleverly used!"

"Brother Zhou, after you finish reading, can you let me copy it?"

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While chatting, someone asked Du Yongning: "Brother Du, I heard that you sent an article you wrote to Anjiang Academy? I don't know if I can see your masterpiece on it."

Du Yongning laughed: "I gave it as a gift, but I just gave it a try, and I may not be able to get it."

Having said that, Du Yongning felt very uncomfortable.

He gave gifts to the gentlemen from Anjiang Academy and received news that his article should be published in the "Collected Works of Anjiang" next month.

He was naturally happy and told the story about sending the article to Anjiang Academy.

However, as soon as he told the story, he received news that his article would not be published in next month's "Anjiang Collected Works", and probably not in August, but if we make arrangements for him, maybe it could be published in the future... …

At the end of August, the college examination will begin! His article won't be published in the Anjiang Collected Works in July, nor in the August one. If it is published in the future, what's the point?

He wanted to make a name for himself before the college exam and get a small three yuan!

Du Yongning knew that if he wanted to get three yuan, that is, get a first prize, it was basically impossible, but if he had a small three yuan, it should be possible.

But now something unexpected happened...

Du Yongning was not in a good mood, but he had to restrain himself in front of others...

Li Qingzhi stayed in Chongwen Academy for five days, and then asked for leave from Chief Zhou Shan, preparing to return to Chongcheng County.

He made a plan for himself. In the next few days, he would study for five days, rest for two days, and then study for another five days. Anyway, just like modern times, he would have two days off every week.

During his break, he went back to Chongcheng County to meet his wife and children and chat with others to recharge.

Li Qingzhi arranged for him to study at Zhou Shanchang's place on the Saturday morning as usual, and at noon, Jin Xiaoshu came to pick him up.

Li Qingzhi took the book he borrowed from Zhou Shanchang and boarded Jin Xiaoshu's boat.

He would stay at home all day tomorrow and follow Jin Xiaoshu back to Fucheng the day after tomorrow.

"Xiaoshu, how is the braised food business in Fucheng?" Li Qing asked.

"Brother-in-law, business is going well!" Jin Xiaoshu said, "Xiu Niang wants more and more braised food! By the way, we can't call her Xiu Niang anymore. Now everyone calls her Axiu."

"Let's go take a look?" Li Qingzhi suggested. He planned to buy some things from Fucheng that were not available in Chongcheng County and bring them back to Li Damao and the others. By the way, he could see how Fang Xiu Niang's business was going.

Most of the things available in Fucheng are available in Chongcheng County, but Li Qingzhi saw a pair of porcelain pony paperweights in a porcelain store here. They looked very cute, so he bought them and took them back to Li Qingzhi. Big hair and two hairs.

After shopping, they went to the braised food shop in Fucheng.

This braised food shop is opened by Fang Xiu Niang, but the name of the shop is still Juewei Zhai.

When Li Qingzhi and the others approached, they found someone queuing up to buy braised meat: "Sister-in-law Axiu, weigh half a braised chicken for me!"

"Sister Axiu, I want braised dried beans."

"Sister Axiu, I want to buy some vegetarian chicken!"

…

"Sister Axiu?" Li Qingzhi looked at Jin Xiaoshu doubtfully.

Jin Xiaoshu said: "Brother-in-law, she said to the outside world that she is a widow whose husband has died, so everyone calls her Sister-in-law Axiu."

Fang Xiu Niang must have a new identity and an origin to live in Fucheng.

Fang Xiu Niang made this up herself. She said her name was Axiu, and she married her childhood sweetheart husband a few years ago. Unexpectedly, her husband fell ill and died, and then her mother-in-law wanted to sell her.

...She didn't want to remarry, so she burned her face. Later, her parents came forward and took her back from her husband's house. She had nowhere to go, so she came to Fucheng to do some small business.

After learning about "A Xiu"'s experience, people in the city sympathized with her and felt that she was kind and righteous.

The aunt arranged by Zhu Qian has returned to Chongcheng County, but Fang Xiu Niang has found an aunt in Fucheng whose husband has died and her son has married. She lives with her and helps her with some odd jobs. Don't dare to bully her.

After all, Axiu's Auntie is not someone to be trifled with. Previously, a gangster came to her and told her that he didn't mind her being ugly and wanted her to go home with him... As a result, Axiu's Auntie took a knife and chopped it with the back of the knife. , and said that next time she talks nonsense, she won't use the back of the knife...

Axiu's sister-in-law has a deep love for her husband and is willing to burn her face just to stop marrying her. If others try to force her, something will happen... Naturally, no one will dare to force her.

Li Qingzhi laughed when he heard about this: "That's pretty good." Fang Xiu Niang is not a soft-tempered person, so that's good.

The story she made up is not bad... Although she didn't publicize it too much, she said that her natal family took her back from her husband's house... This shows that there is someone in her natal family, and she still has the means to open such a braised food shop. Naturally, others don't How dare you do anything to her.

Li Qingzhi came home that day. As soon as he saw Li Damao and Li Ermao, he went up to hug him: "Da Mao Ermao, I miss my dad so much!" He actually wanted to hug Jin Xiaoye more, but Jin Xiaoye could only hug him when no one was around. Can't hug in front of others.

That night, Li Qingzhi hugged Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye was helpless: "Don't you dislike the heat?"

"No problem! Xiaoye, haven't you noticed? I am cold! Your husband, I am warm in winter and cool in summer. You should hug me more!"

Jin Xiaoye: "..." It was indeed cold when Li Qingzhi hugged it at first, but it quickly became hot! She was so hot!

But forget it, just hug him. She still misses him after not seeing him for five days.

Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye were enjoying themselves happily in the imperial palace in the capital, but the emperor once again came out of the imperial concubine's palace and went to sleep in his own palace.

The emperor was in poor health and had not visited the harem in recent years. In fact, the number of visits to the harem was not many in the past.

But he has a good relationship with Concubine Liu and has always liked living with Concubine Liu.

In the past, when he was extremely cold, it was Concubine Liu who held him and warmed his body. Now he also likes Concubine Liu to hold him.

But now, Concubine Liu has an additional child in her palace.

This child always cries at night, and now the emperor will be awakened by the slightest sound, and will never be able to sleep again... He can only live separately from Concubine Liu.

After returning to his palace, the emperor wanted to sleep, but he couldn't fall asleep for a while. He could only start thinking about what happened during the day.

For example...the "Salt Sun Method" presented by Zhang Zhiru.

If salt can be sun-dried, the price of salt should be reduced a lot, and the lives of ordinary people should be easier.

The emperor was thinking about all kinds of things and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Lu Qingxi slept well that night, and the next day, he went to the morning court in high spirits.

The officials of the DPRK and the Central Government began to discuss matters as usual. After all the busy matters were finished, Lu Qing said happily: "Everyone, I have good news to tell you today!"

The officials in the DPRK and China were all shocked.

Good news, suddenly, what good news can there be?

Could it be that the emperor wanted to make the baby in the palace the crown prince?

It was no secret in the court that the emperor had few years left to live, and even the ministers in the court didn't think that a baby could secure the throne.

Lu Qing said happily: "Governor Zhang of Jiang'an Province has proposed a method of making salt that can lower the price of salt!"

Lu Qingxi had not tried this "salt-drying method" before, but he asked someone who knew how to make salt to ask, and the person said that it was possible. He even said that in some places, salt-drying method had already begun, but it was not popularized.

I think so, since you can boil water with fire, you can also dry it in the sun! It was not popular before, mainly because people were used to boiling salt and had no idea of building the "salt fields" mentioned in this method.

Lu Qingxi eloquently explained the "salt-drying method" in the court, which roughly means... He was worried about the price of salt and worried that the people could not afford salt, so he asked Governor Zhang to find someone to study it. And what follows? , he will find someone to promote it.

Li Qingzhi gave the salt-drying method to Governor Zhang, but because Governor Zhang now had the hatred of King Jin, he could not get too close to Governor Zhang, so he asked Governor Zhang not to tell others that he wrote it.

In Daqi, salt is something that is strictly controlled. As a commoner, he went to study how to make salt... This may not necessarily bring him any benefits, and it might even bring him trouble!

Moreover, the matter of drying salt has actually been around for a long time. It is not a new method, and it has not achieved much credit.

Therefore, the salt-drying method was proposed by Governor Zhang.

This is supposed to be the credit of Governor Zhang, but when Lu Qingxi said this... Lu Qingxi took half of the credit.

North Korean and Chinese officials: "..."

emperor:"…"

The emperor was very clear about the ins and outs of the matter, and naturally knew that this "salt-drying method" had nothing to do with Lu Qingxi, but Lu Qingxi's character... He issued an order to commend Governor Zhang, and began to deal with related matters, and asked people to build salt fields... …

As for Lu Qingxi...he rewarded her with some silver and verbal praise.

Lu Qingxi didn't care and thanked him happily.

In fact, he didn't want to take the credit, he just wanted to make Governor Zhang feel uncomfortable!

Governor Zhang finally worked out a "salt-drying method", but he, the eunuch, took the credit away... Governor Zhang must be feeling aggrieved now!

Oh, he doesn't know about it yet. He won't know about it until his friend writes it down and sends him a letter!

When Lu Qingxi went to court, he was in a very good mood. He even went to several officials who were friends with Governor Zhang and said a few words to beg for beatings.

Of course, he dared to do this because these officials would not dare to hit him.

After coming out of the palace, Lu Qingxi said: "Let's go to Qingyun Tower for dinner."

The food at Qingyun Tower is not inferior to what the imperial chef cooks!

No, the food at Qingyunlou is even better and more delicious than that of Yuchu!

Sometimes the dishes cooked by the imperial chef are already cold when they are served to him, and they are not delicious at all. Moreover, no matter how delicious the food is, he will get tired of it after eating too much.

It's still something from Qingyunlou, it tastes fresh.

Qingyun Tower.

Chang Duan has received the letters and things from Li Qingzhi.

He had already found someone to make the equipment that made the soju more fragrant, but it hadn't been made yet, but he had already tasted the taste of the pepper.

I think the taste of this pepper is really wonderful.

He made some chili sauce according to Li Qing's instructions... Dip the tasteless food in this chili sauce and it will taste delicious instantly!

This pepper is a good thing, and I don't know where Li Qingzhi got it from... He has never seen it before!

When Eunuch Lu comes for dinner, he can make a bowl of spicy fish fillets for Eunuch Lu.

Eunuch Lu has always liked the smell of Sichuan peppercorns. If you add a little more of this pepper... he shouldn't hate it either?

At the same time, Zhao Laosan found Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, the pepper you asked me to plant has grown quite a bit."

After Li Qingzhi got the pepper, he asked people to dig out the seeds and plant them.

He was looking for people from Miaoqian Village, and then asked Zhao Laosan to help watch.

After the work at the new dock was over, Zhao Laosan was free. He was good at farming... which happened to help him grow peppers.

Chapter 149 Good things happen one after another

Li Qingzhi went to see the peppers a few times when they were first planted, but then he didn't visit them that often. After all, he knew nothing about planting.

He was even worried that if he gave random opinions, the peppers would not survive.

And he didn't look, and Zhao Laosan didn't come to see him... Li Qingzhi would occasionally think of this matter, but because there were too many things to do at hand, he quickly put it aside.

He was even prepared that peppers would not grow.

After all, it has been a bit too hot today.

As a result...the peppers were grown?

Li Damao and the others went to school, Jin Xiaoye also had his own work to be busy with, and Li Qingzhi planned to visit the place where peppers are grown.

"I'm going too! I'm going too!" Li Laogen said quickly, then looked at Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, please call a boat."

Li Qingzhi didn't mind walking more, but he didn't want to walk on such a hot day... He waited in his backyard for a while and called a passing boat.

After boarding the boat, Li Laogen said to Zhao Lao San: "Lao San, you haven't seen me for a long time."

"Brother, I've been growing peppers recently and don't have much time." Zhao Laosan smiled honestly.

"It's very troublesome to grow this thing? How do you grow it?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Zhao Laosan said: "It's too hot in summer and many things can't be planted. I was afraid that they would be burned to death, so I made a curtain with straw..."

Zhao Laosan built a simple frame with bamboo slices on the land where peppers were planted, and covered it with a straw curtain to shade it from the sun. In order to cool down, he also watered the straw curtain several times a day.

In this way, the peppers really sprouted. After that, Zhao Laosan opened the straw curtain every morning and let the pepper seedlings bask in the sun for a while. When the weather got hot, he would cover it with the straw curtain. In the evening, he would lift the straw curtain again. open…

Then, the pepper seedlings grew up little by little.

Zhao Laosan didn't say much, but after listening to it, Li Qingzhi knew that he must have put a lot of thought into growing this pepper.

"Third uncle, thank you very much." Li Qing insisted.

"I didn't do anything... In fact, I can do it all by myself, and you found two more... We had nothing to do, so we made a fence and a straw shed..." Zhao Laosan Chatty.

Li Qingzhi asked people to grow peppers and agreed to give him 500 coins a month as long as they would help take care of them. Unexpectedly, these people were so attentive and even built a fence and a straw shed for him.

But this happens mostly because Zhao Laosan is too responsible.

Li Qingzhi was very grateful and thought about being nicer to Zhao Xiaodou.

Little did he know that Zhao Laosan also wanted to be more dedicated to the pepper seedlings.

Zhao Laosan has always felt that it would be great for his son to be a boy or a waiter in a shop when he grows up.

In the end, Li Qingzhi asked Zhao Xiaodou to study...

Given the current situation, Zhao Xiaodou might be able to work as a steward in Li Qingzhi's shop in the future!

What a blessing this is!

He just helped grow some vegetables, but Li Qingzhi still insisted on giving him 500 yuan a month... No matter how much thought he put in, it was all deserved.

Li Qingzhi and Zhao Laosan kept chatting, and Li Laogen finally couldn't help it anymore: "Are you done talking?"

"We're done talking," Li Qingzhi looked at Li Laogen puzzledly, "Dad, are you okay?"

"Something's wrong! Third brother, I have something to tell you!" Li Laogen pulled Zhao Laosan to talk: "Second brother, do you know? I had dinner with Magistrate Gou a few days ago! Magistrate Gou came to our house , let's sit at the same table and eat..." This is not the first time Li Laogen has told people this. During this time, he went to teahouses to drink tea and go to the alleys to enjoy the cool air. He told people this several times a day.

But he hasn't told Zhao Laosan yet, he must say it now!

Zhao Laosan admired him very much: "Brother, you are so awesome!"

"Lao San, I even talked to Magistrate Gou! Magistrate Gou even praised me for raising a good son..." Li Laogen felt that he could show off this matter for the rest of his life.

Zhao Laosan especially cheered: "Brother, you are so awesome!"

Li Laogen coughed lightly: "It's nothing, I'll tell you one more thing that will scare you to death!"

"What?" Zhao Laosan asked.

Li Laogen said: "I also had dinner with Governor Zhang, the one who killed Magistrate Yan of Linhu County. We also sat at the same table! Governor Zhang was very majestic, and the way he looked at people was so... ...Yes, he has murderous intent! Others didn't dare to say anything when they saw him, but I talked to him..."

Li Laogen showed off his "great achievements".

Li Qingzhi was speechless.

Li Laogen did have dinner with Magistrate Gou and Governor Zhang, but he kept his head down and didn't speak the whole time. He didn't dare to pick up the food and looked pitiful.

Governor Zhang and Magistrate Gou took the initiative to talk to him, but he only said "hmm" a few times.

Both of them saw Li Laogen's timidity, and they didn't talk to Li Laogen again. As a result, Li Laogen was talking as if he had a great chat with Governor Zhang and Magistrate Gou...

His dad is really good at blowing!

Li Qingzhi didn't bother Li Laogen's bragging. In fact... because Li Laogen's words were too exaggerated, many people didn't believe Li Laogen's words at all!

Only Zhao Laosan believes everything.

They soon arrived at Li Qingzhi's pepper field, which was indeed well taken care of by Zhao Laosan, who built fences and straw sheds.

Li Qingzhi looked at it and found that the pepper seedlings had grown very long. Zhao Laosan asked Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, we used to grow vegetables. When the seedlings grew so long, it was time to transplant them. Do you want to transplant them?" plant?"

"Uncle Third, transplant it," Li Qing insisted, "But don't transplant all of it, leave some in place." Transplanting vegetables after sowing can make them grow bigger, but there is no treatment during the transplanting process. If they are good, they may die, so it is better not to transplant them all.

"Okay." Zhao Laosan nodded.

At this time, Li Laogen came to Zhao Laosan again and told Zhao Laosan about the Lantern Festival, how many things he bought at the Lantern Festival, and that he went to the Lantern Festival with the son of Magistrate Gou every day.

Li Qingzhi finally saw that Li Laogen, who was so popular, insisted on following him out just to show off to Zhao Lao San and brag in front of Zhao Lao San.

In order to allow Li Laogen to play for a while, Li Qingzhi asked Zhao Laosan to follow them home for dinner. In this case, Zhao Laosan could still talk to Zhao Xiaodou in the afternoon.

Li Qingzhi asked Li Damao and the others that when he was away, Jin Xiaoye's lunch was relatively perfunctory. It was basically the same dishes that the female workers ate, plus braised pork or braised chicken, stewed duck, or at most a soup.

Now that he is at home, he can cook more... Li Qingzhi made cold cucumbers and preserved eggs mixed with tofu, scrambled an egg, and cooked a pot of winter melon, ribs, and bamboo shoots soup.

Of course there will be no shortage of braised flavor! He cut some and put them on the table.

A table of dishes suitable for summer was quickly prepared. When Zhao Lao San sat down to eat, Li Laogen was still saying to him: "Lao San, the stool you are sitting on was also sat by County Magistrate Gou!"

Zhao Laosan almost didn't dare to sit down.

Jin Xiaoye couldn't help but want to laugh, and asked Fang Jinniang to eat more.

It's been hot lately, and Fang Jinniang has a bad appetite and can't eat, so she feels a little lack of energy.

But she ate a lot today, especially the two cold dishes.

Seeing this, Jin Xiaoye said to Jin Xiaoshu, who was here for lunch: "Xiaoshu, learn from your brother-in-law and come over to make two cold dishes for Jin Niang at noon."

Jin Xiaoshu responded and looked at Li Qingzhi eagerly: "Brother-in-law, can you teach me?"

Many people are unwilling to teach their craft to others, but his brother-in-law should be willing to teach him?

"Yes." Li Qingzhi told him how to make cold dishes.

There are quite a lot of things that can be served cold. In addition to tofu and cucumbers, there are also kelp, fungus, etc. You can even buy some braised pig heads from Juewei Zhai, cut them into shreds, and serve them cold. It will be delicious.

Jin Xiaoshu studied very seriously and nodded repeatedly.

It was also at this time... Lu Qingxi ate the most delicious fish he had ever eaten in his life.

Lu Qing likes to eat fish made with peppercorns and the numbing taste. Every time he comes to Chang Duan's place to eat, he asks Chang Duan to cook it for him.

As a result, today, in addition to the pepper fish fillet he had eaten before, Chang Duan also made another spicy fish fillet.

Lu Qingxi took a bite and was shocked by the wonderful taste!

This fish fillet is so delicious!

Seeing that Lu Qingxi liked it, Chang Duan immediately took out the chili sauce he made. Lu Qingxi put some into the cold tofu on the table and felt that the taste of the tofu was much better than before!

"What is this made of?" Lu Qingxi asked.

"Master Chitose, this is made of pepper. The pepper is imported from overseas and is not available in the capital. I asked someone to bring some from Jiangnan not long ago, but the quantity is not large..." Chang Duan told Lu Qingxi Talk about peppers.

"The remaining peppers are reserved for me to cook. I will find someone to go to the south to look for them and buy more peppers." Lu Qingxi said.

This pepper really whetted his appetite!

Lu Qingxi thought it was delicious, so he rewarded the unfinished food to the guards around him.

The guard took a bite and his expression became distorted. This thing... is really edible?

After sleeping at home for two nights, Li Qingzhi went to Chongwen Academy to study.

Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, he has already been studying at Chongwen Academy for a month. It is already mid-July, and there is only one month before the academy examination.

A lot of things happened this month.

For example, Magistrate Gou received an imperial edict from the capital and became a co-president of Hexing Prefecture. In addition, new magistrates were assigned to Chongcheng County and Linhu County.

Governor Zhang did recommend Magistrate Gou to be the magistrate, but Magistrate Gou was just a fellow Jinshi and had been the magistrate of Chongcheng County for less than two years...

It is inappropriate for Magistrate Gou to jump several levels to become a prefect, and he should not even be allowed to become a co-prefect.

Fortunately, Lu Qingxi helped.

After Shopkeeper Mu asked Chang Duan about Magistrate Gou, he told Lu Qingxi the story of "buying a horse bone with a thousand gold coins": "Master Qiansui, in the eyes of outsiders, Governor Zhang is yours, so Magistrate Gou is also yours." If you can get Magistrate Gou promoted, the officials in the DPRK will definitely be happy to serve you!"

This makes sense, and Lu Qingxi listened.

As a result, Gou County Magistrate was promoted to Tongzhi.

Tongzhi is a subordinate of the prefect, but the emperor did not arrange a prefect for Hexing Prefecture, but asked County Magistrate Gou, no, Gou Tongzhi to temporarily act as prefect!

In other words, although Gou Tongzhi is not a prefect, he has the same power as a prefect. After serving as a prefect for several years, he can definitely become a prefect!

This is a great thing!

When Li Qingzhi returned to Chongcheng County, he heard many people talking about this: "The county magistrate has been promoted, how good it is!"

"Although I don't want the county magistrate to leave, he will still be in Hexing Mansion from now on, and we are still under his control, so it will be fine!"

"This year has been great! My family has made a lot of money by setting up a stall at the new wharf, and the food tax is only a little, less than half of what it was before."

"Many of the grain taxes we paid in the past were embezzled by others!"

"Fortunately, Magistrate Gou is a good official."

"I don't know if the new county magistrate is as good as Magistrate Gou."

"If he is not good, we can file a complaint and ask Governor Zhang to chop him down!"

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People around him were happy, and Li Qingzhi's mood improved unconsciously.

There have been a lot of good things recently. For example, most of the peppers that Zhao Laosan planted for him are alive and growing well.

Another example...because the grain tax can be paid a lot less, the people have more money. When the people have money, they are willing to spend money, and the business of their embroidery shop and Juewei Zhai has improved!

There is also the matter of Gou County Magistrate being promoted to Gou Tongzhi.

This was a good thing for Li Qingzhi, and it was a great joy for Gou Tongzhi. He specially held a banquet and invited some people to his home for dinner. Li Qingzhi was one of the people who received the invitation.

Gou Tongzhi invited Li Qingzhi's family, but Li Qingzhi planned to go there alone.

If Jin Xiaoye goes, it will most likely be Mrs. Gou who will receive her.

Mrs. Gou had been educated as a lady since she was a child, so she would not embarrass others in public, but there was already a conflict between the two, so why let Jin Xiaoye go to congratulate her?

After resting at home for an afternoon, Li Qingzhi set out to visit Gou Tongzhi's family in the evening.

Gou Tongzhi's house was very lively, and most of the well-known people from Chongcheng County came. Some of these people were really happy for Gou Tongzhi, but some of them felt very unhappy.

Because of Gou Tongzhi's various measures, they lost a lot of profits!

But Gou Tongzhi was promoted... Even if these people were dissatisfied in their hearts, each one of them was more flattering than the other, and they even said basketfuls of good things to Gou Tongzhi.

Gou Tongzhi felt very comfortable listening, but he also knew that these people were just talking... When he saw Li Qingzhi, he immediately came over and greeted Li Qingzhi.

"Zixiao, I'm lucky to have met you." Gou Tongzhi looked grateful.

If Li Qingzhi hadn't given him some advice, he wouldn't have become a fellow intellectual in such a short period of time.

There were many people who passed the Jinshi exam with him, but he was the fastest promoted among them!

"My lord, you are so devoted to the benefit of the people that you have been rewarded by His Majesty." Li Qingzhi said with a smile.

The people who came to the banquet today were all people from Chongcheng County. There was no need to worry too much about it. He took Li Qingzhi and talked a lot, and said: "Zixiao, you come to my house tomorrow, and then we will Let's talk!"

Li Qingzhi agreed.

Gou Tongzhi asked Li Qingzhi to sit at the same table with him.

He was going to propose a toast, so Li Qingzhi ate his food leisurely.

"Brother Li, why don't you go and toast?" Gou Ying asked.

"I do not like."

"Don't you have to do many things even if you don't like them?" Gou Ying sighed.

"Why are you sighing at such a young age?" Li Qingzhi asked him.

Gou Ying said: "Brother Li, I don't want to go to Fucheng. All my friends are here, and Mr. Li is a very nice person. I want to study with him."

Li Qingzhi understood Gou Ying.

This child came to Chongcheng County not long ago because of his father's "job transfer" and "transfer school". As a result, his father's "job transfer" happened again and he was going to a brand new city... He must not be happy.

If Gou Ying were older, he would suggest that Gou Ying stay in Chongcheng County to study alone, but Gou Ying is still a bit young.

Li Qing said: "Chongwen Academy in Fucheng is not bad. I am studying in Chongwen Academy now. I will help you choose a suitable gentleman. You go to Chongwen Academy to study?"

Gou Ying asked: "I heard that Chongwen Academy is difficult to enter. Can I enter?"

"Definitely." Li Qing insisted. It is true that Chongwen Academy is not that easy to get into, but there is no way that Tongzhi's son will not be able to get in.

This is a feudal society!

If nothing else goes wrong, Gou Ying will still be praised by others after entering Chongwen Academy.

However, Gou Ying is in the rebellious stage and is not close to his parents. Such a child is prone to problems, and he must find a better husband for him.

"Zixiao, what are you talking about?" Gou Tongzhi came back and asked curiously.

His son didn't know what was going on. He didn't talk to his father properly, but he was very close to Li Qingzhi.

Li Qing said: "Sir, we are talking about Chongwen Academy."

"This is a good conversation. I plan to let Aying go to Chongwen Academy to study after I get to Fucheng..." Gou Tongzhi asked about the situation of Chongwen Academy.

Li Qingzhi told Gou Tongzhi everything he knew and recommended a gentleman.

Gou Tongzhi wrote down the gentleman's name and asked, "Zixiao, I plan to go to Fucheng to take office the day after tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?"

Li Qingzhi thought about it and refused. Jin Xiaoshu had to go to Fucheng to deliver the goods anyway, so it would be better to let Jin Xiaoshu deliver it to him.

Moreover, if you follow Gou Tongzhi, you will most likely start very late, and you may be delayed for a whole day, but it will be different if you follow Jin Xiaoshu. Calculated according to modern time, Jin Xiaoshu set out at four or five in the morning, rowing at the fastest speed along the way, and would arrive in Fucheng around eight o'clock!

If he didn't see him off, Jin Xiaoshu would row back immediately and return to Chongcheng County at around 11 noon. He would still have time to make a cold dish for Fang Jinniang.

Of course, if we had to send him off, Jin Xiaoshu would not come back so quickly. He would mix the vegetables before setting off in the morning.

Li Qingzhi refused to go to Fucheng with Gou Tongzhi, but the next day, he went to find and talk to Gou Tongzhi.

In fact, there was nothing much to say. The main thing was that Gou Tongzhi asked him how he could manage Hexing Mansion better.

This month, Li Qingzhi and Governor Zhang exchanged letters several times, and gained a better understanding of official affairs, which allowed him to give Gou Tongzhi some suggestions.

While Li Qingzhi was chatting with Magistrate Gou, the new issue of "Collected Works of Anjiang" in the provincial capital had already been published.

July is still very hot, but this does not stop scholars in provincial capitals from buying "The Collected Works of Anjiang" with enthusiasm.

As the college examination approaches, more and more scholars gather in the provincial capital. These people may not necessarily be able to buy and read "The Collected Works of Anjiang" on weekdays. Now that they are in the provincial capital, they must buy a copy!

Early in the morning, before the bookshop under the name of Anjiang Academy opened, there were already people queuing up. As soon as the door opened, these people immediately took their silver or copper coins to buy books: "I want four copies of "The Collected Works of Anjiang"!"

"I want five copies."

"I want ten copies!"

…

Those who come to buy books basically have to carry them for others, so they buy a lot.

People at the back of the queue became worried: "Don't buy so much, leave some for us."

What will they do if the people in front buy all the books?

Fortunately, the shopkeeper of the bookstore gave everyone reassurance: "Don't worry, we have printed more copies of "An Jiang Collected Works" this month and everyone can buy it!"

Before and after each academy examination, "Collected Works of Anjiang" sold very well. The academy had experience and would print more books.

While he was talking, someone had already bought "The Collected Works of An Jiang". He came outside and couldn't wait to look through it.

"Anjiang Collected Works" published articles by celebrities, and this time was no exception. The man flipped through them and saw several familiar names.

But he also saw a completely unfamiliar name.

He Xing Mansion Li Zixiao? Who is this?

A student from Hexing Mansion had also opened the book and saw the name as well: "Li Zixiao? Could it be the Li Zixiao I know?"

Someone asked him: "Do you know Li Zixiao, who is he?"

The man said: "In this year's government examination, the person in charge of the Hexing Mansion has a surname of Li and a given name of Zixiao."

"What? The head of the case? A person who has not yet been admitted as a scholar, but his article was published in Anjiang Collected Works?"

"Really or not? This Li Zixiao hasn't been admitted as a scholar yet?"

"Let me read his article!"

"This article looks good..."

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During this time, there were really many scholars in the provincial capital.

A large group of people, old and young, came to Fucheng to participate in the college examination.

But few of these people dared to send articles to Anjiang Academy.

They know their own level and know that "Anjiang Collected Works" will definitely not publish their articles.

It is also for this reason that although there are many scholars in the provincial capital, there are still not enough excellent articles to be published in Anjiang Collected Works.

But now, there is a person like them, who has not yet passed the scholar examination, and his article appears in "Anjiang Collected Works"!

People who bought the book were very surprised when they learned about it, and they spread the word...

"Have you heard? There is an article written by Tong Sheng in this month's Anjiang Collected Works."

"I heard about it and was planning to borrow a book to read."

"Who is this Li Zixiao? He was not even admitted as a scholar, but his article was published in Anjiang Collected Works."

"Some people didn't pass the exam because they didn't pass the exam, and some people didn't take the exam because they didn't pass the exam... This Li Zixiao must be the latter!"

"Maybe his family members or he wanted to make a splash, so he didn't take the imperial examination in the past few years and only took part this year."

"I heard that he has already won two cases. In this court examination, he is probably the top case again!"

"Then he is Xiao Sanyuan!"

…

Some people discuss Li Qingzhi, and naturally some people also discuss Li Qingzhi's articles.

"I have already read Li Zixiao's articles in Anjiang Collected Works. Every word is exquisite and very well written."

"That article... I am so ashamed of myself."

"I took the article back and showed it to my teacher. My teacher said that he might not be able to write such a good article... My teacher is a good scholar!"

…

Finally, these people had to ask around about Li Qingzhi: "Has Li Zixiao come to the provincial capital?"

"Who did he learn from?"

"I want to visit him..."

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Li Qingzhi had already made a name for himself in the provincial capital before he came to the provincial capital.

Du Yongning was furious when he saw this situation.

His article was squeezed out by Li Qingzhi's article! If it weren't for Li Qingzhi, he would be the one being discussed now!

If Li Qingzhi was a well-known scholar, Du Yongning would consider himself unlucky and not feel too uncomfortable.

But Li Qingzhi, like him, is a child student who has not yet been admitted as a scholar!

And looking at the current situation... Li Qingzhi probably wants to take the path he thought of for himself - to become famous before the hospital examination, work hard to become the leader of the hospital examination case, and then get a small three yuan.

The path he wanted to take was taken away by others... Can Du Yongning not be angry?

He didn't even want to read Li Qingzhi's article!

But it's really impossible not to read it... Du Yongning pinched his nose and read Li Qingzhi's article again.

This article is really good, but a bit too sophisticated. Was it really written by a child?

The policy that he was squeezed out of was written under the guidance of a juren, but it was far inferior to this article.

This Li Qingzhi must have found a very powerful person to guide him, and maybe even help him polish it!

Du Yongning felt sour, and at this time, Governor Zhang received the "Collected Works of Anjiang" sent to him by Anjiang Academy.

Anjiang Academy will sell books and give away some books. Officials in this provincial capital will receive books as gifts from Anjiang Academy.

When Governor Zhang saw this book, he thought of the time he helped Li Qing deliver the article and opened it immediately.

He saw Li Qingzhi's article!

I didn't expect to get hooked so quickly... This is definitely a good thing for Li Qingzhi.

Chapter 150 Hungry Ghost Festival

"Anjiang Collected Works" is released on the 15th day of every month. This day happens to be the 15th day of July, which is the Ghost Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival.

According to the custom of Chongcheng County, on this day, people should light some candles at their doorsteps or on the roadside.

After Gou Tongzhi talked with Li Qingzhi, he wanted to stay with Li Qingzhi for dinner, but Li Qingzhi declined and went home early.

Then he saw Jin Xiaoye playing with a bunch of candles.

"Why did you buy so many candles?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Jin Xiaoye said: "Today is July 15th. Let's light some candles tonight."

"It seems like you didn't light any candles last year?" Li Qingzhi recalled that he had already come to this world at this time last year and did not see Jin Xiaoye lighting candles.

Jin Xiaoye said confidently: "My family didn't have much money at that time, so why would we light candles?"

In those years when Li Qingzhi was not there, she never bothered with these things that cost money. Last year, Li Qingzhi came back, but he looked weak and helpless. She was unsure, so naturally she would not buy candles to light.

This year is different.

She is in charge of the accounts. Now Jueweizhai, after excluding all kinds of expenses and the wages paid to Chang Zhan and the others, can earn her five or six taels of silver a day, which is more than a hundred taels a month!

The money earned by Jinye Embroidery Workshop is not as much as that of Juewei Zhai, but in one month, it can still earn her thirty or forty taels of silver.

Putting the two shops together, Jin Xiaoye can now earn two hundred taels of silver a month. Buying some candles is nothing!

Li Qingzhi smiled and looked at the candles Jin Xiaoye bought.

For ordinary people in Daqi, candles are not cheap.

After ordinary farmers buy a pair of candles, they only light them on important occasions.

For example, when paying homage to ancestors during the Chinese New Year, you light the light and then blow it out after a while. Later, when you visit the graves during the Qingming Festival, you light the light and blow it out. On the death anniversary of a relative at home, you should also light a little when worshiping.

If you save a little, a pair of candles will last you a year.

Of course, those who have a lot of money will not do this. They will buy new candles every time and light them. Those candles that have been lit but not finished may be used for lighting on weekdays, or they may be inserted into the lamp during the Hungry Ghost Festival. It was lit on the roadside at the door.

There are two types of candles in Chongcheng County, one with a cotton thread in the middle, and the other with a thin bamboo tube wrapped with cotton thread in the middle.

People usually buy the latter, because the thin bamboo tube is hollow in the middle and can be inserted into a pointed candlestick, used to visit graves, etc. The thin bamboo tube can also be inserted directly into the mud.

Jin Xiaoye bought this kind of thing. She cut a winter melon into pieces, put the candle on the winter melon, and waited for it to be lit at night.

Chang Zhan still cooked dinner that day. He cut the remaining winter melon into shreds and fried it. It was quite delicious.

The female workers also eat winter melon today. A large pot of kelp, winter melon and pork is cooked, and it is especially delicious when poured over rice.

However, Li Ermao doesn't like to eat winter melon and won't touch a bite. He wasn't picky about food before, but now that his life has improved, he has become picky and doesn't like to eat many vegetables.

Fortunately, he didn't stop eating at all. Li Qingzhi bought some cucumbers and soaked them in water. He played with them and heated them up, then picked one up and ate it when he felt thirsty.

Seeing this situation, Li Qingzhi didn't care about his picky eater.

He was also a picky eater when he was a child, and he didn't like to eat winter melon, but now... raw winter melon is quite delicious, and the skin of the winter melon is very chewy, but he needs to wash it before eating to avoid being pricked by the small thorns on the skin.

After eating, the children began to wait for dark.

Before it was completely dark, they lit the candles and were as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year.

Children have no idea about the Ghost Festival, so they think candles are lit in many places in Chongcheng County, which looks very beautiful.

Li Ermao also took some used paper and burned it for fun.

Li Qingzhi still didn't stop him and burned with them.

It's rare for him to come back together, so he must have a good time playing with the children!

Seeing that he was having a good time, Chang Zhan also joined in. Li Laogen also collected the candle tears dripping from the candles and played with them: "When I was a child, I was envious when I saw others playing with candles. I didn't expect that I am so old now. You can also have some fun!"

But after playing for a while, Jin Xiaoye started calling people: "Li Qingzhi, it's time for you to take Da Mao Er Mao to take a bath and sleep!"

They slept later than usual that day. After Jin Xiaoye packed up and lay on the bed, he couldn't help but ask Li Qingzhi: "How old are you? You play with children all day long."

Li Qingzhi said seriously: "I am three years old!"

Before dawn the next day, Jin Xiaoshu came to pick up Li Qingzhi.

Because he had to go to Fucheng to deliver goods to Fang Xiu Niang, he got up very early every day and went to Juewei Zhai to pick up the freshly made braised meat.

Recently, Fang Jinniang and Jin's father and mother took the Jinmulberry boat to the county seat.

After Li Qingzhi got on the boat, Jin Xiaoshu started rowing hard, thinking of getting to Fucheng as quickly as possible.

Li Qingzhi asked Jin Xiaoshu: "Xiaoshu, are you tired from going back and forth to Fucheng every day?"

"I'm tired!" Jin Xiaoshu said.

He has been really tired recently. He goes out early every morning and comes back non-stop. He can take a nap in the afternoon, but after sleeping he has to go to Juewei Zhai to help...

Li Qing insisted: "Since you are tired, why don't you ask someone to help you deliver the goods? This will save you trouble."

Jin Xiaoshu was a little confused.

Li Qingzhi added: "Now you are in charge of opening a shop outside. After you get the braised food from Juewei Zhai, you can sell it to Fang Xiu Niang at a higher price. The delivery money is included in it. This money is enough for you to pay for the food." Did someone deliver the goods for you?"

Jin Xiaoshu nodded. Even though he was tired recently, he still earned a lot of money. He took ten taels of braised meat from Juewei Zhai and sold it to Fang Xiu Niang for eleven taels!

Of course, Fang Xiu Niang also makes money. She sells braised meat in the provincial capital. "You hire someone to help you deliver the goods. When you are free, you can open a shop in Linhu County or other nearby counties. This way you can earn more." Li Qing Zhi told him about business: "After you have more shops, you can buy more boats and hire more people to help you deliver goods. Since these people go to Fucheng and Linhu County to deliver goods at a fixed time every day, you can also ask them to help you deliver goods." People in Chongcheng County can make money by bringing things along..."

Why does Jin Xiaoshu work so hard every day? He can definitely buy a few more boats and open a boating business, and while delivering braised food, he can also help deliver other things.

"Brother-in-law, how did you come up with this? You are so awesome!" Jin Xiaoshu said.

"Your sister thought of it. She didn't have time to tell you, so let me tell you today." Li Qing insisted.

When Jin Xiaoye was chatting with him last night, he mentioned that Jin Xiaoshu was very busy and wanted Jin Xiaoshu to start a boating business.

And he helped Jin Xiaoye refine his idea.

It's quite shameful that he didn't notice Jin Xiaoshu's fatigue before...

Jin Xiaoshu delivers the goods to Fang Xiu Niang. In fact, it is okay to deliver the goods a little later - Fang Xiu Niang's shop usually opens around ten in the morning.

Li Qingzhi asked Jin Xiaoshu to rock the boat slowly and told him what he had discussed with Jin Xiaoye.

The story of the golden tree

In my heart, I was very excited.

He only wants to make more money so that his children can live a good life. If he can sail a boat... he will definitely make a lot of money!

It was almost noon when Li Qingzhi arrived at Chongwen Academy. He planned to have a meal first and then start studying in the afternoon.

In fact, before entering the academy, Li Qingzhi had already eaten steamed buns with Jin Xiaoshu, but he didn't mind having another meal.

There is no problem with his body anymore, but he can use his powers to strengthen his muscles and bones.

If you want to go far on the imperial examination road, you must have a good body.

Moreover... He once told Li Damao and Li Ermao how powerful he was, saying that he could beat a dozen people by himself... He couldn't lie!

As soon as Li Qingzhi entered the academy, he met several classmates.

After Zhu Xunmiao came to Chongwen Academy, he was troubled by others, but Li Qingzhi never encountered such a thing.

Master Zhou once tested him in public, and later personally invited him to study at Chongwen Academy. People in the academy saw how much Master Zhou valued him, and naturally they would not talk nonsense in front of him.

However, because he does not attend classes with others, the people in the academy have a very ordinary relationship with him and are not close to him.

But today...as soon as those classmates saw Li Qingzhi, they came up to him with smiles on their faces: "Brother Li, congratulations!"

Li Qingzhi was a little strange: "Brother Wang, Brother Feng, what happened?"

These two people were not familiar with Li Qingzhi. They did not expect that Li Qingzhi could call them by their last names accurately. They were a little surprised: "Brother Li, there is an article by you in this month's Anjiang Collected Works!"

"Brother Li, you are making our Hexing Mansion look bad!"

"Brother Li, everyone is talking about this now!"

…

During this period, Li Qingzhi read the "Anjiang Collected Works" from previous years, and also listened to Zhou Shanchang talk about some of the "Anjiang Collected Works". He knew that if a person's article could be published in "Anjiang Collected Works", it would be very difficult for that person. There are great benefits.

He felt that his article should be published, but he thought he would have to wait until next month, or a few more months, to see his name in the "Collected Works of Anjiang".

I didn't expect it to be so fast!

Li Qingzhi was a little surprised, but at this time, a gentleman from the academy passed by.

When the gentleman saw Li Qingzhi, he also smiled broadly: "Zixiao, your article is very well written, and it makes our Dean Chongwen look good!"

Chongwen Academy has contact with Anjiang Academy. After the "Collected Works of Anjiang" was published, ten copies were sent to Chongwen Academy every time.

They received the book this morning. After receiving it, the gentleman in the college was overjoyed.

Before, they didn't understand why Zhou Shanchang wanted Li Qingzhi to study in Chongwen Academy, but now they understood.

Their academy has such a great student, how shameless it would be to tell them!

Early this morning, Zhou Shanchang had already arranged for people to go to the provincial capital and planned to buy a few more copies of "Anjiang Collected Works" so that they could be given away in the future!

"I was lucky too." Li Qing insisted.

"Your knowledge has always been very good, how could it be a fluke?" The man laughed.

Along the way after that... Li Qingzhi met people who wished him congratulations from time to time. Chief Zhou Shanchang also gave him five copies of "Collected Works of Anjiang", asking him to keep them or give them away.

Forget it, at dinner time, Chief Zhou brought a few people to him, saying that several officials from the provincial capital wanted to see him.

In the past month, Li Qingzhi had been studying hard, and he just wanted to discuss knowledge with others... He learned a lot from chatting with these people.

During this period, Chief Zhou Shan kept showing off: "Zixiao's knowledge has been praised by Governor Zhang!"

"Zixiao's handwriting is even more outstanding, better than mine!"

"In the future, Zixiao's articles may even be published in Anjiang Collected Works!"

…

Previously, Governor Zhang took away two articles by Li Qingzhi from Chief Zhou Shan, and this time it was one of them that was published.

This article had obviously been revised with someone's guidance, and it was much better than the original version... Thinking that Governor Zhang had personally gone to Li Qingzhi, Zhou Shanchang felt that this article should have been revised by Governor Zhang under the guidance of Li Qingzhi.

Governor Zhang couldn't have just asked Li Qing to revise one article... He must have given Li Qing some guidance to revise the other article.

Therefore, Li Qingzhi still has one article that can be published in Anjiang Collected Works.

Zhou Shanchang was a little envious of Li Qingzhi, but he was more happy.

As for the others... they all spoke one after another and asked Li Qing for pen and ink.

Li Qingzhi smiled and wrote a few words to them.

He could feel that although these people had no ill intentions toward him, they had some other emotions, such as jealousy.

But he doesn't care.

He wanted to be famous, and his handwriting was indeed good. If that was the case, why didn't he write?

Writing didn't take much effort, and the pen and ink were provided by Zhou Shanchang.

These people who came to see Li Qingzhi were indeed a little jealous of Li Qingzhi at first and felt uncomfortable in their hearts.

They all submitted articles to Anjiang Collected Works, but none of them were published.

Now that an article by a Tong Sheng, who is much younger than them, has been published in Anjiang Collected Works, it's strange that they would feel comfortable!

But Li Qingzhi's attitude was very good, and he was not arrogant at all when facing them. When they asked for pen and ink, he wrote with a smile.

In addition, Li Qingzhi's calligraphy is very good, even better than them...

These people felt embarrassed - they were indeed not as good as Li Qingzhi, so there seemed no need to be jealous?

After leaving Chongwen Academy,

Several candidates praised Li Qingzhi again and again, and showed Li Qingzhi's writing to others.

Li Qingzhi is a genius. If this is the case... their articles cannot be published in Anjiang Collected Works, but Li Qingzhi can be, this makes sense!

For a time, the scholars in Hexing Mansion were praising Li Qingzhi, and almost everyone knew about "Li Zixiao".

"The leader of this court examination must be from our Hexing Mansion!"

"I've seen Li Zixiao's calligraphy, and it's really good! I didn't expect that not only his writing is good, but his calligraphy is also so good!"

"My teacher always praises him. He has real talent and learning."

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Amidst the praises from everyone, the time entered August, and Li Qingzhi had already been cramming... no, he had been studying with concentration for a month and a half.

It's time for him to go to the provincial capital and prepare to take the college examination. This time, many students from Chongwen College were going to the provincial capital to take the college examination, but Li Qingzhi did not go with them.

He and Zhu Xunmiao planned to go back to Chongcheng County first and stay one night in Chongcheng County before going to the provincial capital together.