Li Xuzhong thought about it and felt that this was indeed a solution, and praised again and again: "Yes, students can copy books by themselves, which can not only practice literacy, but also promote the memory ability of memorization." Zhou Yuanjun is really easy to do. ”

Zhou Bo smiled and said, "Because that's how I was asked to study before." In the past, if my teacher failed to pass the exam, he had to be punished for copying the textbook, alas, and I felt very painful to think about it. ”

Naturally, he was talking about what happened when he was in elementary school and junior high school in the 21st century.

Li Xuzhong was stunned, and looked at Zhou Bodao in surprise: "Zhou Yuanjun, you have also read?"

Zhou Bo was stunned for a moment, but quickly said: "That's natural, don't think that martial artists can't study." After I was studying, I joined the army to serve the country because of the tight war in Xiangyang. ”

Li Xuzhong immediately showed a look of admiration, and said again and again: "Zhou Yuanjun is really a high artistic conception. According to Confucianism, the ideal of governing the country and the world can be realized. Although Zhou Zhijun lost the opportunity to enter the scientific field, he entered the Tao with martial arts, after all, he was also serving the country and trying to calm the world!"

Zhou Bowei smiled, he didn't know if Li Xuzhong said this from the heart, or if it was just flattery. However, the person he crossed possessed had never read any books before, and he was just an out-and-out martial artist, which Wang Kui can testify.

"Alas, there is a way to save the country, and it only depends on everyone's heart. He said casually.

"I don't know which book Zhou Yuanjun have read?" asked Li Xuzhong with some curiosity.

"Huh?" Zhou Bo didn't react for a while. However, after being stunned, he finally thought of a point, it turned out that ancient people started reading from a subset of scriptures and history, and then read the next book after reading one, not starting to read Chinese, mathematics, physics, politics, and so on together like in the 21st century.

This question made him a little difficult to answer, he used to read but learned a few classical anthologies in junior high school and high school Chinese textbooks, although there are subsets of classics and histories, but after all, they are just a few individual articles. Strictly speaking, I haven't even finished a book.

"Hehe, after so many years, I forgot what books I had read. He had to make a perfunctory excuse and excuse himself.

Li Xuzhong was going to continue asking, but at this time, Li Xiaoyu suddenly interjected. She pointed to the books that Li Xuzhong was packing up, and said to Zhou Bo: "Zhou Envoy, you said to copy books?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Zhou Bo asked puzzledly, not understanding why Li Xiaoyu suddenly asked such a question.

"But, do you need paper to copy books? Our Guanghua Army even has a problem eating, how can there be so much paper for readers to copy books?" Li Xiaoyu asked.

It turns out that in ancient times, not only in the Song Dynasty, paper was a luxury. Poor families often can't afford paper all year round, and if they need to write, write letters, etc., they usually write either on a piece of wood or on cloth. In ancient times, the manufacture of paper was a very complicated work, and naturally it was not as ordinary and universal as it was in the 21st century.

This is also why there is an idiom allusion to "Luoyang paper is expensive", not only because the paper made in Luoyang is expensive, but in fact, the paper manufactured in the whole country is very expensive.

After the Guanghua Army robbed the Qi Army now, how much paper can be left now, you can guess it without thinking too much!

Zhou Bo gasped and touched his chin, it seems that he is not very thoughtful, but Li Xiaoyu, this little lady, is really a thoughtful person. He thought for a moment, then said, "Then the students can copy the books on the cloth." ”

"But it's not like there are so many cloths. Li Xiaoyu said insistically.

"Gee, that's a real problem. Zhou Bo sighed.

Li Xuzhong also looked at a loss.

Zhou Bo pondered for a moment again and said: "We can't do anything about this matter now, after all, it is an objective reason, so we can only let the students endure it first and work harder." What's more, now that the Guanghua Army has just stabilized, there may not be so many students enrolled, and it will be almost enough for everyone to share textbooks with each other. ”

Li Xuzhong sighed and said, "I had to do this first." ”

The next morning, Zhou Bo had just gotten up and finished washing, and he had planned to review the recent official report first, and then go to contact the people of the black caravan at noon. Although the matter of cooperating with the black caravan is imminent, and more importantly, the black caravan can greatly speed up the development of the Guanghua Army, but since this group of people has come here, it shows that what he once said has a great impact on them.

If the black caravan is really unwilling to cooperate, then it doesn't have to pay attention to the Guanghua Army's side at all.

Zhou Bo wants to sign and pledge the new land deed issued yesterday for the record, and everyone has a share in the newly divided land, so a new land deed must be established. All of these documents he is now signing are lease contracts for "government land". Since the promulgation of the "New Land Law" of the Guanghua Army, poor people in places such as Junzhou and Yingzhou have come to settle in the Guanghua Army, hoping to have a foundation for living and working in peace and contentment after the war.

Of course, there are good and bad consequences for these ordinary people to join, and population prosperity is the standard for a developed city, but with so many foreign imports, it is also necessary to solve their accommodation and food ration problems.

As for the policy of the foreign population, Zhou Bo can only provide accommodation at present, and as for the problem of eating, they have to solve it themselves, and the porridge market in the city does not provide food to the non-local population.

Fortunately, these immigrants who moved into the Guanghua Army came prepared, and each family brought some food for themselves, although it was not much, but it could be self-sufficient for a while.

It's not that Zhou Bo doesn't intend to let these outsiders go, but he can only take care of the livelihood of the local population as a last resort.

After he had just approved a few tens of points of the title deed, Li Xiaoyu hurriedly ran into the yamen. Today, Li Xiaoyu changed her previous appearance, and changed into a short women's dress, which was clean, refreshing, and refreshing, without any excessive decoration, but even more youthful.

"Hey, you're actually wearing women's clothes today?" Zhou Bo immediately laughed jokingly.

Li Xiaoyu looked a little shy, but after listening to Zhou Bo's ridicule, he immediately pursed his lips, looked a little angry, and said: "I'm originally a girl, what's wrong with wearing women's clothes? Hmph, make a fuss, Zhou Yuanjun, you are really not a serious person!"

Zhou Bo smiled and asked, "I just said strange things, and there is nothing unserious, Xiaoyu, why do you say that I am not a serious person?"

"Anyway...... Alas, let's not talk about this, let's hurry up and go to the Qing'an Inn to meet the black caravan. Negotiate with them sooner and we can start trading. Li Xiaoyu wanted to refute a few words, but he felt that he was too willful, so he simply changed the topic.

"You're quite active in this matter, but have you left the land distribution to others to do recently?" Zhou Bo asked.

Now the government has hired some new officials, although it is more lively, but with the continuous recovery and development of the Guanghua Army, the workload faced by the government is also increasing, and it is not possible to reduce the pressure by adding some manpower.

Li Xiaoyu looked a little aggrieved and said, "But things always have to be gentle." The cooperation of the black caravan is a big deal, and the way out for our Guanghua Army depends on them. As for the distribution of land, even if it is distributed now, the common people will not be able to cultivate it, so it will not be a problem to slow down. ”

Zhou Bo listened to Li Xiaoyu's words, nodded slightly, and said: "You are really suitable to be an official, your head is very exciting! However, in fact, sometimes you need to look deeper." ”

"Deeper?" asked Li Xiaoyu puzzled.

"If the black caravans do not cooperate with us, they will either move trade routes or become enemies of us. Both of these points are extremely inconvenient for them. So the best option is to work with us. It is precisely because of this that our side still has a certain advantage. What we have to do is to take advantage of this and try to be as dominant as possible when working with them. Zhou Bo said in detail.

"Then what should we do?" asked Li Xiaoyu.

"In fact, negotiation is also a technical thing. For example, we are deliberately acting unhurried now, so that the black caravans will feel that we have neglected them, but it will make them feel frightened, and they will automatically back down a few steps when the time comes. On the contrary, if we go to them everywhere, they will look at no one and will ride on us. Zhou Bo explained.

Li Xiaoyu pondered for a moment, she felt that Zhou Bo's words were indeed reasonable, so she nodded again and again.

"What do you mean, then, let's snub them for now?" she asked.

Zhou Bo smiled and said: "Slackness is to be sluggish, but it also has to be measured, if we really mess with others, then we will be self-defeating." So don't be in a hurry now, go and batch a few more official documents first, and we'll go and meet these people for a while after noon. ”

Li Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Well, I'll listen to you." ”

Zhou Bo saw that Li Xiaoyu's temperament had changed a lot from before, and he felt very happy in his heart. He hopes to have a helper who obeys him and can help him, and it is obvious that Li Xiaoyu has this potential.

When it was almost noon, Li Xiaoyu approved a few official documents for the title deed, and after sending it to Zhou Bo, she couldn't help but remind: "Zhou Envoy, it's not too early, isn't it time to go?"

Zhou Bo nodded slightly, and while sorting out the text on the official case, he said, "Well, let's go now." ”

After a brief cooking, he got up and walked out of the yamen with Li Xiaoyu.

Qing'an Inn is in the west of the city, the west of the city is currently the best developed area of the entire Guanghua Army, some large mansions and private houses have been renovated, and most of the people living here used to be rich and noble. However, after the sacking of the war, the rich and noble families were no different from other ordinary people except for their houses.

It is relatively quiet at noon in the west of the city, and those old men who used to be pampered and accustomed to it will always take a lunch break at this time. Although the standard of living is not as good as before, the living habits will not be changed for a while.

When you come to the streets of the west of the city, you can see that the first tall building is the Qing'an Inn.

Now the business of the inn is not very good, anyway, the government has not started to collect taxes yet, and the inn is temporarily open, and it is okay to get by.

As soon as he entered the gate of the inn, two figures in the inn happened to come out, and Zhou Bo and the other party almost collided together. The other party took a step back and immediately saw Zhou Bo's appearance clearly. Zhou Bo just came out of the yamen today, although he was wearing civilian clothes, but the belt was the belt of the official uniform, and people who knew the goods could identify it at a glance.

What's more, even if he didn't know the belt of the government, Zhou Bo was still followed by Li Xiaoyu, but he saw it with his own eyes yesterday.

"Dare to ask, are you Zhou Bozhou's envoy?" Among the other parties, a young man with a capable appearance who was no more than thirty years old immediately asked.

Zhou Bo looked at Li Xiaoyu, and Li Xiaoyu also recognized the two of them. She tugged on Zhou Bo's sleeve and said, "Zhou Envoy, the two of them are caravan people. ”

The young man smiled slightly at Li Xiaoyu and arched his hand, "Isn't this Miss Xiaoyu?" We were planning to visit you at the Imperial Mansion. ”

Li Xiaoyu was not happy at all in the face of the young man's polite words, when he saw these people yesterday, their faces could embarrass him. She secretly "snorted", and then introduced: "This is Zhou Bo Zhou Envoy, the envoy of the Guanghua Army, and your 'one-eyed wolf' knows Zhou Envoy. ”

The two of them simply saluted Zhou Bo. The young man said with a smile: "I didn't expect Zhou Xiaoxianggong to come in person, but it saved us some leg strength." Haha!"

Zhou Bo's eyebrows furrowed slightly, he heard the disrespect in the young man's words, as if he should have taken the initiative to consult them. He remained silent, just smiled indifferently, and asked Li Xiaoyu on the side, "Xiaoyu, don't you want to introduce the honorific names of these people?"

Li Xiaoyu pursed his lips and said, "They didn't sue me yesterday, and I don't know what their names are. But I think it's just some nobodies, so there's no need to remember their names. ”

Although she was young, she still heard the contempt of the other party for Zhou Bo, so she deliberately made a sarcastic remark.

The faces of the two of them changed suddenly, they had obviously reported their names yesterday. Both of them are men who have been wandering the rivers and lakes, so naturally they can't stand such anger, so they directly wrote the displeasure in their hearts on their faces, and snorted angrily, if they were afraid on other occasions, they would have taught this little girl a lesson. However, in the face of Zhou Bo's personal presence, they always have to be more restrained.

"Miss Li really has a good memory, or maybe the nobles have forgotten things. We only met yesterday, and today we forgot about it. The young man said coldly.

"Yes. But in my opinion, Miss Li is not a nobleman. The Guanghua Army is now so poor that the government not only has to rely on smuggling to make money, but even the employment of people is unselectable, and even women have been sent to become officials. Hmph, it's funny. Standing beside the young man was a bearded man of about forty years of age, who sang and sang a sarcastic sermon with the young man.

When Li Xiaoyu heard this, he was so angry that he couldn't wait to go up and kick these two people.

Zhou Bo knew that the black caravan was deliberately looking for fault, of course, the other party was not here to provoke trouble, it was just a temptation. He pulled Li Xiaoyu and asked Li Xiaoyu not to be impulsive, and then looked calm and calm, and said with a light smile: "Whether it's a poor country, you don't have to choose anyone." Although my small Guanghua army is unsightly, it can at least make your caravan miserable. (To be continued.) )