After a year of operation, Mufu Winery and Wu's Silk Factory have made huge profits, and more than 400 million taels of silver have been made a year, which is that the prefect and the governor are very hot, which has attracted the attention of various yamen in the province and county. Long Xiao was also annoyed, and at the beginning he also took out some silver, ranging from 2oo taels to 5oo taels per person, and he couldn't stand it for a long time, not because he didn't have any silver, but because he couldn't afford it.

Later, I simply didn't see the guests, and I really couldn't hide from it, so I pretended to be sick, and I pretended to be sick for a few days, and I almost got sick. Long Xiao had no choice but to hide in Wu's medicine shop every day when he was not in the yamen, and instructed the people in the yamen to deal with the master by themselves, without asking for instructions, and he was too lazy to meet customers.

In this way, those Qinglou girls on Qinglou Street are happy, Long Xiao can see a doctor in the medicine shop every day, and the Qinglou girls can be treated by Long Xiao again. On this day, Long Xiao was treating people, and the master came, and when he entered the door, he said to Long Xiao: "Lord Long, the provincial and county Xuezheng is here, please go back." Long Xiao was a little impatient: "Zhou Zhong, didn't I tell you, the person who comes is six grades is 2oo taels of silver, five grades are 3oo taels, four grades are 3oo taels, and I will only meet officials above three grades, and the others will be beaten with silver." A scholar only has six grades, you just give him 2oo taels of silver and let him get out, why do you need me to go back? ”。

Master Zhou Zhong was in a cold sweat, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Long, Master Liu doesn't want money, I have something to discuss with you." "What's the matter?" , Long Xiao was stunned, is it too little? , Zhou Zhong: "If Lord Liu doesn't say it, I don't know, or I'll just say you're not there?" As soon as Long Xiao thought about it, it might be something, if there was really something, it would be delayed: "Okay, I'll go and see it, if there's really something, if it's too little silver, I won't give him a tael."

Long Xiao returned to the Zhixian Yamen, and Liu Qiyou, a scholar and politician, saw that Long Xiao was back, so he smiled and said: "Lord Long, you are really difficult to invite, I have been here for an hour, I can't see your people, you are really busy", Long Xiao was not easy to offend in person, so he had to explain: "Lord Liu, don't blame, I am also forced to do so, I know that Shenwu County is rich, and it is every day that comes to fight the autumn wind, and I am hiding from the plague god." Liu Qiyou smiled and said: "Lord Long, it seems that you regard me as a plague god", Long Xiao had no choice but to play haha: "Hehe, don't blame the adult, I can't help it", "Understand, understand" Liu Qiyou hurriedly said.

Long Xiao: "Lord Liu, what are you here for?" , Liu Qiyou: "Hehe, it's also related to silver, but don't be afraid, it's not me who wants it, I'm here to spend silver for you." When Long Xiao heard this, he felt fresh and became interested: "Lord Liu, how to spend it, then can you talk about it?" , Liu Qiyou: "Lord Long, do you know how many private schools there are in Shenwu County, and how many private school gentlemen there are?" Also, how many children can't afford to go to school? ”。 As soon as Liu Qiyou asked, Long Xiao was stunned, he had not counted the truth, this was a problem, as soon as Liu Qiyou said, Long Xiao understood a little, and asked Liu Qiyou: "Lord Liu, what do you mean?"

Liu Qiyou smiled: "It's very simple, since your county is so rich, don't let go of doing some good deeds, build some private schools in Shenwu County to educate children, this is a century-old plan, and it is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, I believe that Lord Long will not support it, right?" Long Xiao understood that Liu Qiyou had a good idea for himself, but what about Liu Qiyou's identity? It is said that thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and he is building a private school, what good can Liu Qiyou do?

Long Xiao was a little puzzled: "Lord Liu, you came all the way to Shenwu County just to talk about this?" What's in it for you? ”。 Liu Qiyou said: "Hehe, the officials of the Great Sui Dynasty are not all for money, I do this for fame, you also know that Dalu County is not very rich, and the study and politics are even more sluggish, I think, as long as you do this in Shenwu County, it can be regarded as my Liu's political achievements, maybe the emperor will promote me to an official, this is also a little self-interest of mine." Long Xiao immediately agreed to Liu Qiyou's proposal: "Lord Liu, your proposal is good, there are a total of 15oo villages in Shenwu County, then I will build 15oo schools, how about it?"

When Liu Qiyou heard this, he felt a little unconvinced. Originally, he thought that as long as Long Xiao could build dozens of private schools, it would be good, and he didn't come in vain, but he didn't expect that Long Xiao's courage was so great, and he actually built 15oo seats, which required a huge silver tael. Liu Qiyou quickly estimated: a school, at least 1oo people, needs five big houses, the minimum amount of silver is 1oo taels, 15oo seats are 150,000 taels, plus each private school is at least two private school gentlemen, even if 5 taels of silver per month, a year is 6o taels, 3ooo people are 180,000 taels, adding up to 330,000 taels. It seems that Long Xiao doesn't care about hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at all.

In Liu Qiyou's view, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are not a small amount, but in Long Xiao's view, it is pediatrics, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are still in the eyes. As soon as Long Xiao heard Liu Qiyou's words, he smiled, it was so good, just a few hundred thousand taels of silver made the villages in the county have schools, and it can be regarded as a merit of his own county. Long Xiao did not use the official silver, but used his own money to take out 1oo taels and arrange for the county Chengwu to let the 3ooo patrol supervisors in Bao Village carry out this matter. Soon, in each village, a private school was built, all of which were five large tiled houses, enough to accommodate 2oo people, and each school hired 4 private school gentlemen, 5 taels of silver per month, which is a lot of income per month for a Xiucai.

The silver that Long Xiao took out was 1oo thousand taels, and the extra silver was even the money for furniture and books on duty in the private school, so that the county could increase the number of students by 3o people, even if one-third of them were admitted to Xiucai, a few years later, there would be more than 10,000 Xiucai in Shenwu County. That's a remarkable number. In addition, many wealthy households in Shenwu County now hire private schools, and Long Xiao has made statistics about it, just 1o million households in Shenwu County have hired private schools by themselves, adding up to more than 2o talents.

Long Xiao donated 1oo million, but, the county's 15oo family school, but belongs to the management of the county yamen, naturally the cost is also the county yamen is responsible, Long Xiao set the rules, the annual talent exam, as long as each school, every admission of a talent, Mr. private school can get 1oo two silver rewards, in addition to every 1o talent test, plus a monthly salary of one or two silver, in this way, the private school of the gentleman, on the hard work, absolutely dedicated, this is linked to their own salary, Mr. Private School has a great motivation.

There are many private schools in Shenwu County, and the number of students has soared to more than 4o, and basically school-age children can go to school, which is also the credit of the provincial and county school administration. Liu Qiyou reported to the Ministry of Rites, and personally went to the Ministry of Rites to report on his work, and told him about his achievements in Shenwu County. Even the Ministry of Rites was deeply interested, believing that the establishment of schools in rural areas of the county was a break from thousands of years, and they all expressed doubts and questioned the quality of running schools. The Ministry of Rites sent people to Shenwu County to investigate, and it was really good. As soon as the emperor heard the great joy, he rewarded Liu Qiyou as the director of the Department of Etiquette and Etiquette, and was in charge of the country's imperial examination. So far, Liu Qiyou has completed his gorgeous turn, and he has been promoted from a six-product academic politician to the director of the four-product department at once.

Later, after Long Xiao knew that Liu Qiyou was promoted, he also felt that Liu Qiyou was a talent, although he had a bit of a bad reputation, but he was also a good official who did things for the people, so he went to congratulate him, and brought 1oo taels of silver, as a gift, Liu Qiyou was very moved, at this time, he really felt that Long Xiao was a good official, and he was much clearer than himself... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］