"What's the fun?" Sun Shaoqing said with a smile.

"For example, there is a short-sighted official who does not listen to our Miss Sun and is severely rectified!" Su Liuying laughed.

"How can I deal with them ruthlessly, but since Brother Yuan asked me to manage the business market well, I naturally don't allow them to hold me back." Sun Shaoqing sighed.

"By the way, how about that helper you were looking for?" Su Liuying asked.

"Do you say Wan Tianqi? In addition to his temper being a little stinky, his ability is okay, and he is also serious in his work, and he spends most of his time in the market every day. ”

"I really envy you, there are so many things to do every day." Su Liuying said quietly.

"What is there to envy, there are still a lot of troubles." Sun Shaoqing smiled bitterly, thinking that 200,000 taels of silver would be handed over, and he was very irritable.

"Is something wrong?"

"Nothing." Sun Shaoqing felt that it was better to keep the affairs in the yamen secret.

"I tell you no matter what I do, but you always hide something from me, that's it, it's not interesting for me to stay here, let's go back to Jinling." Su Liuying showed a lonely look.

Sun Shaoqing also counted on her to help improve the study style of She County, so he naturally refused to let her go, saying: "Okay, I'll tell you that is, but you must definitely keep your mouth shut." ”

"Don't worry, my mouth is the tightest." Su Liuying suddenly smiled.

"That's it-"

She told Lu Yuan that he had received 200,000 taels of silver in the Cao family, but he was going to give it to others.

Su Liuying was extremely quiet after hearing this, and did not say a word.

"Actually, I also know that Brother Yuan did the right thing, but I am still a little unwilling, then Ning Guohou didn't do anything, why should I give him all the money!" Sun Shaoqing was indignant.

Suddenly, she saw Su Liuying's expression and asked, "What's wrong with you, did I say something wrong?" ”

"I have something I want to say to you, but I'm afraid that you won't be happy to say it."

"If you talk about what Brother Yuan did before, I don't want to hear it, and I don't believe it." Sun Shaoqing said politely.

"Hearing what you just said, I also don't believe it, don't worry, I'm not talking about this." Su Liuying smiled bitterly.

"What's that?" Sun Shaoqing wondered.

Miss Su glanced left and right and whispered, "I don't think the current Lu Yuan is the same as the previous Lu Yuan!" ”

"You're saying he's fake? It's not Lu Yuan? Sun Shaoqing frowned.

"That's not it, the two of them are exactly the same, I can't be mistaken, I mean Lu Yuan was ghosted!" Su Liuying looked solemn.

Sun Shaoqing stared at her for a while, and when he saw her serious appearance, he sneered:

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm going to take a shower, so I'm not going to talk to you."

"If it weren't for that, how could a person change so much?" Su Liuying looked at her back and muttered to herself.

……

Yufeng Village is located on the Zhushan Mountain in the east of She County, it is said to be a cottage, but in fact it is more like a village, and everyone in the village is engaged in agriculture for a living.

However, because there are not many things that can be planted on the mountain, it is not self-sufficient, and occasionally when I hear that there is a government silver car passing by, I will lead some villagers by the owner of the village, Bai Rakshasa or Siwei, and go out to rob.

Fu Lei has basically fully recovered from his injuries during this time, and he is boxing in a clearing at the foot of the mountain, thinking about the days in his heart, thinking that the young lady is estimated to be going out again tomorrow.

Since the last time I went to the county seat to seek medical treatment for him, the young lady has to go out every three or four days, and I don't know what to do.

At this moment, there was a sound of breaking the air behind him, he flashed sideways, saw the person who was sneaking up, and said angrily: "Jiang Yun, do you still think you are a child?" ”

Jiang Yun is a handsome young man, and he looks much younger than Fu Lei, who looks old.

"I saw that your Fuhu punch looked like a drunken boxing, so I wanted to see if you didn't sleep well yesterday."

Fu Lei sat down on a big stone and hummed, "Why are you not here to bring tea and water to Miss?" ”

"I thought about it, but unfortunately I was kicked out by the young lady." Jiang Yun smiled:

"By the way, Brother Lei, I heard that the eleventh village except for the three villages in the west escaped, and the other villages were suppressed by the official army, although Miss let us go on as usual, but I am still a little worried in my heart."

Fu Lei was about to speak, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and both of them were taken aback.

When I heard that there were only two riders, I was relieved.

Seeing the person coming on horseback, Fu Lei was surprised and delighted, and smiled at Jiang Yun: "If you don't worry, go ask him yourself!" ”

"What?" Jiang Yun was puzzled.

Fu Lei ignored him anymore, stepped forward quickly, and beckoned, "Lord Lu, why are you here?" ”

He arched his hand to Hou Kaishan and said, "Hou Bantou." ”

The people who came were Lu Yuan and Hou Kaishan, he was going to Ningguo County tomorrow, thinking that before he went, he would handle the affairs of Yufeng Village.

"Brother Fu, I don't know if your young lady can be in the village?" Lu Yuan dismounted and asked.

Fu Lei looked at him a few times, saw that he was carrying a huge burden, secretly a little strange, and replied: "Miss didn't go out today, I will lead the adult to see her." ”

Jiang Yun was silently looking at the two of them, and saw that one was a plainly dressed scholar, and the other was a big man.

Lu Yuan followed the two up the mountain, and Fu Lei talked to him affectionately along the way, but Jiang Yun seemed a little afraid of life and didn't say a word.

Walking outside the cottage, Lu Yuan was taken aback, the cottage was actually surrounded by bamboo, and the gate was very low, if someone came to attack, it would be impossible to resist at all.

There are many thatched huts and bamboo huts scattered in the village, and it looks like there are no less than a hundred households, and Lu Yuan turned into surprise.

When the four of them walked outside a bamboo house, Lu Yuan was a little surprised: "Does Miss Li live here?" "This room looks like no different from the others.

Anyway, she is also the owner of the village, shouldn't she live in a bigger house? Lu Yuan thought to himself.

Before Fu Lei could speak, a person suddenly flashed at the door of the bamboo house, it was the masked Li Ruozhen.

She didn't speak when she saw Lu Yuan, and returned to the house.

"Miss Li, haven't you seen each other for so long, don't you even say hello?" Lu Yuan hurriedly chased in.

Li Ruozhen sneered, then felt that he shouldn't laugh, and his face tightened again, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Lu Yuan looked inside the house, although the house was simple, it was better than Qin Youyu's bamboo house, at least it could be seen that it was a woman's house.

Li Ruozhen saw Lu Yuan looking at it, and asked again: "What are you looking at?" ”

"I want to see what kind of house a special woman like you lives in." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

Li Ruozhen thought that Lu Yuan was praising her, and thought to herself, this kind of flattery is quite chic.

But I don't know what Lu Yuan is referring to, that is, she is very narcissistic, if she knows what Lu Yuan thinks in her heart, I don't know if she will kick him to death.

Hou Kaishan, who was outside the door, was about to follow up after Lu Yuan entered, but found that the door suddenly closed from the inside, and he was just about to push it open, when Fu Lei stopped him and said, "Miss doesn't allow us to go in, wait outside." ”

"Okay then." Hou Kaishan nodded helplessly, if Li Ruozhen really wanted to harm Lu Yuan, it would be useless for him to follow up.

Inside the house, Lu Yuan sat down on a bamboo chair, thinking about finishing his errands early and going back early, opened the package behind him, took out a bunch of pamphlets from it, and said, "Miss Li, can you do me a favor?" ”

"What's the busy?" Li Ruozhen looked at the booklet and asked.

"Our county is in a stage of rapid development, and in order to develop better, we need to upgrade the county level as soon as possible, so I want to register all the people under Miss Li in our county, and they are all counted as the people of this county.

Since then, Yufeng Village has been changed to Yufeng Village, and the land within a radius of ten miles at the foot of the mountain has been lent to your village for farming, and no taxes have been collected for the first three years, what do you think? ”

"You want to take us as good citizens?" Li Ruozhen was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, looting is not the right way to go, after all."

Hearing him say that he was not on the right path, Li Ruozhen snorted secretly and stopped talking.

Although Lu Yuan didn't have much contact with her, he could already see that she was a person who only liked to listen to good words.

To put it simply, it looks like a fairy who doesn't eat fireworks in the world, but inside it is a child's heart.

"The development of our county depends on Miss Li alone!" Lu Yuan began to coax her.

"Nope." Li Ruozhen decisively refused.

Lu Yuan was stunned, she refused so simply, could it be that she looked away, she was not a child?

"I'm for your good." Li Ruozhen seemed to realize that he was too ruthless in refusing, and added.

How does this sentence sound familiar?

Lu Yuan recalled it a little, and immediately remembered that when she didn't let herself look at her appearance, she seemed to say the same.

"Well, if you change your mind one day, you can come to the county seat to find me." Lu Yuan felt that it was very difficult to communicate with this woman, and decided to retreat for the time being.

"I'm not going to change my mind." Li Ruozhen said lightly.

Lu Yuan touched his nose, felt a little unhappy in his heart, and left without looking back.

Li Ruozhen grew up in a cottage since she was a child, and because of her special status, everyone treated her with respect, so she developed a self-centered personality and rarely looked at things from the perspective of others.

She really felt that she was doing good for Lu Yuan, and he should be grateful to herself, but she really didn't understand why he left with an unhappy look.

Thinking back to Lu Yuan's proposal just now, Li Ruozhen thought that although he would bring trouble to Lu Yuan if he settled in She County, it didn't matter if he changed Yufeng Village to Yufeng Village, and the land that Lu Yuan had allocated could also be accepted.

And in the future, you can't rob the official's house anymore, otherwise it may bring trouble to Lu Yuan, and the government won't come to suppress the bandits anyway, which is just enough to let the people in the village live a stable life.

……

Lu Yuan returned to the county government from the east gate, and stopped when he passed a large mansion.

He had seen this house several times, and there was no plaque on the lintel, and no one had ever been seen in or out, which was extremely strange.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Hou Kaishan asked.

"What is this house for?"

"This is the official school of Yamen County, don't you know?" Hou Kaishan was surprised.

"Then why no one?" Lu Yuan frowned.

"I heard that there is no master in it, so naturally there will be no students."

"Where has the master gone?"

"I have all gone to private school, and now we only have private school in our county." Hou Kaishan answers all questions, thanks to the fact that he runs around the county on weekdays and often chats with the people.

"Is there a high fee for private study?"

"I've heard it's quite high."

Lu Yuan's heart sank, and he didn't ask any more questions, and returned to the county office.

When he entered the gate of the county government, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Hou Bantou, do you know where Mr. Ji's family lives?" ”

"I know, I live in Xuanwen Street in the east of the city." Hou Kaishan said.

"Alright, you go and get him here."

"Yes." Hou Kaishan took the order and left.

Lu Yuan did not return to the study, and went to the main bookkeeper's office, where Yuan Chi was concentrating on official business.

When he heard the footsteps, he looked up and hurriedly got up to salute.

"Lord Lu, do you have anything to do with the lower officials?"

"How much silver do we have in the county government treasury now?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Four thousand one hundred and thirty-five taels." Yuan Chi didn't want to.

Lu Yuan glanced at him in surprise and said with a smile: "Yes, it seems that I have worked hard." ”

"You've won a prize." Yuan Chi was proud in his heart and said with a smile.

"I want to set up four official schools in each of the four urban districts in the city, you calculate, how much silver it costs to buy such four houses!"

Yuan Chi's heart moved, and he said, "My lord, haven't we confiscated a lot of the Cao family's real estate recently?" There are still many public houses in the yamen that have been confiscated or confiscated before, why don't you call them? ”

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, help me find four houses suitable for the academy."

"The subordinate officer takes the order."

Back in the study, Lu Yuan began to think about the development of education.

Influenced by later generations, he believed that education was the top priority, and that the improvement of the people's cultural level would promote productivity, but that being said, he should not be in a hurry.

If the government school is established on a large scale, the county government will not be able to support it at all, so it is better to take it step by step and expand the scale of the government school a little at the moment.

It didn't take long for Ji Yan to finally arrive.

"Sir, please be seated." Lu Yuan smiled.

"Master Xie." Ji Yan bowed, and then sat down.

"I saw the abandonment of the official school in the county today, do you know the reason for it, sir?" Lu Yuan got straight to the point.

Ji Yan thought that Su Liuying had informed Lu Yuan of this matter, and thought, great, Lord Lu seems to be rectifying his private school, but he will not be persuaded by the old man, he said:

"It's all because of Wang Lun, in order to accumulate money, he deliberately abandoned official learning, allowed private learning to run rampant, and encouraged them to overcharge. Those masters who opened private schools colluded with him, and most of the tuition fees were given to him, and he took the small heads, and if any master refused to give him money, then the private school would not be opened! ”

Lu Yuan had already guessed that it was related to Wang Lun, but this person had already left, and he couldn't take him.

"I'm going to reopen the official school, and in addition to the original official school, I also want to add four new official schools in the four urban districts of the city, what do you think?"

"Okay, okay, the old man is willing to be a master for free for Lord Lu."

"That's not going to work." Lu Yuan refused.

"Lord Lu, why is this?" Ji Yan was stunned.

"I want Mr. to be a doctor in this county, and Mr. is willing to give in." Lu Yuan smiled.

This time, he gave Ning Guohou such a big gift, how could he not get some money back, he believed that Ning Guohou would not refuse, and he could just install his cronies in the county office.

And not only the position of doctor of economics, but he also fell in love with the county lieutenant.

Ji Yan looked at Lu Yuan for a long time, suddenly stood up, bowed, and said solemnly: "The old man will do his best to make this county look new and become a place where humanity gathers within five years." ”

"Then I will rely more on the old gentleman." Lu Yuan held his hand and said.

"My lord, the old man thinks that private learning should be rectified immediately."

"Since I asked Mr. to be a doctor, Mr. will make the decision on these things, and the cost of the official school will also be set by Mr., and I will be responsible for supplying logistics to Mr." Lu Yuan said.

"However, the letter of appointment may not arrive until I return from Ningguo County, and Mr. can prepare first."

"The old man will go back and prepare." Ji Yan was an anxious man, and he gave up his resignation after speaking.

The next day, Lu Yuan was finally ready to leave for Ningguo County.

Hou Kaishan led 20 officials, Jin Yuanwu led 50 regimental training battalion soldiers to escort, several carriages loaded with 200,000 taels of silver, and another carriage was escorted by Lin Zhao.

In the courtyard of the county government hall, Lu Yuan instructed the few people in front of him:

"In my absence, you must not slack off, and work together with each other to develop the county together."

"Yes." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Brother Lu, can you bring the official certificate?" Qin Youyu reminded.

"Brought it."

Qin Youyu nodded, and said solemnly to Jin and Hou: "Commander Jin, Hou Bantou, Lord Lu's safety will be handed over to you!" ”

Jin and Hou looked serious and nodded their heads.

"Brother Lu, the weather is about to enter autumn, you have to pay attention not to catch a cold." Sun Shaoqing handed over a brocade robe.

She hadn't passed the door yet, and she was too intimate in front of outsiders.

"I'll take notice." Lu Yuan took it with a smile, and saw that Lu Yutong was looking at him, with reluctance in his eyes, he touched her little head and said:

"Yutong takes care of the house, and my brother will come back in a few days."

Lu Yutong nodded vigorously.

"Then I'm leaving." Lu Yuan turned on his horse, waved his hand, and walked through the door.

(The first volume is over, and the second volume is Hui'an Fu Yin, which is about to begin.) ）