Chapter Twenty-Five: Little Buddy

"Tsk, it's just a bunch of little beans!"

Looking at the row of little guys standing neatly in front of him, the corners of Li Yuanjia's mouth twitched twice, and he sighed secretly in his heart.

** At this age, in the future, it is the second or third year of primary school students.

It's just that in Li Yuanjia's impression in his previous life, although the primary school students in the second and third grades are also Xiaodouding, they are at least one meter two or three in height, right? If the development is faster, 1.4 meters or even 1.5 meters does not seem to be uncommon.

But......

Are there any of these little beans in front of you?

And it's not just that their heads are too short, even if these children must have just taken a bath before, their hair is neatly combed, and they are wearing obviously brand new clothes, but without exception, Li Yuanjia saw four big characters on their faces.

Malnutrition!

The most obvious feature is, of course, ...... Thin! Anyway, in Li Yuanjia's eyes, I doubt how much subcutaneous fat these children have left! In particular, the bones on both sides of the cheeks of two or three of the little boys bulged high, and it seemed that they could see the emptiness inside through their clothes!

As soon as the wind blows, you may run away.

Resisting the urge to touch his nose, Li Yuanjia blinked his eyes and asked, "Ma Liang, are these...... Ahem, how many people are there? ”

Just wanted to ask why these children were so thin, Li Yuanjia swallowed back what he was about to say.

Obviously, he himself has already thought of the reason.

Strictly speaking, Han Wangfu is still quite generous to his subordinates, especially after Li Yuanjia has explained many times, Han Lucheng, as a housekeeper, naturally carried it out. But it is a pity that judging from the standard of thirteen years of Zhenguan, even the standard of "generosity" is too cruel for these children.

Eating well is just Li Yuanjia's wishful thinking after all.

Even the richest dynasty in Chinese history could not keep everyone well fed and clothed, and his Han Wangfu was no exception. If Li Yuanjia forcibly ordered, it might be possible to spend more money and collect less rent every year, but Li Yuanjia had already made a decision that would never be in the limelight, and naturally he would not force himself to be a great good man who offended the magnates of Chang'an.

A little better treatment than someone else's home is enough.

That is, the craftsmen of the various workshops in the palace, no matter who persuaded them, Li Yuanjia insisted on them...... Well, at least a comfortable life, at the cost of a lot of money. Because he is really not afraid of this, because slowly many people already know that King Han is most interested in the affairs of craftsmen, and it is naturally not strange to treat those craftsmen preferentially.

But even with such preferential treatment, how good can it be in this era?

The level of productivity is there, at most, it is enough to make them eat a little more, and it is nonsense to ensure nutrition.

So I wanted to reprimand Han Lucheng for a few words, but when the words came to his lips, Li Yuanjia swallowed them back again, and casually asked a question that could be counted in two or three seconds.

Ma Liang naturally couldn't think of this, so he hurriedly bowed and said, "If you go back to the king, according to your orders, there will be a total of twenty people...... Thirteen of them were from our house, and seven divisions had just bought them. ”

"Hmmm......"

Nodding, Li Yuanjia naturally counted again in his heart, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

At a glance, there are indeed six or seven who are particularly thin, but the others also look obviously malnourished, but at least they are passable, and they are more mentally satisfied.

"At least, okay?"

After glancing around the faces of the twenty children, Li Yuanjia bit his lip. It's just that he knew that this was just a forced attempt to comfort himself, so he quickly became a little interested, and said casually: "Okay, it's not bad, it looks quite energetic...... Ma Liang, teach them well, I hope to leave at least ten in a year, understand? ”

"Yes, my lord, I see."

Hearing this, he immediately nodded, and Ma Liang's face was full of confidence.

In the current Wangfu Primary School, there is more than one teacher left, because after the consent of the king, among the people who are about to "graduate" this year, Ma Liang specially selected two students with a steady temperament, patience and good to stay!

Starting from this year, there will be three people in the Wangfu Primary School!

This gave Maleonn great confidence that he would leave behind half of the children after a year, even though the king demanded that they be able to write 500 words in one year, complete the first two volumes of the Mathematics, and be apprenticed for at least ten days a month with the craftsmen in the workshops outside the city......

But even so, Ma Liang is still full of confidence.

On the one hand, because he has accumulated enough experience before, Ma Liang believes that he can teach better; On the other hand, of course, because these children are specially selected, each of them is very clever, as long as they are willing to work hard to believe that the completion of these studies should not be a problem.

As for whether there is laziness......

Ma Liang knew that there must be, but definitely not too much.

After all, once they enter this primary school, it means that they do not have to work with adults every day like other children, and they can be fed and clothed every day, go to the workshop as apprentices, and even have wages to get paid...... Although the amount is very small, it is a subsidy for the family after all!

If they dare to be lazy, they don't need to do it at all, and the adults in the family will directly beat them to death!

Therefore, if you say "understand", Ma Liang has a bottom in his heart.

It's just that Li Yuanjia doesn't know here, he just saw a group of **-year-old children standing in a regular manner, so old that they almost didn't dare to move for a long time, and naturally thought that they appeared in front of him in order to be so "regular", and he didn't know how much he had suffered these days, and he didn't have any mood all of a sudden.

Because of his identity, of course Li Yuanjia didn't say anything, just waved his hand and said, "Okay, take them down...... That's right, Han Lucheng! ”

"What do you command, my lord?"

After hearing his name, Han Lucheng, who had been standing next to him, immediately stepped forward and asked respectfully.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yuanjia still spoke: "How many girls are you looking for in the past two days...... Well, if you don't have one at home, go out and buy a few! Remember, be well-behaved and look smart! ”

“…… Be! ”

After being stunned for a moment, Han Lucheng hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Wang, do you want these girls...... What is it to do? ”

"Hehe, of course it's a waiter!"

With a slight raising of his eyebrows, a delicate little face flashed in front of Li Yuanjia's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Just Shudora is studying with me, I'm afraid I'll get bored soon, so I have to prepare some friends for her quickly......"