"A pound!? A bag of 100 catties and 4 coins of silver. You want to buy nothing, small bag, ten catties and fifty-five wen, this is not that I deliberately want it to be so high, now the price of money has fallen, one thousand two hundred wen for one tael of silver......"

The salt dealer muttered absentmindedly, he did both large and small businesses, but the small ones were clearly not very interested.

Fan Lingyun and the three of them immediately took a cool breath when they heard this, and the eyes of the two servants were even greener, they ate salt in the capital, but it was twenty-five wen a catty! And it's still a good price, and it is said that the price of salt in Nanzhili is 30 Wen......

"Don't forget, owner, salt is not regulated here."

A servant looked at Fan Lingyun's forehead and quickly explained that the salt here in Shanxi and Shandong was produced by the Ministry of Commerce under Liu Juntao, of course, the Ministry of Commerce was recognized by the imperial court, but when it was sold, the Ministry of Commerce shipped at a flat price, which pulled down the price of salt in Shanxi and Shandong.

But how did the servant know that Fan Lingyun was not on Liu Juntao's side, but on the salt merchants in Qi Capital and those salt merchants in Nanzhili, why could the salt on Liu Juntao's side be sold so low!

The three of them gritted their teeth and passed the salt stall, and then they went to another place, but their ears were full of jingling, and it turned out to be iron objects selling knives and pots.

Looking at hundreds of kitchen knives, meat knives, bone chopping knives and even waist knives piled up casually, Fan Lingyun only felt that it was difficult to breathe, and his heart was lifted for the officials here, and the knives were sold casually, this is worth it!?

Even if the Ming Dynasty does not prohibit the people from owning blades, it is extremely rare to sell knives in large quantities in such a bright way!

Seeing the surprised appearance of Fan Lingyun and the others, a stall owner understood that they must have come from somewhere else, and he knew his look, and laughed loudly: "What are you worried about, don't talk about knives, I heard that there is still a discussion in the Governor's Mansion now, saying that it is possible to ban the fire gun?" ”

Fan Lingyun trembled when he heard this, and the fire gun can be banned here in Shanxi!?

The stall owner said with a little pity for the old man: "The master is from out of town, right?" If you have a way, let alone a knife, if you really need it, you can buy it back. Don't look like that, this introduction is said to be about to have eyebrows, and it will definitely be only forbidden to take out, but you can't help buying and selling. Why? ”

The stall owner smiled and said: "Our Shanxi side is next to the Tartars, maybe one day the Tartar army will be killed, even if the official army is good at fighting, it is not guaranteed that they will encounter scattered Tartars, and the common people have firearms in their hands, so they can protect their families, and by the way, take a Tartar head to receive a reward!" ”

When Fan Lingyun heard this, he only felt that this matter was out of his understanding, and in Fan Lingyun's consciousness, wouldn't it be a matter for the imperial court and the official army to resist the invasion of the Tatars?

This Liu Juntao actually accommodated the people by selling firearms, why are the people here in Shanxi still so happy?

Maybe Fan Lingyun didn't know that Liu Juntao did it on purpose, and the opening of the ban on firecrackers among the people can not only greatly boost the martial spirit of the people, but also in time, as long as Liu Juntao gives an order, he can gather countless young people who are good at using firearms, and in a very short period of time, he can organize a large army, which is a matter of hiding soldiers from the people!

Fan Lingyun flicked his sleeves and sneered: "Ridiculous! How can the sword soldiers be left to the people? Once there is turmoil ~ chaos among the people, isn't it smoke everywhere!? ”

The merchant said disapprovingly: "This lord, that's not what he said, no matter how forbidden the court is, those thieves and bandits can always get swords and guns, but what about the common people?" Can you only lead the neck and kill! Now the Governor's Palace's move has given me and other small people the power to protect themselves, even if they don't do anything, they can pull two cushions! ”

Hearing this, Fan Lingyun took another breath.

At this time, Fan Lingyun had no intention of wandering around, and went straight to Datong Town with two subordinates.

If that town and market are close to hell, after entering Datong Town, Fan Lingyun's master and servant felt that they had returned to the world.

I saw that although there were people coming and going in Datong Town, there was no longer the heat of the town and the market filled with the smell of sweat, and people's faces were no longer the kind of naked burning of silver coins.

But it didn't take long to walk, and I felt that the eyes of the two servants were always drifting, and with a sweep of their sight, Fan Lingyun took another breath, ah!

Only then did he notice that there were warblers and swallows all over the street, including servant women in coarse cloth jackets and rich women dressed in silk silks, who were not shy about showing their heads at all. There were also three or five of them in a bunch, laughing and talking.

Although the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty at this time is still very open, it is far from being like the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, and he can't wait to keep all the women in the world in captivity, except for his own parents, he can't see a third person.

But there is also a limit to this openness, and it must not be compared with the Tang Dynasty.

Although the folk women and the ladies are beautiful, although they are free to enter and exit, but in other places, it is impossible for the folk women to be like Datong Town, where the women on the street are in groups, showing off their flowers, and even seeing young and handsome men, and some bold women laughing and laughing.

On the street, Fan Lingyun wanted to close his eyes but didn't dare to close them, so he had to look at the ground in vain, and he said in his heart, could it be that he had gone to the wrong place, this is the place of Xiangfang!?

Fan Lingyun thought so in his heart, and the two servants had already put into action, the two of them went to the side of the street and asked where the girls' building was, and then they heard the women shouting indecent, and then the whistle of the patrol came.

Seeing this, the three of them hurriedly rushed into the alley, and after a while they threw off the patrolman.

At this time, Fan Lingyun said hatefully: "Neither is she a prostitute, He is bewitching in broad daylight!" This Datong town is really a loss of people's hearts! ”

But after thinking about it, Fan Lingyun also secretly said in his heart, although the women here are all showing up and not reserved, they are also a little more high-spirited than the women elsewhere.

The three of them turned a few streets and alleys, and they arrived at a remote place in the city, and saw a dilapidated house at the door of a middle-aged man in the distance, and a middle-aged man was sending away a few men and women with children, wasn't that Chen Gulong!

Seeing Fan Lingyun, Chen Gulong was also surprised, and invited the three masters and servants into the courtyard one after another.

Fan Lingyun and Chen Gulong exchanged pleasantries, and then asked about Chen Gulong's current situation.

Chen Gulong smiled bitterly: "Don't mention it, I originally wanted to rely on myself to study for a few years and teach children here, but I didn't think that now I can't even keep Mengtong. ”

Fan Lingyun listened to the resentment in this, and casually asked what was going on, in his mind, he was afraid that someone from the Shanxi Governor's Mansion was deliberately making things difficult.

Chen Gulong sighed and said: "Nowadays, Shanxi Province, like Shandong, has begun to run schools, and arithmetic, gezhi, astronomy and geography must be taught from children. My neighbors did not want to let their children be enlightened by me, so they moved to the nearby school run by the Governor's Palace. ”

Fan Lingyun said suspiciously: "Isn't this act of educating people's hearts supposed to be presided over by local governments?" Why did the Shanxi Governor's Mansion meddle in this matter! Belch...... Brother Chen, what's wrong? ”

Seeing that Chen Gulong was stunned, Fan Lingyun hurriedly asked.

Chen Gulong shook his head and said: "These schools run by the Shanxi Governor's Mansion are different from Mengxue and County Studies, and they teach practical learning. Therefore, these schools can't say anything, and they are not considered to be the Shanxi Governor's Office meddling in the education of people's hearts. ”

This is also Chen Gulong's own thoughts, and when he met an acquaintance, he opened the conversation box and went straight to the point.

It turns out that although Chen Gulong is not a Confucian student, he has also read for a few years, but he is only good at Confucianism, and the surrounding neighbors all feel that now here in Shanxi, it is better to learn more things from an early age, and he can't just read the Four Books and Five Classics, and study in the school run by the Shanxi Governor's Mansion, which can not only increase his knowledge, but also solve the problem of livelihood, so he transferred the children to other places, and Chen Gulong's life was suddenly sad.

Of course, now that Liu Juntao is building a school in a province in Shanxi, there is a shortage of teachers everywhere, so people from the Department of Education and Culture of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Governor's Mansion have also come to Chen Gulong, hoping that he will teach in the school in Datong Town.

But as long as he enters the school as a gentleman, he can be regarded as Liu Juntao's subordinate, Chen Gulong was originally a thousand households in Fusi, North Town, Beijing, although his official position is not high, but as a Jinyi guard, he is still arrogant in his heart, so he is naturally unwilling to be a teacher for Liu Juntao.

This topic of Guangjian School is related to the cultural governance of Shanxi Province, Fan Lingyun became interested, continued to ask, and after a while, he had a general understanding of the affairs of Shanxi schools.

After a little taste, Fan Lingyun was extremely shocked in his heart, that Liu Juntao was so cultural governance!

Let's talk about schools first, Liu Juntao follows the model of Shandong and runs schools all over Shanxi.

Schoolchildren are enlightened at the age of six, the goal is to recognize words and ordinary reading and writing, in addition to the new version of the three hundred thousand, disciple rules, but also teach some superficial arithmetic, gezhi, astronomy and geography, and even the disabled veterans of the Tiance Army to train what queue boxing method, divided into three years, every year to advance.

In primary school, it is six years of economic system, four books and five classics to be read, arithmetic must also be learned more profoundly, and Gezhi is also divided into physics, chemistry and biological, and it is also necessary to learn the law of Da Ming.

Chen Gulong pointed to a pile of books in the corner: "The books used in Mengxue and primary schools are all determined by Guozijian, and there is nothing wrong with these, and those books used in the study of things, I have also found them and read them carefully, I can only say ......"

The conclusion seemed to be difficult to accept, but in good conscience, Chen Gulong was unwilling to reverse black and white, and finally reluctantly said: "If this education is completed, although Shanxi and Shandong dare not say that everyone is a sage, there are few fools." After a few years of learning, I not only have the virtue of standing up, but also understand some ways of life. ”

Hearing this, Fan Lingyun also nodded frequently, and had a deep understanding of this matter, so Fan Lingyun continued to ask about the situation of the school.

I heard that there are at least 10 Mongolian schools and several primary schools in every county in Shanxi, and there are higher-level schools in Datong and Taiyuan Fucheng, with at least 100,000 schoolchildren in school, how is this possible!