Mao Wenlong didn't mention the previous incident, which Hong Chengchou almost forgot, he immediately got up and brought the few books he had just sorted out to the table.

Hong Chengchou pointed to a few books and said: "I only have these books available now, and if I want to run a school, of course, only these books are far from enough." So I'd like to ask you to help me find more books like this, the more the better! ”

Mao Wenlong quickly glanced at the books on the table and found that they were just some entry-level ordinary books. Books like this are not difficult to come by, just find someone to buy them in the big city.

Without any hesitation, Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "No problem, this is a trivial matter, I'll ask someone to buy it for you now." ”

After speaking, Mao Wenlong got up and was about to leave, however, Hong Chengchou hurriedly called out to him: "Slow, I haven't finished my words yet!" ”

Mao Wenlong stopped suspiciously, and when he turned around, he saw Hong Chengchou go to fetch more than a dozen books. Pointing to the dozen or so books in front of him that were still very new, Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Let those who want to buy books find some such books by the way, and in the same way, the more the better." ”

Obviously, Mao Wenlong was not interested in the so-called books, he just glanced at them casually, and then nodded and said, "Okay, is there anything else?" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled, and now his mind was completely on these books, and in addition, only the school that had not yet settled could make him pay attention.

"In addition to books, you should also have more paper, pen and ink, now this small place in Ye County, I have already looked for it in the city, and there is no place to buy and sell these things. In other words, there are almost no supplies for studying in Ye County! Hong Chengchou was very dissatisfied with this, and sure enough, a small place is a small place.

And what makes Hong Chengchou even more dissatisfied is that almost all the people here in Ye County are illiterate. Except for some of the four families that have died out, there is not a single academy or talent in the whole city.

This made Hong Chengchou feel incredible, but he knew that here in Ye County, before Mao Wenlong came, the people worked day and night for three meals a day, and anyone in the family who had a little labor force had to work, otherwise there would be no food.

Isn't it difficult for a strong man to ask a person who doesn't even have food to eat?

As for Xiucai or something, but in the former county government, since the Shen family was slaughtered by Jinyiwei, what kind of Xiucai scholars are still talked about.

Hearing Hong Chengchou say this, Mao Wenlong also suddenly realized that the situation in Ye County was indeed not optimistic. He didn't pay attention to it before, he didn't care about it, and he didn't realize that the situation was so bad.

"Sir, do you think it's quite difficult to run a school this time?" Mao Wenlong frowned.

Hong Chengchou didn't hide it, and sighed lightly: "It's really difficult, Ye County doesn't have any seeds of reading, not even a half-baked reader, everything has to start from scratch." ”

Mao Wenlong nodded understandingly, and then bowed his hand and asked: "Everything is Mr. Lao, I hope to worry a lot." ”

Hong Chengchou directly threw a roll of his eyes at Mao Wenlong, and then said unceremoniously: "What I should worry about will not be left behind, and you should not want to shirk what you should worry about." We'll talk about those trivial things later, but now we should go and see where the school is going to be placed. ”

Mao Wenlong was a little puzzled: "Isn't the question of the location of the school handed over to Xiaolan and Ziyan?" ”

Hong Chengchou's big eyes immediately widened, and he said with a slight anger: "How can you let two women choose such an important matter as the school, do you take the affairs of the school to heart?" ”

Mao Wenlong is very helpless, the evil feudal society despises women like this, especially these people who are full of poetry and books, and who are full of mouths.

It's not difficult to choose a location, at most it's just to accompany Hong Chengchou to go around, Mao Wenlong has nothing to do now, and it doesn't hurt to go shopping with Hong Chengchou.

"Well, where you want to see, sir, I'll accompany you to the end." Mao Wenlong compromised.

Hong Chengchou was satisfied, and immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare a carriage, and the two headed towards the city.

Hong Chengchou's wishes, the academy must choose a quiet place after all, and the bad environment is even better. But in this small Ye County, in addition to the original mansions of the four major families, only the government and the Shen family remained.

If these places still fail to meet Hong Chengchou's request, then there is no need to go to other places in the city.

At Mao Wenlong's suggestion, Hong Chengchou also agreed to go to these places first.

Mao Wenlong was unexpected, he set off from the morning to the evening, tired and half dead, but Hong Chengchou was always dissatisfied. In desperation, Mao Wenlong also accompanied him for a walk around the city, and there was no place to his liking.

After the two returned to Mao's mansion, Hong Chengchou had a stinky face and seemed to be dissatisfied. And Mao Wenlong is also depressed, Hong Chengchou's requirements are almost strict, he said that this is respect for reading.

In Mao Wenlong's view, he is clearly making things difficult for himself. When I went to the government just now, the scenery and location there were definitely okay, but Hong Chengchou still hated this.

The two entered the conference hall one after another, and Hong Chengchou looked thoughtful since he returned to Mao's Mansion. Mao Wenlong glanced at him and said in a sullen voice: "Have you thought of a good place, say it!" Wherever you choose, I promise you. ”

Hong Chengchou suddenly calmed down, he took a sip of hot tea slowly, and then said slowly: "I did think of a good place, which is in your farm." ”

"Farmstead?"

Mao Wenlong was stunned for a moment, then pulled his face and said: "There is no place in the farm that can be used for you to build a school, every inch of land there must be used to cultivate farmland, you can fight the idea there." ”

Mao Wenlong was a little angry, Hong Chengchou was completely targeting him. If you don't need a good place in the city, you have to go to the farm to run some school, this is not vexatious.

Hong Chengchou also stretched his face, and said in a dark voice: "I don't know who was still patting his chest and saying something just now." ”

"You ......."

"Okay, don't do anything to you, I'm not someone who doesn't know the situation. The land on the farm is really tight, and I'm not going to spoil the crops. I just wanted to build the school on the hillside next to the farmstead, which is full of greenery, has a great view, and is right next to your farm. There, I knew that the guards had always been the tightest place in Ye County, and there was absolutely no problem with security. ”

Mao Wenlong finally understood at this moment that Hong Chengchou had found such a lot of reasons, and it turned out to be for the safety of the school.