Chapter 60: Let me blow the cowhide

The sky is high and the birds fly, the cowhide is let me blow, Xu Qing or slightly speaks of righteousness, or pretends to be Zen deep, anyway, he doesn't take the initiative to say why, not long after, a copy of "Disciple Rules" in his hand beeps out. As a result, all the teachers, that is, these "disciples" in front of Xu Qing now, all said that the teacher was unfathomable. The so-called sign is in the color and then the sound, and Xu Gong is a model.

There was a commotion in front of the Assassin's Mansion, and someone hurriedly shouted:

"Wailing, wailing, Xu Gong taught, to finish ......."

"What do you say, this ...... How did this Xu Gong get out? ”

"Yes, we're all here and haven't even let go of the window, how can this be ......"

"Xu Gong is the reincarnation of the stars, he must have come out through the wall, right?"

"Alas, Xu Gong's avenue, we will not be able to ...... after all"

"Don't worry about this same year, Xu Gong has already ordered his disciples to copy down the lecture notes, and they will be engraved into a book in a few days, and everyone will have a share......" said a student who was dressed ordinarily, but was strong and heroic. When everyone heard this, they all came over to inquire. The heroic student cleared his throat as if he had a story to tell, and only listened to him:

"Ladies and gentlemen, when I went out to fetch water today, I happened to meet a group of scribes in shirts passing by, and seeing that their Chinese was extremely elegant, I couldn't help but yearn for it, so I went with them."

"Who's who?"

"Brother Nian, don't ask, I'll say ......" The heroic martial arts student smiled and said: "I followed, and I saw all the scribes in shirts go to a stream of water and sit on the ground." But when I saw one of the scribes, about twenty years old, he was handsome, and his every move was wonderful! All the scribes were headed by him......"

"Oh?"

"No, I also put down the flat burden far away, sat down, and saw the scribe take out the book "Disciple Rules", sit on the top, praise the lotus flower, and tell the great righteousness in the book......

"Well, this person must be Xu Gongyi! Brother Nian is so unrighteous that he forgot about us! ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's unjust, just call us over, and it's worth listening to half the show!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, I see that the scribe is extremely young, the same age as me, where did I think it would be Xu Gong, I listened to his lectures and listened to it fascinated, only when it was over, did I realize that the man was Xu Gong."

"Alas, God is pitiful, you stupid fool but you meet living water!"

Everyone was helpless, and remembered that this person had said before that Xu Gong's handouts had been copied, so he asked, "Do you know where Xu Gong's handouts are sold?" ”

"Well, not far to the east, there is a Xingde bookstore, which is the place for sale, you can give it a try."

When everyone heard this, they went to Xingde Bookstore to "keep an eye on". And that heroic martial arts student, shaking his head and laughing, who is it? It is Xu Qing himself, the assassin of Cangzhou. Xu Qing didn't have many opportunities to show up, and the last time he paid tribute to the crocodile, it only allowed these students to see their backs from a distance, and Xu Qing was dressed ordinarily, so it was reasonable for these students to not recognize it.

Xingde Bookstore is a little bit of Xu Qingcun's private thoughts. After the establishment of the state-run school, Xu Qing chose the method of public funding to order a unified textbook. This amount of money, rather than letting outsiders earn it in vain, is better for fertilizer and water to flow into their own fields. Xingde Bookstore is Xu Qing's own place.

Xingde Bookstore was organized by Xu Qing to organize several old engravers who had learned engraving and printing, saying that it was his own land, and Xu Qing only earned thirty percent of the shares. The remaining seventy percent are counted as those who are really managers and managers. In the future, the state will print books from here, with high quality and low price, and also publish some classic reading materials and sell them for money. In the past, there was no printing technology, and some books had to be copied by hand, so the books were very expensive, and now some of the Four Books and Five Classics and the like are printed, and the market should be very sufficient.

Xu Qingzheng was about to step in, but saw a figure flash in front of him, and respectfully bowed and called: "Xu Gong......"

Who recognized?

Xu Qing was slightly surprised in his heart, and when he looked up, it was Manid. couldn't help laughing and scolded: "Okay, you Manid, you played this game with me......" raised his hand, and was about to fight over.

Manid hurriedly said: "Duke Xu spares his life......"

Where would Xu Qing really fight, his hand was on Manid's body, but his strength was greatly reduced, and he patted lightly: "Why don't you go inside?" ”

"I'm a grass man, where are the guards willing to let me in, but I can't get in, I can only wait outside here." Manid said helplessly. Xu Qing remembered the last time Manid stood outside the door and was frozen into a snowman, moved slightly, and asked:

"But what's the matter?"

"Don't hide the history of the assassination, the goods brought at the end of last year have already been sold out...... Manide took out an account book and handed it to Xu Qingdao: "A few days ago, hundreds of truckloads of salt were imported from Yanshan, and I plan to go to Saiwai again, take a detour to Hetao, and then go to Chang'an." Here's last year's ledger ......"

Xu Qing flipped through it casually, and saw that it was just a running account, so he directly opened the last page, and exclaimed: "Last year, I actually earned a thousand eight silver, you kid can!" ”

Manid smiled: "It's still the boss, your immortal brew sells well, and you have gathered a lot of money at once, otherwise there won't be so many." ”

Xu Qing almost laughed when he heard the word "boss", this is still the last time he made a mistake, and he gave Manid a special title. Returning the account book to Manid, Manid took it and said: "In the afternoon, I will send all the 1,800 taels of silver, it is too heavy, I can't hold it alone...... "1,800 taels, that is, 180 catties, This is only counted as silver, and there must be a lot of copper coins among them, and it is true that one person can not take it."

Xu Qing heard this, but waved his hand and said, "No, the silver, you take it all, you don't have to give it to me." ”

Manid was stunned for a while: "Boss, the cost of the next trip has been deducted, five hundred and two miles, you don't have to give me this money." ”

Xu Qingdao said: "Take it, I don't lack silver for the time being, of course, I also want you to bring something." ”

Manid said: "The boss is ......"

Xu Qing asked: "You said that you want to go north to Saibei, and then go to Hetao, the road in the middle, is it to go to Guanwai or Shanxi?" ”

"Naturally, it's Shanxi."

"Then do you know that there are many coals in Shanxi?"

"I know the coal, but I don't know if there is a ...... in Shanxi"

Coal is coal, Shanxi is the coal capital, and even there are bare everywhere. A good medium to be exposed. "Some ......" Xu Qing muttered: "Hmm, you go and bring a hundred empty cars, and when you pass through Shanxi, turn a hundred cars and send them to me, I will be of great use." ”

As for what the use of the charcoal was, Xu Qing didn't say, and Manid didn't ask.

"No problem, there are a lot of empty cars, I just don't know what to do." Manid took the order and began another great cycle of business travel.

Xu Qing walked into the Assassin's Mansion, changed his clothes, and was busy approving the school buildings and various teaching supplies of schools in various places.

There are 28 state schools in Cangzhou, nine in Cangxian, eight in Nanpi, six in Huanghua and five in Haixing. Each school is equipped with two teachers of economics and arithmetic, and no more than 50 students are enrolled, with priority given to poor children. The school buildings are all old houses abandoned by the big families in the past, and there are simple dormitories to ensure that students from afar can study with peace of mind. There is a school warehouse for food, a canteen, lunch for day students, and a full-day dormitory. Of course, these rice and wheat are produced by the students' families.

Originally, Xu Qing also wanted to simply cover all the students' accommodation and food, and even calculated that the money spent was only a month's commercial tax in the state. But as the saying goes, a bowl of rice to raise a benefactor, a bucket of rice to raise an enemy, all of them will promote the laziness that those students should not have. When I was studying, in order to support my family, I didn't hide from the farm work at home and eat for nothing.

Thinking about this clearly, Xu Qing took out the sum of food, set up a "school valley" like in Luonan, selected students with excellent grades, and issued rewards.

Exams are taken once a month and once a quarter. The top five in the monthly exam will be rewarded with five buckets of millet, the top ten, and three buckets. One bucket of millet can make eight liters of white rice. One liter of white rice, one catty of two taels and five dollars, five buckets of millet, can have fifty catties of white rice. Even if a person can eat one pound of rice a day, he can still earn twenty pounds of rice after reading a month. As long as you make it to the top 10, it's almost free, which is excellent. This ranking is not random, if everyone is not good, then there is no award.

The quarterly exam, once every four months, in order to find something to do for himself, Xu Qing stipulated that this quarterly exam must be a stabbing history. The rewards for the quarterly examination are more and more abundant, the grain, cloth, lamp, salary, paper, pen, inkstone, and big red flower.

Similar to later generations, after the monthly exam, there is a holiday, and there is also a long holiday every year, so that students can go back to farm work.

This is the temporary state school system.

Of course, Xu Qing's money and land are certainly not unrequited, and students need to commit to working in Cangzhou Commercial Bank, or Commercial Tax Department, or other places in Cangzhou for five years. This is a human resource development strategy.

After finishing the approval of a bunch of documents, it was already time for dinner, so the people boiled a large pot of hot water, put it in a large wooden barrel, and asked Xu Qing to soak it. The bath bucket was custom-made by Xu Qing himself, which was chest-high and had a sloping slope inside, so that you could comfortably lie in it and enjoy the hot water soaking. Soak in a hot bath every day, and the whole body will be crispy. Refreshing.

After taking a bath, we had dinner. The cook at home has learned a lot of Xu Qing's dishes, and he does it well, Xu Qing is not a picky person, so he is too lazy to do it himself. Only when Xun Xue'er wants to eat a new dish, will she go to the kitchen. There are many people in the family, and if they are a little busy, Xu Qing will eat at the end and eat alone.

A plate of white-cut chicken, a bowl of braised beef, and a plate of purslane. Don't look at only two meat and one vegetable, the bowl of braised beef alone is not simple, the imperial court prohibits slaughtering cattle without permission, except for sick cattle and old cows, generally speaking, you can't eat any beef. The people who can serve beef on the table are all rich and wealthy people who are not afraid of what others will say. To put it bluntly, only the middle- and upper-class privileged class like Xu Qing can enjoy it.

Xu Qing is not slaughtering cattle privately, the beef he eats is still air-dried beef brought from Saibei. The air-dried meat is re-boiled, and then marinated with the sauce onion and garlic.

After dinner, a pot of red dates and old ginger tea was sent to Xu Qing's table, and a bowl went down to nourish his stomach. At this time, Xu Qing suddenly thought of something, slapped his thigh and said:

"Forget about business, the person who went to Chang'an to deliver the letter has not been selected yet!"