Li Zicheng took Song Yulian and Chen Qiudie to return to Xining first, circled the city, entered the city through the West City Gate, returned to the official office, and settled Song Yulian's mother and daughter in his bedroom.

Chen Qiudie is his formal woman, and she sleeps in the inner room where he rests on weekdays, and Song Yulian will not be able to give her name for a while, her bedroom is placed on the outside of Chen Qiudie's bedroom, and there is only a wall between it and the inside, and she can take care of Li Zicheng and Chen Qiudie's diet and daily life on weekdays.

However, from now on, when going to bed at night, as long as Li Zicheng comes back, most of them will stay with Chen Qiudie for a while, and then stay in Song Yulian's room, and occasionally go back to the inner room to sleep with Chen Qiudie, in Chen Qiudie's room, Li Zicheng will only rub her cotton peach for a while, so that the cotton peach can ferment faster.

After placing Song Yulian's mother and daughter, it was almost lunch time, and Li Zicheng was about to let He Xiaomi prepare lunch, but found that Sun Lin was walking around with a woman in the back office.

Because Sun Lin is a quartermaster, it is not suitable to put it in that army, in order to prevent Sun Lin from getting involved with the army, when issuing military supplies, he walked over to pay attention to human favors, Li Zicheng let him live in the rear office, anyway, there are a large number of houses in the back office, and they are empty.

Li Zicheng didn't care at first, but when he thought that Houya was a place where his own soldiers were stationed, how could there be a woman, he couldn't help but take a look at it, and after looking at it, he couldn't help but be taken aback, the woman turned out to be Sun Lin's sister Sun Mengjie, "Why did Jie'er come to the official office?" Is there something going on at home? ”

Sun Mengjie pursed her lips and smiled, her face was full of peach blossoms, but she said: "The grass people come to see my brother!" Before he finished speaking, he was already shy, his eyes were fixed on the upper of his shoes, and a small foot was trampling on the ground restlessly.

"Oh, let's talk!" Li Zicheng walked past them, but found that Sun Lin seemed to be glaring at his sister, but Sun Mengjie was secretly waving his hand at him, looking frightened, and couldn't help but smile, this pair of brothers and sisters ......

Li Zicheng was having lunch in the study, and while looking at the messages sent from everywhere, He Xiaoxiao came to report: "My lord, Sun Lin asks to see you!" ”

"Sun Lin? Didn't you see it just now, what will this do again? Li Zicheng thought about it, Sun Lin was in charge of military supplies, and the grain, grass and silver had to be handled by him, so he couldn't make any mistakes, so he said: "Let him come in!" ”

Sun Lin entered the study and bowed to the ground, "My lord, my subordinates are at fault!" ”

"Wrong? What's wrong? Li Zicheng stopped the half of the steamed bun in his hand, "But there are some discrepancies in the accounts?" ”

"No, my lord, there is no problem in the accounts, it's just ......" Sun Lin raised his head suddenly, made up his mind, and finally said: "My lord, my subordinate sister lied to my adult just now, and it is my subordinate's fault that my sister deceived my lord, please punish my lord!" ”

"Sister lying?" Li Zicheng recalled for a while, it seems that Sun Mengjie only said one sentence, is that a lie? So what did he do in the official office? "Sun Lin, tell me in detail, what's going on?"

"My lord, my subordinate sisters are not here to see my subordinates!" After Sun Lin said this, he looked relieved, but his eyes kept drifting on Li Zicheng's face, wanting to see Li Zicheng's face.

Li Zicheng looked like an ancient well, "Then what is she doing in the official office?" It can't be something happening at home, right? ”

"No," Sun Lin shook his head, "Your Excellency...... My lord, my subordinate's sister...... Girl, I'm here to visit an adult! ”

"Visit me?" Li Zicheng couldn't help but smile when he saw He Xiaomi, glared at him, but remembered that the last time he went to Zhenhai Fort, he met Sun Mengjie practicing calligraphy on the ground, and he was happy for a while, so he promised to teach her to read and write in his spare time, "Ao, Miss Sun came to me to learn words?" ”

"Exactly, my lord, my subordinate sister is almost obsessed with writing, but my subordinate doesn't know many words, and now she has learned them, so ......"

"So she's pestering you to learn words from me?" Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "I happen to be free this afternoon, you let her come later." ”

"Yes, sir!" Sun Lin had an order, and regardless of whether Li Zicheng had anything to do, he got up and ran out of the study.

Li Zicheng shook his head and smiled, but he had some expectations for Sun Mengjie in his heart, this girl too, she had never learned Chinese characters since she was a child, and now she knows a few Chinese characters from her brother, but she is more attentive than her brother, anyway, when shepherding sheep, she is fine, so she draws on the ground with a stick, and the words are more slippery than Sun Lin, and the few Chinese characters about military quarters that Sun Lin knows have long been eaten up by her.

Just after lunch, He Xiaomi was still cleaning up the dishes, Sun Mengjie came to the study accompanied by Sun Lin, Sun Lin knelt in front of Li Zicheng, but Sun Mengjie was shy, quietly suffocated behind, and stood against the door.

"Haha, so fast? Have you eaten? Li Zicheng laughed, and while letting Sun Lin get up, he urged He Xiaomi to quickly clean up the dishes and clean the desk.

"Lord Hui, my subordinates and my sister have eaten," Sun Lin turned around and beckoned, asking Sun Mengjie to hurry forward.

Sun Mengjie saluted, and then stood behind her brother with a red face.

"Don't be restrained, sit down, it's a good thing to know some words," Li Zicheng ordered his soldiers to serve tea, "It's just that I'm busy with mundane affairs and can't find time." ”

"My lord," Sun Mengjie barely sat down with half of her buttocks, and she was powerless, so she had to bow down and look at Li Zicheng with blank eyes, "The grass people know that adults are busy with military affairs, so they ...... So don't dare to disturb easily, if the adults are free, as long as a little guidance, after the grass people go back, they will practice diligently! After speaking, he bowed deeply to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng took a closer look, his facial features were upright, the ratio was very coordinated, his face was tender yellow, close to the back of wheat bran, probably because of long-term grazing, wind and sun, and the milk white of large families has obvious differences, and the earlobes are the round type he likes very much, especially a pair of eyes, black and white, like a candle standing in front of the mercury, reflecting a ray of bright light, or rather, her eyes themselves are two light sources, flashing a bunch of charming filaments.

The upper body was wearing a light green floral short jacket on a white background, and the buttons on the placket went straight to the collar, wrapping half of the neck tightly, but the two protrusions on the chest could not be hidden.

Li Zicheng saw that Sun Mengjie's mercury eyes had been sweeping around his face, so he took his eyes off him, but said with a smile: "Jie'er really wants to learn words?" ”

"Well," Sun Mengjie desperately clicked the head of the mantis, lest she miss the opportunity, "I don't know ...... adults"

"If the average person wants to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, it will take at least ten years not only from elementary school," Li Zicheng looked at Sun Mengjie, "How many Chinese characters does Miss Jie'er want to learn?" How much time do you plan to spend? ”

"Ten years?" Sun Mengjie gasped, she is sixteen years old this year, she will get married sooner or later, it is impossible to wait until ten years later, she lowered her head and sighed softly, her eyes suddenly lost her essence, like a point light source suddenly being extinguished, "Adult......"

"Miss Jie'er can know that she is a man, who does not care about crops, does not do business, concentrates on reading, if it takes ten years to read the four books and five classics, she is still an extremely smart person," Li Zicheng said eloquently, "The so-called ten years of cold windows no one asks, and a year of fame is known to the world, the girl reads, naturally, not for the imperial examination, but to be proficient enough to be able to write freely, I am afraid it is not easy......

"Your Excellency...... What do adults mean, the folk girl has no chance with books in this life? Sun Mengjie slowly raised her head, her eyes were red, and her eyes were already full of water.

"That's not what it means." Li Zicheng took a sip of tea while observing Sun Yingjie's reaction.

"What do you mean by adult......" Sun Mengjie's eyes suddenly returned to their brightness, and her pink mouth opened slightly.

"Now there are two choices, first, Master Ben can use his leisure time to teach you a few more words, but if you want to read the scriptures freely, it is basically impossible; Second, to learn a new way of literacy with Master Ben, it takes about three years to familiarize yourself with the scriptures, and you can also learn a lot of knowledge that is not in the scriptures. ”

"My lord, this second method only takes three years? Unheard of, why...... If the time is short, why don't others? Sun Mengjie was not surprised, but frowned, looking thoughtful.

"Miss Jie'er Bingxue is smart, she has seen the root of the problem," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "To be honest, this second method was created by this adult, and no one knows about it, or does no one know, if they know, won't they break their heads?" ”

"My lord, this ...... It's true? "What if you can cut the study time by more than half? Sun Mengjie couldn't believe it, but looking at Li Zicheng's face, it didn't seem like a joke.

"Of course it's true," Li Zicheng smiled and said with a straight face: "If Miss Jie'er chooses the second option, she must know Lord Ben's plan. ”

"Plans? What is the plan? ”

"Miss Jie'er can come to Xining to study if she wishes, but after completing her studies, you must act as a gentleman and pass on what you have learned to those who need it," Li Zicheng continued: "During your study, Weili will provide you with food and lodging, and in addition, half a tael of silver every month. ”

"Half a tael of silver?" Sun Mengjie was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, looking at Sun Lin on the side, she was no better than herself, only apprentices paid tuition fees to the master, and she had never heard of learning and silver, could it be that adults ...... Her heart throbbed, but she said quietly: "My lord, the people's girls are just learning words, why do you give the people's daughters silver?" ”

"Ao, blame me for not finishing just now," Li Zicheng coughed dryly, and said: "The student must sign a contract with Xiningwei, and after completing his studies, he will serve as a gentleman for at least ten years, of course, the teacher also has a salary, at least two taels per month." ”

"Two taels?" Sun Mengjie's little heart was like a roller coaster, and she said for a long time: "Women can also earn silver?" Or two-two? More than soldiers? ”