The eunuch who conveyed the holy decree had already left the palace and rushed to Nanyang. Of course, Lord Qincha will not go to Qingfeng Village to find Liu Chengdong, since it is Zhao'an, he has to have the appearance of Zhao'an, Liu Chengdong needs to wear sackcloth to Nanyang Mansion to ask for guilt, and then Zhao'an will be officially completed.

When the world is in turmoil, it is much simpler, many times the eunuchs do not need to be dispatched, several county officials directly send the documents over, and then the grass head king becomes an official army in a blink of an eye. A person like Zhang Xianzhong, who rebelled and was impermanent, had the greatest chance of survival in the troubled times. As for the drama of some civilian officials taking advantage of Zhao'an to kill the "bandit leaders", it is even more common.

Wang Qi and his servants have moved from Qingfeng Village to Mingyue Village, where the conditions are better, and he himself lives in Liu Chengdong's newly built house, and the clerks from Xunyang Mansion and Nanyang Mansion have been stained with Mr. Qingshi's light and eaten and drank in Mingyue Village. The fist-sized braised lion's head, I have never seen it, and I can't imagine that pork can be made so delicious; Braised pork, well, feels better than a lion's head; scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, saliva can't stop flowing down; Sweet and sour pork ribs, I can't take care of anything elegant.

Wang Qi has been teaching Li Xiang in the past few days, and at the same time visiting the facilities of Mingyue Village. Wang Qi praised the sewers and sanitation system of Mingyue Village, and the scholars were generally clean. As for the women's surgery, although Wang Jue was aware of its great significance, he still warned Li Xiang to hide it well and not to be caught. On this day, Wang Jue came to Mengxue, which had just started.

Li Mengkong was very excited, and directly kicked away another old boy who was in the first class, and the old man scolded in his heart, and then ran to Li Xiang to complain. Li Xiang was speechless, so he had to take this old man and accompany Wang Qi to watch the scene of Li Mengkong's class.

"Last time, we talked about the origin of the Shangyuan Festival, let's talk about the Mid-Autumn Festival today. Since ancient times, the people of Dazhou have paid attention to reunions, family affection, and human ethics, which is the biggest difference between us and the barbarians...... "Wang Qi twisted his beard and watched Li Mengkong with bright eyes from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the barbarians, from the barbarians to the Great Zhou, and then to the Mingyue Village. Li Xiang and Liu Chengdong glanced at each other, then shook their heads with a wry smile, and the old man Li Mengkong let himself go again.

The custom class was followed by a pinyin literacy class, followed by a break for a pillar of incense, followed by an arithmetic class that made the children miserable. Seeing that the eyes of several children who couldn't keep up with the progress were red, Wang Jue was secretly amused.

Wang Qi suddenly looked at Li Xiang, as if he wanted to see Li Xiang through. "This custom class is very good, these children understand the customs of my Great Zhou, and they also understand the rules of this world. Arithmetic is also one of the six arts, but why is there no learning of saints? ”

Li Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he had already prepared, "So that the master knows that the Mengxue in my Mingyue Village was built with the help of the villagers, and the daily pencils, paper and chalk, plus three dry meals are a great burden." Since it is the villagers who fund, of course, it is the villagers who decide what their children learn. ”

Wang Qi nodded reluctantly, agreeing with this kind of rhetoric, only to hear Li Xiang continue: "The customs class can make children understand the rules and etiquette and respect the teacher. Literacy and arithmetic are considered to be the foundation of life, and Mingyuezhai will be full of workshops in the future, and most of these children will inherit the family business. And if you study the Four Books and Five Classics to participate in the imperial examination, only one person in a hundred can become a showman, and you can't even think of a higher fame. ”

This statement is very lethal, Liu Chengdong, Liu Susu and officials, including Li Mengkong, are all related. The cost of cultivating a talent in these years is frighteningly high, requiring more than ten years of dedication from a family, and generally the help of relatives and friends. Behind the humble family, it is often the sacrifice of several generations of a family, so there is a saying that the rich return to the hometown and benefit the township, otherwise they will be poked in the backbone.

As for once a Zhongjinshi, obediently, if there is no exception, he can already be a squire family. In front of the imperial examination of the Great Zhou, the college entrance examination of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge is scum.

Wang Jue naturally understands that it is not easy to study for the imperial examination, Li Xiang struck while the iron was hot, "The villagers paid such a high price to send their children here, mainly for the purpose of establishing a life, and they all wanted their children to get rid of the predicament of being blind, so that they could have a skill." ”

"As long as there is money left over from the public middle school in Mingyue Village, the kid will definitely choose some good articles to teach the children. Mengxue now only has a half-day course, and those who have the conditions can of course hire another master to teach knowledge, but the boy can't ask for it. ”

The people in Mingyue Village were silent, the officials who were eating were silent, and Wang Qi was also silent. Seeing Li Xiang's sincere eyes, Wang Jue finally let go of the doubts in his heart, and the idea that he suspected that Li Xiang was a "heretic" was put aside. Wang Jue understands the thoughts of the people of Mingyue Village, and now they are building a workshop, and sending children here is to master a skill, and no one will pay a greater price for the fame of one in a hundred.

Not to mention a small Mingyue Village, the Wang family, as a wealthy and scholarly family, also struggled with the huge investment in the private school, so Wang Qi did not doubt the authenticity of Li Xiang's words. Wang Jue is known as Mr. Qingshi, as a generation of Wenzong, he always relies on his intuition, feeling that there is something hidden in Mengxue in Mingyue Village, which makes him frightened and frightened, and a little curious.

What can Li Xiang do with this kid's knowledge, Wang Qi laughed at himself in his heart, and asked Li Xiang to have the opportunity to teach some scriptures well, so he temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart.

As a true gentleman, Wang Jue did not visit the craftsman's workshop, which made several officials angry. Originally, I wanted to see the iron-making furnace and cold-proof clothing workshop in Mingyue Village, but I might be able to see something. These officials didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Wang Qi, and at the same time knew that Liu Chengdong was not easy to mess with, so they finally suppressed their greed.

Li Xiang had stopped the gunpowder and steelmaking tests at the foot of the mountain two weeks earlier, and had ordered the villagers to keep it strictly secret, so the training ground for the soldiers was very quiet. This huge training ground has a strict time arrangement, the morning is the training ground for the villagers, the afternoon is the place where the bears go crazy, and the evening is the best place for the villagers to chat.

Nowadays, except for the teams that strictly guard Mingyue Village and a few checkpoints, most of the soldiers are in Sanwang Village and Black Tiger Village. Li Xiang knew that Wang Qi was coming, so he didn't dare to take chances, so he hid the main weapons and the equipment for making weapons, and at the same time ordered the soldiers who went out to block the news. Wang Jue estimated in his heart that Liu Chengdong had more than 300 subordinates, plus more than 100 soldiers here and exactly 500 people, so he was relieved.

The soldiers are outside, the bears are in class, the villagers are busy in the workshops and fields, and only some disabled veterans are drinking tea on the training ground, and they will beat each other for a while when they are interested. Seeing Li Xiang and Liu Chengdong coming, these middle-aged and elderly people hurriedly came up to salute, and after hearing about Wang Qi's identity, they even bowed down, and a few of them were still trembling.

Li Xiang approached Liu Chengdong silently, "Father-in-law, why do these uncles look like this." We eat, drink and wear by ourselves, if everyone is like this, the future of our Mingyue Village is not good! ”

Liu Chengdong saw that Wang Jue was attracted away by the weapon rack, so he whispered: "You kid is still inexperienced, and you will understand when you walk around after Zhao'an." These killers are not kneeling Mr. Qingshi, it is Da Zhou, and most of them will still be with Mingyue Village. After arriving in Bianjing, take out your skills, Lao Tzu can only lead people to work the battlefield, holding umbrellas for you and Su Su, whether we can be a strong party depends on you. ”

understood, Li Xiang completely understood the dominance of Confucianism in the field of public opinion and people's hearts, and at the same time, he also had an extra layer of mustard for these scholars. Later, in the new round of adjustment of Mingyue Village, Li Xiang made some precautions against the possible infiltration of scholars, of course, this is a later story.

Wang Qi is not familiar with the military formation, but he always feels that the straight bow is the same as many things in Mingyue Village, which is a little dazzling. Wang Jue was depressed that he couldn't grasp the key places. Listening to Zhang Qingping and Carpenter Cao's introduction, this kind of straight bow can only be shot intensively, and the maximum pulling force is only eighty catties, and then there is no interest. The straight bow consumes so much physical strength, and it can be put in the hands of a strong man like Mingyuezhai who takes the route of elite soldiers, and there are few troops in the millions of soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty who can ensure that the bottom Qiu Ba is full of food and drink, and using a straight bow can only make them die of exhaustion first.

China has forbidden crossbows since ancient times, and it is completely legal for Mingyuezhai to hold bows and arrows, as for things like knives, guns, shields, etc., just hang the brand of the archer after Zhao'an. Wang Jue's visit to Mingyue Village was just to make sure that there were no taboo here, otherwise the Wang family would also be affected after the incident, which was also the reason why Zhao'an was rare.

On March 15, the sky was clear, the mountain breeze was soothing, and the sun shone warm daylight. Outside Nanyang City, Liu Chengdong and his entourage came here after five days of trekking through mountains and rivers, and the elite soldiers of the village gathered behind an inconspicuous hill in the west, ready to rush out to rob people if there was disharmony.

Although Liu Chengdong believed in Yu Yunwen and Wang Qi very much, he didn't dare to joke with his own life. The more than a dozen good players who accompanied him were all wearing fine lin armor like Liu Chengdong, which could be regarded as sweeping away the good armor of Mingyue Village. Liu Chengdong, Liu Yuan and others also wore an extra layer of chain mail, which was something that Li Xiangxin made, and I heard that it was very troublesome to make.

Li Xiang and Liu Susu, Liu Sheng and others were in Qingfeng Village, Liu Susu stood on tiptoe from time to time to look east, Li Xiang had to take her hand and comfort her softly. Wang Jue took the initiative to ask to stay, and he also had the consciousness of being a hostage, but Wang Jue believed that the imperial court would not be difficult for Liu Chengdong this time, and Cai Jing would block it at most.

Qin Zhong and Ding Shihang led the defenders of Sanwangzhai to strengthen the defense of the mountain road south of Mingyue Village, and Yang Jianchuan and Liu Decheng led the elite of Black Tiger Village to ambush near Qingfeng Village. Sanwang Village is directly west of Mingyue Village, Black Tiger Village is in the northwest of Mingyue Village, Qingfeng Village is due east of Mingyue Village, and Li Xiang's plan is to concentrate on the elite defense to the south and east.

Of course, Li Xiang didn't want Liu Chengdong to have an accident, just in case. The villagers of Mingyue Village also knew that the situation was grim, and whether they could successfully recruit peace depended on the news from the east, so no one went to serve the fields in the past few days, and they were all concentrated in Mingyue Village. When Wang Qi saw this scene, his evaluation of Liu Chengdong and Li Xiang improved by another level.

The mountain road is difficult to travel, and it will take two days for the news from Nanyang to come back, and Li Xiang took a lot of effort to dispel Liu Susu's plan to wait all night.