After more than ten days in this way, many people from the surrounding counties also came.

Li Ming was a little strange, why didn't anyone come to take refuge before, but now there are so many people who take refuge? In the end, Xun Biao told him the truth: "Not to mention that you didn't have a reputation earlier, just that you don't have an heir so far, how can others rest assured that they will take refuge in you?" ”

Only with inheritance can it be called a family, and Li Ming could only be regarded as an upstart before. Once there are no descendants, then all achievements will be lost, and who will take refuge in a short-lived family with a little brain? That is, Xun Cai is pregnant, so they are willing to 'take risks' to take refuge, if a boy is born, I am afraid that more people will come to take refuge!

What made Li Ming speechless was that there was really only one scribe out of a hundred people, and one out of a hundred scribes...... Ahem, there are not more than a hundred scribes to vote, and he can't see a few of the more than ten who are outstanding in writing and can become a staff member.

"That's good!" Xi Zhicai has helped more than ten scribes to take the school examination, "In these years, how many people can study with peace of mind?" How many books can be read? These fifteen people are not very old, and there is still room for training, so they can do it for a period of time in the position of a small official, and let them read some books when they have merit, and after a long time, loyalty and culture will go up. ”

said that it was a relief, but in fact, it was also a hint: the county officials of Huiji County have not been completely replaced!

"Discuss with the eldest brother (Xun Biao) and replace it step by step!" Li Ming nodded, many of those county officials were from the four major families, and they were indeed not as easy to use as their own people. These fifteen people are rare to be self-aware, although they have not sold their bodies, they have already recognized Li Ming as the main and called him the lord.

"Whoa!" Xi Zhicai gave up his life.

"Zhicai, how do you say that more scribes can come to take refuge? You know, I plan to gradually infiltrate the counties, but I don't have enough manpower on hand, which makes me have a headache, and I can't rely on the Wang family or the Xun family, right? Li Ming asked with a little headache, more than a dozen scribes just framed the county officials, and whether they could be used or not had to be seen to know.

"Lord, it's better to train yourself than to ask someone to come to the door! Each family has a private school, and the lord's family has a rich collection of books, so why not establish a private school and cultivate a group of talents? Xi Zhicai suggested.

"Yes, yes, how did I forget this!" Li Ming immediately took the case, of course, the talent is the best cultivated by himself, that is, it is satisfactory, and it is safe to use.

"The main business is busy, and it is normal to ignore it. Besides, it is not easy to handle private education, the training cycle is very long, the income is almost none, the finances of the lord are still tight before, and his subordinates are not good at advice. Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly.

In this era, private learning is a big money-burner, if it is not for the cultivation of talents, I am afraid that few people will run private schools. For example, Yingchuan Academy, if it weren't for the joint funding of several families, I am afraid that it would not be able to do it. As for the Shuijing Villa after that, in fact, there are also many family valves in Jingzhou who have contributed to it, so it can be done.

After Xi Zhicai left, Li Ming found Xun Cai and told him about it, and the latter took out the account book and put it in front of Li Ming.

"Although the medicine workshop has started to open, it is not yet time to pay dividends. The soy sauce workshop has just been shipped, and there is no way to return a large amount of funds in the short term. The husband had to take care of the food of the soldiers, and the family's funds were only barely maintained...... Private learning is a bit too much, why don't you start a family school first, train a dozen or so family members, and accumulate experience in running a school by the way? Xun Cai pointed to the income and expenditure on the account book and said to Li Ming.

When Li Ming saw the expenditure above, the blood in his heart suddenly cooled by half. It is said that if a traverser invents something casually, he will immediately be able to make a lot of money, but why is the cost of coming to him unbalanced?

In the end, of course, I can only agree with Xun Cai's suggestion, don't expect private learning, then run a clan first! This is simple, find a room to decorate, prepare five or six sand pots for writing, prepare one or two enlightenment books, and then select five or six people with good minds and like to learn in the family. The scripture teachers all have ready-made ones, and Li Ming directly pulled Cai Yan into a strong man!

In just three days, the class can already begin. Five or six students sat at the bottom of the place, listening intently to Cai Yan, who was much younger than them, teaching at the top of the class, for fear of missing a slight. Knowledge changes destiny, and this is no joke in this era. From the day Li Ming promoted them from the soldiers, they cherished this opportunity very much!

Li Ming couldn't watch them all the time, and after learning about the government affairs, he went to Huiji Mountain. Up to now, the people of the four major families will not regard him as a reckless man, and after the two sides compromise their interests, there is no problem in government affairs.

"Pan Bao, how is the situation of Xiao Lei and Chi Yan?" Li Ming came to Huiji Mountain, where a five-mile radius was blocked, and the 500 Shanyue troops who had just been recruited were trained here, and at the same time guarded this beast field.

A large number of wild beasts were stocked here, and the food chain slowly recovered, and earlier in order to capture the big demons, the ecology here was destroyed extinctionally, and as a result, Huiji Mountain was no longer a spiritual mountain. In terms of the food chain, it was not completely recovered until Li Ming served as the chief inspector.

"Thunder still needs milk, and a few baby boars are used to their new home. Red Flame goes out to hunt every day, but he can also eat a full stomach! It's just that the consumption of this beast is a bit large, and in order to restore the so-called food chain of the lord, I am afraid that some funds will be invested one after another! Pan Bao reported in fear.

"It's a bottomless pit here!" Li Ming smiled bitterly, a lot of the loot that came down, he invested it in this beast field, but Pan Bao told him that he didn't invest enough.

"But there's something new!" Pan Biao stepped forward and said, "In the past two days, all kinds of wild beasts have begun to stop fleeing and choose to settle down. Where the red flames and thunder live at the same time, the aura seems to be starting to thicken. Just yesterday, near their new home, there seemed to be a medicinal herb that was transforming in the direction of the elixir. ”

"Really?" Li Ming suddenly exclaimed.

"How can subordinates deceive the lord about this kind of thing?" Pan Biao complained in a low voice.

Li Ming immediately ran over, Chiyan happened to be breastfeeding, and at the moment he was directly lazy lying in his new home. This is a cave on Huiji Mountain, just near the top of the mountain, Li Ming asked people to simply repair it, and it was used as a new nest for Red Flame.

"Purr!" Seeing Li Ming coming, Chiyan also hummed a few words, after all, he had just been domesticated, and he was not necessarily so close to Li Ming. However, Li Ming was initially recognized, so when I saw him coming over, I didn't obstruct him.

"Thunder has opened its eyes?" Li Ming saw that the blue-black tiger thunder was staring at him, but picked it up.

Thunder did open his eyes, just yesterday, and then instinctively regarded Chiyan as his mother. However, Li Ming's taste still remembers, but it is not repulsed. However, when Li Ming was about to pick it up, the little guy was reluctant and bit down on his arm.

"Gotta get it, can't I stop hugging you?" Li Ming smiled bitterly and put it down.

"Meow!" Thunder waved his claws, as if he was demonstrating, but in Li Ming's eyes, he was selling cuteness.

"Whew...... Do you really have a faint aura? Li Ming smiled, then took a deep breath, and was suddenly surprised.