Ah Sheng listened to her words, and his heart was shocked, it turned out that the trees were planted for them, and they also gave everyone money, so he objected at the moment, and asked Manqing to assign tasks, how much each person must plant, and there is no need to pay wages.

"Since I am the lord here, I have the responsibility to let the people live a good life, although it is good to plant trees, but I can't feel it for a while, and it increases the burden for no reason, it is impossible to have no complaints, I have made money, everyone is profitable, there are no complaints, and there is more energy, why not do it?"

"However, you have suffered a loss, and it was originally for our sake."

"Hehe, it's not a loss, the environment on the island is good, it's everyone's good, so the one who pays the money won't be me alone, when the time comes, gather the rich people on the island and ask them to also give money, and everyone is responsible for improving the environment."

Ah Sheng listened, and his heart was much more comfortable, those rich people on the island, who had fields and boats, since they all had benefits, they should also contribute.

"Ah Sheng, do we have a school on the island? Have you ever read and spoken with Xiaofuzi? Ah Sheng shook his head,

"There is no private school on our island, and there are husbands hired by large families, but they only teach the children of those families."

"Do you want to study? It is not necessary to participate in the imperial examination, it is good to know some characters, and if you go outside the island in the future, you can't even know the shop signboard. ”

"I think, I think, the county lord, I want to read, like Duan Siwen, I can also know the stories in the book." Ah Sheng didn't answer yet, the little Fuzi on the side was anxious to call out, Man Qing touched his head with a smile, and asked Ah Sheng again,

"How many children are there on our island? Male or female," Ah Sheng did not answer immediately, and only asked after a while:

"How old is a child? I'm so old, don't I?"

"Hahaha, how old are you? Let's put it this way, how many are under the age of twelve and over the age of six? ”

To improve the quality, we must start from culture, if we want to create a prosperous market, no one can do it, in the future, big ships will be built, and the goods brought back will be dispersed from here, and in her territory, the people will be rich, and she will earn more.

"Twenty-three,"

"What about you? How old is this year? ”

"I'm thirteen, and I'm already an adult."

"In this way, how many people are over the age of twelve, how many are under the age of sixteen, you can also help me ask, in the future, the school will be opened, these people can come at night, or take a half-day class."

At this age, most of them are already the labor of the family, and it is impossible to go to school, but it should be no problem to come to school at night.

"County Lord, can I also go to the school? Is it true? ”

As soon as Ah Sheng finished asking, his eyes dimmed, how can the family have the money to go to school, even if there is, his younger brother should go.

"It's true, I don't need money for the school I run, and I will take care of the students for a lunch, when the time comes, the school will be built in the barracks, I remember, the houses there are very good, are there still people in it?"

King Shun's army was defeated, there were no soldiers on the island, and there were not many people sent by the government, all of them were in the official office outside King Shun's mansion.

"There's no one anymore, the doors are locked, and it's so big inside."

"That's it, there are still vegetable patches, which are not planted now." The barracks enclosure is not small, I heard that there is also a vegetable field, Manqing was quite surprised by this,

Back in the house, Manqing told his grandfather about his plan,

"Running a school? They fish and farm for a living, what's the use of learning that? And paper and pen are expensive, so it is better to learn more crafts to support your family in the future. ”

I thought that my grandfather was the most in favor, but he was the one who was against it.

"Grandpa, I did a big thing in Qingpu Corner, and I have the opportunity to take you to see it." Wen Jin smiled on the side and said nothing, my sister is selling Guanzi, although he doesn't know what the meaning of running a school is, but my sister has always done things that are interlocking and have great intentions.

That night, the county lord's mansion set up a banquet, and Manqing invited the landlords on the island to the mansion, a total of five families sent people to come, and two said that the master was out, and there were only women and children at home, as for whether it was true, Manqing didn't want to investigate it in detail.

The Duan family came to his grandfather's friend Duan Pu, who was the first to arrive with a gift, and as soon as he entered the door, he smiled and saluted Manqing.

"Uncle Duan, you are too polite, my grandfather took care of you back then, our sister and brother are grateful, I wanted to thank you well, but everything is piled up here, and I can only make up for it later."

Man Qing's words were very sincere, Duan Pu hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and his mood was unprecedentedly comfortable.

When I heard that Pearl Island was given a seal and given to the county lord of Minghui, I only knew that this county lord was brave and good at fighting, where did I know that he was still the grandson of an old friend, when I met yesterday, the stone in my heart fell to the ground, he was the old department of King Shun, and I was afraid that the new master would not like it.

The three old departments of King Shun have arrived today, and the Wu family is the head of the family, one is in his fifties, who was the housekeeper of the Shun Palace, and he also made a mistake before the mutiny and was thrown out, because there is land on the island, so he stayed here.

And the Zheng family is a young man, it is said that his father went to Yaocheng, this is the son of the Zheng family, his family is the richest on the island, except for the land owned by King Shun, the remaining part of the third is his family, and there are five boats out to sea to fish.

His family was not a subordinate of King Shun, but Yuan Biao's aunt, and he did not approve of the rebellion at the beginning, so he was not affected this time.

The remaining two families don't have much land, but they all have three or four boats, and they are also big families on the island.

When Uncle Liu went to invite them, he was a little trembling, and this time he didn't come empty-handed, and he came to the door with gifts.

Also invited was the deacon Tao Zheng, although he was an official of the imperial court, he would also be subordinate to the county lord's mansion, and the yamen on the island was sent by the imperial court, according to the custom, but it was appointed by the lord, so there were some restrictions on each other.

After Man Qing chatted with Tao Zheng, he told the prefect of Yaocheng that the original people didn't need to move.

There weren't many words from Manqing at the table, it was Duan Pu and Tao Zheng who made the atmosphere, when they heard that they were going to pay for planting trees, they buzzed all of a sudden, how much money does this cost, planting trees by the sea is nonsense, how can it be possible to plant work, besides, can a tree be used so much?

"I'm in charge of this matter, the county lord said, she will pay seventy percent of the silver needed, and you seven will pay thirty percent, Master Duan is no problem, how many of you are? If you have an opinion, mention it now, the matter is decided, and you can't say anything in the future. ”

As soon as those families heard it, the big head county lord came out, how could they not agree, they all responded in a hurry, Manqing knew their careful eyes, but she was not short of this bit of silver, and now the important thing is to win people's hearts, and make money is behind.

As for the matter of the school, my grandfather couldn't understand it, let alone others, and she didn't plan to discuss it for the time being.

"There is another thing that has not been consulted by the county lord, the rebel king still has three hundred and eighty acres of land on Cloud Island, and the holy decree has been given to the county lord, and the grain for the first half of the year has been put into the treasury, and the county lord will be the master of what to plant in the future."