"So that's the sample you made?" Xu Wenshan stood at the blacksmith's house, looking at the strange-shaped guy in front of him, and only felt depressed in his heart.

Before the Luhegou First Archer Competition, Xu Wenshan commissioned the blacksmith to build a still, and now the sample has been placed in front of Xu Wenshan.

Due to the limitations of the refiner's craftsmanship, this "still" is full of rivets and rough splicing, which makes people wonder if the seal is passable, and the shape is slightly out of shape than they imagined.

The bull blacksmith said embarrassedly: "Young master, this thing is made in a hurry, and in many places you request, our iron here can't be beaten like that......"

The overall level of metal smelting and forging in Luhegou is simple, which Xu Wenshan knows well, but what he didn't expect is that the level is so simple.

He inspected the furnace and found that it was not the blacksmith's craftsmanship that was the problem, but the poor quality of the iron ore in Luhegou and the poor smelting tools, resulting in a low overall degree of completion.

He had an idea and said, "Do you want to try it with copper?" ”

The bull blacksmith clapped his hands and said, "Copper is good, it must be easier to make than iron." ”

Xu Wenshan pondered for a while, if copper is used, the structure will be different, and the drawings need to be redrawn.

He rubbed his head, he was desperately short of money now, and he couldn't wait for the finished distilled spirit to come out. Now that a large number of leather goods have arrived, leather may be a better alternative to distilled spirits that are still in sight.

But before going to the county government, the nest still has to be taken care of.

……

When he got up the next morning, Xu Wenshan splashed cold water on his face and began a busy day.

As soon as he went out, Ah Fa greeted him.

"Young master, yesterday the master has already released a word, you can buy the grain in the warehouse, but you must come at the market price of 40 wen per bucket. Yesterday, I said that I brought 10 buckets of grain back to the line, and there is no cash at present, so I will temporarily record it in the account, and the lord said that it must be paid off within half a month, otherwise it will be taken back from Xiyuan with a field and a house. ”

Xu Wenshan smiled bitterly, worthy of being his father, the overlord of Luhegou, and his own son had to calculate the accounts so carefully. His own money had already been spent in the construction of Luze's new Dharma Body Temple and the grain and oil store, and now there is no money left in the library.

"By the way, young master, Lei Laohu brought someone to beg for money again yesterday."

Xu Wenshan frowned and said, "Didn't you say that it will end in January?" Why are you begging for money again? ”

Ah Fa said: "The last time the leather money was only half paid, they came to ask for the final payment, saying that if the money did not appear, let them take credit in the grain and oil store." ”

Xu Wenshan's brows furrowed even tighter. The people of Luhegou mostly barter, not used to using money, he just wants to let the hunters use the money first, if the credit is allowed at this time, sooner or later they will return to the situation of bartering.

"You tell Lei Laohu, don't mention the credit again, the money in their hands is enough for them to live for a month, and next month the skin money and the prey money will be settled, and I will talk about it."

Ah Fa nodded, and said: "I also went to Zhang Butcher's side, he is very satisfied with his current job, and said that he earns more than half a month in a day." But he asked me to tell the young master......"

"Say what?"

Ah Fa swallowed his saliva and said, "He said that he knows that the young master likes to be beautiful, and his daughter is eighteen years old, and now she is very beautiful, and she has not yet been married...... That's what he said. ”

Xu Wenshan remembered the women's clothing Lu Zhishen back then, and there was a chill behind him, and said, "Don't pay attention to him." ”

Seeing Ah Fa's nervous look, Xu Wenshan patted him on the back and said, "How are you learning to write?" ”

Ah Fa said: "I can recognize a lot of words, but I can't write yet." ”

Xu Wenshan said: "Don't be nervous, there are indeed some obstacles to not being able to write and do secretarial work, today I will look for a secretarial talent, and you will be in charge of liaison matters in the future." ”

Ah Fa breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "Yes." ”

He is really not good at this kind of reporting work, he is better at flexible talk, and he is very happy to hear that he does not have to suffer this kind of torment.

Fortunately, people in this world have not been polluted by bureaucracy, and if it was in the previous life, the job of a secretary would probably be snatched from the head.

After listening to the report, Xu Wenshan put on an ox cart and went out and came to Li Xiucai's house.

……

"Rare guest, rare guest!" Li Xiucai arched his hands to greet him. After Xu Wenshan sat down at his house, he talked about the fact that his family now has more stores and there is a shortage of talents who can read and write.

Li Xiucai's face showed embarrassment, and said: "Master Xu, presumably you must be considerate of your subordinates, but as a showman in this dynasty, I can't do business according to the law, and second, I don't have time to study and prepare for the exam, so I'm afraid I don't have time to ......."

Xu Wenshan was stunned, knowing that Li Xiucai had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "How dare you bother Mr. Li to go into business?" I came to invite Miss Li out of the mountain. ”

This time it was Li Xiu's turn to be stunned. The first thing that came to his mind was, could it be...... Xu Wenshan is here to propose? But it's not the program to be anxious?

It's no wonder that Li Xiucai thought about it. Since ancient times, no woman has ever come forward to work, at most only spinning at home, Xu Wenshan proposed to let Li Qing come out to help, a few times ahead, Li Xiucai's thinking was a limp, and he thought that the boss thought that Xu Wenshan was here to ask for a kiss.

After Xu Wenshan explained to Li Xiucai carefully, he barely understood what Xu Wenshan meant, although Xu Wenshan promised a generous reward, Li Xiucai always felt that something was wrong.

"Since ancient times, there has been no reason for a woman to show her face before getting married......"

"The world has changed over time, the customs have also changed, and the ancient law is not enough to take today," Xu Wenshan said, "For example, good medicine, diseases change, and medicine also changes." The law of the ancestors is not eternal, and it should change with time and events. ”

These words were deafening, and Li Xiucai was slightly moved.

Xu Wenshan struck while the iron was hot and said: "Uncle Li, I'll give you the answer, in fact, I don't have any talents who can read and write, and I want to open a school, but the funds are insufficient, I can't afford to hire a teacher, and my father can't persuade me easily." If I can borrow the help of Miss Li, I will definitely set up a school after I go out to open up the trade route and collect funds. ”

Hearing these words, Li Xiucai actually knelt down.

Xu Wenshan hurriedly supported Li Xiucai: "Why is Mr. like this?" ”

Li Xiucai said excitedly: "The virtuous nephew wants to open up the mountain trade road, it is just a trivial matter, and the establishment of a school is a great good deed with immeasurable merit!" It is a great good deed for the benefit of future generations! You have to build a school for Luhegou, those who are breastfeeding, toddlers, and babies with rotten crotch clothes, teach them to read and write, and maybe there will be pillars of governance and security in the future! The virtuous nephew wants to do such a great thing for Luhegou, and I want to bow to you for those children who have the opportunity to study! ”

Xu Wenshan was humble, and after the two exchanged for a while, the sobbing Li Xiucai agreed to let his daughter help Xu Wenshan.

Although Li Xiucai is a scholar, and there are three or two tenants in his family, his status is equal to that of the Xu family, but when he was studying, he really suffered a lot. Luhegou selfless school can only go through the mountain and forest paths to study in neighboring towns. As mentioned in "Sending Dongyang Horses to Life", "the negative basket is dragged deep in the mountains and huge valleys", not only to face the rain, snow, wind and frost, but also to beware of the monsters in the mountains, several of his classmates died in the mountains and forests, and there are no bones.

It is because of these hardships that I will be very grateful to Xu Wenshan for proposing to build a school.

Besides, Li Xiucai felt that Xu Wenshan was talented and ambitious, and at this time he found that he was kind-hearted and far-reaching, even if he married his daughter to him, what should he do? Just a daughter, just send it to help.

After leveling Li Qing's father, the next step is to settle Li Qing himself.

Because he didn't know how deep Li Qing's hatred for himself was, Xu Wenshan underestimated the difficulty of persuading Li Qing, and came to Li Xiucai's house for two hours, but he didn't even see Li Qing's face, and was locked out of the door for two hours.

"You open the door, Miss Li, you have the ability to ignore me, but you don't have the ability to open the door?" Xu Wenshan knocked on Li Qing's door and shouted outside.

Li Qing shrank on his bed, his hands covering his ears, and his face was flushed.

Such a shameless man, it was the first time she knew that how could she block the big girl who was not out of the cabinet in the boudoir?

And it was blocked for two whole hours!

"Open the door!"

Xu Wenshan is not leaving. Li Qing fell on the bed, hugged the quilt and bit it - she couldn't hold it anymore.

Even if she is a beauty, she can't escape the call of nature.

This is a major crisis that the girl has never encountered in her life!