"Dumbfounded, please old fairy!" Childish children's voices are the most likeable. Hearing the content, Li Xiao's nose was almost crooked. Daddy's pronunciation is not yet accurate, but the old fairy speaks correctly. I don't know who taught it!

"Uncle! The second uncle said that the old way can save Daddy. The big girl is going to save Daddy, can you tell me where Wutai Mountain is? "Ever since Li Xiao drove away Li Xiu and Li Hao, there have been people making trouble in Li Xiao's ears like flies every day.

After a day of bombardment, Li Xiao was on the verge of collapse. Especially when he saw Xiaoyu with a frosty face, Li Xiao had the urge to go to Wutai Mountain, not to find Lao Dao, but to become a monk.

There was no way, Li Xiao still led people to Wutai Mountain. As the overseer of Daxian this time, Li Hao and Li Xiu accompanied him.

I haven't been out of the capital for a long time, especially I haven't been to Shanxi for a long time. Now it is the most important coal supplier in Gyeonggi, and I have heard that many people are so rich that they are as virtuous as the coal bosses of later generations. Last time, Ai Husheng counted that the silver money bill remitted from the capital to the Bank of Shanxi in a year was actually 6 million silver dollars.

Almost every month, the Shanxi branch had to send large sums of silver dollars to the capital to supply the large losses in the capital.

Six million silver dollars! A Zhiyuan-class battleship that has collected the highest scientific and technological achievements of the Ming Dynasty costs only 3.9 million silver coins. Hearing this figure, Li Xiao, who was crazy about money, had the urge to lead his troops to Shanxi to grab a handful.

This time I have to take a good look at Shanxi, and there is any way to take out the money for the Shanxi ticket number. Shanxi Lao Shu will save money, and all the top zodiac signs are Pixiu. How can you do it if you don't eat and don't pull, you can't turn the silver all day long in Shanxi and don't come to the capital to buy a house and buy luxury goods.

Eight Jin merchants! When the Later Jin Jurchens were in Liaodong, they did business with the Jurchens secretly. Over the years, I have been busy and have no time to take care of them, and they have all fattened up into pigs. If you don't slaughter a few more knives and let the blood bleed, maybe you will have other ideas. If you want to do something, there are so many fucking dead.

Riding a war horse with Qi minions, all the way to the west.

Along the way, Li Xiao walked very leisurely, swaying and enjoying the beautiful scenery of Daming. Anyway, the old way will not fly up immediately, after Li Xiao is ready to see the old way, he will let the old road carry the rocket on his back and ask the gods in the sky, when will the Ming wind and rain be smooth.

Damn it! There have been disasters and famines almost every year in these years, and I don't know what happened to the original Ming court. If that old Taoist named Zhang Daoling can go to heaven to be an immortal, then let him discuss it with God. If that old god stick is willing to go to the underworld, then let him ask Wei Zhongxian, who was shaved more than 3,000 times, although how that guy recognizes it is a big problem.

After Laishui is Yi County, all the way to see, Hebei is really rich.

When I walked in the village, I couldn't see any children running around in the village. As soon as I inquired, all of them entered the village school, and the primary education was able to enter the village, which was definitely a big progress. The money allocated to education over the years has not been spent in vain, and when the children are literate, Xiucai is not a big deal. Universal compulsory education is the real nightmare of the Donglin Party.

In the past, relying on the high illiteracy rate and low literacy rate, the general public did not have access to education, and these literate readers were able to occupy the top of the social position. When everyone is literate, literate people are not so valuable.

More importantly, when ordinary people are literate. Scholars cannot arbitrarily manipulate public opinion to stir up public opinion! Since ancient times, scholars have done this kind of thing, and every peasant uprising has been backed by the participation of scholars.

Mo Dao praying mantis has one eye, inciting the Yellow River to rebel in the world! It was the old man who shouted these words, but next to the leader, there was a second master who could read and write.

A piece of fruit candy in exchange for a child's textbook.

The math language is all in one book, presumably to save money. Such a book for one child also costs a lot of money a year. The imperial court explicitly decreed that no money should be collected from students. This money can only be deducted from local taxes.

The paper is thick to the touch, and it is estimated that it is a paper mill in Liaodong. Reeds come out on the side of the Liao River, in patches. Cutting a stubble every autumn can produce hundreds of tons of paper a year. Wood is expensive, and the regeneration time is slow, so cutting reeds to make paper is a good project.

The kid looked like he was eight or nine years old, and the math was only taught addition and subtraction. The language has some meaning, adhering to Li Xiao's meaning. There is no such thing as eight-strand text, and the beginning is the common words such as upper, middle and lower, mouth and hand, male and female, left and right, front and back. After that, there are sentences related to agriculture. For example, it is said that wheat is harvested in autumn, and clothes are harvested in rain. It is completely vernacular, and it is very close to the lives of ordinary people. In this kind of learning, children are willing to go to school, and it is easy to find teachers.

Anyway, these words are basically literate, and you don't have to memorize the four books and five classics.

Generally speaking, there is one teacher in each village, and they take turns to eat at each house. Eight months of teaching and four months of vacation each year. Even if it's a holiday, there are 200 big sons. In the village, the thief is respected, and the village chief has to invite the village teacher to accompany him. The eldest girls in the village are eager to marry a teacher who eats the emperor's grain.

Glancing at the village classroom, a large tiled house. The windows are still made of paper paste, only above the door, there are two glass windows one meter square. Or peasant wisdom, so that with the least amount of money, there is light on the blackboard. Just look at the jagged bricks on the side of the window, and you can see that it hasn't been open for long.

You don't have to go inside to see what kind of darkness it would be in such a classroom. Children are bound to have bad eyes when they are in class in this environment.

I had to build a primary school for the children, but as soon as this idea rose from Li Xiao's heart, he was forcibly pressed. No money!

Glass windows are still a rarity in the villages, even though they are almost universal in the city. In fact, most of the profits generated by the sale of industrial products were taken away by the imperial court.

The Ming Empire, starting from Salhu, has been in war for twenty years without interruption. There were not only local wars in Liaodong, but also a great war in which the rogues ravaged the north, and even the thieves and the Tatars attacked the capital.

Before Chongzhen's death, the Ming Empire was already dying of internal and external troubles. In addition, there was another great plague that was rare in ancient times, and it almost turned the north into a no-man's land. It was easy to wilt the Jurchens, and the Mongols were refreshed.

The foundation is too thin, and military spending accounts for the bulk of the country's revenue. Without the support of those industrial products, Daming's finances would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Now tell Ai Husheng to build a primary school in every village. Ai Husheng will immediately commit suicide to show Li Xiao!

It was a little lonely to walk on the dirt road in the village with my hands behind my back, but I saw the grain in those tuns. Li Xiao was happy again, at least we didn't go hungry. Affluence was to be achieved gradually, and Rome was not built in a day. How can I build it within a few years, so that hundreds of millions of people in the entire Ming Dynasty will become rich. In fact, it is not easy to feed these hundreds of millions of mouths.

"Big brother, what's wrong? One moment the eyebrows are locked, the next is a grin. ”

"Why don't you let Lao Dao show your eldest brother first!"

The two boys who followed behind suddenly became intimate. Li Xiu didn't remember that Li Hao once threw cannons into it when he went to the toilet, and Li Hao didn't remember that Li Xiu grabbed Li Hao's dumplings to eat, which made Li Hao cry.

"2,841 counties, 10 counties a year, the whole country is done well, it is more than 200 years. No big deal! Li Xiao shook his horsewhip and walked on the dirt road.

turned a corner and walked on the cement road, which Li Xiao was still satisfied with. Today's road traffic in the north of the Ming Dynasty may be the best in the world. The straight and flat concrete road can be described as a highway in this era.

From time to time, you can see a convoy of horses pulling goods on the concrete road. The shouting of the car boss can be heard clearly from afar.

In front of it is a fairly lively town, with markets and restaurants and tea shops in the town.

"We've been on the road all morning, and we'll eat there." Li Xiao pointed at the whip and rushed out first. Of the three brothers, he was the best rider.

"Yo! How many military masters, do you eat or stay in a hotel? Coming to a good two-story restaurant, Li Xiao turned over and dismounted. The shopkeeper immediately greeted him with a smile!

This time he came out, and Li Xiao only brought a dozen followers. But their brother is no longer the brother who ate buns in Liaoyang back then. In front of the brothers, there was a battalion of guards, and behind there was also a battalion of guards. It's all an hour away from Li Xiao and them!

As long as you find any bobcat beasts, or guys that seriously affect social order, they will all be arrested first. Some arrogant people dare to talk back, and the gun is directly on the head. Those who are arrogant immediately ceased to be arrogant, and there were those who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and there were those who offered and accepted bribes. Anyway, as long as you let me go like a fart, anything goes.

"Eat! Find some good horse feed. As soon as Li Xiao flicked the reins, Xiao Er immediately caught it. At the same time, he also caught a silver dollar thrown by Li Xiao. Seeing the silver dollar, Xiao Er immediately smiled.

"Someone who came out! Lead the horses for the masters, and the good horse feed in the backyard is waiting. Xiao Er shouted, and a large group of guys immediately ran out of it.

Li Xiao walked into the restaurant first, and the sound of cups, plates, tables and chairs moving in the restaurant was endless.

It seems that he ran too fast and caught up with the vanguard battalion in front. More than two dozen officers were sitting inside eating. Seeing Li Xiao walk in, he hurriedly stood up.

"Let's all sit and continue eating, let's go upstairs." Li Xiao glanced at it, it was not bad. There was tea on the table, and there was no one who wanted to drink.

Knowing that Li Xiao didn't want to be high-profile this time, the officers didn't speak, sat down and continued to eat. It's just that the loud voice when I was eating just now suddenly became much lower.

Li Xiao led people upstairs and found that there were elegant seats upstairs and scattered seats. I picked a scattered one by the window and sat down, and it was also a pleasure to watch the bustling flow of people below.

"It's a bustling town." Li Xiu sat down opposite Li Xiao.

"This town is called Walking Horse Station, and there is a town in front of it called Backward Horse Pass. In the past, horses from Mongolia were trafficked to the Central Plains for sale, and these two places were the only way to go. So, these two towns are quite rich.

When I passed by, the mayor here was a big man surnamed Li, a very nice person. Entertained me to eat a meal of donkey meat, which is called an authentic. Eldest brother! Why don't I send someone to him and ask him to take us to the donkey meat to be burned? Don't worry, you don't need your name, the name of the little brother is enough. Li Hao is worthy of measuring the people of Hebei and Shanxi with his legs, and he is very familiar with the place here.

"Pull it down! They all know that you are the fourth elder of the Li family, you are called a big brother and a second brother, you are stupid? As soon as our buddies move, the magistrates will go crazy. In the future, if we want to go in a clean way, we are dreaming. Li Xiu immediately vetoed Li Hao's proposal.

"Your second brother has a point. You are in charge of the planning of the railway line, and if you have a crooked pen, the railway may pass by this county. Although the officials below may not know what the railway is all about, the feudal officials above all know the importance of the railway to a place.

There is no such thing as secrecy in the current officialdom, and your relationship with us has long been known to everyone. So, they all did their best to talk to you. Li Xiao smiled and spoke while watching the flow of people downstairs.

Xiao Er came over with a teapot and bowed down to pour water for Li Xiao's table. The two tall soldiers behind him gave him great psychological pressure. Finally, he was more proficient in business on weekdays, and he finished pouring the tea tremblingly, and the sweat on his head was already flowing like a stream.

"A serving of boiled venison, your little papaya dipped in yellow sauce. Another roe deer meat pot, and overlord chicken. We have ten portions of donkey meat on the table, and these four dishes are also over there, and let them order the rest as they like. Li Hao boasted that he had been here, and he started ordering without taking the recipe.

"Master! You are a connoisseur, and our chefs here are the best at these dishes. They all say that the donkey meat is good in Zhangjiakou, in fact, the donkey meat burning here is the best, the taste of the gelding donkey and the donkey, you will know it as soon as you taste it.

A few masters! What wine do you want? Xiao Er's instinctive reaction was to sell his drink.

"I don't want to drink, and I have to go in the afternoon." Li Xiao took a sip of tea, and it tasted good.

"Got you! Hold on! Xiao Er knew that these people couldn't be provoked, so he immediately ran to the back and asked the shopkeeper to come out and greet him.

"Big brother! This is called a donkey and a gelding, and the smell of the fire is really different. Li Hao looked like a little adult, and explained to Li Xiao and Li Xiu what is called a donkey and what is a gelding donkey.

Li Xiao shook his head helplessly, knowing that Li Hao was deliberately showing off his knowledge. After the child has something in his stomach, he looks like he can't save more than two taels of sesame oil. It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, it seems that Li Hao has traveled to various places over the years, and he has really gained a lot of knowledge. If you really have time to travel in the future, you have to pull this old brother.