Early the next morning, Qin Yu opened the door of the school and waited quietly for the students to come over.

The sky was gray, there was still light snow, and the weather was a little cold.

Qin Yu was sitting in the school, the stove had just risen, and the room had just warmed up, when students began to come here.

After a cursory look, most of the students who came were not from very good families.

Holding a wooden box in their hands, everyone had a happy expression on their faces.

When he walked into the school, he also saluted Qin Yu very respectfully, and called him "Mr.", which made Qin Yu a little fluttery.

When he was in Bailu Academy, He had such treatment, and he was always a disciple or junior to others. Now, this group of children has a gentleman, how can they not make Qin Yu's heart comfortable.

The kid named Xue Wan, whom we met yesterday, also came.

He was accompanied by seven or eight men, two of whom he had not seen yesterday, but who looked a little shy, bowed their heads, and after hurriedly saluting, they trotted to find an empty seat to sit down.

When the children from these poor families were almost there, and it was about to be the time for morning reading, the sound of wheels crushing the floor tiles began to be heard outside the gate.

Qin Yu frowned slightly, turned his head, and looked out the door.

Outside the door, a few chubby children dressed in satin, ruddy faces, and chubby walked in.

Almost every child was accompanied by a subordinate with a wooden box in his hand.

Seeing these children surrounded by subordinates and wanting to enter the school, Qin Yu's face suddenly sank, and his right hand slapped heavily on the coffee table in front of him, and scolded:

"Stop under the porch, this is the school or the courtyard of your house, it's so lazy!"

The child was naturally startled, standing at the door and looking at Qin Yu in a daze, not knowing what to do for a while. On the contrary, it was those subordinates who hurriedly accompanied the smiling faces and explained nonsense.

Qin Yu knew that these people were all ordered by the lord's family, and he didn't embarrass them too much, and after letting them put down their things, he drove them out.

As for the children, they stood at the door at a loss, and some even turned around and walked towards the outside of the school, shouting "mother" in their mouths, with a bit of grievance in their voices.

For such children, Qin Yu didn't pay attention to them, but instead looked at the few rich children who didn't move, his tone softened a little, and said:

"Just this once, not the next one, now you come in with your own things."

For Mr., these children were still a little afraid in their hearts, and when they heard this order, they did not hesitate, and walked in with a wooden box.

It's just that the limited desks are occupied by these poor students who came first, and there is no extra space at all.

Seeing this situation, several children who had already sat in their seats quietly packed up their things and prepared to let them out, but they were stopped by Qin Yu.

"You sit there, as for the desk, I will go and solve the problem of the desk today, today they came late, there is no desk, so they kneel and listen to the class."

Qin Yu spoke, and these children naturally did not dare to refuse.

As for the rich boys, two of them threw the wooden boxes in their hands on the ground and ran out, while the other two obediently obeyed the orders, found a place, put their things aside, and sat there on their knees.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the hour was almost up, Qin Yu asked them to read the first few pages, and as for himself, he walked to the door and closed the door.

The morning session ended quickly.

As for the content of the enlightenment book, Qin Yu still has no problem.

Originally, he planned to continue to talk about the following pages in the afternoon, but when he saw that the children who did not have futons and desks were kneeling and feeling uncomfortable, he temporarily decided to rest in the afternoon, and he was going to go to the school department to apply for a few more sets of desks.

Leaving the Baicao Academy, Qin Yu went straight to the gate of the county ya, wanting to ask to see Yang Zhixian.

The messenger at the gate of the guard house was the two people the day before yesterday, so he naturally knew him, and after respectfully inviting him in, he went to inform Yang Zhixian.

Explaining his intentions, Qin Yu thought that things like desks would be easy to handle.

But who knows, Youlan County's finances are also very tight, this autumn harvest was plagued by locusts, the loss is not small, the treasury silver is used to suppress the disaster, there is no silver at all.

Hearing this news, Qin Yu was a little disappointed, and originally wanted to say goodbye and go to find another way.

However, Yang Zhixian came up with an idea.

"Qin Yu, there are a few wealthy businessmen in this county, although there is a locust plague this year, but their losses are not very large, if you can persuade them to pay the silver, the problem can be solved very easily."

"Thank you for your advice, I will come to visit you later." Qin Yu thanked him, turned around and left the mansion.

As I said before, this Youlan County is not big, and the population will not be large.

After Qin Yu asked a few pedestrians on the road, he learned about the mansions of those merchants, and at the same time inquired about the tone of these families from their mouths.

There are a total of five merchant families in Youlan County, and they are quite wealthy, among which Liu Jiale is kind and charitable, and has a very good reputation in Youlan County.

Since he wants to put aside his face, Qin Yu naturally doesn't want to eat a closed door and be looked down upon. So after thinking about it, I still went to Liu's house, as for the others, judging from the wind reviews, it doesn't seem to be good.

Liu's mansion is very large, and the mansion alone occupies half a street.

When Qin Yu came to the gate of Liu's Mansion, he even found that even the servants guarding the door were wearing silk cloth, although it was not a good silk in Hangzhou and other places, but it could be seen from the side that the family background of Liu's Mansion was indeed extraordinary.

As soon as he reached the door, he was greeted by a servant at the door.

When they saw Qin Yu wearing a scholar's robe, the two of them didn't dare to give face, and said gently with a smile: "Childe looks a little raw, I don't know what to do here." ”

"Please let me know, Mr. Baicao School has come to visit Liu Weng."

"Mr. Baicao Academy?" The servant was stunned when he heard this, and looked Qin Yu up and down, as if he saw that he was too young, and he didn't believe it.

Qin Yu didn't talk nonsense, and took out the documents of the Ministry of Rites from his arms.

"This is the appointment document of the Ministry of Rites."

The servant's gaze swept over it, he was naturally illiterate, but the seal stamped on it could not be faked, so he didn't dare to be too offended.

"Then please wait here, and the villain will go and inform the master."

Qin Yu nodded and said politely, "Thank you." ”

After the man had left, he waited for half an hour before he returned.

"Sir has been waiting for a long time, my lord is invited."

Qin Yu nodded, and followed the person towards the mansion.

Walk through the vestibule, through the middle door, and into the reception hall.

Above the hall sat a middle-aged man in his thirties, of medium stature, with a kind face, dressed in satin. It seems to be a businessman, so it looks more sleek.

When he saw Qin Yu coming, this Liu Weng immediately showed a smile on his face and got up to greet him.

This trip was to ask for help, Qin Yu also lowered his posture a little, and took the lead in saying politely: "In Xia Qin Yu, Mr. Baicaotang has seen Liu Weng." ”

Seeing this, Liu Xun was a little flattered, this scholar is arrogant, not to mention that this person can serve as the gentleman of a county at a young age, and he is a clerk under the Ministry of Rites himself, where does he dare to hold it up, hurriedly helped him up, and said politely: "Xiao'er is studying in Baicao Academy, and he is also a disciple of Mr. Qin, why bother so much, please come in quickly." ”

Qin Yu was not polite, so he followed him into the living room.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Liu Xun took a sip of tea, and then asked, "Mr. Qin came to the door today, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as a visit."

"Since Liu Weng asked, I will say it directly, in fact, it is about the shortage of desks in the academy, today is the first day of Baicao School, but I found that the desks are completely insufficient.

Before coming to the house, I also looked for the magistrate, but after learning that the treasury was running out of money because of the locust plague this year, there was no way, so I came to the door with a cheeky face. ”

When Liu Xun heard this, he was stunned at first, and then laughed softly.

"What should I do, this is easy to do, and later, someone will naturally deliver what the gentleman needs to the door."

"In this way, thank you Liu Weng for helping."

Qin Yu didn't expect things to be so simple, so he immediately got up and thanked him.

After talking about business, Qin Yu was in a hurry to leave, but instead talked with him.

Liu Xun has traveled south and north for many years, and he has naturally seen a lot of bizarre things. And Qin Yu is not a person who is bored to read, and in the past half a year, he has also seen a lot of customs and customs in various places.

The conversation between the two was also very pleasant.

...

This Liu Weng is really resolute.

When Qin Yu left Liu's Mansion and returned to Baicao Academy, he saw two carriages parked at the door, and there were several strong middle-aged men standing around the carriages.

In front of the closed door of the school, there stood an old man in his fifties with a goatee.

When he saw Qin Yu at the entrance of the alley, he hurriedly took a few steps forward and said:

"Mr. Qin, on this carriage are the desks that the master ordered me to send, and the carriage behind them is some books that were donated to the Baicao Academy."

This person, Qin Yu, recognized that it was the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion, and he was naturally very happy to hear that this Master Liu had actually given away a carriage of books for free.

"Liu Weng's great kindness made Zai Xia very impressed, and asked the housekeeper to convey his gratitude after he went back."

"Mr. Qin is polite."

The butler said politely, and then ordered the big men to move the things down from the carriage.

Qin Yu took a few quick steps, opened the door, and then commanded these men to put the desks and books into the room.

Although there are not many things, it will take some time to actually clean them up.

By the time everything was done, it was completely dark outside.

After bidding farewell to a few housekeepers of the Liu Mansion, Qin Yu returned to the school, carefully looked at the books given by this Liu Weng, and couldn't help but nod slightly.

Most of these books are enlightenment readings, and this Liu Weng is also very careful, although there are not many types, but each type is a dozen or twenty books. It is very useful for poor children who cannot afford to buy books.

It seems to be the reason why Qin Yu was angry when school started on the first day.

In the early morning of the next day, the rich children did not dare to step on the dots anymore, nor did they dare to let the servants accompany them.

Such a change made Qin Yu very pleased.