Meng Yue immediately stepped up to follow him.

“……”

The words of refusal went around and around his mouth, and finally he swallowed it back.

He was reluctant.

He didn't want to bully this big fool.

He was also afraid that his cold face would be too cold, and he would really push people away.

There are so many temptations out there......

Taking a deep breath, he hummed, trying not to make his voice look out of the ordinary.

When he entered the house, he walked straight to his study.

The steps are big and a little hurried.

Meng Yue's steps were bigger than him, and she always followed him firmly.

When he entered the study, a hot breath came to his face, and the Seventh Prince took a deep breath, paused for two seconds with his back to Meng Yue, and then prepared to take off the cloak on his body.

But in the next moment, a broad embrace approached.

After hesitating for half a second, he stood still and did not dodge.

"There's snow on your cloak, I'll take a picture of it."

Meng Yue's voice sounded behind him.

He hummed under his breath again.

A gentle force fell on his shoulder, landed on his hat, swept the snowflakes off his body, and accompanied by the snowman's words: "What do you want to use later?" I miss the mutton soup in the house. ”

“…… It's too late to stew the soup. ”

The Seventh Prince said in a low voice.

"It's okay, I've already sent Junzi to report to my family, just say that I have official business to discuss with you."

"You are no longer in the Criminal Department, what official duties can you have with me?"

Idiot.

I don't know how to find an excuse to find a smoother.

"My family doesn't ask about this, as long as it comes to official business, they believe it."

Meng Yue stared at the shoulders in front of him, which were thinner than he expected, and his tone was filled with distress: "You have lost a lot. ”

I should have gained a little weight in the winter, and I was raised at home all day long, why did I lose so much weight?

"I've been a little busy lately, and I've eaten less."

The Seventh Prince pursed his lower lip, he took two steps forward, and reached out to untie the cloak on his body: "The matter of a free private school is quite cumbersome, and it takes a lot of energy. ”

After that, he called the guards waiting outside the door and asked him to go to the kitchen and tell Chef Zhao to stew mutton soup.

"Where are you doing with the free private school?"

Meng Yue was concerned.

He has always maintained correspondence with Li Qiao, Xu Ying, and Zhuang Wen, and these three people will inform him of the big and small affairs of the court.

Of course, the Seven Princes will too.

But the reply letters from the Seventh Prince to him were all dry, only about official business, and they were very brief, and they were not mixed with personal feelings at all.

Therefore, he didn't know what the Seven Princes were busy with every day.

Disconsolate.

"I just bought a house in various counties, and I am looking for a suitable master, and there is only one free private school in a county, which can only take care of a small number of people."

"You grew up in the country, you should know that."

When it came to business, the Seventh Prince suppressed all his emotions, he sat back at his desk, took out the materials of the free private school and handed it to Meng Yue.

Meng Yue took it.

He understood what the Seven Princes were saying.

If there is only one free private school in a county, then this free private school must be located in the county seat.

However, in a county, some students are far away from the county seat, and the private school does not care about room and board, and those students who are far away from the county seat are destined to be unable to enter the private school to study.

It's like Sanliu Village, if you walk to the county seat, you have to walk for two hours.

If it comes back and forth, that's four hours.

It takes four hours just to be on the road, a total of twelve hours a day, so how can you study well?

What's more, the children of poor families, even if they are only seven years old, are a small labor force.

Let the poor family send a labor force to study, many families are definitely not willing.

People who are close to the county seat can go to the county seat to do odd jobs on weekdays and sell vegetables or other agricultural products, and there are more ways to make money than people in remote places.

Naturally, the family background will be better than that of people in remote places.

This is a bit of a tricky one.

"Actually, the best thing to do is to set up a free private school in every town, but in this case, the amount of money invested is too much for me to afford."

"It's just that Li Qiao can afford it."

The Seventh Prince's eyebrows furrowed.

He just said that he would improve the system of free private schools, but it is not a fraud.

But when Meng Yue heard this, her eyes widened in surprise: "According to Yuanhe Province, there are more than 1,200 towns, and although the houses in the towns are cheap, they cost almost one million taels of silver. ”

"That's right, except for Li Qiao, even the eldest brother can't afford this number."

The Seventh Prince's long eyebrows tightened.

“…… Brother Li's expenses are not small, and he has to invest a lot of money in his orphanage. ”

Meng Yue also began to furrow.

Li Qiao's orphanage is located outside the city, but how expensive the fields outside Shengjing City are, even if it is the worst inferior field, an orphanage covering an area of 100 acres requires a lot of silver.

The orphanage has now been completed, and there are more than 300 orphans in it, except for a dozen babies under the age of three.

The little beggars outside the city in Shengjing City all went to the orphanage.

This is only the beginning of the orphanage, and in the future, there will definitely be more of them.

Coupled with the investment in the school hall and the medical hall, and Li Qiao also donates silver to the charity hall every month, and pays his own men and long-term workers, he is under a lot of pressure for Li Qiao just thinking about it.

Li Qian said that he was going to do a new trick on the bike.

The Seventh Prince saw that Meng Yue was worried about Li Qiao, so he told Li Qiao's plan.

Two days ago, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu came to give him a New Year's gift, and the topic of casual conversation turned to the bicycle, Li Qiao said that the current bicycle is too bulky, and it will be tiring after riding for a long time.

He's trying to get rid of that shortcoming.

In the past few months, Li Qiao has tried to apply fish glue, tortoiseshell glue and other animal glue to the wheels of the bicycle to make the bicycle lighter.

But it didn't work out very well.

Thinking that there were eucommia trees in Beihu Province, Li Qiao asked Li Yuning to study the eucommia gum to see if the eucommia gum could make the bicycle light.

If it is feasible, then Li Qiao will sell the previous style again, so that Li Qiao can save a lot of silver.

Meng Yue still didn't know Li Qiao's plan, and after listening to the explanation of the Seven Princes, he was dumbfounded.

Can you resell the previous style again?

How does this work......

You're going to get a scolding, right?

"Others won't pay for money, will they?" He was more worried than before.

Seeing this, the Seventh Prince raised his eyebrows and asked directly: "If he really makes the bicycle much lighter, then do you think that with my identity, should I buy a new bicycle directly, or run over and scold him?" ”

“……”

Meng Yue blinked.

Well, he was thinking about this matter from the perspective of ordinary people just now, but a person like the Seventh Prince must have bought it directly with money without blinking an eye.

"Now that some small rich families also own bicycles, these families must be reluctant to buy a new one, if they want, they can pay money to let Li Qiao add a layer of eucommia glue to their wheels."

"You don't have to worry, Li Qiao never embarrasses the people at the bottom."

The Seventh Prince said again.

"That's ......"

Meng Yue was stunned, and then immediately nodded: "It's true that I'm thinking too much, Brother Li has always been thoughtful in doing things." ”

The Seventh Prince looked at him like this, and said: "After you return to Beijing this time, go to Li Mansion to walk around, it is inconvenient for me to meddle in the affairs of Cao Yun, but Li Qiao has no worries, his father trusts him very much, and he is more well-informed than our princes." ”

"I don't mean to tarnish your pure friendship, but it doesn't hurt to get close to him."

"I understand, during this inspection, I was able to be warmly entertained by local officials as a sesame petty official with no background, to a large extent, because of Brother Li's light."

"And in the past six months, thanks to Brother and Husband Li taking care of my relatives at home, I have been able to run errands outside with peace of mind. Tomorrow I will first enter the palace to pay tribute to the saint, and the day after tomorrow I will visit the Li family. ”

Meng Yue understood what the Seven Princes meant.

What he said was not false at all, and only Jingguan knew about his good relationship with the Seventh Prince.

But he and Li Qiao were close friends of the same township and class, and the magistrates everywhere knew this.

Therefore, this time when he was out on patrol, more often than not, he was stained with Li Qiao's light.

However, he finally met, and he didn't want to spend his time on official business.

He put down the information in his hand, propped his hands on the desk, and stared at the face of the Seventh Prince with some greed: "Every day I am away, I miss you very much, I miss you very much. ”

The Seventh Prince: "......"