Author: Use your soul to aim

Zhang Zongxian, who returned to the county government office, had not even had time to take a rest when he was blocked in the study by Qian Dianshi, who had been waiting for him for a long time.

Qian Dianshi asked Zhang Zongxian anxiously

"The county magistrate heard that an angel from the palace has come."

Zhang Zongxian glanced at Qian Dianshi and said in a very pretentious manner

"My uncle is here on business. He came to see me when he was passing by this county."

Qian Dianshi thought to himself: Why did I hear the boss of Zhichun Tower say that there was almost a fight last night? He also said that you left angrily. Why is it that your uncle came to see you again?

While he was still wondering whether the boss of Zhichunlou was lying to him, Zhang Zongxian's words interrupted Qian Dianshi's thinking.

"Why do you have anything else to do?"

After reacting, Qian Dianshi quickly said

"The bid for the county's road construction has been prepared. I don't know what day the county will bid for it."

"Just decide on Qian Dianshi. People from the bank will supervise the bidding. After all, are you going to borrow money from the bank?"

"Do you understand, sir?"

"Is there anything else? I'm tired and have nothing to do, so just go down." After saying that, he picked up the tea bowl.

"Then I'll take my leave."

Qian Dianshi came out of the backyard study and ran to Zhichun Building to question the boss.

Zhang Zongxian drank some honey made by the maid and went back to his room to sleep.

When he woke up the next day, Zhang Zongxian ran to Zhichun Tower after the morning meeting, thinking of taking the cheap uncle around to experience the barrenness of the Loess Plateau, lest they ask about the winery again.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Zhichun Tower, they saw Eunuch Li and others already dressed and harnessed, as if they were getting ready to go out.

Zhang Zongxian walked quickly to Eunuch Li and asked:

"Where is uncle going? Let my nephew arrange for someone to show him the way."

"My dear nephew, I came out of the palace to see you. Since you are doing well here, we should go back. We can't delay our errands in the palace."

Okay! I’ve got the money and the advantage. Let’s go now, right? This way we can avoid any further troubles.

He quickly arranged for the banker to count the money, and asked the horse market to pack the wine. Fortunately, the Hu family's caravan happened to be returning to Beijing, so he entrusted the Hu family's caravan with the money and wine to take them to the capital.

He was escorted by two members of the Jinyi Guards.

Eunuch Li took the remaining two people and hurried back to the capital.

After sending Eunuch Li away, Zhang Zongxian finally breathed a sigh of relief. This old eunuch was not a good person, since he obviously took advantage of him. If things didn't work out, he would have to be killed.

When Eunuch Li left to explain the affairs of the two escorting people, one of them, the big man who crushed the silver that day, said:

"My father-in-law, I have an old relationship with my father-in-law, the guard of Yanshou Town. Why don't I go to Yanshou Town to recruit some good men and rob the people from the wine shop and take them back to the capital at night."

When Eunuch Li saw that these royal guards were still thinking of something wrong, he immediately scolded them:

"At that time, my father-in-law's wise nephew touched his people because he was at odds with my father-in-law and with Eunuch Wei of the Wei Dynasty. Are you looking for death?"

Seeing that Eunuch Li was already angry, the big man quickly knelt down and kowtowed to admit his mistake. Eunuch Li warned him and didn't care.

The man in Jin Yiwei knelt down and was still dissatisfied. He thought about taking the time to lie down in Yanshou Town during the escort. He didn't believe that the guarding eunuch was not moved.

The county magistrate casually took out tens of thousands of taels of silver. If he ate it and used the money to bribe the superior officials, he would be afraid of you, Eunuch Li.

When Zhang Zongxian sent Eunuch Li out of the city, Qian Dianshi went to Zhichun Building to interrogate the boss about what he heard?

After confirming that the boss heard Eunuch Li calling Zhang Zongxian, he finally felt relieved and his eyes also had hope. The county magistrate did not lie to him and indeed he had the county magistrate in the palace as his backer.

Zhang Zongxian finally returned to his college. He missed his students very much after being away for a few days. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't scold the students a few times every day.

Returning to Changsheng Fort, Zhang Zongxian first went to check out the wool cleaning workshop. During the time Zhang Zongxian left, five thousand kilograms of wool had been cleaned, and he was still recruiting manpower to expand the scale.

The people who worked here were originally the maids of Zhang Zongxian's family. As the production tasks expanded, Ding Bo bought fifty more maids specifically to clean the wool.

After all, the wool cleaning technology will be leaked later if possible. Apart from working, these maids live and eat in the workshop. There are also new army handlers outside.

It is said that maids are actually children from poor families. In this feudal society that values ​​boys over girls, selling to rich people's homes is a way out. It is better than starving at home.

Zhang Zongxian looked at these thin girls doing the work of adults. He had mixed feelings, and then he told Uncle Ding to give these children better food. These children were just growing up.

Allowing them to set up accounts in banks and pay them wages will be regarded as their dowry when they grow up. In addition, let Shiliu come over to manage these girls and prevent them from being harassed by military men.

After reading this, we went to the wool spinning workshop. There are hundreds of pedal spinning wheels in the workshop. The workers were recruited from nearby villages.

The wages were paid on a piece-by-piece basis. For every kilogram of wool spun, thirty copper coins were given, and at least three kilograms of yarn could be spun in a day.

It's a decently high salary, but once the big spinning wheels come along, you won't be able to get such a high salary.

A large spinning wheel can spin hundreds of pounds of wool thread in a day.

Uncle Ding's method of buying a maid to process wool also reminded Zhang Zongxian. In addition, when Eunuch Li came to Qingjian County and inquired about the winery, many people must have been eyeing the winery.

It would be better to move the winery to this Changsheng Fort and recruit some apprentices back. Under his care and with the protection of the new army, those who want to trick people will be eliminated.

After watching the textile workshop, Zhang Zongxian returned to the college and began to check the homework of his disciples. Because of the lack of teachers, Zhang Zongxian strongly advocated self-study.

Disciples are also required to set up study groups based on dormitories to supervise each other and learn from each other.

Most disciples cherish the opportunity to study in the college. They can have enough food and clothing every day and don't have to work, as long as they study hard.

In the eyes of these disciples, such a life was something they could not imagine before. After many disciples learned about the academy's reward and punishment system, they were afraid that they would be kicked out if they did not meet the requirements.

When I saw that those who had nearly met the requirements to be promoted to inner disciples were still receiving a subsidy of one tael of silver per month, they studied even more crazily. They did not dare to be lazy for a moment, and practiced writing seriously when they had time.

The old scholar who taught literacy was frightened by the question. He had never seen such a studious student.

Later, after Miss Su entered the academy to study medicine, she was moved by the children's enthusiasm for learning and began to teach them literacy. Zhang Zongxian also hired Aunt Su as a literacy teacher, earning the same salary as the old scholar.

Ten taels of silver per month.

In addition, Liu Jiansheng and the others were running back and forth, which greatly delayed their homework. Finally, Zhang Zongxian decided to build an iron furnace near Changsheng Fort to facilitate their experiments.

A chemistry group was later established to study how to use alkaline water extracted from plant ash.

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