Chapter 192 Need to change

After the sound of the gong at the beginning of the banquet, Wang Kuang also went out to the street. He originally wanted to pull Huang Daye up, but he couldn't find anyone. He thought he followed Wang Xian secretly again.

Huang Da, Wang Kuang shook his head helplessly, just because he cared too much about his second son's safety. No matter what occasion, as long as he did not send him a task, he would have to follow Wang Xian.

Some people may ask, for Huang Da, isn’t Wang Kuang’s safety more important than Wang Xian’s safety? This is true, but now that Wang Kuang has an official body, it means that he has an amulet. In this day, killing an official is equivalent to treason. Therefore, generally speaking, even if you have to deal with Wang Kuang, it is almost a conspiracy, and you will not use the low-level method of killing people and harming your body.

Of course, it is possible to send a killer, but so far, there is only Changsun Nao, the known enemy. If Changsun Nao is still in the Changsun family, he probably has the ability to find a killer, but now he has been driven out. As the saying goes, the money falls and scatters are scattered, and not many people are willing to interact with him. Without the backstage and the support of the family, it is probably difficult for him to hire a killer. The killer must also consider the consequences of killing the official.

Huang Da himself is now an official, so of course he knows the interests of this. Therefore, if someone wants to be unfavorable to Wang Kuang, the most likely thing is to attack Wang Xian.

So, now, Wang Kuang is only alone. As for everyone, everyone has their own business to be busy with. Who is like Wang Kuang? It is estimated that he is the most idle in Jian'an all day. But it is not right. Wang Kuang has a little lady Lin next to him, and he is really not alone.

Finally, there was such a time when there was no one around him, so Wang Kuang naturally took Lady Lin's hand and went out happily. Perhaps it was because after arriving in Jian'an, he had been unable to see Wang Kuang every day like in Chang'an. Lady Lin was surprisingly not able to shake off Wang Kuang's hand. Ren Wangkuang, who had a blushing face, pulled his hand and went out together.

Everyone was immersed in this year-end feast. Almost no one saw Wang Kuang and the little lady mixed in the crowd. Unlike Wang Kuang who was very enthusiastic about eating here and there, the little lady never touched the food. It was not that she thought it was dirty or not, nor that it was about whether it was delicious or not. It was because she was enjoying the gaze of other young ladies of similar age around her, who wanted to drive her away from Wang Kuang, and her heart was sweet, and she had no intention of eating.

The entire flowing mat did not last long. This was the first time. Everyone still focused more on the taste of food. They could not achieve the purpose of Wang Kuang as a platform for communicating cooking skills and family affection. This matter was too urgent. Wang Kuang knew this very well. It was just like the Olympics. The initial Olympics were only for competitions, but after many years of development, it gradually evolved into a grand event containing many content, including cultural promotion, ethnic characteristics display, etc. In the end, people no longer competed for the Olympics. They enjoyed the whole process.

However, Wang Kuang also discovered many problems during the tour. For example, after eating, people casually threw bones and garbage on the ground. This made the local dogs walking on the street very happy, but they ruined the streets that everyone worked hard to clean yesterday.

There are also some people who use their hands to take it casually because they don’t bring chopsticks or bowls. Some people even vomit when they eat a bite, and so on. Many other phenomena are situations that Wang Kuang doesn’t want to see.

If you can't change your habits at once, you can only slowly influence them. It seems that it's better to start from Fulai Inn. The first thing is to change the habit of spitting bones, and then change their habit of grasping them with their hands. Fulai Inn is a good platform. Through the influence of Fulai Inn, it has been gradually expanded. I believe that it will take less than a few years to see the effect.

Wang Kuang was walking, eating, and thinking, but he didn't notice that as long as he squeezed, the person who was squeezed saw that the little boss had come and pulled a little lady like a flower, and then smiled and used his body to help Wang Kuang block a path. Otherwise, Wang Kuang's absent-minded movement would have been squeezed out of the crowd.

About an hour later, all the food on the tables on the street was swept away. Of course, the fastest thing to be eliminated was naturally the dishes and pastries of major inns and restaurants, followed by major families, and finally by ordinary families. Anyway, no matter what, in general, the first large-scale banquet was held relatively successfully, and what was lacking was just perfection.

On the other side, on the poster column at the county government office, which was set up like Fulai Inn, a list of the top ten dishes in each category was posted, and the selection criteria were explained in detail on the list. As expected by the king, basically the selected list was praised by everyone.

Those who were selected happily went to receive the award, with a look of pride on their faces, which made others envious. There were those who thought they were no worse than those who were selected and were secretly ruthless. If they held such a big banquet next time, we would also get a ranking. If we don’t give the reward, we would just give it a breath.

All day long, the streets and alleys were talking about this flowing mat. Someone went to inquire. After that, he said that he would do it again next year, but the time would be before the autumn harvest. It happened to be during the slack season, and the weather was not too cold at that time. So he wanted to show his face on the second flowing mat, so he secretly remembered it in his heart, preparing to have a look for it next year.

People were idle, but Wang Kuang began to get busy.

In the past few days, Wang Kuang has been discussing matters with Lin Ming and Huang Liang, preparing to make a drastic change for Jian'an after the spring plowing is over.

First of all, there is a square and a Confucian temple. The location is easy to handle. So, the Taoist temple that Wang Kuang had stayed there was to renovate it, and then move the house next to it to another place, and the county will pay them to buy another new house elsewhere, which is even more spacious and better than what they live now. I believe no one will be unwilling to do so.

Then Wang Kuang wanted to set up an institution similar to that of later generations. Before printing movable type, he collected the books in the city and gathered them for reading and copying by poor people. Of course, the books were donated voluntarily. Wang Kuang himself took the lead in donating the repetitive books brought from Chang'an this time, and there were more than 100 books. Huang Liang was originally from a poor family, so he naturally felt it and agreed with Wang Kuang's approach. As for Lin Ming, although the Lin family is not poor, he is barely considered a poor family than those wealthy families. It is his brother-in-law's suggestion, which makes him even more unquestionable.

Wang Kuang had already searched for pear wood for carving movable type. He remembered that he had heard a reporter say before that only pear wood is easy to engrave because of its delicate texture and moderate hardness. Moreover, pear wood is relatively less likely to grow insects and is easy to store. Other woods either change the texture too much or tend to grow insects. For example, the wood between the annual rings and annual rings is very loose, and it will fade over time. There is no way to spend a long time.

As for the bookstore and movable type printing, Wang Kuang did not want to hide himself and make money. This is something Li Laoer cares about very much. If he knew that he had movable type and his own library creativity, he would definitely find a way to promote it. Instead of waiting for Li Laoer to come to ask for it, it would be better to take the initiative to send it to him.

In addition to the two above, there is another thing that Wang Kuang wanted to do, that is, to provide a free education, and to gather all the children wandering on the street to teach them to read and write. However, this project is quite large. In the entire Jian'an County, there must be nearly 10,000 children in Jian'an City alone. In this era of low-quality education, as long as there is free education, every family will definitely send their children. The cost is definitely a lot, and we can only prepare for the time being.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Jian'an was much more lively than last year. There were fewer people in ragged clothes on the street than last year. There were many more children wearing new clothes. Some children even started to have snacks in their pockets. These changes were unconscious. People now haven't realized that it may take three or two years before they can truly feel that life has become better.

On New Year's Eve, Huang Da and Wang Wu's family were taken over by Huang Liang to the group member, and Wang Kuang still had a New Year's Eve dinner with everyone at Fulai Inn. This was already the tradition of Fulai Inn. All the guests who had no time to rush home were invited. The Pu family's family also sat on the table. They envied the Fulai Inn's friends, who could joke with Xuan Delang, and they could hold Xuan Delang's shoulders without any hesitation to him, and they could grab a sip of wine from the bowl in front of Xuan Delang, and so on. These were all things they had never experienced before.

The people at Fulai Inn, and even the entire Jian'an, are still used to calling Wang Kuang the little boss, and they still regard Wang Kuang as the smiling young man on weekdays. When people encounter any interesting stories, they will come to Wang Kuang to tell him in exchange for the wooden sign that is actually worthless now. After changing the wooden sign, they do not rush to go to Fulai Inn to change wine, but often show off and show off. They have to wait until the deadline for the wooden sign has reached before they will reluctantly go to Fulai Inn to change a pot of wine.

These are all the grand scenes of the Pu family that they have seen and heard these days. This is the first time they have seen them in their lives. The smiles on the faces of Jian'an people are more than those in Chang'an, even though Jian'an is not rich now.

There are people in the world who don’t regard themselves as officials. No wonder their husbands have to send furniture from thousands of miles away. No wonder in Jian'an, everyone is talking about Xuan Delang’s goodness, and everyone says that he is the Star Lord descending to the earth. This makes them a little envious of the people living in Jian'an. You know, when they first arrived, they were still proud of themselves from Chang'an.

The sixth day of the first lunar month is a good day to go out. On this day, the Pu family drove a carriage back to Chang'an. The carriage was full of things given by Wang Kuang, including Jinling duck, chili sauce, friend noodles, and many winter bamboo shoots. Even when they passed by Chizhou, they could carry a cart of wine to Xinghua Village with a letter from Wang Kuang.

It was also on this day that Wang Kuang took Lin Ming to the houses of the residents next to the Taoist temple and discussed that after the first lunar month, the construction and landing could be started, so they would build another courtyard elsewhere that was twice as spacious as the place they live now. After getting up, they could move in. This place was intended to be used as a main place for future flowing mats and other activities in the building.

There were still one or two companies who thought that the house was a property passed down from their ancestors and refused to give in. But when they heard that they wanted to build a place where they could listen to music, dance dragons, or watch lanterns in the future, they all gave up very happily.

As for the library, the books at this time only had characters and few pictures. In order to avoid controversy, Wang Kuang gave the name of a public library and built it next to the county government. The house was ready-made. A warehouse in the county government that had been empty for many years can be repaired and used for cleaning. In this way, the yamen runners can also help take care of it. Secondly, when the county government government is adjacent to it, there will naturally be a solemn atmosphere. People will not make loud noises after entering, which will affect others' reading.

Because there are not many books stored, in addition to the hundred books donated by Wang Kuang, plus the donated by Lin Ming, Huang Liang and some wealthy families, there are only two hundred books. Although most of them are repeated, in order to avoid the phenomenon of someone borrowing the books for a long time and not returning them for a long time, it is currently prohibited to take them out, and they can only be read or copied in the museum.

The conditions for borrowing books are not high. Anyone can come in to study without any certificates, regardless of your identity. Just keep it quiet, ensure that the books are not damaged, and make no noise.

The public library is open at the end of the first lunar month. As early as a few days before it opened, Lin Ming posted a notice all over the county town. Therefore, before the door was opened, many people were waiting outside the door. Some people even got up dozens of miles away and rushed to the cold. These are poor people who have almost no books to read on weekdays. At most, they only have a few books hidden at home, and most of them copied them word by word. Now that there are free ones, a large number of books to read, so naturally they are afraid that they will come too late and will be taken first.

It was also the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the day when Fulai Inn reopened, the diners who came found that there were an empty plate in front of everyone. The guys said that this was for the guests to put bones so that the table could be cleaner. They also said that this was what the little boss said, putting bones and other garbage on the plate instead of spitting it randomly on the table and the ground, which means that you are a person who is polite on weekdays.

At the beginning, everyone was not used to it, but after a few days, they often came. Gradually, they realized the benefits. First of all, the tabletops were much cleaner and more beautiful. They would not touch the sleeves of the robe when picking up dishes and serving soup, and they would not step on the floor. So they also went home to learn, wasn’t it just washing more dishes, which was much better than the greasy ones on the floor?
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