Chapter 363 Showing Off Comes at a Price

In Lizhou, Zhulan wrote a reply letter, she is not in a hurry to find a fast horse to send it back, she is preparing some food and supplies to send back together.

The family has been doing a lot of shopping in the past month. Lizhou City is close to the border. Although the war just broke out, there are quite a few foreign merchants on the border, but there are still some. Ahem, it’s just that Lizhou City is too poor and no foreign merchants are willing to come.

Zhulan bought a lot of dried fruits, jujubes, etc. in Chuanzhou, and she bought a lot. The fur this month was not good, so she didn't sell it.

Zhulan asked Liu Ya to call Steward Ding, and handed the letter to Steward Ding, "You can pack up some dried fruits and jujubes and send them to the escort." Butler Ding borrowed the letter, "Mother, is there anything else? Do you want to explain things?"

Zhulan took the written list, her heart ached, a large sum of money, "Yes, you take two servants, Dongzhi and Xiaohan, to Chuanzhou to buy tea sets, dishes and some flowers, this is The list, you buy according to what it says on it."

Steward Ding took a look at it, and found that he bought a lot of things, "I will take Dongzhi and Xiaohan with me when I deliver the letter." "Yeah."

Steward Ding left the yard with the letter in his arms. Although he had done more things than before, he didn't feel tired at all. Who would have thought that he would become the steward of Zhizhou's family from Juren's housekeeper. When he was resold, he would Desperate, thinking that he would be sold to a merchant's house, and he could only be a grandson in the future, but he didn't expect another village to emerge.

Yazi, who used to scold him before, now sees him yelling and not saying anything, and apologizes.

It's a pity that it's useless to please him. Thinking of the scene where the owner of the dental shop came to the door in person, it's right to let them get confused. However, the master really cares about the mistress, and he quickly realized that the words of the mistress are better than the master's. It's all good!

In the capital, Zhou Shuren's notebooks also came into the hands of the emperor. The emperor not only had Zhou Shuren's notebooks, but also a more detailed report from the spies. The emperor was lying on the kang outside, and read Zhou Shuren's excerpts first.

Zhou Shuren’s notebook didn’t contain a single word of nonsense. It began by explaining how much money was spent on the road, how much grain and seeds he bought, and what he did after he arrived in Lizhou. The chickens and pigs were all explained very clearly. At most, the pen and ink wrote about the apple tree and the plan to build an apple town.

After reading the booklet, the emperor picked up the report from the spies, and filtered out the flattery in the first few sentences to focus on the key points. The report is more detailed, not only what Zhou Shuren did, but also the account book, and Zhou Shuren's itinerary, where to see you Everyone is very detailed.

The thick booklets are all Zhou Shuren's information.

The emperor compared the two documents and threw them to the prince, "Look, our Master Zhou not only stabilized Lizhou City, but also wanted to make Lizhou a rich state!"

He is really looking forward to it, well, he can look forward to the future tax revenue of Lizhou City, and he is happy that he has a good vision. Look, with so many people, he is optimistic about Zhou Shuren.

After the crown prince finished browsing, he saw the important point, "Father, the fruit tree that Mrs. Zhou planted first?"

The emperor smiled, "Don't underestimate women, our lady Zhou is a good hand at grabbing money, the three houses in Pinggang, Mrs Zhou bought them for 1,800 taels, and now they have more than quadrupled, son! , father tells you, don't underestimate any woman, I'm afraid of your mother's ruthless hands."

When the emperor thought that the house now belonged to him, he felt very beautiful. This was the first time that he could reward the house in exchange for money in return!

Prince, "..."

Is this the same person as the queen mother he knew? His queen mother is obviously virtuous and virtuous, a gentle and loving person!

The emperor acted like a son you don't understand. When your mother was furious, I would sneak away from the wall, "Okay, you can change Master Zhou's book, you know how to change it!"

The crown prince nodded. He knew that his father hated excerpts full of nonsense, and he said several times to let the focus be written, but in the end there were more nonsense, and his father's teeth were itchy. Naturally, he also hoped that the ministers would feel it. The emperor will add a lot of nonsense to the local excerpts. According to the meaning of the father,

If the ministers don't listen to what they say, they will hurt each other. Anyway, the emperor is sitting, and the ministers are standing and listening!

The prince thought to himself, he also stood and listened, and he remembered the minister's note in his heart, and thought about Mr. Zhou's book, it was really pleasing to see, not to mention that the emperor likes Mr. Zhou, he also likes him very much.

In Lizhou City, it was the first time that Zhou Shuren came home with the light on, and dinner was not ready yet.

Zhulan waited for Zhou Shuren to change into his regular clothes, and explained the contents of the letter. Zhou Shuren said "oh" to show that he knew, and then disappeared.

Zhulan knew this would happen, seeing Zhou Shuren frowning, "Are you in trouble?"

Zhou Shuren pulled Zhulan to sit down, "It's not too difficult, but when you mentioned Mingyun and Rongchuan, I thought of the Academy, Lizhou City Juren, there are still some scholars, but now the common people struggle to eat, where are they?" It will take a few years for some farming and studying people to slow down for money to study, and the students will be delayed."

If next year there are only a few people who take the exam for talent or raise people, the whole Lizhou will become famous again.

Zhulan, "So you want to run an academy?"

Zhou Shuren shook his head, "No, there are government schools in the city of Lizhou, but there are only a few people in the government school in Lizhou City. I thought about getting pens, ink and money from the yamen to recruit some children who are good at writing and have not passed the exam. Book."

Zhulan looked at Zhou Shuren not only for the students, "The books you want to copy are rare in the market!"

Zhou Shuren smiled, and Zhulan knew him best, "Yeah, let me tell you, our fellow acquaintance Mr. Chen is very knowledgeable, and he has a lot of books at home. Look, the rarer the books, the more expensive they are. After the copying is finished, people can sell it in bookstores in various states and cities. The money they get in exchange for pens, inks, papers and labor costs, and the rest of the money will be used for students to study, such as subsidies for pens, inks and papers, yes, and When taking the exam, you can pay for food, lodging, transportation, etc., and you can do multiple things with one stroke!"

Zhulan thought to herself, Zhou Shuren didn't know how long he had been thinking about it, "It's really hard for you to think about Mr. Chen's collection of books in your busy schedule." Zhou Shuren said, "Whoever asks him to show off what he has read when he has nothing to do? , I also like to ask me if I have read it, as if he can feel better if he overwhelms me in reading, I kept smiling for many days, and finally caught the opportunity to trick him, what do you think of me?"

Zhu Lan, "........ is good, how did you persuade Mr. Chen to take out the book?"