Infrastructure masters in the red building

Jia Fang did not expect that the villagers in Taoyuan Village thought they were upright and said they had no time to send their children to school, but even in the busy summer harvest season, they still found time to build the stilted building at the entrance of the village.

The villagers also held a grand inauguration ceremony and set off two hundred firecrackers bought from the market.They also asked Jia Fang to name the stilted building, and Jia Fang did his part to write the words "Xiaoxiang Academy"——

According to the theory of mirror space, there is a "Xiaoxiang Pavilion" in his Grand View Garden, and there should be a "Xiaoxiang Academy" in Taoyuan Village—a mirror image!

Although this theory does not stand up to scrutiny, Jia Fang is used to building a project in the Grand View Garden, and Taoyuan Village has a corresponding project, which is more in line with his psychological expectations.

As for the children's education, the villagers of Taoyuan Village reached a compromise with Jia Fang: during the busy farming period, the children have an hour of class in the evening.Adults can come and listen too.

The lecturer was an old school teacher surnamed Jiang invited by village chief Tao from the nearest town.

There were few people studying in the town next door, and there was no school, so the old tutor could only sit in the home of a landlord or a wealthy businessman.But the wealthy businessman he was sitting in was recently cheated once, and lost a lot of capital, so he had to resign the tutor.

Village head Tao picked up a leak, and invited him back only on the condition of being in charge of food, and let him live behind the academy.

The textbooks used by the school teachers for lectures are also ready-made. Jia Fang took a copy of "Primary Chinese" in the past, but when he opened the title page, it became a "classic of elementary school".

Jia Fang thought about it: Isn't it?Aren't the textbooks that the children of later generations learn are also compiled from the experience of countless elementary school classics of the predecessors?

"'Population, hands, top, middle and bottom'... good, good!" Master Jiang has no temper at all, as long as he has food and a place to live, he will teach whatever he is asked to teach.

Jia Fang immediately had some doubts about Jiang Fuzi's enthusiasm for work.

So, he handed the first volume of "Primary Mathematics" taught by himself to Jiang Fuzi. Jiang Fuzi took a look and said, ""Basic Learning Arithmetic"? You also need to be enlightened in arithmetic?"

Jia Fang: "Isn't that great?"

He directly ordered: "You have to think of a way to teach while entertaining, so that the children in the village can start to learn this arithmetic. If they can write and count in the future, this enlightenment will be successful."

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to pull himself together, and began to study the pamphlet, thinking about how to teach arithmetic to the Mongolian children in the village.

Jia Fang encouraged Mrs. Jiang: "When the children in the village have learned both books, I will make you a full-time teacher, which can be regarded as a formal teacher establishment."

Mrs. Jiang: ...Return to regular position? ...teacher establishment?

When he heard that the "teacher's establishment" meant a fixed monthly payment in addition to board and lodging, Mrs. Jiang was finally motivated. He first studied "Men Xue Arithmetic" by himself, and solved all the questions in it. , but I am not sure if I did everything right, so I had no choice but to ask Jia Fang for advice.

Jia Fang generously gave him a copy of "Teaching Ginseng".

But "Xiaoxiang Academy" is still not welcomed by the villagers in Taoyuan Village.Maybe because the busy farming season is not over yet, the children's class attendance rate is not very high.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, when Jia Fang visited Taoyuan Village again, he found that "Xiaoxiang Academy" had become popular, and the small building on stilts gradually could not meet the needs of the villagers. Classes in the evening had to be scheduled and "limited numbers" up.

The reason is that Jia Fang discussed with village head Tao and decided to let the old village head, a veteran of the crops, arrange an "agronomy" class after the children received the enlightenment education, specifically to teach the children how to farm: one year How are the four seasons divided, how should the rice seedlings be inserted into the paddy fields, what did they look like when they were first planted, what did they look like when they were filled with grout, and when can they be harvested...

Among them, Lao Shao, who came back with wild rice seeds, explained to everyone about different rice seeds, various wild vegetables in the field, which ones can be eaten, and which ones can be fed to cows and pigs...

At the beginning, some villagers dismissed this. Everyone was waiting for the crops every day. When the children came out of the fields, wouldn’t they just learn these things every day?

But after all, there are people in the village who listen to it——Xiaoxiang Academy doesn’t charge money. If others listen to it, but you don’t listen to it, wouldn’t it be a loss?

So more and more people went to listen to the lectures every day. Not only children, but also many villagers were attracted after listening to the lecture once or twice.

"The old village chief explained it so clearly!" Some villagers felt that if they taught their children by themselves, they would never be able to teach them how to handle crops.

"Old Shao said it better. What he said, I don't know the land that I have planted for so many years."

"Tsk tsk tsk...there's so much attention paid to beating hogweed?"

"I really learned it. It seems that Mr. Jia is right. It is indeed useful to send children to school."

"Yeah, people used to mess around, but now that I think about it, what's wrong with my baby being able to write and count? I'm not afraid of being cheated if I go to the market to do business."

"Because this is not the kind of school that only knows how to learn 'Zhi Zhe Ye'!"

Regardless of whether it is "commonly owned" or "privately owned", the villagers' criteria for judging a new thing is very simple, as long as it is really beneficial, they are willing to accept it.

"Oh, I only hate myself for being old. If I were ten years younger, I would learn it too."

"What are you afraid of, the third master said that this 'Xiaoxiang Academy' doesn't charge money, it's called... what is it called compulsory education or something, and the work in the fields is over, so go and listen!"

The result of this is that the previously repaired stilted building is not enough space. Jia Fang had no choice but to discuss with Village Chief Tao, planning to build a smaller stilted building along the wall foundation behind this stilted building. It's a bit like the back of the upper room of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and the two small retreats.

In the afternoon, he discussed various common affairs in the village with Village Chief Tao, found an excuse, and went to the Xianliang Temple, and then returned to the Grand View Garden.He had just returned to Daoxiang Village when he heard Shuangwen's voice: "Master, are you there?"

Since Shuangwen came to Jia Fang's courtyard as an errand, Jia Fang began to hand over some affairs in his courtyard to Shuangwen, such as bookkeeping, measuring dimensions, drawing construction renderings, and so on.

Later, he discovered that Shuangwen naturally has the ability to "manage people"—she doesn't like to laugh, and always looks serious in front of people.The small workers in the Grand View Garden were all afraid of her. When they heard that Sister Shuangwen was coming, those who were lazy did not dare to be lazy, and those who fished did not dare to fish.

But if you say that she is a fierce woman, Shuangwen can always smile when others are extremely depressed, which makes people inexplicably confident and comforted.

Gradually, the project originally managed by Zhao Cheng and Qingsong was slowly handed over to Shuangwen.And Jia Fang is indeed very dependent on her.

But Jia Fang never told her about Daoxiang Village.

Today, Jia Fang stayed in Daoxiang Village for a long time, and Shuangwen didn't think there was anything surprising, but people from Rongfu came to look for it, and said that someone had sent a post to visit the third master. The other side urged and urged, Shuangwen had no choice but to come to Daoxiang Village to find someone.

She remembered Jia Fang's strict order, and knew that Daoxiang Village was not allowed to enter without permission, so she only kept asking outside Daoxiang Village, but there was no sound from inside, and there was no response at all.Shuangwen didn't even know if Jia Fang was still in the courtyard.

In desperation, Shuangwen stretched out his hand and pushed open the courtyard door of Daoxiang Village, and the door panel creaked.

Just at this moment Jia Fang came out of Daoxiang Village, seeing this situation, he immediately asked sternly: "Shuangwen?"

He walked up to Shuangwen with his hands behind his back, and asked, "Have you ever entered the courtyard of Daoxiang Village?"

Shuangwen quickly shook his head: "No...no..."

Jia Fang looked at it for a moment, nodded, and said, "Very good. What do you want from me?" His attitude relaxed, and he no longer felt pressured.

Shuangwen's eyes slipped past Jia Fang's face, and then turned around in the courtyard of Daoxiang Village.She knew that Jia Fang must have some secrets that he didn't want him to know, but Jia Fang's eyes at the moment were open and frank, as if he had nothing to say to others.

Shuangwen thought: at least the third master is not doing anything bad.

She immediately told about the visitor from Rongfu, and Jia Fang went out when she heard it.

He didn't lock the courtyard door of Daoxiang Village, but instead told Shuangwen: "When you have time, help me clean this courtyard, just remember not to touch the furnishings in the main house."

Shuangwen answered with an "hey", went to find a broom, and cleaned the inside and outside of Daoxiang Village, and found nothing unusual, so he locked it directly and left Daoxiang Village.

And Jia Fang has already arrived in Rongfu.Jia Daishan was not at home today, but under the guidance of Mrs. Shi, the people in the Rong Mansion behaved well and welcomed the visitors into Jia Daishan's outer study, and sent someone to look for Jia Fang at the other end.

As soon as he arrived outside Jia Daishan's outer study, one of Jia Daishan's staff members had already caught up and said, "My good third master, I'm looking forward to you."

This staff member is not too old, and Jia Fang knows that his name is "Shan Pinren", which means "good deceit".It's just that Jia Fang is the youngest son of Shan Pinren's family, and Shan Pinren has nothing to lie to him.

"Who sent the post?" Jia Fang asked.

"Third Master, it's the little prince of Beijing who arrived in person." Shan Pinren looked anxious, and even cast a faint look of complaint, as if to say, how can you neglect the distinguished guest so much?

Jia Fang smiled and said, "Prince Beijing Jing? It's okay, I know him well. It's okay to ask him to wait a while."

Hearing this, Shan Pinren's eyebrows, eyes and nose seemed to be jumping, and it took him a long time to calm down, and said in a low voice: "There is another one...you can go and see for yourself."

"Next time, please move faster and come earlier. The two of you in the study, I'm afraid they will drink even tea." Shan Pinren's trembling voice directly revealed that he had some troubles during the long waiting process. How hopeless.

Jia Fang went into the outer study, and the two people who were sitting in the study stood up.Jia Fang took a look and they all knew each other - Shui Xian and the fourth prince.

Jia Fang was surprised and delighted, and when he was about to go forward to salute, he was stopped by the fourth prince: "I knew you early...you are so out of touch, I...we won't come."

"Why are you two free to come to my house today?" Jia Fang hurriedly asked for some tea, and then asked the two "rare guests" in front of him.

"I heard that you have been repairing the garden at home recently. We are wondering what your garden will be like." Shui Xian turned to look at the fourth prince, and saw that he was nodding, so he continued, "While taking advantage of this You are here, come over and see it first."

"My son, the courtyard of Ziheng's house is elegant..." The fourth prince said with some difficulty, "I put it here, I think it's not too bad!"

Jia Fang listened: Did you come to visit the Grand View Garden?

What's so difficult about it? ——Jia Fang stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture, "You two please follow me."

He led the way in front, and Shui Xian and the fourth prince followed behind him. They looked at each other and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"But I want to say hello to you two in advance. I have only taken over this garden for a few months, and this garden is still far away from being completed. If there is any negligence, please don't care about it."

Jia Fang brought the two into the Grand View Garden.The small workers who were working on construction far and near saw a few of them, and they only thought that they were ordinary friends of Jia Fang. None of them were stupid enough to scare themselves to death like Shan Pinren.Jia Fang just waved his hand casually and let them work on their own.

Jia Fang took them around Daoxiang Village, and Shui Xian and the fourth prince watched it seriously.The fourth prince smiled and said: "The hut with the bamboo fence, the apricot blossoms are raining lightly, this is to... arouse my desire to return to farming!"

But Shui Xian said: "There is some meaning of human penetration."

Jia Fang immediately laughed and said: "Brother Ziheng is right. This place is far from the village, and it is not close to the country. There is no vein on the back of the mountain, and there is no source of water near the water. It is high without the tower of the hidden temple, and it is far from the road to the city." The bridge is precipitous and isolated, and it doesn’t seem like a grand sight.” What he said here is to quote Jia Baoyu’s evaluation of Daoxiang Village in the original work, and Jia Fang feels that Baoyu’s evaluation hits the point in his heart.

When Shui Xian heard that Jia Fang agreed with his point of view, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, not necessarily proud, but the joy of meeting a bosom friend was directly revealed in his eyes.

Seeing that Jia Fang praised Shui Xian's criticism in turn, the fourth prince couldn't help but also nodded, expressing that he had learned it, and also admired Jia Fang's mind.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them turned to the outside of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.The fourth prince first clapped his hands and praised: "It's such a quiet place. It can almost compete with 'Wuzhu Youju'."

Jia Fang glanced at Shui Xian, only to see Shui Xian looking at him.

Jia Fang knew earlier that Shui Xian should have contacts with the fourth prince, otherwise he wouldn't have sent so much food to the fourth prince's homeless camp for support.But now it seems that Shui Xian and the fourth prince should be on good terms, and the fourth prince is very familiar with the extremely elegant garden in Prince Shui Xian's mansion.

Just as Jia Fang was about to humble himself, he suddenly heard Shui Xian say, "Zi Fang, is it safe to speak here...?"

Startled, Jia Fang nodded.

"Your Highness, why don't you talk with me in detail, and I will take a look at the scenery here." Shui Xian suggested to the fourth prince.

As soon as the word "Shuixian" was uttered, Jia Fang immediately felt a different meaning.Dare to feel that the fourth prince would not have this kind of leisure time. He went to other people's homes to see the garden when he had nothing to do. Taking this opportunity to see the garden, he really had something to say to himself.

"Zi Fang," the fourth prince entered the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, passed the library, and came directly to the backyard, looking at the green plantains in the courtyard, and said, "This time... I, I, I, I am sorry. "

Jia Fang: What's the matter?

But His Royal Highness was a little excited, so he had to be slower to convey the news.Jia Fang listened for a long time before he understood that after he took over the fief "Taoyuan Village" awarded by Duke Rong, the prince decided to move the population of the neighboring county to his to express his help in the previous disaster relief. Go up to the fief.

The reason for the prince is that the existing population in Taoyuan Village is small, and many fields have no chance to be reclaimed.This migration will bring a population increase of about 2000 people to Taoyuan Village, and among the 2000 people, 1000 will be males between the ages of 16 and 50.

This is a good thing! ——Jia thought about it.He quickly thanked the fourth prince and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for letting me know."

The fourth prince blushed, shook his hands and said, "Don't, don't, don't..."

"Farewell" for a long time, the stuttering prince finally sighed and said: "The third brother and the second brother are not on good terms...Third brother has also heard about your matter."

Jia Fang: ...?so what?

The fourth prince struggled to explain to Jia Fang: "This time, this time, the filling of Taotaoyuan Village this time is not the population of the neighboring county... but the villagers of Yujiang."

"Yu Jiang?" Jia Fang was not familiar with this.

"There are quite a few people in Yujiang who are sick, and they say that the local area is very sick...the population is being relocated, moved out."

He was thinking, how stingy could the third prince be to trip him up like this?The prince wants to move 2000 people to his fief, and the third prince will replace all these people with patients?

But patients are human too?Isn't it the same as labor force when sent to his land?

So Jia Fang asked, "Have all these patients been cured?"

The fourth prince saw through his thoughts and shook his hands vigorously: "Of course Dangdangdang is not cured." He was excited, and his speech seemed to gradually become fluent, "A few days ago, Yu Jiang suffered from bloating disease, and there are rumors that this disease will Extraordinary..."

Jia Fang thought carefully: This sounds like an infectious disease of the digestive tract.

"Yujiang is not far from Taoyuan Village. The third prince said that you have always been good at disaster relief, so he asked you to receive some of the immigrants... The population has also increased from 2000 to [-]!"

Jia Fang immediately reached out to rub his eyebrows.He needs to sort it out.

Originally, the prince showed his favor to him and wanted to resettle 2000 people to his Taoyuan village.In the end, the third prince didn't like him, so he replaced him with three thousand sick patients?And it is said that the disease is contagious, and it may cause his original 1000 people's basic disk to be infected, and then collapse?

If the other party is not the elder brother of the prince in front of him, Jia Fang might really consider exhaling fragrance.

"I'm sorry!" The fourth prince lowered his eyes.Jia Fang helped him a lot during the disaster relief earlier, but now the two elder brothers of the fourth prince are fighting, and Jia Fang is caught in the middle, becoming the unlucky one who takes the blame.

"Is this matter... settled?" Jia Fang stretched out his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his brow.

"En!" The fourth prince nodded, "Father has already granted permission, but he hasn't issued a decree yet, don't ask Zifang... don't mention it to others."

Jia Fang really wanted to roll his eyes!Are these big men who are supposed to consider the country's major affairs all day long concerned about scheming little people like him, moving 2000 or 3000 people around in such a huge country?