Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

The artificial cultivation of pearls has yielded results, so Xue Zhao must be notified.Pei Linzhi brought the first batch of pearls to Xue Zhao for viewing. Xue Zhao was very surprised when he saw the artificial pearls.

Pei Linzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sir, this is a pearl. The difference is that the bead cores inside are of different sizes. The artificially cultivated pearl cores are larger, while the natural pearl cores are smaller."

Xue Zhao said: "The appearance does not look much different from natural pearls, enough to confuse the real ones."

Pei Linzhi had to emphasize again: "Master Xue, these are not fake pearls, but artificially cultivated pearls, which are all conceived in pearl oysters."

"That's right, no one can tell whether it's natural or artificial from the outside. It can be harvested so quickly, which shows that artificial cultivation of pearls is very profitable." Xue Zhao put down the pearls and suddenly sighed, "What a pity, what a pity , originally wanted to cooperate with the young man, but I'm afraid we won't be able to cooperate in the future."

Pei Linzhi was startled when he heard the words: "Why did your lord say that?"

Xue Zhao said: "I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. The imperial court ordered me to return to Beijing to report on my duties."

Pei Linzhi asked: "Master Xue's term of office has expired?" The term of office of local officials in this dynasty is six years, Xue Zhao should not have been that long.

"Not yet, two more years."

Pei Linzhi cupped his hands: "Then congratulate Mr. Xue for his promotion." Generally speaking, officials who are required to return to Beijing to report on their duties are usually relocated or promoted. high rise.

"I don't know if you will be promoted or not. It may not be a good thing to be transferred at this time." Xue Zhao stroked his beard and looked around. When the term of office expires, I will continue to work in another place. I didn’t expect to be transferred in advance.”

Pei Linzhi said: "It should be that Mr. Xue has made great contributions in suppressing thieves and buying food last year and this spring. Mr. Xue is conscientious, serving the country and the people. The imperial court sees it, and Mr. Xue must be reused."

Xue Zhao's face was not happy: "Now the situation in the court is gloomy and unclear, and the fortune and misfortune of being transferred at this time are unknown. For you, it is not a good thing. Now the crown prince is in charge of the country. After I leave office, the next governor It must be the crown prince's confidant, His Highness and the young father-in-law are afraid that they will have to live with their tails between their legs."

"Thank you, Mr. Xue, for your suggestion." Ever since he heard that Xue Zhao had left his post, Pei Linzhi had a cloud of shadows in his heart. His Highness's Utopia had only just begun, and he was afraid that it would not be able to continue.

Xue Zhao sighed: "Now that Anguo is in turmoil, facing internal and external troubles, if the new king is in power, he will probably have thunderous tactics. The young master and His Highness need to ask for more blessings."

Pei Lin's heart skipped a beat: "Is the emperor's dragon body unsafe?"

Xue Zhao cupped his hands and faced north: "Don't dare to talk about the Eucharist."

Pei Linzhi then asked: "When will Lord Xue leave?"

Xue Zhao said, "Arrive in Beijing before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"That's three months."

Xue Zhao nodded: "That's right. The young master will go back and discuss with His Highness, so that he can be prepared and leave no excuses."

"I know."

Xue Zhao also said: "The matter of raising pearls artificially is a good thing for the people in the final analysis. If you want to continue to cooperate with the government, I will inform Yao Tao and the magistrate of Yao County about it, and you can discuss it directly with him in the future. If you don’t want to, just treat it as your own private property, the government will no longer issue sea bans, and you can solve all problems by yourself. I will also introduce you to the craftsman who polishes the pearl core.”

Pei Linzhi nodded: "Thank you Master Xue, I will go back and discuss this matter with Mr. Lang."

Xue Zhao paused for a moment, then said: "Your Highness and the young master are both great talents, and neither of them are sparrows. It's too humiliating to live in this small place."

When Pei Linzhi heard this, he immediately became vigilant: "Master Xue is joking, Mr. Lang's wish now is to become a rich man, and my wish is to protect Mr. Lang's safety and not think about anything else."

Xue Zhao chuckled, cupped his hands and said, "Then I wish you both your wishes come true."

Pei Linzhi left the Governor's Mansion, thinking that Xue Zhao is implying that His Highness will make a comeback?Or is he expecting His Highness to make a comeback?

No matter what, let no one know that His Highness has the idea of ​​returning to Beijing. They are too weak now and need to accumulate and manage well.

It's just that Xue Zhao is about to leave office, which is not a good sign.Although Xue Zhao did not support His Highness publicly, he never asked His Highness about his affairs, even if it was such important matters as military training, shipbuilding or even iron mine development, and he never collected taxes from His Highness.

This has to be replaced by someone, and it is absolutely impossible to speak better than Xue Zhao.

Pei Linzhi returned home somewhat distraught, tied the horse to the tree outside the door, and entered the yard.

Xiao Yu had already returned from class, and he was teasing A Ping with luck: "A Ping, the cat is here, hurry up and catch it."

A Ping supported the stone bench, looked at Xiao Yu and Lucky, his eyes were full of longing, but he dared not let go and walk over.

He is learning to walk. Two days ago when he let go of the support and walked, he fell and probably fell out of the shadow. In the past two days, he dared not walk again, and he never dared to let go.

Xiao Yu hugged Lucky, waving its two front paws to tease A Ping.Ah Ping likes all furry animals, including cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, pigs, and even mice. He is especially fond of luck and hugs when he sees it.

Lucky is a very cold leopard cat, except for Xiao Yu and Xiao Hei, it doesn't like to be seen by anyone, but Xiao Hei was taken aboard by Dou Qiye, so Lucky was left alone, and often ran out to find Xiao Hei, very happy. You don't have to go home for half a month.

Xiao Yu didn't care about it, it was a wild beast and was raised free-range all the time, so it's good if he is willing to return to nature.However, luck will always come back every once in a while to see Jia and Xiao Yu, maybe he still wants to go home to see if Xiao Hei is there.

A Ping looked at Lucky, his heart itched unbearably, but he didn't dare to go there.

Xiao Yu said: "Come here quickly, or luck will go away again. Come here, Ah Ping is the bravest, you can come here."

A Ping looked at the cat, then at the stone bench, and finally couldn't help being tempted, mustered up his courage, strode forward with short legs, waving his arms, and ran quickly towards Xiao Yu and Lucky.

Xiao Yu put down Lucky with one hand, caught A Ping, and kissed him on the forehead: "Hahaha, A Ping is awesome! Come, luck is for you."

A Ping bent down to touch Lucky's shiny and smooth fur. Lucky also knew that this human cub was delicate and did not resist at all, allowing him to scratch at him.When scratching hurts, he just yells in protest, and never shows his paws at him.

Xiao Yu held the child in one hand and the cat in the other, ready to carry him to the stone bench.Pei Linzhi came from behind and hugged A Ping: "I'll do it."

When Xiao Yu saw him, he smiled happily: "You're back, how are you doing? What did Xue Zhao say?"

Pei Linzhi hugged A Ping and sat down on the stone bench, Xiao Yu put Lucky on the stone table, and A Ping went to play with Lucky's slippery long tail.

Pei Rinzhi looked at his innocent smile and was a little lost for a while, before saying, "Xue Zhao is leaving."

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment before realizing: "You mean, he wants to leave Yazhou?"

Pei Linzhi nodded: "That's right. The imperial court came to call him back to Beijing to report on his duties. He should be arranged to go elsewhere by the way. There will be a new governor in Yazhou."

Xiao Yu frowned: "This is a bit troublesome."

Pei Linzhi suddenly turned his head slightly: "What are you eavesdropping on there, why don't you just come and listen."

As soon as Xiao Yu turned his head, he saw Lai Feng coming out of his room.

Now Pei Linzhi is quite at ease about Xiao Yu's safety, because he often takes A Ping with him, if he and Ji Hai hadn't followed them, at least one of Lai Feng and the others would have followed them.

Lai Feng came over and bowed his hands to them: "Hello, gentlemen."

Xiao Yu picked up the teapot and poured three cups of tea: "Sit down and drink tea."

Lai Feng sat down: "I just heard Mr. Pei Lang say that Mr. Xue is going to be transferred from Yazhou?"

"Well. It's only two or three months since I arrived in Beijing before the Mid-Autumn Festival." Pei Linzhi said.

Lai Feng said: "The next governor is very likely to be the prince."

"Not necessarily." Pei Linzhi still had a sense of luck, if the emperor was still sober and felt guilty towards His Highness, he would not condone Xiao Yi's nonsense.

Xiao Yu said: "It must be his people. After the famine last year, they discovered that Yazhou can be used as a rear granary. The prince must want to control this granary in his own hands, and he can monitor me by the way. Why not Send your own people?"

Pei Linzhi said: "If it is really his person, it will be extremely inconvenient for us to do things in the future."

Xiao Yu smiled slightly: "Don't worry too much, what should we do or what, the soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth, there is always a way."

Pei Linzhi looked at Xiao Yu with great concern, mainly because they came here for too short a time, and their roots were not deep enough. It seemed that one or two hundred private soldiers were not enough to compete with the governor of Yazhou.

Xiao Yu hugged A Ping lightly and began to tease the little fat man.

Lai Feng said: "The crown prince is going to remove the thorns in his eyes one by one. First, he sent my master to Xirong, and now he is monitoring Mr. Lang. Next, he should make bigger moves to move King Liang and King Yu." .”

Pei Linzhi raised his eyebrows: "If he really dares to touch them, there will be a lot of fun to watch." Those two are masters with heavy soldiers in their hands, and it is impossible for mermaids to be taken advantage of.

Lai Feng clapped his hands: "So we still hope that they will become chaotic. If they are chaotic, we will have a way to survive. The more chaotic the better."

Xiao Yu sighed: "If he has a brain, he shouldn't move." A Ping in his arms suddenly trembled, and Xiao Yu subconsciously retracted his feet. On the opposite Lai Feng's calf.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu laughed loudly: "This brat is really playful. He hugged the cat and forgot to pee."

Lai Feng got up annoyed, "I'll go wash up."

Pei Linzhi also couldn't help feeling funny, and stretched out his hands to pinch Aping's face: "You are so rude to everyone."

Xiao Yu waited for Ah Ping to finish urinating, then picked him up and walked into the house. A Ping was reluctant to be lucky, and struggled to hug the cat, so Pei Linzhi picked up the cat and followed him.

Xiao Yu turned around and asked, "Where's the pearl?"

Pei Linzhi touched his bosom and took out a bag: "I brought it back."

"I mean, if Xue Zhao is gone, what about the artificial culture of pearls?"

Pei Linzhi then said: "Xue Zhao said that if we are still willing to cooperate with the government, we will discuss it directly with Yaozhi County. If we do not cooperate with the government, we will control the pearl field by ourselves, and the government will not intervene in this matter nor issue a ban Hai Ling. See what your husband means."

Xiao Yu said: "Then let's cooperate with Yaozhi County." Originally, raising pearls was not for personal gain, but to help thousands of pearl divers.

"Then I'll go to see Xue Zhao another day, and have a chat with the magistrate of Yao County," Pei Linzhi said.

Xiao Yu said: "Choose a few pearls and give them to Xue Zhao, thank him for taking care of us for so long."

"Okay. What will happen to the iron smelting workshop in the future?" Pei Linzhi was most worried about this. If Xiao Yi sent someone, he would definitely arrange someone to follow them, and the iron ore incident would not be hidden.

Xiao Yu said: "If it is really his people, we will stop the iron smelting workshop, and we can't give him the iron ore for nothing."

"Okay. Do you think he will move King Liang and King Yu?"

"He wants to move, but he probably won't. He just went through a famine last year, the government treasury was empty, and there was no surplus food. His foundation was extremely unstable. Last year's drought and floods occurred in Jingzhou, Jiangling, Wuzhou, Yuezhou and Liangzhou along the Yangtze River. Yuzhou is not affected too much, right now the horses are strong and the army is strong, there is no shortage of food and grass. They can't deal with the barbarians' iron cavalry, but they shouldn't have a problem dealing with the king's division who lacks food and grass."

"If there is no confrontation, let's call them back to Beijing under some pretext," Pei Linzhi said.

"The only reason for them to return to the capital is that the man died. But if such a thing really happened, wouldn't it just give King Liang and King Yu a reason to send troops eastward and south? At the critical moment of life and death, you Do you think filial piety can make them catch them without a fight?"

When Pei Linzhi saw him talking about the death of the deceased, his expression was extremely indifferent, as if he was telling a story about an irrelevant person. It seemed that he had not forgotten the hatred in his heart.

Xiao Yu said: "From this point of view, they are blocking each other, but my place is safer."

Pei Linzhi said: "Your Majesty, you are really not worried that he will take you under the knife?"

Xiao Yu smiled: "It also depends on whether the new governor has this ability. Generally speaking, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and this kind of paratroopers are often emptied. Rinzhi can be compared with the guards of Yaozhi County and Yazhou The lieutenant walked around to keep abreast of the new governor's movements."

"Airborne?" Pei Linzhi heard another new word.

Xiao Yu said: "It's just a person who fell from the sky. When he arrives in a certain place, he has no acquaintances and no roots. It will take a year or two to take root."

"Your Majesty's words are very true." Pei Linzhi said calmly, Yazhou is now their territory, if the crown prince dares to insist, they are not fish to be slaughtered.

Xiao Yu said: "Let's pick a date first and let the new school open. I have to talk to Lizheng and ask him to go to Lizheng from other villages and let him know when the school starts, and if he is willing to send his children to school , anyone can come, regardless of gender, regardless of age."

"Okay." Pei Linzhi agreed.

Xiao Yu said again: "I named the school Ping'an School, what do you think?"

"Mr. Lang came up with good names." Pei Linzhi flattered Xiao Yu blindly.

Xiao Yu looked at him and smiled: "For you, whatever I say is good to you."

Pei Linzhi's expression became serious: "Not all of them." For example, he would not feel good about letting himself marry a wife and have children.

Xiao Yu looked at A Ping who was chasing Lucky all over the ground, and said, "A Ping has learned to walk now, but why hasn't he spoken yet. Lai Feng said that he will be one year old early next month."

"Some people are just late in speaking. I remember that Mr. Lang was also late in speaking. He only called for someone when he was one and a half years old." Pei Linzhi looked at him with a smile.

Xiao Yu touched his face: "Really? I didn't speak until I was one and a half years old? Why didn't I know?"

"Lang Jun was young at that time, so naturally he has no memory." Pei Linzhi smiled happily.

"Then how do you know? It's impossible for you to have memories at the age of three." Xiao Yu said.

"I heard what your mother said."

Xiao Yu rubbed his forehead in embarrassment: "Well, since it's normal, I won't worry about his speech. It must not be dumb."

Xiao Yu's biggest concern about the replacement of the governor's mansion is not his own safety, he has nowhere to retreat, Baisha Village has trained one or two hundred private soldiers, Sairenzhai has never dealt with the government, and those two ships Big boat, take a step back, the sea and the sky are wide open, no matter from which angle you look at it, he has a chance to escape.

What he is worried about is that it will affect his earning money. If he changes people, the iron ore cannot be mined.The wasteland he reclaimed, as well as the tea farms, may still be taxed.

But that's something to consider in the future, so let's do what's right now.The Ping'an School has issued notices to several surrounding villages to enroll children aged six to 15, regardless of gender. The school will officially start on the first day of June, with half-day classes every day, free of charge, and even provide free books and paper.

Adult literacy classes are held at night, which is also free, and the place is still the Ping An School.

Since the notice was issued, most of the children in Baisha Village have signed up, because the benefits of going to school are obvious. Didn't Meng Sigui and Changsheng go to study medicine because they can read and write?

Only a very small number of parents are reluctant to bear the labor of their children and leave the older ones behind.In fact, these children are not worried. They can't attend classes during the day, and they still have night classes.

Secondly, the people in Shenglong Bay responded most positively. Upon hearing the news, many people who had worked at Xiao Yu's house signed up for their children.They knew that if a child could read and write, he might be selected by Xiao Yu to stay and do things. This was much better than going fishing in the sea.

So as of the start of the school year, Ping An School has enrolled a total of [-] students.Xiao Yu divided this group of children into four classes and three grades. The group of children who were already studying with the best grades were equivalent to the level of the third grade, almost equivalent to the level of the second grade.The new students are all in the first grade, and they are divided into two classes.

Evening classes are also divided into classes, those who have already attended the class are the advanced class, and those who have never attended the class are the junior class.

Xiao Yu, Meng Hong, Lai Feng, Xiang Yang, Guan Shan and Pei Linzhi served as masters, with one day off every seven days.

Guan Shan is in charge of the martial arts class in each class, and Pei Linzhi is in charge of the history class in the night class.Two of the other four are in charge of two classes, teaching literacy and arithmetic. In this way, Xiao Yu has classes to attend all morning.

The masters in the night class are also divided into two groups, and three people are in charge of a class, teaching literacy, arithmetic and history.

There are too many students, everyone needs two textbooks, Xiao Yu is going to distribute books to those in the night class, so the number is astonishingly large, copying books will not work, it will kill several teachers.

Xiao Yu had a thought, and asked Pei Linzhi, who had the most powerful handwriting, to write "Thousand Characters", and then found a master who specialized in engraving inscriptions to carve a whole set of wooden templates, brushed ink, rubbed them out one by one, and bound them. Booklets are distributed to students.

Xiao Yu didn't expect his method to shock all the scholars. Pei Linzhi took the engraved block and said in disbelief, "Mr. Wang, how did you come up with this method?"

Only then did Xiao Yu realize that engraving and printing had not yet appeared at this time, so he said: "I saw someone engraving characters on stones on the inscriptions, so I thought that I could also engrave characters on wood in reverse. Printing is a whole page, and it can be printed repeatedly, isn't this much faster than hand-copying?"

Meng Hong was so excited that tears filled his eyes: "Lang Jun, you are so amazing. With this method, there is no need to copy books one by one, and many rare books can be preserved. Lang Jun is really a blessing for scholars. "

The eyes of Lai Feng and the others looking at him were also full of reverence. Originally, they were a little skeptical that Xiao Yu was exaggerated by everyone, because people said that burning lime, green bricks, paper making, porcelain burning, and oil-paper umbrellas were all Xiao Yu. Tzu get it out.

Xiao Yu had never been out of the palace before, no matter how smart he was, it would be great if he could make one of them, how could it be him who made it, now seeing this engraving and printing technique, they believe it, Xiao Yu is a genius, Rare in ancient and modern times.

Pei Linzhi also thought of one thing: "With this engraving and printing technique, Mr. Lang will become rich in the world just by buying books in the future. Don't let the engraving master leave, let him engrave for us, and choose a few more children. Learn to engrave from the master, so that you can print any book you want in the future."

The engraving master did not leave after he finished carving "Thousand Characters", and was carving the "Book of Songs" for the second and third graders. It seemed that the engraving master had to continue to carve the Four Books and Five Classics for them.

Xiao Yu laughed: "Rinzhi is also full of business experience now."

Pei Linzhi raised his eyebrows: "My business is not as good as the method of making money that Mr. Lang is full of. With engraving and printing, it will be much easier for Mr. Lang to promote education in the future, and it is even easy to educate barbarians."

Xiao Yu looked at Pei Rinzhi with a smile: "Rinzhi still understands me."

Pei Linzhi leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to promote education, our promotion alone is not enough."

"Then what is enough?"

Pei Linzhi lowered his voice: "Of course it depends on government orders."

Xiao Yu knew what he was thinking, and shook his head: "It can't be done now, the right time, place and people can't be achieved."

Pei Linzhi grabbed his hand: "Don't worry, sir, let us hide our strength and bide our time, and wait for the opportunity."

Xiao Yu blushed, and withdrew his hand: "Okay, copy your book quickly."

Pei Linzhi picked up the pen and concentrated on copying the "Book of Songs". He also has a sense of mission. In the future, his words will be spread along with these engraved books, and may even be seen and judged by scholars all over the world, so he must write well.

Xiao Yu saw that A Ping in his arms was going to tear up the paper Pei Linzhi was writing on, so he said: "You continue to write, I will take A Ping out to enjoy the cool."

"It's in the courtyard, don't go too far." Pei Linzhi told him.

Xiao Yu put A Ping down: "A Ping will go by himself."

One big and one small went to the yard and found someone at the stone table. When they got closer, they found it was Xiangyang.

Xiang Yang has long hair and shawls, obviously just washed his hair, when he saw him coming, he hurriedly got up: "Mr.

Xiao Yu said: "It's Xiangyang, sit down, and I'll take Aping out to enjoy the air. Hey, what are you holding in your hand? Is it a Xun?"

It was a bit late, but not completely dark, and the yard was lingering with the scent of wormwood that smoked mosquitoes. Xiao Yu saw a round object in Xiangyang's hand.

Xiang Yang smiled shyly: "Exactly, if the gentleman wants to hear it, Xiang Yang shows his ugly face and plays a song for him."

Xiao Yu was overjoyed: "Okay, please hurry up, I just want to listen carefully." He couldn't remember how long he hadn't listened to music.