The so-called emergency medical treatment, Li Tiancai saw that the county school was deteriorating day by day. It was impossible to ask the county to provide money to maintain it. Asking the gentry for donations was not a long-term solution. After all, asking Zhang Tianhong all the time was not the answer. He still had to rectify it.

Xuetian started. However, as a scholar for generations, he really didn’t know how to farm, and he was afraid of running away after harvesting the crops. He heard that Zhang Tianhong’s sworn brother Liu Baiyu had many secret methods of farming, so Liu Baiyu was willing to help him farm.

Li Tiancai shamelessly asked Liu Baiyu for help.

If Li Tiancai wants to do this, he really has no choice. Dongmeixuan, the most important historical site in the county, is about to collapse, and the county school is also in dilapidated condition. He has not allocated a penny of repair funds so far, so he still relies on Liu Dalin and the county

The donations from the gentry were enough to make up the difference. In the past few years, Li Tiancai had not received a penny from the county except for his own pitiful salary. He relied on soliciting sponsorship from everywhere to maintain the county school.

After all, do you still stick to your principles? Liu Baiyu really doesn't know whether to scold him for having a big brain problem or praise him for his great character. Anyway, such people are a specialty of the late Ming Dynasty. They are useless in getting things done.

He died in danger to repay his kindness... But the status of Li Tiancai was much lower than that of Gong Gong in the imperial court.

You know, teachings seem to be a poor thing, but in fact, as long as they are shameless, they are also very profitable. Yes, the teachings of this scholar cannot be of much help, but in fact, in many remote places, there are just scholars.

With his status, [a county school scholar like Zeng Sheng] being able to communicate with the clerks in the third class and sixth class, it would be a great help to the family business. This is what Li Tiancai said in one sentence.

Of course, many of these people who come in through the back door are not here to study, but just want social status. Their biggest wish is basically to become a ragtag party. If Li Tiancai makes too much money, his reputation will immediately become bad.

But this teaching is not without money.

That is similar to the current practice of three schools issuing diplomas indiscriminately. Many wealthy squires like to spend money to buy their children a title such as "enhancement". Although among scholars, this kind of qualifications bought with money is a joke.

, but it can still be displayed as a luxury item in the circle of non-scholars, right?

And just like in today's corrupt places, rich people get subsistence allowances to show that they have a good relationship with the government and have a way out. Children all have titles like "Zhengsheng". In the late Ming Dynasty, it also proved that they can connect with the government.

Intimate relationships have almost changed from unspoken rules to explicit rules, but this is not allowed for Li Tiancai, a pedantic old master!

Since you don't help me, I won't be asked to do anything! So except for Zhang Tianhong, who can still ask for some money, Li Tiancai has not gained any favor among the local gentry. Zhang Tianhong even vaguely suspects that tenants in this school field are constantly fleeing.

Buttons were also made by the gentry, just to show off to Li Tiancai!

"If this person wants to achieve something, one of the prerequisites is to be on the same page as the light. Of course it is necessary not to touch black money. If you don't recognize this thing that has become a common practice, you are asking for trouble. How can you make a difference like this? This person is

It’s okay to be pedantic!”

"That is, when you are in front of a good brother, you must not throw money at him, but be more polite and courteous? Huh????"

After Zhang Tianhong said this, he glanced from a distance and almost fell off the big donkey. His eyes were so wide that they almost burst out of his eyes. His mouth was like a fish that landed on the beach, opening and closing, and it took him a long time to understand.

Liu Baiyu said:

"Forget it for today, this Li Tiancai has probably lost his mind and gone crazy, so it's not appropriate to visit! Let's go back first and find a doctor!"

Liu Baiyu thought that Zhang Tianhong was hallucinating. Looking from a distance, there was no advice from the master. They were clearly just a few destitute tenants, and they were all still holding hoes!

"Executive member Zhang, I'm not crazy. It's the world that's crazy! That young master must be Liu Baiyu. If you want to be a scholar, just give me the money. Why go to a neighboring county instead of being close?" came a cold old man's voice.

, Liu Baiyu looked very shocked at first glance.

"I'm so stupid, but you're still square? I think it's a non-mainstream teaching! If you think of being an official like this, it's almost better than Wu Dianshi, that weird guy who doesn't look like an official!"

Liu Baiyu's face was also twitching, and he slapped himself several times, suspecting that he was dreaming...

It’s no wonder that Liu Baiyu and Zhang Tianhong are like this. It turns out that Li Tiancai simply dresses up like the tenants in Xuedian, holding a hoe in his hand and wearing tattered clothes. And it’s not that Mr. Li Tiancai likes cosplay, but

He really worked hard, as his sun-tanned face can prove!

What the hell is this! In modern China, the meaning of being a leader is just that. You are really playing role performances! But how these facts shocked Zhang Tianhong and Liu Baiyu is another matter. Li Tiancai was calm and composed

Yes, he even cupped his hands to the two of them and smiled.

Li Tiancai led the few remaining tenants in Xuetian, including the village head of Xuetian, who was considered a half-steward, but looked no better than the others, and not necessarily as decent as the rough servants of the Zhang family. These ten or so

I was waiting on the ground to welcome the arrival of Zhang Tianhong and Liu Baiyu.

Liu Baiyu originally wanted to be polite with Li Tiancai. After all, Li Tiancai was a scholar and famous, so he should be given some respect. However, Liu Baiyu might have lost his mental state when he saw this guy, so he just gave him a hand.

, observed with cold eyes.

This Li Tiancai is skinny and skinny, and his skin is also gray. With his ragged clothes, he really looks like a tenant farmer. If it weren't for his pair of sharp eyes, Liu Baiyu wouldn't be able to distinguish him from the tenants behind him.

What's the difference.

Liu Baiyu looked at him, but he didn't know that he was also looked at him! In Li Tiancai's heart, he didn't have a good impression of Liu Baiyu. Li Tianhong had naturally heard about Zhang Tianhong who almost died of illness and was brought back to life by Liu Baiyu, but he did

Therefore, Liu Baiyu was classified as a liar!

Why can you cure a disease that even the famous doctors in the county can't cure? Maybe it's because you poisoned it yourself? Zhang Tianhong couldn't see the trick of this charlatan. The authorities are really confused!

Later, I heard that Liu Baiyu was a Liao citizen and was quite wealthy. Li Tiancai automatically imagined that he was a Liaodong pirate... Anyway, in the minds of Shandong people at that time, even the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers, Dongjiang Town and Shandong fishermen were all because of the fishing grounds.

There are frequent conflicts over issues, and they are no different from pirates.

This was the first time that Li Tiancai saw the "pirate and liar" Liu Baiyu up close. He looked like a decent-looking man, even a bit rich. He was not a vicious person as imagined, but seemed to be a child of a wealthy family. He finally felt this way in his heart.

A stone.
Chapter completed!