"Exactly, not only Dongmeixuan, but also here and here should be repaired." Liu Baiyu pointed outside, "Your Confucian Temple and County School also need to be repaired. Otherwise, it will be really unsightly.

, the reputation of this county is important."

"This - Qingshan layman costs a lot of money!" Li Tiancai was confused for a moment and murmured, "I can't afford this, I can't afford it."

"There's nothing I can't afford. I've already said it: Now that we've settled down in this county, this is our hometown. There's nothing we can't afford to build a Confucian temple and county school for our hometown. The so-called benefiting the township, besides, the smell of copper turns into

The fragrance of books, what a beautiful thing this is! Hahaha." Liu Baiyu thought in his heart, of course the school district housing in later generations will make the fragrance of books turn into a bigger smell of copper again, you don't know.

Li Tiancai couldn't think of anything wrong with these incomprehensible words for a while, and Liu Baiyu was a scholar he admired very much, Qingshan layman, but he instinctively felt that this was a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken. There must be some intention behind it.

"Okay, the matter is settled like this. Just listen to the good news. I will take care of the money alone!" Liu Baiyu didn't wait for him to react, stood up, cupped his hands, and left. After all, Li Tiancai was good at teasing people.

I have learned this lesson myself. If I get sprayed by him again, I'm afraid I will lose ten years of my life.

"Qingshan layman - please stay -" Li Tiancai felt something was wrong and wanted to discuss it again, but how could his footsteps compare to Liu Baiyu riding a big donkey? After chasing him out of the house, Liu Baiyu had already left the hospital.

The door was closed. As soon as Liu Baiyu left, Zhang Tianhong also ran away under the pretext of raising rice for the county school. Obviously, Zhang Tianhong himself did not dare to learn from Li Tiancai's skill in insulting others.

Li Tiancai had no choice but to go back to the house first. He thought that although this was a good thing, it was best to report the procedure to the county magistrate first. Otherwise, he would be acting arbitrarily and being reprimanded would be a small thing. It would be a serious matter if it messed up the matter.

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But before Li Tiancai could go out, he was stopped by his nephew Li An. Li Tiancai was a poor official and couldn't afford to hire servants, so he had no choice but to take a distant nephew from his hometown as his companion. Fortunately, this year

It's a good idea to find a place to eat in Yue. This nephew is also trying his best. He is about the same age as Li Tiancai. He has a lot of respect and trust from Li Tiancai, and he is considered to be half a manager.

"What's up?!"

"Master Liu left two boxes of gifts, do you want to carry them in for you?" Li An originally thought that Liu Baiyu was nearly twenty years younger than him, so he didn't want to say the word "master" out loud, for fear of compromising his identity.

However, Liu Baiyu couldn't resist and offered him ten taels of silver. He also said that Li An could receive two taels of silver from the "office" in Liu Mansion County every month, so he became Mr. Liu in Li An's mouth. As for age,

In fact, it’s not a problem. You don’t need any age to provide food and clothing for your parents, right?

Naturally, Li Tiancai didn't know what Li An was thinking. He thought that Li An had been following him for a long time and had gained some literary talent. He admired Liu Baiyu's knowledge and that's why he called him that. It wasn't strange, so he asked casually.

"Gift? Just keep it." Li Tiancai felt that the friendship between gentlemen was as light as water, and Liu Baiyu also promised to repair the county school. Knowing that it was difficult to raise funds, he felt that Liu Baiyu would not be able to give any big gifts at the moment, so naturally he would not

I care.

Li An was in a dilemma. When Mr. Liu left, he specifically told him to make it clear to him! And it was really generous. Li Tiancai's indifferent attitude was a bit rude.

"Uncle, I think you'd better take a look, this..." Li An hesitated.

Li Tiancai naturally knew the meaning of Li An's words. He was immediately surprised and asked in a trembling voice:

"Is the gift heavy?" Li An said nothing, but nodded solemnly.

"Okay then!" Li Tiancai took a deep breath and stretched out his right hand.

"Uncle, this is the gift list." Li An presented the gift list.

Li Tiancai opened it and saw various gifts: three hundred catties of brown rice, two jars of sherbet wine, a thousand sheets of fine white paper, a hundred various brushes, a hundred tablets of pine smoke ink, and fifty books.

, twenty kilograms of snowflake salt, twenty kilograms of snowflake candy, one hundred taels of silver donated to the county school, twenty taels for Li Tiancai's personal living expenses, and he can receive five taels per month from the "office" in Liufu County

Silver. A bite of a large fat pig that has been killed.

The gifts are not only very heavy, but also very affordable. Except for the wine that was given to Li Tiancai personally, the other gifts can be used to support poor scholars. Regardless of paper making, pen making, ink making or printing here in this county, all the pens, inks and papers are blank.

Inkstones and books are all trafficked from Fucheng. The journey is long and the price is naturally high, which has become a huge burden for scholars. Of course, the subsidy for Li Cai Cai's personal living expenses is also very tempting to Li Cai Cai. As an official, he

I am really scared of poverty.

But according to the Confucian Qi-nurturing Kungfu, one should be indifferent to the world, and according to the unspoken rules of the late Ming Dynasty, if you refuse something on the etiquette list, it is basically irreconcilable, so Li Tiancai can only live with it, and can't say three things.

4. But there is one thing that really worries Li Tiancai.

"Another book?" Li Tiancai knew that although Qingshan layman Liu Baiyu was a scholar of heaven and man, he did not know the demeanor that a Confucian master should have. Wouldn't it be the kind of book that is full of vulgar characters and has no understanding of literature and science? This kind of book

Once you get it to the academy, you will indeed be looked down upon by some rotten scholars and ignorant boys!

"Yes, there is a full box." People like Li Tiancai regard books as their lifeblood, but they can't afford them if they don't have the money. Moreover, Liu Baiyu's books have always sold well, so naturally he can't afford them.

He couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly read each book one by one.

A box of books, mostly "Thirteen Classics", which is the thirteen classics of Confucianism, including "Shangshu", "Zhouli", "The Analects", "Mencius", "Erya", etc. This is the theory

The basis for passing the imperial examination. [Of course, now that the Eight-part essay is rampant, only the parts related to the Eight-part essay are focused on studying, and the other parts are regarded as "miscellaneous books". People's hearts have reached this point, and old people like Li Tiancai

Confucian scholars are all very sad. Anyone who can read the Thirteen Classics in full is considered an intellectual in ancient times.

It turned out that there was a complete set of the Thirteen Classics in the box. This set of Thirteen Classics may be because it is not Liu Baiyu's "work". Except for the page opening to the right and the fonts arranged horizontally, there is not a single vulgar Chinese character in the whole book, and the printed

It is extremely sophisticated. There is no trace of the lines that separate rows of words in ordinary books, but the words are arranged neatly on the top, bottom, left, and right sides. This effect of black letters and white paper on a pure white background is the best that Li Tiancai has ever seen in the past.
Chapter completed!