The sky was dark, and Zhou Xian went to the front line to inspect.

Last night, Bai Wenxuan led hundreds of thieves to get ashore from the shallow part of the Yishui River and raided the frontier positions of the Ming army. Because the guards discovered it in time, the losses caused were not great, and only a dozen wooden rafts were burned. Unfortunately, before the army arrived, Bai Wenxuan led his troops to flee back to the other strait.

Looking at the burnt wooden rafts and the dozen corpses left on the river bank, Zhou Xian frowned and waved his hand gently. A team of knife hands immediately stepped forward and took more than a dozen soldiers tied by ropes to the riverside. He waved the long sword, and the head was cut off in a moment.

Just as he was about to cut off the heads of other people, Zhou Xian called and stopped and said, "Let the rest be spared for the time being, and go and get forty military sticks by himself. If there is another next time, I will definitely be killed."

Zhou Xian turned around and walked towards the big tent, and Xia Wanchun followed closely.

"General, why have you spared them? It's said that military orders are like mountains. You just said that you want to behead them all, and then spared them again. Isn't this changing the order every day?"

"It's not caused much loss, just teach them a lesson. Besides, the main responsibility lies in the leadership. Since the chief evil has been killed, it's okay to bypass them. By the way, Xiao Yin, why did you suddenly come here? Do your father know?"

Xia Wanchun replied: "My father is very busy in Tai'an, so he has no time to care about me. Recently, he read the newspaper compiled by Zhongqing and had some questions to ask the commander. Zhongqing happened to be sending you a letter, so I pestered him and came. He was probably annoyed by me, so he agreed."

"Who's believing!"

Xia Wanchun took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhou Xian.

Gu Yanwu connected several colleges in Jinan City and was preparing to build a large college as agreed before. Everything was basically ready, and the only problem was that the subjects taught had not been determined. In the past, the colleges all took the imperial examination first, and the teachings were all Confucian classics. This was unacceptable to either Zhou Xian or Gu Yanwu. The Six Arts Academy is a template, but Gu Yanwu's heart is obviously bigger than this. He wanted to build a more complete subject, and he had to have both classics, history, and collections of classics, history, and collections.

But the problem is that although Gu Yanwu is famous, his reputation is not yet visible. With such a new academy, he is not enough to recruit enough great scholars to help him build it. Moreover, all the things he wants to do require money, and he lacks money.

Zhou Xian turned back and ordered, "Xiao Leng, go back to Jinan. Tell Zhongqing that it is up to him or Xie Sheng to be the dean, and they will decide on it themselves. As long as he can convince Xie Sheng, there is no problem here. Let Li Kai take out 50,000 taels of silver for him, and he will do whatever he wants. Lastly, like the Six Arts Academy, the descendants of the soldiers who died in battle will be given priority to enroll. There is still 100,000 acres of fertile land donated by King De around Jinan and the land deed will be handed over to him as the students' academic fee, and then as the private money of the college. As for the students who farm themselves or recruit farmers to farm, they will make their own decisions."

Xiao Leng bowed and left first.

Xia Wanchun was stunned at the local area.

Seeing that Xia Wanchun didn't follow him, Zhou Xian turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Wanchun shook his head and said, "Fifty thousand taels of silver and one hundred thousand acres of fertile land. I have never seen you as generous as you."

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "The money should be used in the right place, and I feel it is worth it for this. In the past, most of the scholars were gentry children, and they became officials of the court through the imperial examinations. But everyone has selfish intentions. In addition to a small number of people who can be fair and selfless, they also have to consider personal interests most of the time. The final result is that officials and gentry protect each other, and even though they know that some things are wrong, they still do it. If the admission conditions can be relaxed and more poor children are allowed to be admitted to the hospital, then someone will make different voices, and some problems can be changed."

Xia Wanchun curled his lips and said, "Isn't it just that the commander wants to change himself, and then he has to find some people to sway the drums and shout from behind."

Zhou Xian nodded and smiled, "Xiao Yin is still smart, and you can understand some things at a glance. Yes, I do have such plans. In the future, whether they are officials, military personnel, or other things, these people who have benefited will support me in all aspects. Simply put, if you want to change, you must have a large group of people to speak out for them, and they are influential people."

Xia Wanchun frowned and thoughtfully, and finally nodded, "The Governor did the right thing, and the world should indeed change."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Xiao Yin, since you are here, stay here! The war will start tomorrow, and you will also see it."

The Yi River runs around Linyi, some places are wide, some places are narrow, some places are deep, some places are shallow. In some places, you can directly wade through the water without a boat. However, there are not many places that can cross more than 20,000 troops. The river surface chosen by Zhou Xian to cross the river is wide and relatively deep, which is not a good place. But the advantage is that the bank opposite is flat, and there are many more soldiers on the shore than other places.

Zhou Xian built a high platform in advance and set out to cross the river here. In addition to leaving some troops to defend the Linyi defenders in the north, Li Dingguo also deployed his main forces here. However, there were not many troops deployed at his forefront, and both the cavalry and the main force were placed outside the range of artillery.

Looking at the Ming soldiers who were ready for battle and were in a tidy manner, Xia Wanchun looked excited. "Supervisor, when will the attack be launched?"

Zhou Xian looked up at the sun in the sky, "Wait for another half an hour."

Xia Wanchun asked in confusion: "Why?"

Zhou Xian said: "Half an hour later, it is the highest temperature today, and the river water will not be so cold. When the two armies fight, they pay attention to the right time, place, and people. Let them be more likely to win."

Xia Wanchun frowned slightly, "The General Manager has no chance of winning this battle?"

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "Who can guarantee that he will win before the war is over? Our army will definitely be able to board the other side, but it is unknown whether we can persist in not being driven down by the cavalry of Li Dingguo. But if we have the chance of winning, our army accounts for 80% and Li Dingguo accounts for 20%. I just hope that after the war is over, our army will suffer less losses."

Han Chang took Pilt and his deputy lieutenant Philpur to the platform, followed by their translator He Runqi. Zhou Xian nodded to the three of them and said to He Runqi: "Mr. He, have you thought about it?"
Chapter completed!