0071 Appointed as the Chief of the Mountain
During this period of time, Uncle Qi was also very busy. He first communicated with Qianhu and gave Liu Pei the identity of Xiaoqi. In fact, officials like Xiaoqi were captured one by one in the Ming Dynasty army.
It was worthless at all! So things went very smoothly. The old man threw the lawsuit into Liu Pei's hands and asked for another sum of money to start building the school.
When Liu Pei said that he was not short of money, the school was built on a large area, including dormitories, kitchens and bathrooms. The students were built into the building with the largest area and the largest house in the village.
Uncle Qi also invited three scholars from the county to be his tutors. When these three scholars came to see the mountain chief Liu Pei, Liu Pei immediately threw out three printed tables comparing simplified and traditional Chinese characters and asked them to start from now on.
Only simplified Chinese characters are taught. In fact, everyone knows that as long as you can write, you can recognize simplified and traditional Chinese characters. After all, most characters just lack strokes and their appearance is still similar.
As a result, these three scholars clearly expressed their opposition to the use of simplified Chinese characters. They also wanted to explain to Liu Pei: How can the knowledge passed down by the ancestors be tampered with at will? As a result, Liu Pei threw a joke: "Either you do as I say, or I
Just change someone!"
The three scholars immediately relented. After all, these days, it is very difficult for a scholar like them who can’t lift their hands and doesn’t know how to distinguish between grains and grains to find a job that pays them 2 taels of silver a month and can also receive 3 buckets of rice! Liu Pei
While the three scholars were giving in, they struck while the iron was hot and asked them to teach arithmetic. If they didn't know how to teach arithmetic, they should learn it. Once they learned it, they would teach again. The three scholars could only pinch their noses and agreed.
Uncle Qi's workshop soon got news. He found porcelain clay in a neighboring village that could be used to make porcelain. He also invited two masters with superb skills who specialize in porcelain making to start the kiln. Waiting for the kiln mouth to be fired.
Well, the porcelain kiln can start operating! However, Uncle Qi was disappointed that the porcelain kiln did not fall in Fushan Village. However, the woodwork workshop did fall in the village, which gave him a lot of comfort.
Uncle Qi meets with Liu Pei every day to report on the progress of his work. After Uncle Qi got a new job, he seemed to have a second spring! He went out early and came back late every day, rain or shine. Liu Pei couldn't help it either.
Instead of running around with him, he still had to watch the recruit training. He was so tired all day long! He had to lament that he
I am short of manpower around me! I have to do everything by myself, which is really troublesome! I have to seize the time to train helpers!
After more than three months of hard work, the village's workshop was built and the school was successful. The new recruits all looked like veterans. Moreover, they had heard from the veterans that they could get silver rewards for killing people, and they were all envious of them.
It's incredible. I wish they could kill a few people now so that they can collect the reward! Their family has been busy for several years and they can't earn 30 taels of silver!
Today is the day when the school starts. Liu Pei specially put on a green shirt and stood on the steps. Below him stood three scholar teachers. Opposite them were one hundred, sixty-seven children, one-third of whom were girls.
The door of the school was open, and the villagers were gathered outside, but no one was willing to step into the school. For them, the school is a sacred place! Not for those with muddy legs to enter. These dolls have ancestors with spirits.
When they met Liu Dong's family, they were willing to pay for them to study and become literate.
Liu Pei waved his hand, and everyone outside fell silent. He held his breath and refused to make any more noise. Liu Pei looked at these children and said: "I am your mountain chief, and my name is Liu Pei. From today on, you
You are the first batch of students in the school. For you, a new world is about to open the door. You will see a new world that is different from that of your fathers. Reading can make you understand. You must understand clearly what is China and what is China.
It is enough for you that you, the barbarians, can distinguish between the Qing country and the family. You can understand benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, gentleness, courtesy, thrift, loyalty, filial piety, courage, respect and integrity. I never expect you to be the top scorer in high school. As long as you can understand reason and have an upright heart.
enough."
Liu Pei didn't talk too much because he knew that these children didn't understand. The adults standing outside the door didn't understand either. So he was a little uninterested and just said a few words. Then these students were led by three teachers.
Enter the school and start learning to read and write.
Liu Pei is dedicated to these children. He built them a unified dormitory and canteen. He also specially invited several aunts in the village to take care of the children. Their food standard is half the standard for soldiers. You can use it every day
It also has meat and vegetables.
When Liu Pei walked out of the gate, the surrounding villagers spontaneously made way for him.
Everyone came and bowed to him and thanked him for his good deeds. To be honest, Liu Pei enjoyed this moment! And he also realized that from this moment on, his roots had begun to take root in several surrounding villages.
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There are people from the surrounding villages who have joined his family. Their children are studying in schools. Meat and eggs from several villages have also been purchased by Liu Pei, adding a lot of new sources of wealth to the villagers. These people have been bought by Liu Pei
It’s bundled in the car initially, and then it just needs to grow and develop slowly.
Now Liu Pei is busy with the second thing. Yesterday, the Jinan Flower Shopkeeper sent a letter, which also contained a thick stack of banknotes. The banknotes were the money he owed Liu Pei.
There were no banks in the Ming Dynasty. There were individual banks in the south, and they were all operated locally. There was no so-called banknote circulation. This kind of banknote was a paper credit currency similar to a banknote. Generally, it was
Large local merchants only use it when conducting large-scale transactions. Cashing in other places can only be used when there are branches in other places. You can withdraw money from branches in other places. Shopkeeper Hua gave Liu Peizhuang the ticket because of Jimo City.
There is a branch of his in the Jimo City branch. Liu Pei can withdraw money directly from the Jimo City branch. This kind of banker's ticket can only be issued by local merchants with excellent reputation, and will be trusted by people. The banker's ticket issued by ordinary merchants
No one trusts him at all.
Another thing that Shopkeeper Hua mentioned in the letter was the fight against the gang. Last time, Liu Pei killed six people and broke up the gang's siege before returning directly to the village. As a result, the gang couldn't find any trace of them.
.But six of the gangsters who were rampaging in Shandong were killed, and they still didn’t know who the murderer was. How could this be allowed? Moreover, the dozen or so people who were dispersed fled into Jinan City like frightened birds and spread the news.
The whole city of Jinan is full! Now everyone knows that the gang suffered a huge loss at the hands of a group of country bumpkins.
And this incident happened to be heard by the two big guys under Shopkeeper Hua. People who can be big guys are not stupid, not to mention the two of them participated in the entire transaction process between Liu Pei and Shopkeeper Hua. Shopkeeper Hua even more
Chapter completed!