It was sunny today, and Li Zhang was so lazy that he didn't go anywhere. He slept until midnight before getting up. During this period, he either went to the palace to Zhao Zhen or was busy with money business. Now the money business is expanding very quickly. There was a problem of insufficient staff. For this reason, Li Zhang thought of a solution, which was to build a special school to cultivate financial talents for money business.

Originally, Li Zhang was worried that Qianxing school would not be able to recruit students. After all, although Qianxing was developing very quickly, it was just a businessman after all. On the surface, there was no official background. In addition, Qianxing had high requirements for personnel. The first requirement was to read the text and literacy. This requirement might be very ordinary in later generations, but in ancient times when education was not popular, there were a few people who knew literacy. In addition, many people who had studied had the goal of imperial examinations and were simply disdainful of being with businessmen.

So at the beginning, Li Zhang even discussed with Huozi and others that if they could not recruit people, they would recruit a group of smart and clever boys first. Even if they were illiterate, it would not matter. They could first read books for a year or two, and then learn about money. Although it took a little longer, they could ensure the source of students.

But what Li Zhang did not expect was that when Qianxing School started recruiting students, it was recruited quickly, and it was all about reading and writing. There were also many scholars, but these scholars had one disadvantage, that is, they were too old. In fact, these scholars were all scholars who failed to take the imperial examinations many times. Most of these scholars were unable to even pass the imperial examinations, and they were not qualified to take the imperial examinations. In addition, they were old and their family conditions were not good, so they wanted to find something to do.

Li Zhang was quite sympathetic to these people. In addition, Qianxing really needed scholars to join, so he accepted them all and asked them to study at Qianxing School. If they could pass the exam in the end, they could enter Qianxing to do things. Qianxing has grown into a giant and has a very generous monthly salary. Therefore, not only are these scholars who failed the exam willing to come, but many people from other businesses have also switched to Qianxing.

"Whether those scholars or those who have changed jobs have one disadvantage, that is, they don't have much sense of identity with money. It seems that the school still needs to recruit a group of children to train them from an early age, so as to ensure the supply of talents. No wonder big companies in future generations need fresh graduates." Li Zhang stretched at this time, and then said to himself while feeding the fish.

Work is not the whole of life, and now the pace of life is slow, so Li Zhang also picked up some of his previous interests, such as raising fish. Although there is a small pond in the garden at home, he doesn’t like raising fish in the pond, so he put a few large fish tanks in the yard. In fact, it is a large ceramic tank with water plants and lotus flowers in it, and there are also a few goldfish. When you are fine, you can watch the fish swimming in the water, but it is also very comfortable.

"Meow~" Just when Li Zhang was feeding the fish, he didn't expect a white cat suddenly jumped on the wall and shouted at Li Zhang. Li Zhang was so angry that he pointed at it and cursed, "You smelly cat dares to come, be careful I will chop it and feed the fish!"

Of course, Li Zhang was just talking about it. This cat is a pet raised by Li Er. He did not object to the pets, but some time ago he found that he had fewer and fewer fish. Later, he found that the smelly cat was actually a fisherman. He often squatted on the fish tank and waited. As long as the fish showed its head, it could catch a fish with one claw. Li Zhang was so angry that he really wanted to slaughter it, but Li Er protected him tightly, which made him unable to do anything.

Maybe he knew that someone was protecting him, so the cat was not afraid of Li Zhang at all. He ignored his anger and still squatted on the wall waiting for Li Zhang to leave. In the end, Li Zhang had to drive it away with a rod, otherwise his fish would be in trouble again.

"Young Master, I have your letter!" Just as Li Zhang drove the cat away, he suddenly saw a maid walking in quickly to report to him, and at the same time delivered a letter to Li Zhang.

Li Zhang has become accustomed to the backward communication conditions of this era, which is that there is no telephone or network. He can only use letters to communicate with people and friends from afar. In fact, he is now maintaining contact with many old friends.

"Caota's letter?" When Li Zhang saw the name on the envelope, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression. Cao Ma was Cao Wei's son. When he was in the northwest, he was also one of the friends Li Zhang made. Later, he was in charge of the Musketeers Army and made great contributions in the First World War against Dangxiang. Now he has become the backbone general in the Northwest Army.

Li Zhang and Cao Ma also had letters in letters, but the northwest was a bit far from the capital, so the communication was very inconvenient. It usually took several months to communicate. But he remembered that the last time Cao Ma wrote a letter a month ago, why did he suddenly write again today?

With doubts in his heart, Li Zhang also opened Cao Ma's letter. When he saw the content on the letter, he couldn't help but frown, because Cao Ma's letter was not good news, but news that his father Cao Wei was sick. Cao Wei has been guarding the northwest for many years and has long become the Dinghai Sword in the northwest. It can be said that as long as Cao Wei is there, tribes outside the northwest will not dare to step into the border of the Song Dynasty.

However, Cao Wei is not young anymore, he is fifty-six years old this year. Although he is not old in the eyes of later generations, in the Song Dynasty, the average life expectancy is much smaller than that of later generations. Therefore, Cao Wei, who is nearly 60 years old, has already entered his twilight years. In addition, Cao Wei has experienced countless wars and was injured several times. It was fine when he was young, but as he was older, these old injuries gradually broke out, so Cao Wei's health has always been not very good.

Li Zhang still remembers that when he went to Qingzhou, Cao Wei's health was actually not very good, and he even often needed to take medicine. However, in order to eliminate Dangxiang people, Cao Wei insisted on it, but now his body finally couldn't hold on, especially since he had severe old cold legs, which is rheumatism. This disease is prone to occur when the weather turns cold. Now the weather in the northwest has begun to turn cold, so Cao Wei's condition has recurred again and can't even walk.
Chapter completed!