A fast boat swayed from the provincial river into the southeast corner of Henan Island, Yi Zhizhi stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery on the shore, where the forest is luxuriant, the water network is dense, the scenery is very beautiful.

"Land prices are very cheap in this area." Wu Changqing stepped on the bow of the boat and said, "It's wide enough, not to mention a thousand acres, three thousand acres is not a problem, it's just a little remote." ”

It is indeed remote, at a glance, there are almost no people, and after a moment of silence, Yi Zhizhi said: "How much is an acre?" ”

"This is no different from wasteland, five or six oceans and an acre, and they should not be able to close their mouths."

Seeing that Yi Zhishu seemed to be a little moved, Yan Shikuan hurried up and said: "There is no shortage of money, why bother to choose such a remote place, where are you building a school, and building a garden is almost the same." ”

Wu Changqing also nodded and agreed: "This is reasonable, since it is a righteous school, it is naturally to facilitate the enrollment of nearby children, and it is really inappropriate to be too remote." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "Changqingjue's new righteousness, which is not for the purpose of the imperial examination, can be welcomed by the people of Xiguan?" ”

Wu Changqing was a little stunned and said: "Since it is not popular, what is the benefit of building this righteous school?" ”

Yi Zhishu set his eyes on the place where the water and the sky intersected, and said slowly: "In the Qing Dynasty, there are so many children who can't eat enough and can't afford to read. ”

"You're still going to take care of the food?" Yan Shikuan couldn't help but say: "Are you running a school or charity?" ”

Wu Changqing was a little surprised and said: "Contentment is the plan...... Recruiting children from out of town? ”

"Yes!" Yi Zhishu nodded and said: "Where there is a disaster, I will recruit students, take care of food, clothing, housing, and study, and when I grow up, I will arrange errands ......." ”

Yan Shikuan pursed his lips and said, "Are you recruiting students, or are you taking the opportunity to raise a little girl?" ”

Wu Changqing glanced at him with some suspicion, and said, "What scale does Contentment plan to do?" ”

"It depends." Yi Zhisuff said casually: "I plan to adopt a school year system, from Mongolia to middle school, adopt an eight-year system, about 1,000 students in a grade, and only 8,000 people at most at the end of eight years." ”

Yan Shikuan lost his voice and said: "Eight thousand people, how much silver will be spent in which year?" ”

"A child is counted as ten oceans a year." Yi Zhishu groaned and said: "Next year, I plan to recruit 1,000 people first, and the cost of one year is only 10,000 oceans, and the year after next is only 20,000 oceans, and after the full number, the annual expenses will be 80,000 oceans." ”

"Ten oceans a year?" Yan Shikuan gritted his teeth and said, "Are you raising students?" It's still a young master! ”

"You only use ten oceans a year?" Yi Zhishu couldn't help but snatch a sentence from him.

Yan Shikuan argued strongly: "When Young Master Ben was young, he didn't spend ten oceans a year. ”

"Can you be smarter?" Yi Zhishu sneered: "This is to spread all the running costs of the school to each student." ”

Wu Changqing didn't say a word, he looked at the river with a solemn expression, he understood why Yi Zhixiang wanted to build a new school! This is simply the formation of a private army under the guise of righteousness! This is to emulate the British East India Company and form a private army belonging to the Thirteen Lines!

When discussing how to destroy Assam tea, Yi Zhifu mentioned that let the Thirteen Lines form a private army to expedition to Assam, it turned out that he was not just talking at all, but had already planned, did he really think that the Thirteen Lines could become a huge existence like the East India Company?

According to his vision, in less than ten years, at a cost of only hundreds of thousands, he could form a loyal private army of thousands of people! No wonder he chose such a remote place, and no wonder he wanted to encircle thousands of acres of land to build a righteous school!

Seeing that Wu Changqing was silent, Yan Shikuan asked him for help and said, "Changqing, you come to evaluate the theory, and it is not the same way to use money." ”

Wu Changqing ignored him and said in a deep voice: "Contentment, such a large-scale righteous school is too eye-catching, and the local government will also be uneasy, can you separate and build a righteous school in Xiguan, Feitang, Huadi, and Henan?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizu raised his eyebrows and said, "The scale is too big? ”

"There are only a few dozen people in general righteousness, and there are only one or two hundred people in great righteousness." Wu Changqing said: "The scale of academies, government schools, and county schools is much larger than Yixue, and the Yuexiu Academy in Guangzhou City is only more than 1,000 people. It is inevitable that the local government will not suspect that the Thirteen Lines have ulterior motives. ”

Yi Zhifen hesitated for a moment before he said, "It's all children, what does the government suspect?" ”

Wu Changqing sighed lightly: "In eight years, the child should also become an adult." ”

In another ten years, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will rebel, and Guangdong will also be in chaos, and the government will be afraid that the thirteen elements can form a group to train and protect Guangzhou, but this is something that Yi Zhixiang can't say now, otherwise the Wu family will really treat him as a god.

After pondering for a moment, he spoke: "This matter will be discussed slowly, and we will look at the place first." ”

Hearing this, Yan Shikuan hurriedly said: "Yixue can be considered slowly, but Tianbao Watch Factory can't wait, how about we choose the address to build the factory first?" The location of the factory can not be too partial, I think it is better than Xiguan. ”

"Tianbao watch factory should not be in a prosperous place." Yi Zhi's content broke Yan Shikuan's illusion with one sentence, "Go to Huadi and Pantang to have a look." ”

It was nearly dusk, Yi Zhishu returned home, and before he entered the gate, the little servant Li Wang walked up quickly and said, "The young master is back, the master is back, his face is not very good, let you go to see him as soon as you come back." ”

"Got it." Yi Zhishu nodded, and then asked casually, "Yesterday, how did Yan Shikuan break you up?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Wang drooped his head and said embarrassedly: "Yan Gongzi said that the young master's fan bag fell in the restaurant, and asked the little one to get it quickly, and the little one didn't see the young master when he turned around." ”

Yi Zhizu couldn't hold back his laughter, and walked quickly to the main courtyard, he didn't return for a night yesterday, and he saw Wu Bingjian again, and he called the children of merchants to inform him of the opening of a money bank and a newspaper, the old man has been kept in the dark, and he has to be reprimanded.

Walking quickly into the main room, he found that Yi Yunchang and Lin were sitting on the main seat seriously, he secretly felt strange, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet the two, Yi Yunchang looked at him with a dark face, silent, and was a little annoyed in his heart, this kid went out with Yan Shikuan every day during this time, and he didn't care, and thought that the young man's playful temperament couldn't be restrained for a while.

Who would have thought that this kid would make such a big noise without saying a word, and actually hide him, an old man, without leaking any rumors, almost making him make a joke.

Seeing that Yi Yunchang was silent, Lin said kindly: "Hurry up." ”

After Yi Zhizhi got up contentmently, she continued: "Where did you go to mess around last night?" ”

Yi Zhi'er really didn't dare to say anything about Die'er, so he only said perfunctorily: "The child was drunk yesterday and slept on the boat for a night. ”

"You're not young anymore, you always mess around in Fireworks Willow Lane, and you don't make people laugh." Lin said and looked at Yi Yunchang and said, "Le'er's family affairs should also be considered...... ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to kiss him, Yi Zhixiang hurriedly said: "Mother, the child is still young. ”

"Still young?" Yi Yunchang said with a tense face: "I know that I am still young?" After a pause, he continued: "Do you like the little sister of the Yan family?" ”