One afternoon, in a teahouse on a street corner in Lingao, many locals drank a few pennies of inferior tea, exchanged some news and passed the time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Did you hear, our newly built Qiongzhou battalion general is getting married?"

"You know a fart, it's not that the general wants to marry, but his brother."

"Oh, how do you know?"

The person who revealed the news was triumphant: "My cousin is a soldier in the Qiongzhou battalion, so I naturally know." ”

"Isn't it the general who marries himself? So why do you have such a big formation? I see that street is lit up. ”

"You don't understand that. It is said that all the guns and cannons in the army were made by him, and the Qiongzhou battalion was able to defeat the officers and soldiers with the weak and strong, and these two masters have made great contributions......

Others hurriedly covered his mouth: "Be careful when you speak, don't be listened to by the government to punish your crimes." "Officers and soldiers represent the imperial court, and they discuss the rights and wrongs of the imperial court in vain, and it is not for the ordinary people to bear the consequences.

The man disdainfully opened the other's hand: "Look at your cowardice! Feudal official? Where is there an official mansion in Lingao? The county magistrate can only nest in the county government and dare not go out of the one-acre and three-point land, and the three classes of government officials are almost abolished, so there are still people to listen to our nonsense and cure our crimes! ”

Someone chimed in: "That is, now in Lingao, the Qiongzhou camp is the official government, and the county master is just an ornament." ”

The man continued: "Yes, what's wrong with the officers and soldiers, it's not good to fight, it's quite a way to harm the people. When the Qiongzhou battalion did not recruit An, the government's 10,000 or 20,000 troops couldn't beat a thousand people, and they ran away after losing the battle, and they also plagued our people along the way. Chengmai next door suffered, and I heard that many people's valuable things in their homes were emptied, and they didn't even have a decent piece of clothing left. ”

Everyone thought it was true and said yes. The ordinary people can't control the affairs above the temple, they only care about who has the final say in their own territory and who can make their lives better.

When the teahouse owner heard the discussion here, he couldn't help but interject: "According to me, with the Qiongzhou camp in Lingao, our life will be good, who cares who will be the county master!" ”

His teahouse was originally a dilapidated shed, but when the new city was built and demolished, he took advantage of this trend and converted the teahouse into a bright brick house. Although he put all his savings on it, most of it was still subsidized by the Qiongzhou battalion, otherwise he wouldn't be able to build a wall with his little money. The new teahouse was built, and the income of the neighbors was growing day by day, and his business was naturally good, and it was the Qiongzhou camp that brought him all this.

The man who sold the news gave a thumbs up: "The boss is a person who understands!" The boss smiled at him, feeling quite sympathetic.

In the corner, an old man and two teenagers, a man and a woman, were eating snacks while pricking up their ears to listen to the discussion next to them. The old man listened to it for a long time, and then said in a daze: "Is the relationship really bigger than the official mansion?" ”

The young man corrected him and said, "Abba, it's time to call the general, it's not appropriate to call the owner." ”

The old man grinned: "I can't change it at once." But this owner is as powerful as the boss said, and I won't stop you and the boss. ”

These three people are Su Laoqi, Su Second Brother and Su Xiaomei. Since Su's thick legs went home to visit relatives, Su Erdi and Su Xiaomei, who had received his support, were arguing every day to come to the county seat to study and work. Su Lao couldn't resist the two of them, and he didn't feel at ease, so when the family was almost busy, he came with the two.

Originally, Su Laoqi was still quite resistant to the affairs of the two, if it wasn't for the boss's support, he wouldn't let the two come. However, I heard everyone's discussion in the teahouse, and felt that the owner had a good reputation, and the limelight had overshadowed the government, so everything was just as the boss said, so I didn't have a trace of opposition.

After eating, Su Laoqi took out a piece of cloth, wrapped the remaining snacks, and urged the brother and sister to leave. Although the boss brought back a lot of silver, it was nothing to fry a few side dishes in the restaurant, but Su Laoqian was used to being poor, and he was satisfied with eating some snacks in the teahouse.

The three of them first came to the "private school" mentioned by Second Brother Su, which is the school built by Lin Weiye, and the name is also very elegant, what is it called "Baicao Garden". The school was built on General Street, not too far from South Park, next to Lin Weiye's residence.

Lingao County was originally a compact and dilapidated remote county town with only a few hundred households, and there were no decent streets, let alone names. After the summer south spent money and efforts to build a large number of buildings, without the shackles of the city wall, Lingao has developed into a modern town. Except that there are no high-rise buildings, no modern equipment such as telephone poles, it is basically the same as the town in the thirties and forties of the twentieth century, the streets are clean and spacious, the drainage facilities are readily available, and there is no mud on rainy days and no ash on sunny days. The name of this General Street was taken by Xia Nan himself, because Nanyuan and the mansions of core figures such as Lin Weiye, Sima De, and Sun Yuanhua are all located on this street.

Along the way, Su Laoqi was amazed by the neat and spacious streets and the cement brick houses lined with brushwork. He had been to the county once or twice in a few years, and it was not like this at all. Su Xiaomei is even more like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, her eyes are straight, and she is more and more determined to come to the county to work. It's the second brother Su, because he has come to find the eldest brother a few times and has seen the appearance of the county, so he has long been surprised.

Lin Weiye issued a public announcement to persuade the young people to come to study, because the conditions were good, many children from poor families were moved, and there was an endless stream of people who came to consult and inquire every day. After the three of them entered the school gate, they found a place to sign up, squeezed into the crowd, and asked for relevant details.

Su Laoqi was afraid that the second brother Su was young and ignorant and would be deceived, so he asked on his behalf: "Inquire, does this private school not charge money, but also eat and live?" What do you learn? ”

The person in charge of registration has to answer countless such questions every day, and answers fluently: "There is no tuition fee, food and lodging are included, and the gentleman in the beginner class only starts to read and write, does not learn the Four Books and Five Classics, and then learns arithmetic and Gezhi, and can be hired to the graduate ......school after completing the intermediate class and advanced class."

Su Lao Qi listened to the book of heaven: "What is arithmetic?" What is Gezhi? Can I take the imperial examination after learning? ”

"Old man, we don't teach the Four Books and the Five Classics, and we don't do it to cope with the imperial examination. To put it simply, the students we teach here can write and calculate, and in the future, they will receive a monthly salary when they enter the graduate school -- even if they can't enter the research institute, they will be able to work as technical backbones in the factory, and the wages and bonuses will be very generous -- no worse than being an official. (To be continued.) )