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County Magistrate Peng Desheng remained silent the entire time, only echoing and flattering the county magistrate when he finished speaking to make his presence known.

Peng Desheng knew that the workshop in Shangtang Village had grown so big. He even felt regretful and unwilling more than once. To this day, he has always believed that Hang Shuheng must have a secret book in his hands.

If Wan Baolu had been smarter and not so stupid, or if he had not looked down on Hang Shuheng because he was a poor student and had helped him with the planning, they might have got the secret book long ago, and the big workshop that made a fortune every day might have been theirs.

The poor student with no academic achievement was difficult to deal with back then. Now that he has passed the imperial examination and achieved such a high rank, I'm afraid he will be even more difficult to deal with.

After several previous confrontations, Peng Desheng also realized that Hang Shuheng was not a simple person. He was used to misleading others and distorting the facts. If one was not careful, one would suffer a great loss in front of him.

Every failure makes you wiser. Even if you feel unconvinced and unwilling to accept it, you have no choice but to give up at this point.

The county magistrate now values ​​Hang Shuheng so much. At this critical juncture, it is still unknown whether he can win if he wants to deal with Hang Shuheng. If he offends the county magistrate, it will be a loss instead of gain.

If nothing unexpected happens, this county magistrate's term as an official in Pingyang County may be his last year.

This kind of thing would have been hard to say in the past, but now, Pingyang County has produced two juren, Xie Yuxi and Hang Shuheng, and has won both the first and second place in the provincial examinations. For the county magistrate, such a happy event can be counted as a political achievement.

As long as the county magistrate does not commit any serious crimes in the future, he may be promoted.

Peng Desheng didn't want to offend anyone at this moment. He just wanted to be honest for a while. After this gentleman left, he would still have the final say in Pingyang County.

Even if a new official comes to take over at that time, he will have to act according to his mood. Without the cooperation of him, the local county magistrate, the official will not be able to have a peaceful life.

In just a short while, Peng Desheng had already planned for the distant future in his mind.

When he came to his senses, he saw the county magistrate stand up and ask Hang Shuheng to take them around the village.

"I heard that there is a primary school in your village. Take me to have a look!"

Hang Shuheng and Li Zhengzheng acted as guides and led the group to the elementary school.

On the way, the village head talked to the county magistrate about the key factors in the initial construction of the primary school. "The reason why I thought of setting up a primary school in the village was because I saw Shuheng's wife teaching children to recite poems in the village..."

"Oh! Shuheng! It seems that your daughter-in-law is not simple either! She can compose poems as soon as she opens her mouth, which shows that she is also talented." In less than a morning, the county magistrate had already called Hang Shuheng's name in a familiar manner. People who didn't know her would mistakenly think that they had a good relationship!

The corner of Hang Shuheng's mouth twitched. This gentleman's desire to get closer to him was too obvious. He was a little speechless, but still said modestly: "Your Excellency is too kind."

Soon, the group arrived at the primary school. At this time, the children were practicing Kung Fu and boxing on the playground.

"What are these kids doing?"

Hang Shuheng explained: "They are taking a physical fitness class. Students always believe that if they want to study well, it is extremely important to have a good physique. Therefore, the primary school invited a martial arts teacher to teach the children some boxing and kicking skills. They don't ask for anything else, just to strengthen their bodies, so that at least they will not lose out in physical fitness when they enter the imperial examination in the future."

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate was silent for a while, then looked at Hang Shuheng with praise in his eyes, "Your idea is great. I think this method should be promoted in all academies."

Back then, he also took the path of imperial examination step by step. During the process of taking the imperial examination, he had seen countless cases where scholars failed to pass the examination due to poor health. Therefore, he understood better than anyone how important it was for a scholar to have a good body.

The children who were originally practicing boxing seriously stopped and looked over curiously when they saw someone coming.

When Liu Yi saw that the people who came were wearing official uniforms, he knew that they were government officials. He guessed that they came to tell his father the good news, so he hurriedly ran to the study.

Master Liu and his party hurried out of the study and were so surprised to see that the person who came to announce the good news was actually the county magistrate himself that they hurried forward to pay their respects.

"I've met my lord."

As a juren, Master Liu had the right not to kneel when meeting an official, but others did not have this right. They still had to kneel and kowtow when meeting an official.

Fortunately, the county magistrate exempted everyone from the formalities in time, so they were spared the need to kneel.

Master Liu dismissed the children and asked them to go back to the classroom to study on their own, then he personally led the county magistrate and his party around the primary school.

After this tour, the county magistrate developed a strong interest in this primary school.

At this time, a constable next to him jokingly mentioned the incident he had heard about a few kids from Shangtang Village competing with others in a teahouse, and asked Master Liu to confirm it.

Master Liu couldn't help but nodded with a smile, "Yes, those children are the children of our primary school, and the children who lost the competition are also studying in our primary school now."