Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Shen Zheng asked the two of them to wait in the study, and she went to the front yard to find Li Hongmao and talk to him first.

After she told Li Hongmao the intentions of the two Fang brothers, Li Hongmao did not refuse.

He just turned his head to the side and asked Pei Zhaoqi: "Zhaoqi, Mr. Fang wants to study with you, what do you think?"

The two of them did not avoid Pei Zhaoqi when they were talking just now, so Pei Zhaoqi also knew that Fang Ziyan came to study in order to be friends with him.

The word "friend" is too far away for Pei Zhaoqi.

He had never had any friends and never had time to make any.

He saw that his peers were going out to play with friends, but he had never done that.

At this moment, he couldn't help but start to imagine what it would be like to go out and play with friends.

Pei Zhaoqi felt a kind of inexplicable joy in his heart. He slowly said, "The student will obey you, sir."

When Shen Zheng saw Pei Zhaoqi's little expression, she knew that he was not against Fang Ziyan, so maybe Fang Ziyan's coming to study might be possible.

She looked at Li Hongmao again.

Li Hongmao pondered for a moment and asked, "My Lord, you said that the Fang brothers brought a lot of things?"

Shen Zheng was stunned and nodded, thinking to herself, could it be that Li Hongmao also had his eyes on them?

Li Hongmao smiled and said, "Then accept it. I, a commoner, should also make some contribution to our county."

Li Hongmao was thinking that he and his fellow villagers had been in Tongan County for a long time, and it was Lord Shen who helped them with everything, providing them with food, land, and rice seeds.

On the contrary, they did not make any substantial return.

Now that the opportunity has come to him, he is not opposed to accepting a few more disciples, so why not do it?

Shen Zheng also laughed after hearing his words: "Mr. Li is a righteous man. It is a blessing for Tongan County to have you."

Li Hongmao quickly declined. Compared with Lord Shen, he was nothing now.

After the two of them had talked to each other, Shen Zheng started waiting on the side. Looking at the number of people queuing behind her, she knew it wouldn't take long to close the stall today.

At this time, Xu Zhubu, who had cleaned up, came over and asked her why the two Fang brothers came.

After Shen Zheng explained the whole story, Xu Zhubu took the initiative to step forward and took the pen from Li Hongmao.

"Let me do it. My Lord and Mr. Li go first."

Shen Zheng saw that he was in good spirits and should be able to handle it, so she called Li Hongmao to go to the study.

The two people in the study were a little nervous at this time. If this matter failed, Fang Wenxiu would feel a little embarrassed.

But Fang Ziyan is simply sad.

They stood up when they heard the sound at the study door, and became even more nervous when they saw Shen Zheng leading Li Hongmao in.

Shen Zheng asked them to sit down first and took the initiative to say:

"On the way here just now, I have already told Mr. Li the purpose of your visit, but the specific meaning still depends on Mr. Li."

When Fang Ziyan heard this, he immediately imitated Pei Zhaoqi's way of becoming his apprentice that day, lifted his robe and knelt down.

He didn't dare to look at Li Hongmao's expression, and mustered up the courage to speak: "I want to study with Pei Zhaoqi, I hope Mr. Li will accept me!"

Then he remembered that Pei Zhaoqi had prepared the tuition that day, and hurriedly added: "The student's tuition is also ready, it is in the carriage outside the county government office!"

Fang Wenxiu felt relieved when he saw Fang Ziyan like this, as his younger brother seemed to have grown up a little.

Although Li Hongmao had discussed this with Shen Zheng before, he still had to be polite at this time and could not agree to it right away.

He said solemnly: "To be my disciple, you don't have to be that smart, and your family doesn't have to be that wealthy, but you have to have a righteous heart."

Fang Ziyan, who was kneeling, nodded, knowing that Mr. Li was calling on him.

Li Hongmao continued, "You must not bully others by taking advantage of your power, and you must not have evil intentions. You must be able to distinguish right from wrong, and respect your teachers. Can you do it?"

Fang Ziyan nodded firmly and said seriously: "Students can do it!"

"Okay!" Li Hongmao nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing that Li Hongmao agreed, Fang Wenxiu, who was standing by, quickly handed the tea he had poured earlier to Fang Ziyan.

Fang Ziyan took the tea and respectfully handed it to Li Hongmao: "Sir, please have some tea!"

After Li Hongmao drank the tea, they became master and disciple, and Fang Ziyan and Pei Zhaoqi also became fellow disciples.

Seeing that the apprenticeship ceremony was complete, Fang Wenxiu said:

"Sir Shen, my brother will be staying at your county office to study from now on. I am sorry to bother you. The carriage outside is his salary for this year. I will ask someone to move it in."

Shen Zheng immediately nodded in agreement. Since they were not merchants in her own county, she felt no regret in taking the money.

She also thought that the Fang family really had no shortage of money. Other people paid their rent every month, but the Fang family paid for a year.

This time, Fang Wenxiu brought even more things than last time, including pens, ink, paper, inkstone, cloth, grain and oil.

He even thoughtfully prepared several sets of clothes for Li Hongmao and Pei Zhaoqi.

What is more worth mentioning is that two of the carriages were loaded with various books, which made Li Hongmao and Pei Zhaoqi very happy.

After unloading all the items from the carriage, Fang Wenxiu heaved a long sigh and said goodbye as if he had accomplished some mission.

As soon as he left, Fang Ziyan ran to the front yard to find Pei Zhaoqi.

Friends! Here I come!

……

Shen Zheng thought that the things Fang Wenxiu brought were originally tuition fees for students, and there was no reason for the county government to keep them all.

Moreover, the county government and the county school must be managed separately in the future. Today is just an opportunity. She thought for a moment and then said:

"Mr. Li, now that the county school has just been established, you, as the first teacher of our county school, will take over as the principal. The monthly salary is temporarily set at two taels of silver. The items brought by the Fang family today, except for the books that will be put into the county school collection, the rest will be at your disposal. Is that okay?"

Li Hongmao was stunned when he heard this and subconsciously wanted to refuse.

Shen Zheng pretended to frown: "Do you want me to be in charge of the county government and the county school by myself?"

Li Hongmao was determined. Lord Shen thought so highly of him, why should he refuse?

"I obey your orders! I will teach you everything I know and live up to your trust!"

Shen Zheng smiled with satisfaction and replied, "In that case, thank you very much, Mr. Li."

"Ding! The initial establishment of an educational institution in the host's area has been detected. The prosperity value has increased by 5 points. The current prosperity points total 117 points."

It’s a bit stingy, Shen Zheng thought, but no matter how small a mosquito is, it’s still meat.

Li Hongmao handed over all the rice, flour, grain and oil brought by the Fang family to the county government’s public kitchen, so their dinner today was very sumptuous.

One was to celebrate the completion of the county school, and the other was to welcome the arrival of Fang Ziyan, the little god of wealth.

Fang Ziyan generously took out several oil lamps and placed them in the public kitchen, which drew praise from everyone.

The dim yellow light of the oil lamp flickered in the breeze. As everyone ate and talked, the night grew darker.

Shen Zheng was still thinking about the textile machine drawings, so she went back to her room first.