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

It's not completely light yet, but it doesn't affect your vision.

Xu Zhubu was surrounded by a group of students and walked towards the gate of the prefectural school. Just as he was about to step over the threshold, a cry of surprise was heard.

"what is that?!"

The shout was shocking and panicky. Everyone stopped and looked in the direction he was looking.

It was a shop right next to the gate of the prefectural school, located on the left side of the gate, and belonged to the prefectural school.

In the past, many merchants wanted to rent this shop to sell common books, writing brushes, inkstones, and paper. To put it bluntly, these shops could only make money if they were opened near the academy.

Although the merchants offered high prices, Zhou Xuezhen never rented out the shop. The students did not know the reason.

But as early as a few days ago, this shop seemed to have been "promised to someone else". Although the door was closed, there were constant clanging sounds inside, which must have meant that construction had started.

The students would occasionally guess to whom Zhou Xuezhen had promised this shop, but when they arrived today, they would have found a plaque already hung in the shop.

"Tong'an..." Just the first two words made all the students rub their eyes, "Tong'an Bookstore?"

What else could those four big characters mean other than "Tong'an Bookstore"?

The students walked towards the bookstore, their faces full of confusion, "Doesn't Tongan County have a county school? Why open a bookstore in Liuyang Prefecture?"

"Yes, the schoolmaster has always been reluctant to rent out this shop, so why would he suddenly rent it to Tongan County? And why would Tongan County... open a bookstore next to the prefectural school?"

Everyone was curious and confused.

On the plaque, I don’t know who wrote the four big characters “Tong’an Bookstore”, but they are so majestic and penetrating.

Next to these four big characters, there is a small carved seal.

In the small seal, the two words "Tong'an" were clearly engraved. Compared with the four big characters "Tong'an Bookstore", these two words seemed a little "unproper".

On the small seal, the lower part of the character "安" was no longer a regular "女", but a "女" composed of countless "人" characters.

"Under the treasure cover, is... the character for person?" The students racked their brains but could not remember that the character "安" could be written in this way.

"But... this is quite nice, and has a little meaning." Yang Ziran snatched the folding fan from his friend and fanned himself with it. "Under the treasure cover is a person. The cover protects the person from wind and rain, and the person also holds up the common cover. In this way, they complement each other and bring out the best in each other, just like lips and teeth."

This writing style is subtle yet straightforward. As long as a discerning person gives a brief hint, everyone else will understand.

"It's true!" The students looked at the plaque and marveled, "Isn't this putting people first, taking people as the basis, and taking people as the treasure? Wonderful, wonderful, I wonder who came up with this fancy way of writing."

"Isn't Lord Yongning in Tong'an County? Could it be him?"

"I don't think so. The person who could have such an idea is most likely from Tongan County..."

"Mr. Shen, the county magistrate?"

"Yes. But this plaque should be written by the uncle. I have been to Tongan County School and admired the plaque of the county school. The calligraphy of the uncle is still as elegant as ever..."

Everyone glanced at the plaque a few more times and memorized the style in their minds.

Suddenly, an orange light flashed in the bookstore.

"Someone is here!" The students looked at each other and said firmly, "The bookstore is full of books. If no one is here, how dare we light the lamps?"

If you accidentally ignite a book, any one of them will cause considerable loss!

The students were no longer in a hurry to enter the government school, and they all went to the steps of the bookstore to find out the truth.

When they got closer, they felt something strange again.

"The door was locked from the outside?"

There was a lock as big as a fist hanging on the door.

"Since it's locked from the outside, is there really no one in there?" The students panicked and peeped through the crack in the door. "How could the shopkeeper be so careless and leave without turning off the lights? If the flames accidentally ignite the books..."

As he was talking, the man suddenly fell silent, and pried through the crack of the door in a stiff posture, his eyes wide open.

"What did you see?" The students came over to ask him, wanting to climb up and see for themselves. "Speak up! You look so creepy."

The man blinked hard, his nose pressed against the door frame, "Xue...Xue Zheng? Xue Zheng, he's sitting in there alone?"

Early in the morning, Xue Zheng was alone, sitting in the Tongan Bookstore with a light on?

The students were confused, but they all subconsciously took two steps back.

They were just chatting not far away...

I don’t know if Xue Zheng... heard it?

"You said the school is in there?" Xu Zhubu walked up slowly and took out the key. "Did I see it right?"

The student hadn't noticed the key in his hand yet, and just nodded and said, "It's just Xue Zheng, there can't be any mistake. By the way... Brother, aren't you looking for Xue Zheng?"

Xu Zhubu nodded, holding the key in one hand and the lock in the other.

With a "click", the lock opened.

"what?"

"Brother, how come you have the key to the bookstore?"

"That makes sense! This brother is from Tongan County, so he has the key to the Tongan Bookstore, and that's why he came to our prefectural school to look for the head of the village!"

"Doesn't that mean that the clothes he's wearing..."

"It's cotton!"

For a moment, the students didn't know whether to look at the cotton cloth first or at the open bookstore first.

......

The back door of the bookstore is connected to the provincial school.

Zhou Hanjiang sat in the bookstore all night and read all the twelve books sent from Tongan County. Although he did not finish reading them, the name of each book has left a mark in his mind.

That day, he was carried by Yu Zhengqing to the government office and then to attend a meeting.

The county magistrates of more than ten counties in Liuyang Prefecture were all there, as were the principals of several county schools and academies. Three of the principals were his students.

Long before he arrived, Yu Zhengqing had informed everyone and unified the front.

So from the moment Zhou Hanjiang stepped into the government office, he became a lamb on the chopping board to be slaughtered, and even his three students were sharpening their knives against him.

Several people explained the reasons to him and appealed to his emotions, but he remained unmoved.

In the end, his chief disciple, Luo Zhizhi, the head of Qingzhu County School, bent his knees and knelt in front of him with a "pop".

This is not finished.

Luo Zhizhi hugged his calves with both hands and cried, "Teacher, I have been in the county for two years and I miss you so much! There have been several times when I wanted to come back to see you, but I... I really can't get away! The children are suffering, and the people are suffering even more. I really... can't bear it!"

"The villain!"

Such a scene is really embarrassing.

Zhou Hanjiang tried to move his legs several times, but was tied up by Luo Zhizhi and could not move. The others pretended to be watching a show.

Later, his second most beloved disciple, Lian Chen, the headmaster of Lushan County School, also knelt down with tears in his eyes: "Teacher, children need books, and the people need to learn to read. The torch of the Great Zhou Dynasty... must, must be passed down in the hands of our generation...!"