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

Provincial school.

Lecture room.

In this provincial examination, there were 18 students taking the exam from Tongan County School, while there were 132 students taking the exam from the provincial school.

In terms of quantity, Tongan County School is far inferior to the prefectural school, but in terms of teaching quality...

The lectures of the Earl of Yongning alone overshadowed the entire provincial school.

In the lecture room, the students from Tongan were surrounded by the students from the prefectural school. The students from the prefectural school asked various questions one after another, and the students from the county school were simply unable to cope.

"Brother, brother, could you lend us the test paper of the master? We still don't quite understand the part about national policy you just talked about."

The students from the provincial school looked at the students from the county school eagerly.

Fang Ziyan rolled his eyes, stood on the stool with the title paper in hand, raised his hand and said, "My dear brothers, this small title paper is easy to explain! Think about it, even our Tongan Bookstore has opened a shop in front of the government school, what does this mean?"

"This..." The students of the prefectural school looked at each other in bewilderment, "What does this mean..."

Fang Ziyan said, "It shows that our relationship is strong! So don't talk about whether to lend it or not. We are all brother colleges, so we should just communicate in a friendly manner!"

The students of the prefectural school were overjoyed and quickly took out their own book boxes, "Brother, wait a moment, we will give you the prefectural school's test papers, and we will take turns to read them!"

The students of the county school looked at each other and laughed secretly. Fang Ziyan raised his hand to stop them. "Ahem - no need. I just... overheard the conversation between the uncle and Zhou Xuezhen. They said..."

"What did you say?" The student from the prefectural school stopped and looked at Fang Ziyan curiously.

"They are going to teach us together and predict the questions together!" Fang Ziyan stood on a stool, sharing secrets with everyone like a qualified intelligence chief. "They also said that if we have any questions, we can always ask them. Oh, and my master and the officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue can also be consulted!"

"Wow--"

When had the students of the prefectural school ever received such treatment? Their little faces turned red with excitement.

I can talk to my uncle and adults face to face!

Even if you are a scholar or a juren, you may not be able to enjoy such treatment, right?

Zhou Xuezhen is able to know the chief clerk of Tongan County, which really means he has climbed into a high position!

"Fang Ziyan!"

As everyone was excited, a loud shout came from the door of the lecture room.

Everyone looked up - the person who came was none other than the Earl of Yongning whom they had been thinking about for a long time!

The students of the prefectural school instantly became as quiet as quails and sat back in their seats in an orderly manner, their faces filled with nervousness and uneasiness, but deep in their eyes, there was an excitement and admiration that could not be suppressed.

......

This is the first time that students in Tongan County are organized to take the exam.

Although the headmaster Li Hongmao appeared calm on the surface, he was actually very nervous, so he also came to the provincial school.

A year ago, he never dreamed that a scholar like him could become the headmaster of a school and bring his children to the school to stay and exchange ideas.

But after the excitement, he gradually became nervous and uneasy, and even a trace of inferiority surged in his heart.

Excluding Zhou Xuezhen, there were a total of sixteen teachers in the provincial school, among which... only three of them were scholars, the rest were juren, and there was even a gongshi who worked as a teacher in the provincial school.

There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people.

Compared with these gentlemen, his reputation as a scholar is really not impressive enough...

In the corridor, Shen Zheng explained the reference matters. Li Hongmao nodded silently and was about to get up to see her off.

"I have been observing you for a long time." Shen Zheng suddenly stopped and spoke with a serious look, "The children love you and respect you. No one in the prefecture school looks down on you. Don't worry about it. If you feel that your achievements are not good enough, just take another exam. Why do you have to worry about it?"

Li Hongmao paused and looked towards the lecture room.

Although separated by a window, he could still see the faces of every student in the county school.

"Sir, I just feel..." His throat was dry, and he lowered his eyes and said, "I feel embarrassed for the children. But in fact, I know that the children don't care about this. It's just that I also came to the government school today, and in comparison... Alas."

Shen Zheng made two "tsk tsk" sounds, and then followed his "sigh".

The essence of human existence is to "compare", whether it is comparing with others or with oneself, what one is "comparing" is the tone.

She patted Li Hongmao on the shoulder and said, "You keep daydreaming all day long. I'll send you to the Autumn Examination next year so that you don't always feel that you are lacking something."

Before Li Hongmao could speak, Fang Ziyan suddenly came into their sight.

"Master, you are here!" He looked at Shen Zheng, then at Li Hongmao, and pointed to the lecture room and said, "Master wants you to go over there and give a lecture with Zhou Xuezhen. Zhou Xuezhen is waiting for you!"

Li Hongmao looked in the direction where his finger pointed. He didn't know when Yu Shizhang was standing at the door of the lecture room, waving at him, indicating that he should hurry over.

Looking at the smile on Yu Shizhang's face, Li Hongmao's tense heart suddenly felt relieved.

He will prove himself.

It proves that Lord Shen did not choose the wrong person, and that although he has not achieved fame for the time being, he will do his best to treat every child well.

......

After leaving the gate of the prefectural school, Shen Zheng turned directly into the bookstore, scaring the shopkeeper Li Zhushu so much that he stood up suddenly, carefully took out the account book and handed it over.

"Sink, sink, sink, sink..."

He "shen" several times but couldn't come up with the rest of the sentence. Shen Zheng pursed her lips and took the account book. "Don't shen. Tell me, how is the business recently? As the owner of the first branch, what do you think?"

Shopkeeper Li was so frightened that sweat broke out on his forehead. He stuttered for a long time but couldn't utter a word.

He knew that Lord Shen had come to the government school, but he didn't expect that Lord Shen would come to the bookstore in person...

The account is absolutely fine, but the opinion...

His face turned red, and he followed Shen Zheng with his hands and feet together.

Shen Zheng sometimes looked at the accounts, and sometimes looked up at the layout of the bookstore. After reading the account books, she asked, "No opinion? Then let me ask you another way. Have the students made any requests for the bookstore?"

"Request?" Shopkeeper Li suddenly stopped.

He recalled, "Sir, the students have come to ask us if we sell paper. They said that other bookstores sell paper, but the paper is more expensive than our books, so it's not worth it. They also said that if our bookstore can sell a lot of paper and ink, they will only take care of our business in the future."

After talking about business seriously, Shopkeeper Li was no longer nervous, but waited quietly for Shen Zheng's answer.

"I want to sell it." Shen Zheng put the account book on the counter and pointed to the two bookshelves at the back. "You can sort out these two bookshelves later and wait for my news."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Li nodded repeatedly. After Shen Zheng left, he felt a little strange again.

——You need a bookshelf now?

What about...paper?