Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

The man who spoke first scratched his ear and whispered, "Give him a chance to mend his ways."

Zhou Xing turned to look at him with a serious expression, "You are not greedy too, are you? Are you begging for mercy for yourself here?"

The man immediately jumped up and said, "Why would I be greedy? I didn't manage the workers."

Zhou Xing sneered: "Don't think so in your heart, waiting for an opportunity to learn from Song Xiyu, oh, no wonder you think adults are cruel."

"What nonsense! I don't have such idea at all." The man defended.

Zhou Xing looked like he didn't understand him. "Since you don't have such intentions, why do you want the adults to give Song Xiyu and the others a chance to mend their ways? The adults have so many people under them. If you give everyone a chance, how will the adults act in the future?"

The other man stood between the two of them and said, "Brother Xing, calm down. This guy is just confused and has no bad intentions. We have known each other for a long time, but we still don't know what kind of person he is."

Although Zhou Xing still had something to say in his heart, he took this opportunity to control his emotions.

Bafang, under the pretext of night patrol, eavesdropped everywhere. When he heard no more talking inside, he tiptoed towards Meng Changqing's study.

He looked like a thief, and Zuo Datou almost punched him in the face, but he managed to hold it back.

But Bafang himself didn't know that when he passed by, he smiled and nodded at the person, "Brother Zuo."

Zuo Datou asked him, "Why do you walk like this?"

Bafang replied, "Speak softly so as not to disturb the young master."

Zuo Datou looked at the person who sneaked into the study and thought to himself, who would believe that? You, Bafang, are not such a considerate person. It is understandable that you sneak in to scare people.

In the study, Meng Changqing was busy arranging the class schedule.

Now that a serious teacher has come, the school's curriculum should also be adjusted in light of actual conditions.

Meng Changqing opened the school not to send these people to take imperial examinations and become officials, but to improve the quality and cultural level of the next generation so that they could be used by her.

If the school only taught people to take imperial examinations, it would be inconsistent with her original idea.

Therefore, schools must also offer practical technical courses so that children can learn skills and have jobs and income after leaving school.

Meng Changqing divided the courses into three major categories. The first category is basic courses, which teach children to read and write and provide simple legal knowledge.

This course is stipulated to be required for all children of appropriate age. Those who do not participate are breaking the law and violating the laws of Beishan County.

After the Zheng Xidong incident, Meng Changqing also learned a lesson. Why was there compulsory education in her era? It shows that decision makers have a long-term vision and are well aware of the difficulties for children to go to school, not just poverty.

The second type of course is the imperial examination course. For those who want to take the imperial examination and become an official, the school will of course give them the opportunity.

The third type of technical classes teaches various types of techniques. Meng Changqing will try his best to find any master he can for them, and there is no age or gender restriction for technical classes, so anyone who wants to learn can go and listen.

At the moment, there are limited classrooms and teachers, so from the first to the fourth day and the sixteenth to the nineteenth day of each month, basic courses and scientific examination courses will give way to technical courses.

The things defined by Meng Changqing are just changes that can be made at present. As more classrooms and more teachers are added in the future, there will naturally be other arrangements.

Even Meng Changqing considered setting up special night literacy classes for those who are over the age limit but want to learn to read and write.

These are all her thoughts in her mind, and how to implement them in detail still requires some trial and error.

Bafang walked to Meng Changqing's side, and seeing that there was not much ink left in the inkstone, he added water to grind the ink, "Master, I heard that Madam did not let Zheng Xidong go home, and took him to see Mr. Cai."

Meng Changqing put down his pen, stood up and turned his neck, "I still want to finish my class schedule and go see Mr. Cai, but my mother made the trip for me, so I can save myself the trouble.

You have traveled a lot, stop wasting time, put away the things on the table and go to bed early." When Xi Bei arrived at Weishanying, it was already late, and someone asked her the purpose of her visit from a distance.

Xi Bei immediately gave the letter, explained the situation, left the two men behind and left.

The soldier who came forward to inquire was dumbfounded and could only ask others to keep an eye on the people on the ground. He reported to the higher authorities layer by layer, and the letter was delivered to the literate generals. After verifying the seal on the letter and the name list that was retrieved at the beginning, he sent people to pick up Song Xiyu and Sun Zixiao.

It was already late at night.

Song Xiyu and her grandson Xiao fainted several times from the pain. From the time they were injured to now, they have not received effective treatment for several hours.

Finally someone came to pay attention to them, but they just carried the people to the outermost tent and simply applied some sore medicine to cover their wounds.

A few days later, the two were driven out of the camp again. Their injuries had not yet healed, and they had to find a way to return to their hometown on their own.

Meng Changqing handed the class schedule she had arranged to Wen.

I originally wanted to hand over the school matters to Cai Rong, but later on I found that Cai Rong was too pure. It would be fine to let him just teach, but if he were to be in charge of the school as a whole, it would really cause big trouble.

After much thought, it would be more convenient for Wen to continue to manage it.

Therefore, Meng Changqing only told her mother about her subsequent plans and ideas for the school, and her mother made the specific arrangements.

With Wen in charge, Meng Changqing has less to worry about, unlike Qi Renli.

Whenever Qi Renli received an assignment from Meng Changqing and encountered something he was unsure about, he would never make a decision on his own and would always ask Meng Changqing first.

Although this approach can avoid mistakes, it will not improve Qi Renli's personal abilities much.

July came in a blink of an eye.

Qi Renli wanted to try raising tussah silkworms this autumn.

For this trial breeding, he made a lot of preparations and wrote a lot of plans and ideas, which he showed to Meng Changqing.

Meng Changqing was busy with the finishing work of the last section of the official road and had no time to take care of his affairs, but he still squeezed out time to look at the things that Qi Renli brought and comfort him.

But the more Meng Changqing said it didn't matter, the more nervous Qi Renli became.

Later, Meng Changqing didn't dare to persuade him anymore. Forget it, just let it go and let fate take its course.

Qi Renli is not only annoyed by Meng Changqing, he is also annoyed by Boss Xu.

An elderly silkworm breeder had finally gained some weight after working in Beishan County for several months, but recently he lost three pounds because of Qi Renli's annoyance.

Now Boss Xu is either running to the mountains or checking on the condition of the silkworm seeds at home. Under pressure from Qi Renli, he can't even sleep well, for he is afraid that something might go wrong and that Lord Qi will take his life.

As time passed, the silkworm eggs grew bigger and Boss Xu's heart slowly settled down.

When the silkworms grew to a certain size and were ready to be released into the mountains, Qi Renli wished he could live there.

Without him annoying him, Meng Changqing was able to do things more smoothly.

By August, before the autumn harvest, the official road was completed. Meng Changqing and Zuo Datou checked the accounts and found that there was a surplus of silver.

Although it was not much, Meng Changqing was still very happy, which showed that after the Song Xiyu incident, no one dared to be greedy. (End of this chapter)