Everyone was talking and laughing and detouring the pig pen from the vegetable garden. After watching for a while, they came out. Everyone was covered in mud. The vegetable farmers and pigherds along the way were bowing with each other. Xu Zixian did not take the airs and bowed back one by one.

After coming out, they saw Li Yi, Kong He and others arrive. Chen Daojian and a few middle-aged men with a clear face came over. They listened to cars and horses by the road. Jin Huaiyi and others were wearing strong arms robes and guarding the crowd with barricades. There were many people watching the excitement around them.

A group of well-known big businesses rushed over from the town, and they didn't dare to get close. They only dared to salute here with their hands crossed.

There is a private school jointly organized by merchants in the town. Two famous scholars were teaching a group of businessmen's children. When they heard the news, they rushed out. Two scholars wearing hijabs bowed to this side on the side of the road.

When the crowd walked towards this side, the people of Zhuang Ding and the people bowed down together, holding their breath and bowing quietly, with a full attitude of respect.

Xu Zixian sighed sincerely, even if he was the current third-rank general and the future second-rank marquis, these business people and scholars had never saluted him with such a heartfelt respect attitude.

Of course, Xu Zixian's identity, his scheming skills and his strength have also made him, the Nan'an Houzi, stronger and stronger. However, this kind of respect for the strong is not like this in front of him, but a kind of respect and admiration from the heart.

Maybe one day Xu Zixian would be respected and admired in this way, but now at least it is far from meeting such standards.

This is the respect of Chinese people for Confucians. The illiterate men and women in the countryside will respect the literate gentleman because the literate gentleman will teach their children to be literate. One generation will hope that the next generation can leap their own class. In China, the best way to leap into classes is to study.

Even if you have not passed the exam and cannot become a Jinshi or a top scholar, you can at least become a tentative clerk and an official, and you will still jump out of your original class.

The one who sets the ladder for this jump is the predecessor who deserves respect.

As for the famous scholars in the Confucian class, they are regarded as stars in the sky and are respected and admired like a protruding person.

"I've seen the prince." The middle-aged man with Qinghuang faced him surrounded by stars and moonlight and came to Xu Zixian. Before he could speak, he smiled bitterly, and of course, he also had great pride.

Wu Shizhong was finally invited to the other courtyard!

The north building of the Hou Mansion was specially vacated, renovated and bought a lot of exquisite high-quality furniture, and spent dozens of cents of money on it.

A small door was opened on the courtyard wall outside the north building, leading to the official road to the south. It was convenient for Wu Shizhong and his family to go out and could freely communicate.

Wu Shizhong's hundreds of trump cards were paid by Xu Zixian, and his ears were missing a lot of noise. He finally felt calm and quiet. A normal person would feel grateful for this, let alone a great scholar like Wu Shizhong who values ​​inner understanding.

If Xu Zi hadn't done this first, Wu Shizhong planned to sell his family's collection of books before the New Year. Although he couldn't bear to leave it, he was also a must-do to clear his debts.

But he was also confused in his heart, and he could not make any breakthroughs in his knowledge for the time being. The production of several acres of thin land in his family was limited, and how many children he had to raise was that he could not just endure hardship at home?

Xu Zixian's actions also gave this great scholar the best choice. He had a comfortable residence, generous treatment and salary. The official position in the Marquis' Mansion was not as good as a formal official position, and it was quite leisurely. Wu Shizhong had no other business except going to the capital to worship the Taimiao. For a Confucian scholar in a poor situation, this choice was quite good.

"I'm sorry, the prince has been to the despise twice," Wu Shizhong said with a wry smile: "I haven't come here now, I'm just here to be a guest at the Marquis' Mansion."

"I'm here to help," Xu Zi said respectfully, "Even if you go there twice or three times, as long as the teacher can come and give in, you won't dare to say anything. You can only be happy and have no other thoughts in your heart."

"The prince has hills and valleys in his heart." Wu Shizhong was unwilling to say much about this matter. His children followed him timidly, and his face was pale and thin, which made him feel discouraged and depressed. Fortunately, when he came here and saw that everything was arranged by the Marquis's house was very calm. Wu Shizhong was also extremely satisfied with Xu Zixian's sincerity and said, "Since you are here, of course, you must serve the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion and the Prince. What Guanzi did here was thought of, as did houses, utensils, even vegetable gardens, and pig pens. I have traveled all over the world and have seen several group training sessions.

I saw it once in Changdezhou, Jinghu South Road. It was nothing more than a disaster. The local regiment trained more than a thousand villagers gathered together. Although they were not cutting wood for soldiers, they lived in shacks and ate inferior food. They were like beggars. What is the use of such regiment training soldiers? The bandits were still suffering. When they came out to fight, they fled in the wind, which made people laugh. From here, they looked at the arrangement of the prince and the recruitment notices along the way. This is really necessary to train an elite group to protect the village. Judging from this matter, the prince is successful in doing things. Although he is young, his mind is no more than ordinary people, and he is also respected."

What a man was Wu Shizhong? A famous scholar in the country was famous in the capital.

It is rare for ordinary princes to be in power in both governments, and it is a blessing to get a praise from Confucian scholars like him.

Although these people have low official positions and are difficult to become high-ranking officials, they have a considerable influence in Shilin and public opinion, and are comparable to ordinary officials. Even if they are the chief officials of the two governments, they can only win over or ignore Confucian scholars like Wu Shizhong. It is quite difficult to suppress their power to speak.

This is also the most direct and important use that Xu Zi must bring in Wu Shizhong. With Wu Shi's comments, Xu Zi's actions in Nan'an are morally a commanding heights that cannot be reached.

"Sir, I'm too rewarded." Xu Zixian said to Wu Shizhong modestly: "Everything here is just a creation, but I think that since the Marquis' fiefdom is here, I'll live in a separate courtyard for a long time, and because of our reasons, Li Cheng and the thief of Qishan have colluded with the Qishan thieves, which has led to the threat of the place. Of course, it is best for me to solve this problem... Not only should I set up a group to train defense, but I also hope that I can lead troops to Qishan in the future and completely solve this big problem..."

"How might it be." Wu Shizhong did not believe the words of the young man in front of him, but he had to praise Xu Zixian's words.

"Tonight, we will hold a banquet to welcome you." Xu Zixian didn't say much. Things were done, not said. Even if a person like Wu Shizhong was forced to become an official for a while, he would not say anything against his will. Such a great scholar's life was indifferent, just for the sake of clear thoughts and reputation in later generations. He even had some paranoid things. His family's life was indifferent, but for the sake of pure Confucianism, he could sacrifice anything.

Wu Shizhong is considered human, which is why Xu Zixian is willing to recruit him. If he is a hard and pure scholar who is a stone in the thatched cottage, it is better to respect Xie Bumin and not provoke him.

I was able to get Wu Shizhong's praise today because of the impeccable things I did in front of me, from the vegetable garden to the pig pen to the house. Wu Shizhong's praise is not against his will.

...

"These are some small tricks of bedding. My sister has already taken the house with her to lay it out."

It was getting dark and the north building in the villa was brightly lit. Here, a small courtyard was sorted out, five or six rooms of monastery, and all kinds of utensils were arranged. Wu Shizhong's four children were taken to take a shower, changed into new robes, and supported each other with joy, following his father, waiting for dinner.

When the younger sister came to pay tribute to Wu Shizhong, the great scholar made an exception and asked: "How is the homework? Have you read and read?"

"Yes." The younger sister smiled and said, "I have read Thousands of Poems and the Analects of Confucius."

"Oh, it's very good." Wu Shizhong nodded and said, "Don't read Zuo Zhuan, you can read some miscellaneous books, the theory of things in line with things, the creation of things in heaven, the geography, and the hydrological genre. It is beneficial to read these kinds of books. The meaning of the classics is to work hard, and it is still a stepping stone to fame. There is no need to read them."

Xu Ziwen smiled and said, "Fortunately, the gentleman said this. If it were someone else, Shilin wouldn't know how to react."

"There is no need to worry about the theory of corrupt scholars." Wu Shizhong's eyes were bright and he looked at Xu Zixian and said, "Practicing the principles of knowledge is the basis of knowledge. The Master did not come out in the pile of books back then. After serving in Lu, he traveled around the countries. Why did he come? The prince worked hard to find me, so he shouldn't come to talk to me about knowledge?"

"I am not worthy of discussing knowledge with the teacher..." Xu Zixian pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, as a guest, I have ordered Mr. Li to report it with a seal. After the official letter is printed, I will trouble Mr. Li to go to the capital."

"This is inevitable." Wu Shizhong said: "I'm just strange. It is said that the Marquis' Mansion can win this position by just a little recruiting a famous scholar. Why do you have to work hard to come and invite me?"

This person is really not a corrupt scholar!

Xu Zi first thought about it and knew that it would be better to tell the truth to smart people. He said immediately: "It is said that this year, the imperial court will conduct some publicity. This matter is top secret, and not many people want to know about it."

"So that's it." Wu Shizhong said: "There have been copper for the governments for at least a hundred years. The court has been quite harsh on the royal family in recent years. If this happens, it is not surprising. If the prince uses gold, it is not a big deal."

"There are a few things I may offend a lot of people recently." Xu Zixian said honestly: "After going to Beijing, there may be accidents. What is fake can be true, and what is real can be fake."

After hearing this, Wu Shizhong stretched his eyebrows and smiled: "The prince is so honest, and it is in line with the way of a gentleman. A gentleman can deceive him by the way, and he can deceive villains even if he backhanded. Since this matter is so important, I will discuss with the prince to get it done..."

Xu Zi bowed first, but this time he really lost most of his thoughts.

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"This is Liu Jiusi, the leader of our construction site. This is Zhang Zhong, this is Zhang Xin, this is Zhang Yi, this is Zhang Yi, this is the three brothers of the Zhang family, which are the leading craftsmen of stone, wood, small wood, sawn, and bamboo, tiles, and mud."

Fu Qian introduced the person in front of Xu Zixian with a bright face. A group of craftsmen stood up very restrainedly, bent over and saluted the prince with his hands.

Fu Qian continued: "There are also Lin Qisan and Lin Enmao. They are masters of kiln factories. We use a lot of bricks this time. The prince said that it is better to build a kiln factory by yourself and use bricks in the future. They can ask them to make the matter mention."

Xu Zixian nodded and smiled at these people. Burning kilns is also a technical job, involving air closure, heat, charcoal and other aspects. Burning kilns in later generations was a simple matter. A farmer couple could build a small fire kiln by investing tens of thousands of yuan. As long as they worked hard, burning hundreds of thousands of bricks in a summer was a simple matter.

Because it is easy to burn fire and transport, brick embryos are quite simple to make, just a hard work.

Nowadays, firing kilns is a technical job. Several masters are very reserved in front of great scholars like Guiren and Wu Shizhong. However, Xu Zixian knew in his heart that ordinary people would come to the door to say half a car of good things and give gifts.
Chapter completed!