Xu Dongsheng would never let someone who was trying to take advantage of him, especially his wife, get away with it.

The children who are brought in are given treats, coaxed, and scared a little until all the necessary questions are asked. Then, people are sent to arrest them.

Parents of children who were caught were given ten strokes of the cane without any explanation before being interrogated.

Make them pay for the child's food and other expenses over the past few days, then tell them to get lost.

Kenqing City today is different from the past. Without the incursions of the Northern Mongols, and with the flow of merchants, anyone who isn't lazy can find some work.

Putting everything else aside, the inn business is doing very well.

If you don't have enough houses, then renovate or add a few rooms to your existing homes.

If the bedding is washed clean and the food is cooked to a barely edible standard, you can still attract business.

Of course, running this kind of family-run inn also requires reporting to the government.

Although the government will collect taxes accordingly, it will also protect these inns.

Otherwise, if disputes arise due to tenants not paying accommodation fees, the authorities will refuse to handle them.

Of course, as long as you have reported to the county government,

The government would also teach the innkeepers how to verify the authenticity of household registrations.

In addition to the booming inn business, the catering industry in Kenqing City is also thriving, and Xu Dongsheng encourages the locals to set up stalls.

In addition to the existing market, a special street was opened up specifically for food businesses.

You can buy all kinds of snacks here.

For travelers, finding accommodation is not only easy, but also finding places to eat is also quick.

The villagers planted high-yield crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. With food, their lives naturally became more comfortable.

The problem of not having enough to eat has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, it is absolutely unacceptable for ordinary people to abandon their children in front of orphanages in order to gain an advantage.

After dozens of people were punished, no one dared to abandon children at the orphanage anymore.

After handling many cases, one naturally learns what the people's greatest wishes are.

Besides not having to spend money to raise children, the most important thing is that the children can study in the orphanage.

This is the real reason why they had to send their child away with such pain.

What outsiders perceive as separation from their children is, for them, a way to find a good place and a good future for their child.

So Xu Dongsheng wrote an application to build a private school.

Although Kenqing City used to have a county school, due to recent harassment from the northern Mongols, the county school is now just an empty shell.

The man inside had long since disappeared.

Therefore, when the county school reopens, the expenses for the teachers hired, such as tuition and fees, will still be covered by government funding.

Originally, the county school was a public-private school, and those who could study there were at least scholars with the title of Xiucai (a degree in the imperial examination system).

With everything in ruins and needing rebuilding, shouldn't the standards for admitting students to private schools be lowered a bit?

Children can study for free, but families still need to provide their own writing materials such as pens, ink, paper, and inkstones.

For beginners, a sandbox can be used as a substitute.

Of course, the knowledge that these children in the introductory classes learn is completely different from what those scholars learn.

The things these children learn are more practical.

What makes something practical? The teaching content is based on the clan history of Zhao Family Village.

When the people learned that the county school was opening a beginner's class, with no tuition fees but other expenses paid by the students themselves, and that boarding was not allowed and students could only commute, they were shocked to learn that the county school was opening a beginner's class.

The people went crazy, all wanting to enroll their own children.

However, many children from rural areas face the problem of accommodation.

In Kenqing City, most of the houses have been converted into guesthouses, so it's not easy to find affordable accommodations.

Applying once is the same as applying multiple times.

Xu Dongsheng displayed an indomitable and shameless spirit, submitting memorials to his superiors time and time again.

Finally, the funding for the county school was approved.

Then use that money to hire a man.

Those who passed the provincial examinations and the imperial examinations were the first choice for county schools. Those who passed the county-level examinations and the imperial examinations were the standard teachers for private schools set up in villages and towns.

The specific courses given to the children all have a timetable.

Even more so, Xu Dongsheng participated in the compilation of textbooks, striving for practicality, because he couldn't let the children become useless bookworms who only knew how to study by rote.

As soon as the policy that benefits the people is introduced, the common people will go and kowtow to Xu Dongsheng again.

Wang Heming, the village chief of Baihua Village, brought the village's elderly residents, all over 50 years old, to kowtow to Xu Dongsheng in gratitude for the county magistrate's provision of free education to the children of their village.

The sight of a group of elderly men and women with gray hair kneeling down and kowtowing as soon as the yamen gates opened, shouting "Thank you, Your Honor!" was truly spectacular.

But Xu Dongsheng quickly helped the elderly people up.

"Elders, this is unacceptable. You are all of the generation to be grandparents. Even if the law stipulates so, I am afraid it will shorten my lifespan."

May I ask what brings you all to the county government office so early in the morning?

After learning the reason, Xu Dongsheng was both amused and exasperated.

"These are things that this county should do."

Reading makes people wise; children who can read and write can understand letters and account books.

No matter where I go in the future, I'll be able to avoid suffering losses.

They have an extra chance to survive compared to others.

Whether it's taking the imperial examination or going to work, there's still a certain difference between those who have studied and those who haven't.

"Old man, please don't come to thank the county government for this anymore."

When Xu Dongsheng received these elderly people who came to express their gratitude, he made a point of mentioning that the orphanage next to the county government office was run by his fiancée.

His idea of ​​starting a private school was inspired by his fiancée.

As word spread, Zhao Qingyan, who had not yet married into Kenqing City, became a bodhisattva who saved people from suffering in the hearts of the common people.

Xu Dongsheng had thought that with his wife gaining a good reputation,

After marrying into Kenqing City, what if Zhao Qingyan attends some kind of banquet or something?

Even without the title of her husband, the county magistrate, she was still highly respected by others.

Xu Dongsheng was simply good-looking and talented at a young age; in just one year, he transformed Kenqing City.

He is also approachable and kind, making him a truly rare and desirable son-in-law.

Therefore, many wealthy families in the county came to propose marriage.

Knowing that Xu Dongsheng had already chosen a wife, it was acceptable for their own daughter to marry into the family as a concubine.

"Matchmaker Liu, please leave. This official will not take a concubine."

My fiancée is enough for me in this life.

I also trouble Liu the matchmaker to spread the word to your colleagues, and tell them not to come to my door to arrange marriages for me anymore.

I don't have that much time to deal with these trivial matters.

If anyone dares to disturb me at my door, be careful, I will lose my temper.

Xu Dongsheng dismissed the third matchmaker and ordered that if any more matchmakers came, they should be driven away immediately.

The constables were quite surprised; it was rare to see such a domineering side to the usually amiable magistrate.

A horrific rape and murder has recently occurred in Dawar.

Three families have already filed police reports.