356, General Assembly

356, General Assembly

"Did you notice that the street seems to be cleaner today?"

That morning, when the shop owners opened their doors and came out, they noticed at a glance that the streets of their small county town were unusually clean.

The piles of horse and cow dung that used to litter the streets are gone.

The air outside seemed to have become clean and fresh, and there was no longer any lingering smell of shit.

Soon, someone noticed an old man wearing a green vest on the street, pushing a strange-looking two-wheeled cart with a broom and a shovel on it, sweeping as he went.

Soon the people of Li County realized that these were the people arranged by their county magistrate to sweep the streets.

On that day, notices were posted at the city gate and at the doors of restaurants and inns in the city, saying that on August 8, their county magistrate would give a class at the county government office gate, telling everyone how to make money, and everyone was welcome to attend.

These days, are there still officials telling the people how to make money?

This was the first time they had heard of such a thing in their entire lives.

For a moment, people in the entire county were in disbelief and at the same time extremely curious about it, and everyone rushed to tell each other the story.

So on the morning of the eighth day of the eighth month, before it got light outside, people from the entire county got up, opened their doors, went out, and walked in the same direction.

When Lu Mingfei got up and washed up in the room, the guard Ma Ge standing beside him told him that many people had come to the government office. He replied calmly: "Come on, come on. It doesn't matter if it's just one sheep or a flock of sheep. Let's drive them together."

After listening to this, Guard Ma looked at their master with admiration, he was indeed worthy of being their master.

However, when they went out, Lu Mingfei was a little dumbfounded when he saw the streets were blocked by people.

Finally, he was able to successfully reach the gate of the yamen under the protection of several strong guards.

"There are so many people here, how can we get through?"

"Please squeeze forward."

At this time, the village heads and village heads of each village had also arrived at the intersection of the street outside the county government office. However, they were still some distance away from the entrance of the government office, but the road ahead was blocked by crowds of people and they could not get through at all.

The group of people had no choice but to squeeze forward while being scolded.

The platform at the entrance to the government office was a bit higher. Lu Mingfei stood on it and raised his hand to push it down, signaling everyone to be quiet. "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me."

Many of the people below were seeing their new county magistrate for the first time. Now they found that their new county magistrate was young and handsome.

When the noise at the scene had quieted down, Lu Mingfei shouted, "Fellow villagers, hello everyone. I am Lu Mingfei, the county magistrate of Li County. You can call me Lord Lu or just say my name."

"Have the village heads and village heads arrived?" As if remembering something, Lu Mingfei asked the crowd standing below.

"Here, here." Several hands were raised at the far end of the crowd.

Seeing that the village heads and village officials were still so far away, Lu Mingfei shouted, "Please move forward a little and make way for the village heads and village officials. They are here on behalf of the entire village, so please let them come forward."

Upon hearing this, the people in the crowd also made way for them, allowing the village heads and village heads who were unable to pass through to come to the front.

A group of village heads and village heads took great pains to finally get in front of their elders.

There were also a few familiar faces here, including the village chief and the head of the village where the Fu family lived, whom Lu Mingfei had visited a few days ago.

When the village heads and lizheng officials came forward, Lu Mingfei saw that everyone was standing, so he put his hand down and said, "There are too many guests today, and we don't have enough chairs here in the yamen. Please sit on the floor. There's no need to be too particular."

"I have a lot to say next. It will be tiring for everyone to stand and listen. Please sit down and listen."

Seeing that no one was brave enough to sit down, Lu Mingfei sat down first.

When the people in front saw that their adults had sat down on the ground, they sat down there without any worries.

After the person in front sat down, the people behind saw this and sat down too.

Soon, the tall standing crowd turned into a short sitting crowd.

There are not only men but also women, old people and children here.

The children sat next to the adults and sat there quietly, without making any noise.

After everyone sat down, Lu Mingfei raised his voice and continued, "The reason I invited everyone here today is mainly to talk about three things."

"The first thing is about some arrangements for this winter."

"The second thing is about how to strengthen Li County's defense."

"The third thing is about the future development and educational arrangements of Li County."

"Today, I will talk to you in detail and also touch upon your concerns about how to make money and generate income. If you have any questions or questions, please wait until I finish speaking and then raise them loudly. I will answer them one by one."

"Let's start with the first thing..." Lu Mingfei flipped through the plan he wrote and started with the first item.

On such a big street, no matter if people were sitting on the street, in shops or standing upstairs, at this moment, everyone fell silent, wanting to listen to how their county magistrate had to talk about these things.

At this time, the former county magistrate who had retired was sitting on the second floor of the teahouse, and his sight just happened to see the young official sitting cross-legged at the door of the yamen.

There were also some merchants who passed through Li County and stayed here. They were lucky enough to witness this important moment when their Lord Lu made the decision before Li County was rebuilt.

Lu Mingfei had originally intended to share some entrepreneurial ideas for growing winter vegetables and wood ear mushrooms with the villagers and village heads. But then he thought, "It doesn't matter if I'm talking to 20 people or 200 people, I'll just invite everyone who wants to come."

The content of the plan also changed from a small idea of ​​making money by growing vegetables to a press conference to announce some future arrangements and plans for Li County.

He wanted to let the people know about this so that if they were willing, they could participate in the discussion and give practical suggestions.

But what he didn't expect was that this invitation would invite all the people in the city.

On this day, all the shops in the city were open, but no customers went in to buy anything. The shop owners, managers, and assistants all ran to the street to sit and listen to their masters talk.

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The sun rises from the east and moves upwards little by little.

The people in the audience listened attentively, and Lu Mingfei spoke until his mouth was dry. He deliberately put the issue of education at the end, hoping that the people here would attach importance to education and send their children to the county school.

As for his children's education, he divided it into two parts: one is to take the imperial examination, and the other is to take the practical path. Because not everyone studies for the purpose of taking the imperial examination or becoming an official.

Not everyone who studies can pass the many examinations of the imperial examination and become an official in the court.

This point should be arranged according to the actual situation, so he also emphasized here that "reading should be based on practicality, not necessarily for the purpose of participating in the imperial examination or becoming an official."

"For example, if we can read and write, at least we can write and read letters ourselves. Even if we go out to find a job, it would be easier if we can read, right?"

"After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the government will open a class for two hours every morning, mainly teaching university students literacy and arithmetic. Adults and children, no matter if they have time, can come and listen, no tuition required. Come and learn, and leave if you don't want to learn anymore."

"My only request is that it doesn't affect those who want to learn."

“The county school will officially start classes after February next year.”

Turning to the last page of the notebook in his hand, Lu Mingfei looked up at the people below and asked, "That's about all I have to say today. If anyone has any questions, ideas, or suggestions, please speak up now."

"I'll give you half an hour. If you don't mention it, I'll assume you all understand."

At this time, a village chief in front raised his hand and shouted a little embarrassedly: "Sir, I don't remember the method of growing vegetables in winter that you mentioned very clearly."

"Don't worry about this, everyone. I have asked people to post the methods on the wall at the city gate and the government office gate. You can come up and see them later. The methods of growing mushrooms and fungus, and making tofu that I just mentioned are all posted there." Lu Mingfei knew that everyone would definitely not understand after listening to it once, so he had already made preparations for this.

Later he answered some questions that no one understood.

As for suggestions, no one offered him any. I don't know if they were afraid to, or if there were no suggestions to offer him.

"That's all for today's meeting."

"Let's set the date for the next conference on March 3rd of next year. You can come to me with your questions and suggestions then." After speaking for more than four hours, Lu Mingfei was really thirsty and had to pee urgently. He quickly said a few closing remarks and stood up.

He had just been sitting for too long and his feet were numb, so when he stood up suddenly he almost fell down.

Fortunately, a hand reached out and supported him at this time.

"Be careful, sir." Guard Ma had been standing by their lord's side. Seeing them almost fall, he reached out his hand faster than his brain could react.

"It's okay, it's okay." Lu Mingfei used the force to stand firmly and quickly ran into the yamen.

When the people outside saw their masters running away, some of them didn't understand what was going on, but some of them understood what was going on because they also ran along to find the toilet.

Because their adults just said that in the future, no one is allowed to urinate or defecate anywhere in the county town... Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading