The so-called Aunt Zhang was the one who helped out at the fried dough stick stall. As Li Jue became a baron of the Tang Dynasty, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wu also became his servants.

And it's the kind of situation where you absolutely have to have it...

Although Li Jue despised this blatant human trafficking, many of the neighbors in Qinglongfang envied Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wu, thinking they had gotten incredibly lucky to have climbed onto Li Jue's coattails.

"Young master, three hundred households would require at least a thousand people. Making two sets for each person would probably cost a thousand strings of cash..."

"ah?"

Before being granted a noble title, Li Jue always thought he had a lot of money.

After all, that was a huge sum of two hundred strings of cash, which would be a considerable amount anywhere.

However, after being granted a noble title, Li Jue did not feel richer; on the contrary, he felt poorer...

"no!"

"I want to make money!"

"I want all the farmers under my jurisdiction to live a life of plenty, with meat to eat every day!"

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Wang Hui looked at Li Jue with considerable surprise, thinking to himself, "What's wrong with this child? Whose esteemed person cares about the lives of the peasants?"

If you're truly kind-hearted, the right thing to do is to exempt them from their taxes and levies from that year...

The villagers kneeling below were dumbfounded when they heard this, thinking to themselves, "Could it be that Heaven has sent us a living bodhisattva as our master?"

The owner looks too young, probably only ten years old.

With a heavy heart, Li Jue toured the entire village. Seeing that every household lived in adobe houses, he set himself a small goal: to make sure all the people lived in brick and tile houses!

"Young lord, where do you think would be a suitable place to build the baron's mansion?"

According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue was to build his own mansion in Xianyang.

However, Li Jue's title was something he had picked up by chance, which made him feel very uneasy. In addition, his status as a fugitive made him even more uncertain.

Therefore, in order to cultivate a good relationship with the county magistrate and make it easier for him to keep him informed in the future, he decided to give the people of Xianyang a gift and at the same time present the county magistrate, Wang Hui, with a political achievement!

"Don't rush things about the mansion; let the peasants build a school first!"

"A school?"

"right!"

"Knowledge is the primary productive force. I want to ensure that all children can afford to go to school!"

Originally, Wang Hui, the magistrate of Xianyang County, looked down on this young nobleman and treated him with extreme perfunctoriness on the way to inspect the people in his fiefdom.

After all, whether it was the farmland allocated to Li Jue or the mansion built for him, it was all taken from the flesh of their Xianyang County!

Moreover, allocating three hundred households to him would mean the county government would lose three hundred people who could pay taxes and perform corvée labor. It would be a miracle if the county magistrate were happy about that.

But when they heard that he was going to set up a school, their eyes immediately lit up with greed.

Firstly, the money spent by Xianyang County was used for the benefit of the people of Xianyang County; secondly, building schools could be considered a political achievement!

"You unruly commoners, why don't you hurry up and thank the young lord? The young lord just said that he will build a school for you so that your descendants can all read and write!"

The villagers, who had been kneeling on the ground blankly, suddenly had their eyes light up when they heard Magistrate Cao say this.

"This humble subject thanks Your Excellency!"

"We, the common people, wish that Your Excellency, the Duke, and your descendants will be numerous and prosperous!"

After Li Jue received the people's thanks, he was immediately pulled aside by Wang Hui.

"May I ask where Your Excellency intends to build the school?"

This is a very important question. If it's built in Sanglinzhuang, it will be the village school of Sanglinzhuang. But if it's built in Xianyang, it will not only serve as the county school of Xianyang, but also as a personal achievement for him!

"I am new here and unfamiliar with the local customs. Please ask Magistrate Cao to help me choose a location!"

"ah?"

"Hahaha!"

"I am honored by your high regard, Your Excellency. I think a vacant lot near the south gate of Xianyang County would be quite nice. It is very close to Sanglin Manor and is just a wall away from your residence in Xianyang!"

"good!"

"Do as Magistrate Cao says!"