At the end of July, the matter of building a college was put on the agenda.

It was Cao Xiangnan who proposed to build a college, so he would naturally be responsible for it. Now that Caojia Village has undergone a new round of reforms, the people in charge of the village are no longer the original ones, but the new management personnel formed with Cao Gang as the village chief. So now everyone is involved, and there are more people available.

After everyone discussed, a new plan of action was determined.

Everyone was divided into three teams to raise funds for building a college. Cao Xiangnan and Li Zheng were in charge of the town, Sun Yanmiao and Cao Gui, the two deputy village chiefs, were in charge of other villages, and finally Cao Gang was in charge of the village.

Early in the morning, Cao Xiangnan took Li Zheng to the town. They first went to Yipinzhai to find Liu, the shopkeeper. Cao Xiangnan had informed the storekeeper Liu beforehand and asked him to help him find the county magistrate. If he didn't give the county magistrate a chance to make a name for himself, wouldn't that be too unfair to the county magistrate?

"This is what Lao Fang wanted. Remember the name of our Yipinzhai." Unexpectedly, the storekeeper Liu prepared a banknote for him, which meant that it was from Yipinzhai. Cao Xiangnan took it without any hesitation, took a look at the face value of the banknote, and thanked his elder brother with a smile.

With the name of Yipinzhai, are you still worried that other merchants will not donate money?

The county master was lying on the couch, closing his eyes and enjoying the service of his concubine, listening to the songs, and living like a god.

"Master." Someone came in from outside.

"Hmm?"

"Manager Liu is looking for you."

"Manager Liu is here?" County Magistrate Wang asked without opening his eyes, "What's the matter?"

"Manager Liu brought a few people and said they have something to ask you, Master."

Manager Liu, the god of wealth, must not be neglected. County Magistrate Wang opened his eyes and sat up with difficulty with the help of his concubine. A servant was kneeling below to put on his shoes.

"Master, please go and come back soon."

"Okay, okay."

Under the reluctant gaze of his concubine, he led the people to the front hall, and as soon as he arrived, he saw the storekeeper Liu and the people he brought with him. "What happened today, storekeeper Liu?" County Commander Wang had a big belly and had difficulty walking. When he saw the storekeeper Liu, he greeted him with a smile.

"Who are these people?" County Commander Wang glanced at them and asked casually.

"This is an opportunity for you, County Commander Wang, to be famous and famous for generations to come. This matter is really related to what they are going to do below, so I brought them here for you." Storekeeper Liu deliberately pointed to the eight big characters "famous and famous for generations to come", for fear that County Commander Wang could not hear clearly.

Famous and famous for generations to come?

County Magistrate Wang's eyes suddenly widened and he asked, "What's going on?"

"I've brought a few people to see you today. Let them tell you what's going on." Manager Liu acted as a hands-off manager. He was only responsible for the introduction. As for how to say it, he believed Cao Xiangnan had already prepared it.

"Bring the tea quickly." County Magistrate Wang walked up to the seat of honor and made a gesture, "Manager Liu, please sit down."

Manager Liu walked over and sat down without hesitation. The tea was brought to him. He picked it up and took a sip.

"Master." Cao Xiangnan knew it was his turn to speak. He walked up to County Magistrate Wang and bowed deeply. He said in a dignified manner, "I am Cao Xiangnan from Caojia Village. I have brought the village chief and several representatives here. I have something important to tell you, Master..."

"...When the academy is built, this stone tablet will be placed in the most conspicuous place in the academy. Everyone who enters the academy will be able to see your name, and know that you love the people like your own children, do good things for the people, and cultivate the pillars of the country for His Majesty. Who won't know your name by then? Don't you think so?" Cao Xiangnan praised County Magistrate Wang highly. To put it simply, an academy is to cultivate talents, and to put it more broadly, it is to cultivate the pillars of the country for His Majesty. By then, the name of the county magistrate will be known not only to those who enter the academy, but also to everyone in the entire Feng Dynasty.

People with power want a good reputation, and he grasped County Magistrate Wang's mentality. They were waving a resounding banner, and now they were ready to blow it, so that he could knock on the bamboo pole of the county master later. Although he was a small official of the seventh rank, he would have made a lot of money over the years.

County Magistrate Wang listened and nodded vigorously. When they had a few top scorers in the imperial examinations, His Majesty would know that he had paid for the construction of the academy and worked hard to cultivate the pillars of the country for His Majesty. He had done such a great thing, wouldn't he be given a high official title? Then

he could leave Fenshui, a small place, and become a high official in a bigger place.

"Big Master." Cao Xiangnan knew that County Magistrate Wang was daydreaming when he saw his expression, so he had to remind him.

County Magistrate Wang woke up from his sweet dream and looked at the person who called him.

"Grandmaster, how much do you want to contribute to build this academy?" Cao Xiangnan approached with a smile on his face, as if he was bringing a great thing to the county magistrate, and said, "When the academy is renovated, a stone tablet will be erected on the wall at the entrance of the academy, and your name, Grandmaster, will be engraved on the top."

So if this is too little, people will laugh at you, right?

"Contribute? Yes, yes, yes, yes, my name will be engraved on it." County Magistrate Wang waved to the master behind him. The master who was waiting on the side hurried forward and stood in front of the master.

Cao Xiangnan retreated to the side of the storekeeper Liu with interest and exchanged glances with him. Isn't this a deal?

County Magistrate Wang and his master murmured for a long time, and then waved to the boy. Seeing County Magistrate Wang waving, Cao Xiangnan immediately moved forward. Hearing the master's murmur, he shook his hands and said in panic, "No, no, this money will be made public for everyone to see. If the amount doesn't match, and everyone knows about it, this matter..." "

If something goes wrong and everyone blames me, Cao Xiangnan, it's fine, but I'm afraid it will implicate you, the master."

How dare he think that he only wanted to give him 100 taels and let him write it as 500 taels! Where can he find the remaining 400 taels! This is a good idea. Hearing that it was the idea of ​​this sharp-nosed and monkey-faced master, Cao Xiangnan immediately shook his hands in panic. In fact, he had already cursed this sharp-nosed and monkey-faced master and this fat-as-a-pig county master several times in his heart.

In the end, the county master reluctantly gave him a silver note of two hundred taels. When he gave it, his face looked painful. Cao Xiangnan solemnly wrote the name of the county master in the register and showed it to the county master. He also mentioned that he would ask the county master to come over when the construction started in a few days.

"Okay, okay, I will definitely go when the time comes." County Order Wang agreed immediately, smiling with his squinting eyes. No one knew what good thing he had thought of.

After saying goodbye to County Magistrate Wang, they walked out of the County Master's residence.

Manager Liu patted the boy next to him and said, "Good boy!"

For so many years, he was the only one who gave money to County Magistrate Wang, and he had never seen County Magistrate Wang voluntarily give out money. Just now, he saw how this kid fooled County Magistrate Wang from beginning to end, and finally got the money from him. Today, he finally saw someone cheat County Magistrate Wang. This kid is really capable! Sure enough, he was right.

"Hehe, if it weren't for my brother's help today, Xiangnan might not even be able to get in and out of the County Magistrate's house. I have to thank my brother for what happened today." Cao Xiangnan said to the storekeeper Liu with a smile. "Why

should we thank each other when we are our own people? Just ask my brother if there is anything I can help you with." Storekeeper Liu said indifferently.

The carriage stopped in front of the storekeeper Liu, who was going back to Yipinzhai to take care of things, and they had to continue to the town. At this point they separated, and Cao Xiangnan took a few people to continue to the town to find other stores to discuss donations.

With the experience of soliciting sponsorship in the student union in the previous life, it was just a matter of asking people to donate money to build a college. As long as you are shameless, you can raise some money more or less. Li Zheng and the two men who followed him out were not used to it at first, but they gradually adapted to it later and were able to say a few words.

Fortunately, with the good start of Yipinzhai and the county lord, things went smoothly afterwards.

After walking around for a whole morning, apart from the two big bosses at Yipinzhai and Wang County Magistrate, some old acquaintances who had business dealings with them also donated some money. Of course, there were some places where they were treated as scammers and beggars and chased out as soon as they mentioned raising funds to build a college. Cao Xiangnan was able to keep a smile on his face.

"The boss is not here, so I can't make the decision. I'll talk to him about this when our store boss comes back..." But when they met some people who said polite words but didn't really care, they could only say a few polite words and leave.

There are all kinds of people in this world. You will meet all kinds of people. Cao Xiangnan has been able to remain calm. The sun was too strong at noon. Cao Xiangnan was afraid that Li Zheng, an elderly man, could not bear it, so he led a few people back to his store. It happened that the store was the busiest at this time. He led everyone to the small table in the backyard to eat. He ate something casually and went to the front to help.

Let everyone rest in the store for a while. Later, Cao Xiangnan wanted Li Zheng to wait for them in the store, and they would go out for a walk and come back to pick him up.

"I will go with you." Since Li Zheng said so, they had to go together.

The sun in the sky gradually set in the west, and there were fewer and fewer people walking on the street. After walking all day, everyone was tired, so they went back to Caojia Village.

When Cao Xiangnan returned home, he heard that Cao Gang and the others had not returned yet.

But it was not surprising, as most people in the village went out early and returned late, and would only return home at sunset, so it was only at this time that people could be found.