Chapter 307: Male and Female Pairing
After seeing Qin Sheng and Xue Xu off, Lu Songli prepared to return to the county magistrate's office to start a new round of busy official duties.
Qin Sheng, Xue Xu and others are now heading south, and the goods they use for trading must be sent out quickly.
Today, in the five coastal counties of Liaodong County - Fang County, Anshi County, Pingguo County, Dadi County, and Fanhan County, except for Fanhan County, all the bandit forces in the other four counties have been eliminated and are under the control of Liaodong County.
The four counties of Anshi are important port cities in Liaodong County. Now they have sent heavy troops to guard Dadi County and Anshi.
Ji Wuyin's second batch of grain had successfully arrived in Liaodong County. The ship carrying the grain was currently docked at Anshi Port, where their crews were unloading the cargo. The pills Ji Wuyin had requested had also arrived at Anshi Port, ready for loading south.
Affected by the south, food prices remain high everywhere.
So when it comes to food, Lü Songli accepts all offers. And Ji Wuyin is also a very sensible businessman.
Today, Liaodong County has nearly 150,000 dan of grain reserves. All of this grain is stored in several newly built secret granaries, which are guarded by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce and directly managed by the Liaodong County Governor's Office.
Ji Wuyin had brought in 200,000 dan of grain, of which 50,000 dan had already been consumed. This 50,000 dan of grain played a very positive role in stabilizing grain prices.
During the period of suppressing bandits, no matter which county the Houcheng army went to, the local people were very cooperative, because they knew that only by eliminating the bandits would they have the opportunity to buy affordable grain and have the opportunity to perform corvee labor in advance.
As the common people expected, when Qin Sheng was suppressing bandits, every time he cleared a county, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's grain and oil store in that county would open and sell affordable grain.
Seeing this, the local people also cooperated very much with the bandit suppression operation. Thanks to this virtuous cycle, the army led by Qin Sheng was able to make unstoppable progress, and in just two months, they successively eliminated nine bandit lairs in the mountain strongholds.
It can be said that the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce at that time was almost following Qin Sheng's footsteps. Wherever he went, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's grain and oil stores would be set up there, actively supporting his cause of suppressing bandits.
At that time, Zhou Da and others teased Mr. Qin Liu, saying that Mrs. Liu was supporting him with all her strength.
When Qin Sheng heard this, his ears turned red and he felt sweet in his heart.
At the door, Lu Songli met Lu Mingzhi who was yawning as he went out.
Lu Songli pointed at the bruise under his eye and said, "I wanted to ask you yesterday, are you tired recently?"
Hearing this, Lu Mingzhi looked at her with resentment, "Second sister, it's not just me, the teacher and the others are the same. We are really tired. That movable type printing is a great weapon of torture."
When Lu Mingzhi mentioned this, he looked frightened.
"How do you say that?"
"Didn't you recently ask us to work harder and print two or three hundred copies of the twenty books you sent us?"
Lu Songli nodded, it was indeed true.
"In order to fulfill your request, my yard has been working non-stop for a while. We are exhausted and dizzy from searching for words."
"Luckily, Jiang Yizhou has a photographic memory and shouldered half the workload. Otherwise, the brother you see now would be even more haggard." But for them, watching the bound books take shape and pile up beside them was a full sense of accomplishment. It was a painful and joyful experience.
Looking for characters? Lu Songli suddenly remembered that at that time, there were no methods for categorizing Chinese characters, such as pinyin and radicals. The radical method might have been used, but generally speaking, when they looked for characters, they really relied entirely on memory.
"Are you going to the North District Fourth Courtyard? Come on, I'll go with you to take a look."
"You coming over too? Oh, okay."
After Lu Songli arrived there, he taught the pinyin method to Master Zhan and others.
They are all well-educated people. Although their direction of applying their knowledge is somewhat biased, generally speaking, in this era, they can be considered as highly educated talents.
Therefore, he was able to understand and accept the pinyin taught by Lu Songli very quickly, and was able to put it into practice soon.
After learning, they classified the engraved characters twice. The first classification was based on pinyin, and after the first classification, they further subdivided them based on radicals.
In this way, they can find words very quickly when typesetting.
When Lu Songli saw that the problem was solved, she left. She was really busy.
If she hadn't been worried about exhausting the researchers, she wouldn't have come all this way. Besides, asking them to do the work of searching for words was a waste of their talents. It wouldn't be good for them all to be stuck here.
"Mingzhi, your second sister still has a solution." Wei Wenqian breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Congguang also said, "If we had known that our second sister had a way, we would have told her earlier and we wouldn't have been tortured for a few more days." Then he could have played with his favorite toy earlier.
Lu Mingzhi rolled his eyes at him and asked, "Who told my second sister to come over less often?"
Zhou Congguang: ...I think he said that? Oh, that slap in the face really hurts!
Jiang Yizhou didn't say anything. He thought to himself, I'm finally free.
"Master, why don't you speak?"
Master Zhan has been lost in thought ever since Lu Songli left.
Several disciples just thought that this pinyin method was a convenient way that Lu Songli came up with to reduce the trouble of finding words for them.
But he was a teacher after all, and although his students, like him, were not serious about their studies, he possessed the basic qualities and keen vision of a teacher. He felt that if this pinyin system was used to teach children, it would be easier for beginners to learn to read than the current method of relying solely on rote memorization.
After Master Zhan's explanation, Lü Mingzhi and the others also felt that it seemed correct. However, these people were not interested in teaching and educating people, so they just listened and forgot. Instead, Master Zhan decided to write a letter to his old friends at the academy.
Southland, at the foot of Puxian Temple
Puxian Temple built a main street on the land at the foot of the mountain, with simple shelters built on both sides for pilgrims to rest. Because this area was considered Puxian Temple property, these houses were surrounded by a wall. There were gates at both ends of the street, which opened at dawn and closed at dusk.
At this time, the Chen family's carriage had already entered the main street.
Chen Jiaye parted the curtain and asked a man wearing a straw raincoat outside, "Is this the place?"
"Yes! I've been guarding here since last night, and the other party hasn't come out yet."
Chen Jiaye gave a look, and his eldest son Chen Yu understood what he meant. He made a gesture, and the carriages of the Chen Mansion were lined up in a row. The people they brought were scattered throughout the resting place, especially at several formal and informal exits.
As soon as Chen Jiaye and Chen Jiayu arrived in front of the house where Xue Guangxian was said to live, they were stopped by someone, "Stop!"
"May I ask if the person living there is Mr. Xue Guangxian?"
“No comment!”
"We are Mr. Xue's old friends in the Southland. Please inform us."
The other party's attitude remained tough, but at least he revealed a little, "The gentleman is taking a nap. If you have anything to say, wait until he wakes up."
"How long will it take for your husband to wake up?"
"About half an hour."
Brothers Chen Jiaye and Chen Jiayu exchanged a glance. Because of the rain, their robes and shoes were soaked, and even their hair was stained with raindrops...
"Brother, it's less than half an hour. Why don't we go to the next room and tidy up?"
"Okay."
The two brothers went into the empty room next door.
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