After listening to Lu Zifeng's words, Lu Ziyan lowered his head and began to think. Lu Zifeng didn't say anything else and just let him think about it!
After a while, Lu Ziyan raised his head and bowed to Lu Zifeng.
"Brother, I know what to do now. I will never make this mistake again."
"Well, go ahead. Let's leave this matter at that for now. Don't do anything. We'll talk about it later."
Lu Ziyan nodded and thanked him, then left Lu Zifeng's yard and went back.
"Chang Lin, where are we now? When can we reach Luzhou Prefecture?"
Zi Meihua is rushing to Luzhou Prefecture, oh no, now his name is Chang Lin.
"Master, hehe, I'm almost in Cang County now, and I'll definitely be in Luzhou Prefecture tomorrow."
"Well, hurry up, I have something here that I need you to take care of."
"Understood, Master. I will definitely arrive in the city around noon tomorrow."
"Well, then you take a rest!"
The reason Lu Zifeng went to Chang Lin was to ask him to find fault with the clerk. He didn't believe that such a person's bottom was clean. Aren't you relying on this shitty clerk? Then I will deal with your reliance first, and then I will deal with you. Bullying my brother will not be easy.
Spring in Jiangnan came much earlier than in Bingzhou Prefecture. As February came, the weather suddenly became warmer. People took off their winter clothes and started wearing lighter spring clothes. Old man Lu Lancheng had already gone to the farm at this time.
They said they were going to take care of the crops on the farm, but in fact they were going to get some fresh air. At this time, there was a busy scene on the open space at the entrance of Lujia Village. It turned out that the craftsmen hired by Lu Zifeng were building a house for old man Lu Lancheng.
Lu Mingyuan has been busy here recently and has not returned to the provincial capital for several days.
Lu Minglan came over with tea.
"Brother, are you free now?"
Lu Mingyuan glanced at his sister.
"Let's go to your house and talk first."
When the two siblings returned home, they just saw Qi Tian coming back from the fields.
After the three of them sat down, Lu Minglan spoke directly without any hesitation.
"Second brother, it's like this. When we were in Bingzhou Prefecture, our Haoer also studied in the academy. Later, there was a severe drought, and the academy was closed, so Haoer stopped studying. I heard that Yan'er and Mo'er were studying in the academy, so I was thinking about whether you could let your nephew go to the academy as well. But we don't have that much money right now, so I need your help."
Lu Minglan felt a little embarrassed after she finished speaking. It was okay to ask her second brother to help her get into the academy, but asking her second brother to pay for it was a bit too much. However, the child wanted to study, and the child was also very good at studying, so she shamelessly opened her mouth.
Lu Mingyuan only then remembered that his eldest nephew seemed to be ten years old after the Chinese New Year, and he really had to go to the academy, so he nodded.
"I need to go back and talk to Brother Feng about this academy. It was because of his friendship with the prefect's son that the two boys were able to go to school. As for the tuition, that's easy to deal with. I have fifty taels of silver here for you to use!"
As he said this, he took out a silver note from his waist pouch and handed it to Lu Minglan.
Lu Minglan looked at Lu Mingyuan in surprise, "Second brother, how come you have so much silver?"
Lu Mingyuan smiled and said.
"This is all given to me by your eldest nephew. He told me to buy whatever I wanted, but as you can see, I have almost no use for it, so I have never touched this banknote. Take it if you want to use it."
It was not until Lu Mingyuan left for a while that Lu Minglan looked at Qi Tian and said.
"I didn't expect my nephew to be so capable. He can even buy a big house in the capital. This amount of money is probably just a small change in his eyes!"
Qi Tian nodded and said, "Well, who would have thought that this child would be so amazing? Let's take this money and use it to support Hao Ge'er's studies first!"
When Lu Mingyuan returned to his home in the city, he told Lu Zifeng about this matter. Lu Zifeng thought about it and said.
"Dad, have you ever thought about building a school in Lujia Village and inviting two teachers to teach in the family? In this way, maybe a few more scholars or juren will emerge from the family in the future. This is a long-term plan and will also help our Lu family gain a firm foothold in Luzhou Prefecture. Although we are on good terms with Master Nan now, we don't know when Master Nan will return to Beijing."
After hearing what Lu Zifeng said, Lu Mingyuan fell into deep thought. He felt that Feng Ge'er was right, but this matter still needed to be discussed with a few old men, and it was not something he could decide on his own.
"Okay, I'll talk to someone about this, but can you handle Hao'er's matter now?"
Lu Zifeng nodded.
"I see. I'll go talk to Master Nan about this matter. It's not a big deal. Let Hao live at home from now on and study with his two brothers."
The next day, Lu Zifeng mentioned this matter to Lord Nan. Nan Qingyun wrote a letter very happily, and Lu Zifeng asked Lu Mingyuan to bring Qi Hao back when he came back in the evening.
When Lu Minglan learned that her nephew had already arranged everything, she was very happy. She packed her son's clothes while giving instructions.
"Hao'er, study hard in school, live with your second or third cousin, and stay at your second uncle's house. You must behave well, okay?"
Qi Hao nodded to show that he understood.
"Mom, you've been telling me all night, and I've taken note of everything. Don't worry!"
One morning, Lu Mingyuan took Qi Hao to the provincial capital and reported to the academy with a letter of introduction.
From then on, Qi Hao was considered a student of Mingshan Academy. He went to and from school with his two cousins every day and lived in Lu Ziyan's courtyard.
After the spring planting was completed, Chang Lin also thoroughly investigated the background of that crappy clerk.
Lu Zifeng took the information to see the prefect Nan Qingyun. Sure enough, in the afternoon, the clerk was thrown into prison and all his property was confiscated.
The man who had blackmailed his family could no longer do business in the provincial capital, so he had no choice but to buy the shop and return to his hometown.
In fact, that family also roughly knew what was going on, because afterward they went to investigate the Lu family's affairs, and after knowing that the Lu family had a good relationship with the prefect's family, they knew that this day would not be far away.
Lu Zifeng stood on the city wall and watched the family's carriage go away, and said to Chang Lin.
"First, keep an eye on this family and see if they are honest. If they are, then forget it. But if they want to retaliate, then just make them disappear."
Speaking of which, Chang Lin's men are not bad. They do their work very well and efficiently, and are also very familiar with the tricks of all kinds of people.
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