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Anchang can be regarded as a relatively prosperous county in the western region of the Han Dynasty, and there are endless caravans coming and going every year.It's just that Anchang's square market is not as organized as the capital city. Not to mention the fan merchants, even the local street vendors are very casual.

In fact, the original capital city was similar, but most of the streets in the capital city were paved with stone slabs and bricks, and there were special personnel to clean them from time to time, so they didn't look very messy.In the same situation, in Anchang, where there are almost only dirt roads, not to mention the mud in rainy days, the city is full of sand and dust in fine weather, making the entire county town look like it is covered in dust.

It is a big deal to build roads anywhere, and the money in the treasury of Anchang County is enough for daily expenses, so it is simply unrealistic to build roads.As for fundraising in the local area, Xu Mingxu's new official does not have this appeal at all.

He didn't set his goal that far, and directly ordered to set up a market at the East City Gate.It is said to be a market, but in fact it is just a circled flat open space, with rows of tables of the same size built with bricks and stones, and the rent is one penny a day, and it is forbidden to set up stalls in other places.

The common people did not rebound at all, because they had to collect the city gate tax, which was also a penny, but regardless of whether they were doing business or not, even if they were just visiting relatives in the city, they still had to collect money.

The common people have benefited, and seeing that the city is indeed much cleaner, they don't mind the trouble of going out for a few steps.In fact, although no one is selling things in the city anymore, if you go to this market to buy anything, you can basically buy everything.

As for the wind and sand all over the city, Xu Mingxu has no good solution for the time being. He made some watering buckets for watering the flowers and asked some orphans in the city to sweep them along the street every hour. meals and clothes for the four seasons.

Compared with the surrounding areas, Anchang County is not considered a poor place, but in the past, these orphans in the city were not cared about by anyone, causing some children to rely on petty theft for a living, and some children were trafficked.Every year, some children die due to various reasons.It's not that people don't want to take care of it, but it's really impossible to take care of it simply by relying on one family or a few families.

Well now, these orphans have been restrained, some people who want to do good deeds just need to hand over the money directly to the Yamen, and tell the master in charge what the money is for, and there is no need to worry about the money being swallowed up.On the bulletin board in front of the yamen, a monthly income and expenditure list is posted, which is very clear.There is no need to worry about the untrue accounts, as long as you donate money and materials, you can check the accounts at any time, which is very tough.

It's not that the other officials of the county government don't support it.The benefits of doing this are obvious.Most of the children who can help out on the street are already in their teens, and in three or four years, they will be able to work in pig farms, or in the communities that are being built. Some slightly heavy work, even if it is to herd sheep for the landlord's family, can always earn enough money to live on.In this way, in another three or four years, these children will be able to grow up and set up their own households.

This is a real achievement!

However, unless the new county magistrate will serve in Anchang County for more than ten years, this achievement will not be credited to him.

The master bookkeeper in charge of the accounts muttered to himself: "Could you be a fool?" Forget it, let's not think about things that don't make sense, anyway, it has nothing to do with him.It's just another matter that has something to do with him. No matter how much he thinks about it, he can't figure it out. After the new county magistrate took office, he was spending money in every penny. Diu Diu?

The small Anchang County doesn't have many official duties to keep busy.The chief bookkeeper took advantage of his spare time to go through the accounts of the past few months carefully: "Don't you make a mistake?"

The county office is not big, and everyone works in the east wing.After the master heard it, he said with an expression on his face that he wanted to show off: "Where is more and where is less, wouldn't it be clear if you make a chart?"

The chart is a new thing, and no one in Anchang County knows it yet.So, the master demonstrated the diagram he had just learned in a very majestic manner.It was just the income and expenditure of a county for half a year. He quickly finished the chart and finally came to the conclusion: "It is obvious that there are too many commercial taxes."

In fact, the increase is not much, but after several consecutive months, especially in the last month, compared with the almost straight lines of other items, the line representing commercial tax has risen obviously.

When Xiao Zhong came in with a small wooden box in his arms, he saw the chart and said casually: "The environment in our Anchang County has improved. People who come and go are more willing to stay for two more days, and the business tax will naturally increase."

Hearing this, the chief clerk immediately felt extremely ashamed.It's fine that he's not as good as the county magistrate's teacher, but he's not even as good as his school boy?

The master smiled and asked directly: "Is this what the adults said?" Looking at the things Xiao Zhong was holding, "What is this?"

"Yes. Master asked us to pay more attention to those fan merchants and see if they bring any weird things." Xiao Zhong opened the wooden box and pushed aside the top layer of straw, "Wine, Master Tu will let people It was sent from the capital. The young master told the adults to taste it."

The wooden box is not big, and the wine bottle taken out of it is no more than the size of a palm.In the wing room, the master book, the history of the classics, the county magistrate, plus a master, two bottles for each person, not many.

But no one disliked it.These days the wine is made by some local merchants, not to mention the exorbitant price, and it is almost impossible to buy it in Anchang County if they have money.They don't know how the wine is inside, but just looking at the bottle where the liquid can be seen faintly, they know that the price is expensive.How difficult it is to get to Anchang from such a long distance from the capital.

According to Xu Mingxu's heart, in fact, he didn't want to part with anything that the little mouse gave him.Reluctantly, these wines were specially marked by the little mouse in the letter, and wrote "Under the age of [-] is forbidden to drink alcohol" in larger characters.

In fact, he drank in Anchang County, and it was impossible for Tu Hao to know.He struggled a lot in his heart, and then reluctantly divided the wine, and continued to search through various things by himself.In several large and small wooden boxes, there are food, drink and play.

When the last rather heavy box was opened, there were neatly bound volumes inside, and the first was a set of "Nongjing" that had not yet been compiled.

Needless to say, the Agricultural Economics has been being compiled.From Xu Mingxu's proposal, to the participation of various parties, and to continuous improvement, it is obvious that the compilation can not be completed in a few years.

But won't it be published if it can't be edited?

Is it impossible to read the Agricultural Economics before it is finished?

As the unit in charge of compiling the Agricultural Classics, the Ministry of Household Affairs directly handed over the edited and proofreaded parts of the Agricultural Classics to the newly opened Pengcheng Printing Factory for printing and divided them into targeted booklets.For example, "Agricultural Economics - Gyeonggi Grape Chapter", this book is dedicated to growing grapes in the Gyeonggi area.Of course, there are many types of grapes. Even if it’s only in Gyeonggi, you can compile a booklet. There are illustrations of various stages of grapes, various diseases and insect pests, etc. in the middle. The methods, such as sun-dried raisins, simple wine making, taboos of grapes and applicable groups, etc., are very rich in content.

A booklet like this costs only ten cents.

The printing factory is backed by the household department, so it is convenient to do everything. With a lot of money, it directly rented a vacant shop in the capital, hung up the sign of Pengcheng Bookstore, and started to operate, not only selling volumes of agricultural classics, but also Some traditional books such as Four Books and Five Classics also undertake printing business.

In the letter, Tu Hao simply mentioned that the business is not bad, but Xu Mingxu can completely imagine the commotion in the capital and even the surrounding areas.

Needless to say, such a practical book as Agricultural Economics.These monarchs and ministers sitting high in the temple can see from the support for the compilation of the Agricultural Economics that the Agricultural Economics has helped them, the biggest landlords of the Han Dynasty.

The other is the specific farmers who farm.Shiwen is indeed an expense that needs to be considered for farmers, but the amount is not unaffordable.In particular, such a booklet can be bought by a village through a joint venture for the whole village to read.Even if you buy one or two more copies, almost no village will be able to afford it.

Then there is the matter of printing books.Engraving and printing books is not easy, and there is even a saying about book repairing in the prosperous age. Although the book repairing here mostly refers to the masterpieces compiled by the whole country, it is completely conceivable how difficult it would be for a certain person to come up with a book of his own.

He has a rough idea of ​​the cost of movable type printing, and it is not even a little bit cheaper than engraving.He is also a scholar himself, how could he not know the ambition of a scholar to publish a book?Even if many scholars say that they are not qualified to publish a book, if the price is right, they will definitely print a copy or two in private for their own satisfaction.Some confident ones print ten or eight copies, which can be used as gifts to relatives and friends in addition to their own collection.

For a family like him, it would be very honorable for a family like him to collect some manuscripts of their own parents' articles, publish them in a book, and send them out at a birthday banquet or something like that.He can't and won't do this in Anchang County now, but he believes that those brothers in his family will definitely do this to please grandpa.

Thinking about the things at home, he felt unhappy for a while, and he moved away the stacks of agricultural classics sullenly, and he became happy when he saw a small note written by Tu Hao at the bottom: "'I want to eat Anchang sheep stew Carrot'... little glutton."

This bundle is also agricultural classics, but it was sorted out by Tu Hao, suitable for the situation in Anchang County, including the breeding of Anchang sheep.

There are not many agricultural products suitable for planting and breeding in Anchang County. After each portion was tied with fine hemp rope, it was more than half a box.Finally, there are two sets of "Data Analysis and Chart Production" at the bottom of the box, which are divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower.

Charts are very popular in the capital these days.Especially those who have a family background are eager to learn.It is also very simple to learn. You only need to go to Jiangdan Shushu to enroll in a chart training class, and you can graduate from the basic class after four days a month.The chart knowledge learned in the basic class is enough for general situation analysis.

In addition, there are intermediate classes and advanced classes. The learning content is more complicated. Generally, there is no talent for arithmetic. It is a bit difficult and time-consuming to learn to master.But some big business owners, some big landowners, well-informed people even came from other states and counties to learn.

In addition, some female relatives of wealthy families also want to learn.They are either the current headed mother or the future headed mother. They are in charge of the expenses of dozens of people in the whole family, and they also need to manage industries such as farm shops and other industries. There is a great need for easy-to-manage tools like charts.

But where do they go to learn?Let them go to Jiangdan School to study with some strange men, not to mention whether those men are willing or not, they themselves are not willing.The book is placed in Pengcheng Bookstore, and you can buy it casually, but without a gentleman to point it out, even if you can understand it, it will inevitably be half the effort.After much deliberation, they begged directly to the queen.

The queen's own level is of course enough to teach, but how can the mother of a country have such free time?After thinking about it, she called Tu Ying into the palace.

As Tu Hao's founding disciple, Tu Ying's level in this area is not lower than that of the queen, but now she is a girl ready to marry, and she changed to a family with stricter rules, and she would not even go out two years earlier.It is obviously inappropriate for her to teach.There are many girls under her who can write and count, but when it comes to teaching these noble girls, they must also consider the issue of identity.

She thought about it, and she really thought of a candidate: "I don't know if Dongshan Hou's eldest daughter is suitable?" Since her eldest cousin got divorced, she has been thrown by her to work in the Jiangdan community.The eldest cousin is easy to be fooled by others, but she has no problem with her brain. When she first reunited with her, she was still at the edge of her head. But after a long time, she knew the cause and effect, and met more women who continue to live optimistically after encountering misfortunes. In the past six months, she has Obviously something has changed.At this time, it is obviously not a bad thing for her to get in touch with some circles of noble ladies in the capital again.

The queen couldn't remember it for a while, so it's not good to directly say that she doesn't know who the eldest daughter of Dongshan Hou is. She just said: "Let me think about it. What kind of teaching method is this, I have to draw up a regulation."

Holding a copy of the Agricultural Classic in the imperial study, the emperor was also thinking about what the horizontal bars and dots on the title were: "Come here, little mouse, what are these? What are they for?"

Tu Mouse, who was on duty in the Imperial Study, looked at the "Nong Jing—Gingji Black Fish", with a straightforward face: "It is more clear to use sentence breaks."

The author has something to say: Xiao Zhong (=￣w￣=) o: Young Master, you share the paper with me?

Big Sun (≥/////w/////≤)?: No, this is a love letter from the little mouse!

Xiao Zhong (?￣△￣)?: This is obviously an arithmetic paper.

Big Sun╭(╯^╰)╮: That was written to me by the little mouse too!

Xiaozhong ╰(*°▽°*)╯: Then I don’t need to do papers anymore?

Big Sun╭(￣▽￣)╯: No, you can make a copy yourself.

Xiao Zhong: (￣口￣)!!