Space Farming: Traveling through Ancient Times to Do Business

When Liu Xueqi thought of this, his face became even more serious. He turned around and shouted to the outside of the door: "Someone come!"

"Master!" A servant came in upon hearing the voice and stood respectfully in front of Liu Xueqi.

"Go and check who Jiang Ziyu is. Make sure you find out his identity and background for me!" Liu Xueqi ordered, his tone revealing his unquestionable determination.

The servant bowed his head, responded, and hurried away.

"Dad, then I..." Seeing that his father's anger had subsided a little, Liu Ziqi wanted to take the opportunity to get up and leave. He had an important date tonight and didn't want to miss it.

However, Liu Xueqi immediately glared at him and said sternly, "Kneel down obediently! I haven't finished talking yet!"

Liu Ziqi was forced by his father's momentum and had to kneel down again. Although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to disobey his father's order.

"I'm going to Lord Wang's house. Before I come back, you kneel here and reflect on your actions!" Liu Xueqi ordered sternly. He knew that he had to take action as soon as possible, otherwise the status of the Liu family would be threatened.

After saying that, Liu Xueqi turned around and left the ancestral hall. Seeing his father leave, Liu Ziqi secretly rejoiced. He waited for a while, and after making sure that his father had gone far away, he quickly slipped out of the ancestral hall.

He didn't dare go home, and went straight to his group of friends. They agreed to go to the brothel, as if the failure in the provincial examination had never happened. They drank and had fun in the brothel, indulging themselves to their heart's content, and vented all their dissatisfaction and depression.

However, they did not realize that their indulgence and depravity would only lead to the further decline of the Liu family. At this moment, Liu Xueqi was discussing countermeasures at Lord Wang's house, trying to restore the reputation and status of the Liu family.

Yun County Wang Zhifu's residence

An hour later, Liu Xueqi came to Magistrate Wang's house with his servant and carefully prepared gifts.

At this time, Prefect Wang was preparing to have dinner, but he had to put down his work because of Liu Xueqi's visit.

After all, the Liu family holds a pivotal position in the education sector of Yunwu Town. How many scholars and juren Yunwu Town can produce in the future depends largely on the Liu family's private school.

Therefore, even Lord Wang, the prefect, had to show some courtesy to the Liu family.

"Mr. Liu greets Lord Wang!" Liu Xueqi entered the front hall and saw Magistrate Wang and several servants there.

He bowed respectfully to express his respect for Magistrate Wang.

"Mr. Liu, you're too polite!" Prefect Wang, who was sitting in the main seat, bowed slightly in response, then pointed to the seat next to him and asked Liu Xueqi to sit down, "Bring some tea to Mr. Liu!"

The servants immediately came forward and poured Liu Xueqi a cup of fragrant tea.

After Liu Xueqi sat down, he asked the servant to present the gifts he had brought.

"Sir Wang, this is a little gift from me. I hope you won't mind it." Liu Xueqi said as he gently pushed the gift box in front of Magistrate Wang.

The gift box contains Liu family's special tea and exquisite snacks, both of which are specialties of Yunwu Town and were carefully selected by Liu Xueqi.

Prefect Wang smiled slightly, glanced at the gift box, then looked at Liu Xueqi and asked, "Mr. Liu, what important matter do you want to discuss this time?"

Liu Xueqi took a deep breath and said seriously, "Master Wang, to be honest, I came here for Yunzhen's education."

He paused and continued, "Recently, I heard that another private school appeared in the town and cultivated outstanding students. This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for my Liu family's private school. I am worried that if this continues, the number of students in my Liu family will gradually decrease, which will affect the reputation and status of the Liu family."

Upon hearing this, Prefect Wang frowned slightly. He naturally understood the seriousness of the problem that Liu Xueqi mentioned.

Education in Yunwu Town has always been his focus, and he also hopes that education in Yunwu Town can flourish.

However, if the Liu family's private school is affected, the entire educational landscape of Yunwu Town will change.

"What are your plans, Mr. Liu?" asked Prefect Wang.

Liu Xueqi took a deep breath and then said slowly: "I would like to ask Mr. Wang to help me conduct an in-depth investigation of this newly emerged private school and regulate and supervise it.

In addition, Liu is willing to pay out of his own pocket to fully support the education cause of our Yunzhen. I sincerely hope that we can work hand in hand to create a better learning environment for the students of Yunzhen."

In recent years, the number of candidates taking part in the provincial examinations in the city has become increasingly fewer, and in the end, the children of the Liu family were the only ones left.

Because of this, Liu Xueqi gradually felt that no one could compete with him, so the gifts sent to the palace in recent years became more casual and perfunctory.

The reason I came to visit you today is actually to find out the reason.

Although he already had some guesses in his mind, he still didn't give up. He always wanted to ask in person to find out whether it was because the gift Jiang Ziyu presented was better, or whether it was really due to Jiang Ziyu's real talent and knowledge?

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Magistrate Wang was slightly startled, and then responded: "Isn't Jiang Ziyu, who passed the examination this year, your disciple, Mr. Liu?"

He thought that the candidates for the provincial examination this year were no different from those in the past, all of whom were Liu Xueqi's students. Because of this, when he was reviewing the examination papers, he was too lazy to even check the names of the candidates. Liu Xueqi just shook his head pretentiously and sighed, "I am so ashamed!"

Hearing this, Prefect Wang couldn't help but feel puzzled and asked casually: "So, this Jiang Ziyu is not your disciple? How could he win the first prize in this provincial examination?" For some reason, his words revealed a bit of gloating that was difficult to conceal.

You know, in recent years, Liu's private school has been the most successful, and Liu Xueqi, as a private school teacher, has become increasingly arrogant and does not take the dignified county magistrate seriously at all.

Faced with this situation, although Magistrate Wang was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to swallow his anger.

Now that someone had finally caused Liu Xueqi to suffer a setback, he naturally felt a little happy.

Liu Xueqi didn't seem to notice the other party's change of mind, and continued to ask: "Then may I ask, sir, do you know who this Jiang Ziyu is?"

However, at this moment, Magistrate Wang's attitude towards him had taken a sharp turn for the worse, becoming rather cold and perfunctory: "Oh, I don't know anything about this person, and I always mistakenly thought he was Mr. Liu's disciple!"

"Then Lord Wang, could you please..." Liu Xueqi hesitated to speak, his eyes flickering, as if he was thinking about something in his mind.

It turned out that he had come to see Magistrate Wang in the hope that he could use some means to help his good-for-nothing son gain the title of scholar.

Perhaps he could spend some money to be lenient, or work secretly to correct the mistakes in the test paper, thus saving the Liu family's reputation.