Starting Today, I'll Work as a City Lord

Compared with writing directly with charcoal, the characters written with paper-rolled charcoal pens are darker. Because of the clay, the writing is smoother. After all, the overall density of charcoal is worse than that of paper-rolled charcoal pens.

Although the pens made of reeds and quills are a bit worse than the pens made of reeds and quills, the two pens dipped in ink are worse, but the difference lies in the quality of writing, that is, it is difficult to preserve the fonts.

In comparison, paper-rolled charcoal pens are cheap and simple, and they don’t have to be limited by the problem of ink. After all, ink is not affordable for ordinary people. Ink is only affordable for nobles and wealthy businessmen.

"Buff, I will open two more schools, and the paper rolls and charcoal pens will be matched soon. I want at least half of the people in Xiyang City to be literate by the beginning of next spring." Liu Feng said seriously.

"Yes!"

Buff respectfully replied that with this magical pen and two schools, he can still complete this task.

Every time, he feels that some difficult problems can be solved quickly by letting the city lord take action.

Now, he can brag to his grandson again when he goes back, that brat, he doesn't know how he was doing at school today?You won't bully other classmates again, right?

Chapter 0290 Catherine is ill.

"Crash~"

There was a sound of waves breaking through the hull of the ship, splashing water and blooming flowers.

In the cabin of the main ship, the atmosphere was extremely depressed at this time, because Catherine, the daughter of the most distinguished Grand Duke and one of the five strange women in the capital, was ill.

"Hahahaha..."

Catherine was lying on the bed with a pale face, her breathing was heavy, her face showed pain, her thin willow eyebrows were tightly frowned, and even the sound of panting could make people feel her pain.

"Catherine, don't worry, hold on for a while, Xiyang City is coming, there must be a good witch doctor there, you must hold on." Darlene held Catherine's slender hand tightly, comforting her softly with.

The heavy snow the day before yesterday caused Catherine to catch a cold. In the first day or two, she was still a little dizzy, and her speech was weak, so she just wanted to sleep.

Unexpectedly, Catherine's condition worsened today, and she fell into a coma. Darlene only found out when she came to Catherine in the morning.

Darlene is a little at a loss, this is the first time she has encountered such a situation, she used to have a disease like this, and she would just lie on the bed and cover herself with a quilt for a day or two, and then she would get better, at most, she would suffer from some strange tricks made by the witch doctor concoction.

But now Catherine's painful expression is really worrying. If there is an accident... then something big will happen.

"Boom bang bang..."

There was a knock on the cabin door, followed by a voice, "Miss Darlene, let the witch doctor on board take a look at Miss Catherine's condition."

"No need, I saw it yesterday, but it got worse. I have to wait until I go to Xiyang City to see a witch doctor." Darlene refused.

"Miss Darlene, how could there be a powerful witch doctor in a remote town like Xiyang City." There was a little anger in an old voice.

Darlene knew who the owner of the voice was, it was an old witch on board the ship, er, it was an old witch doctor, who seemed to be sent by the fourth prince, she made some black concoction for Catherine to drink yesterday, and today she is sick aggregated.

Therefore, Darlene didn't dare to let the other party watch it anymore, she would rather go to Xiyang City to try it, because she really couldn't trust that old witch.

The other party waited for a while, but did not wait for Darlene's response, and continued to persuade, "Miss Darlene, we can't delay any longer. If something happens to Miss Catherine, we will all bear the blame."

"..." Darlene pursed her lips and looked at Catherine's painful face. She knew what the other party said was right. If something happened to Catherine, the Duke's daughter, everyone would be held accountable by the Grand Duke.

And the owner of her fleet, her father, and the entire caravan family will definitely be destroyed by the Grand Duke's anger.

Catherine is the jewel in the palm of the Grand Duke, and also the pride of the Grand Duke. She is very favored. The Grand Duke once said that if he wants to marry his daughter Catherine, he must pass his test, otherwise nothing will happen.

How many people like Catherine, a talented woman in music? If [-]% of the men in the capital are divided, then at least [-]% of the men like Catherine, just a little bit worse than Princess Lucy.

"Boom bang bang..."

There was no response, and this time the door was knocked louder, which made Darlene's face darken, she stood up and opened the door, her blue eyes angrily looked at the few people standing outside.

"Do you think Catherine is not sick enough? Are you making noise here?"

Darlene pointed at an old woman and scolded angrily, "What are you trying to do with a knife and a wooden basin? Bloodletting?"

"Yes! Bloodletting can release some of the demons that have invaded the body, which can reduce Miss Catherine's pain."

The old woman witch doctor raised her head and said proudly, this is her final treatment method, she has saved many people with this method, two out of ten people will be saved, otherwise all ten people will die.

"Don't even think about it."

Darlene slammed the door shut again, and the voice came out, "If you keep arguing, you will leave my boat."

This made the people outside look at each other, stood for a while, and then left with a sullen face. They prayed that Catherine would not have an accident, otherwise some minor nobles with no status would definitely be dragged to be buried by the Grand Duke.

"Ta Tata..."

Darlene leaned back against the door, and was relieved when she heard the footsteps going away. In her opinion, this kind of bloodletting therapy was nonsense.

She has read some records of illness cases, and then compared the cases of civilians who were ill, and found that [-]% of the people who had been healed by bloodletting therapy died, and [-]% of the people in the [-]% did not need to die, but they were treated again and again. Bleeding to death.

"Catherine, don't worry, I will never let anyone bleed you." Darlene stared blankly at Catherine. This friend went out with her but got sick, which made her feel very guilty.

"Come on, come on, Xiyang City is coming." Darlene went to the window and looked out through the gap.

She urgently needs a backbone, such as her father Solo, Darlene is a bit at a loss what to do now, she dare not think about the bad, for example, what if there is no good witch doctor in Xiyang City?What if the witch doctors in Xiyang City also used bloodletting therapy?

The more she thought about it, the more disturbed and heavy she felt. Smart people think a lot, like Darlene. Some things didn't happen, and she had already made up a lot of them.

"Huh?" Darlene was shocked, looking outside, there were nearly 300 people running slowly carrying a big log, and the other party seemed to be shouting slogans like 'one two one', a little far away , she didn't hear clearly.

"What are they doing? More than 300 people are carrying logs in winter? Is it to build a house?" Darlene guessed.

"..."

On the other side of the bank, Niu Da rode a horse, looked at the dozen or so large boats on the Youshui River, frowned and said, "Why do so many boats come to Xiyang City in this winter?"