Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

The little ladies were very surprised. They never thought that they could read and write in their life. You must know that even men may not be able to read and write these days, or the majority of them are illiterate. So as long as there are more literate, basically all Can find a family and have a good life.

Now that Xiao Zirong said that he would teach them how to read, everyone felt a little surprised, and didn't know why he thought so.

Liu Cainiang said in surprise, "What are you putting all this effort into? Whether you can read or write doesn't hinder our work."

Xiao Zirong originally thought that these out-of-school children would be very happy to hear that they could read, but he didn't expect whether it was Liu Cainiang or the other little ladies, at most they felt a little surprised, and they didn't look ecstatic at all.

Xiao Zirong couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth. Well, it seems that those so-called out-of-school children are eager to learn, and they are happy when they have the opportunity to learn. They are all lies.

Xiao Zirong didn't say anything else, just said: "We are starting up now, and it doesn't matter if we can't read or write, but what about the future? In the future, we will have granaries, raise chickens and ducks, and other things, all of which need to be counted. There must be records for storage and storage, do you still have to count on me? Or do you want to go back to knot counting?"

Xiao Zirong's reason for this is actually very far-fetched. After all, many villages these days don't have a single literate person, and it doesn't delay people's delivery and storage.

But the situation in those villages is different from theirs. Their current situation is that everything belongs to the common property, which is a bit like communism.

It's just that Xiao Zirong didn't really want to create communism.

Sooner or later, they will communicate with the outside world, but it is not suitable now.

Once the communism of these hundred and ten people communicates with the outside world, it will be shaken to pieces. It is better to separate from now than to change people's minds at that time.

But now that I have just settled down, it is not appropriate to mention this, especially the plan of separating the family should be discussed with everyone.

They don't have many things in their hands now, so it's better to just divide the fields and grains, and then do what they are good at.

After the distribution is over, Xiao Zirong will not care about it. At that time, the tax will be stipulated, and the rest will be left to everyone to develop freely.

But that's all for later, now... come on, literacy.

Xiao Zirong directly got a clay tablet, and every little lady has a clay tablet in her hand for writing.

To be honest, in the era when there was no Chinese pinyin, it was not easy to learn to read and write.

In particular, more than half of these little ladies don't like studying very much, and they look painful while holding the branches, which makes Xiao Zirong's teaching a little painful.

Xiao Zirong has never been a teacher before, but he has read a lot of books, some of which include the teaching experience of the teachers in this school, and he has read them all.

It's a pity that university teachers don't study how kindergartens teach.

Xiao Zirong couldn't keep an eye on so many people by himself, so he could only choose the fast learners as teaching assistants.

The young ladies selected were all relatively young without exception, and A Yin and A Man were even the best among them.

Xiao Zirong selected a total of ten people, and then divided the girls into ten groups, and each group was supervised by the group leader.

The test is held every five days. To see the progress of these people, Xiao Zirong originally wanted to give rewards to encourage everyone.

It's a pity that he doesn't have anything at hand, and because of the plum blossom, he doesn't even have time to change his clothes to dry. Recently, he has started to cover key parts with a few leaves like a savage. Where is the reward?

So he simply avoided this, and then stipulated that those who fail the exam after three times do not need to continue studying.

Although Xiao Zirong wanted to eradicate illiteracy, there was nothing he could do if some people really didn't want to make progress, and although he didn't want to classify these little ladies, he also knew that some dirty work always needed to be done by the bottom of the society.

Those who have no money and no culture outside are the bottom of society, and it is the same here.

Although Xiao Zirong didn't intend to change the social structure, he still informed in advance. He originally thought that such a decision would make some people unhappy.

As a result, I never expected that everyone would accept such a result to a high degree.

In fact, the world is like this, and the little ladies are not surprised.

Seeing those little ladies who were eliminated were still very happy, Xiao Zirong couldn't help but ran to complain to Liu Cainiang: "Why are none of them motivated!"

At that time, Liu Cainiang was holding the clay tablet and writing with a melancholy expression on her face. Hearing his words, she couldn't help but looked up at Xiao Zirong and said, "If it's possible, I don't want to learn it either."

She is already old, and in a few years she will even be a grandmother, and now she still has to read here. She often recognizes ten today and forgets eight tomorrow, which is too painful.

However, Xiao Zirong was very tolerant to others, he just let those people go without forcing them to learn after analyzing the pros and cons, but Liu Cai Niang did not have such treatment.

Back then, Liu Cainiang also approached Xiao Zirong, and said directly: "I'm already old, what else do I want to learn?"

Xiao Zirong looked at her and said slowly: "Others can stop learning, but you can't. You must know that you are a descendant of the Liu Song royal family, and you used to be a princess anyway. Although you are now nesting in this small valley, who can say what will happen in the future?" What about Qing? Especially your elder sister, Princess Yang Xian married Wang Jian, and now Wang Jian is the crown prince Shao Fu and the supervisor of Zhong Shu. If you two sisters meet again in the future, will everyone discover that you are an illiterate mountain villager? woman?"

Liu Cainiang's complexion was a little ugly. She hadn't heard about the sisters since she was living abroad. As for the brothers, don't even think about it, they must have been almost killed.

The former Princess Yangxian is still living a good life, which does not surprise her. After all, Princess Yangxian married Wang Jian, and Wang Jian was born in the Wang family of Langya. No matter how the dynasty changes, it is impossible for the emperor to change to another family. Move them.

Liu Cainiang heard that there was another sister alive who said that she didn't want to recognize each other, it was a lie, but what Xiao Zirong said was also reasonable, even if she was living in a difficult life, she couldn't be vulgar.

So Liu Cainiang is still studying quietly.

Xiao Zirong also heaved a sigh of relief, he didn't have to restrain Liu Cainiang to study, the main reason is that now these little ladies, except him, just listen to Liu Cainiang's words.

If Liu Cainiang took the lead in not studying, it would be easy for others to make a fuss about not studying.

Now that Liu Cainiang is working hard to learn how to read and write with those who are willing to learn, Xiao Zirong also has targeted teaching for them. He does not teach those useless poems and songs at all, but teaches some numbers and Names of grains, vegetables, and animals.

These will be used, and it should be easier for them to remember something more vivid.

It's just pinyin... Forget it, if you need to use English letters, it's fine if they haven't been born. Once the outside world knows how he will explain the origin of this font?

Those who are willing to learn now have a strong learning atmosphere. When they have nothing to do, they urge each other to learn to read and write. Xiao Zirong is going to teach them some simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when they are almost done learning. This is enough for the time being.

These people have settled down, but for those who are unwilling to study, Xiao Zirong still has to find something for them to do.

After much deliberation, he finally came up with a solution - forming a guard.

After Xiao Zirong announced this idea, many young ladies were puzzled: "Guards? What do you want the guards to do?"

Xiao Zirong said: "Of course it is to defend the homeland. There are wild beasts around here. We can set up traps, but we also need someone to lure them there. Of course, there is another point... If there is a chance, I would like to buy some slaves."

"Buying slaves?" Everyone stared at him with wide eyes.

Xiao Zirong was obviously just sitting on a scale made of mud, but he calmly said, "That's right, get some male slaves to come over and do some dirty work, so you can save time and effort." .”

Liu Cainiang frowned and said: "We can do anything, we can suffer all kinds of hardships, why do we need them?"

Ayin Aman nodded again and again and said, "That's right, we don't want help from stinky men."

Xiao Zirong looked at them expressionlessly: "I am also a man."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed. It is true that Xiao Zirong is also a man, but they hardly notice it in daily life.

It's not about Xiao Zirong's mother or anything, but in terms of the inconvenience of gender differences, Xiao Zirong is very careful, and the little ladies have never been awkward because of his existence.

Xiao Zirong waited for them all to finish laughing before explaining: "This is the result of my deliberation. You can do it, but you have already suffered so much. Why don't you have the opportunity to enjoy the blessing? And it's not that you don't want to do anything. If you don’t, you can still farm and raise silkworms, but leave some dirty work to them.”

Liu Cainiang asked: "Then what does this have to do with your formation of the guard?"

Xiao Zirong said: "People's hearts are changeable. Even if a slave discovers a place where most people are not as good as him in terms of innate conditions, he may be honest at first, but after a long time, other ideas may arise. Come, you are willing to listen to me now, but they may not be willing, and if there is a fight, I may not be able to beat them, so in order to maintain stability, there must be guards who can suppress them."

Xiao Zirong looked around to see everyone who was stunned and said: "Although there are differences between men and women in innate physical fitness, I believe you can do it, so you can train first if you want, and I will work hard to give You are equipped with weapons."

The little ladies were excited by what he said, especially the one who believed that they could do it. For many years, they had never been so affirmed.

Although everyone's life has not been very good these days, and the environment is better than that of the bandit village, it is limited, but it is also because everything starts from the beginning.

In any case, what they are doing now gives them a great sense of accomplishment, and now they are full of the pleasure of being needed.

Immediately, a taller and stronger woman responded, "Okay, let's get a guard, and we will train hard to protect the little man!"

Xiao Zirong:? ? ? ?What the hell?

Liu Cainiang looked at Xiao Zirong's indescribable expression and couldn't help but smiled, patted Xiao Zirong's shoulder and said, "Okay, how many people do you think are suitable?"

Xiao Zirong thought for a while and said, "Let's choose fifteen first. These fifteen people don't have to do anything else, they just need to guard and patrol our base."

Although their current scale is only a small village, they still feel that such a name is not high-end enough, so he used the word base.

Liu Cainiang nodded, and didn't do any selection, and directly named fifteen people among those who didn't like to study.

Xiao Zirong didn't say anything, Liu Cainiang must know these people better than him, and judging from their body size, these fifteen people are indeed the tallest and strongest group.

After people were selected, Xiao Zirong said seriously: "The members of the guard do not do nothing. In addition to daily patrols and defenses, you also need to train, and the training is also very hard. If someone feels that they can't hold on, they can now quit."

The tall and strong woman who spoke just now smiled and said, "What can't you hold on to? We have endured all the hardships before, and there is nothing we can't bear now."

The rest of the people nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Xiao Zirong didn't say anything more, just looked at the rest of the people and said: "You also have things to do, just in time for us to dredge and tidy up the sewer system and the previously promising fields, Then circle the place where chickens and ducks are raised."

Liu Cainiang was a little surprised: "Dredging the water? You are..."

Xiao Zirong directly took out a few clay tablets and said, "Two days ago, I had nothing to do and planned our base."

Everyone came together very curiously, and then saw that there were some simple patterns on each clay tablet. Xiao Zirong put the clay panels together and those patterns formed a city map.

Xiao Zirong said: "I expanded the original rammed earth foundation."

Looking at the pattern, Liu Cainiang couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and after a while she said, "Is...is it a little bigger?"

Xiao Zirong said with a smile: "It looks bigger now, we don't need so many places, but the problem is that we can always use them in the future. Instead of expanding at that time, it is better to plan it from the beginning."

A Yin asked curiously: "Why is it divided into small squares?"

Xiao Zirong said: "I did this for the convenience of management. Everyone knows that there is a curfew now. We don't have anything now, so we are relatively loose in this regard, but there is no rule without rules, but the curfew time is too early for everyone to go to bed. It's boring if you don't, so..."

He gestured with his hand and said: "There is a curfew on the main roads outside the lifang, but there is no curfew inside the lifang, and these lifangs have their own functions. For example, this one is a commercial area, this one is a residential area, and this is the city owner The government and the administrative district, this area is where the administrators of the city live."

Liu Cainiang's ears moved: "The manager?"

Xiao Zirong nodded: "Exactly, that is, the officials live in the opposite party."

"Do...do...be an official?" Aman stammered, "Xiao Lang...Did Xiao Lang say that he wanted to attract people in order to select officials?"

Xiao Zirong looked at Aman and asked, "Why didn't you guys become officials?"

The ladies couldn't help but gasp after hearing this. It might not be obvious to one person, but it is especially obvious when so many people gather together.

Liu Cainiang stared at Xiao Zirong in a daze and said, "Female...women are officials?"

Xiao Zirong took it for granted: "Yes, although I have always wanted to get some people over, it was also for the sake of making them work, and we have to wait until we have stabilized and everything is on the right track. Let them be officials if they don’t come in? They are so beautiful, remember, what we wanted at the beginning was only slaves, and we wanted them to work, not to enjoy themselves.”

The ladies were all a little excited, they never thought in their life that there would be a day when a woman would be an official, but after thinking about it, what Xiao Zirong said was right, why?They have worked so hard to get a place to live, and then two random men from outside will be officials and take care of them?

If it is a little lady from an ordinary family, she will definitely think Xiao Zirong's idea is simply outrageous, but now these ladies are basically in a state of being put to death and reborn. They have nothing at all, and they were bullied too much before. The heart is still a little cowardly, but now they are all acquaintances here, it is their own territory, and they will definitely not give it up to others.

If you really hand over to people, maybe you will repeat the same mistakes.

Although Liu Cainiang had never read a book, she knew a little about the official system, so she turned her head to look at Xiao Zirong: "What rank do you want to select officials for?"

Xiao Zirong thought for a while and said: "At the county level, we have fewer people now, but not in total. Originally, this house can accommodate 1000 people, but after planning, it can accommodate at least [-] people, which is larger than a village and town. The county level is smaller, but there are many things, so let’s follow the county level, but... I may change it at that time, and I will talk about it at that time."

Ah Yin asked curiously, "Don't you choose now?"

Xiao Zirong glanced at her calmly: "How to choose now? Have you ever seen any officials who are illiterate? Not to mention officials, even small officials have to know a few words. How many words do you know now? What kind of officer can I be?"

The ladies felt shy after hearing this, and at the same time became more motivated to learn to read and write.

If it is possible for a woman to be an official, who wouldn't want to try it?

Seeing them whispering aside, Xiao Zirong didn't care. Instead, he was very satisfied to see everyone's enthusiasm for learning burst out because of this matter.

That's right, people always need some hope in life.

Because of their experience and vision, these women used to only think that they could get out of the sea of ​​suffering, but after they really got out of the sea of ​​suffering, they didn't know what to do.

That's why they insisted on following Xiao Zirong. Frankly speaking, they needed someone to lead them on.

At first, Xiao Zirong also thought that it would be enough to find a place to settle down and live a peaceful life, but after entering the plum season, when everyone gathered together and had nothing to do, some people showed confusion and depression, how could this work?You have to give them some faith, some hope in life.

However, those women who can continue to study are very happy, while the women who have just quit are a little unhappy.

They know that they are not the material to study, but... now there is no chance at all.

Xiao Zirong said: "It doesn't matter if you don't like reading and writing. Being a soldier is a way out. The guards also have promotion channels. It's just that we live in seclusion here and there is no conflict with others, so I will think about it in detail."

The ladies who joined the guard immediately relaxed, while those who were not selected were a little anxious.

Seeing this, Liu Cainiang said decisively: "Not everyone who can study can be an official. There are so many of us. There will not be many officials at the beginning. What is the difference between everyone being an official and no official? They are all honest and obedient. !"

Xiao Zirong wanted to say something at first, but Liu Cainiang gave him a wink, so Xiao Zirong had to keep his mouth shut.

What surprised him was that apart from the initial anxiety, all the ladies were honest after Liu Cainiang finished speaking.

Liu Cainiang waved her hand and asked everyone to do what they should do, and then turned to Xiao Zirong after they had dispersed, and said, "Don't be too soft, you should take care of what you should talk about, do whatever you want, and let them be honest. Just be obedient, why explain so much?"

Xiao Zirong froze for a moment and hesitated before saying, "Then... what if someone feels unfair and unhappy?"

Liu Cainiang looked at him curiously: "Fair? What is fair? You are very fair now. It's not like you didn't give everyone a chance before. They didn't want it themselves, but now they have to blame others? How many people in this world want to be fair? There is no chance like this.”

Xiao Zirong: ...

Well, maybe he thinks too much. He always wants to be comprehensive and make everyone live more comfortably, but he forgets that true equality cannot exist in this era.

Not to mention this era, even future generations do not exist.

Xiao Zirong felt that he needed to adapt to this era, or he needed to get closer to the thinking of people of this era.

Just when he was thinking about this, Liu Cainiang suddenly said: "I only knew that Xiao Lang came from an extraordinary background, but now it seems that I still underestimate you. This kind of ability... is not something that ordinary people's little lords know."

Xiao Zirong turned his head to look at Liu Cainiang, only to find that although the other party remained calm, there was deep worry in the only remaining eye.

At first he didn't understand what Liu Cainiang was worried about, but soon he realized that the other party was worried that he was born rich and powerful, and he was just here for fun, afraid that he might go back in the future, or even go back soon.

Xiao Zirong was a little helpless, if Liu Cainiang really wanted to keep him, she could join forces with other girls to force him to stay.

It is impossible for him alone to be the opponent of so many people, not to mention that there are a few ladies here who are really powerful, at least stronger than Xiao Zirong, and Xiao Zirong may only be beaten if he faces them.

But even so, Liu Cainiang didn't use drastic measures, but tried her best to make him stay.

Xiao Zirong wiped his face and sighed, "I don't want to hide my identity, I'm worried that after I tell it, we can only be enemies."

Liu Cainiang was slightly taken aback, her enemy said more or less, but Xiao Zirong's surname was Xiao...

Liu Cainiang said with difficulty: "Are you really a descendant of the rebels?"

Xiao Zirong thought for a while and said, "Let me start from the beginning."

Liu Cainiang sat there quietly and listened to Xiao Zirong without saying a word. When she heard that Xiao Daocheng's grandson, Xiao Zhaoye, was also killed by the rebels, she couldn't help showing a mocking smile on her face. She wanted to say something What, but thinking of Xiao Zirong's identity, he swallowed it abruptly.

After Xiao Zirong finished talking about the grievances and grievances of his parents, he talked about his life experience, but in his mouth, he never knew that he was a prince in the past ten years, and thought that he was just a young man from an ordinary family.

Later, when he returned to the palace, he also talked about it, but he designed Zhongshusheren to become Zhongshusheren to poison him.

Coupled with the fact that Xiao Yan chased him to death when he was in Fan, Liu Cainiang's delicate feelings because of his status gradually turned into sympathy.

Xiao Zirong said bitterly: "At that time, someone was going to take me away, but the horse was shot by random arrows, and then ran madly all the way to a place I didn't know, met those bandits, and later You also know the matter."

Liu Cainiang looked at Xiao Zirong, held back for a long time before saying, "You...you are not easy either."

Xiao Zirong nodded seriously: "Who says it's not, so even if I'm still the king of Xuancheng, I can continue to serve as a vassal after I go back, but now the court is too chaotic, and my identity as the new emperor and regent is also very sensitive. , if there is any conflict or suspicion between them, I will die, so I never thought about going back before."

Liu Cainiang asked curiously: "Then... then where did you want to go if you didn't plan to stay?"

Xiao Zirong said seriously: "Northern Wei Dynasty, only by going to Northern Wei Dynasty can we have a way to survive. I just want to live a peaceful life as an ordinary person."

Liu Cainiang looked at him with a complicated face, and didn't know what to say for a while, so she finally said, "Rebels are hateful."

Xiao Zirong said seriously: "Who says it's not? The most important thing is that those people pretend to be better than the other, and it's impossible to see who has a heart."

Liu Cainiang deeply believed that Xiao Daocheng...was a loyal minister at the beginning, and it was just the opposite.

She sighed deeply. To be honest, she was very young when the accident happened, so she didn't have much affection for her family, especially when Xiao Daocheng usurped the throne, her elder brother was in power, and Liu Cainiang's life was just normal at that time.

Over the years, she hated the Xiao family not so much because of family feud, but because she went from cloud to mud overnight.

It's just that so many years have passed, and Liu Cainiang's experience has dissipated her hatred. When she knew Xiao Zirong's identity, she also thought: This young man is really not simple.

Seeing that she was silent, Xiao Zirong said, "It's true that your matter has nothing to do with me, but...it's also true that my grandfather made you fall to this point, and I'm not qualified to ask you to forgive me."

Liu Cainiang turned to look at him: "You don't have to say it at all, didn't you say it before, why are you saying it now?"

Xiao Zirong said frankly: "Before I wanted to find a place for you to settle down and then I left. After all, you have so many young ladies, it is somewhat inconvenient for me to mix among you, but later I found out that you don't understand anything. All of them are very timid. Although they can survive here, but after a long time, lack of food, clothing, and no medicine, there may not be a few left in the future. I am a little worried, so I want to stay and help you. I don't want to lie to you anymore, after all, after a long time, my feet will always be exposed."

Liu Cainiang stared at him for a while before saying, "You...you let me think about it."

Xiao Zirong said very considerately: "Think about it slowly, you see, I have just said everything about the plan, the city plan has been drawn, and they all have some basics of literacy, even if I leave You should also be able to live smoothly, and everything can be decided according to your heart, you have been wronged for half your life before, don't wrong yourself again."

After Xiao Zirong finished speaking, he returned to his private room, not knowing what to do.

Looking at his back, Liu Cainiang's eyes suddenly turned red. No one in her life told her not to wrong herself again.

It happened to be this person, Liu Cai Niang sat there quietly, A Yin and A Man came from outside holding two bouquets of flowers, seeing her like this, couldn't help asking: "Cai Niang, what's the matter? Why are you unhappy?"

Liu Cainiang shook her head, she didn't know what to say about her background.

A Yin and A Man sat beside her and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be unhappy, look how beautiful this flower is."

Aman nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, didn't you agree to forget the previous things? Don't think about those."

The two of them thought that Liu Cainiang suddenly remembered the humiliation she had suffered in the village before, and took turns to comfort her.

It took Liu Cainiang a while to recover, and she suddenly got up and stood outside Xiao Zirong's simple room and asked, "Sister Yangxian... how is she doing?"

Xiao Zirong came out and said: "I haven't stayed in Jiankang for a long time, and I haven't seen her, but I think it should be pretty good."

At least Wang Jian didn't divorce her, and he didn't hear that he treated her badly.

Liu Cainiang said with a long breath: "The past is the past, and I can't control that much."

Not to mention that she has been homeless for so many years, even her older sister, Princess Yangxian, is still in bed, and she didn't dare to rebel or anything?So what can she do?

So what if he killed Xiao Zirong?It can't make up for the harm she suffered, not to mention that Xiao Zirong is also her savior.

After getting along for so many days, Xiao Zirong can be considered to understand her. After hearing what she said, he couldn't help smiling and said: "Look, a rainbow has appeared."

Liu Cainiang looked out and saw that it was sunny outside, and a rainbow hung on the mountain. Such weather is rare in the rainy season.

Xiao Zirong asked, "How far is it from the sea?"

Liu Cainiang shook her head: "I don't know, it shouldn't be very far away."

Xiao Zirong got up and said: "Let's go, everyone has been at home for so many days, and they are all quite boring. Let's go to the beach to play, and pick up some seaweed and shells by the way."

Of course, it would be better if you can find seafood such as crabs.

Liu Cainiang thought that his youthful nature did not refute, but she couldn't help being a little surprised when she saw that he asked the little ladies to pick up shells with the rattan frame they made before: "What do you want so many shells for?"

Xiao Zirong looked at her: "Of course it has a great effect."