The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The next morning, Yan Lide had breakfast with Li Fu in the front hall, and then they rode their horses with their guards to go to the manor for a field investigation.

Since Yan Lide was here, Li Fu would definitely hold on to him. In addition to the house, he would also take a look at the topography of the manor and give some suggestions when the manor was to be renovated in the future.

It was not easy to get an expert, so he should be put to good use.

The two first came to the first phase of the project that Li Fu had completed.

The people living here were the families of the guards in the manor.

After returning from Huizhou, they returned to the manor. They transported goods from Huizhou during the Dragon Boat Festival, but they transported a whole ship, which was enough to consume for a while.

The next time they transferred goods from Huizhou to Chang'an, they would be the people arranged by Li Shimin for Li Fu, and then they would have to form a caravan or something.

There were many things to do.

However, no matter how many things there are, there is Zhao Fu. If Zhao Fu alone is not enough, then Ma Shisan will be brought along. Once the caravan is formed, all workshops will benefit from it. No one should escape from the early work.

As for Li Shimin asking Li Jiu to count the veterans who meet the conditions, it is estimated that this matter will have to wait for a while, and it will not be so fast.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huizhou will have to send another batch of goods to Chang'an City. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be before the New Year.

In other words, there are still two trips to run.

However, the next two trips will not be as fast as before.

Li Fu and Yan Lide walked over here. The bluestone paved streets were clean. Because it was early in the morning, the sun was not as scorching as at noon, and the climate was still cooler. As soon as they walked to the entrance of the alley, they saw women in the alley holding brooms and sprinkling water to clean the alley at the door of each house.

They chatted and laughed while working, and there were children playing in the alley.

Li Fu and Yan Lide rode into the alley.

The women who were sweeping the alley saw Li Fu and bowed.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

"No need to be polite. Do you sweep here every morning?" Li Fu asked curiously.

When I came here, I found that the streets and alleys here are very clean. It can't be said to be spotless, but there is no dust accumulation.

"I and others come out every morning to sweep and clean the alley. It's not just me and others, but everyone who lives here does this."

Li Fu nodded slightly: "Well, it's good. You have lived here for almost half a year. Is there anything you are not used to? If you have any difficulties in life, you can talk to Lao Zhao, and the house will do its best to help you solve them."

"Thanks to your highness's blessing, I and others are living here in peace."

"That's good. There are not many old people living here, just from Jinyang. I see that you are still raising children, and the children are old enough. After this busy period, build a school on the farm first, invite the teacher to come, and send the children of school age to the school to learn to read and write."

"Thank you, your highness."

When the women heard this, they knelt down to Li Fu on the spot.

"What are you doing? Get up quickly."

These days, it is a great grace for the master to let the children of the guards and servants go to school, not to mention that the master has to build a school specifically for them.

This is a great grace.

Parents who love their children will plan for the future.

If the children of the family can read and learn to read, they will definitely be better off than their parents in the future. Even if they are guards for wealthy families like their fathers, those who have read and learned to read are different from those who have not read and cannot read.

"Just letting your children read does not mean that they will be successful in the future. How they will be in the future depends on the children themselves." Li Fu said seriously: "Get up quickly."

"Yes, yes."

Several women stood up quickly.

"You continue, I'll leave first." Li Fu nodded at them.

"Farewell, Your Highness."

The two walked out of the alley and looked around, there was a large open space.

"The house has just been planned, and you told them that you are going to build a school?" Yan Lide asked with a smile.

"Tell them first, let them be happy, people always have something to look forward to when they are alive." Li Fu smiled and said, "Tell them one day in advance, they can be happy for one day, tell them one month in advance, they can be happy for one month."

"Now there are teachers in the village, but they are also hired by the people in the village with money. The place is not big and the scale is limited. It will soon not meet the needs of the village." Li Fu sighed: "After the workshop was built last year, the people in the village also made a lot of money. Some people thought that their lives were not as hard as before."For the sake of the children, use the money to support their education."

"There are many children studying in the village school now." Li Fu said with a smile.

"This is education. If you can really let the children in your farm have books to read in the future, if you become an official in the court, your contribution to education will be commended." Yan Lide said with a bow.

"The scale of the prince's mansion is not small, right?" Li Fu asked.

"Well, it is not small, and there are many plans in the farm." Yan Lide responded.

"It will take a long time to build it." Li Fu asked again.

"It will take at least one or two years." Yan Lide thought for a while: "One or two years, this is based on your willingness to spend money."

"It didn't take that long to repair the Da'an Palace." Li Fu said: "If my house takes a long time to repair, will it be not good? "

"Da'an Palace is a new palace. We have made more repairs on the original basis, and we have invested all the manpower available from the Craftsmen Supervisor and the Ministry of Works. We have also recruited corvée labor. With more people, it is not difficult to repair it, and it will be faster. Moreover, everything was done before the New Year. To put it bluntly, it also saved Your Majesty a lot of trouble."

The ministers in the court all knew that Your Majesty had lived in the East Palace for a long time after ascending the throne, and he must be looking forward to moving into the Taiji Palace as soon as possible. In this way, it would be more legitimate.

"When the time comes to repair the house, recruit more people, and repair the school on the farm together." Li Fu said: "We have finished looking at the foundation of the house today, and we also looked at the land of the school. ”

Building an academy is a huge project, but building a school is relatively simple to meet the needs of the children in the village for the time being.

If it is not enough in the future, we can just add more.

With more houses, it becomes a courtyard group. With more courtyards, slowly, a huge academy system will be formed. If one year is not enough, then two years, and if two years are not enough, then ten years.

As for money, there is plenty of it.