The popularity of the Golden Scale Pavilion continued to ferment.
It was like a shy and delicate flower, emitting a rich and alluring fragrance that constantly attracted its prey to come one after another.
The other feudal lords could only watch the heat.
Jiang Pengji lived in Chongzhou, but she knew the situation in Wanzhou like the back of her hand.
"The fish in the pond have been kept for a long time. The fish are fat now. It's a good time to fish." She looked at the official documents sent by Xu Ke and the others. Coincidentally, Qiguan Rang came in with a pile of bamboo slips. She hurriedly said, "Wenzheng, come over and help me draft a document."
Qiguan Rang saw the smile on her face and could not help but ask, "Has something good happened, my lord?"
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "Of course it's something good. If it's done, I'll make up for the three years of vacation that I owe you."
Qiguan Rang had worked for Jiang Pengji for more than two years. He had experienced three New Years, but he had never taken a vacation.
Although the salary was not low, it still could not make up for the bitterness of being busy from the beginning to the end of the year.
His lord's credibility had fallen to the bottom. Unless Qiguan Rang was stupid, he would not believe a word about the vacation.
He did not believe it, but he said, "Alright, I'll grind the ink now."
Jiang Pengji said, "Xiaoyu and Huaiyu told me that as of now, there are 3,963 scholars who have borrowed books from the Golden Scale Pavilion."
When Qiguan Rang heard the number, he almost dropped the pen in his hand.
"There are 3,963 people?"
To enter the Golden Scale Pavilion, one had to go through a simple assessment. Only those who passed the assessment had the right to register their name and make a token.
As long as they checked the number of tokens, they could know how many people had entered the Golden Scale Pavilion.
Jiang Pengji also used this method to collect basic information about the scholars.
Entering and exiting the Golden Scale Pavilion, borrowing books, and copying books had to be registered. Therefore, she could know how long each person had read, which books they had read, and which books they had copied. Based on the information, she could also roughly judge whether the person was eager to learn, whether they had perseverance, and how good their foundation was.
Unknowingly, most of the information about these people had been leaked.
"Among these people, there is no lack of talented people. I plan to recruit targeted people. Although we are also cultivating our own talents, it will still take a few years. We can't always let one of you do the work of ten people. If you become exhausted, I will feel distressed. "
The so-called conscription was actually a system to promote talents. As the governor of the prefecture, Jiang Pengji naturally had the right to do so.
After Qiguan Rang heard this, he snorted softly and did not comment.
If his lord took pity on them, why would she owe him three years of leave in a row?
Three years, seven days of annual leave a year, a total of twenty-one days!
They were all swallowed by his lord.
"Does my lord mean that you want to promote talents from among these scholars?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Of course. They've already sent themselves to me. How can I let them go so easily? I painstakingly built the Golden Scale Pavilion for them to study and learn for free. Could it be that I'm doing all this for someone else, so that they can rely on the other party after they grow up? We will first select those with good character and talent to alleviate the predicament of the shortage of manpower. As for the rest, you can come and go as you please. "
The corner of Qiguan Rang's mouth twitched. He had really underestimated his lord.
She was really a good businessman. Her ability to pluck feathers from wild geese was amazing.
If it was someone else, they might not have had such a good reaction like her. Not only could she draw inferences about other cases from one instance, but she could also exploit them over and over again.
"My lord, I'm afraid it's difficult to distinguish who's better and who's worse based on this information alone."
Jiang Pengji said with a smile, "This is simple. Why don't we use the banner of 'making friends through literature' and set a few difficult questions to test everyone every day? Then let the prestigious scholars be the judges. They'll score everyone's answers and list out who's better and who's better. Every day, the top three will receive meal vouchers from the 'Guest House'. With the voucher, they can eat three meals a day at the Guest House. Each meal will provide two meat dishes, two vegetables, and one soup for free. "
In this way, they could not only get a clear understanding of everyone's talents and knowledge, but they could also build a reputation for the Guest House in Wanzhou.
Qiguan Rang sighed as he wrote quickly.
His lord was a profiteer who was held back by her ambition to dominate the world!
Not long after, Qiguan Rang finished writing a document and handed it to Jiang Pengji to read.
If there were no problems with the content, this document could be sent to Wanzhou urgently.
"By the way, remember to get the messenger to look for Zhengtu and ask him if he wants to bring anything along."
"Why should I look for General Fu Wang?" Qiguan Rang was surprised.
Jiang Pengji pursed her lips and muttered, "Looking at the time, Huijun will be giving birth soon."
Qiguan Rang understood immediately.
If one did not live in this era where books were scarce, one would never understand people's thirst for knowledge. There were always students who waited outside the Jinlin Pavilion before dawn. They only left reluctantly when the pavilion closed. Sometimes, they did not even have time to tidy up their appearances.
They studied hard day and night, diligently practicing without stopping.
In order not to kill anyone, Xu Ke specially arranged for people to set up a free canteen in the Jinlin Pavilion. Everyone could receive a bowl of thick meat porridge with their identity token. They even opened up a few quiet courtyards for the scholars to take a break or discuss scriptures in their spare time.
In just three months, the name of the Jinlin Pavilion in Wanzhou had spread throughout the whole of Dongqing. It even had the tendency to spread to other countries.
On this day, the scholars stayed in the Jinlin Pavilion as usual. Some frowned in deep thought, some discussed with their friends in low voices, and some copied seriously.
At this moment, a notice quietly appeared in the Jinlin Pavilion.
"What's this?" A commoner dressed in linen felt his stomach was empty. He carefully got up from his seat and was about to receive a bowl of meat porridge to fill his stomach when he happened to see the notice board outside the door. He fixed his eyes on it and revealed some confusion on his face.
"Guest House? What is this place? "
It was obvious that it was something created by merchants. It was full of the stench of money.
The passing scholars frowned unhappily.
The commoner said, "This Guest House is a restaurant established by the magistrate of Liuzhou. The profits of the restaurant are used to settle down the orphans of the soldiers."
Hearing that it was a restaurant established by Jiang Pengji, the scholar's expression softened a little.
If it was used in the right way, he could reluctantly tolerate merchants doing business in the Jinlin Pavilion.
He also went forward to read the contents of the notice board carefully. He suddenly became interested.
It was not that most of the scholars could not afford to eat. At the very least, the Jinlin Pavilion provided meat porridge for free. One bowl was enough to fill one's stomach.
What they cared about was ranking and winning. If they answered well, they would gain the favor of the scholars and their social status would immediately rise to a higher level.
Hearing the news, many interested scholars hurriedly brought their brushes, ink, and bamboo slips over to copy the questions.
It was only the first day, but there were as many as 100 people who participated in answering the questions.
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