The matter of Zhang Zhong's next official position was indeed not easy to handle. According to Zhang Xiaobao's idea, he wanted to go to a slightly more leisurely place and spend more energy on political struggles, thus helping his father practice. Old Man Pi and the other three planned to send Zhang Zhong and Wang family to a poor place to continue to do construction.
Zhang Xiaobao had already paid the due price for this matter, so he was very insistent and did not agree to send his father to a poor place to be an official. Old Man Pi wanted to use an empty position to make up for the lack of rank. After arguing for a long time, Zhang Xiaobao could only temporarily put this matter on hold, saying that this matter needed to be discussed with his family first.
When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan found an excuse to leave, Old Man Pi was still persuading the two to discuss it with their families. In order to divert the attention of the four old men, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had to use other methods to attract their attention.
First of all, the kindergarten reopened. After the New Year, everyone would gather together to live and study again. Just like last year, ordinary people would not be able to enjoy this kind of treatment. Those who could enter the kindergarten were either from a rich family or a powerful family.
Unfortunately, this was very different from the original intention of setting up the kindergarten. Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao were also very helpless about this matter. It was not that the two of them did not want to give all the children of other families a chance, but it was really that the teachers were too lacking.
Kindergarten was different from school. School only needed people with similar knowledge to be qualified. Kindergarten teachers did not need to be too knowledgeable, but they must know how to take care of children. It seemed simple, but it was difficult to actually do. Children were unable to directly understand the intentions of adults, and were usually self-centered.
Zhang Xiaobao's method was to nurture them, one by one. He would try his best to find talents who were suitable for educating children. The way to divert the attention of the four old men was to have the children from kindergarten last year compete with other children who had not received such education when school reopened.
For many people, this was a very boring thing to do. What could the children compete? Singing and dancing, as well as drawing and reciting.
However, this kind of boring thing was to the liking of the four old men. Old Man Liu even specially left half a month to organize activities with the other three old men in order to see the educational effects of the kindergarten.
Zhang Xiaobao came up with a plan that was full of loopholes. For example, the age of the children in the competition would start from one year old and continue until they were six years old. This was simply impossible. How could a one-year-old child learn so many things?
The four old men thought the same, so they had one more job, which was to perfect the plan and further develop the kindergarten's education. They hoped that more children would be able to participate in the future.
Of course, they couldn't let the four old men spend too much time and energy on this kind of thing. After a few adjustments, they were almost done. Just when they felt that they had perfected the plan, Zhang Xiaobao changed the location of the competition to Hidden Mountain.
Qianshan was where Li Xun's business was located. It had been under construction since last year, and some animals had been transported from other places. Together with the animals that were collected locally, although it could not be compared to the national zoo, it was more lively.
With Erniu's large amount of wheat rice stones, a large bathing pool, or rather a bathing center, was about to be built there. A few doctors were specially sent to know. Old Man Pi and the other three also followed. As for whether the bathing effect could reach the level of strengthening the body or even bringing the dead back to life, further research was needed.
"Finally, it's quiet. It seems that it's not a good thing to be watched by others." Without the four old men, Wang Juan felt a little uncomfortable, but she also felt more relaxed. Otherwise, every time they met, she would have to ask where Zhang Zhong was going to be an official. It was really torturous.
Zhang Xiaobao also did not have to continue to be entangled with the four old men. As long as he took advantage of the spring plowing this year to come up with one or several useful new plans that could improve the local people's living standards, he believed that the imperial court would not be in a hurry to transfer his father away.
"I really hope that someone comes to make trouble now. That way, I will have an excuse to deal with them and let my father stay in Shuzhou until next year. No matter what, I have to expand my family's business first. I can't just build it up and not get any benefits."
Zhang Xiaobao tried hard to think of a way to make the imperial court give up on the idea of transferring his father away this year.
Hearing Zhang Xiaobao's words, Wang Juan looked to the north, which was the direction of the capital, and asked, "The river embankment incident last year has not been settled yet. Who was it? Why didn't the imperial court say anything? According to Li Longji's character, no matter which member of the imperial family it was, he would not let it go easily. Why is it like a stone sinking into the sea? "
"Indeed, there has been no movement until now. No member of the imperial family in the capital has been dealt with. This matter is not handled by us, so it will probably be a little difficult. Do you think that a neighboring country is involved? They don't want to act rashly and alert the enemy."
Zhang Xiaobao thought about it and said.
Wang Juan nodded. "It's also possible. If I had the chance, I would also do the same. Use the local resources to carry out the operation, and it won't have much impact on the country. If it can be done in every region, the damage to the target country will be very great. This kind of thing is not something we can manage. Even if it is true, there will be people who will help."
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's consideration was indeed good. In order to stay in Shuzhou for one more year, they set aside some people during the spring plowing to build a large research base by the Wanshui River. The main research direction was on the lathe.
The two people were not ready to succeed in the research of the lathe. The technology was far from there. This was just a reason to boast about the lathe to make people pay more attention to it, so that Zhang Zhong could stay in Shuzhou to take charge of this work.
In order to make people believe, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan invested 50,000 strings of coins to start the industrial construction. The scale was not small. The Old Man Pi and the other three people who were still busy in Qianshan were indeed fooled. They were already very busy, so they had to set aside some energy again.
Liu Zhirou was the most concerned about this industrial base. She arranged the people she brought to the industrial park to provide help, and at the same time, to learn. At the same time, she also informed the imperial court of the situation here, so that the imperial court would consider more.
Zhang Xiaobao's scam finally achieved its goal. He was afraid that the imperial court would transfer his father away, so another plan followed closely, and that was the medicinal herb plantation in Shuzhou.
No matter what kind of medicinal herbs could be planted, and no matter how successful it was in the end, it had a reputation. He asked his father to write a memorial to the imperial court to transfer people from the Si Nong Temple in the capital to follow the research, and the Zhang family would send people to lead.
This was also a big project. It seemed that without Zhang Zhong, it would not succeed. Sure enough, this had an effect. For a while, the imperial court did not mention the matter of Zhang Zhong leaving, and the four people of Old Man Pi also put their energy in other places.
Zhang Xiaobao did not feel that this matter was a waste of money and manpower. The money was not from the government. His family paid others to do the research. If the research was not successful in one year, then they would research for two years. If two years were not enough, then they would research for ten years. He did not expect to get good results in a short time, as long as he could delay it.
By the time the imperial court found out that this was a long and arduous task, his family's arrangements would be almost done.
This situation was not considered a scam when he and Wang Juan were in the same situation. The technology was indeed enough, and someone had already done it. Now, it was not a scam. The money was from his family, and there was not much negative impact on the people and the government.
The plan was indeed going well. The spring plowing was over, and no one mentioned the matter of Zhang Zhong leaving, even though many people wanted to take advantage of Shuzhou.
Li Xun was also very happy. He was also busy, busy looking for talents who could help with the construction and organization of the affairs of the Prince's Mansion after he left.
He wanted to leave as well. Firstly, he wanted to continue learning from Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Secondly, he wanted to run away from the marriage. Yes, he wanted to run away from the marriage. Other members of the imperial family had several children at his age. He was not married yet, but his father had already started looking for a wife for him.
However, due to the influence of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he was not going to let his father make the arrangements. He wanted to find a woman he was satisfied with and marry her. She might not be as good as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were almost inhuman, but she should at least be as good as Xin Er's ability to earn money or Liu 'er's knowledge.
In fact, Xin Er and Liu 'er were not bad, especially Xin Er. Their family conditions were compatible, but because they had been in contact with each other too much, Li Xun always felt that there was not that kind of' passion '. Moreover, Xin Er was still young. According to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's theory, it was not good for a woman at her age to get married and have children. Li Xun planned to look for one elsewhere.
At the very least, he had to have a good impression of her. She had to be dignified and have time to study. Her family background could be different, but at the very least, she had to have the same hobbies and thoughts as him. She could not be so rigid.
This was the goal he set. He thought it was easy to achieve, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan thought it was very difficult, especially in terms of thinking. It was like a person who came back from studying abroad and a person who grew up in a closed environment had to have the same thoughts. Not to mention which one was better, there would definitely be a gap between the two people.
In order not to hurt Li Xun, the two of them specially made a plan for Li Xun, including the training of his wife. Li Xun was very grateful. He thought that training his wife was very interesting, especially after hearing the various stories that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan specially told for his family.
In the stories, there was a certain noble 'prince' who deliberately hid his identity and went elsewhere to find the 'princess' in his heart.
The various plans in Shuzhou were carried out, making the Zhang Xiaobao and Wang family much more stable. Just as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan believed that things would develop according to their plans, a new piece of news suddenly came from the imperial court.
The human heart was hard to fathom, and Li Longji's thoughts were even harder for the average person to fathom. In addition, several important ministers in the imperial court added fuel to the fire. Zhang Zhong was finally unable to continue staying in Shuzhou. Even Zhang Xiaobao's early efforts had gone to waste.
"Xiao Bao, it looks like your father won't be able to go to Luoyang." This was the first thing Old Man Pi, who had rushed back from Qianshan, said when he saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
Facing Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's puzzled gazes, Old Man Pi continued, "The new place has been decided. Your father will be going to Yizhou to be the provincial governor."
"Where? Sichuan? "Zhang Xiaobao said in surprise.
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