Li Longji looked at Zhang Xiaobao and thought to himself, Since you know that I'm going to ask you, how can you not know what I'm going to ask?
Seeing that Zhang Xiaobao was playing dumb, Li Longji said to the woman, "Tell Xiao Bao what I just said."
The woman knew who Xiaobao was. That Zhang Xiaobao who had given birth to a child that looked like Zhang Xiaobao, and the one beside him was naturally Little Fairy Cuckoo.
This time, the woman wasn't nervous anymore. She looked at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan and whispered, "Good, very good. They're a pair. How did these children grow up? Look at them …"
Zhang Xiaobao could tell what the woman was trying to say from the movement of her lips. He quickly interrupted, "I heard it just now. The villages are scattered, and transportation is inconvenient. Many of the villages have a small population. I really don't have any good ideas. Money doesn't help."
After saying this to Li Longji, Zhang Xiaobao turned to the woman and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll get someone to send you back in a moment. I'll think of a way to solve the problem of the children's safety. This matter is too important, and it can't be taken lightly."
The woman only understood the first part of Zhang Xiaobao's words. She didn't understand the second part, so she thanked him again and again. She led her son, who was still eating, back to the cabin. She didn't need to return the clothes she was wearing. She was lucky because her son was wearing Li Jun's clothes. They were around the same age, and they fit quite well.
After the woman left, Li Longji was worried. He asked Zhang Xiaobao, "Xiao Bao, you really can't think of an idea? I've never seen you in such a difficult position before. "
Zhang Xiaobao patted his head in distress and looked at Wang Juan. Wang Juan also frowned. To Li Longji, this was a small matter, but to her and Zhang Xiaobao, it was a huge matter. The problem of the children's safety and guidance seemed small, but it was thousands of times more difficult than the questions in the imperial examinations.
It would affect a country's system and involve many aspects, which would give rise to even more difficulties and problems.
Li Longji didn't think that it would be difficult. Spending money was like having merchants pay for schools. If the merchants couldn't do it, he would do it himself. His bank had a lot of money.
"Xiao Bao, you can use my money as you please. Settle this matter well and I will reward you handsomely."
Zhang Xiaobao didn't reply. He cursed in his heart. Of course I can use the money from the bank as I please. Do I need you to tell me that? If I really do things well, the child's happiness will be my greatest reward. What kind of reward can you give me?
Gao Lishi was also worried and asked, "Xiao Bao, you usually have a lot of ideas. Look, you did a good job with Operation Chaoyang. You even solved the problem of the older children. Wouldn't it be easier for the children?"
"How … how is it so easy? Why didn't I notice? " Zhang Xiaobao mumbled. He rubbed his temples and said, "Wait for me to go back and think about it with Cuckoo."
After saying that, Zhang Xiaobao didn't wait for Li Longji to say anything. He pulled Wang Juan and went straight into the cabin. He didn't even care about his sister, who had just dried her hair and ran out to continue the barbecue.
The two of them went into the cabin one after the other. Zhang Xiaobao leaned against the couch and said, "Oh my god, Li Longji is just standing there and talking. A full man doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man."
When Wang Juan heard Zhang Xiaobao's complaints, she wanted to laugh but couldn't. This was because she knew what Zhang Xiaobao had to face.
After thinking for a while, she asked, "Xiao Bao, can we have a woman in each village who is responsible for taking care of the children? She doesn't need to do anything else and is only responsible for looking after the children. What do you think?"
"No." As soon as Wang Juan finished speaking, Zhang Xiaobao immediately objected, "For example, there are twenty families in a village with nine children. Five of them are studying in school. Every day, they have to walk for more than two hours to go to school and then walk for another two hours to come back. Or they can just live in school.
There are still four children left. They are still young and can't go to school. It's too far away, and they can't live in school. They can't bear not seeing their family for a long time.
According to what you said, it's not a problem to find a woman to take care of the remaining four children during the slack season. But since it's not busy, why let her take care of the children? It's better for the mothers to take care of the children themselves.
During the busy season, normal women also have to work with the children. In your village, there are twenty families, and one of them is idle. Even if there is only one child, the other three mothers have to do her work. Each of them has to do one-third more work. Do you think it's possible? "
Wang Juan shook her head. "Impossible. One-third is too much. How can we divide the work equally among the villagers?"
"Why should we? That's called eating from the same big pot. Those who benefit and those who don't benefit will have to contribute, and those who don't benefit will naturally not do it. "Zhang Xiaobao asked again.
The two of them had a heated discussion about the problem of preschool children. It wasn't because of Li Longji, but because they wanted to do better. They were worried about the road conditions and transportation.
Outside, Li Longji didn't plan to return to the cabin, so he barbecued with Xiao Bei and the others. Li Jun and Pan Er also looked on eagerly. Xiao Bei thought for a moment, then asked someone to bring over eggplants and lamb slices for the two little guys to eat. The two little guys were very happy. They didn't care about what they ate, as long as they played with them.
"Xiao Bei, what did you think of when you were saving people?" Li Longji suddenly asked.
Xiao Bei lowered his head and smiled. The expressions of the other eight children were also very rich. This was because their older brother had said that the most disgusting thing was when a person did something at a critical moment, and someone insisted on asking them what they thought.
For a question like this, there was a formula for the answer. One was that I didn't think of anything. The situation was very tense, and I only thought that I had to save people. My older brother had said that this person was also disgusting. Since you didn't think of anything, then what did you think of?
There was also another formula, and that was … ….
"Uncle Emperor, when I heard someone cry out that they had fallen into the water, the first thing that came to my mind was that this was my Tang Empire. The person who had fallen into the water was most likely someone from my Tang Empire. Moreover, they had fallen into my Tang Empire's water. I couldn't just watch and do nothing.
Secondly, the reason why I made this decision was because of you, Uncle Emperor. You are the Emperor, and I often accept your teachings. You taught me to be a caring person, a kind person.
Thirdly, I thought of my grandfather. I remember that when I was very young, my grandfather … … "
"Xiao … … Bei … …!" Li Longji interrupted Xiao Bei's words in a deep voice. He really couldn't bear it anymore. It was too fake. Those who could face this kind of statement calmly were all capable people. They were even more capable than him, the Emperor.
Xiao Bei chuckled twice and fed Li Jun and Pan Er a mouthful of eggplant. He said, "Okay, okay, I'll tell you the truth. At that time, I first thought about where the person who had fallen into the water was. I had to see them before I could save them.
After I found a shadow, I directly jumped. When I jumped, I found that the cotton robe was too much of a hindrance, so I had no choice but to take it off. Fortunately, I moved quickly and took it off in the air. Otherwise, it would have been more difficult for me to jump down.
I even had time to adjust my position when I entered the water. It was so painful to hit the water directly. After entering the water, I didn't think about anything else. I just swam towards the place I just saw. The place I said I saw was not the original place. The water was still moving, so I had to calculate the position.
All that was left was to swim as fast as possible. As for the movement and the frequency of the qi summoning, I have already practiced it to the point that it has almost become instinct. There's no need to think about it. When I caught the person under the water, all I thought was, don't die. That's all. "
"Swim, swim." Li Jun opened her mouth and pointed at the grilled fish.
Xiao Bei nodded, "Yes, it's swimming in the water. Jun Er is really smart. Wait for sister to pick out the bones and I'll give it to you to eat."
This fish was caught by Xiao Bei. She woke the child up and taught the others to take care of it. She swam to the side of the boat and grabbed a fish that was watching but not helping. She gouged out the fish's eyes. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to catch it. She then carried the fish with the rope in her arms and boarded the boat.
Li Longji was also clear about the origin of this fish. He really admired it. He had seen heroes catch fish with their bare hands in the Yellow River, but he had never seen a child catch fish with her bare hands.
Seeing Xiao Bei, as a child, patiently pick out the bones in the fish and feed the meat to the younger child, Li Longji felt a sense of enjoyment in life.
Thinking of children, Li Longji became worried again. He sighed again and again and asked Xiao Bei, "Xiao Bei, how do you think we should arrange for the children who aren't in school to be protected together? Look, it was the adults who brought the children to work today, but the children fell into the water."
"Take the money and choose a place. When the adults work, put the children there. Set up several places like this in a county." Xiao Bei flipped the fish over as she spoke. The side that she had just eaten had already been eaten. Children were also very good eaters.
"But a village is very small. There are only a few children, and it's also very far from the county. If we arrange for someone to take care of the children, we'll have one less person to work. The children can't walk too far by themselves. It's troublesome." Li Longji also thought of this point and blurted it out.
When Xiao Bei was feeding Li Jun and Pan 'er again, the two children couldn't eat anymore and turned their heads away. Xiao Bei put the meat in his mouth and said, "Let's move together. A few villages or a dozen villages together, and choose two or three people to take care of the children.
If they can't work, we'll give them money. Uncle Emperor, you have a lot of money in the bank. This year, you have 100 million strings of string of money. How much money does a village have? You can take out a small portion, it's enough. "
Li Longji didn't take Xiao Bei's words seriously. He was just saying it to vent the depression in his heart.
When he heard Xiao Bei mention moving, he smiled and said, "The adults work far away. It's still not enough."
"Why not? It's better for the adults to work far away than the children who can't go far by themselves. People who do business like to have more people. Farmers, didn't you release a lot of military horses? When people work faster, they can make up for the time lost. Military horses are not farm horses. They can be ridden.
When they reach a place, they can rest for a while before working again. Aiya, Uncle Emperor, horses are really important. When there are more horses, they can work faster. They can be several times more efficient than a person. "
Xiao Bei ate two pieces of fish and remembered that there were other people who hadn't eaten yet, so she sent the fish over. Xiaohai took the fish and said, "It's not several times more efficient. It's dozens of times more efficient. How much is the difference between a person's land and a cow's land? Horses plow faster than cows. I reckon that older brother and older sister will have to worry about food in the future. "
"That's right. It's not easy to deal with more food." Li Longji agreed. Suddenly, he was stunned. He stared at Xiao Bei and asked, "What did you just say?"
"What did I say?" Xiao Bei was startled.
"Quick, call Xiao Bao and Cuckoo over." Li Longji didn't need Xiao Bei to repeat himself. He already had an idea. He ordered people to call Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
While Li Longji and Xiao Bei were talking, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were also discussing in the cabin.
"If there's no other way, then let's combine the villages. Children can't run back and forth, but adults can. Besides, with military horses, it's convenient to travel. Horses can be ridden. Since we can't eat from the same big pot, then let's use a centralized model and form an incentive system.
It looks like we need to get more oil and use the diesel engine on farming as soon as possible. That way, there's no need to be afraid of the distance. The diesel engine is so fast. After going back and forth, it's back to efficiency. Only when people have more time can they rest, have fun, and take good care of the children. "
When the people sent by Li Longji arrived at the door, Zhang Xiaobao summarized the two people's thoughts.
There was a knock on the door, and the person said that Her Majesty had summoned them. The two people walked out. Wang Juan said while walking, "After combining the villages, the conflicts will become more prominent. Many villages are mainly based on surnames. The competition for the village chief position will be very fierce. There will also be more conflicts between small interest groups."
"That's the matter of the local officials. If the local officials are not capable and can't handle the affairs of the villages, then we will let Xiao Bei handle the local officials." Zhang Xiaobao delegated the responsibility.
Wang Juan paused for a moment. "It looks like we have to do more promotion work for Li Longji."
"Once we have the film and phonograph, the publicity work will be easier to do. Aiya, we still have to finish the cartoon first. Xiao Bei asked a few days ago, and the standards of the current artists are too low. Just ask them to draw a simple cartoon. As for expressing too much of the style from the lines, it's not like it's a landscape painting.
Don't they understand that simple is the most popular? Don't tell me they want the children to see whether the lines of the characters and scenery in the animation are bold and graceful?
If they really want to express it, they can just use the actions of the characters and the environment in the animation to render it. Why bother with the lines? Just draw a two-meter-tall bear with a fierce expression. Even if the children are stupid, they won't think that it's gentle, right? "
Speaking of this matter, Zhang Xiaobao started to criticize the person he had found to draw the animation. There were many artists who insisted on doing this and that. Even if they could use their brushes to pierce through a thousand layers of paper, could it be reflected in the animation?
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan talked along the way. When they arrived at the younger brother and sister's barbeque stall, Xiao Bei was roasting chives. It was not that she wanted to eat them, but she was really setting up a stall to sell them to the other people on the ship. Chives for one copper coin for three skewers was considered very cheap. Because it was already early winter, if she sold three skewers, she would earn one copper coin for nine skewers.
Next to her, Xiao Yuan was roasting squid neck. This was not for sale, so he planned to eat it himself. Of the five skewers, he would eat three skewers. He brought two skewers for Zhang Gang and helped Xiao Bei roast four skewers of garlic. When he sold them, he would earn one copper coin for two skewers.
Li Longji and Gao Lishi, as well as Empress Wang and Wu Huifei, were watching from the side.
Li Longji lamented to Gao Lishi. These were really Zhang Xiaobao's younger siblings. It was not a matter of money, but the way they thought about how they could earn back the money they spent by eating barbeque. It was really difficult for them to decide to spend 1.3 million strings of string of cash without hesitation when they were at Hong Farm.
Gao Lishi expressed his agreement.
Empress Wang smiled but did not say anything.
Even Wu Huifei, who did not get along with Zhang Xiaobao and the Wang family, could not put her resentment on Xiao Bei and the others. This was because when Xiao Bei and the others were seriously roasting things for every copper coin, they could easily throw away the goldfish bags and silverfish bags when they were saving people and then say that it was "worth it."
The strong contrast made Wu Huifei blush with shame. She could not judge or judge Xiao Bei and the others. She knew that Xiao Bei and the others had a precious candy house. The things inside were really good. It could be said that they strived for perfection, but they were also really expensive. Ordinary people could not afford them.
However, it was such a candy house that when Xiao Bei and the others followed Her Majesty outside the city, they were willing to take out a large amount of candy to 'give' the children in the capital to eat. If one said that they were stingy, that was right. They haggled over every penny. If one said that they were generous, that was also right.
If one said that they were very afraid of death, there were two experts beside them whose movements could not be seen clearly. They were usually surrounded by guards. If one said that they were willing to sacrifice themselves, Xiao Bei would be the first to jump in without hesitation when he knew that someone had fallen into the water.
Wu Huifei was momentarily at a loss. She muttered, "Xiao Bei and the others should not be in heaven, but they definitely do not belong in hell. Where exactly are they?"
"In the human world." Wang Juan, who was walking over, happened to hear it. She added, "It has nothing to do with Maxim Gorky."
"Then who is it?" Wu Huifei asked passively.
"A person who talks about the Haiyan. But I don't care, because we have the Shuiyun. The Haiyan's struggle is self-defense, while the Shuiyun's fight is for the common people," Zhang Xiaobao explained.
Wu Huifei knew who the Shuiyun was. It was the male eagle that the storyteller said, "Who dares to fly in the sky, alone guarding a thousand miles with a soaring eagle". It was said that when one eagle soared to the sky, the other eagles retreated. Just like Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan when they were in their respective fields, no one dared to go against it. When the moon was full, the stars would dim.
Li Longji did not care about the riddle. When he saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Xiao Bao, Cuckoo, I just asked you two about the matter. You still haven't thought of a solution, right? Hehe.
I was eating barbecue when I suddenly thought of … I thought of this matter, so I asked Xiaobei. Guess what Xiaobei said? Let me give you a hint, the problem has been solved. Hehe, hehehehe. "
Li Longji wanted to say that he had solved the problem himself. If it were any other official, he could only tacitly agree and not say anything else. But when he saw Xiaobei working hard for every copper coin, he really could not say it. How shameless would that be? If he really dared to say it, Xiaobei would only reply with an innocent smile and he would jump off the boat. That was because there was no place in this world for his face. It was too big.
Zhang Xiaobao did not ask for the details. He first went to his sister Xiaobei and asked, "How much are you selling it for?"
"Three skewers of Chinese chives for one copper coin. If I sell three skewers, I'll make a profit. Is it expensive?" Xiaobei's Chinese chives were almost done roasting and she asked as she sprinkled seasonings on them.
"It's not expensive. You're too honest. Normally, you sell three skewers for one copper coin. It shouldn't be the fresh Chinese chives that you eat. It should be brushed with gutter oil and then roasted with Chinese chives that are about to rot." Zhang Xiaobao spoke about business.
"Ah?" Xiaobei's hands trembled. "Then what if I get a stomachache?"
"Aren't you going to rub sauce on the Chinese chives? You can mix the anti-diarrhea medicine into the sauce and rub it on the Chinese chives and you won't get a stomachache." Zhang Xiaobao continued to give ideas.
"Then if I rub flu medicine on the Chinese chives, will it be able to treat colds?" Xiaobei deduced.
Wang Juan's eyes widened when she heard this. "Zhang Xiaobao, you're going to teach Xiaobei this? With your status, do you really need to do this? "
Zhang Xiaobao understood that Wang Juan was not talking about his current status. He smiled and said, "I'm just playing with Xiaobei. I have to let her know some of the dark methods. Only then will she be able to hold up the light."
After speaking to Wang Juan, Zhang Xiaobao turned to Li Longji and said, "Your Majesty, what did you want to say just now? Your Majesty, Your Majesty? "
Li Longji did not say anything. He was already dumbfounded. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaobao did not use his methods on Great Tang.
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