"I want to find more people to fill the shortage of Li Family Zhuangzi's villagers. What do you think?"
Li Longji was in a good mood. Brother Yi's villagers were really useful at critical moments!
Moreover, they were loyal and did not accept bribes. The accounts were clear and there was no falsification.
"Your Majesty, people's hearts are hard to predict." Yao Chong looked troubled. He did not object to Li Yi's recruitment, but he was afraid of becoming a spy.
"It's fine. I told Brother Yi that he has a way to predict people's hearts." Li Longji said with a smile.
Everyone said in unison, "I agree!"
If Li Yi said that he could predict people's hearts, then he could guarantee that he could. He might have even tested himself before. He was wholeheartedly devoted to the Tang dynasty, so he was not afraid.
"Brother Yi has never used this method before, and he will not use it casually in the future."
Li Longji guaranteed. Don't worry, I won't suspect you.
"Your Majesty, what do you want to eat for lunch?" Zhang Jiuling asked abruptly, changing the topic.
"Daoji, what do you want to eat?" Li Longji asked Zhang Shuo. You are the magistrate, how did you arrange for us to come here?
"I sent someone to contact the Li Family Zhuangzi's people. I think they already have a menu." Zhang Shuo expressed that he did not prepare any.
… …
"Chicken and duck. Since the locust plague, every family in Henan Province has been working hard to raise poultry. Luoyang has a lot of water, so there are many ducks."
Li Yi had just been asked by a villager. He chose to buy a large number of poultry from the common people. He would not eat geese for the time being.
He then added, "For the past half a month, we have been eating chicken and duck. We have been changing the cooking methods. This includes hairy eggs and dried eggs. We will first steam them in a pressure cooker, then stir-fry them and roast them. "
He did not have any other ideas in this area, including cat meat and rat meat.
As long as the cooking method was reasonable, he could eat anything.
Oh, he did not eat dead children, placentas, and he still did not drink other people's milk.
Before the natural disaster, the elders in his family said that the production team had harvested the fields.
A portion of the food had to be handed over, and there was not enough left for him to share.
Everyone went to dig rat holes. There was food in the rat holes, and they ate the rats they caught.
As long as it was sterilized at high temperatures, the rats in the fields would not spread the plague.
This included eating frogs, sparrows, grasshoppers, and long worms.
Even if the eggs had turned into chicks, they would still be eaten after being cooked. Usually, they would be stir-fried.
Nowadays, in the Tang dynasty, the people who read the newspaper all ate it. They had to cook it first. They could not roast it raw. Some parts of the food were not cooked well, and people would fall sick after eating it.
Li Yi calculated that since there were many people coming over, he could help the local people deal with some of the things.
Thus, they decided to have a full chicken feast for lunch and a full duck feast for dinner.
Don't worry, there will be at least 400,000 people coming in this year.
After the meal was arranged, Li Guiheng came over with Ma Jin.
"Dongzhu!" Li Guiheng shouted, tears welling up in his eyes.
"I'm not dead yet. Do you want to practice first?" Li Yi's words were followed by laughter all around.
Li Guiheng's previous emotions disappeared as he laughed along. "Where's Steward Song?"
"I'll be busy until the end of the year. Next year, he'll be taking the imperial examinations here. How can I memorize the questions? What if he doesn't get first place? "
Li Yi said that there were questions about filling in the blanks and pasting a large scripture, which were part of the memorization content.
With the addition of mathematics and medicine, these two subjects were relatively easy to handle. Current affairs and the final poem were not a problem either, especially the current affairs.
Li Yi wanted Song De to get first place. How should he do it?
What should he not cheat in selecting talents for the country? That did not exist. Wasn't Song De a pillar of the country?
What he was in charge of was current affairs. When it came to testing others, he took care of it well.
"Dongzhu, it's not good to cheat. I don't think we should let Steward Song know about pasting the scriptures.
We must be fair. Next year, let's all pasting the scriptures be on the Analects of Confucius!
The Analects of Confucius is good. There's about governing a country, being a person, being a ruler, and war. "
Li Guiheng objected to Li Yi revealing the questions and said with a serious face.
"Hehehehe ~ ~ ~" Princess Yongmu at the side could not help but laugh. She laughed like a hen laying eggs.
Xiao Lan also covered her face and laughed until she squatted down.
The people at the side turned their heads and looked at their bodies. They were probably all laughing.
Only Ma Jin was at a loss. What were they laughing about? What was so funny about it?
"Good, fair. Next year's imperial examination questions will all be from the Analects of Confucius." Li Yi gave a thumbs up and praised Li Guiheng for his righteousness.
"What do you mean?" Ma Jin asked Li Guiheng softly. He realized that something was wrong.
"Everyone knows about the Analects of Confucius and is very familiar with it. It's impossible for there to be a problem. Then, we will use mathematics, medicine, and current affairs to score points. As for poetry, it's not certain whether it's good or not. "
Li Guiheng explained. If you don't know how to paste the scriptures, how can you have the face to take the imperial examination? Do you want me to change it to the Thousand Character Classic?
"The Analects of Confucius is easy?" Ma Jin felt that he had been hurt badly.
"The interpretation is not easy. It's easy to memorize. Dongzhu has given the annotations. The interpretation is actually not difficult." Li Guiheng explained again.
"It's easy to memorize the Analects of Confucius?" Ma Jin was still surprised.
"There are no problems with three of your four children. The remaining grandson is too young. He's only two years old." Li Guiheng was certain.
"My children can also take the imperial examination? Three? "Ma Jin was happy.
"Paste the scriptures. Your children are far behind in other subjects. If not, they would have taken all the subjects." Li Guiheng was helpless. Ma Jin was thinking too much.
"Oh!" Ma Jin was disappointed. He thought that his children were amazing.
"Study hard. Teach your children how to govern the village. When the time comes, find a subject that is easy to take. If you pass, you will be put in an important position."
Li Yi advised Ma Jin not to focus on taking the imperial examination.
In the future, the Tang dynasty would need more talents to go down to the grassroots. The newspapers would always introduce the current domestic and 'international' situation.
Taking the imperial examination was relatively easy, and there was no problem of redundant officials.
There were few positions for county magistrates, but there were many other positions.
After taking the imperial examination, one would be assigned to a very low position and fight from the bottom to the top.
"Okay, Li Dongzhu, don't worry. I will definitely teach them to learn well."
With the encouragement, Ma Jin pulled himself together again.
"The distance from Xiao Luonan Village to the county school is far. Set up a school next to the Drunken Immortal Residence. There are many children in the village. If the adults are willing to learn, they can follow them."
Li Yi said to Ma Jin. He was in charge of it now, and Ma Jin went back to arrange it. It involved Xiao Luonan Village.
"Okay, okay, okay!" Ma Jin kept nodding and then grinned.
… …
At noon, they ate chicken at Qianyuan Hall.
There was mushroom stew, but it was not the most important dish.
Like Double Cooked Pork, Shannai Sweet Pork, Shredded Pork, Boiled Sliced Pork, Spicy Shredded Pork, Yuxiang Shredded Pork …
Anyway, everything that could be made with other meat could be made with chicken, including Twice Cooked Pork. It was just a little thinner.
It was a buffet. You can take your own bowl and eat as much as you want. No leftovers.
Princess Yongmu, Xiao Lan, and Li Yi sat at a small table. The three of them did not go to the buffet.
Li Yi made sliced chicken with scallion oil with bean sprouts as the base. It was hot and looked like a small casserole.
The three of them only ate this. They would go fishing at Luo River later and collect water samples.
If the water samples were good, the fish would be left for dinner. Although everyone ate duck, it did not mean that they had to eat it.
The fish that were caught also had to be dissected to see the situation. It had something to do with the water quality.
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