There was a heated discussion in the capital these days, and the scope of the discussion was very wide. Even the poor farmers, who usually did not care much about state affairs, often went into the city to inquire about the construction of the academy. They heard that after the academy was built, the children of the poor would be able to study for free. Their children would be seven years old next year, would they be able to study in the academy in the future …
The farmers, who had eaten the last meal and had to worry about the next, should be most concerned about the problem of food. They had never cared about state affairs, and no matter what the higher-ups did, as long as they could eat their fill and survive in this world, that was the first thing they thought about when they woke up every day.
But this time, they had to be concerned.
If what the Eldest Princess was doing was successful, their children would not have to repeat the life of their fathers like them. They could go to the academy to study and be scholars. In the future, if they could become the top scholar and become a high-ranking official, they would bring honor to their ancestors and their families …
In their view, scholars were all going to become the top scholar and become a high-ranking official. Although Scholar Wu at the entrance of the village had not become the top scholar, everyone in the village who saw him had to respectfully call him "Duke Scholar".
In short, no matter what status they had in the past, as long as they studied, everything would be different.
This was a joyous occasion. Her Royal Highness had done something good for them again. First, she had summoned her own daughter and allowed her entire family to have a full meal. Now, she had even allowed their sons to study. They did not know how many things the current Emperor had done for them, but Her Royal Highness was really speaking up for these poor commoners …
Building an academy required money, and Her Royal Highness ran around to raise money for them. However, those rich officials did not seem to be willing, and it seemed that the matter of building an academy could not be carried out …
This was the situation that they learned after entering the city.
"Their, their money, isn't it all from the wealth of the people? They really want to do things for the commoners, all of them have become misers!" An old farmer held onto his walking stick and kept hitting the ground, his face full of resentment.
"This is an opportunity for the children, they, they can't be like us." Someone gritted his teeth and said, "They must study, only after studying can they have a future …"
One of them shook his head and sighed, "Sigh … They are all cruel and unscrupulous. The one who truly cares about the poor people is still the Princess Royal Highness …"
A carriage slowly passed by on the street. After all these days, the old man driving the carriage already understood that the wide and wide road was always blocked by traffic. In order to not waste time, they had to take a long detour and take another clear path.
Then, he would stop at the entrance of an alley. Sometimes, he would stop for a quarter of an hour, and sometimes, he would stop for as long as an hour.
Fang and the sloppy old man sat on either side of the carriage, thinking about what they had just heard on the street. They lifted the curtain and said to Li Yi, "Young Master, these officials are so stingy that they won't even pay this little bit of money!"
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't say that. Other people's money doesn't come from the strong wind, and they don't want to be blown away by the strong wind. It's their freedom to donate or not, and we can't control it. Don't engage in moral coercion …"
Fang nodded, not fully understanding. Although he didn't know what moral coercion meant, he knew that his silver was picked up from the sand, sent to him by others, and cheated from the Qi Kingdom — it seemed that it was not as convenient as the strong wind, and he didn't want to give it to others for free.
Li Yi jumped off the carriage and walked into the alley.
The sloppy old man habitually threw a milk candy into his mouth and looked in a certain direction, "How long is he going to do this?"
"Soon." Fang took a candy from the sloppy old man's hand and murmured.
The sloppy old man glanced at him, put the remaining milk candy back into his arms, and asked, "Soon what?"
Fang glanced at him and said, "Soon means soon."
These days, when the son-in-law passed by here, the expression on his face was completely different from before. He had carefully observed him for many days, and could naturally see some subtle emotions.
The sloppy old man seemed to understand something, and asked, "Say, between your family's young miss and the young lady in here, who do you think he likes more?"
Fang looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect this eccentric old man to be so passionate on the inside, to be interested in this kind of thing.
"There's no comparison." Fang shook his head and said, "The son-in-law likes the young miss because the young miss is the young miss, and not someone else. He likes Miss Zeng because he likes her."
"What do you mean?" The sloppy old man was stunned for a moment, and after pondering for a while, he still didn't understand. Then, as if he had thought of something, he looked at him with some mockery, "Are you talking about yourself?"
Fang glanced at him, "What does that have to do with me?"
"Don't think I don't know that you have a lover in the Jades Courtyard. Why didn't you go look for her today?"
Fang's face suddenly changed, and he said angrily, "You followed me!"
The sloppy old man looked at him disdainfully, "Who doesn't know about your trivial matters?"
"Trivial matters?" Fang actually wasn't angry anymore, "Looking at you, I'm afraid you've never been liked by anyone before, right?"
This sentence seemed to touch on the sloppy old man's reverse scale, and he immediately glared at Fang, "What? Why don't you go to the Wu Kingdom and ask around? When this old man was young, he could be considered elegant and elegant, and many women fell in love with him. If it weren't for the fact that I was obsessed with martial arts …"
"So you never married in your life?" Fang looked at him with a smile.
The sloppy old man didn't speak, and narrowed his eyes at him. If it weren't for the fact that he had been cultivating his mind these days, he would have already smacked him with his palm.
However, he couldn't casually smack this guy in front of him, so he didn't care about this. The sloppy old man thought for a while, and continued with the previous question, "What if your family's second miss is added?"
"Second miss?"
This question was a bit complicated. Fang was startled, and looked up at the sky, feeling that today's sunlight was a bit dazzling.
…
Li Yi sat at the stone table, took a sip of tea, and asked, "The Cui family's ready-made clothing stores are all closed, right?"
Zeng Zuimo looked up at him and nodded slightly.
These days, she had also faintly heard some news that the Cui family had lost a lot of money and mortgaged many stores in the capital, including those ready-made clothing stores, which hadn't been opened for a long time.
These days, they had also made some adjustments to their strategy. Even if there were more counterfeits, there would be corresponding countermeasures.
"I heard that the Eldest Princess encountered some obstacles in building the Silver Academy?"
Li Yi thought she would ask specifically about the closure of the Cui family's ready-made clothing stores. He didn't know why she suddenly brought it up. He shook his head and said, "Those are all appearances. Everything is going according to plan."
Zeng Zuimo looked at him and asked, "Did you plan it?"
"Of course, I didn't expect them to donate much money. The less they donate, the better. They are laughing at the Eldest Princess now, but they won't be able to laugh in a few days."
After Li Yi finished speaking, he saw that she lowered her head and didn't speak. He thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Are you jealous?"
"Hehe, Miss is jealous …" Xiao Cui stood behind and said with a chuckle.
Ever since she saw the two of them rolling on the bed that day, she could say some things in front of the two of them.
The two of them were on the bed, one on top of the other. According to common sense, during the time she couldn't see, they should be rolling around.
"Xiao Cui, shut up!" Zeng Zuimo looked at Xiao Cui angrily, stood up, and hurried to the studio.
Li Yi stood up and gently knocked on Xiao Cui's head. "How can you talk about your own Miss like that? How impudent …"
Xiao Cui covered her head, feeling wronged. You two just want to find a reason to be in the same room, and you're pretending so well …
Li Yi walked into the studio and saw that she was already sitting at the table. He explained, "That's really just a facade. If they don't donate now, they will still donate in the future. They even have to beg me to donate …"
"Don't say anymore." Zeng Zuimo hurriedly raised her head and said, "Why are you telling me this? If someone else hears it, it will ruin your plan …"
"We're on the same side, what are you afraid of?" Li Yi looked at her and said, "But these words really can't be told to anyone else, or the consequences will be very serious. You can't tell that Assistant Minister Zeng either …"
"I won't tell him." Zeng Zuimo said firmly, then looked up at him and asked, "What will the consequences be?"
Li Yi thought about it and said, "I will lose face, and the Princess Royal will also lose face. Many people will laugh at her, and most importantly, we will lose a lot of silver."
Zeng Zuimo knew the concept of silver to him. If he said a lot of silver, then it really was a lot.
Thinking that he was telling such an important thing to her, she couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in her heart.
"How is it? I've told you such an important thing. Are you touched?" Li Yi walked over and looked at her with a smile. He opened his arms and asked, "Are you touched enough to want a warm hug?"
That trace of warmth quickly disappeared. Zeng Zuimo grabbed a pillow from the side of the bed and threw it at him.
"Pervert!"
She had learned this phrase from Yong Ning a long time ago.
Yong Ning said that those who liked to take advantage of girls were all perverts.
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