Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 61 This memory is amazing!

After seeing Zhu Zhishan, Qin Shao sent Shu Xiu.

These bundle repairs were all prepared by Han Jinrong.

She learned about the process of old man Zhu accepting Qin Shao, and felt that old man Zhu accepted him as a student because he liked to appreciate his master.

Don't look at him with a straight face, in fact, he might like his master so much!

In Han Jinrong's opinion, no one is better than her grandfather!
According to the rules of Ming Dynasty, ordinary students must of course complete their apprenticeships.

In some private schools, it is necessary to teach money, after all, those masters have to live on those money.

In the countryside, if you don't have money, you need to pay grain.

As a woman from a noble family, Han Jinrong has already seen that the old man Zhu has a good family background, and she also appreciates and likes her father.

It would be too vulgar to give money directly, and it would anger him if he said he couldn't.

The best way is to give generous six gifts:
A handful of celery: It means to study hard and live up to the teacher's teaching;

A bowl of lotus seeds symbolizes painstaking education;

A basket of red dates means early high school;
A bowl of longan symbolizes the completion of merit;

30 strips of dry lean meat, expressing the disciple's affection for the teacher.

In fact, according to the etiquette system, 10 gifts are enough.

They didn't plan to give money, so they gave some more meat as compensation.

And those red dates are sweet, Han Jinrong heard that Master Zhu has a special disease, usually hungry, dizzy when hungry, and would feel better if he ate some sweets, so he prepared more red dates.

After performing the ceremony of appreciating teachers and presenting Shu Xiu, Zhu Zhishan's complexion improved a lot.

He didn't expect this reckless boy to be quite considerate in etiquette.

Given that he already knew Qin Shao's level, Zhu Zhishan's education for Qin Shao was to read and endorse.

He went to one of the rooms and took out a copy of "University".

Qin Shao saw that his room was piled up with half a room of books.

Books and paper are very expensive these days, this old man is really proud!

However, he was born in a family of officials since he was a child, and his grandfather and father were both officials.

Her grandfather was the famous Xu Youzhen!
Although he was criticized because of Yu Qian's affairs, but he is indeed a very arrogant existence.

I wish the old man is a proper official representative!

He himself is still a Juren, and based on their family's relationship, it is not difficult to become a county magistrate now.

It's just that the old man is not reconciled, and he will not give up until he is admitted to the Jinshi.

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The book "University" is actually not too thick, with a total of 2212 characters and ten chapters (excluding repeated words).

Zhu Zhishan asked Qin Shao to read it first, and he had memorized a few paragraphs before, and he suspected that this kid didn't read it all.

Fortunately, those Qin Shao pits were read out.

However, Zhu Zhishan still frowned, thinking that Qin Shao's academic foundation was too poor.

Qin Shao was given four days to recite the book by heart.

As for the specific meaning, the old Zhutou said that he had to memorize it before talking about it.

The ancients were like this, insisting: read the book a hundred times and you will see its meaning!
Qin Shao opened the book and began to read it seriously.

Those words flashed in my mind over and over again:

The way of a university lies in Ming Mingde, in being close to the people, and in reaching perfection...

In less than half an hour, those sentences became fluent in my mind, and their interpretations kept flashing in my mind.

Qin Shao closed the book, and silently recited those sentences and explanations verbatim.

He recited it straight once, and he recited it backwards again, just as smooth and silky.

Grandma, it seems that the system is really useful!
He frequently looked at the old man Zhu who was reading, but he didn't dare to reveal too much that he had memorized everything in such a short time.

The old man Zhu had noticed his movements and thought he was getting impatient in reading, so he asked him to write those sentences with a pen.

Copying is also a good way to endorse.

Qin Shao is glad that he learned calligraphy for several years in his previous life, when his mother was still alive.

Dad’s money is willing to be spent on himself. He has learned calligraphy with hard pen and soft pen for nearly five years.

Although the handwriting is still legible, it's just that the traditional characters are not proficient in writing, and the speed is so slow that the old man Zhu shook his head again and again.

"I haven't picked up a pen for a long time, I haven't picked up a pen for a long time..."

Qin Shao could only explain embarrassingly.

Zhu Zhishan has already heard that he escaped from Laohekou, and his parents are no longer there. It is already very good that this kid can survive without detours and keep a pure and kind heart!

Forget it, if I teach this kid slowly, it is considered as doing good deeds and cultivating my mind and character.

After class in the morning, Qin Shao went back.

Classes at the old man Zhu's house are half-day, and in the second half of the day, Zhu Zhishan has to learn his own courses and let Qin Shao teach himself at home.

He also said that he would recite the contents of the first three chapters in the school exam the next day.

Qin Shao didn't stay at home to study in the afternoon, and went directly to the field with Han Jinrong and the others.

Mrs. Xu helped them contact a steward who managed the fields and was a local farmer.

Qin Shao went over this time to see how the people are and to discuss salary issues.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current one, and the strong dragon can hardly suppress the local snake.

This management should find a local person.

The person introduced by Mrs. Xu looks pretty good. That person is called Zhang Daniu, a very simple-looking farmer, about 40 to [-] years old.

There are four children, two elderly people, and a wife in the family, but there are only 3 mu of dry land, and the food they collect does not pay taxes, so they can only help others to farm to support the family.

In fact, their land was not small in the early years, but the days got worse and worse. When children fell ill in famine years, a lot of land was pawned out in order to survive.

Qin Shao asked him some questions about farming, but he answered them honestly.

When Qin Shao asked him to be in charge, he actually asked him to lead the work.

As a local, he should know which people in the village are honest and capable, and not cheating or cheating, and it is easy to contact him.

The salary in the countryside is grain, Zhang Dazhuang’s salary is 3 buckets of grain a year according to the price in Jingshan, and other dry land economic crops are also given according to the owner’s wishes.

Three buckets of grain is more than 60 catties, nearly 70 catties, which is actually very cheap, but who made the grain output low in this era!

Those who are lucky, such as Zhang Dazhuang, can still find work, and many of them can't find work, and they can only eat half full, which is also a common occurrence.

When Qin Shao said that he had a total of 30 acres of land and asked him to hire people to work, Zhang Dazhuang looked a little hesitant.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Qin Shao looked at him with some hesitation and asked.

Could it be that it can't be found manually here?This has just experienced a famine, and a large number of people are unemployed, so it shouldn't be so!

"Master! Little one, can you... let the family do it?"

Zhang Dazhuang asked cautiously.

"You don't have a field in your family, can you have time to do it?"

Qin Shao was a little hesitant. The family was old and young, and they still had three acres of land.

"The villain's parents are just in their 14s, and they are in good health. My eldest son is 12, and my second son is [-]. They can work! The only ones at home are Susukida..."

Qin Shao didn't expect that this man looked 40 years old, and his parents were just [-] years old.

Think about the early marriage in ancient times, and this person may be in his early thirties because of doing farm work, which is the same as in his forties.

1 Not to mention the ancient times, let alone the 14-year-old in this era, even the peasant children aged 8 to 9 have started to work.

"My lord, they don't need much wages, just two buckets of grain a year, no...one bucket, one bucket..."

Seeing Qin Shao's silence, Zhang Dazhuang panicked even more.

Calculated on the basis of two buckets, the five laborers in this family can get more than one stone of grain for one year of work, about 200 catties!
Life is hard for farmers!

Zhang Dazhuang hunched over and nearly fell to his knees.

A man has gold under his knees, just because he has not reached a difficult place!
Qin Shao's eyes were a little moist, thinking of his previous life when his mother was gone and his father didn't care about him, and he made troubles in the precarious days.

(End of this chapter)