After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

"Squad leader, for the sake of everyone's heads, why not go to the nearest town. Let's wait a little longer. When the road is calm or the weather is warmer, we can go on the road again. Isn't this good for you and me? Is it good for everyone?" "

Bantou Zhao subconsciously looked at Xu Qingying, and then he was shocked to realize that he could only make his own decision on this matter. He looked at the group of brothers with different expressions behind him, and they all seemed a little undecided.

This delay of ten days and a half is nothing, but judging from the current situation, I am afraid it will be delayed for at least a month or two.

How can he explain to his superiors?

Could it be that they met rogue bandits and the team was beaten to pieces?
It doesn't seem to work either.

Xu Qingying comforted everyone, "Okay, this matter is not trivial. Let Team Leader Zhao think carefully before making a decision. What we need to discuss now is whether to go forward or backward, and how to avoid bandits along the way. If we meet What should we do if we find a bandit?"

"We don't understand this, so we think the method taught by Miss Xu last time is quite effective. It's better to listen to Miss Xu. The young and strong men are on the outside, the women are in the middle, and the old people and children sit inside."

Some people also suggested: "Let's search the village again to see if there are any missing sickles, kitchen knives or other things. Let's get some weapons to keep with us."

Leader Zhao also spoke, "Now is an extraordinary moment. We don't pay attention to any rules anymore. Everyone brings out whatever weapons they have. Every bandit can be killed!"

Someone reminded, "Our dry food is almost at the bottom, and we must go to the city to replenish it. I don't know what the situation is in Jinzhou City. I heard from the refugees that food prices are soaring now, and I don't know if we can Buy food."

When it comes to food, everyone looks sad.

At this moment, Mr. Fang could only lower his head and sigh, "The brochure in the Jinzhou newspaper said that the number of people affected by the disaster was only 30. Now it seems that there are at least [-] to [-]. These thieves must be afraid of punishment from the court. Concealing the disaster situation. If the disaster in Jinzhou is so serious, then we may not be able to buy much food along the way."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

When it comes to food, everyone is anxious, "What should we do? Are we going to starve to death on the way?"

"This is not an exile, it's clearly an escape!"

"Then why don't you just stay in this village?"

"All the food in the village has been taken away. If you stay here, you will starve to death!"

Xu Qingying had a headache due to the noise from everyone. She had already suffered from the wind and cold, and her voice was still hoarse at the moment. She could only raise her hand to signal everyone to be quiet, "There is no other way at the moment. We can only watch while walking. For now, Go to the nearest town and see the situation before making a decision."

There was really no other way, so everyone had no choice but to keep silent.

Xu Degui picked a few strong men to dig holes and bury people, while others searched the village to see if there was any missing food. Bantou Zhao and others hitched their horses, looking as if they were ready to go out.

Xu Qingying stepped forward and asked, "But Liu Jiechai is missing?"

Leader Zhao responded, got on his horse, and said in a somewhat complaining tone: "I don't know where that kid went. He hasn't been seen since last night. At first, some people said he went to the village, and some said they saw him going out. , and I haven’t seen anyone until now.”

Xu Qingying understood clearly.

In order to hunt down Xu Deyuan and the two of them, Liu Jiejie had to hide his whereabouts from everyone. Now no one knew where he had gone, so it was considered that the heavens were helping her.

"I was thinking..." Xu Qingying pondered for a moment, "Since there are rogue bandits making trouble around here, will Liu Jiechai be captured by these bandits?"

Ming Xiaoshuang immediately glanced at Xu Qingying, and then said: "Miss Xu is right. It rained so heavily last night, and the beasts would hide in their nests. Either Liu Jiejie was injured and hiding somewhere, or Captured by rogue bandits."

Leader Zhao now felt that it was difficult to handle. If they were captured by the bandits, what could they do?Is it possible to use a knife to fight a group of vicious bandits?

They don't have such a good relationship with Liu Jiejie.

"That's all, the matter is over, there's no point in talking more. I'll take people to go around the mountains to see if there are any traces left by Liu Jie. If they can't find any traces today, I can only blame Liu Jie for his own bad luck. No matter what How about, we must leave tomorrow.”

Of course, Team Leader Zhao and the others couldn't find Liu Jiejie, not to mention that there was Ming Xiaoshuang mixed in among the team. Xu Qingying expected that with Ming Xiaoshuang's ability, Team Leader Zhao and the others would undoubtedly be looking for a needle in a haystack if they wanted to find Liu Jiejie.

Sure enough, in the evening, Bantou Zhao and the others returned from riding.

Xu Degui had been paying attention to the situation of the relief teams. It was not until he saw their faces when they returned that the big stone finally fell in his heart.

Liu Jiejie was not found.

Xu Degui saw the calm Xu Qingying in the room and couldn't help but wonder: "Ying'er, are you really not afraid that Team Leader Zhao and the others will find Liu Jiejie's body?"

Xu Qingying was stunned, "What corpse? Is Liu Jiejie dead?"

Xu Degui knew he had made a mistake and immediately said: "Who knows."

Xu Qingying asked again: "Have Team Leader Zhao and the others come back?"

After saying that, she pushed the door open and went out. The village felt cold after the rain, and there was still mist in the mountains. She saw Team Leader Zhao and the others tying their horses under the tree, their faces a little blue, and he said to her distantly: " The whole mountain has been searched, but no one was found. I think he is in danger this time."

Ming Xiaoshuang said firmly: "It's probably because we met a bandit."

"It's his own fault. The brothers have tried their best." Team leader Zhao shook his head and sighed, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's set off tomorrow."

Xu Qingying's heart dropped to her stomach. She and Ming Xiaoshuang glanced at each other quickly, and they both understood that Liu Jiejie's story was over.When Squad Leader Zhao entered, Ming Xiaoshuang said quickly as he passed by Xu Qingying: "Team Leader Zhao just called us all for a meeting. I heard what he meant was that he wanted to stay in the next city for a few days to wait for the snow in the mountains to melt. Now, the mountain road is no longer so dangerous, so we can continue on our way."

This is undoubtedly good news.

After all, they were all old, weak, sick and disabled along the way. If they really met the bandits head-on, they would only be the ones to suffer.

In the evening, Xu Qingying taught Xu Huiming, Xu Yinxi, Feng'er, Qian Zhenniang and others as usual.

Although the soap business has been put on hold for a while, Xu Qingying has other plans later. Now that she is trapped here, it is a good time to train manpower.

There were more and more people in Xu Qingying's class. At first it was a few children of the Fang family, and later even Han Ruqing joined in.

The weather was good today. Everyone crowded in the middle of the still wet courtyard, surrounding Xu Qingying, and listened to her lecture attentively.

Han Ruqing actually saw Mr. Fang in the corner. He quickly stepped forward and saluted, "Mr. Fang, why are you here to join in the fun?"

Mr. Fang stroked his beard and gave him a sideways glance, "You young people can listen, but I can't?"

Han Ruqing shook his head, his face a little red, "I feel ashamed to say that I couldn't understand Miss Xu being a woman before, but she actually taught students. I wanted to come and argue with her, but it would be best to make her feel ashamed. , I don’t dare to confuse the public anymore. I didn’t know that when I listened to her lecture on arithmetic last time, I could calculate many problems in the arithmetic by simply substituting a few equations and formulas into them. Moreover, the way to solve the problems was easy to understand and calculate, and it turned out to be better than The methods taught by Confucius in the college are still effective. I... I come to class from time to time. Later, I found that some of Miss Xu’s ideas were outrageous at first, but after thinking about it, I found them reasonable and reasonable. The more I listened, the more addicted I became. No, you’re welcome. coming."

Mr. Fang admired Han Ruqing's honesty, and even more appreciated his calmness. Very few men in the world dare to admit that they are inferior to a woman. This shows that Han Ruqing has a broad mind and is by no means a jealous person.

"You have done a good job. As the saying goes, if you see a wise man and think about him together, among the three of you, there must be my teacher. Since Liu Yatou dares to give lectures, it proves that she has two brushes. I also see so many people coming to listen to her lectures, and they often listen to me The eldest son was full of praise for Miss Xu's arithmetic ability, so he wanted to join in the fun, so you don't have to worry about me, just pretend I'm not here."

This time, they studied economics.

Xu Qingying moved a small bench and sat in the middle. In the dim light, eager faces looked at her, which also brought her back to the days when she helped teachers in college.

She calmed down, cleared her throat, and started teaching slowly.

"Today we are going to talk about how to make a country rich. Why do most people in the Zhou Dynasty live in poverty? Do you think it is because they are not hardworking enough?"

These words immediately aroused everyone's opposition.

There was even a woman who was joining in the fun and couldn't wait to jump in: "Then why are we not diligent? When I was not married, I did all the housework. After we got married, I didn't do any work in the house or in the fields." Work less. I go to the fields in the spring, harvest food in the autumn, and wash clothes in the winter. I don’t stop doing it all year round. I’m a well-known hard-working person, but my family is not so poor that I can’t open the pot.”

"That's right. Which woman here isn't picked up to do all the work inside and outside the house? Why should we suffer so much and earn so little money?"

"Miss Xu, what you said is wrong. Why are the people poor? Isn't it because the officials are greedy for money?"

"Yes, yes, and what's more, it just depends on how well you are reincarnated. If you are reincarnated into a wealthy family, you will have endless money to spend while lying in bed all your life. We work so hard that we are not as good as others for a meal - —”

Xu Qingying waved her hand to signal everyone to be quiet. Then she looked at the group of reserved talents below and asked, "What do you think? If you have any ideas, let's share them together. Where did the money of the Great Zhou Dynasty go?"

Everyone looked left and right, but no one dared to say anything.

Only Feng'er was brave and not afraid of being laughed at, so she immediately said: "Did they all go to the emperor's treasury?"

I only heard Mr. Fang in the corner saying quietly: "No, the national treasury has been empty every year. Even the salaries of the officials in the Zhou Dynasty were stretched thin. Last year, the military expenditure was cut by one-third, and the military expenditure was insufficient, not to mention The chariots, leather chariots, armors, arrows, bows, etc. used in battle. From this point of view, there is no money in the treasury."

Xu Qingying was a little surprised that Mrs. Fang was joining in the fun with these little guys, and she smiled helplessly.But thinking that Mr. Fang had been hit by the death of his student some time ago and had only felt better in the past two days, Xu Qingying could only let him go.

Xu Huiming was also puzzled, "Where did the money go? Is it in the hands of corrupt officials? Are there so many corrupt officials in our Zhou Dynasty?"

"Yes, Xu Liu, please tell us quickly -"

"The so-called wealth and goods produced by heaven and earth only have this amount, not among the people, but among the public. Now the scholars of the Zhou Dynasty generally believe that the total amount of social wealth is fixed within a certain period of time, and the national income The income of the people is a process of ebb and flow. The implication is that if the country is rich, the people will be poor. If the people are rich, the country will be poor."

Everyone nodded frequently when they heard this. Qian Zhenniang looked around and boldly asked: "Girl, do you mean that the money of the Zhou Dynasty remains unchanged, either in the treasury or in the hands of the people. The treasury If there is more money, the people will have less money.”

"Yes, that's right." Xu Qingying cast her eyes approvingly. Qian Zhenniang's heart skipped a beat and she blushed under the gaze of everyone.

"But I believe that social wealth is not an immutable number, but can be continuously increased through value creation behaviors. As long as the court guides this value creation through appropriate national policies, more wealth can be added to meet the national needs. , without having to steal wealth from the people."

Having said this, Mr. Fang stiffened and stared at Xu Qingying with bright eyes!
"It is said that whoever makes his family rich will make his country rich, and whoever makes his country rich will make the world rich. If you want to make the world rich, you will make the world rich. So it can be said that the prosperity of the country depends on the prosperity of the people in the world. But if you want to make everyone in the world rich, We must rely on the development of resources. We must learn to create value, create wealth, and make the country and people rich! Rather than making distribution adjustments on limited stock wealth.”

Han Ruqing stood up faster than Mr. Fang and asked, "Then I dare to ask Miss Xu, how can we create more value from the existing resources?"

Xu Qingying pondered for a moment, "Theoretically speaking, I think that for a country to become rich, there are nothing more than three accumulations. The first is capital accumulation, the second is technology accumulation, and the third is management system accumulation."

Mr. Fang suddenly stood up and said in a deafening voice, "What do you mean by three accumulations?"

“Capital accumulation is the scissor difference between industry and agriculture, extracting from agricultural surplus, realizing natural resources, exporting resources, and accumulating wealth in the first step; technology accumulation is breaking the shackles of thinking and upgrading existing technologies, such as agricultural tools, water conservancy facilities, and improving Grain output, medical technology, etc., have transformed from an agricultural society where men farmed and women weaved to an industrial society; the accumulation of management systems is to establish an honest and efficient administrative operation system."

At this point, most people have become confused. Even children like Xu Huiming, who have been trained in the Eight Classics of Zhenger of the Great Zhou Dynasty, can't understand.

However, Mr. Fang was in high spirits and continued to ask questions. There was a sense of confrontation and anxiety in the air.