Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 96: Dragging the current second-grade to work at the construction site
Liu Bowen finished eating potato stew and was about to continue walking to the city.

At this time, Liu Yong, who had already left before, suddenly turned around, pulled Liu Bowen and Xiao Liuzi and walked straight to the construction site. As he walked, he said with a naive smile: "I almost forgot, since you guys have just arrived, you naturally don't understand." How to build roads. It’s okay. I have experience and I will guide you.”

Liu Bowen and the others had no time to explain. By the time they reacted, they had already arrived at the construction site.

Xiao Liuzi wanted to open his mouth to reveal his identity as an old man, but was directly stopped by Liu Bowen.

For the sake of Liu Bowen and Xiao Liuzi, one old and one young.

The tasks Liu Yong gave them were already the easiest tasks. They were nothing more than spreading gravel on the asphalt road and running errands.

But even so.

After working all afternoon, the master and servant were so exhausted that their chests were pressed against their backs and they almost couldn't catch their breath. Their faces and clothes were already covered with dirt and dust.

Just like that, it was after another dinner at the construction site.

Liu Bowen then quickly made an excuse to break up with Liu Yong.

The master and the servant walked towards Yangzhou City without looking back.

Arriving in front of the city gate, Liu Bowen subconsciously raised his head.

Seeing the afterglow of the setting sun shrouding the ancient and majestic city walls, he suddenly remembered the scene a year ago when he accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang on his northern tour and came to Yangzhou for the first time.

Liu Bowen could never have imagined that a year ago, Yangzhou was a dead city with only a dozen households left, but in just over a year, it would be restored to the prosperous situation it is today.

After entering the city, he walked along the spacious asphalt avenue lined with bustling shops, and the sounds of hawkers could be heard constantly.

There is an endless stream of pedestrians, cars and horses, and children are chasing and playing on the street. They shuttle among the crowd, and their laughter is as clear as silver bells.

Not far away, the storyteller in the teahouse was engrossed in telling touching stories, which attracted teagoers to snap.

For a time, the sounds of children playing, crowds bustling, vendors shouting, and the sound of firewood burning on ordinary people's stoves all merged into one.

Liu Bowen stood in the center of the asphalt road and looked around, feeling a little surprised.

"teacher?"

At this moment, a voice brought Liu Bowen back to reality.

Listening to the voice coming from behind, Liu Bowen turned around and saw that familiar figure.

I haven't seen him for more than a year, but that face has become younger.

This made him, who was already in a daze, feel that everything in front of him became even more unreal.

"Teacher, it's really you. Why did you come to Yangzhou?" Yang Xian looked at the embarrassed-looking master and servant in front of him, with a puzzled look on his face. "And why do you look like this, as if you just rolled on the ground a dozen times?"

Yang Xian's familiar voice sounded again, finally bringing Liu Bowen back to reality.

After listening to Yang Xian's question, Liu Bowen smiled extremely freely, and then casually talked about what happened today.

Yang Xian couldn't help but smile after hearing Liu Bowen's experience.

I decided to let someone find this guy named Liu Yong when I have time in the future.

In his opinion, this is a talent, and he can actually drag a second-grade official of the current dynasty to do hard labor at the construction site.

"Xiwu, what about you, if you are not at the government office at this time, where did you come back from?" Liu Bowen asked with a smile.

Yang Xian raised the book in his hand and said, "Come here from Yangzhou Primary School. School has just ended."

"Yangzhou Primary School?"

"Well, it's a school founded by students." Yang Xian smiled and said.My own student has now become someone else’s teacher.

At this moment, Liu Bowen couldn't help but feel that he was really old.

"What do you teach on weekdays?" Liu Bowen asked curiously.

Yang Xian handed over the textbook in his hand.

Liu Bowen reached out to take it, and after reading it for a while, he found that the textbooks were all written in vernacular, easy to understand, and the content was based on the investigation of things.

It was completely different from the private school subjects in his impression, and he couldn't help but raise his head.

Seeing Liu Bowen's doubts, Yang Xian explained: "Most of the students currently enrolled in Yangzhou Primary School are the children of our Mingji Workshop craftsmen. In addition to studying objects, they also teach arithmetic. Of course, the literacy basics of three hundred thousand are normal. Taught.”

Liu Bowen carefully read through the entire textbook page by page, and sighed: "Xiwu, if you really learn everything in this course of yours, I'm afraid you can directly work in the Craftsmanship Department."

"Speaking of teaching, having said that, nearly four years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is time to hold the imperial examination."

In the past few years, there has been fighting in the north.

But last year, the roar of a dragon outside Beiping City had completely defeated Bei Yuan's courage.

It is foreseeable that there will be no prairie cavalry raids for a long time to come.

Liu Bowen thought that as soon as this disaster was over, he suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang to reopen the imperial examination to select scholars for the country.

"Master, if you have something to say with Master Shenhou, you can chat slowly. Now why don't you find a place to wash yourself first?" Xiao Liuzi on the side saw the master and apprentice chatting endlessly, and couldn't bear it. He kept talking.

Liu Bowen turned around and glared at Xiao Liuzi. This little guy was getting more and more unruly.

Liu Bowen was not in good health, and the only servant in their Liu family was Xiao Liuzi. Now that Liu Lian had become an official in the court, he had no time to take care of Liu Bowen, so Xiao Liuzi was responsible for Liu Bowen's daily life.

The relationship between two people is not just as simple as an ordinary master and servant, but more like a family that supports each other.

"Xiao Liuzi is right. Let's go back to the government office first. If anything happens, we can talk later." Yang Xian said with a smile.

Until now, Liu Bowen has not told him the purpose of coming to Yangzhou.

After the group returned to the government office, Yang Xian asked his servants to take Liu Bowen and Xiao Liuzi down to wash up first, and then found two pairs of clean clothes for them to change into.

Yang Xian, on the other hand, was sitting in the hall, making tea and waiting for them to come out.

"Teacher, is there anything important about this sudden visit to Yangzhou?" Yang Xian asked as he looked at Liu Bowen who came out of the shower and changed clothes.

"It's about this disaster."

Mentioning the disaster, Liu Bowen's face became a little heavy.

He told Yang Xian about the situation in the Three Jin Lands. Yang Xian basically knew these things. After all, Zhu Biao and he were the main people in charge of this disaster relief.

As he was talking, Liu Bowen suddenly talked about Zhu Xiaoming, the chief envoy of Shanxi Province, who replaced the food used by people for disaster relief with bran for livestock.

Obviously, Liu Bowen still can't let go until now.

But he had no way to refute what Hu Weiyong said.

Yang Xian was happy after hearing what Liu Bowen said.

Isn't this the classic debate between He Shen and Ji Xiaolan? The courage to replace disaster relief food with bran is something that has happened since ancient times.

(End of this chapter)