My Husband Comes from the Future
My Husband Comes from the Future Chapter 142.4

Chapter 142: Strategies 4/4

The new dock was large and well-built.

Occasionally encountering a few people, he could see smiles on their faces.

Governor Zhang was in a very good mood.

Although the weather was hot, Governor Zhang refused to take a boat and walked with two guards towards the county seat.

Along the way, he met many people and found that the people of Chongcheng County had a completely different spirit from those of Linhu County.

When he entered the county seat, this feeling became even more apparent.

The weather was too hot, and some people felt stifled at home, so they took a bamboo chair and a palm-leaf fan, sat in the shade of a sunless alley, and enjoyed the cool breeze.

Their faces were all smiles.

Governor Zhang walked for a while, then asked someone if they knew where the Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop was.

“Are you a merchant from out of town? The Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop is not far from here. I’ll take you there,” a middle-aged woman said.

Governor Zhang thanked her immediately.

The woman said, “No need to thank me. Just buy more things from the Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop!”

“Do you like the Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop?” Governor Zhang asked.

The woman replied, “Like it? My daughter works at the Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop! You don’t know, she can earn one or two taels of silver a month there. They even provide lunch at noon, and she can come home in the evening…”

Being a wet nurse for a wealthy family, she couldn’t go home if she was needed to breastfeed the child, and she only earned this much money in a month!

Governor Zhang chatted with the woman for a few moments and learned about the situation at the Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop.

When he arrived at the Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop, Jin Xiaoye asked, “Are you here to place an order? Do you want to see some samples?”

The business at the Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop was quite large now, and there were often merchants from out of town coming to place orders.

Jin Xiaoye would first show them some samples, let them choose what they wanted, then calculate how long it would take to finish, how much it would cost, and then inform the other party of the price and delivery time of the goods.

Governor Zhang smiled, “I’m not here to place an order, I’m looking for Li Qingzhi.”

“You’re looking for Ah Qing? He happens to be inside,” Jin Xiaoye pointed to the backyard.

Recently, it was hot, so at noon, Li Xiucai would give the students at the academy half an hour to eat and rest.

Some students didn’t rest and continued to study in the academy, but Li Qingzhi didn’t.

He went home to eat, and during this time, he would teach three children who only attended half-day classes some knowledge of mathematics and science.

The three children needed to take a nap, but they would only nap after he left.

So when Governor Zhang went in, he heard Li Qingzhi teaching the three children multiplication.

Li Qingzhi had taught the three children multiplication rhymes a long time ago. Now he was using Arabic numerals to write equations and letting them calculate two-digit multiplication.

Li Qingzhi gave them a problem, and soon, Li Damao came up with the answer, followed closely by Zhao Xiaodou and Li Ermao, who also came up with the answers.

Because Li Qingzhi occasionally used his supernatural abilities to develop the brains of the two children, Li Damao has now become a little genius.

Li Ermao is actually smart too, but he’s unwilling to use his brain and spends his days idling.

“Damao, you’re amazing!” Li Qingzhi praised.

Governor Zhang couldn’t help but exclaim, “This child’s arithmetic skills are really impressive!”

Li Qingzhi had noticed someone entering the backyard earlier.

He thought it might be a female worker from Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop, so he didn’t pay much attention until Governor Zhang spoke up, and he realized it was Governor Zhang.

“Governor Zhang, why are you here?” Li Qingzhi asked, somewhat surprised.

Governor Zhang replied, “I’m on my way to the provincial capital for my new assignment, passing through Chongcheng County, so I came to see you.”

Li Qingzhi didn’t expect Governor Zhang to come specifically to see him, feeling somewhat astonished.

Not rushing to teach the children, Li Qingzhi instructed the three children to go to Li Damao and Li Ermao’s room for their nap, while he took Governor Zhang upstairs to the study, bringing a chair for Governor Zhang.

After Governor Zhang sat down, he asked Li Qingzhi, “Zixiao, did you come up with the idea for the lantern festival in Chongcheng County?”

“Indeed,” Li Qingzhi replied.

Governor Zhang asked, “As the governor of Jiang’an Province, what do you think I should do next?”

Li Qingzhi didn’t expect Governor Zhang to ask him such a question.

Jiang’an Province is indeed very prosperous, but this prosperity is relative to other places in Daqi.

Compared to modern times, there are still many people in Jiang’an Province who can’t afford to eat.

Li Qingzhi often thinks about how to make these people’s lives better… Now that Governor Zhang has asked, he expressed some of his thoughts and suggestions.

For example, spending money to hire people to dig rivers, build bridges, and repair roads can stimulate the economy.

When the common people have money, they will buy things, and when merchants sell things, they will make money and continue to do business… In the end, everyone benefits.

This is about the economy. As for healthcare… They can select some clever young people to learn some simple medical skills and then treat the villagers in the village. They can even compile a simple medical book for these people to read.

As for education… They can encourage merchants to build schools named after them and invite some scholars to teach the children of the common people for free. Of course, the schools cannot teach the knowledge needed for imperial examinations, but simply teach the common people to recognize characters and do arithmetic.

“Do you know, Governor, there was an incident in Chongcheng County before this? A bailiff took a piece of paper, scribbled a few strokes on it, found a peasant household, and claimed they were involved in a lawsuit, frightening the peasant, who eventually gave the bailiff two taels of silver… Illiterate people are easily bullied.” Li Qingzhi knew that making everyone literate in this era was unrealistic.

Even if the proposed schools were built… Reading requires ink, paper, and inkstones. In the end, those who could afford to go to school would definitely be those with some wealth.

But even so, having more literate people would still be a good thing.

Li Qingzhi said a lot.

He wasn’t sure if what he said could be implemented, but just talking about it didn’t matter!

Whether it could be implemented in the end, Governor Zhang could judge for himself.

Just like with Chang Duan… He wrote down some of the knowledge related to restaurants that he had learned in modern times and sent it to Chang Duan, but whether to use it or not was up to Chang Duan.

Governor Zhang asked because he felt that Li Qingzhi’s ideas were unique and wanted Li Qingzhi to give him some advice.

As a result… what Li Qingzhi said was beyond his expectations.

These suggestions were all very good, but the biggest problem was that hiring people to build roads, train doctors, and build schools all required money.

Just as Governor Zhang was pondering, Li Qingzhi asked, “Governor, do you know about salt drying?”

Jiang’an Province is a coastal city. Although Chongcheng County is not on the coast, it is not far from the sea.

For this reason, the price of salt in Chongcheng County is not expensive. You can buy a catty for about ten wen, plus you can buy salty fish to supplement the salt content, so the locals here don’t lack salt.

But compared to modern times… the price of salt at this time is really expensive!

Li Qingzhi learned how people in this era made salt, and then he discovered… the salt fields in Jiang’an Province were still boiling salt.

Boiling salt requires a lot of fuel and is costly. If it could be changed to salt drying… not only would the salt production increase, but the salt fields would also make more money.

Salt has always been controlled by the court, and Li Qingzhi knew he couldn’t make money using this method, so he simply told Governor Zhang about it.

If the method of salt production could be changed from boiling to drying, then he would be saving a forest!

If the price of salt could decrease, it would be a great thing for the common people.

After hearing this, Governor Zhang sighed deeply, “Zixiao, I’ve revised two of your policy essays. I wanted to send them to the Anjiang Collection to have your articles published, but now… if you send what you just said to the Anjiang Collection, it will definitely be accepted.”

“The Anjiang Collection?” Li Qingzhi found the name somewhat familiar.

Governor Zhang explained it to him.

Li Qingzhi immediately remembered.

When he was reading at Li Xiucai’s place, he had heard someone say that some articles were copied from the Anjiang Collection.

He could indeed try to submit articles to the Anjiang Collection and make a name for himself.

Scholars these days value their reputation and need to make a name for themselves.

However, he must be careful not to commit taboos when writing.

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