Chapter 581

Zheng Dan obviously didn't learn how to give lectures. The private salt case in Shandong in the last years of the Wei Dynasty actually spanned 23 years. The officials of the previous dynasty asked to be executed before it was settled.

Zheng Dan obviously understood this too, but when she talked about the history of the last years of the Wei Dynasty, she mentioned it in a word. She talked about where the uprising army was raised by whom, and won the country after several battles.

It was a story that couldn't be told in three days and three nights, but she just summed it up and finished it in one class. Everyone knows the time course of the country's destruction and founding, but that's all there is to it, and they don't know why.

The purpose of studying history is to distinguish right from wrong, to know right from wrong, and to correct oneself. What's the point of not learning why?

Li Baolu smiled and asked: "Is this the same way I teach you history?"

Zheng Dan frowned slightly, "Mr.'s lectures are very interesting, but I think "Wei History" is not far from us, it should be very simple, anyone who has studied history does not know what happened, so I don't need to go into it one by one. explain."

"This is what you take for granted. Since Mr. Mei Shan asked you to teach "Wei History", it means that your students don't know, even if they know it, they don't know it. Otherwise, why let you teach it? You can't think about what the students think, and you can't worry about what they think. Urgent, that’s why Director Mei Shan thinks that you are not suitable to be a teacher.” Li Baolu stood up and said, “The academy will start classes in the future, and it’s impossible for you to learn lectures at this time. I will arrange a position for you in the building. In the future, I will go to the classes of the gentlemen and listen to how they teach. If you want to teach history, you don’t have to only listen to the history class. You should also listen to the rest of the class. Listen, you don't lack knowledge, what you lack is the skills of how to teach. After you have learned these, you will be transferred to be a teacher."

"But my father and mother..."

"Things in this world are smooth sailing, and naturally there are also hardships. Since you are familiar with history, you should know that the reason why the sages and wise kings and capable ministers in history became sages and wise kings and capable ministers is because they did a lot. Impossible difficulty."

Zheng Dan looked serious, bowed and said: "Thank you for your teaching, sir, the students have written it down."

Li Baolu nodded slightly, and watched her go to find Chief Mei Shan.

After all, they were the first batch of students she taught, Li Baolu still cared about them very much, and couldn't help but inquire about their recent situation, but before Dongfeng could inquire about their information, Na Ren and Qimuge took the initiative to come to the door, and at the same time brought news of the rest.

"...Ouyang Qing and Wan Zhihe are both engaged, and the rest of the people are also talking about their marriage," Qimuge said to Li Baolu with a smile: "This year, most of the people went to the plum blossom banquet at the Princess's Mansion. There is a Peony Banquet in the Dingguo Mansion, and the whole class may go there, Mister Li should go too."

Li Baolu smiled and shook her head, "It's your little girl's party, so I won't join in the fun."

She looked at Na Ren who was sitting on the side shaking his legs bored, and asked with a smile, "Since everyone has a home, what about the two of you? What are your plans?"

Na Ren snorted coldly and said, "I don't plan to continue studying in the academy. I failed the exam and have to start from the third grade. Unfortunately, I'm still assigned to your class."

Li Baolu: "..."

Qi Muge explained to Li Baolu with a smile: "Let Mr. worry about it, our cultural knowledge is indeed not very good."

Li Baolu shook her head with a smile and said, "You've done a great job." As for Na Ren, she didn't comment.

Na Ren curled her lips, seeing Qi Muge glanced at her again, she got up reluctantly and said, "Mr. Li, I heard that your garden is very beautiful, can I go for a stroll?"

Li Baolu glanced at Qimuge, nodded slightly and said, "Go, I'll let Qingling take you there."

Na Ren left with Qing Ling, and immediately there were only Qi Muge and Li Baolu teacher and student left in the main room.

Qimuge got up and went to kneel in front of Li Baolu, Li Baolu hurriedly reached out to grab her, "What are you doing?"

Qimuge insisted on kneeling, held her hand and said: "Sir, I beg you to teach me."

She looked at her anxiously and said: "My country sent me here to be married, but the crown prince became the emperor, so it is impossible for him to marry me, and the second prince doesn't like me, so what should I do?"

Li Baolu was stunned, "Shouldn't you ask your Prime Minister Wen Dun?"

Qimuge shook his head slightly, "No, Cousin Wendun will let me go back to the grassland to marry the king or prince of the tribe, but that's not what I want."

"Then what do you want?" Li Baolu asked back: "The emperor's concubine? To stay in the harem for the rest of his life and bear children for him?"

Qi Muge shook his head slightly, "No, I don't want to do that either."

She looked at Li Baolu with eyes as bright as stars and said, "I want the people on the grassland to have bread, no shortage of salt and tea, and no longer be involved in wars. I also want them to remember me, remember me I have a wooden grid."

Li Baolu opened her mouth wide, this is a big ambition.

She couldn't help but nodded, "Your ideal is great."

"But I know it's too hard to do, sir, teach me."

Li Baolu was puzzled, "What can I teach you?"

"I don't know, but I know that you can teach me what I want, please accept me as a disciple." After finishing speaking, Qi Muge bowed to the ground with both hands.

Li Baolu stared at her blankly, she didn't know how Qimuge had so much confidence in her, because she is a very ordinary person, she really, really doesn't know the skills she said.

How difficult is it for the people of the grasslands to have bread, no shortage of salt and tea, and no longer be involved in wars?

Li Baolu felt that it was even more difficult than reincarnating herself again.

The land in the Central Plains is fertile and the economy is developed. It is very difficult for the people to live a prosperous life without shortage of rice, salt and tea, let alone the grasslands?

How to make grassland people rich and teach them to plant? Teach them to scale farming? Help them open up trade routes, and exchange cattle, sheep, and the Central Plains for grain, salt, tea, and cloth?

The rulers of these grasslands must be doing it too, but they haven't made the grassland people rich, so how can she?

Li Baolu went to pull Qimuge, but Qimuge knelt firmly on the ground, looking at her expectantly, "Sir, please help me."

Li Baolu smiled wryly, "I really can't help it."

"No, you have." Qimuge looked at her seriously and said, "I know you have that ability."

Li Baolu stared blankly at Qimuge, she really didn't know where her confidence in her came from, she also knew how to teach, it's just that she learned two more useful skills in medicine and martial arts in this life.

Li Baolu sat at home in a daze, and she didn't recover until Gu Jingyun came back from the Imperial Academy.

Gu Jingyun reached out and touched her forehead and asked, "You look sick, are you feeling unwell?"

Li Baolu shook her head, and told about Qimuge's visit today, "...I didn't accept her, but I don't see her giving up easily, but I don't know why she has such expectations for me, You actually think that I can teach her how to get rich in the grassland?"

"do you have?"

Li Baolu shook her head and said with a smile: "I can't do anything. If I had, I would have made a lot of money. The climate on the grassland is not suitable for planting. Except for a few places, most of the people on the grassland live by herding cattle."

"Just like the people in the Central Plains, grazing depends on the weather. When the climate is good and the water and grass are plentiful, the cattle and sheep are in herds. Everyone's life is easy. Once there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, the life of the herdsmen is worse than that of the people in the Central Plains." Li Baolu shook his head and said: "I haven't even raised cattle and sheep. Can I know how to herd better than them? So I can't teach them."

Gu Jingyun took her by the hand into the study room, and said with a soft smile: "To become rich, you don't have to herd cattle and sheep. Even though there are few places where you can plant them, there are still quite a few if you look carefully. The wooden grid may be the one you want to buy from you." Learn the art of planting, as well as cargo breeding."

"The grassland has a lot of cattle and sheep, and the Central Plains has a lot of grain. The two sides can exchange what they need. If they expect the grassland to be self-sufficient, it is better to focus on grazing, and then exchange goods with the Central Plains for food, salt, tea, cloth, etc. It's a pity, what can be obtained on the grassland. The things are limited, and there are only some rare medicinal materials and beef and mutton, um, war horses may also be considered one of them."

"Who said it's only beef and mutton? Isn't wool, cow's milk and goat's milk all acceptable?" Li Baolu paused, his eyes lightened slightly, and said, "That's right, wool, cow's milk and goat's milk can also be used as commodities."

After she finished speaking, she became a little worried again, "But how many people in this world are willing to spend money to buy milk and goat's milk?"

In the final analysis, the living standard is still too poor, and now even food and clothing are problems, let alone spending money to drink milk from cows, sheep and goats.

Li Baolu slumped her shoulders and said, "Forget it, let's say no again some other day."

Gu Jingyun raised his head to look at his wife, and said with a smile: "That's not necessary, if you like it, there is nothing wrong with taking her as a disciple. I don't think she wants to learn specific methods from you, but to learn from you. Thought."

"ah?"

Gu Jingyun touched her head and smiled, "You are very reassuring."

Li Baolu was inexplicable.

Gu Jingyun changed the topic and said: "The emperor's Zen seat, the matter was beyond the expectations of the Tatar Kingdom. The crown prince and Qi Muge had only met a few times before, and they had no feelings for each other. Therefore, everyone knows that Qi Muge It is impossible to marry him. Although the marriage of the second prince is still undecided, judging from the people summoned by the queen mother recently, Qi Muge also has no chance. Instead of wasting time on Dachu, it is better to go back to the grassland to marry Consolidate the regime for the Tatar Khan. Unless Qimuge can come up with a bargaining chip that makes the Tatar Khan and Wendun more interested, otherwise she cannot stay in Dachu for too long."

"So she wants to worship me as a teacher because she wants to stay in Dachu?"

"This is just one of the purposes," Gu Jingyun said, "I believe the reason she gave is the main reason."

Li Baolu was silent for a while before saying: "I understand."

In the end, Li Baolu did not agree to accept Qi Muge as his apprentice, but he allowed her to study with her, and if she had any questions, she would try her best to answer them.

Although he failed to achieve his goal, Qi Muge breathed a sigh of relief and wrote a letter to return home.