I relied on a system to prolong my life in ancient times.

Chapter 174 Zou Ping

"I need to hurry back and tell my fellow villagers this good news." The man immediately got up and ran briskly towards home.

Many people feel the same way; they also want to tell others the news as soon as possible.

In an instant, the people who had been gathered in front of the notice scattered.

Xiao Siyue was unaware of the uproar her actions had caused; she had already given most of her silver notes to Xiao Qinian.

She's currently at the paper mill, hoping that once the school is established, all the necessary books can be printed.

At that time, the children will be able to enter school and study earlier.

The school was built quickly because the people knew it was a place where their children could study for free, and most of them spontaneously went to help.

So in a short time, schools sprang up in various villages in Qianyuan County.

However, it is not easy to find a suitable teacher these days; there are still too few learned people.

However, these were all elementary schools, so they didn't need particularly talented teachers. Xiao Qinian posted another notice and recruited a new batch of teachers.

Most of these people were actually scholars who had failed the imperial examinations and came from poor families. They couldn't do other manual labor, so teaching was a suitable job for them.

Moreover, Xiao Siyue offered good benefits, building dormitories for each school to facilitate their living.

There were also some subsidies, which I didn't really understand, but I knew I could get more money.

What more could you want?

As for what will happen in the future, Xiao Siyue has already thought it through.

She plans to find someone to be in charge of this matter, and this person will be fully responsible for the affairs of these schools from now on.

Xiao Siyue planned to allocate a portion of the paper mill's future profits to fund the school's continued expenses.

In fact, this is a disguised form of modern charity work, such as building Hope Primary Schools.

However, the paper mill is not profitable yet, so Xiao Siyue has no choice but to use her own assets.

However, Xiao Siyue still has no idea who to choose. She originally wanted Liu Xiaoyu to manage it, but Liu Xiaoyu is just too useful, so Xiao Siyue plans to take her away later.

Then Qianyuan County would be left unmanaged, although even if he went to the capital later, he could still manage these things.

However, it was still inconvenient, and Xiao Siyue still felt that Liu Xiaoyu needed someone under her command.

Xiao Siyue finally decided to leave this matter to Liu Xiaoyu to handle herself, and let her see if there was a suitable candidate.

However, Xiao Siyue did not expect that Liu Xiaoyu would actually find her such a person.

That day, after returning from the paper mill, Xiao Siyue called Liu Xiaoyu over.

"Xiaoyu, the paper mill has now printed all the books the school needs. From now on, we will start charging for the books printed by the paper mill."

As Xiao Siyue spoke, she kept watching Liu Xiaoyu's reaction. Seeing the doubt in her eyes, she continued, "I plan to entrust this matter to you. Let's start with Qianyuan County. Tomorrow, you will go and find a shop to buy. I plan to open a bookstore."

"Miss, do you mean to first open a bookstore in Qianyuan County to sell paper and books made by the paper mill?" Liu Xiaoyu immediately understood Xiao Siyue's meaning and asked excitedly.

She hadn't expected Xiao Siyue to entrust her with such an important matter, and the young lady's words implied that Qianyuan County was just the beginning, and that would be the end.

“Yes, that’s exactly what I mean. Go to Chun Tao’s place later to get the money, and we’ll get it done tomorrow. The sooner the bookstore opens, the better.” Xiao Siyue looked at Liu Xiaoyu approvingly.

"Yes, Miss, I'll go right away," Liu Xiaoyu replied in a bright voice.

"Wait a minute, there's one more thing." Xiao Siyue called out to Liu Xiaoyu, thinking to herself that she was still impatient; she hadn't finished speaking yet.

"Ah? Please speak, Miss." Liu Xiaoyu stopped abruptly in her tracks.

"It's like this, didn't we sponsor the establishment of schools in Qianyuan County? But what I didn't tell you is that in another year, we estimate that we will be leaving Qianyuan County, and you and I plan to take them with us."

When Xiao Siyue said this, Liu Xiaoyu was very excited, but she didn't show it on her face. She was right. She knew that the Xiao family would not stay in this small place of Qianyuan County forever. Sooner or later, they would fly high. She didn't expect it to happen so soon.

One year later.

Xiao Siyue had no idea how excited Liu Xiaoyu was, and even if she did, she wouldn't think anything of it.

"In this way, there will be no one in charge of Qianyuan County. I hope you can find a reliable and capable person within this year to bring her out. After I leave, this person will be in charge of the affairs of Qianyuan County."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiao suddenly thought of a certain person.

“Miss, if you put it that way, I do have someone in mind.”

"Oh?" Xiao Siyue was surprised. She didn't expect that someone would be chosen so soon after she made the suggestion.

“Miss, when I was handling affairs at the paper mill before, I met a promising young man named Zou Ping. He’s not very old, but he’s very clever and knows everything about the paper mill. He was able to answer any questions I had before.” Liu Xiaoyu really admired Zou Ping.

"Zou Ping?" Xiao Siyue felt that the name was somewhat familiar; she seemed to have heard it somewhere before.

Suddenly, it dawned on her that she had indeed heard of this person before, and Chun Tao seemed to have mentioned him as well.

"Xiaoyu, call Chuntao over first,"

A short while later, Chun Tao arrived.

"Miss, you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, Chuntao, I heard you mention someone named Zou Ping before?"

"Zou Ping?" Chun Tao asked, puzzled as to why her young mistress would suddenly mention this name.

However, he still told Xiao Siyue what he knew.

“Miss, as I mentioned before, this Zou Ping was recruited by our paper mill. He is very clever. After arriving at the paper mill, he humbly learned from the others and learned almost everything in the paper mill. Moreover, he is eloquent and well-liked in the paper mill. Everyone likes him.”

"Have you met him? What do you think of him?" Xiao Siyue thought he was a good person, quite talented, but she didn't know what his character was like.

"Yes, I've met him a few times. He's a nice person, good at talking to people, and knows how to be tactful." Chun Tao had a good opinion of Zou Ping.

"So do you think this person is usable?" It seems like he has a decent character.

“Okay,” Chun Tao said. Although she didn’t know what Xiao Siyue wanted this person for, she felt that this person could be recruited for her own use.