"Master Rayshui..."

"Alice, you've worked hard. There's cake on the table, go ahead and help yourself... Wait, didn't I ask you to post recruitment information? Why did you bring back so much money?" Rayshui raised his head and instinctively asked.

But when he saw the pile of copper coins behind Alice, he was completely stunned.

Rayshui remembered that he didn't ask Alice to collect rent or taxes!

And even if he did, there wouldn't be so much money.

"They're from the people of East Tower City." Alice said with a wry smile.

Faced with the scattered copper coins, Alice had to greet many people and pick them up for a long time before finally collecting them.

"Huh?" Rayshui made a bewildered sound.

Did these people think he had too much money? They even donated money to him, knowing that he was the richest person in East Tower City, without a doubt.

After all, he just received five gold coins and a lot of copper coins.

Although the number of copper coins given by the people was large, it was just a scary amount. If converted to silver coins, it wasn't much.

"They're worried that Master Rayshui will leave because of a lack of money, so they donated so much." Alice said somewhat helplessly.

It was evident that Master Rayshui had gained the trust and support of the people, otherwise they wouldn't be willing to spend money to make him stay.

"Why would they think that I'll go bankrupt? How can I go bankrupt?" Rayshui was completely confused by Alice's words.

He had just become a lord, and they were already cursing him like this.

Of course, this was just Rayshui talking nonsense. In fact, he was very moved.

He felt that his kindness towards the people had been reciprocated.

Continuously giving without any returns was exhausting. Luckily, the people of East Tower City didn't let him down.

They were simple and grateful, the best words to describe them.

"Bankrupt?" Alice tilted her head cutely.

"It means running out of money," she explained.

"Because Master Rayshui said literacy only costs 1 copper coin, they thought that Master Rayshui was paying 99 copper coins for each of them." Remembering the scene, Alice answered.

"Alice, do you also think that way?" Rayshui asked.

"Well..." Alice nodded sheepishly, her dumbfounded look was very cute.

"Alice, do you think pearls are valuable?"

"Of course they are!" Alice's little head bobbed vigorously.

Pearls were incredibly beautiful, something that even the noble ladies in the capital desired.

If she could possess a pearl and sell it, she could definitely earn a lot of money.

That way, it would reduce Master Rayshui's burden, right?

"But if you don't know it's a pearl, then it's not valuable. The Barlow Academy charges 100 copper coins per person for education, but if no one attends, Barlow won't make any money. His monthly income would be 0 copper coins. But now, if 100 people attend and each of them pays 1 copper coin, he would earn 100 copper coins." Rayshui explained.

"Oh... I see." Like a baby listening to a lesson, Alice obediently nodded.

"But in that case, Barlow would be very tired."

This could be considered a type of small profit but large turnover.

Yes," Alice couldn't imagine having to teach so many people at once.

Faced with this situation, Alice would rather go to the battlefield to fight the enemy.

When Alice learned to read, she was mischievous and caused the teacher so much anger he almost died of frustration.

Now looking back, Alice deeply regretted her behavior and understood the difficulties of being a teacher.

"That was his own choice." Rayshui said.

In their previous conversation, Rayshui asked Barlow about his values, and he was willing to contribute his efforts and said that promoting literacy among the people was also his dream. He even prepared a book and made his son return from business to teach together.It can be seen that Baro attaches great importance to and trusts Rayshui very much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have called his son back, who is the sole source of income for the family.

"Don't worry, he will only be busy for a while. Once the accelerated class starts, we can select the top five students to be teachers. This way, his pressure will be greatly reduced," Rayshui said.

Rayshui knows that humans are not machines and can't work tirelessly. Moreover, Baro is already old, so Rayshui arranges things very clearly.

After all, there are quite a few people in East Tower City, and relying on Baro alone is not enough.

"In the past period of time, if Baro is too busy, Alice, you and I can go and help," as one of the few literate people in East Tower City, Rayshui would certainly lend a hand.

"I understand, Master Rayshui," Alice nodded, and a hopeful expression appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face.

Although she doesn't like teaching, as long as it's something that Master Rayshui instructs, Alice will do her best to complete it!

Hehe!

Finally, I can help Master Rayshui.

o(*￣︶￣*)o, I've updated again, come take a look~