Chapter 684: The Control Group of the Crossing (Twenty-four)

Half a year passed quietly, and after the busy summer harvest, the hundreds of acres of cotton that Anne tried to plant also ushered in a bumper harvest.

The small snow-white flowers on the branches, white and soft, make people feel warm when they look at them.

As in the ploughing, Anne hired a large number of laborers when it came to harvesting.

However, this time, the hired workers are different from last time, and most of them are all men.

It's not that Anne doesn't want to hire women, it's that most of the women within a radius of dozens of miles have become workers in wool weaving workshops.

They have to work every day, and they have a lot of work, so they can't spare time to do odd jobs for Qingquanguan.

However, even for the male workers recruited, Anne made a stipulation: priority was given to the families of female wool workers in the woolen workshop, as well as the families of the students in the Dogen class.

Anne was going to gradually give those men the impression that she hired them not because they were capable, but because they were lucky to have a good wife and a good daughter!

Anne also wants to let the women who have been suppressed by men and the world for many years realize that they are no worse than men, they are good enough, and even the men in the family have to touch their light!

In fact, Anne's move worked very well.

Unconsciously, the status of women around Qingquan Guan, and even in the entire capital, has improved, and men are no longer so high and look down on women.

On the contrary, many men secretly rejoice that they have a good lady (good daughter) who can not only make money for their families, but also help them find good jobs.

Picking cotton is very hard, but Qingquanguan is generous enough, and he is paid ten copper plates a day and includes a lunch.

The free meals are not rice porridge with clear soup and little water or wild vegetable wotou, but real big white steamed buns, and there is meat in every meal.

It's either a piece of fatty pork belly or fragrant fish, and the dish is even better than what they usually eat during the holidays.

Many people feel that even if Qingquanguan doesn't pay for it, they are willing to work for Qingquanguan just for this food!

After half a month, hundreds of acres of cotton have been picked.

Anne wrote to the princess in advance, asking her to help find a few old local farmers who were good at handling cotton.

The eldest princess was very concerned about Anne's affairs, and before the cotton was ripe, she sent someone in advance.

Anne asked the old farmers to lead a group of hired laborers to handle the cotton.

When the cotton was processed, Anne set up a cotton weaving workshop.

Cotton textile workshops also recruit foreign workers, and the treatment is the same as that of wool textile workshops.

This time, even the women of several counties in the suburbs of the capital heard the news and came to sign up.

Anne ordered the people to be screened, and the first batch of 200 was selected.

These female workers have high-paying and stable jobs, and they have moved their families directly.

Because Anne also spoke, saying that there are several farms under the name of Qingquanguan, and the farms need to be taken care of.

Priority is given to the family members of female workshop workers.

The left and right are tenant farmers, and it is better to work for the generous Spiegel.

When you have a firm foothold in Qingquanguan, you will have children in the future, and you will be able to study in the school set up by Qingquanguan.

The family has an income and the children have a future, even if they leave their hometown, those poor families who are afraid of poverty are willing!

The nameless mountain where the Qingquan Temple is located has attracted hundreds of families because of the new construction of two workshops and the Dogen class.

These families came together and gradually formed a new town.

The town exists because of the clear spring view, so many people directly call it "clear spring town".

Those businessmen were moved by the wind and also set up stalls and shops in Qingquan Town.

For a time, the once secluded small mountainous area became extremely lively and prosperous.

Every day, ox carts shuttle through the town, and deep ruts are pressed on the yellow mud ground.

On the neat and clean streets, the shouts of merchants, the sound of children playing, and the sound of old people bargaining are intertwined, giving people the illusion of being in the east and west cities.

At least An Zheng, who came to visit Ah Mei, couldn't help but be a little surprised after seeing the scene outside: "This is the Nameless Mountain?"

The so-called nameless mountain is that it has no name.

Why is there no name?

Isn't it because it's too remote, too small, no specialties, and no iconic landscapes?

So much so that it doesn't even have a name.

But An Zheng found that this nameless mountain, which did not even have any records in the county annals, has now become the most prosperous town within a radius of more than 100 miles!

"Yes, when the old slave came last month, there were not so many shops here, and in just one month, it was so lively. ”

The old servant who followed the car heard An Zheng's words, and said with emotion, "These are the credits of our second mother, she has only been here for a little more than a year at Qingquan Temple, and she has made an obscure small Taoist temple known to the world, and even the entire nameless mountain has become so prosperous." ”

An Zheng nodded slowly, "Ah Mei is indeed doing a good job. ”

An Zheng has been studying in the academy for the past few years, and the rules of the academy are extremely strict, except for three festivals a year, there are almost no holidays.

What's even more coincidental is that An Zheng followed his husband on a study tour two years ago and didn't come back until half a month ago.

During his absence, Wang wrote to him to report good news but not bad news.

Therefore, An Zheng did not know what was happening at home.

just vaguely knew that the eldest sister and the third prince were married, but the younger sister became more and more naughty.

As for Anne's renunciation as a female crown, An Zheng didn't even know at all.

took him back to the capital with his husband, and before he could get home, he heard the people around him discussing what Qingquan Guan and Mingjing Women's Crown were.

At that time, An Zheng was still a little puzzled, what is the situation of this Qingquan View and Mingjing?

Why are people all over the capital discussing.

Could it be that this mirror is a "talented girl"? the kind with countless guests who have entered the scene?

can't blame An Zheng for thinking crookedly, it's really the reputation of the female crown in these years.

In the past, there was the absurdity of a monk princess, and then there was a talented woman born as a prostitute, so that when the world heard the word "female crown", they couldn't help but wear colored glasses.

An Zheng followed Mr. to the north and south, and saw many strange things, which also gave him a deeper understanding of the world.

So, it's not surprising that he would want to be crooked.

But An Zheng never expected that the Spiegel female crown that he mistakenly thought was a "talented girl" was actually his own sister.

Moreover, the reason why Spiegel is talked about is not because of the peach scandal, but because she is a real master.

It is also a superb medical skill, a profound Taoism, and a compassionate heart...... After listening to his parents' story, An Zheng couldn't help but think: This, is this still his rampant, delicate and willful little sister?

Originally, the day after An Zheng came back, he wanted to visit his sister in Nameless Mountain.

Unfortunately, Anne took her students to the mountains to collect medicine, and she didn't come back until two days ago.

After receiving the news of Anne's return, An Zheng did not dare to delay, hurriedly made arrangements, and arrived early this morning in an ox cart......