Chapter 267: Imperial Girls' School
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After the sale of the first lottery ticket, Zhu Youxiao found several serious problems. At this time, there is no computer,Counting the number of lottery winners requires a large number of people,This directly increases the cost of lottery sales,Zhu Youxiao realized that a fixed reward model must be adopted,He decided to set up only one award from the second period,And the odds directly became a loss of five hundred. "Daming Imperial Daily" only needs to publish the winning numbers of each issue in the future.
The advantage of this era is that Zhu Youxiao wants to try out the new lottery rules from the second phase can be implemented, without considering the reaction of people who have already purchased lottery tickets. The only advance notice is that from the third period, the lottery has changed from five copper dollars to one copper yuan, and there is no cap. This means that the amount of the bet can be entered on the ticket.
From the very beginning, Zhu Youxiao strictly stipulated that only the lottery bureau was allowed to issue lottery tickets, and no other department was allowed to issue lottery tickets. On the issue of dealing with the private sale of lottery tickets,Zhu Youxiao also stipulated from the beginning that those who issue and sell private lottery tickets,All confiscation of family property,The main offender was beheaded,Accomplice exiled to Leng Zhou。
In order to prevent cheating,Zhu by the school not only formulated a strict anti-fraud law,And the sale of color and the lottery completely separated,An hour before the lottery,The lottery must be completely sealed with the lottery ticket stub along with the money handed over to the lottery office.
From the beginning of the third period,Nanzhi also began to sell lottery tickets,The sales amount of each lottery ticket has gradually climbed to more than 20,000 taels. From the beginning of the tenth period,Zhu by the school can't wait to cover the lottery sales to the state capitals,In just half a year,Lottery sales covered the county-level administrative units of the empire. And then later, the sale of lottery tickets became a three-day period.
To everyone's astonishment, in the second year of lottery ticket sales, the monthly sales of lottery tickets reached a peak of two million taels. In the third year, the annual sales of the lottery can reach 20 million taels, which can bring nearly 7 million taels of income to the treasury every year. Seven million taels can already cover a large part of military expenditures.
On July 21, King Zhu Youzhen got married. In history, Zhu Youzhen's wedding was "one queen and two concubines", at that time, it was because Zhu Youzhen actually had the qualifications of the prince at that time, but it was completely different in this time and space, so Xuanyi Concubine Liu and Zhang Yan only chose one princess for him. It's just that what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that the princess selected by Xuanyi Concubine Liu and Zhang Yan this time was still Zhou Kuinu, a citizen of Dahe County, that is, the historical Queen of Zhou.
The day after Zhu Youzhen's wedding, he found Zhu Youxiao to discuss Luzon.
"The minister is willing to go to Luzon to serve as the governor of Luzon." Zhu Youzhen said.
"How did you suddenly figure it out?" Zhu Youzhen was still a little surprised by Zhu Youzhen's decision, and he thought that Zhu Youzhen would not agree to take up the post of governor of Luzon.
"The minister has been thinking about the words of the imperial brother for this time, and the minister finally understands the hard work of the imperial brother." Zhu Youzhen said.
"Very well, in October, Hong Chengchou's expeditionary second army will depart, and you can set off with him to Luzon." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.
"No."
"Luzon's position is extremely important, it is one of the main routes to the sea to guard the empire, Luzon's gains and losses are related to the empire's sea power in the South Seas, there can be no mistakes, and the most important thing for you to go here is to assist the empire's immigration to Luzon, and after the immigration of Luzon is completed, Luzon is almost no different from China." Zhu Youxiao said.
"The minister understands, and the minister will definitely do it well." Zhu Youzhen said with an oath.
"Well, you can report anything to me in Luzon at any time, and I will do my best to help you. On this trip, you can take Princess Zhou to Luzon with you. Zhu Youxiao said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhu Youzhen said respectfully.
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Luzon now needs a lot of cement to build roads, and Zhu Youxiao decided to distribute the cement agency rights of Myanmar, Laos and Luzon provinces as a reward to the two agents with the largest annual sales. At this time, the Ming mission, which was still at sea, also received the news of the capture of Manila by the Empire, and they decided to avoid the Spanish colonies and land directly in Amsterdam. As for the Ming people in Spain, they can't take care of it for the time being.
It's just that Zhu Youxiao has long been ready to exchange hostages with Spain, and now the Spaniards who were sent to Beijing have been imprisoned except for the Spaniards who participated in the massacre who were beheaded.
On September 1, the Imperial Girls' School officially opened. Although there were many officials who boycotted the girls' school, they also supported it very much, and originally only recruited 100 students, but in the end more than 200 people signed up, and as soon as the number of applicants was large, Zhu Youxiao completely controlled the age between four and five years old. This age makes the first year of study in a girls' school practically equivalent to a preschool, allowing students to adapt to school life. It is only in the second year that the content of the first year is officially started.
The principal of the Imperial Girls' School is Zhang Yan, who not only serves as the principal, but also serves as a teacher of etiquette classes. Of course, this is all Zhu Youxiao's request, Zhu Youxiao firstly wants to find something to do for Zhang Yan, and secondly, he feels that with Zhang Yan's personal charm, the girls' school can gain more support and understanding. Zhu Youxiao's decision made the Imperial Girls' School the principal and etiquette teacher for the next one or two hundred years to be the queen.
Zhu Youxiao did not attend the opening ceremony, but handed it over to Zhang Yan to be responsible. Zhang Yan, the harem of tens of thousands of people, is well managed, and this school of more than 100 people is not much of a problem for her.
"How was the first day?" Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile.
"It's okay, it's just that too many children cried on the first day, and they had a little headache." Zhang Yan said softly.
"The first time a child goes to an unfamiliar environment, getting along with a strange person, it is inevitable to be a little nervous, as long as one child cries, the other children will inevitably be affected, cry together, and it will be fine after they go to school for a few days." Zhu Youxiao explained.
"No matter what the concubine says, she is also the queen of the world, and she still has this patience." Zhang Yan smiled and nodded.
"Shuyan, did you cry today?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"I didn't cry, and the queen mother praised me for being the most well-behaved in it." Zhu Shuchang replied proudly.
"It seems that Shu'an is really the most well-behaved, I hope you can keep it all the time." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
"Father, I also know a few friends." Zhu Shuyan began to talk about her experience at school.
"Oh, let's hear it." Zhu Youxiao encouraged.
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Seeing Zhu Shuyan's performance after going to school, Zhu Youxiao was even more determined to send these princes and daughters to school to study.
(End of chapter)