Princess Gu'an, Mrs. Du Changshi, and Mrs. Cui Mingfu. The three women with the highest status in Yunzhou joined forces to take out fat powder money to do such a good deed, which naturally attracted a lot of discussion among the people, but the vast majority of people praised it endlessly. In today's era when medical conditions are very underdeveloped, even if an official who holds the imperial court money dies of illness, his wife and children may still end up helpless, and as for ordinary people, there are even more orphans. It is unrealistic to rely on ordinary people who work hard to make a living to help the poor, and the government of the Tang Dynasty has never had the function of relieving the poor and weak, but Buddhist temples and Taoist temples sometimes have such good deeds in order to attract believers.

And the top ladies of the Tang Dynasty may regularly give alms to the Buddhist temple to do some good deeds, but it is very rare to do such practical things. Before Du Shiyi came back, Princess Gu'an and Wang Rong Du Sanniang had already chosen a place, purchased a ripe field that Pei Yingtang could sustain, as well as all the furnishings and clothes, etc.

At the same time, Chen Bao'er, in the name of the judge of the Yunzhou Xuanfu Division, took Tang Zhen and Tang Xiu, two former Xi slaves, plus the skilled officials and errands who were dispatched, and collected all the orphans in the city. Although the process was not so smooth, and there were even adults who were used to eating by exploiting beggars to obstruct it, but under his strong suppression, the matter was still done.

On the day of the official opening of Pei Ying Tang, this large number of children from five or six years old to ten years old, dressed in gray robes, standing unevenly, and many children with deep vigilance on their faces stood down, and when they saw a teenager who was not a few years older than them ascending the high platform, most of them were indifferent, and only a few who were originally from a reasonable family background, because their parents were dead, had no support, and looked on tiptoe with curious and hopeful eyes.

"You all know me, almost all of them I forcibly brought back from the street."

Knowing that almost all of these children were illiterate, Chen Baoer's opening remarks were straightforward, without a hint of literary tone. Sure enough, seeing that some of them were buzzing and talking, he smiled and raised his voice and said, "Some of you have been separated from your parents since childhood and have never seen each other since; Some parents are dead, no one cares about them, and they survive alone; Some don't even know who their parents are, and have been living on the streets since they were sensible. Today, the outside of this courtyard has been hung with the plaque of Yunzhou Peiying Hall, you probably don't understand what it means, but I just want to ask you, do you want to fight with people for a bite of food all your life, resist when you are hungry, drink rain when you are thirsty, and can only resign yourself to fate when you are sick? ”

These words are far more moving than those great truths. Almost at the moment when Chen Bao'er's words fell, a stout young man replied loudly: "I don't want others to eat haode, wear haode, live in a big house, and we can only starve and freeze?" ”

Someone got up, and immediately another thin young man echoed: "I haven't seen my grandmother since I was a child, I heard that Yunzhou was divided, but who knows that the person who registered said that I am not old enough, I don't give him a damn, I am already fifteen years old, why can't I?"

Du Shiyi, who was hidden on the side, followed the prestige, and saw that this young man was like a reed stick, and some people believed that he was ten years old, where would anyone think that he was fifteen years old?

Seeing that more and more people joined in Ying He's voice, Chen Baoer suddenly shouted: "Do you want to eat meat when you are hungry, drink slurry water when you are thirsty, and be able to cover yourself with a warm quilt when you sleep, and have an eaves above your head to protect you from the wind and rain?" ”

"Think" This time, the voice of the answer was unusually uniform.

"Now, Yunzhou Peiying Hall will give you such an opportunity, whether it is a Tang person, a Xi person, or a person of other ethnic groups, as long as you are an orphan under the age of fifteen, you can eat and stay in Yunzhou Peiying Hall for free. If you don't know the language, someone will teach you the language, and every afternoon, there will be various classes in literacy, agricultural skills, martial arts, and so on. As for each morning, you need to work for yourselves to pay for these food and lodging. Yunzhou Du Changshi said that if he is talented in academics, he will send another famous teacher to teach in the future; Those who are good at farming will give priority to the distribution of fields and farm tools and seeds after they become adults; As for those who are good at bow and horse martial arts, they can be recruited to join the army after becoming a soldier, and the guards in the clouds will not only give the military households corresponding preferential treatment......"

Before he could finish speaking, a woman's voice suddenly came: "That's a man, what about us?" ”

It was an unkempt girl who spoke, and at first glance it was difficult to tell her age, and she couldn't tell what she looked like, but in the midst of many eyes, her voice was still very loud: "What's the use of us girls learning that?" ”

"Who says it's useless?" With a clear voice, a figure jumped lightly onto the high platform. The children in the audience were startled at first, and when they found that the person who came was a glamorous girl in red, who had just jumped up, it was actually a high platform higher than them, and there was a lot of discussion for a while. In these exclamations, Yue Wuniang slapped her slap a few times, and then said calmly, "Women can weave, farm, recite poems, hold bows and shoot arrows, and gallop on the battlefield, who says that women are inferior to men?" If any of you really have a talent for martial arts, I don't mind charging a few more apprentices to play."

Yue Wuniang flipped her wrist, and a silver light suddenly broke through the air and flew away, hitting the branch of a big tree in the courtyard, and then flew back into her hand. Seeing that many people were smacking their tongues at this blow, she smiled and said: "I studied under the famous sword dancer Gongsun Auntie, and I think I am very qualified to be your master." ”

At this moment, Wang Rong beside Du Shiyi finally couldn't help laughing: "Lady Yue's move, I don't know how many girls are going to be tempted to apprentice." ”

"Don't say it's those girls, when I saw the sword dance of Gongsun in Songyang Guan, I also wanted to ask for advice." Du Sanniang remembered the old events of Dengfeng back then, and her face showed a deep look of reminiscence, "I just thought at that time, if I could have that kind of skill, I would definitely be able to protect my brother and prevent others from bullying our brothers and sisters again." ”

"I didn't expect that my brother also had a time when he had no power to protect himself." Princess Gu'an glanced at Du Shiyi with a smile, then narrowed her eyes and said, "However, this is mostly the case when I was young. No matter how much he was treated and how much he suffered, he often had to hide in the quilt alone and endure it, because he was powerless to resist. Luckily, we've all had a turnaround. And these children, who would have spent their lives in the sludge and ditches on the streets, have also encountered a turning point. ”

Yue Wuniang's flying sword mastery really made a lot of girls in the crowd look forward to it, and even the boys held their breath for a while and didn't dare to talk nonsense. Although Yue Wuniang suddenly came out and interrupted her words just now, Chen Bao'er was not unhappy, but raised her voice and said, "Therefore, regardless of whether it is male or female, Yunzhou Peiyingtang will try its best to teach the required skills until the age of fifteen. But if you don't want to be motivated and only know how to eat and sleep, you don't raise lazy people here. When the time comes, there will be Peiying Grange, so that the lazy people can relax their muscles and bones"

Reasoning with the facts, explaining all the way here, the children at the bottom finally understood what kind of place this was, and a few families were happy and a few were sad. Although some people were happy to finally have a place to stay, there were also teenagers who were used to those days on the streets and exclaimed with some chagrin, "What if we don't want to stay here in Peiyingtang?" ”

"Naturally." Chen Bao'er's voice suddenly became as cold as the cold wind, "It's just that it is strictly forbidden for non-Dingkou orphans to wander the streets in Yunzhou City, if it is not a person in Peiying Hall, if it is captured, it will be expelled from the city immediately, and the city gate guards will also strengthen patrols in the future, but all orphans will be sent to Peiying Hall, and if they are unwilling, they are forbidden to enter Yunzhou City."

The meaning of the words plunged the few teenagers who were accustomed to petty theft and abduction into a deathly silence. However, no one would have the luxury of going against the government, especially Du Changshi, who was rumored to be able to beat the Turkic people and horse thieves to the ground. In the midst of this unspeakable silence, a timid voice suddenly came out.

"Is it really taught to read and write? If you learn well, will you really ask a famous teacher to teach? ”

These words suddenly aroused the resonance of the young man who had just spoken out of doubt, and he immediately asked loudly: "That's right, how can there be such a haode thing, how much does a book cost, and the reader is so expensive, where will he come to teach us poor children, it's good not to spit on us When my family still had a little spare money, Grandpa once took me to ask for enlightenment, but people didn't see it at all, and they clearly disliked my family for generations."

"My family has been farming for generations." Chen Bao'er suddenly spoke, and when he saw that the eyes looking at him were full of suspicion and disbelief, he laughed self-deprecatingly, "If I hadn't met Du Changshi, I would have been like you, I would have known a few words, read a few books, and would farm for the rest of my life, and I would never be able to get out of Shuzhong." Du Changshi did not dislike me as a country child, taught me to write by hand, taught me the history of the scriptures whenever I had time, and taught me how to behave by word and deed, which is what I am today. Although you are poor now, there is no difference between you and me back then, as long as you do not despise yourself, you will naturally have your own future."

Seeing that the children who were noisy or suspicious at the beginning quieted down, Du Shiyi finally laughed, and then smiled at Princess Gu'an and Wang Rong Du Sanniang: "You are really good people. No matter who comes forward to do this, it is not as convincing as Bao'er's experience. Now that Yunzhou is no longer as embarrassed as it was at the beginning, and you have come up with fat powder money to help, you should pay more attention to the people's livelihood. Leaving these children on the streets not only has no future to speak of, but also becomes a hidden danger. And if they are admitted to Peiyingtang, over time, whether they are farmers or hundreds of workers, they will always be able to support themselves without hunger, whether they are farmers or hundreds of workers, they will join the army or even study and become eunuchs."