Chapter 162: Defending the Family and the Country
The third watch returned to the restaurant in the middle of the night, Qin Shaoyou fell asleep, and rushed back to Zhuangzi early the next morning.
Luoyang City, after all, is still a place of right and wrong.
The open and secret battles between the Li family and the Wu family, the disputes between the Turks and the imperial court, everything here is actually something that Qin Shaoyou can't afford to provoke.
After all, he is just a captain, not a prime minister, neither surnamed Wu nor Li, his surname is Qin.
The surname Qin must have the consciousness of the surname Qin, his duty is to earn money to raise soldiers, so for two months, Qin Shaoyou has nothing to do with Luoyang City, he just fiddles with some flowers and plants in Zhuangzi, and occasionally goes to the camp to watch the regimental warriors practice, Zhuangzi has run the Taiping School during this time.
And Qin Shaoyou's initiative is very successful, Mengjin is a special place, its special thing is that, on the one hand, the people here do not grow grain, each of them is a member of the Zhuangzi, firmly controlled by the Zhuangzi, the tea mulberry planting tea mulberry, the oil extraction in the oil mill, the ice making, the silkworm raising, the silk cocooning, the textile of the textile, the embroidery of embroidery, here is quite a bit like the prototype of a certain giant enterprise in later generations, everyone has their own division of labor, and from the division of labor to produce a large number of silk, Tea oil and tea were then sent to Ruchun Restaurant in Luoyang, where they contacted the merchants and some merchants to distribute them.
Because these things sell well and the profits are extremely high, Zhuangzi here, almost a day into the gold bucket, a day of profit, can even be as high as four or five thousand, this number is absolutely staggering, and these huge profits, except for Qin Shaoyou and the Taiping princess 21 to add five, almost more than seventy or eighty, and finally fell into the hands of the eaters, who got cash by selling their labor at the same time, and were firmly controlled by Zhuangzi.
If Zhuangzi doesn't accept your tea, you will go bankrupt, and Zhuangzi doesn't want your cocoon. You're finished. Zhuangzi doesn't let your son go to the workshop to do things, and if you don't let your mother-in-law embroidery, you have to drink the northwest wind.
In places where this kind of regime does not fall below the prefectures and counties, the organizational capacity can be said to be outrageously low, so if the imperial court wants to govern the locality, it must rely on the local power, and the local power forms a huge gate valve to control the economy and people's livelihood. In the case of Meng Jin, on the other hand, everyone is caught in a kind of one-stop-like business practice. A family can no longer be self-sufficient, it can only become a small screw, and without Zhuangzi, they will have nothing.
So when Qin Shaoyou didn't allow teenagers over the age of eighteen to come out to work, this rule was almost thoroughly implemented, because Zhuangzi didn't hire you at all, and even if you wanted to go elsewhere to make a living, it didn't matter, because it wasn't easy to make a living outside. Now the monthly income of the bankers is often twice that of the outside, how can they look down on the small profits outside? Rather than that, it's better to send it to school.
And the teaching in the school has been prepared for a long time. Almost all the teaching was found from the way of Princess Taiping, and the level was not low, so this Taiping School was already on the right track as soon as it started.
Five years of study in Mongolia, followed by three years of full-time study. A total of eight years is enough for them to be able to read and write, rough arithmetic, scripture and history, and most importantly. The tuition fee for admission is not low, which is enough to make Taiping School self-sufficient, and Qin Shaoyou does not have to pay for it.
Qin Shaoyou used to be a scholar after all, and he had this relationship, so he specially invited some teaching assistants and scribe friends from the four schools to come over to help, and took advantage of two months of hard work to compile the lecture notes of each school, although it was rougher, but it could barely cope with it now, and it would be slowly refined in the future.
There is not only a place for lectures in this school, but also a special workshop, with iron smelting and forging, and spinning, in addition to occasionally allowing students to improve some hands-on ability, they can also let some teachers 'toss' on their own.
It must be said that some of the professional masters who were hired to teach in the school are all famous figures in Luoyang City, such people are obviously no longer satisfied with iron forging, anyway, in addition to teaching, they are idle at other times, and a group of people get together, and occasionally they can figure out some things.
All in all, Qin Shaoyou was extremely relieved after seeing the grand occasion in the school, the nearly 2,000 students of all sizes and with different mixes, and he had done so many immoral things, and finally made a great merit, so that many people would have books to read, and they would be old in the future, and when they came to Lord Yama, they were afraid that they could also use it to offset many crimes. Of course, the most important thing is that it doesn't cost money. Borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, Qin Shaoyou still likes to do it very much.
The weather is getting hotter, and it is the peak sales season for popsicles, so Zhuangzi is extremely busy, while Qin Shaoyou is holding a big pu fan, hiding under the locust tree, looking depressed and melancholy.
Princess Taiping hasn't been here for a few days, what the hell, that little money fan, it stands to reason that she should appear every three or five days.
For this reason, Qin Shaoyou deliberately deducted some dividends sent to the princess's mansion.
He originally thought that this Li widow? As soon as the woman saw the decrease in income, she must have been furious, and then angrily ran to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, but who knows, it is still a stone in the sea, and there is no news.
"What the hell." This sentence, Qin Shaoyou hid in the shade of the tree, I don't know how many times he said it, this is not scientific, if the money is less, it will not come, where is the king's law.
Simply...... He lay on the rattan chair and sighed, "Send some less tomorrow to try." Then he fell asleep.
The sun here is good, and in such a hot weather, it is really a pleasant thing to hide under the shade of the trees and take a nap by the small pond in this village.
When Qin Shaoyou woke up, he saw a big-footed woman coming over and said, "County duke, county duke......"
Qin Shaoyou opened his eyes: "Dare to ask who the lady is?" ”
The woman said: "Chen Changshi's mother-in-law......"
Qin Shaoyou remembered that Chen Jie's grandson had introduced it very solemnly a few times, but there were many people in Zhuangzi, and Qin Shaoyou couldn't remember it, so he was busy giggling and saying: "Chen Niangzi, I don't know what's going on?" ”
The woman said: "Someone in Luoyang sent a letter quickly, and my man saw it and asked me to send it." ”
Letter......
Qin Shaoyou hasn't received a letter for a long time, it stands to reason that it should be easy to make pen pals in this era, but he is too lazy, too lazy to deal with people, curled up here every day, quite an unrepentant otaku style, he hurriedly got up and took the letter, opened it, and his eyes were straight.
This is actually Shangguan Wan'er's letter, although it is not named, but Shangguan Wan'er's handwriting, he recognizes it.
There was only a short sentence on it: "King Linzi, please seal Mengjin." ”
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but tremble.
Damn, this is the bottom of the kettle.
Li Longji, your grandson, is really not a thing, you sealed Mengjin, where did Lao Tzu go?
All of a sudden, Qin Shaoyou couldn't sit still, this is definitely not a trivial matter, it's just ...... There are doubts again, doesn't the king of Linzi have a fief? Linzi ...... Linzi ...... Linzi is his fiefdom, why does he still ask for a fief?
With this question, Qin Shaoyou didn't say a word, and said, "Prepare the horse and go to Luoyang." ”
If that grandson really came to Mengjin, Qin Shaoyou would have to hang himself under the old locust tree. Although the imperial court will give him other fiefdoms, and even in order to compensate, he may even give some richer rewards, but Qin Shaoyou has been operating here for a long time, and this Meng Jin has finally changed his appearance in Qin Shaoyou's hands, and a large amount of money is recorded in the account every day, so can he go to other places to farm?
This is Qin Shaoyou's bottom line, and it must not be touched, so Qin Shaoyou must go to Luoyang to figure things out, and he must not let Li Longji's kid succeed.
But at this time, an acquaintance came.
Li Lingyue.
Li Lingyue was aggressive, and as soon as she saw Qin Shaoyou, she shouted, "It's over." ”
Qin Shaoyou was dumbfounded: "I'm Da Mengjin, do you really want to finish?" ”
Li Lingyue smiled bitterly and said, "Who gave you the news, how do you know?" ”
Qin Shaoyou laughed more bitterly than her, and took out Shangguan Wan'er's letter, and after Li Lingyue read it, she didn't forget to sneer: "Shangguan is very idle when he waits for the edict." ”
Qin Shaoyou is going to vomit blood, when will it be, this is going to be over, you can still be jealous, can you do it? He hurriedly said: "Can the matter be reversed?" ”
Li Lingyue's face pulled down again, and said, "The problem is here, the king of Linzi will soon marry the Turkic princess." According to the rules, once Li Longji's kid marries a princess, even if he is an adult, he is now the king of Linzi, but the king of the county, and the court will definitely promote him to the prince, and his identity is not ordinary after all, but the brother of the palace. Step-son', his brother was the crown prince, he wanted to be the prince, he was already wronged, and if he wanted to be promoted to the prince, then he had to choose a new fief, at this time, if he proposed to Mengjin, even if the mother hesitated, but the civil and military officials, and even the clan, would definitely strongly agree, and besides, he married a new Turkic princess, and there were Turks to rely on, this matter ...... It seems to be a foregone conclusion. ”
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help baring his teeth and grinning: "This little bastard, at such a young age, is going to pit me!" ”
Li Lingyue said pitifully: "Yes, this little bastard, this palace is still his own aunt, and he will turn his face when he says it." ”
At this time, Qin Shaoyou thought of another question, and he couldn't help but say suspiciously: "Your Majesty...... Why did you agree to this marriage? This matter is so involved, logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this, isn't there anyone in the martial arts family who has come forward? ”
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It took a lot of thought to conceive these chapters, okay, finally another chapter, by the way, ask for a count, the tiger is tired, take a rest first, and everyone goes to bed early! (To be continued......)