046 Huang XVII
Pei Qing's doubts did not last long, from the next day, some people successively sent the abandoned girls to Xixian County, they called themselves merchants, saying that they received the news of the Huang family caravan and volunteered to participate in this good deed, everyone left the abandoned babies and left, without dragging mud and water, and even refused to drink a cup of tea.
At first, Pei Qing thought that there was something greasy in this, but after receiving more than 100 female babies, those people suddenly stopped coming, and the impact on Xixian County was even smaller, and she realized that those people really seemed to be just doing good deeds.
But for the sake of prudence, she still left someone to inquire about the news of those people, in order to find out the intentions and intentions of those people.
The girls who were sent to Xixian County were just one month old, and the youngest ones were even just two days old, and the people who took care of them may not be so professional, and these girls are very thin.
Of course, it is not ruled out that the original family wants to starve them to death.
Either way, they will have a new life after the nursery accepts them.
When she first took over the job, she really didn't know the bottom of her heart, especially most of the girls were thin like kittens, and she was really afraid that she would not be able to feed such a girl.
Fortunately, at this time, the Huang family caravan returned to the Central Plains from the people who were trading in the border area, and left a hundred cattle when they passed through Xixian County, of which ten were still producing milk, according to the instructions of the princess Niangniang, the milk was given priority to the nursery, and they could use fresh milk to boil and disinfect and then feed these female babies, and the first difficulty of the nursery hall was to be regarded as a thrilling pass.
If it is in the folk, once the family with many dolls in the family finds out that it is a female baby, it will often drown it directly, or throw it into the wild like a cat cub, because even if the female baby is only fed rice soup, the family is reluctant to use the rice soup for the female baby who will not become the main force of the family in the future - it is better to give birth to a male baby with all your strength.
What's more, some families are so poor that they don't even have rice soup, mothers are hungry and have no milk, adults can eat bran vegetables, but babies can't eat coarse grains and can only starve, and the final outcome is only premature death.
A family with many children who are willing to raise a girl must at least be able to eat and wear, or even be well-off.
And in this ancient world, the majority of the families were so poor that they could not eat and wear, and there were few who could not go hungry.
Therefore, the phenomenon of abandonment of female babies in the countryside abounds, and it is not uncommon in every place.
Unless there is only one child in a family, once there are more children, the reborn girl will be regarded as redundant, and only the share will be lost.
It can be said that people who walk the streets and alleys to find abandoned babies in nearby villages and towns for hundreds of miles, even if they simply report their intentions, will be stuffed over and abandoned babies without saying a word.
However, if these families are asked to send the girls they don't want to send to Xixian County, these people are unwilling to go - don't you need money for the journey? Don't need to prepare food rations on the road? It's better to just throw things away.
Therefore, the merit value received by Pei Qing is continuous and surging, and there are various reasons for the bonus.
In the nursery, there was the sound of babies crying.
When Pei Qing walked into the nursery, Cuiwan's face was covered with sweat, her hair was in locks, and she was busy changing the doll's diaper.
The entire nursery hall currently occupies the largest flower hall in the Ruiwang Mansion, and it is covered with thick linen cloth inside and out, which can ensure ventilation but will not have the wind to penetrate the hall.
Because there is a fire channel under the flower hall, now a special person is in charge of the fire channel of the nursery hall, and the hot air passes through the fire tunnel to bake the gold bricks on it, so the nursery hall is very hot, and the smell is also very touching.
Pei Qing walked up to Cuiwan and found that she had changed a doll's diaper in three or two clicks, and she asked coldly, "How is it?" ”
Cuiwan raised her sweaty eyes, and said quickly: "There are not enough diapers, there are not enough people to wash diapers, and there are not enough people to feed each doll every hour." ”
She felt that she still needed to recruit at least thirty people to bring so many children!
After Cuiwan finished speaking, she was a little apprehensive, she was afraid that Princess Rui would think that she was a lion and opened her mouth.
Who knew that Pei Qing would even say: "Recruit immediately." ”
After that, she instructed Ah Tao, who came with her, to write a notice, and be sure to recruit enough people within an hour.
Cuiwan's heart instantly felt full of energy, and a little sweet, now if someone asked her about her previous master, she couldn't think of it anymore - her heart was full of the former county nursery, her career!
Every drop of sweat she sheds must be worthy of the princess's appreciation of her!
With the latest 30 people to join, Cuiwan can finally breathe a sigh of relief from the process of feeding her children day and night and changing diapers, she divided a total of 40 people into two groups, one for the day and the other for the night, and once every ten years, the advantage of this is obvious, those who do the work during the day can go back to rest at night, and those who work at night have a lot of time to take care of their own homes during the day.
They are all from poor families, not afraid of hard work, not afraid of staying up late, as long as they can make money, they are willing to do any hard work.
In addition, the wages paid here are very high, and all the young women who come to the Foundling feel that they are taking advantage.
In other words, since the "monthly money" is called "salary", all the people who work in the Ruiwang Mansion are looking forward to the day when the salary is paid every month.
After more than a month, the women of the former county have gradually grown from vassals of the family to independent women with their own jobs, incomes, and social interactions.
Because there were so many jobs for women here, and it was clear that Princess Rui preferred to use women as laborers, the opportunities for women in the former county were faintly more than for men.
Take Zhang's sister-in-law who washes the child's diapers in the nursery, the same stinky diapers, and the old man will complain if she can't wash them at home, but as long as she washes ten diapers in the nursery, she has an extra income of a penny, and the income from a day's work is amazing, and it can be praised by everyone.
Sister-in-law Zhang was very glad that she had grabbed the job in the nursery, and she went home with dozens of dollars every day, and her voice was much louder, and even the old man's attitude towards her was much kinder.
Sister-in-law Zhang hopes to continue this job forever until her hair is gray!
From the day the first batch of abandoned babies came to the Nursery Hall, Pei Qing could receive a gradual increase in merit points every day, and soon, not only did the consumption used to exchange limestone mines rise before, but even saved up merit points that could be exchanged for the next exchange.
It's up to her what she wants to redeem.
Now there are blacksmiths, bricklayers, plasterers, carpenters, porcelain makers, printers, and soapmakers, among whom the blacksmiths and bricklayers are the most leisurely, because there are no raw materials.
After the blacksmiths settled in Xixian County, they took their apprentices to make farm tools day and night, and after consuming the pig iron purchased by Ruiwangfu, they could only sit on the bench every day and bask in the sun.
Because there are no iron mines in Xixian County.
Therefore, what Pei Qing plans to exchange next is iron ore.
She checked the growth rate of merit and found that as long as the nursery opened every day, it would not be long before she could save a small iron mine.
Thinking of being able to sacrifice merit to exchange for minerals, she couldn't help but think of the people who accompanied her to exchange for limestone mines and have now left here.
Thinking of Li Yi who dared to be abrupt, Pei Qing was ashamed and annoyed.
Thinking about it again, she has been kissed like that by him, but he still can't keep him, he doesn't seem to be moved by her people, nor by her money, nor by her rights...... It's not anger, it's madness.
What's more, she was still forcibly kissed by him!
Pei Qing called Ah Tao over, dictated and asked her to write a warrant and then hand it over to the printing workshop, the general meaning of the password is to say that Li Yi, the former chief instructor of the former county, was ordered to go to the field, and before the princess allowed him to come back, no one was allowed to open the gate of the former county for him, let alone allow him to return to the Rui Wangfu, and the violator of the order was expelled from public office!
A hundred copies of this password were printed, and in addition to a lot of them were posted on the entrance and walls of the Rui Wang's Mansion, more were posted on the four walls of Xixian County, so that all who saw it would realize the seriousness of the problem.
Under the effect of the people's wisdom enhancement buff, it only took more than a month to complete the county's initial completion of literacy eradication, as long as everyone can understand this warrant.
Having said that, what kind of punishment is the most frightening in Xixian County now?
He was not beaten by the officials, nor was he whipped by the steward, but he was "expelled from public office".
Because now everyone in the county has work and food, everyone has a "salary", although the salary level of different positions is not the same, as low as 100 yuan per month, as high as 1,000 yuan or even 5,000 yuan per month, all people rely on Ruiwangfu to eat.
To be precise, it is relying on Princess Rui to make money.
A person who has made a mistake would rather have his leg broken than lose his work.
Therefore, as soon as they heard that the punishment for receiving Instructor Li to return to Xixian County was so severe, everyone except Chen Weiwei said solemnly: even if he dies, he will not be allowed to return to Xixian County.
When the warrant became a household name, Pei Qing felt a little calmer, and was finally able to concentrate on continuing to plan the development of the former county.
Huang Gongzi's letter was delivered to her at this time.
The letter was personally brought by Chen Guard, and it is said that he also knew the people of the Huang family caravan stationed in Xixian County, because Li Yi told him to keep an eye on the caravan movements and take on the bridge of communication between the Rui Wangfu and the Huang family caravan, so as soon as there was Pei Qing's letter over there, he hurriedly took it and sent it to her.
Originally, Pei Qing always thought that Chen Shouwei and Li Yi were at the same level, because Chen Shouwei's martial arts were also very good, and his performance in the later stage of militia training was also remarkable.
But through this little thing, she suddenly realized that it seemed that Chen Guard's status was subconsciously displayed...... It's a lot lower than Li Yi.
Strange, they are also the guards of the dead ghost prince, and Chen Guard's personal ability is not bad, why do he think he can't compare to Li Yi?
It seems that the dead ghost prince attaches great importance to Li Yi, and the resources invested in him far exceed those of other guards, and it can even be said that he is the only one?
Otherwise, how to explain Chen Guard's deference to Li Yi?
I'm afraid that Chen Weiwei doesn't have as many opportunities to study as Li Yi, right?
Thinking like this, Pei Qingxian did not rush to open the letter, but asked Chen Guard cordially: "Old Chen, Li Guard's hard work after leaving, how did you learn "Nine Chapters of Counting"?" This princess wants to rely on you for some account matters. ”
Guard Chen visibly stiffened for a moment, and he smiled dryly: "Subordinate, subordinate has never learned mathematics. ”
Pei Qing half-truthfully complained for him: "I don't think you are worse than Li Yi, why did the prince find someone to teach him "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" but not teach you?" The prince is too partial. ”
After brushing it, Chen Guard's nose was sweaty, but he still managed to hold his composure: "Princess Qiyu, not everyone can easily understand the number of techniques, and the subordinates don't want to learn, it's not that the prince doesn't give his subordinates the opportunity to learn." ”
Pei Qing snorted lightly, and immediately changed his angle: "One or two of you are so protective of the prince, how relieved the prince should be if he knows it." ”
At this moment, the Chen guards couldn't resist it anymore, and hurriedly found an excuse to retire: "Princess Niangniang, my subordinates will help count the amount of soap, and the people from the Huang family's caravan will come to receive the goods in a few days." ”
After that, when Pei Qing was concentrating on how much soap was produced in the soap workshop, he took the opportunity to retire and slipped away quickly.
Chen Guard: Only the master can stand such a clever and clever woman as the master, and in three or two sentences, she almost set out the news that people want to hide, who dares to provoke this?
If he doesn't go faster, he will definitely be dug up by the wise princess and Niangniang for more things that are "unfavorable" to the Lord.
So hurry up, hurry up!
Seeing that Chen Guard's "escape from the road", Pei Qing picked up Huang Gongzi's letter and slowly opened it to read.
After all, she is an important channel provider, and may even be the most important channel provider, and she is a professional businessman with a very cooperative spirit, so she still has to respect and pay attention to it.
As soon as the letter unfolded, she fell into a daze that was once again distracted by Kiyojun's calligraphy.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Huang Gongzi's handwriting this time seems to have a little bit of "grief and indignation" in the handwriting, almost every word is through the back of the paper, only at the beginning of the letter written "Princess Rui personally enlightened" a few words with a soft pen, the other words are angular and ready to come out, I don't know what happened when this person wrote this letter, and what emotions he carried?
"Princess Rui personally revealed: the contemptible Huang Seventeen worshipped, and now Princess Rui is peerless, and your place [Xixian] also stands out because of the princess, which is the pearl of the north and the border of Saiya, and is envied and fascinated.
The princess's books have been sold out, and the second volume of "The Princess of the Former Dynasty and Her Eighteen Lovers" written by the princess is longing for it, hoping that the princess will be printed as soon as possible, and the contemptible people are looking forward to it.
In addition, the good things produced in your land are called [soap], which have been sent by Qianli Ju to the hands of the contemptible people, and after the trial, the result is a strange thing, and the contemptible people want to specialize in the [soap] of your land, and they are sincerely afraid of begging the princess to enjoy the meal, and the [soap] produced by your land can be purchased by the contemptible caravan in full.
Moreover, the contemptible goods run through the north and the south, the pearl and the famous flowers can be reached day and night, and the princess is looking forward to the princess rewarding the contemptible people with a gift of pearls and flowers, and the tears of the southern pearl shark are all at will, and Yao Huang Wei Zi is also common.
Huang Seventeen paused
Bye-bye".
After reading this letter, the image of an elegant, generous, neither humble nor overly informed Confucian businessman is about to come out.
"It aroused my interest a little bit...... Pei Qing smiled, "This Huang Gongzi ......"