Compulsory education in ancient times

Ten years later.

Haizhou, the largest port in the country built five years ago, is now bustling with people coming and going.

Four luxuriously dressed teenagers and girls were riding tall horses, waiting for something unknown at the bookstore near the port.

These four people are exactly the four treasures who were thrown out of the palace by Mrs. Tao and his wife.

Belle has now grown from a small group to a slim young girl.Although there is still a bit of baby fat on her cheeks, but combined with Leng Yue's good genes, Belle at this time has revealed a beauty that is different from others.

Although Belle's face was cold at this time, her peach blossom eyes revealed her inner anxiety.

"Sister, it's just a set of books. Let's go back to the inn and wait. There's nothing delicious here."

The talking Beibei has a round face. Compared with the baby fat of his elder brothers and sisters, which is gradually fading, he is chubby. From the outside, he seems to be a few years younger than the three of them, and his mouth is not big when he is waiting Stop, holding a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts and eating.

Although this pier is prosperous, wealthy businessmen basically don't stay here, only dock workers are here permanently.Therefore, the food here is mainly cheap to satisfy the hunger, and the taste is not good. Beibei will not come to this kind of place unless he can.

Belle snorted lightly, and said in a calm voice, "What do you know? This is the "Seaside Records" signed by Mrs. Qingyue. It is not an ordinary book!"

Three years ago, a person named Qingyue Niangzi published a volume of "Experience at Sea" in Xingzhi Publishing House. Once this book was released, it immediately attracted widespread attention.

Readers are deeply attracted by the thrilling and mysterious sea life in the book, and it also set off Ruichao's first sailing era!

Ning'an's shipyard also took advantage of the opportunity to launch a new type of civilian merchant ship, which was only one-third smaller than the big ship that Tao Yanran and his party were sitting on back then, and the sailing speed was one-third faster, and it was also stronger and more durable The impact of strong winds and waves at sea.

It was also because of this that Lady Qingyue was extremely popular and had a large fan base.

Three years after the publication of "Seaside Records", the publishing house invited Mrs. Qingyue to participate in the reader feedback activity and released [-] sets of "Seaside Records" signed by Mrs. Qingyue.

These [-] books will be randomly placed in bookstores in various wharves across the country, and only those who are destined can get them.

If the four of them hadn't been related to Xingzhi Publishing House and found out about this bookstore, they would have missed out on this rare benefit!

While the four were talking, the guard ran out from the bookstore with a book in his arms: "Miss, I found it."

Belle quickly took the book, and after opening it, she found that it was signed by Mrs. Qingyue.

Lady Qingyue's handwriting is not as delicate as that of ordinary women, but in addition to the unique beauty of women, it also has a lot of domineering edges.

Belle caressed the handwriting that was three points similar to her own, and the expression on her face was very subtle.

Bao'er is wearing a white and yellow robe today, with a face like a crown jade, red lips and white teeth, he can be said to be a handsome and handsome man.After staying here for a while, it attracted the attention of many men and women.

After ten years of personal teaching by Qi Bohan, he has matured a lot, and he looks like an older brother.

Seeing that the book was already in hand, Bao'er turned his horse's head around and said to the three of them, "Let's go, I'm leaving for Beijing tomorrow, if you have anything you want to bring back, hurry up and buy it."

"I want to bring Ning'an's pastries and cured meats to my father, uncle and aunt!" Beibei raised her hand, and then began to count all kinds of Ning'an's delicious food very well, thinking about what is convenient for storage, and wants to have all of them Move back to the palace.

The baby looked at this younger brother whose appearance was getting bigger and bigger as he got older, smiled helplessly, and stretched out his hand to pinch the fat on his cheek: "I think you want to eat it yourself."

Bao'er also turned around and said with a smile: "If you continue to eat, you will become fat like a ball."

"Hmph, Dad said, it's a blessing to be able to eat!" Beibei replied very unwillingly.

And Bei'er also broke away from her complicated emotions, glanced at Bei Bei and Bao Bao, and said with a pricking heart: "You just continue to eat, see if you get fat into a ball, Hongxuan still likes you or not."

Hongxuan is the baby's first name.

Ever since they were ten years old, they both felt that nicknames were too naive, so they called each other by big names.

It's just that Tao Yanran was very resolute and refused to change his words. Whenever he called his nickname, it made the four adolescent girls feel very ashamed.

As soon as Beibei heard what Beier said, she became anxious in an instant, and turned to look at the baby.

"It's okay, even if you're a ball, I still like you." The baby calmed Beibei down with a single word.

But Bao'er also started acting like a demon: "Even if Hongxuan still likes you, he won't be able to hug you when the time comes."

Beibei was so angry that her brother and sister stabbed her like that, she didn't even eat dinner that day, and started yelling about losing weight.

It's just that at night, I still can't help but eat the midnight snack brought by my baby.

On the second day, the four of them did not take a carriage, but rode horses leisurely, admiring the scenery on both sides of the national road.

After ten years of construction, the number of national roads has grown to ten. Not to mention, the earliest three national roads are not only beautifully greened, but also have an inn and post house every ten miles.

There is always a village less than a mile behind the inns and posthouses.Behind some bustling inns, there may be a county town.

The prosperity of Ruichao today is due to the promotion of sweet potatoes and corn.

After the popularization of these two high-yielding crops, the common people have finally reached a standard of living that can feed the whole family and have some surplus food. At this time, the common people will naturally want to have babies.

Coupled with the popularization of maternity hospitals in every state capital, stable women are certified to work, and the mortality rate of newborns and mothers has been greatly reduced.

Two years ago, Ruichao had reached a human growth rate, and the villages and land that had been reclaimed were not enough.

So Tao Jianran issued an order to open up wasteland, asking local officials to lead the people to open up wasteland along the national road.

The villages built on wasteland are exempt from taxes for the first three years, and only need to pay half of the taxes in the next three years, and they can also be exempted from corvee labor for six years.

As a result, relying on these villages, post stations and inns began to bloom everywhere.

The food and materials produced in the village are provided to the inn, and the inn will also provide many jobs for the villagers in the village. The two are interdependent and indispensable.

Traveling nowadays, as long as you have money, you don’t need to eat and sleep in the open!

After leaving Ning'an, the four of them rushed to the first inn before dinner that day.

This inn is a three-story wooden building with an area of ​​nearly [-] square meters.

Compared with the inns in the city, which generally only occupy an area of ​​tens of square meters because of the high price of land, this inn can be said to be a giant among its peers.

It was the peak time for lodging at this time, and there was a lot of people in the inn. Such a big inn was so crowded that there was not even a place to stay!

There will be no vacant rooms in such a lively inn at this time. The babies did not expect such a situation at all, and they were stunned for a moment.

There are no vacant rooms in the inn, and only public servants can stay at the inn next to it. Are you going to sleep on the street tonight?

When Beibei thought about sleeping in the open, she immediately pouted out of grievance, and complained to the baby in a low voice: "Brother, I don't want to sleep on the road."

This time they came out, but there was no luxurious carriage.

Every time before sleeping outside, Beibei would be bitten by bugs and her whole body would be covered with pain and itching.

After coming down two or three times, Beibei refused to sleep in the open.

The other three people also feel sorry for Beibei's unlucky mosquito-attracting physique, so they seldom sleep on the road.

Seeing the sky gradually darken, Beibei was so anxious that tears almost flowed down her eyes.

The baby also looked solemn: "Otherwise, let's charge a high price and buy a house from someone else?".

"No, it's too arrogant to act like this, and it will also encourage bad trends." Bao'er shook his head, "Go and see the village behind."

The baby looked at the sky and thought it would not take much time to go back and forth, so he nodded and said: "If there is no vacant room over there, I will come back with Hong Yi to buy a room."

Bao'er knew that this was Bao Bao's biggest concession, so he stopped struggling and led the team to the village behind.

Thanks to the popularity of the inn in front, although this small village has only been built for two years, it has already shown a bit of prosperity.

Most of the houses in the village are solid brick and tile houses, and the area is not small, so there should be many rooms!

Hearing that the treasures and the richly dressed people came to visit, the young and vigorous village head immediately rushed to the entrance of the village. Although he was respectful, he was not surprised. Instead, he said in a very old fashioned way: "How many nobles are coming to our village to stay overnight?"

It seems that what Bao'er can think of, those shrewd businessmen also thought of it.This village should have received many guests like them who couldn't book an inn room.

In this way, things will be much easier to handle.

Soon, with the help of the village chief, the babies found two houses with the best conditions in the village and borrowed three rooms.

One of them is the village head's house, and there are two vacant rooms, one for each of Baoer and Belle.Baobao and Beibei went to another family without a female relative and shared a room.

The village head's family has a young daughter who is the same age as Belle, and was ordered by the village head to entertain them.

When the little girl saw Bao'er and Bei'er, she immediately exclaimed: "Ah! The two nobles look so much alike!"

It was rare for Bao'er to see a girl of the same age along the way, so she immediately took out the folding fan she used to pretend to be, unfolded it, shook it slightly, and replied gracefully: "It's natural, we are siblings."

However, the girl was not attracted to Bao'er, but surrounded Bei'er even more excitedly, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that you are the twins of the legend?"

Belle nodded coldly, and the girl was so excited when she saw that Belle finally responded to her, she asked: "Miss sister, are you from the north? You are so far away from home alone, your parents Don't worry about you?"

Belle heard the words, and then turned to look at the little girl, and saw that her eyes were full of envy, so she answered her series of questions mysteriously: "Yes, don't worry, my brothers and I came out together."

"Wow, I have three older brothers in my family, but none of them would take me out to play." The little girl pouted coquettishly, and when she saw that her family was not there, she asked in a low voice, "Miss sister, have you ever slept with me?" Xingzhi Elementary School?"

The girl's tone was full of longing, but also with a trace of regret.

Belle naturally heard her emotions. After nodding her head, she took the initiative to ask, "Your family doesn't allow you to go to school?"

The little girl said in a very disappointed tone: "My father said that a woman's lack of talent is virtue, so let me stay at home obediently and wait to get married."

Bao'er was left alone. She was a little embarrassed at first, but after hearing what the little girl said, she immediately said angrily: "Why is your father still so stubborn? Now there are five female officials in the court. The ratio of male to female teachers in Xingzhi Primary School It's also one-to-one, earning many times more money than ordinary men, why do some people think women are useless?!"

Bao'er has been taught by Qi Bohan and Tao Jianran since she was a child, so she is naturally very concerned about the promotion of women's status.

Now that I have personally seen the legendary person who obstructed the advancement of women's status, I can't suppress the youthful vigor in my heart.

But he spoke too loudly. The village chief who was supervising the wife's dinner preparation in the kitchen was startled, and hurried over: "What's the matter? Did the younger sister make the two nobles angry?"

"It's none of her business." Belle cast a cold look at the village head, who was so frightened by this 16-year-old girl that he trembled all over.

Bao'er didn't like the village chief anymore, and the smile on his face cooled down, and he said to the village chief, "It's nothing, you can go out first."

Although the village chief was puzzled, he withdrew.

After the village chief left, Belle gave Bao'er a white look, expressing dissatisfaction with him for attracting the village chief.

Then he said to the little girl: "If you want to go to school, I can send you to Xingzhi Primary School in Ning'an. As long as you go in, your father will have nothing to do with you."

When the little girl heard the words, a gleam of joy flashed in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared without a trace.

She lowered her head and thought for a while, but she still rejected Belle's kindness: "My father has already engaged me in marriage. If I leave, my father and mother will be stabbed in the back by others."

"It's up to you." Belle didn't have any expression on her face, she ignored the little girl and went back to her room by herself.

Bao'er sighed helplessly, and said to the little girl, "We will leave early tomorrow morning, you should think carefully tonight."

Bao'er and Bei'er are no longer the ignorant children they used to be, they will deal with any injustices to the end.

This girl is also fifteen or sixteen years old and has her own thoughts.If she doesn't want to leave, then even if others take her away forcefully, her future life will not be satisfactory.