Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

It's easy to do things with money.Yue Wang Xiaoyin left a lot of child support to his son, adding up to nearly a thousand taels of silver.Xiao Yu withdrew 50 taels from it, chose a place with good geomantic omen, and built a spacious and bright school.

There are three rows of brick and tile houses, two rows of classrooms, and one row of dormitories for teachers and staff. There are also brand-new tables and chairs.

Xiao Yu is much more generous in spending money to build a school than building a house by himself, and use the best for everything. Pei Linzhi couldn't help teasing him: "I don't feel bad when I don't spend my money."

Xiao Yu couldn't help laughing: "That's not true. No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and no matter how hard you are, you can't suffer children. Besides, this is accumulating Yin virtue for A Ping. Isn't it better than burning incense in the monastery and offering it to those Bodhisattvas?"

Pei Linzhi didn't know why there were so many strange words in his mouth, but he had to admit that what he said was reasonable. Children are the future and hope, and they need to be taken seriously.

Although His Highness is not very old, his thoughts are extremely clear. It's a pity that the people around may not understand his good intentions. I don't know how many people will send their children to school by then.

Before the school was completed, warehouses and workshops were also built.Xiao Yu arranged for the porcelain workshop to be moved there, and rebuilt the three-hole kiln there.

According to different uses, one is used to burn rough porcelain such as pots and urns, one is used to burn cups, dishes, and plates, and the other is specially used to burn more delicate utensils such as vases, teapots, wine pots, etc.

Most of these utensils were drawn by Xiao Yu. The craftsmen slowly explored according to his requirements, how to make blanks, how to carve, and even tried to trace patterns.Perfection makes perfect, and many utensils have already been made in a good shape.

The porcelain kiln in the yard was finally turned down, and everyone finally cooled off a lot.Several rooms that used to be porcelain workshops were also cleaned out and plaster walls were repainted to be used as silkworm houses and weaving workshops.

This year's silkworms have been harvested. Although there was a shortage of mulberry leaves in the later stage, everyone showed their talents and went everywhere to find mulberry leaves and substitutes, and they all survived smoothly.

After harvesting mountains of snow-white silkworm cocoons, with silkworm houses and weaving workshops, everyone can cook cocoons and spin silk here.

Some of the slaves bought back were Canniang, who taught them how to reel silk and weave cloth.Almost all the women and girls in the village came. The workload of silk reeling and weaving is heavy and delicate, and many people are needed.

Xiao Yu has never been stingy about giving wages. There is no distinction between men and women when paying wages. As long as the work you do is worth the money, he is willing to pay, so everyone likes to come to his house to work.

The reason why silk is so expensive is not only because of the small quantity, but also because it takes too much time and effort.

For a long time to come, the women in the village will have jobs, which means they will make money.Everyone is very happy, they can also earn money to support their families like men, and they no longer need to look at the faces of men when they want to buy nodding oil and the like.

In the evening of that day, when Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi came back from the school, they ran into a family quarrel and many people watched the excitement.

The strange thing is that the hostess is standing outside the door chatting with the women who are watching the excitement, while brooms, wooden basins, shovels and other things are constantly being thrown out of the house.

The women who watched the excitement still did not forget to joke: "Sister-in-law Yueya, you see that the second brother is still reluctant to throw away things that cannot be broken, but he threw away the pots, pots, bowls, and oil cans."

Crescent Moon said with a smile: "He has the guts to throw it away, and I can still afford it. Now we don't have to ask him for money to afford oil and salt."

The women who watched the excitement clapped their hands: "No, we can make money now, and we don't have to look at the faces of their stinky men anymore. Why do we all make money together, cooking and washing dishes, washing starched shirts, and taking care of the whole family? It’s still us, they men should just sit there and wait for ready-made food. It’s totally unreasonable to scold us if the food is not cooked in time.”

Many women agreed: "Yes, that's the reason. Everyone earns money to support their families, and men are no more noble than women. Xiao Langjun also said that all people are created equal, and there is no distinction between high and low."

Pei Lin held A Ping in one hand, and bumped Xiao Yu with his free elbow: "Mr. Lang, these women have turned the world upside down."

Xiao Yu couldn't help laughing: "What's the sky, man's sky? Women can hold up half the sky."

Pei Linzhi shook his head amusedly: "Lang Jun's words are becoming more and more irrelevant."

Pei Linzhi walked over and asked, "What are you doing?"

The women who were talking a lot noticed Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi at the back of the crowd, and couldn't help covering their mouths and snickering. Because of their good looks, they were favored by all the women in the village, and they were the ideal husbands of unmarried girls.

Yueya saw them, and hurried over to give them a blessing: "Xiao Langjun and Pei Langjun are here. You can judge me. I came back from the weaving workshop today, and my Erlang complained that I didn't come back earlier to cook for him. I said I It’s not playing outside. He comes back first. If he is hungry, he can cook for himself. He dislikes me for saying something wrong, and scolds me for not doing my job properly, not obeying women’s morals, and not caring for my husband and children. Look, I added So many crimes."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Okay then, I'll judge Lier. Where's Erlang?"

Crescent Moon lowered her voice and said, "I'm angry at home, I won't come out."

Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi looked at each other, and they walked into the room tacitly. Erlang had heard them coming in the room, and when he saw them coming, he greeted them with some embarrassment: "Xiao Langjun, Pei Langjun, please sit."

Xiao Yu waved his hand: "If you don't sit down, I'll come to talk to you. After all, it's all my fault. I invited my sister-in-law to help at home, and I delayed her from cooking for you."

Erlang was full of embarrassment: "No, no, Mr. Lang thinks highly of us."

Xiao Yu said: "I know that Erlang is also working hard at ordinary times. All he does is physical work. When he comes back, he wants to take a rest and have a hot meal." Erlang works in his green brick kiln.

Erlang didn't speak, just nodded.

Yue Ya was about to open her mouth to retort, Xiao Yu continued: "But my sister-in-law is not idle either, she also works hard in the weaving workshop, it is quite a laborious task to weave such thin silk into cloth , is also something we men can’t do. She finds her own value in weaving and feels a sense of accomplishment. We must respect this and be happy for her. She works so hard to earn more money for your family. Share the burden for you, so you should support her work instead of opposing her. As for housework, it is not natural for women to do it. Can't a man's hand light a fire or hold a broom? Didn't you look down on us men?" He said and laughed.

Crescent Moon said with a smile: "That's right, you see how reasonable what Xiao Langjun said. If you have time, you should share it for me. Look at Xiao Langjun and Pei Langjun, why don't they take care of their children and cook by themselves?" ?"

Erlang was convinced by the words: "Can't I do it in the future?"

Xiao Yu laughed when he heard the words: "Husband and wife should be considerate and help each other, so that life can be better. Alright, you two talk slowly, we're going back."

"Lang Jun, go slowly!"

When the two of them left the room, they were greeted with thunderous applause, and the women all praised: "Mr. Xiao is very good! We women are not born to revolve around the stove."

The two walked out of the crowd, until there was no one else, Pei Linzhi smiled and said: "The changes that Mr. Lang has brought to everyone are really big. I'm just a little worried—"

Xiao Yu turned his head and asked him, "What are you worried about?"

Pei Linzhi said: "I'm worried that the girls in Baisha Village will be bullied by their husband's family if they marry outside."

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows: "Why do you want to be bullied?"

Pei Linzhi said: "Mr. Lang taught them that men and women are equal, but the reality is not like this. I am worried that people outside have too many rules, and the girls in Baisha Village will be bullied."

Xiao Yu laughed: "Then don't marry. There are dozens of bachelors in our family. I'm afraid that there are not enough girls in Baisha Village to marry."

Pei Linzhi didn't answer, the bachelors in his family had signed contracts of sale, they were not considered free, and he didn't know if the girls in the village would dislike him.Although their servants are not much different from ordinary people.

He looked at Xiao Yu's smile, and felt a little emotional in his heart. His Highness is here to build Baisha Village into a utopia. There is no war, no hunger, the old has a place to depend on, the young has to support, men farm and women weave. Those who can read and develop their talents.

What a wonderful world it would be if this model was extended to the whole of Anguo and even the world, but can this model be carried forward?

When the two returned home, they found Meng Hong was waiting for them. Xiao Yu asked, "Brother Meng?"

Meng Hong handed him a notebook: "This is the account book for this month. It's time to pay wages tomorrow. Sir, please have a look."

Xiao Yu took it with both hands: "Okay, thank you, Brother Meng, for your hard work. I will pay you the salary later, and you can distribute it for me."

"Okay." Meng Hong agreed.

Xiao Yu said, "Sit down." He sat down at the stone table, touched the teapot, the tea was still warm, and thought that Ji Hai or that little girl had brewed it, and poured three cups himself: "Drink the tea. Tomorrow is the beginning of the day." , should Sigui come back?"

Speaking of his son, Meng Hong showed a gratified smile on his face full of vicissitudes: "If there are no accidents, he should be back."

Xiao Yu turned his head and said to Pei Linzhi: "Rinzhi, you will go to the city to deliver the paper tomorrow, and pick them up by the way."

Meng Hong waved his hands again and again: "Don't bother, it's only a few miles away, so it's good to ask them to walk around. I'm staying in the medical center all day long, and I don't think I can exercise like this at home."

Pei Linzhi said: "I don't think there is any need to pick them up. I haven't left the house yet, so they may have already arrived home."

Xiao Yu laughed: "That's right, thinking about returning home is like an arrow, and every time before dawn, I would drag Changsheng to wait for the gate to open at the gate of the city."

"Love your family so much, you're worthless." Meng Hong said so, but the smile on his face didn't diminish.

Xiao Yu said: "How can you say that being in love with a family is worthless? It means that you value emotions and are suitable for studying medicine. Because you can empathize with the pain of patients, you will be a particularly good doctor in the future."

"It's good to be able to help Mr. Lang," Meng Hong said.

Xiao Yu said: "It's not just me, they can help all of us after studying medicine."

Meng Hong took a sip of tea, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Today, the government came to urge pearls. Many people in the village have not got all the pearls. Tomorrow, many people have made an appointment to go pearl hunting."

Xiao Yu paused: "Are you going to hand over the pearls? Then we can salvage the pearl shells that were put down first to see the results."

Meng Hong was a little excited: "Can I pick pearls now?"

Xiao Yu nodded his head: "Counting it, it has been almost a year and a half for the first batch of pearls to be put down, and it should be ready to be picked. I don't know how the results will be, but I am also looking forward to it. Do you still remember where the first batch of mother shells were placed? ?"

Pei Linzhi said: "I remember, I will go to salvage some tomorrow and have a look."

Xiao Yu sighed: "I don't know if it was stolen by someone."

"I will lose some, but I won't lose them all. We are always watched by someone." Pei Linzhi said.

At the beginning, the government drew a piece of sea to raise pearls, saying that they sent people to guard them.Xiao Yu found that the guards of the government were quite coping, fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days, as a last resort, they arranged for someone to guard in the name of the government.

The guards live on the shore, and when they see people coming, they will persuade them to leave if there are few people. If there are many people, they will come and notify them to expel them.

But such behavior will definitely arouse people's curiosity, what is there in the sea, and people are not allowed to fish for pearls.The more people are not allowed to stay, the more rebellious people will be, and there should be no fewer people who steal.

Xiao Yu considered that after the results came out, he would simply make the matter public and let the people of Yazhou know that the government had raised pearls by itself, and the people would no longer need to go to the sea to pick pearls.

In this way, no one will steal pearls out of curiosity. Of course, there will definitely be greedy people who will steal pearls, but at that time the farm will definitely strengthen its defenses and catch thieves in a fair manner.

In the early morning of the next day, when everyone was having dinner, Meng Sigui came back, and he rushed directly to the entrance of the hall: "Hey, I'm back again! Sir, master, father."

Everyone was very happy to see him, Xiao Yu said: "You haven't eaten the morning meal yet, go to the kitchen to prepare the meal by yourself."

"Yes, sir." Meng Sigui made a foolish salute, and rushed to the kitchen like a monkey.

Meng Hong looked worried: "If you are so foolish, can you be a good doctor?"

Xiao Yu smiled all over his face: "Being a good doctor has nothing to do with character, but with ability and morality. I think Sigui can do it."

Meng Sigui soon came over with a bowl, entered the hall, pushed Ju Yan away, and sat down next to Ji Hai: "Brother, make room for me, I haven't eaten with brother for a long time."

Ju Yan had to get out of the way, the second senior brother who had never practiced together did this every time he came back, always dominating the senior senior brother.But he dared not speak out, this second senior brother is very good at it, his hands pinch your numbness, making you unable to get up for a long time.

When Xiao Yu saw the senior brothers gathered together, Meng Sigui happily told them what he had seen and heard about Zhoucheng, and the children around him also stopped their chopsticks to listen to his bragging.On the other hand, Chang Sheng, who came back with him, was much quieter, just bowed his head silently to eat.

Meng Hong swallowed the food in his mouth, knocked on the table, and said with staring eyes: "Sigui, you don't eat or sleep, don't you forget?"

Meng Sigui raised his head, looked at his father, shrank his neck with a chuckle, and hurriedly lowered his head to pick up the rice.

After Meng Hong finished his meal, he got up and went out. Meng Sigui looked at his father's walking posture: "Father, have you suffered from leg problems again? From now on, don't sit on your knees, sit on a stool."

Meng Hong looked back at his son and said, "Eat your meal." His tone was much gentler.

In the afternoon, several people rowed out to sea to collect pearl shells, and Xiao Yu followed.They have been doing the planting and releasing of beads all the time, and they didn't let more people know about it.

Meng Hong's legs and feet are getting worse and worse, and I'm afraid he will have to change someone in the future. Ji Hai is getting older, so he is very suitable, but he can't rely on him alone, he has to choose a few helpers from the children at home.

Meng Sigui looked very excited: "Did you wait until I came back to collect it? I want to see if the pearls I implanted are successful."

Everyone was silent, excited but also a little apprehensive, afraid that the matter that took so much painstaking effort would eventually come to naught.

Xiao Yu looked at the vast sea, and there was not even a single target, so he said, "How do you know where to put it?"

Meng Hong said: "Estimate the approximate position on the sea surface, and then go into the water to see the underwater terrain."

Meng Sigui said, "Father, your knees are bad, I'll go into the water today."

"No, I don't worry about how long you haven't been in the water." Meng Hong didn't agree.

Pei Linzhi said: "You don't need to go down, I will go down with Ji Hai, you just wait on the boat."

Pei Linzhi rowed the boat to one place, looked around, then looked under the water, and said to Ji Hai: "It's almost there."

The master and the apprentice nodded, and then fell into the water from different boats and went underwater.

Xiao Yu watched the water splash continuously upwards, and the water surface gradually calmed down. After a while, the water surface began to surge again. Ji Hai's head came out of the water first, and he wiped his face with the side of the boat: "I don't have one near here, is it?" It wasn't stolen."

This is not good news, Xiao Yu looked solemn.After a while, Pei Linzhi got out of the water not far away, holding a bamboo cage in his hand, and said, "I have one here, but two seem to be dead inside, and two are still alive."

Xiao Yu hurriedly rowed the boat a little further, took the bamboo cage from Pei Linzhi's hand, and hung it on the side of the boat: "Has it been stolen a lot?"

Pei Linzhi said: "Fortunately, there are still a few cages here. Ji Hai, you go and collect the one over there."

The two master and apprentice drilled into the bottom of the water again and fished out six cages one after another.Although it was re-examined after it was put down, about one-third of the female oysters were dead, and I don't know what happened to the rest.

Xiao Yu said: "Let's do this first, go back and open it, and see how it goes."

They rowed to the beach, took out all the pearl shells in the cage, put them into a bucket filled with sea water, and carried them home.

Now the bead planting operation is done in Pei Linzhi's vacant room, and the pearl shell is naturally also here.

Xiao Yu said: "Don't just pry it open, let's try to get the pearl like the pearl implantation operation, try not to kill the mother oyster."

Meng Sigui looked at Xiao Yu in surprise: "Mr. Lang, can this be used again?"

"I'm not sure, I just want to try it. The position where the bead nucleus was implanted was fixed, and the pearl will probably still be there. Let's try to take the pearl as in the previous implant surgery." Xiao Yu said.

Ji Hai said, "I'll come."

Later, the bead core implantation was mainly done by Ji Hai and Meng Hong. Compared with Ji Hai, his hands were more stable because he practiced martial arts all the year round.

"Okay, come here." Xiao Yu gave him an iron spoon like ear pick, "Use a knife to cut it open, and then use this to take it out and try."

Ji Hai nodded, pried open a pearl shell to fix it, then cut open the shell with a knife, went in with a spoon and took a look, it was empty, he tried again, it was still empty.

Several people held their breath and watched Ji Hai's movements. Xiao Yu waited for a moment and asked nervously, "How is it? No?"

Ji Hai shook his head: "I didn't get it."

Disappointed expressions appeared on everyone's faces, Xiao Yu said, "Pry it open and see, is it really there? Did you spit out the bead nucleus?"

Ji Hai violently cut the pearl shell in half, stretched out his hand to touch the shell, and smiled on his face: "There is one! It ran here." He opened the shell, and then took out a soybean-sized Lustrous white pearls.

Meng Sigui shouted excitedly: "Great! There are really pearls, show me quickly."

Ji Hai had already put the pearl into Xiao Yu's palm. The pearl was not very round, but a bit oval, because the bead nucleus polished in the early stage was not completely round.

Xiao Yu held the pearl and brought it to Meng Hong: "Brother Meng, do you think this pearl is good enough for business?"

Meng Hong touched the pearl with trembling fingers, and then looked at his fingers to confirm that no pearl powder fell off: "Enough, enough! I didn't expect to grow pearls with this method. Sir, You are really the savior of our Zhu people in Yazhou." As he spoke, he knelt down and bowed down to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu quickly reached out to support him: "Don't be like this, Brother Meng, get up quickly."

Old Meng Hong burst into tears: "Your Majesty can bear this worship. From then on, we people in Yazhou will never be tired of picking pearls again."

Meng Sigui stretched out his hand to wipe away his father's tears: "Father, why are you crying when you are so happy. I will definitely repay my husband well in the future."

Meng Hong nodded: "Okay, dad is getting old and can't help Mr. Lang too much, so it's up to you in the future."

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Yes, why are you crying when you are so happy. Ji Hai, go on, let's go on. The first one is a good start, which means we are very lucky. Go on, go on!"

Ji Hai opened the second pearl shell, but the second shell was not found, even after prying it open, Xiao Yu comforted and said: "It is impossible to succeed, keep opening."

The third one gave them an unexpected surprise. Ji Hai took out the pearl directly with a spoon. This one was slightly smaller than the first one, but it was extremely round and completely reached the super-grade appearance.Such a pearl can be worth ten poor-looking ones, that is to say, such a pearl is more than enough for Meng Hong to do business.

The key point is that the mother oyster has not been damaged yet, Ji Hai followed Xiao Yu's instructions, and implanted another bead nucleus by the way, thus saving a mother oyster.

They caught a total of six cages, with a total of 27 female shells, ten of which were dead, and nine pearls were produced from the remaining seventeen female shells. Meng Hong couldn't even imagine such a pearl production rate. Said that Zhu Min was saved.

Xiao Yu said to Pei Linzhi: "Rinzhi, put these six shells back into the sea. When the pearl hunters come back, exchange the pearls for the shells."

Pei Linzhi nodded: "Okay."

Several people gathered around the plate and looked at the pearls of different sizes inside. Three of them were in particularly good shape, and the rest were not bad. It was a huge surprise that a pearl that was a year and a half old had such a size and appearance.

Xiao Yu suddenly thought: Linzhi is going to get rich!