Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 114 Good things come in pairs
As a typical woman in the current era, Miss Wu follows her father before marrying her husband. She often does what others tell her to do, and never has the right to choose herself.

In the past, she just wanted to be a good wife and mother who cared for her husband and taught her children. Although her life was not rich, it was also stable and ordinary.But since the plague of locusts came, everything changed.

First, she sold her ancestral property and went south to flee famine, and then her family starved to death one after another without enduring the famine. Until her husband passed away, she completely lost all support and became a widow.

Miss Wu's support is gone, but at the same time she has become the only support for her son, and she must support the family.

But the life of a woman in the world is difficult, and it is even more difficult for her as a widow with a child.In order to live with her son smoothly, she tried every means, digging grass roots and bark to satisfy her hunger, and picking up broken cloth that others don't want to sew into clothes.Even when the officer and soldier Zhou Dayong wanted to have sex with her in exchange for helping sell handkerchiefs, she didn't hesitate too much.

Because, she has no choice.

But now it is different, she can learn to weave silk, can be a weaver, can make money with her own ability, support her and her son, and no longer have to rely on or beg others.Just like what Gu Yunji said - she can control her own life.

Dominating her own life, she didn't even dare to think about it before, but now the officials tell her that it's all true, it's all real, how can she not be excited and cry with joy?
Gu Yunji knew that Mrs. Wu's life was not easy, and could understand her feelings. Seeing this, she quickly helped her up: "Okay, okay, get up quickly. You don't need to be a cow and a horse. From now on, you just need to be a weaver and take care of yourself. A stable life is the best reward for us."

In order to reassure the women, Tao Jian immediately settled the wages according to the amount of silk they wove today.Although the women had no experience with silk and weaved very slowly at first, they weaved a lot after such a long time, and each of them got more than a dozen coins.

After getting the wages, the women immediately smiled, and after thanking Tao Jian and others, they went back happily with their wages.

Seeing that it was getting late, Tao Jian only made a simple verbal agreement with Lu Xianzhi about teaching refugee women weaving. As for more details, he was planning to have an in-depth discussion tomorrow.

Now that the resettlement of refugee women has been settled, a big stone in Gu Yunji's heart has finally landed, and he feels a lot more relaxed.

Walking out of the factory gate, Gu Yunji was about to say goodbye to Lu Xianzhi and others when he saw Xu Chengyu walking towards him with a smile.

"Teacher, it's getting late, why are you here at this hour?"

Xu Chengyu stroked his beard with a smile: "I'm here to tell you a piece of good news, that is, the dredging project of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been finalized."

Gu Yunji's eyes showed surprise: "It's already settled? So, the refugees can indeed go up Hebei, work, and earn travel expenses to return home?"

"Exactly." As he said, Xu Chengyu took out a letter and handed it to everyone, "I also just received the news that Mr. Pan Shiliang sent a letter saying that His Majesty has decided to dredge the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and is ordering the Ministry of Industry to formulate regulations. Soon there will be residence reports and imperial edicts delivered."

Lu Xianzhi took the letter and read it carefully, then laughed loudly: "Hahahahaha, good, good! In this way, both women and men will have a suitable place to go, and the problem of resettlement of refugees can be satisfactorily solved! "

Xu Chengyu didn't know that the women had passed the weaver examination, and he was a little surprised when he heard this: "Oh? The matter of recruiting women as weavers has also been confirmed? Then wouldn't this be a good thing?"

"That's right, good things come in pairs!" Lu Xianzhi's face was full of joy, and he was in a very happy mood, "The wasteland that can be reclaimed by the Hangzhou government has just been surveyed yesterday, and it is probably enough to distribute to [-] refugees. I have thought about it, anyway, these northern refugees are not familiar with Jiangnan. For planting crops, instead of letting them adapt to differences in climate and environment, it is better to simply learn a new way and teach them to grow mulberry and raise silkworms.”

Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows: "Planting mulberry and raising silkworms? That's a good idea. Women go to factories as weavers, and men raise silkworms and sell silk at home. This combination of inside and outside, and a proper division of labor can not only increase silk production, but also increase the number of weavers. It has become a boost to the development of Hangzhou's silk weaving industry."

Seeing that Gu Yunji fully understood what he meant, Lu Xianzhi was very happy, and he admired him more and more in his heart. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's exactly what I mean! Mr. Gu has a quick mind, and he can have such insight at a young age. There is a lot to do in the future!"

After speaking, Lu Xianzhi went on to say: "Actually, the silk production in Hangzhou Prefecture is a long-standing problem, and it has been unable to increase. In the final analysis, there are too few silkworm farmers, and the silk production cannot keep up. After all, mulberry trees are different from rice. It is an economic The crops will not be effective in the short term, and the common people will always feel uneasy if there is no grain harvest, and we cannot forcibly change rice into mulberry."

"However, the situation of the refugees is special. They had nothing before, so it is much easier to accept it. In addition, the women in the family work outside and have financial resources, so their livelihood before the crops are harvested. You don’t need to worry about the government.”

Xu Chengyu smiled and said: "Lord Lu is really thoughtful and has a long-term vision. Lord Pan also told me that His Majesty appreciated the proposal of Lord Lu and the local officials of various states and capitals to write a letter, saying that you have placed the refugees so properly, which is worthy of consideration." As an example, it is worth imitating and learning from all over the south of the Yangtze River."

The most distressing thing for the magistrates of all dynasties is that they are far away from the court, and they cannot go to the emperor anytime and anywhere to show their presence. Over time, they are very likely to be ignored.

There are so many magistrates in the world, it is a great honor to be remembered by the emperor and praised in front of all officials.In other words, Lu Xianzhi's achievements in resettling refugees this time are quite outstanding, and he is not far from being promoted.

Lu Xianzhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, his eyes couldn't hide his excitement, but he still said modestly: "Where is it, Mr. Xu is too famous. Whether it is recruiting women to be weavers, or sending strong men to go north to return to their hometowns, it is up to you and Gu The idea that the young master came up with, I just used it as a name, and I didn't do anything."

Having said that, Lu Xianzhi still has some ability to sit on the position of the fourth-rank magistrate at the age of more than 30 years old.

Since the emergence of the gathering of refugees, he has gone from being wise and inaction at the beginning, to being free-spirited after receiving the edict, without procrastinating and refusing to blame, and later actively thinking of ways to resettle the refugees, trying to do a good job. From the point of view of a magistrate, it can be said that every step he took was right.

And when he faced a student like Gu Yunji, he didn't neglect or despise him in the slightest, but listened to the suggestions with an open mind and adopted them, which is not uncommon.

Lu Xianzhi is modest and prudent. While doing his duty well, he is also good at catering to people. He has done extremely well in all aspects. If he doesn't stop here in the officialdom, his achievements will definitely be high in the future.

In any case, several major events have been finalized now, and the next thing to do is to formulate specific regulations and discuss how to implement them. These can be done slowly.

Several people were in a good mood at the moment, and while chatting, they started to take a walk under the sunset.

The sunset glow in the sky is as red as a flame, and the clouds reflected are bright and brilliant. From a distance, it looks like fairy clouds rising, and the heavenly gate suddenly opens, releasing golden light all over the ground.

Gu Yunji looked into the distance with leisurely and far-sighted eyes, and murmured: "Now, even if everything is settled..."

(End of this chapter)