Chapter 128 More and more people are fleeing to Jinzhou...

Jinzhou.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Finance have been extremely busy lately because the goddess and her entourage's trip to Shengzhou has had a huge publicity effect, with countless people flocking to Jinzhou.

So everyone in Jinzhou got busy.

Outside the city, Ji Yunheng held a modified charcoal pencil in her hand, writing down the information of the visitors with lightning speed.

Ahead of her, the line stretched on and on.

The people in line felt their stomachs filled and their bodies warmed after eating the vegetable and meat porridge bestowed by the goddess, and their emotions calmed down.

While waiting in line, they chatted idly with complete strangers around them.

"Hey, where did you come from?"

"Shengzhou. And you?"

"Liangzhou".

"We fled because there was a war going on in Shengzhou. Isn't there no more fighting in Liangzhou now? Why did you also flee to Jinzhou?"

"Of course, it's to fill our stomachs!"

"What? Your nephew wrote you a letter specifically asking you to come to Jinzhou?"

As soon as the sound came out, people all around looked at the family who had spoken.

Someone stared in shock, mouth agape. "Didn't you just say your nephew was serving under Lu Hong?"

Lu Hong was a powerful warlord who dominated a region!

The woman calmly replied, "He is a soldier, but even his service can't feed our family."

“That’s right, that’s right! My nephew himself can’t even get white rice and fresh meat in the army!” the woman’s husband said. “He heard from soldiers in Jinzhou that the people here can have five dishes and a soup, so he wrote to us and asked us to move to Jinzhou!”

The woman swayed slightly, glanced back at familiar faces in another group, and pointed casually, "See those people? They're family members of my nephew's comrades!"

The skinny boy pouted, "If you hadn't seen them packing up to move, Dad, you wouldn't have been able to convince Uncle and Grandpa and Grandma."

Upon hearing this, the man reached out and pinched the boy's ear without turning his head. "Still talking! If it weren't for my foresight, you'd still be gnawing on tree roots back in your hometown! How could you possibly be drinking meat porridge?"

The little boy rolled his eyes to save his own ear.

The woman ignored the father and son. She looked back at her husband's family, her sister-in-law's family, and her parents-in-law who were further back in line.

Then he asked the others, "How did you get to Jinzhou?"

Xie Yingshi put her hands behind her back and walked quickly forward.

Along the way, I heard many people talking about the hardships they had endured, the rumors they had heard about Jinzhou, and how delicious the porridge in Jinzhou was.

As Xie Ying listened, she raised her chin smugly.

Praise me more, praise me more!

I love listening to this!

"The soldiers in Jinzhou gave my daughter their food, and it was the first time she had ever eaten meat since she was born!"

“My nephew almost died from his illness at the time. It was the doctor from the army in Jinzhou who treated him and gave him medicine, which saved him.”

“Our family almost starved to death at that time. Fortunately, the soldiers from Jinzhou passed by and gave us food.”

“The bandits from next door came to rob the county town, but the soldiers from Jinzhou helped us drive them away.”

Xie Yingshi thought to herself that the goddess and the others had done a lot of good deeds along the way, which was the best propaganda material.

No wonder many people along the way headed straight for Jinzhou.

She pinched her chin with her right hand, wondering if the members of the publicity department who accompanied her had written a few articles and sent them back to our newspaper for use!

...They won't just stop writing because they've gotten used to it!

She turned her gaze and swept it over the countless people from other places.

He grinned, revealing a bright smile with eight teeth, and said, "Then let's do the interview and write the article on the spot!"

We cannot let down the people who have traveled all this way.

Liang Xingqi stopped writing and shook his right wrist.

At that moment, a hand was placed on his shoulder. Liang Xingqi looked up and saw Xie Ying.

The young woman was not tall, but she was capable and decisive, which made people overlook her height and genuinely trust her.

"Sister Yingshi!" Liang Xingqi asked in surprise, "You've taken over the job so quickly?"

Xie Yingshi nodded. "I've finished my work for today, so I'll just come and take over your shift."

Liang Xingqi glanced at the crowd of people in front of him and nodded knowingly. "Oh, you want to get the information you need from them?"

Xie Yingshi smiled and said, "I've just taken over the newspaper, so I must make some achievements."

Suddenly, she thought of something and asked Liang Xingqi, "Xiao Liang, I remember you have a very good writing style. Would you like to consider coming to our newspaper?"

Liang Xingqi was surprised, "Huh?"

Xie Yingshi said, "If you're interested, I'll talk to your minister and ask him to transfer you over here!"

Cold sweat trickled down Liang Xingqi's forehead. "No, no, if you go to our minister, he'll probably think I have a problem with him."

Xie Ying clicked her tongue twice, then turned to look at Ji Yunheng on the other side and sighed regretfully.

Ji Yunheng has an exceptional talent for mathematics, and the Ministry of Finance will definitely not let go of such a talent.

If she dares to go to the Ministry of Finance to demand her release, Zhao Yong will definitely chase her down with a broom.

afternoon.

A group of parents stood at the entrance of the academy, staring in disbelief at the tall and imposing gate before them.

And the flowers, trees, and shrubs planted inside the gate, as well as one beautiful building after another.

"Is this really an academy?" one parent asked incredulously. "Isn't it the residence of some high-ranking official?"

"Are you kidding me? How could a high-ranking official's mansion be this big!" This place is even smaller than a third of the Goddess's mansion!

"Jinzhou really knows how to spend money."

"They're so willing to spend money on their children!"

"Look what's written on the wall!"

What is written?

"No matter how poor we are, we must not neglect education; no matter how hard life is, we must not let our children suffer!"

The educated parents were deeply moved as they looked at the two rows of words hanging on the wall.

They certainly know that children are the future and that their education should be valued, but the level of importance placed on children in Jinzhou feels... quite peculiar.

The children didn't have so many thoughts; they looked excitedly and expectantly at the beautiful academy, at the teachers standing at the gate to greet them, and at the many academy students wearing blue and white uniforms.

"Will we be studying here from now on?"

"Their uniforms are really nice."

"The academy in Jinzhou is much larger than any I've seen before!"

"The roads in Jinzhou are smoother than the roads where I live."

"There's a female teacher here!" a parent exclaimed in surprise, looking ahead.

Many people looked in the direction he was pointing and indeed saw two or three female tutors.

Some people hesitated, "A female teacher... can she teach well?"

"Let the female tutor teach the children..."

Is it reliable?

The female teachers naturally received curious, questioning, suspicious, and malicious glances.

But they didn't take it seriously.

Women in Jinzhou can hold up half the sky of Jinzhou, and female teachers can also cultivate talents for the future of Jinzhou.

They just need to do what they're supposed to do and don't need to care about what others think.

"What's your name?" the female teacher registering the boy asked softly, looking at him.

"Er... Er Mao." The little boy looked at her timidly.

The female teacher asked, "What's your surname?"

The little boy instinctively looked up at his father, who immediately smiled ingratiatingly, "His surname is Wang."

"Wang Ermao?" The female teacher thought for a moment and said, "Let me give you a name."

The little boy didn't answer, but looked at his father again.

His father continued to nod ingratiatingly, "Yes, yes, thank you for your trouble, teacher."

The female teacher lowered her head and thought for a moment, then looked at the little boy and said, "Then let's name him Wang Yong. I hope you will grow up to be a brave person!"

The little boy was stunned.

The female teacher gave him an encouraging smile, "You can do it, child!"

The little girl with dry, yellow hair looked at the male teacher in front of her and mustered up her courage to ask, "Teacher, can I change my name too?"

Her father was very dissatisfied. "What do you mean by this? You don't like the name your grandmother gave you?"

The little girl didn't speak, but her face was full of stubbornness.

Her father continued, "You really are a child."

The male teacher, with a smile on his face, said to the little girl, "Sure, I'll give you a name; that will be your formal name from now on!"

The little girl nodded, and then anticipation appeared in her small eyes.

The male teacher thought for a moment, "Zheng, the 'Zheng' of 'unyielding spirit,' do you like it?" Stubbornness is not necessarily a bad thing.

The little girl nodded vigorously, "I like it! From now on, my name will be Liu Zheng!"

The various workshops are also busy recruiting new members.

The workshops located in various counties sent people to set up stalls in the county seat.

Tea houses and wine shops are the most popular, and the lines are very long.

The workers in the other workshops muttered, "It seems these people have also inquired about the situation in Jinzhou."

"But they don't consider that if everyone goes to the workshops that make money, it will undoubtedly raise the recruitment requirements of those workshops. With their abilities, will they be able to get in?"

"If we can't recruit them, we'll try other workshops."

"Ugh, isn't this blatantly saying we're just settling for second best?"

"Don't go crazy."

Lumber Mill: "Our lumber mill is different from yours; we hire people with basic carpentry skills."

Ironworks: "We're different too; we don't hire people without blacksmithing experience."

Paper mill: "We don't mind, newcomers are fine too."

Teahouse: "We can also train newcomers. Our work doesn't require high technical skills, but we offer options..."

Ceramics Workshop: "It's just that there are so many people now, everyone can pick something."

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” the person at the farm said, hands on hips. “They can go farm even if they don’t work in the workshop. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture will allocate land to them.”

The person from the embroidery workshop nodded. "Currently, many people probably think it's better to work in a workshop, where they can earn money through their own labor. The idea of ​​distributing land sounds a bit... fantastical?"

The printing press: "They'll believe it soon enough." Once the land is actually distributed to them.

People from other places quickly settled down in Jinzhou.

They had a place to live, jobs, and land.

Not long after, they witnessed a trial of corrupt officials.

Everyone: ?

"Trial of corrupt officials?"

"Corrupt officials in Jinzhou?"

When will the trial be held?

"Weren't they saying the governor and the others were all out fighting? Doesn't the trial wait for the governor to return?"

"It seems like the Ministry of Justice is handling the case."

The Ministry of Justice announced the trial time and location in advance.

Zhou Xinglu, Shi Xinyu, and Yu Feng each carried a stack of files and looked at each other.

Zhou Xinglu smiled and said, "Let's go. Now that the goddess is not here, we need to do our job even better!"

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Author's Note: 3000/20000