Chapter 580 Hope for No More War
"Old woman, who are you looking down on?" Shi Li was listening to her words and immediately became unhappy. He stroked his beard and said, "Why can't I be an official?"
"I've followed you my whole life, and at best I'm just a village head. Do you still want to be a high-ranking official?"
Aunt Shi gathered up all the clothes hanging on the bamboo poles and said, "If it weren't for Miss Xiao and the princess coming to the village, our Fu'an Village would still be the poorest village in Lancang County!"
"Old woman, you heard me now, I am a farm official!" Shi Li was waiting for Mrs. Shi's praise, but Mrs. Shi rolled her eyes and said, "If you drink too much, go to sleep!"
"I'm telling the truth. I just came back from the prince and princess. The prince told me that he wanted me to be a farm official, teaching farming and how to farm!"
Shi Li was speaking excitedly, pulling Aunt Shi, and said word by word: "Tian Guan!"
"Then, how about the wages?" Aunt Shi looked at his happy face, half believing and half doubting.
"Of course, the prince is not a stingy person." Shi Lizheng explained clearly the salary and where he would go in the future.
The clothes in Shi Da Niang's hands almost fell to the ground, and her feet went weak. Fortunately, Shi Lizheng quickly supported her and said, "Old woman, do you believe it now?"
"Then, then I am also an official's wife now?" Aunt Shi felt like she was dreaming!
Needless to say, the Shi family was delighted. Jun Lie and Xiao Jiuyue were looking at the renovated Fu'an Academy, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. At the beginning, it was only half-built, but now, after only a few years, the Fu'an Academy has grown to a considerable scale!
At this time, Fu'an Academy did not look like a rural academy at all.
"Prince, Princess." Qu Qingshu and Shi Chang, the only two teachers in the academy, walked forward and saluted respectfully towards Jun Lie and Xiao Jiuyue. Neither Qu Qingshu nor Shi Chang had ever thought that the person who had helped them would now be the princess.
"Princess, didn't you say you wanted to look for Aunt Qu? I'll chat with the two gentlemen." Jun Lie directly sent Xiao Jiuyue to Aunt Qu, and then he took Qu Qingshu and Shi Chang away.
"..." Xiao Jiuyue looked at his back and couldn't help muttering in her heart, what a jealous person, is it that he has to be jealous of every man he meets?
"Princess, this old woman..." Just as Aunt Qu was about to bow, Xiao Jiuyue quickly helped her up and said, "Aunt Qu, you are embarrassing me."
Jun Lie looked at Qu Qingshu and Shi Chang. Neither of them seemed like scholars in the traditional sense. Qu Qingshu would go to the escort agency to carry goods for money, and Shi Chang was even more so. He grew up in the village since he was a child, and he never shied away from doing farm work at home among the three brothers.
"Do you think scholars should keep fit?" Jun Lie went straight to the point, sitting there with a cold face. Even though he was just drinking tea and didn't deliberately put pressure on others, he gave people a feeling of being noble and unattainable.
Qu Qingshu and Shi Chang did not answer in a hurry. Instead, they thought for a long time before saying, "We should strengthen our bodies."
Qu Qingshu took the initiative to speak: "The county examination, prefectural examination, and provincial examination each last for several days. If you don't have a strong body, I'm afraid you won't even be able to pass this exam."
"Yes, during the exams, I saw some people who were physically weak. After a few days of exams, not to mention finishing the papers, their bodies were no longer able to do it."
Shi Chang was even more deeply moved and said, "Some of the students who took the exam with me fell ill halfway through and had to be carried out."
"Yeah." Jun Lie put down his tea. "So you teach students knowledge, but can you also teach them how to keep fit?"
"this……"
Shi Chang and Qu Qingshu looked at each other, each seeing the other's shock. Qu Qingshu shook his head and said, "I don't know."
He earned his money by doing hard labor, so he couldn't let the students pick things for him, right?
Shi Chang had acquired this skill by being accustomed to hard labor since childhood. As for teaching others, he couldn't teach them how to harvest rice, plant seedlings, dig soil, or carry manure, right?
"What do you two gentlemen think if we invite another martial arts master?" Jun Lie said what he wanted to say.
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Xiao Jiuyue accompanied Aunt Qu in weaving bamboo baskets in the yard. Aunt Qu's hands were particularly skillful, and these sliced bamboos were particularly obedient in her hands.
"Your Highness is very skillful. You have even learned how to make these bamboo baskets!" Aunt Qu praised with a smile, "A bamboo basket costs three cents. If I work quickly, I can make ten in a day."
"When I first came to Fu'an Village, I was worried, but now I'm not worried at all."
Aunt Qu's eyes narrowed with laughter as she said, "I also want to thank the princess and Miss Tingwu for teaching Miaomiao how to do hair. Now Miaomiao can earn a little money every month by doing hair for the girls in the village."
"Auntie, it's all because of your hard work and your own efforts that you've become rich." Xiao Jiuyue encouraged her, "The days ahead will get better and better."
"We must not fight a war, otherwise, our people will suffer." Aunt Qu was worried that Yongzhao would join Nanyue in the fight. Now, hearing that Yongzhao's princess is now the emperor's concubine, she was happy for a long time.
"From now on, everyone can live a stable life."
Xiao Jiuyue finished chatting with Aunt Qu and followed Jun Lie back on the way. She thought: "I hope there will be no war in the future!"
Aunt Qu's thoughts are the thoughts of millions of ordinary people. They don't understand what it means to fight for power. They just want to earn a little money every day to have clothes to wear and food to eat.
"No, with gunpowder and muskets, our South Vietnam will only become stronger and stronger in the future!" Jun Lie held her hand. In the past, he only wanted to avenge his mother, but now, he wants to protect her and the people she wants to protect.
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"Your Highness, do we really want to give this to Xijiang? This, this..." The subordinate looked at the map of the musket and said hesitantly. If this thing is handed over, won't it become a musket to shoot them in the future?
"Why, do you still need to question my actions?" The Second Prince raised his foot and kicked him. "It's just a musket that was not used a few years ago. It doesn't have much power at all."
Take it to exchange with Xijiang. Later, if he makes great contributions in suppressing the rebellion in Xijiang, will his father still not let him return to Shengjing?
"Why, you don't want to go back to Beijing?" The second prince glanced at him coldly.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will change it immediately." The subordinate's mind trembled. He had only been in Jiashui City for a few days, and the wind was blowing so hard that it hurt his face. He must seize the opportunity to leave this damn place as soon as possible!
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