Chapter 260 Postpartum Care for Sows
The next day, Sikong Xin did not get out of bed.
In the following days, she realized firsthand how strong her husband was.
In fact, Shen Linfeng's idea was very simple. He had already lost at the starting line, so of course he had to work harder and have a baby as soon as possible.
It would be best if he could have a daughter.
He hoped that his daughter would look like Sikong Xin, so he spoiled her and raised her as a little Sikong Xin.
Hard work pays off.
Sikong Xin got pregnant in the second month after marriage.
Shen Linfeng was so nervous that he went to the temple to burn incense and pray to the Bodhisattva to bless him with a daughter.
However, their first child was a son.
When Shen Linfeng heard from his mother-in-law that the baby
was a boy, he almost cried. The next year, he tried for a second child, but after ten months of pregnancy, he gave birth to a son.
However, Xue Youran gave Shen Yushu a daughter in the same year and named her Shen Zhiyi.
After Shen Linfeng got married, his business became more and more prosperous.
Shen Chaoyan and Shen Linfeng and his wife worked together to open a school.
Shen Chaoyan found that the enlightenment books of the Great Xia Dynasty were not practical for ordinary people.
So, she compiled teaching materials that were more in line with people's livelihood by comparing them with the heavenly book. She
also found several civil servants such as Zhang Huaimin to help revise them.
"Postpartum Care of Sows", "The Secret of Cattle, Sheep and Horses", "The Secret of Hatching Eggs", "Farming, Brothers!" and other series of teaching materials that can interest ordinary people.
After Shen Linfeng made the business of Shen's shop bigger and bigger, he invested more money in establishing a school.
As a princess, Sikong Xin was also very charismatic. In addition to inviting learned scholars to be teachers, she also ordered people to visit various places and invite the most experienced farmers to teach everyone how to farm and how to raise livestock.
For those families living in poverty, going to school is free.
On this day, Shen Chaoyan was revising the teaching materials based on the feedback from the teacher and students, and Lugua walked into her study.
"My queen, there are guests."
Shen Chaoyan looked at the smile on her face and was puzzled. She got up and went out to see that the visitors were Xue Anning and Gu Jinyue.
"Greetings to the Empress."
"Greetings to the Empress."
Shen Chaoyan strode forward, helped them up, and said with a face full of joy, "Aunt Xue, Aunt Gu, why are you here?"
Xue Anning glanced at Gu Jinyue and took the initiative to reply, "We heard that the Empress wanted to expand the school during this period, so we came to ask if you need money."
The Shen family has a total of six schools in the capital, each of which is very successful. Even many people from other places come to Beijing just to listen to a few useful farming courses.
After Shen Chaoyan learned about this, he discussed with Shen Linfeng and others and planned to build several schools in the surrounding cities with the capital as the center.
However, building a school requires a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. It is difficult to promote schools across the country with only the private funds of the Shen family and a few of them.
Shen Chaoyan plans to learn from the nine-year compulsory education of her previous life and set up a fee-charging school, but the fee standard will be set relatively low, within the range that ordinary people can accept.
When Xue Anning and Gu Jinyue learned that she was short of funds to run a school, they went to the palace to see her.
After listening to Xue Anning's words, Shen Chaoyan nodded and said, "Aunt Xue, Aunt Gu, to be honest, these six schools in the capital have been providing free education to students, and we are indeed a little overwhelmed. In the future, I am afraid that we will not be able to provide free education to everyone when we open a school. However, we will also reduce the tuition fees appropriately according to the family financial situation of the students."
Xue Anning said, "We just heard about this. , I came here specially to see you. Here are nearly 600,000 taels of silver notes, which we collected from some good friends in Beijing."
Shen Chaoyan looked at the silver notes handed over by Xue Anning and waved her hand to refuse, "How can this be? Aunt Xue, how can I take your money?"
Although the two of them now have a shop to collect rent, there must be a lot of their retirement money in this silver, how can she accept it?
Gu Jinyue looked at Shen Chaoyan, "These banknotes are not from the two of us, but from many people. This is everyone's intention, and we also want to do our best to build a new school."
After Xue Anning and Gu Jinyue learned that there was not enough money to run the school, they immediately took the lead and organized a fund-raising. Many officials' families donated money and materials.
Not only ladies of high rank, but also merchants' families, yamen runners, butchers, peddlers, painters, doctors, embroiderers, tailors, hunters, cooks, those who can be named and those who cannot be named, everyone contributed!
Shen Chaoyan listened to their words and was very moved.
It turned out that they were not the only ones working hard, and there were many more people who wanted to contribute.
With such a group of lovely people, the Great Xia Dynasty will surely become more and more powerful!
"Aunt Xue, Aunt Gu, thank you! Thank you for me, everyone who has contributed to the school!" Shen Chaoyan said, bowing her head.
Xue Anning and Gu Jinyue hurriedly helped her up, "Empress, you can't do that! We are all citizens of the Great Xia Dynasty, and we are doing what we should do!"
Shen Chaoyan nodded vigorously, "Yes, we all have a pure heart, we love our country and our people, so we want to do something for the country and the people!"
Xue Anning picked up the teacup on the table and raised it to Shen Chaoyan, "I hope our school will get better and better! I hope our Great Xia Dynasty will get better and better!"
"Yes! I hope everyone will get better and better! Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
With the joint efforts of many people, not only was the school in the capital run very successfully, but new schools built in several cities around the capital were also opened and enrolled fully.
More importantly, people of all ages can learn knowledge suitable for their own situation in the schools they run. People
learn and apply what they have learned. Not only do the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep they raise become fatter, but also the rice produced in the fields has a higher yield.
With the help of Shen Chaoyan's heavenly book, Sikong Yan eliminated the treacherous officials in the court one by one.
Now the monarch and his ministers are of one mind, the country is peaceful and prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The Great Xia Dynasty has seen an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity.
This peace and prosperity is not the credit of one person, but the result of the joint efforts of the whole country.
Shen Chaoyan had never thought that everything would go so smoothly. Everything that happened during this period was not mentioned in the comic book.
But it didn't matter anymore. She lived out her own life, and everyone had their own ideals and goals to pursue.
This was enough.
Time passed quickly. Three years had passed since Shen Linfeng got married.
Sikong Chen and Sikong Nian were five years old and had reached the age to go to school.
After the morning court session, Sikong Yan specially summoned Zhang Huaimin, the former top scholar, into the palace.
"Mr. Zhang, from tomorrow on, I will have to trouble you to teach Sikong Chen and Sikong Nian."
When Zhang Huaimin heard that Sikong Yan wanted him to be a teacher for the little prince and the little princess, he immediately said, "I will do my best to teach the little prince and the little princess." When
Sikong Yan mentioned the two children, his eyes unconsciously showed kindness, "They are very naughty. If they make mistakes in class, you can just beat and scold them, don't worry about it."
"I obey your order."