Chapter 2562: Unwarranted Speculation
In order to educate the people, the county magistrates, in addition to supporting local education, most commonly asked the village heads to preach stories about loyalty, righteousness, courtesy and trustworthiness, and strengthened the rule of law.
But teaching arithmetic was something they had never done before, but Manbao and Baishan both thought it was necessary.
Learning to read is extremely difficult, and most people in the world are illiterate. To learn to read, you need books and someone who knows how to read around you.
But counting is different. Manbao thinks that counting is the simplest brain-enhancing game in the world. It does not require any materials. You just need to count by counting with your fingers and grab a handful of stones on the ground.
First learn to count, know the numbers, and then add and subtract by yourself. Adding the same number is multiplication, and subtracting the same number is division. There is no easier and cheaper way to open your mind than learning to count.
Moreover, knowing numbers is very important in life. Just look at today's accounting to see that when she was very young, her mother and sister-in-law started teaching her to count her fingers and toes, even though she could only speak at that time.
Of course, she couldn't remember these things clearly, just some fragments that flashed through her mind, but Koko remembered them.
Manbao felt that the people in her fiefdom should also be enlightened. Well, she would go back and have a chat with the village heads.
After passing the section of road built by County Magistrates Guo and Xun, they arrived at the section of road built with funds from Zhou Man. Then they reached a fork in the road. They just glanced towards the direction of Liyang County and saw that the road was flat and as wide as theirs. They nodded with satisfaction and continued to head towards Xincheng.
This is Mingda’s imperial estate, where she has a residence.
In the past, this imperial manor was not specially prepared as a courtyard for the master to live in. After all, this imperial manor was not the closest to the capital, nor was it the largest nearby, and it really had no special features, so no one in the royal family thought of living here.
But when the emperor was going to build this row of houses, he also allocated money to build a house for his daughter on the farm, specifically for Mingda to live in when she came to inspect the property.
What else could she do? The new city was still some distance away from the capital. If she got tired while inspecting the industry, where could she rest?
So this time Mingda and his friends went directly to Mingda's manor.
After unloading all the luggage and leaving most of the people, they took some followers and headed for the new city.
There were more people in the new city now than last time. The manager in charge of the shops on this street immediately rushed over to pay their respects and report to Princess Mingda, "There are currently nine shops rented out, and six are under renovation. But for some reason, several families in the capital sent their managers here early this morning to reserve shops with me. Some families even requested that the shops that were already rented be vacated for them..."
Mingda asked curiously, "Who are these families?"
The steward said, "The Prince's Mansion has reserved two rooms, and the Princess Danyang's Mansion has reserved one..."
They are all royal relatives.
The steward quietly glanced at Mingda and said, "Duke Zhao's residence has also reserved a room, but it was the Duke who reserved one, and the young master reserved one for himself."
The steward paused and continued, "The young master said that his shop should be next to Mr. Zhou's shop."
Manbao asked, "By the way, what do I sell in my shop?"
Everyone: ...
You, the boss, ask everyone what they want to sell?
Manbao looked innocent. "I originally wanted to sell ointments and creams, but didn't Changyu and Lijun agree that Zhouji wouldn't open a shop in Yongzhou in the future?"
The steward smiled and said, "I asked Madam Zhou Er, and she said that the Zhou family only has some strengths in medicine and food, so this shop will be used to make food, and they are now planning to open a restaurant."
But this time the restaurant was very high-end, unlike the one in the outer city. Because there were a lot of houses nearby rented to scholars, Zhou Lijun wanted to make it more elegant.
Manbao has been busy recently, and Zhou Lijun is also busy, so the two of them basically don't meet each other, and naturally they have never discussed this matter.
After all, this shop is full of treasures, and Zhou Lijun is responsible for renting, handover and decoration.
Unlike Princess Changyu, she had no problem keeping as many properties as she wanted under her own name, but Zhou Man obviously couldn't, so this shop was rented under Xiang Mingxue's name.
When he was punished, he himself could not serve as an official, and even his children would find it difficult to serve as officials. After all, assassinating a member of the royal family was a serious crime, and it was already good enough that he was not exiled.
The shop was half full at this point.
Zhou Lijun smiled and walked forward to greet them.
Changyu and Zhou Lijun had met several times. They were of similar age and had similar temperaments, so they got along very well. Before Manbao could even speak, Changyu invited her, "Let's go back to the imperial manor to rest together."
So Zhou Lijun accompanied them from the end of the street to the beginning, and then from the beginning to the end of the street, before they arrived at Huangzhuang.
The steward then quietly reported to Princess Mingda, "The Prince's Mansion has taken a fancy to Mr. Zhou's current shop..."
Mingda frowned and asked, "Which prince is it?"
The steward apologized first, then said: "It's the Prince of Hejian, but it's the steward who came."
"Didn't you say the shop had been rented out?"
"He was in such a hurry that he simply circled the area on the blueprint and left. By the time I found him and tried to chase him, he had already returned."
Mingda gave him a cold look and said, "Then go and apologize in person."
The steward was startled and immediately knelt down, bowing his head in fear and trepidation, saying, "Yes, I will go there myself tomorrow."
Mingda looked down at him and asked, "Apart from this, is there anything else?"
The steward paused and said, "Princess Danyang's family said that the princess and her husband will be coming to Yongzhou soon, and they would like to borrow the princess's house to rest."
Princess Mingda's expression eased slightly, and she nodded, "Yes."
The steward knelt on the ground and waited for a long time. Seeing that the princess did not give any instructions, he kowtowed and quietly retreated.
Mingda lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then couldn't help but sigh and said to his trusted palace maid, "There are too few people around me who can be of use."
The maid laughed and said, "Your Highness, you are asking too much. He is not very useful. Just take your time to treat him. His Majesty and the Queen have given you a lot of manpower, and you keep saying that there are not enough people to use. The other princesses will be angry if they hear it."
Mingda shook his head and said, "They are useless. Let's train a group of young governors instead."
She said, "Just look at the Zhou family. If they can't figure out my thoughts, then they should know how to follow the rules. If they do everything according to the rules, they won't make mistakes. Even if they do make mistakes, they'll be minor ones."
"He can't fathom my thoughts, yet he insists on trying to figure them out, even putting himself in my shoes," Mingda sneered. "Making wild guesses is a grave offense, and he's making such unintelligent guesses. How can I employ someone like him?"
The palace maid fell silent.
Mingda never thought that the person carefully selected for her by her father and mother would have so many flaws.
I don’t know if there are any problems with the people under my father’s command.
Mingda was pondering such a serious question, while Changyu and the others who were resting on the other side immediately split up and sat down cross-legged on both sides. Knowing that Princess Danyang was coming, Changyu said to Manbao with a smile: "Aunt Danyang and Uncle Danyang have a good relationship. When she comes, let's invite them to go to Yongzhou City for a delicious meal."
Happy Lantern Festival
There is one more chapter left, I will make up for it tomorrow. I am tired tonight and my efficiency is very slow. It takes two or three hours to write one chapter.
(End of this chapter)
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