Chapter 107 Fate Brings Bad Luck
The reason was that the emperor planned to arrange a marriage for the second prince, but the second prince bluntly refused and even brought up the theory of fortune-telling.
"Master Huaizhen said that my son's fate is full of bad luck, so it's not suitable for him to marry early. Your Majesty loves me, so please revoke your order." The Second Prince said respectfully, "I don't want to delay the marriages of my younger brothers. Please, Your Majesty, arrange marriages for them."
Emperor Qianyuan felt that the second prince was disobeying him and his face turned cold.
No one thought that the second prince really didn't want to get married. Everyone thought he was giving in and showing weakness.
After all, no one would be willing to admit that he or she has a bad fate and is doomed to misfortune. How can such a person take on the responsibility of inheriting the throne?
The Second Prince was blocking all his escape routes to show that he had no ambition for that position and only wanted to protect himself.
However, he rejected Emperor Qianyuan in the end, which made the emperor quite dissatisfied with him and his attitude became cold again.
Lu Chenyang only found out about this just before the Chinese New Year.
The second prince retreated to a safe area and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
The fact that Emperor Qianyuan decreed a marriage between the fourth prince and the legitimate daughter of Marquis Dingyuan seemed to indicate that the battle for the throne was a foregone conclusion.
On the day of Little New Year, Zhao Xi came back specially to have dinner with Lu Chenyang.
Zhao Xi is also very busy now. The pharmaceutical factory is also opened in the provincial capital. She is very busy and also has to help the Dongyi people research new drugs.
In the study, Lu Chenyang was talking with Gao Ming and Chen Songyuan about their plans after the New Year.
"After the Lunar New Year, I don't care about other places, the number of academies in the capital has increased to at least five." Lu Chenyang said: "All children of school age must be sent to study here, including those in the countryside."
Chen Songyuan frowned: "But we don't have much money..."
Lu Chenyang said, "I've said this before in Yanquan County. Some things can't be delayed. Mr. Chen, you know we're short of talent in Lingnan. Since we can't attract them from outside, we can only train them ourselves. I don't expect them to pass the imperial examinations and become officials, but I hope they can learn some skills to make a living."
Lu Chenyang seems to have a special obsession with education. Whenever he arrives at a place, he would first ask whether there is a county school and whether his children can go to school.
Chen Songyuan is now in charge of money matters, and he feels pain when he hears about spending money.
Lu Chenyang was actually quite lucrative. He now owned several caravans and a pharmaceutical factory that was constantly shipping goods. However, his master's spending was unbearable. Even before the money was even warm, he was already using it to buy food, cloth, and hire people for work.
Who would understand? He was born into a wealthy family and had never lacked money since childhood, but now he had to be frugal. Every time he spent a penny, he thought that the penny could buy an egg.
Chen Songyuan had never suffered from being poor in his life.
But as Lu Chenyang said, what should be done must be done.
This year's winter in Lingnan is not easy, but everyone's heart is full of hope and expectation.
The disputes far away in the capital did not have any impact on them. They lived in a sturdy house this year. Even though there were a few strong winds, the house was safe because it had been reinforced long ago.
The government also distributed charcoal and cotton clothes to poor families. The cotton clothes were not particularly good, but they could save them from the danger of freezing to death.
This year, the government also reduced taxes and grain exemptions so that their families have enough food to eat until the beginning of next spring.
This year, we also distributed useful agricultural tools and seeds that can increase production. I heard that the government will also reduce taxes next year so that they can all have enough to eat.
I heard that they will distribute herbal seeds next year, and when the herbs are mature, the government will come to buy them with silver. Maybe I can even find a job in the pharmaceutical factory in the city. I heard that I can get two or three taels of silver every month.
Because they want to build a pharmaceutical factory, the government office has also issued a recruitment notice. You can go to the government office to sign up next year. Not only will you be provided with meals every day, but you will also receive money.
That’s not all, this recruitment also counts as corvee labor.
This is almost like pie falling from the sky.
They never dreamed that they could live such a good life.
Those who have already made a fortune plan to open snack stalls nearby after the pharmaceutical factory is completed next year.
Set up a stall and bring a few tables and chairs, so that people who work in the pharmaceutical factory can have a good meal and earn some money.
In the past, they didn't dare to think so, because they were worried about being exploited by the yamen people. But now they are not afraid anymore. Lord Lu loves the people like his own children. These yamen runners dare not bully them. At worst, they will go to Lord Lu to complain.
Everyone has expectations in their hearts, that is something called hope. Even though this winter is very cold, they are not afraid. As long as they can survive this winter, the future will be better.
They no longer have to envy the people of Yanquan County.
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