Chapter 312 One Year Later
One year later.
Chaochao stood in front of the mirror, wearing a brand new school uniform and a bright red scarf, exuding vitality.
From today on, she is a first-grade elementary school student.
After getting herself ready, she routinely asked Ah Shan in her mind, "What is our current energy value?"
"Reporting to the host elementary school student, so far, our energy value has reached 993,700. Keep up the good work and strive to break through 1 million as soon as possible."
"Yeah!" Chao Chao nodded heavily and went out happily.
Daqi Dynasty, the capital.
Emperor Jingxuan was wearing casual clothes, accompanied by Cao Qing and Yu Kangsheng, strolling leisurely on the street. Looking at the brand new scenery in front of him, he nodded with satisfaction.
The ground is solid concrete, flat and spacious.
Two women's bicycles came from a distance, with two young and beautiful girls on them, carrying their schoolbags and heading towards the girls' school one after another.
Their clear and joyful voices were heard in the wind. "My father said that if I get the top three in mathematics this time, he will give me two shops so that I can try to manage them myself. No matter how big the business gets in the future, it will all belong to me."
"Wow, congratulations. Unfortunately, I'm still trying to figure out the weaving and dyeing techniques. When I learn it in the future, my mother said she would invest in me and let me start my own business. Although starting a business is not easy, I think I should try it. I'm no worse than my brother."
The voices of the two people faded away, and Emperor Jingxuan began to laugh.
Over the past year or so, the girls' school has enrolled more and more students.
At the beginning, the Queen Mother's original intention was to find a way to make a living for girls from poor families and let them learn a skill.
Later, due to the leadership of the eldest princess, some girls from wealthy families also wanted to go to girls' schools. Not only were they willing to pay their own tuition, they were also willing to donate part of the charity funds to the construction of the school.
After careful consideration, the Queen Mother opened several branches in the capital.
Not to mention anything else, the eldest princess opened her own department store half a year ago. It certainly cannot be compared with supermarkets in later generations, but it also covers a variety of items, especially some novel items developed by the Ministry of Industry.
As the eldest princess, she has a natural advantage. After obtaining approval from the court, she can put her products on the shelves for people to choose at the first time.
The sales clerks she hired were all students from girls' schools.
These students were all girls she had carefully selected, who studied hard and, after more than half a year of learning, were able to calculate prices quickly and speak clearly and generously.
She paid high wages, and many people were trying their best to get in.
This is just the first one. In the future, there will be many shops opened by girls one after another. Let’s not talk about others, just take the girl from the Taifu family as an example. She is currently preparing to set up a garment factory, and will need to hire a large number of female workers.
Emperor Jingxuan couldn't help but sigh, "Miss Jian is right, women can hold up half the sky, as long as they are given opportunities, their abilities will not be worse than men."
Yu Kangsheng nodded at the side, "It's a pity that many men still can't accept it."
I don't know what's so unacceptable about this. If you can't do it yourself and you don't allow women to take the lead, how can the country make progress? How can technology develop?
Can you think bigger? Like him, he can do anything for Daqi.
As they were talking, they saw the Chaoyang Charity Home not far away.
Now orphanages are being built one after another all over Daqi, and a lot of Chao Chao’s 990,000 energy points were contributed by them.
Emperor Jingxuan entered the orphanage, which was newly built and the walls and floors inside were all made of cement.
There is a row of taps in the yard on the left, and several children are washing lunch boxes. Yes, lunch boxes, which are still unique to the Salesian Home and Girls' School, for the convenience of steaming various buns and meals for the children.
There were also a few children playing in the playground, which was equipped with slides and see-saw swings. Although they were not as exquisite as those in later generations, they could be considered a place for children to relax.
The older children were doing handicrafts, some were practicing calligraphy in the sand, and some were reciting.
Some of these children have no talent and don't like to study, so they try to learn more skills.
Some of them have good talents, and Emperor Jingxuan will pay more attention to them. The Charity House will also focus on their training. Even if they do not take the imperial examinations in the future, there is no guarantee that they will not become technical talents.
Coming out of the orphanage, Emperor Jingxuan saw many novel shops and various hawkings along the street.
"Egg tarts, delicious egg tarts, would you like to buy one to try?"
“Milk tea is made with the freshest milk of the day, and is guaranteed to be delicious and healthy.”
"Skewers, delicious kebabs, exclusive recipe, everyone come and try them."
Emperor Jingxuan was eager to buy something, and just as he was thinking about whether to buy one, a bicycle suddenly came speeding past from behind, and a soldier in camouflage uniform was riding the bicycle towards the palace.
"Urgent news, urgent news, the fleet that went out to sea is back, the fleet that went out to sea is back!"
The people along the street were stunned, followed by an uproar.
Many people screamed in excitement, "The fleet going out to sea, is it Master Xiang and his men who are going overseas to look for high-yield crops?"
"Have they found high-yield crops? Can we eat potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn? We won't have to worry about going hungry anymore."
"That's great, that's great. I didn't expect it to be so fast. I thought it would take at least a few years."
The people cheered and shouted. Emperor Jingxuan was excited and laughed, "Xiang Aiqing and the others are back. Hahahaha, let's go home."
Yu Kangsheng hurriedly asked someone to pull a carriage over, and the group hurried back to the palace.
As soon as he arrived at the Imperial Study, Emperor Jingxuan did not even have time to change his clothes. He urgently summoned the messenger and asked, "Where are Xiang Aiqing and the others?" while taking the memorial from him.
"Your Majesty, after Lord Xiang arrived in Fujian, he unloaded the goods and switched to an inland river ship to head straight to the capital. Now that we have arrived at the Jinjiang Wharf, Lord Xiang asked me to go back to the palace to report the news. Because the goods are valuable, Lord Xiang is personally directing the transportation on site. It is estimated that it will not arrive in the capital until tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Emperor Jingxuan frowned. He simply couldn't wait.
The Jinjiang Wharf is quite far from the capital. According to calculations, coupled with the slow pace of transporting goods, it might take until dark before we can get into the city.
In this case, I will have to wait until tomorrow to see the emperor.
But Emperor Jingxuan was extremely anxious at the moment and wished he could see those high-yield crops right now.
So he waved his hand and said, "No more waiting, Cao Qing, get ready. I will go to the Jinjiang Wharf in person to welcome my Gaochan... ahem, to welcome Xiang Aiqing and other meritorious officials."
"yes."
Cao Qing went to make the arrangements, and Emperor Jingxuan hurried to the back hall to change his clothes.
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