Chapter 230 Chen Pingping, this name gives a sense of security
With pickled vegetables, she gulped down three large bowls of porridge, a slight warmth rising in her stomach, and finally she felt a little alive. Seeing that she had drunk most of the porridge, Bai Jianjia wiped her mouth embarrassedly. Her personality was a bit broken. She was a rich girl on the run, but she ended up acting like a rice bucket. The little brats looked at her with a different look.
With food in her stomach, she felt more energetic, and Bai Jianjia finally had the energy to chat with a few people.
The woman who was rescued was named Wang, and she was the wife of Manager Xu.
The young man Xu Dali is the old couple's son. He is sixteen years old this year and has excellent bones. Just like his name, he can make miracles happen with great strength. He is currently studying martial arts in Tokyo Bianliang and preparing for the martial arts examination.
In the Song Dynasty, people from industrial and commercial backgrounds could take the imperial examinations.
The Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui Dynasty system and stipulated: "Businessmen and industrialists are not allowed to enter the officialdom." However, on March 11, the second year of Chunhua in the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, an imperial decree stated: "If there are people among the businessmen and industrialists who are talented, extraordinary, and outstanding, they may also be sent." Once this precedent was set, there were actually no restrictions on businessmen and industrialists.
My daughter, Xu Xiaocheng, is fourteen years old and in her prime. She attends the Women's College affiliated with the Jinling Chamber of Commerce. During the Song Dynasty, although women's education was excluded from formal official academies, they could be provided through various channels, including family education, private tutoring, and social education.
Bai Jianjia did not say her name, only that her surname was Bai. Her father arranged a marriage for her in Tokyo with a playboy, but she ran away from home because she didn't want to be married.
Bai Jianjia saw deep confusion in the eyes of the three of them. Wasn't it natural for her to be married off according to her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words? Why did she run away from home?
During the conversation, Bai Jianjia also learned that it was February of the fourth year of Zhiping in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Xu had been on the throne for just a month. Soon, this young and idealistic emperor would appoint Wang Anshi as the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture, a Hanlin scholar, and the co-prime minister, that is, the prime minister, and then launch the vigorous Xining Reforms.
Wang Anshi is a big shot whose words will be carried out in the next few years. It’s not too late to visit him now.
There is also the Qingmiao Law. Isn't this a low-interest loan provided by the government? If we can organize the people to pool the Qingmiao loans and invest them in strawberry planting, there is no need to worry about not being able to make the industry bigger and stronger.
I need to explain to you guys that cash crops also fall under the category of agriculture and have greater added value. If you have money, you won’t have to worry about not being able to buy food.
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"White lady, white lady!"
"Ah?" Bai Jianjia came back to her senses and looked at Wang.
"Since you have nowhere to go for the time being, you can just stay in our east wing for a while. There are some miscellaneous items piled up in the wing, and I'll ask Dali and Xiaocheng to clean them up later. Just don't mind."
I was just thinking about whether to find a cheap inn to spend the night, but I didn't expect that Wang would let me stay at her home. I couldn't help but feel a little touched.
"How can I do that?" Before Bai Jianjia could refuse, she heard Xu Dali's righteous rebuttal.
"How can we let a strange woman live in our house? What will happen if the news gets out?"
Bai Jianjia: "Thank you, Auntie."
Wang: "Da Li, go clean up the house."
Xu Dali: ...
Xu Xiaocheng: Hahahaha
The wing was very clean, without any unpleasant musty smell. The faded, rustic wooden bed was fully covered, and there was a table with a teapot, two teacups, and an oil lamp.
"Girl, the clothes you asked for have been altered. Come out and try them on."
Manager Xu, who was oblivious to what was happening outside and was concentrating on tailoring new clothes, ran out of the west wing excitedly with a set of coarse cloth in his left hand and five strings of cash in his right hand.
After sending the girl away, I had a good talk with my wife about the gold bracelet. I made a lot of money today.
"What? She wants to live in our house?"
Wang, with her hands on her hips, looked very proud, as if she was the boss of the family: "How can a young lady from a wealthy family wear clothes made of coarse cloth and then make a set of satin clothes!"
"Also, how can we earn money from our benefactor? Return the gold bracelet to him. Forget it, this bracelet is quite beautiful. Leave it to Xiaocheng. You can give Miss Bai five strings of cash."
"I saved Wang's life. Oh, it's okay then."
Two flowers bloom, each with its own beauty. Let’s not talk about Bai Jianjia’s big plan to “bump into” Wang Anshi in Jinling City.
Dongjing Bianliang City, Chen Mansion.
"Master, it's time to eat."
As the words fell, the door of the study was pushed open, and a pretty little girl came in. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was Chen Ge's personal maid, named Chen Huaer.
Each of the Chen siblings has one such maid, one for poetry, wine, flowers and tea, and one for music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Following closely behind was Chen Ge's bodyguard and servant, who was in his early twenties, with a muscular body and a long sword slung at his waist. His name was Chen Pingping.
This name made Chen Ge feel safe.
Chen Ge put down the "Martial Arts Essentials" in his hand, looked up at Chen Huaer, and asked slowly, "What time is it now?"
"Young Master, it's already noon." Chen Huaer, who came from Jiangnan, had a soft and sweet voice that touched people's hearts.
"When the master returned to his ancestral land to pay respect to his ancestors, he repeatedly told me that the young master had worked hard in his studies and must eat three meals a day on time. The hope of the Chen family's revival rests entirely on the young master."
What my father meant by the revival of the Chen family was [passing the imperial examination and becoming an official in the court]. Even if one could not become a general or a prime minister like his great-grandfathers, at least he had to be a third-rank official or above, which would bring honor to the family.
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