Bai Ang replied in surprise: "A criminal official only needs a wife, he doesn't need a maid."
Lin Hai rolled his eyes at Bai Ang and said, "You're overthinking it, so I didn't plan to give it to you. Also, stand up and answer me, and don't call yourself a criminal. If I really wanted to charge you with a crime, you would be in jail right now."
"My lord, in fact, you all need wives too. Over the years, we have all been through thick and thin, and even if we haven't made any contributions, we have at least worked hard. But my lord has set an example and lived a simple life... so it is really not appropriate for us to marry before you."
Bai Ang thought about it and decided that it would be better to explain it from the perspective of flattering Lin Hai so as not to offend anyone.
"Well, even if I don't marry, they're too embarrassed to do so. There are so many women in Qinghe, why do they insist on having these palace maids? Even if these palace maids are prettier than the average woman, there are also many beautiful women waiting to be married among the common people. Why haven't I seen them tempted?"
To be honest, this is something Lin Hai has never figured out. It cannot be said that they are all women, but those released from the emperor's side are more noble than ordinary women, right?
Fortunately, the emperor has never touched these palace maids. If he had, wouldn’t their value have doubled?
"My lord, this is still a question of identity."
Bai Ang thought about it and said so.
"You see, before we met you, you gentlemen were considered talented but not appreciated. Not to mention getting married, even whether you could live to see tomorrow actually depended on luck.
But things have changed since they met you. Not only in Qinghe, they are considered the best of the best. Even in the entire continent, they are the ones who can shake the world with one stomp of their foot.
You say, with such status, who would still be interested in those country girls? How can those country girls be worthy of you gentlemen?
In other countries, gentlemen of your status would be matched with legitimate daughters from other prominent families, but Qinghe... as you know, where did the nobles come from? So after all the calculations, only these palace maids are slightly more suitable. This subordinate believes that this is the reason why the emperor and Yan Zipei used this trick.
"Hmm..." Lin Hai thought for a moment and decided that it didn't really matter who he married. If all his subordinates could marry beautiful wives, it would be more pleasing to the eyes when they went out to eat.
But there was one point that Lin Hai did not quite agree with.
"Didn't you say they were all copying me? I didn't want a palace maid, after all. Shi Zhen'er is a country girl, and her father was just a country teacher. Why can I marry Shi Zhen'er, but they can't copy me?"
When Bai Ang heard this, he was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, you really haven't thought about it.
"My Lord, Minister Shi is not an ordinary country girl."
Bai Ang quickly explained.
This could be a life-threatening question. If you don't answer it well, offending your future colleagues will be a small matter, but offending your future mistress Shi Zhener will be a big problem.
"My lord, since arriving in Qinghe, I've carefully studied your pioneering journey. I deeply admire your bravery in creating the prosperous Qinghe we know today from scratch. Your ability to accomplish what ordinary people cannot achieve is truly remarkable..."
To be honest, Bai Ang's flattery was very good and of high standard, at least Ling Yang and the others couldn't do it, which was very helpful to Lin Hai.
It was not until he had listened for a long time that Lin Hai realized that Bai Ang had not answered his question, and then he realized that Bai Ang was afraid of breaking a taboo.
"You said it very well. You should organize your words and continue next time. But for now, please tell us your opinion. It's just you and me here, and Zhen'er is not here. Just tell the truth. There is no guilt in speaking."
Lin Hai quickly tried to reassure Bai Ang. He really wanted to know the reason from a third-party perspective, of course, just out of curiosity.
"My lord, since you want to hear it, I will tell you everything I know."
Bai Ang gritted his teeth and said.
Who knew Qinghe's style would be like this? He just surrendered here. Don't you have any sense of distance when talking to him? You start discussing such a hot topic right away, and Qinghe Bo is discussing it with him. It makes me a little uncomfortable.
"My lord, have you forgotten that when Qinghe was first established, you founded the Qinghe Night School in order to gather and cultivate talents?"
Bai Ang said cautiously.
"Hahahaha, I will definitely never forget this. It was so hard back then. I had to work during the day, either repairing the city or helping out in the industrial zone. I also had to guard against bandits. And then at night, I even had to teach those little bastards. I was so busy..."
Speaking of Qinghe Education, it can be regarded as something that Lin Hai can show off. He always wants to brag about it to others on weekdays. Unfortunately, the people present are all witnesses of the development of Qinghe Education, so it is really meaningless to brag about it. Finally, he met someone who knows the business, and Lin Hai said a lot.
"Well, my lord, according to what you said, there were only three people in Qinghe who could teach at night school back then: you, Minister Shi, and Old Master Shi, right? And Old Master Shi valued traditional classics more and didn't quite approve of what you taught, so he only took on basic literacy work. The majority of the content was taught by you and Minister Shi?"
"There's just the two of us. You don't have to be so tactful. Back then, Master Shi didn't value traditional classics. He was just stuck in the past. He couldn't understand what I said, so in the end, he could only teach people how to read.
Zhen'er is different. She remembers everything I say once, and understands it after two. She's amazing. So I can teach Zhen'er first, and then we can take turns teaching those little brats. That way we can take a break, otherwise we'd be too tired.
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