Chapter 153 The Dandy Prince and His Irritable Concubine Thirteen
"My daughter-in-law, please get ready. In three days, the Empress will organize the women of each palace to go to Jing'an Temple to burn incense and pray for rain for the people affected by the drought."
"When the time comes, the women of our Feng Palace will also go with us."
"Pack up whatever you need and take it with you. Don't worry about the rest. The servants in the mansion will take care of it. You only need to prepare some personal items."
That day, the old princess found Lin Wanwan who was concentrating on writing textbooks.
He told her that he and the Queen would go to Jing'an Temple to pray for blessings in three days.
Generally, large-scale events like this require the participation of female relatives from each mansion.
Although not everyone has to go, there is only one son, Bai Yu, in Prince Feng's Mansion, so Lin Wanwan cannot be absent.
"I know, Mom!"
"By the way, mother, I plan to teach the children in the village to read. Look, this is the lesson plan I wrote, which is specifically designed to train various types of technicians."
"They don't need to focus on studying the Four Books and Five Classics. The main focus is on learning technology, with learning characters as a supplement!"
"When the children in the village grow up, they will also be able to acquire a skill and make a living in their respective fields."
The world that Lin Wanwan came to does not discriminate against craftsmen.
On the contrary, there are many craftsmen who are highly respected by the people, but the cost of apprenticeship is a bit high.
Not only do you have to pay a large sum of money to your master every year to learn the skills, but you also have to work under your master for more than ten years after you have learned the skills.
By the time he was able to set up his own business and take on jobs, he was already in his 40s.
Although this is how craftsmen in this world have been passed down from generation to generation, if you want to learn, you have to pay money and spend half your youth.
But once you return after completing your studies, you will be considered a craftsman.
At least, future children and grandchildren can learn this craft.
The most important thing is that there are no technical schools in this world. Even the craftsmen used in the palace are passed down from generation to generation by masters and apprentices.
Lin Wanwan plans to build a school to teach the children in the village skills, but she requires that they work for her after they finish learning.
The reason why Lin Wanwan did not expand this teaching model was because doing so would affect other people's interests, and Fengwang Mansion would definitely be targeted.
She only cultivates her own talents so that others can't control her.
"Daughter-in-law, just do whatever you want. Mother will definitely support you!"
"I think these textbooks you wrote are very good. They are more useful than what the teachers at the Enlightenment Academy taught. If they don't take the imperial examination, they don't have to learn those pedantic theories. Mastering a skill can also bring honor to their family!"
The old princess casually flipped through a few pages and realized that Lin Wanwan's teaching material was mainly practical.
She supported her daughter-in-law, but she didn't expect that her daughter-in-law, who was born in a farming family, had such a profound knowledge base.
Even books that teach technology cannot be written by just anyone.
If this book is well written, perhaps even the emperor would be interested.
Thinking of this, the old princess immediately called the servants who served Lin Wanwan.
"Please be careful with these things your master has written. Make sure no scraps get out there."
"Remember to burn these waste drafts in the wastebasket. If I see any of them outside, don't blame me for taking your lives."
Lin Wanwan just wanted her mother-in-law to see her masterpiece and didn't expect her mother-in-law to be so serious.
Only then did she realize that the protection of intellectual property rights in ancient times was ingrained in people's DNA.
Especially the noble families would collect certain important books or technologies as treasures.
They will not let these things spread easily, but will only use them to train their own people.
"Mom, I was born in a farming family after all, and I don't understand many things. Tell me, is it really okay for me to do this?"
Lin Wanwan held the manuscript in her hand and suddenly hesitated.
If she really established a technical school, would it really not attract the covetousness of others as she thought?
"Daughter-in-law, whatever you want to do, Liu, feel free to do it. King Feng and I will back you up!"
"Remember this, as long as our family members don't break the law, even the emperor can't easily touch our family members."
"What's more, what you're doing is good for the country and the people. Trust your intuition and judgment, and do what you think you should do!"
The old princess took Lin Wanwan's hand and comforted her softly.
Her daughter-in-law is smart, but she thinks too one-sidedly and simply.
Fortunately, she and the prince are watching over it, so even if someone's taboo is violated, they will be there to deal with it.
"Thank you, mother!"
"Mom, you are so good to me!"
Lin Wanwan was very touched. She never expected that she, a daughter-in-law born in a farming family, could receive the sincere love of the old princess.
Not only did she have the best food, clothing and other necessities, but the old princess also firmly supported her in carrying out her sudden ideas.
The old prince and the old princess are like the stabilizing force in the family. As long as they are there, Lin Wanwan can do things with confidence.
"By the way, where has Xiaoyu been these past two days? Why haven't I seen him with you?"
In fact, the old princess wanted Lin Wanwan to get pregnant with a child as soon as possible for them to hold.
But the old princess also had some knowledge of what happened in their room.
After all, she has many spies in the yard. Although she did not ask them to do so, the maids would still report important matters.
Knowing that the brat in her family did not stay in her daughter-in-law's room at night, the old princess was angry, but she could not catch the boy.
Bai Yu was as slippery as a loach during the day. He just appeared in the morning and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Don't worry, mother. My husband didn't do anything wrong."
"I recently got a prescription from a traveling sorcerer, so I asked my husband to go out and test it to see if it's true."
"I can tell you the specific details after my husband's experiment results come out. Otherwise, if the recipe is fake, wouldn't it be a false alarm?"
Bai Yu has been away for several days. I wonder how things are going over there?
But Lin Wanwan is not in a hurry. As long as Bai Yu does serious work instead of hanging out with those bad friends, Lin Wanwan feels that men should not be too strict.
Time flies, and it’s three days later.
Early in the morning, Lin Wanwan was woken up by the maids and servants and cleaned up.
Today is the day to go to Jing'an Temple to pray with the Queen Mother, and even the old princess is ready to set off.
"Wanwan, hurry up and get in the car. We'll meet up with the Queen's team later."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got on the carriage. Bai Yu did not go out this time, but accompanied them.
After all, his mother is old and has no one to accompany her when she goes out. As the only son of the old princess, Bai Yu is also worried.
The convoy began to move shakily, and soon left the city gate and met up with the Queen's team in the suburbs.
At the same time, convoys of women from various official families also joined in, and the team became increasingly larger.
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