Chapter 118 The Fifth Lady in the Story of Zhen Huan's Childbirth 17
Over the years, Jingshu and the princesses in the backyard have developed some feelings for each other.
Without a male owner in the house, there is less jealousy.
They had to rely on Jingshu not to skimp on the expenses of the backyard in order to live a good life. Naturally, no one made trouble and everyone got along very harmoniously.
Aunt Cui looked even happier than Jingshu, "Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely do a great job.
How about asking the troupe to stay a few more days? You can ask them to perform for you anytime you want."
Jingshu didn't care about this. She was a wealthy widow now, so it was no problem for her to support a troupe of opera singers. It all depended on how well they sang.
"If you sing well, you can stay a few more days."
Nanny Cui went out to do her work happily, but Jingshu was confused.
I never realized that Madam Cui loves listening to opera so much before. I didn’t expect that she would be so happy to invite someone to perform opera. I can arrange this activity in the future.
Madam is so old, and she only has these few hobbies, so she must satisfy them.
Nanny Cui acted quickly and in just ten days or so she invited a troupe of actors to the mansion.
Jingshu and the princesses made an appointment to go to the opera together this afternoon.
When Jingshu arrived, Zhaojia, Ilari and Yang had already arrived.
When they saw the lady coming, they all stood up and saluted. Jingshu asked them to stand up, and they each sat in their own seats.
Zhao Jia was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling, "Sister Fujin really cares about us.
I haven't listened to an opera in a long time. The last time I listened to an opera was before I entered the palace. It's been so many years, I really miss it."
The princesses were not qualified to attend palace banquets, and when they lived in the palace, the people in the backyards of the princes were not allowed to move around freely in the palace. They felt even more suffocated than Jingshu.
Jingshu said, “Now that we’ve left the palace, there are only a few of us left in the mansion.
If you have any ideas, as long as they are not excessive, we can discuss them.
We have to live together for the rest of our lives, so we have to find ways to pass the time together."
Ilari also nodded. "Sister Fujin is right. There are only a few of us in this mansion. If we don't find ways to have fun, life will be unbearable."
Yang was a business-minded woman: "Sister Fujin, I have a new storybook here, would you like to take a look?"
Jing Shu replied, "You can ask someone to send it over. I will then have it delivered to my bookshop, and the commission will be calculated as before.
Is there anything you want? If so, I'll have someone buy it for you and the money will be deducted from your share."
Yang said, "I don't want anything in particular. We have everything we need in the mansion. If there are any new booklets, please ask someone to bring a few to me. I'll learn how to write."
Jingshu agreed.
If this Yang were to live in later times, he would at least be a great online writer.
It’s not about whether she writes well or not, but that she puts in a lot of effort.
At the beginning, my writing was not very good, but I didn’t get discouraged and read more and learned more.
Now it’s pretty much written.
However, her imagination is not as rich and colorful as that of later online novels.
Jingshu thought that she would have to help Yang broaden her mind in the future.
It’s not like there were no people in ancient times who wrote fan fiction and gender-swapped stories.
But the strange thing is that I can never buy this kind of book.
Jingshu planned to tell these as stories to Yang, so that she could have more ideas for her future storybooks.
It’s not that we can’t write stories with a strong female protagonist, but we’re afraid that they will be banned in this era.
However, after writing it down and spreading it in a small circle, I think it is not a bad idea. This can be regarded as a preliminary liberation of women's thoughts.
A few people laughed and ordered a few plays.
Jingshu is just a vulgar person, so she mainly looks at the female role on the stage. Her appearance is really good and very pleasing to the eye.
But Jingshu only liked the appearance of that character, not the person who sang that play.
Jingshu plans to live a simple life in the Qing Dynasty.
Given her current situation, if she were to find a man, he would have to be incredibly handsome and also be able to make her happy.
The men of the Qing Dynasty were not good enough in terms of hairstyle.
If the man she married was still alive, there would be nothing she could do. The general environment was like this, and she couldn't be a fool and go against the whole world alone.
But now, Jingshu is looking for a man who can please her. She will definitely not look for one if there is no one who suits her taste.
There is no need to risk getting your head chopped off by finding a man who is not completely what you want. That would not be entertainment.
Nanny Cui also called a storyteller.
The next day, Jingshu and the three princesses went to listen to storytelling happily.
However, the opera troupe and the storyteller did not stay in the mansion after all.
If it were Zhao Jia and the others, whenever they wanted to listen to opera, they could just ask someone to come in and sing.
Nanny Cui was a little disappointed. She thought that Fu Jin had suddenly come to her senses. After all the fuss, she was just listening to the show.
When Jingshu was playing mahjong with the three princesses, she brought up her ideas about fan fiction and gender-swapped fiction in a joking manner.
When Jingshu saw Yang's thoughtful look, she stopped caring.
Anyway, now that she has the idea, it depends on how she implements it.
If she could write well, Jingshu would have another way to entertain herself.
In the fiftieth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Jingshu's father presented corn and sweet potatoes, as well as the planting records of that year, to Emperor Kangxi.
Kangxi was very happy. He offered sacrifices to heaven and ancestors and issued a general amnesty.
With a wave of his hand, Lord Hetala was promoted!
High-yield grains also began to be popularized throughout the Qing Dynasty.
Two years later, the Qing Dynasty began to move towards the small island country.
Many of the pirates that the eldest prince and his men had defeated before were Japanese people in disguise. Now, if they attack them, they have a legitimate reason.
To this battle, not only the eldest prince went, but the tenth and fourteenth princes also went.
A small island country actually doesn't need so many princes. They were sent there solely to accumulate experience in naval warfare.
The island nation did not have the strength it will have later, and the Qing Dynasty had all kinds of powerful guns and cannons developed by Dai Zixin, so it did not encounter any large-scale resistance on the island.
However, it took two years to completely take over the island country.
It didn't take much time to conquer the island nation, but the islanders were very cunning. If they couldn't win, they would escape by boat, then ambush at sea, or harass the coastal people when the Qing Dynasty was not paying attention.
In order to completely eliminate this threat, the Qing army searched the nearby waters thoroughly, which finally ended the war.
The Qing army also discovered silver mines on the island, and people all over the country were overjoyed.
Although the silver could not be distributed to ordinary people, the court had money and the people's taxes could be reduced, so the war was not fought in vain.
At the same time, the Qing Dynasty's maritime trade gradually matured.
Many fishermen in coastal cities are involved in maritime trade.
This is where the problem arises, there are not enough for coastal residents.
Jingshu took this opportunity to release the novel with a heroine that she had prepared earlier.
Now is the time to call on women to step out of their homes.
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