"Please invite the embroiderers?" Gu Chen was a little surprised: "Those embroiderers are willing to leave their hometown?"
Although Suzhou embroidery is famous all over the world, most women do not go out to work.
They all weave and raise silkworms at home, and they can also take care of the family.
Why would you want to run so far?
"I don't know either." Su Bozhou smiled and said, "I just got news from a friend in Changzhou that he has invited two Gusu women to be his embroiderers."
"Since he can be invited, I naturally have to rush to Jiangsu and Zhejiang as soon as possible to avoid being late, failing to invite him, and running all the way in vain."
It's not easy to hire an embroiderer from Gusu. Not only does it cost money, but you also have to have good etiquette and ensure that the whole family can eat, drink, sleep, and sleep.
But even so, the merchants were still overwhelmed.
Of course he has to be faster.
When Gu Chen saw this, he didn't hesitate to ask. Anyway, he would know when Yu Min and the others came back from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
The eldest brother wanted to make money, so of course Gu Chen would not stop him. He respectfully entertained his eldest brother-in-law for two days, and then personally sent him on a boat to the south of the Yangtze River.
"It's better for my eldest brother!"
Although he is a businessman, he is not a businessman. Although he is so busy working for money every day, he is full of freedom.
While discussing business, we successfully enjoyed the scenery.
He felt so from the bottom of his heart, but Su Wanying didn't feel so.
"Nonsense, you didn't see the way the eldest brother nodded and bowed to the officials."
Su Wanying saw that her husband was puzzled, so she explained: "My father said that I can't hold you back, so my eldest brother never mentions you when he goes to do business in other places."
"Moreover, I don't know my family status, so when I meet an official who lifts his chin to look at others, he has to nod and bow down when talking to others, for fear of offending others."
"Even if someone scolds our mother, my eldest brother will still have to serve people drinks with a smile on his face, and apologize to others with a smile on his face, saying it's his fault."
Nothing in the world is smooth sailing, everyone has their own difficulties.
"Well, being a human is the hardest part. I don't want to be a human in the next life."
He felt that life would be easy as a cat in Emperor Jiajing's arms.
"My husband is talking nonsense again."
"What should I do if I'm not a human being?"
“When you are a dog, you have to look after the house, when you are a cat, you have to catch mice, when you are an ox, you have to plow the land, when you are a donkey, you have to pull things, and when you are a pet, you have to be coquettish and behave to please your master so that you can eat.”
Su Wanying took Gu Chen's arm, tilted her head and asked with a smile.
"What do you want to be, sir?"
It's really rare. It's the first time I heard that someone doesn't want to be a human being.
Gu Chen felt helpless: "...Madam, I'd better be a human being."
He didn't want to act coquettishly and behave to make that big man in Jiajing happy.
After returning, Gu Chen and Zeng Qi took Zhi Jianli to meet An Yiyi to study. This person didn't like to put on airs.
After asking a few words and taking a few tests, seeing that Zeng Qi answered smoothly and behaved politely, he happily drank the apprenticeship tea.
"I am in class at Maozheng. Classes are dismissed at noon. Classes continue at the beginning of the day. Classes are dismissed at the beginning of the month. There is lunch in the school. Five hundred articles per month, including meat, vegetables and soup. Students are not allowed to ask for leave due to birth, old age, illness or death."
To put it simply, it means working from 6 a.m. to 12 o'clock in the morning, taking an hour's break at noon, and then continuing to work from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Well, it was harder than modern times, but fortunately there was no late self-study.
Just, that's okay.
Just listen to Mr. An continue: "Originally, this ten-day holiday is one day out of every ten days, and the remaining clothing and field holidays are one month each."
"It's just that we are here in Jinling. There is no farmland for the children to work on. There are also charcoal fires in winter and the school is very warm, so I don't have these fake things here."
The ten-day holiday is equivalent to the weekend, the agricultural holiday is a busy time for farming, a bit like modern Labor Day, and the clothing-giving holiday is a holiday for students when the weather is cold.
Well, none of that.
It is very consistent with the situation of students curling up with each other at the feet of the emperor.
"Yes, sir."
Zeng Qi didn't think it was anything, and was even very happy, at least now he didn't have to herd pigs.
"Next year, my brother Xiu will also be entering school. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble my husband to put more thought into these two children."
An Yiyi had met Gu Xiu and liked the kid's cleverness. Naturally, he agreed wholeheartedly and pointed at his ruler.
"There is no rule without rules. Since you are here to study, you must respect the teacher's instructions. If you do something inappropriate and get slapped, Sir Gu won't feel bad."
Gu Chen was not a doting parent, so of course he agreed.
Before leaving, he took another look at the ruler, which was about the width of two fingers. He couldn't help but silently mourn for the two cubs for a while.
Although the other party has no official status, in front of the teacher, no matter how awesome your status is, you are just the parent of your child.
According to Biao'er, when Zhu Di first entered school, he was slapped by Mr. Song for being naughty and disobedient. He went to Lao Zhu to complain in tears.
As a result, Lao Zhu improvised again and beat him on the stool.
The next day, I had to apologize to Mr. Song and admit that he was not the one who complained behind his back. Then I was punished by Song Lian and copied the book...
Even if the royal family is like this, let alone ordinary people, Gu Chen has only one request.
Just don’t kill him!
The next day, Gu Chen personally took his daughter-in-law and sent six gifts to the An family, namely celery, lotus seeds, red beans, red dates, longan, and dried lean meat strips.
Celery: Diligent and eager to learn, good at work and hard at work.
Lotus seeds: Lotus seeds are bitter, which means that the teacher must work hard to educate.
Red beans: It means good luck.
Red dates: It means students will go to high school early.
Longan: It means Mr.’s meritorious deeds are complete.
Dry lean meat strips: to express the students’ feelings.
Of course, money cannot be spared, as it is a famous private school in Jinling.
The annual tuition fee is 40 yuan, not including the need to give gifts to my husband during holidays.
Of course, a teacher teaches knowledge and solves doubts.
As long as you can educate your children well, you can spend more money.
"My lord is so kind, but I really can't repay you."
After returning to Gu's house, Zeng Qi ignored everyone's obstruction, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Gu Chen several times with tears in his eyes.
"My father loves his younger brother so much that he is reluctant to spend even a penny on him. The adults have given me a new life, and I am really grateful..."
Some people are fathers, but not fathers; some people, although not fathers, are better than biological fathers.
"Good boy, get up, this man has gold under his knees, and he doesn't want to kneel down here and there."
Gu Chen pulled him up and wiped his tears without mentioning his father.
That is the child's own family matter, and he can decide whether it is right or wrong.
She just smiled and took him to the dining room to eat, of course with the whole family.
Childhood sweethearts, things will come naturally in the future.
The three children in the family are quite sensible. Although brother Xiu and Ning Yatou have never met before, they are probably related by blood, so they can talk about it very well.
When a kid gets angry, his parents can't help but his sister's words are more effective than his parents' words.
After the enrollment matter was settled, Gu Chen started a series of chores such as entertaining guests, performing ancestral hall rituals, etc.
By June 16th, Gu Chen's vacation had been completely taken.
The joy of lying flat was gone with a snap.
And on his first day back at work, Lao Zhu announced two major events.
The first is to resume the imperial examination. In the sixth year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu stopped the imperial examination because most of the people who were admitted to the Jinshi were children of landlords and noble families.
Now, through the Hu Weiyong case, he has purged a bunch of landlords, and he has killed too many officials, and the court is now short of people.
So, now the weightlifting is about to begin.
The second thing is that Lao Zhu probably felt that they all had too much time in the procuratorate, so he announced the establishment of the Three Laws Division, which increased the workload.
The Three Law Departments are the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple.
To put it simply, from now on, all prisons in the world will be reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate before being handed over to Dali Temple for review.
In fact, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, censors had this job responsibility.
But it didn't exist in the Yuan Dynasty, so the censors like them in the early years of Hongwu were not involved in this work.
Gu Chen looked at his colleagues who were all very happy and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
The workload has increased sharply, but the salary has not improved. What are you so happy about?
However, it is true that the status of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has taken a big step forward at this moment, and it is no wonder that my colleagues are so happy.
After going to court, Gu Chen was stopped by Lao Zhu's people.
"Master Gu, your Majesty invites you."
Yun Qi smiled and conveyed a message to His Majesty. It seemed that Lao Zhu was in a good mood today.
Gu Chen felt a little more relaxed, and he didn't know if it was because of himself.
The eunuch in front of him should have been misunderstood and beaten to death by Lao Zhu in the thirteenth year of Hongwu.
Until now, I can still live well.
