The second thing he did when he came here was to inquire about the situation in Fangcaodi and then consider whether to send his son to Lingao to attend school. [Full text reading] Song Zongmao was not very prosperous in terms of heirs and only had two sons. The eldest son was unable to study and remained a child since he could not go to school, so he had to help him run the family business at home. The second son is fourteen years old and has attended private schools for several years. However, the imperial examination in Chengmai is similar to that of Lingao. The possibility of getting ahead by studying is very low. As for being a scholar, there is no benefit of being free of food nowadays, and Australians Not caring about Ming Dynasty's fame, he thought of using his son as a "proton" to please the Australians and enhance his status in the county - it was said that the county advisory bureau would be changing soon, and he might be able to help the Australians. Pick it up.
Song Zongmao, following the simplest overlord thinking, believed that now was the time for the Australians to win over people. As long as he sent his children to Fangcaodi, he would be determined to join the Australians, and the Australians would definitely treat him. Look at it from a different perspective - you must know that even if you are a big soldier for the Australians, your family members will be superior to others and receive preferential treatment in the county.
Huang Shoutong knew very little about Fangcaodi. He only knew that Huang Ping's horizons had been broadened after going to Fangcaodi. He had indeed learned a lot of Australian knowledge, but he didn't know what the school was like. Immediately the caregiver invited Mr. Huang Er, who had just returned from Fangcaodi, to come and talk.
Huang Bingkun was eavesdropping on the conversation between the two. Now that he heard that he was being invited, he quickly slipped out from behind the screen and returned to the yard, pretending to have just arrived.
Regarding the question about Fangcaodi, it was difficult for Huang Bingkun to answer - it is not enough to be black all the time. Dad also asked Huang Ping several times. He knew a little about Parkview, but he said that he was completely unhappy. Furthermore, he also had some criticisms about the Australian culture and school spirit taught by Australians in Parkview.
not enough. Judging from the meaning shown by the Song family master just now, even if the grassy grassland is a fire pit, he is ready to ask his children to jump.
Huang Bingkun had no choice but to focus on his academic style. It was already the consensus of many people that Australian knowledge was useful. Moreover, Mr. Song’s original intention was to “lose his sincerity with provocation”. From this point of view, it didn’t matter to him what was taught in the school.
However, this kind of rich man values "family tradition" the most. The biggest fear is that children will learn bad things outside - primitive accumulation in ancient society was very difficult. If you want to accumulate, you have to desperately reduce daily expenses. Many rural rich people's land property is bit by bit. It is not easy for generations of people to save a penny for a penny and a pound of grain for a prodigal son. Years of hard work will be ruined in one moment.
Huang Ping was pulled out as a typical example. As for the fact that the skirts of female students are very short, it is just an added bonus in this rhetoric.
Sure enough, after saying these words, Mr. Song showed an embarrassed look on his face. The Huang family masters had no choice but to remain silent. They all adhered to the concept of "morality is greater than talent" and were most afraid of their children learning bad things. Now when I hear the second young master of the Huang family say that Fangcaodi is such an "immoral" place, I can't help but hesitate.
Mr. Song thought about it again and again, and then asked many questions about the school's food, accommodation, study conditions and so on. I heard that thirty people sleep in one room. Thousands of people were eating together, and the hesitation on his face became even stronger. After that, I never mentioned going to Fangcaodi to study again. After a while, he excused himself and went back to his room to rest.
Huang Bingkun was secretly proud: Finally, another good family man was saved from falling into the clutches of the Australians - this Australia seemed to be under the influence of drugs. Once they entered that school, everyone's temperament changed drastically. Seeing that Master Song had left, he brought up "business" to his father, complaining about how he had laid off the regiment and contracted so much land and tenants to the Tiandihui.
"...Dad, you are confused. The reason why our Huang family has always been the 'backbone' of Lingao is because of the support of Tuanyong. Now you are always contracting out the land and Tuanyong has been abolished. Isn't this self-destruction?" Minion? From now on, won’t our family be rounded, flattened and rubbed at will by the thieves?"
Huang Shoutong looked at his son who was very excited. He understood his son's sense of loss very well - the eldest son of the Huang family had focused on studying since he was a child, and was not interested in dancing with guns and sticks. He had always helped the family with the family business. On weekdays, my second son is always with me when I train and lead my bravery. He has also contributed a lot to the county in recent years and can be called a young talent with both civil and military skills.
Since the conflict between the county and the Kun bandits failed, and the forces of the Kun bandits gradually penetrated into Lingao, the status of the Huang family has plummeted. The proud Xiang Yong, apart from being taken out to fight several small-scale battles when suppressing bandits, They have been reduced to migrant workers who were drafted into the establishment system. The influence of the Huang family in the county continues to decline, and now it is no different from the general wealthy gentry families in the county. Although it is a member of the County Assets Bureau, not to mention it is far less loud than the Liu family and Zhang family who took refuge in time. Even compared to the Li Sunqian family, which had been more active during the same period, it was far behind.
Not to mention that his third son died fighting the Kun thief. The Huang family has not let go of this knot, and it is impossible to let go.
"Bingkun!" Huang Shoutong whispered, "Do you think that with these hundreds of local braves, the Australians can't round us up and flatten us?!"
Huang Bingkun was speechless for a moment, speechless.
"Tens of thousands of imperial troops were wiped out in a day. Do you think that Huangjiazhai can continue to this day because the bandits are afraid of these few hundred village warriors?! I think you are confused!"
"Yes -" Huang Bingkun responded dejectedly, but he was not convinced, and added: "The Kun thief has a shallow foundation after all. Now that you have joined Lao Shizi's Tiandihui, one day the court will kill you, we are a thief." ah."
"The imperial court?" Huang Shoutong smiled bitterly, "You still expect the imperial court to come back - the imperial court lost the year before last, and it will never come back. Now that the imperial court has too much time to take care of itself, how can it take care of our small border town thousands of miles away? County? The Australians are going to break up the land and seal the territory on Hainan Island at the worst. Mr. Liu told us last time that the Ming Dynasty was probably terminally ill. Your father and I have only limited knowledge and cannot tell whether the Ming Dynasty is really going to end. But Qiongzhou in the Ming Dynasty The mansion must be destroyed! Our family does not seek to be a powerful figure in the new dynasty, nor can we follow the Ming Dynasty and die together!"
He knew that the second young master had been playing tricks against the Australians in private, and he had been worried about this - for fear that one day the Australians would make a list, and Huangjiazhai would be second to Goujiazhai.
It was a pity that the Gou family was destroyed, but the viciousness of the Australians to "destroy this imperial food" made him secretly frightened. If it really comes to this point, no trace of the Huang family will be left - just like there is no trace left of Goujiazhuang now.
"...I know you can't let go of your third brother, but the third brother is dead, and the Huang family will continue..." At this point, Huang Shoutong was already in tears. When old man Huang cried, Huang Er was offended. The young master also cried. The two hugged each other and cried.
After crying, Huang Shoutong made another important decision. He decided to send one of his eldest brother's children to Fangcaodi to study. Huang Bingkun knew that this was an act of "losing his sincerity" by his father, and he could not object to it no matter how unwilling he was. After all, the continuation of the family is the most important thing than the individual.
"But we will lose money if we outsource these dozens of tenant households - they will become Australians in the future. You know that the most valuable thing here is not the land, but the people."
"How can Zhuangzi afford to support so many tenants now?" Huang Shoutong's face showed a hint of bitterness, "These dozens of families who originally shared our land were half-starved and half-fed. That's why we are willing to work hard. Besides, in the past, we men contributed a lot to the county, and the county masters who paid the royal grain and national taxes turned a blind eye, and this is how we can maintain it until now."
Huangjiazhai's current difficult economic situation no longer allows them to continue the same tactics they did in the past. In the past, although Huangjiazhai spent a lot of manpower and material resources to organize tours and maintained a team of regimental heroes that was not commensurate with the size of the village, this was done with the help of nearby villages to "pay", and the government had to use it When working with them, they always have to give them some benefits so that they can maintain their status. Now that all these sources of income have been cut off, if we continue to run tours, we have to stick to our family's income.
In the past, organizing a group could not only protect the environment and the people, but also make some kind of surplus after a year. Now, let alone the surplus, they can't even pay the maintenance fee. If they can barely survive, the final fate of the Huang family is to go bankrupt and sell their land-Kun Thief can We were just waiting for this day, so Director Xiong never forced the villages to abolish their regiments, but directly turned them into militiamen. However, in terms of operation, the militiamen of each village often run "support missions" for the county. Although they do not need to prepare their own rations, taking away a large number of young and middle-aged people every time is a burden to the village. As a result, the larger the size of the village corps, the greater the burden of mobilization. Simply due to changes in the social environment and economic pressure, each village abolished the tuan yong and replaced it with much smaller village soldiers.
"Can't we open up wasteland like the Australians do..."
"Where are the seeds? Where are the cows?" Huang Shoutong said helplessly, "It's not like we haven't opened up wasteland before. But with the manpower and material resources in our village, we can't build canals or change the soil and water. The land we cultivated will be thin fields. If we can't get the help of heaven and earth, The seeds and fertilizers are the same as before, what’s the use?”
Huang Bingkun was helpless. He knew that what his father said was right. In his own hands, this land would be a soil, but in the hands of the Australians, it would be a golden land.
However, Huang Bingkun's mentality against the Kun thieves has not changed. He was unwilling to let Qiongzhou slowly become the new Australia, so he decided to stay dormant for the time being, waiting for new opportunities - there is no longer anyone who can fight against the Kun on Hainan Island. The only way to find the power of thieves is to look for opportunities on the mainland. (To be continued...)
