This time Xue Baochai came to Qingtang's thatched hut, but Jiao Shun was quite involved.

When the two of them were in communication, she was inspired by Jiao Shun. Before the Ministry of Works, the Xue family opened engineering studies in Jinling, Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other places, and gathered the excellent apprentices in the business workshop for training.

The Xue family's work-student graduated at the end of last year. After half a year of inspection and trial, the results can be said to be quite outstanding.

Not only does the output profit increase, but more importantly, these work students who are grateful to the Xue family and have certain substitute capabilities greatly shocked those who are stupid and incompetent because the old boss died young and the young master died young.

The old and young man who are ready to move.

At this time, the problems of passive slacking off work, lip service, and filling personal pockets in the South Bank have been effectively suppressed.

While this made the Xue family happy, they also made up their minds to fully promote the work-reading system.

The reason why it was implemented only in the south was that after the Xue family moved to the capital, the chaos in the business workshops in Beijing and Tianjin had been governed to a certain extent, and the need for continued improvement was not urgent.

Secondly, I am also worried that under the feet of the emperor and copying the official policies will cause some unnecessary risks.

Now the first batch of work-students in the Ministry of Work have officially graduated, and the effect of work-study assistance has been recognized by the public. There are many giants who are interested in imitating it. Naturally, the Xue family will not show anything when they are in it.

Therefore, from the end of May, the Xue family began to establish private schools in the suburbs of Beijing, and at the same time, they solicited business apprentices who were interested in enrolling in Zhili, Shandong, Henan and other places.

Because of the experience of running schools in the south, all this went smoothly, but recently some abnormal noises suddenly appeared.

"A few days ago, the old shopkeeper Su from Wantong asked his brother if he could ask if he could use Rongguo Mansion's way to send his children to the imperial court's engineering."

"Brother was careless and didn't take it seriously. Later, several shopkeepers came to him one after another. The owner of the shop came to him. Yesterday, even Chen Fan from Tianjin wrote to ask about this. Then my brother felt that the limelight was wrong.

, I asked someone to report it to us."

After hearing what my daughter said, Aunt Xue obviously didn't understand the cause and effect of the matter. She tightened the shark gauze wrapped around her legs and said ignorantly: "This is awesome, why are you trying to go to the official school for work?"

Seeing that the semi-transparent gauze could not cover the large amount of whiteness on her mother's body, Xue Baochai frowned unconsciously. The persuasion came to her mouth, but she swallowed it back.

Xue's father was an "enlightened" person during his lifetime. When he saw his wife's timid heat, he encouraged her to wear less regular clothes at home and use more breathable gauze to cover her body. Later, he even made some strange underwear to serve as a couple.

Interesting.

It was precisely under his instigation and indulgence that Aunt Xue, who had originally prefers to dress up in strange clothes, developed the current habit.

Especially after Xue's father's death, this even became a way for her to recall her deceased husband.

Therefore, even if Baochai couldn't stand it, she couldn't bear to blame her mother for it, so she could only ignore it: "There is still why, naturally it was because of the official work. If you have the opportunity to go directly to the Ministry of Works to become an official."

After a pause, he also said to his mother: "This dynasty learned from the lessons of the previous dynasty, and originally had a way to donate one's own life. Later, Emperor Shizong felt sorry for the officials and families to maintain their families. This made him acknowledge that his father and grandfather were both above the seventh rank.

Those who donate their posts are generally empty positions and cannot make up for the vacancies."

"It's just like an ordinary businessman, but he can only get the chance to enter the officialdom by studying and studying. But this book is less inherited than the people of the family and family. How many businessmans can get fame and fortune?"

"Now I heard that as long as you perform well in engineering, you can go directly to the Ministry of Works to become a craftsman, so they naturally flock to it."

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of these shopkeepers, my son is not as good as a serious scholar in the imperial examination, but what is the difficulty of doing business?

Everyone feels that there is a chance, so naturally everyone is eager to be the first.

"That……"

After hearing what my daughter said about this big story, Aunt Xue still failed to grasp the point, so she asked again: "Then is this a good or a bad thing for our family?"

"If the operation is done properly, it will naturally be a good thing! I thought about it all night yesterday, and this trend has mostly spread in Beijing and Tianjin..."

Most shopkeepers and shop owners of the same level have close or loose connections. The Xue family is not only doing the work of establishing private schools to train work students, but now it is open to the Xue family.

I am afraid that the tycoon's family will not be able to calm down.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to disobey all intentions, and it is related to the future of children and grandchildren. If you just want to stop them, you will inevitably feel resentful. If there is another family or even an opponent who can understand this path, I am afraid that the shopkeeper below will be moved.

——After all, this is a major event that concerns the future of descendants and the glory of the family and ancestors!

Therefore, in Baochai's opinion, it is better to be careless than to be confused.

Moreover, if you can send people to the official industry regularly, it will be considered as an additional means of rewarding, punishing, checking and balancing the shopkeepers below.

As for outstanding talents, they are spilled out...

The Xue family is doing business in the imperial merchants, relying on the power in the court. They actually do not value the so-called outstanding talents so much, but they care more about loyalty.

Besides, if the children who have left their home can really become officials in the Ministry of Works, they will also be a helping force in the future.

Speaking of this, Baochai made a final summary: "According to her daughter's intention, we might as well contact Brother Jiao and inform the truth about the matter; while contacting the major royal merchants to establish an alliance of advance and retreat."

"The quota for official engineering studies is limited, and it is impossible to recruit students from the public in large quantities now, but the status of major royal merchants is special, and there may be room for improvement - if Brother Jiao thinks things are feasible, brother might as well take the opportunity to establish his authority; if there is no such thing, he might as well take the opportunity to establish his authority.

As for the following, there is an explanation."

Although Baochai tried her best to tell her, Aunt Xue still understood her, but this did not prevent her from comforting her. She pulled her daughter and praised her: "My son, you are at home, otherwise it would be better for me to do so.

As your brother makes trouble, the business will sooner or later be clean."

Sister Bao is mature outside, but she often uses colorful clothes to entertain her relatives in front of her mother.

Following Aunt Xue's pull, she leaned into Aunt Xue's arms, pressed her face against half of the towering granary, and said in a muffled voice: "Mom, don't praise me first, there are some things that you want to come forward."

"Is there anything else about me?"

Aunt Xue looked down at her daughter in surprise.

Baochai nodded slightly, and the warehouse room was directly shaking: "The key to the matter is actually Brother Jiao. He handled the work of the work. Now he is in charge of the confidentiality in the Ministry of Works, no matter what happens.

I can’t get around him with Buchengdu—so I want to ask my mother to come forward and communicate with my aunt, and it’s best to ask Brother Jiao in person what he meant.”

“This is simple.”

Aunt Xue said strangely: "But why don't your brother do this? They are all about the same age and are both men, and they speak more conveniently than us."

"Don't mom know my brother yet?"

Baochai said helplessly: "He has never had a secret hand in his mouth. Whether it is Brother Jiao or the heads of those royal merchants, is there any one that is easy to meet? If you say what you shouldn't say at that time, you will only

I'm afraid that good things will turn into bad things!"

"The brother must come forward from each royal merchant, so it is best for Brother Jiao to be separated from him. Just hide what he shouldn't say - it happens that his mother has this relationship with his aunt Lai's family, so naturally he only

I can ask my mother to come forward."

Speaking of this, Xue Baochai suddenly remembered that Jiao Shun used a rickshaw to pull Shi Xiangyun to run a few days ago.

She was not present at the time, but the scene seemed to have been imprinted into her mind, clearly as if she had seen it in person.

If there was no...

Now, don’t you have to worry about this and even startle my mother?

Gu Yi

But Aunt Xue thought of her son's temperament and nodded quickly, "You are still thinking carefully, so I will invite Wang's family in a while..."

As he was talking, the maid outside came in to report that Xiren had something to look for the girl.

Xue Baochai sat upright and said strangely: "What did she ask me for now?"

If Xiren went to Hengwu Courtyard to find her, she would not find it strange, but she would specifically chase her into the thatched hut of Qingtang...

Is there anything important?

"Mom, I'll go out and have a look."

As he said that, Baochai hurriedly got up and went outside.

At this time, Xiren was holding Ying'er and whispering. Seeing Sister Bao coming out, she hurriedly gave Ying'er up and went to see him.

Xue Baochai held Xiren and smiled and said, "What's the point of being polite to me? I heard that you have something to come to me. Could it be that the clothes we sewed together last time? What's wrong with it?"

Xiren hurriedly said, "If it's not for this, how can the girl's craftsmanship be wrong?"

As she said that, she told Baochai about Jia Baoyu's recent obsession with Buddhism, and said with a bitter face: "It would be fine if I went there once a while, but I have never stopped since I opened the spring. I have been going there every day.

I was really worried about something, so I…”

Xue Baochai couldn't help frowning when she heard this and asked, "Did you ever report it to your wife?"

"this……"

Xiren stammered: "I mentioned it to my wife, but I didn't say it so carefully. Besides, the second master didn't make such a fuss at that time - now the matter between the wife and the master has just turned around, so how can I bother my wife at this moment?

”

As he said that, he bowed slightly to Xue Baochai and said with anticipation: "So, please help me with an idea."

Xue Baochai was silent for a moment.

These principles and Zen techniques are the most confusing to fool people. Jia Jing, the old man from Jia Zhen in the East Mansion, was also a romantic playboy when he was young, and he did not change his temper when he was middle-aged. Otherwise, he would not have had Jia Xichun in his 50s.

But after an enlightenment, Jia She abandoned his wife and son and became a Taoist priest, and always lived in Xuanzhen Temple outside the city and refused to go home.

If Jia Baoyu also learned from his cousin...

Baochai couldn't help but feel regretful again. It would be fine if she just didn't know how to make progress. She would just help herself as her wife, but if she had the intention of becoming a monk and avoiding the world, what would she do?

However, now we have started talking about marriage and it is too late for our family to repent.

Therefore, Baochai could only suppress the depression in her heart and thought about how to cut off Baoyu's "wisdom root".

After thinking about it, she confirmed: "He will only go to Yangcui Temple?"
To be continued...