She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 134 New Projects

Regarding Zhou Xu's idea, Pei Peng neither agreed nor disagreed, but just let him stay.She wanted to wait and see what the Zhou family meant. After all, her parents would always be worried if such a good boy lived in someone else's house. However, she didn't expect that the Zhou family had no intention of taking Zhou Xu home. She just said that if His Highness felt that he was a bit If it is useful, then leave him to do odd jobs. If you think it is not useful, let him do some servant work to earn a living for yourself.

On the surface, he said this to let Zhou Xu know that his parents had no intention of keeping him secret, but in private, Mrs. Zhou still came to visit once and prepared gifts.

Of course, this was not used to provide accommodation for his son. Pei Peng let Zhou Xu live in him, and the Zhou family's eagerness to pay for the food seemed to show that they regarded Pei Peng as stingy.It's just that the New Year's Day is approaching, and the Zhou family was going to give a New Year's gift, but now it's just thickened by [-]%, and it's sent in advance.

Pei Peng could see that the Zhou family wanted Zhou Xu to hit a wall and then go home obediently, and he felt a little regretful. Zhou Xu was indeed a good prospect, but it was a pity that the Zhou family did not have that idea. Pei Peng also felt that it was inappropriate for him to participate in such a confidential matter. It's too safe, so I have to give up.

But when Zhou Xu wanted to get in, Erya, who changed his name to Xu Ying, followed Chen Song smoothly and struck.

She was also the first witness to the fireworks that day, but at the time no one noticed that her world view had been reshaped and she was shocked. It was only later that Cheng Fei asked her to officially go to Chen Song's side to help her, and she realized that she was caught by the teeth. On the day when she was brought to the princess mansion to be chosen, the fight she made made an important change to her fate.

Xu Ying listened to Cheng Fei's wishes. After she followed Chen Song, she would have less time to go out and would be restricted from seeing other people. Therefore, after asking Cheng Fei, she went to see her younger brother Erzhu.

Erzhu didn't have the adventure of his sister, so he was left behind in a normal way, and is currently helping other servants to learn the rules.

When the school starts next spring, the bought children will go through a test, and those who pass can officially enter the school to study, and those who fail can only be servants in the princess' mansion.

Although servants may have a good future, even if they don’t, it’s much better than their previous life at home without worrying about food and clothing, but based on what Xu Ying and Cheng Fei have learned, she still believes that Master The school you value must be better than being a servant.

It's a pity that she thought so, but Erzhu didn't.In the final analysis, he is a truly ordinary child with no outstanding abilities or vision. Being sold by his parents was the biggest obstacle he encountered in his life. However, when he was sold with his second sister, he was always protected by his sister. He was then successfully sold into the princess's mansion. Because he had a sister who was with Mrs. Cheng, the stewards unconsciously gave him preferential treatment.

Two meals a day, enough rice porridge, doing something easier than picking ears and pulling weeds in the field, living in a room with no air leakage at night, and a quilt that is neither thick nor new, but it is not cold when you are crowded with a group of children , he is already very content.

Why learn to read and count after a hard day's work?

"Don't you want to live a better life? After going to school, you can work as an accountant, then have your own house, eat meat every day, marry a daughter-in-law, and have a few children. Don't you want to live such a stable life? ?”

Forgive Xu Ying for her limited knowledge, and for not being able to explain the general principles. All she can think of about her life after school is to be an accountant. After all, in their village, if someone finds a job as an accountant in the city, they don’t need to work at the pier. Or carrying goods at the gate of the city is already a great status, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an exaggeration to change the court.

Erzhu shook his head decisively:

"I don't want to be a bookkeeper. I heard from my brother who works with me that when we reach age, the manager will match us with wives and give birth to babies. We don't need to raise the babies. By the time they are five or six years old, they will be able to work. If you are lucky and have a mistress in your house, you may even be chosen as a follower, which will make you even more prosperous."

The elder brother also said that if they do well, they will not need to live in a Datong shop from being servants to being assigned to a certain master's courtyard. It may be four people in one room, or two people in one room. If he is lucky enough to be a personal servant, he might even have his own room. How is this different from buying a house with his own money?

It must be said that Er Zhu is also a bit clever. Many of the children who were bought in with him have not figured out what it means to be a servant. He has already recognized a servant who knows the situation better as his brother, and even inquired about it. The promotion path is clear.

However, his career plan obviously conflicted with Xu Ying's ideas. Neither of the siblings could persuade the other, and Xu Ying had limited time, so he repeatedly asked him to find a literate servant to learn to read while he was free. Or take some pebbles and twigs to fiddle with, do the math, and see that he doesn't seem to be listening, so he has no choice but to leave.

If she hadn't been working with Chen Langjun soon, she really wanted to take the time to keep an eye on her brother. Unfortunately, she was going to work soon, and she couldn't bear to waste this opportunity for her brother.

When she returned to Cheng Fei's place, she was still unhappy. She was used to being an older sister, and her parents were so busy with their livelihood that they had no time to take care of their children. She did have a sense of responsibility for her younger brother as a parent, so it seemed that Er Zhu gave up on this. Lu, she feels sorry for him.

Cheng Fei was holding up her hands, waiting for the paint on her nails to dry, looking at Xu Ying's appearance, she asked:
"What's wrong? Your brother is having a bad time? Was he bullied?"

Xu Ying came back to her senses and replied:
"That's not true,"

She thought about her brother's current state again, and said in a word:

"He is living a good life. The people who work with him have been recognized by him as his elder brother. Other people who entered the mansion with us also get along well with him. However, I hope he can work hard to enter the school, but he Not very willing."

"What's the matter? If he doesn't want to, then just do what he wants. You are siblings, but you are not much older than him. You are not very capable yet. How can you support his future? Anyway, he is already After entering the mansion, as long as you don't do bad things, your life will not be too bad. And I heard you say that he gets along well with others? Maybe someone with his personality is more suitable to be a servant in the mansion. "

From Cheng Fei's point of view, going to school is of course a good way out. After all, they have a great chance of getting out of slavery and even becoming officials. It doesn't matter who they are with. If they make contributions outside in the future, Pei Peng would definitely not let them be humiliated as slaves, and it would be shameful for a person who is an emperor to be a slave only when he can use them.

However, being a servant in the princess mansion is not too bad.The Princess Mansion is also a miniature imperial court. Now, it can be regarded as a company with complete functions. In the future, as Pei Peng develops, the treatment of many people will not be bad. Maybe they will be released to manage the royal industry. stewardship and the like.If not, learn some skills, whether it is raising flowers, animals, cooking, carpentry, etc., it will be useful.

Of course, it is very difficult to get rid of the latter's slave status. In the eyes of Cheng Fei, a modern person, this is a big disadvantage.

But people in this era may not really value it so much, especially Erzhu was born in a family that was so poor that he had to sell his children. You told him that "being a slave is far less happy than being a free citizen", do you think he believed it?
Good or bad, Er Zhu is young and has his own judgment. Cheng Fei doesn't think his judgment is right, but he doesn't want Xu Ying to be dragged down too much by his younger brother.

In this regard, Cheng Fei is still selfish. There are too many slaves in this world. She is the one who lives so comfortably in the Princess Mansion. Yang Chunshui, she has been served by slaves for a few months and she can't let go. Let those nobles who have been served by slaves for generations give up using slaves?
Very unlikely.

Cheng Fei felt that even though Pei Peng's life as emperor was smoother than in the original history--to admit it boldly, it was because of her.It is impossible to change the nature of society.

At most, it is to protect the rights and interests legally, or try to increase the cost and risk of buying and selling slaves, and subtly push more people to hire others to serve them.

But this is all for the funeral, at least after Pei Peng successfully took power, otherwise he would backstab his supporters and followers before he was in power, and set up a bunch of opponents, wouldn't it be crazy?

Therefore, there are tens of thousands of slaves in the world, and there will be more slaves. Cheng Fei feels that she can't control it, so she can only choose to ignore it.

But Xu Ying, Cheng Fei still hopes that she can change her destiny with her own intelligence, provided that she is not so stupid as to give up opportunities for her younger brother.

Xu Ying was somewhat agreed by Cheng Fei. In fact, she didn't intend to give up the opportunity for her brother, but she did exactly what he wanted... Xu Ying decided to fight for it one last time.

As for how she fought for it, Cheng Fei didn't ask. After Xu Ying dealt with her brother, she took her to see Chen Song and asked him to take more care of her.

Chen Song was not very willing to find a girl among a group of grown men, mainly because it was more troublesome.

With his status, being too close to several slaves, in the current concept, it is just a romantic affair, not even a romantic affair. After all, it is common knowledge to have a romantic relationship with a famous prostitute and a famous actress.slave?I'm afraid others are too lazy to make fun of it.

Therefore, Chen Song originally didn't need to care about the other party's reputation, but Xu Ying is not an ordinary servant girl. How did she make Cheng Fei think so highly of her? Chen Song didn't quite understand, but since Chen Song knew that Cheng Fei valued her Now, we have to consider Xu Ying's reputation.

So, Chen Song and the steward asked for a few trustworthy servants, the ones with small families, and asked them to work and live in the same room with Xu Ying at night.

Cheng Fei praised him:

"You are very careful. I didn't even think of this. Er Ya probably felt too embarrassed to mention it to me. It almost hurt her."

"Ms. Cheng doesn't have to think about these mundane things, and as long as I'm here, no one will bully her. So, can you tell me now, can we do something fun next?"

Research on gunpowder and fireworks was temporarily stopped by Pei Peng, for fear of being noticed, and fear that they would ignore it and blow up the princess mansion before the Chinese New Year.

Chen Song felt that repackaging pills sounded interesting, but it was boring to do, so he also quit the research team, so he is eagerly trying to get Cheng Fei to provide new ideas.

Cheng Fei held his forehead, and couldn't help but want to fool him elsewhere:

"It's almost Chinese New Year, how can there be any projects that are approaching the Chinese New Year? If you can't finish it on New Year's Eve, don't you have to leave it for the next year? It's not auspicious, or you should do something else? I heard that Yang Luo asked A bunch of fruit growers are researching how to grow fennel so that they can be mass-produced. Otherwise, why don’t you help him? I think he’s also in a state of desperation.”

Isn’t it all overwhelmed? If the period of successful winemaking was Yang Luo’s highlight moment, then along with the smooth progress of the wine sales business, Shangyong County’s fruit tree optimization project also entered a bottleneck with the arrival of winter, so Yang Luo’s highlight moment , has been snatched up by Chen Song who tinkered with gunpowder and fireworks.

He is not like Cheng Fei, who can come up with any idea, has a share of any contribution, and continues to be Pei Peng's favorite.

After Yang Luo's silence, although he was not jealous of Chen Song, he felt a sense of crisis, so he sneaked into research on fruit trees, decided to deepen the winemaking business, open up the upstream and downstream industrial chains, and build a raw material industrial park.

Cheng Fei pushed Chen Song over, thinking that this person is also a small expert in science and engineering, and he might also have a bit of talent in agriculture, so he can help Yang Luo.

But he didn't want Yang Luo to actually need Chen Song's help that much.

However, he wasn't Xu Zhao after all. When Xu Zhao encountered such a thing, he would jump up and argue with Cheng Fei for three days and three nights, blaming her for pulling someone over to share the credit with him.

But Yang Luo, apart from being a little unhappy at first, thought about it calmly, maybe Chen Song could really provide some advice. Yang Luo felt that he was not as smart as others, but he could still learn from others.

As a result, he and Chen Song quickly got rid of the state of staring at each other, and warmly invited each other to visit the greenhouse.

The existence of this greenhouse is not Cheng Fei's idea. In fact, there is already a practice of using greenhouses to grow flowers. Otherwise, in winter, the houses of the nobles will not see any flowers and plants, and it is not suitable.

There are also greenhouses to grow vegetables, but they are a bit extravagant. Often only a small group of people dare to do this in their families, and they can also make this into a luxury vegetable sales business in winter. Relatively speaking, there is no loss. So ruthless.

Yang Luo's family didn't have this kind of business, and they couldn't even afford the extravagance of cultivating flowers in a greenhouse. That is, he lived in the Princess Mansion, so he knew there was such a method.

So, he happily used it in fruit tree cultivation, of course, it was funded by Pei Peng.

The fruit trees in the greenhouse were transplanted from the wild by people sent by Yang Luo.

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