Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 590
"The princess is really wise."

"The princess's method will cure the lazy victims in one go."

Several officials smiled and walked out of Prince Yan's mansion to convey the good news to the victims.

King Yan's Mansion came swiftly and vigorously, and the victims woke up after a night of sleep. In the morning, more than a dozen officials led hundreds of tiger soldiers carrying money boxes to the victim's residential area.

"The prince and princess have an order to give silver money to the people who work on a daily basis. Adult men are paid [-] copper coins for the upper class, [-] copper coins for the middle class, and [-] copper coins for the lower class. One day’s labor costs are [-] copper coins for the upper class, [-] copper coins for the middle class, and [-] copper coins for the lower class.”

"Both men and women between the ages of 14 and [-] are paid twelve copper coins a day to work."

"Those who have a work rate of [-]% and who have a high work volume will be rewarded with three taels of silver!"

More than a dozen officials stood on a high place and read the King Yan's warrant aloud, until the eyes of the victims standing below were filled with tears of excitement and joy, and they couldn't believe it was true.

According to the warrant, an adult male disaster victim can earn two taels of silver even if he is a low-level worker.

Flour in Jincheng is now four copper coins a catty, and two taels of silver can buy five hundred catties, which is enough to feed a family of four for ten months.

Until the victims lined up to get the money one by one, they knelt down gratefully on the spot and kowtowed heavily in the direction of the palace.

The 670 victims who worked honestly and spared no effort were all wept with joy when they received the silver three taels rewarded by the Longbei government.

At that time, they went out to work because they felt that they had to repay the Longbei government, and they didn't have the slightest intention of being lazy. Who would have thought that they would get a full five taels of silver, which was something that could never have been dreamed of.

The entire residential area of ​​the victims was boiling, many people's faces were filled with smiles, and there was hope for a better life in their eyes.

Those lazy and slippery disaster victims regretted it too much, and wished they could cry a lot, and they would never do this again next time they worked for the Longbei government.

It took half a day for the victims to receive the money, and every household took the newly obtained money to cut meat, buy eggs to improve food, and make tooth-beating sacrifices.

In the afternoon, there was a loud sound of gongs from the disaster-stricken area, and each of the 14 disaster-stricken people shouted loudly while knocking on the gong: "The lord and concubine have ordered that the seventeen schools in Jincheng have been built. The two schools closest to here, Jincheng No.15 School, No.17 School, Sixteen School, and No.[-] School, can accommodate [-] students. The school will start accepting students after three days. Adult children, regardless of gender, can go, there is no repair fee, and there is only one meal for lunch.”

Not only Jincheng, but also the [-] free schools in the seven cities in northern Longbei will accept students to pass on knowledge in three days.

The cost of building the free school was borne by Li Jingjing, totaling 32 taels of silver.

Each school employs six teachers, two of whom are female teachers who specialize in teaching female students.

The 160 female division commanders are the wives of Tiger Ben Army and local garrison officers.Each person is equipped with two sergeants for protection.

The male teachers of the school are scholars and Juren from Longbei.

Both they and the female teacher were hired after passing the assessment of the palace.

All the teachers are paid 30 taels of silver every month, and they are given food, cloth, medicine and other benefits during festivals.

The student's lunch fee is six copper coins, and the requirement is one meat, one vegetable and one soup, and the staple food is white noodles.

Eighty free schools in Longbei, this is the first time in thousands of years that such a major event will benefit the people and strengthen the country.

The reputations of He Jingyan and Li Jingjing suddenly overwhelmed the Yun clan in Longbei. It should be known that the Yun clan has a history of hundreds of years, and the young couple has been in Longbei for less than half a year.

Above the court, civil and military officials only had good comments on this matter, and no one was stupid enough to say that they opposed the free school.

However, some people think that the annual cost of 20 free schools is at least [-] taels, depending on how many years He Jingyan and Li Jingjing can persist.

The Longbei Fief Academy started classes in such a hurry.

The students sat in the spacious and bright classrooms with cute and innocent faces, and looked at the teachers who were teaching seriously with extremely respectful eyes.

In the kitchen not far away, two cooks with neatly trimmed nails were busily preparing meals for the students by the stove.

Peach, apple, and apricot tree saplings were newly planted in the courtyard of the school, and there was a garden in the backyard. The flower seeds had just been sown in the soil and had not yet sprouted.

He Jingyan and Li Jingjing went to inspect the three schools in Jincheng without saying hello to the schools in advance, and this is what they saw.

They couldn't bear to disturb the students' studies, so they left quietly.

The couple returned to the palace, and He Jingyan deliberately took Li Jingjing's hand to the study.

"My lady, the eighty schools in the fief are almost full of students. The daily expenses for paper, pen, ink, and lunch alone are hundreds of taels of silver. Adding up the teacher's monthly salary, the annual expenses But it's a lot of money."

"I know."

He Jingyan took out a piece of paper and wrote down the money spent on several big projects this year in his memory, and the estimated money spent on several big projects next year, and calculated the total amount, meaning it was as high as 320 million Two silver coins.

"Miss, next year you will build Chang'an Academy. The cost of the academy has already cost 30 taels in the early stage. After it is completed, at least 10 taels of silver will be invested in it every year. My husband thinks that this year you will only get out of it. No way."

Li Jingjing smiled slightly and said, "Do you know how much money I made selling potatoes?"

He Jingyan replied: "At most 10 taels of silver."

"Wrong." Li Jingjing shook her head and said with a smile, "I earned 64 taels of silver, which is not counted as unsold abroad."

He Jingyan thought of the unremarkable yellow potato grown in the sandy soil. Although it tasted delicious, it must be an ordinary crop, not a life-saving medicinal material. He was shocked: "How did you make so much money?"

Li Jingjing looked triumphant, and said: "People in the south buy potatoes at a high price to plant in the ground next year. They are afraid that the potatoes they buy from small vendors are not good, so they buy them from the Qin family store designated by me. I will The price is one hundred Wen per catty."

Twelve cents a catty of pork.Potatoes with a yield of more than [-] catties per mu in the sandy land can be sold for [-] yuan per catty.There is nothing more unusual than this.

He Jingyan was dumbfounded, and laughed for a long time: "My lady is going to grab money."

Li Jingjing explained: "People in the Southland only buy potatoes for seeds this time, and next year there will be potatoes in the Southland, so no one will buy them again. I am also a one-shot deal, so I will sell them at a high price."

"Ma'am, there are only 60 taels of silver, and there is still a gap of 260 million taels. The gap is too big." He Jingyan looked to the west, killing them all in a flash, and said: "My husband is planning to take the tiger to the Huns in a few days. The Dynasty went around and grabbed some treasures and returned them to exchange for silver."

(End of this chapter)