Chapter 70: School Plan – Planning Ahead
The Qian family’s crusade went extremely smoothly, and the Qian family was completely caught off guard.
However, even after such a big movement, in the end, the Qian family was not arrested and questioned for anything, except for being scolded by the townspeople who watched the excitement and they were compensated 200 taels of silver privately, because the poisoning was not successful, and the Qian family also had someone in Yamen, so they would not be arrested and beheaded just because of Jiang Zhu’s few confessions.
But while the material loss on the surface is not large- after Wu Qingyuan made trouble today, the reputation of the Qian family is considered to be bad. While it is not too much to rob the business of others, but it is really too much to rob a business in such a drastic way, and it is the townspeople who are ultimately victimized, how can everyone tolerate it? In the future, the Qian family’s business in the town may be difficult to do.
This is Wu Qingyuan’s goal, today, the Qian family also has to peel off their skins!
When the goal was reached, Wu Qingyuan left in a good mood with the compensation silver, but after Qian Yuanwai and Mrs. Qian, who was splashed with dung, entered their door, they were thunderous and furious.
“Wang Dafu! What did you do? I told you to grab their business, I didn’t let you go to poison others! Are you trying to kill this lord?! If you poison others, and you get caught, you’ll only die a stupid death!
Old Master Qian was so angry that he didn’t understand why- Wang Dafu used to do things very well, whether he had good ideas or bad ideas, in the end, he could get things done properly for him, but this time against Wu Qingyuan repeatedly and four times, he lost, which really made him angry.
“Sir, I, it’s not me who ordered it, it’s Zhao Haisheng who ordered it himself!”
Wang Dafu knelt on the ground, staring at Zhao Haisheng, who was doing nothing on the side, and his teeth itched with anger.
Wu Qingyuan was difficult to deal with, how could he not know? How could you be stupid enough to do something as uncertain as poisoning? He just ordered Jiang Zhu to find Wu Qingyuan’s glazed glass source, and when the time came, Mr. Qian’s business would naturally be better if his sources were better, but who knew that it would end up like this?
He left this matter for Zhao Haisheng to do, and now something has happened, Zhao Haisheng has acted like he had nothing to do with it, and he was to be left behind. Wang Dafu doesn’t understand that this incident is what Zhao Haisheng deliberately made to dig him into a pit!
Without waiting for Zhao Haisheng to quibble, Wang Dafu went over there and gave him a slap because of this, “Bastard! You have the final say on my subordinates. If something happens, you still want to find a scapegoat?”
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“Don’t worry, darling, I have always rewarded and punished others clearly.”
Qian Yuanwai looked at his new concubine in a better mood and wanted to go up and pull her little hand to say two words, but he was glared at by the lady next to him, and he immediately obeyed, and then he re-directed his anger on Wang Dafu and kicked him.
“Wang Dafu, I raised you to do things for me, not to let you cause trouble for me! You want to cheat me! Return all the things in the field that I gave you before, and leave! Otherwise, I won’t let you stay in Shiqiao Town anymore! Zhao Haisheng, in the future, Wang Dafu’s responsibilities will all be handed over to you.” Qian Yuanwai was angry and mercilessly chased Wang Dafu, who had followed him for many years and then replaced him with a new dogleg.
Wang Dafu is nothing but a small person who seeks out his life from outsiders by flattering himself. Master Qian can determine his life or death with a single word. He has no right to refute whether he is wronged or not. Besides, there are still some people who are thinking about this matter and are ready to chase him down.
Not daring to go against the Qian family, Wang Dafu could only grit his teeth and accept the end of being driven out.
When he walked out of Qian’s house, staring at Zhao Haisheng, who was being congratulated by several attendants, the resentment in his heart was indescribable, he could stop and live a good life after a few more years, but at this last moment he was pitted and he had nothing, how could he not be angry? How could he have no complaints?
“Zhao Haisheng, don’t be proud too early, people like you, sooner or later someone will clean you up!”
Angrily dropping the words, Wang Dafu left with a bleak back.
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On the other side, Wu Qingyuan did not sit idle after returning home, he immediately returned to his room to take a leave, he dragged himself to the dock to the seaside fish town on the boat, and brought it to Jiang Da.
At the same time, he consulted with Amo, counted the money in the house, and took out a part of it to build a house in Liushu Village.
This project is not only to build his own house and yard but also to build a school!
The Qian family’s incident this time is a complete alarm bell for him, he has no time to wait, and he must let himself have more protective layers and chips as soon as possible, he can’t find the big backer for the time being, he can only use this method of going around in circles to cultivate talents by himself.
It is still early for the students of the academy to become talents, but the imperial examination held every three years is imminent, and the students in the village are his target.
The icing on the cake is not as good as giving charcoal in the snow, it is not easy for ordinary people to study, everyone who can be admitted to Xiucai is a talent and a person willing to work hard, they have talent and the hard work, but most of them are defeated with silver, the whole family works hard to make money to let them go to the exam, the exam is a happy event if they pass- if they can’t pass the exam, the whole family suffers and starves, even if they are confident in the exam in the next three years, most of them are forced to give up without the travel fee to the capital, it would only remain a dream for most of them.
If he hires these scholars as gentlemen in the name of teaching and gives financial help, in the future, these people will definitely remember his kindness to some extent and help him one or two times, even if none of these people pass as talents, the connections they make and the errands they have run are gonna be a small network for him.
And if the children in the village can read, the villagers will definitely be grateful and supportive, people’s hearts are one of the important factors for success.
The reason for this, Wu Qingyuan is also helpless, who let him have no background, if he really makes big money someone dealing with him is easy, and in the future, his descendants will not be able to take the exam within at least three generations, because the examination checks three generations back, his origin is unknown so it can not withstand the investigation of the government.
Therefore, it is necessary to start building some external contacts now.
Regardless of the Qian family, Wu Qingyuan did what he said, and immediately began to invite people to start building houses in the village, and ran to Liushu Village, along with people who were able to read in the villages around Liushu Village, he invited these people to come to his school as teachers.
Although the shop in the town has only been open for a few months, the amount of money in his hand has now doubled several times.
In addition to the various goods he brought back from the merchants with Jiang Da, which made him a fortune, the glass products he took out of the space and the small number of modern goods used to attract the attention of customers were the main sources that really doubled his silver.
These silvers were nothing compared to the real big merchants, but they were more than enough to develop Wu Qingyuan’s school plan at the moment.
For the conditions for inviting these cold scholars to come to the academy to become teachers, he gave benefits very well, not only did he give monthly silver, but he also promised to give everyone a three-month vacation for each imperial examination, and at the same time subsidized everyone’s travel expenses to the capital!
The previous monthly salary was already attractive, and finally subsidizing the capital travel fee is the benefit that really attracts everyone, there is no need to consider it at all, almost every scholar who hears this condition can’t help but nod excitedly and agree, what are they studying for, isn’t it to take the imperial examination- Wu Qingyuan’s action is akin to giving a bottle of life-saving mineral water to a desert traveler.
In just three days, the repair of the house had not yet begun, but the news of the school have already spread, and Wu Qingyuan was completely famous among the village chiefs around Shiqiao Town.
“Oh, have you heard? The Boss Wu in Liushu Village wants to make a school, and said that after the building, all the children in the village can go to school, the tuition fee to be paid is about 4 taels of silver a year, and the adults in the family can help the Wu family work for a few days every month, is this really true? Is there such a good thing? Private schools charged about 20 taels a year.”
“Really really, Boss Wu said that this academy is specially designed to benefit us poor villagers, what are we waiting for, do you know that Liushu Village? Since the people there and Boss Wu are from the same village, their children go to study for free!”
“Really? That’s good, the youngest of my family is smart, I have long wanted to send him to private school, but the child and his father work and the family’s field earns only a few, except for the silver saved for eating and drinking, where can we afford to go to private school all year round, this Boss Wu is really a great benevolent person…..”
“Yes, I have never seen such a rich and kind-hearted person as Boss Wu, and those other masters are thinking about how much more grain they’ll let us hand over at the end of the year, when will they do these good deeds? Boss Wu of the school said that not only boys can read, but gers can also go, and the classes will be divided at that time so that all our children can read and write.”
“That’s right, and ah, then Boss Wu not only benefits us but also the two talents in our village, do you know? Boss Wu personally came to the door to invite them to the academy to become teachers, saying that they would be given two taels of silver each a month, and during the imperial examination, he would also subsidize them to go to the capital for free!”
“Shh, is that true? I heard that the last time that Sun Xiucai went to take the imperial examination and it was not enough to bring thirty taels of silver! Boss Wu is really generous…..”
“That is, Boss Wu said that this academy is used to do charity and benefit everyone…”
“……..”
Everyone who heard the news was talking about it.
Maybe at first, there were people who doubted what was true and what was false, but when the workers invited by Wu Qingyuan began to work manually, and the school began to be built, there was no one who doubted anymore, everyone came to watch excitedly, and automatically and spontaneously helped, in everyone’s hearts, this school is the door to their children’s bright road, and the poor people want to come forward, there is no other way except to study.
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Thanks for the chapter
Thanks for the chapter!
when will it be girls’ turn to go to schl, damn ancients🥺😔🤌🏻
Yup, education are important.
Thank you for the update!
I must note tho’ : For the last few chapters there’s been this add that was blocking the whole screen and can’t be closed. And I noticed that it’s only here… are there some issues with the page or something?
Meh, Birds of a feather flock together. I thought his sister is different..sigh
I mean, nice that she wasn’t sold into slavery (to more than one man)?? but unfortunate. Now when shit hits the fan she’ll probably go down with them too. (or maybe— nahhh. unless..?)
Not a bad way to prevent things like insider trading but preventing THREE generations from contributing intellectually is just shooting yourself in the foot.Girls were left out accidentally, right? ……Right?!