bookrandom Chapter 472: Everyone is busy making money
Chapter 472: Everyone is busy making money
The shopkeeper saw that they were only eating melons and not rice, so should he give them some silver?
There is really no need to worry about this. Those who eat out on the fifth and sixth days of the first lunar month are very generous with their money. The shopkeeper has nothing to worry about.
The waiter added, "There is a family in their village with three brothers, a total of eight girls. It is inconvenient for them to study together with the boy, so they have been separated for a long time. This time, under the pretext of repairing the temple of the goddess, they want to build a good school, and they also want to build a music room. In the future, the village girls will also play music, chess, calligraphy and painting. When they are free, they will gather together to play, not just gossip about other people's private affairs."
Someone exclaimed: "So many girls are spoiled?"
Another one came to gossip, "Isn't it? There is a girl who has been engaged for five years, but she is still unmarried at the age of twenty. She works in a workshop. Last year, a good idea was thought of. She was directly rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. She gave half to her parents and half to her husband's. This year she is preparing to get married. Her husband's family gave her fifty taels of silver as a betrothal gift, her parents added another fifty taels of silver as a dowry, and the workshop gave her a big red envelope of sixty taels of silver. She is a capable girl, not inferior to men at all. The guy she is engaged to is also capable. The young couple will probably earn one or two hundred taels of silver a year in the future."
Another person came over to gossip, "I heard that the villages in Wei State are competing with each other. The palace gives two taels of silver for each newborn child, and the village must also show some appreciation. Villages with better conditions also give two taels of silver for each child."
The waiter replied, "There was a village where everyone refused to follow suit and continued to follow their way. As a result, several people who were engaged broke off their engagements and matchmakers stopped going to their place. Every time a girl wanted to marry into a certain village, she would ask what the conditions were for that village. The young men in that village were anxious and quickly followed suit. If they didn't have money, they would sell everything they had."
Someone was very curious and asked anxiously: "Where did the village get the silver? The 20 million taels of silver that Wusha paid as compensation were all given to Weiguo. Will they spend it all again?"
The waiter said, "We in Weiguo now have only one goal: to make money and live. Everyone has their own business. Every village has its own business, every township has its own business, every county has its own business, and Weiguo also has large workshops."
Someone who understands interjected: "Weiguo has given up its own interests to the people."
Ma Zhuo also interrupted, saying in a random and careless manner: "Your Highness has no worries about food or clothing. The Yun family spends less than twenty taels of silver a month in Yunlin. It's good enough as long as the silver is enough."
The waiter rushed to say, "That village is poor, and they value boys over girls. No other girl would marry them. If they have a few girls in the future, life will be hard. They have to borrow money to start the business, so that they can earn more money in the future."
Some people are curious: "How to make money?"
The waiter said, "Wealth is created. As long as you live, you will have more and more. For example, if you just focus on a few acres of land and mend a few torn clothes, it is definitely not worth much. What we do now is worth more. In the past, the yield per acre was 400 to 500 kilograms, and now it has reached 600 to 700 kilograms. People can still do many, many things. So you have to read first, and when your brain is flexible, you will naturally be able to think of things. Although some people are stupid and can't read, they can be influenced by others' reading and be better than those who have not read."
The waiter said proudly, "I can also write and do math, and I can earn twenty or thirty taels of silver a year, which is more than what I earned before I went to school. The money spent on studying is the most worthwhile."
The shopkeeper asked, "Do you still want to usurp the throne?"
The waiter confronted the shopkeeper: "A waiter who doesn't want to be a shopkeeper is not a good cook."
A dude said excitedly: "What's the other saying?"
Ma Zhuo asked, "Isn't it that a county magistrate who doesn't want to be prime minister is a good cook?"
The dandy nodded and laughed, hahaha this is so funny!
Many people who haven’t heard of it are surprised!
The waiter said, "That's what the fake princess said."
The dandy laughed and said, "Why is she called the fake princess?"
A girl chimed in, "Because she wants to be a princess but she's not. She's just a fake princess. Fake princesses are amazing."
Ma Zhuo nodded. The fake princess was really amazing. She led a team of eight people and worked every day. The things they made were very diverse, and they did things here and there. But the things they made were not bad. The princess said she didn't like teaching, and planned to set up a workshop and partner with the fake princess to make some money. They were all making money.
Everyone was chatting, and Ma Zhuo followed suit: "I have a large family, and my annual salary adds up to more than a thousand taels of silver, which is enough to support my family. Princess, don't worry about it, you can do what you like."
Some people were shocked: "Spending thousands of taels of silver a year to support a princess?"
Ma Zhuo asked back, "A thousand taels of silver is not enough? What have you done?"
The man was excited: "That's the princess!"
Ma Zhuo said: "The princess is going to teach, that is what she should do. So many villages need to build temples for the goddess, and they are in need of teachers."
The thick-skinned old man who was not hurt even after getting burned on the face angrily said, "What kind of books are women reading?"
The girl took a few steps forward and cursed: "Your mother must have been illiterate to raise a son like you."
Another young man said, "You don't even respect your own mother, and you still talk about filial piety. What you call filial piety is to follow your own wishes and never ask your mother's opinion. Even if your mother is happy, she can't represent other people's mothers. Mothers have worked hard all their lives. Shouldn't they do what they want to do when they are young? Read more books, and you can raise your children better in the future."
The old man was so angry that he wanted to argue with everyone: "This is all nonsense! This is all nonsense! They only care about money!"
The waiter asked, "What will you eat if you don't have money? Do you want to eat for free?"
The old man angrily took out a lot of silver.
The waiter asked, "Where did you get the money?"
There's no point in saying all this.
Many people went to Weiguo to visit the Yun family, to see Yun Wenyuan and the daughter of the Yuan family get married, and to see the eldest daughter of the Yun family and Meng Dan get married.
Many people want to have a banquet at the Yun family, but now they don’t know what the Yun family will do?
A wealthy businessman suggested: "Why not build a temple for the goddess in the county seat so that everyone can come to Wei County to worship her."
A girl said, "The Yun family is innocent and we don't want to be tainted by you. Be careful or I will kill you."
The rich businessman trembled, but was unwilling to give up: "The Yun family..."
The old man shouted again: "The Yun family should be exterminated!"
A group of people attacked and kicked each man to death.
The rich businessman became more and more frightened and trembled. The people of Weiguo were really vicious. Some playboys also became unruly when they arrived in Weiguo, as if no one cared about them.
There was someone in charge of Wei State, the King of Wei; there was no one in charge of Wei State, the Emperor. Although many people instigated the conflict, the Emperor did not care about the King of Wei.
Weiguo is stronger now, and it is more difficult for ordinary people to do anything here.
Ma Zhuo left the restaurant and went home. There were many people harassing the princess that day. The princess was about to give birth and her temper was not very good.
Ma Zhuo would go home to accompany her whenever he was free. Since you are married, you should take it seriously and live your life by yourself.
Ma Zhuo and the princess's house was neither too big nor too small, with neither too many nor too few servants, and it was very tidy inside.
The princess is playing chess with the fake princess.
When Ma Zhuo saw this, he would take a detour. He should have avoided these two poor chess players.