I don’t know if I came early, or if most scholars look down on this job. There are people at the other two tables, but there is no one at the scholar’s table.
When Puyang Yun appeared, many people looked at him. He felt his face was a little hot, but considering his family background, he still walked over.
The maid behind the desk gave him a registration form and asked him to fill in the information.
After he finished filling it out, he was asked to wait for a moment, and then his registration form and the articles he brought were sent inside.
Puyang Yun didn't know how much time had passed. Anyway, the waiting time was very stressful and felt particularly difficult.
But in fact, before the cup of tea was even cold, the old lady came out to send a message and took him into the yard.
Puyang Yun had never seen Prince Chong's Mansion. When he saw her, he thought that this young and beautiful woman was the legendary Princess Chong. However, when she opened her mouth, he realized that she was the eldest daughter of Princess Chong.
Maid, her name is Spring.
She is responsible for this recruitment matter.
She had read Puyang Yun's report names and articles and thought they were pretty good, but she just had a few questions to ask him.
The eldest maid has bright spring eyes and white teeth. When she smiles, she makes people feel extremely friendly. Her air of demeanor is probably no worse than that of the richest ladies in some families.
Puyang Yun heard his own heartbeat and was afraid to look into his beautiful eyes: "You... just ask."
"Okay, then I'll ask. If my question offended you, I'll apologize to you first. I'm also doing this to complete the task assigned by the master. I hope you won't be angry." With that, the eldest maid Chun Chun
He stood up and bowed.
How could Puyang Yun dare to accept the gift? The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, not to mention the maid next to Princess Chong, was sent to interview someone. It must be the popular person in front of Princess Chong. He quickly avoided it and waved his hands in panic:
"You're welcome, girl. I'm just a commoner. I can't bear your courtesy."
"I'm just a servant who works, and I should apologize to you." The eldest maid Chun Chun was polite and controlled the rhythm very well, almost dominating the entire meeting.
In the following conversation, Puyang Yun followed the spring. He almost asked and answered questions, and almost all his money was taken out.
It was rare for the eldest maid to see such a "simple person" in spring. She looked at her vaguely several times and assigned a topic to Puyang Yun. She asked him to go back and compile an article and hand it to her in three days. If he passed the test, he could
Get a job that doesn't require you to work.
Puyang Yun was confused. Does the accountant still need to write?
Also, what is "eye hygiene"?
When he left, Puyang Yun had a special topic outline in his hand, asking him to tell a story about eye diseases caused by improper use of eyes with the title of "Eye Hygiene". He was asked to use vernacular language, which was easy to understand and the common people could understand it.
The extent to which you can understand.
At the back, there is also a copy of "Jinling News".
Puyang said: "..."
Did I see it wrong, or did the other party get it wrong?
After hesitating for a while, Puyang Yun wrote two manuscripts, one was a serious scientific article and the other was in vernacular. They were all handed over to the eldest maid, Spring, for her to choose.
After the eldest maid read it in the spring, she didn't say anything. Instead, she called a few aunties from the backyard who couldn't read any Chinese characters, and asked another maid who could read to read to them. It was to see which of them could understand. As long as they understood half of it,
Reward two taels of silver.
Although two taels of silver is not much, it is great to listen to a story and not have to do anything as long as you get half of the answers correct.
Therefore, the ladies racked their brains and took notes. Afterwards, only one-third of the ladies answered 40% of the eye protection questions correctly.
After doing all this, the eldest maid Chun Chun turned back to Puyang Yun and said, "Do you understand?"
Puyang Yun nodded blankly: It turns out that those requests she made were really meant to be understood by ordinary people?!
He seemed to understand somewhat why he was given the "Jinling News".
Compared with serious scientific literature, ordinary people definitely prefer country slang and various gossip stories.
Only by incorporating scientific knowledge into these stories will it be easier to spread.
"Now that Mr. Pu understands, I will give Mr. Pu another chance. Please go back and polish your pen before coming back."
"Thank you!"
Puyang Yun bowed respectfully to the eldest maid Chun, feeling extremely grateful.
If it's normal, people don't need to explain it at all, they just need to tell themselves that it can't work.
But she didn't, she told herself with actions-why he couldn't do it.
After knowing the reason, Puyang Yun knew what to do. He stopped writing any hard scientific articles and concentrated on writing in vernacular. He chatted with his parents, his brothers and his sister-in-law, his nephews, and his neighbors...
He told them the story he had written, revised it over and over again, and kept finding others to try, until it gradually became a story that everyone understood.
It is both easy to remember and easy to understand.
At the end, there is also a jingle attached.
The book is one foot away from the eye, and the chest is one fist away from the desk;
There are regulations for holding a pen with three fingers, and the operating instructions must be understood.
There is a time limit for continuous reading, and the three eye protection exercises should be practiced regularly.
Reading and learning to sit upright will make your waist, neck and eyes relaxed.
…
Seeing this new story, the eldest maid Chun Chun smiled: "Very good, you are admitted!"
Puyang Yun became the editor of the publicity department of Daming Glasses Factory, mainly responsible for writing publicity articles.
"real?!"
Puyang Yun's family was very surprised when they learned about it.
It is said that a useless scholar is a scholar, but Puyang Yunming has no fame yet, but he got a job that pays 10 taels of silver a month. He doesn't have to be exposed to the sun and rain, and he only needs to write a few articles well.
?!
Is this... too easy?
Puyang Yun smiled and nodded: "It's true. I have already signed a contract. I will write at least four articles every month. If there are more than one, I will be rewarded with two taels of silver for each article."
Two taels of silver per article is much more profitable than copying books.
When I used to copy books, it would take less than half a month to copy a book, which was only a few hundred words long.
Later, with the advent of movable type printing, copying books became even less valuable. People still thought that the handwriting you copied was not as clear as the printed one, and they were worried that there were typos in what you copied.
All in all, no matter how you calculate it, it is not as cost-effective as movable type printing.
Just writing letters for people and making a little extra money.
Believe me, I don't write this every day. I can't write a few letters a year. A few coins per letter is enough to earn some hard money at most, which is not enough to support my family.
Therefore, scholars really can't find any suitable jobs except for the imperial examination.
To be a gentleman requires fame and fame. Without fame, it is worthless in a place like the capital. If you want to be an accountant, you must be respected by others and you must be able to do accounts.
If a scholar wants to keep his scholar's options, he has very little choice. On the contrary, he is not as good as an ordinary person who cannot read a few characters and does hard work, farming, part-time work, small business, whatever kind of work they can do as long as they can support themselves.
Unexpectedly, the recruitment of workers in the big eyeglasses manufacturing factory opened a new door for scholars in the Beijing area.
