Nowadays, in Nanxiang, Yuexi and other places, more grand and formal banquets are still divided into meals per person, but on weekdays, many people have changed to a half-shared and half-shared meal system.
Half-shared food means that the bowls, chopsticks and food are still for one person's own use.
Semi-sharing means that several people share a desk.
The reason is also very simple.
Because this method is popular in Nanxiang Canteen.
In a cafeteria with hundreds or even thousands of people, each person is assigned a desk, which means he is full and full.
Each person has a tray with two or three dishes on it, plus a bowl of staple food, and then several people share a desk and each eats his own food. That's pretty much it.
Anyway, the basic class in Nanxiang Yuexi and other places are fake and good-natured people who suddenly rose up.
In the past, we were just squatting at the door or in the corner with a bowl in hand to eat.
It is impossible to transform into a traditional scholar just because you have enough food and two pocket coins in hand.
There is also the rapid development of the handicraft industry, which has led to the accelerated pace of life and work in these places.
It is most normal to take advantage of the meal time to squeeze in some time to talk about something when everyone is together.
As for the rule of not talking when eating or sleeping, what is that? Can I eat?
Anyway, us hicks have never heard of it.
As the Turtle King, Feng Junhou naturally cannot be separated from the masses.
At most, the table should be larger and the meals should be richer.
After all, there are female generals, female politicians, female researchers, and female business tycoons in the family.
Feng Junhou integrated all aspects under their jurisdiction into a whole.
This process requires everyone to sit together and exchange each other's opinions before they can cooperate with each other.
Sitting together over a meal provides just that opportunity.
For example, right now, the head of the family is sitting in the middle, with Guan Ji and Zhang Xingyi on the left and right.
"Everyone, please take a seat. Amei, you can take a seat too, I don't need your service."
Feng Yong ordered to Amei.
Amei responded and carefully sat down below Guan Ji.
A pair of children were sitting in a stroller, placed between Feng Yong and Guan Ji.
The stroller was designed by herself, and Amei personally selected the materials and supervised the construction.
There is a special board for food on the car, with complementary foods and small pieces of steamed buns placed on it.
In both hands, she held a piece of small steamed bun specially made for her and was already chewing on it. There were small teeth marks on the steamed bun, but most of the time she was smearing saliva on it.
Ah Chong, on the other hand, preferred meat porridge. He kept opening his mouth and shouting "Ahhhh" to signal Guan Ji to feed him.
When it comes to raising children, Feng Yong has always advocated practicing it as much as possible when possible.
Firstly, it can cultivate the relationship with the children, and secondly, it can establish family tradition.
In the Sima and Jin Dynasties, those with high families and wealthy families had to be supported even when walking, and their limbs were superfluous, which was deeply disliked by Feng Yong.
Seeing that after three bites, his daughter could only get through the layer of skin softened by saliva, Feng Yong scooped up a spoonful of meat porridge and put it in her mouth.
"Alang, you haven't had a good meal these days, just let me feed you."
Guan Ji advised from the side.
"It doesn't matter, I have to lead the army on an expedition later." Feng Yong shook his head and looked at his daughter, his eyes full of doting, "Now that I have the opportunity, I can feed her once. After I go out for the expedition, I don't know when I will come back."
Speaking of the expedition, Feng Yong looked at Zhang Xingyi again, "This time, thanks to Siniang's preparation of food, otherwise the army would have been delayed for half a month."
This time there was an emergency, so Feng Yong promised Zhao Yun that the Xiaowei Mansion would first find a way to prepare food for a month, and it was also the idea of Pingxiang's workshops.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xingyi actually got the matter done in advance, so is it true that he has a clear understanding?
Zhang Xingyi was engrossed in chewing ribs. When he heard this, he raised his head and tried his best to make a calm expression on his face:
"If you can't even do this well, then what's the use of having the Secretariat?"
The tone is good, but it would be more convincing if the oil on the face could be wiped off first.
Siniang likes to eat pork ribs, especially the crispy bones.
In the Feng Mansion, where there were not so many rules, no one said anything to her even if she crunched her brittle bones.
Guan Ji is a martial arts practitioner and has a large appetite. She eats a lot of meat and eggs every day.
Braised pork made of pork belly wrapped in brown sugar is her favorite.
Coupled with Feng Yong's picky mouth, the Feng family's daily expenditure on food and drink is not a small amount.
That is to say, Feng Junhou was able to make money in a good way, so he could support this family.
"That's the right place. It's easy for Si Niang, but if it were someone else, it would be a different matter."
While feeding Ah Chong, Guan Ji interjected, "In the past two years, having Siniang, how much things have been saved inside and outside?"
With the wife's approval, Zhang Xingyi's eyes began to curve into crescent moons.
"That means Siniang is a girl. If she were a man, I'm afraid Siniang would be the leader of the Xinghan Association."
Feng Yong quickly picked up Guan Ji's words.
Zhang Xingyi, who was quite happy at first, heard Feng Yong's words and immediately glanced sideways at him: "Why do I feel that there is something wrong with what you said?"
Guan Ji glanced at Feng Yong and said with a smile: "Let me tell you, if you have something to do, just tell Siniang directly. No need to beat around the bush like this? Siniang is not an outsider, right?"
The last sentence was said to Zhang Xingyi.
Zhang Xingyi made a sound, not knowing whether to deny or acquiesce.
Feng Yong then told the story about someone who was willing to provide money and food to help build a school.
"This school is one of the foundations of the Xinghan Society. Logically speaking, we are not willing to let outsiders get involved, but those people can be regarded as our allies."
Guan Ji explained at the side, "So what do you think Siniang should do about this matter?"
Nanxiang School, Xinhua Bookstore, printing, paper, etc. have brought huge benefits to several companies that have original shares in Nanxiang.
Profit is only a fraction, reputation is the big part.
Even if there is no profit, for the sake of reputation, everyone is willing to continue to support it even if they subsidize it.
Take Feng Yong as an example. He was blacklisted by a wealthy family in his early years. Logically speaking, his reputation will be basically ruined in this life.
If you are really unlucky, you may be written into the local chronicle as a traitor.
But because of Nanxiang, from the humble family to the head of Guizhou, whoever is determined to pursue knowledge will not remember his merits?
It can be said that even if the Han Dynasty is destroyed by Wei, as long as Feng Yong does not die on the battlefield.
No matter how much the family hates Feng Yong, the people in power in Wei must keep him safe.
Spreading knowledge is so awesome that I can’t explain it, although Feng Yong’s original purpose was not this.
For him, the most fundamental purpose of those things in Nanxiang is to break the knowledge monopoly of aristocratic families.
It was also an important force that helped him change the trajectory of history.
Now that someone wants to reach out, Feng Yong must understand what their real purpose is.
Zhang Xingyi subconsciously picked up a piece of brittle bone and chewed it loudly. After swallowing it, he suddenly laughed:
"This is a good thing. The school captain's office now has no extra money to build a school in Longyou, so they are willing to help, which just saves us a lot of effort."
Feng Yong didn't understand.
Guan Ji wiped the rice grains off Ah Chong's face and glanced at Zhang Xingyi: "Let's be clear, why are they so kind?"
"Of course it's Tua...brother's master's knowledge, or in other words, Tu's method of teaching students quickly."
Zhang Xingyi took another mouthful of rice and continued:
"I remember that when the imperial court decided to reclaim Hanzhong, I don't know how many senior officials in the imperial court praised His Majesty for his sage, just to get some land."
"I can't help it. Whose family wasn't poor at that time?"
Feng Junhou sighed very much.
Guan Ji rolled her eyes at him.
Zhang Xingyi smiled and looked at Feng Yong, with an indescribable meaning in his eyes:
"So, many people want to thank Brother for this matter."
"Over the years, even though our family fortunes have not been as good as those of centuries-old families, they are still well off and we can finally leave some family fortune for our children and grandchildren."
"But this business cannot be supported by one person. If you want to maintain it, you must have fewer people working underneath it."
There were trustworthy people in the room, and Zhang Xingyi spoke without any scruples: "I remember that even someone as noble as the Ma family settled down in Ma Shuo, right?"
Although the Ma family was after General Fubo, by Ma Shuo's generation, they had fallen to the point where they had to marry Qiang girls because their family was too poor to hire a wife.
Ma Teng, on the other hand, had to go up the mountains to cut firewood and sell it in the city in order to make a living.
Although Ma Teng and Ma Chao, father and son, were both considered nobles in the end, family heritage does not mean that noble status alone is enough.
Money and food can only be regarded as the most basic. The cultivation of children in the clan, the accumulation of personal connections, etc. are all indispensable.
The most important of these are knowledge and skills.
No matter in prosperous times or troubled times, knowledge is the foundation of one's life. The art of war can also be regarded as a kind of knowledge.
When a family is prosperous, knowledge can bring forth talented people in the family.
After the family declines, knowledge is the hope for the family's comeback.
Although the Ma family used to be a noble family, they had no real heritage at all because the inheritance from their ancestors had long been discontinued.
The reason why those great Confucian scholars who are willing to teach widely are respected by the world is because knowledge is hard to find.
Most of the families that have been passed down for hundreds of years will not pass on their knowledge to others easily.
Others may not know why, but Feng Yong could clearly see that the later generations of Dizhuo Ziyou played this trick on Dongfanghong.
To put it bluntly, it is a knowledge monopoly or a technical barrier.
Because only in this way can they lie on the "Cangtou Guizhou" body and greedily suck blood forever.
Therefore, the essence of human beings has not changed at all over the past thousands of years.
Moreover, in this era, books were copied by hand, and the weight of the slips was extremely heavy, which greatly restricted the spread of knowledge.
The opening of Nanxiang Academy represents the beginning of a new era in the spread of knowledge.
Books can be printed in large quantities.
The carrier of knowledge is no longer bulky letters, but light paper.
This allows a family like the Ma family, which is a noble but without any background, to see an opportunity to quickly make up for its own family background.
At the same time, this is one of the reasons why the Xinghan Society is so keen on establishing schools in Yuexun County.
Their original intention was to quickly train a new generation of stewards for the family.
Later, it was discovered that the children of the clan could also lay a foundation in the Yuexun Academy and then jump to the higher-level Nanxiang Academy.
Only the best students can learn the more profound knowledge of Nanxiang Academy.
The emerging dignitaries of the Han Dynasty are in a period of rising wealth due to the establishment of various manors in recent years.
So it is instinct to long for the long-term inheritance of the family.
Nanxiang Academy gave them hope of rapidly increasing their academic background in a short period of time.
Feng Yong and Zhang Xingyi often secretly discuss how to do bad things in private, and how to poach the aristocratic family more quickly is one of them, so he can keep up with Zhang Xingyi's thinking: "I see."
Guan Ji looked at the two of them and smiled knowingly, and immediately became angry: "Speak more clearly!"
