Jiang Miao wanted to open a girls' school, and almost all the noble girls from Qiongzhou's aristocratic families came.
These people came because of what Jiang Miao said on the day of the banquet. These young ladies are young and energetic, with some idealism. The future described in Jiang Miao's words is so exciting. None of them want to be like men.
As an official in the court.
Even if you can't become an official, you can have the same job opportunities as men and don't have to be confined to a back house. This is already attractive enough to these noble ladies.
So when they learned that Jiang Miao was recruiting people, many young ladies came to sign up as soon as possible, and they came in person, and no one asked a maid or servant to take their place.
In addition to these young ladies with ambitions and pursuits, there are also many people who want to have a relationship with Jiang Miao and integrate into the upper class circles of Qiongzhou.
It can even be said that these talents occupy the mainstream.
Shopkeeper Qin looked at the list that Qinglian asked people to tally and said to Jiang Miao.
"With so many people signing up, I'm afraid most of them are here just for you. The charm of our Princess Rongning is a living sign."
She is now five months pregnant, and her belly is already showing. Liang Duo is not in Qiongzhou City, and he is worried about his wife. He is afraid that she will stay in the shop all day long while he is away, so she asks Jiang Miao to keep an eye on shopkeeper Qin and not to be exhausted.
body.
Shopkeeper Qin is not a child. She knows her health well, and there are servants in the shop. She goes there two or three times a month to check on the business, and spends the rest of the time at home raising children.
She has been with Jiang Miao all day long and knows exactly what Jiang Miao wants to do.
Shopkeeper Qin also studied for two years, but she was only able to read and arithmetic, but these were enough for her to open a shop as a shopkeeper. She naturally knew the benefits of studying. If all the young ladies in Qiongzhou could read, they would be able to do so in the future.
One more ability to survive.
Jiang Miao heard her joking and threw a longan peel, but shopkeeper Qin dodged it with a smile.
She was pregnant, so the two of them only talked about it and didn't dare to take action.
"There are indeed many people, but not everyone is suitable. If you want to be a gentleman to young ladies, you have to have both talent and character."
Jiang Miao has been busy writing exam questions these days, and she also needs to list some of the bylaws of the women's conservatory. Her idea of setting up a women's conservatory is not just a random idea. Whether it can be feasible must be combined with local people's sentiments.
"Well, as long as you have an idea, if you need help, just ask me. I can't help you with anything else. I can still teach you the skills of running a shop and settling accounts."
She has more experience than other young ladies. Shopkeeper Qin may not say he is very proficient, but she has been running a shop for ten years, so she still needs experience to pass on.
"Okay, I'll call you when I need to."
The examination to select teachers is in full swing here, and the news that Jiang Miao is going to open a women's academy has also spread over there.
Qiongzhou City was in an uproar, and the people were even more confused.
They usually respect Jiang Miao very much, even to the point of mythicalizing her, but after her decision came out, people in the city were questioning it.
"Women can read whatever books they want. They can get married when they are old enough. What's the use of knowing how to read and write?"
"That's right, we are not from a wealthy family, and we have a lot of money at home. If we can write and recite poems, can my husband's family give us a few more taels of silver as a betrothal gift?"
"Aunt Lin is right. It is a virtue for a woman to be without talent. Moreover, I heard that our Lord Shen is also going to open an academy. When the time comes, he will also send the boys in the family to study. What will my daughter's family do with the unjust money?"
Dayan favors boys over girls, not to mention Qiongzhou, which is already backward. Many girls here have survived. Most of them are people who don't want their daughters. They throw them away or drown them when they are born. The lucky ones who survive are just to provide for their brothers.
Exchange gift money.
Now Jiang Miao wants them to send their daughter to study, which is simply a fool's errand.
When this news spread, Jiang Miao's prestige in Qiongzhou City was reduced. The people who respected her in the past secretly laughed at her for her long hair and short-sightedness.
As soon as he came out, he didn't even check whether he had Master Shen's abilities.
Jiang Miao didn't pay attention to the doubts from the outside. She had considered these doubts from the beginning of implementing the policy, but Su Ruoruo and others stood up for her.
"What do those people know? Their vision is only about one-third of an acre of their own land. It is a fool's errand to expect such people to understand the princess."
"That's right, the princess has given the girls a way to survive. Even though we all yearn for that day to come, how can they understand the princess's ambitions if they don't know a single word?"
Jiang Xuan also agreed and said, although she is usually careless and has a bit of a silly temperament, Jiang Xuan is not inferior to Jiang Wen in talent and learning, but she is not as scheming as her and doesn't bother to show herself.
She didn't learn those things just to win favor, she only learned them because she really liked them.
Rather than competing with her concubine for futile favor, she wanted to teach more people what she knew.
Jiang Xuan never knew that the sense of accomplishment brought by focusing on her career was a hundred times better than the one she got from fighting for favor in the back house.
So when she heard the people in Qiongzhong City mocking Jiang Miao, she was even more angry than the person involved.
"Okay, everyone, don't be angry. I'm going to treat you to dessert to calm down. Let them talk about it. You'll get slapped in the face anyway."
Jiang Miao naturally had a backup plan. Since she wanted to do it, she naturally had to do it properly.
"Princess, what kind of dessert is this?"
Su Ruoruo's anger came and went quickly. Because of her admiration for Jiang Miao, there was nothing that Jiang Miao couldn't do in her heart.
In addition, this little lady is also an invisible foodie. Her eyes lit up when she heard Jiang Miao made dessert.
Jiang Miao was amused by her appearance and pinched her cheek. The little lady's face was still covered with baby fat, and it felt so good to the touch. Jiang Miao couldn't help but pinched her a little more, which made Su Ruoruo's eyes bulge.
, looking at her like a little hamster.
"Puch!"
Seeing the young lady glaring at her with resentment, Jiang Miao quickly pursed her lips to stop herself from laughing.
"The puffs and sugar water I made are all what you like."
Her sweet shop now only has mango thousand layers, poplar nectar, and fried bananas. The puff puffs that the people in the capital are used to eating are still rare items in the eyes of Qiongzhou people, especially young ladies who like sweets the most. Jiang Miao
The desserts I made just hit their liking.
When the desserts arrived, the ladies couldn't wait to take a bite and then took a big bite. Everyone was conquered by the taste of the puffs.
The outside is crispy and the inside is soft and creamy, so delicious that your tongue will swallow it.
"Princess, I still want to eat..."
Su Ruoruo didn't eat enough, so she blushed and asked Jiang Miao for more.
It's not like she has never eaten dim sum before, but Jiang Miao's is the only one that suits her best.
