Jiang Miao's desserts won high praise from the ladies. She also tasted one herself. It was sweet but not greasy. Although she doesn't cook often, her cooking skills have not deteriorated.
Jiang Miao spoke only after everyone had finished eating and drank all the sugar water.
"I will teach you how to cook in the women's college, and you will be given the recipe for the puff candy you eat."
"What? The princess wants to teach us how to make snacks? How can this happen?"
Putting aside Jiang Miao's distinguished status, her being a teacher in the academy is a big gimmick. Those who were still waiting to see or question it before will definitely send their daughters in to become Jiang Miao's students.
This is something that can be related to Princess Rongning. Even if you spend one or two silver to study for half a year, it is still worth it.
But the young ladies were surprised that Jiang Miao was willing to teach everyone these precious food recipes. You must know that many aristocratic families will pass down some recipes as inheritance, which is also their heritage.
But now Jiang Miao teaches everyone for free, how can everyone not be surprised?
"Well, not only desserts, but also other recipes. As long as I know how to make them, I will teach them to my students."
Jiang Miao is not afraid that her apprentices will starve to death. For her, spreading these delicious recipes will also improve the people's diet.
Food is the first priority for the people. If they eat well, everyone's happiness will increase accordingly.
Moreover, she later wanted to open a food street in Qiongzhou, which would require people who knew how to cook food. Jiang Miao taught them so that she could find talents for herself.
The young ladies were infected by her generosity, with admiration in their eyes.
"If the common people know about it and the princess teaches them the recipe herself, I'm afraid they won't be rushing to send their daughters over."
The reason why the people in Qiongzhou are unwilling to send their daughters to study is because they are afraid of spending money. What is the use of learning to read and read? The daughter's family does not need to take the top score exam, but it is different to learn cooking. The daughter's family is good at cooking and can cook well.
Marrying into your husband's family is also a matter of honor.
Moreover, if you have a craft, you can open a shop and set up a stall, and earn money to support your family. This is a good thing, and it doesn't hurt to spend a few taels of money to learn it. After all, you can see the rewards.
The young ladies were originally not optimistic about the enrollment of women's colleges, but as soon as Jiang Miao's words came out, half of their hearts dropped.
Jiang Miao thought they were not shocked enough and continued.
"It's not just me, you also have to teach practical things, such as embroidery, housekeeping and accounting, especially arithmetic. I will select the one with the best arithmetic among you to be your teacher, and I will write the exam questions myself.
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Qiongzhou's construction is in urgent need of talents with good arithmetic skills. Jiang Miao attaches great importance to this and also wants to give women a chance to work.
If they surpass men, then the important work will fall on women. This is also the most important step for them to gain the right to speak.
"good!"
Although the ladies didn't understand, looking at Jiang Miao's solemn expression, they vaguely understood that Jiang Miao was planning something big. If it succeeded, maybe Qiongzhou would change.
No, not only Qiongzhou, but also Dayan may change.
As women, they don't want to be overshadowed by men all the time. If they have the opportunity to rise, who wouldn't want to?
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The arithmetic test was scheduled for three days later, so Jiang Miao left enough time for the ladies to prepare.
The main reason is that young ladies don’t know what to prepare. They don’t have much contact with arithmetic, and what they learn is very simple. Most of them can keep housekeepers and keep accounts, which is enough.
One of these little ladies was excited. Ever since she heard that Jiang Miao valued arithmetic, her heart was beating fast, knowing that her opportunity had come.
Wang Min has the lowest status among these young ladies. Her father is Jiang Chuan's clerk Wang Lian. After working for half his life, he is only a seventh-grade official. Normally, Wang Min is very inconspicuous among these young ladies.
She has an average appearance and a boring temperament. When everyone gathers, she is always the one who hides in the corner and ignores everyone.
The young ladies had never paid attention to her, so naturally they didn't know that Wang Min was a showman.
She is not good at poetry and poetry, but she is really good at arithmetic.
All this must be attributed to Wang Lian. Even though Wang Lian is just a small clerk, he likes arithmetic the most. He has torn through the arithmetic books at home. His hobby also indirectly inspired Wang Min, and even followed him.
As Wang Min grew older, Wang Lian discovered that his daughter was more talented than himself.
He often lamented that if only Wang Min were a man, she could use this talent to serve the court.
It's a pity that she is a woman, so she is destined to study arithmetic and not do her job properly. Such a boring hobby will also be disliked by her future husband.
Wang Lian has always been in pain. He is proud of his daughter's talent, but he doesn't want her to continue studying, lest it ruin her and turn her into a boring and unpleasant person.
However, although Wang Min has a boring temperament, she doesn't care. If the price of being addicted to arithmetic is that she can't get married, then she wants it.
Just when the father and daughter were making a painful decision, Jiang Miao's words made Wang Min see a new way out.
As a woman, why does she have to get married? Now that she has the opportunity to work like a man to support herself, she will definitely seize this opportunity.
Jiang Miao's test papers are not difficult for modern people. They are all junior high school mathematics questions. However, for people from Dayan who have not received systematic study, these questions are like a book from heaven.
Most young ladies get into trouble on the first question and rack their brains but can't come up with a solution.
Jiang Miao naturally knew the difficulty of her questions, but she still wanted to see if there were really talented people out there, she would be able to teach them with twice the result with half the effort.
There were ten questions, and the exam lasted an hour. When the papers were finally collected, the ladies all wailed in unison, complaining that the questions were difficult, but none of them knew how to do it.
Only Wang Min, her paper was filled to the brim, and only three of the ten questions were blank.
Although Wang Min's face was also pale, his eyes were surprisingly bright.
Although these questions are difficult, she has ideas. Wang Min believes that she will definitely win the first place in the selection of female teachers this time.
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Wang Lian knew that his daughter was busy selecting teachers for the women's college. Wang Min had told her before that Jiang Miao wanted to teach arithmetic. Wang Lian knew little about Princess Rongning, but he had heard of her deeds.
Wang Lian became interested when he heard his daughter say that she could learn arithmetic.
These days, not only Wang Min is anxious, but Wang Lian is also scratching his head all day long, just to see what kind of questions Princess Rongning will ask when selecting female gentlemen.
When Wang Min returned home after handing in her papers, she saw her father waiting in the front yard. When he saw her coming back, he called someone over and handed over the pen and paper that had been prepared on the table.
"Quickly, write out today's test paper silently, and let me see what kind of questions Princess Rongning has given to test you!"
With such a anxious look, Wang Min didn't even have time to drink water, so he was forced to sit down at the table and write silently.
