Two hundred and twentieth chapters compassion for the orphans and the poor
Hearing this, Zhang Lu had already tasted a bit. Seeing Zhang Shou suddenly stop, as if he was testing them, he said thoughtfully: "Let these people use that new spinning machine, these people will be the best."
They should know whether the new spinning machine is easy to use. As long as they get used to it, they will definitely realize that this thing is easy to use and they can never do without it!"
Zhang Shou smiled and agreed with Zhang Lu's guess: "That's right. Then, as long as you leak a little information, for example, where this new spinning machine came from, someone will definitely take notice. Then, let the invention of that new spinning machine
If someone sells one hundred and eighty units at a high price to those who take advantage of them, it's no big deal."
Zhang Lu only felt that all this was just as he had guessed, but he still couldn't help but ask: "If this is the case, what about those spinners who used old spinning machines you mentioned before, Mr. Zhang?" If these people are not considered, Zhang Shou will
Why did he need to say anything about affecting the whole body before? According to his understanding of Zhang Shou, the other party has always been biased towards poor families.
"Don't worry, that's something we'll have to do later. I know you don't have much money on hand, so there's no need to ask for money from your families. I still have it here." Seeing the two people hurriedly trying to refuse, Zhang Shou smiled and raised his hand to indicate
Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu approached, and then whispered to them the specific requirements of the weaving and dyeing workshop they wanted to buy. Seeing them nodding, he gently patted their shoulders.
"Let's handle this matter like this. When you go back, spread the word first! By the way, don't forget what happened over at Tingyu Xiaozhu." Seeing Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, who had been overjoyed just now, they immediately showed hesitation.
Zhang Shou said nonchalantly, "Don't worry. Yesterday, when I told the emperor that I was boring, he even laughed at me for actually singing to the sky while the beauty was dancing."
"And Yingying also peeked at the summary of the Peach Blossom Fan written by Twelve Rains that she got from Tingyu Xiaozhu at the Queen Mother's place." Zhang Shoucai would not say that the Queen Mother did not know what the little book in Zhu Ying's hand was.
Seeing the two brothers looking at each other and breathing a little relieved, he added, "If you are worried about someone gossiping, I will ask Lu Sanlang and Uncle Weinan to ask Twelve Rain to come out later."
As he spoke, he added with a smile: "Of course, I will ask Yingying to tell Princess Deyang and Princess Xinyang about this matter, so as not to let them think that you are just there for fun."
With these words, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu were relieved. When the three of them walked out of the blacksmith shop, Zhang Shou saw Ah Liu sitting cross-legged with a piece of grass in his mouth, looking bored, just like ordinary people.
There was no difference between the young servant and the young servant. He couldn't tell that the emperor had given a master a higher salary than him, a doctor of the Imperial Academy. He couldn't help but feel strange.
Even if the emperor said that one hundred dollars a month was compensation for him, he was more willing to believe that the emperor felt that Ah Liu was worthy of the high salary.
After being lost in thought for a moment, he asked: "Ah Liu, the guards sent by Duke Zhao are here now? Are they at the Xiao family?"
Ah Liu nodded very simply and directly, and then asked, "Do you want to send two people over here?"
"Hmm." This time, Zhang Shou gave a vague hum. Seeing Ah Liu jump off the carriage without saying a word, he quickly went to the next door. Zhang Shou waved to Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, and after entering the yard,
He saw two guards who looked very capable at first sight coming out to salute, and then went to the next door without saying a word. In the main room, Xiao Cheng ran towards him in a hurry, and nodded to them with a smile.
"Brother Zhang!" Maybe it was because he had a good first impression of Zhang Shou. Even if he learned that Ah Liu, who was frightened when he saw him, turned out to be Zhang Shou's personal attendant, Xiao Cheng still felt that Zhang Shou was very kind. At this time,
, he habitually extended the title of Zhu Tingfang to Zhang Shou. After rushing out of the room, he straightened his chest and said, "I have memorized three hundred Tang poems!"
"Oh?" Zhang Shou had barely paid attention to the little guy these days, and smiled at this time, "Can you recognize so many words? Do you know what they mean?"
Xiao Cheng suddenly lowered his head and whispered: "It was all taught to me by the uncles from Zhao Guogong's mansion. They knew the characters... but they couldn't tell what it meant, so I just memorized it by rote."
Zhang Shou suddenly asked: "Then do you want to find a knowledgeable teacher to teach you?"
"Yes!" Xiao Cheng shouted without thinking, but then he said gloomily, "But I have no money... I don't want to spend any more money from Brother Zhu's family!"
"But have you ever thought about it? In fact, even if you live here instead of living in Zhao Guogong's mansion, all your food and clothing are paid for by the Zhu family? Even the money your brother Zhu left to you belongs to the Zhu family.
?" Zhang Shou asked a few questions with a half-smile. Seeing that Xiao Cheng was speechless, he continued, "You are already eight years old. If you are willing, I can find you a job, how about it?"
Xiao Cheng was immediately overjoyed: "That's great! Brother Zhang, I can do anything!"
"The Imperial College Banshan Hall is short of a handyman. Every morning, he wipes the tables and cleans the house. Can you do it?"
"Yes!" Xiao Cheng almost jumped three feet high, especially after he heard what Zhang Shou said next.
"Well, I'll go back and tell Sicheng, the chief minister of the Imperial Academy. As for wages, I won't give you any money. I'll find someone to explain three hundred Tang poems to you in their spare time." Zhang Shou pointed to Zhang Wuhe as he spoke.
Zhang Lu said with a smile, "These two are the future prince-in-law and guest-in-law. Let them take turns telling you three hundred Tang poems!"
Of course Xiao Cheng, who had heard the opera, understood what the word "consort" meant. He immediately looked at Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu with wide eyes. It wasn't until the brothers' scalp went numb and his heart went numb that he smiled happily and stepped back.
He bowed seriously and said, "I have met you two gentlemen."
Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu were simply dumbfounded. This name, this generation... was really not right! However, when they wanted to correct the little guy's name, they thought that Zhu Er was also Zhang Shou's student, and Zhu Ying kept saying "Ge"
Grandpa, the two of them gave up this plan in frustration. But compared to being a gentleman, the two of them felt most guilty about another point.
Although these three hundred Tang poems were compiled by Taizu himself and are suitable for children's enlightenment, they seem to have probably forgotten many of them. As for what these poems mean... Haha, they may have to go back and review the books urgently.
!
Zhang Shou had already observed the reactions of Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, and then stepped forward to help Xiao Cheng up, and then said seriously: "There are many people in Banshan Hall who have a similar background to your brother Zhu. Since you Zhu
My eldest brother is away at war and cannot teach you, so I will let them take turns explaining Tang poetry to you as a reward for helping them clean the hall and wipe the desks and chairs."
Hearing this, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu were absolutely sure that their classmates in Banshan Hall, including Zhang Chen, were going to be in trouble! It should be noted that Xiao Cheng was not an ordinary poor boy, he was Zhu Tingjie, the eldest son of Duke Zhao.
As for the child she took in, it is said that Mrs. Zhao Guotai almost wanted to keep her at home and raise her as a grandson!
Children of this age are the easiest to ask all kinds of questions. If they make a mistake when telling Tang poetry and make themselves look ugly, they will throw it directly in front of the madam. They will not save face for them! Come on, go back first
Let’s read 300 Tang poems!
Zhang Shou naturally had lunch on this day at Xiao's house. In addition to Xiao Cheng, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, there were also Lu Sanlang and Zhang Chen Zhu Er who came over to have the meal. When Zhang Shou had just
After repeating what Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu had said, asking everyone in the Banshan Hall to take turns explaining three hundred Tang poems to Xiao Cheng, Lu Sanlang was relieved, Zhang Chen was dumbfounded, and Zhu Er...
After finding an excuse to send Xiao Cheng away, Zhu Er wailed: "Brother-in-law, can't you, a doctor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, teach him? Why do you want us to do it? I have forgotten all Tang poetry a long time ago... ugh!"
Seeing Zhang Shou looking at him with an unkind look, when he thought about the consequences of these words reaching his grandmother and mother, he immediately said dejectedly: "Okay, okay, I will go and review three hundred Tang poems in the future. Isn't this enough?"
"Remember, children have a lot of questions, so you have to think about everything you can think of, and don't get confused. Moreover, he may not only ask about the few songs you tell him every day, he may also ask other questions.
Don't let him think that you and his brother Zhu are too far apart."
But we and Zhu Tingfang are not the same people! We are far from him!
Even Lu Sanlang couldn't help but murmur in his stomach. But after all, he was glad that he was from Jiuzhang Hall and not Banshan Hall, so he was much luckier than others to escape this disaster. But then,
His gloating thoughts were completely gone.
"Lu Sanlang, I told Teacher Ge that I have to write a series of nature books recently, so I can't spare the time for the time being. You can teach me those basic mathematics parts. Teach Xiao Cheng. Just use Ge's arithmetic.
The first volume of the new compilation. Don’t teach it as fast as in Jiuzhangtang. He is only an eight-year-old child after all. Be patient and teach slowly."
Now, even Lu Sanlang couldn't help but complain. Brother Zhu, please come back safely as soon as possible. I can't take care of the child for you!
Zhang Shou certainly knew that most of the noble disciples in Banshan Hall were not good at learning, but he believed that it would be okay to go back urgently to review 300 Tang poems and teach them to a kid like Xiao Cheng. As for Lu Sanlang, with the little fat man’s performance,
If you try to teach people about mathematical enlightenment at a high level, you are completely overqualified, so there is no need to worry at all.
Rather than saying that his arrangement was to educate Xiao Cheng, it would be better to say that it was to spur these supervisors who were born into wealthy families.
Compared with Banshan Hall, which has a complex staff, Jiuzhang Hall is still advancing the course step by step. In just over a month, the course has already reached the level of quadratic equations in one variable and is struggling with factorization. Therefore, Zhang Shou has plenty of time to explain after
Assign a large number of classroom exercises, and then take time to write about your own basic physics on the podium while others are thinking hard.
There is no doubt that he does not intend to introduce the planet theory first, but intends to start with various physical phenomena and gradually deepen into Newtonian mechanics. For most people these days, this should be the easiest thing to accept.
However, Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye of the Imperial Academy had been very busy these two days. A prince-in-law and two guests of honor appeared in the mid-level hall. This was actually not a big deal, but their colleagues in the imperial court frequently ridiculed them in front of them, and some even geared up. It was okay.
They criticized Zhang Shou for being partial and ignored them. How could these two real bigwigs in the Imperial Academy not have a headache?
However, the emperor summoned them again after the early court meeting and threw out a series of issues mentioned by Zhang Shou, including the subject system. Naturally, they were overwhelmed. Even when discussing in private, they had to admit that most of them were indeed feasible.
, but still can’t help but feel that Zhang Shou is too busy.
After all, at their age and seniority, everything is about stability and peace, and the most annoying thing is change. Even if the change is just a mid-level church that they were powerless in the past and couldn't bear to care about, that's the same!
Therefore, when Zhang Shou came to the doctor's hall at noon on that day and pointedly proposed to recruit a handyman in Banshan Hall, Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye had not yet spoken. Among the other doctors, the oldest manager of Suixing Hall had always been
Yang Yiming, who was like a firecracker, couldn't help it anymore.
"There is a fixed number of handymen in the Imperial College. Dr. Zhang, even if you want to hire a private person, you shouldn't focus on this small vacancy of handymen, right? You can only pay so little a month, but you still have to keep an eye on it?"
Zhang Shou said calmly: "Since you said that you are just a small handyman, you should know that if it is spread that I have a private person in the Imperial College, who will believe it? I just saw it
A child whose parents are dead but abandoned by his relatives is pitiful, so we plan to let him do chores in the Mid-Levels Hall to support himself without any wages."
Yang Yiming was originally jealous that Zhang Shou was favored by the Holy Spirit at such a young age, but now his official position was higher than his own, even though he had eaten Pai Xuan in front of Zhang Shou several times before, and even made a fool of himself in front of the emperor. But it has stopped for a few days.
, seeing that the emperor didn't do anything to him, he returned to his old ways, and now he refused to give up: "Since you don't want wages, why do you put people in the Imperial College!"
"For an eight-year-old child, what do you mean by arrangement?" Zhang Shou raised his eyebrows angrily and said sarcastically, "What's more, the Imperial College is a place for teaching and educating people, and there are no secrets. Is it possible that Dr. Yang has something to hide?
Are you afraid of people spying on you?"
"Dr. Zhang, please don't slander me!" Yang Yiming was shocked and angry, "I just can't bear to see you going your own way..."
"How can I go my own way? An eight-year-old child with both parents dead wants to be self-reliant and do whatever chores he can in the Mid-Levels Hall in exchange for the supervisors to teach him how to read. What a good thing it is to encourage students to learn. How did it come to this?
What you said was that you had ulterior motives?"
As Zhang Shou spoke, he no longer bothered to pay attention to the stubborn old man. He cupped his hands towards Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye and said, "Da Sicheng, Shao Sicheng, this is not just about showing sympathy for the orphans and the poor. This child's parents are both dead..."
He briefly introduced Xiao Cheng's life experience, and then said calmly: "According to the relationship with the Zhu family, he can barely be regarded as a relative of the Duke's Palace. It is okay to come to the Imperial College to visit and hang out. However, I
I want this child to be self-reliant, and I also want to give some encouragement to the supervisors at Banshan Hall. Being a teacher is not only to teach others, but also to improve myself."
Seeing that Yang Yiming's face was ashen, Zhou Jijiu said in a low mood: "It's up to you!" Even if he refused, Zhang Shou could find a way to do it, but he would have to bear a harsh reputation, so why bother?
?Hey, showing sympathy to the orphans and the poor is the behavior of a gentleman!