Kou Ji said calmly: "If you can't accommodate one private school, then build a few more. Children here, regardless of gender, can go to school, regardless of gender. You don't need to worry about books, and you don't need to worry about your husband's education. I'll wait. Know how to cook.”
Chen Jing and others stared at Kou Ji in astonishment.
I thought Kou Ji was joking with them.
Liu Heng and others also looked at Kou Ji in shock, thinking that Kou Ji had gone crazy.
Under their gaze, Kou Ji continued: "The Kou government can advance the cost of books and hiring Mr. Kou. After the textile workshop makes a profit, it can be deducted from it."
The group of people were even more shocked when they saw that Kou Ji didn't seem to be joking.
Chen Jing stood up excitedly and saluted Kou Ji: "The Ministry of Industry of the Kou is really kind to the grassroots and others. Even if the grassroots and others die, I am afraid it will be difficult to repay your kindness."
Wang Tiansheng and others stood up and expressed their stance one after another.
Frankly speaking, Kou Ji is their great benefactor.
Kou Ji did not take their compliments to heart.
He asked Chen Jing and others to build a private school without any calculation. He just saw that the children among the common people were neglected and felt uncomfortable, so he asked them to build a private school for those children to study.
Chen Jing, Liu Heng and others did not know what Kou Ji was thinking.
Chen Jing thought that Kou Ji simply sympathized with the children, while Liu Heng and others thought that Kou Ji had some agenda.
After Chen Jing and others finished their compliments, Wang Tiansheng said hesitantly: "The Ministry of Industry and Engineering spends a lot of money to provide education for the children. Those female children..."
Before he finished speaking, Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "Even if the girls don't need to learn much advanced knowledge, it is always good to know some words. A literate girl will be better than an illiterate girl wherever she goes. Be good."
When Wang Tiansheng heard this, he didn't speak again.
What Kou Ji said is true.
Children who are literate, regardless of gender, will always have more to eat after walking out of the house than those who are illiterate.
Although it would cost more money, the money spent was not Wang Tiansheng's.
Kou Ji doesn't care, so what does he care about?
After deciding on the matter, Chen Jing, Wang Tiansheng and others told the news to the people while they were drinking soup.
The people were all so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
If Kou Ji hadn't escaped from the North City Gate with Liu Heng and others, it is estimated that the people would all kowtow to him to thank him.
If one or two people kowtow to Kou Ji to thank him, Kou Ji doesn't care.
But when hundreds of thousands of refugees kowtow to him, the joy is great.
After Kou Ji and his party fled back to Bianjing City, heavy snow fell like goose feathers, and fell to the ground, a vast expanse of white.
The group of people found a free spot in a wine shop in the city to escape the wind and snow.
In a wine shop.
Mu Chong stared at Kou Ji in confusion and asked: "Kou Ministry of Industry, why have you spent so much money to educate the children of the common people?"
Qian Le smiled cheerfully and said: "What else can it be for...the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is doing good deeds?"
After Meng Weizhong scolded Qian Le, he didn't bother to pay attention to him. Instead, he looked at Kou Ji with a deep look and said: "I guess the reason why the Kou Ministry of Industry spends a lot of money to educate the children of the common people is to retain them and let them go to school." They settled down outside Bianjing City.
Nowadays, part of the textile workshop outside the city has been completed and has begun to produce some output. After other textile workshops are completed later, the output will be even greater.
Although the Ministry of Industry of the Kou promised the previous batches of fabrics to the common people for making clothes.
However, with the current scale of the textile workshop, in time for the New Year, it can not only weave enough fabrics for the people to buy clothes, but also weave a large amount of fabrics that can be sold.
In the next year, textile workshops will produce more fabrics for us to sell.
At that time, it’s time for us to make money.
But those people are farmers after all. If the court returns their land to them in the spring of next year, some of them will definitely return to their hometowns to farm.
Some people may come back after planting the land.
But some people will stay in the countryside and try their best to survive.
I'm afraid there won't be many people who are really willing to stay outside the city to help us.
But after building a private school, it will be different. Even if those people go back, they will not be willing to take their children back, and they will still come back and help us.
This is the brilliance of the Ministry of Industry."
After Meng Weizhong said these words, the others looked at Kou Ji in astonishment, not expecting that Kou Ji's calculations were so deep.
Even Kou Ji himself was in a daze.
He didn't expect that something he did casually could be interpreted in this way.
Seeing Mu Chong and others looking at him, Kou Ji thought for a moment, nodded, and accepted Meng Weizhong's statement.
Mu Chong and others looked at Kou Ji with eyes filled with admiration.
Kou Ji didn't say anything more.
The group of people stayed in the wine shop until the snow subsided a little, and then went back to their homes.
thereafter.
Heavy snow mixed with light snow fell intermittently for three days.
The white disaster that Kou Ji and others discussed did not happen.
Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to select a few stewards from the house and send them to the textile workshops outside the city to help the textile workshops outside the city establish a certain management system.
Kou Ji himself worked as a salted fish in the house.
Until early December.
An uninvited guest entered Kou's mansion and asked to see Kou Ji.
After Kou Ji received the report from Kou Zhong, he went to the side hall of the mansion with a puzzled look on his face and saw a beauty whom he had not seen for a long time.
Su Chaner.
I haven't seen Su Chan'er for a long time. She has lost some of her aura of dustiness and has become more dignified and elegant.
After meeting Kou Ji, he no longer had the gnashing of teeth or aggressiveness before, but instead gave him a calm and elegant salute.
"The little girl Su Chan'er has met Mr. Kou."
Kou Ji looked at Su Chan'er, and after asking her to sit down, he said with some surprise: "This doesn't look like you!"
Su Chan'er sat on the chair with her legs bent and smiled calmly: "The young lady and the young master have not seen each other for a year. During this year, the young lady has experienced a lot, and she has naturally matured."
Kou Ji said with a half-smile, "Have you really matured, or have you been trained like this by the master behind you?"
Su Chan'er's eyes flashed with warmth and anger, but she said in a gentle voice: "Our boss has a noble status, please Master Kou not to criticize him."
Kou Ji burst out laughing and said: "He has a noble status, what does it have to do with me? He can still control me."
Su Chan'er snorted lightly, unwilling to continue discussing this topic with Kou Ji.
With the help of Zhao Yuanyan, she has been in charge of Wanhua Tower for more than a year. She is used to seeing high-ranking officials and noble people. When dealing with those high-ranking officials and noble people, her temperament has become much calmer and more stable.
Nowadays, even when she is humiliated in front of others, she can still smile and keep calm in her heart.
But when facing Kou Ji, Kou Ji could always arouse the anger in her heart with a few words.
Su Chan'er stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "The reason why the little girl came to see the young master this time is because our boss wants to discuss something with the young master."
Kou Ji was stunned when he heard this, stared at Su Chan'er and said, "He doesn't plan to come forward?"
Su Chan'er said calmly: "Our boss wants a little girl to take his place, so we should talk to the young master first. If the negotiation doesn't work out, he will step in."
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully and said to Su Chan'er: "Then you go back. Just ask your boss to come out and talk to me."
Su Chan'er was stunned for a moment, anger welled up in her chest, and she glared at Kou Ji angrily.
Kou Ji turned a blind eye to her angry look and said calmly: "Your boss knows that if you talk to me, it may not be appropriate, but he doesn't come forward himself, and instead asks you to talk to me.
Isn't this unnecessary?
He has the free time to do this kind of thing, but I don’t.”
Kou Ji picked up the teacup on the table and said calmly: "Kou Zhong, see the guests off."
Su Chan'er stood up suddenly and said angrily: "Our boss is a person of high status, how can he be seen by anyone who wants to see him?"
Kou Ji glanced at Su Chan'er and waved his hand to Kou Zhong, who had entered the side hall and was about to invite Su Chan'er out.
Kou Zhong stood aside with a bow.
Kou Ji stared at Su Chan'er and sneered: "Does your boss have status? Do I have no status? He has a noble status, but he has not been in that position for a day, so he has no right to yell at me.
Go back and tell him not to put on airs in front of me in the future.
If he wants to talk about anything, let him come to me.
If he is unwilling to come forward, then there is no need to talk about anything."
"Kou Zhong! Get out!"
Kou Zhong agreed and dragged Su Chan'er out the door.
Su Chan'er's eyes widened with disbelief on her face.
In the past year or so, she had appeared in the houses of high-ranking officials, and those who were not polite to her were as domineering as Kou Ji. She had only seen one like Kou Ji.
Su Chan'er was dragged by Kou Zhong and growled at Kou Ji: "The status of our boss is no longer what it used to be. If you treat our boss so lightly, sooner or later you will feel better."
Kou Ji sneered and ignored Su Chan'er, but told Kou Zhong who had already dragged Su Chan'er out of the side hall: "Don't let cats and dogs like this into the house from now on.
Our Kou Mansion is not a lonely garden, and it is not something anyone can come in if they want."
Kou Zhong agreed when he heard this.
When Su Chan'er heard this, she shivered with anger.
Kou Ji waited until Kou Zhong dragged Su Chaner away and sat in the side hall, looking deep in thought.
Logically speaking, Zhao Yuanyan is now desperately planning for his own great cause, so he should not come to find him.
He won over Wang Qinruo and also Li Shen.
Wang Qinruo's surrender gave him a think tank and a tongue in court.
Li Shen's surrender gave him some authority in the court.
Through Li Shen, he snatched away the three divisions that should have been under the control of Liu E.
Now the three divisions, with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, are in charge of the promotion and scheduling of officials all over the world.
He should use the third division and the official department to expand his results as much as possible.
If you find yourself, what will you do?
Kou Ji thought about it over and over, but he never thought of Zhao Yuanyan's purpose of looking for him.
Could it be that Zhao Yuanyan wanted to win over their ancestors and grandchildren and seek refuge with him?
Isn’t that a bit wishful thinking?
Kou Zhun was loyal to Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Heng and his son could not possibly betray their young master.
He has an irreversible friendship with Zhao Zhen, and it is impossible for him to betray Zhao Zhen.
Kou Ji didn't believe that Zhao Yuanyan couldn't see through this.
Even if Zhao Yuanyan couldn't see through it, his think tank Wang Qinruo should also be able to see through it.
Kou Ji couldn't figure out Zhao Yuanyan's purpose for finding him, so he stopped thinking about it.
He stood up slowly and returned to Sijun Garden to accompany Xiang Yan.
Kou Ji spent another day with Xiang Yan at his house.
The next day.
Kou Ji was going to go out to visit the refugee settlement outside the city.
In addition to textile workshops, forging iron workshops and private schools have also begun to be built in the refugee settlements outside the city.
The forging iron workshop is far more important than the textile workshop. Kou Ji will later help the Ministry of Industry fight for power, and he cannot do without the support of the forging iron workshop.
So he must always take time to visit.
As soon as Kou Ji left the alley in his carriage, he was stopped by a strong man with an expressionless face.
Kou Ji frowned and followed the strong man's instructions and asked the carriage driver from his residence to drive the carriage to a courtyard in the outer city.
Then he asked the coachman to drive the carriage back first, and he himself entered the courtyard under the guidance of the strong man.
In a greenhouse in the courtyard, I saw Zhao Yuanyan resting on a soft couch.
The fire dragon in the conservatory was burning red, and Zhao Yuanyan was only wearing a single coat, lying on his side on the soft couch.
After seeing Kou Ji entering the door, he didn't say anything. He just waved his hand and asked an eunuch to move a stool for Kou Ji to sit down.
Kou Ji squinted his eyes and quietly looked at where Zhao Yuanyan was showing off.
There was no opening from beginning to end.
After a long time.
Seeing that Kou Ji didn't speak, Zhao Yuanyan snorted twice and said calmly: "Kou Ji, why don't you salute me when you see me?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Your Majesty, feel free to tell me what you have to say, but I still have a lot of government affairs to be busy with."
Zhao Yuanyan narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Kou Ji, and said coldly: "Kou Ji, when you talk to me like this, do you intend to break up with me? I know all the bad things you have done.
It’s clear, aren’t you afraid that the king will write to you and play with you?”
Kou Ji rolled his eyes. He thought what Zhao Yuanyan said was idiotic.
Is it useful to impeach him?
Will it still be Zhao Yuanyan’s turn?
Even if Zhao Yuanyan exposes all the bad things he has done, what will happen?
Everything Kou Ji had done before was either against Ding Wei or against Liu E.
Now Ding Wei was beheaded, and Liu E imprisoned herself in the palace.
The people who benefited the most were the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
If the court really wanted to accuse Kou Ji of those things, then every civil and military officer in the court would be Kou Ji's accomplice.
What's more, Kou Zhun is now sitting in the inner court and controlling the power of the world. How can he watch something happen to Kou Ji?
Zhao Yuanyan saw that Kou Ji didn't take him seriously at all, and an angry look flashed in his eyes. He saw that Kou Ji didn't panic in the face of his threat, so he shouted in a stern and fearful voice.
"Kou Ji, do you really think that this king can do nothing to you?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "No... Your Majesty is the Emperor's nobleman. When Your Majesty speaks, your subordinates will naturally listen."