Struggle of Baochai

In the evening, when Baochai went home after dinner with her parents, Yinger was scenting the house, the quilts were already put away, candles were lit, and the whole house was brightly lit.

Baochai went to the bookshelf and saw the stack of papers with pictures and small characters printed on it, she was full of surprise, reached out and took it out again, put it on the desk and read it carefully, after reading one paper, she realized that it was Laoshizi newspaper .

After reading the newspaper, Baochai was overjoyed, she thought that the newspaper was really good, covering everything from national affairs to people's livelihood, with the newspaper, she didn't have to ask others how the world is going, so Baochai was very serious. She made up her mind to read it carefully, and the more she read it, the more she was filled with joy, and she found that she liked the current Qing Dynasty more and more.

When Baochai saw a piece of news on a small section of a newspaper, he showed a pensive expression.

This news is about the employment of female workers in a weaving workshop somewhere in Yangzhou. Baochai knows that Jiangnan has always been a place where people gather together, but the people there are also the most conservative. He saw that the weaving workshop hired widows from clan families. At that time, I knew something was wrong, and sure enough, the family was a big local family, and they felt ashamed when they learned that their widowed daughter-in-law had gone out to work.

Because of this, the owner of the workshop sued the patriarch of the clan to the Yamen.

Baochai looked at the yamen's sentence again. She originally thought that the owner of the workshop might be sentenced, but in the end, the patriarch was sentenced. Not only did the patriarch publish an apology to the workshop owner in the newspaper, but he also had to compensate the workshop owner for his losses.

Private property written in the verdict is inviolable, and both men and women have personal freedom. If a widow wants to remarry or come out to work to support herself, no one else has the right to interfere.

Baochai was terrified when she saw it, and turned over a stack of newspapers, and found countless such cases. After reading it, she sat stiffly in the big chair, not knowing how to react.

If, if it was the same in the previous life as it is now, even if she married Baoyu, she would not end up like that.

For Baoyu to become a monk means abandoning his wife and children. She can remarry completely, and there are many people in the modern school who have long been able to calmly accept the remarriage of widows, even royal princesses and princesses have remarried, let alone her.

Thinking of this, Baochai's mood became more complicated, and he continued to read the newspaper, and saw many changes, and went to bed to sleep when he was really sleepy.

After a night of silence, when Baochai woke up early the next day, she looked at the mirror and put her makeup on. Her eyes were dark and black, and she hurriedly asked Yinger to apply a boiled egg, and it took a long time for her to disappear.

After greeting my parents, I got into the carriage and went to school just like yesterday.

On this day, Baochai followed Xue Hong's order and wanted to ask Zhu Xiuzhen about the sponsorship, but unfortunately Xiuzhen didn't know very well, so she just said to go back and ask for help.

It was also on this day that Baochai realized that at this time, regardless of gender, as long as they are under the age of 15, they have the right to study. Only children from poor families go to public schools, while children from rich and powerful merchants go to aristocratic schools. One Girls School is the most prestigious aristocratic school in Jinling City, where all the students are the daughters of officials or wealthy merchants in Jinling City.

Knowing this, Baochai took more care to maintain her peaceful and magnanimous image, and maintained a close relationship with the girls in school. Baochai knew the importance of connections. In her previous life, she had been hanging around Jia's house in the capital and never went out to socialize. , I didn't make any boudoir friends, so even when I was in trouble, there was no one to help me.

This time, she made up her mind to manage her own network, and Baochai's temperament is really gentle. When she was in Jia's house in her last life, most girls liked to be stubborn with her. Now she really wants to make friends with these young girls. Small little girls are naturally easy to grasp, and soon they are like sisters with many officials or daughters of wealthy families, and they even invite each other to go out to play, or go to their homes to work and play.

On this day, Baochai got the new newspaper of that day, and first turned to the social news page to read it. When she saw a piece of news, she was so shocked that she almost fell to the ground.

It turned out that the new emperor ascended the throne and changed his reign name to Qianning. That’s all. The most important thing is that the news revealed a court movement. The court discovered oil and other mineral resources in a place called Siberia in the far north. Another huge silver mine was discovered, and the new emperor discussed with cabinet members to develop Siberia.

The news was only two short lines, but it made Baochai grasp something.

She thought about the news she had read during this period. The court is now stepping up the infrastructure construction of people's livelihood. If the huge Siberia is to be developed, the court's finances may not be able to support it. The countries are pressing and fighting with many countries at the same time. At that time, there was a shortage of silver. The princess ordered the support of the merchants, and also confiscated the ships of the merchants for naval warfare. , Moreover, the big merchant who had the most ships requisitioned was awarded a title of honor by the court.

There is nothing wrong with peace now, and only this great event can be used.

Baochai didn't care about being dignified and polite, and ran quickly to the main room.

Xue Hong has been fine for the past few days, and it was Jingji Sidong who wanted to inspect the property, so he changed his clothes and explained to Mrs. Xue before going out, not wanting Baochai to come in in a hurry.

"Baochai!" Mrs. Xue's face was a bit annoyed: "Where did you learn all the etiquette?"

"It's all right." Xue Hong was very partial to Baochai, so he wasn't angry. Instead, he dissuaded Mrs. Xue and asked Baochai with a smile, "What's the matter with my son?"

Baochai took a few breaths, passed the newspaper in his hand, pointed to the news and said to Xue Hong: "Father, look at the trend of the court, I think if our Xue family joins in, it will be more profitable than sponsoring Lao Shizi's full movement." Much more."

Xue Hong was not in a hurry to go out when he heard it, he took the newspaper and read it carefully, after a long while he burst out laughing, stroked Baochai's head and said happily: "Sure enough, my son is smart, even ten men are not as good as him. "

Baochai's cheeks were flushed by Xue Hong's praise, as if dyed with rouge, which made Yuxue's lovely and lovely.

Seeing his daughter's tenderness, Xue Hong cherished his daughter more and more. He pointed to a chair for Baochai to sit down. He pondered for a while and said, "What does my son mean? Do you want my Xue family to pay for road repairs, or donate money to Chaoting, or buying a mine for development, being a father means operating it well or buying an iron mine."

Baochai tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook her head again: "Father, what my daughter means is to use all that my Xue family has to build roads, and buy oil mines if I have spare money."

"Why?" Xue Hong was somewhat puzzled.

"My daughter understands what my father means. Now that the court is engaged in people's livelihood and infrastructure construction, iron ore is desperately needed, but Baochai thinks that Siberia is so vast, and there must be a lot of mineral deposits in it. Even if it is dozens or hundreds of years, it may not be developed. There is no need to build roads for the transportation of the developed minerals. If my Xue family can do their best to build a road, they will not worry about their children and grandchildren in the next hundred years. Besides, when my daughter read the newspaper a few days ago, she read A talented student who studied Gephysics thought about it, and my daughter thought it was very interesting, and said that today’s steam engine may be replaced by some kind of diesel engine, that is, in the future, there will be oil-powered vehicles instead of horse-drawn carriages.”

What Baochai said made Xue Hong even more delighted.

Seeing that Xue Hong was obviously moved by her words, Baochai continued: "Nowadays, the world is changing with each passing day. Instead of picking up people's wisdom, our Xue family might as well go ahead and do things that others dare not do, or this time, our Xue family will try our best." Well, the court developed Siberia for the sake of the businessmen in Rabang, so they might give our Xue family some benefits."

In order to impress Xue Hong, Baochai tried her best to encourage him: "I think, maybe there is a title that Daddy has been thinking about for many years."

With a bang, Xue Hong kicked over the chair, staring at Baochai solemnly with a pair of eyes: "My son, don't talk nonsense about this."

Baochai was silent, and after a long time, Xue's father couldn't stop laughing: "God treats my Xue family well. Although the dog is stubborn, but the little girl is smart, Hong can feel at ease."