Villager of Daming

Chapter 1317: Circling Around and Calculating Arithmetic (Three Other Chapters)
"Don't eat too much, and don't drink too much. Xiaqiu Village has prepared a hot spring. Go take a dip after dinner to cool off and detoxify."

After the palace maids finished dancing, the leader took the microphone and told the officials that there would be some relaxing activities after the meal.

The officials cheered loudly. They liked to take a bath in the hot spring pool in Xiaqiu Village the most, one for each person.

Not only can you soak in the bath, you can also do scrubbing, massage, ear cleaning, and hair dyeing.

The massage is for the whole body, including foot massage. If you want cupping, you can have it, or scraping is also fine.

They provide ear cleaning and ear fumigation, but there is no shaving program. The beards have to remain, and they trim them themselves at home in front of the mirror.

As for hair dyeing, it depends on the specific situation. If the hair is completely white, there is no need to dye it, as it will look more beautiful. If you have no hair, you can give you a wig.

The welfare of officials is getting better and better, including meals. Every department has a special dining hall. The hall belongs to ordinary officials, and single rooms are for people of high ranks.

Then there are table tennis, badminton, billiards, gateball...

If you don't want to go home, there is a special room for sleeping, which is very comfortable, and someone will deliver meals and other things to your home. Just let me know and call me if you are worried.

I don't like these activities, there are swimming pools, music halls, massage rooms...

The officials were moved, and Zhu Yuanzhang also thought that he was the best emperor and had invested too much.

"Silly! I heard you're still looking for a project? A project to provide entertainment for officials? Are you investing so much just to make officials feel comfortable?"

Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Xiaqiu Village was designing a bathing pool for surfing, which required very high skills, and safety was the top priority.

He couldn't understand, with so many benefits given, would the officials still have the heart to work?
Zhu Wentian was soaking in the hot spring: "Your Majesty, why do you always come to the village to eat? The food is sent by the village."

"We were there to eat? We wanted to chat with you. If anything happened, we could solve it... uh... I see!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he suddenly realized something and showed a look of enlightenment.

"Those entertainment and relaxation facilities are designed to allow officials to stay together and discuss court affairs after get off work?"

“It doesn’t have to be about official business, other romantic things are fine too.

The next step is to have their families come here to play regularly and set aside a special area.

Officials who have elders in their families are called "jinxiao", those who have wives and concubines are called "qijiaqi", and those who have children are called "fuyu".

Let them get used to spending time in this kind of occasion, then they won't always think about going home, and will naturally run to the Imperial City when they have time, or to Xiaqiu Village!"

Zhu Wentian talked about corporate culture, or exploitation. Even though the support provided was good, in fact, at his time, some countries outside banned it.

You bring all the employees to a place with complete living facilities. They can shop in the company's supermarket, play in the company's playground, and...

This won’t do. You exploit people’s working time, and now you want to exploit their time and consumption outside of work?
At present, the people of the Ming Dynasty do not understand this truth and think it is very good.

Look at those officials, some of them don’t leave after get off work at night and ask others to bring their families over to live here.

When colleagues meet, let's chat! No matter how you chat, it is inevitable that you will talk about work.

"Great! Really great!" Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his admiration. The great man is really dark! No wonder he always laughs on weekdays.

Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that the master acted like an antelope hanging its horns, and his plans were far-reaching.

The current Ming Dynasty was developed bit by bit by the masters, and it seems that it has never made any mistakes.

No, we missed it. When they said there was a locust plague, there was none because the drought lasted and the locusts did not gather together to form a disaster!
However, despite the drought, there are indeed more grasshoppers than in previous years. If we hadn’t dug a deep well in advance…

As long as Hanhan is in Xiaqiu Village, everyone feels at ease. No wonder as soon as the elite team of Xiaqiu Village leaves, the other people in Xiaqiu Village seem to have lost their souls.

As soon as the team came back, even if Hanhan did nothing or didn't say anything, the village would automatically return to its original state.

"It's all due to your Majesty's grace!" Zhu Wentian said.

"You're right! I'm lucky, otherwise how would I have met you? Silly, I've always been reluctant to ask, where are you...from?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, and finally asked the question that puzzled him: What is the matter with the master?
"From where I came from!" Zhu Wentian gave the answer without thinking.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

He even knew the answer to the next question: where to go? People would say go to where you are going, so where is the origin? The origin is the destination, and the destination is the origin.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know that he was right. It was true that where you came from was where you were going, and where you were going was where you came from.

"Silly, do you think it will rain tomorrow?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked up at the sky.

"How should I know? But the weather is so hot, it would be better if it rained. Not too heavy, just moderate rain for the next hour, in the morning, hm! Hehehehe..."

Zhu Wentian said this casually. He is now numb to this aspect. When he was in the Northeast, he was like the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Lightning, and his words were followed by laws.

So this time he decided to be more specific and reduce the probability to infinitesimal.

"It would be great if it rained!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

……

"Hanhan, will it rain tomorrow?"

The next day, at ten o'clock in the morning, everyone should be working at this time. Zhu Yuanzhang ran over, but didn't see the prince. He probably thought his father was busy there.

"I don't know, what happened today?"

Zhu Wentian looked up at the sky. The rain started at 7:45 and remained neither heavy nor light until 9:47.

As soon as the rain stopped, Zhu Yuanzhang came. He had to come. It was so weird. I had heard from the children and the people who were assigned to the team that when Hanhan was in Dingliaoduwei, God watched him and arranged the weather.

Today I saw that the Imperial Observatory has become a decoration and is useless.

I just don't know why Hanhan asked the Imperial Observatory to record the weather every day, including the department store outside, which requires multiple tasks.

"Silly boy, can you mark the examination papers?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of something.

"No, that's not what we should do. If your majesty has nothing else to do, let's go back to the laboratory!"

Zhu Wentian refused. What was the point of reviewing the papers? He was not an emperor or a prince. He had a lot of work to do in the laboratory!
"Go ahead! You've worked so hard! Let's go around on our own."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand. He had just called Hanhan out of the laboratory and now he had to let him go back to work.

All of the Ming Dynasty’s advanced technologies came from the laboratory. There were more and more people in the laboratory, all of them were from Xiaqiao Village.

"Oh my! How do I find a son-in-law? A live-in son-in-law isn't actually that reliable!"

Seeing Hanhan leaving in a hurry, Zhu Yuanzhang began to worry.

Ling'er married Hanhan, and they had six other girls together. As they were getting older, what should they do?
Or should we follow Ling'er's method? Divide the people who went to Xiaqiu Village later and the original people of Xiaqiu Village, first restore their original surnames, and then give them surnames?
Otherwise, if the imperial examination was held, even if the top scorer entered Xiaqiu Village, he would still lose his freedom and it would be impossible to let him leave.

Unless the son-in-law does not come into contact with confidential technology, the daughter-in-law will not tell her husband anything about the laboratory when she goes to the laboratory.

Otherwise, Ling'er, if she is given time, she can make explosive packs, mortars, and telegrams with her hands...

The guards, palace maids and eunuchs around were silent. They did not dare to offer any advice on the matter.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect anyone to talk to him. He stopped and asked, "Where is our great grandson?"

"Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson is playing with his sister!"

The palace maid knew that someone was watching her, and she kept running over to report things.

"Go check it out! I want to check it out every day. We need to discuss it."

Zhu Yuanzhang complained that his grandson would rather stay in Xiaqiao Village because there were many children in the village and he could play with them.

The same goes for the granddaughter. The Crown Princess simply lives in the village while breastfeeding the child and does not return to the Crown Prince's Mansion.

The prince works during the day, comes here to eat at noon, stays here at night, and goes to work again after breakfast the next day.

Come back soon, it’s noon!
The most amazing thing about Xiaqiu Village is that it can stop all babies from crying. As soon as the baby starts crying, we know what's going on and make targeted adjustments immediately.

It is said that most of them are environmental factors, such as air pressure, humidity, light, sound, sense of space, temperature, contact sensation...

Internal factors include thinking, respiratory system, digestive system, endocrine system brought about by rapid growth, and the development of muscles and bones.

For example, if a child drinks milk and becomes tired and uncomfortable, what should you do? Cry!

Babies drink milk by sucking, and it is tiring for adults to drink milk from a pacifier.

The content of milk is affected by the adult's diet and mood. The baby's digestive system is fragile and he will feel uncomfortable if there is any slight change.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't learn everything, there were too many things, including how to deal with things.

He also learned about the psychological and physiological factors that affect babies' laughter, but he still hasn't learned everything. It's tiring!

He felt that the child was just like himself before, and as long as he was alive, that was enough. He would slowly teach the child when he grew up.

As a result, the people in Xiaqiu Village can always make crying children laugh quickly. Just a simple action or a sound can make the baby laugh.

What this silly guy meant was that he enjoyed reading but did not seek to understand every detail; whenever he understood something, he would happily forget to eat.

The same goes for babies. Let them analyze everything they can get in touch with. As long as they think they have learned something, they will be happy. …

As he was thinking like this, Zhu Yuanzhang saw his grandson and granddaughter. The eldest grandson was playing with his granddaughter... in circles?
Thanks to good nutrition and the fact that the Crown Princess gave birth at an appropriate time, the little girl grew up strong and developed physically faster than normal babies of the same age.

The early or late start of a baby's walking and talking varies greatly, depending on the specific situation.

The little girl could walk at seven months old. No one taught her specifically. She just stood up and walked by herself. Her walking was unsteady and she kept falling, sitting down when she fell.

She wouldn't rush over and slap someone unless he was suddenly tripped or ran away.

At this moment, Zhu Xiongying was circling around his sister. The little girl naturally spun on the spot, giggling. After a turn, her legs couldn't keep up, so she sat down on the ground, then got up and continued, enjoying it never getting tired of it!

"Master!" Zhu Xiongying stopped and called out when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Master!" The little girl turned half a circle again, then turned back and shouted again, while opening her arms for a hug.

"Are you tired?" Zhu Yuanzhang picked up his granddaughter.

"No, I'm tired, huh! Hehehehe..." the little girl replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

He decided to have a good talk with Hanhan later and not to act like a fool in front of his own child.

"Hello, Your Majesty!" A little girl playing in the sand nearby saw someone coming and stood up to greet him. She was only four years old.

"Okay! Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded: "Is it hot?"

"It's not hot, just, ah, I'm making a fire!" the little girl gestured.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually understood. The fire was hotter just now, but it’s okay now.

Even though he was only four years old, when the big stove was lit, he was asked to stay by the side and fetch firewood, and someone was responsible for watching over him.

When adults cook, they often give children some cabbage hearts, sauerkraut hearts, cucumber butts, or feed them some of the cooked dishes.

Under normal circumstances, children will not eat the cucumber butts, and they also will not eat cabbage or sauerkraut. However, they will eat them when the stove turns, and they enjoy them very much.

Children who follow the stove when they are young will naturally learn to cook as they grow up. Like Ling'er, she can cook skillfully at the age of five or six. All the adults in the family are working to support the family, so they have to let the children cook, and the older children have to take care of the younger ones.

Life in Xiaqiao Village has improved, and the children's education in this aspect has not changed, except that there are more people responsible for safety protection.

In a few days, children aged six and above will go up the mountain to pick mushrooms. In fact, they are available recently, but in small quantities.

When picking mushrooms, teach your children about plants and mushrooms, which ones are edible and which ones are poisonous, including folic acid and dogtail acid that can be eaten in the mountains.

Children who grow up in this way have strong survival abilities, and Zhu Wentian was always afraid that he would ruin his future children.

He had no objection to his children having luxurious living, as long as they could have coarse food.

There is someone watching over the little girl when she plays with sand. If she squints her eyes, take her to the wash basin nearby to wash them quickly, and don't rub them with your little hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked slowly, holding one child in his arms and holding another by hand. From time to time, people called him "Your Majesty" and "Father". His children also stayed in the village.

There is no need to seek out great Confucian scholars and other scholars to teach. The main hall has become a decoration. What those learned people can teach, Xiaqiu Village can also teach, but what Xiaqiu Village can teach, the great Confucian scholars cannot teach.

Can a great scholar set up a street stall to sell things? Every once in a while, the children of Xiaqiu Village would go out to practice setting up stalls, and arrange for strangers to deliberately make things difficult for them.

The little kids in the palace were so angry that they had to use their guards. If you want to buy it, buy it. If you don’t want to buy it, get out of the way. How can I sell it to you at a loss? How can you bully me like this?
At first, the cute little kids were setting up stalls and everyone wanted to buy, but later they were stopped from a distance.

Afterwards, he sold things for the children to change their clothes, and then separated them. A young man from Xiaqiu Village led them to shout together, and the children learned from them.

The same thing, in the same place, sold by different people, will have different results.

Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his support. He was not good at doing business and envied the ability of Xiaqiu Village to set up stalls.

He believes that only when children know how hard it is to make money can they understand the sufferings of the people and the cunning minds of some poor people.

You should use both kindness and severity when dealing with the people. People who live a hard life are not necessarily kind. When you think you are being nice to others and they should be grateful, they will actually become more and more demanding.

Xiaqiu Village has all these schools, so you can feel at ease leaving your children in Xiaqiu Village.

"Xiong Ying! What have you learned recently?"

Zhu Yuanzhang found a place to sit, mainly because there was no one around to disturb him, otherwise chairs with awnings could be found everywhere.

“Grandpa, I’m learning to skate today. The village built an ice rink yesterday. Let’s take a look at the equipment first. If it works well, we’ll expand it.

In Yingtian Prefecture, the winter is sometimes very cold, and sometimes not cold enough, and the ice outside does not freeze well.

There are cases when the Yangtze River freezes, but they are very rare. If the Yangtze River really freezes, the imperial court will be anxious, no, the village will take action.

Uncle Hanhan told us to practice on the ice first, and then put on roller skates, the ones with wheels, the double row with four wheels, the single row with four wheels, and the single row with three wheels.

Uncle Hanhan said that after learning how to skate on ice skates, it is very easy to switch to roller skates. If someone who knows how to skate on rollers switches to ice skates, you can tell at a glance that he or she used to skate.

It’s easy for children to learn, the center of gravity is low, and they are not afraid of falling. At most, they just need to wear a helmet…”

Zhu Xiongying introduced his own learning content, saying that he is not required to learn history, classics, or allusions now, and his main task is to have fun.

He was willing to practice calligraphy. Everyone was practicing it, but he felt it was shameful that he couldn't do it.

"The ice rink in the summer? Didn't you skate there last winter?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had never seen an ice rink in summer. It rained yesterday, and not only did the temperature not drop, but it was hot and humid today. He looked at the thermometer before going out, and it was thirty-one degrees above zero.

I estimate that the temperature will be over 33 degrees by lunchtime.

Building an ice rink today? The wheels are great. How many dishes can be stored in an ice rink? How many bowls of shaved ice can be made?

"Grandpa, Uncle Hanhan said that in order to make money, if possible, we should immediately choose a place to build a large ice rink and open it to the public for a fee.

This is a military, economic and political center with many rich people.

When the ice rink opened, my sister and I invested in it, and we started to receive dividends after we made back our investment.

We are the spokespersons for the rink, so the rink will be called the Ming Dynasty Grandson and Granddaughter Skating Rink."

Zhu Xiongying happily introduced the ways to make money, and he and his sister didn't have to pay for it.

"Earn, earn, money. Yeah! Hehehehe..." The little girl sitting on her grandfather's lap waved her little fists and shouted.

"How much money can you make? Don't keep losing money. When will you two..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy to see that both his grandson and his great-grandson knew how to make money, and asked them if they could make money.

Zhu Xiongying, who was just getting excited, was suddenly stunned. He looked around and said, "No, you can't be lying to me, right? Oh! Let's find... find my second uncle, no, find my father, and ask for the audit team."

"No, no, no!" Zhu Yuanzhang stopped him, "We must trust Xiaqiu Village. First, we must trust the quality and reputation of Xiaqiu Village. They will not cheat.

Another thing is to believe in Xiaqiu Village’s professional reputation, especially its accounting skills. Your audit team will not be able to find any problems.

If you don’t know the material cost and technical cost, how can you audit? How do you calculate the labor cost? How much is the labor cost in Xiaqiu Village worth? "

"What should we do then?" Zhu Xiongying actually understood.

"What should I do?" It didn't matter if the little girl didn't understand. She said three words and blinked her big eyes.

"That's easy! According to the efficiency of the village, if we can make it this year, we can make money this year, and it's not a lie if we share the money with you. Do you know how to read the accounts?"

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to laugh but held it back. These two little ones were so funny, especially the granddaughter. He would have to find a good grandson-in-law in the future.

Zhu Xiongying clenched his fists: "Learn! Learn to keep accounts. Learn arithmetic first! It's too difficult!"

This time Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. He knew that his grandson hated arithmetic the most, but was good at writing and literature! He could even write doggerel.

So……

……

"Silly, why did you think of building an ice rink? With our grandson and granddaughter?"

It was soon time for dinner. Zhu Yuanzhang was there, and everyone else in the harem came over.

Zhu Yuanzhang first asked his son how the question book was handled, and the prince said it was finished.

So Zhu Yuanzhang chose to drink and not go in the afternoon, and that was it.

When it's hot, I don't drink white wine. Wine and rice wine are not satisfying to drink. They are not as good as beer because beer has carbonation.

The best dishes to go with beer are barbecue and cold hot pot. Everyone grills meat on the ground stove, but Hanhan doesn’t grill skewers.

Zhu Wentian took a big sip of ice-cold beer and asked Hanhan, what does it mean?
"Xiongying doesn't like to learn arithmetic, so I plan to teach him to keep accounts to ensure he makes money." Zhu Wentian explained the reason.

"As expected...Hanhan, thank you for your hard work!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

(End of this chapter)