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Those pink-faced scholars picked up the cloth and praised it.

"Well, it is indeed smooth and soft."

"I still smell the fragrance!"

"Bring me two pieces of the finest silk!"

Their behavior made others look at them with suspicion, but they themselves didn't care.

These people were all wandering children. They were so excited after reading the comic strip in the "Xun Bao" that they even came to Hengjin Alley to buy silk. They chose the brightest and finest colors. They would make clothes to show off to each other when they went back.

The store was so crowded that the store manager shouted until his throat became hoarse, but the commotion couldn't be stopped at all.

A few years later, Xie Zhaozhe returned to his hometown to guard the system. In his spare time, he was asked to write "Fuzhou Prefecture Chronicles". He recorded in the Fuzhou Prefecture Chronicles, Food and Goods Chronicles: In Fujian, there has been a bad habit of doting on girls since ancient times, which has been banned repeatedly. In the 28th year of Wanli, Wang Jianyang, a famous scholar, advocated the establishment of a women's textile factory, taking the idea of ​​women's self-support, and Xinghua Lienv Hu family started it. The store was located on the right side of the old Zhao Zhenjun Temple in Hengjin Lane... In the shop, all the shopkeepers, The accountants and envoys all used women to sell Luyun gauze, Xiangfei gauze, and Mulan cloth. They also publicized it in the residence newspaper and became popular for a while. Within a few months, gauze cloth became popular in the city. At that time, people called it "Hunan Concubine's Clothes". Those who had enough food and clothing and above would make everything.

Once the purchase of Xiangfei gauze becomes fashionable gauze, there is no need to worry about the sales. The price of Xiangfei gauze is not expensive. All of a sudden, the people in the city are crazy about buying it, especially the women in the boudoir. They see the "Xunbao" article The publicity was very touching.

Ladies from high-ranking families all sent their maids to buy them. They bought a whole wardrobe as soon as they bought it, and they didn't care if they couldn't wear it all, just to help the development of the women's textile factory.

The relationship between Wang Wenlong and Xiang Feisha was also exposed, but because Wang Wenlong was cautious, no one thought of him in a nefarious direction.

However, criticisms of Wang Wenlong still came one after another. Many conservative scholars accused Wang Wenlong of violating etiquette and law by letting women go out to work.

Wang Wenlong ignored these quarrels. Two months after the establishment of the factory, he would start to pay back the interest of the Chief Envoy Si Yamen, and his main focus had to be on the promotion of Xiangfei yarn.

Seeing the booming sales of Xiangfei yarn, some people in the market also opened women's textile factories. Wang Wenlong did not stop this. After all, the more women's textile factories, the more it would help alleviate the problem of female domination. These small factories are not on the same level as Xiangfei yarn, and they cannot impact Xiangfei yarn’s business at all.

After the business boomed, Wang Wenlong became even busier. He promoted it everywhere, hoping to take the opportunity to promote the reputation of Xiangfei yarn outside Fuzhou City.

……

A few days later, Jianning Mansion, Shouning County.

This place is an important transportation artery between Fujian and Zhejiang. Historically, it once belonged to Fuzhou Prefecture. It was not until the Jingtai Period that Shouning County was assigned to Jianning Prefecture.

Early in the morning, the county school hall was crowded with people. Most of the visitors were well-dressed Confucian scholars. Occasionally, there were a few Lao An people sitting upright under the service of maids. These people were all supporters of the nursing home and could sit. Every year when people come to this hall, their families must donate at least dozens of taels of silver, and their families are not poor.

After waiting for a long time, the speaker still hadn't arrived. Everyone in the audience couldn't help but started discussing: "Why isn't Mr. Jianyang here yet?"

"The articles he wrote in Xunbao were really inspiring."

"Don't talk about it. My mother was the most kind-hearted and read the newspaper to him on that day. However, when I was only halfway through the article, she said she chanted the Buddha's name a thousand times. Two days ago, she even asked me to go to Fuzhou to help him. She is buying Xiangfei yarn."

"Although I have to oppose the trend of doting on girls, I think Mr. Jianyang is going too far by letting women go out to work."

"Why do you think so, my friend? Let's see how Mr. Jianyang refutes you then!"

"I'm right, no matter how famous he is, can he still refute it?"

"Oh, you pedantic person! Being against female workers is like doting on girls!"

While everyone was discussing, Wang Wenlong finally walked into the academy and bowed apologetically when he saw everyone in the hall.

Cai Jingrong from the local school quickly raised his hand and said: "Everyone, be quiet and listen to Mr. Jianyang."

Everyone present had heard of Wang Wenlong's name, and they were a little surprised to see him at such a young age. Wang Wenlong had long been used to people's reactions to his age, so he smiled and said, "Everyone is here wearing Xiang Fei's clothes today. ?”

"Hahahaha." Everyone laughed at the words. Someone actually came wearing Xiang Fei's clothes. He pulled the clothes and replied: "That's right."

Wang Wenlong also gave him face, cupping his hands and saying: "On behalf of the women in the factory, I would like to thank all the employers!"

“Today, there are hundreds of female weavers in our cotton mills. These women were either abandoned since childhood and were helpless and could not afford dowry if they wanted to get married. Some of them were beaten by their husbands and ran away from home, or even had their faces disfigured. They In the past, we had no food and clothing, and were lonely. Now we have a job, and everyone can have enough food and clothing. The yarn factory can be today thanks to everyone's support!"

After hearing Wang Wenlong's words, everyone's faces became serious, especially those wearing Xiangfei silk clothes, but they felt a sense of pride in their hearts after being stunned. Wang Wenlong's words made them realize that they had helped many women improve their lives.

Wang Wenlong continued: "Today I am here to speak, and I am sure you can guess what I am going to say, which is to advise against doting on girls. I won't repeat the old sayings. Why don't I change it to a new way? I'll ask you first, who can tell me? Why should we admonish the doting on girls?" Wang Wenlong looked at the audience and saw a few young scholars who were very expressive, so he clicked on one of them to answer.

The scholar stood up and said: "The act of drowning a daughter is contrary to the harmony of heaven and human relations, so it should be forbidden."

Wang Wenlong nodded: "Yes, but this is just a moral meaning. Are there any more practical examples?"

Someone else replied: "Drowning a daughter will damage your moral character and bring mourning to your family, but saving a life is a great merit. Those who advise drowning a daughter will have consequences."

"Although this answer is more practical, it is still a matter of karma and retribution. It is useful for those who believe in Buddhism, but it is difficult to persuade some old-fashioned people."

Wang Wenlong said: "You may not know how serious the trend of doting on girls is in Fujian. I looked at the pornography statistics from ten years ago in the Chief Envoy's Office. Just for the recorded families, the number of boys is higher than that of girls. It’s 10% more, not to mention those who have escaped and gone into hiding.”

"Men and women are naturally monogamous, but now that there are 10% more men, that means 10% of men are unmarried. Considering that many rich families have concubines nowadays, the number of unmarriageable men among the people will probably be even greater."

"You may not know that it is very difficult for ordinary men to get married nowadays. Many girls are drowned in Fujian, so girls are very expensive. A girl's family needs a lot of money to get married, and a man needs more than thirty gold to marry a girl, even if he remarries. It is equivalent to what a strong man earns from three or four years of labor.”

"There are remarriages in Fuzhou City, which actually cause their ex-husbands to fight over each other and ask for re-litigation. Such lawsuits have even reached sixty-seven out of ten lawsuits filed in Fuzhou government offices. There are even men who are only thirty or forty years old, and women who are older than Those who are sixty or seventy years old will die of old age and will not be able to marry, and this is the same as Bibi Ran."

Everyone present is generally from a superior family. Although they know that the male-female ratio among the people is imbalanced, no one has ever used data to explain this problem. When they heard that there are more than 10% more men than women in Fujian Province, causing so many troubles, everyone was all excited Shocked.

Cai Jingrong, who was sitting down, couldn't help being surprised when he heard this: "It is difficult for men to get married. They have no wives and no children. The desire for a noble family leads to thieves. No wonder the customs in various places are not correct and the place is uneasy."

At this moment, someone below suddenly said: "If this is the case, we should be warned about doting on women, but there is no need to let women work!"

Wang Wenlong looked at the man and saw that he was quite young. He raised his hands and asked, "May I ask your name, sir? Why do you think women can't work?"

The man stood up and said: "Wu Guohua is at Xiachengguan. His name is Chaobin."

"It is natural that men work and women take care of the house. This is true all over the world. How come Mr. Jianyang has changed things so much?"

"Mr. Chaobin, you are wrong!" Wang Wenlong said with a smile: "Sir, you only know the customs of China, but you don't know that many places overseas still have female clan societies. Women are the ones in charge of the family, and children born to the same mother form a tribe. In the tribe, children are raised and cared for by their uncles and aunts, and some even don’t know who their fathers are, and there is no mention of women being unable to work.”

Wu Guohua shook his head and said: "That is a custom of barbarians from other countries, just like the daughter country in "Journey to the West", but how can such a thing happen in China?"

Wang Wenlong smiled and said: “Female clan society.

We in China have also experienced it, and there are still remnants of it even during the time of Yao and Shun. "

Everyone was in an uproar when this statement was made. Many people did not know the existence of a female clan society, let alone such a thing in ancient China, and there was no record of it in Confucian classics.

Wang Wenlong said: "I am not talking nonsense, but it is reflected in the classics. Many sages and great virtues in the ancient books of the Pre-Qin Dynasty were born from the influence of their mothers, and the status of women is obviously much higher than that of later generations. I will ask the learned scholars present again. I dare to ask who can name a few pre-Qin surnames?"

Wang Wenlong asked the people below, but when no one answered, he said to himself: "I'll start with some suggestions. King Wen, King Wu, Duke Zhou, that's a common surname, Ji."

As Wang Wenlong spoke, he wrote the word Ji on the paper.

He smiled and asked: "What others are there?"

There was also a playful person among the crowd, so he smiled and said, "The surnames of the Qin State are Ying Zheng and Ying Dang, and their surname is Ying."

Someone raised his head, and those who came after him followed him one after another. Another said: "The Emperor Yan produces ginger water, his surname is Jiang."

"King Yu's surname is Si..."

As expected, everyone present was worthy of being a scholar-official class. They had a rich knowledge of ancient books, and they soon named a lot of surnames.

Of course, there are some Mr. Dongguo who are mixed in. For example, some people think that Zhu Rong's surname is Zhu. Wang Wenlong pointed out that Zhu Rong's surname in ancient books is Yu, and Zhu is just the first character of the surname, and ancient surnames are different.

After half a day, Wang Wenlong raised the paper he recorded and presented it to everyone. On the paper were written several surnames from the pre-Qin period: Ji, Jiang, Si, Ying, Gui, Gui, Yao, Sui, Zi...

As soon as this piece of paper came out, some people in the audience couldn't help but said in surprise: "Why do so many of them have female companions?"

(End of this chapter)