Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Chapter 140 Talent Introduction

The released labor force also worked hard to invest in urban construction, and Lezhou soon showed a prosperous scene different from the past.

Seeing that the old sisters of Chunxiang Pavilion were taken to Ci'en Hall for recuperation, Furong finally felt relieved and entered the City Lord's Mansion.

Zhen'er is in charge of looking after Ci'en Hall, but she is Xu Siyu's personal maid and is very busy.

She asked Aunt Furong to take care of the child for her, which also comforted Aunt Furong.

Aunt Furong got the hang of Xu Siyu's makeup very quickly.

But she was always distracted and often stared at Xu Siyu blankly after putting on her makeup.

Every time, it was only after Zhen'er praised her dexterity that she would react and leave.

Zhen'er took the Lezhou City Record and other documents and walked into the study of the front mansion with Xu Siyu to start the day's government affairs.

Seeing Aunt Furong was absent-minded several times, and it seemed that she was afraid to say something, she asked Xu Siyu:

"Master, do you think Aunt Furong has something on her mind?"

"Well, go and ask around when you have time." Although Xu Siyu was immersed in her official duties, she also noticed that Aunt Furong was different. However, she was busy, so she could only ask Zhen'er to find the answer herself.

In today's Lezhou City, all the Xu family workshops, Linglong Cloth Shop, and Xiangmanlou branches have been brought here.

She inherited the land from the government and criminals such as Qu Chengzheng, and marked out the farming areas, animal husbandry areas, fishing areas, and sericulture areas. She assigned managers to each area and implemented the agricultural production targets one by one.

As Lezhou School was almost completed, she began to worry about the lack of teachers.

She wrote several letters, each asking for someone, to Emperor Ming, Mr. Wang, and Li Sulin. Lin Yiqing also wrote to Chongzheng Academy asking for a teacher. Perhaps because they had mentioned the idea of co-educational school in advance, these parties did not respond.

Looking at these projects with poor progress, Xu Siyu always has the urge to curse.

But she knew she couldn't be impatient, and could only curse in her heart. Then she continued to write letters and recruitment notices, offering a large sum of money to recruit talents!

It was Pingxiang who brought her a breakthrough. As expected, past favors were not enough to support a lasting friendship. Only immediate benefits could provide the bargaining chips to negotiate with others.

Pingxiang came again to purchase military supplies, and Xu Siyu seized this opportunity and asked for the resources of the entire Changjia Prefecture School, no more, no less.

"You're really taking me for a fool, aren't you?" Ping Xiang also has a bad temper.

How come he, the King of Southwest, is threatened every time?

"Mountains and rivers connect us, and friendship connects us. Between you and me, it's not necessarily a case of one being grateful and the other being resentful." No wonder she acted like a rogue, she really couldn't recruit anyone.

Pingxiang thought that he had already repaid the court's debt to Xu Siyu last time, so he didn't want to agree.

He didn't want to be led by Xu Siyu, but Xu Siyu was very smart. The Xu family's rubber making technology and hemostatic cotton were moved to Lezhou with her innovation workshop, so he had to give in.

"Is your appetite too big?" Ping Xiang felt that she was being too direct in her demands.

"Please." Xu Siyu was too lazy to argue with him and simply sent him away.

Both sides know that what they want is not division but cooperation.

So Pingxiang walked out the door, came back, and agreed to Xu Siyu.

However, he was still so angry that he pointed at Xu Siyu and asked, "Aren't you worried that we might plant someone in here?"

"I'm not rebelling, so what should I worry about? Although Lezhou is under my jurisdiction, it is also the land of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, students will also participate in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, right?" Xu Siyu was clear-headed and answered straightforwardly, which immediately stopped Pingxiang.

Pingxiang decided that he would have to get into less trouble in the future.

He finally brought two professors and four instructors to Xu Siyu, and arranged for his subordinates to half escort and half send her to him.

The visitor's expression was not very good, but Xu Siyu didn't mind.

Xu Siyu offered very generous conditions for attracting talents.

Xu Siyu personally took them to visit the school and the accommodation specially provided for them.

That was a row of newly built two-story courtyards surrounding the school.

The furniture and bedding in the room have all been prepared.

"Three taels of silver per month, and three meals a day are provided in the school cafeteria." Xu Siyu handed the keys to them one by one, and also set up a welcoming banquet for them, and asked Lin Yiqing to accompany her to attend the banquet.

The resentful crowd was coaxed by Xu Siyu, and then they gradually felt that this job was just a little remote, and other things didn't seem too bad, so they slowly began to devote themselves to teaching.

Of course, their biggest conflict with Xu Siyu was over women's education, but Xu Siyu didn't want to argue with them about this, as long as they obeyed.

"My dear teachers, ability is the only dividing line. In Lezhou, regardless of gender, I seek everyone based on their ability."

In fact, they are not really that pedantic. The truly pedantic ones have already committed suicide to prove their integrity. Later, during another argument with Pingxiang, he regarded this as a sign of his difficulties and told it to Xu Siyu.

The masters who came to Lezhou also had female family members, and in fact they were not completely blind to the talents and elegance of women.

After getting drunk, his originally upright posture relaxed a lot. He asked something from his heart, "City Lord, my little sister just got divorced and came home. She doesn't want to remarry and wants to be self-reliant. I wonder..."

"Master Yu, what is Madam Yu good at?"

"My little sister is a master of everything, from music, chess, calligraphy, and painting... When she was little, she memorized texts much better than I did. My father once said that if she were a man, she would have become a great man... You don't know that my little nephew, who was a ten-year-old student and a thirteen-year-old scholar, was taught by my sister... It's a pity that he had a bad fate and never met a good man. Look at my sister, the scholar's wife, who looks like a decent person, but actually brought a concubine into the family and beat my brilliant nephew to a disability of six years old, and she even blamed my sister for the disaster... I'm not afraid of you laughing at me... uh... the chief guard of the palace promised to redress my sister's grievances... That's why I agreed to come to you... For a woman, studying... is useless... uh..."

Although it was useless to say it, Xu Siyu could hear that Master Yu felt sorry for his sister and nephew.

From this point of view, Xu Siyu felt that the people Pingxiang sent to her might all be on her side, and not as opposed to teaching women as they appeared to be.

This is a good thing!

"Come... let her come!" Xu Siyu also drank a little too much and half fell into Lin Yiqing's arms.

"We in Lezhou are looking for talents, regardless of gender, and this is not just a slogan!"

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If Xu Siyu hadn't woken up feeling nauseous and with a headache the next day, it would have been hard for her to imagine that she had gotten herself drunk just for a few teachers.

Lin Yiqing handed her the honey water in the morning.

"If possible, I don't want you to get drunk again!" Lin Yiqing looked at her helplessly and said.

Xu Siyu held the teacup and nodded in acknowledgment of her mistake.

Her business problem should be discussed at the dinner table and should not be brought here.