Female supremacy: leading the whole family to change their family

Chapter 119 Development of Stone City

Since the success of potato noodles, all officials in Shicheng have benefited a little, and even the merchants who followed Gu Yao have also gained some benefits.

After making money from potato flour, she found Madam Jia and some businessmen and asked them to donate money to build a college.

Madam Jia and the others looked at each other in disbelief, but they were from Shicheng, and there were not many students in Shicheng, and it could even be said that there were not many Jinshi (imperial examination candidates) produced there.

It was already good enough to have one or two scholars. After all, the women in Shicheng were not well educated. Although there were some who were educated, they were only tongsheng scholars.

Madam Jia replied: "Sir, it is our blessing to be able to think about Shicheng. I am willing to follow you to help Shicheng build the academy. I am willing to pay 5,000 taels. If the silver is not enough, I can add more."

The Jia family made a fortune because of the potato flour incident, which surprised her very much.

Even his family members said that he did the right thing by hooking up with Gu Yao.

Her two daughters also worked behind Gu Yao, and both of them have become constables in the yamen.

Because they became constables, their family has already gained some influence in Shicheng, even though they are not scholars.

But it was already very good that they, the merchant family, had two constables, and this was also because they had connections with the Gu family.

Therefore, Madam Jia must follow the Gu family until death, at least the Gu family can bring her benefits.

Sometimes Jia Jia thought that if Gu Yao left Shicheng and went to other places in the future, she would be willing for her daughter to follow her. At least Gu Yao was a generous person.

Gu Yao was happy when she heard what Madam Jia said, thinking that she was worthy of being the one who was willing to follow her in the beginning, and she was generous in her actions.

Gu Yao smiled and said, "Since Madam Jia is willing to follow me, I will naturally not let you suffer any loss. I will give the place in this academy to your Jia family. In addition, I have also applied to Shangguan for people who have made contributions in Shicheng. Merchants who have made contributions can have a place to participate in the imperial examination."

This sentence excited everyone, especially Madam Jia, who immediately knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Thank you, sir. Thank you for giving us merchants a chance. I am willing to die for you and follow you."

The businessman behind him immediately knelt down and said that he was willing to follow Gu Yao.

Moreover, each of them donated some silver taels, with the least donation being 500 taels and the most being over a thousand taels, which made Gu Yao very happy.

In fact, Gu Yao is not without money. She can run an academy on her own.

She said before that she didn't have many connections, and she would still need people after building the college.

And there is the Master, that's why she asked the entire Shicheng to build the academy with her and work together, just to make the academy have some foundation.

If she wants to have a foundation, she needs money. Moreover, she needs to do other things with the money from the potato flour. Of course, she can't invest it all in the college.

It is also necessary to let these merchants and county magistrates invest money.

Gu Yao's notice was also sent to various county magistrates, and these county magistrates were willing to contribute money. They also thought that if the academy was built, their daughters would be able to study in the academy and gain some connections.

And after the money is in place, Gu Yao will naturally start choosing a location.

The suburbs of Shicheng were also chosen. The factory had already become a street, so she wanted to build a college on the other edge and develop it into a street in the future, bringing a little prosperity to Shicheng.

Potato flour has attracted many outside merchants to come to Shicheng, making Shicheng very prosperous.

Merchants come and go, and some people who cannot survive in other places are willing to settle in Shicheng.

There is a factory here that is recruiting workers, and these people came here to settle down because they heard about their relatives in Shijiazhuang.

After all, they also want to become workers. Being a worker means they have security, work to do, and they can also sell the potatoes they grow for money.

There is also some food, so those who are too poor to survive are naturally willing to come to Shicheng.

Of course Gu Yao is willing to accept such people. A city that develops rapidly needs people, so she would like to have more of these ordinary people come to Shicheng.

As long as Shicheng has more and more people and collects more tax revenue, it will be a good thing for Shicheng, and its rating will get higher and higher in the future.

She was reluctant to leave Shicheng, but naturally she also wanted to make political achievements. When the fight for the throne was over, her official position would become higher and higher when she returned to the capital.

When the Gu family knew that Gu Yao was going to build a college, they naturally supported it. For them, scholars should do the things that scholars do.

In the past year or two, they also knew that there were very few academies in Shicheng, and most of them were private schools. There were not even many students who took the imperial examinations. Naturally, the Gu family was not used to it.

The imperial examinations in Meicheng were very grand in the past, and her son A-Yao also passed the exams step by step, otherwise how could he have the status he has today.

"Ayao, you have done a great job. We built the college to provide a way out for these common people. You have to know that the class system is scholar-farmer, merchant-artisan. Although farming has a high status, it is not enough to support a family. If they can study hard, they can support their families even if they become accountants."

Mother Gu has gained some experience during the past few years following Gu Yao. She naturally knows that nothing is better than studying, and only studying can support the family.

Moreover, she had never seen a family that was still poor after passing the imperial examination. Wasn't it because Gu Yao was able to read and study that their family was where it is today?

"It's good that you support me, mother. Besides, these county magistrates and I are ready to meet the academy. When the time comes, all our children will go to the academy to study."

If it weren't for the restrictions of this society, she would have wanted to build a boys' college. But it's also fine to build a boys' college. It's just a small thing anyway, teaching them some embroidery, piano, reading, etc., which can at least give them some horizons.

Although there is a male tutor in her family, the boys in her family don't have many playmates. If there were a boys' college, they could gain more experience.

But you have to take one step at a time and eat one bite at a time. It is impossible to eat like a big fat man, otherwise you will not be able to do anything well.

Just when Gu Yao and the county magistrates entered the academy, another happy event happened in the Gu family.

The new maid Qin is pregnant and has been pregnant for more than a month.

Father Gu was very happy to hear the news. Everything about the Gu family was good except that they had too few descendants.

Although there are six children, there are only three daughters and the rest are boys.

It would be great if the young servant Qin could give birth to a girl, so she prayed all day long, hoping that the Gu family would have more girls.