The one hundred and eighteenth section is helpless
The second thing he did when he came here was to inquire about the situation in Fangcaodi, and then consider whether to send his son to Lingao to study. Song Zongmao was not very prosperous in terms of children, and only had two sons. The eldest son could not study well and could not
He had always been a child when he entered school, so he had to help him run the family business at home. The second son is fourteen years old and has attended private schools for several years. However, the imperial examination in Chengmai is similar to that of Lingao. The chances of getting ahead by studying are very low. As for just hanging out
Nowadays, the scholar's reputation does not have the advantage of being exempted from food, and the Australians do not value Ming Dynasty's reputation, so they came up with the idea of using this son as a "proton" to please the Australians and enhance their status in the county. It is said that the county soon
The advisory board is about to change, and I might be able to pick someone from Australia.
Song Zongmao, according to the simplest thinking of a king, believes that the Australians are now at the time to win over people's hearts. As long as he sends his children to Fangcaodi, he will be determined to join the Australians' ship, and the Australians will definitely treat him.
Look at it from a different perspective - you must know that even if you serve as a leading soldier for the Australians, your family members will be superior to others and receive preferential treatment in the county.
Huang Shoutong knew very little about Fangcaodi. He only knew that Huang Ping's horizons had been broadened after going to Fangcaodi. He had indeed learned a lot of Australian knowledge, but he didn't know what the school was like. He immediately asked someone to tell him that he had just returned from Fangcaodi.
The second young master Huang was invited to talk.
Huang Bingkun was eavesdropping on the conversation between the two. Now that he heard that he was being invited, he quickly slipped out from behind the screen and returned to the yard, pretending to have just arrived.
Regarding the question about Fangcaodi, it was difficult for Huang Bingkun to answer - it is not enough to keep being dark. His father also asked Huang Ping several times and knew a little about Fangcaodi, but he said that he was full of displeasure.
There are also quite a few criticisms of the Australian culture and school spirit taught by Australians at Parkview.
Not enough. Judging from the meaning shown by the Song family master just now, even if the grassy grassland is a fire pit, he is ready to ask his children to jump.
Huang Bingkun had no choice but to focus on his academic style. It was already the consensus of many people that Australian knowledge was useful. Moreover, Mr. Song’s original intention was to “lose your sincerity with provocation”. From this point of view, it didn’t matter to him what was taught in the school.
However, this type of rich people attaches great importance to "family tradition" and are most afraid of their children learning bad things outside. Primitive accumulation in ancient society was very difficult. If you want to accumulate, you must desperately reduce daily expenses. Many rural rich people have no land property.
It was accumulated bit by bit, penny by penny, pound by pound of grain for several generations. It was not easy. If a prodigal son was born, years of hard work would be ruined in one day.
Huang Ping was singled out as a role model. As for the fact that the female student's skirt was very short and immoral, it was just added to the rhetoric.
Sure enough, after saying these words, Mr. Song showed a look of embarrassment on his face. Mr. Huang had no choice but to remain silent. They all adhere to the concept of "morality is greater than talent" and are most afraid of their children learning bad things. Now
Hearing the second young master of the Huang family say that Fangcaodi is such an "immoral" place, I couldn't help but hesitate.
Mr. Song thought about it again and again, and asked many questions about the school's accommodation, study conditions, etc. When he heard that thirty people slept in one room and thousands of people ate together, the hesitation on his face became more intense.
After that, I didn’t mention going to Fangcaodi to study again. After a while, I excused myself and went back to my room to rest.
Huang Bingkun was secretly proud in his heart: Finally, another good boy was saved from falling into the clutches of the Australians - Australia was like a drug. Once they entered the school, everyone's mood changed drastically. Seeing that Mr. Song was gone,
Only then did he bring up "business" to his father, complaining about how he had laid off the regiment and contracted so much land and tenants to the Tiandihui.
"...Dad, you are so confused. The reason why our Huang family has always been the 'backbone' of Lingao is because of the support of Tuanyong. Now you are always contracting out the land and Tuanyong has been abolished. Isn't this self-destruction?"
Minions? From now on, won’t our family be rounded, flattened and rubbed at will by the thieves?”
Huang Shoutong looked at his son who was very excited. He understood his son's sense of loss very well. The eldest son of the Huang family had focused on studying since he was a child. He was not interested in dancing with guns and sticks. He had always helped the family with the family business. He practiced bravery on weekdays.
, this second son was always with him when he led Yong. He had also contributed a lot to the county in recent years and could be called a young talent with both civil and military skills.
Since the conflict between the county and the Kun bandits failed, and the forces of the Kun bandits gradually penetrated into Lingao, the status of the Huang family has plummeted. The proud Xiang Yong, apart from being brought out to fight several small-scale battles when suppressing bandits,
They have been reduced to migrant workers recruited into the official system. The influence of the Huang family in the county has continued to decline, and now they are no different from the general wealthy gentry families in the county. Although they are members of the County Assets Bureau, not to mention that they are far less powerful than when they joined the county.
In time, the Liu family and the Zhang family spoke loudly, but even compared to the Li Sunqian family, who had joined the family at the same time and was more active, they were far behind.
Not to mention that their third son died in a fight with the Kun thief. The Huang family has not let go of this knot, and it is impossible to let go.
"Bingkun!" Huang Shoutong whispered, "Do you think that with these hundreds of local braves, the Australians can't round us up and flatten us?!"
Huang Bingkun was speechless for a moment, speechless.
"Tens of thousands of imperial troops were wiped out in a day. Do you think that Huangjiazhai can continue to this day because the bandits are afraid of a few hundred village warriors?! I think you are confused!"
"Yes -" Huang Bingkun responded dejectedly, but he was not convinced, and added: "The Kun thief has a shallow foundation after all. Now that you have joined Lao Shizi's Tiandihui, when the court comes back, we are collaborating with thieves.
ah."
"The imperial court?" Huang Shoutong smiled bitterly, "You still expect the imperial court to come back? The imperial court lost the year before last, and it will never come back. Now that the imperial court has too much time to take care of itself, how can it take care of our small border town thousands of miles away?
County? The Australians are going to break up the land and seal the territory on this Hainan Island. Last time, Mr. Liu told us that the Ming Dynasty was probably terminally ill. Your father and I have only limited knowledge and cannot tell whether the Ming Dynasty is really going to end. But Qiongzhou in the Ming Dynasty
The mansion must be destroyed! Our family does not seek to be a powerful figure in the new dynasty, nor can we follow the Ming Dynasty and die together!"
He knew that the second young master had been secretly playing tricks against the Australians, and he had always been worried about this - for fear that one day the Australians would make a list, and Huangjiazhai would be second to Goujiazhai.
It was a pity that the Gou family was destroyed, but the viciousness of the Australians to "destroy this imperial food" made him secretly frightened. If it really came to this point, there would not be any scum left in the Huang family - it was like
Now there is no trace of Goujiazhuang.
"...I know you can't let go of your third brother, but the third brother is dead, and the Huang family will continue..." At this point, Huang Shoutong was already in tears. When old man Huang cried, Huang Er was offended.
The young master also cried. The two hugged each other and cried.
After crying, Huang Shoutong made another important decision. He decided to send one of his eldest brother's children to Fangcaodi to study. Huang Bingkun knew that this was an act of "losing his sincerity" by his father, and he could not object to it no matter how unwilling he was.
.After all, the continuity of the family is the most important thing than the individual.
"But we will lose money if we outsource these dozens of tenant households - they will become Australians in the future. You know that the most valuable thing here is not the land, but the people."
"How can Zhuangzi afford to support so many tenants now?" Huang Shoutong's face showed a trace of bitterness, "These dozens of families, who were originally tenants of our land, were half-starved and half-fed.
That's why we are willing to work hard. Besides, in the past, we men contributed a lot to the county, and the county bosses who paid the royal grain and national taxes turned a blind eye, and this is how we can maintain it until now."
The current miserable economic situation of Huangjiazhai no longer allows them to continue to do what they did in the past. In the past, although Huangjiazhai spent a lot of manpower and material resources on organizing tour groups, they maintained a group of heroes that were not commensurate with the size of the village.
The team, but this relies on the help of nearby villages to "share wages". When the government wants to use them, they always have to give some benefits, so that they can be maintained. Now that all these sources of income have been cut off, it will be difficult to organize a group again.
I have to stick to my family's legacy and work on it.
In the past, running a group could not only protect the environment and the people, but also make some kind of surplus after a year. Now, let alone the surplus, they can't even pay the maintenance fees. If they can barely survive, the final fate of the Huang family is to go bankrupt and sell their land - Kun Thief can
We were just waiting for this day, so Director Xiong never asked the villages to abolish their regiments, but directly turned them into militiamen. However, in terms of application, the militiamen in each village often have to run "support missions" for the county.
, although you do not need to prepare your own rations, taking away a large number of young adults every time is a burden to the village. As a result, the larger the village, the greater the burden of distribution. Each village is forced to
Due to economic pressure, Tuanyong were abandoned one after another and replaced by much smaller village soldiers.
"Can't we open up wasteland like the Australians do..."
"Where are the seeds? Where are the cows?" Huang Shoutong said helplessly, "It's true that land reclamation has never happened before. But with the manpower and material resources in our village, we can't build canals or change the soil and water. The land we cultivate will be thin fields. If we can't get the help of heaven and earth,
The seeds and fertilizer are not the same as before, what’s the use?”
Huang Bingkun was helpless. He knew that what his father said was right. In his own hands, this land would be a soil, but in the hands of the Australians, it would be a golden land.
However, Huang Bingkun's mentality against the Kun thieves has not changed. He was unwilling to let Qiongzhou slowly become the new Australia, so he decided to stay dormant for the time being, waiting for new opportunities - there is no longer anyone who can fight against the Kun on Hainan Island.
The only way to find the power of thieves is to look for opportunities on the mainland.