After Shen Tang finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
This matter is really not easy to handle.
The first is the huge workload.
As for known talent, unless one is born into a royal family, even if one's aptitude is worse than that of a rare individual, one can use the literary and martial fortunes in the national seal to build up a literary mind and courage. Otherwise, it is a limited product that "sometimes is born with it, some is not".
In other words—
Any woman of the right age in the country may have talent!
If one has extremely strong natural talents, one may be able to sense the energy of heaven and earth even if one's body has passed its golden age.
How many households are there in Longwu County
Everyone looked at Chu Yao and his colleagues who were in charge of the household registration reconstruction. Chu Yao's work ability was beyond doubt. He only hesitated for a moment before reporting the specific figures of the current work progress: "Currently, there are 23,333 households registered, of which there are 42,114 female relatives... If all are reconstructed, it is estimated that this number can be increased by 30%..."
Chu Yao checked the county records over the years. According to the records, Longwu County had a registered population of 300,000 during its peak period, and countless merchants came here in search of business opportunities. Driven by these people, Longwu County was also prosperous among all the prefectures in Xin State.
Now it is less than 100,000, a sharp drop of nearly 60%.
Longwu County was in depression because of the frequent invasions of the Ten Crows. Young men in the county either left their homes and were killed by the Ten Crows, or joined the army to guard the border. Even if they paid money to recruit soldiers, they could not even gather a decent elite force.
There is a serious loss of young and strong men, and many of those who remain are old, weak, sick and disabled who cannot run, and most of them are women. These people are the ones to be screened. Although there are only a few people with talent... But the base number is huge!
Everyone: “…”
I used to worry about the small population, but now I see—
There is still a long way to go.
But this matter cannot be delayed, and talented girls must be selected as soon as possible. It can be said to be protection, or it can be said to be surveillance. Xian Yujian is a typical Ranger Sect, and he got an idea when he heard it: "Why not set up a Ranger Sect? This way, we can legitimately send 'disciples' to recruit disciples everywhere and select qualified girls without alerting the outside world!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was rejected by a large number of scribes.
They said in unison: "This won't work!"
Xian Yujian was puzzled: "Why?"
Everyone: “…”
Does this need any explanation
The status of the wandering knights is very low and their reputation is very bad.
Although they flatter themselves and advertise themselves as chivalrous people who make friends generously, value friendship over life and death, and help others when they see injustice, what is the reality
Most of them are idle ruffians, hooligans, bandits and rabble-rousers.
They are just waving the banner of "helping the weak and suppressing the strong" while ignoring the law and doing evil things such as bullying men and women and committing crimes.
Carrying such a banner to "recruit disciples"...
Which parent is willing to let their children go to “learn skills”
What's more, she is a girl. Even Bai Su, who is also a ranger, frowned in disapproval. This is a bad idea!
Everyone murmured again.
Lin Feng had an idea: "What about building a private school?"
Her enlightenment was arranged by the teacher hired by the family and her mother. She was trapped in a small world at a young age. Although she had a few friends of the same age, she could not get too close to them due to her status. When she was young, what she wanted most was to enter the Lin family school.
I heard that there are many people of the same age at the clan school.
But she was just a girl, and she learned mostly arts such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting to cultivate her sentiments. It was fine for her own entertainment, and her enlightenment was only for her to get married and manage the household in the future. Although she was not blind, she was not qualified to be "learned".
Chu Yao said, "That's not right. We can find a reason to admit young children to the school, but what about the older ones?"
In today's environment, both men and women are family laborers, and girls aged five or six have to help take care of their younger brothers and sisters, collect hay and firewood, clear weeds in the fields, and even cook. They do this all day and night until they are twelve or thirteen.
At this age, you can find an ice man to look for a husband.
You can get married when you reach the age of 15.
Although the body at this age is not fully developed, it is still full of vitality. Perhaps in a few months, it will be possible to become pregnant and become a mother, and then give birth to children one after another. The cost of raising a child is extremely low, but the return on investment is high. Having more children is definitely not a loss.
Of course, if the baby unfortunately has a difficult birth, the woman will die.
Chu Yao: "Moreover, for ordinary people, if there is an opportunity to send children to private schools, they would send boys, not girls. If you send girls to study, who will take care of the younger children?"
Shen Tang: "This is easy to handle. If the chosen girl has a male of the right age in her family, she can be sent to study, and the family can be given a discount on renting farm tools and oxen to make up for the labor loss caused by the lack of people. The male sent here does not have to learn to read and write, but can also learn some skills to make a living. It is said to be a study, but what is really learned is not up to us, right?"
The main purpose of her holding this morning meeting was to use it as an excuse to set up a school that could accept girls of the right age. It was impossible to raise only a few fish fry in such a large fish pond. She also had no chance to meet young girls with good family backgrounds and good foundations.
I can only be self-reliant and support myself.
As long as they can successfully deceive for two or three years and wait until these girls start practicing, those people will not dare to make trouble anymore. Isn't it a good thing to have a scholar with literary mind or a warrior with bravery in one's family to bring honor to the family? If they still want to make trouble—
Will the fish fry, who have been raised to have big ambitions, still be willing to repeat the old path of women from generation to generation? Will they be trapped in the ups and downs of life with endless children, endless farm work, endless despair, and a life that can be seen at a glance
Chu Yao frowned and asked a very realistic question.
"That's fine, but is there enough money in the treasury?"
Shen Tang: “…”
She took a deep breath, ignoring her bleeding heart, and said, "We can always save some money if we grit our teeth. If all else fails, don't we still have our neighbor Shiwu? Smuggling business continues despite repeated bans, so why not take advantage of it?"
Everyone: “…”
The two generals at Yonggu Pass disagreed.
"This won't do! We are ashamed to be in the same group as ten crows! We can't let a tiger become a threat to us. We wish we could starve these thieves to death!"
Gu Chi heard their thoughts and thought of a plan to give them a smooth ride: "Don't worry, generals. This is not to help the Ten Crows. If we can make money from the Ten Crows, wouldn't it be spending the enemy's money to support our own soldiers? We can use these soldiers to rob..."
He smiled sinisterly: "…It's also a wonderful thing."
After the two generals thought about it, they felt much more relieved.
Jiang Sheng already had a complete plan in mind, and asked, "The younger ones can be settled in this way, but what about the older ones?"
Xun Zhen said: "What's the idea, Xiandeng?"
Jiang Sheng said: "Now that we are short of people, we might as well say that the county government needs to recruit some older and more stable ladies to take care of things, and we can settle them down. But - what excuse can we find to screen them one by one?" That's not just a few people, it's tens of thousands!
This scene cannot be reduced even if you want to.
Shen Tang held his chin up and thought for a while.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind.
She slapped her thigh and blurted out: "Let's do nucleic acid test for everyone!"
Everyone was puzzled.
What what acid
Shen Tang slapped his forehead and explained, "I mean a national physical examination. Men, women, young and old can all participate. Under the name of free consultation by famous doctors in the clinic, we will provide free physical examinations to the common people in Longwu County, and give away some medicine for some common diseases. I think few people can refuse such a cheap gift. Our goal is to select talented girls, but if it is just girls, the target is too obvious."
How to hide a leaf
Throw it into the woods.
Everyone, especially the scholars, looked at their lord silently. For the first time, their eyes were so synchronized - Lord, do you really know what you are talking about? Originally, it was just screening the women in the whole territory, but now it is screening the whole territory.
One hundred thousand people!!!