On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Lin Zhen looked at Wei Dayong's happy face and felt extremely emotional.

In order to maintain their current lives, they dared not say a word even when beaten by eunuchs.

Man, why is it so difficult to live?

He said to Wei Dayong, "Dayong, are you still living outside the city?"

"Yeah, houses in the city are too expensive. We can't afford them."

"Don't talk nonsense. I don't know how much you earn. In this city, your salary is considered high, right? It's more than enough to buy a small courtyard on the edge of the city, isn't it?"

As he was speaking, people from the Bingmasi came over, their faces filled with anger, as if they wanted to capture the culprit and beat him up.

But when he got closer, he found that it was Lin Zhen and the imperial concubine of the current dynasty, and he immediately put on a flattering smile.

"Prince, Madam, you two can chat, leave this little matter to us."

Lin Zhen nodded and took Wei Dayong to the side of the road. He planned to walk back.

Sima Chunlei looked at the eunuch with a very cold gaze and said, "I'll deal with you when I get back."

"Your Majesty...your servant..."

"Hmph." Sima Chunlei snorted coldly.

She also didn't want to be laughed at by the people, so she followed Lin Zhen.

The eunuch was helpless and stood there, not knowing whether to leave or stay. After hesitating for a while, he decided to give it a try.

I have done so many things for the Empress, you won’t kill me, right?

There happened to be a tea stall on the side of the road, so Lin Zhen took Wei Dayong to sit down.

The stall owner was shocked. He never dreamed that Lin Zhen, who was so powerful in Daqian, would sit in front of his stall. He was hurriedly preparing to pour tea, but heard Sima Chunlei who came over say.

"Stall owner, leave it to me."

After saying this, Sima Chunlei didn't care whether others agreed or not. He picked up the big teapot and walked towards Lin Zhen and poured him a bowl of tea personally.

As for Wei Dayong, she didn't care.

Even if she intervened, Wei Dayong would not dare to accept it.

Later, the stall owner came over and poured tea for Wei Dayong, saying with a smile: "Dayong, I won't charge you money today, it's free."

"Thank you, Lao Kui."

Dayong took a sip of tea and said, "Your Highness, you don't know that my family is large and we all live in a village outside the city. I have my parents at home and a few acres of land. I did think about moving to the city so that they could enjoy a peaceful life, but they disagreed, saying that they didn't know the neighbors and it was worse than living in the village, so we didn't move.

Later, I had no choice but to use the money to repair the house and rebuild the yard. It was a bit annoying. My relatives saw that I was doing well now and came to borrow money. My two married sisters also asked for this and that all the time. Oh, it was so annoying.

Lin Zhen smiled and said, "That's normal. With great ability comes great responsibility. You can't just say that just because you're doing well now, your family won't care about you anymore, right? Even the emperor has affairs, let alone ordinary people. As long as the family isn't in trouble, you should give them some money, or use your connections to find a job for your relatives in the city. That's fine."

"Your Highness is right. A few years ago, I worked in the city and only earned three or four taels of silver a year. My family was poor and no one looked up to me. Now that things are better, my home has a constant stream of guests. Why do you think this is so? Are people so snobbish?"

"It's not that I'm snobbish. It's just normal to admire someone who's strong. After all, no one knows when they'll get into trouble, or when they'll need you. If I make friends with you now, it'll be easier to talk to you later when something goes wrong. As the saying goes, if you're poor, no one will hear you cause trouble, but if you're rich, you'll have distant relatives even in remote areas. That's the truth."

"The prince's words are thought-provoking."

Lin Zhen really likes the feeling of talking to ordinary people. It’s not that he feels superior, but that he can hear the most authentic Daqian from their mouths.

It can be seen that this country has been thriving under the leadership of Lin Zhen.

He was very relieved.

After taking a sip of tea, Lin Zhen asked again: "How many children do you have?"

"Including my eldest sister-in-law... four." Wei Dayong blushed whenever he talked about his eldest sister-in-law.

Lin Zhen laughed and said, "You are the one who has the best of both worlds, you have two sisters! Hahahahaha."

"You are laughing at me again, my prince. This is not a blessing, it is a responsibility on my shoulders. I have two sons and two daughters. My eldest son is nine years old this year, and my youngest daughter is only one year old. In the future, my son will get married, and my daughter will need to prepare a dowry. This all requires money. Otherwise, I would not do this as a substitute."

"That's quite true. As a man, it's your responsibility to provide for your family. However, you need to pay attention to your children's education. Daqian will soon establish its first public school. Since it's the first, it won't accept all children, only those with a good education. In a few years, compulsory primary schools will be everywhere, and all children will have access to education."

This is Lin Zhen’s most important strategic policy for developing Daqian.

Improve literacy rates.

Now, whether it is Daqian or other countries, the literacy rate of the people is less than 5%. In countries like Qi and Yan, it is less than 1%. This is absolutely unacceptable.

If a country wants to achieve lasting peace, progress and prosperity, it must improve its literacy rate, but this cannot be achieved in a short period of time.

Even if all the houses were built, we wouldn’t be able to find so many teachers.

How could it be like the future? With 10 million education graduates and 8 million newborns, Lin Zhen had no idea which children these education students would become teachers for in the future.

Having said that, the reason why so many people want to be teachers is probably because they are attracted by the salary of teachers.

Especially primary school teachers, not only do they have holidays, but they also have winter and summer vacations every year.

I'm not unemployed and I'm not tired, and it's decent to say it out loud.

But unfortunately, teachers are no longer formally employed. It is estimated that the education system will adopt a system of survival of the fittest in the future. Teachers who want to just muddle through until retirement will basically no longer exist.

Lin Zhen remembered that his ex-girlfriend studied elementary education. They had no contact after they broke up. Many years had passed, and he didn't know whether she had caught the final teacher recruitment.

I hope she catches up.

In this way, when Lin Zhen travels back one day and is transferred to the Education Bureau, he can find a reason to meet him.

As we were talking, it was already noon, and the spring sun was a bit warm.

Lin Zhen opened his heart, stood up and said goodbye to Wei Dayong, and walked home slowly with Sima Chunlei.

Lin Zhen said, "Chun'er, I know what you've done in the palace, but you must remember that we must never whip the common people. This will give them bad thoughts about the court. I have painstakingly built Daqian, and I will never allow anyone to destroy it."

Sima Chunlei paused and said, "I understand."

"Let's go home and see our little master." Lin Zhen put on a smile again and took her hand.

In fact, sometimes, there is no need to speak too deeply when talking to people who are on the same wavelength.

One sentence is enough.