How to become a Taoist priest starting from a brothel

"An Yangzi's piece is quite good." Liu Yin looked at Tao Boyi while holding the book, and after praising her, she asked curiously, "Why did you decide to change your name?"

Tao Boyi thought for a moment before explaining, "I fear that my skills are not good enough and I will disgrace you, sir."

Liu Yin thought for a moment but didn't say anything. She then looked at the other disciples and said, "I have already written to Jiaxu and told him my suggestion. Yongnian, you still have a problem. You come from a wealthy family. Although you have seen a lot of the suffering of the common people, you don't really have a personal understanding of it. I suggest you give up on starting from the bottom and write some stories about the upper class."

Zhuo Yongnian nodded, a hint of embarrassment on his face: "Yes, sir."

Liu Yin then looked at Dou Yuanliang and Yu Weizhi: "You two come from poor backgrounds, so you feel these things even more deeply, which is good. However, sometimes if you broaden your horizons, you might be able to see more things. Living in one place might make you more insightful, but it's never comprehensive enough."

The two nodded in unison, agreeing.

Liu Yin then looked at the girls and said, "Yongxin, you and Yongnian have similar problems, just like him. Try looking at it from a different angle."

Seeing her nod, she looked at Xu Jingheng and Cheng Le'an, thought for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Jingheng, sometimes there's no need to be so extreme. You can try to take it slowly and don't rush. Remember, things will work out if you wait. Le'an, you too, sometimes relax and everything will be alright."

After reviewing each student's essay, she continued, "You have gained some fame in the literary world, but you must not be arrogant. I hope you will reflect on yourselves, revise your essays, and resubmit them to me."

"Yes, teacher," everyone replied in unison.

After seeing the students off, Liu Yin sighed deeply and looked at Mei Wu: "Is there anything wrong with Jiaxu?"

Mei Wu smiled and poured her a glass of water: "Don't worry, there's no problem. The farmers have replied, and things have improved a lot."

“Well, the weather has been extremely erratic these past two years. I was thinking of having the children travel in groups to teach the people in various villages how to protect themselves, but I’m worried about their safety.” Liu Yin’s brows were already furrowed from years of frowning, with a faint, barely noticeable vertical line between them.

Mei Wu rubbed her temples and whispered, "Don't worry, miss, we're here."

"Send a message to the escort agency, tell them to prepare the men, assign each of them a bodyguard, and make sure they have all the necessary carriages, money, and drivers. Also, make sure to negotiate with the merchant guild, and that they travel together with the guild in the guild's name..." Liu Yin carefully instructed Mei Wu.

A hint of worry flashed in Mei Wu's eyes, but she quickly concealed her emotions: "Okay, don't worry, I'll arrange it."

Liu Yin sighed softly before dragging her tired body back to bed, where she fell asleep almost immediately.

Mei Wu looked at her tired figure with some worry. Ever since she decided to go south several years ago to find a suitable place for seedling experiments, Liu Yin and her students have traveled all over the southwest, going up mountains and down to the sea.

They encountered the poisonous miasma forests of the southwest. Liu Yin injured her heart and lungs there while saving Wang Yongxin and several other girls. Later, she gained the trust of the local people by virtue of her knowledge of agriculture.

Therefore, she lived in Southwest China with her students for two years. During those two years, she wrote a lot about agriculture and farming, including research on lodging of wheat, as well as methods for dealing with wheat stripe rust, Fusarium head blight, and powdery mildew. She also published the corresponding prescriptions.

Therefore, even though she has not written those popular articles in the past two years, she is increasingly respected by the people. They know that there is such a woman who is dedicated to studying disasters in the fields and finding ways to increase their land income.

The research has now reached a bottleneck, but some good and stable improved varieties have still emerged. Liu Yin's trip was for two reasons: first, to bring the improved varieties to Yancheng, and second, to see how the world is doing now.

But no one expected that the saying "when a country falls, monsters rise" would come true. Now the emperor appoints his relatives and friends and kills people at will. The princes fight for power and treat the people as nothing. The powerful families take advantage of this to frantically seize land and drive the people to their deaths time and time again.

Such practices as cultivating one's ambitions have once again become the dominant force in the public's perception of all means of seeking power.

Liu Yin never liked such actions, especially those of incompetent people who relied on filial piety to gain fame. This is how the book "Cultivating Hope" came about. She knew that this would offend the aristocratic families, but having endured it for two years, she was not one to be easygoing and naturally wouldn't care.

Thinking back to when he left, he specifically asked the local people to help take care of the student Mu Jiaxu and the farm children who came with him. This made him even more certain of his idea to arrange for the students to take the good seeds and spread them to various places.

The world is now in chaos, and the people's desire for land and food has reached its peak. At this moment, she, who is carrying a fine seed, has become the savior in the hearts of all the people.

Originally, she didn't intend to be so arrogant, but the people were suffering so much, even more so than two years ago.

"Miss." The next morning, Mei Wu woke Liu Yin up. "Miss, the local city lord requests your presence."

"Invite me?" Liu Yin was somewhat surprised. She had already disguised herself when she entered the city, so why would the other party invite her?

“Yes, Miss.” Mei Wu thought for a moment and reminded her, “This servant feels that the other party may not have good intentions this time, perhaps we should…”

Liu Yin thought for a moment and said, "Go and tell him that I am not feeling well and will definitely come to the mansion in three days. After that, go and find a doctor."

Mei Wu listened to her words and nodded in agreement without saying anything more.

Not long after, Mei Wu brought in an old doctor to take her pulse. After taking her pulse, the doctor didn't say anything, only that she had a deficiency in her heart and lungs and should rest.

After these arrangements, the prefect indeed stopped saying anything.

Liu Yin thought about it and still felt it wasn't safe enough, so she instructed Mei Wu to have the children leave quickly in the next two days.

The students were naturally unwilling, so Liu Yin had no choice but to step in and persuade them: "Do you still remember why you're with me?"

"For the sake of all the people." The students bowed their heads and answered in unison.

"Since that's the case, now that we have obtained the superior seeds, your most important task is to take them and spread them to various places so that the people can plant them as much as possible, so that they won't suffer when autumn and winter come."

“But… teacher.” Wang Yongxin was always the most enthusiastic.

Liu Yin raised her hand to interrupt them: "Alright, this was decided long ago. Let's leave it at that and say no more."

After saying this, she turned her back to the students. Seeing this, and knowing that she was not feeling well, the students did not dare to upset her further and could only obediently agree.

Cheng Le'an looked at her with worried eyes, pursed his lips, hesitated for a long time, but ultimately said nothing and left with the others.