frightfiction Chapter 176 Yuyoutang—this name has become the focus of everyone’s attention at this moment!
Chapter 176 Yuyoutang—this name has become the focus of everyone’s attention at this moment!
The streets and alleys of the capital were crowded with people, and the bustling people formed circles, and in the center of the circle stood two yamen runners in official uniforms.
They held a large notice and read out the contents aloud to the people around them at the top of their voices, ensuring that everyone present, whether illiterate or not, could clearly understand the information on the notice!
Yuyoutang - this name has become the focus of everyone's attention at this moment!
When the crowd heard the content of the notice clearly, everyone's face showed disbelief and astonishment.
"What? The imperial court is actually going to set up orphanages in every provincial capital?"
This news was like a bombshell, causing an uproar.
People were whispering to each other and talking one after another.
What is the Orphanage?
An orphanage is a place that houses orphans who have lost their parents and poor children who have been cruelly abandoned.
Not only does this provide food and shelter, but more importantly, the orphanage will take care of these children until they are able to become self-reliant.
However, the orphanage is not completely free.
All the children living there need to work hard to earn enough food and clothing every day.
Of course, it is a different matter for children who are too young to work.
The labor methods provided here are divided into two types.
One of these types is the various miscellaneous jobs within the orphanage.
For example, cleaning the yard, taking care of babies, chopping wood and making fire, cooking, washing clothes and boiling water, etc., these trivial but necessary housework will all be done by the children themselves.
There is another type of training that takes place outside the orphanage.
The Yuyoutang will negotiate with various types of local businesses and sign long-term cooperation agreements to meet their needs for different goods and services.
These jobs may include making exquisite embroidery, sewing clothes, weaving purses and other handicrafts; they may also involve physical labor, such as carrying goods, serving as a waiter in a tavern, or doing chores such as calculating accounts.
Of course, in order to ensure that the children are capable of performing these tasks, the orphanage will specially arrange professionals to provide them with relevant training.
Children who participate in the training can not only enjoy three free meals, but also receive extra rewards if they perform well in the training assessment!
It is worth mentioning that if a child is determined to study, Yuyutang will also provide support.
But before that, a loan agreement must be signed and a rigorous assessment must be conducted to prove that the child has the potential to study.
This is equivalent to the orphanage lending money in advance to the child for education, and when the child is capable in the future, he or she must repay the loan within the years specified in the agreement!
If anyone fails to comply with the terms of the agreement, they will be directly sent to the authorities for investigation!
After all, the Yuyoutang has the support of government officials from various state capitals, so the authority and seriousness of this agreement cannot be underestimated!
The operating model of the orphanage not only provides a warm shelter for local children who have no ability to survive, but more importantly, it gives these children the opportunity to master valuable survival skills while also alleviating the pressure on local finances!
Its purpose is to make every effort to increase the survival rate of orphans and abandoned children, thereby effectively promoting the population growth of the Southern Dynasty!
It is worth mentioning that orphanages also accept donations from kind-hearted people from the outside world, and each orphanage will engrave the name and specific amount of the donor on the stone tablet in front of the door, so that every child in the orphanage will always remember this hard-earned kindness!
When Qin Yue mentioned the orphanage during the morning court yesterday, Emperor Yuan of Jin and the Crown Prince were secretly pondering it. After the court session, they quickly summoned several respected ministers to have an in-depth discussion on the orphanage.
The final content of the notice was the result of this discussion.
Once this notice was issued, not only did the people in the capital city become shocked, but the people in other parts of the Southern Dynasty were also shocked by the content of the same notice in the following days!
While everyone was astonished, a sense of inexplicable peace came over them.
With a court that cares so much about the people, how can the people not live in peace?
While the people of the Southern Dynasty were shocked by the Yuyoutang, in a place where no one was paying attention, a team of horse-drawn carriages sent to the southern border were quietly heading towards southern Xinjiang.
After the morning court, Qin Yue naturally followed Lord Qin directly to the manor outside the capital. Now that she had a bottle, she no longer had to worry about Qin Yue's eating problems.
Moreover, since Lord Qin has accepted the task of testing the waterwheel in front of the palace, he must arrange all the preparatory matters for the waterwheel test, including confirming the location of the waterwheel, the planning of the canal and other details.
Of course, Lord Qin also sent a servant back to the Qin Mansion to convey the news to everyone in the Qin family.
After receiving the news, Old Madam Qin couldn't wait to take Lu and Qin Zhao and drove straight to the manor.
Of course, they were very eager to see the waterwheel with their own eyes, and their eagerness had already reached its peak.
And this time, Old Madam Qin specially brought Qin Zhao along, hoping that he could have a deeper understanding of farming.
After all, even if the knowledge in the book is profound, personal practice and observation are more real and effective.
This will be of great benefit to him in the future when he takes the imperial examinations or even serves as an official.
At the same time, all the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Works were busy in a tense and orderly manner.
Under the professional and technical guidance of the new official Zhou Da, everyone worked together and finally successfully completed the covering work of the waterwheel and successfully achieved a perfect connection with the carriage.
Then, everyone took off their official uniforms, changed into their usual plain clothes, got on the carriage and slowly moved towards the test manor.
To ensure that everything went smoothly, the yamen runners had already taken action in advance and evacuated the people on the streets where the water truck passed.
You know, for a precious item like a waterwheel, it is natural to have to take confidentiality measures before it is officially released!
If the manufacturing technology of such treasures was stolen by spies from other countries lurking in the Southern Dynasty and launched in other countries first, wouldn't the Southern Dynasty suffer a loss?
If things go wrong, the other party might even turn the tables and falsely accuse the Southern Dynasty of stealing their technology!
If Qin Yue knew that everyone was so cautious, he would definitely say without hesitation: In fact, there is no need to worry, because the carriage can only be used by people from the Southern Dynasty! People from other countries definitely can't use it!
While the Ministry of Works and Lord Qin were making preparations for the waterwheel test in a tense and orderly manner, Emperor Yuan of Jin was also extremely busy.
On the one hand, he was discussing a very important matter with other important officials in the court. It was this important matter that shocked the people of the Southern Dynasty once again the next day!
On the other hand, Emperor Yuan of Jin also had to patiently deal with one person, and that person was the second prince who gave him a lot of headaches.