The Princess of Northern Land

Chapter 134 - 134 134 Doubts and Exchange (3)_1

?Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Doubts and Exchange (3)_1 Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Doubts and Exchange (3)_1 “Really?” Mrs. Bai and Madam Yu were thrilled again. “If there’s anything we can help with, feel free to tell us.”

Lin Ziyin nodded, “Not for now, but I will definitely need your help in the future.”

Ziyin was planning to involve both the Bai and Wu families, and the women from both families were so excited they could hardly sit still.

Three days later, sure enough, Lin Ziyin had assigned tasks to most people.

Most men were first sent to the oil mill to help, and with the increase in manpower, Lin Ziyin promptly added another wooden oil press. This made the deep-frying room become lively.

As for the cultivation of corn, tomatoes, and chili, which had significant implications, Lin Ziyin arranged for two people who could farm to work behind Old Master, laying a solid foundation for the future promotion of chili and corn.

The women were assigned to the kitchen, specifically making tofu, dried tofu, and fermented tofu, along with brewing soy sauce.

With this, only the scholars and children were left.

Scholars were weird folk. If Lin Ziyin didn’t call him, he would just lay in bed and do nothing.

With a smirk, Lin Ziyin first arranged for him to work in the oil mill, but unfortunately, after a day’s work, he was exhausted and didn’t even eat dinner.

Seeing that he couldn’t handle the hardship, Lin Ziyin then arranged for him to work behind Old Master in the field.

However, after just one day, Old Master sent him back.

The Old Master said this scholar couldn’t even distinguish between chives and weeds, let alone perform farming tasks. He was just wasting resources.

In the end, Lin Ziyin arranged him to grind in the kitchen, which ended up breaking him quicker. Half a day later, he fell on the ground and couldn’t get up.

“What’s your name?” After watching the scholar blush for several days, Lin Ziyin finally pulled him up.

“Qian Xuan.” The scholar replied, still prideful.

“What do you think you can do?” Lin Ziyin sneered and asked him.

“Read and acquire knowledge.” Qian Xuan answered disdainfully.

“Good for nothing, and you have the nerve to say you have knowledge. As the saying goes, ‘Travel ten thousand miles, read ten thousand books.’ That means you should combine theory and practice. What good is reading dead books or killing yourself by reading? I’ll tell you something you don’t want to hear: with your character, you’d be doomed if you were outside. You’ve even wasted your name. It sounds like you could be a hero, but you’re just blind, incapable of doing anything.” Lin Ziyin mocked him in plain speech.

“I may be useless, but you have no right to insult me like this!” Qian Xuan’s face turned red with anger.

“How did you get into trouble?” Lin Ziyin sneered at him and continued to probe.

“Someone in the Qian family was implicated in creating a false almanac.” Despite his anger, Qian Xuan answered her question.

“Is there anyone else in your family?” Lin Ziyin asked again.

“I had an elderly mother, but she died on the way.” Talking about his mother, Qian Xuan’s eyes welled up with tears, but he controlled his emotions and didn’t let a single tear drop.

“It’s a good thing you didn’t pass the…”

Before Lin Ziyin could finish, Qian Xuan interrupted, “I actually did pass the examination. I was the top scholar in my region, but my title was revoked because of the scandal.”

Oh, turns out he did have some knowledge after all. “It’s a good thing you didn’t become an official.” Lin Ziyin sighed. Seeing Qian Xuan’s disapproving look, she continued, “Someone like you who only knows how to read dead books with the delusion that only those who read books are superior, is really unfit to be an official. Think about it, you can’t even feed yourself, and you look down on farmers. There is no way you should govern. Have you ever thought that if there were no merchants or farmers, what would everyone eat and drink? What would the Imperial Court use to support you and the army to defend the homeland? A scholar who doesn’t understand this fundamental concept is actually a laughable person, just deceiving himself and others, unwilling to admit that they are nothing more than parasites.”