The fighting outside was in full swing, and the people in the rear were generally not greatly affected.

In order to increase employment opportunities and reduce the damage to public security caused by unemployed vagrants in the territory, Jiang Pengji paid for the construction of more than a dozen official roads after careful study. Workers are provided with two meals a day free of charge, and a certain amount of copper money is subsidized according to the amount of labor, and a horse of linen cloth is subsidized throughout the year. If the workers can complete the entire construction project ahead of schedule, the participating workers can also receive an additional 10 days of rewards.

These official routes not only facilitate the deployment of troops in wartime, but also benefit the people in peacetime, for example, people can transport surplus local fruits and vegetables to other places to sell, increasing additional income. If it is left in the past, it will take ten days and a half to walk just on the mountain road, and when the farmers arrive at the destination with fruits and vegetables, the goods will have already rotted, but now it only takes one day to arrive, and the fruits and vegetables are fresh.

Jiang Pengji also encouraged women to go out to work and support their families, and in addition to manual work such as road construction, other jobs that were more suitable for women would also be provided. Improving the status of women in society is not something that can be achieved in a moment, and it will take a long time to reverse stereotypes.

For example, she knows that some women are paid more for embroidering and weaving at home than their husbands who go out to work, but these women's income can only be called "subsidizing the family" rather than "supporting the family". It has become the norm to take the initiative to put yourself in a vulnerable position.

However, with the strong rise of Jiang Pengji, this natural atmosphere is being fully reversed, and it is a good phenomenon after all.

There were occasional bumps along the way, but everything went in the direction she expected.

When the convoy escorting Huang Song and others crossed the border of Maruzhou, everyone felt that the solemn atmosphere in the air gradually faded, replaced by a calm and peaceful atmosphere, and Huang Song's anxious heart slowly calmed down, and began to carefully observe the scenery along the road.

Huang Song was sitting in the carriage and hanging his head to read a book, when there was a mooing sound of an old cow in his ears, and a strange smell wafted in.

He frowned slightly, lifted the curtain and looked out, only to see a couple followed by an old cow on the left and right, and the old cow was sitting on his back with a girl in blue and white clothes, and a diagonal bag on his shoulder. Huang Song thought that this was his parents and daughter, but after listening carefully, he realized that he was wrong.

This man is a hunter in a village in Maruzhou, and his hair was drafted into the army, and he died in battle two years ago.

The little wife became a widow, and a widow with her little daughter who was less than four years old had a hard time in the village, so the man often helped her, and the two looked at each other right each other, and then became a halfway husband and wife under the persuasion of the iceman. The man also regarded Fa Xiao's daughter as his own flesh and blood, and a while ago he received news that Fa Xiao's orphan was selected to study at the Golden Scale Academy, and the man was so happy that he couldn't sleep for several days.

No, the couple is preparing to send their daughter to the academy.

Although she is a girl, those who have the opportunity to study in this era are talents, and no matter how poor it is, it is better than selling physical work.

Everyone else said that he was blessed and raised this adopted daughter with all his heart, and he was worried that she would not provide for himself in the future?

He thinks that when he has his own children in the future, his baby can also use his sister's books to learn a few words.

Outsiders don't have this benefit.

Huang Song has also heard of the Golden Scale Academy, but he hasn't paid too much attention to it over the years, and only knows that this is an enlightened private school.

Now that he looked at it, he felt that he had thought wrong.

Huang Song lifted the curtain and asked the man with a smile, "This big brother, are you going to the market?"

When the man heard someone shouting to himself, he turned his head and searched for a long time, and saw that Huang Song's convoy was heavily guarded, and his face turned white with fright.

He trembled and said, "No, send the baby to study." ”

Huang Song asked them to get closer and said, this couple are ordinary people, how dare they be disobedient?

"Send the child to study?" Huang Song glanced at the girl riding on the back of the ox, she was nervously holding the bag of the crossbody bag, with dark eyes, she didn't look cute, but she had a child's unique vitality, "It's not easy to go to school these years, and it costs a lot." ”

The man tried to relax himself, and the guard of the carriage automatically gave way to make it easier for the man to get closer.

"We are shepherded in the state, and it won't cost a few big children—" the man shook his head, "and send them to school, and eat well." ”

The official in charge of selecting the children said that the children eat, drink, and live in the academy for free, and they are given free clothes all year round.

Huang Song pretended to be surprised and said, "Is there really such a good thing in the world?"

The man said, "Of course, the girls in the head of our village have been studying for three years. ”

Huang Song asked a few more questions, and the man also answered enthusiastically, some of them were clear, some were vague.

After all, he is a rural hunter who can't read a single word, and it would be good if he could simply express what he knew.

Huang Song changed his words and asked a question that caught people off guard.

“…… Hearing the eldest brother say this, wouldn't someone have a black heart and deliberately let their children take the place of school?"

This kind of thing is not impossible to happen, and some parents are very likely to snatch the orphan quota of their relatives for the sake of their children.

The man was stunned for a moment, and said angrily, "Which black-hearted person dares to do this?"

Huang Song smiled, "Is everything always possible, for this problem, there are no preventive measures on the state pastor's side?"

Since it is a bereavement and grace, then these benefits should really be implemented on the orphans of martyrs, otherwise it will be ugly to break out.

The man hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This won't happen, who would dare to do this, not afraid of being haunted by ghosts?"

Huang Song had doubts in his heart, but unfortunately the man in front of him didn't know much and couldn't solve his doubts.

He didn't know that Jiang Pengji had never seen people's hearts as beautiful, and when she formulated these bereavement benefits, she took into account everything she could consider. If there are signs of child abuse, not only will the family be severely punished, but the abused child will also be sent to a special place to be raised.

Each child has a record, which is convenient for Golden Scale Academy to select school-age children, and outsiders have no way to fake it.

Despite the huge amount of work, Jiang Pengji felt that these things were necessary.

At noon, the sun rose, and the group finally arrived in Xiangyang County.

As soon as they entered the city, the couple led the old cow to ask for directions, and when the people saw the clothes of the child on the ox's back, they immediately enthusiastically pointed the way.

The uncle in charge of escorting and sending off said, "Do you want to go home directly?"

There were only three escorts this time, one was Huang Song, one was Cheng Jing, and one was Feng Jue, who happened to be packed and transported to Maruzhou.

The identities of the three are a little awkward, they can't be considered prisoners, but they can't be considered good citizens, they can't be given freedom, and there are some troubles in how to deal with them.