I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 1053 - Chapter 1053 Change

Chapter 1053: Change Chapter 1053: Change Editor: Atlas Studios The children grew up very quickly, and the development of the country developed even more quickly.

By the time the two children could walk unsteadily, Great Qi had already built three ports in a row, all of which were used for sea trade.

Sea trade developed rapidly, and gold and silver from all over the world surged into Great Qi.

In addition, all kinds of rare treasures and local specialties from overseas had always been imported into Great Qi.

However, compared to the satin, tea leaves, porcelain, clocks, and other things that were exported, the number that came in was almost negligible.

Therefore, regardless of whether it was the Westerners or the people of Great Qi, a ship that left Great Qi filled with goods often returned half-filled with goods and half-filled with silver.

The tariffs on the sea trade had also increased from 20% to 30%.

It was only because of this that Qi Xiuyuan could generously exempt taxes for the Great Qi citizens plagued by natural disasters this year.

Also, this allowed him to send people to repair the water conservancy facilities and consolidate the riverbank.

The silver that flowed into Great Qi was fully utilized.

Although there were disasters everywhere, because of the various high-yielding seeds provided by the Harvest Grain Stores, yield per acre was still quite impressive.

Overall, everyone’s lives gradually improved and they were thriving.

On the other hand, the neighboring Great Jin and West Xia were in a worse state.

Before they could recover from the snow disaster last year, the same natural disasters that struck Great Qi’s territory also befell Great Jin and West Xia.

Coupled with the internal strife in their country, they could not deal with this series of natural disasters in time.

There were also corrupt officials and local nobles who took the opportunity to embezzle land, causing the people in the country to live in poverty and rebellions to rise.

It was similar to Great Zhou back then.

Having learned their lesson, Great Jin and West Xia were extremely unyielding against the rebels.

They sent out an army to suppress them, but with the secret support of Great Qi, the rebels of the two countries still somehow managed to survive.

In this year, Great Jin was set ablaze by that spark, while things in West Xia worsened at a slower pace.

The rebel forces were spread throughout Great Jin.

Although their forces were not big, with groups ranging from dozens of people to a few thousand at the largest, they could definitely turn Great Jin from a sick tiger into a sick cat as long as they joined forces.

Qi Haoran began to arrange for some of his former subordinates to enter the lost land to organize a rebellion by the Han people.

It might be difficult for them to break in from the outside, but it was much easier to break out from the inside.

Qi Haoran smiled as he said to Mu Yangling, “At this rate, we’ll be able to send out our troops to recover the lost territory in two to three years.” “Will Big Brother agree to let me go to the battlefield with you?” “Don’t worry, I’ll talk to him.

He knows what you’re capable of.

Not only will you not be a burden to me, but you can also help me.” Mu Yangling thought of the ministers in the court and said with a smile, “Even if Big Brother agrees, I’m afraid those people in the court won’t agree.

Just because I organized a female school, I was almost smashed to death by their memorials.” Qi Haoran pursed his lips.

“All you did was teach women to read and write.

It’s not as if you’re pushing for women to become officials or rule the country.

They’re really naggy.

Aren’t women allowed to be queens in Western countries?

Why aren’t they criticizing that?” As sea trade was developing too quickly, the existing sail technology obviously could not keep up.

By now, Qi Haoran had already successfully developed the cannon and taken it to an island to test it twice.

Its power was even stronger than its Western counterpart.

However, this way, it was a little inappropriate for these cannons to be installed on the existing ships.

Although they could fire cannons on it, only one could be equipped.

Should they put two cannons on a ship, the ship would shake or the deck would crack after they fired a few shots.

Qi Haoran had no choice but to consult with master shipbuilders to study sail technology, hoping to construct a ship with a greater draft and capable of faster, more stable sailing.

Mu Yangling felt that someone had to inherit the techniques that they had developed.

After all, many of the ancestors’ techniques had been lost because they didn’t pass them on properly.

Therefore, she simply set up a sailing school and let the master shipbuilders teach the students while doing their research.

Those students could even be of assistance to the master shipbuilders, and they also came up with some unique ideas sometimes.

It could be said that the two complemented each other.

Not only did the school teach the students how to build a ship, but they also taught them how to sail a ship and determine the direction at sea.

This time, Qi Haoran contributed all his sea maps as teaching material for the students.

Through the development of the curriculum, they taught all kinds of shipping knowledge.

Seeing this, Qi Haoran was tempted to enrol the navy into the school.

Hence, the two of them simply divided the school into two parts: one, a civilian sailing school, and the other, a navy military school.

All the students nurtured by the latter were sent to the navy government office.

Seeing that the navy now had a military academy, it was inevitable that the army would be unconvinced.

It had to be known that the military examination was not like the literary examination.

Literary examinations were held with no exception every three years unless there was a major event.

However, when it came to the military examination, it was only held when military talents were urgently needed by the imperial court, when the country was invaded, or when the Emperor was in the mood.

In the previous dynasty, Emperor Jingyan had held two military examinations in his 20-odd years of reign, and this was when there was a lack of generals.

The current dynasty had only held one martial arts examination, after which the martial arts scholars would be sent to the army or to continue their martial arts education.

However, the martial arts in the capital had long been useless.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, martial arts were even abolished because not many people were willing to become martial arts students.

The reason was that the status of a martial arts scholar was far inferior to that of a literary scholar.

Now that there were generals calling it unfair, Qi Haoran simply let the Imperial Court open a martial arts school again and let students who wished to undergo martial arts education take the assessment.

Seeing that the military academy was in full swing, Mu Yangling’s heart itched and urged the Empress to start a girls’ school.

This time, the ministers of the Imperial Court did not agree.

Nobody knew where they got the news from, but somehow the ministers found out that this idea was proposed by Mu Yangling.

Almost all the memorials for impeachment were targeted at Mu Yangling, and some were targeted at Qi Haoran because some people reckoned it was the responsibility of a husband to take his wife in hand.

Thus, some suggested Qi Haoran should bear most of the responsibility for Mu Yangling’s ridiculous suggestion.

Among the memorials impeaching Mu Yangling, there were also people who accused her of meddling in politics despite being a woman.

Among them, the descendants of the Zhu family made the loudest noise.

They still resented Mu Yangling for her belittling of the “Annotations to the Four Books” and their ancestor.

Mu Yangling, on the other hand, calmly allowed them to scold her.

Instead, she started a new column in her newspaper.

First, she led the public opinion to the importance of women learning to read and write.

Then, she let everyone express their opinions.

However, Qi Haoran was displeased.

If the criticisms of Ah Ling were recorded in history books, wouldn’t she be viewed as a sinner in the eyes of future generations?

Contrasting his attitude, Mu Yangling was actually glad to appear in the annals of history because of this matter.

People in this era might not understand, but centuries later, she would be deemed the first to unleash the idea of women’s liberation and independence.

As such an outstanding woman, she would undoubtedly appear in history textbooks and be admired by everyone.

Hence, Mu Yangling firmly stopped Qi Haoran.

“Just let them note it down.

I’m not afraid of them.” Feeling injustice for Mu Yangling, he said, “Every family has a school to educate women.

You’re just expanding such a school so that more women can learn to read.

Why is that a bad thing?

Let’s see who dares to note down the criticisms of you.”