Chapter 10 — An Luong Doesn't Choose a Female

The Queen Mother asked me if there was anything else I wanted to say.

“The goddess wants to correct the three old rules.”

"From now on, when a good leader rents a boat, a boat will only receive three parts at most. We can't let someone like the Tiet family strangle the entire wharf anymore."

"Each warehouse must open a bag to check wages every month. The counter clerk and the person checking the wages must be separate, no one is allowed to check themselves."

“The boat contract and wages can be directly recorded under the woman's name, without the need for the father or elder brother to sign or receive on his behalf.”

The elders in the palace all frowned.

“The first two things are fine, but the last thing is probably too broad.”

“Many crew members are illiterate, so how can they sign their own contracts?”

"If you don't know how to write your name, you can point it out, you can also ask the good lady to read it clearly in front of her."

"In the past, men were illiterate and had never seen a cruise ship that refused to rent."

Chant Tam Nuong stood next to her and nodded vigorously. The Emperor looked at her, then looked at the captains waiting to testify outside the palace.

“First try it at Cuu Chau province.”

“If you do well, expand elsewhere.”

I bent down to receive the command. Overthrowing a Tiet family is just moving a rock blocking the path of conscience. If you want your future path to not be blocked by others, you must establish rules. His father arbitrarily signed the loan, but repeatedly hid it from the Tiet family. He was demoted two levels and suspended under investigation. When it was the eldest sister's turn, the Queen Mother remained silent for a long time.

“No one will kill you.”

"You don't know how important human life is."

“You just always feel like after something happens, someone will clean up for you.”

“From today, you are no longer allowed to use the royal name and morality to donate money to do good.”

“If you want to open a women's school, use your money and your skills to open it.”

"There will no longer be anyone who will sacrifice their identity for you if you say a single word without wanting fame and profit."

The elder sister's tears fell onto the palace floor. This time, no one asked for a higher price on her behalf.

15

After the fall of the Tiet family, Luong Dao had six more Luong stores and eighteen large ships. We will not hand the boats back to the old shopkeepers. Which placed three long tables at the dock of the president's office. Those who know the waterway will test the waterway, those who know how to calculate the accounts will check the salary books, those who know the wages will take a handful of rice to distinguish on the spot. No question of origin, no distinction between male and female. Wishing Tam Nuong become the manager of the first fleet. The news spread, people came to register from the pier to the beginning of the alley. There is a widow who was evicted by her husband's family, and there is also a female shopkeeper who has managed a small salary shop for half her life. There were also a few ladies who used to stay at Thanh Nguyet porridge tent. They took off their embroidered shoes, squatted in front of their salary bags, and learned to distinguish the musty smell. The third day of recruiting people, father brought elder sister. He took off his official hat. In just ten short days, my sideburns have turned gray.

"Minh Chau, your sister's reputation is ruined, the marriage is also canceled."

"After all, he has been reading books for more than ten years. Luong Dao is currently lacking someone, so I give him a position as deputy chancellor, which is also considered full sisterhood."

The elder sister stood behind him. Still wearing a white dress, but no one surrounded her to praise her nobility. She looked at the line of people lining up in front of the long table.

“Tell me to compete with them?”

“The religion openly recruits people, everyone is the same.”

“I am the goal My maternal grandmother's eldest daughter was also the person the Queen Mother initially chose."

“You forced me to compete for a stewardship position with the ship's assistant and widow, intentionally humiliating me.”

Congratulations to Tam Nuong who just stepped off the boat. She put the books on the table.

“Don't worry, big lady.”

“If you are truly better than me, I will give you my team cards.”

The elder sister's face was unsightly.

“I will not compare myself to you.”

“Then don't use the word woman to elevate your status.”

The maternal grandmother leaned on her cane and slowly walked out of the headquarters. The elder sister's eyes immediately turned red.

“Grandmother, do you even want to see me humiliated?”

“No one humiliates me.”

The maternal grandmother took a breath.

“The scale is here, the book is also here.”

“If you don't know, learn.”

“If you don't want to study then leave.”

The elder sister tightened her sleeves. Parents still refused to give up.

“If he doesn't know how to practice, he can learn.”

“First give him the title of deputy chancellor, then let him slowly get used to it, is that okay?”

The maternal grandmother looked at him.

“Eight-year-old Minh Chau went to the warehouse and started sweeping the ground.”

“Sixteen-year-old Thanh Nguyet came to deliver porridge, complaining that the kitchen ash was choking, and left in less than half an hour.”

“One person studies for ten years before being able to keep the seal, how does the other person rely on his/her reputation first and then slowly learn?”

The parents were asked until they were speechless. Tears welled up in the elder sister's eyes again.

“Grandmother, it turns out you've always looked at me like that.”

“I read books and write to save people, and I also want to work for morality.”

“The writing on the wall.”

The maternal grandmother raised her stick and pointed inside the headquarters.

"That year Lam Chau was in drought, Minh Chau weighed food in the warehouse for forty days."

“I came once, stood under my essay, and let the artist draw for half a day.”

"Thanh Nguyet, you've been fooling yourself for so long, don't think everyone has forgotten."

The surrounding people waiting for recruitment were silent. No one laughed at her. But that silence made her more uncomfortable than laughter. In the end, she did not sit down in front of the long table. When she turned around, she saw a ship's assistant who only knew a few dozen words and had accurately found three duplicate salary packets in the book. Chuc Tam Nuong immediately gave that woman a card to manage the boat. The elder sister's footsteps stopped for a moment. She once thought that as long as she refused to bow her head, someone else would take a better position and chase after her. This time, there was only the sound of an abacus behind him. No one kept her.

16

One year later, the Cuu Chau religion expanded from twelve warehouses to twenty-four warehouses. The Emperor established the position of General Luong and a three-rank mandarin. The first appointment falls into my hands. The Holy Order also allows us to choose the managers of the warehouses, regardless of gender, and without asking about origin. Of the twelve newly opened warehouses, seven were assigned to women. Thach Luu became the youngest warehouse manager. At first, her father stood outside the warehouse every day, and everyone he met said that sooner or later, his daughter would cause trouble. Three months later, she discovered the two people who mixed sand into the sack of rice, and helped Luong Dao get back eight hundred bags of rice. Whenever her father met anyone, he would say that Thach Luu had good eyesight from a young age and that he had taught him himself. Once Thach Luu heard it, he immediately hung his salary book outside the warehouse door. From the money for driving the first trip to the warehouse manager's salary, each item had only her name written on it. I hope Tam Nuong laughed the whole time after watching road.

“This girl is so vengeful.”

“It's good to remember clearly.”

I ordered someone to add a rule outside the doors of all twenty-four warehouses. Whoever works, the money is recorded under that person's name. Fathers, husbands, and patriarchs are not accepted. At first, many people scolded me. But when the first month's money was distributed, the women lined up to receive their wages from the warehouse door stretching all the way to the riverbank. What they received was not just a few strings of copper coins. It's a book with your name written on it, no one can take it away. The day my mother entered the palace, she waited for me outside the palace gate for two hours. She no longer ordered me to arrange a position for the elder sister, only gave me a box of food.

“Red apple cake I liked to eat when I was little.”

I accept it.

“Thank you, mother.”

There were many words in her eyes. Finally, just ask one question:

“Will you still go home after Tet?”

"If there is no urgent matter, I will come to ask for peace from my father and mother."

Not going home. Just asking for peace. She understood, bowed her head and wiped the corners of her eyes. The elder sister was still standing next to the carriage. Waiting for mother to go away, she walked in front of me.

“If I hadn't rejected the seal before, would all of this be mine now?”

We look towards the dock. Wishing Tam Nuong is teaching the newly arrived public boat. Two female counter clerks argued over a salary book until their faces turned red. The newly built warehouse door in the distance has just opened, and the first batch of wages at average prices are being loaded onto the truck.

“Don't know.”

“Why?”

“Receiving the seal is just the beginning.”

"You still have to check for damaged food, open warehouses, offend the Tiet family, and also have to stay when the boat's ropes are cut."

“Sister, the only thing you regret is that you didn't reach out before.”

“But these things don't just fall into the palm of your hand.”

She looked at that third-grade mandarin seal, her eyes finally revealing unconcealed regret. The middle of the sky now lit up for the last time. 【In the original story, Tan Thanh Nguyet was waiting to be given the title of district lord, the Tiet family swallowed all the food, three years later half of Jiangnan could not buy food.】 【Tin Minh Chau died in the river while transporting food, not even his name was left.】 【Now that the Tiet family is guilty, Tan Thanh Nguyet can no longer wait for others to raise the price, but the twenty-four warehouses of food already have someone who can truly own it.】 【What she was fighting for from beginning to end was not just a general seal.】 【But the people were no longer starving, the ship's assistant could be a steward, and every woman from now on did not need to prove her nobility first to be qualified to hold power.】 The handwriting was blown away little by little by the river wind. A little girl holding a newspaper ran down to the boat.

“Sir, Van Chau has been in drought for two months, and the warehouses have run out, please let the god of food adjust the food!”

I received the report, turned around and walked back to the headquarters. The elder sister still stood in place. This time I won't wait for you. Twenty-four warehouses and five hundred ships are all waiting for my orders.

“First open two Van Chau warehouses.”

“Tonight, the quality will be good, the boat will leave tomorrow morning.”

END OF STORY.