"Nine to five!"
This was the working time set by Wu Meiniang for the female workers.
Working at sunrise and resting at sunrise was the most common working time for ordinary people. However, it was different for the female workers. Although they worked during the day, they also had to do housework.
Every day at dawn, the female workers would get up and cook. After waiting for the men and children to eat, they would hurriedly finish the housework and head to the down jacket factory to start the day's work. At five o 'clock in the afternoon, the four clocks would ring and the female workers would get off work on time to take care of the family.
The reason why Wu Meiniang decided to work nine to five was not only to make it easier for the female workers to take care of the family, but also to reduce the pressure of the world as much as possible. If they left home too early or returned too late, it would be criticized. Therefore, the female workers could take care of the family and work with peace of mind at the same time.
Wu Meiniang's painstaking efforts were not in vain. Such relaxed conditions could not help but make the women of Chang 'an excited and eager to join the female workers. At the peak of the prosperity, at least half of the women in Chang' an became female workers.
Every time before nine o 'clock in the morning, a large number of female workers would rush out of the house and head to the factory. After five o' clock, a large number of female workers would return home. This was an ordinary and extraordinary day for the female workers.
"This is the grand occasion predicted by the female lead Chang!"
Yin-yang Zi, who had been secretly observing Wu Meiniang, could not help but be shocked. Although the prophecy was made by him, he still underestimated the grand occasion of the female lead Chang.
The emergence of a large number of female workers multiplied the human resources of Chang 'an. In a short time, Chang' an flourished and flourished.
Today was the time for the female workers to receive their monthly salary. Most of the female workers could receive a salary of three hundred coins as long as they worked hard. Some skilled female workers even earned more than the income of the men in their families.
Women were financially independent. Not only did they contribute greatly to Chang 'an, but their family's income also doubled. Even the status of women in their families rose. Some smart and capable women even began to take over the family finances from their men. In a short time, the female lead Chang was popular in Chang' an.
"The female lead Chang was a prophecy personally made by the senior. The women in the world are able to change their lives and become masters. We have to thank the senior for his kindness." Suddenly, a voice appeared behind Yin-yang Zi.
"Mo Jiazi!"
Yin-yang Zi suddenly turned around and looked at the person in disbelief. He didn't expect Mo Jiazi to find him directly. Only then did he realize that there were no other people around him. There was only him and Meton. The School of Yin-yang and the School of Mo had finally officially met.
"Junior Meton greets Senior Yin-yang Zi." Meton stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Underachiever?" Yin-yang Zi couldn't help but bitterly smile: "The Esoteric Debate Era is truly filled with heroes. If the great Mo Jiazi is humble, then wouldn't this defeated old man be ignorant and incompetent?"
"Senior, you're too humble." Meton said humbly.
Yin-yang Zi smiled calmly: "You're too humble. Now that I think about it, the Old Man realized that Young Friend Mo's Yin Yang Arts were brilliant. When the School of Yin-yang attacked with the prophecy, the School of Mo advanced instead of retreating. They took the initiative to fulfill the prophecy and pushed Hua Mulan to the front while secretly demoting Wu Meiniang to a run-down cotton workshop. The Old Man thought that you were protecting Wu Meiniang. Now it seems that the Old Man was wrong. You're creating a new Hua Mulan. "
Meton raised his eyebrows and said: "Senior, what do you mean by that?"
Meton helplessly smiled bitterly: "Senior Yin-yang Zi, you're overthinking things. Wu Meiniang is only a woman. Only a cotton workshop can bring out her talents."
Yin-yang Zi shook his head: "No! Far from that! On the surface, you're purposely showing weakness and demoting Wu Meiniang, but in reality, you're secretly scheming against the Confucian School. You're killing two birds with one stone. "
"Secretly scheming against the Confucian School!" Meton couldn't help but frown and ask in confusion: "What do you mean by that?"
Yin-yang Zi waved his hand and said: "Wu Meiniang seems to have been demoted to a cotton workshop, but in reality, she's secretly helping the School of Mohism complete the war between the Confucian and Ink garments. When the cheap cotton garments came out, the middle and lower class households all wore Ink garments, and the Confucian garments still firmly occupied the upper class of the Tang dynasty. When down jackets came out, the upper class women's garments were immediately taken over by the School of Mohism, and only the upper class men wore Confucian garments. In terms of numbers, there's less than one in a hundred, and sooner or later, they'll be assimilated by the School of Mohism.
In Yin-yang Zi's view, the School of Mohism didn't defeat the School of Mohism in this war of garments. Instead, the School of Mohism used the prophecy of the flourishing age of the School of Mohism and the School of Yin-Yang to completely defeat the School of Confucianism with the help of Wu Meiniang. This time, even the School of Yin-Yang was used by the School of Mohism. If this isn't killing two birds with one stone, what is? "
Meton smiled bitterly and said: "If I say that I didn't know that Mei Niang would make such a big move, would Senior believe me?"
Meton knew that he hadn't made such a plan, but the reality made him unable to refute it. He could only say that Wu Meiniang had done too well.
However, Yin-yang Zi nodded and said: "I believe that this is the mystery of the Way of Luck. Once the prophecy of the flourishing age came out, Wu Meiniang had the luck of the School of Mohism and the School of Yin-Yang. Even if she did something shocking, the Old Man wouldn't be surprised."
Meton shook his head and said: "The School of Mohism believes in its ink technique. Mei Niang can be what she is today because of her study of the ink technique. Even if there wasn't the prophecy of the flourishing age, Mei Niang would have made down jackets sooner or later."
Yin-yang Zi said proudly: "If there wasn't the luck of the prophecy of the flourishing age, down jackets might not become reality until ten years later. Now that down jackets have come out of nowhere, half of the women in Chang 'an have become female workers. With Wu Meiniang as an example, I believe that more women will become female workers and become members of the School of Mohism in the future. The School of Yin-Yang has the foundation of half of the population of the Tang dynasty. This is the power of the prophecy of the flourishing age, and what the School of Yin-Yang has done this time is all for the School of Mohism."
Yin-yang Zi was heartbroken about this result. If Yin-yang Zi had defeated the School of Mohism with the prophecy of the flourishing age, the School of Yin-Yang would have harvested the School of Mohism's thousand years of luck. But now the School of Mohism had done the opposite and realized the prophecy of the flourishing age. The School of Yin-Yang had suffered a backlash and was finally used by the School of Mohism.
Meton retorted: "Being a farmer in the morning and ascending to the Emperor's Hall in the evening, this is the way of the Confucians to change fate. Unfortunately, this path is only open to men, and the ink technique is open to both men and women. It's not that the School of Mohism is made successful by the School of Mohism, but that it can only be realized by the School of Mohism. Only the ink technique and the School of Mohism can change the fate of women."
Yin-yang Zi couldn't help but be surprised. After thinking about it carefully, it was indeed so. The other hundred schools were dominated by men, and the other hundred schools would also accept women as disciples sporadically. However, the Confucians didn't allow women to enter schools, let alone let women be officials.
At that time, when he saw the rise of the women of the School of Mohism, he was inspired and created the prophecy of the flourishing age, but he forgot why the School of Mohism only had the School of Mohism.
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