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Chapter 196 The Energy Value Keeps Rising

Emperor Jingxuan pondered for a moment, then decided on thirty for now. Once they are built, the cement should be available for sale. The Ministry of Rites should select the sites for these thirty sites.

The ministers immediately agreed.

Emperor Jingxuan then turned to Cao Qing and said, "Send a message to Liang Wei and ask him to make a copy of the blueprints for the Shangliu Village Orphanage and send it back to us."

Cao Qing hurriedly replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Liang Wei was also looking at the sky. After learning that the energy value was increasing every day, he and Gao Hongfei exchanged a glance and looked thoughtfully into the orphanage.

"So, for every child this orphanage takes in, it gains seventy more energy points?"

"That makes quite a lot."

As the two were talking, another constable came over to report, "Five or six more children have arrived at the village entrance; they all heard the news and want to go to the orphanage."

"Bring them over. After verifying their situation, arrange for them to check in if there are no problems."

"Yes."

The constable quickly brought the children over; there were six children, two boys and four girls.

One of the girls was brought by an adult, who said she was the girl's neighbor.

They said the child has no relatives and no one to take care of him at home. The neighbors only give him a meal from time to time, but they can't afford to give him anything more.

In addition, there were always people in the village who bullied her, and they were afraid that if she got older, she would be targeted by those bachelors and hooligans. They heard that there was an orphanage here that took in orphans, so they brought her here to give it a try.

The man was wiping away tears as he spoke, and it seemed he had a very close relationship with the child.

Gao Hongfei didn't say much, but simply asked the yamen runners to verify the situation.

The same applies to the other children; they are first asked about their situation, and only those who meet the requirements are allowed to stay.

They then discovered that one of the boys was over ten years old and not within the scope of their care, so they had to send him back.

The orphanage's regulations stipulate that it can accommodate children under the age of ten, but this requirement can be relaxed appropriately in special circumstances.

Otherwise, the orphanage simply couldn't accommodate so many children. If those young children who truly have nowhere else to turn and need a place to stay are turned away, then that would defeat the original purpose of the orphanage.

So even though the boy looked dejected and tearful, Gao Hongfei didn't soften his heart. He simply let him stay and have lunch before leaving. Knowing that the boy was truly destitute, he even gave him some food to take back with him.

However, he also asked the boy to leave his name and address, saying that if there were any jobs that children could do in the future, he would give priority to these children.

The child nodded, thanked Gao Hongfei, and finally left with the grain.

Watching his departing figure, Gao Hongfei couldn't help but sigh, "If the Great Qi Dynasty could achieve what later generations have, these children would have a better life."

Liang Wei glanced at him sideways, "Lord Gao, be careful with your words."

Gao Hongfei, "..."

That's all he could do.

As they were talking, the constable who had gone to verify the situation returned. The girl the neighbor had brought earlier was indeed true. Gao Hongfei had Cao Fuzi write it down. The neighbor, relieved that the child was settled, said to the child, "From now on, you can live here in peace. Auntie will come to see you often. I'll take good care of your house, don't worry."

She had barely finished speaking when she suddenly heard Master Cao say, "The government will take over the child's house; you don't need to watch over it."

The woman was taken aback, then abruptly stood up. "What did you say? The government manages the houses? But, but in our area..."

Master Cao looked at her suspiciously. "What? Now that the child has come to the orphanage, you want to take over the house? That's impossible. The government has taken over the house. When the child grows up, the house will be returned to her."

The neighbor's face immediately turned ugly, while the little girl seemed to secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and when she smiled again this time, her smile was much more relaxed.

Finally, the neighbor left, grumbling and clearly dissatisfied. Gao Hongfei raised an eyebrow and said to Liang Wei, "Indeed, the decision we made back then was correct. If the government hadn't taken over the children who still had family property, it would have been divided up by their relatives and neighbors."

As he spoke, he looked at the other children.

The situation of the children was quickly clarified. In the end, one boy and two girls were kept, and the rest went home.

Just as they led the children inside to drink porridge, the sound of energy levels increasing came from Chaochao's side one after another.

The little girl was terrified today; it had only been a short time, and the price had increased by another 210.

She was even a little worried, "Mom, the price suddenly went up so much, did something happen to Sister Linlan and the others?"

"No, have you forgotten this is a charity system? You can only increase your energy by doing good deeds. If something really happens, your energy value might actually decrease."

Hearing this, Chaochao finally felt at ease.

She had just finished her afternoon nap and happily went to the study to have class with He Zheyan.

She has already learned more than ten characters this morning and can even write them. Her older cousin praised her for being very good, so she wants to learn just as many this afternoon.

But as soon as she left, Jian Yunsang and He Nanzhou slowly put away their smiles.

"What exactly happened in Shangliu Village? The energy value has increased too ridiculously. It rose by 290 in the morning and 210 in the afternoon. It's 500 in a day."

If this had happened before, it would have granted half of Chaochao's wish.

“I always felt that something might have happened in ancient times that we could never have predicted.” She initially guessed that someone might have made offerings to the gods, but then she thought that probably wasn’t the case.

However, due to the separation of time and space, they have no way to verify it.

In fact, they weren't the only ones who were confused; many ordinary people in Daqi were also completely baffled.

They just watched helplessly as Chaochao's energy level rose rapidly, and from what they said, this energy level was due to the Great Enlightenment.
"Could it really be that Miss Lin Lan did something?"

"Miss Lin Lan comes from a small village. No matter how much energy she has, it can only increase by a few dozen at most, right? It's unlikely to even reach a hundred, let alone five hundred in one go. I think the imperial court must have done something."

One well-informed traveling merchant suddenly thought, "I heard before that the imperial court issued an edict to build an orphanage in Shangliu Village, and it was built in the name of the imperial court. Judging from the time, the orphanage may have already been built and started taking in children in the past few days."

Several beggars in Huaiping County also had the same thoughts.

One of the eleven-year-old children pursed his lips, his fingers tightened slightly, and then headed towards Shangliu Village.