Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Zhang Xinbai chose Zijin to write the inscription for his courtyard.

The rest are inscriptions by Zhang Xinshu.

"Now that you have chosen your yard, you can walk around your yard and think about how to decorate it, what to buy, and what furniture you want. Once you have thought it through, draw a simple blueprint for me. I have a reference blueprint here, you can also take a look at it."

"Okay, mother."

Zhao Yuanzhen, Ziyou and Zipei were resting on the veranda, while the others went to see their own yards.

After wandering around for more than an hour, they finally found that the drawings given by their mother were the most comprehensive and the decoration turned out the best.

"Mom, we've renovated our yard according to the drawings you gave us."

"Ours too, mother."

"And mine, too, mother. Just help me plant another row of bamboos behind my yard."

"Okay, if you need anything changed or added, feel free to tell me."

"Yeah, I know, mom."

"Then I will go and order furniture and various decorations. Let's go and select some servants now."

"Xiaohui, Zhijuan, please calculate the minimum number of places required for each house."

"Okay, mother."

The two men discussed it and decided that there should be at least 10 slaves in the yard, including 4 maids, 4 servants, and 2 pageboys.

"Okay, let's go to the dental clinic and choose someone."

The group took a horse-drawn carriage to the dental clinic that Zhao Yuanzhen often visited.

"Mrs. Zhang, ladies and gentlemen, please come in and serve the tea."

The broker looked at this group of people and knew that today must be a big order, so he had to serve them well.

"Well, is there a housekeeper? It would be best if he had worked in a wealthy family and had experience and knowledge."

"Yes, yes, ma'am, please wait a moment, I will bring someone to you right away."

The broker soon brought a group of men, all of them were quite old, around 30 years old, and there were 11 of them.

"Madam, the butler is here. These are the best in our dental practice. Take a look."

Zhao Yuanzhen looked over and saw that everyone was wearing long gowns, and they looked very neat and clean. They all seemed to be in good spirits and looked OK.

"Are they all trained by the dental clinic itself?"

"Mrs. Zhang, to be honest, these were trained by our dental practice, and these were sold to us later."

"Well, all of you, tell us where you worked as a housekeeper before."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Hello, Madam. I used to be a housekeeper in a merchant's house. Later, because my employer ran the business poorly, there were problems, so I was sold out."

"Hello, Madam. Before I go..."

After listening to their self-introductions, Zhao Yuanzhen was very interested in the last one, who turned out to be the housekeeper of the former concubine's family.

Shufei was the empress who was framed by Zhao Yuanzhen and had an affair with the guard.

She remembered that Concubine Shu's family was ransacked and beheaded, and she remembered that the housekeeper seemed to have been beheaded as well.

"I remember that the housekeeper of that mansion was beheaded, wasn't he?"

"Madam, I am the manager of the manor, so I was just sold out."

So that's how it is. Zhao Yuanzhen looked at him. He looked okay and not very aggressive.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked the system to scan it and found that there were not many karmas, just a little.

It’s okay.

"Can you manage the house?"

"Madam, I will."

"Okay, then you."

"Thank you ma'am."

The others were taken away by the escorts.

"Mrs. Zhang, do you need anything else?"

"Servants, pimps, cooks, and servants, come here. There are many candidates. Bring all the people from your pimps here. If there are not enough, transfer some from other pimps of your employer."

"Okay, Madam Zhang, please wait a moment."

The broker quickly sent someone to their employer's other brokerage firm to notify them and ask them to bring people over.

He also took everything they had from the dental practice with him.

"Madam, these are all the maids. Please choose them first. The rest will be here soon."

"Okay, you guys take a look too and choose for yourselves."

"Okay, mother."

It seems that the selection is for a maid. Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian are not involved. Let their wives choose.

The broker brought 41 maids. Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan each selected 4. Zhang Xinsu looked at her mother with some embarrassment.

He won’t choose either.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Yuanzhen selected four pretty and dutiful maids for him.

Zijin is still young, so he lives in his mother's yard for now and does not choose another one for the time being.

Zhao Yuanzhen selected another 12 from the remaining ones.

After careful selection, they finally bought one housekeeper, 1 maids, 50 servants, 50 cooks, and 20 servants.

There are also two personal servants, Zhang Xinshu and Zhang Zijin, who are both literate, knowledgeable and smart.

Took them back to Zhuangzi first.

The cooks were brought back to the village to be trained in cooking skills.

Zhao Yuanzhen assigned a few more to each courtyard.

There are two cooks in the courtyard of Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian, one of whom is a cook in a private kitchen, six servants, six maids and six servants.

Zhang Xinshu's courtyard has two cooks, four servants, four maids and four boys. He has not married yet, so the population of the courtyard is simple and it is completely enough.

She selected 10 maids, 10 servants, 2 cooks and 10 boys for her courtyard.

The rest are all public.

All the men lived in the outer courtyard, the maids in each courtyard lived in their own courtyard, and the public also lived in the outer courtyard.

The soft decoration of Chengyuan has not been completed yet. We have to wait for 4 days. After four days, we can arrange to send these people over.

While in the farm, I took a look at the condition of the rice fields. The previous wasteland has been reclaimed and is being maintained.

A batch of rice seedlings have been planted in the prepared fields.

The progress is quite fast.

When the cook was sent to Zhao Yuanlan this morning, he said that His Majesty had agreed to her request to build the road.

You can start work at any time.

Zhao Yuanzhen went to see the village chief and asked to recruit road construction workers. The construction period will end around November this year and will start in March next year until it is completed.

Each person receives a monthly stipend of 1.5 taels of silver, including food and accommodation.

You need to be strong and willing to endure hardship.

If anyone wants to do it, you can come to her house and sign up with her.

"Qinghe family, this is good news. Just wait, I will go to the village and tell you about it."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, village chief."

She printed out a lot of job recruitment notices and asked people to post them in the capital the next day. Those who wanted to apply could go to the gate of Chengyuan Mansion to register.

She planned to recruit about 2000 workers, of which she would provide 22 of her own servants, two as manager, 20 as team leaders, 100 people in a team, and 10 groups in a team.

Cooks and handymen are also being recruited.

That evening, 17 people from the village came to sign up.

Zhao Yuanzhen took out the printed contract, had them sign it, and told them to go back and wait for further notice.

It took four days to post the recruitment notice and finally recruit all the people.

I signed a contract with everyone and gave them two days to prepare, and everyone brought their own luggage.

All the items ordered by the system have been made. Zhao Yuanzhen put them in the warehouse of Chengyuan and asked Qian Xiaohui and the others to take them and decorate Chengyuan. She wanted to go with them to build the road.

When they set out, the transport team carried food, tents, pots and pans, various tools for road construction, cement and other items.

For the sake of convenience, she planned to start construction from the ferry and slowly move closer to the capital.

He brought his men to the ferry and began to set up camp.

The road construction officially started the next day.

Zhao Yuanzhen gave the map to the commander-in-chief and taught them the ratio of cement and sand.

Zhao Yuanzhen worked with the road repair team for three days. Seeing that the road was gradually getting back on track, he returned to the capital.

It took more than ten days to build the road.

When she returned, the house had been renovated, with all the furniture, soft furnishings, flowers, plants and trees already in place.

Accommodation for the servants was also arranged.

Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan also agreed that Qian Xiaohui would live in the house in Beijing and Li Zhijuan would live in the village.

Because Zhang Zijin was going to study in the capital, Li Zhijuan felt that it would be more appropriate for her sister-in-law to stay in Chengyuan.

After the two of them had made the assignment, Zhao Yuanzhen stopped caring about it.

Her house was also arranged and cleaned.

With the management of the housekeeper over the past few years, the two daughters-in-law have become more and more organized in their work.

The servants' accommodation, clothing, and personal belongings were also arranged.

That’s great, the salted fish life is getting closer and closer.

The housekeeper who was bought first, Zhao Yuanzhen changed his name.

His name is Zhang Tian, ​​and he is temporarily appointed as the manager of the outer courtyard of Chengyuan, while Qian Xiaohui is in charge of the inner courtyard.

I was fed loyalty pills and strength pills.

The house has slowly gotten back on track in the past few days. Everyone's tasks and responsibilities have been assigned very specifically, and those who go wrong will be held directly accountable.

I asked someone to calculate the official moving date, which is April 4th.

She filled her warehouse with daily necessities, all purchased by the system.

Thinking about the security of the house, he bought a few dogs and set up a security team.

25 people were transferred from the manor to join the servants here.

The same goes for the cook. Half of the ingredients are brought from home and the other half are newly purchased. The old employees guide the new ones and they learn quickly.

All the servants in Cheng Garden need to learn martial arts, and the security team leader is responsible for teaching swordsmanship and archery.

The garden of Chengyuan was planted and arranged according to the style of the gardens in the village. Zhao Yuanzhen bought a lot of flower seedlings, flower seeds, flower rhizomes, various flower vines, etc.

Two florists from home were also transferred over.

They didn't have many relatives and friends, only Zhao Yuanlan, and she didn't plan on making a big deal.

An invitation was sent to Zhao Yuanlan.

On the 25th, Zhao Yuanlan brought Yue Hongmian here.

"Welcome, big brother. Come in."

"Little sister, your house is really nice. It is much better looking than ours after renovation."

Can she say that she copied the homework?

"Fortunately, Big Brother's mansion is also very beautiful. Let's walk and see."

Zhao Yuanzhen led Zhao Yuanlan and the others from the outer courtyard into the main courtyard and came to Zhao Yuanzhen's reception hall.

"Brother, let's take a rest. Sister-in-law is pregnant now and can't be too tired."

"Okay, little sister, you are still more careful."

"Aunt, these are the snacks and drinks prepared for you, please try them."

Knowing that Yue Hongmian was coming, Qian Xiaohui specifically instructed the kitchen to prepare some food for the pregnant woman.

"Xiaohui is thoughtful."

"Aunt, this is what we as the younger generation should do."

Everyone was chatting about daily life.