A time-travelling peasant girl becomes a wealthy woman
Chapter 46 Buying People
Huang Bo brought Huang Haolin, Huang Mulin, He Yian and Jiang Dayou to have a brief discussion.
Zheng Jiaojiao has been watching the development of the situation quietly, feeling that He Huiniang did not marry the wrong person, and their family did not choose the wrong person either.
Everything is getting better.
At about three quarters past the hour of You, there was a knock on the door of the He family. It was the uncle driving the ox cart who had agreed to pick up Huang Bo's family.
Huang Bo said that they could discuss the details in a few days. It was late today, so he went back first.
It also takes some time for the He and Jiang families to digest this.
Most of the things had been arranged, so Yang Lijun took Huang Mulin and Huang Haolin to the county town that day.
Take a carriage ride.
Huang Mulin deeply felt that riding a horse-drawn carriage and riding an ox-drawn carriage were really two different experiences.
The carriage also feels bumpy, but this may be because the road is relatively flat, and secondly, the carriage is padded with shock-absorbing materials. When people sit on it, it shakes a little, which makes people sleepy, but their buttocks don't suffer.
In addition, horse-drawn carriages are much faster than ox-drawn carts.
In just half an hour, they arrived at the county town. The distance between Linhai Town and the county town was not far.
There are gatekeepers at the gates of the county town. They will search anyone acting suspiciously, or check the goods of unfamiliar caravans.
Of course, there are people who take advantage of the opportunity to make some money, but they are not too excessive. For the convenience in the future, passers-by will give some money with reluctance.
Yang Lijun's coachman drove the carriage directly into the county town without any guards stopping him. Huang Mulin thought that the coachman should be a familiar face in the county town.
She had never seen this coachman before. If she hadn't come to the county town today, she wouldn't have known that Yang Lijun had a carriage.
At the same time, she could also see that the driver respected Yang Lijun very much, and when he learned that she was Yang Lijun's adopted daughter, his attitude changed a lot.
"Old Wang was brought up by my family." Yang Lijun explained to Huang Mulin when they arrived in the county town: "He lives in the county town most of the time. He has things to do here."
Huang Mulin nodded and didn't ask any further questions. She knew that Yang Lijun would explain everything to her when the time was right.
The population flow in the county town is greater than that in the town, and the shops and small buildings on both sides of the road are incomparable to those in Linhai Town. This is probably because the county magistrate lives here, and the appearance of the entire county town is quite good.
The hawkers' cries are incessant, and the expressions on the pedestrians' faces are mostly relaxed and natural. It seems that the county's public security and other aspects are quite good.
After a while, Lao Wang stopped at the entrance of the human market. After depositing the carriage, they walked there.
There are many dental shops and many people come to buy dental products.
Huang Mulin thought that the human trafficking business was quite prosperous in ancient times.
As a modern person, she was very resistant to human trafficking. But when she changed her mind and thought that if she bought the people and treated them well, it would be like saving them from danger, she gradually convinced herself.
Huang Haolin didn't have any special feelings. During famines, there were parents who sold their children. As a pure person of this era, he just thought of it as coming here to see the world.
Old Wang took them to one of the dental shops with familiarity. The owner's surname was Zhang.
"Old Zhang, I have a nobleman here who wants to buy some servants and sign a death contract." Old Wang deliberately emphasized: "They must be clean."
Boss Zhang understood and took them to the backyard.
It was not like being locked in an iron cage as described in the novels of the previous life. Huang Mulin looked around carefully and saw that different people were in different rooms. They were very simple and there were people guarding the door.
"My Lord, what kind of person do you want to buy? A maid? A servant? A nanny?"
Boss Zhang asked Yang Lijun.
"What do you want to buy?"
Yang Lijun asked Huang Mulin who was in her arms.
Boss Zhang looked in the direction of the voice and saw a little girl wearing a face scarf with big, bright and clear eyes. He thought to himself that these nobles were really strange. They actually dared to bring children to such a place.
"We need a steward for the house, a steward for the workshop, two cooks, a coachman, maids and servants..."
Huang Mulin looked back at Yang Lijun in distress.
She had never hired a servant, so she had no idea how many people were needed to run such a large house and workshop.
Yang Lijun received her help and couldn't help laughing in her heart. It was rare to see this little girl being humiliated. It turned out that there were times when she had not considered them.
Yang Lijun decided to hire eight more maids and two old women. Two of them were placed in the fermented bean curd production room to protect the secret recipe, and the daily cleaning work of the workshop was also given to them.
There were six maids in the house who did daily cleaning and laundry.
I also bought four guards with good skills. I placed two in the workshop to prevent anyone from causing trouble, and kept two in the house to watch over the house.
If it’s not enough, just buy more.
Boss Zhang searched through the booklet in Yang Lijun's hand according to his request, and it took him a while to pick out all the suitable candidates.
As for the cooks, Huang Mulin originally wanted one for the family and one for the shop, but now he thinks that with so many people at home and the shop business probably not bad, one for each side would not be enough.
There just happened to be a couple who wanted to sell themselves.
The young couple used to run a small shop selling food. The husband cooked and the wife helped. Unfortunately, they were framed by criminals and lost the shop. They also owed a lot of debts and had to sell themselves to pay off the debts.
The couple can be arranged to work in the shop, and two maids can be hired to help them.
In addition, a chef and two servants who could cook some simple dishes were selected as apprentices. The three of them were responsible for the daily food of the family.
Yang Lijun, Lao Wang and Boss Zhang checked carefully, examined and questioned the people brought to the yard one by one, and finally paid the money and Lao Wang took them away.
The house has not been built yet and there is no place for these people to live. Yang Lijun also needs time to investigate whether the origins of all the people are as they say. They still need to be trained, so she asked Lao Wang to take them to the yard in the county town to manage it first.
Huang Mulin didn't understand the ins and outs of it. She just thought that Yang Lijun would help her settle the people first and then bring them over after the house and workshop were built.
After buying the servants, Yang Lijun took them to see the horses.
Huang Haolin was even more excited than Huang Mulin. Boys always have an inexplicable liking for horses, and even a desire to conquer them.
There are also many people in the horse market. All kinds of horses are in the fences, and there are also a small number of mules and donkeys. The dealers warmly welcome those who come to inquire, in order to make the transaction go smoothly.
A county town alone is so lively. If it were a provincial capital or the capital, it would probably be several times more lively.
Huang Mulin suddenly wanted to go out for a trip.
In her previous life, she had traveled to several places on her own in her spare time to experience different local cultures and relax herself.
However, when she thought about the fact that people in this era could only travel by carriage, that long journeys had to be scheduled on a monthly basis for round trips, and that they had to stay in the carriage most of the time, she immediately lost interest.
It’s too much trouble.
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