Inside the brokerage firm, Luo Changqi asked the manager to bring everyone out, and then he picked ten men and ten women.
Zhang Hulan asked the pawnbroker's manager, "Do you have any experienced, literate maids or servants in your pawnbroker's shop?"
The pawnbroker's manager immediately said, "Of course! Madam, how many maids and servants would you like to buy to serve you?"
"One old woman and two maids."
The pawnbroker's manager immediately went to bring out some people, about twenty in total. The women were in their forties or fifties, and the maids ranged from twelve or thirteen to over twenty years old.
The pawnbroker manager said, "Madam, please feel free to choose. These maids and servants were sold because they committed crimes at home.
The master is guilty, but they, the servants, are definitely not qualified to be involved. Ordinary servants like them are not exposed to those things, so their backgrounds are all innocent. "
"They can all read and write?"
The pawnbroker nodded, "They all know how to read and write. But Madam, you should know that they can only read and write a few words, and they are very limited. It is impossible for them to understand poetry like scholars.
If there really was a maid who could understand poetry, she wouldn't have appeared in the pimping business."
Zhang Hulan nodded, "As long as you can recognize and write a little, it will be fine."
Zhang Hulan looked at Luo Changqi and said, "Uncle Luo, please help me choose a few people first."
Luo Changqi nodded, and then based on his eyes, facial expressions and other aspects, he picked out three old women and five maids.
Then Zhang Hulan can choose the one she likes.
Zhang Hulan looked back and forth among the three maids, and then chose one who was not very old and looked more comfortable.
Zhang Hulan didn't know what these three people were like, so she chose based on her intuition.
Zhang Hulan asked the woman, "What's your last name?"
The old woman bowed and replied, "Madam, my last name is Tao."
Zhang Hulan nodded, "Just follow me from now on."
"Thank you, Madam!"
After bowing again, Nanny Tao stood to the back of Zhang Hulan's side.
Then Zhang Hulan said to Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi: "Xinyao, Xinyi, you guys choose one too."
Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi looked at Zhang Hulan in confusion, and Zhang Hulan said, "From now on, each of you will have a maid to serve you, and she will also teach you how to read and write."
The two sisters' hearts were pounding. Are they going to become young ladies like the daughters of wealthy families?
"Why are you standing there? Hurry up and pick one." Zhang Hulan urged.
Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyue both looked at the five girls in front of them.
He was a little older than them, around 15, 6, 7 or 8 years old.
They both picked one they liked.
The maid chosen by Zhang Xinyao was called Chuntao, and the one chosen by Zhang Xinyi was called Zhuer.
Twenty ordinary servants cost ninety taels, which was about the same price as in Changning County.
The price of this old woman and two maids was much higher. Nanny Tao spent twenty taels, and Chuntao and Zhuer each spent fifteen taels.
After paying the silver and receiving the indenture, he went to buy the cow.
This time we bought all cows, mainly for plowing the fields, as cows have more strength.
Zhang Hulan bought ten older cows and five better cows.
An old cow costs six taels of silver, and a young and strong cow costs ten taels, which means more than a hundred taels of silver are spent.
Then he went to the carpenter's shop to buy a plow and an ox cart.
There were more than a hundred people going back, and we couldn't let them walk back. Anyway, we would need the oxcart when we got back. Zhang Hulan was like this with money, as long as it was useful, she would spend it without thinking.
Next to the carpenter's shop was a carriage and horse shop. Zhang Hulan waved her hand and directly upgraded her musket to a cannon.
I spent thirty taels of silver to buy a carriage.
Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi saw their mother spending money like water, and they felt that their mother had a little sign of ruining the family...
But when they got into the newly bought carriage, they felt differently.
Although the donkey cart was also comfortable to sit in, the horse carriage was much more spacious and had decorations inside.
There was something cushioned on the seat so the butt wouldn't hurt as much as the donkey cart.
After everything was done, Zhang Hulan and her friends left the city.
Zhang Hulan, her mother and her two daughters rode in a horse-drawn carriage, with Luo Changqi driving.
Zhang Hulan asked Nanny Tao and Chuntao Zhuer to ride in the donkey cart, and Dong Jianyong drove the cart.
The remaining ox carts were driven by the purchased servants, and the beggars who were going to Changning County together also squeezed onto the ox carts.
They originally thought that it would take a long time to walk to Changning County, but they didn't expect there would be a ox cart for them to ride.
Ma Er and Huang San, who had been guarding outside the city gate, were dumbfounded.
With so many people following Zhang Hulan, how can they take action?
Hu Sanlang was also dumbfounded. He didn't understand where Zhang Hulan was taking so many beggars?
Ma Er looked at Hu Sanlang and said, "How do we do this?"
Hu Sanlang didn't know what to do either.
Huang San said, "Let me tell you, the information you provided is wrong, not that we brothers won't do the job. We won't return your money."
Hu Sanlang gritted his teeth and said, "Come with me to Changning County to find an opportunity to get the job done, and I'll give you more money."
Ma Er and Huang San looked at each other, and Huang San asked, "How much?"
Hu Sanlang said, "As long as you help me get the job done, I'll give you another 100 taels."
Ma Er and Huang San's eyes sparkled. One hundred taels, plus the twenty taels deposit, was a total of one hundred and twenty taels, enough for them brothers to eat, drink and have fun for a long time.
The two nodded in agreement and followed Hu Sanlang to Changning County.
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Zhang Hulan and her companions arrived at Daping Village in the evening. The beggars were looking around curiously.
Zhang Hulan said to Luo Changqi: "Uncle Luo, please vacate a few rooms for them tonight.
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