Zhang Cheng sold some gems just to see the market price, and also to obtain living expenses for this period of time.

In order to avoid trouble, the more valuable rubies were not shown to them, otherwise life would not be stable in the future. Because the largest ruby ​​in Zhang Cheng's hand was the size of a fist, it was regarded as a national treasure in the Chicken Country.

Rounding it off, it’s a ruby ​​as big as a casserole. Have you ever seen it?

I took the money and went out, took a taxi, and this time went directly to the Domestic Service Industry Union in the city. Simply put, it is the human resources agency of this era.

"Sir, Madam, what kind of servant do you want to hire?"

"We are Pan Yao, a jewelry merchant who just moved here. All the previous servants have stayed at home. We are short of at least thirty servants now. Please introduce some of your servants here."

The agent Andrew pondered for a moment: "A businessman's family like Mr. and Mrs. Panyao needs at least two to four first-class maids to take care of their daily lives."

Zhang Cheng interrupted: "No, eight first-class maids are required."

First-class maids are basically the same as room-filling girls and bed-warming maids. They need to be able to take care of people and serve others. I have six wives, and one first-class maid is the most basic for each person. As the male host, I need two.

It's not too much to ask a first-class maid.

Andrew was stunned for a moment. This cross-legged waist is very good. Then he nodded: "Okay, there are eight first-class maids, and the salary is twenty-four gold coins per year. Oh, by the way, in servant life, the employer must provide food and accommodation.

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Zhang Cheng nodded: "It's all like that."

"There are six second-class maids, which we often call cleaning maids, each with an annual salary of sixteen gold coins.

There are six third-class maids, that is, washerwomen, with an annual salary of twelve gold coins each.

There is one chef, one pastry chef, one pastry chef, and three assistant cooks. The annual salary of the chef is about fifty gold coins. The final price depends on which chef is hired. The annual salary of the pastry chef and pastry chef is about the same as that of the chef. The annual salary of the assistant cook is

It's about forty gold coins.

Mr. Panyao, a family as big as yours will definitely need a maid to manage the warehouse, with an annual salary of about thirty gold coins.

I think you took a taxi when you came here. It would be unseemly for you to not have your own carriage in Maple Dew City with your status. You must buy a carriage."

Zhang Cheng: "Yes, I'm going to buy a four-wheel carriage with two horses."

"Okay, then we now need a coachman and a horseman. The coachman's annual salary is about forty gold coins, and the horseman's annual salary is about thirty gold coins.

One gardener, annual salary of thirty-five gold coins, personal servant..."

"There's no need for this." Zhang Cheng doesn't like people of the same sex getting too close. Even if it's one in a million, he won't give others a chance to pick him off.

"Okay then. Does Mr. Panyao have any other special needs?"

"Three to five gold, silver and copper craftsmen are needed. Their families can also live and eat at my house, and when the children are old enough, they can be apprentices with their fathers. They will also be given a salary. In addition, there is a manager who has some knowledge of the jewelry industry.

I also require the whole family to live in my house."

Andrew: "We will look for this, but the annual salary of skilled gold and silversmith workers is more than fifty gold coins, and the annual salary of professional managers is also fifty to sixty gold coins."

"That's no problem. This is my address, No. 5 Dixi Street."

Andrew: "Then please pay a deposit of three gold coins, and we will bring someone to your door for an interview in the next two days."

"OK."

Starting the day after the agency came back, a large-scale interview began at No. 5 Dixi Street. Andrew successively notified hundreds of people to apply for these positions. Since there are many young people and monks, he can choose the servants he likes.

In this era, in the Chicken Country and even the entire Xiniu Hezhou, it is normal for a son to inherit his father's legacy. However, it is normal for a couple to work hard every night to create a child, and a family of ten or eight children. Even if half of them die in infancy,

Each family also has four or five children growing up.

There are four or five children, with an average of more than two boys. Only one may inherit his father's business. After all, this society is a carrot and a pit. There are no more redundant positions.

When boys grow up, they can also join the army as a way out. Kings and nobles have been fighting for years, so there is still a need for soldiers.

It is even more difficult for girls. If you marry a poor person and suffer from hunger and cold, it is better not to marry. If the person you want to marry has a better living standard, the woman must also have a relatively generous dowry.

There are obviously fewer places suitable for women to work than for men - in this era, non-heavy manual labor positions such as teachers, doctors, lawyers, senior tailors, and senior chefs are all occupied by men.

And those jobs that require heavy physical labor, such as dock workers, construction workers, and miners, only recruit men.

This also resulted in women's wages being much lower than men's in this era, and maids at home were unable to resist their male masters.

Of course, more often than not, the maid is not submissive to the male master, but the maid seduces the male master.

Lao Ma: I just made the same mistakes that all men make.

Finally, the first-class maid in the family selected ten people and announced that the future warehouse manager of the family would be selected from one of them.

After choosing more, the young first-class maid Zhang Cheng also had something to say: "If I can only save one person, I will choose to save the child. If I choose to save one of a boy and a girl, I will choose to save the girl."

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The others were arranged according to the agreed numbers, including six second-class and third-class maids, one each of the cook, pastry chef, and confectionery chef, three cooks to assist in the cooking, one horseman and coachman, and three gold and silversmiths.

I brought a large family, including a professional manager named Huck, a store manager who has been engaged in gold and silver jewelry, and has also done some research on jewelry prices.

For such a big family, not counting food and clothing, the annual salary of the servants is about one thousand gold coins. Fortunately, this can be paid monthly, so it is not urgent. However, the seven things that open the door every day, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, are not possible with this money.

The savings, even as a big businessman, have to support the image of a big businessman.

Now Zhang Cheng understands why there are a large number of ruined aristocrats in Europe. To support such a large or even aristocratic family must be a bigger situation, and it is all done with real money and silver.

In fact, d'Artagnan was also born into a poor noble family, but his family had become so poor that he was no different from a mud-legged peasant.

Food, drinks, rent, clothing, horses and other expenses, the basic expenses of two to three thousand gold coins a year are very necessary.
Chapter completed!