This manservant's real name is Lu Mingshan. He was originally from the suburbs of Nanjing. He can be regarded as a middle farmer. He cultivates about ten acres of good land. He is also diligent and knows many ways to make money. He sells duck eggs, pickles and the like, and is a well-off family.

It's not bad, but things happen unexpectedly. In the 45th year of Wanli, the local area suffered a flood and the harvest was cut off. The family was unlucky again.

was robbed of all his property by robbers [actually a local wealthy family ordered his family to pretend to be robbers to steal land, otherwise no one would be harmed] and was left lying on the road beside the official road waiting to be killed. It happened that the young Mr. Zhang was in Nanjing.

When he came back from selling goods, he couldn't bear it and took in more than a dozen victims as slaves. He was lucky enough to be selected and has been a slave in the Zhang family ever since.

After arriving at the Zhang family, he adopted the main surname and became Zhang Shan, and his wife was named Zhang Qing. Because he was not born in the family, and he did not have the skills to serve others, Jiangnan's side business was completely impossible to do in Shandong, so the couple had to stay in Zhang's house.

He was working as a miscellaneous worker in the outer courtyard, and less than half a month ago he was transferred to guard Zhang Tianhong's outer house as a retreat. Of course, his name should be Liu Shan now.

As for his age, he was actually only in his early forties. The age at which modern people can shamelessly say that they are boys. He couldn't figure out exactly how old he was. Liu Baiyu couldn't help but marveled. He didn't know how many farmers in the old days knew this.

It's not surprising that I know my exact age.

"It's better to guard the house here than to be a handyman in the mansion, right? At least it's decent."

What's the use of being decent? I'm just a slave! What's the point of being decent? Liu Shan said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, there is little work here and no one cares about it. It's decent and okay, but it's difficult to make a living."

It turned out that he and his wife worked as errands in the government. Although each person's monthly salary was only two coins, they did not spend money on food. They spent all their expenses in the public kitchen. Not only were they not hungry, but their children could also enjoy themselves.

Since I came here as a errand, it’s nominally half

As a manager, his monthly salary has been increased to five yuan, but because he started his own business, he has to pay for the firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables, and the children can’t make ends meet. When the children of thirteen or fourteen are able to eat again, the family depends on them.

The expenditure of seven coins is really a bit difficult.

Liu Baiyu asked curiously: "Why, the children have no wages, aren't they considered to be the eldest brother's? The eldest brother is a nice person."

"Master Zhang is naturally a good person, but many of them are rules. Master Zhang has to follow the rules. These are all conventions. It's because of my own bad luck that the children have never been on the job." Liu Shan shook his head repeatedly, "It's not on the job.

, the government doesn’t give out any money or rice, so I have to rely on my mother to support me.

He sighed again, "I originally wanted the girl to work in the inner house as an errand, and at least she could earn a lot of money. But the girl is not good-looking, so she has been unable to be chosen. It is not possible to ask the housekeeper, even ten taels of silver is not enough.

How can my family save so much money?"

**It really has a long history and is all-pervasive. Liu Baiyu sighed. Even being a girl has to cost money. But thinking of the "Dream of Red Mansions" in which Wu'er worked as an errand in Yihongyuan, a public institution in Grand View Garden, what the Liu family did

It is not surprising that a series of public relations activities are no less important than the struggle for promotion in the officialdom.

"Are you willing to work for me now?" Liu Baiyu lowered his voice and asked.

Liu Shan glanced uneasily at the second master who was wearing Ming Dynasty clothes and was in violation of his parents' restrictions on body, hair and skin. He responded honestly: "Young men are servants, so there is nothing to say whether you are willing or not."

They belong to the gentlemen, but they are at the mercy of the gentlemen."

Liu Baiyu nodded and ordered him to lead the way. He inspected the whole house first. The house was small and exquisite. Every courtyard he entered was a pattern of one light and two dark. The first one was the living room and study, and the second one was the living room.

The place, the three principles

It has a kitchen, a firewood house, a mule and horse shed, and its own water well. Although the house is not new, it is very well built. It is made of blue bricks and is very solid. Considering that this house is in a hidden valley, there are also

The secret passage and Mr. Wang’s house

The furniture in the room looks very simple, but the daily necessities are very complete. There is also a lot of rice in the kitchen, which was sent from Gao Zhai.

Meat, dried fish, firewood, rice, oil, and salt. Liu Shan handed over the gifts and asked the gentlemen to check. Liu Baiyu felt that the things in this time and space were not very good, so he didn't care much. Liu Shan, who couldn't bear to prove his innocence, almost cried, so he had to take it.

I looked at the zhezi there.

The account books of this era were extremely simple, and they were checked in a short time. When they returned to the hall, Liu Shan handed over the house account again. Liu Baiyu, who was a little annoyed just now, didn't look at it too much. After looking at it, it seemed to be correct, so

Just accept it and that's it.

It's not that Liu Baiyu didn't expect to reward these things directly, he just suddenly thought of a question

The price of rice on this gift list is forty shi. According to the current low price of rice in the last years of Tianqi, it is forty taels of silver.

It’s equal to Liu Shan and his wife’s salary for four years. Now I can get forty taels at a time. How much is the appropriate reward in the future?

It was just the first time that he and I met, and he had no merit or hard work. What would he think if he was rewarded with so many things at once? He might be frightened.

Although it is naturally best to pull him over as a personal servant in the future, the method is a problem. This kind of management is not just about throwing money. In other words, throwing money at this kind of management is only suitable for small companies that exist in the short term and want to grow bigger.

Such an extensive model will definitely not work.

Liu Baiyu felt that it could only be a small favor at the beginning, and gradually let him feel our benefits. As time went by, he naturally turned to himself. Liu Shan had a sad look on his face, a dull expression, and unfocused eyes. He was not smart and capable.

A person who is afraid of failure when doing big things, but is reliable when doing small things, and is easy to control. To such people, you still have to give some small favors, but they must be arranged well..."

While they were talking, the Liu family's wife respectfully came to ask for instructions on how to arrange dinner. Liu Baiyu looked at his watch and found that chores were indeed taking up the most time. Unknowingly, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

"We won't have dinner for now. I'll ask your whole family to come over."

Liu Baiyu gave an order, and the whole family came. The lady of the Gao family looked like a young woman in her 30s according to the standards of modern time and space. Her body was dark and thin, she lowered her head and said nothing, and she looked clumsy.

A man of words. Looking at a pair of children, the boy looks plain, half-grown, and his eyes have not lost their sparkle. Although his parents made a book

Although she looks serious, she is always secretly looking at Liu Baiyu's novel clothes. The girl is a little different from the family. Her skin is much fairer than the family, her eyes are big, her nose is small and straight, she is taller than the boy, and her feet are not bound.

She looked like Michelle Yeoh's slender body and long legs in her teenage years. Liu Baiyu's visual estimation estimated that she was over 1.7 meters tall, and she couldn't help but become interested. She asked softly:

"What's your name?"

The girl didn't expect to ask her first question. She glanced at Liu Baiyu in surprise and was speechless for a moment.

"The master is asking you a question, be smart!" Liu Shan reminded, bowing again to smooth things over, "The girl has never seen the world, and besides, her girl family doesn't have a big name..." Although I think Liu Baiyu's

The look in her eyes was not normal, but Liu Shan didn't think about anything else. After all, according to the standards of this time and space, her daughter was considered ugly, and she didn't dare to think about having an affair with the maid.

"My slave... um... my name is Zhang... I should give her the same surname as the second master. I should call her Liu Dazhuang!"

I am xxoo! Liu Baiyu almost spit out the tea in his mouth, and then there was a word "囧" on his face, showing a picture of trying to hold back a smile. Liu Dazhuang, let's just call him Gao Dazhuang. This name is really not an ordinary one.

The name of a beautiful woman is really... But after saying this, Liu Baiyu thought carefully about the height of this girl who stood out among the servants of the Wang family, and it seemed that she was worthy of her name...

The members of Liu Shan's family looked at the new owners with their mouths agape. They couldn't think of anything funny about this name. The girls in their family were always tall!

However, he was the master, so he could not make mistakes. Liu Shan had to apologize and said: "I made the gentlemen laugh... I am a countryman and a girl, so I have never given a proper name..."

"In that case, let's just call her Michelle Liu. She is very similar to a beautiful woman I wanted to marry when I was young, except her name is Michelle Yeoh." Liu Baiyu laughed, "Even if you don't have a name, just call her this."

This... Liu Shan's mind is completely messed up. What his master seems to mean is that there is a noble daughter named Michelle Yeoh who looks similar to his own daughter. The master is worried about not getting married, so he wants to use his daughter as a substitute.
Chapter completed!