Dinner is still four dishes and one soup, and the taste has not improved much, but the presentation is better and it is not too salty.
Li Qing was very satisfied. If this trend continues, it won't be long before the food becomes delicious.
After dinner, the ladies got up and put away the dishes. Wanling said, "Sir, my maid has warmed the bath water."
"I just washed it yesterday morning. You guys go ahead and wash it." Li Qing waved his hand, "It's been a busy day, so go to bed!"
Wan Ling's face suddenly turned red and she responded softly.
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There were two wing rooms in the house, one for Li Qing and one for the three girls. There was a living room between them, and the sound of the water splashing from the girls' baths could clearly be heard in his ears.
Li Qing is reading in the room, and the girls are taking a shower in another room. How can he still have the time to read?
As dusk fell, the sky darkened, and the charming sound of bathing gradually became quieter. Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief and focused his attention on the "Da Ming Law" again.
As a law enforcement officer, you must be proficient in the law. This is the most basic quality.
At this time, Hongxiu's voice sounded outside the door: "Sir, can we come in?"
"Come in...come in!" Li Qing sat up straight.
"Squeak~"
The door was pushed open, and the three girls walked in timidly. Their clothes were slightly cool. After taking a bath, their skin became more pink and delicate, and their cheeks were slightly red.
Li Qing admitted that he brought the three girls back with the intention of sleeping with them, but... at this moment, he felt somewhat unable to let go.
The same goes for the three girls. In the brothel, they are both businessmen and women. One spends money to buy happiness, and the other earns money to sell happiness. Although they have not confiscated Li Qing's money, the relationship is just that.
But things are different now, the business has become master and servant, and they can no longer resort to the charming tricks they used in the brothel, especially Wan Ling, who is even more panicked when she is unattended, twisting the corners of her clothes with her slender fingers, not daring to
Look up at people.
Li Qing stood up and lit a few more candles, and said with a dry smile, "The night is long, why not... dance?"
The three girls nodded and danced, but their expressions were a little unnatural, and their dancing postures were a little stiff. They completely lost their past charm, and only their snow-white feet could be seen.
In this era, women's foot binding had not yet become popular. The three women all had a pair of natural feet. They were delicate, tender, small and yet voluptuous, which struck a chord with him.
After the dance, the three women were still restrained and coy. Seeing this, Li Qing no longer had such thoughts.
"I didn't sleep all night last night. I've been busy for another day today. Let's go back to sleep!"
The girls thought he was unhappy and were about to make amends when they saw Li Qing lying back on the bed, his eyes narrowed and he said, "I'm tired too." His tone was full of the powerlessness of a middle-aged and elderly man.
"My maid, please leave." The three girls retreated in dismay.
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The next day.
Li Qing ate breakfast in a hurry and went to the Ministry of Finance. The Minister of the Ministry of Finance quickly allocated the money, a total of fifteen thousand taels.
Carrying the money and returning to the Zhenfu Division, he began to work on expanding enrollment.
The Jinyiwei is one of the twenty-six guards in the emperor's personal army. Many of the active Jinyiwei come from the military. At first, there were only five or six thousand people, but later the number was expanded to thousands, with a total of ten thousand people.
However, in order to maintain the aloofness and independence of the Jinyiwei, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the recruitment of Jinyiwei must be selected from among the common people and not from the army.
Li Qing didn't know much about this, but with Zhang Jing's help, he felt much more relaxed.
"The talents recruited by our Jinyiwei must go through strict screening. Not only must they be young and strong, but they must also have no criminal record against the law..." Zhang Jing said blatantly.
Li Qing listened and took notes, and finally made a table by classifying the recruitment conditions, adding the Jin Yiwei's treatment, and the format of recruitment inspiration for future generations.
After Zhang Jing confirmed that it was correct, he put it away, went to the street to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and then returned home.
"You can write, right?" Li Qing asked.
The three girls nodded. They were not ordinary women from the world of mortals. They were proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and writing was not a problem.
"Write something for me."
Li Qing put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, took out the recruitment notice, "Just write it in this style, each person writes fifty copies."
"Okay."
Seeing that they could help, the girls felt very happy, so they rolled up their sleeves and started copying.
Near noon, the copy of the 150 child recruitment notices was completed. The three women rubbed their wrists and got up to cook. Li Qing put away the "flyers", pulled out a chair and leaned under the fruit tree, waiting to eat.
The third girl is very smart and quick to pick up, and her lunch tastes obviously better.
Li Qing was very satisfied, "If you feel bored at home, you can go out for a walk, but... remember to dress yourself ugly."
As he said that, he took out ten more treasure notes from his sleeves, "Take this, buy whatever you need at home, and let me know when you're done."
"Sir, my maid is rich." Hongxiu explained with a blushing face, "When we raided Zuixian Tower that night, my maid saw that things were going wrong, so she stuffed all her personal money in her clothes."
Wan Ling secretly regretted that she had the most private money, but she was dancing at the time and had no time to get it, and she couldn't bring out even a single treasure note.
"How many did you bring out?"
"More than a hundred taels." Hongxiu said, "Sir, please wait a moment. My maid will go get it right away."
"There is a maid, too." Lianxiang also got up and went back to the room.
After a while, the two women handed Li Qing some private money.
Wan Ling felt guilty for not being able to bring out the money, and her food was no longer good.
Li Qing thought for a while and gave them the money again, "This is your money, you can keep it for yourself!"
The two women shook their heads, "We all belong to Mr., and the money naturally belongs to him as well. If you keep money privately, you will be punished."
"Is there still such a rule?" Li Qing scratched his head and said in a different way, "Then treat it as a reward from me. When you find something you like, buy it back."
After a pause, he gave the ten treasure notes to Wan Ling, "Since they all have money, I'll give these to you, don't refuse."
"Well...thank you, sir." Wanling took the banknote, folded it and put it in her purse.
After eating and drinking, Li Qing returned to his room and squinted for a while, then took the 'flyers' and started posting them all over the streets.
Inns, restaurants, grain and oil shops... places where there is a lot of traffic are posted.
After Li Qing finished posting, he returned to the Zhenfu Division and waited for the applicants to come to the door.
The salary is one tael per month, food and accommodation are included, and meal allowance is provided for business trips. It is also an official business, which immediately attracted a large number of young people.
In the front yard of Zhenfusi, there is an endless stream of people coming here with admiration.
The effect was even better than Li Qing expected. If he accepted all orders, he would be able to recruit 3,000 people in at most three days. There were so many people who signed up, which was mainly due to his recruitment skills.
Of course, he did not make false propaganda, he just told the truth to make it more tempting.
Seeing that there were too many people, Li Qing said: "Your identity will be verified twice. If you are found to have a criminal record, you will be dealt with severely."
"Sir, we are all good citizens."
"Yes, our ancestors have been farming for several generations." A man said proudly.
In this era, farmers were second only to scholars and had a high social status.
Jin Yiwei's monthly salary is one tael, which is equivalent to twelve shi of food per year. It is much more promising than farming, and they still eat public food, so they are naturally happy to join.
In fact, the public security under the emperor's feet is very good. The people living here are far from hungry, and there are really not many who break the law.
The laws of this era were much stricter than those of later generations. As long as it was not difficult to live, most people would not dare to break the law.
"Everyone should line up." Li Qing said loudly, "Anyone who jumps in line will be immediately deprived of the qualification to take the exam."
As he said that, he walked to the desk and sat down, "Come one by one."
"Sir, my name is Li Tiedan, I'm 19 years old." The man unbuttoned his shirt and showed off, "Look at my tendons."
Li Qing pointed to the stone roller beside him, "If you can lift it off the ground, you will pass."
The stone roller is not big, but it still weighs 2670 kilograms.
Li Tiedan didn't hesitate, he went up and lifted him off the ground.
Li Qing wrote down, "Press your fingerprints and report back in half a month."
"Next."
"Sir, my name is Liu Dazhu. I can... ah no, I can plow two acres of land in one breath." After saying that, he went to Shi Nianzi.
"Yes, just press your fingerprints and report in in half a month.
Next!"
"Sir, don't look at me as thin and short. In fact, I..."
"Sorry, you didn't meet the standard." Li Qing said expressionlessly.
It was not his fault. Jinyiwei also had requirements for physical appearance, and those who were short, thin and weak were not allowed. The reason why people were judged based on appearance was because if their physique was too poor, it would not only affect the image of the court, but also fail to intimidate others.
"Sir..." The man was unwilling to give in, "I have the energy."
Li Qing shook his head slightly, "Look at those two people just now. You can tell they have strength at a glance. Do you think I want to be tall, powerful and strong, or short, thin and strong?"
"Next!"
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Li Qing was busy from the afternoon until dark, and there were still many people queuing up.
He stretched, stood up and said, "We're here today, come back early tomorrow."
Everyone looked disappointed, but they didn't dare to say anything.
Li Qing was in a good mood. He originally thought that the recruitment of Jinyiwei would be time-consuming, but now it looks like it will take at most four or five days to recruit them.
Liu Qiang and the others should be back in half a month. Let them, the old men, take charge of the training so that they can continue to relax.
Li Qing muttered, "As a superior, you don't have to cover everything. You just need to grasp the key points and grasp the general direction."
After that, I hummed a little tune and walked home.
The food at home was ready. As soon as Li Qing arrived home, the girls started serving rice and vegetables. He sat there like an uncle and couldn't help but sigh: