Zhu Peng rubbed his hands and saw that Zhao Huan's eyes were extremely excited: "Congratulations, uncle, for defeating the Changsheng Army and killing Gao Tuoshan."
"My nephew's admiration for his uncle is like the endless stream of a surging river!"
"Please uncle, please keep your nephew in the palace no matter what. My nephew is willing to serve as a servant of the palace for three years. As long as my father does not force me to go back and inherit the family business, I will stay with the prince for a while."
House servants are different from domestic servants.
People who can become servants of the palace are either confidants like Chang Fu, or they are related by relatives, or people who are personally selected by Zhao Huan, such as Yue Fei and Zhao Kun.
The Zhu family is the princess's natal family, and as the eldest grandson, Zhu Peng works as a servant for the prince's palace. Although it is a humiliation of talent, there is nothing wrong with it.
And now, it is a supreme honor to be able to become a servant of Prince Ding.
Don’t talk about it from a distance, just look at these people in front of you.
Yue Fei and Zhao Kun not only made great achievements in defeating the Ever Victorious Army, but they were also both granted official positions.
Not to mention Changfu, he is now simply the boss of the palace, with great power in his hands.
Even those three hundred dung tyrants, because they were favored by Zhao Huan, became the peak iron-blooded soldiers in the first battle.
The most critical point is that Prince Ding's Mansion has become everyone's default "hidden residence". Being a servant to Zhao Huan is equivalent to having one foot in the center of power.
How could Zhu Peng not be tempted by such a great temptation?
Zhu Bocai was naturally happy to see Zhu Peng follow Zhao Huan. Even Zhu Xiaosun chose to acquiesce. Even if he was neutral, he could not delay his son's future.
All the Zhu family members gathered at the palace. In addition to congratulations, the biggest reason was that they wanted to put their children into the palace.
As long as you gain Zhao Huan's favor, wouldn't it be a natural progression for him to become a general or prime minister in the future?
Only Zhao Huan was hesitant. He had no plans to recruit more servants at all. After all, the current manpower was barely enough.
Besides...
Apart from learning the art of flattery from Chen Zhao, what other advantages does Zhu Peng have?
Zhao Huan was stunned but didn't notice it, and what Zhao Huan hates most is nepotism. If he invites an uncle back, wouldn't it destroy the hearts of the people in the palace?
But feeling the hot gazes of everyone, especially Zhu Bocai, it seemed that as long as Zhao Huan refused, he would immediately go to Zhu Lian to complain.
Obviously refusing would not work, so Zhao Huan simply played a trick.
"The war in Yizhou has initially been decided, but Yizhou Mansion was severely damaged by street fighting and is in urgent need of reconstruction."
"But the required human, material and financial resources have not yet been provided."
"In the future, the logistical support needed to fight the Jin soldiers will be astronomical. If we can't get in, the palace will be unsustainable."
"But I don't know how to be a merchant, so I hope to hire some private tutors to teach me some ways to make money."
The Zhu family are not all fools, so they can naturally understand Zhao Huan's roundabout words. Luo Liba's words can actually be summed up in four words.
Recruit customers.
A private school teacher is, to put it bluntly, a retainer.
Zhu Bocai was afraid that his grandson's reputation as a servant would be lost, so he quickly interrupted and asked: "So, the prince has no intention of recruiting servants now, but only wants to recruit customers?"
Zhao Huan pretended to be serious and said: "Since we are guests, we are naturally flexible in getting along with each other."
"This is what the king has planned. As long as those who pass the examination will receive five taels of silver per person per month, they will be named as a guest of the palace. They are not allowed to approach the palace without being summoned."
"If you have outstanding ability, you can stay temporarily in the palace and be at my disposal at any time."
Zhu Bocai understood that Zhao Huan was planning to recruit a large number of customers, but the customers were divided into two levels.
Visitors outside the mansion are temporary workers, and they can come and go as soon as they are called.
The retainers in the mansion are equivalent to half of the servants, who provide services exclusively to Zhao Huan.
Although it is no longer realistic to enter the palace directly as a member, it would not be bad if Zhu Peng could get a place as a disciple of the palace.
Zhu Peng became excited again. As long as he could enter the palace, he would be willing to be a servant, let alone a retainer.
"Uncle! You give five taels of silver to your diners every month. This is too much."
"If it were my nephew, I would be willing to work for the prince for free."
Zhao Huan was still smiling at first, but when he heard this, his face suddenly fell: "What did you say?"
"This king is giving you money? What a joke!"
"Listen clearly, you are the one who gives me five taels of silver every month!"
Everyone who was full of expectations just now was stunned for a moment. They had lived for half their lives, but they had never heard of a guest paying money to the owner of the house.
Co-author, being a retainer of the prince's palace requires both effort and money, and you have to provide your own dry food?
If it were any other family head, he would have been drowned in spittle.
But when it came to Zhao Huan, although everyone was shocked, they couldn't find anything wrong with him.
"With five taels of silver a month and sixty taels a year, you can become a prince. It seems to be a good deal."
"Remove the word "seems like"! With this little money, you can plate the palace with a layer of gold. No matter where you go in the future, you can hold your head high. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"
"Hehehe, the word "Ding Wang" alone is worth ten thousand gold."
"We now have the title of "Prince Ding's Wife and Family". There are so many aristocratic families in the Song Dynasty. Which one of us, the Zhu family, would not be the first to look down?"
"As long as you can add the word "Ding Wang" to your resume title, not to mention sixty taels a year, even six hundred taels won't be much!"
"This is called resume gold plating, spending money to gain qualifications. Do you understand?"
While everyone was discussing, Zhu Bocai suddenly whispered something to Zhao Huan.
"How about this? I just give the prince six hundred taels of silver, which is ten times the price of other disciples, and the prince directly accepts Zhu Peng as a disciple of the palace. How about that?"
Zhao Huan never expected that Zhu Bocai, a seemingly loyal guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would bribe his son-in-law so blatantly. Zhao Huan couldn't help but tut.
"Open a green channel?"
"It's not impossible, but I am also in a difficult situation. My father-in-law, Lao Taishan, doesn't know. I always distinguish between public and private affairs and will never allow any secret operations..."
Before Zhao Huan could finish, Zhu Bocai added: "Three thousand taels, a one-time buyout. The prince nods. Zhu Peng will be a member of the palace. Tomorrow I will have the money sent to Zhumen Bank."
Zhao Huan said solemnly: "Deal!"
Damn it, even though Zhu Peng is useless, he can't help but have a good grandpa, and this grandpa is also a veteran of three dynasties, so he is extremely rich.
When Zhu Peng learned that the old man had reserved a place for him, his head almost went up to the sky.
"Hahaha! Everyone, I am now a disciple of Prince Ding's palace. Don't go out and talk nonsense, and keep a low profile."
The Zhu family members around him had red eyes with jealousy, but unfortunately they were not as wealthy as Zhu Bocai.