Chapter 111 The second historical celebrity I met!
Chapter 112 The second historical celebrity I met!
Because the name of the person in charge of the Su family has already been signed on the contract that Mr. Xie took out.
Therefore, as Xu Yun's own handwriting fell, the naturalization contract came into effect on the spot.
In other words, Xu Yun gloriously became a servant of the Su Mansion.
Of course.
As a newbie who just entered the house, all Xu Yun can do now is some menial work, and he doesn't need to wash smelly socks and underwear.
In fact, in ancient China, it goes without saying that small landowners had no choice, but in large households, those who could do laundry and cooking were actually not ordinary servants.
Being careful and skillful is the basis, and you must have worked in the government for at least a few years.
After all, intimate clothing is considered a very, very private item in any era, and ordinary servants are not qualified to touch it.
In addition, considering Xu Yun's "original" issue, Mr. Xie was very humane and did not let Xu Yun sleep in Datongbu, but still gave him the small bedroom as a temporary place to stay.
that's all.
After signing the contract, three days flew by.
Although in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were no mobile phones, no wifi, no Momonogi Kana and no Tifa.
But Xu Yun had lived with Mavericks for a period of time, and his long-term experience in the library also made him less dependent on his mobile phone.
In addition, life in the Northern Song Dynasty was much happier than in the 17th century. Listening to the servants chatting every day, it was not too difficult to pass the time.
Of course.
This is also related to Xu Yun's first arrival in the Northern Song Dynasty.
When a person suddenly comes to a new environment, his desire to explore often makes time pass quickly.
Early morning on the fourth day.
Crunch.
Xu Yun opened the door as usual, yawned and walked out of the room.
As usual, Governor Xie was arranging tasks in the hospital as usual.
Well, the same goes for the donkey.
"I'm in charge, Brother Yongzhu, it's good morning."
Xu Yun greeted the other party familiarly, stretched out, and prepared to go fetch water as usual.
However, before he could move his legs, Mr. Xie stopped him with a voice:
"Wang Lin, wait."
Xu Yun turned his head and asked with some confusion:
"I don't care, what's the matter?"
Mr. Xie, the governor, glanced at him, motioned for the surroundings to be quiet, and asked:
"Wang Lin, you can read, right?"
Xu Yun nodded:
"That's right."
In the past few days, he had taught Zhang San how to write his name in his spare time, and also gave him the nickname of a crazy person.
After Zhang San learned how to read, he showed off in the yard for a while, so the old governor knew that it was normal for him to read.
I saw Mr. Xie thinking for a moment and said:
"Since you can read, don't go fetching water today. Take the time to eat some morning food, and then follow Yongzhu to deliver the letter later."
"Deliver a message?"
Mr. Xie nodded and explained:
"I have been fond of reading since I was a child. Recently, a foreign minister from Huangzhou was promoted to the rank of official. In addition to his family members, he came to Beijing with a large collection of books, all of which are rare reading materials in Beijing.
The master made an appointment with this person in a letter a month ago to borrow fifty volumes of Huangzhou specialty books, and today he sent a servant to pick them up.
Borrowing books is a gentleman's agreement, and the minister is also an upright person, but in order to avoid accidents in the future, it is better to be more considerate when handing over..."
A few minutes later, after listening to Mr. Xie's docile explanation, Xu Yun finally understood the cause and effect:
To put it in layman's terms, a cadre from the Northern Song Dynasty was recently promoted from a local area to the Central Committee of Beijing, and he brought a lot of special books. Old Su made an appointment with him to borrow a few books.
Today is the day we agreed to borrow books, and someone needs to come to pick up the books with a greeting card.
However, in order to avoid some possible disputes, the servants sent must be literate and must check the titles of the books one by one before handing the borrowing documents to others.
And what a coincidence...
There are not many literate servants in the mansion today.
Later generations have always been quite controversial about the literacy rate of various dynasties in ancient China. After all, everyone's judgment of literacy rate is different.
For example, knowing your own name is literacy, and knowing more than 200 characters is also literacy.
But the level of education they can represent are completely two concepts.
However, there is one thing that is relatively recognized at present:
That is, the period with the highest literacy rate in ancient China should be from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, when the literacy rate could reach about 20%.
I don’t know the specific literacy rate of the Song Dynasty, but at least after deducting the literate scholars and civil servants, there are obviously not many people who can understand the titles of fifty sets of books.
There are a few literate servants in the Su Mansion, but today is the birthday of Privy Councilor Zhi, and Su Mao, the fourth son of Lao Su, came to celebrate his birthday with these servants.
The remaining one or two literate servants were all stewards of the palace, and were not very willing to do this kind of work - the residence of the middle-ranking official was in the west of Bianjing City, a good ten miles away from the Su Mansion.
So Mr. Xie thought about it, hey, Wang Mazi is a former actor, so he must have some literary skills, so he might as well send him here.
Well... the old governor didn't hear about Zhang San's story.
As for the possibility of Xu Yun taking the opportunity to escape...
Not to mention that there were other servants accompanying him along the way, even if Xu Yun really ran away, so what?
The main purpose of restricting Xu Yun's movement in the palace and hanging bells on his feet was to prevent him from disturbing the ladies of the Su family. After all, Xu Yun was not a stable factor at that time.
As for leaving the mansion, it's up to you. If you really want to, you can run away.
Without identity documents and badges, surviving for five days is considered a good thing.
Xu Yun has been staying in the south wing these days and has no chance to steal money. If he really escapes to Su Mansion, he will only lose a few meals.
The master has planned his life trajectory for him, but he doesn’t have the life to enjoy it, and everyone will say he deserves it.
Then Mr. Xie coughed lightly and said:
"Wang Lin, what do you think?"
Xu Yun is a little tired of staying in the south wing these days. Now that he has the opportunity to see the cityscape of Bianjing, he is naturally very happy:
"How can I refuse to serve my master? Please rest assured, Mr. Wang, I will take care of this matter!"
The old governor nodded approvingly and called Yongzhu from his side:
"Yongzhu, find a few people and follow Wang Lin to get the books. Remember not to destroy the books, otherwise you will be questioned!"
As a reading aficionado, Lao Su would find someone to borrow books from him more than once or twice, so Yongzhu was quite familiar with this:
"Don't worry, just leave everything to me."
Then the old governor took out two documents from his body and handed them to Xu Yun:
"The above is a greeting card. You can just hand it to the concierge after you meet.
The following document is a loan document, and it can only be handed over after confirming that the book title is correct. Do you understand?"
Xu Yun took the document and nodded:
"Understood."
Seeing this, Lao Duguan waved his hand gently:
"Now that you understand, let's hurry up and set off."
Xu Yun put the document into his inner pocket and put it away, followed Yongzhu and others to have some breakfast, and then the group left through the back door of Su Mansion.
As soon as he went out and walked a few steps, Xu Yun thought of something and said to Yong Zhu:
"Brother Yongzhu, I forgot to ask earlier, whose house are we going to this time?"
Yongzhu was leading the way in front of him. Hearing this, he turned around and glanced at him:
"The lord's surname is Li. He is a disciple of my old friend Dongpo layman. His name is Gefei, I have forgotten his name. He is now a fifth-rank official in the imperial court. He has written a lot with me and lives in the west of Bianjing City."
"...Li Gefei?"
Hearing the name from Yongzhu's mouth, Xu Yun suddenly stood stunned on the spot.
Even though he is a pure science student, he is not unfamiliar with this name.
Because this man has a daughter named...
Li Qingzhao!
...........
? ?Grandma is probably going to be transferred to a hospital. She may have to spend the Spring Festival in another place this year. The family was looking for a hotel on their mobile phones in the evening. It is estimated that they will have to stay for more than two weeks...
