Chapter 95 Little tricks
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At nearly noon in summer, the temperature is obviously much higher than in the morning.
Under Chen Boyu's arrangement, dozens of horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts lined up in a long line on the street, heading towards the west gate of Lantian County.
Different from the previous trips, this time in addition to a large number of horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts carrying people and goods, Cheng Chusi and the group of soldiers in his hands were also riding horses, guarding the entire convoy in a certain formation.
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Cheng Chusi, who was looking out through the half-raised car curtain, easily opened the county gate and allowed the entire convoy to speed up and start heading out. Li Anran, who was sitting in the car, couldn't help but chuckle to himself:
"Haha... there is a villa, a villa, three shops, beautiful maids, a large number of farmers and servants. Nowadays, even traveling is such a grand event. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, if only there are a bunch of losers around
, accompany me to the streets if you have nothing to do** Little lady, a proper landlord and old fortune, my childhood dream has finally come true!"
Without the obstruction of the city defenders, the convoy passed through the gate of the county wall smoothly. Considering that it was already late, the speed of the convoy also increased after leaving Lantian County.
The appearance of the motorcade also aroused discussions among the people inside and outside Lantian County. Some well-informed people soon spread the news that Xiaoyao Villa was recruiting workers and servants. Faced with the generous wages and related benefits,
, not to mention the poor people who can't even maintain food and clothing, even those who have some wealth but can't be said to be rich are also tempted.
The benefits and treatment provided by Li Anran are actually not that good, at least that's what I think. However, for the common people in the Tang Dynasty, a monthly salary is stable and enough to feed and clothe the whole family.
Maybe you can still get some extra money in remuneration, plus there are corresponding benefits during the holidays, which is already quite good. The most important thing is that as long as you are willing to sell yourself to the villa, you can be assigned a house, and it is also a house with complete facilities
's house.
In terms of future generations, it is a well-decorated farmhouse compound, and you only need to carry your bags to move in. And even if you are not willing to sell yourself, as long as you sign a labor agreement, you can still enjoy the benefits of renting the compound. As long as you work for one day, this big house
You can enjoy the hospital for free for one day, and even the meals during work every day are provided by the host family, and you are guaranteed to see meat and fish every day.
Faced with such treatment, unless they are the kind of people who have no worries about food and clothing and have a good family background, there are few people who will not be tempted by it.
In fact, with Li Anran's current net worth in the Tang Dynasty, it is absolutely fine to raise this salary even higher. Not to mention recruiting hundreds of people, even thousands of people can still be well supported. However,
After being reminded by Chen Boyu, I discovered that the time and space of the Tang Dynasty also had its unspoken rules. If I raised the treatment of servants, farmers, and laborers too high, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among those wealthy families.
According to Chen Boyu's original opinion, the treatment for the servants, farmers and workers only needs to be in line with the market. But as the owner of the village, Li Anran still decided on the ones that were just revealed.
The benefits are good enough to attract a large number of people. The reason why I do this is not stupid. One is to test, and the other is to suit my identity.
When Li Anran first came to the Tang Dynasty, one of the reasons why he chose to have the identity of a Qi Refiner for himself was to make those wealthy families and His Majesty Li Er have some scruples. After all,
In ancient times, superstition was not limited to ordinary people. Rich people and even the royal family were also devout believers. Even if this so-called piety is only relative, it is coupled with some "magic" and "magic weapons"
It's enough to cause some concerns.
Later, after discovering that he could travel back and forth between two time and spaces, he used various means to display various magical powers. Whether it was the appearance of Gu Bangcai, Zheng Chenggong, and Wu Chengen at the beginning, or the arrival of Cheng Chusi and the soldiers,
It has clearly expressed the attitude of the current emperor Li Shimin towards him. In this case, Li Anran naturally does not need to be too cautious like before. After all, a worldly expert must also have the temper and temperament of a worldly expert.
And with Li Anran's current personal strength, as long as he is not facing a sudden assassination, not to mention being able to kill everyone, at least he will have no problem in self-protection. In addition, Cheng Chusi's team of people with the emperor's orders to protect him
By your side, test those wealthy families and Li Erbi
There is nothing wrong with the following reaction. Of course, when Chen Boyu arranged for people to spread the news about Xiaoyao Villa's recruitment of servants, although he did not reveal the person's true identity, he still said that those things were much better than the market price.
The treatment involves compassion, good deeds, kindness, etc.
When the slowly accelerating convoy arrived at the land where the academy was to be built and turned into a university town for future generations, under Li Anran's order, everyone who had been walking for more than half an hour stopped.
There was no need for Li Anran to do things like making fire and cooking. Since Chen Boyu had arranged it very well before, it was not a problem for so many people to eat. There were enough fragrant thick flour pancakes, and the accompanying women and children had to make fresh ones from the fields.
The vegetable broth cooked with the picked wild vegetables and the previously prepared pork cut into small pieces was enough to satisfy the servants, farmers and hired hands who were still struggling for food and clothing.
As for the soldiers who were transformed into guards, they did not have a headache for food. They took advantage of the time to set up camp and went for a walk in the nearby woods. On the one hand, they made sure the safety of the surrounding environment, and on the other hand, they also shot a few casually.
The pheasants and hares came back. After being washed in the stream, they were directly skewered on the branches and grilled. The two most plump rabbits were delivered to Cheng Chusi's hands.
While Li Faran was standing on the roadside watching the servants accompanying him busy with the meal, Su Xiaomei and Xiangyun had already ordered the manpower arranged by the other courtyard to prepare everything in the best shady place.
Ready.
"Really... Young Master, these are the rabbits brought by a certain subordinate, please accept them." Cheng Chusi came over carrying two rabbits that had been skinned, gutted and cleaned and said.
"General Cheng... Cheng Huyuan is polite, but I am disrespectful." Under the service of two girls, Li Anran, who was sitting cross-legged on the soft cushion, was not polite. After speaking with a smile, he directly asked the servant to take the rabbit.
Go to the fire and cook,
"Come, Cheng Huyuan, it's been a hard journey, sit down and have a rest." Pointing to the empty cushion not far away, Li Anran said with a smile.
"Thank you, Master." Cheng Chusi, who had long since changed into ordinary clothes, knew his mission this time very well, so he didn't show any pretense. After thanking him with fists in his hands, he sat down on the cushion next to him.
As Su Xiaomei's maid, Xiang Ling took out a small jar of wine, corresponding tableware and two plates of snacks from the box on the side and sent them to Cheng Chusi.
"Cheng Huyuan, please." Li Anran said with a smile while picking up the wine that Su Xiaomei had just poured.
"Master, please." Cheng Chusi also picked up the wine bowl. He knew that the wine in the bowl was made from fine grapes without even having to drink it. After raising his glass to signal, he drank it all in one gulp.
Li Anran, who also drank it all in one gulp, was very satisfied with the grape wine produced in Datang, but in this hot summer, drinking like this was a little less refreshing, so he immediately asked someone to take another bottle of wine.
Bring over the basin and the metal container that was made earlier.
Under Cheng Chusi's slightly surprised gaze, the wooden basin was quickly filled with water just taken from the stream, and the metal container was filled with clean water from the water bag, and then inserted
In the basin.
At this time, Li Anran took out a glass bottle from the treasure bag that he carried with him wherever he went (it had been replaced by a backpack with a larger capacity), unscrewed the cap, and poured the powder inside.
In the wooden basin, let people stir it up quickly with branches.
As the powder dissolved in the stream, strands of cold air began to rise from the water surface from weak to strong. After a while, the water surface that was originally flowing due to stirring slowly solidified, and
The metal container inserted in the middle of the tub was quickly fixed due to the formation of ice.
It didn't take long, and the original basin of clear water turned into ice cubes exuding cold air in front of everyone. The clean water in the metal container also solidified as the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly.
Seeing that the ice cube was ready, Li Anran ignored the shocked looks in the eyes of Cheng Chusi and the servants. On the surface, he was calm, but in his heart, he laughed secretly. He had seen such a thing before, so he should be relatively calm.
Su Xiaomei ordered her servants to take out the clean ice cubes from the metal container, break them into pieces, and put them into the wine bowl.
"Cheng Huyuan, it's just a little trick, don't take it seriously. This grape wine with ice is indeed delicious. Come on, have a drink." Li Anran gestured with a smile as he picked up the grape wine with ice.
At this time, Cheng Chusi was completely stunned by the scene he had just witnessed. After hearing what he just said, he couldn't help but think: "Water condenses into ice! This is just a small
Chapter completed!