After getting off Tianxiang Tower, Jia Lian led the two girls from the garden to Rongguo Mansion.
Because the scenery in the garden is pleasant and the architecture is magnificent. The two daughters of Aqi, who were born on the grassland, have never seen any high-quality royal gardens. Therefore, even Aqin, who has some taste for Jia Lian stealing fragrances and jade, entered the garden.
After that, I relaxed my mind and watched the scenery with curiosity.
However, Jia Lian remembered that he and Sister Feng had made an appointment to visit the garden in the afternoon, so he did not take a closer look.
After returning home, he changed into a pair of clean and smart clothes, and asked someone to clean up a room on the east corridor as A Qi and A Qin's usual resting place. Jia Lian went out again and crossed the courtyard to the east.
After asking about the test results, Jia Lian was not very satisfied. Only more than thirty of them met the standard.
These people are either really young and strong, or they often run around doing errands and have full endurance.
In short, only these thirty people really met Jia Lian's requirements. Everyone else failed. According to Zhao Sheng, even half of them only ran more than ten laps before they completely fell down and stopped moving.
These people also include the Zhao brothers.
"Just these thirty-six people. Being able to run for thirty laps at least shows that their physical strength and willpower are relatively good.
Zhang Yong, starting from tomorrow, you will take Feng Fei and the others to test their bowing, horse riding, shooting, and sword-wielding skills. As long as they are not those with extremely poor talents, such as being unable to draw the bow or lift the bow,
Those who cannot afford a sword or dare not ride a fast horse can be incorporated into the Guards, and then follow the previous training methods to intensify training and strive for the fastest time, so that they can have a "soldier" look."
After Zhang Yong agreed, he asked Jia Lian: "Master Hou, even if we keep everyone, it's still not enough. Can we select some more from those who have run more than twenty laps?"
"No, I have already arranged this matter."
Jia Lian wanted to form a personal guard of fifty people. With his current wealth, it would be easy to raise fifty soldiers.
But he is not in a hurry. If he can't choose so many qualified people from his family, the worst he can do is to choose from the more than 2,000 people in the Military and Horse Division. I believe that each of those officers and soldiers will be happy to become his personal guard.
The reason why I didn't consider this before was just because they received official salaries and were not as loyal and reliable as their own slaves, whose wealth, life and interests were completely tied to him alone.
Now that I think about it, he is a bit narrow-minded.
Letting some people with official salaries to supplement his personal guard can also show that he does not use nepotism, which will help win people's hearts.
For example, on the battlefield in the future, if he becomes the head coach, he will not be able to leave all his safety to his own generals.
Only when he can convince the soldiers of the three armies and work together to support him and protect him can he be truly invincible.
As for the issue of loyalty, as long as the interests and friendship are enough, it is actually no different from a domestic slave. After all, even if a domestic slave treats them badly, or is a wolf, loyalty is also a problem.
For example, the Lai family.
After leaving Dongkuayuan, Jia Lian went to Mengpo Zhai to find Jia Zheng, preparing to ask him about the next construction regulations of the garden.
He just came back from the garden and saw that there were still many places under construction.
The boy from Mengpo Zhai told him that Jia Zheng was still at Rongqing Hall, serving Jia Mu, and Jia Lian came to Rongqing Hall again.
When I was passing through the main courtyard, I saw Xue Pan running past the second door in a flash of smoke. There was not a single person serving him.
Jia Lian wanted to say hello to him, but the other party didn't see him at all. Jia Lian shook his head and ignored him. He found Jia Zheng in the courtyard of the Nei Yimen, had a brief conversation with him, and replied
Gone home.
It happened that Wang Xifeng also came back to change clothes, and when he saw Jia Lian, he couldn't help but get close to him.
The couple sat on the edge of the kang, and Wang Xifeng said happily: "You didn't go to the old lady's courtyard to watch the show today, but you lost money."
"Oh, what should I say?"
"Today, the master invited a troupe. Everyone else was pretty good, but one of them, who played both a young boy and a young lady, was particularly brilliant. He was obviously a man, and he just played the role of a young boy. However, he pretended to be a woman, which was not the case at all.
Even the old lady said yes when she saw him, which is really strange.
I heard from them that they were invited by Mr. Lai Dabang, a well-known character in Beijing named Liu Xianglian."
Jia Lian didn't care much when he first heard about it. There were many dignitaries in the capital, and there were many theater troupes serving the dignitaries. Naturally, there were also many famous actors from each family.
Jia Lian also goes to the theater, and sometimes he feels that some actors are really blessed by nature, and they are the kind that God rewards them with.
However, he himself also belongs to the ranks of extremely handsome men. He felt that it would not be too difficult for him to steal their jobs, so he didn't care much.
It was only when he suddenly heard Liu Xianglian's name that his expression moved slightly and he opened his eyes.
When Wang Xifeng saw this, she couldn't help but smile and asked: "Why, do you know him? Could it be that he is an old acquaintance of the Marquis?"
As the young lady of Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng naturally knows a lot about Fengyue culture.
He also knew that many of the powerful men in the capital were fond of men. Take the former Jia Zhen father and son as an example, they were famous.
In those years, Jia Lian followed Jia Zhen, so Sister Feng couldn't help but doubt him.
But as soon as she asked the question, she subconsciously covered her buttocks. This was because she had asked similar questions before after having fun on the bed, but she got slapped on the butt every time.
Familiar, Jia Lian didn't hit her this time, which made her suddenly concentrate: "You were really right?"
"Pa~"
The familiar feeling made Sister Feng's arrogance suddenly weaken, and she snuggled obediently into Jia Lian's arms.
Only then did Jia Lian say: "I have indeed heard of this man, but I have never seen him.
But what I care about is not how well he performs in romantic dramas. I just heard people say that he has a good family background and is quite skilled in martial arts.
You also know that I am forming a personal guard, and I need to recruit some people with clean backgrounds, preferably with considerable skills. It would be great if I could recruit this person into my personal guard.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! You, on the other hand, keep praising this person, but our Second Grandma Feng has taken a liking to him?"
"Go, it's getting more and more rude!"
Wang Xifeng looked very ashamed. This is the characteristic of the times. Women can tease men because it is natural for men to be spendthrift.
But men cannot make fun of their wives. Their chastity is more important than their lives.
That is to say, Sister Feng has a generous personality and is deeply influenced by Jia Lian, so she only has a red face.
After listening to Jia Lian's words, he asked why there were hundreds of slaves in his family, but they were not enough for him to choose his own bodyguard, and then said: "You are the Marquis now. Since you have taken a fancy to him, you will send someone to recruit him."
I think it would be an honor for him, as an actor, to be favored by the Marquis. Are you afraid that he won't agree?"
At present, singing and dancing in the Wei Dynasty are flourishing, and literature is more important than martial arts, so the fact that Liu Xianglian has martial arts is not widely spread. Sister Feng has seen Liu Xianglian on the stage from a distance before. Looking at her delicate and soft body, why?
They all look like gentle and handsome men, and have nothing to do with martial arts.
However, since Jia Lian was talking about business matters, regardless of whether he had ulterior motives, she couldn't object and instead started admonishing him.
In his eyes, with Jia Lian's current status, many people would not be able to curry favor with him, let alone an actor.
Unexpectedly, Jia Lian shook his head again and said nothing more.
Although Jia Lian knew that Liu Xianglian was good at skills, but in view of his impression that he had a close friendship with Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu, and that he was very capable, he only hung out in romantic circles and did not seek fame. He was probably an "unconventional" young man in troubled times.
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Although Jia Lian wants to recruit talents, he does not want to recruit a arrogant person like Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong by his side.
Just as he was about to leave this person behind, Jia Lian suddenly seemed to remember something, put aside Sister Feng's delicate body, stood up and said, "I just discussed the finishing touches of the garden with the master, and there are still a few things that I need to deal with."
Seeing Jia Lian go straight away, Sister Feng straightened her clothes, with a bit of doubt on her face.
If you have no conscience and rush out in such a hurry, something must be wrong.
So he called Ping'er and said, "Call a little girl and ask her to go outside and see what your Lord Marquis is doing."
Although Ping'er was curious, it was because Wang Xifeng had not let anyone monitor Jia Lian for a long time. In the end, he just wanted to see what was going on and it was fine, so he obeyed his orders and made arrangements.
How did Ping'er know that Sister Feng was suspicious of Jia Lian and went to find Liu Xianglian.
Wang Xifeng was not afraid of Jia Lian doing these things, but she thought that as long as she caught her sore feet once, she would have something to say in front of Jia Lian, and she would not be so humble in the future.
Humph, the fact that he wanted to marry Lin Yatou was so obscure that he got it over with.