After wandering around the villa for a while, Princess Ren became a little tired, so Shen Wan found a pavilion to sit in. Seeing this, Qiu Ju hurriedly ordered someone to bring tea and snacks.
Princess Ren looked at the rockery and said, "This village is quite good. Not to mention, the scenery here is also good."
The landscape of this villa is also very well done. Although it is not gorgeous and rich, it is elegant. After entering this villa and looking at these scenery, my heart calmed down.
Shen Wan smiled and said: "I also think this Zhuangzi is good, so I bought it."
"By the way" Princess Ren looked at Shen Wan and said, "Has your younger brother got engaged in his hometown?"
Princess Liufang drooped her eyelids and raised her ears nervously.
Shen Wan frowned and thought for a moment. She had never heard of Ming'er getting engaged in her hometown. However, Ming'er was only seventeen, so she probably hadn't gotten engaged yet.
Shen Wan shook her head, "Probably not." Suddenly, she saw Princess Liufang breathing a sigh of relief after hearing her answer. Then she smiled and said, "Why, the princess wants to be a matchmaker for my brother?"
Princess Ruoren's matchmaker was Princess Liufang, and she believed that Ming'er would be very happy with it.
Princess Ren smiled and said: "I would be happy to be a matchmaker. In the past few days, many ladies have asked me if your brother is engaged, and asked me to help ask."
Because of Fang'er, others felt that she had some relationship with the Shen family and should know more about the Shen family's affairs, so they all came to ask her.
"Oh..." Shen Wan drawled her voice and nodded.
"Does Shen Zhuangyuan have someone he likes?" Princess Ren asked again.
Shen Wan glanced at Princess Liufang again, shook her head and said: "I haven't heard him say this, but he is still young, so this important matter of marriage should not be urgent."
Princess Ren said: "Yes, Shen Zhuangyuan is only seventeen, and he is indeed still young at this age. He is also a young talent, and now many unengaged ladies in the imperial city are staring at him!"
This Shen Zhuangyuan is not only young, but also a great talent. He is also very good-looking. How can these young ladies who have not yet left the court not fall in love with him? She also thinks that Shen Zhuangyuan is a good son-in-law, and this daughter’s family I would rather marry down than climb high, so that my husband's family can support him and not bully him. But this Shen Zhuangyuan is still too low for her family's beauty.
Shen Wan secretly thought in her heart: "Ming'er is quite a piece of cake now!"
"By the way, those who are selected as Jinshi are required to return home in full glory to pay homage to their ancestors. When Shen Zhuangyuan returns to his hometown, will Mrs. Shen go back with her?" Princess Liufang looked at Shen Wan and asked.
According to the rules of the Dongchen Kingdom, those who are awarded Jinshi must return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors and express gratitude to their parents and neighbors. After the court assigns official positions, they will be given two months' leave to return to their hometowns in fine clothes to worship. Ancestors, and then take office.
However, except for those who are ranked first, second in the ranking, and third in the imperial examination, they have to wait for the imperial court to assign official positions, which may take a long time.
A top scholar like Shen Ming could enter the Hanlin Academy directly without waiting for an assignment. Therefore, he could return home as soon as the imperial appointment order came out.
Mrs. Shen has been in the imperial city for many years, and she may not have seen her parents for a long time, so Princess Liufang wondered if she would return home with Shen Ming because she missed her parents.
Shen Wan has not thought about this matter yet. She is determined to go back to meet the original owner's parents whom she has not seen for many years and show some filial piety. However, in her current situation, she may not be able to travel and travel.
Naturally, she couldn't say it clearly. She couldn't travel far now, so she said: "I would like to go back to my hometown to see my elders. There are two children at home. I'm afraid I can't go back with Ming'er."
Princess Ren smiled and said: "Actually, Shen Zhuangyuan will also serve in the Hanlin in the future. You are also in the imperial city. Why not bring the two elders to the imperial city?"
When Shen Wan heard this, she nodded with a smile and said, "This is possible. I'll talk to Ming'er and ask him to take the two elders over when he returns to his hometown."
Although the parents of the original owner were not poor in the countryside, they were not rich either. Moreover, in the future, Ming'er would become an official in the imperial city and could not return to his hometown. Without their children by his side, the parents were naturally lonely. It would be better to call Ming'er back to his hometown and take the two elders directly to the imperial city to enjoy their blessings.
In order to return to the city in time for Guancheng Gate, Princess Ren and the others left without staying for dinner.
During dinner that night, Shen Wan mentioned the idea of bringing her parents to the imperial city, and Shen Ming also thought this idea was very good.
At the end of February, Song Ziling and Lu Wenzhi had a holiday at the academy, and that afternoon, Shen Wan asked Lu Wenqin to pick them up in a carriage.
Song Ziling kindly invited Lin Chen and Lin Buyu to play at home with him, but they refused because they had arrangements.
It's not that Lin Chen and Lin Buyu don't want to go, but they think it's not good to go to their junior's house to eat and drink, and they don't want others to say that they cling to the powerful, although they especially want to have a good exchange with this new top scholar.
These days, posts inviting Shen Ming to poetry gatherings, tea parties, and flower viewing parties came to Izumo Villa like snowflakes. However, Shen Ming didn't go, only to the one hosted by Yun Qingyang and a few Qingyun Academy students. Poetry party.
Shen Wan also received a lot of posts about birthday parties and flower viewing parties, but she declined them all because of physical discomfort. Naturally, she also knew that there were so many posts inviting her to the banquet all because of the number one scholar in her family. Lang.
Sun Chun's jars were ready, and Shen Wan and others made two hundred jars of chili sauce each and sent them to the kimchi shop for sale.
This flavored chili sauce has been on the shelf for two days with no one paying attention, so Shen Wan thought of a way and sent some to Zhaixinglou. She asked shopkeeper Zhao to deliver these three flavors of chili sauce to each table of guests. Serve such a small plate.
After the guests had eaten, they were full of praises and immediately wanted to order more. Shopkeeper Zhao told them that this sauce was only given as a gift and could not be ordered individually. If the guests like it, they can go to the shop in Andinghou to buy it.
The sauce was only delivered for one day, but Shen Ganma's chili sauce became famous. Within two days, the chili sauce was sold out. The students who bought the most were the students of Qingyun Academy.
Shen Wan asked Sun Chun to make more pickle jars and jars in preparation for mass production.
This large-scale production naturally requires the recruitment of workers, but it is not good for workers to always come in and out of the village. The workers are no better than maids and servants, and they do not sign a contract, so they still have a certain degree of safety when they come in and out of the village. Hidden danger.
Shen Wansi thought about it and decided to build a factory near the villa, and she happened to have land.
After looking around, Shen Wan decided to build two factories and a row of dormitories on a field five hundred meters away from Lishan Villa, one to produce kimchi and the other to produce her flavored chili sauce.
When the factory started to be built, Shen Ming's appointment order also came down. Without any surprise, he entered the Hanlin Academy as a editor. Although he was only a sixth-grade official, he often stayed with the emperor and was promoted and raised his salary. Still very fast.
The day for his return to his hometown was also set, and it was set on the tenth day of March. Shen Wan prepared two large carts of things for him. In addition to the four official officials assigned to him by the court, Shen Wan also hired four martial arts masters for him. The attendant stuffed him with two thousand taels of silver notes.
After sending Shen Ming away, Shen Wan, whose pregnancy reaction was much better, began to focus on her career.
Twenty days later, the factory was built and ready to recruit people.
However, there was no village near her villa, so it was difficult to recruit people here, so she took Qiu Ju, Zhiqiu and Lu Wenqin to the city to recruit people.
So, they set up a long table at the entrance of Zhaixing Tower and put up a sign recruiting talents. Because this street is the busiest and has the most people, and it is also next to the market. Many people go into the city to buy or sell things. Villagers from the east and west come and go.
Shen Wan sat at the door for a long time. Although there were many people staring at her recruiting sign, no one asked.
Those little girls and women carrying backpacks and wearing coarse clothes didn't even look at her recruiting sign.
Later she understood that people who could read her brand would not be able to do her job. People who could do her job would not be able to read her brand. After all, not everyone could read.
So she said to Qiu Ju: "Qiu Ju, please tell us all the conditions and treatment for our recruitment."
"Are you recruiting workers?" A thin girl wearing coarse clothes and combing her hair came forward and asked timidly.
On the sign that was standing, she could only recognize the word "recruiting workers". She didn't know what the conditions were for this person to recruit workers. If it wasn't for the fact that there was no rice for cooking at home. The owner of the restaurant where she was washing dishes would not dare to touch her. If she goes again, she won't be shameless enough to ask anyone.
"Are you literate?" Shen Wan looked at the little girl and asked.
The little girl shook her head and said, "I don't recognize them all, I only recognize a few."
"What's your name?" Shen Wan asked again.
"Li Xiu'er."
"We are indeed recruiting workers here, and the age range is between thirteen and forty years old. The workplace is about ten miles outside the city, and they are for catering. The monthly salary is two taels of silver, and if you are not late for a month, you will still have two taels of silver. A perfect attendance award, and a year-end bonus of four taels of silver at the end of the year, which can provide room and board, but for accommodation, one hundred taels of accommodation fee will be deducted from the monthly salary."
In fact, Shen Wan was not short of the one hundred cash, she just deducted the one hundred cash accommodation fee so that the workers would not have to stay in the hotel even though they lived not far away because the workers were covered with food and accommodation.
Xiu'er didn't hear what Shen Wan said after that. She only heard that the monthly payment was two taels of silver, and she froze.
Where can I find work for two taels of silver a month these days?
"I'm fourteen, can I?" Xiu'er stared at Shen Wan with her big, sunken eyes because of her thinness.
Shen Wan smiled and said, "Of course you can."
"Then you recruit me!" Xiu'er looked a little excited.
"Let's register first."
Shen Wan asked Xiu'er some more questions before asking Lu Wenqin to register her and let her report to Izumo Villa the next day.
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