After only three days in Longqiao, the group returned to Chang'an.
Back in Chang'an, Fan Huiniang came to report to Huaiyu about the arrangements for Old Man Jiang's family, "Just yesterday, the sage issued an edict to demote Bohai King Li Fengci to Bohai County Duke, and Longxi King Li Boyi to demote Longxi County Duke, and punish them.
Grounded for half a year."
"The money for the one hundred guan decoction promised by the Bohai County government has been given to us. It was delivered to our house first and we were asked to accompany it and deliver it to Old Man Jiang's family.
They also gave 20 acres of land to Old Man Jiang and his family on the outskirts of the city."
Wu Huaiyu nodded. Before he left the capital, he wrote a memorial to the emperor, severely impeaching the two brothers. It was not unusual for the two idiots to be demoted to county officials. They had been demoted in the first year of Zhenguan. Later, it was just because the emperor was thinking of the family ties.
But they didn't live up to expectations.
"The steward of our house has sent a craftsman class to rebuild the house in Jinchangfang for Old Man Jiang's family. In addition, Old Man Jiang and his wife are now arranged to work at Qujiang Academy in the south of the city. One works on duty and the other helps in the kitchen. Their grandchildren,
They are also arranged to enter social studies and technical schools."
"Well, let Qianjintang conduct more follow-up visits to the old man and his wife recently to be careful of dog poisoning."
Old Man Jiang was just an old neighbor of Wu Huaiyu in Xuanyangfang. Those things happened that day. He had nothing to do with Wu Huaiyu originally, but since he met someone who could help, he helped him. It was just a little effort.
But now this matter has spread widely, and the Wu family's good deeds can bring a lot of fame to the Wu family.
After talking about this, Fan Huiniang asked again, "The new batch of sword girls have been selected. When will Alang be free to meet them?"
The Sword Princess is a major feature of the Duke's Mansion of Jin.
In the beginning, they were Fan Xuanfu's personal maids. They all wielded horse-cutting swords and were very good at swordsmanship. Later, the three sisters of the Fan family who were married to each other also brought sword girls into the Wu family.
So later on, they simply chose sword queens to guard Wu Huaiyu's wives and concubines, four sword queens for his wife, three sword queens for his concubine, two sword queens for his concubines, and two young ladies.
There are many swordswomen in the mansion, and they are all selected through layers of screening.
Up to now, the Sword Queen system has become more complete.
The mansion selects 12-year-old girls and teaches them martial arts. They train as swordswomen for three years and focus on learning swordsmanship, riding and archery. After three years, they are promoted to official swordsmen and begin to serve as guards.
Three years later, the Duke of Jin will betroth these Sword Princesses and prepare a dowry for them. Usually, they will be introduced to the descendants of the Wu family, Huaiyu's disciples, or relatives or stewards of the Wu family, etc.
I can definitely choose a good partner for them.
Of course, if you are lucky, you may end up like Fan Huiniang and become Wu Huaiyu's concubine.
Fan Huiniang used to be a swordswoman named Jian Yi.
She is the only swordswoman with a title, and she is also the commander of the swordswoman of the Wu family. The martial family officially has hundreds of apprentice swordsmen.
Responsible for guarding the back house of the Duke of Jin and the female family members.
There are seventy-two official swordswomen, and the number of apprentice swordswomen in preparation is double.
After three years of preparation as trainees, half of them will be eliminated in the middle.
Selected from the age of twelve, if you have been performing well and can serve for six years, you can marry with a dowry at the age of eighteen, whether it is to be a concubine or a wife. For many twelve-year-old slaves of humble origins, this is very difficult.
Tempting.
After all, if you are chosen to become a swordswoman, you will be treated well in all aspects, and your food and clothing will be much better than that of ordinary maids. In addition to practicing martial arts and guarding, you don't have to do any chores.
Wu Huaiyu was also very optimistic about the women's army at home. After all, there were many female relatives in the backyard, so it was inconvenient for domestic servants to appear.
"Have you selected the new batch?"
"The selection has been made. Do you want to keep any of the original batch of sword girls?"
Huaiyu shook his head, "Let's follow the old rules. If they have somewhere to go, we will respect their choice, give them immunity and give them a dowry. If they have nowhere to go, we will help to be a matchmaker, whether it is from our Wu family.
We will try our best to introduce children, relatives, stewards of the house, or outsiders, but we will never force them. This must be remembered."
Fan Huiniang nodded,
Although these sword girls have retired, after all, they have been in the martial arts family for many years and they know the basics. Besides practicing martial arts, they can also teach reading, female celebrities, cooking skills, etc., and even their character and appearance are all good, and they are all very good.
At the age of seven or eight,
To put it bluntly, the swordswoman who retired from the Wu family is even better than the maids who were released from the palace by Emperor Queen Jian.
At least he's younger and won't let out an old palace man in his twenties or thirties.
A group of old swordswomen retired, a group of reserve swordsmen became regulars, and a new group of reserve swordswomen began training.
There are more than a hundred girls, from various manors and villas owned by the Wu family, and even many orphanages, all of whom know the ins and outs of it.
"Let's take a look."
Huaiyu and Fan Huiniang went to the Sword Princess training camp.
Today there is a handover between the old and new Sword Princess,
Wearing a red robe and a horse-killing sword,
This is the handover and inheritance,
What is also passed down is the number of the sword queen. After entering the training camp, the original name is not used for the time being. The numbers used here are all used here. The trainee sword queens in the training camp start from the sword hundred.
The official Sword Princess starts from Sword One.
After decommissioning, the name was taken back and continued to be used by the next batch.
More than a hundred twelve-year-old girls were selected from various places. They stood in line, feeling a little nervous and a little excited. The general characteristics of these girls are that they are tall, healthy, and have a decent appearance.
I would never choose someone who is sickly, short, and weak.
Almost tall and tall, he was selected through multiple rounds of examinations. Height, appearance, health, strength, and even intelligence were all considered.
During the three-year training camp, half of them will be eliminated early.
The Wu family is indeed very wealthy now, and just the training and maintenance of these sword girls is a huge expense.
But for the current Wu family, it is indeed not worth mentioning.
On the training ground, there are some armed women, they are retired swordswomen, and there are some outstanding choices to become the instructors of the training camp.
"Brother."
In the distance, three sisters from Duke Zhou's mansion ran towards Huaiyu.
Wu Erniang held up her skirt, her face was rosy and she was sweating slightly, "I have known for a long time that the swordswoman in my brother's house is famous. I heard that there is a new swordswoman today, so I came here to have a look, and even asked Sister Wanniang to do it.
accompany."
"There are so many swordswomen, so brave and heroic."
"Brother, can I make a request?"
"You tell me, brother will definitely agree."
Wu Erniang said: "I also want some Sword Princesses. Can I give some to me?"
Aunt Wu and Sanniang Wu also said they wanted it. The three sisters of the Wu family are now engaged. The eldest wife promised Chu Lanyue Shi, the second mother promised Donggong to the crown prince Liangdi, and the third wife promised the Taiyuan Guo family.
"You can pick whichever one you like and take it away."
"Then can I pick a few more? I want to pick four."
Let's pick. In the end, the three sisters each picked four sword girls. However, these were not the new ones entering the training camp, but those who had just finished the previous training camp. Anyway, a group had to be eliminated, so the three sisters picked twelve fifteen-year-olds.
The old swordswoman,
These sword girls were slaves of the Wu family, and the slave deeds were with the Wu family. Huaiyu transferred the slave deeds to the three sisters, "Treat them well for me, and choose a good family for them to marry in a few years."
The three sisters of the Wu family were very happy to have four sword girls each.
"Brother, I have also been reading Zizhi Tongjian recently. I don't understand some parts. Brother, do you have time to give me some pointers?" Wu Erniang did not go with the sisters to check the martial arts of the newly acquired sword girl, but took her with her.
Huaiyu asked for advice.
Huaiyu's Tongjian has been officially named Zizhi Tongjian by the emperor, and has been designated as a must-read book for the royal family, and also designated as a must-read book for students in the Imperial College, Xiuwen Hall, and Chongwen Hall.
"Are you reading this book too?"
"Yes, I gained a lot from reading it,"
Wu Erniang took Huaiyu to ask for advice in person, and it was clear that she really read carefully and had her own opinions. Huaiyu was amazed. He knew that this woman had extraordinary talents, but he didn't expect that she had such insight at such a young age.
