Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 57 Maxima

Han family
After Han Jun sent Yuan Wenshao off, he returned to the front hall.

"Dad, Uncle Zhongyong personally came to deliver an invitation. There will be a housewarming party on February [-]th. Do you want to go then?" Han Jun handed the invitation to Han Zhang and asked.

Han Zhang took the invitation, put it on the table next to him, tapped it with his fingers, and said, "Go, why not go? Not only to go, but also to back up generous gifts."

Han Jun hesitated and said, "Because of Han Wei's incident last time, our Han family lost all face. If we go, wouldn't we be giving him too much face?"

"Hehe, face seems to be worth tens of thousands of dollars, but it is actually worthless. And he is a young man who always makes mistakes. It's not difficult to laugh, and it doesn't matter how long you laugh. The most important thing is whether you can laugh till the end."

Han Zhang chuckled and said, "Let me prepare a generous gift. When the time comes, I will go in person and ask for a drink."

"Dad, you want to go in person?" Han Jun said in surprise.

He initially asked, meaning if he wanted to go.

I didn't expect my father to go there in person.

"The higher you hold, the worse you will fall. Naturally, I will go there." Han Zhang said lightly.

……

After two busy days, I finally sent out all the invitations that needed to be sent.

Most of these people will not come, but the due etiquette cannot be less.

When Yuan Wenshao came to Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion, he looked at the imperial plaques hanging on the gate and the pillars on both sides, and felt a sense of pride in his heart.

After traveling for more than half a year, I have a title and a home of my own, and I feel a little complacent for a while.

Two soldiers stood at the gate of the mansion, and when they saw Yuan Wenshao approaching, they hurriedly saluted, "Uncle!"

Yuan Wenshao nodded and walked in.

"Uncle." Yan Zhengping was in the outer courtyard directing his servants to clean and decorate. When he saw Yuan Wenshao coming over, he saluted quickly.

Originally, he was just stayed here by the Secretary of the Jiaofang to look after the house, but now Yuan Wenshao has asked him to come over and promoted him to be the steward of the foreign government. He is very grateful to Yuan Wenshao in his heart.

Yuan Wenshao looked around and praised, "Well done."

"Thank you uncle for your praise, these are what the little ones should do." Yan Zhengping laughed.

"Go ahead."

Yuan Wenshao continued to walk in, and the servants he encountered along the way stood bowed and stood aside, calling Uncle, and continued to work after he passed by.

"That's right."

Yuan Wenshao was originally somewhat complacent, but he calmed down again.

He is just an earl now, not hereditary yet, he still has to work hard.

No matter what, I have to get a hereditary marquis, so that I can have the capital to enjoy it.

All the way to the main courtyard, and entering the room, I saw a forty-year-old woman directing the servants to arrange the room.

This woman is Zhang An's mother, Qian Shi.

"Brother Shao..." Mother Qian habitually wanted to call Yuan Wenshao Brother Shao, but she quickly realized and changed her words: "I have met the Lord."

"Mom Qian, don't be so jealous, just call me Brother Shao from now on." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

Brother and sister are the servants' address to the young master, but not just any servant can call it.

Generally, those who can shout are those who are somewhat decent in front of their masters.

"How can this be done? In the past, the lord was still a son and brother, so it was no problem to call him that. Now that we have to live in separate houses, we are the master of the same mansion. How can we call him a brother." Mother Qian refused.

"Then follow Qian's mother." Yuan Wenshao didn't hesitate and asked, "Are the people in the house still obedient?"

Mother Qian said with a smile: "These people are all from the Jiaofang Secretary, and they are very well-behaved. It's just that there are too few people. When the wife passes through the door and has children, it will not be enough."

"It can't be helped. The official slaves of the Jiaofang Division are very popular, and the official rewarded me fifty. If I want to, I can only buy them outside." Yuan Wenshao said.

Those who manage the Jiaofang Division are all palace maids and eunuchs, and they have very strict requirements on the rules.

Don't you see, Mrs. Sheng specially asks the old mother in the palace to teach her sisters at home.

Although the court ladies and eunuchs who manage the Jiaofang Division are definitely not as good as Nanny Kong, but the ones who train are only servants, not Miss Qianjin.

"It's better for servants to have children at home. The master has just opened a mansion, so naturally he doesn't have this kind of background, but if you want to buy servants, it's better to go to Zhuangzi to buy them. It's more safe to use." Mother Qian said.

"Well, let the eldest lady take care of this matter when she comes, and she should also bring a lot of dowry by then." Yuan Wenshao said.

Naturally, Qian's mother wouldn't say anything about this. Recruiting servants is something that the eldest lady of the house worries about.

"Is there anything else?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"It's just that the cashier is running out of money." Mother Qian whispered.

"Is it enough for a banquet?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"It's enough, but there's not much left," Qian's mother said.

"That's good. I can collect a lot of gift money at that time, so I shouldn't lose money. It will be good when the Zhuangzi rewarded by the government next year have a harvest." Yuan Wenshao felt relieved when he heard this.

Although he is an earl, he is actually very poor.

There are only [-] households in his food town, and only [-] households are sealed.

The income is not much.

What's more important is that he was only knighted at the end of last year, and his income will only come from this autumn's harvest.

As for the Huangzhuang rewarded by the officials, the same is true.

The four Huangzhuang together also have nearly 5000 mu of land, and can have an annual income of [-] taels.

But we have to wait until next autumn’s harvest.

What he can really get is his salary and various subsidies, which are about a hundred taels per month.

I saw a lot, but it didn't last long.

If it weren't for Han Wei's 1 taels to repair the house, he would have to sell the village.

Fortunately, it's all over now, and when the various incomes are available next year, life will be easier.

……

The days passed quickly, and it was February [-]th in a blink of an eye.

Early this morning, Yuan Wenshao and Yuan Weichang stood at the gate of the new house to welcome the coming guests.

Before that, the Yuan family's clan also sent people to rush over.

Yuan Wenshao's founding of Uncle Zhongyong's lineage is a big deal for the Yuan family, so it is naturally impossible not to come.

If not for the fact that Yuan Wenshao would get married not long after the housewarming party, they all thought about letting Yuan Wenshao return to his hometown to worship his ancestors after the housewarming party.

It didn't take long for the guests to come to the door one after another. Yuan Wenshao and Yuan Weichang were in charge of receiving the male guests, while Mrs. Yuan was in charge of the female family members.

After the Yuan family was dismissed from the title, many old friends lost contact with them, and after the restoration of the title, Yuan Weichang did not associate with those people.

After Yuan Wenshao gained momentum, these people came to flirt with the cheek again.

Today, Yuan Wenshao's housewarming banquet and knighthood banquet are held together, these people will naturally not miss it.

People came with gifts, and they couldn't be chased away on the big day. Although Yuan Weichang was displeased, he still invited the people in with a smile.

Near noon, the status of the people who came was getting higher and higher, either the Hou's Mansion or the Duke's Mansion.

However, most of them send their eldest sons to come here on their behalf.

"Haha, congratulations Erlang."

Sun Hao and Liu Lei came together, accompanied by a middle-aged man in his 30s.

The man is strong, his steps are steady, and he has good martial arts skills at a glance.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Zhang Yu, the nephew of the Duke of England, who is here today on behalf of the Duke of England." Sun Hao introduced.

"I've met Brother Zhang." Yuan Wenshao cupped his hands after hearing this.

The British duke had a loyal family and had three sons, all of whom had died in the war.

The British Duke was unwilling to take concubines. In order not to cut off the incense, his wife took risks to get pregnant when she was over [-] years old. Unfortunately, she gave birth to a baby girl in the end.

He had also heard that Zhang Yu was the only son of the younger brother of the British father-in-law, and his father had died in battle.

Zhang Yu is the only male of this generation of the Zhang family, and he will most likely inherit the title in the future.

For him to come in person, the British government is already giving him a lot of face.

"I've heard about you in the northwest. It's very courageous to take dozens of people to rob a camp of 5000 people. I heard that you are good at martial arts. I have time to learn from each other." Zhang Yu nodded and smiled.

"Absolutely, Brother Zhang, please come in." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Wait." Sun Hao said, "What's the rush, the gift hasn't been delivered yet."

Sun Hao clapped his hands as he spoke, and a boy came over leading a horse.

The horse was as black as ink, except for the white hair on the four hooves.

He is tall, with strong hooves and piercing eyes.

"What a horse!" Yuan Wenshao couldn't help but praise.

"Haha, I knew you would like it." Sun Hao smiled and said with some reluctance: "This horse was given to my father by a smuggler caught from the northwest border in order to save his life. My father sent someone to send it Bianjing, I was planning to give you a wedding gift, but I was worried that I would stay too long and I would be reluctant to give it to you, so I sent it here first."

"It is rumored that the overlord Xiang Yu's Wuzhui horse looks like this. Because of the white circles on its four hooves, it is also called Wuzhui treading snow. This horse should be Wuzhui treading snow." Zhang Yu sighed.

"It's too expensive, I can't accept it." Yuan Wenshao quickly refused.

This kind of BMW is worth thousands of gold, how could he accept it.

(End of this chapter)