After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 448 Choosing Servants
Zhou Xiaojian's grandmother hoped that he could join the army and be promoted to a higher position in the future, so that he could inherit the glory of his late father. This is the right way, and Jin Jiashu really can't persuade her to give up her idea.

But he really needed trustworthy manpower. After several months of observation, he chose Zhou Xiaojian and another young man named Lu. Both of them are honest, simple and clever, and will definitely become his good helpers. The young man surnamed Lu has basically agreed to his invitation, but his mother is still ill at home and needs to be cured before he can come to Jin's house to work. Jin Jiashu paid for the medicine for him and won his gratitude and loyalty. He was very happy, but he hit a wall with Zhou Xiaojian.

Zhou Xiaojian himself wanted to work with the Jin family for a few years. Anyway, he was still young, and he couldn't get his late father's quota back in the army. Instead of wasting his time in the market, he might as well work as a servant for Jin Jiashu for a few years. He had been running errands for Jin Jiashu for several months, and he knew that this poor young master was highly valued by the Duke of Zhenguo, and he also knew friends from official families. If he does well in the Jin family and pleases the young master, he might be able to ask the young master to say a few good words for him in front of the generals of the Zhou family when he leaves, so that he doesn't have to compete with his cousin for a spot. Can he join the army as a soldier?

Zhou Xiaojian was persuading Grandma Cang, but this method, which was suspected of being a backdoor, did not suit Grandma Cang's liking. She just wanted her grandson to follow the right path and inherit her son's military position. She didn't want him to curry favor with some noble person, or to be a lowly servant. Nowadays, the grandfather and grandson are still in a stalemate, and Jin Jiashu can only wait helplessly for their discussion to come up with a result.

If it really doesn't work out, he has no choice but to choose someone else.

Jin Jiashu chose the person himself, so the Hai family brothers and sisters couldn't say much. Hai Jiao could only advise him: "If you really can't find a suitable candidate, the worst thing is to ask someone. You are not short of money. Wouldn't it be easier to just buy two capable servants? Those boys running errands Although they are smart and capable, they are all natives of Chang'an and are children of military families. It is impossible for them to follow you in the future. Is it possible that when you go to Beijing to take the exam, you will have to buy two book boys and retrain them? "

The new servants bought now are not trained and will probably not be used.

Jin Jiashu also understands this truth, but he is really not willing to buy people casually. So what if someone comes to buy it? No matter how capable they are, there is no guarantee of their loyalty and reliability.

His late father, Jin Juren, originally lived a wealthy life and had many servants at home. However, after Jin Juren returned to his hometown from the capital, he was tricked by his second wife. How many of those servants could be loyal to his master? Even Jin Juren's wet nurse and family, as well as the old housekeeper who had been employed by Jin Jiashu's grandparents when they were still alive, all fled away. Of course, this was due to Jin Juren's own weakness, but when Jin Jiashu thought about the suffering he had suffered for so many years, except for the confidant wet nurse left by his mother who had been protecting him, the other male and female servants turned a blind eye to his situation and did not care about him after leaving. He didn't look back and care about him, causing his childhood expectations to be frustrated again and again, and he couldn't forgive him no matter what.

In fact, the few remaining servants in Jin's family room were considered very loyal to follow Jin Juren out of Zunhua Prefecture and all the way to Chang'an. However, they were loyal to Jin Juren, not his eldest son Jin Jiashu. However, all of these people died in the ditch outside Chang'an City. Not even the wet nurse was left, and not a single person who could help Jin Jiashu was left. Even if he buys it now from the market in Chang'an City, can he guarantee that the other party will be more loyal than these dead servants of the Jin family?
Since the loyalty of his servants could not be guaranteed, Jin Jiashu would rather hire the children of poor local military families in Chang'an. He had carefully observed the few errand boys with whom he had frequent contact and confirmed their character and behavior. Even if it was impossible for them to follow him and leave their hometown, at least he didn't need to worry about them betraying him while he stayed in Chang'an.

Jin Jiashu has never lived a pampered life. He is not a young man who can't live without his servants. He just needs someone to help him with household chores and find out information so that he can concentrate on studying and doing what he wants to do. When it's time to leave, he will think of a way to solve this problem. If it doesn't work out, it's not like he can't take care of himself if he goes on the road alone. When he was young, he was able to travel from Zhili to Chang'an with only the care of his wet nurse. When he grows up, becomes more capable, and becomes stronger, all he needs to do is find a companion. Why can't he return to Zhili smoothly?

Jin Jiashu changed his tone to a more tactful tone and told the Hai brothers and sisters his thoughts. Hai Jiao couldn't persuade her any more: "Okay, now that you have made up your mind, let it go. When you need help, just come to me. Anyway, our two families are so close to each other, and there is no communication between them." Convenient." Jin Jiashu smiled when he heard Haitang say: "Actually, if you really feel that you need manpower in the next few years, you only need to mention it to your 'aunt' in the letter at home. In a word, she should make arrangements for you. As long as you take care of yourself on the way to Beijing, you won't have to worry about anyone helping you take care of the house. "

Jin Jiashu blinked and understood Haitang's hint. He smiled and said, "If this is true, the person my aunt arranged for me could not be better." The wet nurse was also left to him by his "aunt" and she has been doing her best for more than ten years. Taking good care of him is the best example.

The next day, Jin Jiashu woke up very early and left the house a quarter of an hour early. However, he did not go directly to Xie Wenzai's new house. Instead, he went to find an acquaintance of an errand boy on the nearby street to give Zhou Xiaojian and Lu Gawa Send a message. When he returned to Haijia after class before lunch, he saw someone in the alley.

Jin Jiashu gave Zhou Xiaojian and Lu Gawa twenty taels of silver and asked them to help buy a decent gift, and then dropped a greeting card for him at the government office. After school in the afternoon, he left Xie Wenzai's new house again and saw them again at the entrance of the alley.

Zhou and Lu were indeed smart and simple young men. The gift they bought for twenty taels of silver was both practical and decent. They even hired a clean carriage to load it up and paid back the remaining few coins. When it arrived in Jin Jiashu's hands, he casually gave it to the two of them as a reward.

Jin Jiashu went back to Hai's house and changed into more decent clothes. He greeted Mr. Ma and went out. He went to the magistrate's office in a carriage driven by Zhou and Lu and visited Magistrate Huang. The two talked for most of an hour. Magistrate Huang sent him out with a kind smile, gave him many instructions, and asked him to come to his house from time to time. Seeing that he only had two hired half-year-olds to accompany him, he specially sent Captain Huang to escort him back all the way. He went home and didn't turn back into the Yamen until he saw his carriage disappearing at the end of the street.

This scene happened to be seen by many people in front of the government office. Someone with good intentions went out of their way to find out who this young man in plain clothes was, who was obviously very interested in the Lord of the Imperial Palace. When he learned that he was the victim of the Jin family's case and the only survivor of the Jin family's house, he was immediately interested. He turned around and had a heated discussion with his relatives and friends. .

When Jin Xin and his son Jin Wu came to the prefect's Yamen area again to inquire about the latest developments in the case of his mother and brother, he heard these rumors. He felt weak in his heart and sweated on his forehead. He didn't even bother to inquire about the news, and left with his son full of uneasiness.

(End of this chapter)