Chapter 489
But it's really hard to find a slave who can write.
After that, Lu Fang stayed in this "talent market" for more than half an hour, but only found two suitable ones.
It's two brothers.
The elder brother is Sun Jingyi, who is only nineteen years old. The younger brother is Sun Quci, who is only seventeen years old.
They were brought here by their father.
It’s really because I can’t live anymore.
Their father was a child student, and he failed to become a scholar until he was forty years old. He had no success in the imperial examination, but he was good at giving birth to children.
Nine children were born one after another.
Sun Jingyi and Sun Quci ranked seventh and eighth respectively.
The originally relatively prosperous family gradually declined, from owning their own land and home to becoming a tenant of the landlord's family.
This year's harvest is not very good, and the family has a large population. So even having enough to eat is a problem.
The eldest son of the family must not be sold. The second sister and the fourth sister were sold to wealthy families as slaves in the past two years.
This year, the family was supposed to draw lots, but two brothers, Sun Jingyi and Sun Quci, stepped forward and said they were willing to work as slaves in other people's homes.
In fact, it's not much different from working part-time, except that you don't have as much freedom. But it can help your family cope with urgent needs.
Of course, the main reason why people came out to sell themselves into slavery was because it was not easy to find a suitable job.
These days, it's not easy even to be a waiter in a restaurant or a butcher. You have to have connections.
As for technical jobs such as blacksmithing, construction, and carving, the opportunities are even rarer.
If you want to get started, you must first have a master who is willing to teach. And just the test before getting started may take several years.
From the test to the formal introduction, until the graduation, it is the stage of investment.
Judging from the current situation of the Sun family, it is obvious that they do not have this strength. The road their father paved for them probably taught them how to read and write.
The two brothers together only have fifty taels of silver.
However, the price they paid for their redemption was only twice the price for which they were sold.
Lu Fang was quite satisfied with the two brothers.
The knowledge is definitely not as good as that of Li Mu, but it is enough for business.
So on the way back to Jiedushifu Yamen, there were two more "oil bottles" behind me.
Brothers Sun Jingyi and Sun Quci were sent to the "talent market" by their father, and they obviously no longer needed to go home to say goodbye.
When they arrived in the yard, Lu Fang asked Zhu'er to arrange a room for them. He also gave the brothers two taels of silver and asked them to buy clothes and daily necessities.
Although they are slaves, they still have to be paid monthly.
It was agreed that each person would receive one tael of silver per month.
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After dinner at the Yamen of the Jiedushi Mansion, accompanied by Chen Youxi and Zhu'er for a walk, they went to Feixian Tower.
Zhu'er still followed.
Lu Hao said, this girl just said that she was waiting for the young master outside Feixian Tower.
Lu Fang really had nothing to do with her.
After arriving at Feixian Tower, he touched his nose and asked Zhu'er to be careful outside, and then walked in.
Looking at my watch, it's less than half an hour until seven o'clock.
Let the madam arrange a good private room, and then wait for Lu Lin and others in the private room.
I just exchanged my adoration points for a dozen fake Armani business mechanical men's watches and put them on the table.
Not surprisingly, this will be more than one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Who makes the best money?
Rich people make the best money!
Lu Fang couldn't help but laugh when he thought about how Xu Qubing and the others would be willing to pay for it later and still have to accept his personal feelings.
I even thought about whether I should come up with some new gadgets to sell to them.
For example, the telescope given to Liang Dong.
Then there are perfumes and so on.
These guys are definitely interested.
But this year was quickly dismissed.
I'm not that short of money now, so it's better to spend less on these ultra-modern things.
People like Liang Dong are not fuel-efficient.
Not long after, someone opened the door and came in.
Lin Dong.
"Brother Fang."
After entering the house, he looked inside, shouted to Lu Fang, and asked, "Brother Xue and the others haven't come here yet?"
Lu Fang stood up and said, "Not yet. You are the first to arrive today."
Lin Dong smiled, walked up to Lu Fang, and asked in a low voice: "Is the injury okay?"
Apparently, he also knew about Lin Dong's cultivation being destroyed by Liang Shi.
Lu Fang shook his head, "It's nothing serious."
Then he asked Lin Dong to sit down.
Then he took out a copycat version of Armani from his sleeve and put it in front of Lin Dong.
"Clock?"
Lin Dong was stunned and looked up at Lu Fang, "Where did it come from?"
"Let overseas businessmen buy it from them."
Lu Fang opened his eyes and lied, "It's not much in total. It's not easy to get it all for the brothers."
"Ha ha!"
Lin Dong just laughed, not knowing whether to believe it or not, "That must have cost a lot of money, right?"
"fine."
Lu Fang said: "It's only about ten thousand taels."
Lin Dong glanced at his sleeves, "What about the others? Let me choose first before they come."
Lu Fang took out all the watches from his cuffs, "They all look the same."
The ones he redeemed from the mall were all the same color as Lu Lin's.
When Lin Dong saw that they were all the same, he naturally wouldn't choose again. He took out the banknotes from his wallet and handed them to Lu Fang.
Lu Fang was not polite either.
Just after putting the banknotes into the purse, the door to the private room opened again. Xu Qubing, Xue Liangce, Li Moshan and others came in hand in hand.
They met downstairs.
As soon as I walked in, my eyes were caught by the watch on Lin Dong's desk.
Hurrying closer, Xue Liangce said to Lu Fang: "Brother Fang, are these the overseas watches you mentioned?"
Lu Fang nodded and repeated what he just said to Lin Dong.
Then, there were a few fewer watches on the table. His wallet was also much thicker.
Whether it's Xue Liangce or Li Moshan, the people here are both wealthy and wealthy.
When Xu hour was approaching, Liang Dong, Lu Lin, Qin Shuo and others also rushed over. However, Liang Dong came in with someone, which surprised Lu Fang.
It was the Nangong Mingxuan he had met at Zuihualou in Ningyuan County.
My father seems to be a prison official in Jingnan County.
With this identity, he could barely get into this circle, but Lu Fang really didn't know how Liang Dong brought him along this time.
"His Royal Highness."
He greeted Liang Dong and bowed.
Then he nodded to Nangong Mingxuan, "Mr. Nangong."
Lu Lin and others couldn't help but chuckle.
Nangong Mingxuan looked strange, "My surname is Nan..."
"All right."
Lu Fang changed his words: "Mr. Nan."
Then he asked Liang Dong, "His Royal Highness, do you know Mr. Nan?"
Unexpectedly, Liang Dong also said almost at the same time: "You two know each other?"
"I once had a chance encounter with Mr. Lu in Ningyuan County."
Nangong Mingxuan himself explained, "At that time, I happened to hear about Mr. Lu defeating Miss Pan with one move. I originally planned to spar with Mr. Lu, but unfortunately Mr. Lu refused."
"hehe."
Chapter completed!