History says the rule of Zhenguan, but in fact, the life of the people during the Zhenguan period is far from as good as imagined, Li Er, as an emperor with huge ideals and long-term ambitions, is his lifelong pursuit to expand the territory, although he has been following the advice of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the domestic governance is in order, however, the long-term conquest has made the lives of the people have been wandering on the line of life and death, a little bit of turbulence, and there will inevitably be a situation of starvation.

The people who have a little bit of land are okay with their lives, at least they will not worry about three meals a day, and those who do not have land will live an extremely panicked life, such as the maid Xiaoxiang'er who is kneeling in front of Jia Yi at this moment.

Xiao Xiang'er's full name is Cui Xiang'er, she is a villager in Baishao Village, Duqu County, originally her family also had a few acres of land, but it was taken away by the squire, the two sisters and brothers were unable to argue with the squire to return the land, so they could only swallow their anger, in order to live, Xiao Xianger came to Jia's house to become a maid, and although her younger brother Cui Zhuang was sixteen years old, but because he had no skills, he could only sit and eat Xiao Xiang'er's monthly routine, which eventually led to the two sisters and brothers' lives unusually tight, and now Cui Zhuang is even more sick. Xiao Xiang'er's little monthly example alone was enough money to buy medicine for her younger brother, and in desperation, she could only kneel and beg Jia Yi to accept Cui Zhuang, begging Jia Yi to save Cui Zhuang's life.

As a poor person, it is not easy for Cui Xianger and Cui Zhuang to live on their meager income, but when they are sick, they can only resign themselves to fate, and if they want to take medicine to cure the disease, it is even more difficult.

After asking the reason, Jia Yi directly pulled Cui Xiang'er up from the ground, since it was the maid in his own family, then it was a family, since it was a family to help each other, it was a matter of duty, I didn't say it, I found a housekeeper, and asked him to take Cui Xiang'er's younger brother Cui Zhuang back to the manor first, and then find a doctor for treatment, and then stay in the manor to work after he recovers.

At the earliest, Jia Yi asked the guys of the Sifang Restaurant to connect their families to the Lin Mansion, and later recruited ten knights as nurses, and also let them take their families into the manor, and now with the construction of the manor becoming more and more frequent, the need for more and more manpower, therefore, almost every year will recruit a lot of maids and housekeepers, but Jia Yi has been busy and rarely goes home, therefore, no one has been mentioning the matter of bringing the family members and maids into the manor, and now I hear what happened to Xiao Xianger, Jia Yi then remembered that it seemed that many maids and family members had not yet entered the manor.

found Jia Er, discussed the matter with him, and after seeing that Jia Er had no opinion, he announced this order, and soon a large number of people poured into the manor.

Although there are at least five hundred people in the manor now, in the face of the huge fiefdom, five hundred people really can't crowd the Jia manor, although there are a lot of people added this time, but the entire manor is still very empty, and it has not caused any impact on the Jia family.

The Jia family already has a lot of money, and compared to those princes, it is not much better, recruiting a little more people, that is, spending a little more every day, it is really not a burden on the Jia family's finances.

Jia Yi and Jia Er's efforts made all the family members and maids of the entire Jia family full of gratitude to their brothers, and they all regarded the manor as their own home, and they didn't have any spare effort to work for their own family, and everything in the entire manor was taken care of by them in an orderly manner.

This is also the benefit of gratitude, the people of the Jia family do not have the awe of the masters in other families, but they have a lot of gratitude and respect, from the heart.

As the time of the Hundred Flowers Championship is getting closer and closer, Jia Yi's affairs have also become more, originally he wanted to build the ship model during this time, but the things outside the family made him too busy to take care of it at all, seeing that there were two more days to be the day of the Hundred Flowers Competition, and the ship model did not even choose the most basic materials.

The time is not enough, Jia Yi simply put this matter down, and there are two days to witness the first folk beauty contest in the Tang Dynasty, but you have to take a good look at it, although there is an inside story planned by him, but since it is the Oiran in each kiln, I think it should be the best choice whether it is posture or literature and art.

The affairs in the family have been almost dealt with, Jia Yi was just about to go to Chang'an City to make final preparations for the Hundred Flowers Championship to be held the day after tomorrow, but Xiao Xiang'er took her younger brother who had been cured of the disease to Jia Yi at this time, and the sister and brother both knelt down in front of Jia Yi, thanking Jia Yi for saving his life.

"Since it's a family, don't talk about the two families, our Jia family doesn't have so many rules, just stand and say something, don't kneel at every turn, there are more places to kneel outside, and kneel less when you can go home." Jia Yi reiterated the rules of the Jia family to the sisters and brothers, and then his eyes fell on Cui Zhuang.

Cui Zhuang is already sixteen years old, he has just reached adulthood, and due to long-term malnutrition, this young man looks like a skeleton that has not grown up, and the clothes worn by ordinary family members are much bigger on his body.

"You're Cui Zhuang?"

"Yes, young master."

"Well, yes, very energetic young man, our Jia family is a restaurant family, and there may be some shortcomings, but the food is enough, eat more every day in the future, see how thin you are, no wonder you were sick before, for your sister, and for yourself, pick up the delicious food made at home and eat more, I'm sorry, the body is your own, and you can raise it strong, so that you can not invade all diseases."

"Well, the little one made a note of it."

Jia Yi nodded with satisfaction, Cui Zhuang, this kid didn't show any cowardice when he saw him, the head of the family, it looked like he should be a little bold, as long as he cultivated well, he should be able to add a good helping arm to the Jia family.

The Jia family is a big business, but the time is only a short two years, even if the Jia family has undoubtedly become a wealthy family in terms of the size of the family and the property, but when it comes to the foundation, it is much more shallow, and talent is the most lacking thing in the Jia family, so Jia Yi has begun to cultivate some talents who can be independent for the long-term circulation of the Jia family.

"Alright, if there's nothing to do, you guys can go and get busy."

"Yes."

Cui Xiang'er bowed slightly to Jia Yi, and then walked out of the door, but Cui Zhuang stood straight in front of Jia Yi, without the intention of leaving, which made Jia Yi a little inexplicable.

"What are you?"

"Big young master, the little one wants to follow you and learn from you." Cui Zhuang expressed the thoughts in his heart without being humble or arrogant, which made Jia Yi impressed again.

"It's not impossible to follow me, it's just that I've been running around all year round, so I'm afraid your little physique won't be able to keep up." Jia Yi said to Cui Zhuang with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, as long as the eldest young master lets the little one follow you, the small one can be tightly attached to the eldest young master's back, and you can't lose it."

Jia Yi glanced at Cui Zhuang with a smile when he heard this, and the eyes of this kid were full of determination, and he nodded with satisfaction, and directly agreed.

"Okay, since you have this idea, I'll give you this opportunity, but I'll say the ugly words first, if you poke me in some basket, I will directly get you back to the manor, and I won't give you any more chances, so, I hope you can be self-disciplined, as for the ability, your eldest young master and I have more skills, how much you can learn depends on your own ability."

After Jia Yi finished speaking, he stood up directly from the chair, and now he is walking towards Chang'an City, he should be able to arrive before dark, and check the preparations for the Hundred Flowers Championship tomorrow, and the official competition will start the day after tomorrow.

As Jia Yi walked out of the room, Cui Zhuang also followed him closely out of the room, when Jia Yi came to the bedroom and was about to say hello to Lin Ruyu, Cui Zhuang just stopped outside the door, quietly waiting for Jia Yi to come out, which made Jia Yi find a very good advantage from this Cui Zhuang, that is, he has the ability to see.

told Lin Ruyu about Cui Zhuang, explained that he would come back after the Hundred Flowers Championship was over, and kissed his son on the face, and then walked out of the door and stepped into the carriage.

When Cui Zhuang saw Jia Yi getting into the carriage, he originally planned to follow the carriage together, but Jia Yi, who had just gotten into the carriage, poked his head out, said hello to Cui Zhuang, and called him into the carriage.

The family members of the Jia family all saw this scene, although they had a good relationship with Jia Yi, however, the necessary awe was still at work in their hearts, so that many young men in the manor wanted to learn some skills behind Jia Yi, but they were afraid of being rejected by Jia Yi, so they all chose to be silent, and when they saw the new Cui Zhuang following Jia Yi and getting into the carriage, they immediately regretted beating their chests and feet, and told their companions around them that they had such an opportunity.

Then Lin Ruyu announced Jia Yi's idea, and promoted the position of Cui Zhuang, who had just arrived, from the family to the housekeeper, which made the old family Ding who heard this find their respective children for the first time, and slapped the back of his son's head heavily without saying a word, and was angry, otherwise how could such a good errand be taken away by a new kid.

However, the wood was already in the boat, and there was no longer this opportunity to perform, and they all sighed and began to do their own work.