Chapter 70: The Unspoken Rules of the Servant

Wang thought about it for a long time, and it was difficult to find a more suitable reason to refuse Mrs. Su's good intentions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe servant girl of the Song Dynasty has no identity, and the past sentence is not a joke to be a slave and a maid, after the maid enters the master's house, is it just to do some chores in the house? I'm afraid it's not so simple, let's take a look at an ancient text that records like this: "Zhang Yong knows Yizhou, rides to the post alone, is an official subordinate of the government, mourns Zhang's severeness, and does not dare to keep a servant messenger." Zhang didn't want to give up his favor, so he bought a maid and used it as a scarf, and since then the official subordinates have slightly put Ji in place. Zhang Zai Shu four years, was called back to Que, called his parents, gave money to marry, and was still a virgin. ”

The ancient text is jerky, and the translation is roughly at the end of the text, which emphasizes "still a virgin", which is also highly praised by the Song people, which shows that it is rare. On the other hand, it is inevitable that the handmaid will lose herself to her master.

Wang Bian has been here in the Great Song Dynasty for so long, of course he knows this unspoken rule, but this is different from what you and I want, saying that it is noble is out of respect for modern people, and saying that it is selfish Wang Bian will of course weigh Cai Jing's opinion of himself.

In short, after thinking for a long time, Wang said to Xiangxiang: "You go down first, tell Princess Su, and I will find you a good family." ”

What a touching scene this is, with such a good host, Xiangxiang is not excited in her heart, and she is grateful? The king waited for Xiangxiang to retreat and rest by himself. That knew that Xiangxiang was standing by the door, bowing her head and pursing her mouth, and big tears fell down.

"You, what are you crying about?!" The king was most afraid that the woman would cry, and when he saw such a dignified prince, he suddenly felt a little at a loss.

Xiangxiang raised her head and looked at the king, with a look of grievance and grievance: "The prince is disgusted with the little slave." ”

"No, no. You have been following Princess Su for so long, when did you hear that this king had cheated on his maidservant or family. I didn't treat you as slaves, but as brothers and sisters. This is not enough to let my sisters serve me, so I said to help you find a good family. The king's heartfelt words made him feel righteous and awe-inspiring.

Xiangxiang burst into tears when she heard this: "I know that you are righteous and thin, and you treat your subordinates very well." Actually, I didn't let me go back because you said it, I just felt sad about some things, and my tears were disobedient, which made the prince smile. As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears.

"Oh? What is sad, let's listen to it, and see if this king can help you. "Anyway, it's already like this, and good people do it to the end to send the Buddha to the West.

Xiangxiang rubbed the handkerchief with both hands, and then said with a red face for a long time: "Don't say it, how dare you bother the prince about the affairs of the children's family." ”

Wang Beihe smiled, she didn't say that she didn't need to ask again: "Okay, then you think about it first, if there is really something, just talk to your mistress." ”

Well! Xiangxiang nodded vigorously and exited the room.

The sun rises in the east, and the Zhennan Wangfu is shrouded in the gorgeous morning light. The guards on the palace teaching military field are roaring and plucking, doing thorns and picking drills. On the outermost runway, Wang was stretching his muscles and bones, and was running leisurely around the runway.

Although he can almost use all kinds of weapons, and he also learned a set of Xingyi swords from Zhang Yi, but running a few laps a day is easy for Wang Bei, and he can maintain a good state for a day and a good physique. And now it is not only Wang Bi who is running around the teaching military field, but also the members of Deyun Club, Tong Guan and Zhi Keshi who are next to Wang. Even He Zhu, Cai Jing and others were ordered by Wang to participate in morning exercises every day.

These future literati are not healthy to sit every day. Of course, there are several echelons here. Deyun Club and the young generals are a team, they are very neat in formation, and every once in a while, they will pass over Cai Jing and others who are next to Wang, this seemingly leisurely echelon.

The king had run for two thousand meters, and his forehead was slightly sweating, which was just the right distance for him. "You guys still have two laps, don't be lazy!" After Wang Bi turned his head and finished speaking to Cai Jing and the others behind him, he walked under the tree on the edge of the teaching army.

Although Wang ran leisurely, he still surpassed these people by two laps, Cai Jing, Lu Shenyan and others dragged their heavy steps, sweating profusely and panting.

"Lord, it's still a lot easier to skateboard! Isn't it possible to run less in the future? Lu Shenyan asked breathlessly.

"Skateboarding is to save time, and running is to exercise your body. Come on, persevere! Wang was like a physical education teacher, applauding and cheering them on.

Chirping and chattering, a few small children walked into the military field under the leadership of a family member, and saw a few children next to the king jumping and running over: "Lord, brother, uncle!" Seven or eight years old surrounded the king.

This title is really peculiar, don't look at it all the same age, but the seniority status is very different. The man who is called the brother of the king is the scarf, and the son of He Libo, who is called the uncle of the king. and Su Nan and others, all of whom were gathered together like boarding schools by Wang Fang.

The king patted them on the head one by one: "Go, today is the same as every day!" The children ran in cheerfully.

Not far away, Xiangxiang was walking towards the king, and came to the side of the king standing under the tree next to the runway of the teaching army, she took out a towel from the bamboo basket she was carrying and handed it to the king: "Lord, the princess said that she prepared breakfast for you over there, please go over and use it." ”

Wang took the towel and said with a smile: "It seems that he is going to be tried." ”

Xiangxiang knew that what the king said was last night, so she lowered her head shyly and smiled: "Lord Wang, be careful, the princess is a little unhappy." I'm strange, if the prince asked for the slave family yesterday, the princess would be unhappy. Why did the prince let the slave family guard her, and the princess would be unhappy?! ”

"This woman's heart is full of needles, and pregnant women are more cranky. She was afraid that my flowers would not have the fragrance of wild flowers, and she would not be able to look down on the maids around her. ”

Xiangxiang couldn't help but smile when she heard Wang say this: "Lord Wang, you have heard too many new words, and it is easy to be poisoned." ”

As the two of them spoke, Cai Jing and the others ran past the two of them, and Xiangxiang couldn't help but look towards the team. Wang looked at Xiangxiang with a trace of concern in his eyes, he looked at Cai Jing again, and found that this kid obviously saw them, but turned his head to the side, holding back his strength as if he didn't see it.

Xiangxiang coughed lightly, a hint of disappointment in her expression. Wang Bian pointed to Cai Jing's back and asked, "What you wanted to talk to me about yesterday has something to do with Yuan Chang."

"Forget it, Lord Wang, don't talk about this person anymore!" After Xiangxiang finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the outside of the school military field, and she didn't need to look at Wang to know that turning around so quickly was not necessarily shy, but more likely to be depressed.

Wang looked at Cai Jing's back again, hasn't this kid always been interested in Xiangxiang? What's going on.

After a breakfast, Wang Bi and Su Xiaomei realized that it was Xiangxiang's employment period. Before the Tang Dynasty, the main sources of slaves and maids were trading, confiscation, prisoners of war, family births, etc., and these slaves and maids generally served their masters for life. In the Song Dynasty, the situation changed, and a new phenomenon of "hire" appeared. At that time, many slaves and maids were "hired" into the home by their masters, and "set a fixed number of years".

However, in the eyes of the Song people, there is no substantive difference between "hiring" and "buying (selling)", and they can be substituted for each other. After the servant girl is "hired" to the master's house, she can give birth to children and continue the incense for the master's family. And if Xiangxiang is not left by the king's side, the maid will be sold when she is old.

Of course, what Su Xiaomei said was just the outside practice, so she was reluctant to monopolize Xiangxiang, this was the girl she married. Only then did he think about letting Wang Bian accept Xiangxiang, and Wang Bian discussed with his little sister about wanting to give Xiangxiang to Cai Jing. Su Xiaomei was a little reluctant, but after thinking about it carefully, Wang was just sending a maid and discussing it with herself seriously, so she couldn't say anything wrong, so she had to nod and agree.

Adult marriage is a good thing, but Wang Pan never imagined that this matter would cause a big storm in the future. The future will be discussed later, and the king came to the office building of the palace after breakfast.

As usual, the king finished his business in the main hall on the first floor, and came to his study after dispersing like a scattered dynasty. casually looked at the official document on the table, and calculated that the time for the Yongzhou people to return to the capital to the capital was about to come. There are also a few greeting notes on the table, all of which are local officials or businessmen from all over the country who come to the capital to do business and want to see them.

Wang flipped through it casually, there was no one he wanted to see too much, there was a copy of the latest "Cloud Pick" under the post, he picked up the cloud pick, there was a report that Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao two brothers created "Luoxue" and set up colleges in Songyang, Fugou and other places. Wang looked at it and his heart moved, Cheng Hao was there as a county magistrate in Jincheng back then, and Cheng Hao helped a lot in the affairs of Jinxiang Mansion. But also because of this time, Cheng Hao was later implicated.

Now that the Development and Reform Division is the time to employ people, it would be nice if Cheng Hao could come. Wang thought about it again, relying on the memory brought to him by wearing ancient stones, Cheng Hao seemed to have different political views from Wang Anshi on the issue of changing the law. Regardless of his history, different political views are not necessarily a bad thing, and he can't wait to have people with different political views around, and he can also remind his father and himself of some problems that those who are eager for change can't see. Thinking of this, Wang Bi picked up his pen and made a mark on the page.

There were a few knocks on the door, and Cai Jing walked in from outside: "Lord Wang, just now you said that I would come to you with half a pillar of incense!" ”

Wang looked at the incense burning on the desk, just half a pillar of incense. He smiled slightly: "Okay, pinch this." Have a seat! He pointed to the stool on the side of the bookcase, and Cai Jing sat on the stool nervously, waiting for the king's lecture with his upper body straight.

"Why are you so restrained, come, I'll send you something!" After Wang finished speaking, he picked up an envelope on the bookcase and pushed it to the side of the bookcase. Cai Jing picked it up curiously, took out a stack of paper in the envelope, and suddenly blushed when he looked at it.

Wang Fang thought to himself, this is Xiangxiang's body, which is the so-called contract, and giving this Song to Cai Jing is equivalent to giving him a maid. "The chief has been working with me for so long, and he is also studying very hard, this king will reward you with a servant girl, so that you can take care of your life."

I thought Cai Jing was full of joy, but Cai Jing put the envelope on the bookcase and said, "Lord Wang, how do you let the Yuan Chang bear it?!" I don't want to learn from that Li Duan, I want to be pointed at! ”

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