Chapter 11: "The New Servant"
A month ago, when the family was facing an existential crisis, Viscount Becky suddenly recruited fifty domestic servants. In this act, Viscount Betch did not consult with Butler Hall, so he recruited forty young men who were unknown to Butler Hall and were unfamiliar to him, and let one of the leaders take over the defense of the family, which was unbelievable.
Completely unfamiliar with the newly recruited domestic servants, the head of the family Becky is very relieved that they will take over the defense of the family, which in itself is incomprehensible, and the streets are full of news that the seven major families are about to end the Beirut family, but the head of the house Becky can also recruit forty burly young men in their thirties, which is the strangest thing that makes the hall butler feel the strangest.
And the attitude of the head of the house towards these forty domestic servants is also different, in the past, the old servants of the family, Lu Qi, they will be punished by the head of the house if they slack off, but since the arrival of the fifty new servants, they have been laughing and playing around in the house every day, teasing the beautiful maids in the house, and teasing the naughty little daughter Ellie of the head of the house, and the head of the house has turned a blind eye and listened to them, let them mess around, and allowed them to carry knives to guard the house.
Originally as the steward of the Beirut family, the Hall steward used to be in charge of the affairs of the Beirut family, and the family's defense work was also managed by the Hall steward, and the head of the family, Becky, just commanded in the house, who knew that these fifty new domestic servants actually ignored the orders of their own housekeepers, which made Hall feel that his authority as a steward in the Beirut family had been damaged.
Butler Hall vaguely reflected to the head of the house, Becky, the attitude of the fifty new servants that no one was in the eyes, and the head of the house, Becky, only smiled and talked about the topic, and did not express an opinion on their affairs.
Seeing this, Butler Hall stopped talking and no longer interfered in the family's defense, but Hall still kept observing the usual work of these fifty new servants.
After a month of observation, Hall's jealousy and dissatisfaction with them also dissipated, because Hall's housekeeper found that they seemed to be playing in groups around the house, playing together, but they were all traceable and hidden mysteries, and they had visited the places where people could hide in the house, and the villa where the head of the house lived, and the three three-story houses where the servants lived, were also visited by them in every room.
Then they were all scattered in the hidden places around the villa for protection, and they usually had nothing to do but talk to the old family servants to chat and play, so they found out two old family servants who had betrayed the Beirut family.
What's even more frightening is that they didn't even give Butler Hall time to tell the head of the house, Becky, and directly beheaded two old servants who reported the news and betrayed the Beirut family in front of Butler Hall and all the domestic servants.
Killing, ruthless, and crazy, this is when the hall steward watched the leading man personally cut off the heads of the two domestic servants that day, and found that all the new domestic servants present had crazy desires in their eyes, looking at himself and the domestic servants present like lambs, which was terrifying.
That night, Hall told the head of the house, Viscount Becky, and in the face of Hall's housekeeper's second small report, Viscount Becky, who was sitting on the sofa and frolicking with Ellie in his arms, only said softly: "They will always be loyal to me." Then all the thoughts of Steward Hall dissipated in his mind.
Therefore, for the two new domestic servants who had just followed closely behind Young Master Lacey, with a look full of anxiety, Butler Hall also dared to be angry, because Butler Hall had already determined who was the person that Viscount Becky, the head of the family, really trusted, from the attitude of the head of the family towards the new servants!
The distrust shown by the head of the Viscount Betch family is what makes Steward Hall, who has served the head of the Beirut family for nearly three generations, feel the most sad and sad.
Followed Hall's housekeeper grandfather into the first small dyeing workshop of Reis, as soon as he entered the room, Reis saw colorful dyeing pots all over the floor, all kinds of dyed dyed cloths hung on the walls of the room, and six dusty small stools on the ground.
Lacey stepped forward and touched a small low stool in front of him, and found that his hands were full of dust, so he took out the towel in his clothes pocket to wipe his dusty palms, and said with a bitter face: "Grandpa Hall, has all the family's business really stopped?" ”
Butler Hall looked at the room with cobwebs and dust on the roof, and said with a bitter expression: "Yes, young master, the family business has really stopped for more than a month!" ”
Lacey was puzzled: "What about the workers of our family?" ”
Because Rey found that if all the family's businesses were stopped, then the workers to whom his family belonged would have no source of livelihood, but Rey knew how many workers his family had, and all the businesses added up to more than 300 workers, if a worker represented a family, it meant that nearly 1,000 people had no source of living funds, which made the kind-natured Reis very uncomfortable.
Butler Hall shook his head and said sadly: "Young master, there is no way, the family business can't continue, so they can only quit all, but the head of the family is merciful and pays an extra month's salary, which is enough for them to find a new job within a month!" ”
Hearing that his father had paid an extra month's salary, Lacey exhaled lightly, and then asked, "Grandpa Hall, this is the dye room, and the other is also a dye room?" ”
Hall shook his head and touched the white and said, "Young Master, the other room is specially used to store the raw materials of dyes, does the young master also want to take a look?" ”
Hearing Grandpa Hall's words, Lacey glanced out the door at the weather and found that the sun was still high in the sky, and his forehead was already sweating slightly.
Remembering to return to his still dreary and hot room, Lacey decided to follow Grandpa Hall to see another house, because since the family's financial chain was broken, the huge ice cubes brought in by seafaring merchants from the North Sea were expensive, and they were no longer consumed by the nearly dilapidated Beirut family.
"Okay, Grandpa Hall, take me to another room!"
Lacey took Grandpa Hall's old hand and walked out of the dye room towards the second room where the ingredients were stored.
At this time, the study on the third floor of the villa, the study was all covered by black curtains, and only four oil lamps were shining on the walls of the study, illuminating the dark study.
Beirut wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts. Viscount Becky sat on the desk chair, his legs rested on the desk, listening intently to the report of his subordinates, no longer having a trace of aristocratic temperament, but full of ruffianism.
"At that time, Young Master Reis said that my father said last night that the family was in danger, and it was heard by Steward Hall!"
"At that time, Butler Hall was shocked when he heard this, and regardless of his identity, he grabbed Young Master Lacey, who was walking in front, and the young master was pulled and stumbled, and almost fell."
Then Steward Hall put his hands around Lacey's shoulders......
"That's it, and then Butler Hall ignored Thor and Star, who were following behind Young Master Reis, and took Young Master Reis into the dyeing room to watch the dyeing room."
As the leader of the new domestic servants, Gerson, with blond hair, a burly and majestic figure, and a scar on his face, wore a white sleeveless shirt and knee-length shorts, standing in front of Viscount Becky.
Tell Viscount Becky about the behavior of Butler Hall just now and the conversation between Butler Hall and Young Master Lacey, word for word, as if he was at the scene at the time.
After listening to Gerson's statement, Becky took off the gold-framed eyes used for decoration with a headache and put them on the desk, rubbed his temples and whispered: "O servant! Is it Butler Hall? The words were full of confusion.
Wearing a summer casual suit, Becky, who is decorated without glasses frames, has a chin and a goatee that is not suitable for age, which looks particularly funny, making Gerson, who is standing in front of Becky, want to laugh.
Betsy glanced at Gerson, who was holding back a smile, rubbed his temples and said angrily: "It's just the two of us here, do whatever you want, laugh if you want!" ”
Hearing Becky's words, Gerson laughed, walked to the sofa in the study and sat down, twisted his butt to feel the softness of the sofa, leaned on the sofa and said: "It's really strange to say, Becky, you are only about thirty years old, are you tired of pretending to be forty or fifty years old every day?" I am five years older than you, and the brethren say that looking at me and your face, they say that I am younger than you! Ha ha. ”
Betsy sighed, pointed at Gerson and said helplessly: "Who told me to take care of so many things, plus a young face, I don't make myself look old, how can I survive in a group of aristocratic circles full of lords!" ”
"Besides, how many years have you been with me before? Since I left, the brothers have been treated as complete ruffians by you, and every time you have commanded the brothers to rob without thinking, do you know how much I wiped your ass in the royal city? ”
"Put on your group of uneasy brothers, and then manage the family, can I not worry about it?"
Hearing Becky's accusation, Gerson's face was red at what Becky said, and he sat on the sofa and said like a little girl: "I used to listen to your command when I was with you, but after you left, I found that I really couldn't manage my brothers well, and the usual trivial things annoyed me to death!" ”
"Now I help me manage trivial matters in the cottage, you also know that he is an old man, I usually lead my brothers to fight and kill, you will also control in the back, help the brothers wipe their butts, I don't worry about anything, anyway, I listen to you from childhood to adulthood, hehe!"
Betch helplessly glanced at Gerson, who was smiling on the sofa, and sighed: "Hey! You've been like this since you were a child, your son is older than my son, and you still make me so uneasy! ”
If others are in the study and hear the words of Viscount Becky and Gerson, they will find that the tone of the conversation between Becky and Gerson, who is the master and servant, is not at all like a master-servant relationship, but a conversation between brothers and friends, which makes people think deeply.
"By the way, Gerson, do you say that the old servants in the family are still moles?"