"CHAPTER XXIV.
In the history of Proto-Earth, in the year 50 BC, a civil war broke out between Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompey, two giants of the Roman Republic. The Roman Senate supported Pompey, but Gaius Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus and pursued Pompey all the way to Egypt.
King Pontic Farnak II attempted to take advantage of this opportunity to expand his power, and in 48 BC he marched into Anatolia. But Pompey was killed in Egypt by Ptolemy XIII, who wanted to curry favor with Gaius Julius Caesar, who immediately returned to his division and left for Asia. On August 2, 47 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar defeated Farnak II near the city of Zela (in present-day Turkey). Gaius Julius Caesar then wrote to the Senate, and wrote only these three sentences in this report: "VENI VIDI VICI" (I COME, I SEE, I CONQUER).
Wen Jiming silently recited these three sentences in Latin while getting off the magic carriage and stepping on the land of the Confucian Temple, and a kind of ambition rose in Mr. Wen's heart!
At this time, the old man Wenli took the entire Wenfu and came to greet Wen Jiming.
In addition to the head of the family, the elder Wenli bowed and bowed, the spirit behind him and the two samurai leaders, plus the entire Wenfu samurai, retainers, servants and slaves more than 500 people, all knelt down and bowed.
The people behind Wen Jiming had seen this situation, and they were all dumbfounded. Aristock, in particular, was even more envious.
It's so rotten! Especially a lot of beautiful girls. I'm so envious, I like it! Aristock was deeply moved.
Wen Jiming returned the salute to the elders and everyone and said.
"You've worked so hard! The elder of the family first arranged a room for my two friends to stay, and each sent four maids to serve and take care of them. They are all family offerings I invited, and they are extraordinary people of the seventh order, please don't slack off, the monthly salary is based on 1,000 per person. ”
Yes, Great Xia also has professionals, but they are called extraordinary people. Warriors were called rangers, hunters were called marksmen, and assassins were called the same.
And a thousand guan, that is, a million copper coins. This is a lot of money in Great Xia, and the salary is higher than that of Wenli. The old man was only 500 kan per month, the samurai chief was 200 kan per month, and the samurai ranged from 10 to 50 kan in normal times. But ordinary people can have two yuan a month, and their lives are very happy.
The Great Sword Master and the Magician were extremely happy, and the previous income was simply a world of difference compared to this. In particular, Aristock used to live a life of not opening for three years and eating for three years.
So everyone dispersed, the elder of the family took two new worshippers and arranged a residence and service staff for them, and Wen Jiming was surrounded by a group of chattering personal maids, led by the spirit to his new master room.
I want to ask why this group of personal maids are so happy, because they are the personal maids of the master, and their status is equal to that of concubines, which is lower than that of their wives and Teng. It is to be separated from the master until death, it is the owner's private property, and in most counties that have not broken the funeral system, they are to be buried after the death of the master. Because they have lived together since childhood, they can be said to be the closest and most reassuring close people, just like the personal eunuchs of the ancient Chinese emperors.
Not just anyone can become a personal maid of the nobles, they must be the descendants of the nobles' retainers, or at least the descendants of high-status servants, such as the descendants of housekeepers, bookkeepers, stewards of farms, etc., commonly known as family children. If it is just the offspring of ordinary children, even if you give birth to another outstanding, you must first receive it from the side of the master's mother, that is, the young master's biological mother, and cultivate it for a few years, and then pick out the best and send it to serve by the side of the sister-in-law.
These maids must have excellent skills, and then they must be literate, proficient in etiquette, and distinguished in appearance. At the same time, they must be proficient in the art of serving, and they must be specially trained in the affairs of men and women, and they can do whatever posture the hostess does not normally want to do.
So, don't be misled by some history books, thinking that you can go to the street and see a girl who sells herself as a grass, good-looking, well, buy it and be a personal maid, you dream, even if you are killed, your parents will not agree! Don't talk about the aristocracy, even if it's a family with a little status, the wang family won't let you do this. What's more, if you go to the Qinglou to see a girl, and then redeem her and take her home as a concubine, see if your parents can't beat you or not!
Having said that, let's get back to the point.
As soon as he entered the gate of the Wen Mansion, Wen Jiming immediately felt that it was very different from the previous Wen Mansion, and the current Wen Mansion could be said to be truly worthy of the status of a nobleman. It is no longer a wooden hut like before, but a large house full of blue bricks and red tiles, and the courtyard of the house has the appearance of a garden.
In fact, this can't be blamed on the previous heads of the Wen Mansion, but with a territory of only twenty-eight kilometers in size, the strength is really not allowed. As mentioned earlier, the current Great Xia is actually similar to the Zhou Dynasty in China, except that in some aspects, such as iron-making and other technologies, are superior, and others are basically the same in all aspects of life.
First of all, to build large wooden houses and stone buildings, you need to have resources on the territory. You can't just run to someone else's territory and see good trees and rocks and just move them away. That is not a proper concept, and secondly, it is purely an act of robbery. There is another question, if you buy a tree of more than ten meters, how do you transport it? Do you use an ox cart? I'm sorry the carriage is too short to transport. Unless you have a magician, send the tree into the magic carriage.
Wen Jiming finally enjoyed the warm medicinal bath again, and after a long journey, he was tired, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep.
Ling finally had time to look at the elf Lola with six wings at this time, Lola was starting to enjoy melon seeds at this time, after Wen Jiming reminded her several times, Lola finally stopped spitting melon seed skins everywhere, I saw that she was now sitting, usually the girls sat on the high stool when they rubbed Wen Jiming in the bath, with a handkerchief on her knees, and all the remaining melon seed skins were spit on the handkerchief after eating.
Ling watched Lola eat intently, stretched out her white and tender little fingers and poked Lola's little arm, well, it was the feeling of meat. Lola turned her head, looked at the spirit, stretched out her hand to hand the melon seeds, the spirit shook her head, and stretched out her little hand again to poke Lola's pink little face. So Lola began to poke back, and the two slowly began to laugh together.
Wen Jiming had a dream, he dreamed that he commanded the army to fight everywhere, and finally destroyed Great Xia, and then became the emperor, and when the founding ceremony was being held, the ancestral god suddenly broke into the ceremony and pointed at him and scolded; "Is that all you have to offer?" At this time, Wen Jiming suddenly woke up!
Oh, yes! This is a different world with gods! I can't just do that! SO WEN JIMING RECITED AGAIN: "VENI VIDI VICI" (I COME, I SEE, I CONQUER).