During this period of time, it was basically to prepare for the New Year's goods and prepare for the New Year.

To be honest, I really don't have much to do, all of my house is prepared by Ping'er Zhang, and after Luo makes a shopping list, he hands it over to the housekeeper Zhang Fu, who is responsible for leading people to procure.

He is still underage, and he still has to go back to Rongguo Mansion for the New Year, and celebrate the New Year with Jia Mu, Jia Amnesty and others there, eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, and keep the New Year together.

Everything is ushered in, and there is no need to come forward by yourself, naturally Rongguofu will come forward, but some people who have to be visited, they still have to follow.

After breakfast, Ping'er took out a list of New Year's goods and handed it to Jia Cong.

"Third master, this is the list of New Year's goods in our house, you see, if there is no problem, let Steward Zhang arrange someone to buy it."

Jia Cong took it over and took a general look, all of which were necessary items for the New Year's Festival, such as candy, dried fruits, melon seeds, pastries, etc., as well as meat, fish, vegetables, eggs and other materials used during the festival.

There are also some miscellaneous things, and there are a lot of them.

handed the list back to Ping'er's hands, "It's good that these Ping'er sisters have ideas, by the way, this is the New Year, are there any preparations for the welfare of the people in the house, rewards and other things." ”

Ping'er nodded and said, "I've already prepared some, and everyone in the house will make a new set of clothes, as for how much is the reward?" It has to be decided by the third master. ”

"Then everyone will give you an extra month's monthly money, your monthly money is ten taels, Qingwen, Xiaohong, the four of them are according to the monthly money of the big girl, and each of you will make two better clothes."

Ping'er's current position is equivalent to the wife of the house, and the people in the entire mansion are in charge of the affairs of the house, so they should take more.

Ping'er was also very happy to hear it, not because of the amount of money, this is the third master's recognition of himself, and it is also a reflection of his status.

"Thank you, Third Master, I'll let you know in a moment."

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "Let Zhang Fu take a thousand taels of silver to find a silversmith's shop, exchange some silver nudes, try to exchange some of the ones with Fu Lu Shouxi, and exchange some of the other patterns." As for the rest, it's up to you. ”

Ping'er smiled sweetly and said: "There are few people in our house, the third master is not yet an adult, and there are not many things. ”

Jia Cong nodded, he was the master, he only needed to move his mouth, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he went to the front yard.

Sixteen nurses were summoned, and two of the six people who followed their special training were selected as the principal and deputy captains, Liu Er as the captain, and Zhang San as the deputy captain.

The sixteen people were divided into two teams, Liu Er and Zhang San each led a team, except for those who had a task, the others had to train every day, running four laps around the mansion every morning, training standing posture in the morning, and training fighting in the afternoon.

The two captains led the training separately, and Wangcai was responsible for supervising it, and he also followed the training when he was fine.

My yard is too big, and there are relatively few people, so if a few people come in over the wall, it is really not easy to find.

When I'm not at home, the backyard is full of women, and it's really not very safe, especially since the soap workshop is still in the backyard, and it's really not good if there is no bit of protection.

After the New Year, choose a few people from the thirteen girls to protect in the backyard, and train in the backyard when they have nothing to do, and become the guards in the backyard.

After letting everyone retreat, he called Wangcai, called two more family members, put on a carriage and took out two taels of silver, and planned to go to the city to wander around, and buy some medicinal herbs by the way.

At the end of this year, Shenjing City is very lively, the flow of people is several times larger than usual, and the streets are bustling, and there are people doing New Year's goods everywhere.

A few people went to the pharmacy first, Jia Cong bought another month's Ten Perfection Tonic Soup, thought about it and bought twenty pairs of strong pill medicinal materials, a total of seven hundred taels of silver, and the shopkeeper's happy fart was upset.

Then the group wandered around the street, and when they saw something they were interested in, they went up to take a look, and when they saw something they liked, they bought it.

Wandering around, I actually came to the livestock market, which was relatively sloppy, and the smell was not good, I wanted to leave directly, but I saw that there were puppies for sale, so I walked over.

"Third master, do you want to raise a dog?" Wangcai asked puzzled.

"Well, our family is relatively large, and there are not many guards, dogs are always more alert than people, so raise a few dogs to help take care of the house."

A few people turned around, looked good-looking, and chose ten puppies, spending less than one or two silver in total, which was about the same as giving it away for nothing.

Putting the puppy on the carriage, the group continued on, passing through the cattle market and reaching the nearby human market, that is, the slave market.

Although I have seen the introduction from many books, after coming to this ancient time, I really haven't seen it, but I have heard that there are people who want to buy here, and these slave traders have a lot of power and background behind them.

The status of the slave in Dachu is similar to the goods, they are all private property belonging to the master, even if they are killed by the master, it doesn't matter.

There are four main forces in this slave market, each of which occupies a position and encircles a large space, and the slaves in their hands are the most complete and of relatively good quality.

In addition to them, there were also a number of people on the side of the road with straw sticks in their hair, most of them children.

These are people who can't survive, selling their children here, thinking about selling their children or themselves, and finding a way to live.

However, such people, whether they are adults or children, are skinny and skinny, and there are not many people who are willing to buy them.

Many children look at passers-by with expectant eyes, hoping to be bought, because their parents have said that if someone buys them, they will be able to eat enough and never have to go hungry again.

At this time, it was the most lively time, and groups of men and women stood there like goods, in addition to the young and strong, there were also some old people and children.

These people were generally sold by the government because they had committed crimes in their families, or they owed money to the landlords and gentry who could not afford to pay it back.

There are also some of the original owners, for some reason, who pulled out the slaves and sold them.

Even, some were robbed, but in short, they were not a good way to come.

Passers-by first look at their appearance, just like picking an animal, and some will crack the slave's mouth to look at the teeth, or lift the clothes to see if they are strong.

Some of the new slaves were still a little unaccustomed to it, and when the buyer broke his mouth or lifted his clothes, he would subconsciously resist, and whenever this time, the thugs who were guarding the side would pick up the whip and whip him a few times.

Seeing this kind of scene, I was really a little unaccustomed to it, and I felt a little uncomfortable.

It's just that this is a product of the feudal social system, but he is a small person who can't do anything, and even if he is a slave owner, he has more than 50 slaves at home.

There is no difference between himself and these slave owners, but he is slightly better for his slaves.

Shaking his head, he threw away some unrealistic ideas, and began to wander around the slave market, to see if there were any eye-catching ones to buy back, which was the purpose of his here.