Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Reward Vignette
Ouyang was surprised when he heard it, how could he still reward the maid. The ninth prince explained a little implicitly. It turned out that Zhao Yu saw that Ouyang had no intention of getting married, so he asked Xiaoqing to choose two official slaves and send them over. The word official slave is not unfamiliar in the Great Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu wrote that it is rare to have a common today, talk about each other, and the official slave sang for me, such words. Male servants were important members of the institutions of the official handicraft industry. In the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, most of the women were military prostitutes, and in the Song Dynasty, most of them were in the Qinglou, and some of them were the maidservants of the powerful. As for the sources of official slaves, there are also many sources, one of which is like Liu Huilan. One is that the father is unable to repay the public debt and is filled, the other is unable to pay the poll tax and voluntarily becomes an official slave, and the other is like the underage children of bandits, and so on. Officials and slaves do not have household registration, unified management, no poll tax, and no personal rights. And even if the master agrees, he cannot marry outside, and the master does not want it, and he can return to the slave camp. If he dies, there will be someone to investigate, which is probably the only right of these officials and slaves. Even if they die in front of Ouyang now, Ouyang will pay some money at most.
The Ouyang family also has two maids, a servant woman, and a male who does manual work called a housekeeper. But these people are hired and can resign at any time. Originally, according to the standard, Ouyang still had to have four sedan chair drivers, but Ouyang was all exempt, and he couldn't find a sedan chair anyway.
And the two women in front of Ouyang, the eldest of them less than twenty, bowed their heads and saluted, and their quiet faces showed a little fear. The smaller ones are about eighteen, cowering behind the big ones. Although they are thin and weak, they are all beautiful embryos.
The ninth father-in-law said: "Lord Ou, this is all a virgin, the emperor specially explained, but it took a lot of effort for our family to pick it out." ”
That is, a tool to vent desires without collecting money. Ouyang looked at the two of them and frowned and asked, "Ninth Gonggong, can you return it?" ”
The Ninth Gonggong smiled and said, "My lord, if you are merciful, you will accept them." To put it mildly, if you take it, they will give you a person to play with, and if you don't, you don't know how many men they will have to deal with. It's hard to say that it is ...... to be sent to the army."
"You see how much I look like Guanyin." Ouyang said: "Nine kilometers of noodles, please, prepare some wine and food, don't postpone." ”
"Well said, well said!" The ninth prince also followed Ouyang unceremoniously. The two official slaves went to the inner courtyard under the leadership of Ou Ping.
Gan Xin asked Zhanming on the side: "What do you think?" ”
Zhan Ming bowed his head and said, "Adults know what they know. ”
A familiar official asked, "Master Zhan, what is the number?" ”
"But all the young women who are officials and slaves must have a uniform number of teaching etiquette. The big one is okay, but the small one is delicate and wants to cover it. Zhan Ming said: "It seems that the life of adults is not very good. ”
Gan Xin shook his head: "Maybe it's the opposite, or it can be said that the emperor thinks too highly of important people today." ”
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The banquet is relatively simple, prepared temporarily, and there are not many good goods. How can the ninth father-in-law not know after working in this business for a long time, which shows that Ouyang usually eats very casually, and the ninth father-in-law is not picky. Ouyang raised his glass and asked: "Father-in-law, you and I are familiar with each other, I don't know what the emperor means?" ”
"Lord Ou's eyes are really like torches, I can't hide it, that little one is indeed an official slave, but ......" The ninth prince hesitated for a while, but he still had to say, otherwise he was afraid that Ouyang would misunderstand: "This woman was originally the slave of the lord of Xiaoqing." “
Ouyang didn't understand and asked, "Xiaoqing's slave?" ”
The ninth father-in-law asked: "My lord, didn't you forget to have a marriage contract with the lord of Xiaoqing?" ”
"Engagement? Nonsense. Who said there was a marriage contract. Ouyang grabbed his chin and hair and thought about it for a while, but he didn't remember who he had a marriage contract with.
"This ...... Anyway, the emperor said that there was. Our family knows what the county lord means that if you really want to play with women, don't go out to play. Let's guess, the county lord is probably worried that the adult will suddenly become a relative one day, so he left a cronie by the adult's side. ”
"So open-minded?" Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Ninth father-in-law, I really don't have a marriage contract with Xiaoqing. ”
"We don't know about this." The ninth father-in-law laughed at Mimi's not a good thing and said: "Anyway, the person brought it, and the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold." The county lords are so open-minded, you, the future county master, can't live up to this kindness. Men, either they have power or money, but they can't run away from the lustful level. ”
Laughing lewdly with a eunuch, Ouyang was not interested, he could only smile bitterly and think, when will he have a marriage contract with Xiaoqing? No wonder the emperor allowed himself to live in the county lord's mansion, but what could it be? I don't have any thoughts about Xiaoqing Ouyang, when I come to this world, the first thing I want to say is Master Li, of course, it's a night of joy, and I don't want to marry her Ouyang. Although Ouyang is open-minded, he has no intention of marrying a pair of jade arms and a thousand pillows, a little red lips and ten thousand characters. The second thing that makes him a little impulsive is Wan Yanlan, at least a little more to his taste. But the word marriage is still 18,000 miles away. Without verbal communication, without mutual understanding, marriage is not done. As for the third, there is none.
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After sending off the ninth father-in-law, Ouyang returned to his house and greeted: "Meeting!" "This is an internal meeting, which has been held several times, mainly to coordinate the ideological gap between myself and the servant, such as how much salt to put in the dish, whether I need to have a supper, clothes washing and drying habits, etc. If you want to be comfortable, these things have to be put on the bright side.
Two maids, a servant, and a housekeeper. Plus Ou Ping and the small courtyard of the two officials and slaves gathered. Bai Lian wanted to join in the fun, but Ouyang stopped her, strictly speaking, although Bai Lian lived in her own home, she was her own employee, not her own family. Of course, it's okay to watch the excitement.
"What's your name?" Ouyang asked the two official slaves.
The big one said, "The master let us call it whatever it is." ”
What is it? Prostitute? Prostitute B? Ouyang skipped this question and asked, "What will you do?" ”
“?” The big ones don't quite understand.
"For example, Xiaocui and Xiaoping will do laundry, clean the room, and organize chores. Aunt Li will cook and buy vegetables, clean up the fire, and Ah San will rest the yard and carry rice and goods. Ouyang asked, "What will you do?" ”
"Slaves won't." Big shame.
"Nothing?" Ouyang asked rhetorically, do you have to raise them for nothing?
The little one was busy and said: "We will pinch the legs, hammer the back, serve tea, and deliver water......"
"Do you know how to weave?"
"No!"
"Do you know how to sew and mend?"
"Not really!"
Ouyang asked angrily: "In addition to being human day, what other survival value do you have?" ”
"Ahem!" Bai Lian said cautiously on the side: "My lord, you scared them. ”
"Yes!" Ouyang's face was a little better, in fact, he was angry not because of this, but because of the inexplicable fire that he couldn't tell. Ouyang took a slow breath and asked again: "Do you know how to count?" ”
"Master, don't ask." Big tears said: "When we are young, we learn the work of serving, the etiquette of women, and how to please men." ”
"Then you're in the wrong place. No one in this place needs to be served. Even the two maids didn't help Ouyang get through his clothes and serve the night pot. Being responsible is just a chore.
"Your Excellency!" Liu Huilan didn't know when she came in, so she asked with a smile: "Why are adults so angry?" According to Whelan, these two are beauty embryos, which can be said to be one in a thousand. How many men can envy the good fortune of adults. In the future, there will be a son and a half daughter, and the adults will take them as concubines again, and help them get rid of their lowly status, but they will help them, and they will be transformed. ”
Ouyang smiled: "Huilan, why are you here." ”
"Tangzhou, Caizhou, and Gwangju sent people to ask if they could send reporters to their states."
Ouyang shook his head: "Not for the time being, we must conduct certain training for the recruited reporters." I'll take some time to make arrangements for it when I'm done, and then I'll send it out. ”
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