"Miss, these are the official slaves and maids newly received by the bank, and the government said that they would employ people, so they were sent first." These people are all connected to the government and can be resold into private slavery.

"Is this cook too?" Yan Shu pointed to the cook and asked.

"Yes, yes, this little lady, originally not far from the lower reaches of the Qingjiang River, the Jiatai Salt Transportation Division was subordinate to the inspector's mansion for the prisoner, and the red and white cases were both good, and she was sold because the prisoner was imprisoned. The other three cooks also came to the same place. Ya Po replied.

Recently, the imperial court has rectified the salt transportation, and the officialdom has shaken from top to bottom. Although Yan Shu didn't know these things, just listening to the configuration of the cook on the salt official's mansion felt corrupt.

After her inquiry, these four chefs are in charge of the four of the eastern, western, southern, northern, and central cuisines, and there is also a male chef as the head chef who was directly named by other buyers to leave.

Every time the salt official eats a home-cooked meal in the mansion, he must have five complete dishes, five or twenty-five dishes, and they cannot be repeated in five days. He was extremely superstitious about the auspicious number "five", and even asked for bribes according to this multiple.

But so what? If you do too much corruption, you will kill yourself, and you will not be able to run away from what you should be.

The cook lady that Yan Shu took a fancy to happened to be good at northern cuisine, and she motioned to the old housekeeper, "Buy her!" ”

The old housekeeper went back and forth with Ya Po, and finally sold it for eighty taels of silver. This is a high price in the sale of slaves and maids. However, if it is not bound by a body deed, it is not a free body, and this kind of cooking skills to apply for a job in a restaurant is a high-paying job, and the tooth woman offered a hundred taels, thinking that she would have to keep a few more maids to make concessions, but unfortunately the abacus failed, so I heard Yan Shu say,

"I have to work hard for my mother-in-law to bring these girls back, maybe I didn't make it clear, I only need rough maids in the yard, don't delay a few of them to have a better future."

Ya Po was unwilling, and stepped forward with a shy face, "Miss, these people are all carefully selected for you, but if you don't like them, I'll go back and send a few more people." ”

"No need." Yan Shu waved his hand, indicating that he was sending off the guest. The people in their own courtyard would rather be lacking than abundant.

After leaving the cook and sending the tooth woman away, Yan Shu personally showed the old housekeeper a reward of five taels of silver, one to thank him for his errand, and the other to ask him to find another tooth shop again to select people, and most importantly, to tell him that everyone's deed of sale was in her own hands, not under the control of the public.

The old housekeeper originally only needed the tooth woman to bring someone to choose, and the specific requirements were vague, but after this scene, he found that the third lady did not match the rumors in the house, and she was sure that she was an understanding person, so she couldn't help but be respectful, and she also accepted Yan Shu's request.

In his opinion, this is what a big family girl should do, as long as it does not hinder the weathering, he has to follow the instructions of Master Yan and serve the third lady well.

Soon, the old housekeeper led the tooth man back to the house again, and this time it was Lin Sanniang, the gold medal tooth sister-in-law, who brought someone here. Lin Sanniang's reputation, can the old housekeeper not know?

Lin Sanniang brought eight girls this time, and matched them into pairs of two people according to their appearance and personality in advance, and stood in four pairs, and the style differences of each pair were clear at a glance.

Although it is a rough maid, there are standards, and it definitely does not mean that it is okay to be rough and stupid, but to say that the starting point is low and you can abide by your duty, so that you can have room for growth and promotion in the future.

Yan Shu listened to Lin Sanniang's gentle recommendation, and looked at one of the pairs, which was particularly eye-catching, and the other pair also felt good.

As a concubine, she can be equipped with a total of six maids in the first, second, and third classes according to the regulations, and now there are only two first-class maids, and Mu Shixuan is seriously lacking.