A down-and-out scholar!

Ma Shuo found that the guy sitting in the corner should be a down-and-out scholar, although his clothes were very shabby, but he was neatly tied, and his hair was meticulous, not at all like a slave for sale.

"Boss He, what's the matter?" Ma Shuo walked two steps to the golden-toothed fat man, pointed to the down-and-out scholar and asked.

"He's—hey! He's kind of an unlucky guy. Xiucai, originally planned to take the exam. As a result, on the way to the exam, he met a mountain bandit who took a fancy to his little lady. The little lady was also strong-tempered, and she refused to obey the death, and was directly killed by the mountain bandits. This guy himself was also taken captive by mountain bandits. Originally, the mountain bandits wanted this guy to join the gang, but this guy would rather die than obey, and directly refused by going on a hunger strike. The mountain bandits were furious and sold it directly to the traffickers, and after tossing and turning, it was in the hands of He Mou in Huangsha City, thousands of miles away! ”

After listening to the introduction of the fat man with golden teeth, Ma Shuo was also full of emotion, this world is so unreasonable, a scholar was actually ruined by a group of mountain bandits.

"Boss He, how much?" Since the old man recommended this person, Ma Shuo decided to buy this person.

"This, forget it, I'll charge you seventy taels!" The golden-toothed fat man thought for a moment and said. He had already made a lot of money from the old man just now, and this time he felt that it was better to ask for less. Of course, even seventy taels is a very high profit.

Subsequently, Ma Shuo picked five more strong laborers. Later, after thinking about it, Ma Shuo picked two more women with strong physiques and slightly older ages. After all, there are so many people in the family at once, someone has to be responsible for cooking, washing clothes, etc. Naturally, it is impossible for Ma Mu to do these things, so she really needs to buy two people to help.

For a trip to the market, Ma Shuo spent a total of two hundred and forty taels, which is a lot of expenses. When he left the personnel, the deeds of sale of those people had already been in the hands of Ma Shuo, and these deeds of sale had been officially filed by the government and were protected by the city lord's mansion.

In other words, from now on, these people will be Ma Shuo's private property and sacrosanct.

When Ma Shuo brought the people back, the affairs of the house had already been settled. Liu Yi has successfully acquired the two courtyards on the left and right, and is breaking through the fence to unite the three courtyards into a whole. Of course, after the yard is opened, further planning will be carried out in the future.

"Fan Zeng, you will be the housekeeper of this family in the future, what the specific housekeeper should do, I think you should know it!"

Fan Zeng was the name of the down-and-out scholar, and on the way back, Ma Shuo already knew the names of several people he had bought. The old man's surname is Kang, his name is Kangding, and his grandson's name is Xiaohu. The scholar's surname is Fan, and his name is Fan Zeng. One of the two middle-aged women is called Sister-in-law Lin and the other is Sister-in-law Hu. The other slaves, Ma Shuo didn't remember their names, anyway, those people who turned back were handed over to Old Man Kang and Fan Zeng to manage.

"Kangding, in the future, you will be responsible for the brewing of the family." Ma Shuo also explained what Old Man Kang needed to be responsible for.

As for Liu Yi and others, Ma Shuo also made new arrangements. The Liu brothers have been involved in winemaking before, and they will be in charge of winemaking together as old man Kang's assistants in the future. However, Old Man Kang is mainly responsible for technical matters, and the Liu brothers are responsible for purchasing and selling. Financial matters are naturally in charge of the housekeeper Fan Zeng.

Those strong labor slaves were all handed over to Old Man Kang and the Liu family brothers.

The Meng family's uncles and nephews and Hou Qi all followed Ma Shuo as Ma Shuo's personal entourage. After all, their identities are different from Fan Zeng and the others, they just defected to Ma Shuo, and they still have their own personal freedom.

Ma Shuo's arrangement, everyone had no opinion, happily accepted their respective roles, and quickly entered the state.

"The head of the family, Fan wants to buy two more small houses, and there are some things that Sister-in-law Lin and Sister-in-law Hu are not suitable for. In addition, do you think you will buy two more girls to serve the old lady and the lady? Fan Zeng entered the role quite quickly, and after learning about the situation at home, he immediately put forward his first suggestion to Ma Shuo.

Ma Shuo didn't let them call him master, nor did he let them call him master, he just called the head of the family.

"Yes! You can do it. Then, you can also get the renovation of your home as soon as possible, and the amount of goods used in Qianzhongfang will become larger and larger, and we must expand the scale. In addition, the matter of alcohol must be kept secret, and the stock must be constantly increased. "Ma Shuo has told Fan Zeng about some things at home.

In fact, at the beginning, Fan Zeng didn't have much recognition of Ma Shuo, the master who bought him, but when he learned from Ma Shuo's mouth what Ma Shuo had done and some plans, Fan Zeng suddenly realized that his master might be able to give himself a different future.

So, when Ma Shuo asked him to be the housekeeper of the house, Fan Zeng agreed without hesitation, and then entered the role as quickly as possible and played his role.

Although Fan Zeng is a scholar and is ready to take the road of the imperial examination, he is not a nerd who reads hard and does not listen to what is going on outside the window. In fact, for so many years, because his family background is not very good, he has taken care of various affairs at home in addition to studying, so he is no stranger to daily affairs management.

Not only that, Fan Zeng is actually a very talented person, he never forgets when he reads, his thinking is very quick, and he has read a lot of miscellaneous books outside the imperial examination, and his knowledge is still very broadcast. If it weren't for the misfortune he encountered, once he gained power on the road to the imperial examination, this person would definitely have a place in the court.

It's a pity that this person is cheap now. A mere seventy taels of silver made Ma Shuo pick up a big bargain, which Ma Shuo actually saw quickly. Because Fan Zeng took office for only three days, everything at home became orderly.

Seeing Fan Zeng's strength, Ma Shuo simply handed over the matter of the docking of Qianzhongfang Restaurant to him, and he directly became the shopkeeper, retreated to the background, and spent more energy on the practice of martial arts.

At the same time, Old Man Kang's side also quickly entered the state, familiar with the process of distilling high-grade liquor by the Ma family, and also began to try to make his own wine. During this process, Ma Shuo also communicated with Old Man Kang from time to time, and told Old Man Kang some things he knew about winemaking.

When Old Man Kang heard these things about winemaking from Ma Shuo's mouth, he was really shocked, he didn't expect that his young master was so familiar with winemaking, and he didn't know a lot of ideas and knowledge. However, so many years of experience have taught him that what Ma Shuo said is right.

"Master of the family, the old slave will do his best to complete the task you have given!" Kangding patted his chest and assured Ma Shuo.

"Kangding, don't worry, as long as you work hard, I won't treat you badly!" Ma Shuo patted Old Man Kang's shoulder and encouraged. "By the way, Xiaohu will let him run errands with Steward Fan first, so that he can learn something!" Ma Shuo then said again.

Hearing that Ma Shuo actually arranged for his grandson to follow Fan Zeng, he was even more happy. The two were locked up in a slave cage together, and they were still a little familiar with each other, Kang Ding naturally knew that Fan Zeng was a very powerful person, and it was a great thing that his grandson could follow each other.

"Is this Ma Shuo's home?"

Just as Ma Shuo and Kang Ding were talking, a group of horseback riders hurriedly arrived at Ma Shuo's door, and one of them asked loudly at the little guy standing at the door. This little guy was bought back by Fan Zengxin.