Chapter 90: A well-trained retinue
"Where are I going to hire someone?" Wu Neng walked on the road while carefully holding the huge amount of money in his pocket.
Soon, a commotion reached Wu Neng's ears, and he looked up to see that there was a rather lively alley in front of him on his right.
"There's a lot of people in that alley, so why don't you go over there and ask." After making up his mind, Wu Neng walked towards the alley.
There were quite a few people gathered in the alley, most of them in groups of three or five, as if waiting for something.
A black-faced young man who was close to the entrance of the alley and looked like he had indigenous blood saw Wu Neng, he hurriedly greeted his companions around him, and several strong men hurriedly straightened their patched clothes and rushed in front of the others to meet Wu Neng.
The black-faced young man had a smile on his face and asked Wu Neng, "This little brother, but he's here to recruit workers?" ”
Seeing Wu Neng nodding yes, everyone suddenly surrounded him and introduced himself to Wu Neng in a gossiping manner.
Wu Neng was a little at a loss, and hurriedly explained: "Brothers, I'm not here to recruit laborers and craftsmen. ”
"Why are you going here if you're not recruiting? Trick us on? After hearing this, many people showed a look of disappointment on their faces, and after complaining a few words, the people around Wu Neng had dispersed in the blink of an eye.
"Hey, don't go, brothers, I have something I want to ask you." Wu Neng saw that the workers were scattered at once, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, wanting to stop someone to inquire about the news.
Only the black-faced young man stopped in his tracks, and he asked a little impatiently, "If you have anything, just ask quickly." ”
"That, although I'm not here to recruit workers, but I have a friend who came to Wangcheng today to do some errands and wants to hire some servants temporarily, I wonder if any of you have ever worked in a big family here?" Wu Neng replied.
The black-faced young man's tone became a lot more cautious, "Dare to ask whether Childe's friend is an official or an outsider?" ”
"Uh......" Wu Neng was choked for a while, and he didn't know how to describe Shi Cheng's identity to the young man in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he quickly said, "It's a businessman." ”
"Dare to ask Childe's friend if the person he wants to hire must have experience in a big family?" The black-faced youth asked.
Seeing that Wu Neng nodded, the black-faced young man was slightly disappointed, "That boy came here to find someone to find the wrong place, the people in this alley are all because of the bad year, after being dismissed by the manor lords, they want to go to the city to work and get a rich Zhuang Dinghan, everyone can only grow crops, not good at serving people." ”
"Is that so?" Wu Neng was a little anxious in his heart, and he hurriedly asked, "Little brother, do you know where I can hire the person I want?" ”
The black-faced young man thought carefully for a while, and said: "From here to the north, about three miles away, there is a tile, this is the only one outside the west gate, the people in the nearby villages and the westernmost part of the royal city like to go there, and the people who like to go there have more spare money in their hands than we must have, maybe you can find the person you want." You'd better go at night, though, because there aren't many people there during the day. ”
After Wu Neng thanked the black-faced young man and paid five cents as a reward, he rushed to the tile that the black-faced young man said. Wu Neng planned to try his luck now, and he didn't have time to wait until evening.
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It was almost noon, and there were not too many visitors in the tiles outside the west gate of the Western Desert King City, as the black-faced young man said, the most lively scene of the tiles could only be seen at night.
Several men in linen clothes were standing outside a hook fence, looking at the two martial artists who were dancing with knives in the hook fence with some boredom.
After looking at it for a while, a man who was a little short and had a slightly longer chin yawned, and said to a tall and strong man next to him a little boredly: "Brother Li, the tiles outside the city really can't be compared with those in the city, there are just a few tricks back and forth, and the little lady who sings is far from being as good-looking as in the city." ”
"If I had money in my pocket, you thought I would come to Chengsiwa for recreation?" The tall strong man known as Brother Li glared at the man with the long chin angrily.
"It's all to blame for this damn year, if it weren't for the fact that the land couldn't collect rent, and the old man couldn't afford to support so many people in his house, how could a few of us be kicked out?" Another man with a scar on his face complained.
"If you want me to say, let's hurry up and find a job to do, otherwise the little savings in our hands won't last a few days." A somewhat stocky middle-aged man said.
"How can it be so easy, there are actually only a few employers in the royal city who need guys, but now there are more than 10,000 homeless people outside the city!" The tall man surnamed Li smacked the ground fiercely as he spoke, "I don't know which bird who killed a thousand knives said that he could make money by doing things in Wangcheng!" ”
"If it really doesn't work, let's try our luck at the dock, although it is dirty and tired, and the income is less, but I can see the copper plate in my pocket." The stocky middle-aged man said again.
The man with the long chin disagreed: "Brother Zhang, we used to be people who worked in the manor, if you let the villagers know that we are now reduced to listening to those boatmen on the dock, I will see how you will see people after you go back!" Besides, there is a long queue outside the dock gate every day before dawn, can you guarantee that you can really be picked up by those boatmen? ”
"Are we decent now?" The short and fat middle-aged man muttered a few words to himself, and said no more.
"In broad daylight, just talk about things that are not fun." The tall man surnamed Li shook his head impatiently, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go, go to the wine shop to buy some wine in a while, and go back to the shed to have a few sips with Zhu Liu." In the afternoon, let's go to the south of the city to have a look, maybe we can find a place to do things. ”
The other men all nodded, and just as they were about to leave, the sharp-eyed, long-chin man suddenly pointed in one direction and asked, "Look, is that boy over there looking for something?" ”
The other three people's eyes were turned in the direction of the man's finger, and they saw a very handsome young man asking the passers-by one with some anxiety.
"Did you lose something?" The man with a scar on his face muttered, "Anyway, if you don't do our business, let's go back to the shed quickly." ”
"Let's go over and ask." The man surnamed Li said, "This son looks extraordinary, maybe he is the young master of a big family." If you can help others, you can also make a good relationship. You wait a minute, I'll go over and ask. ”
That young man was Wu Neng, he had already asked several passers-by in the west of the city, but the few people he stopped with bad luck already had serious jobs, and when they heard that Wu Neng was only recruiting people temporarily, they all shook their heads and refused.
"Look at this day, it may be noon in a while." Wu Neng shook his head helplessly, "I really don't know what kind of madness Lao Shi has, why did he suddenly remember to hire an entourage." If you want to dress up as a big man, you have to hang a few catties of pork on your stomach and pretend to be. ”
Just when Wu Neng was feeling distressed, a tall man in linen clothes came up and asked, "This son, what did you lose?" ”
"Oh, not really." Wu Neng hurriedly waved his hand and explained, "I have a friend who is going to do business here in Wangcheng during this time, so he wants to hire some servants and entourage temporarily, I am here to help find people, I don't know if you are interested, brother?" ”
"Really!" The tall man's eyes immediately lit up, he was a little excited, and hurriedly said to Wu Neng, "I won't tell you, we came from Wuqiu Village in Feng County with a few brothers, and several of us have worked in big families, if your friends want to hire some followers, then you are looking for me to find the right person." ”
It didn't take much effort to get it, and the black-faced young man was right! Wu Neng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "You just said that you all have the experience of doing things in a big family?" ”
"It's true, if Childe doesn't believe it, we still have the salary slip issued by the former owner in our hands, and the men waiting there are all from the same place as me, and they have all done things together in the home of an outsider, and Childe can also go and ask them." The tall man said as he pointed to the fellow villagers who were waiting for him in the distance.
"You've all worked in the same household?" Wu Neng asked with some confusion, "Then why did you come to Wangcheng again, did something happen to that family?" ”
"Son, you also know that this year's year is not good, and many places can't collect rent, so some big families with tight expenses have fired some of the villagers." The tall man couldn't help but sigh when he said this.
"Okay, I see." Wu Neng really didn't want to look for it anymore, "I don't know how many of you have in total, do you have identity credentials, and are there any other people you know who have done things in other people's homes?" ”
"It's all there, it's all there." The tall man nodded hurriedly, "There are a few others who temporarily live in a shack in Huangshui Lane with us, and there seem to be two or three people in the nearby neighborhood who have worked in a big family, adding up to almost eleven or two people." ”
"Okay, take me to see it first." Wu Neng nodded happily, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Everyone went on the road together, and on the way, he also learned the names of these men, the man surnamed Li was named Li Doujin, the man with a long chin was called Sun San, the short and fat middle-aged man was named Zhang Tian, and the scar-faced man was named Zheng Teng.
After a while, the group arrived at the place. There were shacks on both sides of Huangshui Lane, and the man surnamed Li respectfully led Wu Neng through the alley for a while, then turned left and came to the outside of a shed where clothes were drying at the door. The inside of this shack was also generally simple and narrow, and it was like a sausage filled with meat, and several listless people were squeezed lying or sitting on the ground, and after the man surnamed Li entered, the room became even more crowded.
After hearing Wu Neng's request, these men who had been wilting immediately came to their senses, and several people lying on the grass bed suddenly turned over, and together with other companions, introduced themselves to Wu Neng in a gossip.
"What's the noise!" The man surnamed Li waved his hand, and after stopping everyone, he said, "Wu Gongzi said, we can all go!" ”
"After everyone packs up their things, let's go with me." Seeing that noon was approaching, Wu Neng was also in a hurry to go back to the errand, and when he was about to take everyone back to the post station, he suddenly patted his head and muttered: "It's bad, I forgot to explain this matter to them clearly." ”
So he hurriedly turned around and said to the elated men behind him: "That, there is something I forgot to mention before, my friend is a native of the Northern West Continent. ”