Zhou Xiaojian's grandmother hoped that he would join the army, be promoted in the future, and inherit the glory of his deceased father. This is the right way, and Jin Jiashu really can't persuade her to dispel her mind.

It's just that he really needs credible manpower, and after months of observation, he picked Zhou Xiaojian and another teenager surnamed Lu. Both of them are loyal, simple and clever, and will definitely become his good helpers. The young man surnamed Lu had basically agreed to his invitation, but his mother was still sick at home, and he needed to cure his mother's illness before he could come to Jin's house to do things. Jin Jiashu paid for the medicine for him, and also won his gratitude and loyalty, and he was happy in his heart, but he ran into a wall on Zhou Xiaojian's side.

Zhou Xiaojian himself really wanted the Jin family to do things for a few years. Anyway, he is still young, and his deceased father's place in the army can't be returned, so instead of wandering around the market, it is better to go to Jin Jiashu to be a servant for a few years. He ran Jin Jiashu's legs for a few months, knowing that this hard-lived young master was deeply valued by the Zhenguo Mansion, and he knew friends from the official eunuchs. If he does a good job in the Jin family and pleases the little young master, maybe when he leaves, he can still ask the little young master to say a few good words for him in front of the generals of the Zhou family, so that he can enter the army as a soldier without having to compete with his cousin?

Zhou Xiaojian was persuading his grandmother, but this suspected way of going through the back door was not in line with Grandmother Cang's wishes. She just wants her grandson to honestly follow the right path to inherit her son's military position, and she doesn't want him to curry favor with any nobles, or to be a slave to others in a low voice. Now that the grandfather and grandson are still in a stalemate, Jin Jiashu can only helplessly wait for them to discuss a result.

If it doesn't work, he can only choose another candidate.

The person was chosen by Jin Jiashu himself, and the brothers and sisters of the Hai family didn't say much. Haijiao could only persuade him: "If you really can't find a suitable candidate, it's a big deal to find someone to say hello." You don't lack money to spend, wouldn't it be easier to buy two capable servants back directly? Those errand boys are certainly clever and capable, but they are all natives of Chang'an, and they are children of military families, so it is impossible for them to follow you in the future. Could it be that when you go to Beijing to catch the exam, you still have to buy two scholars to readjust? ”

The new minions I bought are untrained, and I am afraid that they will not be used.

Jin Jiashu also understands this truth, but he is really not willing to buy people casually. What if someone is bought? No matter how capable he is, there is no guarantee that he will be faithful and reliable.

His deceased father Jin Juren was originally wealthy, and there were many servants in the family, but after Jin Juren returned to his hometown from the capital, he was calculated by the second room, how many of those servants were loyal to the Lord? Even Jin Juren's nursing mother's family, as well as the old housekeeper used by Jin Jiashu's grandparents when they were alive, also avoided the disaster. Of course, there is Jin Juren's own weakness and incompetence, but when Jin Jiashu thinks that he has suffered for so many years, except for the henchman nurse left by his mother who has always protected him, the other male and female servants have turned a blind eye to his situation, and they have not looked back to care about him after leaving, causing his childhood expectations to be disappointed again and again, and he can't forgive him in his heart no matter what.

In fact, the remaining servants in the Jin family's room who were able to follow Jin Juren to leave Zunhua Prefecture and travel thousands of miles to Chang'an were already very loyal, but they were loyal to Jin Juren, not his eldest son Jin Jiashu. However, these people all died in the ditch outside Chang'an City, and even the nurse was gone, and there was no one who could be a helper for Jin Jiashu. Even if he bought it from the people in Chang'an City, could he guarantee that the other party would be more loyal than these dead servants of the Jin family?

Since the loyalty of his servants could not be guaranteed, Jin Jiashu preferred to hire the children of poor military families in Chang'an. He had carefully observed the errand boys he had been in contact with very closely, and had confirmed their character and behavior. Even if they couldn't follow him and leave their homeland, at least during his stay in Chang'an, there was no need to worry that they would betray him.

Jin Jiashu has never lived a pampered life, and he is not a son and brother who can't live without a servant. He just needs someone who can help him with household chores, find out the news, so that he can concentrate on his studies and do what he wants. When it's time to leave, he'll think of a way to solve the problem. It's really not possible, he went on the road alone, and it wasn't that he couldn't take care of himself. When he was young, he only relied on the care of his nursing mother, and he was able to come to Chang'an from Zhili. When he grows up, is more capable, and is more robust, he only needs to find a good companion, why can't he return to Zhili smoothly?

Jin Jiashu changed his tone to a more tactful tone and told his thoughts to the brothers and sisters of the Hai family. Haijiao couldn't persuade anymore: "Okay, since you've made up your mind, then let it go." When you need help, just come to me. Anyway, the two of us are so close to each other, and it's easy to get back and forth. ”

When Jin Jiashu heard this, he just smiled, and then heard Haitang say: "Actually, if you really feel that you need manpower in the next few years, you only need to mention it to your 'aunt' in a letter to your family, and she should arrange it for you." As long as you can take care of yourself on the way to Beijing, you should no longer have to worry about no one to help you take care of your household when you arrive in Beijing. ”

Jin Jiashu blinked, he already understood Haitang's hint in his heart, and said with a smile: "If this is the case, the person that my aunt arranged for me will naturally be better." The nurse was also left to him by his "aunt", and she has been doing her best to take care of him for more than ten years, which is the best example.

The next day, Jin Jiashu got up early in the morning and went out a quarter of an hour early, but instead of going directly to Xie Wenzai's new house, he went to the nearby street to find a familiar errand boy and send a message to Zhou Xiaojian and Lu Gava. When he returned to Hai's house after class before lunch, he met someone at the entrance of the alley.

Jin Jiashu gave Zhou Xiaojian and Lu Gava twenty taels of silver, asked them to help buy a decent gift, and then voted a prayer post for him to the back office of the government on his way. In the afternoon, when he left school, he left Xie Wenzai's new house again and saw them again at the entrance of the alley.

Zhou and Lu are really clever and simple young men, the gifts they bought for twenty taels of silver are both practical and decent, and they also hired a clean carriage to load, and the remaining few dollars of silver were returned to Jin Jiashu, and he casually gave them to the two as rewards.

Jin Jiashu went back to Hai's house to change into more decent clothes, said hello to Ma, and went out. He took the carriage driven by Zhou and Lu to the prefect's yamen, visited the prefect's mansion, and the two talked for most of the hour. Huang Zhifu sent him out of the door with a friendly smile, told him a lot, and asked him to come to the house from time to time, and seeing that he was only accompanied by two hired half-grown teenagers, he specially sent Huang Zhutou to escort him all the way home, until he saw his carriage disappear at the end of the street, and then turned back and entered the yamen.

This scene happened to be seen by many people in front of the yamen. Someone with good deeds went to inquire about who this plain-clothed young man who obviously knew that the Lord of the Mansion looked at him differently, and learned that he was the bitter master of the Jin family's case, the only survivor of the Jin family's house, and was immediately very interested, and turned back to discuss it eagerly with relatives and friends.

When Jin Xin and his son Jin Wu came to the vicinity of the prefect's yamen again to inquire about the latest progress of the case of his wife and younger brother, he heard these rumors. His heart was weak, his forehead was sweating, he didn't even bother to inquire about the news, and left with his son full of anxiety.

(End of chapter)