Looking at Zhang Xuan, who has a long figure and delicate facial features, he is fifteen or sixteen years old, polite and courteous, with a respectful attitude but not humble, and has a calm and calm bearing. Steward Liu couldn't help but nod secretly.

In fact, the Wei Mansion recruited people to copy books, not really needing people to copy books, but in the name of copying books, to subsidize students.

And people don't accept everything, they need that kind of potential, otherwise why should they be under 30 years old?

Those scholars who have not been able to gain fame after the age of thirty, that is, the imperial examination is basically hopeless, even if there is a person like Fan Jin who has taken the examination at the age of sixty, what is the use?

Although the Wei Mansion is subsidizing the education of young poor students, it is actually not an investment.

As for the fact that some people no longer answer the Wei Mansion after receiving financial aid for high school, this kind of investment has been wasted. That's even more nonsense, what kind of family is Wei Mansion? Even if Jinshi can enter the main gate of someone's house, it depends on the mood of the person.

So, even if someone is in high school, they will rush to hug someone's thigh. People don't worry about funding a white-eyed wolf at all. In this way, the Wei Mansion can gather a large number of contacts by funding this relationship.

"Well, I don't know where Gongzi's family lives, who is in the family, and why did they come to my Wei Mansion to copy books?"

Zhang Xuan answered one by one, until he knew that Zhang Xuan was sixteen years old this year, his family was poor because of a serious illness, and he came out to copy books to support his mother, and he had already passed the county examination and the government examination, and he would take the hospital examination in the autumn to gain fame. Steward Liu was even more satisfied.

Being able to participate in the hospital examination at the age of sixteen shows that he is young and has potential, and being able to come out to make money to support his mother shows filial piety, and the character of a person who is filial is definitely not bad, although Wei Fu is not afraid of white-eyed wolves, but good character is popular everywhere.

So Steward Liu said gently: "You are filial, and you study hard, this is very good, Wei Gong likes you very much, you can come to the house to copy books from tomorrow, the working hours are from the morning to the afternoon, you can rest for half an hour at noon, lunch is eaten in the house, every ten days off." As for the remuneration, one tael of silver per month, thirty buckets of rice, and ten catties of meat, what do you think?"

From the hour to the time of Shen, there are a total of four hours, that is, eight hours, and the noon break is half an hour, that is, an hour, and lunch. Every ten days off is one day off, that is, one day off every ten days, and a month is a three-day holiday.

This kind of work and rest time is comparable to that of modern large companies, and the work of copying books is even easier and simpler.

In terms of treatment, one or two lines of silver are now worth 800 yuan, 30 buckets of rice, 5 catties of a bucket, and 4 wen for a catty, which is 600 Wen, 10 catties of meat, and 20 Wen for a catty, a total of 200 Wen. With a salary of 1,600 wen a month, the work is decent and easy. It's much better than working hard to write and set up a stall and earn six or seven hundred dollars a month. And how can there be any reason not to agree.

So Zhang Xuan thanked him and said: "The work is easy and the pay is good, so there is no reason for students not to agree." I really don't know how to thank Master Liu for being talented!"

Steward Liu waved his hand: "I won't say much about thanks, work hard, study hard, if you can be named on the gold list in the future, it will be the best reward for Duke Wei." I'll let you get acquainted with Fuzhong first, and get this month's salary. As he spoke, he pulled the bell rope next to him.

Soon, a young man dressed as a servant walked in, bowed down to Zhang Xuan and said, "Childe, let's go with me." ”

After Zhang Xuan said goodbye to Steward Liu, he left with the young man.

Through conversation, Zhang Xuan learned that the young man's name was Zhao San, an orphan adopted by the Wei Mansion, who grew up in the Wei Mansion and was now a second-class family member.

"Childe, how about I take you to the library where you work first, and then go and get your salary?"

"That's great!"

There are three floors in the library pavilion, and when he entered it, Zhang Xuan found that the area of the first floor was very large, about one hundred and twenty square meters, half of which were placed with twelve rows of bookshelves full of books, and half of which were placed with more than a dozen tables and chairs, on which were placed paper, ink, pens, inkstones and other tools for copying books.

Half of the tables and chairs were already working, and when they saw the servants leading Zhang Xuan in, they knew that it was a new colleague, so they got up to salute one after another, and Zhang Xuan also returned the salute one by one.

After a short conversation, Zhang Xuan knew that these five or six people were also poor students from Wei County's family, and they were all very young.

After some greetings, Zhang Xuan said goodbye and left, and went to the account room with Zhao San to get rice, meat, money and grain.

After following Zhao San out of the house, Zhang Xuan looked at more than 100 catties of things, his thin physique must not be able to move, so he had to hire a car.

Halfway through, I remembered that my bookbasket was still in the market, and I didn't know if it would be taken away. So he turned around and went to the City God Temple.

Fortunately, when he came to Chenghuang, Zhang Xuan saw that his book basket was placed on the edge of the table where the old scholar had set up a stall before, and he should have put it away for himself.

So he stepped forward and thanked him: "Student Zhang Xuan thanks the old man." ”

As he spoke, he took out a knife of meat from the car behind him and handed it to the middle-aged man to show his gratitude. The old scholar postponed but had to take it, but he was surprised that Zhang Xuan had just gone out for a while, how could he bring back a cart of rice meat?

When he knew that Zhang Xuan had won the errand of copying books from the Wei Mansion, seven or eight writers around him came over, and said a few words of congratulations sourly, but he was envious. They also know the news, but they are too old to be born at the right time!

Zhang Xuan picked up his book basket and walked towards home, and when he arrived at the door, it was lively for a while. Zhang's mother heard the noise at the door and came out to see that it was her son who came back with a cart of rice grain, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

"Mother, I see that you work hard all day long, and Uncle Zhong and Bao'er are busy all day long. Today, the child went to the street and heard that the Wei Mansion was recruiting people to copy books, so he went to try it, but he didn't expect it to be, this is this month's salary. Zhang Xuan pointed to the cart of rice and meat, and then handed the silver in his sleeve and more than a dozen cents to his mother.

The neighbors who came to see the excitement heard that Zhang Xuan had found an errand to copy books in Wei Mansion, and they all enviously surrounded the mother and son and said happy words, which shows the status of Wei Mansion in the hearts of Wei County, even if it is an ordinary errand, it is very respectable.

Mother Li said a little sadly: "I think my Zhang family is also a scholarly family, and now I have been reduced to relying on Xuan'er to go out to work to support the family, it really hurts you!"

"Mother, don't say that, if you don't have hard work, weaving hard day and night, and pouring all your wealth to treat the child, how can there be a child today! ”