Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 31
After Liu Bai got up, he briefly talked about his and Xieyi's family situation, Zhu Yuan quickly wrote a letter to Huagao, and asked Liu Bai to take 100 taels of silver and send it with him later, as travel expenses.

After all, even if Huagao himself doesn't care, he can't let the people below work in vain.

After talking about this matter, Zhu Yuan took another blank sheet of paper, picked out a charcoal pen and a ruler from the pen container, and quickly drew out a form, similar to the format of the later household registration book, and then filled it in with a pen, titled "File" 'The word, there are several columns such as name, gender, age, and remarks.

After filling it out, Zhu Yuan showed it to Liu Bai: "After delivering the letter, I will make statistics on the family situation of the maids and servants at home, and fill in this form."

Liu Bai looked closer at the form on the case, and asked, "Little official, gender...why?"

Zhu Yuan said: "Male, female."

Liu Bai blinked, obviously puzzled, she could actually understand the meaning of this word, but, is it still necessary to fill in?

Zhu Yuan saw the confusion of the girl beside him.

Of course you have to fill it out.

Now there are only men and women. In a few hundred years, if you dare to say that there are only men and women in the world, no, even if you say there is a third type, you will be scolded.

This is discrimination!
Because the standard answer is 73 kinds!

His thoughts wandered a little, Zhu Yuan smiled and said: "For example, you and Xieyi, if you didn't see you, just listen to the names, and say that you are two men, I would believe it."

Liu Bai understood and nodded slightly.

But when I think about it, like the Lin family's Lin Dayu and... Lin Xiaoyu, at first glance, it's really hard to tell the difference between men and women.

Thinking about this, Liu Bai pointed to one of the columns: "Little official, what should I write in the notes?"

Zhu Yuan said: "Probably, do you have any special skills, such as literacy, or, like Qingqiu and Luoshui, know how to cook?"

Liu Bai was embarrassed when he heard 'know how to cook', he responded, remembered, and confirmed: "Little official, do everyone have to write?"

Zhu Yuan shook his head and said: "It's just the ten young ones. The key is to ask about the situation in their families. You four, Zhao Xu and Zuo Qi, don't worry about it. I will take a nap later, and let Qingqiu and the others take a nap in an hour. Two come over, I will ask myself."

Liu Bai nodded again, thought for a while, and said, "Young official, Your Majesty gave us 23 servants, six artisans, and 37 tenants in the south of the city. Don't you need these?"

Now that he has successfully passed a certain maximum hurdle, Zhu Yuan intends to take care of the situation of the people around him.

Don't want to be confused.

Even if there are Zhao Xu and Zuo Qi around, they should be dealt with as soon as possible.

Lest people around you be dug into a sieve.

Of course, Zhao Xu and Zuo Qi can be trusted now.Not only some of the stances the two made at the beginning, but also, after the relationship with Lao Zhu was broken, it would be impossible for their ancestors to use spies against themselves again.

Not only that, but the identities of the two are a resource that Zhu Yuan can use in turn.

Just like the files that have been made now, Zhu Yuan intends to hand over the follow-up verification to Zhao Xu and the other two.

Hearing that Liu Bai mentioned this long list again, these are almost two different things. Zhu Yuan thought for a while and said, "As long as you don't find it troublesome, you can also make a copy for me."

The list of these people can be used as some references for this era.

Liu Bai immediately said: "I don't think it's troublesome."

Of course Zhu Yuan had no objection, and added: "Call Qingqiu and Luoshui together, and you can also hire some helpers who can write."

Liu Bai was reluctant in his heart, but on the surface he respectfully agreed.A few days ago, she was disturbed by a small official, so she thought about it carefully.I am still just a maid with no name and no distinction, and it is meaningless to compete with other women for anything.If it offends the petty officials, the loss outweighs the gain.

After giving orders, Zhu Yuan got up and walked to the bedroom in the east room.

After waking up again, there was Xieyi standing beside her, and Qingqiu and Luoshui next to her, the two women had somewhat disturbed expressions.

Zhu Yuan sat up, looked at the sky outside, and realized that he must have slept for more than an hour.

It's getting dark.

Xieyi noticed the expression of her little official, and didn't know what to say.

Indeed, it has been more than an hour.

However, Xieyi came quietly twice, and every time she remembered what happened that day, she dared not wake up her little official.

What if something goes wrong if you don't sleep well?
Zhu Yuan didn't say anything, let the three women help him get dressed, got out of bed, saw Luoshui nearby, and motioned: "Come here, Xinyi, you can go, Qingqiu will wait in the west chamber."

The three girls agreed, and Luoshui followed Zhu Yuan to the study in the west room. The other two girls left the main room first, and Xinyi carefully closed the door.

Zhu Yuan came to the desk and sat down, spread out the pen and paper, and looked at the girl standing beside him.

Luo Shui wore a deep red embroidered jacket and skirt today. Even if it was winter clothes, she still looked slender. Her fair oval face was slightly powdered and her hair was tied in a bun. Feel.

With this temperament, if she changed her gauze in summer, she would definitely be able to perform "Luo Shen Fu".

Beautiful people are always pleasing to the eye, Zhu Yuan looked at him for a while before finally speaking.

He opened his mouth, then stopped again.

How to say?
Tell me about your ex-husband?
It feels a little weird to think about it.

Luo Shui lowered his eyes quietly and let Zhu Yuan look at him, until he realized that the little official was hesitating to speak, finally raised his head slightly, and looked over with bright eyes with long eyelashes: "Young official, I want to ask about the slave's past. something?"

Zhu Yuan nodded: "Tell me."

Luoshui is not shy or weird, and said softly: "The former master's family name is Liu, and he is a taboo, and he is from Wu County under Pingjiang Road. He once participated in the imperial examination of the Yuan court and won the Jinshi. , and later resigned because he couldn't bear to be squeezed out by the Yuan court. The Zhang family invited Liu to be an official in Pingjiang, but declined. However, the Liu family is a big family in Wu County, living under the Zhang family, and they cannot help being attached. There was no war. Later, the wealthy people moved to Linhao, and the Liu family was saved from dumping all their family property, so they moved to Jinling. The Liu family's widow sold the slaves for a living."

Zhu Yuan originally planned to memorize it, but Luo Shui's speech was not fast, but it was still faster than his writing speed, so he gave up.

After Luoshui finished speaking, Zhu Yuan was a little curious about one of the points: "How do you do it when you move to the rich and the people are actually in Linhao?"

This question was a bit off track, Luo Shui paused, and then said: "Not all the rich people in Pingjiang, who only depend on the Zhang family, have no family property, and move to Linhao for farming, which is no different from being distributed."

Zhu Yuan understood.

It is conceivable that there is too much room for manipulation.

Just one, who is attached to the Zhang family.

What counts as attachment?

You can't just pay taxes to Zhang Shicheng, you can count it as an attachment, right?

However, if you really use this reason to say that you are attached, what can you do?
Then the Liu family went bankrupt.

Skipping this topic, Zhu Yuan looked at Luo Shui: "Do you still have family?"

Luo Shui shook his head: "I was abducted. I don't remember where my hometown is or how old I was at that time. Afterwards, I was sold several times. Only when I came to Liu's place did I settle down."

Zhu Yuan curled the corner of his mouth: "So, you are not necessarily 25 years old?"

Luo Shui's eyes finally dodged, and he bowed his head and said, "I was trained by an aunt in Pingjiang for five years. When I sold it to Liu, the aunt said that I was 13 years old, and my age was calculated from then on."

Seeing Luo Shui's rare guilty conscience, Zhu Yuan stopped teasing her.

Obviously, age is always a sensitive point for women.However, different times have different sensitivities.Now that a woman is over twenty, that's when Huang Huadie will be worried tomorrow.

Not surprisingly.

According to the general saying of later generations, the average life expectancy of the ancients was only about 30 years old.

Since he had no family members, Zhu Yuan didn't think about other problems for a moment, so he said, "Go out and let Qingqiu in."

After Luoshui left, Zhu Yuan wrote down a name on the paper, intending to ask Zhao Xu and the others to confirm it later.

Qingqiu quickly entered the door.

The woman wore a light green jacket and skirt today. Frankly speaking, the quality of the clothes was much worse than that of Luoshui. From the hairpin ring on the head to the necklace around the waist, Luoshui was full of delicacy, while Qingqiu, even The treatment here between the two is the same, but it gives Zhu Yuan an inexplicable sense of restraint.

Feeling cautious throughout the day.

However, Qingqiu's advantage is that this skin is really overhanging, the curves that can't be covered by winter coats and skirts, combined with the charming face with a pointed chin, so that Zhu Yuan didn't hold back at that time, and directly took "Shan Hai Jing" "In the Nine-Tailed Fox's residence, she was renamed.

Seeing Zhu Yuan looking at himself silently, and then thinking about what he heard the little officials ordered them to do before, Qingqiu unconsciously began to pinch the hem of the skirt with one hand, shaking his body slightly, wanting to kneel down, and then Don't dare, the head hangs lower and lower.

This is indeed a small psychological offensive by Zhu Yuan.

After a while, Zhu Yuan said, "What are you guilty of?"

Qingqiu grabbed the hem of the skirt with his little hand, shook his head subconsciously, and said in a voice like a mosquito, "Slave, I don't have a guilty conscience."

Zhu Yuan curled the corner of his mouth: "Oh, I was wrong, change another one, what are you afraid of?"

Qingqiu finally couldn't hold it anymore, and limply slumped on the ground, thinking about her age, thinking about the hostility that Lu Bai always had towards her, thinking about how she was always ranked behind four women no matter what she did, she finally sobbed Get up, kneel on the ground and stutter: "Young official, I... It's not that I want to lie to the little officials, it's they who forced me to say that I am 27, I... I'm already 31, and I have a daughter , has a daughter..."

Zhu Yuan: "..."

I thought I forced out a female spy, so you just tell me this?

After moaning for a while, Zhu Yuan finally heard a simple story.

A rich man from the Gao family on Dongchang Road in Shandong had no children, so he took Qingqiu as his second wife. As a result, Qingqiu only gave birth to one daughter for many years.

Because of the war, the Gao family sold their properties and moved to Jinling.

Just last year, a concubine raised by the rich man finally gave birth to a son for him. The concubine's mother dared not challenge the position of the main wife because of her son, but insisted on the rich man sending Qingqiu away before moving into Gao's mansion. The son recognizes the ancestor and returns to the clan.

It just so happens that the main wife has been wary of being jealous of Qingqiu for many years, and the rich man didn't stand up to the internal and external disturbances.

When Qingqiu, who had been afraid to get up, finally finished speaking, Zhu Yuan thought for a while and asked, "Do you want your daughter to come here?"

Qingqiu paused, she didn't expect her petty official to ask this question, she wanted to shake her head, but she didn't dare to shake her head for fear of Zhu Yuan's opinion. Don't kiss me...don't kiss me."

After a while, Zhu Yuan realized that it was probably Jia Tanchun's kind.

This is a fucking failure!
However, Zhu Yuan couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth again: "Gao Cha, does this look like a girl's name? It's too careless."

"Gao's has a tea business..." Qingqiu explained, then shook his head and added: "Tea lady, it's not called high tea, it's called green tea, I...then... he, he said, green tea is elegant."

Zhu Yuan: "..."

You might as well not explain it!

Without asking any further questions, Zhu Yuan said directly: "I'll ask someone to bring your daughter here, and I'll kiss you after spending more time with her. Most importantly, I changed her name, what a broken name."

Qingqiu didn't dare to refute, but just hummed lightly.

With Zhu Yuan's current status, it is a one-sentence matter to fight for the custody of the child from an ordinary wealthy family for the woman around him, and the worst is to lose some money.

Putting this aside, Zhu Yuan asked, "Do you have any relatives in your hometown?"

Qingqiu nodded: "I have one older brother, two younger brothers, and some uncles. It's just that... I moved to Jinling six years ago, and I have no contact with him anymore."

Zhu Yuan was surprised again.

So many natal families are still being bullied like this?

However, look at Qingqiu's temperament, who do you bully if you don't bully?

What's more, they are thousands of miles apart.

In this day and age, most people have never traveled hundreds of miles in their entire lives, and they are separated by thousands of miles, so they will almost never see each other in their entire lives.

Thinking again of what the matchmaker said that day, although it was obvious that there were a lot of lies, there must be some truth.Zhu Yuan tentatively asked: "I remember, your father was a Confucian scholar?"

Qingqiu nodded: "Father used to teach in the government school, and also served as a teacher for the son of Dalu Huachi in Dongchang Prefecture. The slave knowledge was taught by my father."

Zhu Yuan felt that he had heard the term 'Dalu Huachi' several times these days, and it would occasionally flash in his memory of his previous life, so he asked curiously, "What is Dalu Huachi?"

Qingqiu looked up, seemed surprised that Zhu Yuan didn't even know Daluhuachi, and quickly avoided his eyes, saying: "Yuan court has set up Daluhuachi in every prefecture and county, and the official word is translated as 'guardian' , in charge of the local military administration.”

Having said that, Qingqiu added: "Daluhuachi is only awarded to Mongolians and Semu people."

Zhu Yuan understood.

Simply put, according to the logic of nomads, Daruhuachi is similar to a tribal leader.

Skipping this topic, Zhu Yuan continued: "Is your father still alive?"

After I finished speaking, I felt like I was asking too much.

The woman said it just now, and there is only one older brother and two younger brothers left.

Sure enough, Qingqiu shook his head: "My father... passed away 12 years ago, and my mother also went with my father back then."

Zhu Yuan changed the subject and asked, "Have your brothers ever read?"

"I've read it," Qingqiu said, "My brother once worked as an official in the Jinan Mansion. Later, before his father passed away, he told me that the world was becoming more and more chaotic, so he asked my brother to resign from his job and return to his hometown to work in agriculture. He also said that the dynasty would change. , let the two younger brothers not go to the imperial examination, and wait until the new dynasty is changed."

A wise man.

Or also limited.

After all, you can guess your parents by looking at your daughter, not to mention being a teacher all your life.

Zhu Yuan commented a few words in his heart, and was about to continue when he remembered another thing: "Where is Dongchang exactly?"

When these words came out, Qingqiu's charming face like disaster water also became a little bit confused, and he said after a while: "I only know that if you go to Jinan, you have to go northeast, about two hundred miles away."

To the northeast, that is in Luxi.

Lucy.

According to the progress of the Northern Expedition, it happened to hit Luxi now.

Glancing at Qingqiu, Zhu Yuan said, "According to what you said, there should be a war over there."

Qingqiu suddenly looked worried, and then looked at Zhu Yuan with some hope.

Zhu Yuan sighed, and said, "I'll make up another letter to see if I can bring your family over."

If Qingqiu's three brothers have all studied, they are the manpower he needs.

It's just that, compared to Yizhou, the hometown of the two freehand girls, which has long been pacified, it's hard to say whether Dongchang can receive people.

(End of this chapter)