After getting off Tianxiang Tower, Jia Lian led the two girls from the garden to Rongguo Mansion.
Because of the pleasant scenery in the garden, the architecture is impressive. Aqi, the two daughters who were born on the grassland, had never seen any high-quality royal gardens, so even Aqin, who was a little interested in Jia Lian stealing fragrances and jade, relaxed her mind and was full of curiosity after entering the garden. to enjoy the scenery.
However, Jia Lian remembered that he had made an appointment with Sister Feng to visit the garden in the afternoon, so he did not take a closer look.
After returning home, he changed into a pair of clean and smart clothes, and asked someone to clean up a room on the east corridor as A Qi and A Qin's usual resting place. Jia Lian went out again and crossed the courtyard to the east.
After asking about the test results, Jia Lian was not very satisfied. Only more than thirty met the standard.
These people are either really young and strong, or they often run around doing errands and have full endurance.
In short, only these thirty people really met Jia Lian's requirements. Everyone else failed. According to Zhao Sheng, even half of them fell down completely after only running more than ten laps.
These people also include the Zhao brothers.
"Just for these thirty-six people, being able to run for thirty laps at least shows that their physical strength and willpower are relatively good.
Zhang Yong, starting from tomorrow, you will take Feng Fei and the others to test their abilities in bowing, horse riding, shooting, and wielding swords. As long as they are not extremely talented, such as those who cannot draw a bow, lift a sword, or dare not ride a fast horse, they can be incorporated into the Guards, and then follow the previous training methods, intensify training, and strive to be the fastest Time, let them look a little like "soldiers". "
After Zhang Yong agreed, he asked Jia Lian: "Master Hou, even if we keep everyone, it's still not enough. Can we select some more from those who have run more than twenty laps?"
"No, I have already arranged this matter."
Jia Lian wanted to form a personal guard of fifty people. With his current wealth, it would be easy to raise fifty soldiers.
But not in a hurry. If he couldn't choose so many qualified people from his family, he would have to choose from the more than 2,000 people in the Military and Horse Division. I believe that every one of those officers and soldiers would be happy to become his personal guard.
The reason why I didn't consider this before was just because they received official salaries and were not as loyal and reliable as their own slaves, whose wealth, life and interests were completely tied to him alone.
Now that I think about it, he is a bit narrow-minded.
Letting some people with official salaries to supplement his personal guards can also show that he does not use nepotism, which will help win people's hearts.
For example, on the battlefield in the future, if he becomes the head coach, he will not be able to leave all his safety to his own generals.
Only if he can convince the soldiers of the three armies and work together to support and protect him can he be truly invincible.
As for the issue of loyalty, as long as the interests and friendship are enough, it is actually no different from a domestic slave. After all, even if they are domestic slaves, if they treat them badly, or they are blind-eyed, their loyalty will be a problem.
For example, the Lai family.
After leaving Dongkuayuan, Jia Lian went to Mengpo Zhai to find Jia Zheng, preparing to ask him about the next construction regulations of the garden.
He just came back from the garden and saw that there were still many places under construction.
The boy from Mengpozhai told him that Jia Zheng was still at Rongqing Hall, serving Jia's mother, and Jia Lian came to Rongqing Hall again.
When I was passing through the main courtyard, I saw Xue Pan running past the second door in a hurry. There was no one serving him.
Jia Lian wanted to say hello to him, but the other party didn't see him at all. Jia Lian shook his head and ignored him. He found Jia Zheng in the courtyard of the Nei Yimen, had a brief conversation with him, and replied Gone home.
It happened that Wang Xifeng also came back to change clothes, and when he saw Jia Lian, he couldn't help but get close to him.
The couple sat on the edge of the kang, and Wang Xifeng said happily: "You didn't go to the old lady's courtyard to watch the show today, but it was a loss."
"Oh, what do you say?"
"Today, the master invited a troupe, and everyone else was pretty good, except for one of the actors who played both a young boy and a young lady. He was particularly brilliant. He was obviously a man, and he was just playing the role of a young boy, but he didn't do anything to pretend to be a woman. Even the old lady said yes when she saw him, which is really strange.
According to them, they were invited by Mr. Lai Dabang, a well-known character in the capital named Liu Xianglian. "
Jia Lian didn't pay much attention when he first heard about it. There were many powerful people in the capital, and there were many theater troupes serving the noble people. Naturally, there were also many famous actors from each family.
Jia Lian also watches operas, and sometimes he feels that some actors are indeed blessed with special gifts, the kind that God rewards them with.
However, he himself also belongs to the ranks of extremely handsome men. He felt that it would not be too difficult for him to steal their jobs, so he didn't care much.
It was only when he suddenly heard Liu Xianglian's name that his expression moved slightly and he opened his eyes.
When Wang Xifeng saw this, she couldn't help but smile and asked: "Why, do you know him? Could it be that he is an old acquaintance of the Marquis?"
As the young lady of Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng naturally knows a lot about Fengyue culture.
He also knew that many of the powerful children in the capital were lustful. Take the former Jia Zhen and his son, for example, they were famous.
In those years, Jia Lian followed Jia Zhen, so Sister Feng couldn't help but be suspicious.
But as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she subconsciously covered her buttocks. All because she had asked similar questions before after having fun on the bed, but she got slapped on the butt every time.
Familiar, Jia Lian didn't hit her this time, which made her suddenly concentrate: "You really got what I said?"
"Pa~"
The familiar feeling made Sister Feng's arrogance suddenly weaken, and she snuggled obediently into Jia Lian's arms.
Only then did Jia Lian say: "I have indeed heard of this man, but I have never seen him.
But what I care about is not how well he performs in romantic dramas. I just heard people say that this man has a good family background and is quite skilled in martial arts.
You also know that I am forming a personal guard, and I need to recruit some people with clean backgrounds, preferably with considerable skills. It would be good if I could call this person into my personal guard.
You, on the other hand, keep praising this person, but our Second Grandma Feng has taken a fancy to you? "
"Go, you're getting more and more rude!"
Wang Xifeng looked ashamed. This was a characteristic of the times. Women could tease men because it was natural for men to be spendthrift.
But men cannot make fun of their wives. Their chastity is more important than their lives.
That is to say, Sister Feng has a generous personality and is deeply influenced by Jia Lian, so she only has a red face.
After listening to Jia Lian's words, he asked why there were hundreds of slaves in his family but they were not enough for him to choose his bodyguard, and then said: "You are the Marquis now. Since you have taken a fancy to him, you will send someone to recruit him.
It was an honor for him, as an actor, to be favored by the Marquis, but he was afraid that he would not agree? "
At present, singing and dancing in the Wei Dynasty have promoted peace, and culture is more important than martial arts, so the fact that Liu Xianglian has martial arts is not widely spread. Sister Feng had seen Liu Xianglian on the stage from a distance before. Judging from his delicate body, he looked like a gentle and beautiful man, not a martial artist at all.
However, since Jia Lian was talking about business matters, regardless of whether he had ulterior motives, she couldn't object and instead started admonishing him.
In his eyes, with Jia Lian's current status, many people would not be able to curry favor with him, let alone an actor.
Unexpectedly, Jia Lian shook his head again and said nothing more.
Although Jia Lian knew that Liu Xianglian was good at skills, given the impression that he had a close friendship with Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu, and that he was very talented, he only hung out in romantic circles and did not seek fame. He was probably an "unconventional" young man in troubled times. .
Although Jia Lian wants to recruit talents, he does not want to recruit a arrogant person like Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong by his side.
Just as he was about to leave this person behind, Jia Lian suddenly seemed to remember something, put aside Sister Feng's delicate body, stood up and said, "I was just discussing the finishing touches of the garden with the master, and there are still a few things that I need to deal with."
Seeing Jia Lian go straight away, Sister Feng straightened her clothes, with a bit of doubt on her face.
If you have no conscience and rush out in such a hurry, something must be wrong.
So he called Ping'er and said, "Call a little girl and ask her to go outside and see what your Marquis is doing."
Although Ping'er was curious, it was because Wang Xifeng had not let anyone monitor Jia Lian for a long time. After all, I just wanted to see what was going on, so I just obeyed the orders and made arrangements.
How did Ping'er know that Sister Feng was suspicious of Jia Lian and went to find Liu Xianglian.
Wang Xifeng was not afraid of Jia Lian doing these things, but she thought that as long as she caught her sore feet once, she would have something to say in front of Jia Lian, and she would not be so humble in the future.
Humph, the fact that he wanted to marry Lin Yatou was so obscure that he got it over with.
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