Hearing the urging, the woman frowned and said: "I am here, but you have to think clearly, sir. Once you use it, we will not be responsible for anything that goes wrong in the future."
"No problem, call him out."
Chen Kan didn't like to deal with people who were grumbling, even if the other person might be a beauty.
Seeing Chen Kan's resolute attitude, the woman stopped trying to comfort him and said, "Young master, please come in and sit down for a while. I will call for help right now."
Chen Kan nodded, handed the horse's rein to the young man in Yaxing, walked in and found a place to sit down.
The sharp-eyed boy quickly brought the tea. After Chen Kan reached out to take it, he began to look at the furnishings in the room.
After about a while of tea, the woman left and came back, followed by a middle-aged man in his thirties.
The woman brought the middle-aged man to Chen Kan and gave him a bow. She introduced him to Chen Kan: "Young master, this is the eldest brother of the servant. He was originally the steward of Uncle Zhongyong's house, but a few days ago, Uncle Zhongyong was involved in the Jin Dynasty." As a result of Wang's rebellion, my brother has lost his livelihood, and if she were not one of my own family, I would not dare to introduce this little girl to you."
The man took a step forward, cupped his hands towards Chen Kan and said, "Young man Yuncheng, I have met Mr. Chen."
"You recognize me?"
Chen Kan was a little surprised. Is he so famous now?
There was also a strange look in the woman's eyes. This young man was actually someone her brother knew. Could it be that he was also a child of a wealthy family?
Yuncheng said neither humble nor arrogantly: "I have been the housekeeper of Uncle Zhongyong's house for six years, so I naturally recognize you."
Chen Kan realized that he might have found a treasure.
The housekeeper in a noble house needs to know not only the master, but also the master's relatives, friends, colleagues, bosses, etc., and he needs to know them all well, so that he can help the master handle various interpersonal relationships and worldly affairs.
If you want to cultivate such a housekeeper, you can't even think about it without spending dozens or hundreds of taels of silver.
"Okay, it's you!"
Chen Kan made the decision immediately, waved to the woman and said, "How do you calculate the wages and draw up the contract?"
The woman stepped forward quickly, took out the contract she had already drawn up from her arms, put it on the table in front of Chen Kan, and said, "You two need to discuss the wages yourself. As for the time limit, the slave family's suggestion is to sign for five years first."
Chen Kan took a look at the contract and saw that the wages and employment period were blank. The commission from the dental company stated that Chen Kan had to pay thirty rupees to the dental company every month until the contract was terminated.
Three hundred and sixty Hongwu Tongbao a year, which is equivalent to one thousand eight hundred yuan in five years.
It’s less than two ounces of money, so it’s not expensive.
After taking a look at the contract, Chen Kan raised his head and asked, "Yuncheng, right? How much does your monthly salary at Uncle Zhongyong's house cost?"
Yuncheng cupped his hands again and said, "Go back to Mr. Chen. I'm paying five quid a month to Uncle Zhongyong's house."
As soon as she said this, the woman winked hard at the man, meaning that the five-month salary was too high.
The price of rice is now stable at about five cents per catty, and five cents is enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary family of six for half a year.
The annual salary of a ninth-grade official is only sixty shi lumi, which translates to only five ounces of money a month, half of which needs to be folded with treasure banknotes that are no different from waste paper.
And Yuncheng is just a housekeeper who has been implicated by the prison officials and no one dares to use him. Now what if he offers such a high monthly salary and scares them away?
"Five coins?"
Chen Kan's brows furrowed. He gave him a casual reward when he was in Jinyiwei. It was just ten taels of silver to start, okay?
Dongzhu, which was worth thousands of gold, was casually thrown to Shi Wen and others to share.
Even a yellow dog can get a share of one thousand three hundred taels. For a role like a housekeeper, it is even more important to win over him.
Five ounces of money, are you looking down on me, Diamond Chen Laowu?
But Yuncheng thought that his asking price was too high, and was about to speak out and try again.
Then I heard Chen Kan shake his head and say: "Five taels of silver, it's too shameless to talk about it. I, Chen Kan, can't afford to lose this person. I will give you twenty taels of silver. If you behave well in the future, I will add more as appropriate."
As soon as Chen Kan finished speaking, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Seeing the dumbfounded look of the woman and Yuncheng, Chen Kan exclaimed in his heart: "It's so cool~"
It turns out that being a prodigal can be so satisfying, having money is so great!
The contract was made in triplicate. In the wage column, he filled in 20 taels, and in the term period, he filled in five years. Chen Kan signed his name, took out a five tael silver ingot from his arms and threw it to the woman: "You There is no need to ask for the agency fee.”
Then he threw two ten-tael silver ingots to Yun Cheng and said: "You should know my master's house. It is the old house of Puding Marquis Mansion. I will advance you one month's money in advance. Tomorrow, I will see that there is a Marquis Mansion in the house." Look, here’s the key.”
After slamming the key on the table, Chen Kan stood up and prepared to go home. He looked at the contract on the table and saw that it required a certificate from the government to be valid, so he threw it to Yuncheng.
"Get it done!"
Being treated like a prodigal son, Chen Kan galloped out of Nanchengfang City feeling refreshed.
The two people in the tooth shop looked at each other and put away the contract and keys.
A thought came to mind at the same time: "Where did this prodigal thing come from?"
Of course it was nice to spend money, but Chen Kan's twenty taels of silver were not in vain. Chen Kan only told Yuncheng the location of the house, which was the first test Chen Kan gave him.
The contract that required him to deal with Chen Kan was the second test.
If he passes the first test, it proves that he is a qualified housekeeper and has no problem taking care of the trivial chores at home.
If he passes the second test, it means that he has the ability to deal with the government, and then the position of housekeeper must belong to him.
Chen Kan has always attached great importance to how to deal with those close to his confidants.
A lesson learned from the past is a lesson learned from the aftermath. How many people died at the hands of the little people close to them.
As an aspiring young man who has read through the five thousand years of political history in China, Chen Kan would naturally not make such a low-level mistake.
To use a person, you must first shock him severely.
Of course, we don’t rule out the possibility that we won’t feel bad about spending the money we picked up.
After finishing his business at the house, Chen Kan arrived at the Yamen of Nancheng Bingma Division without realizing it.
The Wucheng Bingma Division is not one yamen, but the collective name of five yamen.
They are respectively the southeast, northwest, and middle. Among them, the highest leader is called the commander, the sixth rank, and under his jurisdiction are two deputy commanders, the sixth rank, one subordinate official, and several subordinate officials.
It is somewhat similar to the meaning of the urban regional public security bureau in later generations. The five regions are divided into areas for management and have no subordinate relationship with each other.
Now Chen Kan basically understood the reason why Zhu Di asked him to come to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.
He was asked to play the red face, and Ji Gang played the bad face.
At the same time, a relationship of mutual restriction, competition, and even opposition was formed between Jin Yiwei and Jin Yiwei.
