Chapter 414 Sin Slave
When Mr. Wu learned that his apprentice had won the first and third place, he smiled from ear to ear and felt a sense of relief at the same time.
"Okay! Well done! I knew that kid was special."
He stood in the yard, looking at the waves of news announcing the good news, stroking his beard and smiling.
Mrs. Wu on the side also smiled and said: "Now that's good, Ajie will definitely be able to stay in Beijing."
If nothing unexpected happens, the three Jinshi in the first grade will definitely enter the Hanlin Academy. After a few years of qualifications, they can hope to join the cabinet.
In other words, all cabinet officials were born as first-class Jinshi.
Jiang Jie is so young, but in a few years he will be in his prime, and with the support of the Holy Emperor, it will be easy for him to ascend to a high position in the cabinet.
Moreover, he came from a poor peasant family and did not have a complicated background. He was exactly the kind of talent the new emperor wanted.
I'm afraid the Jiang family will really become prosperous in the future.
Mrs. Wu smiled and thought that if her granddaughter could marry into the Jiang family, her future life would be good.
Chun Niang and Ying Bao were busy giving out the newspaper, and asked two little girls to bring tables and chairs for them to sit down and drink tea.
The servants of the Wu family also helped set up a tent in the courtyard and invited those who brought the good news to sit in the tent.
Yingbao asked the cook to prepare a banquet of food and wine to entertain these newspapers.
We have prepared many dishes at home, including chicken, duck, goose, fish, pork and mutton. They were cooked early today and all we have to do is cut them into plates.
The rest of the vegetables are much simpler, just stir-fry a few to make as a side dish, and the meal is ready for a table.
When Jiang Quan came back with Jiang Jie and Li Xu, people from the Luo family also arrived to congratulate him.
Not only the Luo family, but also the Wen family came. They did not come to congratulate Li Xu, but invited Li Xu to come back to live with the Wen family, saying that he was the son-in-law of the Wen family and should not live in other people's homes.
Li Xu didn't want to go to Wen's house, but someone came and said that Mrs. Wen had personally told him that she must take him home.
Having no choice but to say goodbye to Chun Niang and Mr. Wu, Li Xu boarded the donkey cart with the Wen family steward.
On the third day, the Holy Emperor held a banquet in the palace and invited all the Jinshi who were on the list to come to the palace for the banquet.
Afterwards, the emperor rewarded them with robes, and all the Jinshi rode on tall horses, led by three people in Yijia. The Imperial Guards opened the way on both sides and paraded along the Royal Street.
Jiang Jie was riding on a tall horse draped in red silk and wearing a hat with flower feathers. From time to time he was attacked by flowers and silk handkerchiefs from girls on both sides of the road, and he felt helpless.
Passing by a restaurant, he saw countless flowers and petals sprinkled on his head. When he looked up, he saw his sister leading two little girls throwing flowers towards him, and he couldn't help but smile.
Everyone also looked upstairs and saw a banner hanging upstairs, which read: All seasons flowers and fresh fruit potted plants are half price on the first day of opening.
It turns out they sell potted plants, no wonder.
Looking at the flowers and petals falling down, they are large and small, bright and eye-catching. There seem to be many varieties, and I can't help but smack my lips.
How willing! Almost every Jinshi has been baptized by these petals, and even the Imperial Army and the common people had a few falling on their heads.
However, people walking with the parade also saw clearly that the little lady upstairs was so beautiful, grabbing the petals and tossing them over and over again, just like a goddess scattering flowers.
Everyone couldn't help but glance at the newly opened shop and saw the four characters "Jiang Ji Potted Plants" written on the door number on the first floor.
There were many flowers and potted plants placed at the door of the shop. There was a young man in a white robe, about twenty years old, who was quite handsome. He stood at the door and smiled at everyone.
Someone was infected by his smile, so they walked into the shop and took a look around. They were quickly surprised by the various flowers and fruit potted plants inside. When they came out, they held a potted peony or tangerine potted plant in their arms.
When one person bought it, several others followed suit. In less than half an hour, Jiang Quan sold about twenty pots of flowers.
By this time, the parade had all passed, but the lively crowd was still following behind.
Some people saw the flower petals on the ground here. Although they were trampled into shape, they could still see the difference.
As a result, people continued to go into the store to browse, and when they went out, less than half of them bought potted plants.
Jiang Quan smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and he and the coachman were very busy.
By the time Ying Bao came down from the attic with the wood pills and apricot blossoms, most of the potted plants in the shop downstairs had been sold.
She priced these potted plants quite high, with each pot costing upwards of ten taels. Even if there was a 50% discount today, each pot would still cost upwards of five taels.
All of them were sold!
The capital is indeed different from the county. There are so many rich people here.
"Yingbao, the potted plants we brought are almost sold out. Do you want to bring some more?" Jiang Quan asked.
Ying Bao shook her head: "No, it's already past noon now. When the store is sold out, we will close it and put up a sold out sign. We will bring in new ones tomorrow."
Jiang Quan didn't understand his little cousin's intentions, but he just had to obey. Anyway, his little cousin was so smart, and all her decisions were right.
Ying Bao led Mu Dan and Xing Hua out, went to Yahang again, and proposed to pick a few slaves back.
The manager of the tooth shop already recognized this young lady, and also knew that her brother had just won the third place in the first class. He quickly smiled and said: "It just so happened that my predecessor just sent a batch of good goods, so I will take the young lady to have a look. .”
Yahangli also sells official slaves on behalf of the government. Some time ago, many criminal slaves were escorted to Beijing from various places, many of them were the family members and servants of the remnants of the criminal officials of the previous dynasty.
Many officials in the city were afraid of being implicated and did not dare to buy more of these sin slaves. The only ones who occasionally came to pick out slaves were the aunties from the Goulan House and the Songlou and Dance Hall.
Yingbao followed Yaren to a large courtyard and saw wooden cage-like houses built on both sides of the courtyard.
There are many people crowded in each wooden cage, including young and old, as well as children of several years old.
Mudan and Xinghua instinctively shrank when they saw these cages, but thinking that they were already the little lady's, they immediately straightened their chests.
Ying Bao said to Ya Ren: "I want two cooks, four boys around ten years old, and four maids between thirteen and eighteen years old. It doesn't matter what they look like, as long as they are obedient."
"This is easy to handle. I'll just pick out a few here." Yaren asked the waiter to open the wooden door, and pointed his fingers to pick out a few people.
Ying Bao looked at the ten slaves up and down and asked them a few questions: "Where are you from? Why were you convicted? Is there anyone else at home?"
Most of them answered honestly, but two girls remained silent.
Ying Bao looked at their hands and saw that their fingers were shiny. Although they were covered with mud, they looked like they had not done any work.
"If you don't want these two, get two more." What she bought was a slave, not an ancestor, and she didn't have the time to train someone who was arrogant.
Yaren quickly asked the man to drag the two girls back to the wooden cage. Just when he was about to choose again, he saw a woman in her twenties grabbing the wooden fence and saying: "Little lady, choose a slave. The slave is literate and can embroider. Please choose a slave."
Ying Bao heard what she said, looked at the woman, and nodded: "Okay, you come out and answer."
When Yaren let the woman out, she was trembling and seemed unsteady.
Ying Bao asked: "How old are you? What was your previous identity?"
"Slave, this slave is twenty-five years old. She used to be the daughter of Wei Wanzhang, the Minister of Civil Affairs. She was demoted to a slave because her father was guilty." She murmured in a low voice, with tears in her eyes.