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Chapter 27 What is the special hobby of a small official?

 "We each get 1.50% of the annual salary." Yaren said again at this time.

"So expensive?" Zhao Yurui said loudly: "Didn't you two join forces to deceive me?"

The fat-toothed man smiled and said: "Young officials are so shrewd, how dare we lie to you? Besides, this is a public price. It's everywhere on the edge of the West Lake. You can ask whatever you want."

Zhao Yurui raised his head and glanced at Zhou Lai.

"I'll go." Zhou Lai turned around and left to ask other Ya people.

Liangyaren looked at it again, thinking in his heart that this little official is not easy to fool, so he immediately cheered up.

Zhao Yurui was thinking about the price of the servants and what he could afford.

It seems that it is quite cheap to buy a servant and pay two to three hundred cash a month. But on the other hand, the master also needs to provide food and accommodation, and some even provide clothes, so the expenses are quite high. If you meet a good-hearted master,

A family, including all expenses, may be more expensive than raising an elite member of the Song Army.

So why do people still come out to sell themselves with such low wages? Because it is better than working outside. Look at Zhou Lai, they used to work in the yamen, and their monthly salary was several hundred yuan. If they didn't have extra income, they couldn't even support their families.

Therefore, poor people will sell themselves and keep food, clothing and housing in the owner's house. If they don't use up their wages, they can support their families.

After a while, Zhao Yurui, led by Ya Ren, came to a place where there was a temporary straw shed to avoid the sun. There were some men and women sitting in the straw shed, all of whom were young, twelve or thirteen years old.

There are some who are fifteen or sixteen years old, and some who are seventeen or eighteen years old.

After Yaren arrived, he immediately clapped his hands: "Get up, get up, the little officials are here."

The men and women stood up one after another, and many of them looked at Zhao Yurui with bright eyes and excited expressions.

They saw that Zhao Yurui was younger and had a kinder face, and the boys and girls were even happier.

"Young officer, I know how to wash and cook, chop wood and water water. If you want me, please ask me." A girl who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, her clothes were in tatters, but her face was still clean, faced Zhao and

Rui waved and shouted.

"You want me, you want me." Immediately a young man also shouted.

Yaren kept waving at the side, encouraging them to recommend him.

Zhao Yurui looked around. Some people were afraid to speak out, while others were very enthusiastic. People in ancient times were generally short in stature. I wonder how many people can be recruited by the Imperial City Secretary with the standard of 1.8 meters?

"You, you, you--" Zhao Yurui waved his hand and nodded at the three teenagers.

These three teenagers were about sixteen or seventeen years old. They were older than Quan Yong and him, but their eyes were a little firm. One of them kept waving to him, very firmly.

Zhao Yurui likes such resolute and courageous people.

Quan Yong saw that the person who was selected was similar to him, and he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Is my cousin too young to be able to fight?" According to his understanding, it is best to directly find someone who is over 18 years old.

Niu Bao didn't understand why King Yi had to find someone who could fight, and murmured: "I can fight twenty of these."

Just come to me, Niu Bao, for a fight. What's the use of being so young?

Zhao Yurui didn't want to explain to them, so he rolled his eyes at them: "Should I pay or should you pay?"

Quan Yong lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Where's Miaorong? Miaorong didn't come today?" Yaren suddenly called from the side.

"The two oxen went to bark."

"Coming, coming." Someone in the crowd shouted.

Then I saw someone trotting over from a distance.

Zhao Yurui clicked on six people, all of them boys. They looked about the same age and about the same height, about 1.6 meters tall. These people had basically no growth. If they kept up with their nutrition later, they would definitely be able to grow taller.

Less.

But Yaren still noticed something, they were all relatively strong. It seemed that this young official really wanted to find someone who could fight.

What is your special hobby, little official?

At this time, Zhou Lai also came back, lowered his head and said something in Zhao Yurui's ear. The two-toothed man next to him turned slightly red.

Zhou Lai asked around and found that the price is a bit different from what the two Ya people said, but the difference is not too big.

Generally speaking, the monthly income of boys under the age of fifteen does not exceed 200 yuan.

Because those under this age will not do much heavy work, and the price is indeed relatively low.

Zhao Yurui nodded after hearing this, pointed at the six selected people and said, "What's the price?"

The fat-toothed man hurriedly laughed: "Young official has a good eye and has chosen the most capable ones among my men."

".." Zhao Yurui.

"Young people don't come here for free with low-ranking officials. Let's make a good relationship and get a fixed price. Each person only needs three hundred and fifty wages per month. If the low-ranking officials are willing to pay annually, we can pay the low-ranking officials.

A discount, only four per year."

The boys all blushed and looked a little excited.

After joining the host's family, the host will provide food and accommodation. This is a net gain for them, and they can also feed the family back. If the other party is willing to sign for ten years, they can get forty guan immediately.

After all, many people sell themselves for the sake of their families, and there are still relatively few real orphans.

"They're robbing money." Quan Yong immediately shouted: "I can beat six of them alone, and my salary is only three hundred coins a month."

Yaren suddenly smiled bitterly: "This is a small one, it's the market price. You can't kill a small official so cruelly."

Zhao Yurui thinks it's acceptable. If you can't give me enough benefits, who will fight for you?

Quan Yong also wanted to say that Zhao Yurui waved his hand to tell him to stop talking.

"Listen carefully, I am not short of money, I have plenty of money, but you want to follow me?"

"One, be obedient, two, be obedient, and three, still be obedient."

Ya Rendao, of course they are all very obedient, so the little official can rest assured.

The young men also nodded.

"Sit down." Zhao Yurui suddenly said.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and there was a dark one in the middle. The tallest boy reacted the fastest, plopped down, and sat down immediately.

Then others sat down one after another.

"Get up." Zhao Yurui said.

Everyone hurried up again.

Zhao Yurui took a few steps back, turned around and pointed at Quan Yong: "Hit him for me."

Quan Yong: ".."

Yaren: ".."

Zhou Lai quickly pulled Niu Bao back.

"Hit him." The dark boy shouted violently and rushed towards Quan Yong.

This dark boy is about sixteen or seventeen years old. He is taller than Quan Yong, over 1.65 meters tall, and he is quite fierce.

But Quan Yong is rich in experience. He grew up fighting in Shaoxing City.

He reacted quickly, sideways to avoid the boy's thrust, moved his right foot forward, and bang, hit the boy in the eye with a precise punch.

"Ah" the young man screamed, covering his eyes, and sat down on the ground.

Three of the other five people also rushed up at this time, while the other two stood there too scared to move.

"Hold him, hold him." The dark boy knew that Quan Yong could fight, so he immediately shouted and stood up quickly.

The three men immediately split into three groups and attacked them all.

Quan Yong couldn't do anything to the grown-ups that day, so he was very proud of beating these teenagers. He easily dodged left and right, bang bang, punched left and right, and screamed repeatedly. The three boys were hit one after another.

Zhao Yurui reached out to Zhou Lai at this time, and Zhou Lai quickly took out two daggers from behind his waist.

"Dangdang" Zhao Yurui threw the dagger to the ground and said sternly: "Stab him."

Now the other three were also stunned, their faces turned pale and they stayed in the field.
Chapter completed!
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