Chapter 6: Fierce Competition
Three days later, when Jiang Chengfeng got up in the morning, he found the bed next to him empty, with the bedding neatly folded. There was a note under the purple clay teapot that Uncle Wu often used to drink tea. Needless to say, Uncle Wu was gone.
Sighing, Jiang Chengfeng picked up the note, glanced at it, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
According to Uncle Wu's opinion, he could not use the name Jiang Chengfeng. Uncle Wu gave him the old-fashioned name of Dazhu and told him to attend the job fair for Shen family servants on time.
Jiang Chengfeng was very depressed. Isn't it just to be a servant? Why do I have to attend a job fair? Is it possible that the competition for servants is very fierce these days?
But then he thought about it, this was the job Uncle Wu found for him, so Jiang Chengfeng felt relieved. After all, if he left Uncle Wu, he would have a problem even eating.
But Jiang Chengfeng is injured now, so even if he wants to attend a job fair, he has to wait until he recovers.
With nothing to do, Jiang Chengfeng lay down again, staring at the thatched hut above his head with wide eyes.
The thatched hut left by Uncle Wu was not big. Apart from two small beds, a wardrobe and a bookcase, there was no other furniture in the hut.
Unable to sleep, Jiang Chengfeng got up and looked through Uncle Wu's bookcase. He found that the collection of books was quite rich, and there were even many secret books from the palace. He thought that they must have been stolen by Uncle Wu in the past!
By studying these books, Jiang Chengfeng discovered something very interesting. That is, after the Qin Dynasty, there was not the Han Dynasty, but the Three Kingdoms period, which lasted for more than 300 years. In the end, Cao Cao became the emperor, but there was no Hua Tuo during the Three Kingdoms period, which also explained why Uncle Wu didn't know about Ma Fei San before.
Later, hundreds of years later, Li Gong established the Northern Tang Dynasty, and before the Northern Tang Dynasty was the Great Song Dynasty, and this Great Song Dynasty was actually similar to the Ming Dynasty of ancient China.
Jiang Chengfeng was confused.
Yes, he was indeed confused. How could the history of this era be so chaotic? It completely overturned his cognition.
Two days later, Jiang Chengfeng found that the wound on his left shoulder had healed, leaving only a shallow scar, and his body had almost recovered.
So, he decided to attend the Shen family's servant recruitment fair today.
After going out, Jiang Chengfeng did not rush to the Shen family, but took a walk on the street, breathing the fresh air without haze in ancient times. However, there were not many pedestrians on the street at this time, only a few peddlers were rushing to make a living.
Afterwards, Jiang Chengfeng found a breakfast stall, drank a bowl of pure natural soy milk, ate two meat buns, left five big coins and left.
Although it has been a while since he came to Huayang City, Jiang Chengfeng has never been there. At most, he has been to Bibo Lake once, and was stabbed by that little bitch. When he thought of this, Jiang Chengfeng wanted to take off the pants of that little bitch and spank her.
Just as Jiang Chengfeng was about to find a passerby to ask about the location of the Shen Mansion, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind.
Jiang Chengfeng turned around and saw a short man with a wretched face. He smiled and shook a booklet in his hand and said, "Brother, do you want to attend the Shen Mansion's servant recruitment fair? This is the recruitment fair guide, which comes with a map of Huayang City. It only costs six copper coins!"
"don't want!"
"Then it's five copper coins, no lower!"
"don't want!"
"Alright, alright! Four copper coins is already the cost price!"
Jiang Chengfeng suddenly stopped and turned around, holding out three fingers, "Only three copper coins, sell it if you want!"
The wretched man was stunned for a moment, and Ruby, who was behind him, looked even uglier than if she had eaten a fly. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "Okay! Three is three! First business today, let's have a good start! But buddy, you can't tell anyone else..."
Without waiting for the wretched man to finish speaking, Jiang Chengfeng stuffed three copper coins into his hand, snatched the booklet and started flipping through it.
"These days, do you have to attend a job fair to be a servant?" Jiang Chengfeng asked with a frown as he flipped through a brochure.
The wretched man chuckled, "If it was in other families, it would be unnecessary! But the Shen family is different! The Shen family is one of the most powerful families in Huayang City, and the treatment of the servants is very good! The lowest third-class servants have a monthly salary of two taels of silver, and the second and first-class servants are even higher!"
"Also, the number of people who applied for the job in the past two days is at least 200 if not 300! Even some educated people applied!"
"Will all educated people apply for the job?" Jiang Chengfeng was very surprised.
He knew that scholars of this era had a high social status. If you passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, most people would address you as "Scholar Master". Moreover, scholars of this era were very self-righteous and regarded themselves as disciples of Confucius, disdaining to associate with money.
The wretched man glanced around, then mysteriously pulled Jiang Chengfeng to an empty corner and whispered, "Little brother, let me tell you the truth! These scholars went to the Shen family to be servants, not for the salary, but for eldest lady of the Shen family!"
"What?" Jiang Chengfeng looked puzzled.
"Hehe! Since the death of the head of the Shen family, there are only three people left in the Shen family, namely Old Madam Shen and her widow! And the Shen family's business is managed by the eldest daughter of the Shen family. If we can get the eldest daughter of the Shen family, then the Shen family will be in our pocket, right?"
After hearing what this wretched man said, Jiang Chengfeng immediately understood.
No wonder these scholars are so enthusiastic, they want to gain both money and beauty!
After a brief pause, Jiang Chengfeng asked again, "What is the appearance of this Miss Shen?"
The wretched man shook his head, "I really don't know about that! Miss Shen rarely goes out, and even when she goes out, she usually wears a veil! But judging from the appearance of Old Madam Shen, this Miss Shen won't be much worse!"
As he said that, the wretched man chuckled and gave Jiang Chengfeng a look that said you understand.
Jiang Chengfeng stroked his chin lightly, thinking that Uncle Wu asked him to work as a servant in the Shen Mansion. Since the Shen family is so rich, he might as well take the opportunity to make some money, so that his brother would not condescend to be a servant in vain!
Thinking of making money, Jiang Chengfeng's eyes swept across the wretched man beside him, and suddenly a plan came to his mind. He smiled and said, "Uncle, in fact, in my opinion, although you work very hard, you still lack a little bit of business skills!"
The wretched man was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean, sir?"
Jiang Chengfeng smiled, glanced around, and then grabbed a young man in coarse linen clothes and said with a smile: "Hey, young man, I have a guide to applying for the position of Shen's servant. I spent six cents to buy it! Now you don't want it anymore, so I decided to sell it to you for five cents. How about it?"
The young man picked up the guide, flipped through it, and then held up four fingers, "Four cents at most, not a cent more !"
Jiang Chengfeng "hesitated" for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! Four cents is four cents, just consider it as making a friend!"
Holding the four coins, Jiang Chengfeng walked up to the wretched man with a smile and shook the four coins, " Uncle do you understand the reason?"
"Oh! I didn't expect that you are so good at business!" The wretched man gave a thumbs up.
