Usually, after the Emperor bestowed a residence, most of the servants and maids in the residence were also bestowed by the Imperial Palace, and most of the maids were palace maids.
Some wealthy merchants or large families also spent money to buy slaves or gifts from other officials.
In ancient times, when there was no concept of human rights and equality, it was too common for servants to buy and sell at will.
Liu 'er was very lively. He guessed that she had been selected by the imperial palace in the past and had not been chosen as a concubine, so she had become a palace maid.
She wasn't very old, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her face was fair and clean. She lifted the hem of her dress and walked in small steps to Jiang Yi, kneeling down."I am Liu 'er. Greetings, Young Master."
"Housekeeper Xu, since I've entrusted the affairs of the residence to you, I don't have anything to arrange. You can leave temporarily."
Jiang Yi was not in the mood to chat with these servants and slipped away alone.
However, the ancients all knew that if one became a servant, their surname would have to be changed to the same surname. Housekeeper Xu had to change his name to Jiang Dequan, and Liu 'er had to change her name to Jiang Liu' er…
The ancients were all particular about this.
Before Jiang Yi knew it, the servant had already changed it for himself.
Jiang Yi hadn't observed the place properly after entering the house. Although he had a warehouse in his head, he still needed to rely on some small inventions to establish himself in the Great Tang.
For example, improving grain varieties, manufacturing fertilizers, purifying refined salt, brewing wine, and so on. It would be impossible if he didn't have some real skills.
The courtyard was very big. There was a three-room room that was about 150 square meters next to the back garden. Jiang Yi asked the butler to empty the room and turn it into a winery and a laboratory.
"Steward, whose mansion is this outside?”
The location of Jiang Yi's house was at the edge of a market in Chang 'an. Beyond that was another market.
As mentioned before, Chang 'an City was a city square next to a city square. The city square was equivalent to a modern residential area, and there were roads between the residential areas.
"Young Master, if you go any further, you will reach Chang 'an City.”
Xu Dequan tiptoed and pointed outside."Chang 'an City has a total of twelve gates. This is Chunming Gate.”
Jiang Yi held his chin and felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have asked Li Er for a house outside the city.
After all, there were too many inconveniences in the city, such as farming, purifying refined salt, and so on. This small house was not suitable at all.
Let's make do with this for now.
He secretly took out three to five plastic bottles from the warehouse and asked Butler Xu to sell them in the downtown area for some money. Then, he quickly bought some wine making tools.
No, after drinking the Erguotou, these nobles were like starving wolves. Every time they saw him, their eyes would glow with greed. He couldn't keep taking it from the warehouse. That wasn't a solution.
Housekeeper Xu had never seen a mineral water bottle before. This was a product that no one wanted in the future, but it became a treasure in Housekeeper Xu's hands.
Before he left, his heart ached so much that it was about to die. He had sold it for a total of three hundred taels. What kind of concept was this? It was equivalent to 600,000!
As he grumbled about Jiang Yi's squandering, he sent someone to buy the tools for brewing wine. He bought a bamboo steamer, a few hundred kilograms of kaoliang, and a few thin bamboos.
This thing was very useful. There were no straws in ancient times, so they could only use bamboo as straws for purification later.
The process of brewing Erguotou was relatively simple. Although Jiang Yi wasn't an expert, he had seen enough of it before.
At this time, there was no high-tech equipment like in the future, so they could only rely on the technique of retorting to make wine.
The Jiang Mansion became busy all of a sudden. The servants of all sizes dug the cellar and cleaned the jars. Everyone was busy according to Jiang Yi's instructions.
Unknowingly, the sky turned dark. When the Dusk Drum sounded in Chang 'an City, the city gate had to be closed. Jiang Yi was hungry. The fat boy in charge of cooking was said to have been a handyman in the imperial kitchen. This time, Li Erci gave it to Jiang Yi.
The chubby boy had just entered the kitchen and was extremely happy.
In the past, in the imperial kitchen, there were chefs, eunuchs, and even the palace maid who would slap him twice if she was unhappy.
After a day of contact with the Jiang Mansion, he felt that Young Master Jiang was a very good person. He did not beat or scold his servants and was easy to talk to. He did not have to be bullied anymore.
"Fatty…"
The fatty was picking vegetables when Jiang Yi came in from outside."Come, come, start a fire. I'll cook tonight.”
"Ah?"
The fatty was dumbfounded. There was even a master who cooked for himself?
"What are you waiting for? Come, let me see what dishes are there."
Jiang Yi had just come over from the winery. A few servants were busy setting up the stove. He reckoned that it might not be good even after dark, so he decided to ignore it for now.
"Young Master, you can't! I can't…"
The fat boy was frightened. He knelt on the ground and begged,"Young Master, although this one's cooking isn't as good as those old masters in the palace, but…but this one also knows a few specialty dishes. Please don't chase this one out, Young Master…I beg you…"
"F * ck! What do you mean?"
Jiang Yi was stunned.
He didn't know that in ancient times, there was a difference in seniority. If a master who was on equal footing with the royal family and nobles personally cooked, it was equivalent to stealing the servant's work. It meant that the servant would be chased away soon!
"Young Master, I beg you…"
"Fatty, if you continue to dawdle, do you believe that I will chop you up?”
Jiang Yi couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with him. Damn it, he was really hungry after coming to the Tang Dynasty for so long.
Tang Dynasty's food was really terrible. In this day and age, without seasoning, what kind of dish would taste terrible? There was no chili either. Tang Dynasty's chili was just mustard, Zhu Yu, and other things. It was so terrible that it wanted to die.
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