Chapter 132: Grand Spectacle

Leaving behind Lin Songbao, whose life had been changed, Liang Qu returned home, took all his savings, mounted Chishan, and rushed to the largest market in Pingyang County.

"Take a look, take a look, porcelain from the Imperial Capital, buy it and you'll have face!"

"Milk curd, milk curd with milk and brown sugar!"

"Cloud brocade, top-grade cloud brocade, buy it and make a dress for your wife."

In the market, Liang Qu shuttled through the crowd. He led Chishan, followed by two porters.

You only need to spend three copper coins to hire a strong man to help carry various things for an hour, and for two more, they can send them to the employer's home.

If it were the original Pingyang Town, such a profession would never appear, or rather, very rarely.

Truly wealthy families all have servants to purchase, and the poor are reluctant to spend this money. Only slightly wealthy families will use it, and doing this work would lead to starvation.

Nowadays, the population is large enough, and there is a considerable market. If you have a good eye, you can earn dozens of large coins in a day.

Of course, most are part-time jobs. For example, fishermen come over to earn a few copper coins in the afternoon after fishing at night.

"Wrap up that pair of wooden clogs for me."

"This mirror is not bad, I want it."

Liang Qu picked up a half-height large mirror, clean and bright, and was very satisfied.

Bronze mirrors are actually copper-tin alloys, and the proportion of tin is relatively high. After grinding and polishing, the light transmission is no different from glass mirrors. They reflect people clearly, basically have no color difference, and are definitely not brass-colored.

It's just that after a period of time, it will oxidize and become foggy, requiring grinding again, so there is a job called mirror grinder, who walks the streets and alleys to grind mirror surfaces. It is a dangerous job because the specialized mirror grinding medicine is mixed with mercury.

It can be said that except for the difference in durability, it is almost exactly the same as the mirrors of later generations.

Liang Qu strolled through the market and various shops and bought an extremely large number of items.

Mosquito coils, fire-starting strips, fire steels, brooms, dustpans, raw lacquer, wood wax oil, carpets, toilet buckets, charcoal, bath buckets, cotton paper for wiping the butt, pillows, screens, lamps, spices, sesame oil, lamp oil, copper locks...

This is life.

If you want to live conveniently and comfortably, all kinds of miscellaneous things are indispensable.

After buying everything, Liang Qu let the two send them to his residence, and went to the dental firm in the county to buy some large furniture and hire some servants.

A dental firm is an intermediary. If you want to buy large items or hire servants, it is best to find a dental firm. It is more expensive, but it is equivalent to having a third-party guarantee.

"One for cooking, the cooking must be delicious; one for cleaning and laundry, the person must be honest and nimble; I don't want anyone who has been returned by others."

"May I ask where your residence is, my lord? How many parts of land does it occupy? Do you mind sharing the hire with other families?"

"Liang residence in Yixing Town, three-entry courtyard, occupying two mu and two fen of land, with a stable. I don't mind sharing the hire."

The so-called sharing the hire is for one old woman to take care of more than two families, going to your house to wash clothes in the morning and to my house to wash clothes in the afternoon.

As for asking about the area, it is naturally calculated based on the size of the place.

Asking about the place is also necessary. Hiring locals is the first choice, as they have families here, making it more reassuring to do things.

Originally, Liang Qu also needed a groom to raise horses, but Yang Dongxiong helped solve this matter.

His family has three grooms, and one groom's son is still young, only thirteen years old, just right to be his horse boy, paid by the month.

Liang Qu agreed happily. A groom is a very important job, and you must find someone you can trust. Usually, you have to have a family-born servant.

The dental firm acted very nimbly. The candidates were all in their minds, and soon they found candidates who met Liang Qu's requirements and showed him the information.

Liang Qu looked through it simply, selected four for an interview, and it was almost an hour later when the people came over to discuss and settle.

The two old women were both locals from the original Yixing Market. Liang Qu was very familiar with them, just couldn't call their names. Adding them up, it was eight hundred wen a month, which was acceptable.

The two old women were also very happy to see that it was Liang Qu hiring.

Who doesn't know Liang Qu's great name? He became a master at a young age, and in the future, he will be a great figure who will rise to the top!

The most critical thing is that Liang Qu has a good reputation. The things he did back then, one by one, were all famous and well-known when taken out.

In the middle of winter, he not only provided meals for work but also gave money!

Where can you find such an employer?

Employers pick servants, and servants pick employers.

Such hired workers are most afraid of employers who like to haggle over every ounce. They clearly agreed to only cook, but they insist on counting chopping wood as your work, and don't give extra money. Some don't give extra money, and even scold you, deducting dozens of large coins!

Who can stand this?

Liang Qu is the best tier among all employers that can be seen.

He is generous, kind, and has few family members, and there are not many messy things.

After settling the people, Liang Qu took out two keys from his bosom.

There are many entrances to the three-entry courtyard, but he naturally wouldn't give the keys to the main gate; he gave the ones to the side board door.

"I bought some things and have already sent someone to send them home. You two go help organize them first, organize the stove, and prepare dinner."

Both are from the same town, and both know the location of Liang Qu's new home. They took the keys and went back to work.

Liang Qu, with a flat wallet, declined the maid recommended by the dental agent, walked out of the dental firm, and heard the cheers of the people on the roadside.

Liang Qu looked out and showed surprise.

What a large carriage!

Three huge horses, each four meters tall, drove from the end of the street like a mountain.

Every step taken, the muscles all over their bodies trembled like water waves, and their nostrils sprayed long white steam, steadily pulling the carriage that could be called a mansion.

Fortunately, the street was wide enough; otherwise, this large carriage would not have been able to enter at all.

Liang Qu estimated slightly that the carriage box was at least eighty square meters, with three undulating roofs, and the surrounding treasure canopy swayed with the wind.

Even the wheels underneath were half a meter wide, four on each side, used to bear the immense weight, leaving no traces when rolling on the ground.

Ordinary wood could not make the axle of this carriage at all; I'm afraid even the wood used for production was extraordinary.

Four meters tall, the mountain-like horses moved to the door of the dental firm, and a faint incense smell came from the carriage.

At close range, the carriage looked even more imposing.

Liang Qu's Chishan was just a chick in front of these horses, with such a thick back that one could sit cross-legged on it.

"What kind of horse is that?"

"Answering the Liang official, if the small one didn't see wrong, that should be the Qingzhou Male Blood Horse. The thinnest ones are over a zhang tall. The thick back makes it impossible to be ridden at all; it can only be used as a draft horse."

"Qingzhou horse?"

Liang Qu immediately thought of the Pingyang County Magistrate that Xu Yuelong had once told him about—Jian Zhongyi!

He was from the Jian family, a great aristocratic family in Qingzhou.

Is the one in the carriage Magistrate Jian?

The spectacle is actually so large?

The person from the dental firm on the side also speculated: "The adults from the River Patrol Office and the Demon Suppression Division have all arrived. The Three Judicial Departments should also set up an office point, but they won't have such a spectacle when they come. Perhaps it is the Magistrate Master who has arrived.

Looking at it, it should also be a great figure from that family. I have been to many places and have never seen such a large carriage."

Let alone the dental firm, Liang Qu himself had never heard that people could build such a large carriage.

Materials really change life.

This world has treasure wood and treasure materials. As long as there is enough money, any material strength can be made for you.

Such a carriage, I'm afraid ordinary iron bars could not bear the axle pressure, but it can run stably here, which is unusually firm.

With such a large carriage, what can Jian Zhongyi do inside? ===== CHAPTER 133 =====