Chapter IX Management of the House
Zhang Nan finally found the house that Li Er gave him, but it was not difficult to find. After all, Liu Bing had already hung the plaque with the word "Zhang Mansion" on it. Although Zhang Nan did not know the traditional Chinese characters written in regular script in ancient times, he still knew his surname.
Moreover, the old servant at the door recognized him, which made him even more convinced that this was his house.
"Master, Su Wen is the housekeeper whom Lord Liu arranged in Zhang's mansion." The old servant saw that Zhang Nan had already walked to the gate and quickly met him and said.
Zhang Nan nodded and asked curiously: "So many people, how did you know that I am Zhang Nan?" Zhang Nan said to Su Wen.
"The master is joking. Although I am a little older, my eyes are quite good. I am afraid that there will be no second person in the entire Chang'an City in this dress." Su Wen also smiled.
After hearing this, Zhang Nan looked at his clothes and had been in the Tang Dynasty for a while, but he still had this modern casual style. Indeed, he could not find a second one in Chang'an City.
"Okay, but in the future, don't always call yourself the old servant in front of me, so I won't be used to it." Zhang Nan really can't get used to it. After all, Zhang Nan came from a modern society where everyone is equal, and Zhang Nan couldn't accept a person he should call himself an old servant in front of him.
"But I am a servant, so I can only call myself that." Su Wen was also a little embarrassed, after all, his identities were different.
"No, I can't call myself a servant or a slave," Zhang Nan had to say when he saw Su Wen's persistence.
"You go and call out everyone in the mansion, I have something to say."
"Yes, I'll do it now." After Su Wen said that, he went to various places in the mansion to notify other servants.
Zhang Nan finally had the opportunity to see his own house. Standing in the yard, it was hard for Zhang Nan to imagine that he was worried about his livelihood not long ago. Now he has a house and is a big house that can be entered and exited several times. It really made Zhang Nan sigh that it is good to travel through time. Although it has come to the ancient times when there is a shortage of supplies and entertainment, Zhang Nan has the confidence to make it as convenient as it is in the modern world. After all, Zhang Nan is still a man with a systematic approach.
Just as Zhang Nan stood in the yard and sighed at the impermanence of the world, Su Wen had already gathered all the servants in the mansion.
"Master, everyone is here." Su Wen walked to Zhang Nan who was looking up at the sky and said.
Only then did Zhang Nan realize that there were already people standing in front of him.
"Wow, so many people." Zhang Nan saw that there were nearly thirty people standing in front of him. Thinking that these thirty people were just to serve him, he couldn't help but sigh at the benefits of the evil feudal society.
"Okay, let me tell you, your master, I am quite casual and don't like common etiquette. I am most ashamed of others calling myself a slave, but Lao Su just didn't want to do so, so I think your thoughts of being inferior to others have penetrated into the bones. How can you end this idea?" Zhang Nan said this, not talking further, but said to Su Wen.
"Old Su, you all have slaves, right?"
"When I say to the master, the thirty-one people present are all slaves, but they are all legal slaves, with official certificates." Su Wen lowered his head and said.
"Okay, go and take out all those certificates." After Zhang Nan said that, although Su Wen didn't know what his master wanted to do, he still went to get a slave.
Seeing Su Wen go to get the slave family, Zhang Nan said to the other servants: "Who can tell me how you got slave family?"
Everyone heard Zhang Nan’s question, look at me, look at you, but didn’t understand what Zhang Nan meant to ask this sentence, and didn’t dare to say it for a while, for fear of making Zhang Nan unhappy.
Looking at the people who dared not speak, Zhang Nan couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. It seemed that there was still a long way to go to instill the idea of equality in them.
Su Wen quickly took all the certificates of everyone and handed them over to Zhang Nan.
"Master, thirty-one people are present, and all the servants' certificates are here." Su Wen said and stepped aside.
"Okay, I tell you, Master, I don't like common etiquette, nor do you like to call yourself slaves or other things, so." After Zhang Nan finished speaking, he tore up the slave with the official seal in his hand and threw it to the ground.
"I want you to know that you are people who make a living by relying on your own labor. This is nothing. This is normal. From now on, you are free people and no longer slaves. You will not be unable to get a penny when working here. I will give you a certain amount of money every month so that you can support your family." After Zhang Nan said that, he felt that his image was much taller, not to mention these people who had just left their slaves.
For a moment, all the servants in the yard were stunned.
Su Wen was the first to react, and immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, sir, thank you." The feelings were sincere, without any pretentiousness.
Everyone realized that what they had just experienced, they all knelt down, kowtowed to Zhang Nan, and cried while kowtowing. Zhang Nan saw this scene and said, "I forgot to tell you that I am not allowed to kneel down to me. Just say hello when I see me." After Zhang Nan finished speaking, he felt that Su Wen was being helped up, kidding, and letting such an old man kneel down, Zhang Nan was still afraid that he would lose his life.
"Okay, call you here for this matter. Now you all work hard to go. Lao Su, come with me, I will explain some things to you." After Zhang Nan said that, he raised his legs and walked into the hall.
However, after entering the hall, Zhang Nan was shocked again. In the huge hall, there was not even a decent furniture, let alone furniture, there was not even a place to sit.
"System, check it out for me, how did the people of the Tang Dynasty sit?"
"The host question was detected and is searching, please wait."
"It has been found that the ancients sat on the ground, and the room was mainly bedded, with mats on the ground; later, furniture such as screens, tables, and tables appeared. The beds were both bedding and seating tools, and on this basis they were born into beds. In the Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, and Wei periods, there were no changes, and there were benches and tables, but they were not mainstream. Until the Han Dynasty, Hu beds entered the Central Plains, and by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, high-type seating tools appeared one after another, and sitting with feet began to become popular. The resting form was still in parallel in the Tang Dynasty. High tables, chairs, stools, etc. had been used by many people, but sitting on the ground was still a daily habit of many people."
After listening to the system's explanation, Zhang Nan couldn't help but hold his forehead.
"System, change me two Grand Master Chairs."
"Confirm, two Taishi Chairs and ten points, whether to exchange them."
"exchange."
Two Grand Master Chairs immediately appeared in the empty hall.
"Master, this..." This was the first time Su Wen saw Zhang Nan exchange things, so he was very surprised.
"No need to ask more, Lao Su, you can find someone who can do wooden jobs first, and follow this chair and make ten moves for me."
Su Wen is a good servant. Zhang Nan didn't say much, and he didn't ask much, so he immediately went to find someone who could live in Musheng. Zhang Nan looked at Su Wen who was out, and sat on the newly exchanged Grand Master's chair. He took the white water handed to him by another maid, took a sip, and couldn't help but say to himself: "Zhang Nan, you are such a great charity."
Chapter completed!