Infinite Predator of the Heavens

Chapter 259

"However, I have written down all your needs, uncle. If you can trust me, I will help you run these things, that is, that..."

As the dental man said, he rubbed his index finger, thumb and middle finger together.

Tao Haoran knew at a glance that Yaren wanted money for running errands.

He did understand, after all, if others helped him run errands and handle these mundane things, they should indeed be paid for their hard work.

He didn't know the price either, so he simply threw 20 taels of silver at Yaren.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir! You can go back to the house and wait for the news, and I will help you with this matter!"

The dental man grabbed the silver and immediately said with a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Tao Haoran knew that the price he gave was definitely higher than the listed price, otherwise Yaren would not be so happy.

But it doesn't matter to him. When he becomes an immortal cultivator, the money for these worldly things will be as useless as dirt.

So when he spends money now, he doesn't care how much he spends, he only cares about whether he can achieve what he wants.

He came out of the dental shop and went straight back to the house, buying a bunch of locks and keys along the way.

Back at the house, he took out the key given by the dentist to open the door of the house, then threw the lock and key in the gatehouse, and replaced it with a new lock he bought.

Although Tao Haoran bought a big house, he also wanted to be a rich gentleman, but after all, he came from the earth, and that kind of concept and habit hadn't been formed yet, so when he didn't have servants to enrich himself, he would go one by one by himself. The door has changed the lock.

Before half of the replacement was completed, the dentist came to the door.

To be honest, this house is too big. There are five entrances in depth alone, and there are courtyards in the horizontal direction. There are so many doors that he doesn't even bother to count. In a courtyard, several wing rooms and main rooms have to be padlocked, although some have door latches. , but Tao Haoran from the earth still feels that there is no iron lock to make people feel at ease.

"Ah, sir, why did you padlock it yourself?"

Yaren was very surprised, this Uncle Tao really did not act according to common sense.

Not to mention poor handwriting, it's really unexpected to be able to afford such a big house and do such a small thing by yourself.

"No one can force me to hang up on my own, how are you doing, have you found all the maids and servants?"

Tao Haoran washed his hands and asked the toothman.

"The question has been settled. Now there are a group of maids and servants over there, who just meet your requirements, sir, but you still need to go and see them in person, choose them, and finally pay the bill."

said the toothman.

Then the two people left the house together and headed to another Yahang.

Two beards on the road introduced that these maids and servants are all young people between the ages of twelve and thirteen to sixteen or seventeen, and they are divided into two types: buyout and limited time.

Buyout means to directly buy out the other party's body deed. From then on, Tao Haoran, who has mastered the body deed, is the master of the maid or servant. Even if he is lynched to death or is stabbed to the government, he only needs to pay a sum to the government. Just a fine.

As for the time limit, it will be three years. When the time limit expires, Tao Haoran will lose the control over these servants.

With Tao Haoran's attitude of not caring about spending money at all, he naturally bought it outright.

Although he didn't know when he would go to seek immortality and leave the secular world, but right now, isn't this still in the secular world?

Since we are in the secular world, we must live the best life, at least not too bad.

If he just bought the three-year employment rights of those servant girls, it is obvious that these servant servants would have the idea of ​​"after three years, they will change masters" from the very beginning, so they would not treat Tao Haoran that much Treat each other with sincerity.

But if Tao Haoran directly buys out their deeds, then they are Tao Haoran's personal property, and it will be up to Tao Haoran how to deal with them.

Although Tao Haoran is not used to buying and selling people as property, this is the reality of this world.

These maids and servants, whoever has a life contract, is a family member of a former prisoner. Some of their ancestors may rebel, their adults are killed, and their children will be reduced to slaves. Unless they can meet amnesty or get some credit, otherwise, No one can help them change their status as slaves.

Tao Haoran followed Yaren to the new Yahang. When he entered, there was a large courtyard with rows of boys and girls standing inside.

These men and women are all dressed up clean and tidy, otherwise, who would want them to be dirty.

The left side of the first row is full of young girls. Of course, the ones standing in the front row are all pretty, with a moderate figure and fair skin. Although these maids seem to have become slaves and were bought and sold, they should also be sold by the people in the tooth shop. She has been trained and served with delicious food and drink, otherwise, she is skinny and skinny, even if she is someone else's maid, no one would want her.

Tao Haoran made a selection, brushing away those who were too unflattering in appearance, leaving behind twelve pretty and pleasant little maids.

In addition, a servant is also needed. Just having a maid is not enough.

Just having a servant girl, although it looks very eye-catching, but the house must have strength to work, without a servant, how can we let those soft and weak little servant girls do it?Or maybe Tao Haoran can't be allowed to do it?

The little servant Tao Haoran also ordered 12 of them, and they were all handsome, so they were a perfect match for those little maids.

The maids cost 20 taels each, and the servants only cost 15 taels. Under the bargaining price of those two, Tao Haoran was directly offered a discount, which only cost him 400 taels.

"Where's the cook? Is there no cook?"

After Tao Haoran signed the transfer of the contract with Yaxing and paid the money, he suddenly remembered that he had to buy a cook.

However, Liang Shaohu told him that there were no cooks in the dental shop. If you want a cook, you'd better spend money to go to those restaurants or restaurants, and find some at a high price.

Because of their culinary skills, no matter what, they will not embark on the road of prostitution, so there are very few cooks in the dental shop.

After Tao Haoran understood, he had no choice but to lead the 24 little ones back to the house.

There is a plaque above the gate of the house, but there is no engraving on it now. Tao Haoran opened the door and let the maids and servants into the courtyard, thinking that he had to find someone to make a new plaque.

Leading the servant girls into the courtyard, Tao Haoran gave them a lecture in the first courtyard.

First of all, they said that their status and deeds were already in Tao Haoran's hands, and asked them to do their best to fulfill their responsibilities in the future. They were not allowed to cheat and cheat. Once they found someone with evil intentions, they would be sold to remote areas. Or worse, lynching him to death directly!

These maidservants and servants have also been taught a lot. They were destined to be slaves and servants, so they have also learned how to serve their masters and how to obey orders.

After hearing Tao Haoran's instructions, they were naturally obedient and did not dare anyone to resist.

In the end, Tao Haoran nodded in satisfaction, and then selected a few leaders. On the maid side, Tao Haoran chose a 14-year-old girl with the best looks, and asked her to be the big maid, in charge of the rest of the maids. The same is true for the boy.

The maids also have names, but the names are divided according to piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, spring, summer, autumn and winter. It seems that this is a commonly used naming method in the ranks of maids.

Tao Haoran chose Yuqin as the maidservant.

The boy's name was much more casual, and he chose the name directly based on the number.

Tao Haoran chose the leading servant named Xiao Jiu.

Next, Tao Haoran took these maids and servants to walk around various houses. Finally, he returned to the house where he planned to live - that is, the fourth courtyard.

The first three entrances belong to the front house, and the rear two entrances belong to the back house.

There is a long road between the front house and the back house.

Among the back houses, the main house is obviously the fourth courtyard.

Because there are two sets of courtyards on the left and right of the main courtyard in the fourth entrance.

The house is still too big. There are hundreds of houses, large and small. It is far from enough for these 24 servants to take care of two or three rooms by themselves.

So Tao Haoran still gathered people together, leaving four servant girls including Yuqin to live in his main courtyard, and the remaining eight servant girls, four of whom lived in the first courtyard on the left side of the main courtyard. , the four live in the first courtyard on the right side of the main courtyard.

As for the servants, there were no servants living in the main courtyard, and they were not even allowed in the back house. All 12 servants were sent to the front yard by him.

In the courtyard with three entrances in the front yard, Tao Haoran arranged for four servants to live in each courtyard.

After roughly allocating, the time has come to noon.

Tao Haoran was already starting to feel hungry because he was running around.

He remembered that the cook hadn't been hired yet, so he couldn't have lunch at home, but as the head of the house, he was naturally not suitable to go out and buy food for his servants.

So Tao Haoran began to give orders first after becoming the head of the family. He asked Yuqin to order a maid to go to the front house and ask Xiaojiu to take a few people, go out to find a restaurant, arrange a banquet, and pack it back.

Tao Haoran didn't know how much the price of food here was, he was afraid that it would make a joke, so he gave Xiaojiu 100 taels directly, thinking that it would be enough for a table of banquets, right?
Although Tao Haoran hasn't bought new furniture yet, the original ones can be used directly for daily use.

There is a tall tree in the yard of the main house, and there is a deck chair under the tree. It is spring now, and there are only some green buds on the branches of the big tree. The faint warm sun shines through the branches, sprinkled on the lying Tao Haoran's face on the reclining chair was also very comfortable.

If it wasn't for his stomach growling occasionally, it would have made him feel very satisfied.

Yuqin was standing behind him, serving him personally, and there were two maids standing on both sides of the hall of the main house. Tao Haoran looked over occasionally, and felt that his mansion had begun to look good.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Jiu and the others finally came back, but because of Tao Haoran's order, they did not dare to enter the back house, and the food was brought directly to the hall of the main house by the maids.

Tao Haoran washed his hands, entered the hall, and found that the table was already full of dishes, all of which were delicious in color, flavor and taste, including chicken, duck, fish, cold dishes, hot dishes, and fruit soup.

He immediately nodded with satisfaction.

"Master, Xiao Jiu said that this table of dishes only cost 24 taels, and the rest of the money is here." Yuqin held a money bag in her hand and handed it to Tao Haoran respectfully.

"You can keep it. If you have any expenses in the future, just use it."

Tao Haoran sat on the table, and then invited the maids to sit down and eat together.

"Master, this is against the rules. The servants cannot dine at the same table as the master."

Yuqin put away the money bag and said.

"We'll talk about the rules later. There isn't even a chef in the house now, and I can't finish the meals myself."

Tao Haoran waved his hand to make Yuqin and others obey.

Yuqin and the others hesitated for a while, but in the end they couldn't resist Tao Haoran, so they had to go to the courtyard to greet the maids, and they came to the main hall together.

"By the way, those boys haven't eaten yet, so, Yuqin, lead someone to pick up a few plates of food and bring them to the front house, let them eat together."

Tao Haoran watched the 12 maids arrive, and suddenly thought that the boys in the front house had not eaten either.

"Yes, sir."

Yuqin obediently bent down to give him a blessing, then called a few maids, picked up the food together, and carried it in a wooden box to the front house.

After Yuqin and the others came back, Tao Haoran asked everyone to sit down together, and began to eat with chopsticks.

He ate like a feast, and the wind swept away, but those maids ate very reservedly, and couldn't let go of it at all.

One is that they just arrived in a strange place and have a new owner, and two, they all accept the rules of maidservants, how to serve masters and young masters, and generally rich families who can afford maidservants have their own ways. Everyone has their own rules, if the maids don't understand the rules and offend the Patriarch, no one will sympathize if they are beaten to death.

So they ate this meal with a little fear.

But fortunately, after Tao Haoran finished eating, he also knew that if he was there, these maids must have not eaten enough to let go, so after he finished eating, he went to the front house.

When they arrived at the front house, they found that Xiao Jiu and the others were eating happily around a table. Seeing Tao Haoran appear, all the servants immediately stopped their chopsticks, stood up and shouted to Tao Haoran: "Master!"

"Okay, you guys continue to eat, Xiao Jiu. After eating, take two people and go out with me. I'll go in first and wait for you."

Tao Haoran smiled and waved his hands, telling them to continue eating.

After speaking, he went to the first courtyard.

The first courtyard is not small, the entrance is the screen wall, behind the screen wall is the patio, facing the screen wall is a three-bay hall, the left and right sides are wing rooms, and there are gatehouses and ear rooms on the left and right sides of the gate.

The courtyard is paved with gravel, and the corners of the walls are covered with bamboo, which is quite emotional.

Tao Haoran was sitting in the concierge. He thought he would have to wait a little longer. Who knew that not long after he sat down, Xiaojiu had already led the four and five people over.

"You eat so fast? Are you full?"

Tao Haoran was a little stunned.

"If you go back to the master, we are all full!"

Xiao Jiu and the others said in unison.

Of course, in reality they were only half full.

But there is no way, as servants, especially on the first day of serving the master’s family, the master’s family has said that they will wait for them, so if they really sit down and eat and drink slowly, I’m afraid they will be in the heart of the master’s family. , leaving a bad impression, so he didn't have enough to eat, and he also pulled Xiaosi Xiaowu out.

Little Four and Little Five were a little reluctant at first, they were just twelve or thirteen-year-old boys, what did they know, they just wanted to be full, but they were dragged by Xiao Jiu so that they couldn't eat any more.

However, Xiao Jiu was personally appointed by the master as their head, which is equivalent to being the steward of the front house. Xiao Si and Xiao Wu did not dare to resist, but they all had obvious reluctance on their faces.

Then Xiao Jiu explained to them with a face full of hatred, is it necessary to let the master go in there and wait, and we, as servants, can eat and drink here with peace of mind?

Moreover, the master said he was going out this time, so he asked Xiaojiu to name two people and follow him. What kind of opportunity is this? This is an opportunity to show his face next to the master!

Now the master has only promoted Xiaojiu in the front house, but there are three courtyards in the front house. There are cross-courtyards and suites on the left and right of each courtyard. There are so many yards and houses. In the future, the master will definitely hire more people. People, at the very least, should continue to promote and manage among the subordinates.

At this time, it is good to go out and follow the master, no matter what you are doing, even if you are acquainted.

If you are smarter, show your face in front of the master, and be remembered by the master, then maybe you will be appointed as a steward like Xiao Jiu when you turn around, and then your subordinates will be able to manage people.

The little four and the five are very ashamed of what they said. Usually, in the Jiaofang Division and the dental clinic, there are people who teach them to be smarter, but they really come to give people the present, but they still don’t think so. many.

So they hurriedly looked excited and followed Xiao Jiu to find Tao Haoran.

Tao Haoran looked at the three young servants, nodded, and then led the three of them out together.

Tao Haoran intends to find a cook, then find a manager, and take a stroll around the town by the way.

The cook must go to the restaurant to find it. It is very easy to find a restaurant. If you walk along the bustling street, there must be a restaurant standing in a bustling market.

Tao Haoran took the servants to several restaurants, and every time he came to a restaurant, he ordered a table of dishes directly, and the order must be the dish that the back chef is best at.

Then just taste it and see how it tastes.

After all, if you are choosing a chef for your own family, you must choose it based on taste.

If you directly spend money to poach the wall, only to find out that the food made by the other party is not to your taste after digging through, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

Tao Haoran really tastes it, he only eats one or two bites of each dish, he will eat the delicious ones, and spit out the unpalatable ones.

The shopkeepers saw this, and some came forward and asked with awkward expressions. Tao Haoran just said that this was his habit, and then threw a few dollars down, and the shopkeeper just let him go.

As for Xiaojiu and the three of them, they hadn't had enough to eat in the Tao Mansion, but now they came out with the master and faced a table of dishes.

Tao Haoran saw how good they were eating and also took their opinions into consideration.

After all, the cook not only cooks for him, but also for the servants. If he only takes care of his taste, the servants will find it difficult to eat, which he doesn't want to see.

With the comments from Xiao Jiu and others, Tao Haoran quickly fell in love with a cook's skills.

This was a chef from a restaurant called Zuiminglou. Tao Haoran was satisfied with his meal. Xiaojiu and the others also praised it repeatedly, and then Tao Haoran went directly to the kitchen.

Originally, it was impossible for outsiders to enter the back kitchen of the restaurant, but...but Tao Haoran gave too much money.

He directly told the owner of the restaurant that he wanted to poach the chef here.

The face of the boss, just like opening a dyeing workshop, changes several times in a second, and he can perform face-changing without wearing a mask.

Because Tao Haoran directly took out gems the size of goose eggs from his bosom, three!
As the owner of a restaurant, the boss is naturally rich. Although his family does not run a jewelry store, people of his class consume jewelry, so they are naturally no strangers to gems.

But gems the size of goose eggs are not common for him to see. He has to go to Fucheng to see huge gems of the Treasure of Tranquility level in the top jewelry shops there.

And in front of him, there are three such gems that can be regarded as the treasure of the town store!
"Give it all to me?!"

The boss started to stutter when he spoke. In the early spring, he didn't wear much, but a fine layer of oily sweat soon formed on his forehead.

He was really frightened by the battle in front of him.

If these three gems were sold, they would be worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This is probably almost catching up with the value of this restaurant, just to poach a cook in the restaurant, does it take such a big battle?This is simply making life difficult for his mental health!

The boss covered his heart and stared at Tao Haoran, hoping to hear a definite word from his mouth.

"Yes, these two superb gems belong to you, your cook, to me."

Tao Haoran directly stuffed the gem into the boss's arms.

The boss foolishly hugged the gem, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but cheer up, "Okay, okay! The deal is done, don't go back on your word!"

At the same time, the boss couldn't help laughing, let alone a cook, even if he poached all the cooks from Zuiminglou, that would be his profit.

Three jewels!
It's worth tens of thousands of taels of silver!
Oh my god, is this guy really crazy, or am I just dreaming?
The boss hugged the gem, smirked for a while, pinched his thigh for a while, and then gasped for air, not knowing whether it was pain, or because he knew it was reality and was excited.

It wasn't until the boss calmed down that he and Tao Haoran entered the back kitchen. Then the boss formally gave instructions to the chef in the back kitchen, saying that he had been fired, but he was not unemployed, but was hired to work as a chef in Tao Mansion with a high salary. The cook.

"What?"

The cook was in a daze, not knowing how he could encounter such a thing when he was a good person.

The boss is crazy?

Or is this young man crazy?
"Three, three gems! This master paid three gems, and let me set you free in exchange for Zuiminglou!"

The boss said excitedly.

It's a pity that although he said the gem, he held the gem tightly in his arms, without revealing it at all.

This deepened the chef's impression that the boss was crazy.

The cook looked at the boss with a look that even showed some sympathy.

Originally, the boss was a person with a very bright mind, but this time he fell ill, so he became so stupid.

Returning three gems, he didn't even know that he could be so valuable, someone was willing to give three gems to buy his free body.

(End of this chapter)