Lady of the Lord From the East

Worrying that no matter whether her little cabbage would be abducted, Wei Wei hurriedly started arranging the selection of candidates.

She told Felix early in the morning that she wanted to choose some female bodyguards. This is not a lie. She had planned to do so, but of course, in name, they could not be directly used as bodyguards. It was too conspicuous, so externally It's still a maid. Of course, if these girls have other specialties, it's not that they can't take care of other jobs. After all, the capable ones work harder.

Wei Wei finally said that she was going to pick someone, and Qin immediately went to carry all the documents that had been sorted out long ago, and when she came back, she called Felix, Dolores, Butler Barton and Mrs. Nancy by the way. Here comes the master bedroom.

The sleepiness has improved recently, but Wei Wei, whose appetite has increased, is eating today's snack in the bedroom. The fireplace in the bedroom has been burning, and the sofa has been added with a warmer cashmere blanket. She sits on it and covers her knees. One, while eating and roasting the fire, looked comfortable.

Although she still helps Felix with her work, and although the study room also has a fireplace, it is not as warm as the bedroom. Wei Wei is more afraid of people now, so her work place has been changed to the master bedroom, and now she spends most of the day in Spend it in your own bedroom.

Felix, who was working on the same floor, was the first to come over. As soon as he came, he naturally sat beside Wei Wei, hugged her in his arms, and carefully touched her belly, which was beginning to show on her waist. , and the latter also naturally leaned himself into her husband's arms, and his expression became more and more relaxed.

In the winter, there is a self-heating body around, which is really comfortable.

When everyone else came in one after another, Wei Wei said the reason for inviting them here: "From this period of time, these children have performed very well, but I can't get a few people here. You can also take a look and choose if you need it. Order someone to go." The little serfs are all in their teens, when it is easiest to cultivate loyalty, and after another year of cultural and sports training, the foundation is better than ordinary people, she can't use all of them here, put it away It's too wasteful, and naturally it will be given to anyone who needs it.

She looked at Dolores, then at Mrs. Nancy, and added: "Lola and Caroline also need some protection around, Lola, you choose your own people, and Caroline's side will take care of you. Please Mrs Nancy."

Mrs. Nancy bowed and smiled to answer the task. Dolores was obviously also very interested. She hurried to the other side of Wei Wei and sat down, leaning her head over to look at the information in her hand.

The information compiled by Qin is a thick stack of paper, and the information on it is also very detailed, focusing on their character characteristics and strengths. Even children with poor grades will supplement their other hobbies and specialties. , such as being good at housework, cooking, singing, carpentry, etc., and even good at communicating with other people are noted.

Of course, after writing so many strengths, she didn't forget to note some of these children's shortcomings, but if you look closely, they are all innocuous little faults, the ones that can be easily corrected if you spend some time and carefully tune them up, and it doesn't affect their choice. people.

Qin also carefully listed the children who did well in the culture class and those who did well in the swordsmanship class on the paper separately, so that the master could choose someone.

After reading the information, Felix was also a little moved. He usually didn't pay much attention to these little serfs, but now he looks at the information and thinks it is good. Some of the boys are also good to be cultivated into knights. Although his knights are full, but this The numbers are not fixed. In fact, as long as the territory can afford it, the nobles can award as many knights as they want. This is the case with the big nobles. Most of them are counts, but the knights under them are even two of Satinson’s. three times.

And Felix is ​​now taking into account the two titles of counts. For the development of Slot, it is completely possible to arrange another 120 knights there, and this is the goal of those knight servants.

He said to Wei Wei, "I can't tell anything just by looking at the information, so let's call everyone over to have a look."

Wei Wei thought this was the reason, so she asked Qin to run to bring people over.

Qin asked her, "Are those little girls who just got engaged to be called too?"

Apparently she also felt that the girls who were about to get married were not suitable for selection.

And Wei Wei really didn't plan to choose those girls who were about to get married. The castle's rules were like this, and she wouldn't change it rashly, lest the housekeeper would be difficult to do. In addition, she felt that these girls were going to get married soon, and when they got married, she was with herself It is the best time for the husband to cultivate the relationship, and at the same time, he can have a good relationship with the people of the husband's family, which is convenient for getting along in the future. If he is selected, he will have two days off a month before getting married. If the young couple's relationship changes, it is her wrong.

But calling others and not calling them is not beautiful.

She thought for a while before saying, "I'll call them all. Although these girls are not suitable to work in the castle, we can arrange some other jobs for them." There are also many jobs in the manor that need to be staffed. The factories that are too suitable for recruiting people from outside are very short of civilian workers. There is no way, who makes most of the serfs still illiterate. Even if there are adults who are willing to learn by themselves, their time is not as abundant as children, and their learning is not so fast.

Qin heard the words and knew how to arrange it.

She personally made a trip to the collective dormitory of the little serfs and informed everyone to go to the castle tomorrow.

She also specially instructed them: "The castle wants to choose servants, you must behave well tomorrow, do you hear?"

At this time, there were not many people in the dormitory, but the children who happened to be there were immediately excited when they heard it. This is a shocking news. If the castle wants to choose servants, it is still from them, which is absolutely for them. is the greatest good news.

The other children who came back one after another also learned about this, and everyone was excited. Hank, an insider, seemed calm on the surface, but in fact, the villain in his heart was already happy and dancing happily in circles.

That night, the maids in charge of the dormitory took the order and boiled a lot of hot water for them. Even the children who didn't like bathing the most seriously cleaned it up. They all knew that the owners of the castle love cleanliness, so The servants should not have any peculiar smell, and the exposed hands, feet and faces should be clean, and there should not be any stains between the nails.

The soap that Hank bought has become a good thing that everyone wants to borrow. He is not stingy about not borrowing it, but borrowing can be borrowed, but it needs to be paid. I’m afraid there won’t be any left if the wheel is used once, so I want to borrow something to exchange it for. It just so happens that everyone received the annual gift from the castle before Christmas. Although there are not as many as other tired serfs with families, there are quite a few. Gram doesn't want much, just give him a small handful of flour or meat.

Other children feel a little bit of a loss. After all, soap is not particularly valuable. It is obviously a little expensive to exchange for all of them, but time does not wait for anyone. They can only prepare today. The other serfs in the vicinity, but it was already dark at this time, and they were not allowed to go out after dark in the dormitory, mainly for fear of accidents.

Of course, Hank is not the only one who has soap among the little serfs. People like Meng Na who know some news in advance are also prepared, but she bought a very small piece of soap. The girl ran out, and there was more to lend to other people, and the others were almost the same, so Hank had soap in his hand, and he was relatively large.

In the end, everyone who wanted to borrow agreed. When they got paid, Hank had already melted the soap into a basin of soapy water with hot water, and asked everyone to use the cups they usually drink. Do not delay their use.

There is a special bathroom in the dormitory. It is the kind of bathroom with small compartments. It is also divided into male and female. There is a long bamboo pipe above the bathroom. The bamboo pipes are connected on both sides. It flows out from the inside, and the hot water for bathing is poured into a large wooden barrel on a specially built high platform outside the bathroom, and a water outlet is connected to a bamboo pipe to supply water to the bathroom.

This design is not uncommon in newly built factory dormitories. The source of inspiration is naturally Wei Wei. She wants to let the construction team try it first, and then after she has enough experience, she will rebuild a bathroom like this for the castle, which is convenient and convenient. Everyone takes a bath. Anyway, they have more and more bamboo, which is very suitable to use instead of water pipes.

After seeing this design, Pierre began to wonder if he could use this method to supply water to the new city and get a tap water system, but Wei Wei felt that there was little hope.

That night, the children not only took a bath, but also washed their hair. The boys were fine. The hair was wiped with a cloth and dried by the fire, and the girls had long hair. It took a lot of time to cook the fire, and I went to bed much later than usual.

And when most people are looking forward to the next day, even if they are lying in bed and ready to go to sleep, they are talking about it. Of course, there are people who are not very good at ordinary times. They feel uneasy and feel that they will not be selected.

Among them, the girls who are most worried are those who have just gotten engaged and the wedding time has been determined. Many of them perform well and are confident that they can be selected, but this time is too sensitive, which makes them very uneasy.

They are all about to get married, will the castle not choose them because of this? This is what worries the girls who are about to become brides, and the selection criteria for the castle are no secret.

So, will this affect them? Some girls who have already figured this out are beginning to regret it, feeling that the wedding date should not be set so early.

But no matter what, it is fixed, can it be changed?

Excited, looking forward, worried, regretful, all kinds of emotions lingered in the hearts of these little serfs, but soon, everyone fell asleep, and the dormitory was quiet again.

The next day, the castle sent a carriage to pick them all up.

When they reached the castle, Qin, who was waiting in the hall, told them to line up, and then arranged the order of their audience. The boys and girls were separated, and each time twenty people entered the lounge where the masters were, and were questioned.

The first to go in is naturally the group that usually performs best, but what is more noticeable is that a girl who usually performs as well as these children did not go in with them, but was arranged at the very back. If a group of her people look closely, they will find that they are all girls who are about to get married.

This realization made their faces pale, especially when they saw Qin who assigned the order to everyone looking at the better ones with regret.

Hank is one of the first ten to go in. There are men and women in the ten. This time, the order is completely based on his usual performance. Although Hank's swordsmanship is not as talented as his younger brother Chimi, he is still at an upper-middle level. , In addition, his academic performance has always been among the best, and his usual work performance is also excellent, so he can stand in the first group of people, and his younger brother Chimi's academic performance is not very good, so naturally he was not arranged among these people, However, he was not too weak. Because of his talent in swordsmanship, he was placed in the third batch of ten people.

And Meng Na is also a member of this group, and she is even ranked first, which shows that in Qin's eyes, she is the best one.

They followed the team into the door of the lounge, and saw the owners of the castle, the Count and Countess, and Miss Dolores, who seldom saw them, were sitting on the sofa facing them. The housekeeper and his wife were sitting with them, and behind the three masters stood several servants and maids. When these people looked at them, even though Hank knew that they were not all looking at him, the palm of his hand He also quickly sweated from nervousness, which was obviously not unique to him.

When this group of people came in, Felix took the list that the piano had compiled overnight, and began to call people: "Who is Joe?"

The person who was called immediately stood up and said nervously, "Lord Count, you should be calling me."

There is no one with the same name in this group, so it is only him who is called Joe.

The person Felix called was naturally more interesting to him after reading the materials before. Joe was a very tall boy, and he was one of the few strong-looking children among the children. At first glance, he was suitable for martial arts, but he was quite smart. Usually his academic performance is also in the top 20, and due to his excellent performance in the swordsmanship class, he was placed in the current position.

Felix asked him some questions, and even got him a wooden sword to practice a set of swordsmanship. He nodded with satisfaction, thinking that this is a good seedling for the soldier, and maybe he will become an outstanding one in the future. A knight, at worst, can be a good swordsman, so he put a tick in the list and let him return to the team.

Wei Wei saw that he had chosen one so quickly, and also ordered someone from the list: "Meng Na?"

The brown-haired girl who was called seemed calm, but actually walked out with hands and feet, and saluted them stiffly: "Good morning, Lord Count, Countess, Miss Dolores."

Although she was nervous, she didn't stutter when she spoke. She was also a beauty and her aesthetics was very high. At the same time, Wei Wei, who usually knew these children well, didn't ask her anything, but turned her head and asked Dolores softly: " What do you think?" She was asking if she wanted this person.

Although the voice was soft, but no one else in the room made a sound, this sentence was very loud. Hearing her words, Meng Na unconsciously grabbed her skirt.

Dolores looked at the girl who was about her own age, shook her head hesitantly, and said in a low voice, "I don't think we can get along."

She herself is not a talkative person, and this Mengna is also cold at first glance. The two of them have nothing to say for a long time together. If it is someone who wants to get along for a long time in the future, she thinks it is better not to do this.

"Then I'll keep it for myself." Wei Wei drew a circle on Meng Na's name, and they made an appointment to use different marks for the people selected by everyone, so that it would be easier to distinguish who was selected in the end.

Meng Na also returned to the team, but she was shocked and was not nervous at all, because she heard the countess herself saying that she was going to keep her. Thinking of this, she couldn't help showing a cheerful smile on her face, and the other children also He couldn't help but look at her enviously.

Fortunately, they don't have to be envious for too long, because all these children have been left behind. Like Hank, Felix thinks he is a good candidate for secretary, so he will be left by his side to let the original valet. Teaching, after teaching is completed, he can be qualified for this position, and the original valet can also take over other jobs.

Well, the servants next to his master are basically the same as running water, and they will be transferred to other positions in the near future. Who makes the current Satinson lack management personnel everywhere?

A group of children all left with a smile on their faces. After going out, no one else needed to ask, but just by looking at their expressions, they knew the result was good.

The next group of people went in, and the rest went up to ask them, the first people who were called in, to listen.

"Just ask us some questions, remember not to be nervous." Because they were sure that they would be left behind, they did not exclude others from doing well in it, and they answered generously.

Hank even called his younger brother over and gave a few words: "The Earl is also choosing people. I heard him and his wife say that he wants to find some knight servants and learn from those knight servants. You should behave well, and in the future Maybe I can really be a knight.”

The knight attendants also have servants around them. They are knight reserves, and they will also be responsible for helping knights who serve them with younger apprentices, that is, servants. Except for those children of noble families, ordinary knights are similar in the beginning. It started as a waiter.

When Kimi heard the words, he immediately nodded with bright eyes, he must be selected!

Afterwards, Chimi, who carried this expectation, performed very well, especially when he was asked what he wanted to do in the future, Chimi said loudly that he wanted to be Wei Wei's knight, which made Felix very satisfied and let Felix He became a valet along with several other boys of good condition, and was sent to the knights to be taught.

In the end, Felix arranged for most of the boys, some of whom went to study with the Knights, and some who stayed with them to work. Among the girls, Wei Wei chose six with excellent comprehensive evaluation to stay with her, and Dolores asked for four. She has a lively character and good performance in swordsmanship and can be trained as a female bodyguard. Mrs. Nancy also helped Caroline to find a four-year-old who was too young to play with her and protect her.

Among the remaining people they picked, the butler picked a group of servants to serve as ordinary servants. There has always been a huge shortage of servants in the castle. There is no problem in leaving everyone, but there are still some people who are not left in the castle in the end. They were assigned to work in factories. It is worth noting that the more than 30 girls who were about to get married belonged to the last category.

Qin took the list of assignments written by the masters and told them the final result in front of a group of boys and girls. The children who were left in the castle were all happy, even if they were ordinary servants who could only clean up in the castle. There are also more opportunities than those who were not left behind.

The people who were not left and could only go to the factory are regrettable, but having a formal job is also a good result for them. Anyway, they are not directly sent back. They go to farm like other serfs. .

Only those girls who performed well on weekdays and could have stayed in the castle looked bad. As long as they looked at the result, they would know that what they were most worried about had happened.

They missed this opportunity because they wanted to get married.

But no matter what they think, things have already happened and cannot be changed.

Qin finished reading the list, and finally told them: "You don't have to work today, go back and clean up. The people who are left will report to the castle tomorrow, and the others will arrange for you to go to the factory tomorrow."

"Mr. Qin, do we still have to go to the village to teach the children?"

Only then did the children of the little teacher react. Yes, they have other formal jobs. Do they need to take care of the work of the little teacher?

"Of course we don't need it." Qin smiled and said, "There will be other teachers in charge of those children in the future."

Originally, letting these little serfs teach the children of other serfs was only temporary. After all, their own knowledge is actually very ordinary, and they can only teach some basics at most. Wei Wei has long planned to open a school. The candidates for teachers have been searched, and now some of them have been determined. When the weather is warmer and the school is built, these teachers will come to the manor to teach the children of the serfs first.

By the way, the collective dormitory where the little serfs live is actually a part of the future school, but this school is not for everyone, and you have to take the entrance exam. Whether you are a serf or a freedman, you can study if you pass the exam. Their children are not good enough, so no one is to blame. As for the tuition fees, they have not yet been set. After all, they have not been built yet, but they must be affordable for everyone in the future. Two prices. Fortunately, the traffic in Sardinson is now developed. The carriage runs regularly every day. Those who do not want to live on campus and live far away can take the carriage to and from the school every day. Those who are very far away may only need to live on campus. But children outside that range probably won't be specially sent here to study. After all, they will also study schools elsewhere in the future.

Although it is said that a new city is going to be built, the development and education of other regions cannot be left behind.

This group of small serfs were soon sent back to their collective dormitory. Today, everyone does not have to work. They have to pack their things and say goodbye to their friends who have been with them for a year. This mainly refers to those who are going to the factory. Working children, whether others stay in the castle as servants or train with the knights, their daily activities are in the castle, and these children who are about to become little servants will not leave the castle for a long time. Those who work in the factory need to move to the factory, where there are also two days off a month, so it is more difficult to meet each other again.

So far, it's almost gone their separate ways.