Lin Xuan Qi wasted no time.
After he placed his bundle inside the main hall of the mansion, and took the ten taels of silver with him, he left the mansion to recruit the first personnel into his mansion.
"Think I’ll need a servant girl to help me first," Lin Xuan Qi thought to himself as he walked towards the bustling streets.
He wasn’t good with housework, and it would be best if he got a servant girl to help him with the daily chores.
When Lin Xuan Qi arrived back at the bustling streets, he got to the stall of the plump man again.
"You found the place?" the plump man asked.
"Yes, thanks to you, I’ve found the mansion." Lin Xuan Qi wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "But I need to hire a servant girl, do you have any idea where to do so?"
This wasn’t the world where Lin Xuan Qi came from, so he wasn’t sure where to start.
The plump man raised his eyebrows at Lin Xuan Qi, unsure whether Lin Xuan Qi was playing young master or he genuinely was one.
"For a servant girl, you will need at least a tael of silver. There’s a slave brokerage not too far away from here."
The plump man said and pointed at a black colored building three streets away.
"Thanks so much." Lin Xuan Qi bowed and walked in the direction of the black colored building.
As he walked along the way, he let out a long sigh.
Someone like him from the modern world wasn’t accustomed to slavery.
Being the master meant that he would be in control of the servant girl’s life and death.
It was a responsibility he wasn’t used to.
Lin Xuan Qi repeatedly thought to himself that he would treat the servant girl fairly until he reached the slave brokerage house.
When he stepped forward, his leg froze in the air when sobs after a man’s shouts could be heard.
"Who are you looking for?" The man inside the slave brokerage house saw him and asked.
He scanned Lin Xuan Qi from head to toe, and when he saw how Lin Xuan Qi was dressed, he got impatient, "Leave if you have no business here."
"I’m here to get a servant girl," Lin Xuan Qi said.
The man narrowed his eyes and rubbed his chin. He hadn’t expected that from Lin Xuan Qi.
Usually, those masters would send someone that’s more senior and affluent.
"Servant girl?" The man grinned and said, "You can call me Fei Luo. What type of servant girl is your master looking for?"
"What types are there?" Lin Xuan Qi wasn’t sure what Fei Luo meant to say.
Fei Luo sat down onto a chair with a table beside it.
He poured two cups of tea and handed one of the teacups to Lin Xuan Qi.
After he took a sip from the teacup, Fei Luo said, "There are servant girls that do all the hard labor and there are those that serve the master. If you know what I mean."
He gave Lin Xuan Qi a wink and Lin Xuan Qi gave him an awkward smile back.
Lin Xuan Qi wanted to cringe so hard from what he had heard.
What is it with masters and their servants? he thought silently in his mind.
"My master is looking for one that does hard labor," Lin Xuan Qi said.
Fei Luo twitched his mouth, downed the tea in his teacup, and took the teacup back from Lin Xuan Qi’s hands.
"I got the servant girl for you." He clapped his hands and footsteps could be heard.
"Move! Be happy if you are bought."
Two workers ushered a young girl, cursed at her as they walked out from the back of the slave brokerage.
The young girl glanced at Lin Xuan Qi with her big round eyes.
Fei Luo stood up, walked over to the young girl’s side and said, "Look at her. Too thin to be a tong fang servant."
He pointed at the slim figure of the young girl.
"Tsk. And her face is just ugly," Fei Luo lamented at the young girl’s look.
Lin Xuan Qi raised an eyebrow when he heard Fei Luo.
He saw that the young girl was slim, with slender long legs. And her look with her big round eyes and a high nose, was definitely deemed pretty from where he came from.
It seems like these aren’t positive attributes here.
Maybe they preferred ladies with rounded figures, he thought.
Which is great as Lin Xuan Qi certainly wouldn’t mind having a good-looking servant girl.
"Since it’s your first time here and I can’t get a good price for her as a tong fang servant girl, one tael of silver for her.
"How does that sound to you?
"If you want, I can write a different price for the contract.
"Your master wouldn’t know."
Fei Luo said and gave a wink to Lin Xuan Qi.
Lin Xuan Qi frowned and shook his head, "No, there’s no need for that. Here’s the tael of silver."
The price was what the plump man had mentioned earlier so he knew that Fei Luo wasn’t asking for a ridiculous price.
Fei Luo took the tael of silver and handed the teacup to Lin Xuan Qi.
"Please wait while I write the contract."
He glanced at his workers and they released the servant girl.
Words started to appear in his mind.
[Congratulations to host for recruiting first servant to the mansion.]
[5KG of rice will be delivered to the mansion daily.]
[Keep up the good work and recruit more personnel.]
[System shall be upgraded when it’s done.]
Lin Xuan Qi read the information panel in his mind.
He certainly wanted to recruit more people to the mansion for more rewards but first, he needed to get accustomed to the young girl.
Lin Xuan Qi glanced at her who was now standing in front of him.
He saw that she was also looking at him warily.
"I’m Lin Xuan Qi. What’s yours?" he asked.
"You can call me Xue Cong," Xue Cong replied and scanned him from top to toe.
She figured Lin Xuan Qi was also a servant to their master.
"Here you are, her documents and the slavery contract." Fei Luo came and passed some documents to Lin Xuan Qi.
Lin Xuan Qi took the documents, checked them and kept them.
After that, he glanced over at Xue Cong and said, "Come, let’s go."