The house given to Zhang Ran by the emperor was located on the north side of Beiquejiadi, close to the east and west cities, and is quite far from Dong Zhongshu's mansion. The car took about twenty minutes to arrive in front of the house.

"Hey, Brother Ran, you're back!"

Zhang Ran had just gotten out of the carriage, and Sankui, who was waiting at the door, immediately came up and gave Zhang Ran a bear hug!

Then, Sankui couldn't help but complain to Zhang Ran in a low voice: "I said, Brother Ran, why are you just coming back now? It's going to be dark now. If you don't come back, there will be a curfew in the city! I heard from Ahn that Chang'an City is not as good as our Zhangli, and you can't go out at night..."

"Okay, okay, I know! Am I here to come back!"

Zhang Ran interrupted Sankui's words helplessly, then turned around and thanked the coachman who sent him, and asked him to bring him a message to Dong Zhongshu to express his gratitude... The courtesy should not be abolished. Although the other party was just a coachman, he still had the politeness and respect he should have!

After seeing off the coachman, Zhang Ran patted Sankui's shoulders as comforted, and walked side by side into the door with him.

While walking, Zhang Ran asked Sankui: "Sankui, how did the things I handed over to you before? Have you handed over them all?"

Sankui patted his chest and grinned and said, "Aweng and I are not at ease! This little thing has been done long ago!"

As he said that, Sankui also explained to Zhang Ran: "Actually, it's nothing we can do, because before we came, the people here had already received a letter and had been waiting for us at the door!

We had just taken out the contract to explain our purpose, and several people came up all at once. Before we could recover, they arranged the matter properly..."

"Oh, by the way!" Sankui suddenly remembered something and quickly said to Zhang Ran: "Brother Ran, before you came back, another group of people came to the mansion, saying that he was on the order of the emperor to give you the things that the emperor rewarded you... What a good guy, a whole half of a car of silk and satin, a large box of golden cakes, which shone brightly so brightly that my eyes were dazzled!

Because there are too many valuable things, Ahon is afraid that someone will stolen, so he will move all the things to your house. Now he is guarding you in the house himself!"

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Zhang Ran really wanted to tell Sankui that those were gifted by the emperor and no one dared to steal them! But then he thought that the two of them were kind enough to look at the things for him, and they were frightened and worried. They were worried all day long, and it was not easy, so they forced themselves to say nothing, but just smiled and gave up...

After passing through the courtyard, the two of them came to the main hall. As soon as they entered the door, they saw a row of men and women bowed to them and said, "Welcome to welcome the master back home!"

Zhang Ran looked closely and found that there were only ten people in front of him, so he guessed that these people might be the slaves given to him by the emperor.

Afterwards, he responded to Zhang Ran's guess, and heard Sankui leaning into his ear and whispering: "Brother Ran, I asked clearly just now, the servants given to you by the emperor. Awen and I also took the body deeds you gave me one by one, and there was basically no problem..."

"Yeah!" Zhang Ran nodded slightly, and then said to everyone: "Don't be too polite, everyone, get up!"

"Here!"

Everyone responded in unison, then stood respectfully aside and turned their eyes to Zhang Ran, as if they were waiting for his orders.

Zhang Ran couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable after being stared at by so many people.

However, he tried his best to act like a master and said to everyone: "For the first time we meet, everyone will introduce themselves first! It is also so that I can know your identity and abilities!"

As he said that, Zhang Ran pointed to the male servant in front and said, "Come first, tell me what you did before..."

"Here!" The man bowed and bowed, then spoke carefully: "I was originally a slave from the young mansion. Today I was ordered to come here to serve my master..."

...

After introducing himself, Zhang Ran learned that the servants given to him by the emperor were all official slaves under the Shaofu, and most of them had children for slaves or were guilty criminals.

There were ten people in total, including six male servants, one horseman and one kitchen. The other four were ordinary servants, mainly responsible for cleaning the courtyard and running errands.

The four maids are all maids who serve their master's daily life, and are mainly responsible for serving tea, water, washing and folding quilts, etc.

Among these ten people, except for the older chef, the other nine were basically very young, the oldest was only about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and the youngest was only sixteen years old. Especially the four maids, each with beautiful appearance and graceful figure... they looked very pleasing to the eye.

Seeing this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but secretly said: "These people were indeed carefully selected. It seems that Shen Huanzhe did not lie to me. This money was not spent in vain!"

...

Since it was getting late, Zhang Ran and others had their introductions and let them disperse and did not arrange any specific things for them.

Afterwards, Zhang Ran and Sankui went to his house, met Zhang Meng, chatted for a while, briefly talked about the matter of the Dong family, discussed tomorrow's itinerary, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, just dawn, a maid knocked on the door and came to Zhang Ran’s room with her toiletries to serve him in daily life...

So, Zhang Ran also enjoyed the luxurious life of the ancient powerful people... Of course, Zhang Ran was wearing the clothes himself and did not ask for help...

After washing up, Zhang Ran went to the next wing room and found Sankui. Then he took him around the yard and checked carefully. The emperor gave him the house.

After a while, Zhang Ran discovered that his yard was a typical two-entry courtyard. It was mainly divided into two courtyards, front and back. The front yard was quite large in size and consisted of a gatehouse, courtyard, hall, etc., mainly for reception of guests.

The backyard is composed of a main house, east-west wing room, veranda, etc., mainly the residence of the owner and family for rest. Connected to the backyard is a place similar to a small garden, including stables, woodsheds, and servants...

In general, although this courtyard is not very large in size and cannot be compared with the four-entry courtyard like Dong Zhongshu's family, for Zhang Ran, this courtyard is enough for the family of three and ten servants to live in.

What's more, this place is the North Que Jiadi, and the minimum living area is over 500 stones. It is something that many people dream of being able to own a house that belongs to them in such a place.
Chapter completed!