Chapter 89 Mansion
The former manager, the second manager, introduced: "The fountain here was dug out when the construction of the place was built. The water pressure below was very high, and it was warm in winter and cool in summer, and it would not freeze in winter. So when designing, a pool was built here to raise some ornamental koi."
The second housekeeper continued: "The manor is surrounded by four vacant military camps, which can accommodate up to 4,000 people. As the guardian force of the manor, in addition to the military camp, there are 666 rooms and 36 warehouses in the residential area and four underground warehouses for ice storage. The largest one is the two white halls here. The big white hall in front is for holding dances and large banquets. The small white hall in the backyard is for private banquets and other purposes."
Several people followed the second housekeeper and found that the rooms here were very tall, but they were all on the first floor, and the rooms were also inlaid with expensive double-glazed windows on the sun. In order to prevent fire, the mansions were all marble buildings, and the imperial capital was located in the center of a large plain.
At least the capital itself does not produce marble, and the marble here is brought back from thousands of miles from the mountainous areas. The cost of building hundreds of houses, halls and foundations is sky-high.
In order to build a pure marble roof and prevent the roof from falling down in winter snow, the roofs here are all pointed roofs and are laid layer by layer with marble bricks. So even if the room with only one floor is only very tall.
The mansion covers an area of about 1,000 acres and is well-green. The rows of tree-lined roads in front and back yards and tree walls more than one person tall have a large amount of private space after being separated.
Considering the price of land that is valuable in every inch of land in the northern part of the imperial capital, although 300,000 gold coins are expensive, it makes sense.
After looking at it, Marquis Susan Raphael said, "It seems that the gardeners brought are not enough. Every day, it takes at least thirty gardeners to prune branches and flower walls."
In fact, most of the 666 rooms in the residential area are prepared for the servants of the mansion. Among them, the main functional rooms such as the master bedroom, the guest room, and the study room, only occupy more than 100 of them.
In a servant's room, at least two people live, and at most four people live. It is enough for thousands of servants to live.
However, cleaning such a large mansion every day is a big project. Fortunately, the maids do things such as cleaning and washing. But it seems that the thirty maids brought are not enough.
Link asked the second housekeeper: "What is our manpower gap?"
The second housekeeper: "The coachman and the groom are just enough. They should also hire about thirty gardeners, about one hundred and fifty maids, and about forty cooks. At least they should know how to make local specialty meals in the imperial capital."
Link: "Do you want to send someone to recruit?"
Second Butler: "No, there is a business that specializes in helping recruit workers in the commercial street west. Just make the interview decisions for the people they bring to stay or not. Each time they use them, they can pay three to five silver coins for each introduction fee."
"Okay, we must fill the manpower gap as soon as possible."
The reason for using so many maids is that the maids are most mobile. Others, such as gardeners and cooks, can continue working in a single room after getting married, but the maids basically quit their jobs and leave the mansion after getting married.
As we all know, the wall-dock maid is not the hobby of Link, a nobleman, and most nobles will do this. As men, even if they don’t care about things before marriage, it is better for women to cook and have children at home after marriage. Otherwise, the ownership of the child will have to be unclear about property rights.
However, some widows can go out to work, but they always have to survive without men. However, this type of old servants does rough work such as boiling water and washing clothes. They are considered third-class servants in noble families. Although they wear more shiny (the clothes of servants are also the face of nobles), they do the heaviest work and get the least salary.
The second-class maid is responsible for cleaning the inner and outer courtyards and bedrooms. The work is much easier and he can also get a salary of dozens of silver coins a month, but he is inevitably pushed by his master at work.
The highest-level first-class maids are already at the level of personal maids. Although they are also maids, they also have their own maids and maids to serve. They are considered as the level of a little master in the back house. If you give birth to a child for your master, you can obtain the qualification to live in a separate house, which is considered to be a raising.
Such a first-class maid can get about ten gold coins every month, which is not considered as rewards from the owner above. This is often the big deal.
There are four first-class maids around the Marquis of Susan Raphael, and eight first-class maids around Alan. When Alan is feeling uncomfortable, Link will enjoy these first-class maids.
The first-class maids around the Alan Ada sisters are already considered the dowry wives of the noble daughter's family. Even if these first-class maids give birth to children, they are the mothers of the Alan Ada sisters. At most, the identities of these first-class maids are the nurses. This is also for the sake of the wife's status as the back home, and it is not a matter for the mother to be noble because her son is noble.
The maids brought this time were mostly first-class maids and second-class maids who took care of their lives. To take care of such a large mansion, recruiting new jobs is an urgent task.
The second housekeeper said, "Marquis, our family has just come to the imperial capital and always has to make a name for themselves."
“How to do it normally.”
The second housekeeper: "Just just throw money, there are still many poor people in the imperial capital. Our family prepares some bread, salt and cotton coats, and distributes them to the poor people in the imperial capital for free in the name of the Marquis of Raphael. According to word of mouth, the imperial capital naturally knows that our family has lived in the imperial capital."
"Good idea, how many copies do you need to prepare?"
Second housekeeper: "The imperial capital has a large population, but there are many nobles who have distributed bread and cotton coats to make a name for themselves in winter. I think our family can prepare 10,000 copies before the end of the year."
"Okay, I have some fine flour here, which is just right for making white bread. Let the chef team work harder recently."
After the whole family entered the new house, they immediately became busy. According to Link's preference, the second housekeeper chose those maids with good skin, good face and good figure in the mansion to be second-class maids. As for third-class maids, they could endure hardships. Anyway, they only paid ten silver coins and bags of food and accommodation a month.
Before the end of the year, the carriage team in the mansion pulled out a large amount of white bread and salt and purchased cotton coats to be distributed to the southern part of the imperial capital. Each person had a set of cotton coats, a large piece of white bread weighing five kilograms, and a bag of five kilograms of salt. Of course, I can't forget to say something when I delivered it, this was the kindness of the kindness of the kind Marquis of Raphael.
Chapter completed!