Chapter 221 Business 1

The next day, Xia Mengning works and rests as usual. Liu Shuang is always looking for an opportunity to go in and have a look these days, but Xia Mengning is not in the garden these days, and the door of the house is also closed.

On this day, Xia Mengning sat on the couch and read a book after lunch. Maybe the sun was too big at noon. When she shone into the screen window, it was a little warmer. Xia Mengning held her head in one hand and fell asleep slightly on the table.

Liu Shuang brought hot tea in. Seeing that Xia Mengning was asleep, she took a few steps forward and said, "Miss, I brought you hot tea."

Xia Meng woke up leisurely, nodded and fell asleep, but the frost in her eyes flashed by.

Liu Shuang put the tea plate on the table and reached out to pour a cup of tea for Xia Mengning. Seeing that Xia Mengning was still asleep and did not respond at all, Liu Shuang was happy. After looking around, he reached out and gently opened the drawer of the cabinet and took out a bag of embroidered begonia flowers.

She knows that these are all sewn by Xia Mengning herself, and the stitches can be seen.

Xia Mengning was still asleep. Liu Shuang gently pulled up the drawer and gently retreated.

After the frost left, Xia Mengning opened her eyes, looked at the cup of hot tea, and smiled slightly.

At night, as soon as Changsun Yun came back from the northwest, he hurried to the palace.

In the Yangxin Hall, Changsun Han was sitting behind the desk and heard the sound at the door. As soon as he looked up, he saw Changsun Yun in white.

"My nephew has met my uncle." Changsun Yun saluted first.

Changsun Han stood up in a hurry and said, "Why did you come back so soon?"

Changsun Yun smiled, but he was not as frivolous as before. He just took a few steps forward and said, "Does Uncle really question his nephew's ability to do things? This little thing doesn't take such a long time.

Changsun Han had pride in his eyes and praised, "You boy, if I question your ability, how can I let you investigate?"

Changsun Yun smiled and said, "My nephew went to the northwest. It's really the same as the situation reported by officials. There is no grass and people are not living. However, the weather in the northwest used to be like this, but it was not as serious as this year. My nephew specially asked the dark guard to investigate. I'm afraid someone is making trouble."

Changsun Han frowned, "It's not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster. I also thought of this. I can't imagine who has such a great ability to control one side of water and soil."

Changsun Yun also restrained his laughter and said seriously, "Uncle, it's not the right time to investigate. Now there are more and more refugees fleeing to the capital. Let's find a way to deal with it first. If it is not handled properly and arouses the anger of the people, it will outweigh the gains."

Changsun Han nodded, "I also know this, but now these ministers have no choice. They can only say some incompetent words one by one. I really have the intention to drag them all out and cut them down."

Changsun Yun blinked his eyes and said, "Uncle, my nephew came back all the way. He saw that the refugees just had no food to eat, so they were hungry and sick. Why don't we let the capital spread the porridge shop to help these refugees, and then pay to build some refugee societies in the suburbs of Beijing to appease the emotions of the refugees first."

Chang Sun Han thought for a moment and finally nodded.

Under this matter, the eldest grandson Mo must have made a good deal. At first, the money raised was still there. The first porridge shop in the capital was in front of the residence of the Prince Mo. These refugees respected the Prince Mo as a great good man, which spread all over the capital for a while, and even the eldest grandson Han praised him.

Changsun Yun returned to the royal palace and told Changsun Zhi about this. Changsun Zhi was also generous. He took some money from the warehouse and began to give porridge and steamed buns. In this way, many officials followed suit, just to make a good impression in front of the emperor.

In the morning, Xia Mengning and Jiu'er went to Yong'an Hall to say good regards. Xia Chuanyuan told Xia Mengning about this matter. Xia Mengning listened and nodded and said, "Dad also wants to follow suit?"

Xia Chuanyuan nodded, "It's just that I don't know how many days to give. If it takes a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to get it."

Xia Mengning nodded. There were many adults in the Prime Minister's house, and there was no extra silver. Now I can only discuss it with Li Yan before making a decision.

Xia Mengning blinked her eyes and thought for a moment and said, "Dad, my daughter remembers that there are still a few idle shops in our house. It's better to use it to do some business and earn money to subsidize the family and save people."

Xia Chuanyuan heard this, and his face was a little embarrassed. Xia Mengning saw it and immediately understood his mind. "My daughter knows that her father is the prime minister. If there are too many shops, it will be criticized, but what we have done is a good thing. If it really doesn't work, if the father can trust his daughter, he will leave the shop to his daughter to take care of it."

Xia Chuanyuan thought about it and finally nodded, "Go and discuss it with Li Yan, but don't show up too much."

Xia Mengning got up, nodded and walked down.

Xia Chuanyuan sat on the chair, and the little sixth son beside him said, "Don't worry, sir. The third lady is capable and will definitely not disappoint the master."

Xia Chuanyuan sighed and said, "I hope so."

Xia Mengning first went to discuss this matter with Li Yan, and then went to see these shops in person. The corners of these shops are excellent, but the size of the shops is smaller. In addition, they are all engaged in calligraphy and painting business. There is no big business. If it goes on like this, naturally, you can't make money.

At this moment, the carriage stopped, and Li Yan said outside, "Miss, we're here."

Xia Mengning and Jiu'er got out of the carriage together. Jiu'er hurriedly put on the hat for Xia Mengning and walked in with Li Yan.

As soon as the little man there saw Li Yan, he hurriedly nodded and saluted, "The little one has seen stewer Li."

Li Yan nodded and said, "This is the third lady in our house. The master handed over all the shops in the house to the third lady to take care of."

The little man was a man and hurriedly saluted.

Xia Mengning said, "Call the shopkeeper to come out."

After a while, the sweaty shopkeeper came out. Xia Mengning only needed a glance to see that the shopkeeper's qi and blood were floating, and his face was yellow and dark. I'm afraid he was overindulgent.

There was a strong disgust between Xia Mengning's eyebrows and said, "Sir Li, find two little men to go in and bring out the people in the shopkeeper's room."

The shopkeeper was stunned. Before he could even stop it, he saw a group of people walking in. After a while, he brought out an untidy woman.

Xia Mengning said, "As the shopkeeper of this calligraphy and painting shop, Qingtian Baitian dares to do such pickled things. It's really humiliating the reputation of the shop. Manager Li, it's up to you."

Li Yan nodded quickly, and the opponent said, "Throw the two of them out to me and throw out the luggage together."

Xia Mengning saw it and coughed. This calligraphy and painting shop is the largest shop in the prime minister's mansion. This shopkeeper is like this. There is no need to look at the rest. Thinking of this, Xia Mengning said, "There will be major changes in this calligraphy and painting shop in the future. I will let you know how to change it tomorrow. You Today, I will tell the staff of each study to finish all the work at hand, and someone will come to write down your names in the afternoon. It depends on whether you can do it or not.

After saying that, Xia Mengning looked at it and said, "After I took over, I didn't blame you for everything in the past. If someone still wants to work under me with the same attitude as before, I have to clean up the bedding and leave. If you are willing to work hard, I will naturally not treat you badly."

Everyone saw that Xia Mengning had cleaned up the shopkeeper as soon as she came. Now they know that these shops will be taken care of by Xia Mengning in the future. How dare they have any objection? They nodded in a hurry.

Xia Mengning and Jiu'er made a carriage and returned to the bamboo garden, so they went to the stewendula' room together. Li Yan ordered someone to bring tea to Xia Mengning. Xia Mengning said, "Li stewor, I want to make a big change."

Li Yan did not show surprise. He has been with Xia Mengning for so long. Li Yan has long known that Xia Mengning is a woman with independent opinions and ability. If her decisiveness and kindness at the beginning made Li Yan look at this unknown third lady with new eyes, then Xia Mengning's ability and stability have made Li I admire you so much.

A small concubine can control the power of the housekeeper of the prime minister's house step by step with her own ability, and even easily eradicate the former mother and sister-in-law, forcing her unfaithful aunt to return to the west early. This temperament and means are admired by Li Yan.

Thinking of this, Li Yan felt more and more that the choice he had made was correct, and he couldn't help saying humbly, "I don't know how Miss San wants to change it?"

Xia Mengning took the pen and paper from the side and wrote, "Manager Li also saw it just now. In the past, my father's management of the shop was very loose, and I have also read the account book of the shop. It's not profitable at all. This is not that our business is not good, but that the people below are lazy and useless."

Li Yan listened and nodded and said, "The master is an official. Naturally, he doesn't participate in shop sales and other things, and the little one is also lazy."

Xia Mengning shook her head, "There is nothing wrong with stewer Li. There are already a lot of things in the house. stewer Li can't be separated, which is also a matter of cleaning up."

After saying that, Xia Mengning said, "So at the beginning, I want to choose a few reliable people to be the shopkeeper of each shop. In the end, the shopkeeper is still you. The money is calculated every seven days, so in the future, Li stew manager may be busier. Every seven days, he has to give me the details of the profit and expenditure of each shop. "

Li Yan nodded, "It's not difficult. Miss, please rest assured."

Xia Mengning smiled and said, "I believe in Mr. Li, but if I let Mr. Li be so busy, I'm afraid it will be bad. A while ago, I heard that your brother-in-law came to the capital to join you. He also entered the prime minister's house a while ago. I sent someone to investigate, and he is trustworthy. People also work hard.