Chapter 173 People have a lot of money
The eight girls stood in two rows like eight delicate flowers, bowing their knees and salute. Li Tian enjoyed listening to them very much. She looked up and down carefully with a smile before ordering, "What's your name?" How old are you? Where did you work in the past? Who is there in the family? Tell me in detail one by one.
The girl standing in the front subconsciously looked at Mother Qiao and said cautiously, "The maidservant's name is Baoyan. She used to work in Jingfu Palace on the 18th this year. She has parents, a brother, and a younger brother and a sister."
Where do parents and brothers work? Is your brother from a family? Which girl did you marry? How old are your younger siblings? Have you received the envoy?" Baoyan, who asked a series of questions, couldn't hide the surprise on her face, so she had to answer in a daze: "The maidservant's father received a warehouse steward in the household department, and her mother was not on duty. The brother led the second-class bodyguard of Jian'an County's palace and had already married the eldest daughter of the inner treasury steward, and her younger brother was not on duty. He just took the exam last year. After a lifetime, my sister is still young and doesn't have an envoy.
"Oh." The smile on Li Tian's face remained unchanged, and her voice answered for a long time. She turned her head and looked at the next flower and asked, "How about you?"
"The maidservant's name is Yulian. She is 17 years old this year. She used to be a job in the Shang Food Bureau. Her father is a gardener, and her mother has no envoy. The maid has a sister and two younger brothers. The sister has married. The eldest brother followed his father to learn to raise flowers. The younger brother is young and has not yet been sent."
"Which one did my sister marry?"
"Marry the Lin family." Yulian said vaguely, with a smile, "Is it the housekeeper of Dongyang County?"
"Yes." Yulian answered in a low voice, and Li Tian looked at her and praised with satisfaction, "What a smart child." Yulian's face changed with a word of praise. She praised her for being smart in order to avoid her sister marrying to the housekeeper of Dongyang County? Mother Qiao's fingers trembled and suppressed her heart for a while.
Li Tian's eyes moved away from Yulian and looked at the third flower to signal her to continue. All the way, these eight flowers were either deeply related to Jingfu Palace or could not be separated from the royal palace of Dongyang County. They were so carefully cleaned by Li Tian in public. Mother Qiao only felt that the temple seemed to burst into burst. The jump made her dizzy and dizzy, and she could hardly stand.
"Sure enough, they are all carefully selected good children, and M Mother is bothered." Li Tian really praised sincerely. Grandma Qiao lowered her head and did not dare to respond. The house was silent. Li Tian frowned and thought seriously, "Good steel should be used on the blade. In this way, let's go to the court. The east courtyard is the prince's inner study. First, the important documents are all in it, and the prince is afraid of more in the future. I have to rest in the East Courtyard for a few days, which is the most important place in our house, and only you, one in a million, can serve you. Where's Yuye? Take them over, give them to the Hongxiu girl, and tell the Hongxiu girl that they are all extremely rare good children. If there is nothing wrong, that is, she has never served the prince. I don't know the prince's preference and temper. Let her be careful.
Yuye answered and was about to take someone out. Li Tian seemed to have just remembered. She raised her hand and stopped Yuye and smiled and said, "There is another important thing. I almost forgot it. Green Lotus remembers that from today on, the monthly routine of the red-sleeved girl will be increased to five taels. Well, add two more girls to her. Let her choose by herself. Monthly money? 500 yuan a month, Yuye told the red sleeve girl by the way.
Mother Qiao looked at Li Tian in a staggered way, and the stewards all over the room also looked at Li Tian in a bit. They couldn't react, adding five taels and two more girls. This is my aunt's example!
Yu Ye agreed and led eight flowers out to the east courtyard. Yiluo took Li Tian's signal, dismissed the officials, and called in the 50 foreign officials waiting outside.
Unlike the stewards, Li Tian hardly said anything. She only asked everyone to introduce herself, talked about her own errands, and asked Lan Mo to write down that except for announcing that the external account room was not used for the time being, all the support should be withdrawn from the green lotus. She didn't say anything else, so she sent out the foreign stewards.
Some of this group of external stewards are fortunate, some are doubtful, and some are puzzled. They have only heard of those who do not have internal accounts. Who has heard of which one does not have external accounts? Wang Youdao, the external account manager, has a chest pain in one breath. What's the matter? Is it possible that the income in the village, the filial piety of the investors, the salary of the master, etc. are all under the control of a group of women? That's unreasonable! Besides, if this external account is not open, how can you keep up with it? Wang Youdao went out with a group of tents and sat sullenly in the wing room in the yard where the outside keepers rested and saw people and directors. He thought about ideas impatiently. The old man in the tent came over, glanced left and right, and whispered, "I told you long ago. You still don't believe that there is no accounting yard in the front yard of this house. !"
The corners of Wang Youdao's eyes kept twitching, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe she dares to go against the sky!" Let's go and wait for the master at the gate. I don't believe it. If there is no external account room, is it possible that the prince will have to withdraw this from those women?!" With that, Wang Youdao rushed up and rushed straight to the porter with his hands behind his back. Lao Gao and Lao Chen hurriedly followed. The other dozen tents stared at the three people. What would they do if the outer account room was really not set up? In order to enter this prince's mansion to make an account room, they all dug people's minds, went all the way, and spent a lot of money!
The courtyard where the foreign stewants rested was several times more lively than usual, which was simply full of people's voices. The stewants were excited one by one. When the Jin'an prince's palace opened to pick people, it was simply a mule horse walk. The fifth master was loose and generous, and married a girl from the Li family who had no six relatives, although no one I didn't dare to think deeply, but I vaguely thought about following the Fifth Master, which made it easy to do. What can such a master do, even if he is wrong with him? If there are no butchers like them, he will have to eat hairy pigs! Besides, it's really tearing their faces. They have to have a harsh reputation, and the nobles are the most shameless! A few days ago, I saw a dowry like the princess. These stewsmen who finally got into the camp felt that this difference was simply a fat difference that could be counted in the world. Today, when I saw it again, I was even more excited. This Jin'an County Prince's Mansion is such a stupid money!
Gu Deqing, the buyer who specializes in buying things such as rouge pollen, did not think so. He had a cousin who was abducted to work in Qianchunfang. Although he was not enough to deal with the princess, he was full of praise when he mentioned the payment of the accounts with the daughters-in-law around the princess at the end of the year. Those daughters-in-law' accounts were clear. The wine shop is familiar with everything, which is no worse than the shopkeeper of Qianchunfang. Her daughters-in-law in charge of the accounts are all like this. How can the princess be a fool? Gu Deqing will come and has more intentions. Even if he thought of this, he didn't say a word. He agreed with everyone and laughed for a while, found an excuse, and went out of the corner door and went home.
Gu Deqing's daughter-in-law, Han's sister-in-law, worked in the inner courtyard. Gu Deqing didn't have much time at home, and Han's sister-in-law also came back. Gu Deqing asked in surprise, "Why did you come back so early? Nothing happened, right?"
"It's okay," Han's sister-in-law untied her maid's clothes and carefully folded them and explained, "The princess called the stewer's mother to speak today. Who and what time they are and where they are in charge of what? The stewlings are clear, and we also know clearly that I was on duty in the middle of the past ten days." Gu Deqing was slightly relieved when he heard what she said. He spent 20 to 30 taels of silver for her.
"No wonder your cousin said that the princess's fault is not good. It's true. Mother Wan has been training for half an hour today, saying that the princess has rules. From today on, no matter who will receive the lamp oil candle, you have to make it clear where to use it, from what time to what time, you have to make a good note. Take a look. This tube is too thin. Which one lights the lamp like this? What kind of royal palace is this? Even our family has never calculated like this. Sister-in-law Han couldn't help but feel resentful when she thought of this account. How can she use candles in her family? This candle is much better than an oil lamp!
"Did the princess set rules for the inner court? Tell me more about it, what else?" Ji Deqing was shocked and hurriedly asked. Seeing that her husband's expression was so surprised and solemn, she hurriedly thought and said, "It is said that the princess thinks that there are not enough people in the house. From today on, the west side of the house will be closed, and there are many rules. By the way, Mother Wan is very happy. I heard the meaning of her words. What will happen in the future? She went beyond Mother Qiao and reported it directly to the princess. That is to say, she had to work hard. She said that the prince was picky, no matter what he wanted.
Jideqing put his hands on his waist and wrapped four or five circles back and forth in the room. He suddenly stopped and lit his daughter-in-law and solemnly told him, "I tell you, you have to rest assured about this matter. From today on, you can't take a candle, a lamp or two lamps of oil to your home, and you can't take a thread. This matter is not simple. I mean princess It's not a bully. Look at it. In a few days, someone must be unlucky!" Sister-in-law Han was shocked and nodded repeatedly and agreed. Her husband's famous long tail was a lewd, and he never missed his words!
In the east courtyard, Hongxiu looked at the eight flowers standing in front of him weakly, and only felt that she couldn't even cry. The princess suddenly raised her monthly money, added two little girl, and sent this pile of unknown girl to her hands**. What does the princess mean? The conscience of heaven and earth, she really hasn't even touched the edge of the fifth master!
Hongxiu couldn't care about this pile of warblers and swallows. She casually touched the palace rules and let the delicate flowers copy it first. She hurried to the hall leading to the west courtyard and stayed at the door and refused to leave. Anyway, she had to see the princess today, which was a terrible thing!