"What the hell is going on, so mysterious?" The fourth master looked down at the account book full of numbers, and then looked back at Erfu who was trying to get the brocade box with his feet, and stepped forward to help Erfu take the brocade box that he hadn't taken off for a long time and took it into his hand, but he didn't open it, but handed it directly to Erfu's hand.

Erfu shook his head slightly, and motioned for the fourth master to sit on the Taishi chair behind the bookcase first.

She leaned over the bookcase, sketched the numbers on the account book, took out a few letters from the brocade box, and spread them out in front of the fourth master one by one, and finally sighed and said: "Look at it, I estimate that there is going to be a disaster in the capital." ”

After speaking, she also dragged the chair with a back by the window to the bookcase and sat down directly.

"Is it so serious?" The fourth master looked at the numbers on the account book, and then looked at the few letters that Erfu took out, and looked at the obvious benefits on them, and asked in disbelief.

When Erfu heard this, he nodded with a heavy face, and replied in a low voice: "Although the harvest has not yet begun in the villages everywhere, the heads and stewards of the villages everywhere are all experienced old croppers. ”

"Actually, we don't need them to report it, we should also think that it hasn't rained much in Beijing since the beginning of spring. ”

"Yes, the fields near the water source stream can be better, and there is no other place to count on. ”

"It's okay to say that a mansion like ours always has grain in stock, and the lives of those ordinary people who rely on the sky for food are sad, but with such a serious drought, why haven't any officials reported it today, and there have been no displaced people in the capital!"

"You are confused, although the disaster situation in Gyeonggi and other places is serious now, and the income in the fields has been greatly reduced, but as long as there is surplus food at home, it is impossible for the common people to abandon their homes and businesses to become refugees and displaced people, and run to the capital to make a living, and it is not yet the end of autumn, and the grain stored by the villagers is to be saved and eaten until the late autumn and early winter of the next year, so I think that in the winter, this disaster will not be suppressed.

As for what you said, why no officials reported the disaster?

I think there are two reasons, one is that like you, the dignitaries and nobles who can't spare the energy to pay attention to the autumn harvest of farming, and the other is that the officials who specialize in the autumn harvest of agriculture are afraid of the emperor's blame and deliberately deceive. ”

"What you said makes some sense, then take advantage of the gap before the autumn hunt, and you have to go down and walk. ”

"In this way, you will offend many officials and gentry again. ”

When the fourth master heard this, a wry smile flashed on his face, and he murmured with some hard work and resentment: "Who let me receive this errand, the emperor trusts me, I can't care about the life and death of the people in this world for a good reputation."

Besides, agriculture is the foundation of the world.

The grain harvest in this place is not only difficult for those farmers who rely on the sky for food, but also ordinary people and businessmen. With that, he sighed again.

Elof didn't think about it that far-reaching, she still thought about these things in front of her eyes.

Now the drought in Beijing is serious, and the harvest in the fields is poor, it is already an established fact, there is grain in the house, even if there is hunger everywhere in the capital, it will not affect the daily eating and drinking in the house, but how the tenants in the village should live, it depends on the means of Erfu, the head of the family.

The main reason why she mentioned this matter today was that she planned to discuss with the fourth master to exempt the tenants of each village from the rent this year, and then temporarily lend the grain stored in the granaries set up by each village to some tenants who could not survive in the village, so as to survive the disaster year.

However, the topic of the fourth master deviated so much that she didn't know how to speak.

Fortunately, before she could speak, the fourth master noticed that her expression was different, and took the initiative to ask her what she thought.

When she heard this, she smiled bitterly and said what she thought.

After hearing this, the fourth master pondered for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "How much grain is stored in our village, this is a matter of unevenness and disobsession, if there is anything that is not well handled, I am afraid that it will cause a big mess, have you thought about it in your heart?"

Erfu smiled and leaned into the ear of the fourth master, and replied mysteriously: "Then you can rest assured, we have a lot of grain in the villages in various places, after all, I told the head of the village earlier, we must keep enough grain to keep a year, and how much grain we will harvest this year can take out the same amount of old grain from the treasury and sell it."

Although this has affected the income of the house, it is a good way to save emergencies and maintain stability. ”

Speaking of this, she smiled a little embarrassedly, after all, because of her timid and conservative approach, the new grain in the village in the house was pressed in the warehouse, and the price of the old grain was far inferior to the new grain, and she lost a lot of silver.

At this time, the fourth master felt that Erfu's arrangement was very good, and he had the idea of being prepared for danger in times of peace.

Because he has lived in the Forbidden City since he was a child, and he is a noble prince by birth, he is saddened by some servants who have low eyes and like to step on red and white, but those servants dare not really treat him as an unappreciated prince after all, so this fourth master is this age, but he doesn't understand the preciousness of mundane things such as gold and silver.

For example, he thinks that the 200,000 taels of silver allocated to him by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for opening a government are not much.

200,000 taels of silver, if it falls into the hands of a common person who is working hard to survive at the bottom of society, it will be a huge amount, and he may be surprised to go crazy and crazy......

How can such a man keep in mind the little bit of land that is scarce in the house every year?

I have to say that a person who doesn't pay attention to silver at all, but can put the safety of the people in his heart, if such a person can't become an emperor, it is really a great sorrow of this era, this is not in the eyes of Erfu's lover, he can't see the shortcomings of the fourth master, it is really the fourth master who cares about the civil and people's livelihood, it is indeed impeccable perfection.

The fourth master nodded with a smile and continued: "Then do as you want." ”

Originally, this matter came to an end, but the fourth master was still a little uneasy, after all, this matter was not involved in one or two people, but the livelihood of all the tenants in his fourth master's mansion all over the Granges and Villas in Gyeonggi, if the power was delegated to the hands of the head of the village, who would dare to guarantee that there would be no wicked people who wanted to profit from it, and when the good thing was not done, it would be a mess, then I would be so sorry for Erfu's heart.

Thinking of this, the fourth master flashed a little embarrassed on his face, was silent for a moment, and continued: "You first count the approximate number of food needed to relieve the tenants of the grange courtyards, and then the master will find a way to rest for a few days, and go down for a walk together, in the end, seeing is believing." ”

After speaking, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Erfu who was on the makeup table next to him, and asked, "What do you think?"

Erfu has no opinion on this, she was also worried that she would not be able to handle this matter by herself, and she was worried about whether to ask for help from Bai Jiao and Aunt Yuxiu, who are capable people, but now that the fourth master took the initiative to reach out to help, she couldn't ask for it, and nodded again and again: "Then dare to be kind, with you in charge of this matter, those village heads will be more attentive to do things, and I can also be a lot easier." ”

"Don't think about being lazy, it's your responsibility to take care of the house's affairs, those grange courtyards are also under the accounts of the inner house, if there is any leakage, it will be your dereliction of duty, when the time comes, these women in the house will trouble you, don't blame the master for not helping you speak, but the master can temporarily lend Chen Fu and Zhang Bao to you, so as not to have someone around you who is suitable for running errands." When the fourth master heard this, he deliberately raised his face and said with a straight face.

He can't let Erf live like this, as lazy as he can, and as mixed as he can.

Erfu is the Fujin of the house, that is, he can add more protection, but if he can't stand up by himself, then he will face the difficulties in the future, I don't know how much, even if his fourth master is a god and a man, it is impossible to protect Erfu in all aspects, and when the time comes, if he is a little careless, let Erfu die tragically in other people's calculations, then he will regret it for life, regret that he took too much care of Erfu, so that she is like a flower in a greenhouse, and she doesn't even have the ability to face wind and rain, so he must help Erfu up before this possibility appears.

It is precisely because of this that the fourth master will take the initiative to intervene in this matter.

He really knows Erfu's character too well, if he doesn't interfere with one or two, Erfu, a loose girl, can turn around and hand over this matter to Aunt Yuxiu in the mansion and the cunning woman in the dazzling color shop to deal with.

If so, how can Erf's abilities be reflected?

Although this Bai Jiao is her own person promoted by Erfu, who can guarantee that she will not have harmful intentions?

The fourth master felt that Erfu trusted Bai Jiao too much, and was always worried that Erfu would suffer from Bai Jiao, but he was not good at interfering too much, who let Bai Jiao never see Bai Jiao hurt Erfu from beginning to end, if there was no reason to suspect, maybe it would ruin the rare love between Erfu and Bai Jiao, but hurt Erfu.

It was precisely because of these considerations that the fourth master took the initiative to take over this errand.

Erfu didn't take these into account, she nodded with a smile, and said softly: "Don't worry, I still deal with the affairs of this mansion very carefully, you see that the mansion has not been very clean and stable recently, it can be seen that my family management methods are still quite good." ”

After speaking, she also raised her eyebrows arrogantly, and threw a bright wink to the fourth master.

Seeing this, the fourth master didn't want to pour cold water on Erfu at this time, he nodded with a wry smile, and he recognized Erfu's statement, but he was secretly wondering whether to let Aunt Yuxiu make up for Erfu or something, lest her immature methods of governing the family can't deal with these women in the house who like to make trouble, and at the same time, he is also secretly reflecting on whether it is too unfair for women for this man to enjoy the life of a group of wives and concubines, otherwise why do these women who are pampered and live a good life have to make trouble repeatedly......

"On the side of Wulanala Mei'er, you still have to pay special attention to it, she is a person who served her master before entering the house, and it can be regarded as a loss of personal morality, it is inevitable that the palace maids who serve in the house are a little neglectful of her, but she is the biological mother of Xiao Wugege, her mother is a daughter, and her identity cannot be equated with other Gege. ”

After the fourth master finished talking about the livelihood of hundreds of tenants, he once again talked about the Wulanala Mei'er, which shows that the status of the Wulanala Mei'er in his heart has been improved.

When Erfu heard this, although he didn't like it in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, and nodded indifferently.

She brushed the broken hair in her ears, glanced out the window, and said softly: "You don't have to worry about this matter, the concubines in this house are in my hands, you can rest assured, I will not treat them harshly, nor will I let the servants and servants in the house have the opportunity to mistreat them, and the affairs of the Wulanala clan Gege, I will also arrange someone to take special care of them, and later I will also select a grandmother from the Internal Affairs Office to point over, there is a grandmother from the palace in charge, even if the palace maids and servants in this house are bold, they will be cautious in doing things." ”

After saying that, she walked into the hall with the stack of ledgers in her hand.

Although she said so, as soon as she thought of the fourth master's concern for Wulanala's Mei'er, Erfu felt that her heart was not a taste, and she couldn't wait to rush to Guxiangzhai to slap Wulanala's Mei'er a few times, and scratch the face of Wulanala's Mei'er, but if she really did this, not only would she lose her face as a concubine, but also make her the same as those resentful women who didn't distinguish between right and wrong.

In the end, the fault of this matter is not Wulanala's Mei'er, but the fourth master can't control his man's inferior nature, and likes the coquettish beauties like flowers and jade, and carries them to the house one by one, otherwise how can she live such a sour life soaked in the vinegar vat......

The lost back of Erfu's departure, the bitter expression, the fourth master saw it in his eyes, and the sweetness was in his heart.

He deliberately mentioned the matter of the Ulanala clan at this time, in fact, he just wanted to prove Erf's heart for himself, otherwise if he really wanted to protect the Ulanala clan Mei'er and Xiao Wugege, he only needed to assign a secret agent at the sticky pole to serve him, and there was no need to ask Erfu to pay more attention to the Ulanala clan at all.

Su Peisheng said those words, the fourth master believed, but he didn't believe it either.

The fourth master has lived in the Forbidden City with complex hearts since he was a child, and he is used to seeing the flattering smiling faces of the minions, and he is also used to hearing the flattery below.

And Su Peisheng is the best among them, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get in front of the fourth master.

The fourth master left him and didn't care about his little thoughts, just because Su Peisheng was quite sincere to himself, but in this kind of trivial matter, he Su Peisheng was a standard egoist, so he could only believe in Su Peisheng's words, and the remaining seven achievements needed to be carefully observed by himself.