On 30 December, Mu Xuanlong's mission to inspect the seven prefectures in Jiangnan was completed, and he returned to Beijing overnight before Chinese New Year's Eve. www.biquge.info Xia Xue'er got the news from Jiangnan five days ago, saying that he ate and lived with local officials everywhere he went, opened an audio-visual exhibition, and allowed the people to complain and report.

He did a good job, and after returning to Beijing, the emperor will definitely be gracious to everyone, even if he is promoted from the king of the county to the prince, it is not known, so that there will be two princes in the court, and his chances of winning the succession will be greater.

Since the first snow fell in December, the heavens and the earth have turned on the pure white mode, and there is not a day when it is not covered in silver. This year is approaching, every household is busy at a time, and buying New Year's goods is one of the most important things. The shops on the street are also full of lights, a group of high-spirited appearance, itinerant vendors have also set up stalls for several days in this cold and freezing day, that lively energy, compared with the ordinary market day can be said to be more than that!

Since the beginning of winter, Xia Xueer's porridge shed has been open for several days, last year the north was affected, and even affected this year, there are many farmers in the field of the harvest is not good than in previous years, and even more is not harvested, therefore, Xia Xue'er set up more than three times the number of porridge sheds this year than in previous years, in addition to the four sheds in the city, three or four on the outskirts of the city, the rest are located in several villages with poor harvests.

Of course, except for the city and suburbs, those are not set up in the name of An Guohou, after all, sometimes, it is a good deed for the people, and through the mouth of people with ulterior motives, it has reached the ears of His Majesty the Emperor, who is suspicious by nature, and I am afraid that it will evolve into a bad thing like forming a party for personal gain and winning over the hearts of the people, and even more will give birth to the desire to confuse the people and seek power and usurp the throne.

Since the date of opening, it will cost at least forty taels of silver every day, and it is already a big expense in winter, in previous years, this account book was managed by Uncle Rong, and he was worried about the allocation and verification of money and silver, but this year is different, although Uncle Rong has lived in the city, but Dengxian Tower has not yet been reopened, and this account book will naturally belong to Xia Xue'er himself.

In this New Year's Festival, the house is happily waiting for the New Year, and the children are also invited to go out to play on the street.

Xianglan and Cuizhu are more stable, she is relieved to explain to them some things that need to be in control of the overall situation, while Dongmei and Qiu Ju are younger, so they are confined to Tingyuxuan to do some things with her to check the account books.

The first-class maids around her have all studied for a few years, so it is naturally not a problem to write and read. The big table in the room was covered with the daily expenditure records sent by various sheds, Qiu Ju took the abacus and crackled to calculate the total daily expenses, and Dong Mei wrote down a number of accounts and recorded them in the account book.

“…… November 7, forty-two taels; November 11, 57 taels, November 16, 51 taels; November 20, 44; November 25, 46; November 30......"

Dongmei and Qiu Ju were busy, but Xia Xue'er was not idle, and took the account book of Dengxian Tower earlier and looked at it.

Although the porridge shacks in the city and suburbs were opened in the name of the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion, 75% of the money and silver actually spent came from the business income of Dengxian Tower, 10% from Mrs. Xia's private treasury, another 10% from Xia Xue'er's private treasury, and the remaining 5% from the middle palace of Anguohou's mansion.

"Miss, the forty carts of melons and fruits on the Zhuangzi in the west and south of the city have arrived at the gate of the city, but they will be distributed now?"

When she heard the voice, she looked up and saw Li'er standing in the doorway with her head bowed, holding another account in her hand, waiting for her reply.

She ordered her to come in, took the account book and looked through it, 200 pounds of pumpkins, 160 pounds of taro, and 220 pounds of potatoes...... From beginning to end, after carefully browsing through it, he took up a pen and wrote down the distribution methods of each, and then closed the account book and handed it to Li'er, and commanded: "Distribute it according to what it says, you go and keep an eye on it." ”

"Yes!" Li'er took the account book, answered, and then went down, walking much lighter than before.

She had been sent by the old lady to serve the young lady, so since the relationship between the young lady and the old lady had deteriorated, she had not been well received in this listening to the rain, and the young lady had seldom given her such an important task.

The so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, although she is an old lady's person, but she also knows that following Miss is more promising, but unfortunately Miss is a person who does not easily trust others, although she has all her loyalty, she has no chance to be loyal, and has been very distressed.

Maybe it's because the house has been busy recently, and listening to Yuxuan's busyness, she has this opportunity to show her ability, can she not like it in her heart?

There are two Zhuangzi in the west and south of the city, both of which were purchased by the maternal grandfather's family and were one of the mother's dowries. The fields in these four Zhuangzi are not small, and the land is fertile, and the annual output is also a large amount, and the harvest of previous years is sold, and part of the money and silver obtained is used to help Xia Xue'er build a porridge shed in the cold winter.

Thinking that last year's large-scale disaster was not good, this year's harvest was not good, and the peasants' lives were very difficult, so all the harvest on the Zhuangzi was stored for today's use.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Xia Xue'er ordered to change the porridge in the porridge shed into white rice, adding these fruits and vegetables, although it is not rich, but it can also make the poor people have a good year.

In order to avoid looting, the sheds in the city and on the outskirts of the city have sent government soldiers to maintain order, and the disciples of the Netherworld Valley are responsible for this important task in the villages.

After a busy morning, Qiu Ju and Dongmei also sorted out the accounts of the past two months, and Li'er also talked back and forth, and after arranging all this, Xia Xue'er was temporarily relieved. At this time, I was really hungry, but fortunately, lunch could be used in my yard, and the small kitchen had already prepared a delicious meal.

However, as soon as Xia Xue'er moved her two chopsticks, a frightened voice came.

"Miss, something is wrong!"

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Hey, dizziness~~ Actually, in order to catch up with the manuscript, I haven't eaten dinner yet...... Have pity on yourself...... (To be continued.) )