The nine elder brothers and Hajilan, who left the palace, got into the carriage, and under the escort of the guards, the carriage moved forward steadily, and after a cup of tea or so, they heard the voices of people outside, and the car pulled over. Novel щww.suimeng.lā Hajlan was in the car with her eyes closed and recuperated, and noticed that someone had handed a bag of things into the car, and when the carriage moved again, she was shaken awake, and saw Brother Jiu handing over a small packet of hot things, and said with a smile: "Freshly baked dim sum, eat it quickly, it's past noon." ”

Hajlan was so hungry that he ate several hot snacks with hot tea, and he recognized that they were his favorite snacks sold outside. She shared the bag of snacks with Brother Jiu, and thought about whether the people accompanying her would be hungry, Brother Jiu smiled: "They are waiting for us outside the palace gate, are you afraid that they will not find food and drink?" Rest assured. ”

The carriage walked along the avenue and quickly returned home. When they returned home, they changed their dresses and nested comfortably in their homely clothes. A girl came in and said that the outside steward came to ask about the disposition of the rewards in the palace. Hajlan then remembered that he had gained a lot from entering the palace today, and Brother Jiu asked him to take all these things to the main courtyard, and the two of them looked at it.

Kangxi sent a set of four treasures of the study, a pair of crystal mandarin ducks, a pair of sachets and two made of ayaluo, the queen mother in addition to jade Ruyi, but also sent a complete set of red gold inlaid gemstone jewelry and a handle and sheath are inlaid with gems on the knife, bright and dazzling. Concubine Yi sent jade bracelets, coral hairpins, white jade pendants, gold inlaid bracelets, as well as large and small jade jade pendants, and even a small round mirror, copper gilt back, extremely delicate patterns, Hajlan was interested in the artistry of this mirror, and decided to put it in his dressing box.

After these rewards were disposed of, Brother Jiu smiled and said to Hajlan: "It's still early, do you want to see the stewards and subordinates in the mansion?" There are also a few of our Zhuangzi Zhuangzi Zhuangzi who have been waiting for them since three days before the wedding, and let them go back to the village to work after they see them. ”

Although Hajlan was a little tired, he knew that this should be the rule, and smiled: "Okay." ”

Brother Jiu instructed to go down, gather the people in charge from all over the place, and came back and said to Hajilan: "It's going to take a while, just see a few leaders." I'll see you in the rest of the land later. Let's wait here for now. Hajlan nodded, and sat in the main hall with Brother Jiu.

Brother Jiu slowly introduced a few special people to her: "There are two gentlemen in the west courtyard in front, not subordinates, but they both live here. Mr. Guo taught me homework, and because I felt more and more inadequate in recent years, I invited a master to come and ask for advice at any time. Mr. Jiang has good skills in calligraphy and painting, and I don't understand something, so if it is not convenient to ask the teacher, I will ask him, but most of the time he is helping me frame and make prints. ”

Hajlan nodded, estimating that the two gentlemen were probably similar to the staff members.

Brother Jiu continued: "There are also people sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I am now a Beizi, a knight with eight points, and I can use the inner servant according to the system. After the opening of the government, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent two. I'm afraid you'll not feel comfortable, so I'll let them stay in the house for the first time, but I'm afraid they won't be able to avoid it later. My daily life, I will probably let them come. ”

Hajlan was stunned: "Why? ”

"When I was a child, I also used the palace maid's, and later ...... I found that some palace maids had some ideas, so I simply let the little eunuch wait closely, and I became a pro, but I still didn't want to let the palace maids and the like get too close, so I ......"

Brother Nine smiled a little embarrassedly, Hajilan was really startled, this is the peach blossom nine mentioned in historical novels, the reality seems to be different, Hajilan suppressed the surprise in his heart and said: "Just do what the master wants." ”

Brother Jiu was very happy to hear it: "That's great, don't worry, I picked the person and can be trusted." By the way, there are two other grandmothers, who are also from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so you can do whatever you want. ”

Hajlan answered one by one, and someone outside came to inform him that everyone had arrived, so he went with him to the lobby of the front yard.

Mr. Guo, who came to meet first, is famous, looks nearly sixty years old, has three long beards, and has a temperament that is somewhat like Mr. Teaching. Mr. Jiang is well-known, but he is still young, only in his thirties. Brother Nine respected them very much, and Hajlan saluted and politely sent them away.

Then I met two chamberlains, one old and one young. The old one's name is Wu De'an, in his early fifties, with a horse face and a very strict expression. Hajlan found that his voice was only a little soft, not like some eunuchs, who were neither male nor female, although he seemed to be difficult to get along with, but listening to him, he was well-organized, and should be a capable person. He is the chief of internal affairs in the palace, and the affairs of the inner court are handled by him, and if Hajlan has any orders in the future, he will also be asked to do it. Because of his background in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Hajlan politely greeted the courtesy. There was also a little eunuch named Xiao Songzi, who was only ten years old.

I also met two grandmothers, who had already met before, and their companions had returned to the Internal Affairs Office, leaving them to continue their lives here, one surnamed Xia and the other surnamed Jin, and it was clear from the palace that the style was made.

There are also four maid rings in the inner courtyard, although they are not close, but they are not comparable to the rough girls, they are all good-eyed, Hajilan quietly thought about arranging for them to do chores for the time being, just do some needlework, and then arrange it slowly later.

The introduction of the inner courtyard is over, and it is the turn of the outer courtyard. The head of foreign affairs in this mansion is a middle-aged man named Xu Jiufang, with a round head and big ears, and he is very kind when he looks at it, but his eyes are shining.

The two village heads, Ma Si and Li Xudong, are in charge of two hot spring villages, and they are quite capable. Right now, I'm busy going back to take care of the harvest, so it's very hard. Hajlan smiled, and Brother Jiu rewarded them with silver and asked them to rush back tomorrow morning.

At present, there are about 60 male and female servants in the government, not counting the Zhuangzi. Although there are fewer people, it is still considerable. Most of them live in the two long courtyards or backyards in front of them, and a few, such as Wang San, the gardener in the garden, and a few mothers-in-law and family members who go to night live in the garden. Of these men, only the leaders of the various places came into the house to pay homage, and Hajlan did not see all of them. But just like that, I went for most of the hour. After seeing this, Hajlan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Brother Jiu said to her, "Are you tired?" Since we are the only two serious masters, and the place is not big, I have rejected many people, otherwise there will be more. ”

Hajlan nodded, it was okay. And she allowed her to marry with the others.

When the matter was over, Hajlan was finally able to go back to the house to rest, but he still had the account book sent by Wu Dean and Xu Jiufang in his hand. Brother Jiu looked at the account book carefully, and discussed a few words from time to time. In addition to the annual Yulu and the red envelopes given by the emperor, the house also has a lot of income. The two hot spring Zhuangzi are 30 hectares of good fertile land, most of them are wheat, each has five hectares of rice, and the rest of the fields, one Zhuangzi is planted with melons, fruits and vegetables, and the other is planted with flowers and trees, and in the first half of this year, a lot of money was made. In addition, there are two shops and a restaurant, which are profitable.

Although it is still a newly opened mansion and has no savings, Brother Jiu has thousands of taels of silver alone, not to mention valuables, and his family background may not be comparable to others now, but it is not bad compared to the newly opened mansion.

Hajlan glanced at Brother Jiu: "It turns out ...... Are you a rich man? ”

Brother Jiu coughed: "Where is it, this family will be handed over to you in the future." ”