Although Tuoba Lin often does some things that catch Shangguan Mu off guard, she gets used to it after a long time, and she will forget the plot of becoming a human in the novel, the only regret is that she can't write to Xue Caiyi in the current situation, can't understand the situation on Xiqi's side, and doesn't know how she is doing, whether the Queen Mother is in good health.

"Miss, the big supervisor Liu Gonggong asks to see you." Xiang said.

"Let him in." Shangguan Mu still remembers this father-in-law Liu, the one who took her to see Tuoba Lin before.

"Minions, see the queen mother."

"Father-in-law doesn't have to be polite, may I ask what is the so-called matter of my father-in-law's trip?" Shangguan Mu said, this Gonggong Liu's status in the palace is not low, after all, Shangguan Mu is new to the palace, and he doesn't dare to be a little slack.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, according to the emperor's instructions, Niangniang will slowly learn to take care of ** from today, and the slave will come to teach Niangniang." Liu Gonggong said.

"Huh? I take care of **? "Hehe, what are you kidding, Shangguan Mu used to be a small white-collar worker, how can he have such a great ability to manage **.

"The emperor said that the queen mother is old and her health is not very good, and the mother is the master of this **, and she should help the queen mother manage the ** thing."

"That's right, then it's bothering my father-in-law." In the past, Shangguan Mu always felt that it was too awkward to be this queen's mother, but now if she is given something to do and treats the identity of the queen as a job, then she will feel a little more comfortable, although it is not easy to manage **, but Shangguan Mu believes that she will be able to learn slowly.

"First of all, Niangniang must learn to understand the account book, otherwise the expenses in the palace will not be able to be clearly grasped, the slave brought a few ordinary account books today, Niangniang will take a look first." Liu Gonggong said.

Shangguan Mu opened the account book brought by Liu Gonggong, it turned out that it was just a double-entry accounting method, Shangguan Mu thought it was difficult! She majored in accounting in college, and it was not difficult for her to understand the ledger of this simple double-entry accounting method, but ordinary people in this world generally have not learned, and it is of course very difficult to understand.

"This item represents the monthly expenses of each palace every month, and this item represents 、、、、、、" Liu Gonggong carefully explained to Shangguan Mu, hoping that Shangguan Mu could understand the account book within a month, and then learn other management methods.

"Father-in-law, why has the cost of the palace suddenly increased so much since August?" Shangguan Mu asked as he flipped through the account book.

"Can the mother understand this ledger?" The father-in-law was surprised, he only talked a little roughly, and he couldn't believe that the little girl in front of him could understand it so quickly.

"Hehe, I used to study at home in the West." Shangguan Mu said.

"I see, the old lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion has a heart, the reason why the expenses in August have increased is because Beidu is located in the northernmost part of the mainland, and the winter starts early, and from August onwards, the palaces will add new clothes, charcoal, warm pots, etc., so the expenses in the second half of the year will be so huge."

"Do you have to add new clothes every month? Can't you wear the clothes of previous years anymore? Shangguan Mu asked.

"Niangniang doesn't know, ordinary people's clothes are made of cloth and cotton, and the clothes can be kept warm after a long time, and the winter clothes in the palace are made of jacket brocade, and the clothes made of this material are very gorgeous and exquisite, but if you wear it a few more times, you will no longer keep warm, because the palace will distribute new cloth to each palace every month to redo winter clothes."

"That's 、、、 wasteful, isn't it? Since clothes made of cloth and cotton can be worn for a long time, why can't clothes be made of cloth cotton in the palace? ”

"The clothes made of the jacket brocade are not only better than the cloth cotton, but also more comfortable to wear, and it has been a habit to use the jacket brocade to make new clothes, not only in the Beidu, but also in other countries on the mainland, but other countries do not have the Beidu long winter, and the cost is relatively small, but the use of the jacket brocade is a symbol of status, how can the people in the palace use the same fabric as ordinary people?" Father-in-law Liu sweated on his face, he really didn't expect that this queen mother had just learned to take care of ** and began to pay attention to this kind of problem, which made him a little surprised.

"As far as I know, the jacket brocade is not a precious material, but the clothes made are a little better, and ordinary people can afford this material, but the clothes made are not worn without this kind of fabric, so if you can make clothes made of cotton to look better, won't the palace be able to save a lot of expenses?" Shangguan Mu asked, this kind of clothes similar to disposable clothes is really too wasteful, even if you remake the clothes, they are the same color and the same style, why waste so much money?

"That's true, but clothes made of cloth and cotton can't look better than those of brocade." Gonggong Liu said, although he was surprised that Shangguan Mu knew thrift at a young age, but this situation does not mean that it can be changed by change, how can the people in the palace be compared with ordinary people with the habits that have been passed down for hundreds of years?

"I don't believe in this evil, tomorrow you will bring me a cloth made of brocade and a cloth made of cotton, and I must prove to everyone that cotton can make beautiful clothes." Shangguan Mu swore and said.

"The minions obey." Father-in-law Liu replied that he wanted to see what the little girl in front of him could do.

The more he learned about the things in the palace, the more Shangguan Mu found that there were too many unnecessary expenses similar to the brocade in this palace, and there was no need to waste so many things, but they had existed in a systematic way for hundreds of years, and the previous masters of ** had never thought of changing this wasteful habit? Shangguan Mu suddenly became as excited as if he had found prey, and it seemed that his future life in the palace would not be so boring anymore.