There was nothing to say for a while, the rain had stopped for some time, and the flowers and green leaves around were stained with raindrops, and Liu Xuan estimated that it was time to cook, so she got up and said to Li Che: "I don't know what dishes Your Highness wants to eat today?" ”

Li Che put down the teacup: "You can do it." ”

Liu Xuan actually felt that he was a little strange, he ate no matter what he did, obviously he was not a picky master of eating, but I don't know why he had to toss himself, and he had to cook for him himself? Although her cooking skills are good, she doesn't think she can compare to the imperial chefs in Beijing.

Liu Xuan was about to retire but heard the sound of footsteps, raised her eyes to look out, and saw Steward Hu, who had not seen him for many days, walking towards this side with a few books in his hands, the book was gray, Liu Xuan saw at a glance that it was the account book of Steward Hu, and it turned out that it was the time to read the accounts every month.

She wanted to step back and lead Steward Hu to other places, but now that Steward Hu had arrived, it would be a little childish to avoid it at the moment, and besides, she didn't think that her little thing could make Li Che and the others look at it, so she sat down again.

Steward Hu didn't expect that there would be so many people, and his footsteps were a meal, but he was obviously not shy about seeing Liu Xuan sit down again, so he walked forward with the account book, he saw several armored guards at the back door, and also knew that the prince of Ning lived in the old house of the Liu family, he had served the old lady Liu in charge of the Liu family, and he knew that the nobles were not flustered, but he didn't dare to raise his head down, and he made a big salute directly to the edge of the pavilion: "The slave has seen the nobleman and the young lady." ”

Steward Hu is like a red lotus, the closest relative in Liu Xuan's heart, that is, in private, she is also Uncle Hu's call, and now seeing Steward Hu kneeling on the ground Liu Xuan felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, sure enough, nobles are nobles, and these people who are only prostrate have the life of prostrate feet, she endured the urge to step forward to help Steward Hu, and waited for Li Che to speak.

Li Che looked at Steward Hu, who was respectfully saluting, and put down the teacup in his hand: "You are Steward Hu?" ”

Steward Hu never thought that the nobleman would actually talk to him, and his expression was even more respectful at the moment: "Back to the nobleman's words, he is a slave." ”

"Well, you get up." Li Che looked at him, paused, and said lightly: "You have worked hard in the past few years." ”

As soon as Steward Hu got up, he was shocked by Li Che's second half of the sentence, he was used to serving people, and he knew the various unspoken meanings of this master's words, and it was precisely because he knew that he would be surprised, when did he actually be classified as his person by the prince of King Ning? A master posture praising his conscientiousness over the years?

Steward Hu's heart turned a thousand times, but he spoke calmly: "Miss grew up as a slave, and it is not hard for Miss to be a slave." ”

Liu Xuan looked at Steward Hu's head that hadn't been raised from beginning to end, a little unpleasant, she coughed lightly and immediately took over the conversation: "Uncle Hu came today to watch the accounts?" ”

Steward Hu turned to look at her and smiled slightly: "Today is the day to read the accounts, and the old slave waited for a long time and didn't see the young lady go, so he took it upon himself to bring the account book." ”

Liu Xuan took the account book with a sigh, opened it directly on the stone table in the pavilion and looked at it, Steward Hu hesitated for a moment and then said: "Miss, the old slave always feels that the account of Yipinxiang this month is a little strange, obviously the business is as usual, but this silver is less than one percent, and the old slave is also careful about this account, and he did not find anything wrong." ”

He took out a delicate and small abacus from his sleeve and handed it over, Liu Xuan's eyes were still on the account book, and she took the abacus and began to calculate the account, she calculated quickly, and turned three pages in one breath, such a speed In addition to what Honglu and Steward Hu are accustomed to, Long Yi and Sun Xun are all surprised, Li Che is still drinking tea elegantly, but the deep eyes are flashing with dazzling streamers.

Steward Hu brought three account books, one recorded the daily purchase of various goods, money and silver, one was the consumption of the firmware of Yipinxiang this month and the salary of the chef and so on, and the other was thicker, which recorded the dishes, snacks, wine, etc. sold by Yipinxiang every day.

Liu Xuan finished reading the three accounts in two quarters of an hour.

She shook her abacus twice, turned her abacus back to her place, looked at Steward Hu, and said, "Recently, you have changed the person who purchased?" ”

Steward Hu nodded: "The previous manager in charge of procurement quit his job because of something at home, and now this is his nephew, who has also worked for some time in Yipinxiang, but he has a problem?" ”

Steward Hu frowned after speaking: "But I see that he did not lie about the price of procurement, and the old slave was not worried about him when he was just promoted to the manager, and he also went to the vegetable market every day to investigate, and he could talk about four copper plates for five copper plates and a pound of vegetables, and the old slave saw that he was a capable person, so he kept him." ”

"He didn't lie about the money." Liu Xuan explained: "He is just missing some catties and taels, the number of goods purchased by Yipinxiang every day is fixed, he is missing two catties and two dishes, naturally there are fewer servings, because the number of less portions is not much, the chef will think that he has enough to turn the spoon and will not care, a day or two can not be seen, after a long time, you will find that the money and silver are missing, you can go back and ask the chef, is there a lot of dishes missing this month." ”

Steward Hu didn't need to ask to know that what Liu Xuan said was right, and he blamed himself a little at the moment: "The old slave still thought that kid was a good one, and he was ready to be promoted one or two, but he never thought that he was a eater, and the old slave quit him when he went back, and also told his peers not to fall for this kid again!" ”

Liu Xuan waved his hand: "Uncle Hu doesn't have to be like this, as you said, if you can use such a means, he must also be a talented, but he is not used by me, you might as well go back and find him privately to expose his means, and see what he says, if he is really in trouble and has to take risks, you might as well help him, if it is just a lack of people's hearts, you don't have to be polite to report to the official directly, and it is a trouble to go wherever you are not enough." ”

Uncle Hu nodded immediately: "It's still Miss thoughtful, the old slave will go and ask the kid." ”

Liu Xuan nodded, put the account book beads on the table neatly and handed them to Steward Hu, and then said, "When you go back this time, you might as well ask those shops on the opposite side of Yipinxiang who are doing business, and ask them if they are willing to buy a shop?" If you don't want to buy the one-year lease period, you won't renew the lease and leave it empty. ”

Steward Hu was a little reluctant: "When Miss bought those shops, she said that she only rented them and didn't sell them, so why is it suddenly going to be sold now?" The rents for those shops were too low, but now that the street has become a bustling place, they are willing to raise the rent now. ”

Liu Xuan didn't explain, but said: "Uncle Hu just do it." ”

The young lady of her own family always has her reasons for doing things, and she has never made a mistake over the years, although Steward Hu was puzzled, she still nodded, and took the order to retreat.