115, Chapter 115
If Chu Mao told Ah Wu that from now on he would not live in Yulan Hall and live in the Ice and Snow Forest, Ah Wu would not be surprised at all, because she had expected it a long time ago, not to mention that Chu Mao's clothes and other personal belongings were not in Yulan Hall.
And Ah Wu also estimated that Chu Mao would inform himself about this when he returned to the door today.
So at this time, Chu Mao actually returned to Yulan Hall, which made Ah Wu feel a little surprised. After she had saluted, she hurried behind the screen, put on her robe, and then came out again.
Chu Mao's eyes swept over Ah Wu's feet, and then he walked into the clean room.
By the time Chu Mao lifted the curtain and went to bed, Ah Wu had already wrapped himself tightly and hid in a thick bedding roll. The quilt was rolled up high, revealing only a small face, which showed more and more gorgeous delicacy.
It's just that the slightly trembling eyelashes revealed the truth about her pretending to be asleep, and the corners of Chu Mao's lips hooked in two, turned off the lights and went to bed.
In the dark, Ah Wu opened his eyes, only to feel annoyed, almost out of breath. In fact, her sleeping posture is not regular, she was pretending to be nervous two days ago, but God knows what she looks like after she falls asleep, will she meet Chu Mao? In addition, Ah Wu was also annoyed, and in the future, she must pay more attention to her diet, eat less gas-producing things, and can't get any taro, sweet potato, chestnut or tofu and the like.
Ah Wu turned his head sideways to look at Chu Mao, and saw that he was on his side, with his back to him, his hands on his laps, and he was breathing evenly. I wonder if a fairy character like Lu Dao will have such personal troubles as himself? Ah Wu fell asleep after thinking about it.
In the middle of the night, Chu Mao clearly felt a hand scratching behind his back. I saw that he was familiar with one of the two quilts he had covered and rolled one of the two quilts into a "Chu River Han Boundary" and put it between the two, and pushed Ah Wu in with the quilt.
When Ah Wu woke up on the second day, Chu Mao had already gone out, and she saw that she was still on the inside in a regular manner, and she was very satisfied, and felt that her self-training when she left the pavilion was still quite effective.
Not long after Ah Wu had breakfast, a girl came to ask for instructions, saying that Steward Wu from the outer courtyard took Duan Er from the account room to meet outside the second gate.
Ah Wu didn't expect what Chu Mao said last night, so he ordered it today, and acted so vigorously.
"Please wait for me in the flower hall in front of you, and be careful." Ah Wu instructed Zifan. This Wu steward is about Wu Hanyong in Chu Mao's mouth, Ah Wu is afraid that the little girl will be ignorant and neglect them, or be provoked by someone in the middle, so he directly ordered the purple fan to greet him, which can be regarded as a careful sailing of the 10,000-year-old ship.
Ah Wu changed a set of decorations to meet guests, and then got up and took Tong Guan and others to the front flower hall, all the way thinking that today I have to take some time to clean up the people of this Yulan Hall, although I brought a lot of girls over, but there is no reason to even sprinkle the sweeping mother-in-law and rough girls to marry.
When Ah Wu arrived, Wu Hanyong and Duan Er had already drunk tea, Duan Er was squinting to admire the beautiful face of the purple fan, and Wu Hanyong was admiring a landscape painting hanging on the wall with his hands behind his back.
Unexpectedly, this Steward Wu is still a person who likes elegance, Ah Wu thought, as soon as she entered, Wu and Duan hurriedly bowed and saluted.
"Steward Wu and Duan Ledger don't need to be polite, please sit down." Ah Wu smiled softly.
This voice made Duan Er's body tremble, and a tingle swirled up from the soles of his feet, and the real cry was like a jade bead falling on an ice tray, and the color was like a beautiful sun shining on the cold river. Duan Er originally thought that he should not look at the dignity of the lord and brother of the capital, but when it comes to who has slept with a beautiful woman, he Duan Er will not lose to them.
Duan Er is a happy prodigal son, now twenty-five or six people, have not yet started a family, with his position in the second position in the account room of the King of Qiwang's Mansion, there are more women who want to marry him, but Duan Er can't look down on it, and he often goes to the flower street and willow lane, wrapped in several powders, that is called a woman with a color like a spring flower, a body like a warbler, and a woman with a taste, and as long as the flowers and kui in the capital are sold on the cards, seven or eight out of ten he has enjoyed, which is much better and more interesting than those noble ladies. This is the only thing that makes Duan Er feel that he is not losing to those nobles. They are confined to rules and elders, and they are not as chic as they are.
Only today, after Duan Er glanced at this princess of prayer, he felt that he was the frog at the bottom of the well before.
Originally, Duan Er was still thinking about why the right-hand girl next to the princess was so beautiful, and she was not afraid of climbing into the master's bed, but now he realized that the princess didn't have to worry about this at all.
Compared with Duan Er's gaffe, Wu Hanyong was much calmer when he saw Ah Wu, but he was slightly stunned.
"I guess the prince called the two of you, right?" Awu Road.
"Exactly, the prince asked the princess to hand over the production and interest of the fiefdom and the grange over the years to the princess to take care of, because he was in a hurry, he only brought the account books of the past three years, and the front will be sent tomorrow." Wu Hanyong said, "These accounts are mainly taken care of by the second master Duan in the account room, so he was also invited here." ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, the princess and Steward Wu are called little Duan Er, where do you dare to call it a master." Duan Er bowed down in fear.
Ah Wu motioned to Tong Guan and Cui Dai, the girl beside her, to hold the account book to the table on the side, intending to reconcile the accounts.
Since Chu Mao acted resolutely, Ah Wu couldn't leave the impression of procrastination, "Please don't mind, since the prince asked me to take over this matter, after the handover is clear, it will save me trouble in the future." It's not that I don't trust both. ”
The two nodded yes, they didn't dislike Ah Wu's style at all, the two of them were originally here to hand over, and the things on the accounts were also complicated, and both of them were busy people, and they thought that if the princess was a slow man or a person who didn't know anything, he might have to spend a lot of time and energy on this, but he didn't expect that this princess was more cool than them, and this was already a battle for the handover.
Duan Er's eyes swept towards Cuitong's side, seeing that she was going to make that gesture, flying dragon and phoenix, she knew that Lu Dao was familiar, but she didn't expect that there was such a talent around this princess. The person is also good-looking, although not as good as the purple fan girl in front, but it can be regarded as more than pretty.
With the sound of the abacus clinking beads like this, Ah Wu asked Wu Hanyong: "Please also ask Steward Wu to give me a general description of the situation of the prince's feudal town and the grange." ”
"The prince's fiefdom is near Gubeikou, and the three granges are in Shandong." Wu Hanyong is concise and to the point.
Gubeikou, that is the gateway between the Great Xia Dynasty and the Northern Barbarians, has been quiet all the year round, and his uncle in his previous life actually divided Chu Mao's fiefdom there, which is really eccentric, what kind of income can there be.
Ah Wu thought for a while, "What kind of living things are there in that fiefdom?" ”
"Tian Fu and some business endowments."
Ah Wu felt that this Wu steward who was proficient in general affairs that Chu Mao asked him to consult was obviously perfunctory, and he didn't know if it was his own meaning or Chu Mao's meaning. But no matter what, at least I have an excuse to "ask for advice".
"Oh, what kind of business endowment are there, according to me, the land is poor and sparsely populated, but the production of war horses, I don't know if I think right?"
Wu Hanyong didn't expect Ah Wu to be so keen, so he also folded his spirits and came to entertain Ah Wu seriously, "Yes, although there are many harassments on the border between China and North Korea in the north, but during the truce, the two sides also have a lot of business. "Not only did the Great Xia Dynasty and the Northern Barbarians have a mutual market agreement, but the previous dynasty also had it, but it was usually signed and destroyed, and it all depended on the happiness of the Northern Barbarians.
"How do you run a racecourse?" Ah Wu asked very explicitly.
Wu Han was heartbroken, "Why does the princess ask like this?" ”
Ah Wu smiled, "It's nothing, I just think that the income of Shangfu is unstable, and it is better to operate a horse farm to produce more interest, I know that the fiefdom of the prince of Lu Dao is remote, and the grange is probably also a barren land, and the production is not much, so it is naturally not easy to support this huge palace, so I asked, if we have not opened a horse farm, we can give it a try in the future." ”
Wu Hanyong also smiled stiffly, "There are one or two horse farms, which can be perfunctory." ”
Ah Wu thought to himself, it seems that he really opened a horse farm, if there is a chance, it would be good to find someone to take a look. Of course, Ah Wu didn't show it at all, and continued: "In the past, the monthly expenses of the inner courtyard were all handled by Mama Hao to Steward Wu? ”
"Yes." Wu Hanyong nodded, and didn't wait for Ah Wu to ask more, so he continued: "The annual expenditure of the inner courtyard is about five thousand taels of silver, and the daily personal contacts are directly from the outer courtyard. ”
Ah Wu calculated in his heart, then the expenditure of the inner courtyard is not small, of course, it is not much, it can only be said that it is appropriate.
Next, Ah Wu inquired about the Grange again, so Tong Guan took Cui Dai to match the account books of the three years, and Tong Guan made a gesture at Ah Wu, which meant that the accounts were clean.
Ah Wu took the account book in Tong Guan's hand, browsed it purposefully, and did not see any income similar to the horse farm, she smiled and pushed the account book to Duan Er, and said: "The girl has already calculated, the accounts of Duan Ledger are very clear, Manager Wu, please hand over to Tong Guan next to me." ”
Steward Wu stood up and touched his chest, "I am derelict in my duties, please forgive the princess, because I came out in a hurry, I forgot to bring the seal on my body, and please go back to get it." ”
Ah Wu also stood up and said, "It's okay, you can come over tomorrow." ”
After Wu Hanyong took Duan Er away, Zifan walked to Ah Wu's side and pouted: "This Wu steward is really big, just a steward, and he actually claims to be under him." ”
Ah Wu said: "You, you are a sharp mouth, in the future, I will respect this Wu steward, I don't look at him like he is selling himself in the mansion, I am afraid that he is still a capable officer under the prince." "As for what it does, it's always about money. Because of the operation of Huangji and Four Seasons Jinhou, Ah Wu understands very well how important it is to have a person who is good at managing general affairs and accounts, and has a business mind.
The purple fan said "oh", and continued to evaluate the people he saw today, "What kind of account room is that, it's really too inferior, seeing that the girl is so out of shape, I must tell the prince about it." ”
"Okay, okay, there's no one you're used to, that Duan Er is really something." Ah Wu was reluctant to say that word, so he could only vaguely, "But the accounts are still clean, which shows that his nature is not bad, and he looks quite neat, so naturally it is inevitable that something will happen." Don't comment on it yet, let's take a look. ”
Ah Wu was naturally unhappy about Duan Er's gaffe, but when he told Chu Mao about this kind of thing, Ah Wu was really afraid that he would be classified as "unclean" by him. In ancient times, there was a chaste woman who took off her hand when she was seen on her arm, if she met Duan Er, wouldn't she have to cut off her head and destroy her face, which would be considered chastity. Ah Wu couldn't get Chu Mao's opinion on this kind of thing, so he felt that it was better to have more than less.
What's more, Duan Er's eyes when he looked at her were that kind of throbbing appreciation, not to try to rip off people's clothes for blasphemy and desecration, and for this, Ah Wu put up with him.
After seeing these two people, Ah Wu went back to Yulan Hall for lunch, and just after taking a nap, he heard the purple fan say that someone from the Red Medicine Mountain House was coming.
When Ah Wu saw that the person who came was Mother Lu, she couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, she thought that others would take refuge in her princess, but it turned out that others already had a better backer.
Mother Lu saluted Ah Wu and clarified her intentions, "Mama Hao asked me to send the deed of the girl and mother-in-law in Yulan Hall to the princess, and this month's monthly money, I also brought it all the time, and the house is usually at the end of the month. ”
Ah Wu usually gets by on face for the people he can't woo, and he doesn't pretend to be too kind, so he said lightly: "Oh, I don't know how to count me as a person from Yulan Hall, how many first-class girls and how many second-class girls should I have around me?" ”
Ah Wu looked at the total amount, but let herself look at the moon silver, she naturally wanted to ask about the precedent, so as not to offend people without knowing it. "I don't know, did Mother Lu bring a roster of people from Yulan Hall? To tell you the truth, I still don't know all about the people in Yulan Hall. ”
Mother Lu took out two pages from the cufflinks.
"Back to the princess, I don't know how to arrange the people around the princess in other mansions, every rule, there are always more girls who are more abundant, and fewer people who are thrifty. It's just that in the first two side concubine rooms, there are two first-class girls, four second-class girls, four rough girls and four rough mothers-in-law. ”
Ah Wu nodded.
"There are four first-class girls and four second-class girls around the prince, and Mama Hao also gave Yulan Hall the moon silver according to this example, and the rough girl is now eight in Yulan Hall, and the rough mother-in-law is still four."
Ah Wu was very satisfied, and said: "Then Meiying and the others are still ...... Yulan Hall."
Mother Lu thought to herself, how could this be possible, but said with a smile on her face: "They are people from the Ice and Snow Forest." ”
Ah Wu asked Zifan to take over the list of people in Yulan Hall, "Take it to Mama Gong." "All the people in the courtyard of Awu have been disciplined by the palace grandmother.
"Ah, I don't know what this palace grandmother is......" Lu's mother seemed to be surprised.
Ah Wu really wants to give her a roll of her eyes, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that an ant in this Yulan Hall, the Red Medicine Mountain House is all recorded, not to mention that Mama Gong is such a big living person, "Mama Gong is my upbringing Mama, and there is a Mama Sang by my side, who is my nurse." ”
Ah Wu decided to let all the people below change their words and call Mama Sang Mama Sang after a while, one of Chu Mao's nurses is Mama, and her Mama Sang must also be Mama.
Of course, there is still treatment, Mama Hao is in charge of the entire palace, but Mama Sang doesn't even have monthly money. Ah Wu is not lacking such a little silver, but he just thinks that such a handwriting should not be from the hand of Mama Hao, seeing that she has sent all the deeds of the people of Yulan Hall so generously, why should she add such a little blockage to herself.
"Oh, oh, this ......" Lu's mother couldn't sit still.
Ah Wu smiled generously, "The two grandmothers took care of me when they were young, and they should have been supported by me, and their monthly money was also paid by me before." ”
The more Lu's mother laughed embarrassedly, she refused to even leave Ah Wu to drink tea.
However, on the way back to the Red Medicine Mountain House, Mother Lu scolded Ah Wu enough, "What a smiling tiger, hiding a knife in his smile." The background is not very good, the shelf is big enough, but people are very stingy, isn't it just the monthly money of two people, as for the ......" Lu's mother didn't look down on the purse that the purple fan stuffed to her when she left.
Mother Lu entered the red medicine mountain house all the way, and a girl and mother-in-law had already come up and stammered, saying sweetly "Mother Lu is back" and "Mother Lu is back". One after another, relieving.
Kelu's mother didn't want to think about it, she was an ordinary housekeeper mother, did she still want the princess of Yifu to rush to flatter her? It's really spoiled.
Ah Wu here was interested, "Let's go, let's go to the Red Medicine Mountain House to visit the door." ”
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