Illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread.

Shangguan Wan'er's illness came quickly, although there was a careful diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor of Chang'an, the medicine and food were all expensive, and the group of palace people who came to Chang'an with her were considerately cared for, but she still recuperated until September, and she was considered to have completely recovered her health, and she no longer looked haggard at the beginning.

As for His Royal Highness King Yong, after meeting that night, he never came again. There are many people in the palace who talk about this point, but they don't dare to say it in person, for fear of affecting Shangguan Wan'er's mood to recuperate.

On this day, after returning to the inner hall, Shangguan Wan'er instructed Liu Anzi: "Go and get the recent expenditure book in the palace." ”

"The lady is seriously ill and is newly well, focusing on recuperation, these idle things, how can I do it myself. The employment in the mansion is not from ordinary homes, each with its own ......"

Liu Anzi saw that Shangguan Wan'er's spirit was still not very good, so he spoke.

"Take it, since you have left the palace, you should not get along with each other anymore. You have followed me, and you are each other's family. There should always be a plan for new students in the workshop to maintain it for a long time. ”

Shangguan Wan'er said with a smile, but there was a gloom at the bottom of her eyes: "After entering Beijing, I was riddled with illness, and I didn't care about family affairs. Recently, I have rarely seen some old faces, I'm afraid that people will be scattered, right? ”

When Liu Anzi heard this, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Those scattered people are unkind, why should the lady care about them!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er just smiled after hearing this, and didn't say much. She consciously sympathized with these people who left the palace, and she had some spare strength, so she gathered people around her. These people gathered around her, one was indeed because they had nowhere to turn to, and the other probably still had plans to rely on her and return to your mansion in the future.

However, after nearly two months, I saw that the people in the palace and your mansion had lost contact, and this enthusiasm and expectation in my heart inevitably subsided, and they each found another way out, which is also a very normal human calculation.

When the book was retrieved, Shangguan Wan'er looked through it for a while, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Chang'anju, it's really not easy." ”

There are still more than 60 people left in the mansion today, more than half of them when they left the divine capital. Those who left, those who still had friendship, said it to their faces, leaving a definite destination. But there are also many who simply say goodbye, and some even take away a varying amount of furniture when they leave.

When Shangguan Wan'er left the palace, in addition to the furniture she had accumulated for many years, plus Princess Yong and other old gifts in the garden, the discount was more than 50,000 yuan. This is already a lot of property for a female official who grew up in the deep palace since she was a child and has no property to remediate, even in Liangjing, where the powerful gather, can be called a middle-class family.

It is precisely because of this that Shangguan Wan'er has the confidence to live well even if she lives outside the palace and is not powerful.

However, starting from Shendu, the twists and turns along the way, coupled with the early purchase of a house in Beijing, there was no livelihood for nearly two months after entering Beijing, and now after a point inspection, the savings in the residence are less than 30,000 yuan. Among them, it can be called a large amount of expenditure is the mansion of Zhaoguofang, with 2,000 yuan, allocated to her uncle Zheng Xiuyuan's other property of 5,000 yuan, plus some of the separated people swept away, and the rest is all kinds of living expenses in the mansion.

Seeing such a record, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but gasp. This sum of more than 50,000 yuan of goods was originally her savings for the rest of her life, but now that she has been out of the palace for less than half a year, she has lost nearly half. Livelihood problems, which didn't need to be worried, suddenly became serious.

Liu Anzi saw that Shangguan Wan'er's expression became gloomy, and hurriedly said: "Recently, the palace is not all in and out, there is a weaving yard in the workshop to recruit weavers, and the skilled one-day work can reach more than fifty yuan. There are also more than a dozen of them in our mansion who go to work, and they can collect hundreds of dollars a day......"

Hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er smiled, but this smile is a bit far-fetched, the income of a few hundred yuan a day is indeed a lot compared to ordinary people, but the monthly branch in her mansion is a few hundred, compared with the two, this income is really a drop in the bucket.

She looked through the accounting books and found the problem, the people in the mansion were simple, and there was almost no expenditure in this area. All the money used is mainly extravagant and wasteful, and the monthly expenditure on spices, fat powder and other items alone reaches dozens of yuan. Ice charcoal food and other types are all refined, and the cost of living will naturally increase greatly.

It's hard to say that these palace people just don't know the hardships of the world, and they are more or less out of the palace at first glance, and they can't get used to living within their means. In previous years, there was a supply in the palace, but it was still the same state in the workshop, and the expenses were naturally scary.

After a little silence, Shangguan Wan'er ordered: "Go and gather the people in the palace and count the five thousand pieces of goods." ”

Liu Anzi used to be the adopted daughter of the female official of the Shanggong Bureau, and she was also shrewd and efficient in her work, and she soon completed what Shangguan Wan'er ordered.

Looking at the more than sixty people inside and outside the hall, Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said, "In the palace in previous years, they were all slaves and maids who received the mission of nobles. Now that they have entered the workshop, they are also brothers and sisters to each other, and there is no need to be high or low. But within a household, there must also be a primary and secondary rule. Recently, I was sick and didn't care about family matters, but from now on, family rules still have to be created. Living in different palaces, poverty is inevitable, and a few matters can be passed on to you for reference. ”

As she spoke, she passed on a few items she had set, mainly to save expenses and cut procurement.

After seeing it, a palace maid said: "After leaving the palace, it is like a new life." If it weren't for the Shangguan should be contained, I don't know where to go. There is no need for the palace to use luxury in previous years, it was originally enjoyed by nobles, and we slaves and maids are despicable, and we should no longer be obsessed with the old state. It is necessary to be frugal, and the past is long-lasting. ”

"Zhou Zhang's words are not bad, but they live in one place, some people work hard in the weaving yard, and some people are idle in the mansion......"

The hall gradually resounded with all kinds of discussions, Shangguan Wan'er suppressed everyone's discussions, and said: "Since you are out of the palace, you are personal freedom." I will not enslave the people with the old powers, but if you want to stay in the palace, you must do what I command. If you don't want to live together anymore, gather money, thank you for this kindness. Although the gifts are not abundant, they are also stored by the Shuangding Chinese Family for ten years, which is thrifty and has a continuous livelihood. ”

When the Chinese people heard this, they inevitably had their own plans. In the old days, when they first left the palace, they may have been afraid of the strangeness of the world, and subconsciously gathered together to seek comfort. But from Shendu to Xijing, he lived in Fangju for nearly two months, and he had some miscellaneous thoughts. At this time, when I heard that Shangguan Wan'er also gave money to see her off, many people were indeed moved.

Not to mention the miscellaneous plans of the people, a eunuch with a big waist and a round waist came out of the crowd and said: "You should be in charge of high righteousness and take care of me until Xijing." In depth, the system is not a loss to us, but it is idle in the mansion, which has become a drag, and I really dare not bother it again.

There is still a little spare power in this body, and there is a widow in the workshop who has no household and wants to summon me into her house to support her children, and I have already made my private permission, just waiting for the system to let me go. In the future, he will live in the neighborhood and take care of him. I am really ashamed to receive the money, but I will ask for a car in the middle of the house, and I will make a living from it in the future, and pay the car money month by month......"

"It's a great joy to have a new life and start a family. The car money does not need to be calculated, and the household always needs to be accompanied by things. In the coming year, if the children are really raised, if I am still here, I must come to the door to ask for a glass of wine! ”

Hearing that this eunuch had made a living for himself, Shangguan Wan'er was also sincerely happy. However, the eunuch was still stubborn, signed a book and a deed, and asked for a monthly payment for the car.

After some deliberation, more than 20 people chose to leave, some chose to receive the money, and some did not. In the end, there were only more than 30 people left in the entire hall, and there were quite a few people who went to the empty and desolate building.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't feel depressed about this, she was a young empress dowager, and she saw a lot of joys and sorrows in the world, such a trivial matter was not a blow to her, but she just told Liu Anzi to prepare a car tomorrow, enter the market and travel leisurely, and by the way, see what livelihood can be managed for a long time.

The people present in the palace gradually became familiar with the square residence, but some people also put forward some suggestions. For example, this house could have been able to accommodate 100 people, but as many people left, the house was vacant, and the layout could be modified.

Housing prices in Chang'an City are rising year by year, and Zhaoguofang is a good location in the east city.

Hearing the rental price of Fangju, Shangguan Wan'er, who was worried about her livelihood, was not unmoved, but she quickly shook her head and refused. Not to mention that the flow of the guests is complicated or not, if the person knows that she does not enter the palace, but opens an inn in the square and lives with the flow of guests from all over the world, what will be the reaction, it is really worrying.

Some people also suggested that the spare houses should be torn down, and gardens should be opened up, and flowers and trees should be planted in the house, whether it is to sell flowers or quench the fragrance of the house, which is a good income.

For this proposal, Shangguan Wan'er was very moved. They are indeed not good at cultivating fields, but they are much better at this kind of skill. Not to mention others, just Shangguan Wan'er herself, every time there is a fighting incense scene in the palace, she can often come out on top, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is one of the few Hexiang masters in the world.

The livelihood of a group of people has not yet been agreed, but there is a commotion coming to the door, and the doorman has reported that it is the county lieutenant of Wannian who has visited.

Because of the relationship between King Yong, the people in the palace pay more attention to the official personnel, and Shangguan Wan'er is inevitable. So he hurriedly ordered the middle hall to be arranged, and a screen tent was set up in front of the banquet, and he personally went to the hall to receive him.

Soon, a middle-aged man in a light green official robe was introduced into the hall, raised his hand and said: "Liu Yu, the lowly county lieutenant of Wannian, took the liberty of coming to the hall to disturb him, and dared to ask if the court was registered to Mrs. Zheng of Shangguan County?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er's internal official position is naturally not exercised outside the palace, so when Chang'an Real Estate was registered, her mother Zheng was used as the head of the household, and Zheng itself had the county monarch's foreign wife's number.

"My mother is old, she is raised in the hall, and she rarely sees outsiders, please forgive me. I don't know if the prince enters the mansion, what do you see? ”

Hearing the other party's question, Shangguan Wan'er replied.

Liu Yu, the county lieutenant of Wannian County, didn't ask more questions after hearing this, and then said: "Chang'an Chengfang has many lords and ranks, and the platform is set up here for special gifts, materials, envoys and so on. In September, the state rents and other kinds of examinations and hair, and lowly posts came to the door, which is for this. The lady of the county should be fed according to the regulations, and the list of servants is here, please check the nobles, if it is correct, the slave can enter the house tomorrow, and the service period is two months. The rest of the materials will be gradually given to ......"

While speaking, Liu Yu took out a list and handed it to the waiters in the hall.

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, she couldn't help but feel surprised. When she was in Shendu, she heard about many deeds of treating honors and nobles harshly, but she didn't expect that the actual etiquette of Xingtai would be so thoughtful, and she actually sent the county lieutenant to give it to her in person, and even her mother, a county monarch with a low rank, was not omitted.

When the waiter handed over the list, Shangguan Wan'er casually browsed it, and was even more surprised by the abundance of materials on it, her mother county Junpin rank envoy slaves had ten people, two months in winter and summer, and the service period was two months each.

In addition, there are other materials such as rice millet meat, and even miscellaneous products such as flour fat, mouth fat, and bath beans. Although the quantity is not large, the variety is very rich.

Looking at this list, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but wonder: "Xingtai is so generous, can the treasury be sufficient?" ”

"There is no need for nobles to deal with this, all the families of Shilu have contributed to the country, and they are treated preferentially, and of course they are courteous. Since the implementation of the gift order last autumn, there has been no omission. ”

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, she was half surprised, half annoyed, and at the same time faintly a little lost. Listening to what this official said, Xingtai has treated the lords so favorably since last year, but as a result, the Shendu Imperial Court still has a mean evaluation of Xingtai, which shows that it must be an improper smear.

And she vaguely expected that or that person would treat her preferentially, it turned out to be just a normal way, and listening to what this official said, she only regarded her family as an ordinary lord's court.

Putting aside the many miscellaneous thoughts in her heart, Shangguan Wan'er said again: "His Royal Highness King Yongwang is wise and wise, benefiting all families. However, my family is enough to support themselves, and there is no generous gift from the labor platform, and those who are in the government can be exempted from this labor. ”

After Liu Yu heard this, he praised the noble man with a smile, but then said: "I would like to tell the noble person that he knows that he will carry out this decree in Taiwan, only for the harmony of people in the country, and not because of the gains and losses of the family." The collection and transportation of materials, the storage and transportation of warehouses, and the collection and distribution of officials and slaves and maids, as well as the eclipse of the sun, are all constant. All families inherit this benefit, since they should have something to give, all consumed, the sub-record here, and then ask the nobles to read. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out another list and handed it over.

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, she didn't feel different at first, but felt that it made sense. After all, everything that is given by the lord is from the imperial court. Now that the Xingtai Huiling is added, it is an additional income given by the imperial court in addition to the chapter style, and the Xingtai is so courteous, of course, all families must respond.

It must be known that even the three grades in the imperial court are awarded, and the officials each have to rectify the burning tail banquet and enter the Fengda, although it is not a mandatory rule, but after all, it is not strange that many people are courteous.

But when this new list was started and saw the series of prices, Shangguan Wan'er's eyebrows couldn't help jumping. Although the previous list gave a lot of materials, the detailed accounts on this list are also clear, and all kinds of storage, foot money, including the food consumption of slaves, etc., are all clearly listed.

Not to mention anything else, in addition to the ten yuan of food a day, the male slave is given a drink every month, and the female slave is given fat powder every month, all of which are included in the money. It may barely make sense to give wine, but this is fat powder, I recruit officials and slaves into the government, do I have to dress up every day?

When she asked this question casually, Liu Yu said with a straight face: "The so-called fat powder is just a meaning." The female slave moon letter Kwai Shui, bluntly stated that it was indecent. Especially at this time, it is necessary to be more cautious. Once the body is injured and the life is injured, and the slave is missing, it is not a waste of spare money. ”

Hearing the implicit threat in the words of the county lieutenant, Shangguan Wan'er saw that the last clause on the personal safety of the slave stipulated that once the slave was sick and strained, the master must bear it with all his might, otherwise the official would ask for punishment and punishment!

Seeing this, Shangguan Wan'er still doesn't understand, what kind of courtesy is this, it is clearly a forced purchase and forced sale and clever robbery! Most of these gifts are self-sufficient, and even if they are bought and sold in the market, the price is much higher than that of dealing with the store.

A few liters of bath beans, from the preparation of the line to the delivery of each family, the cost is as much as a wisp! Is this warehouse stored in the palace treasury? This foot force was personally delivered by King Yong?

"All the uses are not what I need, and the prince will go by himself!"

After understanding the truth of this so-called courtesy, Shangguan Wan'er became even more irritable, and said directly that she was still worried about her livelihood, so she turned her head to the government to blackmail her.

When Liu Yu heard this, he was not annoyed, but continued: "Xingtai made this gift just to be able to live in harmony with the Shilu family. As in the preface, the order is always carried out, and there is no rise or fall because of the gains and losses of the family. What is given is not precious, and it is far from being enjoyed privately by the people. If the nobles only make a narrow plan, I am afraid that the righteousness of the country shared by the country will be harmed! Since the love and propriety have been contradicted, the harmony may become a vain request for ......"

Having said this, the meaning is already obvious, to your home to buy and sell is already to give you face, not to mention that our products have quality assurance. If you're just a poor little people, it's not uncommon to take care of you, don't be embarrassed!

"Bold! Do you know my master......"

Liu Anzi on the side couldn't hold it back when he heard this, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Shangguan Wan'er said quickly: "Shut up!" ”

"It's not surprising that it's humble and bold. Before the king's order, there is nothing to fear! ”

Liu Yu has faced similar scenes more than once, so he responds with ease, and has his own fearless momentum.

In fact, the value involved in this gift list transaction is not large, and the discount is only a dozen yuan, not to mention that it is not just impossible to get in. Shangguan Wan'er was just because she had just come into contact with family management, and she was a little resistant to this method for a while. But looking at the world, no one will take such a trivial matter to heart, and there is no need to be guilty of this small item.

However, the wife of a county monarch was extorted for more than a dozen yuan, and those official titles such as county dukes, national dukes, etc., had to start at least a hundred yuan. Chang'an City is full of nobles, so it can be estimated that Xingtai can pick up the skin from these people year by year, and how much it can collect is definitely a considerable income.

"This money plague Li Shenzhi!"

Shangguan Wan'er scolded in a low voice, and then said angrily: "Give him money!" Give it to me at any time in the future, and you are not allowed to come to my door again! ”

The master was angry, but Liu Yu was still unmoved, and continued to say in the hall: "Since the noble man is disgusted with his humble position, in order to avoid disturbing him again in the near future, there are other things about the winter rituals, so I simply handed them over. ”

At the end of the winter year, ordinary people still need to sacrifice their ancestors, let alone the heavenly family. Now although the emperor is far away in the divine capital, the ancestral tomb in the gate cannot be left to be abandoned and the grass grows, of course, it still needs to be sacrificed. Since last year, the prime minister of the imperial court has entered the customs and presided over the sacrifice together with King Yong.

The lords are honored with the country, and at such a time, they should naturally make contributions. Like the gold in the Han Dynasty, it was used by the princes to offer gold sacrifices. Although there was no gold rule in the imperial dynasty, it was also necessary to prepare cultural relics for the sacrifice according to the rites. Of course, most of the cultural relics used in the sacrifice are forbidden weapons, even if the line is not daring to exceed the ceremony, since the Wu Zhou, the ordinary Juemen simply give money to pay the difference.

But when I got to the platform, the order changed again. The people involved in the rites do not need to pay money and goods directly, but only need to enter the official style brocade prescribed by the commission platform according to the rank, and the style of the brocade is strictly regulated, and the style cannot be exceeded, otherwise it is a big sin.

What's worse is that these official samples are not sold in the market, and only the official market specified by the company is sold. In other words, if you want to make a big gift, you can only open your private treasury and let it be slaughtered.

"This Li Shenzhi, the money plague is really not light!"

When Shangguan Wan'er learned about this regulation, she couldn't help but be dumbfounded again. She was still thinking that Xingtai would be forced to go to the capital sooner or later, and I won't stay in Chang'an, so how can you force you to buy and sell?

As a result, I didn't expect that the skills of the platform are superior, and the living can't run the dead, even if you run away, the ancestral tomb is still left in Chang'an, I'll see if you come back or not! As long as you come back to the grave of your ancestors, you dare to be absent from such a big ceremony as the imperial tomb?

"Chang'an residence, it's not easy? Chang'an residence, big households are not easy! Those people in the gods are really not wrong! ”

Although Shangguan Wan'er was angry in her heart, she still paid the money in full, and before the forced sale and the ritual were enshrined, this 10,000-year-old county order Liu Yu took away hundreds of dollars of money from her house at one time. Although she also got dozens of official brocades, these brocades were for the exclusive use of sacrifices, and they were useless except for tailoring the dress for her mother, a well-known county lady!

"There are more than a dozen kinds of official-made brocade samples, this year, not next year! Aren't you afraid of boiling complaints if you play tricks like this? ”

Shangguan Wan'er looked at the dozen or so useless brocade horses sent into the mansion, and couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Anzi next to him said: "Chang'an Shilu family, can there be thousands of households? But our Zhaoguofang weaving factory alone depends on this to make a living, there are thousands of weavers, and when it comes to the city's hundreds of squares, that is, 100,000 weavers. If it is one work and one household, 100,000 households will make a living from it. With such confidence, His Royal Highness King Yongwang will be afraid of those miserliness? ”

This simple arithmetic, of course, Shangguan Wan'er can calculate it clearly, and in addition to being angry in her heart, she sighed again: "You still have to hurry up to make a living, and if you don't make any progress, I'm afraid you will really be knocked out of the bone and squeezed clean!" ”

After Liu Yu went out with his belongings, he summoned the bad handsome man to the street shop, pointed to the door of Shangguan's family and said: "This household is not happy to give a lot of money, I am afraid that there will be a touch of the Taiwan order in private, and we must be careful to guard against it in the future!" ”

The bad handsome student had a bearded attitude, laughed after hearing the words, patted his chest and promised: "Fujun, please rest assured, I, Ma Jiusheng, have a hawk-eyed dog nose to detect adultery, and I have not obtained the official body in the old years, and I can already detect adultery in the market." This family is a person or a ghost, sooner or later, it will be transparent! ”