In a short time, nearly thirty servant women gathered together, including teenage maids, cooks and servants in their thirties, and errand runners, coachmen, gardeners, and grooms, and from this day on, they will face a new master, and everyone will not know their future fate, and they are all uneasy.

Guo Song said slowly: "Yesterday was my wedding, from today onwards, this family will be officially operational, I Guo Song has always been good to the next people, will treat you well, in my place, everyone has no worries about food and clothing, there will be monthly money every month, and there will be a lot of rewards at the end of the year, birth, old age, sickness and death will be taken care of, so that everyone has little to rely on, and the old can be raised."

But on the other hand, I have strict rules here, each post has the rules of each post, accidentally do something wrong, quickly admit the mistake, I will spare it, and conceal the mistake will be heavily punished, but if it is deliberately bad, but I'm sorry, Guo Fu will never tolerate this kind of person, can only send away, and it is the hostess who will deal with you in the future, that is, my wife, please ask her to say a few words to everyone. ”

Guo Song flashed aside, Xue Tao stepped forward and said: "From today on, I will be the mistress of this mansion, my surname is Xue, but you can call me Mrs. Guo, what my husband just said is actually what I want to say, a family has no rules, then it is not called a home." ”

After a pause, Xue Tao said again: "I don't want to say anything more today, everyone do things well, I will look at it, I will reward what should be rewarded, I will also punish what should be punished, let's disband!" ”

Everyone dispersed, Xue Tao took the roster from the housekeeper and took a closer look, Guo Song stepped forward and asked with a smile: "What do you think is the shortcoming?" ”

Xue Tao thought for a while and said, "Since we have a manor in the house, I think there should be an account room, and in addition, there should be a female housekeeper." ”

Guo Song glanced at the housekeeper next to him, and when he saw that he wanted to speak, he smiled and said, "What does Steward Wang want to say?" ”

Steward Wang bowed and said: "My wife has also been a housekeeper for more than ten years, and now she has nothing to do at home, if Mrs. needs it, I can ask her to help." ”

Guo Song nodded, "Then let her come over!" Let Madame take a look. ”

"I see, I'll call her later."

Guo Song said to Xue Tao again: "The account room can ask Jubao Pavilion to send an old account office over, let him take time to do it here, and give him another salary, no need to hire another person." ”

Xue Tao smiled: "Arranged by the husband!"

Guo Song nodded, and asked the housekeeper again: "Did they send the things I deposited in the Qingxu Palace?" ”

"Returning to the envoy, it was sent the day before yesterday, in the study of the inner house, there are many cages, and a very heavy weapon."

"Okay, go get your wife!"

The king's steward saluted and hurried away.

Guo Song smiled at Xue Tao and said, "It's all an item from the Son of Heaven, let's go and see together, what other good things are there?" ”

Xue Tao also had a trace of curiosity in her heart, she nodded with a smile, and followed her husband towards the inner house.

Guo Song's inner study is next to the flower candle in the cave room, it is also an independent courtyard, inside is a three-story attic, the bottom has not yet determined the purpose, the wide room is empty, it is full of hundreds of large and small large cages, divided into two piles, half is Xue Tao's dowry, the other half is the items sent by the Qingxu Palace, Guo Song's black sword, bow and Fang Tian's painting halberd are resting on the wall.

Xue Tao was very interested in this attic, she didn't care about looking at things, she went to the second floor first, the second floor was very elegantly cleaned, by the window was a large table, on both sides were cabinets and bookshelves, outside the window was a blooming plum, a burst of fragrance came to the nose.

Xue Tao suddenly liked this small building, she turned around and walked to the staircase and leaned out and smiled: "Husband, just use it for me here for the time being!" After the Wangjiang Tower is repaired, I will move over. ”

Guo Song walked upstairs step by step with a few screens, Xue Tao wanted to take over to help, Guo Song hurriedly said: "This thing is very heavy, you can't help, help me open the door." ”

Xue Tao hurriedly opened the door, Guo Song entered the house with three white jade screens, carefully rested on the wall, and said with a sigh of relief: "This thing is heavy!" One fan weighs sixty or seventy pounds, and I brought the other three up. ”

Xue Tao pursed his lips and said, "Is my request excessive?" ”

Guo Song hugged her into his arms, kissed her red lips, and said with a smile: "Of course I have no opinion, just pack up your things, you won't need a few days, at most we will set off for Ganzhou in ten days at most, and when we come back, the Wangjiang Pavilion has been built, you must prefer the Wangjiang Pavilion, right?" ”

Xue Tao was right to think about it, she smiled slyly and said: "There are still ten days to go, at least let me enjoy it for a few days, I like the plum plant outside." ”

"No problem, I'll put on the screen, bring your piano and drawing paper and brushes, and let the maid light a brazier, and this small building will be ready for use tomorrow."

Xue Tao was overjoyed, turned around and looked around, and began to think about how to arrange his study.

"The screen is placed right here, just dividing the room into two."

"Good! I'm going to get the screen up. ”

"I'm going to see what else is good?"

Xue Tao followed her husband downstairs, Guo Song pointed to an open box and said, "There is also a set of white jade tea sets in there, as well as a lot of jade carvings, you can take them if you like." ”

"What is this?" Xue Tao opened a wooden box again, there were three square small boxes inside, opened the small box, and inside was a small incense burner carved in gold, about the size of a grapefruit, and the other two were also incense burners, one was inlaid with precious stones, much like the Persian style, and the other was a white jade incense burner, all small and exquisite, suitable for placing on the table.

Xue Tao looked left and right at the three incense burners, the gold incense burner was a little cheesy, the exotic style of the gem incense burner was too strong, she still liked the fresh and elegant white jade incense burner, and the gem incense burner would be used by her husband! He loves gemstones.

Xue Tao was about to open another box, when Ah Qiu said at the door: "Madam, Steward Wang has brought his wife here, in the atrium!" ”

Xue Tao raised his head and asked, "Husband, Steward Wang has brought his wife here, do you want to go with me?" ”

"I'm installing a screen, I can't leave!"

Guo Song's voice came from upstairs, "Go by yourself!" Stay as you see fit. ”

"Oh well! I'll go on my own. ”

Xue Tao said to Ah Qiu: "Let's go!" Let's take a look. ”

Steward Wang's wife's surname is Yang, about forty years old, and she has also been a housekeeper in a large family for ten years, she looks white and fat, cleans up very cleanly, and gives people a very gentle feeling, Xue Tao is still more satisfied, she doesn't like the kind of woman who is very thin, shrewd and overdone, and the fat housekeeper makes her feel at ease.

Even if Xue Tao finalized the monthly money of the housekeeper, ten yuan per month, five times less than that of the Wang housekeeper, and there was a reward at the end of the year.

The housekeeper also agreed, willing to follow the master to Ganzhou, her son became a family last year, the family wants to save money to buy a house in the suburbs near Chang'an, the hostess gives her a good salary, if you go to Ganzhou every month can get an extra five yuan, she and her husband can be housekeepers for five years, you can save 1,500 yuan, you can buy a three-acre house in the county seat of Gyeonggi area.

"That's it, Steward Yang will come to the inner house early tomorrow morning."

There is still a difference between the functions of male and female housekeepers, and the male housekeeper is mainly responsible for the operation of a mansion, including buying foodstuffs, daily necessities and external contacts, arranging carriages, arranging florists, and various arrangements for the New Year's holidays.

The female housekeeper pays attention to the affairs of the inner house, including the owner's living, eating, resting, and various arrangements for the hostess, etc., which also solves the trouble that the male housekeeper cannot enter the inner house casually.

Solved the housekeeper, it was a big deal, Xue Tao returned to the inner house, but saw that the husband had already installed the screen, Xue Tao was also deeply attracted by this screen, the precious rosewood, snow-white and delicate jade, without a little impurity, and exquisite painting, although it was only a fragment of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, but the painting was magnificent.

There is also a poem in cursive writing in the upper right corner:

The state of the mountain makes Chunhui, and it is not for the light yin to return. Even if it is sunny and rainless, it will be wet in the depths of the clouds.

At this time, Xue Tao found a sign in the lower right corner, 'Dao Xuan'.

She suddenly realized that this screen was from Wu Daozi's handwriting, no wonder it was painted with such a profound artistic conception, so what about this calligraphy? Xue Tao extremely suspected that it was written by Zhang Xu, because this poem was Zhang Xu's masterpiece.

"This is placed in the study of the first emperor, and it is priceless."

Guo Song introduced with a smile on the side: "I don't know why, the new monarch doesn't like the things of the first emperor, and he has rewarded all the things collected by the first emperor to various ministers, I am the last one, and I have been rewarded with all the last remaining things, and this screen is also there, and I am cheaper for nothing!" ”

Xue Tao smiled slightly: "The Son of Heaven is not stupid, he gave you these good things to want you to work well in Hexi." ”