Xu Zixian also seriously considered the issue of money.

In fact, there is no problem with the follow-up financial resources...... Xu Zixian tried his best to deal with a steward, not for the sake of vindictiveness and women, but for deeper financial considerations.

Li Cheng used more than 1,000 people to serve in the palace, and there were less than 300 people who were really arranged to take turns to serve in the other courtyard and the city, so the other courtyard was understaffed, because these 300 people took turns to serve for 40 days, and there were dozens of people in the mansion of the marquis, and the scale of the courtyard was not large, and the more people were used, the manpower would not be enough to rotate.

In addition to the gatekeepers, courtyard sweepers, and laundry robes, there are also servants who cook, servants in the inner house, horse breeders, sedan chair drivers, coachmen, gardeners, vegetable farmers, honor guards, custodians of clothes and hats, people who manage seals, ancestral hall personnel, maids, small maids, and so on.

These people use more in the handhouses, but there are fewer in the other courtyards.

The personnel in the city cannot be reduced, the Hou Mansion is already relatively dilapidated, if even the manpower is insufficient, in the eyes of those who have a heart, Xu Zixian will be more like a child of a ruined household, and his image and status will definitely fall further.

What an article can change is only the external image and some intangible assets, and the real core still needs to be supplemented by itself.

Drive out Li Cheng and operate the remaining more than 1,000 people as usual, with hundreds of people working for him every month, and the income is more than 1,000 guan per month, and more than 10,000 guan a year.

But this is only the additional income brought by the main households, and there are a large number of hidden households, this number is only known to Li Cheng, and the number known by Xu Zixian is only a few hundred, but it is estimated that the actual number must be far more than that.

If there are more than 1,000 households, two or three thousand dings, they have to serve the Hou Mansion every year, and this income is quite considerable!

This is an income of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 yuan a year, and Li Cheng will definitely not be able to eat it alone.

With the support of the huge forces behind it, Li Cheng took part of the benefits, and the forces behind him took most of it, which is a normal situation.

And Xu Zixian estimated that the benefits were more than that...... The geographical environment of Nan'anze town is more special, it is at the junction of several states, along the river is Qizhou Island, it is also the mouth of Fuzhou, Fuzhou Fucheng is in the northeast direction of the town, along the Nan'an River to the north and then turn east to Quanzhou, west to Jianzhou, and across the Min River is Shao Wujun and Xinghua Army, along the river straight down into the sea and sail south, not far away is Zhangzhou, along the land route is to cross the Xinghua Army, generally speaking, it is also in the town here to cross the river, unless it is a large sea ship directly to the port of Fuzhou docking, many to Zhangzhou maritime merchants to Xinghua Army, Tingzhou, Shao Wujun bought raw silk, tea, and porcelain, all from the mouth of the river here, because the official roads are connected, and the river surface here is also the narrowest, which is easy to cross the river.

Therefore, this town and the nearby town of Shuikou are the most prosperous, bordering the river and crossing the river, and the official roads are connected.

Decades have passed in a hurry, the first two generations of Nan'an Hou have not done anything great, but the market town formed by this courtyard and the place where it is located, the status is actually getting higher and higher, at least to Xu Zixian knows, among the many major events that happened on the Fujian Road, this place is crucial, the last fierce battle in East Hukfuzhou was also carried out here, dozens of battalions of Fujian garrison carried out the last fierce battle here, after the defeat, many civil and military officials and soldiers threw themselves into the Min River and died, a large number of soldiers floated in the river, and the blood flowed thousands of miles.

The more Xu Zixian thought about it, the more sure he was that this place was incomparable, and Li Cheng seemed to be inconspicuous, and he should be a key chess piece.

Now the father and son of the Li family are still standing in the cage, followed by a month of hard labor, Xu Zixian plans to establish a certain amount of self-protection during this period, recruiting homeless teenagers to help the tooth, this is only the first step, but the first step is to stumble, quite difficult.

The resources that Li Cheng has in his hands cannot be used by Xu Zixian, this is a matter that does not need to be thought about to know the result, Xu Zixian still lacks the final fatal blow to Li Cheng, and now he still needs to wait for the opportunity.

"I'll figure it out." Xu Zi first said to Kong He: "Did Xuanping go to the town's Qianzhuang to find out?" When we take down Li Cheng, borrowing thousands of them is just a small matter. ”

"Got it." Kong He said helplessly: "What people say is very straightforward, if the prince can control the official village and all the hidden households now, they will dare to borrow 10,000 yuan." But if they haven't mastered it, they can't borrow a thousand guan. ”

"The people of the Pu family are really straightforward in doing business."

"Not really." Kong He spread his hands and said: "They said that there are still hundreds of dollars in the Hou Mansion that have not been paid off, and now it is still a few dozen times at the end of the year, and it will take ten years to repay it according to this progress, and there are still a few money lenders in the city, and our Hou Mansion is short of money, adding up to a thousand yuan...... Son, your ancestors are really capable of squandering. ”

Xu Zixian could only shrug his shoulders and smile bitterly......

"Okay." Xu Zi got up first and said, "I'll think of a way." ”

"As soon as possible."

"Got it."

Xu Zi looked at Kong He first, with a wry smile on his face. No wonder this guy is not treated well in the yamen, and he is really seriously disgusted.

At this time, there was the sound of someone pushing the door in, Xu Zi took a look first, and saw that it was the little sister who crossed the threshold and walked in with Yi Ran.

"Big brother." The little sister didn't look very good-looking, and said, "Have you forgotten anything in the past two days?" ”

"What's the matter?" Xu Zixian had already stood up, and the little sister's eyes were not good, it seemed that the matter must not be small.

"You don't know?"

"Xiuniang, have you forgotten Xiuniang?"

"How could I forget?" Xu Zixian seemed to be thundering in his mind, damn it, he really forgot about Xiuniang.

When they meet every day, he has a very good impression of this woman, and he does not deliberately forget, in fact, as soon as the little sister says, an apology comes to his heart, no matter what, Xu Zixian is very good at keeping his promises, which is an obvious advantage and advantage that he has shared in his previous life and this life.

He felt a wave of apologies in his heart, maybe he had put too much energy into these recent events, and he had really forgotten about it.

"I'm going to pick up Xiuniang in person." Xu Zixian made up reasons randomly, and said that he believed it: "Xiuniang has been wronged, and I can't just send someone to take her back, I have to go myself." ”

"I see." The little sister's eyes turned soft, looked at Xu Zixian, and said, "Is the eldest brother worrying about money these days?" ”

"Hmm...... Don't worry about these things in your girl's house, no matter how much the house is, it won't be short of you. ”

"I have some self-consideration, it's useless to save it, use it for my eldest brother first, your business is important."

"Do you know what's going on?"

"Didn't you lock up Li Cheng and his son, Qin Dianwei and Jin Baoyi, as well as Li Fengchang, went to the edge of the Min River every day to pick up homeless teenagers to be generals, I know all about this."

"Alright." Xu Zixian said helplessly: "Don't worry about this, Ansheng stays in the other courtyard, don't go out if you have nothing to do." ”

"Where can I go?" The little sister gave him a blank look and left with Yi Ran.

"Shizi, don't forget to pick up Sister Xiu." Xiao Yiran turned around in front of the door to remind him, and Xu Zixian smiled helplessly.

……

The sky is slightly bright, the rooster cries are gradually replaced by the sound of the rain, after the autumn this rain has been falling for several days, Xiuniang is awakened in the rain every day in the early morning.

The house was leaking rain everywhere and the air in the house was wet.

Xiuniang sat on the edge of the bed in a daze after washing, she couldn't go out, several women were entrusted by Li Cheng, and they had been sitting and guarding at the gate of Xiuniang's courtyard, and after the rain, they sat on the bench in the hall, saying gossip that disgusted Xiuniang.

Everything is to make this little lady extremely disgusted, boring, and the fresh air seems to have the stench of old and old.

Many times Xiuniang will think of Shizi, Shizi's appearance is actually very ordinary, not handsome, only the gentle smile that has been hanging on his face touches people's hearts.

When he speaks, he is also gentle and polite, not like the young man with a local accent who speaks rudely and directly, and likes to tease and tease when he meets a beautiful young lady.

Sometimes Xiuniang would also think of the slightly burning eyes of the prince when she looked at herself, her heart would be very flustered, and then she suddenly remembered Li Cheng's squinting appearance, and her heart sank violently.

Xiuniang's silver hairpin has long been taken away, and the kitchen knives and scissors at home have also been put away.

Every day can only be so upset, sitting bored, struggling back and forth between hope and despair every day.

Outside the courtyard, there was a crackling sound of walking in the mud, then the sound of Xiuniang's father talking, and then the screaming and noisy sound of her mother, Xiuniang listened indifferently...... After Xiuniang's father took the thousands of money given by the son, he didn't be honest for a few days and started to go to the money shop every day to make money, as long as he didn't dare to sell Xiuniang again, she didn't care at all.

This time the father's voice seemed to be a little loud and a little excited, Xiuniang didn't pay attention to it, and she didn't stand up to inquire, she had no interest in anything else.

At this time, the voice came to this side, and then someone pushed open the door, Xiuniang turned her head, and saw her father and mother standing in front of the door together, and her mother was wiping her tears with her robe.

"Xiuxiu, it's okay now." Xiu Niang's father said happily: "Li Cheng and his son have stood in the cage for three days, and now they are escorted to the lime field, and he asked someone to send back the deed and the letter of resignation, so there is really nothing to do now." ”

Xiuniang's eyes widened, and she imagined such a scene countless times in her sleep, thinking that such a thing would really happen, she seemed to be a drowning person who could breathe air all of a sudden, but she was choked by the cool air, and there was a feeling of suffocation, what Daddy said was impossible?

"I didn't lie to you." Father Xiuniang was still very happy and said: "The prince will come to pick you up soon, this time, you have become the concubine of the prince, and my family will also be developed." ”