Chapter 42: The Council Chamber
What Lu Yuan said was not to intimidate Tang Ying.
If he remembers correctly, a year later, that is, in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Jiannu will enter the customs again, and when Jinan will be slaughtered, Tianjin Wei will also be looted, and the surrounding area of Linqing will also be looted.
Then in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Jiannu will enter the customs again, and this time after the last time he found that Jiannu was prosperous in Linqing City, he would slaughter 180,000 people in Linqing City.
In other words, Lu Yuan and Tang Ying in history may have become the ghosts of Jiannu in five years, and they can't even see the fall of the Ming Empire two years later.
"Tang Ying, I'm not alarmist, the emperor needs to be prepared for danger in times of peace, why shouldn't we."
Lu Yuan said again meaningfully.
Tang Ying raised her eyes and glanced at Lu Yuan, she had never seen Lu Yuan so serious, she felt a little strange and a little charming.
Lu Yuan's seriousness made her dare not think about poetry anymore, she nodded: "Lu Lang, you are right, Jiannu and thieves are wanton, we can't help but take precautions, I also heard my father and brother talk about it, Jiannu is as barbaric as a beast, and killing people is like slaughtering cattle and sheep. ”
Lu Yuan saw that Tang Ying was looking at him, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and he was full of tenderness, so he put the teacup on the table, and the whole person bowed his head and kissed the red cherry-like lips.
Bang dang!
The teacup was accidentally swept to the ground by him.
……
Mother Lu sat on the high chair and took the tea from Tang Ying with a smile.
Then, Lu Mu asked Lu Yuan: "Lu Yuan, what's wrong with your mouth?" ”
"I was bitten by Tang Ying, she couldn't even kiss my mouth, and she bit my tongue to bleed", Lu Yuan glanced at Tang Ying with some complaint.
Tang Ying's expression was a little flustered, his jade face was white and red, and he was eager to justify: "I didn't expect him, he would stick his tongue in." ”
Tang Ying shyly dropped his head as he spoke.
Mother Lu couldn't help but laugh dumbly, pointed at Lu Yuan, and said, "Greedy cat, take your daughter-in-law back to the house." ”
Obviously, Mother Lu is going to give Lu Yuan a chance to linger with Tang Ying again.
If this was a peaceful world, Lu Yuan wouldn't mind taking Tang Ying back to the house and then straightening Tang Ying in broad daylight.
But since Lu Yuan had decided to seize the last few years to strengthen himself, he naturally wouldn't just be Ximen Qing, so he took Tang Ying to the main hall of the Lu family between the Hanging Flower Gate and the North Room.
It is worth mentioning.
Tang Ying is a beautiful lady and an official eunuch, so Tang Ying is not married alone, there is a maid who marries that is Caiyi, and a couple who marry, that is, the so-called companion room.
This couple is Caiyi's parents, the man's name is Zhao Rui, who is fifty years old and quite honest and honest.
The woman's surname is Xue, but she is usually called Zhao Rui's family, fat and short, but also diligent, but like her husband, she doesn't like to talk, like a mute.
Perhaps the big families like such slaves, who are honest and as dumb as they only know how to work like wooden people.
Lu Yuan also likes it, after all, if he is really a clever person, he will not ask for it, and he will definitely find a chance to send him away.
Caiyi is naturally a stunning maid, with a plump waist and thin back, some natural cuteness, baby face, Lu Yuan just doesn't know when he can find a chance to take it down.
After all, his wife's dowry maid, if she doesn't take it for herself, who else can she give it?
Today's Caiyi sleeps with Erniu and lives directly in the West Wing, which is convenient for serving Lu Yuan and Tang Ying.
But because of this, Lu Yuan was even more expectant, thinking that when Tang Ying was not at home in the future, could he go to the West Wing to play a pair or something......
However, the premise is that Tang Ying is not at home, or Tang Ying is willing, or Tang Ying is willing to condescend to serve himself with the two beautiful slaves or something.
Lu Yuan didn't dare to think about it anymore, he felt that the more he thought about it, the more exciting and obscene it became.
Lu Yuan straightened his chest, tried his best to be sanctimonious, and greeted a grandmother who was sweeping the courtyard.
This grandmother's surname is Li, she was invited by Uncle Fei by Lu Yuan half a month ago, and it is an old couple in the workshop, who were invited to reduce the workload of the second girl, such as cooking and fetching water and sprinkling housework.
Of course, this can be regarded as allowing the second girl to have her own lineage.
The couple brought by his wife Tang Ying is managed by Caiyi, and it is interesting for the daughter to take care of her parents, but because of this, it is even the descendant of Caiyi.
Two pairs of slaves, two maids, and a housekeeper, this is the first layer of the Lu family's servants.
On the first floor of the master, in addition to Lu Yuan and Tang Ying, Lu Ying, who has the highest status, but only cares about the world and does not care about the world.
To sum it up.
The hierarchical order of the Lu family's inner mansion is that Lu Mu is the first class.
Lu Yuan and Tang Ying are second-class.
Uncle Fei, Erniu, and Caiyi are the third class who have the power to have direct contact with the master.
Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xue are the fourth class who specialize in chores.
"Erniu, you go and tell Uncle Fei and ask him to call all the people who receive the moon silver to the main hall for discussion."
Lu Yuan led Tang Ying to the main hall at this time and began to instruct people to do things, and after instructing the second girl, he said to Caiyi: "Caiyi, you ask Mama Li and Mama Xue to move the idle stools and chairs." ”
About half an hour passed.
The people who received one or two or five coins of moon silver in the Lu family came.
The so-called one or two and a half coins of silver naturally refers to the people above the current middle-level management of the Lu family, and Lu Yuan has not yet opened his own mansion and private court, so it is naturally not easy to determine the grade, so he simply uses the treatment to distinguish people at different levels.
Lu Yuan himself sat on the left side of the center of the main hall, and then let Tang Ying sit on the right side.
And for the senior managers of the Lu family who came in one after another, Lu Yuan also asked them all to sit down.
These personnel were still a little unaccustomed to it, but they couldn't stand Lu Yuan's repeated orders, so they all sat around Lu Yuan in an orderly manner.
Since there is no special round conference table, and there is not even a special administrative team responsible for arranging whose position, writing the name of the badge, etc., everyone sits casually.
After everyone sat down, Lu Yuan pointed to Tang Ying beside him: "Who is this, you must have guessed it, that's right, she is our young grandmother, Tang Ying, how is it, is it beautiful?" ”
The people present could only praise their beauty, and they were even a little embarrassed, but Tang Ying was indeed very beautiful, whether it was a man or a woman, it was a little unnatural at this time.
Lu Yuan said to Tang Ying very naturally: "Stand up and let you know." ”
Tang Ying glanced back at Lu Yuan, she was a little unaccustomed to Lu Yuan's arrangement, because in her impression, the people below all came in to kowtow when they saw the new master, and now this kind of meeting similar to that between relatives and friends made her feel both fresh and a little strange.
But Tang Ying still stood up generously: "Relatives and friends, I am Tang Ying, I covered my head yesterday, I guess you don't know what I am like, today you know it." ”
"Hello young grandma!"
The people below got up and prepared to kneel and kowtow.
Seeing this, Tang Ying hurriedly shouted to excuse himself.
And Lu Yuan also took advantage of this and said: "I summoned everyone here today for two things, one is to let you know the young grandmother, the man who has not yet married a wife remembers, and if you look for a daughter-in-law in the future, you are not allowed to find a daughter-in-law who is more beautiful than the young grandmother, understand?" In a word, in the future, the entire Lu family, except for me, is her final say, in addition, there is one more thing, that is, this place will be changed to a conference hall in the future, that is, a special place for deliberations, Caiyi is the director of the council room, in charge of all affairs in the council hall, Uncle Fei, remember to hand over the key to the council hall to Caiyi, everyone understands. ”
"Got it!"
The people below all replied, and some of the teenagers laughed embarrassedly.
Only Caiyi was still staring wide, thinking, "Director of the council chamber? What is this identity? I haven't had it in the Tang Mansion, is it unique to my uncle's family? ”