When Manager Qiu saw Gu Qinghan, his originally smiling and kind expression instantly became humble, and he almost trotted up to meet him, and said respectfully: "Third lady, I have something to report to you." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Have you been there over there with the third old lady?" Gu Qinghan's expression was calm and calm at this time, without the slightest smile, once that beautiful face lost its smile, it was not only solemn and elegant, but also had its own majesty.

Manager Qiu hurriedly said: "I've been there, I've been persuading over there for a long time, and the third old lady is now a lot more angry." But.....! ”

"But what?" A sneer crossed Gu Qinghan's eyes, "But you still want Qi Yu to continue to guard the spirit?" ”

Mr. Qiu was embarrassed: "Third lady, I also know that since the prince has returned, it will be unruly to let Qi Yu guard the spirit." However, the third old lady said that even if Qi Yu is not a son-in-law, he is also the blood of Hou Ye, and Hou Ye can't die, and Qi Yu is not even qualified to guard the spirit. He glanced at Yang Ning here, and then lowered his voice slightly: "What the third old lady means, this daytime, let the prince guard the spirit in the future, but at night, you can let Qi Yu do it for you, so that there will always be no shortage of filial sons in the mourning hall, and the prince can also have time to rest." ”

Gu Qinghan said lightly: "Manager Qiu, what they mean, others don't understand, you should know it in your heart." You have been in the Hou Mansion for almost 20 years, and when the general was alive, you also knew very well what he was doing to you. After a pause, he blinked his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes flashed, "What to do, what not to do, we naturally have to follow the general's original thoughts." ”

Manager Qiu said with a smile: "What the third lady said is very true, I am naturally the head of the horse. After a pause, he said cautiously: "Then I'll go back to the third old lady and tell him that this method won't work?" ”

Gu Qinghan frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then said: "That's it, it's not impossible for Qi Yu to keep a vigil at night, but whenever there is a guest, Ning'er must come forward, and the rest must be returned to the back hall." ”

"Yes." Manager Qiu bowed and said.

Gu Qinghan walked over to Yang Ning at this time, and a smile appeared on his beautiful face at this time, bright and vulgar, "Ning'er, let you go to the mourning hall, why are you still here?" It's fun again, isn't it? Although her words were slightly reproachful, her tone was very soft, and she did not mean to blame at all.

Manager Qiu followed Gu Qinghan and did not leave, Gu Qinghan noticed it, stopped his steps, and asked, "Manager Qiu still has something?" ”

Manager Qiu hesitated for a moment before he said, "There is an important matter to discuss with the third lady." ”

"What?"

Manager Qiu glanced at Yang Ning, and stopped talking, Yang Ning's heart was angry, and he said bluntly: "See what I do?" I can't listen to what you're going to say? ”

Manager Qiu hurriedly said: "The prince has misunderstood, I ..... I had no intention of doing so. ”

"Don't you mean to say it?" Yang Ning rolled his eyes, he was most disgusted by Mr. Qiu's sneaky appearance, as if there were secrets all over the world.

Gu Qinghan glared at Yang Ning, his eyebrows became more and more delicate, and he turned his head slightly to look at Manager Qiu, and then said, "Manager Qiu, what is the matter?" ”

"This ......!" Manager Qiu hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Third lady, the treasury is ..... There is not much money left in the treasury, but I am afraid that it will not last long. ”

Gu Qinghan's pretty face suddenly became serious, and asked, "Didn't you watch it a few days ago, why did it disappear so quickly?" ”

Manager Qiu smiled bitterly: "In the past few days, there are many officials from various ministries of princes and nobles who have come to pay tribute, and they have all stayed in the mansion to eat. In addition, there are many miscellaneous items, I thought that I could save some, so I could make up for it until the silver in the palace or Gangneung, but ..... But if you really want to do it, the cost is not small, and the money in the treasury goes out like flowing water every day. There was an extra account book in his hand and he handed it over with both hands, "Third lady, please see, there are details of each expense." ”

Gu Qinghan shook his head and said, "Since Manager Qiu said so, he can't be wrong." "And he didn't take the book.

Yang Ning saw it in his eyes, and secretly praised Gu Qinghan in his heart for his sophistication, now is the very time, although Gu Qinghan is in charge of the overall situation, but after all, he is a woman, and the specific operator of all the affairs of the Hou Mansion should still be this Chief Manager Qiu, if he receives the account book, it is equivalent to if he is very distrustful of General Manager Qiu, it will inevitably lead to suspicion, and in this situation, of course, General Manager Qiu cannot be embarrassed.

"I'm afraid that the monthly money in the mansion won't be issued for a while, and the academy, when Mr. Zhuo came over the day before yesterday, although he didn't say it explicitly, the meaning was already obvious, and it seemed to blame us for not sending the academy's silver over for a long time." Manager Qiu shook his head and sighed: "Third lady, it's great to go on like this, according to the etiquette law, the general still has five days to go out of the funeral, and in the next few days, the cost is only a lot more, and the general's matter is a first-class event, naturally there can be no sloppiness, Mrs. Tai said to be decent, we naturally can't lose our proportion." ”

Gu Qinghan's eyes already had a look of trouble, and the pair of eyebrows as thin as willow leaves were slightly squeezed together, "Have you moved the cash in the two shops?" ”

"I have already made up for it according to your instructions." Mr. Qiu: "The pharmacy has to do medicinal materials, and half a month ago I allocated a batch of silver to go out to procure, so there is not a lot of silver." “

Yang Ning had already heard the taste, he thought that such a wealthy nobleman would not be able to worry about silver at all, but now it seems that silver has become the most difficult problem in the Hou Mansion at the moment.

Seeing Gu Qinghan's frowning eyebrows, Mr. Qiu said: "There is no word in the palace so far, it is very abnormal, third lady, do you want to send someone to the palace to inquire and see what is going on?" I have a father-in-law in the palace who knows him well, so I should be able to find out about the situation. ”

"Never." Gu Qinghan immediately said: "This kind of thing, the saint has no will, we can only wait, and we must not go to the palace to talk about it first." After thinking about it, he said: "The silver over there in Jiangling should have been sent over ten days ago, why has there been no movement until now?" Has anyone over there come to report it? ”

Manager Qiu shook his head and said, "No one has come over yet, I think it should be delayed because of something." This has happened before, with occasional delays, and the longest one was delayed for more than half a month, but it was also sent safely later. If there is no accident, it should be delivered in a few days. ”

Gu Qinghan nodded his head slightly, and said, "Jiangling's silver is sent over, and all problems will be solved." ”

"But it's a little tight right now." Manager Qiu was embarrassed: "There can't be no cash in the treasury, and the daily expenses are indispensable for silver, which is the most important, but you can't lose the dignity of the Hou Mansion because of the lack of silver, third lady, do you see if we ..... Do you want to borrow some money first? ”

Gu Qinghan asked, "How much silver do you need?" ”

"If you can borrow two or three thousand taels of silver to fill in the treasury, it shouldn't be a problem." Mr. Qiu said confidently.

Yang Ning originally thought that the Hou Mansion lacked a big hole in the accounts, but when he heard that it was only a few thousand taels of silver, it seemed that the amount was not too big, such a wealthy family, because of a few thousand taels of silver, was embarrassed, but it was beyond Yang Ning's expectations.

"It's always bad to borrow money at times like this." Gu Qinghan thought for a while, "I still have some soft hand, it's better to ......!" ”

"Third lady, by all means." Manager Qiu was also clever, and immediately knew what Gu Qinghan meant, "This kind of thing is also my negligence, I didn't let Jiangling's silver be sent over in time, how could I let the third lady take the fine soft out?" If this is spread, I am afraid that someone will say right and wrong behind my back. Besides, we also have a pawnshop at home, so can't we open a pawnshop to pawn goods? In fact, the matter is easy to solve, there must be someone redeeming the pawnshop these days, and there will be some silver back every day, and the business of the pharmacy is also very good, as long as it survives these few days, everything can get better. It's not hard for us to borrow some money to deal with the emergency, and I'm sure I'll do a good job of not letting this matter get out of the way. ”

Gu Qinghan thought for a while before he said: "Then do it according to your method, first go and borrow three thousand taels of silver, and return it as soon as the silver from the Hou Mansion arrives." ”

"Third Madam, you also know that when Master Hou was alive, he didn't let us have too much money to deal with other people." Mr. Qiu: "Let's take three thousand taels of silver this time, although it is not difficult, but we must always take something as collateral, which is also the rule." ”

"Of course I know that." Gu Qinghan said: "You go and inquire first, what should be used as collateral, and then we will discuss." ”

Mr. Qiu: "Otherwise, let's use the pawnshop as collateral, our pawnshop has an excellent reputation, and the business has always been good, as long as the pawnshop is used as collateral, three thousand taels of silver can be withdrawn immediately." ”

"Pawnshop?" Gu Qinghan hesitated slightly.

Manager Qiu hurriedly said: "The pharmacy was handed down from the time of the old marquis, and it is the lifeblood of our Hou Mansion, which must not be touched. And we will only use it for a few days, and in a few days, the silver will be repaid, even if it is a mortgage on the pawnshop, it will not affect the pawnshop's business. ”

"Since you think you can do this, let's do it first." Gu Qinghan pondered for a moment and nodded slightly, "You tell people that we will return the silver soon, and the profits that should be calculated will not be less." ”

Manager Qiu smiled: "In this way, there will be no problems in the house." Third lady, I'll do it. "Retreat.

Waiting for Manager Qiu to leave, Yang Ning asked curiously: "Sanniang, there is no silver in our house?" ”

"I don't know how expensive oil and rice are." Gu Qinghan sighed lightly: "There are already a lot of expenses inside and outside the Hou Mansion, plus the general's funeral ......!" Beautiful eyes stared at Yang Ning, "Why are you also interested in these things?" You don't usually think about how the money comes from. ”

Yang Ning smiled: "I see that Sanniang is worried about the silver, so I asked." ”

"Yo, my family Ning'er also knows how to care about people." Gu Qinghan said with a smile: "But you don't have to worry about these things, just let Sanniang worry about the troubles, and wait for you to really be the master of the house, and then worry about these things." Looking at Duan Canghai to the side, seeing that his face was still a little red, he frowned and said, "Drinking again?" ”

Duan Canghai was a little embarrassed, touched the back of his head and said, "That's it..... Just drank two sips casually.....! ”

Gu Qinghan sighed: "I know you feel uncomfortable, but we still have to do many things, and there are many things in the heavenly mansion these days, and you have helped a lot of things." ”

"I know." Duan Canghai hurriedly said: "Third lady, don't worry, I won't drink anymore in the past few days." Then he also frowned, and asked softly: "Third lady, there is no explanation in the palace about the general's death?" ”

Gu Qinghan nodded lightly, and said suspiciously: "I'm also strange, it stands to reason that the palace should have come to the decree a long time ago, but until now, not only has there been no news in the palace, but the other side of the Zhongyi Marquis's mansion, and the Zhongyi Marquis has not come in person, I always feel that there is something strange here." ”