The lakeside manor, which is the official estate of the Mansion of the Prince, has many bungalows in addition to the villas, in which the tenant farmers and their families live, and most of the relatives of the servants of the mansion also live here. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Thanks to Bazhou's drastic water conservancy construction, the originally flooded lakeside wasteland was developed, and the manor of the Duke of Yi Guo occupied a large area, and after planning a large area of wasteland, tenant farmers began to reclaim it.

There were iron tools, enough seeds, detailed division of labor, and special personnel to organize everyone to build small canals and embankments, and after more than a year of hard work, the seeds sown in the spring finally had a harvest in the autumn.

Of course, there is only a harvest, and the newly reclaimed wasteland does not produce as much food as the ripe land, and the lakeside land, which has been plagued by floods for many years, has to be cultivated for several years before it can be turned into fertile land.

Even so, there is a bright prospect that the tenant farmers are highly motivated, and they work for the government of the country, and the land rent they have to pay is less than the rent paid by ordinary peasants to the government.

The main reason is that they are under the wing of the Guogong Mansion, and they are not afraid of being harassed or bullied by the officials, and the future will get better and better.

In the corner of the vineyard, Sima Lingji and other maids are feeding the chickens, and the chickens here are free-range, scurrying all over the vineyard, digging in the field themselves, but they have to feed every day, and at this time the 'free-range chickens' will gather to the feeding point by themselves.

Looking at a group of chickens around her, Sima Lingji moved her steps carefully, with the lesson of accidentally pecking the chicken's foot before, she is now sophisticated, and she and her companions are scattered to feed.

Back then, the empress with a noble status followed the maids and eunuchs to serve at any time, but now she is wearing coarse cloth dresses and shoes, and she is feeding chickens like a peasant girl.

Two years ago, she was kicked out of the palace, and the little emperor, who was not so much a husband but a younger brother, died of illness not long after.

After being abolished, according to the precedent of this era, she either became a monk or remarried, she was still young, and even because her ex-husband was only a child, she was still a virgin after two years in the palace, so she became a bargaining chip for her mother to improve her life.

After getting married, you can get back a lot of dowry, Sima Lingji's usefulness, that's probably it, as for what her husband's family will do to her, only God knows.

If her mother's family doesn't want to see her, if her husband's family doesn't want to see her, Sima Lingji doesn't know how long she can live, she is very confused about her life future until she meets him.

"Sima, move faster, he's coming!"

A companion smiled narrowly, seeing that Sima Lingji's face was slightly red, and the rest of the people also began to coax, and soon finished feeding the chickens, everyone turned out of the vineyard, urging Sima Lingji to go to "meet the lover".

Wu Ming, the guard in the mansion, went out to run errands and brought back a Sima lady, which is not a secret in the circle of servants in the mansion, these two are about to get married, so they have become the envy of many people.

The mansion does not prohibit male and female servants from falling in love, but it prohibits unmarried fornication, and if the two parties get married, they will adjust their jobs as appropriate, and Wu Ming and this Sima lady are likely to be another "dual-income" couple in the mansion.

The masters and mothers are not in the manor, so they have done their part, and the servants can walk around and play in the manor, of course, the areas that are not allowed to enter are still not allowed to enter, but the observation tower near the lake is allowed.

Wu Ming, who was on rest in turn, was now sitting in a daze in the observation tower, and Sima Lingji, who arrived in a hurry, saw him frowning, so he sat down beside him and asked with concern if he was unhappy.

"I... I look like I've found my biological father..."

"Huh? That's a good thing. ”

Sima Lingji said that she knew that Wu Ming was an orphan and a layman, and she also knew that the master who raised her had passed away, and she also knew that Wu Ming regarded her master as her biological father.

"But I don't want to recognize him."

"Why?"

Sima Lingji was a little surprised when she heard this, and felt that if it was herself, if she learned the identity of her biological father, she would definitely recognize her, but she also knew that Wu Ming might have something unspeakable, so she just sat quietly beside him.

"It's better to be graceful!"

Wu Ming said this to Sima Lingji, and also to himself, since he was sensible, he has followed his master to travel all over the world, and the master and apprentice depend on each other, and they are like father and son, so it doesn't matter if he recognizes his biological father who came out of nowhere.

Not to mention someone of such status!

"Amin, no matter what, the biological father is the biological father, if you can't get over the hurdle in your heart now, then wait for later."

Wu Ming didn't speak, looking at the lake scenery in a daze, Sima Lingji sat beside him, and the hands of the two were tightly clasped.

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Li Sanjiu sat next to the bookcase, sorting out a wide range of notes, as the housekeeper of the Duke of Yiguo, he was very busy on weekdays, even if there was a steward in charge of various affairs, but as the general manager, Li Sanjiu was not easy.

Accounts, kitchens, going out to buy, front and back yards of mansions, manors and tenant farmers, as well as cleaning, house repairs and other miscellaneous work, maids, maids, mothers-in-law in each small courtyard, and little girls and Xiao Langjun's nurses, etc.

There are even various assessments, servants' dormitory management, and they have to listen to the stewards' reports every day.

After finishing these, there is another thing that has to be busy, that is, the task specially assigned to him by Lang Lord Yu Wenwen: surveillance.

There are two types of surveillance: external and internal, the external is called the "market research department", of course, there is also a special person responsible for summarizing, and the internal can only be his own summary, the news recorded on all kinds of small pieces of paper is sorted out.

This is according to the instructions of Lord Lang, and the ears and eyes laid out in the house listen to the trivial affairs every day, of course, the master mother and the side ladies are not allowed to inquire, but even then the workload is very large.

Yu Wenwen hated the servant of the traitor, so Li Sanjiu could understand Lord Lang's intentions for internal surveillance, but as there were more and more servants in the mansion and more and more news that could be received every day, he was almost too busy.

If you can't be busy, you have to be busy, Li Sanjiu feels that the burden on his shoulders is very heavy and very important, and the fact that Lord Lang handed over this kind of thing to him to do shows that he has extreme trust, so he will never allow any mistakes.

All the negative emotions that arise in the servants must be detected at the beginning so that measures can be taken as soon as possible, and the words and deeds of the daily life can reflect what a person thinks in his heart.

There is no need to inquire about it, the function of the ears and eyes is to see and hear, write down what they see and hear, and hand it over to Li Sanjiu.

Therefore, it is necessary to summarize and pay attention to some complaints and sabotage situations, and if someone has been like this for a long time, it can basically be concluded that his people are dissatisfied and need to be 'dealt with' in time.

"Wu Ming, there is a scar on his left shoulder blade, and he seems to be the son of the captured Ye Owl leader..."

This is what Li Sanjiu saw in a note, the guards and servants in the palace have been trained, and the overall level is out of the illiteracy stage, so it is not difficult to write a simple note.

"Wu Ming has a conversation with that person in the state prison..."

Li Sanjiu fell into deep thought when he saw this, this news was really shocking, if it was true that his ears and eyes were listening, then what Wu Ming was thinking in his heart was very important.

Liu Taozhi is the leader of Ye Xiao, no one expected to catch this big fish, but no one can do the "cooking" method, so he can only wait for Yu Wenwen to come back and then decide.

Wu Ming is the guard in the house, what if he lets the other party go out based on the love of father and son? What should I do if I am confused by the other person's words and want to do something that is not good for the mansion?

Why don't you take action now? But in case Wu Ming has nothing else in his heart, seeing that he is suspicious, he will think about it if he has no thoughts, so taking measures will backfire, this is a problem.

Li Sanjiu has always summarized the news to Yu Wenwen, and the Lord Lang made the decision himself, but now that the Lord Lang is outside, it is also a question whether to report it to the master's mother.

After thinking for a long time, Li Sanjiu packed up his things, locked it and went to the backyard, and was about to report the matter to the main mother Wei Chi Chifan, but when she saw Liu Ye coming out of the main mother's courtyard, she saluted after seeing Li Sanjiu.

"Someone sent away?"

"Sent away."

Li Sanjiu nodded when he heard this, and didn't say anything more, Li Yuantong, who led the people to attack the Duke of Yiguo, sent him on the boat today according to the instructions of the master's mother, and asked him to return to the Sui State on the south bank on his own.

There are naturally a lot of people who 'see off', and Liu Ye was also present as a witness, after all, it was impossible to let the second lady go over to see her off to avoid accidents, so Liu Ye, who was also familiar with Li Yuantong, was allowed to testify.

Transferred to the small courtyard, Li Sanjiu briefly reported Wu Ming's matter, and before Wei Chi Chifan could recover from the shock, something bigger happened one after another: the pigeon came back and brought back a note written by Yu Wenwen.

Wei Chi Chifan excitedly held a few small bamboo pipes, took out the 'code book' from a hidden place, and began to 'translate' the ciphertext on the flying pigeon biography, while Li Sanjiu assisted on the side.

Because he and Yuwen Fifteen, as the absolute henchmen of Lord Lang and the main mother, also have the same code book in their hands.

"Master and mother, the marks on these bamboo pipes are the same, and it seems that the same batch of released pigeons brought back."

Wei Chichi was busy 'translating' and didn't have time to reply, and when her husband finally wrote a letter, she wanted to know how her husband was doing now, not to mention that she had just experienced the fake Yuwenwen incident, which was very stressful for a woman, and she just wanted the man in charge of the house to return as soon as possible.

The code book is actually a code table of commonly used words, the reason why the flying pigeon is written in ciphertext, is afraid that after an accident halfway, the small note carried by the pigeon is picked up to see the content, and another reason is that the note can not be written with many words, so the font is simple ciphertext.

After a while, the 'translation' was completed, but after Wei Chi Chi saw the content of the flying pigeon's biography, he was so shocked that he sat down on the couch: "How.... How could it be that we got there..."(To be continued.) )