Jiangning Mansion is the seat of Chuzhou's state governance, known as the tiger standing on the dragon pan, choking the Yangtze River, the strategic position is extremely important, many of the highest authorities in Chuzhou are located here, such as the Chuzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Chuzhou Salt and Iron Transshipment Division, Chuzhou Naval Army Governor's Mansion, etc., the whole Chuzhou has a garrison of 300,000, of which there are 100,000 garrisons near Jiangning Mansion.

Jiangning Prefecture is half a level higher than the county, the highest official is the Prefecture Yin, there are two Shaoyin, under the jurisdiction of six counties, the total population of about 1.4 million, of which Jiangning County is the government, Jiangning County is also the largest county in the entire Jiangning Prefecture, with 120,000 households and nearly 600,000 people.

According to the regulations of the Daning Dynasty, the new official has three days to arrange his family, and Wujin is no exception, he is not from Jiangning Mansion, and he has a family, so the first thing he does is to settle down first.

When he got married, the Qi family gave him a manor in Jiangning Mansion, located in the eastern suburbs, he didn't want to live in the suburbs for the time being, and he had his own official residence in the city.

The letter he came to Jiangning Mansion to take up his post was sent by the imperial court ten days ago, and the magistrate of Jiangning Mansion had already prepared it for him.

One is the temporary military camp of Meihuawei, which is solved by Shi Shi, the governor of Chuzhou, and the other is his official residence, which is solved by Jiangning Mansion.

His official residence is located in the south of Jiangning County, arranged by Zhang Rong, and is the official residence of Zhang Buyun, the original Chuzhou transfer envoy, three years ago the transfer department and the salt and iron division were merged, Zhang Buyun was transferred to Jingzhou to serve as the Jingzhou salt and iron transfer department, and this house was vacant.

The official residence covers an area of 18 acres, although it is not the largest official residence, but it is the best condition, the most beautiful scenery, the house is close to the Longzang River, there is a private wharf, the river is green, the green willows are shady, the west is the Baoxiang Temple, the east is the most famous plum forest in Jiangning Mansion across a small river, a plum forest covering an area of 100 acres, in early spring, the plum blossoms are in full bloom here, the purple and red, like the ocean of flowers.

The official house is divided into three courtyards and a garden before and after, the front yard is the lower room and the kitchen, the storage room and other places, the middle courtyard is the main hall, the wing room and the guest room, and the back house is the master's residence, composed of five small courtyards, the last is a back garden covering an area of about eight acres, there are hundreds of various precious trees, the big trees are towering, dense and shady, in the meantime more than a dozen pavilions and pavilions are hidden in the green trees, in the middle of the woods is a pond of two acres in size, the water is drawn from the river outside the wall, emerging from the ground, the clear water is like a spring gushing and churning, a group of small fish swim in the lotus root lotus leaves, The shore is shaded by green willows, the flowers are splendid, and the scenery is beautiful and abnormal.

Su Han liked it at first sight, she especially liked the back garden, which is also a woman's Aimei surname, but the house occupies too much land, and there are only twelve of them in total, which makes her a little worried.

This time to the south, in addition to her and Jing Niang and her personal maid A Qiao, the king of Lanling County asked the second housekeeper Zhao Zhong to bring four maids and three servants to accompany him, and the twelve master servants lived in a large mansion of eighteen acres, which seemed empty.

But there is no way for the time being, Su Han can only arrange for everyone to live first, the second housekeeper Zhao Zhong and three servant women live in the front yard, and the four maids live in the backyard with them.

Fortunately, the other items were fully furnished, so they didn't need to buy any more, they only needed to buy some basic daily necessities such as tents, futons, kitchen utensils, bowls and chopsticks, and the second housekeeper Zhao Zhong immediately took the two servants to the street.

Su Han arranged for the four maids to temporarily live in the main courtyard of the back house, which is a two-story courtyard, with six rooms up and down, according to the rules of large families, she and Wu Jin live in the easternmost two suites, the westernmost one is the inner study, the side room next to the bedroom is Jing Niang's residence, Ah Qiao was originally a bedroom maid, should live in the outer room of the main mother, but Wu Jin refused, so she let her live in a room by herself, and the other is a living room.

Four maids live on the lower floor, two in one room, and a dining room and a bath.

Although behind the small building is the back garden, where you can see the beautiful scenery, at this time, none of them care about enjoying the scenery, and they are busy packing up their things.

Although there is a big bed in the room that has not been moved, Su Han will not ask for it, she will not ask for the bed that others have slept in, she has asked the housekeeper to help her buy a new bed temporarily, she thought about it on the way, to order a dipterocarp wood bed, this kind of wood is only available in Yuzhang County, it is extremely expensive, and it costs at least a thousand taels of silver to make a bed.

Su Han can not care about other things, but the bed is what she cares about the most.

"Jing Niang, what about Wujin?" Su Han hadn't seen Wujin for a while, so he asked strangely.

Jing Niang was sorting out her clothes, and she said with a smile: "It seems that I was talking to that Zhang Shaoyin in the study outside the middle courtyard, if the eldest sister has something to do with him, then I will call him." ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I just remembered that our fifty or so boxes of books are still on the ship, when will they be delivered to us."

"I know that!"

Jing Niang pointed to the outside of the fence and said with a smile: "It seems that I heard from Gongzi that the boat with the books has arrived, so it will be parked on the dock outside, and tomorrow there will be Meihuawei soldiers moving in for us." ”

Jing Niang's talk of the Plum Blossom Guard soldiers reminded Su Han of one thing, Wu Jin told her that there would be forty Plum Blossom Guard soldiers living in their mansion, and as personal guards, she had not yet had time to arrange their accommodation.

She patted her forehead lightly, and complained to herself: "Look at my surname, those forty soldiers will come over in the evening, and I haven't arranged a place for them to live, and how to solve their meals, I have forgotten this matter." ”

Jing Niang thought for a while and said: "It's better to let them live in the guest room, I can see it, there are more than 20 rooms, it is two separate courtyards, there are wells in the yard, there is absolutely no problem with living forty people, we can let the restaurant send it for dinner today, tomorrow we will invite the cook, let Uncle Zhong go and buy more than a dozen maids back, eldest sister, do you think this will work?" ”

Although Su Han is everyone's best girl, she is far inferior to Jing Niang in handling these affairs, she can't think of letting the restaurant deliver food, she is secretly glad in her heart, thanks to a Jing Niang's right-hand man, otherwise she would really make a mess.

"Just do as you say, deal with the past today first, and then discuss it in the evening, what else needs to be arranged."

As he was talking, there was a sound of hurried footsteps on the stairs, and a maid came in in a panic and said, "Madam, there are a lot of carriages outside, saying that the Qi family is sending things." ”

Su Han was taken aback, and hurriedly said to Jing Niang: "You go and tell Wujin, I'll go outside and take a look first." ”

Everyone didn't care about tidying up, Jing Niang ran to the front study to find Wujin, and Su Han walked out of the gate with her personal maid Ah Qiao.

．．．．．．．． Like all large households, the new house of Wujin is also divided into an outer study and an inner study, the outer study is actually a place where he receives more familiar guests, talking in the study, you can shorten the distance between each other, and some private and important documents are placed in the inner study.

There are no books in the outer study, and the bookshelves against the wall are empty, but the tables and chairs are still there.

Zhang Rong said with some emotion: "The general is really generous, nearly three hundred squires and celebrities give gifts to adults, I calculated, no less than 100,000 taels of silver, and the adults actually gave Meihuawei a reward, I am ashamed of this kind of spirit." ”

Wu Jin smiled faintly and said: "Those in high positions naturally can't be tempted by small profits, these gentry and celebrities don't have easy money, take their money and owe them love, I can't afford to owe more than 300 favors, just as they are here to welcome Meihuawei, let the soldiers be happy, even if I treat the soldiers well, it will save some people from reporting to the capital." ”

Zhang Rong nodded, "It's not wrong for the general to be cautious, I remember that when Su Hanzhen first arrived in Donghai County, there were also squires and celebrities from Donghai County who went to the dock to greet and give gifts, and at that time, the financial gift of 80,000 taels of silver was donated by Lord Su to the county school, it should be said that he is very discerning, you must know that we have prepared the impeachment letter at that time, as long as he accepts the gift, we will immediately impeach him to the imperial court, but he did not let us catch any handles, and it is the same today, that Yu Yaojiang is not a good person, These gentry who came to welcome the general were all organized by him, how could there be no name here? ”

Wu Jin picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea slowly, and asked quietly: "I feel that the relationship between Brother Zhang and Yu Yaojiang is not very good, when I was on the dock just now, the two of you barely said a word, I was not mistaken!" ”

Zhang Rong sighed and said: "You see it right, my relationship with him is very stiff, not only him, but also Shao Yin Shenyuan, these two people are embarrassed and squeeze me out together, I have been here for ten days, but I haven't even seen a single official document so far, let alone financial revenue and expenditure, population registration and the like, in fact, I regret it very much in my heart, I shouldn't have come to Jiangning Mansion to take office, or should I go to Chenliu County to make a long history." ”

"How so?" Wu Jin asked a little strangely: "It stands to reason that your father is not from the East Palace line, he belongs to the middle faction, and he should be the target of Uncle Shen's courtship, these two people should be good at wooing you, and through you the relationship between Uncle Shen and Zhang Xiangguo is closer, this is the norm, how can they do the opposite?" ”

"You don't know this, Jiangning Mansion is extraordinary, it is the old nest of Uncle Shen Guo, Fu Yin and Shao Yin are all his people, and now the county magistrate of Jiangning County who has just taken office is still Shen Qiwu, in the past ten years, there has never been anyone other than the Shen Party to come to Jiangning Mansion as a senior official, I heard that this is the emperor's personal commitment ten years ago, but no one thought that I would actually serve as the Shaoyin of Jiangning Mansion, they were very afraid, thinking that this was the emperor began to cut power, so they hated me extremely much, and I suspect that they are desperately trying to cover up something, I came too fast, They haven't had time to cover it up completely, so I'm not allowed to touch the government affairs of Jiangning Mansion. ”

Wu Jin was immediately interested, and he asked again, "I wonder what they want to cover up?" ”

"This...."

Zhang Rong was a little speechless, and at this moment, Jing Niang's voice came from the door, "Childe, the Qi family has sent something, and the eldest sister will let you take a look." ”

"I see!"

Zhang Rong also stood up and smiled: "Later!" In the future, I will tell you slowly, you are busy first, and if you need something, just tell me, I will try my best to help you solve it. ”

Wu Jin arched his hand, "Then thank you!" ”

(To be continued)