- On the bank of Jinliang Bridge and Bianhe River, there are high acacia weeping willows and sparkling clear waves.

In the bustling and dusty Bianjing City, this section of the two- or three-mile-long river is really a rare place to be quiet and hidden in the city.

On both sides of the river, there are courtyards of large households, the aconitum gate and the high courtyard wall of a water, flying red and dancing all day long, and the sheng songs are endless. The latest one of them is the outer house built by Chen Ke.

When Cui Bai, a master of gardening, asked Chen Ke what kind of garden he wanted to build, Chen Ke did not answer directly, but wrote two lines of poetry in his reply: "The pear blossom courtyard melts into the moon, and the catkins pond has a light breeze." With these fourteen words, Cui Bai turned this courtyard into a private garden with exquisite and poetic layout and light and simple taste.

It covers an area of only nine acres, adapting measures to local conditions, pursuing charm and poetry, and does not adopt the traditional vertical layout, but becomes a horizontal construction. Entering the gate, passing through the wall, it is used to meet guests, worship ancestors and marry the sedan chair hall, tea hall, the main hall composed of three into the outer house, the regulation layout is strict, in line with the identity of the master court official. There are also 10 rooms in the east and west wings, which are used by the family and the guards for the nightstay.

Passing through a moon door is the atrium, planting magnolia and ginkgo biloba in front of the court, vigorous and simple, rockery flower pond, winding path through secluded, not much pen and ink used, but fascinating, connecting nature, for the natural transition between the inner and outer houses.

Go further to the east, pass through the hanging flower door is the inner house, with the lotus pond boundary in the middle, there are four small buildings in the east and west, north and south, there are heavy corridors between the buildings and the buildings, and the masters can walk around each other without going downstairs. Downstairs is the residence of maids and servants.

To the east of the inner house is the garden, which is also the essence of the entire garden. At this time, the sky is twilight, the high acacia and weeping willows in the garden are all hanging afterglow, the reeds in the pond are gradually white, the leaves are pale, the autumn color is mellow, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. Xiaomei and Yue'e were by Chen Ke's side. Stroll through the gardens. Facing the jagged pavilion in the twilight and the flowers dotted around the small bridge and flowing water, I can't help but feel intoxicated and forget my worries.

"It's so beautiful here. Is this our home? Su Xiaomei took Chen Ke's arm and asked softly.

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded and said, "As long as we are in the capital for one day, we will live here." ”

"Where is the martial arts arena?" Liu Yue'e cares about this.

"Rest assured. Without anything, there would be no martial arts arena. Chen Ke said with a smile: "Behind that grove, the martial arts arena and the martial arts training room are enough for you to vent your inexhaustible energy, rain or shine." ”

"You're itchy again." Liu Yue'e glared.

"Three hundred rounds of battle?" Chen Ke said with a smile.

Liu Yue'e blushed when she boarded, peeked at Su Xiaomei, and saw that she didn't understand, so she glanced at him fiercely.

The three of them bypassed a clump of green bamboos and stepped onto a path paved with green bricks. Approaching the main building in the garden, the 'Retreat Building', I saw Du Qingshuang, Zuo Jiande, Zhou Dingkun, and a dry widow, servant woman, and family member in the house. Guards. More than 100 people are already waiting in front of the building.

Du Qingshuang stepped forward and saluted: "Master." The two grandmothers, except for a few janitors, are all here. ”

Chen Ke nodded with satisfaction, and walked into the door of the retreat building with his feet. The word "retreat" comes from the "Zuo Chuan" "to think loyally, retreat to make up for mistakes", which is the meaning of "retreat to think and reflect afterwards". Chen Ke named this the tallest pavilion in the family because he hoped to be sober and introspective from time to time and not be careless.

The building has three floors, and the ground floor is as large as seven wings, which is used to gather guests for a meeting. On the second floor, there are many Lanxun secret rooms, which can be used to rest after feasting and drinking in the garden. On the third floor, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting furnace Ding Zun Yi has everything, and it is a place for family entertainment and entertainment.

At this moment, Chen Ke sat in front of the Huanghuali wood relief 'Ten Thousand Miles of Sea and Sky is One Color', the two ladies sat on the left and right, and Du Qingshuang also followed in and stood nearby.

Chen Ke didn't let her sit down, and said lightly to the people outside the door: "Today is the first day of our family, starting a new stove." Although there is a plaque on the wall that reads 'A Ball of Harmony', there are no rules, so I gathered everyone together and set up three house rules. First, the long tongue is prescribed. The so-called 'family and everything is prosperous', and anyone who plays with right and wrong and sow discord is not allowed to my Chen family. Both, keep it a secret. Whatever is in the house, no matter how big or small, it is not to be said to outsiders. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, anyone who leaks the situation in our house will be punished as treason. ”

"Three, listen to orders. The affairs of the inner house are all in charge of the two ladies, Aunt Du is the assistant, their words are my words, you must obey, if you are dissatisfied, you can raise it to the two ladies afterwards. After finishing speaking, he said slowly: "Did you hear it all clearly?" ”

"I hear you." Everyone responded in unison.

"Next, Aunt Du will help the two ladies and get acquainted with your family." Chen Ke looked at Du Qingshuang and said.

"Yes." Du Qingshuang is blessed, first invite a group of guards to come in. When Chen Ke left Dali, he took a total of 300 guards with him to protect his family and important people. There were forty-five guards in the other industry, fifteen of them were on duty, and the remaining thirty were in front of them.

The five leaders, Chen Yi, Chen Zhong, Chen Xin, Chen Cheng, and Chen Yong, saluted the ladies, introduced their respective duties, and then led the crowd to retire.

Du Qingshuang, also known as thirty-six widows, came in. According to Chen Ke's meaning of 'only using overseas people around', they will be responsible for the daily life of the owners.

Ah Rou and Ah Cai, introduced each person's name to the mothers, and then led the crowd to salute together, after half a year of training, they are no different from Han girls, but still retain unconditional obedience.

"Thirty-six of them, reassigned by you." Chen Ke looked at Xiaomei and Yue'e and said, "I obey unconditionally." ”

After the widows went down, 20 people, including the housekeepers, mothers-in-law, cooks, coachmen, and handymen, stepped forward, introduced themselves one by one, and then bowed and retreated.

At this time, only Zuo Jiande, Zhou Dingkun and the eighteenth steward were left outside.

Du Qingshuang invited them in, and then closed the door and went out to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

"Meet Madame." These twenty people are not from the house, but are responsible for taking care of Chen Ke's property outside. Chen Ke now has all his energy focused on political affairs, and he has no time to ask about these things, so he took advantage of the wedding to summon the eighteen stewards to Beijing and pushed Xiaomei and Liu Yue'e to the forefront.

In fact, Du Qingshuang has been taking care of the affairs of the house in an orderly manner, and Chen Ke also intends to let her continue to manage it. In the future, Xiaomei and Yue'e's main energy will still be on these industries.

Liu Yue'e protested against this, she was not interested in these things, Chen Ke was noncommittal, and only asked her to listen to it first.

Yici Leye people are worthy of being a natural business nation, wherever Chen Ke goes, they will do his business, and unconsciously, a huge business empire has been built.

So, everyone began to introduce themselves. Among them, Zuo Jiande and Zhou Dingkun are the heads of the north and south, one is responsible for the industries of Bianjing and the north, and the other is responsible for the business of the south.

Among the eighteen stewards, there are nine people who are happy and nine people who are Shu, and the Shu people are all loyal and reliable children of the Qingshen Foundation. Each of Chen Ke's industries is jointly managed by a Ci Le Ye and a Shu people.

Li Deyong and Chen Jian, on behalf of Chen Ke, exercised power in the Bianjing Qianhao.

Bai Wenyong and Zhou Cheng represented Chen Ke and exercised power in the Four Seas Firm.

Zhou Dingqian and Cai Shouzhong were in charge of the construction of the port of Qinzhou.

Zuo Chengye and Chen Shan were in charge of the construction of Sado Island.

Lee Sungye and Chai Shide opened a business in Tamna and were in charge of trade with Goryeo and Japan.

Bai Yicheng and Chen Siqi are in charge of the copper foundry in Dongchuan City, Dali.

Zhou Desi and Li Wei are in charge of a series of businesses in Dali City.

Li Jingsi and Qian Qixiang were in charge of business with Liao.

Zhou Wei and Zhao Shoucai are preparing for the business of Bianjing Ball Market......

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"So much business in our family?" Liu Yue'e felt dizzy just by hearing the name: "Then how much money do we have?" ”

"Back to the second grandmother, we have just carried out the accounting," Zhou Dekun replied: "According to the accounting method taught by the adult, the total assets are about 11.3 million yuan, and the total liabilities are 13 million yuan, so our owner's equity is negative 1.7 million yuan. ”

"Ah......" Liu Yue'e has been messing with Chen Ke for a few years, and she knows what negative numbers and balance sheets mean, so she was dumbfounded and said: "So, we are actually bankrupt?" ”

"So to speak." Zhou Dekun smiled bitterly: "But it's not that bad." ”

"Because most of our borrowing is long-term debt." Zuo Jiande said: "As long as Bianjing Qian doesn't withdraw money in advance," he said and looked at Chen Ke and said: "As long as you start to calculate carefully and increase profits from now on, you can still pay interest." ”

Chen Ke knew that this was the financial officers expressing their dissatisfaction with their lavish spending. He smiled embarrassedly: "Saving is what it should be." ”

"Necessary expenses, naturally, still have to be guaranteed." Zhou Dekun also took the opportunity to crusade: "But there are some unnecessary expenses, adults can still save them." He has always been very dissatisfied with Chen Ke's spending 50,000 yuan to buy a mansion for the Su family, and giving a part of the equity of the Qingshen Consortium and the Thirteen Xingpu real estate to the Liu family. It is difficult to start a business, and it is just when you want to reduce expenditure, but this uncle is addicted to pretending to be a good money boy.

However, when it came to the two ladies, he didn't dare to say more, so he had to skip to the next section: "Also, blind expansion is also unacceptable." If you don't chew too much, you will choke people to death. Your subordinates are not afraid of offending all of you, the business you are in charge of now does have good prospects, but you shouldn't do it together, there should be a first and then a ......" In the end, he decided to use his subordinates and said: "For example, if you engage in that ball market, I don't agree very much, I don't have the face to talk to Li Da with so much money at once......"

"Accept criticism with sincerity." Chen Ke smiled bitterly: "It's just that some businesses are not to be missed, and some businesses have to be done." For example, you are the one who proposed this ball market, can I not do it? ”

"My lord, either I don't do it, or I have a bad temper," Zhou Dekun said with a bitter face: "Let the subordinates be under a lot of pressure." ”——

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