The slaves and maids of the princess's mansion have long been overcrowded, and the children born by the slaves and maids have automatically become the slaves and maids of the princess's mansion, and the fertility of these people is quite strong. When I checked the brochure this year, Shen Mengxi was startled, not counting the Zhuangzi, there were 1,500 slaves and maids in just the four mansions, and nearly 100 subordinate officials.

Of the 1,500 slaves and maidservants, 300 were children under the age of eight, and 500 were old slaves over the age of forty-five. There are more than 20 subordinate officials who are compiled by the imperial court, plus 600 guards, although these people are subsidized by the imperial court every year, and they can't spend a few of her own money, but the whole family counts Wu Youji and only six masters, where is the need for these people to serve?

Shen Mengxi selected a group of young slaves and maids to be sent to Zhuangzi outside the city, closed training, according to their respective specialties, systematically learned accounting, management, medicine, cooking, carpentry, carving and other professional skills, and compiled 200 young servants and 100 maidservants into the "reserve", usually strengthen physical exercise, literacy and hyphenation, and use weapons and bows and arrows.

Even so, Shen Mengxi still arranged Li Suniang into the Chang'an Newspaper House, she didn't have to go to Dongshi, she was only responsible for the work of an archivist in a printing office converted from a private house, archiving the published newspapers and periodicals, and registering and storing all the manuscripts that had been adopted and not used in different categories, a very simple and easy job, two thousand yuan per month, free lunch, usual benefits, and bonuses at the end of the year.

Li Suniang is very satisfied, although the newspaper cook only cooks one lunch a day, and she also has to pay 2,000 yuan in silver per month, which makes her a little angry, but as long as she does not sell herself as a slave, she will be content, otherwise her son will be an official in the future, and there is a mother who was once a slave, how can he raise his head.

She usually brings some needlework to the newspaper to do it, and she can also supplement the family.

Although the income is not too much, I can live a solid life, and the precarious days of the past are finally over. In addition, the prices of books and paper have dropped now, and the pressure on reading costs has decreased a lot, and Li Suniang has relaxed her whole person. It's just that occasionally I think of my husband who abandoned his studies for a fake tomb map, and finally ended up being killed, and shed a few tears.

Zhou Wenyan and Jian'er are of the same age, but they are much more mature than Jian'er, they should have been taught by a good teacher, and they should have acted in moderation, knowing that after their mother went to work in the newspaper, she went to the princess's mansion to thank her.

Entering the wax month, Datang News, has reached the fourth issue, the circulation has reached 10,000 copies, many students have written their study tour experience into articles to submit, the remuneration is secondary, it is not easy to pass the princess's strict review, and the article can be distributed with the newspaper, will be known to the world.

Shen Mengxi sent the subordinate officials of the government to Chengdu, Taiyuan and other major cities, on the one hand, to establish branch libraries, responsible for sales, and on the other hand, to collect anecdotes. Twelve carriages with the badge of Chang'an Newspaper regularly go to major cities to deliver newspapers, and at the same time contract some directional mail business, the price is a bit high, but it is absolutely guaranteed to be delivered quickly and safely, and with the advancement of time, the business volume has grown steadily.

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The princess's mansion received Cui Jin's post, and the couple wanted to come to the door to thank them for the gift of medicine.

Shen Mengxi This is the first time I have seen Cui Jin's wife, this Mrs. Fang is Fang Xuanling's granddaughter, about forty years old, delicate and feminine, looking at most thirty years old, the moment Shen Mengxi saw her, several thoughts had flashed in his mind, such as sentimentality, such as "jealousy" and so on.

The four of them sat down, and after a pleasantry, the maid made tea in the corner of the hall, and the room was full of rich tea fragrance.

Cui Jin got up and saluted solemnly, and Mrs. Fang also got up and saluted, "After the ministers recovered, Sun Yicheng told me that it was His Royal Highness who gave medicine, and he was grateful, but the family moved and there were many affairs, so I came to thank you today, and I also asked Your Highness Haihan!" ”

Shen Mengxi invited them to sit down, indicating that they did not have to worry about it.

Mrs. Fang personally sent a gift list and asked Shen Mengxi to accept it with a smile. There was no shortage of precious things on the gift list, Shen Mengxi put down the gift list, and said with a smile: "General Cui is really polite, those few pills, where are they worthy of such a rich gift." ”

"Your Highness doesn't know, this malaria attack is impermanent, cold and heat alternate, life is worse than death, the ministers suffer from it, they can relieve the pain, and no amount of gifts can express gratitude."

After drinking two cups of tea, Shen Mengxi was really curious, and couldn't help but ask Mrs. Fang, "I don't know if the rumors are true, did my grandmother really drink strong vinegar?" ”

Mrs. Fang looked stunned, obviously she didn't expect the princess to ask so bluntly.

"The rumors are not true. However, the Fang family does have a family rule that men are not allowed to take concubines and women are not allowed to be concubines. ”

"Mrs. Fang, forgive me, maybe it's the fault of this newspaper, this palace is more and more fond of inquiring about these gossip news!." Shen Mengxi also felt that he was too curious, and when he was not familiar with each other, why did he ask these questions impulsively.

"It's okay, it's an honor for the Fang family to get His Royal Highness's attention." Mrs. Fang said lightly.

Cui Jin is a hearty person, and said: "Haha, no wonder His Royal Highness is curious, and his subordinates are often asked, alas, the children of the Cui family, only the subordinates, there is no concubine, I am really afraid that the lady will drink strong vinegar in anger!" ”

After saying that, he laughed first, and everyone laughed too, and Mrs. Fang glanced at him with disgust and covered her mouth with a handkerchief.