Li Ran watched the Zhuang heads with different expressions retreat in a disorderly manner, motioned for Miao Zhong to stay, took two sips of tea, and then ordered: "Please Mama Huang come in." ”

Mama Huang was outside and came in immediately.

Li Ran put down the cup. "Three things, one is that there must be an account room in the house, do you have someone here who can manage the accounts?"

Li Ran looked at Shi Nan.

Shi Nan hurriedly shook his head and said: "Back to the princess, no, the small account is actually a record of income and expenditure, from the day of receiving the money, to the next time, count the account, settle the account." ”

"Well, where are you?" Li Ran looked at Mama Huang.

"Liu Wen's daughter-in-law has been in charge of the inner tent room in the Zhuangzi outside the city in the past." Mama Huang hurriedly replied.

"Well, call her in." Li Ran ordered the green eggplant, and then said: "The second piece, the vegetables and fruits in the Zhuangzi you said that day, if you have time, you will send them in from tomorrow." ”

Li Ran looked at Miao Zhong and ordered, and Miao Zhong hurriedly lowered his hand.

"Purchase, from tomorrow onwards, it will all belong to you, the previous account, you and Shi Nan are a pair, take the account."

Li Ran then instructed Mama Huang, and Mama Huang was busy owing to her.

The little girl outside reported: Liu Wen's daughter-in-law has arrived.

Li Ran called Liu Wen's daughter-in-law to come in and looked at her.

Slightly chubby and short, with a slightly dark complexion, looking very stocky, dressed in a plain autumn dress, proper and safe, kowtowed and stood up, looked at Li Ran, and bowed slightly.

"In this house, there is only one account room, and all internal and external expenses are handled from you."

Li Ran looked at Liu Wen's daughter-in-law and said.

She never judged people by their appearance, and looked at Liu Wen's daughter-in-law, just recognizing people.

Liu Wen's daughter-in-law was obviously stunned, "Yes, what about the pair of cards?" ”

"Only one set, all from me." Li Ran already understands what this pair of cards means, the right to sign.

"Yes." Liu Wen's daughter-in-law replied very quickly, there is only one set, then it is easy to do, for her, it is still only one account.

Li Ran ordered a few more things, and the day's affairs were roughly arranged, stood up, and together with Shi Nan, took Mama Huang, Liu Wen's daughter-in-law and Qing Qi to see the warehouse.

Shi Nan walked in the front, until he walked between the front yard and the back garden, passed through a corner gate hidden behind a patch of dead vines, and entered a horizontal alley.

Shi Nan stopped, pointed to a row of seven or eight doors in the shape of only one door, looked at Li Ran and said, "These are all warehouses, where to start first?" ”

Li Ran looked stunned, there is no door, what is the use of that small box of keys?

"Over there." Li Ran pointed casually.

"Yes." Shi Nan walked over, raised his foot and kicked in the middle of the circle of door frames, and there was a crisp sound of wooden planks cracking, and behind a thin layer of white lacquered wooden boards, the pitch-black, heavy door was revealed.

Li Ran was dumbfounded.

"These warehouses, from piling things in, to now, the prince has never paid attention to it, for the sake of ......"

Shi Nan's tongue was knotted, and he said a little vaguely: "I clearly understand, this is a small idea, the paint sheet seals the door, and under this paint, there are small seals written by Xiqing and them." ”

Shi Nan said, bent down from the cracked thin board, shook a little, and pulled out a fine piece of cotton paper, on which were written the names of Shi Nan and others.

Li Ran took the cotton paper and looked at it, handed it to Shi Nan, wanting to laugh but feeling speechless.

Shi Nan sealed this door, this is the suspicion of Li in front of the melon.

It seems that the things in this treasury are really like what Xie Ze said, he didn't count, he didn't count, and others didn't count either.

Qing Qi had already opened the small box in his arms, according to the logo on it, took the key out, saw Li Ran nodded, and stepped forward to open the heavy and large bronze lock on the warehouse door.

Li Ran looked back, looked at Shi Nan, Mama Huang, and Liu Wen's daughter-in-law together, and vigorously pushed open the two heavy copper-clad wooden doors.

A burst of stale air rushed out of the storeroom.

Mama Huang and Liu Wen's daughter-in-law retreated to the door, and Shi Nan came prepared, touched a big candle and lit it.

Li Ran entered the storeroom and turned to look at the large boxes piled up to the roof and airtight.

The boxes were neatly stacked, numbered, and sealed.

"The box is very heavy, and the small one can't move it by one person, so the small one calls someone to come?" Shi Nan looked at Li Ran and asked for instructions.

"Hmm." Li Ran nodded.

Shi Nan went out and came back quickly, took two small servants, carried a ladder, found a random row, and carried a box down from the top.

Li Ran tore the seal and opened the box.

The chests were jam-stuffed with horseshoe silver, and interspersed with large and small gold bills.

"This is, from the war?" Li Ran's heart was a little blocked.

"Yes." Shi Nan pointed to the seal, "This is the reward for the battle that captured Caicheng, when the general was seventeen years old." ”

"Let's put it back first, and then tidy it up slowly after the New Year."

Li Ran closed the box and took a few steps back and commanded.

Shi Nan answered, watching the little guy put the box back.

Li Ran looked at the locked warehouse door, instructed Shi Nan to clean up the warehouse door, and went straight back.

Xie Ze didn't come back at noon, he didn't come back for dinner, Zhou E and the An family brothers didn't come back until the beginning of the day, Xie Ze didn't come back.

Li Ran was sitting on the kang and looking at an account sent in by Liu Wen's daughter-in-law.

This account is very elaborate and complicated, with a lot of terms and symbols, and Li Ran read it very slowly, little by little.

Xie Ze lifted the curtain and entered the house, Li Ran looked up and saw that it was Xie Ze, sighed, and hurriedly closed the account book.

"Don't come here yet, your clothes are thin, and I'm cold."

Xie Ze went to the cloak, took off his big clothes outside, and reached out to shake Li Ran's hand, "I didn't let them pass it on, it's snowing outside, it's cold, have you eaten?" What are you looking at? ”

"Well, look at the account, your hands are a little cold, it's snowing?" Li Ran held Xie Ze's hand with both hands.

"It's raining heavily, let's see the snow tomorrow, I've just come back from outside the city."

Xie Ze held Li Ran for a while, then sat down on the kang, cleaned his hands, took the bowl of soup and drank half a bowl.

"General Zhou, how many brothers are still at home, and they are out of the city with you?" Li Ran watched Xie Ze drink the soup before asking with a smile.

"Well, I went to Chang'an Hou Junzhong. Have you been busy with household chores? You're not tired, are you? ”

Xie Ze picked up the account book and flipped through it.

"I'm not tired, I went to see the storeroom today." Li Ran looked at Xie Ze with his cheeks raised.

"Huh? How do you look? Xie Ze raised his eyebrows slightly and asked with interest.

"Do you know how many things you have piled up in your storeroom, and what they are?" Li Ran looked at Xie Ze and asked.

"It used to be mine, now it's yours, I never pay attention to those things, what are they?"

"I saw a chest, and it was all gold and silver."

"It should be all gold and silver." Xie Ze was neither surprised nor cared.

"Shi Nan said it was your reward for capturing Cai Cheng."

"Cai Cheng ......"

Xie Ze thought for a moment.

"Well, the one who occupied Caicheng at that time was called Niu Qiang. Niu Qiang was born as a porter, fierce and strong, and tangled up a group of porters, first robbing the businesses that came to them to work, and then ransacking several villages.

In the troubled times, with a ferocity, he occupied Cai Cheng, became the emperor, and robbed almost all the women in Cai Cheng to his harem.

When I attacked Caicheng, Niu Qiang was already barely breathing, and when he was in a hurry, Niu Qiang used live people to fill the army with food, which was miserable.

During the siege, he tied the women to the walls of the city and called them meat shields.

In that battle, Zhou E was the pioneer, and Niu Qiang was captured alive, and Zhou E wanted to skin him, so I agreed, and Zhou E personally handed it. ”

After a pause, Xie Ze looked at Li Ran and added, "Zhou E's peeling skills are good. ”

Li Ran took a long time before he breathed a sigh, moved, rested his head on Xie Ze's chest, and sighed.

Xie Ze stroked her back, "It's all over, Cai Cheng is very lively now." ”

"To the south, will there be a war after the New Year?"

Li Ran slowed down for a while before raising his head from Xie Ze's arms, looking at him and asking.

"It could be a night late."

Xie Ze looked at Li Ran's expression carefully, and raised his hand to caress Li Ran's back.

"Niu Qiang is like this, even back then, there were not many, don't think about it.

In the name of benevolence and righteousness, the south side loves the people very much. Several old clans, all of whom are people of insight, are very good in the south. ”

"If you really want the two strong to coexist and fight, who knows if it will be another troubled world." Li Ran smiled bitterly.

"Don't worry, now that you have the people's will, they have taken the lead, and the An family brothers, so far, there are many more chances of winning than before."

Xie Ze paused, and then said:

"There's something I wasn't going to tell you. Do you remember the champion of the front beam? ”

"Ding Weinian's champion? Claiming to be Huang Zi'an? Li Ran remembers it very clearly.

"Well, not long after I took you away, he left home, and his legal name was Hui'an.

On the day we got married, he was in the capital, watching you and me go over, and after leaving the city, he sang all the way to the north.

Hui'an was very prestigious in the hearts of the scholars in the south, especially the poor scholars.

When the crown prince and the emperor heard that Hui'an had become a monk, they made up their minds to recover the south. ”

Li Ran listened intently, for a while, and sighed lowly, "It's worth it." ”

"The inheritance of the family depends on a bloodline. You are the only bloodline of Renzong, the daughter of Princess Leping, and that is enough. What they respect is just this bloodline, and you are worthy of it. ”

Xie Ze lowered his head and kissed Li Ran lightly on the forehead.

She often thinks differently from the rest of the world, he knows what she thinks, and sometimes, he thinks the same way, but he is older than her, he knows, thinks, and more.