The two of them entered the house, Xie Ze changed his clothes and came out, and Zi Qi had already led people to set up the meal.

Li Ran glanced at Xie Ze from time to time, seeing more and eating less.

After eating, Xie Ze looked at the purple eggplant that was cleaning up the rice, and ordered: "Let the kitchen make a few snacks." ”

Zifei was stunned and immediately agreed.

This is the first time that the prince has commanded an envoy to her.

"What's wrong with you at night? Going out? Li Ran asked sensitively.

"You just ate too little."

Xie Ze looked at Li Ran carefully.

"Wronged? Tell me about it. ”

"I wasn't wronged." Li Ran moved and approached Xie Ze, "There are a few things that I have to discuss with you, the first thing is our New Year's Celebration, I will let them first follow our example of being in this mansion, and prepare for the New Year by themselves, last time you said that someone impeached filial piety or unfilial piety?" ”

"Today, the prince just told me about this, the emperor and the prince mean, let us keep the New Year in the palace as in previous years, after the Tianming Dynasty meeting, go to the Zhuangzi outside the city to worship the ancestors, as in previous years, I have agreed, this is the best."

Xie Ze stretched out his hand and put his arm around Li Ran's shoulder.

Li Ran exhaled, this is the best.

"The second thing, you Zhuangzi ......"

"Let's," Xie Ze interrupted Li Ran, and corrected with a smile, "Let's do that." ”

"Well, our Zhuangzi, the head of the Zhuangzi arrived more than ten days ago, but the annual account in their hands has to be checked by you to send a word."

"Hmm." Xie Ze nodded.

"The third thing, there is no account room in this house, and Shi Nan and they use silver, all of which are directly paid from you?"

Li Ran wondered how Shi Nan used silver, according to Xie Ze's temper, he didn't look like a person who could handle such things as silver.

"I didn't care."

Xie Ze frowned slightly, it seemed that he had never thought about spending silver.

"Have you been to the storeroom?" Xie Ze asked.

Li Ran shook her head, she didn't know where the treasury was.

"I shouldn't have used the silver in the treasury, and the one used by Shi Nan should be my money.

The key to the storeroom, in my study. ”

Xie Ze said, looked at Xiangqin, who was standing next to him, and ordered, "You go to Shi Nan and ask him to bring the key box in the warehouse." ”

Parsley answered.

"It's a mess in the warehouse, I never paid attention to it, you take a look first, it's free after the year, and then check it carefully.

The account books of the past years are all in Shi Nan, and he will come and pay you an account tomorrow.

There must be a tent room, you pick a few people, you don't need to divide the tent room in the tent room, I don't have time to take care of these miscellaneous things, they are all here with you, I use silver, and I also ask for you. ”

Xie Ze continued.

Li Ran nodded.

"You are in charge of all the affairs of the family, and I am here, except for official business, you can be the master of the rest.

Shi Nan, turn around and I will instruct, you want to know something, or if you want to check the old accounts from the past, just look for him. ”

Xie Ze raised his hand and stroked Li Ran's sideburns.

"Housework is complicated, especially for people like us, don't be in a hurry, take your time, take care of as much as you can, and take care of it.

In this mansion, since I opened the mansion, I have never paid attention to it, and I have not seen anything. ”

"Alas!" Li Ran smiled.

It's because he never paid attention to it, she is now poor and white, and everything is starting from scratch.

……………………

The next day, Xie Ze was going to go to the morning court, and Yin Zheng got up and left.

Although Li Ran also has the habit of getting up early, she didn't get up early before Yinzheng.

When Xie Ze got up, Li Ran woke up, but was held down by Xie Ze, Li Ran watched Xie Ze go out, and fell asleep for a while before getting up.

After breakfast, Li Ran went to the back hall.

Shi Nan was holding a few thick account books, and had been waiting at the door of the hall for a long time, and when he saw Li Ran, he hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "The prince ordered the little one to come over and listen to the princess's orders." ”

Li Ran smiled and agreed, and motioned for Shi Nan to follow up.

Shi Nan entered the house, handed over the account book he was holding to Qing Qi, and said with his hand: "Zhuangtou has already confessed, and several Zhuangtou said that they want to kowtow to the princess." ”

"Invite them in now, and call Miao Zhong in as well." Li Ran nodded, looked at Qing Qi and commanded.

She wanted to see them too.

"When the general's mansion was in the general's mansion, the tent in the mansion was Xiqing's silver, and the small one was in charge.

The silver of the prince and the tiger general is slightly saved in daily expenditure. Because General Tiger's Lu rice is folded into silver, the small ones have a lot of food, and the prince's Lu rice can only support about half, and the silk and satin cloth, please ask the prince to show it, and sell it at a discount, and the silver sold is used in the kitchen account, which is roughly flat, and the charcoal and ice can also be used half, and the rest ......"

Li Ran's eyes almost widened when he heard this, Xie Ze's money is not just silver?

Shi Nan's account was reported quickly and clearly, and Li Ran listened to it in one breath, and it was very clear.

Before General Hu returned to the mountain, the General's Mansion relied on Xie Ze and General Hu's money to support Shi Nan and their more than 40 small servants, as well as more than 60 long-term stewards, which was more than enough.

After General Tiger returned to the mountain, Xie Ze informed the household department that after stopping General Tiger's money, the income was reduced by almost half.

By the time she got married, it had only been half a month, and Li Ran heard countless difficulties and expectations from Shi Nan's last account.

She even felt like she heard Shi Nan let out a long breath.

The account in his hand can be regarded as being handed over.

"Those Zhuangzi, don't you pay the silver to come in?"

In Shi Nan's long report, Li Ran did not hear Zhuangzi's entry.

"Back to the princess, pay every year, originally there was silver and things, later, because the prince never paid attention to these chores, the small master, so let the Zhuang heads fold the silver that could be folded into silver, these years, each Zhuangzi sent over only silver, these silver and accounts, are sealed in the treasury according to the year, did not dare to use it."

Shi Nan hurriedly lowered his hand.

Li Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This piece should be a lot, not a lot enough to cover the expenses of this house.

The little girl outside reported: Steward Miao and the head of the village have arrived.

Li Ran ordered to call in, and Shi Nan took two steps back to the side and stood with his hands down.

Thirty or so village heads came in turn, standing in four rows crowded next to each other, kneeling and kowtowing unevenly.

Li Ran carefully looked at the heads of the villages.

From the moment they came in, they gave her a feeling of panic and deep unease.

"I don't know anything about farming."

Li Ran said a word, paused, looked at Qi Qi looking at her bosses, and continued:

"Your account, Miao Zhongmiao's steward will check with you, and after you finish the account, go back quickly, it's almost the New Year."

A group of village leaders looked at Shi Nan, who signaled that they could withdraw, and was stunned for a moment, and a village head on the left side of the front row took a half step forward and said carefully: "What about the accounts of previous years?" In previous years, it was never reconciled. ”

"I'll have someone check it." Li Ran looked at him and replied.

"Princess, after the New Year, the little one followed the general and became the head of the village for fifteen years, and in the first fourteen years, he had never checked the accounts, and now he has to check the accounts......"

A Zhuang head next to him also stood up and looked at Li Ran, quite angry.

"Huh?" Seeing that he didn't say anything further, Li Ran hummed to show his doubts.

"The small one means that there must be an explanation for this accounting." Zhuang Tou said stubbornly.

"What's the statement?

I haven't checked the accounts for the past 14 years, so I shouldn't check the accounts in the future?

Or something else? ”

Li Ran really didn't understand.

"The meaning of small, the accounts of the previous fourteen years, the princess wants to check, there must be an explanation."

Zhuang Tou glanced at a few people next to him from time to time, gritted his teeth, and said.

Li Ran's eyes narrowed slightly, and she sighed slowly.

She understood, most of their previous accounts were unchecked.

"You're not to blame, are you?"

Li Ran looked at Zhuang Tou and asked bluntly.

Zhuang Tou looked sluggish, he didn't expect Li Ran to ask so directly.

"There is no such thing as a past that I am not guilty of."

Li Ran looked at the group of Zhuang heads who were staring at her from the Zhuang who was speaking, and said indifferently.

"In the past ten years, the prince has never checked the accounts, and he has never asked a word.

Now, the princess wants to start from the beginning, and refuses to blame the past, isn't this not a punishment for not teaching? ”

A nearby village head stepped forward.

"How old are you? When did you start making a banker? ”

Li Ran looked at Zhuang Tou and asked.

"The little one is fifty-three this year, and he has been a Zhuang head for twenty-one years!" Zhuang Tou is a little angry and high-spirited.

"What about you? Let's talk about it. Li Ran looked at the rest of the Zhuang heads.

"The little one is fifty-seven this year, and he has been the head of the village for twenty-four years."

"The little forty-nine has been the head of the village for seventeen years."

……

After the thirty or so village heads were reported in turn, Li Ran's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Among you, the youngest, forty-seven years old, and the shortest one, who has been a head of the village for sixteen years, have all been in the former general's mansion and before the current palace, and have been the head of the village for at least two or three years.

Isn't it because you have grown up, isn't it because you have the ability and qualifications to be the head of the bank, and don't you know what rules and regulations you should abide by when you are the head of the bank?

If you don't teach you, will you be a baby all your life, even if you live to be forty or fifty years old, do you need others to teach you how to be a human being all the time?

Are you the head of the palace, or are you a group of babies raised in the palace? ”

Li Ran said very slowly.

A group of more than 30 village heads, some with gray faces, some with their heads down, and some listened calmly.

"Stand down." Li Ran's expression and gaze were cold.

She never felt that magnanimity was a virtue.

How to repay virtue with virtue?

(End of chapter)