The next day, Zhao Jiao and Ercheng were still familiar with the entire mansion, and the day before they just looked at half of the mansion, they were too tired and had no energy, but now they really saw a flower.

Cai Dacheng only told her that it was a five-entry courtyard, she thought that the five-entry courtyard was the main courtyard that included the east and west wings and each courtyard, but now she is really a frog at the bottom of the well, because there are a lot of courtyards attached to each entry!

As soon as you enter the main hall of the courtyard, it is obviously used to entertain dignitaries or prepare for major festivals, and the interior is particularly open to fifty or sixty square meters, and the layout is also particularly square, and it is estimated that it will not be outdated for decades, because it is like the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the temple.

Because of the various tables and chairs, it does not seem empty.

There is a lounge behind the main hall, but it is not big, twenty square meters. The left and right rooms of the main hall, except for the size and design, are very similar, including the wings on the left and right sides of the main hall.

This is to entertain guests, or male guests!

As soon as you enter the house, there are two large gardens that extend to the east and west, with rockeries and ponds.

The left and right wings of the second courtyard also extend to both sides in the east-west direction, but instead of building an independent large garden, several independent guest courtyards of different sizes have been built, and the guest courtyard has built large and small gardens with different scenery. The smallest courtyard, the main house has three rooms sitting in the north and facing south, and the left and right wings are facing each other and there are three other rooms, surrounded by independent courtyard gates, which just form a triple courtyard.

The three-entry courtyard is slightly different, the west side is built with the second courtyard, but the east side is different. There are a few rooms that look like a study and a school, and to put it bluntly, this courtyard is a place for the children at home to study.

In the official eunuch family here, the boy must move out of the main courtyard after the age of seven and live in the outer house, just like his own three-entry courtyard. But Zhao Jiao won't agree, even if she is an adult, she doesn't dare to live in such a big yard alone, don't scare the child out of the problem, and expect someone to take care of it? So what do parents do they use for?

Zhao Jiao and they live in the fourth entrance, according to her understanding, the main courtyard of this courtyard should be assigned to the ancestors to live in, and the sons and daughters-in-law live in the side of the house, but their family is the largest.

The last courtyard built in the same courtyard as the previous one, there are many exquisite small courtyards, Zhao Jiao is estimated to be for girls to live, backyard lady!

Later, she thought it was the North Gate, but it turned out to be all gardens.

This garden, Zhao Jiao feels that she can keep up with the park, small bridges and flowing water and all kinds of rockery corridors. Is that the pond that Cai Dacheng said? You can sail on the lake!

The lake is also divided into left and right, the right one is slightly smaller, and the middle arch bridge separates it. The one on the left is very large, and the zigzag one can actually extend into the second courtyard.

Behind the garden was a high courtyard wall, with a gatehouse, which was opened for their viewing and extended back through the courtyard gate.

Zhao Jiao looked over curiously, but she didn't expect that there was a long corridor outside the courtyard gate, twisted and clustered among a group of flowers and trees.

It's a big garden here, so it's supposed to be called a back garden, right? This corridor is useful, it won't get wet on rainy days, and this curved corridor should be intended to distinguish between the inside and outside of the courtyard.

According to the next person, the end of the corridor is the back door, where you can park your cars and horses. According to the description, combined with the scale of this house, Zhao Jiao estimated that the back door of the car and horse was several times larger than the home in Hecun.

After inquiring again, I learned that if the guest carriage came in through the main entrance, it could be parked in the carriage and horse room in the courtyard, and the carriage that was usually used at home was also there. The rest of the carriages and horses are parked at the north gate.

It is necessary to go out from the east and west doors on both sides of the second courtyard, and then enter from the north gate.

Zhao Jiao felt that she had entered the Grand View Garden, but she only felt that poverty limited her imagination, this family was too big!

The two little ones also visited together, but they couldn't walk halfway, so they didn't want the guards to hug them, so they had to find their shoulders and carry them around.

The two children looked around excitedly and followed the whole process, but Zhao Jiao couldn't bear it, and she only felt back pain when she stopped.

In the past two years, he has been pampered, and the amount of activity is very small, and he can't stand it after walking so much, and when he was about to return, the stone happened to come over, followed by Zhu Quan.

"Sister-in-law, go back quickly, there are a lot of people!" Shi was a little out of breath, if it weren't for Zhu Quan, he wouldn't have been able to find where Zhao Jiao was, this house was too big, and he was about to break his leg.

"Who?" I just came to the capital, and I haven't been out of the door.

"Descendant!" Zhu Quan hurriedly followed, expecting the stone to take some effort.

"It was sent by the general, do you want to see it now, Madame?" Or will you wait? "After all, these people are men, it is inconvenient to stay in the backyard, and he wants to leave as soon as possible.

Zhao Jiao said: "Let's go over now, I just want to go back." ”

Ercheng saw that the lady was tired, and hurriedly called her shoulders, and a group of people walked to the front yard.

Zhao Jiao met this group of people in the front yard hall, and it can really be called a group, there must be a hundred and ten people.

The first group of more than a dozen people is particularly conspicuous, and all kinds of men and women in the back, big and small, even the old and young, are silent at the moment.

Zhao Jiao looked at the person in charge and asked him to step forward and reply.

Zhang Yin hurriedly stepped forward respectfully and replied: "Mrs. Yu, the villain Zhang Yin, who served as the chief housekeeper in the abolished Zhang family before, was fortunate to be selected by the villain when the grandfather of the country chose people. ”

It is customary to be given a name by the master, but if you give a surname, it represents identity and glory, although Zhang Yin has expectations in his heart, his face is as calm as water.

Zhao Jiao knew that the abolition, the big family, was killed for supporting the first emperor, and it is estimated that this person can leave either merit or other hidden secrets.

Zhao Jiao nodded and looked at the woman beside him, who looked like she was in her thirties and forties.

This one doesn't look like a good look. Her face is dignified and serious, and she doesn't smile, which makes people subconsciously ignore her appearance.

The woman hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and replied: "Madam, the slave and maid husband's family name is Rong, and he used to work in the former Taichang Temple Qing Mansion, because the emperor was abolished and sent someone to raid the house, the slave man and the two sons were implicated and died, leaving only the little girl and the slave to be sold into the court at the same time. ”

Zhao Jiao nodded lightly, her life was miserable, no wonder! looked at the person behind Zhang Yin again, who looked the oldest.

Zhang Yin hurriedly avoided the side, revealing this person.

"Madame Ann! The villain Qin Wu, the outer courtyard steward of the former Ministry of Rites and the squire of Lord Jiang's house. Because the adult is old and has returned to his hometown with his relatives, let the villain choose whether to follow before leaving, because the villain's daughter is married in Beijing, so he voluntarily stayed, the former master has released a good name, but the villain sold himself into the country. ”

"Oh? Where is your daughter? Zhao Jiao understood as soon as she heard it, this was a daughter control.

Although there are many people, they have always remained quiet, so quiet that they can be heard, so as soon as Zhao Jiao's words landed, an old woman stood out behind her. It is estimated that around fifty, there is a young woman next to her, holding a son and a daughter, the two children are not very old, the eldest son is five or six years old, and the younger daughter is two years old, and the four of them come forward to bow down.

Zhao Jiao hurriedly asked them to get up and stand aside, it is estimated that this is also a family with an insider, and there is no son or son-in-law.

After that, a few more introduced themselves.

A thirty-year-old female official surnamed Bao, who is in the seventh grade, is in charge of weaving in the inner palace.

A woman in her forties in the inner palace freshens up Mama Lan.

A man in his thirties surnamed Jin and a bookkeeper in his twenties surnamed Wang.

Six chefs and thirteen chef disciples.

The group of men, women and children in the back are inextricably linked to the self-introduction in the front.

Zhao Jiao immediately appointed Zhang Yin to be the head of the outer court, and after half a year, she saw if her performance was competent, and her wife was in charge, in charge of the second guest house, and her daughter-in-law was in charge of the inner court.

The two bookkeepers are the accounts of the outer courtyard, and Mr. Jin is the chief manager of the accounts.

Qin Wu renamed and gave him Rui, the second housekeeper of the outer courtyard. After asking him about the woman, who was good at cooking, he asked her to be the kitchen steward and take her daughter to the kitchen to help.

Mama Yung took her daughter to take care of the two children.

The female officer Bao is responsible for the trivial affairs of the inner courtyard bookkeeper.

Mama Lan is the chief steward of the inner courtyard.

The important positions are properly arranged, and the rest is the housekeeper's business.

Only then did everyone in the hall retreat under the leadership of the chief steward.

Ercheng sat upright and heard the end from the beginning without interjecting, at this time she saw the matter, and Zhao Jiao was tired, and hurriedly urged her to go back to rest.

"Why don't you choose a little guy to follow?" Zhao Jiao asked, "It's also convenient to go out, we don't know each other here, don't suffer when you arrive." ”

Ercheng: "No, I bring stones and come to Wang, it's always enough, and when you go out and are not familiar, don't you just let the housekeeper send someone?" ”

Zhao Jiao didn't see the right one, otherwise he would have matched him, at this time and that time, he had to follow the rules of Beijing in Beijing, he wouldn't, but he would imitate it!

With so many subordinates taking office, the general affairs of the government immediately took over.

Although the housekeeper was less than a day, Zhao Jiao felt that she was still quite tired, after all, there were more than 50 people in the original mansion, but there were few people who could serve, especially the cooks. She had to do everything herself, it turned out that Cai Dacheng didn't ask at all when he didn't come, the whole mess was a mess, and it would be nice to be able to eat.

After the meal, Mama Lan took someone forward to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and then put on the toiletry, and after Zhao Jiao cleaned up, she said:

"Ma'am, would you like to rest for a while?"

Zhao Jiao nodded: "In another quarter of an hour, you can also remember to remind the people who serve the young master, don't immediately urge the young master to take a lunch break after dinner, otherwise there will be a lot of food!" ”

Mama Lan nodded hurriedly in response, and remembered to add maids to Madame's side, but seeing that Madame was not in a high mood now, she retreated first and waited outside the door herself.

She is not unsurprised, Mrs. should be the inner family of Grandpa Guo, but at this time, seeing the second master and Mrs. getting along with each other made her feel deeply dissatisfied.

Men and women are not at the same time, even their own brothers can't be so sticky!

Mama Lan's lawsuit.

After twenty minutes of effort, Ercheng helped Zhao Jiao out of the dining room, and saw Mama Lan standing outside the door, although she was a little unaccustomed, she could only be forced to agree.

"I'll go rest first, the two children should be crazy, and when they are tired of playing, they will come over naturally, if the little master sleeps, you will give it to me, and the eldest young master will go to sleep himself."

Mama Lan hurriedly lowered her head and responded, and in front of her eyes, she witnessed the second master and his wife enter the inner room.

She's not good!

I finally knew what Grandpa Guo said when he came: "What I shouldn't see and shouldn't say has tightened my skin and given me a good job, and you don't need to mix the rest!" ”

But the lady and the second master didn't shy away from it at all in public, how could this be what they said and watched?

Mama Lan said she had a headache! It seems that the originally selected maid will have to be re-selected now, otherwise a careless gossip will spread a lot, and will her head be saved by then?

Zhao Jiao couldn't think of these things, except for going to bed after the coat and falling asleep immediately, and Ercheng was not much better.

Cai Dacheng is not so good, at this time he is busy selling his life to the prince! On the left-hand side, there were fewer and fewer twists, and it took another half an hour to finish.

Since he came back, he has not been idle for a moment, and he has been accompanying the prince to work all day, and he is finally relieved.

It was already past noon, and the waiter who was waiting on the side saw that he was busy and hurriedly set the meal.

Cai Dacheng was thinking about the content of the song while eating, he had to use money everywhere, and the only military department he dealt with was just a microcosm of the court, what about the prince? What about the emperor?

Now in the court, there is not only a lack of power but also a lack of money, and without money, it is difficult for any government to move forward.

Cai Dacheng hurriedly finished lunch and continued to be busy sorting out military affairs, when Chang Zai walked in.

"Enough people for you this morning, right?" Chang asked with a smile after sitting down.

Cai Dacheng gave him a blank look, stopped saluting, and continued with the matter at hand.

"Let you find me two female officials in the inner court, plus a few who can cook, and how many people did you find me? Did you give me that much money for so many months? ”

Chang Zai smiled: "Don't you want someone?" I'll ask you for one book at a time. Those people have nothing to do in the Internal Affairs Office, don't they eat idle meals? Use it if you can, and send it away if you can't use it, whatever you want. ”

Cai Dacheng knows that there is no free lunch in the world, and the Internal Affairs Office is very poor now, and he is the only one left in the house.

"How? The military department is short of money now, right? ”

Cai Dacheng was angry: "Do you still need to say it?" It's a bottomless pit, just can't get in and out! ”

Chang Zai was silent, and sighed later: "I didn't expect that there were only three million taels of silver in the account of the household department, and the military expenditure would be more than two million, alas! ”

Cai Dacheng knew that the main reason was that the local government decrees were not passed, and most of the money that should have been handed over was not handed over in time. On the other hand, the years of civil war have also greatly damaged the country's vitality, resulting in a sharp decline in the output of the rich land, and the tax revenue will naturally drop a lot, which is difficult to solve in a short time.

After all the things were dealt with, it was very late again, and Cai Dacheng returned to the Guogong Mansion after separating from the prince.

As soon as you walk through the door, you feel like today is different.

Obviously, it is found that the courtyard is more neat and clean, and the yard no longer seems empty.

"It doesn't seem to be all bad!" Cai Dacheng didn't know something, every time he often carried it over, he wanted to send half of the people in his house over, this place is really empty, and it is simply beautiful with a haunted house. But without Cai Dacheng's approval, he would not and did not dare to send the servant easily, for fear that the other party would think too much.