The next day, Xia Mengning worked and rested as usual, and Liushuang always looked for an opportunity to go in and have a look these days, but Xia Mengning was not in the garden these days, and the door of the house was closed.

On this day, Xia Mengning sat on the couch and read a book after finishing lunch, maybe the sun was too big at noon, and it was a little warmer when it shone through the screen window, Xia Mengning supported her head with one hand, and fell asleep slightly on the table.

Liushuang came in with hot tea, and seeing that Xia Mengning was asleep, she took a few steps forward and said, "Miss, the slave maid brought you hot tea." ”

Xia Mengning woke up slowly, nodded and fell asleep again, but the frost under his eyes flashed.

Liushuang put the tea tray on the table, and reached out to pour a cup of tea for Xia Mengning, seeing that Xia Mengning was still asleep and did not react at all, Liushuang was happy, and after looking around, he reached out and gently opened the drawer of the cabinet, and took out a purse embroidered with begonia flowers from it.

She knew that these were all sewn by Xia Mengning herself, and the stitches could be seen.

Xia Mengning was still asleep, and Liushuang gently pulled the drawer shut, and retreated lightly.

After the flowing frost left, Xia Mengning opened her eyes, looked at the steaming cup of fragrant tea, and smiled slightly.

At night, as soon as the eldest grandson Yun came back from the northwest, he hurriedly walked to the palace.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Changsun Han was sitting behind his desk, when he heard the sound at the door, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw Changsun Yun dressed in white.

"My nephew has seen Uncle Huang." The eldest grandson Yun saluted first.

Eldest Sun Han hurriedly stood up and said, "Why did you come back so soon?" ”

The eldest grandson Yun smiled, but he was not as frivolous as before, he just took a few steps forward and said, "Uncle Huang really doubts his nephew's ability to do things? This little thing shouldn't have taken such a long time. ”

There was pride in the eyes of the eldest grandson, and he said approvingly: "You kid, if I question your ability, how can I still let you investigate?" ”

The eldest grandson Yun smiled and said: "My nephew went to the northwest, where it is indeed the same as the situation reported by the officials, there is no grass and the people are not living, but the weather in the northwest was like this before, but it is not as serious as this year, and the nephew specially asked the secret guard to investigate, among them, I am afraid that someone is making trouble." ”

Eldest Sun Han frowned, "It's not a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, I also thought of this, but I couldn't imagine who had such a great ability to control a side of water and soil." ”

Eldest Sun Yun also smiled and said solemnly: "Uncle Huang, it's not time to pursue it now, now there are more and more refugees fleeing to the capital, let's find a way to deal with it first, if it is not handled properly and causes public anger, it will be worth the loss." ”

Eldest Sun Han nodded, "I also know this, but now these courtiers have no way, and they can only say some things that they are incompetent, and I really have the intention to drag them out and cut them down." ”

Eldest Sun Yun blinked and said, "Uncle Huang, my nephew walked back all the way, and saw that the refugees just had no food to eat, so they were all hungry and sick, why don't we let the capital give porridge shops to help these refugees, and then pay to build some refugee societies in the suburbs of Beijing, so as to appease the emotions of the refugees first." ”

Eldest Sun Han thought about it and finally nodded.

This matter must be under the end, the eldest grandson Mo reaped the benefits, the silver raised at the beginning is still there, the first porridge shop in the capital is in front of the mansion of the king of Mojun, these refugees all respect the king of Mojun is a great good man, for a time spread all over the capital, even the eldest sun Han praised him.

The eldest grandson Yun returned to the palace and told the eldest grandson about it, and the eldest grandson was also generous, took some silver from the treasury and began to give porridge and steamed buns, so that many officials followed suit, just to make a good impression in front of the emperor.

In the morning, Xia Mengning and Jiu'er went to Yong'an Hall to ask for peace, Xia Chuanyuan told Xia Mengning about it, Xia Mengning listened, nodded and said, "Daddy also wants to follow suit?" ”

Xia Chuanyuan nodded, "I just don't know how many days I should give, if it takes a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to help." ”

Xia Mengning nodded, there are many adults in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there is no extra silver taels, so now I can only discuss with Li Yan before making a decision.

Xia Mengning blinked her eyes and thought for a while: "Daddy, my daughter remembers that there are still a few idle shops in our house, so it is better to use them for some trading, so that she can subsidize the family and save people when she earns money." ”

Xia Chuanyuan listened, his face was a little embarrassed, Xia Meng saw it, and immediately understood his thoughts, "My daughter knows that my father is the prime minister, and if there are too many shops, it will cause criticism, but what we do is good, if it really doesn't work, my father can trust his daughter, so I will hand over this shop to my daughter to take care of." ”

Xia Chuanyuan thought about it, and finally nodded, "You go and discuss with Li Yan, but take care of it, and don't show up more." ”

Xia Mengning got up, nodded and walked down.

Xia Chuanyuan sat on the chair, and the little sixth son on the side said: "Master, you don't have to worry, the third lady is a capable person, and she will definitely not disappoint the master." ”

Xia Chuanyuan sighed and said, "I hope so." ”

Xia Mengning first went to discuss this matter with Li Yan, and then went to see these shops in person, the corners of these shops are excellent, but the scale of the shops is a little smaller, plus they are all engaged in calligraphy and painting trading, and there is no big business, so if this continues, it will naturally not make money.

At this moment, the carriage stopped, and Li Yan said outside, "Miss, let's arrive." ”

Xia Mengning and Jiu'er got out of the carriage together, and Jiu'er hurriedly put on a hat for Xia Mengning and walked in with Li Yan.

When the little guy in there saw Li Yan, he hurriedly nodded and saluted, "The little one has seen Steward Li." ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "This is the third lady in our house, and the master handed over all the shops in the house to the third lady to take care of." ”

The little guy was a man, and hurriedly saluted.

Xia Mengning said: "Tell the shopkeeper to come out." ”

After a while, the sweaty shopkeeper walked out, Xia Mengning only needed a glance to see that the shopkeeper's qi and blood were vain, and his face was yellow, but he was afraid that he was overindulgent.

There was a thick disgust between Xia Mengning's brows, and he said, "Steward Li, find two little servants to go in and bring out the people in the shopkeeper's house." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, and before he could even stop it, he saw a group of people walk in, and after a while, he brought out a disheveled woman.

Xia Mengning said: "As the shopkeeper of this calligraphy and painting shop, it is really insulting to the reputation of the shop to dare to do such pickled things in the blue sky and daylight. ”

Li Yan hurriedly nodded yes, and said to his subordinates: "Throw the two of them out for me, even with the luggage." ”

Xia Mengning saw it, coughed lightly, this calligraphy and painting studio is the largest one in the Xiangfu shop, this shopkeeper is like this, the others don't have to look at it at all, thinking of this, Xia Mengning said: "We will have a big change in this calligraphy and painting in the future, how to change it specifically, I will let someone come to inform you tomorrow, you will tell the guys in each study today, finish all the work at hand, and someone will come to write down your name in the afternoon, and it depends on whether you have the ability to keep it or not." ”

After speaking, Xia Mengning looked at it and said: "After I took over, the previous things are not to blame for you, if someone still wants to work under my hands with the same attitude as before, then I can only pack up and leave, if you are willing to work hard, I will naturally not treat you badly." ”

Everyone saw that Xia Mengning had just cleaned up the shopkeeper as soon as he came, and now that they knew that these shops would be taken care of by Xia Mengning in the future, where would they dare to have any objections, so they hurriedly nodded.

Xia Mengning and Jiu'er made a carriage and returned to Zhuzhiyuan, and then went to the steward's room together, Li Yan ordered someone to bring tea to Xia Mengning, Xia Mengning said: "Steward Li, I want to make a big change." ”

Li Yan didn't show a look of surprise, she had been by Xia Mengning's side for so long, Li Yan had already known that Xia Mengning was an assertive and capable woman, if her decisiveness and kindness at the beginning made Li Yan look at this third lady who had been unknown, then Xia Mengning's ability and steadiness have made Li Yan admire it for a while.

A little concubine was able to control the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion step by step with her own skills, and even easily eradicated the former mother-in-law and sister-in-law, forcing the ill-intentioned aunt to return to the West early, this kind of bearing and means made Li Yan admire.

Thinking of this, Li Yan felt more and more that the choice he had made was correct, and he couldn't help but humbly say, "I don't know how the third miss wants to change?" ”

Xia Mengning took a pen and paper from the side, and said while writing: "Steward Li also saw it just now, my father used to be very loose in the management of the shop, and I have already read the account books of the shop, which is not profitable at all, this is not that our business is not good, but that the people below are negligent in management and slack and useless." ”

Li Yan listened, nodded and said: "The master is an official, so naturally it is not good to participate in things like shop sales, and the small ones are also slack." ”

Xia Mengning shook his head, "Steward Li is not wrong, there are already a lot of things in the house, and Steward Li can't be separated from each other, and it is also a matter of cleaning up." ”

After Xia Mengning finished speaking, he wrote again: "So at the beginning, I wanted to choose a few reliable people to serve as the shopkeepers of each shop, and the final shopkeeper is still you, and the money is settled every seven days, so in the future, Steward Li may be even busier, and he will give me the details of the profit and expenditure of each shop every seven days." ”

Li Yan nodded, "It's not difficult, Miss, please rest assured." ”

Xia Mengning smiled, "I believe in Steward Li, but if I let Steward Li be so busy, I'm afraid it will not be good, I heard a while ago that your brother-in-law came to the capital to join you, and he also entered the Prime Minister's Mansion a while ago, I sent someone to investigate, he is a person who can be trusted, and he is also very diligent in his work." ”