Zhang Lan came back from Tianxianglou and nested in her room to calculate the Luo family's background, Wu Anhou is indeed not ordinary rich, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich, but Zhang Lan rubbed his forehead, Luo Yuanpeng did not hide these wealth from her, most of them are mansions, that is, fields, and floating wealth are countless jewelry and antiques, for several generations, the royal rewards are full of several warehouses, but what is the use? can't eat, drink, or exchange money for money, and Luo Yuanpeng's financial management methods are also very conservative, that is, he buys land and shops to collect rent, and he doesn't seem to be doing business, so this income is also very limited.

Looking at the silver taels coming and going in the accounts, that is, maintaining the expenses of the Hou Mansion, when it comes to expenses, Zhang Lan has even more headaches, I really don't know why to get such a big house to support so many people, the moon money is a large sum, calculate the silver sent from the outer courtyard every month, she is a housewife, and no one competes with her for the family property, and she can't do the thing of rubbing oil from it, but there is no surplus food at home, and she panics, Zhang Lan really wants to be a little rich woman who counts the money and counts her hands with cramps, since Luo Yuanpeng can't give it to her, Then she would have to rely on her own strength.

Because she has long had the idea of doing business, Zhang Lan didn't do her own Cui Gai Zhuying Eight Treasure Car when she went out today, only took a four-person sedan chair out of the house, and the bustling and prosperous Zhang Lan along the way was in full view from the curtain, and also ignited her entrepreneurial heart, she can't go on like this, she can't just be locked up in the inner house, intrigue with a group of women all day long, guard against this, look at that, in that case, what is the difference between living one day and living for a year? She decided to take action and stop wasting her time in Luofu.

"Madam, Steward Xiao and Mother Lin are here," Yulu whispered outside.

"Please let them in," Although Mother Qin has taken over the daily affairs in Shuiju, Zhang Lan still likes to listen to Mother Lin's opinion on something, sometimes she loves gossip and is active People still have her use, as for Steward Xiao, Luo Yuanpeng's private property was taken care of by him before, and he should be the most trustworthy person for their husband and wife.

"That's the case, I followed Hou Ye back to the capital for a short time, I have nothing to do, I want to open a dim sum shop on the street of the capital, Steward Xiao is most familiar with the capital, I want to hear your opinion," After sitting down and serving tea, Zhang Lan said her thoughts directly, it is more effective to open source than to throttle, of course, throttling is also necessary, but the time has not yet come.

"Madame wants to open a shop?" Xiao Shan smiled secretly in his heart, it's not that he looks down on Mrs. Hou behind the screen, although now he sees a foreign man and pretends to use a screen to block it, but who doesn't know that she also showed up to beg for a living in the fish shop back then? I don't know how many men have seen and touched it, and now I look like this lady, Mrs. Hou, her daughter is more worthy than her, "Madame, but where did you fall in love with the shop?" According to the small one, the two boundaries of Hongyun Street and Runyufang are all surrounded by the mansions of nobles, and they can make money in any business. ”

Zhang Lan has been to these two places yesterday, to put it bluntly, it is a commercial area and a noble residential area, and she wants to do a business of pastries, if the shop is placed in a general place, I am afraid that the surrounding residents can afford to buy it, "I think so too, please ask Steward Xiao to help find a shop." ”

Looking for a shop in those two places? Xiao Shan grinned, this is too easy to say, the master behind who can open a shop in those two places is no worse than the Hou Mansion of Wu'an, "The little one is going to ask, it's just that it's only been less than September, I'm afraid it's not easy to find." ”

Mother Lin quickly glanced at Xiao Shan outside the screen, she and Xiao Shan had already secretly formed an alliance, one outside, one inside, as long as there was the trust of the new lady, I was afraid that there would be no oil and water in the future? "Madam, you have a good idea to open a dim sum shop, the old slave said a cheeky word, the last time we feasted in the house, the slave and maid also tasted it cheekily, that is a taste that can not be found in the capital, as long as your shop is open, are you afraid that you will not be a guest?"

"I have no choice," Zhang Lan knocked on the thick account book on the table, and said helplessly, "I flipped through the accounts and found that our house is far from as rich as I imagined. ”

"Cough, Madam Mingjian," Xiao Shan coughed lowly, it seemed that this lady couldn't help it, "Several generations of the marquis of our Luo family have been Rongma all their lives, how can they have the heart to take care of these family affairs?" It's just to ask for food and clothing, and those who borrow their names all day long to do any business are not comparable, don't hide Mrs. said, the inner courtyard is better, our outer courtyard, said that it is good to hear that the Hou Ye is now in charge of the military department, there are many people who come to ask for instructions, and there will be no less ice and charcoal every year, but we just came back, where have we seen these oil and water, but more and more people come to fight the autumn wind, for the reputation of the master, who comes not to send a ten, two, eight, two? This adds up to a lot, and it's not a small amount. Speaking of this, Xiao Shan sighed, "It is said that the prime minister's concierge is a seven-grade official, our house has always been a military rule of law, and the red envelopes are categorically not accepted. ”

"Oh, I see," Zhang Lan nodded, she didn't expect that there would be such expenses, "There is no one in our house who has no money management?" What should I do if I just rely on the rent on the grange and encounter a disaster year? ”

"Finance? You mean someone who can take care of the shop? Xiao Shan frowned, "This is really not much, in order to help Hou Ye take care of the outside affairs, he really didn't suffer less, but he didn't go to pour the urinal for the big shopkeeper," Speaking of this, he twisted his eyebrows and bared his teeth as if he had made a great determination, "Actually, we also have this money-making shop in our house, but~"

There is still a business that you don't know? Zhang Lan was stunned, although most of the Luo family's property was in charge of Luo Yuanpeng, she still kept an eye on it, and under the pretext of long-term knowledge, she took all the Luo family's fields and deeds, and took a look, and at that time, she also noticed that the Luo family did not open a shop outside, so the façade was rented to others to operate, "Are you serious?" Why don't I know? ”

Sure enough, Xiao Shan sneered in his heart, no one is unmoved when he sees wealth, and Mrs. Hou, who was born in a bitter haha, is naturally even more so, "What's this," he hesitated, if Zhang Lan could snatch the previous Gao family's dowry into her own hands, then she would definitely need a caring and reliable person to take care of it, this person is naturally his Xiao Shan, "I think Mrs. Lai also knows, the first lady was born in the British public high family, and the British public guards the mountain customs, and the people are also thin, except for Runyufang, there is a national mansion in the capital, and there is no one else at all, The lady in front is the eldest daughter of the Gao family, and she is deeply respected by the current British public, and when the former lady returns, the Gao family will marry all the shops in the capital and the fertile fields in the suburbs of Beijing with the lady, "Speaking of this, Xiao Shan is fascinated, "Speaking of dowry, the noble daughter of this Beijing is not as good as the daughter of the Gao family in Shanhaiguan,"

The screen was silent, Xiao Shan thought in his heart that this was the new lady now, "At first, these were naturally taken care of by the lady in front, and it was not an exaggeration to make money every day, Mrs. must know, the largest fur shop in our capital is the dowry of the former lady, and now, these things were handed over to the old lady when the former lady went," Speaking of this, Xiao Shan shook his head and said softly, "The second girl is young, that is equivalent to a three-year-old doll holding a golden pimple, and I don't know what happened~" He didn't have access to those accounts.

"Alas, Yi Nu said, how old is the old lady," Mother Lin leaned over at the right time, "Say something from the heart, who in this house doesn't know, she and our Hou Ye are not the same heart at all, these things, if you want to say, they should also be handed over to your mother-in-law to keep them, and when the second girl comes out of the pavilion, then look at adding makeup to the girl." ”

"Okay, I know," the ex-wife's dowry is to be left to her biological daughter, Zhang Lan still understands this in her heart, no matter how bad she is, she won't put her hand there, not to mention, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at these things, she was stupid to give people a handle, "Those are the second girl's, no matter how much money you make, we have nothing to do with it, and I won't be greedy." "But if you can ask the shop over there to help you bring a few financial management experts out, it's not too much of a request, right?

"That's natural, Madame guards the huge family business of the Hou Mansion, how can she look at those meat stars?" Mother Lin smiled and said, "The slave maid is just worried that it won't be out for a few years, and those things will be in the hands of our county lord, and when the time comes, when the second girl cries, don't you know?" Originally, there was a thousand silk jasper mushrooms in the lady's dowry, which was made with Baoyu and made of silk, and our second girl gave it to the eldest girl without blinking her eyelids. ”

"There is one more thing that Mrs. I don't know," Hearing that Zhang Lan was not moved, Xiao Shan said again, "In fact, every year in the past, Hou Ye transported back a lot of leather goods from Liaodong and handed them over to Gao Chengji to sell, and the silver was naturally counted in the dowry of the former lady, and in other shops of the former lady, there were also many goods from Liaodong, in fact, in the dowry of the former lady, the small one was calculated in private, and I am afraid that there was also a half of the Hou Ye's net worth in Liaodong~"

Such? Zhang Lan's brows furrowed suddenly, Gao's things are not rare for her, no matter how many they are brought from the Gao family, but every year from Luo Yuanpeng to her side of the silver, then it will not work, she and Luo Yuanpeng have become relatives, that is, the joint property of husband and wife, even if she wants to give Luo Qingrong, she has to come forward, how can she still listen to a thank you and get a good name, like this, silently charged into Gao's dowry and returned to Luo Qingrong, what is the matter? "Are you sure? How come I have never heard of Hou Ye? Does the second girl know? ”

"How can such a small person talk nonsense?" Xiao Shan looked upright, "Every year, Hou Ye will send someone to send a few cars of furs to Gao Chengji, that is, because of this, who in the capital doesn't know that Gao Chengji's goods are the most authentic?" ”

"Yes, yes," Mother Lin patted her thigh, "This slave has also heard that in the mountain goods store in Xizhimen, aren't those mountain goods also sent by our Hou Ye?" The silver earned back is gone," Speaking of this, Mother Lin sighed, "Now those silver accounts are in the hands of the old lady, alas, no one says a word for our second girl~"