Compared with Siniang and Yijing, the eleven-year-old Qi Niang was still innocent and romantic at this time, and when it was not time to learn the general affairs, the eldest princess was very relieved to the daughter-in-law of the Xu family, and believed that she had her own arrangements for Qi Niang's teachings, and she did not need others to worry about interfering, so Qi Niang was unrestrained and squandered this hard-won leisure time.

Every morning, after Yijing and Siniang accompanied the eldest princess to walk on a horse in the countryside, they would also have two or three hours to understand the trivialities in the Zhuangzi.

The person in charge of the discipline is Mama Yang.

"I heard that in addition to the grange, there are even shops." Siniang is a little puzzled, since ancient times, Shinong industry and commerce, counted as the most lowly businessman, before the Dongming Dynasty, businessmen can not even ride in brocade, the descendants of businessmen are forbidden to enter the office, that is, Dongming time to relax, but businessmen are still rich but not expensive, the Guogong Mansion as a noble, the purchase of land is understandable, involving business Siniang is a little puzzled.

Mama Yang smiled and said: "Can Siniang know the geometry of the grandfather of the country, the second master, and the third master?" ”

Yijing and Siniang both shook their heads.

"The monthly salary of the grandfather of the country is only more than 40 stones, if you only rely on the money of the imperial court, the slaves and maids in the house are insufficient, so you will buy property, and the harvest in the Zhuangzi everywhere will be paid to the treasury for taxes, and part will be for daily consumption, and most of the remaining will be converted into silver income." Mama Yang explained: "But where the family business is thriving aristocratic family, the consumption is even more amazing, if only rely on the imperial court to supply, it is not enough to support, in addition to the land, business will also be involved, not only the national government, but now all the nobles, more or less under the name of some shops, of course, not let the nobles run it personally, they have to use the stewardship, with idle money, regenerate interests, in order to support the family business." ”

If the nobles want to maintain their family business, the imperial court naturally cannot allow corruption and bribery, and they can only relax the way they do business.

Don't say that the noble family, even the prince and the prince also have shops under their names.

However, of course, the aristocratic family is not as good as the merchants, and it is not business-oriented, such as the Weiguo Mansion, most of which are property purchases, sublease shops for profit, and also have useful stewards, who are good at what to make a living and make a profit, and the main family will hand them the principal and run some commercial affairs.

For example, Shumei Building is a commercial property operated by Su Lian on a whim, so naturally he can't make a lot of money, so he has the right to be a pastime.

Another example is Rongqing Zhai, which was originally a "time-honored" dim sum workshop in the former Ming Dynasty, and was once famous in the Central Plains.

Later, after the war, business was hit hard, and some wealthy businessmen went bankrupt one after another, and Rongqingzhai was not spared.

It is said that the descendants of Rongqingzhai, in the Dongming Dynasty into the palace became the imperial kitchen, with the family heirloom secret recipe, very favored by the heavenly family, the Dongming Kingdom was destroyed, Gaozu found the "secret recipe" of Rongqingzhai in the palace, and handed it over to the Yan Hou, and the Yan Hou gave it to the eldest princess.

After hundreds of years, Rong Qingzhai's reputation is still well-known in the streets, and the eldest princess has a secret recipe, and she can't bear to bury it, so she lets the housekeeper re-operate.

But the aristocracy's business is not something worth publicizing, so the proprietor behind it is generally not public.

Rongqingzhai has now become one of the dowries of Yijing.

"Do we have to learn about doing business for profit in the future?" Siniang was puzzled again.

Mama Yang said with a smile: "It's not that the little ladies are allowed to do business, and it is a truth that the little ladies will not be allowed to cultivate these fields themselves, since there are stewards in charge, the master only needs to look at the harvest in the account book, understand the benefits, and arrange the income and expenditure, but how much you have to understand the way, so as not to be deceived by the subordinates." ”

Although the stewards are generally useful people, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not gradually become greedy and deceive, and if the master does not know anything, he will even indulge in the lawlessness of the subordinates, and often ask questions, find mistakes, and ask and correct them, so as to deter the subordinates.

This is also the truth that everyone has to learn in addition to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially for marrying the eldest son and grandson, and will be in charge of the boudoir in the future, which is a skill that has to be learned.

He also said that some of these granges are near Kyoto, and some are far away in Ninghai, and the main family cannot inspect them one by one, so they can only estimate the approximate harvest through the income account, combined with the drought and flood conditions, and supervise whether the people below have deceived or not.

Yijing listened to Mama Yang and Aunt Wan in detail, only to know that the people in charge of cultivation in the grange are not only domestic slaves, but also tenants, as well as local hired long-term and short-term workers, and the remuneration given is also three, six, nine, etc., under the standard, there are differences, and in addition to fertile land, or slope land, dry land, not all land is suitable for planting rice and wheat, some are suitable for planting forests, and some are suitable for animal husbandry.

"It seems that the important thing is to employ people, otherwise Ren I have three heads and six arms, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of them." Summary of the beautiful scene.

Mama Yang affirmed: "The governance of the family and the governance of the country are based on the same origin, there is no saying that a single tree can support it, if Wu Niang is able to understand the doorway, can know people and make good use of it, so as not to let people be blinded, even if it is qualified." ”

Yijing spent some time looking at all kinds of account books, and often visited, talking with tenants and long-term workers, chatting about the relationship between harvest and climate, and the difference between the price of grain and millet in a good harvest year and a poor harvest year.

I also found that in her "shop" dowry, in addition to leasing out for profit, there are also teahouses and restaurants, and even a pharmacy.

"After returning home, find a suitable time, Wu Niang will meet these stewards one by one and have an understanding of their character." Mama Yang reminded dutifully.

Yi Jing made some calculations and came up with her conservative income for a year, which was ten times higher than that of the Patriotic Princess, and she suddenly smiled.

In the future, I will no longer worry about money.

It's an evening again, after the meal, the three golden flowers go hand in hand again to the Liangyuan Bridge to "step on the song", after ten days, many of the villagers are familiar with these noble daughters, the three girls who "met" at the beginning, and they are even more familiar, this day to see the Yijing sisters, the three girls "pounced" over, pointed to the shade of the tree, the young man who was singing in the shadow, and introduced in a stack: "That is Sun Lang." ”

Yi Jing carefully looked at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy Lang, and saw that he was long and jade, and he was very deliberately elegant in his gestures, wearing the jade-colored long coat that the Beijing middle school scholars were accustomed to, as if he was worried that the sludge in Longjian had stained the robe, lifted a corner, pinned it on his belt, and was singing "My Fair Lady, Good Gentleman" to a few girls with curtains.

Although he has a scribe style, his eyebrows are extremely provocative, and his frivolity cannot be concealed.

Sanya, who said that his singing voice was elegant that day, his eyes were shining and he was fascinated.

Qi Niang smiled and said: "Sanya is happy with him, why don't you follow the girls in the village, singing and dancing." ”

Sanya bit her lip and suddenly became depressed.

"Sun Langcai doesn't look down on us, he only likes the sisters of the Li family, even those who wear hats, they don't go out often." "Little round face," Ling'er said.

Yijing looked at the "Li family sisters" again, the red embroidered skirt was whispering, and one of them opened the vermilion veil and gave this side a roll of the eyes without concealment.

Qi Niang obviously saw it too, and felt inexplicable: "We don't know her, why is she staring at us?" ”

That Sun Lang was "scratching his head and making a gesture" at the "Li family sisters", and he didn't forget to "cross his eyebrows and be cold" to many girls who were singing and dancing, and there were a few five big and three rough men in kudzu clothes, who looked like the evil slaves of the family, and "warned" the peasant girls with a tiger's eye, not letting them get close to Sun Lang one step, and suddenly there was a voice far away, and the beautiful scenery looked at it, it turned out to be a peasant boy named Ah Fu, while striding from Longshang, while singing loudly-

The spring is far away, the peach and plum are thanked early, the golden autumn is not to the melon and the fruit is not finished, and the sister Fusang is looking forward to wearing the autumn water, but she is looking forward to the return of the distant people.

Since the beginning of the year, I have decided to go, and I have not returned to the book in the spring and summer, and I persuade my sister to leave the person in time, and cherish the person in front of me.

As the singing figure approached, Ah Fu's eyes approached Sanya, chanting repeatedly, pressing Sun Lang's "jagged wattle vegetables" to the point that he didn't hear a word, the brilliant light and shadow of the sunset fell on Ah Fu's broad and bright forehead, but it couldn't shine through his deep eyes, and the loud singing was undisguised in the deep meaning, which attracted the cheers of the crowd one after another.

The girls who originally danced around Sun Lang all sang with their arms in arms, gathered around, laughed and laughed, and sang and danced around Ah Fu and Sanya.

Qi Niang saw that Sanya's pretty face was flushed, and she was very twisted, and she pushed it with a smile, almost not directly stuffing the person into Ah Fu's arms.

In addition to the teenagers and girls, of course, there are also older uncles and aunts, and even the parents of Ah Fu and Sanya are also in the crowd, and they seem to be very interested.

It seems that Sanya's "rival in love" should not be underestimated, but when I saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, she took advantage of Ah Fu's singing voice, and then raised her voice-

I have impatiens, hairpins with dark clouds and sideburns, and Brother Mo is merciful, taking off his arms.

Then there were some supporters, shouting and pushing her to the field, and the atmosphere was warm for a while, Sun Lang was no longer in the limelight, and a layer of annoyance finally appeared on his face.

Yijing and Siniang were still a little restrained, only walking lightly with the singing and laughter, but Qi Niang came to the uproar, holding her black-faced maid Shark Zhu to dance with everyone, and even sang a fishing song from Qiongzhou.

The three "Li family sisters" with the curtain li, in the cheerful and happy crowd, seemed a little out of harmony, and the girl who was very unfriendly to them just now stepped forward to whisper a few words to Sun Lang.

So in the sound of singing, there was another song of phoenix seeking phoenix-

However, because the singer's voice was not pleasant, and the mountain song was loud and bright, it affected the performance, and later it was a little out of tune, and he didn't finish singing.

Someone laughed unscrupulously and began to cheer.

Sun Lang stomped his feet angrily, gritted his teeth and looked at Ah Fu, who was sought after by thousands of people, his face was red and his demeanor was no longer there.

When he looked at it again, he saw that the "sisters of the Li family" all lifted the corner of the veil and revealed their shining eyes-

The beautiful scenery was enjoying herself, and Mama Yang quietly pulled her out of the crowd and pointed to the young man in Tsing Yi who was stopping to see on the Liangyuan Bridge.

"Wu Niang, look, it's the son of the world who is here."