Zhao Pan'er smiled and instructed Fu Dong, who came to report: "Fu Dong, according to the name on the roster, you will pay each person a consistent amount of money, and the elderly over sixty years old will be given an extra three hundred yuan."

"Yes, big lady."

Then, two guards with big shoulders and round waists carried a basket of copper coins into the courtyard.

Qian Chong looked at this posture, glanced at Zhao Pan'er with some confusion, and then pressed the panic in his heart and said, "Big lady, who are you?"

Regarding Qian Chong's doubts, Zhao Paner sneered in her heart: Old thing, when I am confused, it is not that I have a problem, but that you have a problem.

It turned out that since Zhao Paner entered the Zhuangzi, while dragging Qian Chong and other stewards in the village, he secretly sent people to bang the gong with the person who inquired about the news before and called the tenant farmers in the whole village over.

Before getting the conclusive evidence, Zhao Paner didn't want to tear her face, so as not to chill the hearts of others.

So he smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that now the lord has asked me to take care of the family property, and everyone has worked hard, and this Zhuangzi is also the first time I've come here, so I'll give everyone some reward money, so that everyone will be happy."

"This, this ......" Qian Chong looked at Zhao Pan'er and didn't know what to do for a while.

"What? Is there anything you want to say about the money steward?" Zhao Paner asked with a smile on her face.

"No, no, the eldest lady is really kind-hearted, these tenants will definitely be grateful to Dade." Qian Chong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a little panic.

Not only did Qian Chong, the leading steward, sweat on his head, but the other little stewards in the village who came together also broke out in a cold sweat, but they didn't give up until the Yellow River, and they all stiffened up before the conclusive evidence came out.

"How many stewards, is this too hot? Why are you all sweating?" Zhao Paner asked with a look of concern.

"yes, it's a little hot."

"It's a little hot, indeed."

When several stewards heard this, they quickly chimed in.

Zhao Pan'er didn't say anything, and said directly: "Come on, give a bowl of red bean smoothie to one of the few people in charge, don't you see that you are sweating hot?"

Then he said to the stewards, "Sit down, eat some smoothies in a while, and your heart will be cool."

At this time, the stewards had to sit down, you look at me, I look at you, but I didn't know what to say, I could only look at the crowd in the courtyard that was constantly handing out money.

They knew that their hearts would soon cool down, but it was definitely not because of the smoothie that Zhao Paner had sent them.

Unlike the oppressive atmosphere in the hall, the atmosphere in the courtyard was extremely lively at this time.

The people in the courtyard knew that this time the owner of the Zhuangzi called everyone to come to collect the money, and they were all very happy, and their faces were full of smiles.

You must know that for ordinary people, the amount of money per person is not a small amount.

At the beginning, Sun Sanniang wanted to save money for Fu Xingui to do business, but it was enough to kill pigs for two years to save enough money.

After all, it would be good for ordinary people to go out to pay rent and taxes, and it would be good to have a full stomach, and it was basically difficult to save money.

"What's your name?" Fu Dong asked the tenant farmer in front of him.

"Liu Sheng."

The simple man in front of him looked to be in his forties, with a teenage child and a woman in her thirties on the side, and two old men and women who coughed from time to time in the back.

Fu Dong flipped through the booklet in his hand, and soon found Liu Sheng's name. His face was slightly stunned, and then he knew that Liu Sheng, who looked to be in his forties, was actually less than thirty this year, and his parents behind him were actually in their forties.

"Liu Sheng, there are five people in the family, and five yuan is paid." Fu Dong collected his mind and said lightly.

When the guards on the side heard this, they hurriedly took out five pieces of money from the frame and handed it to Liu Sheng.

Looking at the money handed over, Liu Sheng didn't stretch out his hand for a while, and asked in disbelief, "Really give it?"

"Really give, this is a reward from our eldest lady and the lord, take it quickly." The guard smiled and sent the money in his hand forward.

Liu Sheng took the money while constantly thanking him, and walked to the side with the money, and the family couldn't believe it

It's true.

Then, Liu Laohan came back to his senses, made the family kneel on the ground, and kowtowed to Zhao Paner in the hall to thank him: "Thank you for the reward of the lord and the eldest lady, the eldest lady must be a god in the world, thank you to the eldest lady."

Seeing this, Fudong on the side looked into the hall, and after seeing Zhao Paner's signal, he hurriedly walked over and asked Liu Sheng's family to get up quickly, go home, don't kowtow, their intentions are already known.

Next, Fu Dong and the others methodically distributed money to the tenants in the village, because there was an example of Liu Sheng's family before, and the other tenants also knelt down and thanked them one by one after getting the money, and then left.

As the tenants outside kept leaving after receiving the money, Qian Chong's people were also sitting on pins and needles one by one.

"Money Steward, what's wrong? Is it impossible to sit still? Why don't you stand up and take a few steps?" Zhao Paner teased.

"Don't dare, it's just, big lady, it's past noon now, and from time to time I'll have lunch first?" Qian Chong grinned uneasily and said.

"Don't worry, I'll talk about it after the reward is over, is the money manager hungry?" Zhao Paner asked with a smile as always.

"No, I'm just afraid that the eldest lady will be hungry, since the eldest lady said that she is not in a hurry, then I will wait until the reward is distributed." After Qian Chong finished speaking, he sat back embarrassed.

Zhao Paner said that she was not in a hurry to eat, and the others did not dare to mention it again, and this wait was more than half an hour, and it was not until half of the time that the money was paid to all the tenant farmers.

Immediately afterwards, the guards who had been sent out to measure the land also returned to the courtyard, and reported the results of the measurement to Fudong.

"Okay, Fudong, now that the money has been distributed, let's start reporting the situation!" , Zhao Paner said to the winter that came in, in fact, she sat for more than an hour, and she was uncomfortable and wanted to end it quickly.

"Mrs. Qiyu, there are 56 acres of registered land in Sangpo Village, 87 tenant farmers, and a total of 465 tenant farmers. Before, Second Brother Wu led people to measure it carefully, and found that there were 970 acres of extra land, and the number of tenants was not matched." Fu Dong reported one by one.

Zhao Pan'er glanced at the few stewards in the hall amusedly, and said, "It's about over, right?"

"The eldest lady guessed correctly, when the money was distributed, there were eight families who came to receive the money, and they kept saying that they were tenants of Sangpozhuang, but their names were not on the list, and I also did not embarrass them according to your instructions in advance, and sent them all the money before leaving."

"And when ye measured, no one came to you in the field to say anything to you in private?" Zhao Paner said to Xiao Er, the captain of the guard on the side.

"Yes." Xiao Er, who was not good at words, answered and looked at Fudong, meaning to let her say.

"Oh-" Fu Dong glanced at Xiao Er angrily and continued to report to Zhao Pan'er: "Some people say that Qian Chong's steward, together with several other stewards, seems to have purchased land and property outside, and they are all registered in the names of relatives, and those extra land and tenants are all concealed and not reported, and the annual income also goes into their pockets."

"Don't you have anything to say to me?" Zhao Pan'er sneered at a few of the sweaty stewards, "If I hadn't prepared these hundreds of dollars in advance, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to catch you big fish, right?"

"The villain is guilty, please be gracious to the eldest lady!" Qian Chong and the others hurriedly knelt on the ground in a panic and pleaded guilty.

"You are all slaves of the Qian family, and your mother handed you over to our family lord along with Zhuangzi, who trusts you and never asks about things in the village, and that's how you treat his trust? Sure enough, it's a good house slave!"

Zhao Pan'er sneered and looked at a few people, although she had long known the virtues of these people, she was still very angry.

Qian Chong and the others directly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "It's all the villains who are blinded by lard, and the villains know that they are wrong. Please be merciful, and the little ones will go and sell the fields, and confiscate the money."

"Is that all the lady wants from your money? Also, what can lard do? Can you take on such a big stake?" Fu Dong on the side said sarcastically.

"You take care of Zhuangzi, and the hard work you have accumulated over the years is that even a little savings should be deserved, and it is nothing. But you are hiding the acres of land on the village and privately storing tenants, which is a violation of family rules. If you don't care, everyone will be like this in the future

, then isn't our Xiao family messed up?"

"Since I came, your attitude has been very good, and I am very satisfied with your hospitality. However, I don't like your behavior of violating the house rules" Zhao Pan'er leaned forward, glared at several people angrily, and pointed her fingers heavily on the tea table.

Zhao Paner couldn't help but be angry, these house slaves were greedy for the money in the Zhuangzi, and used it to buy property, not to mention, and then let the tenants in the Zhuangzi farm for them.

You must know that these people are not the kind of subordinates hired from outside, but they have signed a deed of identity and are slaves who have sold themselves, with their little monthly money, how can they buy nearly 1,000 acres of land in just a few years?

You must know that these are good paddy fields, one mu costs almost two yuan, she runs a tea shop known as the first in Qiantang, and she has only saved about 400 yuan in six years.

"Please be gracious to the big lady and bypass the villains this time." Qian Chong and the others all cried bitterly and begged for mercy.

"Forget it, you are the house slaves given by your mother to the lord, you can follow me to Suzhou for a while, and see how the lord falls." Zhao Pan'er didn't bother to say anything to these moths, and directly asked the guards to tie them all up and take them down, ready to take them back to the city.

"As for this Zhuangzi—" Zhao Pan'er looked at the Fudong on the side and said, "Fudong, you will be the head of this Zhuangzi, how about it?"

"Can I, a woman, do this?" Fu Dong said a little apprehensively, she didn't know Zhao Paner's specific meaning.

"It's okay, it must be possible, I can take charge of the family property for the officials, you are so capable, why is it difficult for a small Zhuangzi?" Zhao Paner said lightly.

Then he looked at Xiao Er, who was scratching his ears and cheeks a little anxiously, and continued: "And I will let Xiao Er bring a few people from the mansion to Zhuangzi with you to be in charge."

Xiao Er, who was originally anxious, immediately said excitedly: "Thank you, eldest lady, I will definitely help Miss Fudong to take care of Zhuangzi for you."

Seeing that Xiao Er, who was usually like a stuffy gourd, was so excited, Zhao Pan'er smiled and said, "Okay, this Sangpo Village will be handed over to you in the future." By the way, let's all be hungry, let people go and prepare food, and we'll go back to the city after eating."

Looking at Xiao Er, who was following on the edge of the winter, Zhao Paner couldn't help but smile.

This was actually Xiao Fan's arrangement, and Zhao Paner didn't care too much about it. But Xiao Fan knew that Fu Dong and Nian Xia were his personal maids before, and it was inevitable that they would have some thoughts after a long time.

But these two people are indeed capable, and they were originally cultivated as female envoys in charge, so they let them out to take charge of themselves, which did not treat them badly, but also cut off their thoughts, and let her manage Sangpozhuang is also considered to be the best use of her talents.

This is also why Zhao Paner asked Fu Dong to distribute the reward money before, and asked Xiao Er to take people to measure the land and inquire about the situation in the village, just to let Fu Dong and Xiao Er's tenants in the village leave a good impression and a certain prestige.

After going out, Fu Dong complained to Xiao Er, "Why were you so excited about the eldest lady just now?"

"Hehe, I am, alas—don't you know my mind?" Xiao Erhan said with a smile.

"Hmph-" Fu Dong glanced at Xiao Er and began to ask people to bring the prepared food.

In fact, she had long known that Xiao Fan didn't look down on her and Nian Xia, but she had illusions before, and if Xiao Fan really fell in love with them, they couldn't refuse.

But since she went to Qiantang, she has completely seen that Xiao Fan is now all focused on Zhao Paner, and it is impossible to look down on her and Nian Xia.

And when he was in Qiantang, Xiao Fan also told them that they were his maids, and now they are not young, so let them tell him if they have a fancy to them, and prepare a rich dowry for them when they get married.

Later, she began to have contact with Xiao Er in Qiantang, but she didn't expect Zhao Paner to let her and Xiao Er stay in Sangpo Village to take care of the village, she was both happy and a little sad.

After eating the late lunch, I chatted with the tenant farmers in the fields again, and found that Qian Chong and the others did nothing other than conceal the fields, privately store tenants, and force tenants to help them plant private fields from time to time.

I told them that I would send a winter breeze to be the new head of the village in two days

After that, Zhao Paner led everyone to press Qian Chong and others to rush back, and Fu Dong, Xiao Er and others also needed to go back to clean up and come over.

Back at home, in the bedroom, Zhao Paner told Xiao Fan about today's events.

After listening carefully, Xiao Fan asked, "Then what are you going to do with them?" Tell me what you think."

"I heard that Qian Chong is still the son of the Qian family? If we deal with it too much, I'm afraid that my mother's face will not look good, after all, she is the person she brought from the Qian family, it is not good to say, if it is too light, it will not have a deterrent effect." Zhao Paner said annoyingly.

"And what are you going to do?" Xiao Fan said with a smile.

"Humph! I've been tired all day, and not only do you not help me, but you dare to laugh at me." Seeing Xiao Fan laughing at himself, Zhao Paner sat on his lap unhappily, his elbow propped on his shoulder and looked at him condescendingly.

"You, still haven't adapted to your identity, who are you? My eldest lady, they are just slaves who have made mistakes, and if they make mistakes, they will be punished, and when the time comes, they will directly find someone to sell them." Xiao Fan said decisively.

"It's as simple as that?" Zhao Paner asked.

"It's as simple as that, the housekeeper just needs to make the rewards and punishments clear, don't think about anything else, I'm here for the rest." Xiao Fan hugged Zhao Pan'er and said.

"Hmm! By the way, did you talk to Wei Xingshou about helping her redeem herself?" Zhao Paner asked.