Hearing this urging gong, Yuqing, Ye Xuan and Zhen'er felt even heavier. Unexpectedly, as soon as the official errand of the counter left, the one who apportioned the money came to collect the debt.

"The owner of the village, there is so much silver on the books of the villa, and it has been given to the imperial court, and we are overstretched. The lives of the people are really unbearable, and it is difficult to live in troubled times. ”

"Ye Xuan, let's see the move. It's okay to say that there are hundreds of women, children and widows in the villa, but there are still dozens of men under the age of 10, which is the hope for the future of the villa. For the sake of these children, for the sake of the continued development of the villa, we gritted our teeth and went through. ”

"Yuqing Zhuang owner, it's difficult to be in charge. Looking at the silver and looking at the silver, the bitter thing is that it is the court that is cheap. ”

"Zhen'er, it's not okay not to take the money apportioned, our villa is not strong enough to be as strong as Yanwai Castle. Persimmons are pinched softly, and they must first save their lives in troubled times. ”

"The owner, when the old owner was alive, he trained a lot of soldiers. They were the first to die in these two palace changes. I knew that I would have trained the young lady to be a banker. ”

"Zhen'er, you really dare to think that there are no women in the court as soldiers." Ye Xuan was surprised.

"I think it's okay, there has never been a female owner, and the three of us are just the owners of the villa. What a man can do, a woman can do it, and the villa can't always ask a few old men to guard the gate, if a thief comes, it's not useless. "Yuqing was reminded that there is an army in Yanwai Castle, but can't there be one in the villa. However, this matter must be planned slowly, after all, it is not easy to change the rules of the ancients for thousands of years.

"There are 940 people in Qi's Villa, and it is calculated according to 1,000 people, and this time the new emperor's enthronement ceremony will sponsor 10,000 taels of silver." The voice of the old eunuch who came to read the official document sent Yuqing, Ye Xuan, and Zhen'er into the ice cave in an instant, and the three young ladies only felt the coldness from the bottom of their hearts.

"Father-in-law, more than 1,000 people died in the villa for the court, and the rest are women, children, old and young, we really can't take out 10,000 taels of silver."

"The owner of the small village, he didn't ask for the villa to give out the silver, and the amount of silver apportioned according to the head is not much."

"That's not 10,000 taels of silver, and the entire villa is only more than 900 newborn dolls, so how can it be counted as tens of thousands of taels." Zhen'er blurted out, and the old eunuch who read the official document brushed his face down.

"Ignorant stinky girl, officials don't want to come over, you think it's easy to brave the wind and snow."

"Father-in-law, don't be angry, the people in the villa also have difficulties, the men are all dead, and the remaining women, children, old and young, have no ability to make money at all, and the silver still has to be paid out of the villa in the end. It's just that we only earned 10,000 taels of silver from Yuanwai Villa a few days ago, and this and that money have gone out a lot these days, and it's about to be the New Year when we catch up, so we need money everywhere. Although Yuqing had only been to the imperial city a few times, he had also heard of the generosity and kindness of the new emperor, and the father-in-law around the new emperor was empathetic. It's better to save some money in the villa in this way, we can only take out half of the silver, and then give my father-in-law a hundred taels of silver for his hard work. It's the three of us young ladies who gave New Year's greetings to their father-in-law early. ”

"Little farmer, you are very good at talking. It's going to be the New Year, and the shops in the villa should also come back to take inventory, even if every household has a shop, it should also have income. Don't cry poor with my father-in-law, you are not as rich as Yuanwai Villa, but you can still take out 10,000 taels of silver. The old eunuch's face was a little better, and Yuqing heard that he was thinking that the silver given to him was too little, so he said again without hurrying.

"Father-in-law, you can be accommodating, it is not easy for our three young ladies to take care of the villa, but we can't take a hundred taels of silver, but this is also the permission of our three girls."

"That's not good, a hundred taels of silver is only enough for my father-in-law to drink a few pots of tea, and tea must always be accompanied by snacks. It's not easy for you to live, it's even more difficult for your father-in-law to be on an errand, and you also said that it's almost the New Year, and your father-in-law wants to be filial to the nobles, and you need money to deal with your subordinates. ”

Phew! Dead eunuch, who you honor and cares about us. Yuqing scolded fiercely in his heart, but he just thought about it in his heart, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, I don't know how to write accounts for the hundred taels of silver in our authority." After all, there are hundreds of people in the villa, and hundreds of mouths can't all be sewn up to prevent them from talking. ”

"Yes, father-in-law, just now the little girl was not sensible, and I asked my father-in-law to ignore a lot. We really can't repay more than 100 taels of silver, after all, the main specifications of the villa are different. The little girl also has some private houses, and the silver is not much, only a few dozen taels, which can be regarded as a crime for her father-in-law. Zhen'er heard the doorway and said obediently.

"How can I ask you to give out the silver alone, father-in-law, Miss Ben also has a private house of almost fifty taels of silver, and she also orders a plate of snacks to eat when her father-in-law drinks tea."

"You, why are you all like this? Isn't this a run on me, the owner? Father-in-law, tell you to see the joke, it's better to share the three of us with a hundred taels of silver like this. Father-in-law, I really can't take out too much. Yuqing said a little angrily, and secretly glared at the two partners. The old eunuch who watched was in a happy mood.

"The owner of the villa, it's not for this villa, who told us ladies to take over the head of the villa without knowing the sky." Zhen'er was aggrieved.

"Father-in-law, we didn't know the rules of the villa before, so please ask my father-in-law for advice." Yuqing took Zhen'er's words and said.

"What else do you mean, you three little girls are more shrewd than the old farmer before, but my father-in-law likes it. It is not easy for my father-in-law to be on an errand, and there will be no one with a son and a half daughter to retire in the future, so I can only accumulate more silver to save my body, and the silver saved until death in the palace is not enough to drink tea and eat snacks. ”

The old eunuch was in a good mood and poured bitter water, Yuqing and Zhen'er listened patiently, and Ye Xuan also took back the silver ticket.

"Father-in-law, this is five thousand taels of silver tickets. You will leave us a record of official documents after you have collected them, and when we take over the villa, there will be many such official documents. "Ye Xuan sounded those official documents, and he was already angry, and the court was a bloodsucker.

"You girl, the court used your silver to keep the bottom, and it will be rewarding you for your merits in the future. Of course, after the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, there should be fewer such things. Little farmer, you are smart and clever, this villa will definitely live better and better. What kind words this guild will say for you in front of the new emperor, the future life is terrifying. The old eunuch handed over an official document as he spoke, and then climbed into the carriage outside the door and galloped away, not even asking for the two hundred taels of silver that had been given to him. The direction is exactly the side of the Yuanwai Villa.

Seeing that the old eunuch was gone, the three young ladies unfolded the official document, and they were all angry after just one glance. Dead eunuch, I thought he had forgotten about the two hundred taels of silver, but it turned out that he had been greedy for ink ten times.

"Yes! A few of us are still too young to allow such a thing to happen again in the future. Yuqing said.

"Kids, you've done a great job. Even if the old owner is there, he won't wipe off half of it all at once. At this moment, the old farmer's wife came down with the support of her mother-in-law.

"Old lady, this old eunuch also came over when the old owner was here?"

"It's not this, but it's all eunuchs. Those officials went to the shops in the imperial city to collect the money they sponsored, and there was not much oil and water here, and those officials were happy to give these eunuchs who could talk to the emperor a little benefit. These are the rules of officialdom, and my wife doesn't particularly understand them. I'm here to tell you something, so you should be prepared. ”

"Old lady, what's the matter, don't you come back again to apportionment the silver, this time Miss Ben wants to come back from the dead eunuch who was greedy for ink, what is it." Ye Xuan said hatefully.

"That's not going to happen, he doesn't necessarily dare to come, even next time it won't necessarily be him. The previous wave of officials didn't go to Yuanwai Villa, it is estimated that they will have a meal of big fish and meat there first, and they are much richer than us here. This is also the custom, so they hurried over there. The members of the villa also died, and the remaining women, children, and children who wanted to save their lives could only seal their mouths with silver. The trouble shouldn't be very big, but in order to go back to recover his life, the official has to arrest a few women surnamed Yan. The old lady pondered and said, and Yuqing also understood.

"Old lady, how many people are surnamed Yan over there?"

"Of course, the old man over there is a concubine surnamed Yan, but he doesn't like the constraints of the court, and he is a squishy swinger who writes poetry and paints all day long. When he got old, he simply moved out of the imperial city and built a villa outside the city, where he was not interested in the imperial city, and there were many people who married in and married, and there were many people with the surname Yan. It's just that they have been literati and ink writers for generations, and they pose no threat to the imperial court. The successive emperors didn't take them seriously, and the two palace changes the new emperor and the new emperor killed the red eyes, and they were remembered. ”

"Old lady, what are you worried about?"

"Yuqing ......" The old lady's expression of wanting to speak made the three young ladies full of doubts. At this moment, the dumb mother-in-law ran over in a little panic and said in a hoarse voice.

"Madam, back mountain, there is a fight on the back mountain."

"If that's the case, how many escaped?"

"This..."The dumb mother-in-law looked at Yuqing and the three of them didn't say anything.

"Master Yuqing, let's talk as we go. Dumb mother-in-law, at this time there is nothing to hide, Yuqing, Ye Xuan, Zhen'er, Yuanwai Villa can be said to be a strip of water next to us. When the ancestors were in their time, they were all about friendship. Yuanwai Villa was more than ten years later than we walked out of the imperial city, and we were not close on the surface for a hundred and ten years, all for the sake of our respective villagers, but there were still secret contacts in private. Many times in the crisis of Qi's Villa, they reached out to help. Just like this time, the 10,000 taels of silver, ostensibly to reward us, is actually a disguised help. Although our ancestors were generals, almost no of our descendants practiced martial arts. The ancestors of Yuanwai Villa were literati, but the descendants were both civil and military, and even the girls who married in were not ordinary people. ”

"Old lady, the people who ran out came to us for help, did you want us to hide people?"

"Zhen'er, I think if it were so simple, the old lady wouldn't come and tell us. It's no problem to hide a few people in such a big villa. Old lady, Rong Yuqing said a few words boldly. Since there has been no communication between the two villas for more than 100 years, there must be a secret path to communication. There are two secret passages in the mountains and forests, and this time the woman who escaped from the villa is not necessarily here to make trouble for us, but is just the result of the situation. ”

"The owner of Yuqing Village is smart, that's what it looks like. In the past, when the imperial court did not pay attention to us, they acted carefully, but now that we have been remembered, the people over there will not leave a handle for the imperial court. Therefore, for the peace of the people of our two villas, and for the long-standing friendship between the two villas, we must help those who can. ”

"Madam, Yuqing is boldly speculating that if they take the secret passage, they should not be chased, the only thing is that they fought with the officers and soldiers in order to keep the secret of the secret passage."

"Yuqing, you are really thoughtful, why can't I think of this. Madam, help is necessary, and it's not a problem to hide them, but a few of us are young ladies who don't have kung fu, how can we help? ”

"Xuan'er, you just wait at the back door and don't go out, old woman, I and the owner of Yuqing Village will go out to have a look. Regardless of the outcome, the safety of the lodge is paramount. The dumb woman proposed.

"Okay, even if we go out, we can't help."

"Yuqing, the situation is urgent, my wife will take you first." At a turn in front, the dumb mother-in-law took Yuqing's hand and said to the others, and the old and the young disappeared.

"Old lady, I heard that the dumb mother-in-law is good at kung fu, this time I really saw it." Ye Xuan was envious.

"Ye Xuan, Yuqing's kung fu is also very good." Jen'er said.