One Piece of Song Dynasty

The housekeeper sighed: "It seems that Miss Hongyu is also a miserable person."

Li Xin said: "So, since there are no elders on both sides, the marriage will not be held this time. It will only be announced in the mansion. From now on, Miss Hongyu will be the mistress of the mansion."

The housekeeper nodded and said: "Okay, Mr. Lang, a certain family knows."

Li Xin asked: "Stop talking about this, Uncle An, you just finished inspecting our granary, how is our food situation now?"

The housekeeper shook his head and said: "Not very optimistic. Although our family has been buying food in large quantities, the population there has grown too fast in the past few months, and now only half of the food is left in the granary."

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "As long as we survive this year, it will be fine. The land over there can already provide part of the food."

The butler replied: "It will be no problem to survive this year."

Li Xin continued: "We must continue to purchase other supplies and cannot leave them behind. Is the money in the house still enough?"

The housekeeper thought for a while and said: "It's enough. Although our monthly expenses are high, we also earn a lot every month. We still have a lot of gold and silver stored in the cellar of the house, and we also send money to my husband every month." A lot of money was transported."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, Uncle An, then you can buy another hundred ships from the shipyard, including forty sand ships with a load of shi, and sixty blessing ships with a load of shi."

In the spring of next year, Li Xin will send troops to Jeju Island. By then, there will be more places to use ships, from Xinghan Island to Jeju Island, from Jeju Island to Cangzhou, plus the Yilan City that is about to be built on Xinghan Island. There should be permanent ships on Xinghan Island next spring, eight Fu ships, Gonggong warships, and clipper ships. These will become the main force of Li Xin's troops on Jeju Island. Of course, there will also be Then some ships were dispatched to transport the infantry. Li Xin's expedition to Jeju Island was to bring about infantry troops. These infantry troops would also become Li Xin's permanent force stationed on Jeju Island in the future.

The housekeeper said: "Okay, Mr. Lang, I understand."

Li Xin asked: "Uncle An, did you see my little sister when you came back?"

The butler replied: "No, sir, what happened to the girl?"

Li Xin shook his head and said: "That's not true. Since I have adopted Miss Hongyu as my wife, of course I have to talk to my little sister and let Miss Hongyu get to know her. Aren't I going to take Miss Hongyu to meet her? , so I asked Uncle An if he had seen my little sister."

The housekeeper nodded and said: "Mrs. Lang Junna really needs to talk to the girl about this matter, but it is true that a certain family did not see the girl when she came back."

Li Xin said: "Okay, there's nothing else to do. Uncle An, please do your work. Miss Hongyu and I will go look elsewhere. Tomorrow I will take Miss Hongyu there to have a look, and the house will be left to Uncle An." ”

The housekeeper replied: "Okay, Mr. Lang, a certain family knows."

Li Xin came out of the housekeeper's study and found Liang Hongyu and said, "I've finished talking with the housekeeper. Madam, let's go and meet my little sister."

Liang Hongyu nodded and said: "Yes, officer, does the housekeeper have any doubts about the slave family?"

Li Xin replied: "Yes, it was a lack of consideration on my part. I don't blame the housekeeper. I didn't discuss it with the housekeeper before bringing my wife over. It's normal for the housekeeper to have doubts when there is a new wife in the house." ”

Liang Hongyu said: "It can be seen that officials value housekeepers very much."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, Uncle An started working with my father when he was still alive. It has been about twenty years now. Uncle An is also a hard-working man. All his family members died in this country." During the war between Chao and Xia, he was the only one who survived, and was later taken in by my father. Three years ago, I got seriously ill, and it was Uncle An who rescued me. My parents were no longer alive at that time. ”

Liang Hongyu sighed: "I didn't expect the housekeeper to have such a past."

Li Xin said: "So, Uncle An is a very good person, okay, let's go."

The two of them didn't take a few steps before they met Lu Junyi who was coming in a hurry. Li Xin asked: "Brother Lu, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

Lu Junyi said: "It turns out they are brothers. There are several people in the nursing team who want to apply for marriage. A certain family is about to send the list to the housekeeper. Who is the girl next to the brother?"

Li Xin replied: "So that's it. This is Hongyu girl, and she will be brother's wife from now on."

Lu Junyi clasped his fists and said, "It turns out they are younger siblings. Lu is disrespectful."

Li Xin and Liang Hongyu introduced: "This is Lu Junyi, the leader of our nursing team, and Lu Zhuangshi. He is from Daming Prefecture and is highly skilled in martial arts. I personally went to Daming Prefecture to invite him to lead our nursing team. I and Lu Zhuangshi." We always treat each other as brothers."

Liang Hongyu smiled slightly and said, "Hongyu has met Zhuangshi Lu. Hongyu is here for the first time. Please take care of Zhuangshi Lu in the future."

Lu Junyi clasped his fists and said: "Don't dare, don't dare. It's better for my brothers and sisters to take care of us who are subordinates. By the way, since my brothers are here, I will give this list to my brothers."

Li Xin waved her hands and said: "No, Brother Lu should go to the housekeeper for this matter. I have to leave tomorrow if something happens."

Lu Junyi said: "Okay, then a certain family will go find the housekeeper now, brothers and sisters, please go and get busy."

After Lu Junyi left, Liang Hongyu asked: "Sir, I would like to ask if the servants in this house can also get married?"

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, there is nothing wrong with this. As long as they are willing, I will help them. This will also make the house more popular and give them a greater sense of belonging to our Li family."

Liang Hongyu said: "The officials are so kind to them. I have never seen the Nu family in other families."

Li Xin said thoughtfully: "They are also human beings. Besides, I never regard them as human beings. I regard them as my own. As long as they do good work in my house, I will not be stingy with any good treatment." , such as teaching their children to read, these are all allowed. The only thing they can't do is break the rules. Our rules are very strict."

Liang Hongyu sighed: "It is a great blessing for them to meet an official, just like the slave family can marry an official." After speaking, Liang Hongyu gently leaned on Li Xin's shoulder.

Li Xin patted Liang Hongyu and said: "As long as they all act according to the rules, Madam will not have to worry about them in the future. Our Li family must make rewards and punishments clear. We will not unjustly accuse good people and we will not let bad people go."

Liang Hongyu nodded and said: "Yes, officer, the slave family knows."

The two continued to search for Li Xin's sister Li Jing in the mansion. Later, they learned from the servants that Li Jing ran out of the mansion to play. They had no choice but to wait for Li Jing's return in the mansion and asked the servants to wait for Li Jing. After coming back, he told her to go directly to the main room, where Li Xin and Liang Hongyu were waiting for her.