Reborn to be married, the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion is so sweet

Manager He looked at Lin Wan with a smile, not worried about his account book at all, thinking that the matter would be over if he listened to him. But he didn't expect Lin Wan to look up and sneer, and the next second the account book fell on his face.

"You are so brave!"

Lin Wan, who usually had a warm and gentle temper, stood up suddenly and looked coldly at Manager He, who was kneeling on the ground in fear after being hit by the account book.

"Since you are an elder in the Marquis' Mansion, I will give you one last chance. How much silver did you embezzle from the construction of the training ground this time?"

The servants in the room were shocked by Lin Wan's sudden change of momentum, and they all lowered their heads and dared not speak. Only Manager He felt guilty when he saw Lin Wan like this. But he couldn't help but think that Lin Wan might just be deceiving him, "Madam, you misunderstood, I didn't..."

Before he could finish his words, two blue bricks fell in front of him, scaring him so much that he trembled all over.

"Look carefully, this is the best blue and white brick you mentioned! To me, this is just the most common blue brick on the market."

"Young Madam...this, this is really good." Manager He's face turned pale.

"Oh, you really won't cry until you see the coffin. This kind of blue brick is now sold at most for three cents outside, and the best blue and white brick you mentioned is only five cents a piece, and you can get a better discount if you buy more. How much did you embezzle just from buying bricks?"

"And the labor cost. Thirty workers can do the repairs for a month. It's more than enough to pave the ground or even repair a yard."

"And all these miscellaneous things? Why? Other big customers give them away directly, but you have to pay dozens of taels of silver for them."

"You only paved a flat floor with blue bricks for me with two hundred taels of silver. People who don't know would think you mixed gold sand in it! Manager He, you are so bold that you can do such blatant embezzlement. I tell you, with the expenditure of these two hundred taels, you have embezzled at least one hundred and fifty taels!"

When Manager He saw that Lin Wan was so knowledgeable about prices, he was speechless for a moment.

He couldn't understand it. Lin Wan was a lady who lived in seclusion in the inner house before she got married, and she had been married into the Marquis' Mansion for less than a year, but she knew the prices and expenses of these basic materials better than Xiao.

Lin Wan stood in front of the main seat, watching the changing expressions of the various managers below, and sneered in her heart. She is young now, but in her previous life, when she accompanied Shen Qinghe to be exiled, in order to increase their political achievements, they built bridges and roads in the small county town and managed people's livelihood. From a small county magistrate to the prime minister, she participated in every praised political achievement of Shen Qinghe.

She knew everything about the materials and labor used in this small construction, as well as the prices of various commodities related to people's livelihood, including some unspoken tricks in the industry.

It is truly ignorant to use these things to deceive her.

Under everyone's gaze, Manager He was sweating profusely, and he tried to defend himself: "Little one, little one, little one really didn't..."

"Oh, no?" Lin Wan sneered, sat down, pointed at the account book on the ground and said, "Manager He, I have already given you a chance. Since you are stubborn, don't blame me for being rude."

"That's all I found out today, but I don't believe that everything I found out before was clean. Let's take out the account books of every matter you handled and check them one by one. Once we find out, we'll send them directly to the authorities. And Manager He, we'll confront each of them one by one. Don't blame me for being cruel, no matter what the result is."

If he is to die, Lin Wan will let him die clearly.

Hearing this, Steward He could no longer hold back, and fell to the ground crying and admitting his fault and begging for mercy: "Madam, it was my fault, it was my greed, I will never dare to do it again, please consider that my family has served the Marquis' Mansion for many years, and forgive me this time! I will pay back all the money!"

"I've told you before, if you don't take the chance I gave you, don't blame me for being cruel. Butler, according to the rules of the mansion, take him down and give him 20 lashes. You don't have to stay in this mansion, just send him to the farm. As for the money you embezzled, you must hand it all in tomorrow. If you're short of a penny, you don't have to go to the farm anymore, just sit in jail!"

"Yes, young madam." The head butler immediately waved his hand and asked the servants in the yard to come in and drag Manager He out.

Manager He's cries for mercy gradually faded away, and the remaining managers in the room fell silent.

Since Lin Wan came into the family, she had always been gentle to Xiao and the servants. Even when Yan Liu made trouble in front of her, she never lost her temper. But after dealing with the situation today, everyone present realized that they had underestimated her.

The mistress of the Marquis' Mansion is not an ignorant young lady. She knows everything and it is impossible to fool her.

Everyone immediately fought with full vigor and did not dare to take it lightly.

Lin Wan looked at the remaining stewards in the house and smiled, "Everyone is used to doing things. I believe that Steward He's case is just an isolated case, but everyone should take it as a warning. But I still want to say one more thing, as long as everyone does things clearly and understands, I will never treat them unfairly!"

"Yes, young lady."

After a round of treatment using both kindness and severity, the managers became more respectful towards Lin Wan.

Lin Wan picked up another account book and turned two pages before she could not help but frowning. This time, before she could ask, the manager in charge stepped forward and took the initiative to explain: "Madam, this is the account of our East City Silk Shop."

“Why is the loss so high this month?”

"It was the order of the prince. He wants us to renovate the silk shop." The steward paused and looked at Lin Wan's face before continuing, "The prince said he wanted to turn the silk shop into a clothing store and build a special display stand."

"Display stand? What's on display?"

"It is more effective to use the materials in the store to make ready-made clothes and then ask people to wear these clothes to show them to everyone than to look at the materials directly."

The manager said that he was not very clear about it. After all, nowadays everyone buys the material and goes home to find an embroiderer to do the work. Although some shops have some ready-made clothes, they are all ordinary styles. Unless there is an emergency, people prefer to buy the material and make it themselves.

At this time, Chunfeng, who had been sitting quietly and listening, interrupted and said, "Madam, I've heard of this."

"When the prince brought Yan Liu back, he asked someone to make clothes for her, but she said that the styles were all the same and had no personality, and it was too troublesome to wait. So she coaxed the prince to give her a shop. She wanted to open a unique clothing store, and it would definitely be a big hit!"

"How unique?"

"It seems that Yanliu designed the styles herself, then found someone to make them, and then held a fashion show. Yes, that's the name. Invite some female relatives to participate, and then find some girls with good figures and good looks to wear these clothes and show them to everyone." Chunfeng said with a pout, "She actually drew a picture of a skirt, which is really different from what we usually see."

Lin Wan raised her eyebrows after listening to this. A lot of the fabrics sold in the Marquis' Mansion's silk shop were brought back from other places by caravans. Many families in the capital liked to come here to look for something new, so business had always been good.

The decoration has been going on for a month, but the business has not yet started, and we have been spending money all the time.

"Young Madam, the shop has been renovated and can be opened. Take a look..." the steward asked in a low voice.