Sir, I can do it!

In July, the sweltering heat is in full swing, and you will be sweating profusely after a little activity.

Lu Zhan went to Lu Ding to ask for a plan, but he didn't find out, but was scolded by Lu Ding.Coupled with the hot weather, Lu Zhan was even more suffocated.It's not easy to have a fit in the Prime Minister's mansion, but when I go back to the Lu's mansion, I beat and cursed all the time.

He knew that the kidnapping of Zhou Yan was his own initiative, and now it was his own fault to be held accountable, but he was Lu Ding's big brother anyway, and it was strange for him to feel bad when he was scolded like a grandson.

Aunt Huo brought Xiao Lan into the flower hall, and frowned when she saw the mess everywhere.

"Who messed with the master?"

Steward Cheng was relieved to see Aunt Huo coming.Since the death of the eldest young master in the family, the wife's temper has become more and more eccentric, and Aunt Huo has mostly taken care of the affairs of the family.Moreover, this Aunt Huo is very pretty, and she is very much loved by the master and his wife. Although she is an aunt, no one in the family dares to underestimate her.

Lu Zhan vented, his face was red with anger, his neck was thick, and he was sweating a little. At this time, he was panting slightly, and leaned on the chair without saying a word.Seeing that his complexion has improved a lot, Cheng Guanshi hastily whispered: "Master just came back from Xiangfu."

Aunt Huo understood that she was being pissed at the prime minister's residence.She sneered in her heart, but she showed distressed expression on her face: "Don't be angry, master, after all, he is a prime minister."

Lu Zhan snorted, "I'm still his big brother."

Aunt Huo stepped forward and squeezed his shoulders for him, and said: "We have to rely on our prime minister in Beijing, the master is not for himself, but also for our family."

Lu Zhan's face was a little ugly.Knowing this, he married Cui and spared no effort to please her.Only when they arrived in Shengjing did they go to camp, in order to get rid of the control of the Prime Minister's Mansion.That's why when that person promised him a lot of benefits, he agreed to tie Zhou Yan up.I just didn't expect so many things to be involved later.

He couldn't help pinching his eyebrows irritably.

Aunt Huo slowed down her movements, looked at the clear blue sky outside, and said softly: "It's hot, it's not a big deal to be around Beijing, why don't you go to Xiaoxishan Bieyuan to escape the summer heat."

Lu Zhan froze when he heard the words, Aunt Huo obviously felt uncomfortable in him, and slightly curled her lips to sneer.

"Didn't you just go to the Dragon Boat Festival, and the scenery is not very good. If you like to go back and buy a Zhuangzi in Dingzhou, I heard that there are hot springs in the mountains in that area. It is good for your body to soak more. You are still young, maybe we can have children. Woolen cloth."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhan couldn't help but sigh.There are many women in his backyard, but very few of them have given birth to children.Aunt Huo had been with him for a long time, and she only got pregnant once shortly after entering the mansion, but accidentally the child miscarried.Lu Zhan is extremely lustful, but he has loved Aunt Huo like a day for more than ten years, and he loves her forever.In his heart, he really hoped to have another child, otherwise he would not know who would benefit from his family business in the end.

Aunt Huo saw that Lu Zhan's mind was aroused, and she hurriedly comforted her: "If it's hot today, the master should stop worrying and worrying. You should take care of your health. The concubine can depend on the master to live."

Lu Zhan liked Aunt Huo's understanding, so he gently shook her hand, but he was thinking about Xiao Xishan, so it was hard to say any words of comfort.

Aunt Huo said again: "I have a basket of fresh melons and fruits as a tribute, I will go to freeze some melons and fruits to cool off the master."

After finishing speaking, he blessed Lu Zhan and secretly gave Steward Cheng a wink.

After Aunt Huo withdrew, Lu Zhan sighed: "How is the situation in the other garden?"

Cheng Guanshi said: "Okay, the location of the Bieyuan in our mansion is good, and it occupies a large area. Let alone a few little girls, even if there are more, we can lock them up. Moreover, my wife has always managed the family very strictly, and the Bieyuan is a mansion. There are no talkative people who have children in the Shang family."

Lu Zhan's expression eased, but he was still troubled.

Steward Cheng thought for a while and said: "Master, it's very hot this summer, and the other family has already gone to the village to escape the summer heat. Since Aunt Huo mentioned it today, it shows that the female family members in the house are also thoughtful. If the master doesn't go, it will inevitably cause trouble." Heart-wrenching."

Lu Zhan frowned.

Upon seeing this, Steward Cheng continued: "Besides, the investigation in Beijing has been less intense recently, the 'goods' we shipped out before have all reached the border of Myanmar State, as long as we let go and clean up the tail, who can find us? Master, why don't you act like usual and just pretend that nothing happened. If you are too cautious, you will appear guilty."

Lu Zhan frowned and thought, and heaved a sigh of relief for a while: "Then do as you said. The people who are locked up have to watch carefully. Also, the rest of the people in Wangyue Tower take advantage of the current situation to find out, as soon as possible. Deal with it."

Steward Cheng responded quickly.

On the day the Lu family left the city, the gates of the city were slightly congested.Sitting in the stuffy carriage, Lu Zhan urged impatiently: "What are you doing up ahead? You've been stuck in traffic for so long?"

The boy looked around and replied: "Master, the motorcade of Princess Fuxi is ahead."

Lu Zhan frowned: "Why did I meet the eldest princess?"

Maybe it was because of a guilty conscience, Lu Zhan wished that no one would notice him, but he didn't know that every time the Lu family went out of the city, they would be ostentatious, wishing that others would not know it was his Lu family.

Aunt Huo opened the curtain to let in some air, she poked her head over her head, and saw that the car in front of her seemed to belong to Meng Yushi's family.Although she is a concubine with a low status, Cui Shi often takes her with her when she goes out, so she knows a lot about the circle of noble ladies in Shengjing City.

When Lu Zhan heard that there was still Meng Yushi, he couldn't help shrinking his neck.

Aunt Huo smiled contemptuously, pretending not to know, and still said: "I heard that the eldest princess's mansion is discussing marriage with Meng Yushi's family. The two families want to marry Qin and Jin. It is always good to have more contacts."

Lu Zhan's complexion became even worse, because when Lu Chengqian was still alive, Cui Shi once mentioned to him that he wanted to speak for Lu Chengqian about the little princess of the eldest princess mansion.Now that his Chengqian is gone, that foolish boy of the Meng family has been taken advantage of.

Aunt Huo felt even better when she saw his pale face.

……

Wei Zhao was squatting with Huo Bao'er in his gazebo to eat melons.

Huo Baoer's library opened. Because of the novel business model and the rich private collection of the Zhen Guohou Mansion, Wei Zhao asked Qiao Li to copy a few lonely copies and put them in the library to attract business. He also asked Wei Xi to make some calligraphy and paintings.As soon as the library opened, it attracted the favor of countless students.

Huo Bao'er was so busy these days that his feet didn't touch the ground, and Wei Zhao couldn't catch anyone even if he tried to catch him.It was also because the weather was too hot today, Huo Bao'er only settled accounts at the mansion, so it was a rare day off for a rest.

The master and the servant squatted to eat melons, and Huo Bo'er babbled, "Young master, the business of the library has been booming since its opening. I see that several nearby bookstores are going to reform like our library."

Wei Zhao said unconcernedly, "Our library's business is good, firstly because it has the upper hand, and secondly because the family has a large collection of books. Only by reforming the business model, other bookstores are still not as good as us."

Huo Bo'er nodded fiercely: "After all, not everyone is willing to take out the orphan copy for people to read."

After eating the melon, he wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Master, the reward from Boss Han has arrived."

Wei Zhao knew that he was a money addict, so he simply waved his hand: "You can keep this money for yourself."

Huo Bao'er's eyes were shining, and he said while the iron was hot: "Bao'er still wants to expand his business."

Wei Zhao was finally willing to lift his head buried in the red flesh of the melon.

"Expand business?"

Huo Bao'er nodded wildly, and said with his fingers: "Shengjing is prosperous. This year, the emperor reformed the imperial examinations, and students from all over the world gathered in Shengjing. With the expansion of the Imperial Academy's enrollment, now Shengjing can be said to be full of scholars with a prosperous style of writing. Some of those who failed the exam have returned. township, but the vast majority are still staying in the capital, exchanging knowledge with students from all over the country, visiting great Confucian scholars in Beijing and China, hoping to have the opportunity to study in Taixue."

"The young master hasn't been to the library for the past few days, but Bao'er has been watching every day. In addition to the children of aristocratic families, there are more people from poor families in Shengjing City. When our family library opened, although there are rare books that attract many students, But most of the people who go to the library are poor students.”

Huo Baoer scratched his head and said: "To prevent people from stealing books, we set a deposit price equivalent to the price of two books. But even so, many poor students are still struggling. Most of them can't even pay for the tea on the third floor So I can only squat next to the bookshelf to memorize books every day, and memorize them all day. But the library is so big, it is all taken up by those students, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction among those who borrowed books. "

"It just so happens that the owner of the bookstore next door is going back to his hometown and plans to sell the shop. Bao'er wants to buy that bookstore and expand the store. The bookstore next door also has three floors, and the layout is similar to our library. Baoer plans to sell the bookstore next door. The building was changed into a reading building. Anyone who enters the reading building can read books for free, but they need to copy the books they read into books and give them to our library for sale. This will not only enable poor students to have books to read, but also generate income for the library. "

Although what Huo Baoer said was scattered, it was also very organized.Wei Zhao couldn't help but look sideways.He felt as if he had opened up Huo Bo'er's Ren and Du's two veins.

Huo Bo'er looked at Wei Zhao with a guilty conscience. He wanted to do something for the poor students.Although he was young at that time, he still had some impressions that his sister's fiancé-in-law was a scholar.But because his family was poor and couldn't afford any books, he was often driven away by his boss when he went to bookstores to read books.

Scholars who go to their library to read these days are often cautious, for fear that the store owner will drive them away like ordinary bookstore owners.One can imagine the efficiency while reading a book with a heart in mind.

He didn't think of this method at all, but someone suggested it, and he came up with this idea based on his own experience in opening a library.It's just that the book owner next door is planning to sell the shop together with the books in it, which can earn a lot of money.

Books are precious, and ordinary people often cannot afford them.The literature and technology recorded in the books are treasures beyond the reach of poor families.Books are expensive and paper is not cheap.There are students who want to bring their own pens and inks to copy, but the total price of pens, inks, paper and inkstones needed to copy a book is not low.

Wei Shang joined the army, followed Qi Guogong to conquer the world, and won countless spoils of war.The aides who followed Wei Shang suggested that he carefully preserve the collected books, documents, calligraphy and paintings wherever he went.Compared with gold, silver and jewelry, these are priceless treasures.

Wei Shang accepts advice, so the Wei family has a large collection of books, including agricultural books, medical skills and other miscellaneous books that teach skills.Lu Chengyi often came to Zhen Guohou's mansion, saying that he exchanged readings with Wei Xi, but in fact most of the reason was for Wei's library.Compared with the old aristocratic family, the Lu family is a newcomer who is rich and rich, but the background is shallow after all.

Sitting on this priceless treasure, Wei Zhao knew its value, but his ambition was not in the imperial examination, and his reading was all based on his interest.He doesn't know much about the twists and turns of those scholars.Listening to what Huo Baoer said now, it seems that they did a good deed unintentionally.

Now that we have started, we have to plan carefully. Anyway, besides gold and silver, the most important things in their house are books.Except for the military books read by the elder brother and the miscellaneous books he read, those classics were only read by the second brother occasionally, and most of them were left in the library to collect ashes.Instead of keeping it, take it out and share it.When a scholar gets convenience, he also makes money himself, which is not a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

When Qin Wu heard about this plan, he also felt that it was a good thing for the benefit of scholars.The Qin family's farming and reading heirlooms have a deeper foundation.There are many classics in her dowry alone.So she not only gave the book, but also bought shares.

As soon as Qin Wu took the lead, Wei Zhao couldn't sit still. He walked around the house and signed a bunch of shareholding contracts.Including his grandmother's, his father's, his sister-in-law's, and his second brother and sister's.

Huo Bao'er was stunned for a while looking at the pile of deeds.He swore that although he had the heart, he definitely just mentioned it casually. He never thought that the young master would agree!After all, the current young master is very stingy.He didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so smooth that he felt pressured.

Wei Zhao divided the contract and said to Huo Bao'er: "You still get [-]%, my father and the others get [-]%, and the remaining [-]% belongs to me."

Huo Bao'er accepted the deed without love, and wailed in despair: "Young Master, aren't you afraid that Bao'er will lose all his money?"

Wei Zhao pressed Huo Bao'er's shoulder, and said seriously: "Master Huo, my young master is very fond of you!"

Huo Bo'er: He has no idea what to do with himself.