History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Minning's eyes were about to pop out of her sockets in surprise, she really didn't expect that Fourth Master hadn't touched that princess!

The most important thing is that fourth master even told her this kind of thing.

"I'm not interested in touching a little girl who hasn't arrived yet." Fourth Master said in a hoarse voice.

Minning suddenly realized, no wonder she found that Gege was so quiet when she entered elder brother's house, even if she was in the same courtyard as her, she never competed for favor when Fourth Master came.

"What about me? My lord, he's only a year older than Na Gege, how could you do it?" Minning also felt that something was wrong with this person at this moment, maybe it was because he was still drunk?Her performance was quite different from usual, not only did she not have the sullen face as usual, but she also felt, ahem, a little talkative.

Fourth Master chuckled, looked down at her curvy figure, and coughed, "Well, aren't you familiar?"

Min Ning only felt a smell of alcohol coming over his face, he hurriedly turned his head away, and said uncomfortably: "Master, where are you looking?" It felt that the fourth master became bolder after drinking, but he was very restrained before.

Fourth Master watched her bright red mouth bump up and down to reveal her white teeth, and suddenly felt thirsty, and her Adam's apple moved involuntarily.

Minning felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird, and moved aside unconsciously.

As soon as fourth master moved his head towards her, Minning jumped away from him, "Master, it's better not to stick together in such a hot day."

Fourth master immediately pursed his lips, his face turned cold.

...Is this drunk?

Since that time, Fourth Master hasn't come to Minning's yard for a long time. I don't know if it's because he feels annoyed at his gaffes after drinking or something else. three cups.

The fourth master became vigilant, he remembered all about Gein's drunkenness, he couldn't control his mouth, and said all the things buried in his heart.

Min Ning didn't notice it at first, but after a long time, he realized that Fourth Master didn't drink much, and then he remembered this, and realized that this man had become angry from embarrassment.

Fortunately, I only talked about Ge Ge at that time. As for those things about her, I don't know if Fourth Master forgot or what. Since then, I haven't heard him mention it again, and Minning also buried it in his heart.

Don't look at how she seems to be favored now, and she prepares her usual items and promises to let her have a son. These are all things that fourth master can do with just his mouth, so it's not worth mentioning.

Fourth master had chilled Minning during this time, and the women in the backyard cheered, but they hadn't entered the backyard for half a month, and these people were also dumbfounded.This is not as good as before, at least one or two days in half a month.

Seeing that it is July, the new house is much cooler than before. After all, the house is taller and bigger now, unlike the palace, which was built in the previous dynasty, no matter how the layout is changed.

The emperor moved to Changchun Garden not long after he returned from his southern tour, and the fourth master began to go out of the city frequently to accompany his driver.

On this day, someone from An's family came, and Minning only found out that the person was Nanny Shi after meeting them.

"I originally wanted to come earlier, but I thought that Baylor Mansion had not been moved for long, and I was afraid of disturbing you, so I specially waited until this time to come." Madam Shi said after meeting Min Minning.

Seeing that it wasn't his father and brother, Minning's longing eyes were extinguished, but he was still happy to see Nanny Shi.

Nanny Shi came to give the dowry, the banknotes totaled 3 taels, and the Zhuangzi that Minning bought when he was at home, and Father An bought more than a thousand acres of fertile land to accompany them.

"The family is full of elders and it's not suitable for you to come. Your sister-in-law hasn't married yet, otherwise she should have come to visit." After all, it's not a serious Yue's family, and it's not the An's' turn to visit.

Nanny Shi looked at her face carefully as she said, "There is one more thing to tell you. My lord is going to renew. It is the matchmaker of Zuo Lingbao. It is scheduled for November. If you can come out, come and have a meal." bar!"

Minning's smile froze, and he asked in a deep voice, "When did it happen?"

"It's been a while. It's scheduled for March. At that time, you were still in the palace and couldn't send you news."

Minning recalled that during that time, it was the younger elder brother who died, the fourth master was in a bad mood, and the atmosphere in the whole elder brother's place was very depressed, so she didn't bother to ask someone to spread the news.She was a little depressed. Originally, she thought that Father An was always single because he was guarding her mother-in-law, but now it seems that she thought too much. Also, in this age, who can find a widower who keeps his wife's chastity?

There are countless widows guarding a chastity archway.

I didn't find it again, but I didn't have that condition.

That's right, even if the prince dies, Fujin will marry another one as soon as possible, just like the king of Zhijun showed so much affection for Da Fujin, wouldn't there be no delay in marrying Fujin after death?

Thinking of the embarrassment of the An family when they first came back.There was a flash of understanding in Minning's eyes. He was able to keep it before, probably because he had to raise two sons. No one liked this condition and had to help raise the first-born son.Now that he is rich, his eldest son is about to get married, and he has a daughter who is the prince's princess, this marriage has naturally become a piece of cake.

This can be regarded as a lesson for her. Maybe An's father was so eager to send the dowry over because there may be a reason for separating her private property from the family's.After all, a newcomer is about to enter the family, and the son is also going to marry a wife. If a large sum of money is given to the married daughter, the family will not be in trouble.

After all, although An's father dotes on Minning, it is still his son who carries on the family line.

When the son's interests conflict with the daughter's, the son will naturally come first.

Minning was not too disappointed, after all, after giving her so much cash, she probably gave her all the money the family had earned over the years.

At most, she just felt uncomfortable, and then she smiled freely, she was too involved in the drama, she really regarded the parents of this body as her own.Her parents were hundreds of years in the future, probably because the only child was used to being alone, so they were not used to giving their own things to their brothers.

Thinking about it in reverse, this is probably the habitual thinking of parents who grew up on this land for thousands of years, always hoping that the children who are up-to-date can give up.

After all, Father An doted on her as a daughter and gave her all the family savings, leaving only the soap factory for his son to inherit the family business.

But he forgot that the soap factory was owned by her, and after all, she has a share. Although she may not really want it, it doesn't mean that Father An can help her make decisions at will.

Minning sighed. After this time, she knew that the relationship with her family would never return to the way it was before. This kind of thing that seems normal in this era always made her feel suspicious of her family in her heart, and it also made her understand what It was the water poured out by the married daughter, the family became the mother's family, and she herself became an outsider.

"Okay, when the time comes, send the post over, and I'll ask Fujin to let me go."

Nanny Shi finished her work and left without waiting.Minning sent her to the door, watched her walk away, and saw Bi Ying standing in front of the table when she turned her head, "Ge Ge?"

Minning looked nonchalant, "Put away the money, I will be able to rely on it in the future."

The most important thing at the moment is to send people to take over the private property, and it can't just be left alone. Minning remembered that the fourth master once gave her a group of people, and now it seems to be managing the coal mine. By the way, how is the business of coal briquettes?She seems to have forgotten about it.

In Nancheng, there is a large courtyard, and the people living in it are all poor families. Because of poverty, several households are crowded in a large courtyard, and there are constant small frictions on weekdays.

On this day, a resident named Lao Zhangtou of the Daza Courtyard was carrying a strange-looking thing. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he was stopped by Widow Li who was preparing to wash vegetables at the opposite door.

"Oh, brother Zhang, what are you carrying?" Widow Li is a well-known big mouth in the neighborhood. If she sees any bullshit, it will definitely spread throughout the alley in a short time.But her son is a scholar, and no one dared to seek her bad luck.

The old man carried the stove to the door, and after putting it on the ground, he had time to answer her words, "Aunt Li, what about cooking? No, my daughter thinks it is inconvenient for me to cook alone, so I asked my son-in-law to give me a stove." Come on. This stove is convenient, it can keep burning all day and all night, and you can have a mouthful of hot water to drink at night. My daughter also calculated for me, it is much cheaper than burning wood and coal, and I don’t have to squeeze in It's in the big kitchen."

The large kitchen is divided among several households, and occasionally you throw a few pieces of firewood and I throw a few spoonfuls of salt, which can cause noise.

It is not easy for Mr. Zhangtou to cook alone. The stoves are too tight for people with a large population. When he is hungry, he often eats cold food to deal with it.

The old Zhangtou's daughter naturally felt sorry for her father. This time a coal stove came out in the market. She gritted her teeth and endured a month of hard work on embroidery. She bought a stove, pots and kettles, and bought a hundred coal balls. It only costs a hundred pennies.

Coal briquettes are not expensive, but the expensive one is the coal stove, which is covered with a layer of iron sheet, so the price is naturally higher.

Fortunately, it is expensive this time, and a stove can be used for many years.

Just as he was talking, the old Zhang-headed son-in-law behind him pushed a cart over, and coal briquettes were neatly piled up on the floor of the cart.

The son-in-law helped unload the briquettes into the house, and then helped light the fire and boil the water.

While doing this, Widow Li kept her eyes on this side. Seeing that the other party was boiling water and cooking, all they needed was a small stove, her eyes were shining brightly.

She can see the benefits of this little thing. In winter, when the kettle sits on, hot water can be used from time to time, and the son can drink saliva without having to clean the pot and start a new stove.

Widow Li leaned over and asked old Zhang, "I said Brother Zhang, how much do you pay for this stove? Is it expensive to burn coal?"

The old Zhangtou opened his mouth with missing front teeth and said, "The stove is more expensive. It costs fifty yuan. The coal balls are not expensive. You can buy five yuan for one penny. I heard people say that there are few people for a meal, and one coal ball That’s enough, I heard that the briquettes can also be made by myself, with cinders and some yellow mud. I plan to go to the coal kiln to pick up some coal when I have time in the future, and then I will make briquettes by myself.”

When Widow Li heard this, the fifty cash is a little expensive, but it is not unaffordable. The firewood for heating hot water is almost the same as burning briquettes, but the briquettes can be burned for a long time. Firewood is much more cost-effective.

This comparison, Widow Li will still calculate. Thinking of this, she put on a smile on her face, "I said Brother Zhang, where did you buy this stove? My sister, I will buy one too."

The old Zhangtou immediately said, "It's not far, it's just over the overpass, just ask anyone and you'll find out. If you buy a lot of briquettes at once, they will send them back for you."

Widow Li thanked her immediately, and she planned to find a few sisters to go with her in the afternoon, so that she could bargain for more prices then.

In the afternoon, Widow Li called a few people who were good at talking on weekdays. These people were the most gossipy in the nearby alleys. On weekdays, Widow Li exchanged gossip with them.

The four of them walked towards the overpass while chatting and laughing lively.

Sister-in-law Wang said that Butcher Sun next door lost money in a bet and bet on red eyes. First, he sold the eldest daughter. Now it's the turn to sell the younger daughter. This morning, the casino came to his door. He grabbed his wife and beat her on the street. The wife was beaten on the head. Even if he broke, he would not let go.

Several other people said that they committed crimes, but they didn't ask what happened in the end?Nothing more than a result.

Widow Li said bluntly, "If I meet this kind of man and directly hug my daughter and leave, then Butcher Sun's wife is also useless. She knows how to cry when she encounters such a thing!" She lost her husband, and fell out with her husband's family who wanted to rob her of the property, and directly sold the property to Beijing for her son to study.Now my son has passed the examination as a scholar, and works as a bookkeeper in an adult family, earning five taels of silver a month.

Her son wanted to move out of the big courtyard, and she was reluctant to spend the money. She saved all the money and planned to let her son move to the Xuanwumen area when he took the exam. There are many students there, and the son can communicate with his classmates well.

The overpass is about an hour away from Nancheng. Widow Li originally wanted to ask someone when she arrived, but she didn't expect to see someone coming from a long distance carrying a pick, which was covered with black briquettes.

"Hey, isn't that Qin, who used to come to sell firewood? Why did he change his job?" Sister-in-law Wang raised her voice and screamed strangely when she saw a very familiar person.

When the bearer Qin heard his name, he raised his head to follow the sound and saw Sister Wang and the others.

"Big sisters, are you also here to buy a coal stove?"

"We're here to take a look, not necessarily to buy. You're not selling firewood anymore? Then who will I buy firewood from?" Sister-in-law Wang asked with some concern.

Those who sell firewood all have fixed sites, and Dan Ziqin is in charge of their alleys. If he doesn't give them away, who will they buy firewood from in the future?

"Don't worry, your area has been taken over by us. I will sell coal briquettes in the future. Coal briquettes are more resistant to burning than firewood. I will make a few more trips and earn more than I used to sell firewood. Now most of the area in the east of the city They will all be converted to coal-fired stoves." He plans to earn some money to make a mold for pressing briquettes. In the future, he will not buy coal slag there to press briquettes by himself, and he can earn more by producing and selling himself.

When Widow Li heard this, she immediately said to the others: "Look at what I said, right? This coal-fired stove is much more convenient than a stove. I plan to buy one. Why don't you buy it too? Let the store make it cheaper when you buy it together." .”

Qin, the burden on the side, said, "Yes, if you change to burning briquettes in the future, I will guarantee that you will send briquettes at the same price as here."

As soon as Dan Ziqin said what he said, the others were quite moved.Several people discussed it, and decided to ask first, and buy it if the price can be negotiated.

Danzi Qin pointed out the place for them, and Widow Li and the others hurried over.

The shop selling briquettes is next to the blacksmith shop, the blacksmith shop sells stoves, and the briquettes are sold next to it.

From time to time, people in the shop went in to have a look, and some people left with their stoves on their shoulders. Widow Li went into the blacksmith shop, looked around the stoves on the ground in a decent manner, and then listened to the shopkeeper's explanation.

Knowing how to use the stove, several women surrounded the boss and asked him to lower the price.

After a lot of rhetoric, the boss agreed to drop three Wen and give each person ten briquettes.

After doing the math, a stove is equivalent to five cents cheaper, and several people thought it was a good deal, so they settled on it.Each bought a stove, and others such as kettles, cooking pots, frying pans, etc., and a few thrifty women decided to use the big pot on their stove to melt it.

They bought a lot of things, and finally the blacksmith owner asked his apprentice to drive them back to the compound.

In the evening, Zheng Jun, the son of Widow Li, came back, and seeing Widow Li happily took a kettle and poured him a glass of water, "Son, drink water."

Zheng Jun looked at the boiling hot water on the table dumbfounded, and said, "Thank you, mother, I'll drink it later. What happy things happened to mother today?" I felt that the whole person was exuding joy.

As soon as Widow Li heard this, she mysteriously pulled Zheng Jun to the small cubicle at the door, pointed to the few wooden boards that had just been built and said proudly, "Son, mother bought a coal stove today. You can also drink hot water, tomorrow mother will buy some bone sticks and come back, and make soup for you to replenish." She said and looked at him proudly.

Zheng Jun was a little surprised when he saw the stove, because there was such a stove in the counting room where he was, and it was said that it had something to do with the master's house.

Seeing how happy his mother was, Zheng Jun blamed himself a little. Since he knew the benefits of this stove, why didn't he think of buying one for his mother, so that he wouldn't have to be alone, burning fire and cooking vegetables.

After Zheng Jun told this story, Widow Li stroked his hair lovingly, and reversed her previous strength, "Silly son, mother is fine at home, and you can still be tired after cooking? You just have to do your errands with your heart." That's fine." My son is tired of being an accountant during the day and reading at night, and Widow Li is very happy to take her mother to heart.

Widow Li's decision to abandon coal stoves and use stoves is just a microcosm in the capital. Although there is no publicity, the common people are smart enough to find that using coal stoves saves a lot more than buying firewood in the past.

The cost of living in the capital is high. In order to save living expenses, ordinary people are racking their brains to save as much as possible. Coal stoves and briquettes are not paid attention to by rich people, but are welcomed by ordinary people.

This is also in line with the original positioning given by Minning, dumping briquettes at low prices, let the price of coal come down or sell cinders at a low price, and let the common people get used to using briquettes instead.

Even some small restaurants use coal stoves, because they don't need to turn off the fire, it is convenient to cook, and it saves a person watching the fire, so it is widely welcomed.

The place where Zheng Jun works as the accountant is a shop near Chongwenmen. There are many shops here, so there are more people looking for the accountant.

However, Zheng Jun's family is not a businessman, and he doesn't know the specific origin, only that the origin is quite big.

The ability to find this job was due to the recommendation of the academy teacher. The teacher told him at the time that he would have a good future if he worked hard.

Zheng Jun remembered the teacher's solemn expression at that time, so he cherished this job very much.

After Zheng Jun walked into the shop, he went straight to the back door without stopping. After stepping through the back door, there was a corridor, and turning left was the account room of the shop.He came early today, and there was only an old gentleman in the accountant, and he greeted the accountant, and Zheng Jun sat down in his seat.

He has only been here for a few months, and the books in his hand are all running accounts, and his job is to copy the accounts in the book, and then submit the summary to the old accountant for proofreading, and then submit it to the steward at the end of the year.

Although they work as accountants in a shop, in fact they are not only responsible for the current shop, but also the accounts of the eight Zhuangzi in the capital, the land rent in the suburbs of Beijing and the Jiangnan area, and the shops covering the entire capital, etc.

It is very inconvenient to match these accounts, so Zheng Jun has been familiar with the accounts for several months.

I don't know how long it has been,

Zheng Jun copied the account book for a while, and felt a little thirsty before getting up to pour tea.

A dozen or so accountants in the accountant room had arrived at some point, Zheng Jun poured tea and just took a sip.I heard voices coming from the corridor outside.Then the shopkeeper came in with Steward Lin.

Isn't Steward Lin coming over at the end of the month?It's only the middle of the month now?

I heard that steward Lin personally manages a Zhuangzi, and usually only shows up at the end of the month.

Questions flashed through Zheng Jun's mind, but he soon gave up and quickly returned to his seat.

After entering the accounting room, the shopkeeper spoke first, "Gentlemen, stop first, Manager Lin has something to say."

The accounting gentlemen stopped their movements one after another, stood up and bowed to the two of them to say hello.

Zheng Jun sat back in his seat and watched calmly.

Steward Lin gently stretched out his hand to press down, "Everyone, please be quiet first, I need a few accountants here to manage some other accounts. The treatment is still the same. Don't panic, everyone. Although the location is different, it is only a few miles away from here. an alley."

Before the accountant could speak, Steward Lin took out a piece of paper from his cuff and began to count names.

Zheng Jun originally thought that there was nothing wrong with him, but he didn't expect to have his name. Although he was not very willing to change his job, it was the request of the master, and it was only natural to take people's money to eliminate disasters for others.Naturally, the master's house could not refuse to change the place.

And he didn't think about refusing, this job is not heavy, and the income is high, and there are gifts and rewards from the master's family every festival. Compared with the work of copying books by classmates, he is already very satisfied.

After Lin Guanshi reported his name, he asked these people to hand over the work in their hands to other accountants. There were five people in total. After the five people finished their work, Lin Guanshi took a few people out.

There was a big carriage outside, and after getting into the carriage, Steward Lin said, "Some things were difficult to say just now, and I will tell you clearly now. The place to change is a big house, and there are several yards on the street outside the house. You all come from poor families. , each person can apply for a set of yards and bring their family members over to live together."

Can you move to the inner city?Zheng Jun had long wanted to move out of the courtyard with his mother, the place was too chaotic, and there were many dead people in winter.

Different from the excitement and joy of other people, Zheng Jun took a deep breath, knowing clearly that such a good treatment must have a future.

Sure enough, Steward Lin continued to speak, "The master's status is precious, and you must not tell anyone about what you have come into contact with in the house in the future. Although it is a bit stricter, the monthly silver has risen to [-] taels. I will take you to the house to have a look, and review it again." After signing the contract, I will lead you to meet the master."

The carriage turned around for a long distance, not just a few alleys away as Guanshi Lin said, and did not turn into a mansion in a certain alley until it was almost at the Chaoyang Gate.

This house is indeed quite big, but there are too few servants and no maids, it looks more like a courtyard run by someone else.

After getting off the carriage, Steward Lin led the five people into the front yard directly, and the wing room on the left was transformed into a counting room.

There were already three people in the counting room. Steward Lin introduced to them, "These five people are the selected counting house, and they will be subordinates of several adults in the future. Please take care of them."

Steward Lin asked the five people to greet the three of them again, and one of the three, the fat man, said impatiently, "Okay, uncle, it's better to sign the contract first, don't keep the master waiting."

Steward Lin didn't mind the other party's bad tone. It was his distant nephew who was talking, and I heard that he has been very capable recently, but he has done a lot of great things for his master.

Zheng Jun looked at the contract. There were no other problems in the contract. It only stipulated that any information about the master's family should not be leaked, otherwise the loss would be compensated ten times.

Now that there is an indemnity clause, Zheng Jun is relieved, just do business normally, and he is afraid of being involved in certain things.

None of the five people had any objections, so they signed and pressed their fingerprints. The fat man checked the contract and told Steward Lin that he could leave first if there was no problem.

Steward Lin originally wanted to go to the mansion together to meet the master, but Fatty didn't want to, he never said that he and the others had already been given away by the master.

"Okay, let me introduce to you first. My surname is Lin Yuan, and I belong to the same family as Guanshi Lin. From now on, you can call me Master Lin. As for the person next to me is called Acton, this is his younger brother A Lin. The three of us now In charge of a coal mine, now the master has a lot of property in his hands, we are too busy all of a sudden, so we transferred you here. I will take you to pay a visit to the master later, so that the master can recognize you."

The last two were obviously Manchu names, Zheng Jun didn't move, and the other four were a little agitated.

The man named Acton stood up and asked the names of several people. Zheng Jun stood up first, "I'm Zheng Jun, the name is Qingyi."

Zheng Jun started, and people came forward one after another, introducing themselves one by one.Fatty Lin Yuan took the contract on the paper and matched the names with several people. After he remembered it, he took the five people out.

It was still in a carriage, but the carriage went directly past Chaoyang Gate to Dongzhi Gate.

After turning a corner at Dongzhimen, he stopped in front of a brand new mansion not long after. When Zheng Jun got out of the car and saw the Zhenbeile mansion written on the door plaque, at this moment he suddenly remembered what the teacher meant for him to do well.

If a poor kid can work under the prince, he will definitely have no worries about his way out in the future.

Not only Zheng Jun thought so, but the other four also thought so. As for Lin Yuan and the other three, they led the way.The main entrance of Baylor Mansion is usually closed, only the side door is open for people to come in and out, Lin Yuan handed the sign to the porter, and not long after a servant-like man came and took them away.

Zheng Jun felt that the hierarchy in this mansion was strict, and the servants came and went in silence.

"Grandpa Zhang, these small people brought you here."

Zheng Jun was a little surprised, because the man called Grandpa Zhang by his servants was a very old man, but seeing his pale face, Zheng Jun suddenly realized that this should be an eunuch.

The eunuch Zhang nodded to the attentive servant, and then said, "Go and call Jia Jinlu in."

The servant bowed his waist and withdrew happily.

While waiting for someone, Zheng Jun clearly felt that the eyes of the eunuch Zhang above swept over him.Then I heard him say, "When I go to see the master later, don't talk and don't look up. If the master is in a good mood, your future will be guaranteed in the future."

Zheng Jun was confused when he heard this, and always felt that something was wrong.

After eunuch Zhang gave his lecture, another one came in outside not long after, and bowed respectfully, "Grandpa Zhang, what are your orders for the younger one?"

Eunuch Zhang took a sip from his teacup and said: "These are the people Master An wants, and the master has agreed to let Master An meet people at the second gate, you can take them away."

When Jia Jinlu heard this, he thanked him immediately.

Call a few people, turn a few doors, and enter an ear.

"You wait here, I'll go and ask the master to come here."

As soon as the eunuch surnamed Jia finished speaking, Fatty Lin Yuan took up the conversation, "I'm sorry to trouble you, the little ones are just waiting here."

The eunuch surnamed Jia turned around and left. Zheng Jun noticed that Lin Yuan's body had relaxed. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained in a low voice. "Why didn't anyone come to deliver some water?"

Acton glared at him, Lin Yuan stopped talking, and then Acton said to the others, "Each find a stool and sit down, we don't know how long we have to wait."

Like everyone else, Zheng Jun found a stool and sat down. Although there was no ice in the house, the yard outside was full of shade and there was a breeze blowing in, so it didn't feel too hot.

The eight of them worked in the room for a while, but Zheng Jun and the others sat upright, only listening to Lin Yuan and Acton talking in a low voice, which seemed to be about coal mines.

After about half an hour, there was finally movement outside, Zheng Jun glanced at the people outside, who looked more like female relatives, he was a little stunned, no wonder Eunuch Zhang told them not to look up.

Min Ning helped Biying's hand to cross the threshold. She invited fourth master several times in a row a few days ago but failed to invite him. In the end, she went to the outer study to stop him. It took a lot of talking to coax him away. Well, for this, she was punished by Fujin for grounding her.

Originally, she was supposed to be still in confinement, but the fourth master had previously agreed for her to meet the person who gave it to her, so under the cover of Zhang Qilin and others, Min Ning pretended to be Mo Shu and escaped the guards of the second door lady safe and sound.

After entering the room and sitting down at the head, Minning waited for these people to introduce themselves before saying, "I called you here today because I have a batch of Zhuangzi's fields and shops in the capital that I need you to take over. I don't ask you to do it." What, the previous accounts have been checked and sent over. You go and receive them, and if you have any problems with the reconciliation, report them. Please run errands during these days, and all travel expenses can be reimbursed." After finishing speaking, Bi Ying sent the ledger to Acton.

No matter how you look at it, Acton looks like the leader of this group.

Moreover, they were still Manchurians. There were very few Manchurians who were doing business under Siye, and most of them were Han army flags thrown over. Siye transferred them to her, probably not only as a spy, but also to help deter outsiders.

If you want to install someone, you can install someone. Anyway, this business will not fall into the hands of outsiders in the end. With the protection of the fourth master, you are not afraid of ghosts and monsters outside.

This time I met people and knew who my subordinates were. What Minning meant was that the dowries under my subordinates should be given to these people to practice their skills first, and after passing the test, they would formally arrange tasks next time.

After sending the people away, Minning went back to the yard. Fortunately, the sun was shining at noon, and few people were hanging out outside.

Zheng Jun and the others were very excited when they left the Baylor Mansion. Lin Yuan had the cheek to ask for a drink of water at the concierge just now, and then he scolded them, "Okay, I have met the master, so don't talk nonsense later. And the account books will be checked tomorrow. I will give you half a day off today. If anyone wants to move here, please tell me, and I will arrange for you. Let me tell you first, these are flag houses, which belong to the master's own private property, so they can't Transfer to the people." The people refer to the people, that is, the Han people.The banner house is a welfare house built by the imperial court for the banner people. The banner people cannot sell the banner house to the people, but they can between the banner people.

The five of them were very excited when they heard it. It is not easy to live in a house in the capital, let alone live in the inner city.It's still the Chaoyang Gate area, and there are princes and ministers living around it!

Over there they were still excitedly discussing what kind of house they could get, while here Minning went back to the yard and continued to live a life of being grounded.

The fourth master ran away for half a month, the emperor felt sorry for his sons and lost a lot of weight, so he left them in Changchun Garden.

Fourth Master was not in the mansion, so it didn't make any difference to her if she couldn't help herself. The only impact was probably that the quality of the food had dropped drastically. It was probably because Fujin felt that she had challenged her majesty and gave her something to eat.

After eating vegetarian food for several days in a row, there was a bad news from the palace that the birth mother of the thirteenth elder brother, Zhang Guiren, was about to be unable to hold on, and it seemed that it would only be a few days.It is said that after Brother Thirteen heard the news, he didn't even say goodbye to the emperor, he just grabbed a horse and ran back to the palace from Changchun Garden.

After receiving this news, several princes Fujin visited the palace one after another, and even the fourth concubine rushed back from Changchun Garden to prepare for Zhang Guiren's funeral.

The emperor felt that Zhang Guiren gave birth to the thirteenth elder brother for him, and specially promoted her to Zhang Concubine, but Zhang Concubine did not survive this month after all, and passed away on the 25th.