Chapter 273: The Director of the House
These people are all going to the prince's mansion today, preparing to follow the rules and follow the rules of waiting for the prince and playing the piano according to the convention, and preaching the matters that need to be paid attention to in the year and the instructions for any new changes at the beginning of each year.
But this year is different. As soon as these managers entered the door, they didn’t see Fuqin or the prince’s wife, but saw such a woman and Housekeeper Hao sitting in the main hall of the prince’s mansion.
So they could only stand stupidly, waiting for the people above to speak first. Especially when Housekeeper Hao was there to accompany the station, the managers everywhere naturally did not dare to sit down at will.
Xi Ningyu looked at the accounts for a while, and Chan'er and Qingqiong beside him were still standing beside Xi Ningyu, not moving at all for fear of disturbing Xi Ningyu.
Finally, Xi Ningyu put down one account book, but she picked up another one and slowly started reading it.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall seemed a little depressed, and since no one dared to speak here, and no one could help but ask, the hall was very quiet.
Another hour passed, and Xi Ningyu read three or four books in succession. Everyone present looked at Xi Ningyu. He thought to himself, are you reading so quickly? Do you understand?
But they didn't know that the accounts they wrote were really not difficult in Xi Ningyu's eyes. After all, they didn't understand Arabic numerals and mathematics at this time.
Xi Ningyu could calculate the rough things written by those rough brushes in his mind while looking at them. This is because Xi Ningyu's science is really not very good, otherwise, the calculation method of this era would be really meaningless.
From the morning of the morning to more than two hours, Xi Ningyu has already understood the accounts in front of him and the cash inflow and expenditures in various places in the Crown Prince's Mansion within three years.
So he raised his head and asked to Butler Hao: "Who are these people? Why did they stand all over the room without saying a word?"
When Mr. Hao saw Xi Ningyu's questioning, he hurriedly bowed and replied: "Madam, these are all the villages scattered in our mansion, the managers of the fields and shops, that is, the managers of the various places. Today, according to the rules, we are here to wait for our grandfather and Mr. Fuqin's instructions at the beginning of each year, but...
But I said that in the future, all this matter will be left to you, so it depends on how you are going to give instructions today!" After saying that, Butler Hao raised his head and turned to look at the managers standing everywhere.
"Everyone understands that the prince is the heroine in our prince's mansion. The future prince's concubine is the prince's prince who personally asks His Majesty for the marriage. From now on, all the affairs of the mansion, including the inside and outside the bank, will be managed by the prince's concubine. They will all come to see the ceremony, and they will be out of rules!"
After Mr. Hao finished speaking, he walked down and led all the managers present to kneel down, and kowtowed to Xi Ningyu.
This made Xi Ningyu very impatient, so before these people were kneeling down, he opened his mouth and said, "Okay, don't do this. I'm not dead yet. I don't need this rule in the future. Just say hello. If you want to die, go to my grave and kowtow a few times!" After that, he waved his hand and asked Butler Hao, who had already kneeled down, to get up quickly. What she annoyed the most was who kowtowed to him. He hated him very much!
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Xi Ningyu's words made everyone present sweat in a cold sweat. He thought to himself that the prince was interested in. This was really good. Is it true that the family members are not in the family?
When Housekeeper Hao got up, he said to the manager present: "Although our princess has not passed yet, the prince has told him that if there is someone who is not open and makes our princess unhappy in anger, then he will wipe his neck and feel happy. If he gets into the trouble, he will say that even death will not make the person who offends the princess, he will feel comfortable! Do you understand?" He is really capable of pretending to be powerful. He never left Ling Xuanyi's name. He is holding Ling Xuanyi to the death to suppress others!
However, Xi Ningyu would not bully people under the name of Ling Xuanyi, but even if she wanted to bully her, Xi Ningyu also relied on her own ability to bully people!
Seeing that Butler Hao finally finished speaking nonsense, Xi Ningyu looked at it getting late. So he didn't plan to waste time, "Okay, just listen to Butler Hao's words. The prince is not that domineering, and I am not so easily bullied!
Let’s talk about serious business. I shouldn’t be in charge of the affairs of the Crown Prince’s Mansion now, but your master is just shameless, so I was forced to do a lot of trouble!”
Without saying anything else, he dug a hole in Ling Xuanyi and buried it for a few words, which caused losses and losses. He did not give Ling Xuanyi a good reputation. After saying these few words, the managers present were so scared that they were sweating.
However, they all understood in their hearts that those who dared to point at the prince’s name in public and scolded him may have really been involved in the prince’s heart, otherwise who would have the courage to do this!
"I have also looked through the account book just now. I want to ask, who are you in charge of the "Chunqiu Building" in the imperial capital?" Xi Ningyu changed his mind and started talking about serious things. This trick caught everyone present off guard. Suddenly, he was stunned. Then he saw a man with thin eyebrows and thin eyes, who was in his forties and fifty years old.
"If you come back to the princess, the young man is the shopkeeper of the Chunqiu Building, and he is also the manager of the shops. In addition to the Chunqiu Building, there are also several restaurants such as Jinxiang Restaurant and Piaoxiang Food House." After the man finished speaking, he introduced in detail the various places he was responsible for in the Prince's Mansion.
This allowed Xi Ningyu to gain a more detailed understanding and also saved the trouble of asking several times.
Xi Ningyu and the manager asked about the things about the shops under him, and then explained some dietary matters that need to be paid attention to, and also put forward a few small opinions for reference.
After saying that, Xi Ningyu asked someone to give him some more silver and asked him to retreat to sit aside.
I originally thought Xi Ningyu would continue to call someone else in charge, but I didn't expect that Xi Ningyu not only did not call anyone, but instead took out an account book and started reading it. Then, if I could have a cup of tea, Xi Ningyu put down the book.
"Who is the manager of the 'Lingqiao Jinfang' and 'Lingqiao Jewelry' shops? But the same person manages these two shops? I will stand up and recognize the person!" Xi Ningyu asked with a smile, and there was no strange color on his face.
After saying that, he saw a woman leading a young guy of five or six years old.
The woman knelt on the ground, then kowtowed to Xi Ningyu and said, "I have seen my wife, I am so happy!" After saying that, she hugged the child and knelt on the ground without getting up.
Because she was a little scared, the two shops under her control in the past year have earned the least income. She was afraid that she would not be favored by her new wife, and it would be fine if she was exempted from her position, for fear that even her son would be implicated.
So when she saw Xi Ningyu calling her, she felt a little confused and looked pitiful.
Xi Ningyu might have seen it, so he smiled more warmly, and then asked the woman: "Which family is you from? But if you have a name, is your husband's family also doing some work in the mansion?" He wanted to take the opportunity to relieve the woman's nervousness, but then he didn't know that this question made the woman tremble even more.
Xi Ningyu made me laugh and cry for a moment, and didn't know how to comfort the woman.
"Madam, this is the wife of the Liu family. A few years ago, I happened to have a small achievement. Lord Fuqin asked her to take charge of the management of the two craft workshops in the mansion. However, after she took over, the annual income of these two places only declined and did not increase."
Xi Ningyu looked at the person who stood up and spoke, but he didn't say much, knowing where the woman came from. Xi Ningyu was easy to talk, so Xi Ningyu continued to say with a gentle smile: "It seems that the couple are still from the mansion, so I have something to say."
Let Chan'er help the person up first. Xi Ningyu was really not used to watching the person kneel in front of him and talking, but the woman just didn't dare to get up, so Xi Ningyu had to let someone get her up first.
"You go back and take the finished products on the shop and take a look. I also have a few young sisters who love these things. If they are empty, let them see if something is wrong. I don't suspect that you are secretly tampering with the accounts, but that everything about women must be in line with the woman's wishes, and they must change frequently to keep a fashionable look.
What you need to do is to be interesting and innovative. Especially the small things worn by women on their heads and faces need to be more exquisite and novel to attract people's liking..." Xi Ningyu said a lot, but what he said was extremely consistent with the woman's preference for gold and silver jewelry.
In addition, Xi Ningyu himself likes those little things, so some of the opinions and opinions he put forward made everyone present shocked the hearts of the managers present. He felt a little enlightened in his heart. It seemed that the new mistress in front of him was not a good-looking decoration. He actually had such insights into business and these related matters. He would never be able to take shortcuts in the future and cause trouble for himself.
With Xi Ningyu's persuasion, the woman in charge of the jewelry shop gradually became active. The woman could also speak actively from time to time and discuss with Xi Ningyu.
Especially after seeing that Xi Ningyu really didn't want to establish her authority, the woman became more active, and what she said on her mouth made Xi Ningyu feel relieved.
After finally finishing the shop with the woman from the Liu family, Xi Ningyu asked Qingqiong to prepare a generous reward, so that the woman from the Liu family retreated to the side and sat down.
After the Liu family's wife was finished, Xi Ningyu's face, which was originally a faint smile, suddenly slowly sank. After waiting quietly for a while, Xi Ningyu asked with a little coldness. "Who is the manager of the 'Tyrone Antiques' shop? Come out and let me see!"
As soon as Xi Ningyu finished speaking, the manager who had just stepped forward to answer stood up and bowed to Xi Ningyu before replying, saying, "Mrs. The youngest one is the manager of the 'Tyrone Antiques' shop."
Chapter completed!