Chapter 399: Adoration
Back at the Chu residence, Xia Zihan recruited Hua She and asked him to send a secret guard to the Xia family to monitor Old Mrs. Xia every step of the way.
Hua She hesitated for a moment, "We don't have many secret guards now, they still have to protect you."
After a big battle, there were only six of her secret guards left, and Hua Snake only had seven of them. She already had few people, and one of them had to be transferred. Hua She was worried that if there were too few people, something dangerous would happen. Can't protect her.
After all, they were ordered by their young master to protect County Lord Chuyu.
"County Lord, I just want to discuss something with you." Hua She said what he had been thinking about for a long time and wanted to put into action, "Look, should we go to other places to find more orphans?" Send it to the fox for training? There is also a shortage of people at the madam's side, and there is also a shortage of people at the old lady's side. By the way, fortunately, the people from the Lu family did not go to find the old man this time, otherwise, the old man would... The old man only has twenty guards left, and there are no secret guards. I think we should train a few more and give some to the madam. And the old man, just in case.”
Although the members of the Lu family have been eliminated, who knows if someone will appear again who wants to kill the county lord and his wife.
Take precautions early, just in case, and you will never suffer a loss.
"Do you have a candidate to go out to look for orphans?" Xia Zihan asked.
It can be said that Hua She and Xia Zihan thought about this together.
There are only six secret guards left around her, and there are not many secret guards left around Zhuo. She is a little better. She is just a girl who has not left the court. No big enemy will hate her enough to kill her, but Zhuo The family name is different. Who knows who Chu Xuanyu has offended over the years and what enemies he has.
The old man of the Chu family has been running rampant in the capital for decades and has offended many people. Now that Zhuo has twins, she has to think about the safety of Zhuo's mother and son.
Hua Snake wanted to protect Xia Zihan and did not dare to leave Xia Zihan for half a step, so he recommended Chu Lin, "She is a girl, easy to trust, and she has experience in this field. She is the best one." candidate.”
The more than thirty little beggars trained by Fox this time were found by Chu Lin alone. She was also the candidate in Xia Zihan's mind.
Xia Zihan looked at Hua Snake with a smile, "Well, then I'll send Chu Fei to tell her."
"After the disaster in Jiangnan, the number of beggars there has also increased a lot. Most of them are children. I think I should also send a letter to Nuanxiang."
Recruit more children, train more secret guards, accumulate the secret power of the Chu family and the Chu family, and build the Chu family and the Chu family into an iron wall that no one can shake.
Immediately, Xia Zihan wrote a letter and sent someone to send it to Nuan Xiang as fast as possible, asking her to secretly win over as many homeless beggars as possible.
Anyway, with the secret guard leader Fox here, he can eat no matter how many people there are.
He also sent Chu Fei to the Fruit Tree Village and sent Chu Lin to the northwest. The people in the northwest lived a hard life and had been fighting for many years, leaving behind many orphans without fathers and mothers to take care of them. Most of them were orphans living there. The capital is far away, so if she goes there to collect orphans, she won't attract anyone's attention.
He whispered to Chu Fei, "When you come back from Zhuangzi, don't come to report to me. You go directly to Xia's house. Remember, you have to..."
Chu Fei was sent to the Xia family to monitor Mrs. Xia.
After Chu Fei left, Nuanyu said, "County Master, half of the maids around you are missing. Do you want to transfer some from the village for you?"
The maids around Xia Zihan all have martial arts skills and can protect their master in critical moments. Nuan Yu is worried that there are too few maids around Xia Zihan to protect her master.
She was worried that Xia Zihan would encounter an assassin again when he went out.
"The children in Zhuangzi have been training for more than a year, and their basic skills are solid. Otherwise, send two over first. There are only two people outside, Chu Meng and Chu Xiao, who are too busy..."
There were four people in the room, namely her and Si Cao, Xiang Xiang and Chu Cong, who were able to keep busy. There were fewer second-class maids serving tea and water outside.
There are no third-class maids around the county lord, and with a few less second-class maids, it will be a bit overwhelming.
If a girl from an ordinary wealthy family has so many people to serve her, it would be enough, but the county boss is different. The county boss has so many properties, Zhuangzi alone has seven or eight. Well, Zhuangzi is better, and the account books are all It is calculated once a year. Just check the account books with each village head. If there is not much difference, the county owner won't care. The two villagers who paid for the Yuan family don't even need to look at the account books. They just wait for one year to come. Just get a fixed income.
Zhuangzi doesn't need to bother much, but the shop does.
The county head now has a total of twenty shops, which have been opened in the ten major cities of Dasheng Dynasty. This time Qi Mei wrote a letter and wanted to open two more stores outside the customs. It happened to be that she had trained Chu Hao Chu Yi. , and stayed outside the customs to manage the two shops.
As soon as the county boss heard this, without saying a word, he gave Qi Mei 30,000 taels in silver notes, bought two shops outside the customs, and was busy opening the 21st and 22nd shops.
The account books of these more than 20 shops are calculated quarterly. After each quarter, thick account books will be sent to the government from all directions. Reading the account books and calculating accounts is a time-consuming matter. The county The Lord couldn't figure it out alone, they all helped him figure it out.
As a result, the four eldest maids in this room are a little busy, but the county master does not like to leave the affairs of this room to strange maids, and she is not at ease, but the number of second-class maids can still be increased.
"No need."
No matter how much Nuanyu thought or planned, Xia Zihan shut up Nuanyu with a wave of his hand.
"I'm used to you waiting on me." She doesn't like unfamiliar people stepping into her territory, even if it's a third-class maid. Otherwise, she wouldn't have transferred the four third-class maids Qingye Hongye out of her yard.
Xia Zihan said, "There will be a lot of children recruited this time, and not all of them are suitable for martial arts. I plan to let the fox select a child who is smart and smart but has no talent for martial arts to learn business." "By then, maybe Thanks to Master Kulin.”
"Let Master Lin open a training class like a fox and help me train a group of sharp shopkeepers and accountants. In a year or two at most, I can bring Nuan Xiang back. Nuan Xiang has been alone in Jiangnan for so many years. , it’s time to return to Beijing.”
The Zheng family was unwilling to let Zheng Yan go to the south of the Yangtze River to take root. For the sake of Nuan Xiang's lifelong happiness, she had to find a way to bring Nuan Xiang back.
When Nuan Xiang returns to Beijing, the national mourning period is almost over, and Nuan Xiang and Zheng Yan's marriage should be finalized.
"County Lord, I listen to you." Nuanyu's eyes became moist.
Speaking of which, the maid next to Xia Zihan was the one who stayed with Nuanxiang the longest, and she also had the best relationship with Nuanxiang. It would be a lie to say that she didn't miss her.
She was very worried when she thought of Nuan Xiang being alone in Jiangnan, struggling to support several shops in the Jiangnan area.
But no matter how worried she was, she couldn't tell the county boss to bring Nuan Xiang back. Jiangnan needed Nuan Xiang to guard her.
The county owner was worried about the shopkeeper and accountant who were invited back from outside, because when they were still in Yi'an City, the accountant and the shopkeeper had joined forces to make false accounts and embezzle money.
"Silly Nuanyu, why are you crying? I can't bear to have Nuanxiang stay alone in Jiangnan. I will bring her back sooner or later."
Then he blinked his eyes and said jokingly, "You are too old. You can't even look for your in-laws to take care of me. It's time to find your in-laws for you."
"If I don't get married, I will serve the county master all my life." Nuanyu's tears became even fiercer.
"Oh, really?" Xia Zihan smiled weirdly, "If you really don't want to marry, someone will cry."
"County Master, you are making fun of me, my slave... I am going to do something." Nuanyu's face turned red and she ran away uncomfortably.
Wow, you look so cute, it seems like you have a sweetheart.
Xia Zihan blinked his eyes, then pursed his lips and laughed. When he was happy enough, he called Silk Grass and asked Nuanyu insinuatingly who was usually close to him in the front yard.
"Sister Nuanyu rarely goes to the front yard, but whenever Sister Nuanyu makes pastries, she will leave two kilograms for Captain He to eat."
He Donglin?
"Captain He was injured this time. There was a knife on his back. He was injured to save Sister Nuanyu."
Uh, are you having a crush on each other?
Xia Zihan's eyes were so bright that stars almost appeared.
"Well, I understand. Don't tell Nuanyu what I asked you."
This mysterious tone frightened Si Cao into thinking that Nuanyu had made some mistake and that Xia Zihan had come to investigate her.
Si Cao hurriedly knelt down and begged, "County Lord, did Sister Nuanyu make any mistake? If this servant is willing to be punished with Sister Nuanyu, I just ask the County Lord to punish Sister Nuanyu more lightly."
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Xia Zihan was very happy that the maids under her hands could share blessings, share hardships, and live and die together, but... the corners of her mouth twitched, "Sicao, you are overthinking. After a while, you Just know.”
Sicao went out uneasily.
Xia Zihan held her chin and pursed her lips in thought.
Although He Donglin is a widower, as long as Nuanyu doesn't mind, she doesn't have any objection. He Donglin is still a good person.
Well, it’s such a happy decision.
Before she turns nineteen, she should finalize the marriages of several maids around her, especially the marriages of the older maids.
She wants to stay with them all and be the wife in charge from now on.
When they want to get married, they want to find someone by her side.
Of course, if they fall in love with another man, as long as the other man is good, she will also consider it. They have already paid a lot for her, so they can't let them give up the person they like for her.
There is also the matter of Hua She and Yue Jin that should be mentioned. Her aunt has to mention this matter. There is also He Donglin. Grandma is always thinking about his marriage. Now that it is better, with Nuanyu, grandma should feel relieved. .
Well, you should find someone to go to He Donglin first and let him know.
He did what he thought of. Immediately, Xia Zihan went to Master Qi's yard. He wanted Master Qi to help him trick He Donglin.
(End of chapter)