Chapter 1062 Changping County Lord 10
No more playing! A maid muttered: "The county master didn't say anything..."
Another quick-tongued person also chimed in: "That's right, the county boss let me play with you."
Jing'er said angrily: "Okay, you continue to play until the county leader takes a break, and you just wait to be punished."
"Then let's go play in the outer courtyard!"
Jing'er was even more annoyed. She pointed her finger at her nose and cursed in a low voice: "Then go, the county master won't need anyone to wait on you. Just go and have fun, but don't come to beg me when you get beaten or even demoted."
When several maids heard that something was wrong, one of them came up and softened her words: "Sister Jing'er is right. It's because we are young and ignorant. Let's just collect our things and go to work."
Jing'er then put out the fire, turned around and entered the house.
Xining naturally heard it clearly, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
The next day, Butler Lin and Xiao Zhan came over to say goodbye.
Xining didn't mention Butler Lin's taking his family back at all, and just said: "Have a nice trip, go and come back early."
Anyway, if Butler Lin doesn't bring his family here this time, he will just let him go wherever he falls in love. There is no room for him here anyway.
After the two left, Xining called Butler Xiao and asked how much he spent on the flowers and plants in the yard.
Now that Butler Lin is gone, Butler Xiao will naturally have to take charge of the expenses of the house.
Speaking of money, Butler Xiao was filled with bitterness: "County Lord, Butler Lin didn't give me the account book at all. He just left five hundred taels of silver, saying it was enough for one month's expenses. He just took the key to the warehouse. Gone.”
"It was just a stupid account in the first place. It's useless to ask for it." Xining tilted his head slightly and raised his eyebrows: "Now you lead someone with an ax and smash the lock of the warehouse. If the lock is useless, just smash the door. ”
Butler Xiao was stunned, what was this county chief doing?
Xining sat up straight again and waved his fan: "I thought of a red gold walking stick and wanted to wear it. You go in and get it, and you can do the accounting! After you finish the accounting, give me the account book. When Butler Lin comes back, I will take the number you have compiled and compare it with him.”
"You, you, you!" He turned and pointed at the three of them: "Do you know how to read?"
The maid shook her head, and only one of the two servants nodded.
There are so few literate people, Xining asked: "Who else can read?"
Jing'er replied: "I have followed the county master since I was a child and know a few words."
"You don't need it. It's still inconvenient without you. How many days will it take to store the warehouse?" Xi Ning didn't want Jing'er to go. On the one hand, Jing'er has taken good care of her, and on the other hand, the warehouse is also a big deal.
After asking, the servants around him only knew three words, and they didn't know many.
"The three of us will start working with Butler Xiao. We don't know much about literacy, so we can grind ink and serve tea and water. Find four or five more who are reliable, have clean hands and feet, and are strong enough to move things." Xining picked up a piece of He chewed the melon and said: "You have five days to finish the business. If you finish it early, I will give you the rest of the time. Make sure it is accurate and the accounts are clear."
Chewing melon in his mouth, he said meaningfully to Butler Xiao: "Steward Lin is just an old man from the Qinling Palace. I don't care about getting some kickbacks as long as I can afford it. I eat meat and the people below drink some." Soup is nothing. You can't stop this routine anyway, as long as it doesn't go too far. To be honest, even if the people are on my side, I will always use them if they can do things well. Do you understand? ”
Butler Xiao's face suddenly showed joy and he couldn't hide it. He saluted and said that he understood and would definitely get things done.
In fact, neither of the two stewards is reliable. Steward Lin should be from the King of Han Dynasty, while Steward Xiao is from County Magistrate Zhou. If Butler Lin really comes here with his family members, he won't be able to drive them away. Then let the two stewards restrain and restrict each other. But Butler Lin's absence this time was just a good time to see if Butler Xiao had the ability to support this house and whether he could compete with Butler Lin. This was why she asked Butler Xiao's nephew to go with Butler Lin.
As soon as Butler Xiao got the hint, he was so motivated that he led his men to break the lock of the warehouse. Start trading early in the morning, continue trading until midnight, and stay up until midnight. In less than three days, the warehouse was inventoried and the account books were brought over.
Xi Ning opened the account book. There were ten volumes in total. This body owner had quite a lot of property, most of which were good treasures.
There are also 500 ingots of horseshoe gold and 8,000 taels of silver in the account.
It cost one thousand taels to buy the shop, and five hundred taels were left to Butler Xiao. Where did the other five hundred taels go? When Butler Lin comes back, he will ask where the missing five hundred taels went. Did it become the flowers and plants in the yard, or was it a heavy box that he followed along with him.
Xining raised his head and said with a smile: "This matter was done well. I will keep my word. Butler Xiao and the others have worked hard. Butler Xiao will take the ten taels of silver and divide it. You can rest for the remaining two days and make your own arrangements."< br>
Butler Xiao immediately saluted: "Thank you so much, Lord County, I won't rest. In the past three days, there have been a lot of things in the house."
"Okay, then I'm done." Xining didn't force it. There were indeed many things in the house. Butler Xiao was willing to work now, so let's do it. Anyway, he seems to be in good health and he probably won't die from overwork. Otherwise, it would be annoying to let her take over all these things.
After half a day, a maid replied. After secretly inquiring, Butler Xiao took ten taels of silver when he returned, kept three taels for himself, and distributed the other seven taels to the seven people who were taking inventory.
It seems that the heart is not black! Xining gently shook his fan. The day was getting hotter and hotter, and soon he had to put in an ice basin to cool down.
That's the good thing about being the county head. You don't have to pay greetings or go to court. You can sleep until you wake up naturally every day.
After waking up and having dinner, Xi Ning asked someone to put on the throwing pot.
After throwing a few shots, most of them can be put into the pot.
"Bang, bang~" One was put into the pot, and the surrounding people cheered.
"Prefect, please!" Jing'er handed one over with both hands.
"No more fun, boring!" Xining looked languid and did not pick it up. Instead, he went to get the round fan held by the maid next to him. I seem to have thought of something: "Tossing pots is like shooting arrows before."
Jing'er replied: "That's right. Before we drank during the banquet, we used to shoot arrows. If we lost, we drank. But some literati didn't know how to shoot arrows, so they used to throw pots instead."
"That's it..." Xining pretended to be on a whim: "Go find a bow and arrow and place a target. I want to shoot!"
Jing'er was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "My good county master, why did you think of archery? Archery requires pulling the bow and pinching the arrow, which will make your hands rough."
Xining looked arrogant and refused to listen: "I just want to shoot an arrow, bring the arrow. Why, the county master can't even shoot an arrow?"
Jing'er could only smile bitterly: "Okay, the county master said he wants to shoot arrows, so let's shoot. Come on, go find Butler Xiao and ask him to get the bow and arrow and the target. The county master wants to shoot archery!"
Xining was happy now, waving his fan, and said to the maids: "When the bows and arrows arrive, let's all play together. When the game is over, the county master will get a reward!"
The last time we played pot pot, everyone basically won about ten dollars, and many of them got thirty or forty dollars. Everyone practices in private when they have time. Unexpectedly, the county leader became too fast and couldn't get enough of throwing pots, so he wanted to play archery.
After playing, you can still get money, so naturally it’s good. So the maids smiled and bowed in thanks.
(End of chapter)