Song Qingyue came to the nursing home to visit the children. After a cruel winter, there were more than thirty children in the nursing home one after another. The youngest of these children was only a few months old, and the oldest one was already twelve years old.

He is a little boy from a family affected by the disaster in the Zhili area. He originally only depended on his mother. However, his mother died of cold due to a heavy snowfall, leaving him alone in the family.

The boy's name is Liu Da. He is very sensible and capable. Since he came to this yard, he has been busy and can do any kind of work. In addition to carrying water, chopping firewood, washing and cooking, he even helps his mother-in-law to provide food for his younger brothers and sisters.

They sew diapers.

Yu Jing and Yu Xiang liked him so much that they often spent money to buy big meat buns for him as extra meals.

Song Qingyue received star-like treatment when she came to this area.

"Look! The Crown Princess is here!"

"Are you finally free to come today?"

"The Crown Princess is safe!"

The neighbors all know her.

Yu Jing and Yu Xiang greeted her respectfully, and the ladies were very happy to see her. Only Manager Wu looked unhappy.

Ever since Yu Jing and Yu Xiang came, he couldn't handle the accounts. He shamelessly retained the right to purchase, but Yu Jing, a dead girl, was very stingy every time she gave him money, and she always threatened him.

He said that if he continued to play tricks to deceive people and make money, he would tell the imperial concubine to get out of here.

But now he is eager to return to Zhuangzi and become his little steward.

He had already heard that the prince was gone and the prince's concubines had become nuns. He could not make anything here. There was really no future and no way to make money. It was totally boring!

Song Qingyue pretended not to see Manager Wu's lazy face. When Feng Qifengjiu came back, she would tell him to get out immediately. She couldn't help but blame Eunuch Wang for finding such a guy.

In fact, Eunuch Wang can't be blamed for this, because Song Qingyue said at the beginning that he should have some brains, be able to save money, settle accounts, and not be easily deceived. In the eyes of Eunuch Wang, Manager Wu is a very capable person, although

A little greedy, but only a little greedy, but he didn't expect that the always generous Crown Princess would be so stingy about the expenses of the almshouse.

He didn't know that Song Qingyue didn't open this almshouse just for fun. She planned to promote this almshouse nationwide in the future. The one in Beijing was just the first pilot, so that's why

Be careful with your budget.

Manager Wu came to help the Crown Princess with high expectations at the beginning, but unfortunately he was disappointed by the reality.

No matter what, with the participation of Yujing and Yuxiang, Song Qingyue finally felt more at ease.

The nursing home also expanded from the original three small courtyards to five small courtyards, but the other two had collapsed when they were sold to her, leaving only a piece of land, so Song Qingyue had bricks, cement, and the previous

A two-story building was built with some remaining logs and planks, and the walls were plastered with cement outside.

Since the roof does not have good waterproof materials, it still adopts a traditional gable roof and is covered with a layer of tiles.

Yuxiang was good at painting, so she painted some flowers, birds, fish and insects on the wall. Yujing bought some flowers and plants to arrange in the yard, and also sprinkled a row of morning glory seeds on the wall. Now the green vines have grown from

The soil came out of the ground and started to climb up the wall.

After all, they had stayed with Li Zhao, and they were very good in aesthetics. They decorated the simple little courtyard and it immediately became elegant, making it stand out among the bungalows in this area.

Now everyone knows that the Crown Princess is very approachable, and people often come to visit the small building after it is built. Her family, who has a little savings, even asked her aunt who helps with chores in the yard to inquire about the price of building such a small building.

In fact, the aunt herself wanted to find out. They now have an extra 800 yuan in income every month. If the cost of building a small building is not too high, they will work hard to save money to build one for their own home.

With two floors, you can get several more rooms for free!

Song Qingyue was directing Zeng Maozhi and his men to install swings, seesaws, small wooden horses, etc. in the yard.

When she saw her aunt asking about it with envy, she joked: "Aunts, if you really want to build it and don't have enough money on hand, how about I lend you money to build it first? You can pay me back the money in installments slowly.

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When they heard that the Crown Princess could lend him money to build a house, the mothers-in-law and aunts opened their eyes wide.

Song Qingyue smiled and said: "Well, you go to the alley and ask who else wants to build a house like this, and call them all over for a meeting. But we have agreed that it will only be in our alley, and I don't care about the people in other alleys.

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"Okay, okay!" Aunt Zhang promised and called the big guys to Song Qingyue's yard for a meeting.

Song Qingyue showed them the cost of building such a two-story building item by item.

Because each house is about the same size and is a small courtyard house with a wooden structure, the construction costs are similar.

"The material cost, plus the mason's fee, will cost about more than 6,500 yuan to plaster the cement wall. If you don't plaster it, you can save a thousand yuan. In fact, it is cheaper than using wood." Song Qingyue said: "If you people

If you buy cement and bricks together, you may be able to negotiate the price with the manufacturer."

After saying this, everyone became even more excited.

"Prince Princess, how can I borrow money?" asked an anxious aunt.

Song Qingyue said: "Simple, you see how much you are short of, and I will borrow it. For example, if you are short of three thousand yuan, I will borrow three thousand yuan, and then you will pay me some back every month until it is repaid. But since it is a loan,

Money, I want to calculate the interest, and I won’t charge you more. According to the annual half-percent interest rate, for example, if you pay back one hundred cash every month, it will take two and a half years to pay back three thousand cash. I have more

One hundred and twenty-five cents will be charged. But we have agreed in advance that if any of you are dissatisfied with the half-percent profit every year, you don’t have to borrow the money, and don’t borrow money and make unpleasant remarks. I won’t accompany you!”

The aunt immediately waved her hands: "No, no, no! Only half a profit is made in a year, which is much better than those loan sharks outside! Let's supervise each other. If anyone says something unclean, don't blame us for being rude!"

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"Yes, yes! Don't talk about the Crown Princess, we are the first to disagree!"

"Prince Princess, don't worry, it's not too late for us to thank you!"

Everyone rushed to express their opinions.

Song Qingyue smiled and said: "That's it. You all go home first and calculate how much you need to borrow, and then calculate how much you can repay every month. Don't worry, wait for your boss to come back in the evening, and discuss it carefully. After seven days, I will

We will come again, and when the time comes you come over and we will sign a receipt and get the money."

"Hey, Crown Princess, you are really a female Bodhisattva! For a kind-hearted person like you, God will definitely keep His Royal Highness safe and sound!"

A woman with a quick tongue said.

The rest of the people stared at her with some reproach. It was true that there was no need to open the pot. Song Qingyue only smiled gently, without any intention of blaming her: "By your good words, my Highness is blessed with good fortune and will be safe and sound."

Next, Song Qingyue is going to a cave.

On the way, she suddenly thought about opening a bank, but she quickly shook her head, feeling that the time had not come yet, and she had no experience, so she didn't know what problems she would encounter, so she would start with this.

Let’s start with small amounts and small-scale loans.

As for the mortgage issue, she also thought about it, but after thinking about it, she felt it was not necessary.

The first is that the household registration management system in this era is very strict. If you really don't have enough money to run away, then you are probably at the end of your rope and there is nothing you can do. For such a small amount of money, there is really no need to force people to die; the second is that she

Given the status and status of the princess of the palace, most people probably wouldn't dare to rely on her.

However, these are just her own conjectures and guesses. She has to implement them for a period of time to see what kind of problems and troubles will actually arise.

While Song Qingyue was sitting in the car thinking carefully about these things, Zeng Maozhi discovered that someone was secretly following her behind the car.

However, they did not alert the snake. The carriage that Song Qingyue was riding in could not go directly to the villa. When they arrived at a busy place, they would go to a cloth shop, and then someone would wear the same clothes as Song Qingyue and pretend to be Song Qingyue and then sit here.

A carriage returned to Enji.

How could Song Qingyue dress up in disguise and walk around from Cloth Shop to a convenient calligraphy and painting shop, and then come out from the back door of the calligraphy and painting shop?

"Prince Princess, someone was following you just now, but they have already left with our carriage." Zeng Maozhi said in a low voice.

Song Qingyue sprinkled a handful of incense ash on her head, wore a dusty and dirty cotton-padded jacket, and a rag scarf wrapped around her head. Although she was a little scared, she was more excited, as if she had seen it before

Like a spy movie!

She put her hands in her sleeves and walked slowly with the dog on her back. At first glance, she looked like a little old lady. If you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell that she was a peerless beauty. She asked in a low voice: "Do you know where she was sent from?"

people?"

Zeng Maozhi said: "I guess it's His Highness Changsun."

Song Qingyue clicked her tongue: "Can you send a message to the prince and ask him to cause some trouble for the eldest grandson? He is like a fly! Disgusting!"

Zeng Maozhi said: "Eunuch Yang has already started working on it."

In fact, it didn't take any effort from Eunuch Yang. Ever since Song Jianming was beaten up in court, he went home to show off his temper.

Song Qingyue rode a skinny donkey and walked slowly outside the city. Zeng Maozhi took the opportunity to report to her the current situation of the emperor's eldest grandson Li Sheng.

"Ever since Mr. Song was punished, he has stopped going to court. The emperor directly asked the eldest son of the emperor, Sun Li Sheng, to take over the household department."

"How is it? How is the eldest grandson doing?"

Zeng Maozhi sneered disdainfully: "His Royal Highness the Changsun speaks nicely. When he was a child, he was praised by the Taifu for saying that he could compose poems at the age of four and write at the age of seven. He is a star descended from the stars. The subordinates looked at his intelligence.

They used it to gain fame and reputation. His Highness Changsun took over the household department and began to replace a large number of people. He also changed a series of rules and regulations originally formulated by Mr. Song. The grain and grass transfer regulations written by our Crown Prince were also discarded by him.

I re-wrote it myself.”

Hearing this, Song Qingyue seemed to be able to see the result. She also laughed and asked: "What's the result?"

"His Royal Highness Changsun is so busy that he sleeps in the Hubu Yamen almost every day, but the Hubu is getting worse and worse as he gets busier. The supply of food and grass for the border troops everywhere during the Spring Festival is also in chaos! Short of food and money, Changsun only goes to Xu's house in the northwest.

Sufficient amounts of grain and grass, as well as good armor and weapons, were provided to Lord Liu of Shandong. As for the Northeast, they simply left it alone. I don’t know if it was intentional. Lord Ning came to visit him a few days ago.

Feng Zhezi said that the food and grass provided by the Ministry of Revenue was only one-third of previous years, and the new armor was as if it was made of paper and would break when poked. He also cursed Lord Song for being nothing, and demanded that Your Majesty must put Lord Song in prison.

Investigate strictly."
To be continued...