"This is the rule I have set for you. It is subject to the matter at hand. If someone delays the meal of hundreds of people in the palace, he will be punished!"
After everyone heard this, they had an inexplicable expression on their faces, but almost everyone had a smile on their faces.
The benefits of Qian Ruoyu's instructions outweighed the disadvantages for them, so naturally they all admired Qian Ruoyu a little more.
Qian Ruoyu said with a smile.
"In that case, I won't waste everyone's time now. When it's time to serve the dishes, you two, Zhang Ma and Wang Po, come over."
Zhang Ma and Wang Po were also dragged to the big attic. They were the ones who bought the groceries.
After the two people came to Qian Ruoyu, they bowed their heads respectfully.
"What's the matter with your Majesty? Please give me your instructions."
Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly.
He said to the two people calmly.
"Are you two the ones responsible for buying groceries in the palace?"
The two people nodded immediately.
Zhang Ma said.
"I'm telling you, I'm in charge of buying groceries for the palace... Grandma Wang and I have already sent all the money you mentioned before... All of it has been put into the amount to buy groceries tomorrow..."
Grandma Wang also nodded quickly, walked to a small room, and took out a small bundle from the small room.
After Wang Po took it out, she placed it on a table next to her and opened the bundle. There were some silver ingots inside.
At a rough glance, it was about thirty to fifty taels of silver, which was already a large amount of money in ancient times.
One tael of silver is combined into one coin, and one coin is worth one thousand coins. If there were not so many people in the palace, there would be no need to use so much money every day.
After seeing these silver coins, Qian Ruoyu's eyes went straight, but her face still pretended to be serious. After all, this money was indeed used by the royal family to buy groceries.
Qian Ruoyu will not be greedy at will, and will only make small use of it when it is useful.
After all, the couple's money is shared, not to mention that Qian Ruoyu is planning to use the money to do something big.
Qian Ruoyu brought Zhang Ma to the table.
Zhang Ma said.
"Part of the money here is sent from the warehouse to buy groceries for tomorrow, and the other part of the money... is from Grandma Wang and me..."
Zhang Ma didn't say the next words, but Qian Ruoyu also knew it.
So Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly.
"Well, I see that you two are quite honest. I won't punish you too much this time. Of course, this is just your last chance!"
The two men immediately lowered their heads and said submissively.
"Yes, yes, yes... please rest assured, Madam, we will do our best to help in the dining room, and there will definitely not be any trouble again..."
Qian Ruoyu glanced at Yinzi again, and then said to the two of them.
"Well, I know this, so you should behave well next."
But while saying this, Qian Ruoyu remembered something again. It seemed that he really needed to ask Yan'er to come over and help.
The only person in the entire palace who can gain Qian Ruoyu's trust is Yan'er.
Yan'er is also the only person who can help Qian Ruoyu manage this matter!
Qian Ruoyu began to regret a little. If she had known this, she should have brought Yan'er with her.
Wang Po said at this time.
"By the way, your Majesty, all the vegetables and fruits in our palace will be delivered to the back door of the palace at 10:10 tomorrow morning. I believe you should know."
"Yes, Madam," Zhang Ma also said, "Vegetables, melons and fruits are all brought to the back door and selected by us before they can be sent to the palace. As for other meat, you need to go out of the palace to buy it yourself."
But after hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu was stunned for a moment.
It's a quarter past five o'clock, isn't it?
The sun hasn't even set over the mountain yet, yet we have to be received at the back door of the palace?
The sun hasn't even scorched my butt yet, so early in the morning... the thought of this made Qian Ruoyu a little tired.
But for this money, Qian Ruoyu had to nod.
"Well, I understand, but there are some details that I still need you to explain in detail."
After Qian Ruoyu looked over, Wang Po said immediately.
"Tomorrow before a quarter past nine o'clock, there will be many vegetable sellers and melon and fruit sellers gathered about three feet away from the back door of our palace."
"At that time, you only need to take a few of us with you to select the dishes, take away the good ones and keep the bad ones. They will naturally sell the rest to other places. We will only select the best ones here.
"
Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly. There was no need to say more. After all, it was the prince's palace and he would definitely not choose second-rate things.
But if you want to take Zhang Ma and Wang Po out together, won't the price negotiation be known by the two of you?
After thinking about this, Qian Ruoyu felt that it was not possible, but he did not say it directly. Instead, he continued to ask.
"Where's the meat?"
Zhang Ma spoke.
"If you want meat, you need to go to the meat stall in person. After all, there are hundreds of people in our palace...it is obviously impossible to buy so much meat."
"Only the masters can eat meat. If we just buy some fat, it will be enough, and it won't cost much money."
"Hundreds of people need to buy about a hundred catties of vegetables and about ten catties of fat. The rest is for the masters to eat. They don't use much every day..."
After hearing what they said, Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly and had some idea in his mind.
This was Qian Ruoyu's first time doing something like this, so naturally he needed to ask more questions and know how much money he could save from it.
After asking these questions, Qian Ruoyu nodded and said.
"Well, I understand, you two can go eat first."
At this time, the two of them headed towards the big dining table.
Qian Ruoyu also came to the big dining table at this time.
The big dining table is in the other corner of the dining room courtyard. There are three long tables in total, with more than a dozen people sitting on each table.
And this is only for people in the dining room to dine. Other warehouses, housekeepers and others have their own places to eat.
The entire palace operates in an orderly manner, but Qian Ruoyu knows that there may be quite a few loopholes hidden in this orderliness. For example, the dining room can save several taels of silver every day.
Not to mention the warehouse and the other places of the butler.
Qian Ruoyu took a look at these big tables. There were more than a dozen pots of different dishes on the big tables, but they were almost all vegetables, and the only thing that could be seen was a little bit of fat.
The fat has been squeezed out, and naturally the vegetables are full of oil and water, and they taste delicious but lack a bit of fishy taste.
But Qian Ruoyu could still see someone picking up a piece of fat and feeding it into his mouth from time to time. After eating, he would even lick his tongue with enjoyment.