Yun Miaomiao really didn't have any extra strength, so she was carried all the way back to the Zhao Mansion. County Magistrate Zhao came out of the house and saw her being carried back like this. He thought something had happened. He originally had a smile on his face.
Up, it immediately became dark.
"What's going on? Who dares to hurt our girl Yun?" Magistrate Zhao asked Dongqing on the side coldly. Dongqing didn't respond, but Yun Miaomiao wanted to speak, "Godfather, I'm fine, I just walked all the way.
,tired."
"Tired?" Magistrate Zhao choked, "It's okay if you ask someone to tell me and I'll send a carriage to pick you up. Why do you have to walk back by yourself? What will you do if you're exhausted?"
Yun Miaomiao patted the person on her back and asked him to put her down. After her feet landed on the ground, she relaxed a lot. "I have something to discuss with my godfather in person. This matter involves my godfather's official career in the future."
, is extremely important. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't worry about it. Time is tight and the matter is important, so I did it by myself. Don't worry, godfather. I'm not a spoiled and pampered young lady. I can still go this far."
"You girl, your parents raised you well. Your godfather and I have taken a huge advantage." Magistrate Zhao lamented that all he taught was crooked girls and sons.
They are all so well taken care of. "Stop standing there. Let's talk about anything after dinner. No big deal is as important as your body. You can't take your body seriously. Butler Zhao, go quickly."
Let the kitchen prepare more dishes that the lady likes to eat faster."
Butler Zhao saw the smile on the master's face and quickly responded, "Hey, hey, I'll go and ask the kitchen to do it right now."
Yun Miaomiao wanted to say that she could just deal with the two casually, but Butler Zhao had quickly left her sight, without even giving her a chance to speak.
Magistrate Zhao took Yun Miaomiao to the dining room. On the table were vegetables and white porridge, as well as a fried egg. It didn't look like a meal that a magistrate should eat.
Seeing Yun Miaomiao's eyes fall on the table, Magistrate Zhao explained with a smile, "I have been very busy these days, and I am getting angry. You can see that the corners of my mouth are blistered. I can't eat those dishes, so I asked the housekeeper to prepare them.
It’s not okay to order lighter dishes, otherwise your mouth will hurt from eating them.”
Yun Miaomiao raised her eyes and saw that the corners of her mouth were indeed blistered, "Godfather, your body belongs to you. If you are exhausted, what will you do to the people of Ruizhou City? Yun Su and I are outside, what if you have a
In case, we are really...even if you are not doing it for the people of Ruizhou City, you should take care of yourself for us."
Magistrate Zhao's eyes were moist. His son had been in the capital for so many years, but he had never said a word of greeting. He brought Yun Miaomiao's sister and brother back and adopted his goddaughter. This decision was really not wrong.
"Okay, my godfather will take good care of his body for you. You should eat some snacks to cushion your stomach and don't starve." Only then did County Magistrate Zhao clearly see Yun Miaomiao's dirty body, "You
Wang Cheng has told me everything about what happened in the south of Hubei. I have already written a note and hastily sent it to the capital, asking the emperor to tell me how to resettle the people. Calculating the days, I am afraid that I have already arrived in the capital. You
Don’t worry too much.”
"Daddy, I came back just to talk to you about resettling the people." Yun Miaomiao glanced at Dongqing, who immediately understood and told Magistrate Zhao the whole story.
After County Magistrate Zhao heard this, he was beyond shocked, "It is indeed retribution. Magistrate Liang and Magistrate Wang came to persecute the people of Ruizhou City for their own selfish interests. How could they have thought that one day they would be planted by themselves?"
However, the incident in Jiangning Village you mentioned has always been a thorn in the heart of successive emperors. If the imperial concubine was behind this matter, even if the emperor knew about it, it would be difficult to make a decision.
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In other words, the people behind the scenes knew that even the emperor had no way to deal with Qin Lanhe's people, so they chose to bribe Qin Lanhe's people. In this way, not only would they not be traced, but they would also have no worries.
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Sure enough, cruel people don't need to consider people's life and death.
Yun Miaomiao took a deep breath. Butler Zhao had already brought the food. She couldn't help but swallow the delicious food and started eating.
Seeing her gobbling up the food, County Magistrate Zhao felt distressed, "Eat slowly, these are all yours. You walked for three days and three nights. Is it possible that you didn't eat anything on the way? Wang Cheng said that the food in southern Hubei is not enough."
"You eat a lot, and you mainly eat porridge every day. I see you have lost a lot of weight. When you get home, you can let the kitchen cook whatever you want to eat, or ask the housekeeper to buy it."
"Godfather... No, there's really no need." Yun Miaomiao swallowed the food in her mouth, "By the way, godfather, you still need to write a note to the capital about the resettlement of the people in Jiangning Village. Although Jiangning Village
It can be lived in, but half of the house has collapsed. I need to find someone to repair it. Regarding the repair problem, I think the government can provide some money and find strong men among them to work as workers. These are the names of the people I have recorded these days.
These are all teachers who are willing to do the work, and the salary can give them a foundation to build a family, what do you think?"
County Magistrate Zhao did not expect that Yun Miaomiao had already thought so far. He looked through the roster in his hand and found that they were indeed willing to do the job. "Okay, I will write a report to the capital right now, and then let Wang Cheng
Take my order to the south of Hubei. Except for your house, I will allocate the other houses according to the headcount. If you don't obey, then go to other villages to find a place to live. If you want to stay in Jiangning Village, you must obey the arrangement.
."
That's right, when doing this, you just can't be soft-hearted and need a tough attitude, otherwise this group of people will form gangs and get in trouble.
After discussing the process, County Magistrate Zhao sent someone to make arrangements. He called Wang Cheng over and asked him to go to Hubei in person with his orders. Yun Miaomiao originally wanted to go back by herself, but Magistrate Zhao was reluctant.
After letting her run around, she told Wang Cheng to bring the message to Qingyang, and then let Qingyang help settle the people before returning to Ruizhou City to meet with Yun Miaomiao.
To be honest, the two people Gu Fengqing left behind were both top-notch masters, and he was reluctant to give them back.
Yun Miaomiao couldn't compete with County Magistrate Zhao, so she stayed and helped Magistrate Zhao handle the housework.
Since Mrs. Zhao left, Magistrate Zhao dismissed most of the servants. Those who stayed were old people and those who refused to leave. With people like Hua Lu, even such a large Zhao mansion seemed particularly deserted.
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Hualu originally served Mrs. Zhao, but later she gave it to Yun Miaomiao. Yun Miaomiao did not live in Zhao's house, so she took care of the backyard with a few older people, so that Magistrate Zhao's backyard was not turned into a mess.
"Girl, it's really great that you are back." Hualu came over with a pile of account books, "These are the things that Madam was busy with every day during her lifetime. Although the master is a county magistrate, the money in the account
They still rely on the wife's dowry to support them. These adults don't care about it on weekdays. Naturally, they don't know how difficult it is for the wife behind her back. The shop makes money, but it doesn't make a lot of money. It is really difficult to support a family. The year of the flood
, the shops have all been flooded, and the business has become worse day by day. Now there is no wife to take care of it, and it is almost dying."
Since Hua Lu is asking for help on his behalf, it means that business is really difficult to do, and after several disasters, it is a good thing that the shop has not closed down.
"You know I'm not a girl from the Zhao family, I'm a doer. These are matters in the godfather's backyard. I'm afraid it's hard for me to get involved." Yun Miaomiao glanced at the people across from her. She recognized each of them as her goddaughter and interfered with her godfather.
Things in the backyard may not be good.
Hua Lu shook her head, "This is the master's wish. We have all reported it to the master. We don't ask for a prosperous business for the shop, but we just want to ask the girl to help save the madam's last thought. Girl, you are a capable person."
Yes, even the master praises you, but there is nothing we can do about it. Girl, just help us."
"Yes, girl, I beg you, old slaves." Several other old ladies knelt down together and begged Yun Miaomiao for help.
"Hey~ you guys get up quickly." Yun Miaomiao stood up immediately to help others, "I didn't say I don't care what you are doing, it's just that this is not a temporary thing to take care of. I can't do it alone, so you can't
Just push everything to me and let me work alone, and you have to help me, otherwise I won't agree."
Hualu and several old nuns looked at each other and cried with joy, "Thank you girl, girl, you are such a good person. You will do whatever you say. Let us go west and we will not go east."
"Yes, yes, girl, just feel free to do it. We will all obey." The old ladies all agreed.
Yun Miaomiao looked at the account book in her hand and felt a little headache. When did she see so many things? "These are all left behind after your wife left?"
This is too much.
Hualu shook her head, "No, these are the old account books. Madam said there are problems with these account books, and she wanted to find a time to solve them together. These are the new ones."
Regarding the old accounts in question, Yun Miaomiao glanced at the account books on the left, so let’s start with these.
After looking at it for a long time, Yun Miaomiao finally discovered the problem, "These shops are your wife's dowry?"
"Yes." Hualu nodded, "What's wrong?"
"Then why does it say that Xie Linhai will be given three cents of profit every month?" Yun Miaomiao pointed to the back of each month's account book. No matter whether the business is good or bad, the three cents of profit will be given to Xie Linhai as always.
Hua Lu looked at the place she pointed at and said, "This is because the young master was in the capital and was taken care of by his uncle, so the lady agreed. Later, the young master no longer had these expenses."
"But these account books have been there since your wife got married, which means that the money was used to pave the way for your young master, and all the shops earn three points. How much will be paid out throughout the year? Your wife
It’s not like I didn’t give your young master money. In addition to your young master’s money, the money left in your account this month is less than 20%. Hualu, your wife is taking care of the business like this and has to subsidize the relay. This money is simply not enough.
If it’s not enough for expenses, where are the accounts at home, show me.”
Hualu's eyes widened with disbelief on her face. She thought Madam used all the family's money. Is it possible?
Instead of giving Hua Lu her family's account book, she turned around and entered Mrs. Zhao's room and opened the bottom shelf of the wardrobe. It was empty.
"How could this happen? These things are Madam's favorite things." Hualu fell to the ground in despair. It wasn't until Yun Miaomiao came in that she realized that she had already burst into tears.
"Hua Lu, what's going on?" Yun Miaomiao asked in confusion.
Hualu's eyes were red, "Girl, what is inside here is all the jewelry that Madam likes. There is also another thing that the Master bought specially from Yuncui Pavilion in Yuan'an County. It is worth thousands of gold. These are all used by Madam.
They were used as pawns to supplement family income. Look, these are pawn tickets."
It turns out that Mrs. Zhao is protecting the family in her own way. Magistrate Zhao is busy outside all day and night, so how can he care about the affairs in the backyard? Mrs. Zhao even hides the secret from her personal maid, how can she let the magistrate who is outside all day long?
Magistrate Zhao saw the flaw.
It's a pity that if Zhao Zeqing hadn't failed to live up to expectations and listened to what outsiders said, how could Mrs. Zhao have reached this stage of despair.
"Come to Hualu, get up." Yun Miaomiao helped the person up, "You have collected all these things. Later, when your wife's shop makes money, we will redeem all these things, your master."
I’ve been worrying about Bai Xin all day long, so don’t fill him in on this matter and make him upset.”
Hualu nodded and stopped crying. Yun Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief and patted her shoulder, "Okay, let's go back and continue reading the account books. We have finished reading the account books today and will go to the shop tomorrow.
Let’s see, maybe it’s not as bad as you think?”
"good."
Yun Miaomiao endured her headache and read all the account books, and finally understood something about the shop under Mrs. Zhao's name.
The Xie family was born in business, and most of the dowry given to Mrs. Zhao was in the cloth business. Others were tea shops and restaurants. The food business is not easy to do now, but there are still many people coming and going. For convenience
Resting in tea shops and restaurants.
Early the next morning, Yun Miaomiao took Hua Lu to Zhao's cloth pile. The location of the shop was good. It was at the entrance of the most prosperous street in the city, not far from Zhao's mansion, and there were many people coming and going.
The shopkeeper of Zhao's cloth stakes is called Zhao Tong. He came here with Mrs. Zhao as a dowry. Before coming to Zhao's house, he was also an old man of Xie's family. When he saw Hualu and Yun Miaomiao coming in, he gave Yun Miaomiao a strange look.
Walked over.
"Hua Lu, why are you here? Who is this?" Zhao Tong stood and looked at Yun Miaomiao with a somewhat probing look in his eyes.
Yun Miaomiao was also looking at him from the side, but after a brief glance, she began to look around at the furnishings and customer flow inside the shop.
Seeing that Yun Miaomiao had no intention of speaking, Hualu answered Zhao Tong's words first, "Shopkeeper Zhao, this lady and the master's adopted daughter, just call her Miss Yun. When the lady dies, she will hand over the shop and all her belongings."
I gave it to Miss Yun. I couldn’t spare my time and brought the girl to the shop to look at it, so I asked me to follow him. From now on, the girl will be the boss of all of you. You go and get the account books after Madam’s death. The girl wants to see it.”
"It turns out it's Miss Yun. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm going to ask someone to get it. Miss, please come over here." Shopkeeper Zhao immediately showed a flattering smile, "Xiao Liu, go and take the girl in for tea. I'll be there soon."
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The boy in the shop is a man named Liu Tong. He looks fresh and clean, his eyes are rolling, and he seems to be a smart man who knows how to work.
There were not many customers in the shop, so Liu Tong came over and said hello with a smile, "Sister Hualu, you are finally here. There are many new patterns on the cloth in the shop. They are very beautiful. I will take you there later."
have a look."
Hua Lu nodded and introduced to him, "This is Madam's adopted daughter. You can just call her Miss Yun."
Only then did Liu Tong see Yun Miaomiao behind her. He knew that he had been rude and immediately lowered his head and said hello, "I am a young man who has eyesight but does not know the Thai baht. He did not see the girl. Don't blame me, girl."
Yun Miaomiao shook her head, "It doesn't matter."
"Girl, please come here." Liu Tong also put away his joking face and began to introduce to Yun Miaomiao, "The cloth piles here were brought here by my wife as a dowry. They are divided into two floors, the front yard and the back yard. The front yard
It is a place where our cloth samples are placed. Upstairs is the shopkeeper's room where he keeps his account books. This backyard is our warehouse where we store our cloth. There is a big banyan tree in the yard. The weather is hot now, so it is cooler in the yard. The girl's side
please."
After crossing the corridor in the front yard, we came into sight of a towering banyan tree. Under the big tree was a table and chairs made of stone, and there was a rockery with mountains and flowing water next to it. It looked like a good place to drink tea.
After Yun Miaomiao sat down, Liu Tong went to bring her tea. After a while, shopkeeper Zhao also came over with the account book.
"Miss Yun, this is the account book from the time my wife passed away to now. Without my wife to take care of it these days, the store's business is getting worse and worse. The money is getting worse every day, hey~"
Yun Miaomiao took the account book and raised her eyebrows at Shopkeeper Zhao's words, "Shopkeeper Zhao, take a seat."
Shopkeeper Zhao was minding his own business and sat opposite Yun Miaomiao, still complaining about how difficult it was to do business during this period. Yun Miaomiao simply flipped through a few pages of the account book and found that it was different from what he saw yesterday.
, the account book she looked at yesterday was not like this.
Zhao Tong saw that she had read most of the book in a short time, and he sneered in his heart, how could anyone read the account book like this? Isn't this just pretending to understand and trying to live up to the prestige?
A little girl, he didn't take it seriously.
"It seems that even Madam will take most of the day to complete this account book. Don't be too anxious, Miss. Checking the accounts is not an easy task in the first place. What's more, Madam, you have just taken over Madam's shop. If you don't understand something,
You can ask me, and I will definitely tell you everything I know, and I will teach you until you know how to teach me."
Hearing what he said, Hua Lu knew that shopkeeper Zhao had misunderstood Yun Miaomiao. Yun Miaomiao could read so many account books much faster than she could now. She opened her mouth and was about to explain. Unexpectedly, she was told by Yun Miaomiao.
Interrupted.
"Then I'll trouble Shopkeeper Zhao." Yun Miaomiao had a smile on her face and looked modest, which made Shopkeeper Zhao even more certain that she was a girl who knew nothing.