son-in-law

Chapter 6 Ten Thousand Money
In the early morning of the next day, Su Yu was awakened by chattering voices.

A group of little maids rushed into Xiao Huan's room and said some teasing things in one go.

Suddenly burst into laughter, then quietly became quieter.

Later, I heard Xiao Huan's voice raised, and they were all thrown out of the door.

Su Yu sighed, "I slept too late yesterday" and sat up.

It just so happened that at this time Xiaohuan poked her head around and took a look into the room, seeing that Su Yu had woken up, so she brought the toiletries prepared in advance to the room.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, it was still very cold in the morning, and the little maid's hands turned red from the cold.Due to the force, some whiteness will appear on the tight skin.

Today Xiao Huan returned to her ordinary maid attire, wearing a blue silk padded jacket with slanted breasts on her upper body, green trousers on her lower body, and tiger-head cotton shoes on her feet.This set looks weird.

Seeing Su Yu's thoughts, Xiao Huan said shyly: "The clothes for our servants are all leftover fabrics used by the young lady. These shoes were given by the eighth girl."

Su Yu smiled: "I didn't say it's not good-looking."

He looked at the shoes and said, "It's very childlike."

The little maid blushed and bit her lip.

After washing up, Xiao Huan ran to the kitchen to bring two breakfasts.

One is the master's meal and the other is the servant's meal, with obvious differences in ingredients.

Su Yu's side is porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, two meat buns, a plate of sliced ​​bacon, a plate of sweet and sour peanut salad, and an egg.

Xiaohuan's side is just sorghum rice porridge, a thick noodle steamed bun, and a plate of salted radish sticks.

When eating, the master eats first, and the maid can only watch from the side.

Su Yu beckoned: "Sit down and eat together."

Xiao Huan pouted: "That's not okay, if the supervisor sees it, he must punish me."

"I let you, can't you?"

Xiao Huan hesitated to speak, her face was a little embarrassed.This expression seems to be saying, Uncle, you think too highly of yourself.This is the Tang Mansion, not your home.

Su Yu watched his words and expressions, stopped saying anything, and started to eat sullenly.In the end, I left Xiao Huan with a meat bun and an egg.

There were not many slices of bacon, and I left some for Xiao Huan.

The little maid was flattered, put the egg into her pocket and said, "I will save this egg for my uncle first, and eat it later if my uncle is hungry at night."

Su Yu waved his hand: "No need."

Xiaohuan Mao is fifteen years old, which is the time for growth.The little maid was pretty good at eating, and there was nothing left in the end.

Originally flat belly, a little bulging.

And it's more obvious.

Su Yu pointed at Xiao Huan's belly and laughed.

The little maid took the tableware and ran away shyly.

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"Miss said to let my uncle go to the warehouse today. This morning Lin Bo will wait for my uncle there and give me some things to do."

"Oh."

"Miss also said that I hope my uncle will check the warehouse at least every five days and reconcile the accounts with the maids in charge of each warehouse."

"Oh."

"Miss also said that there was a fire in the small warehouse, and it needs to be repaired today. My uncle should personally supervise the work."

"Oh."

"Miss also said... um... please look at the Tang family's family law when you are free. It's better not to violate it."

"Oh…"

"The lady also said..., um..., the lady said a lot, and the following things are not very important. Xiaohuan can remind my uncle."

It seems that the lady said a lot, but Xiao Huan couldn't remember it, so she said this sentence to perfunctory.

It must not be an important matter, so Su Yu didn't bother with her.

Let Xiaohuan lead the way, and go to the warehouse now.

The Tang family has three large warehouses in total, one in the East Mansion and the other two in the West Mansion.

In fact, both the East Mansion and the West Mansion belong to the Tang family. When old An Guogong Tang Qiong was alive, these warehouses were managed by a big housekeeper.After Tang Qiong passed away, Tang Ning and Tang Zhen competed for financial power, so they forcibly separated the warehouse.Now Tang Ling'er holds a large warehouse full of various goods.

Su Yu went to the warehouse to take a look, and couldn't help but sigh, this Tang Ling'er is really an expert at "hoarding strange things".No wonder the prices of silk and paper in the market are skyrocketing, and they are hoarded by big chaebols.

Of course, if you want to accomplish this, Tang Ling'er alone will definitely not be able to do it.After all, the Tang family is not the only chaebol in Luoyang City.To achieve the purpose of driving up prices, at least the support of the Meng family, Ximen family, Qian family, Fan family, and Han family is needed.

Tang, Meng, and Ximen are "military and political finance" clans with a warlord foundation.

However, Qian, Fan, and Han do not have military power, but they have many minions in the political circle, and there are many marriages with the royal family, and their roots are quite deep.

In the Liang Dynasty, without any political background, trying to expand the business was simply a dream.

For those time-consuming and labor-intensive businesses, the chaebols disdain to dabble, they only stare at those lucrative businesses.Such as salt, grain, cloth, oil, docks, banks, etc.It is impossible for ordinary people to participate in these industries.If he insists on getting his fingers in spite of himself, someone will definitely come to his door and chop off his "finger" for him.

The so-called bodyguards and swordsmen supported by the chaebol usually stay by the master's side, but when they turn around, they are killers.

In order to train them, the major chaebols spent a lot of money and thought.When a swordsman's swordsmanship reaches a certain level, even the master will respect him three points.For example, Tang Qiong's personal swordsman, Lin Shu, Tang Qiong was commensurate with his brother.Until now, Tang Zhen still calls him Uncle Lin.Of course, the old swordsman has worked tirelessly for the Tang family and made indelible contributions.The scar running through the left shoulder was left to protect Tang Zhen.

The transformation between "swordsman" and "killer" may be just the difference of a night suit.

Some famous swordsmen often have two or more names.For example, Cao Wudi in the Queen Mother's mouth.Except for the Queen Mother, Li Wantang, and Tian Jing, no one knew who he was and what he was going to do that day?Who is he staying with at this time?Does he have other helpers?
But one thing is certain, the sword in his hand must be very fast.

"The goods in these seven sub-warehouses have been counted, please count again."

After walking around the big warehouse, Lin Wan handed over the spare keys and ledgers of the seven sub-warehouses to Su Yu.

Su Yu didn't immediately send someone to take stock.

Lin Wan said with a smile: "Miss once said that once the goods have been handed over, they must be re-inspected. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it will be easy to not be able to distinguish responsibility."

Su Yu smiled and said, "I quite agree with Linger's statement."

There are a total of seven warehouses in Dongfu Dacang, and they need to be counted again from the first warehouse.

Su Yu and Lin Wan stood at the door of the warehouse, and Feng Yu, the person in charge of the first warehouse, led the workers to count.

When counting, Su Yu felt that maids like Xiao Huan and Feng Yu were like tallymen.And the people who actually do the work and count the numbers are actually the workers here.

Su Yu also discovered that half of the workers who can work here are Tang, and the rest are also from the "eight major surnames" of Qinghuafang.

The "eight surnames" are the descendants of the eight great families of the Tang clan. Kong, Dian, Lin, Zhang, Li, Wang, Zhen, and Shi, the ancestor tablets of the eight families, and the ancestor tablets of the Tang clan are all placed in the same ancestral hall. in.So far, each generation of the clansmen of the Eight Great Generals has representatives who have served in the army.Lin Chongyang, for example.

From the first warehouse to the seventh warehouse, it was almost noon.Su Yu thought to himself, treat everyone to a meal.

Su Yu asked Lin Wan: "As a warehouse owner, I should have some spare funds, right?"

"Yes." Lin Wan untied her purse: "Here are three gold coins, twelve silver coins, and three hundred and two coins. There is also a small account book inside. I planned to go to see the young lady with my uncle after I checked the warehouse." , and then the lady will hand over the money and ledger to you."

Su Yu smiled and said, "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, I still trust Master Lin very much."

After saying that, Su Yu took the money bag and hung it on his waist.

The one gold in Lin Wan's mouth refers to one gold coin.Very small, only the size of a small button.And it's not pure gold.From Su Yu's point of view, it is 18K gold at most.This is the currency with the largest denomination issued by the Liang Dynasty.Such a gold coin is equivalent to one tael of silver, which is 1000 coins.The amount used is relatively small, and it is only used by businessmen or wealthy people.The silver coin is a very common currency, and one silver coin is equal to 100 coins.If the quantity is huge, just go straight to the scale.

"I remember clearly on the account book where the reserve fund gap is. There are still some loans on it, and I need to ask for it. In addition to the loan, with the account book and the lady's signature, I will go to Tranquility at the end of each month to transfer the account to make up the reserve fund." Lin Wan smiled a little ashamedly: "Miss originally put [-] in my place. I lent [-] of it to Lin Chongyang. He said he would return the money to me next month."

"next month?"

"That's right, on the fifth day of next month, Second Master Tangning's [-]th birthday, the eight great families will send representatives from the three generations to celebrate Second Master's birthday."

Upon hearing the word Lin Chongyang, Su Yu felt a headache.

When he was still in Huazhou, the family only prepared a small amount of money for Su Yu.Su Yu felt that it was not enough, so he went to a friend to borrow money.Lin Chongyang was generous and lent him [-] yuan.This is also the money that Su Yu threw out later when he was chased by the horse bandits.Originally, Su Yu planned to use the [-] yuan to buy some gifts, not only for the "daughter-in-law", but also to take care of the servants.It's a pity that the wallet was torn apart, the money was gone, and there were only two household registration books left, one for me and one for my friend Xu Luochen.Xu Luochen was even poorer, so he put the household registration book in Su Yu's hands and asked Su Yu to help him with something in Luoyang.

It is true that Lin Chongyang is a good friend, but the persistent spirit of this good friend that only "wu idiots" have is really unbearable.

Sa Po also wants to learn swordsmanship from Su Yu.

I just avoided him, but I want to meet again...

Although he was not very happy in his heart, of course Su Yu couldn't show disgust in front of Lin Wan, and just smiled awkwardly.

(End of this chapter)