"The weather in Shou'an Mansion is cold, so bring more leather coats and cloaks to help you make a transition." Mrs. Zheng ignored Sheng Xiangxun, who had been so busy in the past few days, and focused on helping her little daughter pack her bags.
"The sewing people who are going north with you need to make preparations. When the time comes, together with the servants responsible for washing and serving in the kitchen, as well as the doctors and medicine boys, they will be escorted by the guards at home."
Mrs. Zheng worriedly warned: "The maids, women, coachmen, and boys who are waiting inside and outside the house will also come with you. You don't need to worry about these. It's just the stewards, accountants, and masters who are following you who have to do it." You take your pick."
Sheng Yuan sat aside obediently, nodding in agreement from time to time: "Since I was ten years old, I have found someone to help manage the property given by my family. After more than ten years, it has become somewhat useful. Two of the business lines The heir in charge is quite useful.
I plan to let Manager Qi's Yao Nu serve as the accountant, and let the husband of Manager Su's family be the manager temporarily. Let's see if they are competent. If there are any deficiencies, we will make adjustments. "
Mrs. Zheng is no stranger to several stewards of the caravan under her youngest daughter’s name: “When selecting people to do things, ability is second, and the most important thing is loyalty. Both stewards Qi and Su have been tested, and their children also have the same parents as their parents. Style is a good choice.”
After saying this, I couldn't help but ask: "Does the master who will take office after you have any clues?"
Sheng Yuan shook his head: "Brother Yu introduced a few of them, but most of them were my classmates when I was in school... Although they are all good people, it is inevitably awkward to use them."
Hearing this, Ms. Zheng nodded: "You're right to refuse! Although those who are willing to become masters are mostly those who have repeatedly failed in the official imperial examinations, they may not have great ambitions. They come out to follow the chief officials and take up their posts, and there are also other people who choose to join the army. The meaning of official career.
Although I have been confined to a deep house for a long time, I also know that the master is to the chief officer, just like the counselor is to the lord, and the master should trust and use it carefully, and supervise it, which must involve showing kindness.
If a classmate becomes a master, the degree of communication and work will be difficult to control. There is a saying that the most complicated thing is the human heart. Sometimes, more relationships will bring more constraints. If someone is not careful, what you give is kindness, but what you get is jealousy. "
Although she knew that her youngest daughter understood better than she did, Zheng looked at her daughter who was about to travel far away and couldn't help but want to instill in her half a lifetime of understanding.
"Don't worry, although I haven't found a suitable candidate, I won't give in." Sheng Yuan also knew that it was her first time to travel far away, to work and live in a strange place, and she had to deal with a lot of things. There are so many, it is impossible to let unstable factors appear around you.
Therefore, for a confidant like Master, you either don’t bring him with you, or you have to bring someone you can trust.
If someone is worthy of her trust, and she really trusts him... well, it seems to be Brother Yu.
"Brother Yu?!" Sheng Xiangxun happened to come in from outside. When he heard his youngest daughter's words, he couldn't help but curl his lips, "Does that kid have such a brain?"
Mrs. Zheng glanced at him: "When I heard you mention him before, it was not like this: nose is not a nose, eyes are not eyes. What is happening now?"
Sheng Xiangxun glanced at his youngest daughter and hummed, "The Marquis's Mansion in Ancheng has been more lively than ours lately. Their house is so busy that people who don't know it thought he was leaving the capital to take up his post!"
When Mrs. Zheng heard this, she also looked at her little daughter who was eating the fruit seriously: "Brother Yu is going too?"
"That's right!" Sheng Yuan didn't feel anything was wrong and nodded matter-of-factly, "If he comes over, he can help run errands, talk, and come up with ideas!"
"..." Sheng Xiangxun didn't think that boy Anyu could come up with any good ideas, "If you take him, you might as well take me and your mother!"
Zheng laughed lightly when she heard this, but after laughing, she also thought that Anyu might not be qualified for the job: "After all, they are just an unmarried couple. What's the deal with him and the past... Wait, will the court allow the Marquis to leave the capital at will?"
Thinking of Da Chu's restrictions on nobles leaving the capital, Mrs. Zheng reminded her daughter: "Have you forgotten? Da Chu stipulates that no matter whether nobles have power or not, as long as they inherit the title, they are not allowed to leave the capital on their own."
"Brother Yu met with the emperor, and he has a handwritten letter from the emperor in his hand." Sheng Yuan said that she didn't need to worry about this, and Anyu could handle it himself.
"Oh, yes, we forgot! That boy Anyu learned from the late emperor that he and the emperor are nominal cousins." Sheng Xiangxun slapped his head and he remembered.
"He...forget it, just follow if you want to!" Seeing that the emperor had approved it, it was useless for him to object. Sheng Xiangxun shrugged in compromise, "The guards given to him by the late emperor are all carefully selected talents. , it’s good to have him following you.”
At this point, he suddenly grinned: "Sister Yuan, daddy has prepared a surprise for you, guess what it is?!"
"Surprise? Surprise, surprise..." Sheng Yuan tilted her head and thought for a long time, but she couldn't guess the answer.
After all, it is difficult for her to find a reason to surprise her now that she has everything she wants.
Just when she was about to give some random answers to make her father happy, the steward of the family ran all the way and came over panting to report: "Master Marquis, madam! A nun and a female official came to the palace, saying that the empress wanted to pick up the third lady. Come into the palace and talk!”
(End of chapter)
