This is where the guards of the county prince's palace live.
And these guards are all exclusive guards assigned by the clan mansion to the royal palaces.
According to the rules of the Zhou royal family.
Each prince can have 300 soldiers, and there is no need for the clan government to send troops to guard it.
The status of a county king is one level lower, but he can also have a hundred soldiers.
The family soldiers' expenses are all supported by the extra money given by the clan government.
But there is no family soldier in Linping County Prince's Mansion, they are all imperial guards transferred from the clan's Mansion.
There were not many people, only seventeen people.
In the entire county prince's palace, Zhou Lang is the only one in the family now.
Counting other servants, there are only thirty-three people in total.
"Xiao Shunzi, go wake them up."
Zhou Lang said lightly.
Zhou Xiaoshun quickly opened the door and woke up the ten guards who were resting in the room one by one.
Suddenly, complaints continued to sound.
"Xiao Shunzi, what are you doing?"
"It's so early in the morning and it's not even duty time yet."
"Why did you come here to make a fuss?"
"I played cards all night last night and haven't slept well yet."
"Get up quickly, the prince is waiting outside!"
"Your Majesty, he is not always in the back house."
"What are you doing here?"
A group of guards put on their armor in surprise and walked out of the room reluctantly.
Sure enough, he saw Zhou Lang, dressed in a brocade robe, standing in the courtyard.
"See Crown Prince."
"Your Majesty, do you want us to practice with you so early?"
The guards greeted him with playful smiles.
In their hearts, this prince has no deterrent power.
The guards who guard the Linping County Prince's Mansion all year round have watched the prince grow up.
We are used to laughing and having fun together.
"Everyone, I'm here today."
"I have something to tell you."
"My father has passed the seal of the county prince's palace into my hands."
"From now on, I am the sole owner of this county palace."
Zhou Lang raised the seal and said lightly.
"ah……"
"His Royal Highness has given you the seal!"
For a moment, all the guards stared at the seal with their eyes wide open.
With the seal of the Prince's Palace in hand, Zhou Lang is the real new owner of the entire Prince's Palace!
It's just that they don't know what the prince is going to do?
"You are the Qianniu Guards sent by the clan mansion to guard the county prince's mansion."
"From now on, you can only obey my orders in the palace."
"Are you all clear?"
Zhou Lang asked.
"Subordinates, please obey the orders of the Crown Prince!"
All the guards put away their smiles and quickly bowed their heads and clasped their fists in salute.
"Follow me to the front yard for guard duty."
"Everything obeys my orders."
Zhou Lang turned around and strode towards the main courtyard of the front yard.
He just wanted to find out all the current expenses of the county palace as soon as possible.
As well as the money and materials held in the warehouse of the county prince's palace, as well as the situation of his own fiefdom.
This is related to the basic conditions for Zhou Lang's future survival.
Can you live a luxurious life like a noble family?
It just depends on the past property of the County Prince’s Mansion…
Arriving at the main courtyard, several servants were cleaning the courtyard.
When he saw Zhou Lang, he just nodded slightly and said hello casually.
Zhou Lang was speechless.
This foolish prince has almost no power in the county prince's palace.
Moreover, along the way, the servants Zhou Lang saw were all old men and women.
Not a single young servant.
When I arrived outside the main hall of the palace, I saw someone in the accounting room on one side.
Zhou Lang did not go in directly.
"Xiao Shunzi, who is in the main hall's counting room?"
"Prince Qi, the housekeeper should be inside."
Zhou Xiaoshun replied.
"Ask the guards to hide around the courtyard."
"Then call everyone in the palace to come over."
Zhou Lang said lightly.
"clear."
Zhou Xiaoshun already understood that the prince was going to take action against the manager!
He excitedly went to inform an old man who was cleaning the courtyard.
Let him call all the servants...
Zhou Lang stood outside, waiting quietly.
Ten Qianniu guards with long knives on their waists were hiding in hiding places around the courtyard.
At this time, they were also very curious.
What on earth does this stupid prince want to do today?
After a while, many servants from both sides of the main courtyard came after hearing the news.
They didn't know what happened, and they all stood in the corner of the courtyard in confusion.
They whispered to each other and asked about the situation.
"Your Majesty, there are already fourteen people in the Duke's palace."
"Except for the counting house, the general manager, and the personnel sent out."
"Everyone is here now."
Reported by Zhou Xiaoshun.
Zhou Lang looked back and was speechless.
Just because most of the people he saw in the county prince's mansion were men over fifty years old.
There was not a single young woman or strong man in sight.
How could the situation in the County Prince's Mansion be so weird?
"Call the steward."
"As commanded."
Zhou Xiaoshun walked up the steps, opened the door and entered the main hall.
After a while, a man's scolding voice sounded inside.
"Xiao Shunzi, why did you come to the accounting office so early in the morning?"
"What, the prince is outside?"
"He, he came to the front yard?"
The man asked in a surprised voice.
"General Manager, please go and see the Crown Prince quickly."
Zhou Xiaoshun urged.
As a sound of footsteps came, three people walked out of the door.
The leader is a man in his thirties.
The man looked relatively gentle, but there was a cunning look in his eyes.
It made Zhou Lang feel a little uncomfortable.
It seemed that his guess was indeed correct.
The Prince's Palace has been under the control of the General Manager for so many years, and he may have made a lot of money out of it.
"Slave Zhou Fu, please see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"My servant Wan Feng, please see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Manager Zhou quickly walked down the steps, cupped his fists towards Zhou Lang and said.
The accountant who followed behind him lowered his head and saluted respectfully.
"No gifts."
"I came to the front yard today because I was entrusted by my father."
"I want to see the current accounts of the County Prince's Mansion."
“Has it reached the point where you can’t open the pot?”
Zhou Lang said lightly.
"His Royal Highness, the prince wants the prince to check the accounts?"
"Why didn't I receive the message..."
"Your Majesty, where is your Highness now?"
Manager Zhou's eyes widened in surprise.
"Father has returned to the back mountain to practice."
"General Manager, take out the accounts and let me take a closer look."
"Why did I go to the Gu Mansion to propose marriage, and the bride price was only worth fifty taels of silver?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know something."
"It's not that I don't want to spend a high price to prepare betrothal gifts."
"But... the county prince's palace has no money!"
"Your betrothal gift is still the expense saved by the slaves."
"Otherwise, I won't even be able to get thirty taels of silver..."
Zhou Fu quickly explained.
"joke!"
"The majestic Linping County Prince's Mansion is worshiped by one thousand or two people every year."
"There are also three hundred fiefdom households and two thousand acres of fertile land."
"How is it possible that you can't even get thirty taels of silver?"
Zhou Lang sneered.
"The prince doesn't know something."
"The county prince's palace pays one thousand taels every year, most of which are used to supply the needs of His Highness Houshan for his Taoism."
