Hearing the urging sound of the gong, Yuqing, Xuanye and Zhen'er felt even heavier. Unexpectedly, as soon as the official who counted the people left, the person who allocated the money came to collect the debt.

"Master, there is only so much money in the villa's books. If it is all given to the court, we are very stretched. The people's lives are really unbearable. It is difficult to survive in troubled times."

"Xuan Ye, let's get rid of it as you see it. It's okay to have hundreds of women, children and widows in the villa, but there are still dozens of men under 10 years old. That is the future hope of the villa. For these children and for the continued development of the villa,

Let’s grit our teeth and get through it.”

"Master Yuqing, it's hard to be in charge of the family. Looking at the money, looking at the money, the trouble is that the one who has the advantage is the court."

"Zhen'er, we can't do without taking the allocated money. Our villa is not as powerful as the Yanwai Castle. We are weak when it comes to persimmons. In troubled times, we must first save our own lives."

"Master, when the old master was alive, he trained a lot of soldiers. They were the first to die in these two palace changes. If I had known, I would have trained the young lady to be a servant of the village."

"Zhen'er, you really dare to think that there are no women in the imperial court serving as soldiers." Ye Xuan was surprised.

"I think it works. There has never been a female owner of the villa. The three of us are just working for the owner of the villa. Women can do what men can do. The villa cannot have a few old men guarding the gate. If a thief comes, we can't do it."

It's useless." Yuqing was reminded that there is an army in Yanwai Castle, shouldn't there be one in the villa? But this matter needs to be planned slowly, after all, it is not easy to change the rules of the ancients for thousands of years.

"There are nine hundred and forty people registered in Qi's Villa, which is calculated as a thousand people. This time the new emperor's enthronement ceremony will be sponsored with ten thousand taels of silver." The spy's voice of the old eunuch who came to read out the official document sent Yuqing, Ye Xuan, and Zhen'er into the room instantly.

Entering the ice cave, the three ladies only felt the coldness from the bottom of their hearts.

"Father, more than a thousand people died in the Villa for their loyalty to the imperial court. The rest are women, children, old and young. We really can't come up with ten thousand taels of silver."

"Little village owner, I don't want the village to provide any money. The amount of money allocated based on head is not much."

"That's not ten thousand taels of silver. There are only more than 900 taels of silver in the entire villa, including the newborn babies. How can it be counted as tens of thousands taels of silver?" Zhen'er blurted out, and the old eunuch who read the official document dropped his face.

Already.

"You ignorant stinky girl, even the officials are unwilling to come over. You think it's easy to brave the wind and snow."

"Grandpa, don't be angry. The people in the villa are also in trouble. All the men are dead. The remaining women, children, old and young have no ability to make money at all. In the end, the villa will have to pay for the money. It's just that we just received it from Yuanwai Villa a few days ago.

I earned 10,000 taels of silver, and I have been spending a lot of money these days. It is almost the Chinese New Year, and money is needed everywhere. Although Yuqing has only been to the Imperial City a few times, he has also heard that

The new emperor is generous and kind, and the father-in-law beside the new emperor is considerate. It is better to save some money in the villa. We can only use half of the silver and give the father-in-law a hundred taels of hard work. It can be regarded as the three ladies of us giving it to the father-in-law in advance.

Happy New Year."

"Little owner of the village, you are very good at talking. It's time for the shops in the Villa to take stock of accounts during the Chinese New Year. Even every household with a shop should have income. Don't cry poverty to my father-in-law. You are not as rich as the Yuanwai Villa.

, but we can still get out ten thousand taels of silver." The old eunuch's expression improved a bit, and Yu Qing could tell that he thought he was given less money, so he continued without any worries.

"Father, please be accommodating. It is not easy for us three young ladies to manage the villa, but we cannot afford a hundred taels of silver. However, this is also the authority of us three girls."

"That won't work. One hundred taels of silver is only enough for my father-in-law to drink a few pots of tea. Tea must be accompanied by snacks. Your life is not easy, and it is even more difficult for me to be an errand. You also said that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I must be filial to the nobles. Please take care of it.

People also need money everywhere.”

Bah! Damn eunuch, who do you respect and care about our business? Yuqing scolded her hard in her heart, but she just thought about it in her heart and said with a smile: "Father, this hundred taels of silver is all we have within our authority."

I don’t even know how to write accounts. After all, there are hundreds of people in the villa, and hundreds of mouths cannot be sewn shut to prevent them from talking."

"Yes, father-in-law, my daughter was not sensible just now, so she asked your father-in-law to pay a large sum of money and not care about it. We really can't reimburse the account for more than a hundred taels of silver. After all, the manager of the villa has different specifications. My daughter still has some private houses and doesn't have much money.

A few dozen taels is a crime for keeping my father-in-law company." Zhen'er heard the secret and said obediently.

"How can I ask you to provide money alone, father-in-law? I also have about fifty taels of private money, and I also order snacks for my father-in-law to eat when he drinks tea."

"You guys, why are you all like this? Aren't you trying to take advantage of me as the owner of the village? Father-in-law, you're kidding me. Why don't we share the hundred taels of silver equally between the three of us. Father-in-law, I really can't afford that much."

Yuqing said a little angrily, and secretly glared at the two companions. The old eunuch felt happy.

"Master, it's not because of this villa, but we young ladies took over the villa without knowing how high it is." Zhen'er felt aggrieved.

"Eunuch, we didn't know the rules of the villa before. Please give me some advice." Yuqing took over Zhen'er's words.

"What else are you giving me? You three little girls are even smarter than the old owner of the farm, but I like it. It's not easy for me to be an errand. In the future, I won't have a son and a half to support me until the end of my life. I can only save more money.

The money I saved in the palace in the past few months will not be enough for tea and snacks until my death."

The old eunuch was in a good mood and vented his sorrows. Yuqing and Zhen'er listened patiently, and Xuan Ye also took back the banknotes.

"Father, these are five thousand taels of silver notes. After you collect them, leave us a deposit document. When we took over the villa, there were many such deposit documents." Ye Xuan was furious when she heard the deposit documents.

, the imperial court is a blood sucker.

"You little girl, all the money used by the imperial court will be retained, and you will be rewarded based on your merits in the future. Of course, after the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, such things should become less common. Little owner, you guys

If you are smart, life in this villa will definitely get better and better. I will speak kindly for you in front of the new emperor. You will have a terrible future." The old eunuch said as he handed over an official document, then climbed onto the carriage outside the door and sped away.

, not even asking for the two hundred taels of silver given to him. The direction was towards Yuanwai Villa.

Seeing the old eunuch leave, the three young ladies unfolded the official document. After just one glance, they were all filled with anger. Damn the eunuch, I thought he had forgotten about the two hundred taels of silver, but it turned out that he had been greedy ten times.

.

"Yes! We are still too young. We will never allow such a thing to happen again." Yuqing said in review.

"Children, you have done a good job. Even if the old owner is here, he will not wipe out half of it all at once." At this moment, the old owner's wife came down with the help of her mother-in-law.

"Old madam, this old eunuch also came here when the old owner was here?"

"Not this, but they are all eunuchs. Those official servants go to the shops in the imperial city to collect sponsorship money. There is not much money here. Those official servants are happy to give some benefits to these eunuchs who can talk to the emperor. This is

My old lady doesn’t know much about the rules of officialdom. I came here to tell you something so that you can be mentally prepared.”

"Old madam, what's the matter? Why don't you come back to divide the money again? This time I want to get back the corrupt eunuch who was killed. What the hell." Ye Xuan said bitterly.

"That's not the case. He may not dare to come, and it may not be him next time. Didn't the previous wave of official officials go to Yuanwai Villa? They probably had to have a big meal there first.

, that place is much richer than ours. This is also the usual practice, so they hurried over there. All the big and small members of the Yuanwai Villa died, and the remaining women, children, old and young could only use money to seal their lives if they wanted to save their lives.

"The trouble shouldn't be too big, but in order to return to the mission, the officials will have to arrest a few women named Yan." The old lady said after considering it, and Yu Qing and others also understood.

"Old madam, are there many people named Yan over there?"

"Of course, the old man over there is a concubine with the surname Yan. It's just that he doesn't like the constraints of the court. He spends all day reciting poems and painting and is just like a dandy. When he got old, he simply moved out of the imperial city and built the Yuanwai Villa. Over there, he was facing the emperor.

The city is not cold, and there are many people marrying in and out, and there are many people with the surname Yan. However, they have been literati for generations and pose no threat to the court. The successive emperors did not take them seriously. The palace changed twice.

Emperor Xinxin's eyes turned red, and they were remembered by others."

"Old lady, what are you worried about?"

"Yuqing..." The old lady's hesitant expression made the three ladies full of doubts. At this moment, the mute old lady ran over in a slight panic and said in a hoarse voice.

"Madam, there's a fight in the back mountain."

"If that's true, how many of them ran away?"

"This..." Grandma Mute looked at Yuqing and the three of them and stopped talking.

"Master Yuqing Villa, let's talk as we walk. Mute Granny, there is nothing to hide at this time. Yuqing, Ye Xuan, Zhen'er, Yuanwai Villa and we live next to each other. It can be said that we are separated by a strip of water. When our ancestors were old, they had nothing to hide.

Wu is the friend of Mo Ni. Yuanwai Villa was more than ten years later than when we left the imperial city. Over the past hundred years, we were not close to each other on the surface. We were all for the sake of our respective village residents, but we still had secret contacts in private.

Qi's Villa has been in crisis many times because they have lent a helping hand. Just like this time, the ten thousand taels of silver seemed to be a reward for us, but in fact it was help in disguise. Although our ancestors were generals on horseback, their descendants almost never

There are no martial arts practitioners. The ancestors at Yuanwai Villa are literati, but their descendants are both civilized and martial artists, and even the girls they marry are not ordinary people."

"Old madam, the one who ran away will come to us for help. Does he want us to hide him?"

"Zhen'er, I think if it was so simple, the old lady wouldn't come over and tell us. It's okay to hide a few people in such a big villa. Old lady, Rong Yuqing can say a few words boldly. Since in the past hundred years, two people

There is no communication between the villa on the surface, so there must be a secret path. There may be secret passages between the two villas in the high mountains and forests behind, and the woman who escaped from Yuanwai Villa this time may not necessarily be here to cause trouble for us.

It’s just the result of the situation.”

"Master Yuqing is smart, that's how he is. In the past, when the court didn't pay attention to us, he acted carefully. Now that we have been remembered, the people over there will not leave anything to say to the court. So, for the two of us,

For the peace of the people in the villa, and for the long-standing friendship between the two villas, we must help if we can."

"Madam, Yu Qing is boldly speculating that they should not be chased if they take the secret passage. The only reason is that they fought with the officers and soldiers in order to keep the secret of the secret passage."

"Yuqing, you are so thoughtful. Why didn't I think of this? Madam, help is necessary. Hiding them is not a problem. It's just that we are all young ladies with no skills. How can we help?"

"Xuan'er, you just wait at the back door and don't go out. Old lady, the owner of Yuqing Villa and I will go out and have a look. No matter what the outcome is, the safety of the villa is the most important." The mute woman suggested.

"Okay, we can't help even if we go out."

"Yuqing, the situation is urgent. My old lady will take you away first." At a corner ahead, the mute old woman took Yuqing's hand and spoke to the others, and the old and the young disappeared.

"Old madam, I heard that the mute grandma is good at kung fu, and I really saw it this time." Ye Xuan was envious.
Chapter completed!