Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 173
The courtyard of the Hou's Mansion is divided into the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard. The inner courtyard is lived by the Hou's own family, and the outer courtyard is one small courtyard after another, where the most respected chief stewards of the Hou's residence and the Hou Ye's staff live.

And in the front yard of Hou Mansion, there is a side courtyard with more than ten rooms, which is the place where Lord Hou handles some daily affairs.

The foreign accounting office is also here.

Old Hou Ye didn't expect that he would hang up so quickly, so he brought Su Jingtian to this place, but he didn't explain it carefully, he just introduced some people to Su Jingtian.

Among them is the external accounting room.

After the death of Lord Hou, Su Jingtian had never been here. He brought a few entourages over early this morning. The accountant was still a little excited, thinking that it was the end of the year, and the owner finally remembered to pay the bill. .

Unexpectedly, as soon as Su Jingtian opened his mouth, he asked him to hand over all the cash in the account to him.

"Master Hou, are you planning to distribute the money yourself?" the accountant asked in surprise.

"What distribution? The money is also released in the account. I am useful now, so I will talk about it first." Su Jingtian said with a sullen face.

If Jiang Shi hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten about the accountant in the outer courtyard.

It's all the fault of Cai Ji's stinky mother-in-law!
It didn't bring any benefits, but instead caused him trouble.

The accountant glanced at Su Jingtian, smiled and asked: "Then I want to ask Lord Hou, how much do you want?"

"It's all mentioned, give it to the third son, I will let him buy some things." Su Jingtian said impatiently.

When Mrs. Jiang mentioned this, he also understood why. However, Su Jinming is his eldest son, and he has loved him for so many years. His daughter has been taken to the family temple by Cai Ji. At least there are many sons. Give some assurance.

Just keep some privacy.

"It's all mentioned?" The accountant gasped unconsciously, suppressed his surprise, and asked, "Then may I ask Lord Hou, when will the money be returned to the account?"

Su Jingtian looked at him and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Why, I use my own money, and I still have to explain to you?"

"No, no, that's not what it means. It's just that the end of the year will be in a few days, and this year's salary will also be paid out. If..." the accountant said with a smile.

"I see." Su Jingtian waved his hand indifferently and said, "I'll be transferred back in a few days."

There are only 40 people in the outer court including staff and stewards. Even if each person gets a high salary of [-] guan a year, it is only [-] guan. When the time comes, it will be from the old lady of the inner court.

The same goes for the old lady, the account book of the inner court was handed over to Cai Ji, but she refused to hand over the land rent and shop interest just collected this year. However, he was not willing to give Cai Ji the money, so he agreed Who knows, he asked for it in private, but the old lady refused to give it.

At that time, the money from the outer courtyard must be paid, and the old lady will have to pay it if she doesn't.

Looking at his determined appearance, the accountant was still a little apprehensive, but he didn't dare to stop him, so he could only nod his head and said, "Alright, I will trouble Master Hou to go through the procedure."

"What's the procedure? I'm here. Could it be that you still don't recognize me as a Marquis?" Su Jingtian jumped up impatiently, and said, "Just give the money to the third son. Why are there so many words? I have to leave beforehand." , Jinming, write him a receipt."

Before the voice fell, he walked out.

The accountant wanted to stop him, but he still didn't dare, so he could only sigh, and turned to Su Jinming and said, "Third young master, do you want to hand over or cash?"

The cash is silver and copper coins, which are not light. I hope that Su Jinming only needs to hand over the money, so that at least some money can be left.

These people and staff are easy to handle, even if it is later, it doesn't matter.

But more than half of Wuhuo's people died during the palace change, and the rest were mostly injured. The orphans and widows in the families of the deceased were all waiting for money to live. Old Hou Ye was angry that they didn't protect Uncle Su Therefore, the pension was not issued immediately, but it was also agreed to be issued together at the end of the year.

Among the wounded, there are still serious injuries who need to rely on good medicine to hang their lives.

If you don't give money at the end of the year, how can you survive...

Even if you don't give everything you promised, at least let people live.

Su Jinming said without raising his eyelids: "My father said, it's all. Naturally, the handover and cash are included in it. Don't worry, I brought someone to pick it up, so don't bother you."

The accountant let out a long sigh, and wanted to say something, Su Jinming raised his head slightly, and a few servants behind him stepped forward.

Su Jinming said indifferently: "You are just a cashier, and you don't listen to the master's words. Could it be that you have been greedy for the money of the Hou's mansion?"

The accountant sighed again, took out the key to the treasury, and then took out the account book, and said, "Third Young Master, there are 320 seven guan, 1 guan jiaozi, and [-] taels of silver on the external account. , the rest are copper coins, this is the key to the treasury, please write a receipt for the third son, and the younger one will take the son to withdraw the money."

Su Jinming reached out to pick up the key.

The accountant put his hands away, and said with a smile: "Third Young Master, please write the receipt first, and indicate that it was ordered by Lord Hou, otherwise, the younger one will just leave, and I can't explain it clearly."

What a serious crime it is to embezzle the accountant, this young man can just say it.

He didn't dare to stay in such a place anymore.

When the chief steward returns and hand over the account books, he can leave. If he can't get his salary this year, forget it.

Su Jinming snorted coldly, and took out a note that had been written long ago, with Su Jingtian's autograph on it, but the amount was left blank.

After Su Jinming filled in the number, he handed the note to the accountant.

He's not stupid, he's just a junior, he has no right to withdraw money from the outhouse at all, but Hou Ye's signature is different!

This was written by Mrs. Jiang coaxing Su Jingtian to write it out after spending a whole night of care and special care yesterday.

The accountant checked the note to make sure it was correct, put the note in his chest, and took Su Jinming and the others to withdraw the money.

1 taels of silver is okay, but more than 1 copper coins are really not light.

The servant brought by Su Jinming took the money away after splitting it up several times.

The accountant looked at the empty money bank and let out a long sigh, closed the door of the storeroom, and walked slowly back to his room.

Not long after sitting down, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy rushed in.

He said anxiously: "Mr. Jiao, can you give me twenty sticks? Brother Shui's injury is serious, and I want to buy some ginseng to warm it."

The head accountant sighed, "No, no."

"Mr. Jiao, look, our wages together are close to [-] guan, and you said nothing about waiting for the manager and Lord Hou. ?” The boy asked anxiously.

"It's not that I don't give it, it's really not. Just now, Lord Hou brought the third son and took all the money away." The accountant sighed and showed the note on his chest to the young man.

"All, all taken away? Then, what about our salary for this year?" The boy's eyes turned red instantly.

"Hey..." The head accountant sighed, "Wait for the chief steward to come back and see what the chief steward has to say."

"But now, what should we do now? Brother Shui, brother Shui has no savings at all, and neither do we. It's so cold, how can he get over his injury!" The young man cried unwillingly.

The accountant's eyes were also a little red, and he said softly: "I don't know, but it's a pity that your uncle is not convenient..."

The young man wiped the corners of his eyes, and said, "I know about Mr.'s difficulties, so I won't bother you anymore."

With that said, he turned and walked outside the house.

All the way to the small door of the outer courtyard in a daze, the boy's legs softened and he sat on the steps.

what to do?What would they do if the Hou Mansion really refused to pay?
They were originally helping the Hou Mansion with their heads up, and the old Hou Ye hired them with high salaries, but none of the tasks assigned were easy to handle. Every time, some people would die and others would be injured.

Some people are lucky enough to save some money for the family. Those who are unlucky don’t have enough medicine for wounds, and once they lose their arms and legs, they are useless.

And even if he was lucky, he didn't know how many missions he could survive.

In this palace change, in order to protect Uncle Su, more than 100 of them died, and only 30 remained. Among them, more than a dozen were seriously injured, and seven of them had broken hands and feet.

If the Hou Mansion doesn't give them pensions and this year's wages, then some of them won't even be able to survive the winter.

And, that's not the worst.

The worst thing is, if the Hou Mansion doesn't give money anymore, what will they do?
They have no other skills, and because of the things they did for the old Hou Ye, they have formed a lot of problems. Once they leave the Hou's mansion, those people will come to them.

No money and no background...

He could imagine that Brother Wushui would probably jump up from the bed after hearing the news, but Wuhuo...

How to do?
"Are you crying?"

A voice suddenly sounded in front of him, and the boy jumped up in fright, only to realize that at some point there was a little maid standing beside him.

"Are you crying?" the little maid asked again.

"No! You read it wrong!" The boy wiped his eyes.

"Someone in your family is sick, and you don't have money to buy medicine?" the little maid asked, tilting her head and looking at him.

"How do you know?" The young man was startled, and his face suddenly became serious.

The little maid pointed to the ground.

On the snow beside the steps, the word ginseng was scratched crookedly with fingers.

The boy's face turned red.

People like them spend their time practicing martial arts. There are not many who can read, and they don't know how much they have suffered. He finally begged Wuhuo to be willing to teach him, and he didn't have money to buy paper and pen, so he simply used his fingers. Practice on the ground, over time, it becomes a habit.

This is, I was fascinated, so I wrote it unconsciously.

"The word ginseng for ginseng is spelled wrong." The little maid pointed out the mistake with an innocent face.

The boy wiped his foot on the ground, and snorted to ask you to take care of it.

The little maid laughed, and took out a [-]-count note from her sleeve, and handed it to him, "I think you need it urgently, here you are."

Startled, the boy took a step back and looked at her warily.

For a little maid, the monthly payment is no more than two hundred coins a month, even if she doesn't use it for a year, it's only a little more than two coins, and this move is twenty coins...

The little maid chuckled and said: "I am Mint by the eldest girl's side. The money is really not from unknown sources. Our girl gave me a monthly money that is always the same. This is a reward for the year and the end of the year. I'm not in a hurry to use it now, you take it, and when you have it, return it to me."

Saying that, he slapped the Jiaozi on his hand, turned around and ran away.

(End of this chapter)