Aristocratic Concubine

Chapter 354 Account Book (3)
Wanqing first asked the doctor to check Bicao's pulse. Along the way, Bicao's fetal position is very good, but her body has lost a lot of weight. She has suffered a lot along the way, so she must be settled first. good job.

Although Bicao was pale and not in good spirits, she was in a good mood. In the past two months, her belly became bigger and bigger, and Ping An treated her more carefully and considerately, so that Jin Ju and Mai Dong often I envy her, saying that Bi Cao has found a good man.

Bicao listened to it, but she didn't answer with a smile. Although she smiled, the smile couldn't reach her eyes. Wanqing knew that there was still a hurdle in her heart, and it was difficult to get over it for a while.

Shangguan Yeli sent a small team to Wanqing to help Wanqing clean up the weeds and broken houses in the backyard. Mother Fang and Mother Jin rolled up their sleeves and directed the maids and women to start cleaning up. In the main room and the side room, a temporary kitchen was built first, and a simple lunch was cooked for everyone, and the next room continued to work for three hours. When it was dark, it was finally dark for Wanqing. Si's house came out, and two side rooms were built, so that Mother Fang and Mother Jin lived separately, while Jin Ju and Zhui'er lived in the side rooms next to the main house, so that it was convenient for Wanqing to take care of her. , but specially built a small yard for Bicao and Pingan, not far from Wanqing's yard.

Yu Xinyou chose a small yard to clean up and live in. After a busy day, everyone was so tired that they lay down on the bed and fell asleep. Wanqing was thinking about Shangguan Yeli who rushed to deliver food overnight, so she was able to fall asleep very late.

When they came together the next day, Wanqing ordered people to start a major renovation of the courtyard of the Dudu Mansion. Yesterday, it was just cleaned up hastily, and it was still not suitable for people to live in.

Wanqing took Yu Xinyou and Douya'er to inspect the yard. Although there are not many houses in this yard, it occupies a large area. The yard is built halfway down the hillside, and there is a mountain behind it. According to Yu Xinyou , There are often wild beasts on the mountain here, if the courtyard wall is not built high, I am afraid that some snakes and wolves will jump over the wall.

Wanqing walked along the courtyard wall for more than an hour, but only walked half of the distance, and only checked half of the courtyard wall. Wanqing found that although the grass was overgrown in the courtyard, there were many herbs, especially poisonous weeds. Most of them, although some poisonous herbs are poisonous, if used properly, they can cure diseases, and some, used in small amounts, can play an analgesic effect, so Wanqing asked the soldiers to collect all the useful herbs, The roots of some herbs are also dug out, and they are ready for a rainy day.

Seeing this, Yu Xinyou smiled and said: "Even if these weeds are useful, they can't be sold for money here, so what do you keep them for?"

Wanqing just smiled and didn't answer. After walking around the whole courtyard, Wanqing sighed in her heart. The courtyard wall here is too dilapidated. The former governor only repaired the courtyard wall of the front courtyard firmly. Beasts are not allowed to enter the front yard, but the backyard is full of ruins. In some places, even a seven or eight-year-old child can easily climb over without the use of wild beasts. During the era, what if Shangguan Yeli was not in the mansion, and barbarians from northern Xinjiang came in to make trouble?
However, Wanqing made a rough calculation, and it would cost several thousand taels of silver to repair such a long courtyard wall. These walls are not made of fired bricks, but are all made of large bluestone strips. These stones, It is much more expensive than burning bricks, Wanqing frowned and said to herself: "Why don't you use burning bricks, it can save a lot of money?"

"You, there is no clay here, how do you burn bricks? The soil quality here is very bad and barren. Didn't you see that the grass in the yard is not as tall as the wild ones in Jingcheng?" Yu Xinyou joked after hearing this She said, "I also said that I read the Youzhi here, you, wait until tomorrow, after the yard is cleared up, I will take you to the town to have a look, and let you open your eyes and see the customs of northern Xinjiang Favor."

Wanqing was a little embarrassed to hear that. After she arrived in this world, she didn't actually read many books. Except for the books about Gu poison in order to help Shangguan Yeli dispel the Gu poison, she didn't read many other books. His understanding is also limited to the fact that Beirong people can also make Gu.

However, she is very interested in going out to inspect the people and understand the customs, but these days, she really has no time.

Back in the house, Wanqing's feet were almost swollen, so she asked Zhui'er to recruit the former master of the Dudu's mansion, and asked the master to calculate and repair the Dudu's mansion.

The master is in his fifties, left behind by his predecessor, with a three goatee beard, small nose and small eyes, a short, very thin old man, but those eyes never meet people squarely, never He stopped in a mess, didn't know what he was looking at, and spoke very mellowly. At first glance, he looked like an old official who was old in the officialdom.

When the master heard Wanqing say that he wanted to repair the Dudu's Mansion, he smiled and bowed and said: "Speaking of which, the Dudu's Mansion is really dilapidated and should have been repaired long ago, but the money allocated by the court every year for the repair of the Dudu's Mansion But it is too little, this year's funds have already exceeded the budget, Madam Ruoxiang wants to repair the house, I am afraid that it will not be repaired until the new year, when the court allocates money again."

"I don't know how much money is allocated by the court every year for the Dudu's Mansion?" Wanqing asked with some disappointment.

"If you go back to Madam, it's 5000 taels of silver." The master bowed and replied.

"5000 taels?" 5000 taels is not a small amount. 5000 taels can buy you a five-in-one large garden in the capital. Although the Dudu Mansion is large, there are not many buildings. The 5000 taels were used to repair the Dudu's Mansion. How could this Dudu's Mansion be so dilapidated?

Seeing Wanqing's expression, the master guessed what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "Ma'am, I don't know, the courtyard walls here are built with bluestones, and bluestones are not produced locally, and bricks cannot be burnt. In the past, these bluestones were all It was transported from Qiyun Mountain in Beirong. Now that the war between the two countries is on the verge of breaking out, the two countries have already cut off the caravan exchanges. The bluestone, which was originally very expensive, will be even more expensive if you want to buy it now. The 5000 taels will become A drop in the bucket is not enough to repair the courtyard wall, and it is precisely because of this that the former Governor-General stayed here alone to watch the year, and did not bring his family to take up the post."

"Then what's the use of the 5000 taels each year?" Wanqing looked at the master with extremely bright eyes. The scrutiny and exploration in her eyes made the sophisticated master suddenly feel helpless, as if this Wenxiu The eyes of the deep boudoir have the ability to penetrate all essences.

(End of this chapter)