Li Xin now lives in Yongle Fang, very close to the palace, and not long after leaving the palace, he returned to his Jing'an Hou Mansion.

Now he can't be considered alone.

The predecessor of the Jing'an Hou Mansion was the Qi Mansion of the Four Princes, and the place was not big in the palace, but compared to the ordinary houses, I don't know where it was going to be, so the mansion needed a lot of people to take care of, and now the people of the Jing'an Hou Mansion are one or two hundred people.

Some of these people were given by the Son of Heaven, and some were bought by Li Xin who asked the housekeeper to go to the dental shop.

In fact, the house is bigger, and there is no difference from before, after all, the Li family is now Li Xin and Zhong Xiaoxiao, and no matter how big the house is, it is vacant.

Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, after entering the house, Li Xin took Zhong Xiaoxiao and two people to wrap dumplings in the kitchen, and several maids were frightened, waving their hands at Li Xin: "Hou Ye, you are... How can you do such a cheap thing, let's do it......"

These maids were the maids that Li Xin called in Datongfang at the beginning, and followed Li Xin from Datongfang into the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and now they are also promoted, and everyone has become a small steward of the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

Li Xin glanced up at the maids.

"You can't, you don't make it tasty."

He is a lazy person, and the reason why he is willing to make dumplings by himself today is somewhat because he wants to find some taste of his previous life.

Several maids glanced at each other, and they were helpless, so they could only follow Li Xin and Zhong Xiaoxiao to work in the kitchen.

Zhong Xiaoxiao was still young, and the wrapping was very slow, and several girls followed to help make dumpling wrappers and dumpling fillings, Li Xin sat among a bunch of women with his sleeves rolled, turned his head to look at one of the seventeen or eighteen-year-old maids, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

This maid was originally making dumplings, but when she heard this, her hands trembled with fright, and she hurriedly replied: "Back to the Hou Ye, the slave's surname is Lin, and her name is Wei." ”

In fact, Li Xin has been getting along with them for a while, but in the past few months, Li Xin has devoted himself to helping King Wei ascend to the throne, and he has very little time at home on weekdays, so he naturally doesn't know what the names of these maids are.

Li Xin nodded and continued to ask, "What about you?" ”

"Slave... Slave Huang Qin..."

"Slave maid Chen Rong'er ......"

These maids were all named, Li Xin secretly wrote them down in his heart, and then asked, "All of them... From the Workshop Division? ”

These people were originally given to Li Xin by His Royal Highness the King of Wei, a total of ten people.

The Department of Teaching and Workshop is the place where human trafficking is legal in this era, and some officials commit crimes, and the female dependents will be sent to the Department of Teaching and Workshop as slaves.

Chen Wei, who was the first to speak, said timidly: "Back to Master Hou, the sisters are all from the Teaching Division..."

As she spoke, the dumplings were almost wrapped, and the little girl Zhong Xiaoxiao immediately stood up and ran to the stove to light the fire.

This is her old job, this girl wants to go to the fire if she has nothing to do.

Li Xin also stood up and stretched.

He glanced back at these maids lightly, and said with a smile: "No matter where you were before, you will have to eat at my house in the future, and you will buy me here by selling your deed, if I don't nod, none of you can go out, before doing things, think about your own situation." ”

Among these people, there must be the eyeliner of the Son of Heaven.

In fact, the Son of Heaven can certainly send a message to them to get rid of their nationality, but it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to turn his face with Li Xin because of a few maidservants.

Li Xin's simple warning could not make them betray the Son of Heaven from now on, but it could make them more restrained, and by the way, he also told the Son of Heaven that he knew that he was supervising the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

This is Li Xin's very euphemistic expression of his dissatisfaction.

It may not be useful, but the attitude must be there, and it is necessary to tell His Royal Highness the King of Wei, who has just ascended the throne, that Li Xin is not completely without temper.

Several handmaidens hurriedly saluted Li Xin, all of them with trembling voices.

"Master Hou, we are all in trouble at home, we can entrust ourselves to a kind family like Master Hou, not to be bullied, we are already satisfied, our sisters are all well-behaved, but we haven't done anything to be sorry for Lord Hou......"

Among these maids, there must be the eyeliner of the Son of Heaven, but it is impossible for all of them to be the eyeliner of the Son of Heaven, so a few people are terrified, afraid that they have done something wrong.

At this time, the water was almost boiling, Li Xin ignored them, picked up the dumplings, and went to the dumplings.

Now that he is fledgling, he can only tolerate these things.

If you see through it, you can't say it's broken.

…………………………

The next morning, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

This day is the real New Year's Festival, and it is also the first day of the first year of Taikang, hundreds of officials have congratulated the Son of Heaven, congratulations to the Holy Son of Heaven on his accession to the throne, the newly enthroned Taikang Son of Heaven accepted the worship of hundreds of officials in Weiyang Palace, and also rewarded many ministers.

Among them, the reward of the Marquis of Jing'an is the most generous, so rich that some imperial historians can't help but play and advise.

The morning went from morning to afternoon, and in the afternoon, most of the officials left the imperial city and began to visit their relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings.

This year is different from previous years, and this year, the doorsteps of three other houses are also crowded with New Year's greetings.

Chen Guogong's Mansion, Jing'an Marquis Mansion, and Zhongyong Marquis Mansion.

These three are the heroes of the new dynasty, and in the Taikang Dynasty, they must be in a pivotal position, which will naturally make everyone compete for each other.

Even the Chen Guogong Mansion, which is already highly respected, has many more people coming to pay New Year's greetings this year than in previous years.

The Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, which is not cared about on weekdays, is also crowded with people.

The former Qi Wangfu, now the gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, is even more crowded, this young Jing'an Hou is currently the undisputed number one celebrity, I don't know how many people rush to make friends with Li Xin.

But everyone pounced.

Because Jing Anhou is not at home.

Everyone was blocked at the entrance of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and the door of the Hou Mansion was closed, and there was no way to enter.

Hou Jingde, a big man dressed in military marquis clothes, was also among these people who gave Li Xin New Year's greetings, he relied on his physical strength, forced to leave the crowd, and relied on his relationship to enter the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, and asked a few maids: "Where did the Marquis of Jing'an go?" ”

Several maids shook their heads again and again.

"Master Hou went to the palace in the morning, and he never came back."

Hou Jingde frowned.

Could it be that Brother Li also went to pay New Year's greetings to others?

He knew in his heart that Li Xin didn't know many people in the capital, and with his current status, there were even fewer people worthy of him visiting the New Year.

The general grinned: "Brother Li is still sensible, the first one to go to the Ye family, it just so happens that I am also going to the Ye family to pay New Year's greetings, so I will go to the Ye family to find him." ”

As he spoke, the big man squeezed through the crowd and headed towards Chen Guogong's mansion.

However, Li Xin was not in Chen Guogong's mansion.

At this time, in a place called Chenjia Village on the outskirts of Jinling City, Li Xin took Mu Ying, and the two of them each carried a lot of things and knocked on the door of a farmer.

A middle-aged woman opened the courtyard door.

Li Xin and Mu Ying carried their things in, and they both bowed to the woman.

"It's a New Year's greeting to my aunt."

A young man with only his left arm left, holding his sister's hand, walked out of the back room, and when he saw Li Xin, the young man named Chen Sixteen burst into tears.

"Li Lang will ......"