After entering Layue, Xiao Chong has been able to turn over very neatly, and his favorite thing now is to hear the footsteps of his father coming back, and he can immediately roll over from the big couch, raise his head and show a toothless welcome smile to his father who entered the door.

Fu Yuanling said to Xiao Jiuqi: "How can such a small person hear your footsteps?" ”

There are so many people coming and going in this house, not counting the nurses and maids around Xiao Chong himself, but Fu Yuanling's few grandmothers in the house and Midsummer are less numerous, but Xiao Chong can know which footsteps are Xiao Jiuqi's.

Xiao Jiuqi said proudly: "What is this called?" Tiger fathers have no dog sons. ”

Fu Yuanling almost rolled his eyes, yes, yes, your son is good anywhere.

"Did the fourth brother say when he would do it?" Fu Yuanling looked at the snowflakes that were still falling outside the window and asked.

The things of the Bureau of Creation always had to be done years ago, and now it is not long before the pen is sealed.

Xiao Jiuqi was saving his hair from his son's hands, and when he heard this, he said, "Come on, wait for this snow." During these days, there have been a lot of rumors released, and the annual death list of the Creation Bureau is recorded, as long as the list is in hand. ”

"Can the fourth brother get it?" Fu Yuanling was surprised, can this kind of thing be available?

Xiao Jiuqi turned his head to look at his daughter-in-law, "Otherwise, the fourth brother asked us to wait, this is what we were waiting for, the fourth brother is very powerful." ”

It's really the brainless blow of the King of Chu!

However, Fu Yuanling also had to admit that the King of Chu was really powerful, and this time the King of Wu and his family suffered heavy losses, and several generals in the court fell one after another. Long Chengzhi cannot be said to be alone in the court, and now he has broken half of his arm.

This group of officials fell from power, and the vacancy left behind was the place where King Wu and King Chu must fight.

This kind of thing, whether it is Xiao Jiuqi or Fu Yuanling, they can't get involved, and the two of them promised the King of Chu to slow down the matter, so in this month of chaos in the DPRK, the two of them are bored in the house with children.

During this period, Fu Yuanling was also busy with the Fu family's year-end audit, and the account books from all over the country were sent to Beijing one after another.

Fu Yuanling first looked at the account books on the side of Sanlian Mountain, Qiu Xing still did not come back this year, and it was the chief steward next to him who came back to deliver the account books, and carefully reported the situation on the side of Sanlian Mountain with Fu Yuanling.

"Because the brocade workshop needs a lot of cotton and linen, the great steward Qiu specially bought a few more barren mountains to plant mulberry and hemp cotton. Today, more than a dozen small hills around Sanlian Mountain have been bought. The coal mountain excavated before was also on the right track, and the chief steward found that the more the mine dug the better the quality of the coal, although it was not as good as silver frost carbon, but it was not much different, if it could be transported to Shangjing or other rich state capitals, it would definitely be able to sell for a large price. ”

"The big steward Qiu asked the villain to ask the big girl about it, he wanted to encourage farmers to plant mulberry hemp in the local prefecture and county, and then the Fu family would buy it, so that the shortage of cotton and linen in the big girl's brocade workshop could be alleviated."

"In addition, the chief steward also wants to ask the eldest girl to call the shots, saying that it is best to open up the business route between Sanlian Mountain and the Fu family shop in Quezhou Xingang, and transport coal through Quezhou Xingang, which can save a lot of transportation money, so that the price of coal we sell will be lower than that of other merchants, so that we can attract a group of big buyers as soon as possible."

After listening to this, Fu Yuanling thought about it seriously and said: "I will write to Uncle Yi in Quezhou Xingang to discuss the issue of coal transportation, and I am not sure if it will work for the time being." Planting mulberry hemp is not only for the brocade workshop in Beijing, the most important thing is to drive the local people, Qiu Da said that he hopes that the local area can promote the planting of mulberry hemp, I think the Fu family should not be in charge of this matter, or the local parents and officials agree and implement, the Fu family can only do enough to help the implementation of the people. ”

Sanlianshan's income this year has increased a lot compared with last year, which shows that Qiu Xing is indeed very careful.

In addition to Qiu Xing's side, there are also Tian Sihai and Luo Yousheng's side, Tian Sihai thought that the war between Daqian and Northern Xinjiang had been affected before, and the southern Xinjiang government took advantage of the war in Daqian to take back those mines, but fortunately, Tian Sihai was more clever and asked Xiao Jiuqi to stay scared of the garrison to help, which frightened the southern Xinjiang officials.

But this matter is not a long-term solution after all, and the most important thing at the moment is to finish mining these mines as soon as possible. When the mines are almost finished, their men will be able to withdraw.

As for the future, Fu Yuanling felt that there must be a road before the car reached the mountain, and there was no need to think so far now.

Luo Yousheng is in the northwest, and he has some contacts with Uncle Ren's horse farm, but fortunately, the industry on Luo Yousheng's side has always been relatively stable, and there are no major problems.

However, Uncle Ren's side picked up a bargain this time, because the northern frontier was eager to retreat, and they captured a lot of war horses, among which many good horses were considered an unexpected gain.

Last time, Uncle Ren took people to chase Xiao Jiuqi, they themselves had few people, so they spent money to hire a lot of local people to mop the ground with branches to create the illusion of the arrival of the dusty army, and the follow-up with the horse dealer to buy horse breeds is another expense, this year the horse farm not only has no money on the books, but also the posture of posting money.

These expenditures will not be able to see the return of money until next year, Fu Yuanling is not in a hurry, doing business, especially this kind of business cycle is relatively long.

After going through the business outside, the grange managed by He Ping in Luyang Mansion has a bumper harvest this year, which is good news.

When the grain is put into storage, you will have the confidence to eat.

Looking at Shangjing again, Jingchun Fang is still outstanding, and the brocade workshop and smelting workshop will have to wait until next year's general ledger if they want to see the silver.

Moreover, because the brocade workshop has advanced the rent and deposit in advance, when the contract cycle arrives, the deposit has to be removed, and the rest is the silver earned, and so on.

The smelting workshop is even simpler, the raw ore is not only insufficient, but also of low quality, if you want to make money, you have to solve this problem, and then talk about it, and the current book is still in a state of losing money.

Overall, this year has earned more money than last year, but it has also spent more than last year, especially the battle at Xilinguan.

Fu Yuanling finally settled the account and found that he had done nothing this year.

The big red envelopes of the stewards still have to be issued, and the palace also has to send year-end silver, and they must always have a happy New Year after a hard year.

After closing the accounts, Fu Yuanling found that this was the first time he couldn't make ends meet since he started doing business, but it was also fresh.

Xiao Jiuqi braved the wind and snow to enter the door, his shoulders were full of snow beads, the room was warm, and when he looked up, he saw his son sleeping with a small belly.

Poor his father still has to run around for a living.

"Give." Xiao Jiuqi put a booklet in front of Fu Yuanling.

This is the money he earned to support his family with his real skills!