The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

First, we went to the Jingyang Wang residence. Old Zhao stayed in Chang'an with a man, taking care of the affairs of the house all day.

Suddenly, a group of people appeared at the door of the house. The gatekeeper almost didn't recognize them. When he got closer, he found that the one leading them was the family guard Wu Liangye.

"Erhu, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and report! Our husband is back." Wu Liangye shouted to the gatekeeper Erhu.

"Hey!" Erhu responded excitedly and ran to the house in a hurry.

Old Zhao was checking the account book in the house in his small study at this time, and he heard the hurried footsteps outside, running on the wooden floor of the corridor, as if being chased by a dog.

The door was knocked.

"Butler Zhao." Erhu's voice came from outside the door.

"What's the matter?" Old Zhao put down the account book and looked up at the door.

Erhu pushed open the door, stood at the door, and reported with his hands folded: "Butler Zhao, the young master is back."

"What?" When Lao Zhao heard the news, he stood up from his chair and walked to the door: "Where is he?"

"He has arrived at the door of the house. He is probably in the front yard now." Erhu said.

"Quick, go and greet the young master." Lao Zhao hurried out, and while walking, he ordered Erhu: "Quick, send a message to the kitchen to prepare some hot food, prepare tea, and light the charcoal basin in the hall."

"Yes." Erhu responded hurriedly.

He became an errand boy in the yard.

The carriage stopped at the door of the house, and Li Fu got off the carriage. The door of the house was open, but this time no one sent the news here in advance, and there was no one to greet him at the door of the house.

Even the doorman ran in to report the news.

"Let's go, there's no need to do so much." Li Fu smiled.

After saying that, he entered the door first.

When he walked to the front yard, he happened to meet Lao Zhao who came out to greet him in a hurry.

"My dear." Lao Zhao hurriedly saluted.

Li Fu felt very friendly when he saw Lao Zhao.

"Lao Zhao! I miss you so much." Li Fu laughed: "I didn't expect that I would be away for half a year."

Lao Zhao had watched Li Fu grow up since he was a child. The relationship between the two was much closer than that of ordinary master and servant.

"Finally, you are back." Lao Zhao was also very happy.

He was afraid that his husband would suffer outside. That was a place with a flood, and there were disaster victims everywhere. His husband would definitely not eat well or sleep well there when he went to provide disaster relief.

Sure enough, when he saw his husband again, his husband's skin color had darkened a lot and he had lost a lot of weight.

It's good to be back. Don't go out again this winter. It's just right to rest at home and make up for the weight loss.

Old Zhao thought that Li Fu was so thin because he was short of food and clothing in Linying, and the relief work was hard.

Li Fu was not tired at all, but his only shortcoming was that he didn't eat very well.

He couldn't just watch the victims eat porridge, so he opened a small kitchen in the camp and ate fish and meat in various ways.

"My dear, the kitchen is ready. The weather has been bad these two days, and it snowed heavily. It must be difficult to walk on the road." Old Zhao said, and asked Li Fu to go to the hall to warm up.

At this time, the servants in the house had already stirred the charcoal basin in the hall. As soon as he entered the house, he sat down by the charcoal basin and felt warm.

"It's really hard to walk on the road." Li Fu sighed, "But we have to go to Chang'an. I arrived home yesterday evening and followed the large army. We happened to be in the territory of Jingyang County. I thought it was on the way anyway, so I just went back to the old house."

"I'm separated from them now, but I still have to go back to the palace to report. I guess His Majesty is waiting." Li Fu smiled and said, "Otherwise, it's cold and freezing, it's better to stay in the old house, in the house with floor heating, it's warmer.

Old Zhao also sighed, the big house in Chang'an City is good in every way, but it's not as comfortable as the old house.

The old house was renovated according to the young master's ideas, it was really warm in winter It's cool in summer.

The houses here don't have floor heating. In the winter, without a charcoal basin, people can't even stretch out their hands.

The kangs in the courtyard where everyone lives were renovated in the summer after they moved in.

Lao Zhao once thought to himself that if the family didn't have these industries and didn't make so much money, they couldn't even afford to live in this house.

As soon as I moved in, it was all expenses.

I used to live in poverty, so I couldn't help but compare and calculate the expenses of life.

Now it's good, Huabei.

In the past six months, my husband hasn't come back, and the cellar warehouse at home is almost full again. I even made a special trip to the farm.

"When does Your Highness plan to enter the palace?" Lao Zhao asked, "Since you went to provide disaster relief, the two tea shops in Chang'an City have been closed.The money earned from the tea shop and the carpenter's workshop should all be sent to our house. The share from the emperor and His Majesty has not been sent to the palace yet. The storehouse in our house is almost insufficient.

The money from the shops and workshops in Chang'an should be sent here. The money from the workshops on the farm should be sent to the old house on the farm.

There is money in the storehouses on both sides.

And it is not small.

"It will only take two days, either today or tomorrow." Li Fu said, "Let someone divide the money for the palace according to the account books."

"Yes." Old Zhao nodded and said, "Sir, the account books of the tea shop and the carpenter's workshop are all in your study. "

When it comes to account books, Li Fu has a headache.

Before, I read an account book every day, and I could only read ten pages at most. I would read the account books when I had nothing to do during the day and night.

Now, the account books for half a year have piled up, but I have something to do.

There are a lot of accounts waiting to be read in Chang'an City, and there are also a lot of accounts in the study of the old house on the farm.

The accounts over there are no less than here. There are all kinds of expenses on the farm, two workshops, and the accounts for building a new house this year. Although the construction of the new house stopped after he and Old Yan left, the procurement work did not stop. It was handed over to the people below, so that after the spring plowing is over next year, the construction site will continue.

In this way, there is no need to wait for materials to start the work, and the progress can be much faster.

"Okay, I'll take a look at it when the time comes. "Li Fu sighed.

There are so many things to deal with this time.

Things have their priorities. Right now, I still have to explain the disaster relief to the one in the palace.

Not long after Li Fu arrived at the Wang's house, the palace sent a eunuch to deliver the news.

The eunuch was also a little surprised to see Li Fu at the Wang's house, and said to Li Fu with a smile.

"I thought that the King of Jingyang would take a few days to come to Chang'an. Your Majesty ordered me to come to the King of Jingyang's house to deliver a message, saying that after the King of Jingyang came to Chang'an, he would immediately enter the palace to meet the emperor."