It didn't take long.
There were several knocks on the door, and Lin Weiyuan still maintained his usual demeanor and said, "Come in!"
After the person who was in charge of the accounts came in, he looked at Lin Weiyuan who was sitting in danger and said, "General, what can I do? I haven't finished the work in the warehouse and the shop outside."
Lin Weiyuan looked at the person who came in to report the bill and said, "Mr. Wang, how long have you been in our mansion?"
Mr. Wang glanced at Lin Weiyuan and wondered, "It seems that I won't be able to return safely today. Otherwise, why would he keep asking me this question?"
However, Mr. Wang still said without changing his expression: "I have been here for ten years!"
Lin Weiyuan said in an abnormal tone: "How do you think our mansion compares to other houses? You can tell the truth about this, and I won't hold you responsible."
He looked at Mr. Wang reluctantly and said, "Okay, I'll go make the arrangements first."
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The housekeeper looked at the people around him and said sadly: "Wait a minute, your affairs will be taken care of, don't worry."
The housekeeper also tried hard to hold back his tears and walked out. He wiped his tears with his sleeves, looking at the huge mansion which was gone in the end.
The housekeeper said with curiosity and fear: "Recruiting soldiers? Is that possible?"
Mr. Wang looked at Lin Weiyuan who kept asking him about some abnormal remarks, and Mr. Wang answered truthfully: "Compared to the other companies, it is indeed good, and the treatment is still acceptable. I wonder if the general has encountered any troubles? Or is there any difficulty?"
The housekeeper gathered the servants in an open space, looked at them and said, "Let's say goodbye today! We have been together for such a long time. You have come to my place, so each of you should take a purse and leave! After you leave, don't say that you worked in the general's mansion before, otherwise people outside will bully you."
As he walked down step by step, the maids and servants gathered around the butler and asked, "Is it true? What did the general say? What should we do then?"
After saying that, he pushed his eye sockets and continued to bury his head in his own affairs.
Then, he pointed to a box under his feet.
When Lin Weiyuan heard what Mr. Wang said, he felt a little relieved.
After seeing Mr. Wang understand his intention, Lin Weiyuan said, "Let's go! I'm a little tired now, so you should do your own things. Remember to come back to me after you've dealt with these matters."
The group of people originally had countless questions, but now after hearing this sentence, they really couldn't ask anything.
When he heard this, Lin Weiyuan felt like his heart was about to collapse, and from time to time he felt as if his heart was being stabbed with pain.
Just as the butler was about to leave, Mr. Wang hurriedly said, "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. There are two large boxes of gold that the general ordered to recruit soldiers and horses. Remember to give them to those people. Let them deal with them. We just need to hand these over. You don't have to worry about anything else."
I felt sad and looked at my writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the table without any interest in them.
Mr. Wang looked at his old friend and said sympathetically: "Yes, I have been told everything."
Lin Weiyuan then said: "Check how much we have left in the account office. Besides these, check how much silver we have in total. How much do we need to pay the servants?"
Mr. Wang interrupted the housekeeper and said, "It is used to resist foreign enemies. What do you think it is used for? Although the general himself made mistakes, in my opinion, the last thing he did was correct. We servants just need to do what we should do, and let him do the rest!"
When the housekeeper heard what Mr. Wang said, he felt sad.
He held his forehead with one hand, and his eyes instantly felt moist.
Mr. Wang said calmly, "I have 3,000 taels of gold for today's sale of our mansion and the shops outside. If I want to pay the servants, I need 1,000 taels of silver. This is the total surplus for today."
Looking at Mr. Wang, he said, "We are facing an unprecedented disaster in Anyang City. We need to use the money to recruit soldiers. Otherwise, Anyang City will be breached soon. So I think you should pawn all the things in the mansion and then count them. Send away the servants and give them more money. If the servants want to follow me, they can stay for the time being."
He said weakly to the housekeeper beside him: "I understand, you go down! I will go to the hall by myself later. Ask the people outside to wait for a moment, I will be there soon."
Then he said to the housekeeper: "Remember, give these money to the servants. I have divided money bags for each person, and each person will have a money bag when they leave, so you just need to distribute it."
At this time, the butler outside rushed in without knocking, and said loudly to Lin Weiyuan: "General, something terrible has happened. People from Anyang City have come to seal our mansion and said that the general needs to hand over your tiger talisman and from now on you will no longer be able to help General Lin Weiyuan."
The housekeeper walked to the accounting office and looked at Mr. Wang who was working on the account book and said, "Did the general give you all the instructions?"
Mr. Wang couldn't hold it in any longer. Seeing Lin Weiyuan saying this, Mr. Wang asked doubtfully, "That means we are going to fight to the death this time! Okay, I'll do this right away."
The servants below looked at the housekeeper reluctantly one by one, but there was nothing they could do.
Everyone lined up at the front to get their own money, and by the time it was the last person's turn, the money was distributed.
The housekeeper looked at the empty yard and the empty boxes.
He looked back at the house outside and said to the sky in frustration: "When a tree falls, monkeys scatter; when a wall collapses, everyone pushes it down. Today is really over."
The person who was waiting for Lin Weiyuan in the hall had become impatient and could only wait silently looking at the empty yard.