Chapter 454 Do you want to praise me?
"Do you two want to defend yourselves?"
There was no joy in Xin An's voice.
The two stewards had already become like shrimps with their tendons pulled out, not even having any energy left. Fortunately, they knew not to implicate Tang Rong. "We are the ones who have been bewitched. We are ashamed of ourselves, the Second Young Master, please have mercy on us, Madam~~~"
Xin An sneered, "Manager Zhang, please go and report to father in person. These two people were my mother's companions after all. After something like this, the Marquis' Mansion will definitely not tolerate them. Go and ask father how to deal with them. Should we send them to the authorities for investigation or confiscate their property and send them back to the Zhang family?"
Steward Zhang bowed and asked, "Should we report this to Madam?"
"Mother is already in poor health, and now she has to take care of grandmother. There is no need to upset her. Father can make the decision."
The best way to deal with the people left behind by the previous lady is for Tang Gang to speak personally, which is reasonable and logical.
Tang Gang soon got the news. Manager Zhang had reservations about Xin An, but when he came to Tang Gang, he told him everything. "From the account books, it seems that Manager She treated the gift storehouse as his own private property. Yesterday, after checking the accounts for three years, I looked through the accounts for previous years. It's been like this almost every year. There are many guests coming and going in our mansion, so there are many gifts. You and your wife would not personally review every gift, so this gave him an opportunity."
"Plus, their identities are special and the lady is generous, which is why they became so arrogant."
Tang Gang raised his eyes, "What's so special?"
"That was the former Madam's companion, loyal to the Crown Prince, so Madam cannot punish him directly."
"snort!"
Tang Gang put down the list that Manager Zhang handed over and said, "They are just two servants. Go tell the second son's wife to search the two houses and don't sell them off. Drive them out of the capital directly."
"When the search is underway, you will personally lead the search team to search. The returned items will be reviewed by me before they can be put into storage."
What Manager Zhang wanted to say was, those were the prince's people, how could he know that the stolen things did not go into the prince's pocket, the marquis did not expect it or... Yes, although the old marquis had two sons, the second master had never lived in the mansion. The master of this mansion has always been the only marquis, everything in the mansion belongs to him, he does not have the worries of the eldest and second sons.
The words circled around in his lips and he uttered a "yes", then turned and left.
Xin An, who had received the confirmation, was not polite and dealt with the two men directly according to Tang Gang's wishes. He then said, "This matter is really unexpected. I originally thought that the managers in the mansion were all upright people. I have to re-evaluate you all."
The remaining managers quickly expressed their loyalty, saying that they were definitely not as evil-hearted and ruthless as Zhang and She, and they all wanted to swear an oath.
Xin An raised his hand and said, "I trust you all. You should pay more attention to your work in the future."
Several people breathed a sigh of relief and said that the fire would not burn them.
Xin An's eyes fell on Liu Chang, "Liu Chang should be the first to report these two people."
Liu Chang suppressed his smile and said, "I just can't stand the behavior of those two. They took the monthly salary from the Marquis' Mansion and held the job of the Marquis' Mansion and still did such a thing. Now that they are severely punished, it is very gratifying. The Second Young Master's wife is wise."
Several managers were a little jealous, as they finally managed to get this kid in the good graces of the Second Young Master's wife.
Xin An smiled and said, "From today on, Manager Liu will be transferred to the position of Manager of the Gift Treasury, and Liu Chang will be officially promoted to the second-class manager of the mansion, in charge of purchasing. If you have any questions, just ask your father."
"I hope you will remember the lesson the two stewards taught you today, be diligent and honest, improve the quality of your purchases, lower your purchase expenses, and try to save money."
Liu Chang and his son were overjoyed and said that there was a future in following the Second Young Master and the Second Young Master's wife, and they kowtowed sincerely.
"Manager Zhou."
Xin An looked at the old steward who had been silent. Steward Zhou stepped forward and bowed, "Second Young Master's Madam."
"Is your son twenty-five this year?"
Manager Zhou's heart trembled. He was the old lady's man. Over the years, the old lady had not been in charge of things. The managers everywhere were either the former lady's people or the current lady's people. Now that the second young lady's wife had come, she would have to place her own people in the position. They had long lost their chance.
But now he was a little excited, "Replying to the Second Young Master's Madam, the older one is thirty-seven, and the younger one is twenty-eight. They are now helping the old slave with odd jobs."
"Um."
Xin An asked, "If I hand over the position of granary manager to No. 28, will he be promoted?"
Everyone, including Wang, thought that Xin An would take this opportunity to place her own people in important positions, but she did not have such an idea. The people in her hands were of great use and she would not keep them in the Marquis' Mansion to watch over those trivial matters.
Manager Zhou was so excited that he trembled. They had never had any contact with the Second Young Master's wife. How could they be considered for such an opportunity? He was about to kneel down while trembling, "Thank you, Second Young Master's wife."
"Get up and call someone to come and see."
Manager Zhang signaled, and a sturdy man came trotting over soon. He stood at the door, rubbing his sweaty palms nervously on his clothes, pulling at his clothes, and then carefully entered the door and kowtowed to greet him. Xin An asked him a few questions carefully and gave him the task, and asked, "Sort out the accounts clearly, and don't let moisture and rat infestation appear again."
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"Don't worry, Madam. I will never let a grain of rice disappear from the granary."
My God, when did the Second Young Master’s wife know about him? No wonder I dreamed of a flood last night. Good things come so suddenly. The Second Young Master’s wife is really good at recognizing talent.
Manager Zhou's eyes were moist, and he felt relieved.
Xin An stood up and said, "Everyone, go away. Calm the people below and don't affect the operation of the mansion."
"Yes, send the Second Young Master's wife."
As soon as Xin An left, the stewards congratulated the Liu family and Steward Zhou. Who could still remember the two stewards Zhang and She who had just been suppressed? Steward Zhou and his men spent two days to search the Zhang and She families. All the things were delivered to Tang Gang. There were a lot of good things, and there were more than 3,000 taels of silver alone. Tang Gang, who originally thought it was a trivial matter, was furious. He changed his mind on the spot and sold all the two families to the quarry, regardless of life or death.
"I thought he would love the whole family as well as the whole family."
When Tang Mo returned home at night, he learned about this with a look of sarcasm in his eyes, "This is a complete lack of affection for the old times. Doesn't he know that these two are Tang Rong's men and work for Tang Rong?"
Xin An teased Rouqiu without raising his head, "It just touched his interests, how could he take his servants seriously."
Tang Mo was curious why she didn't place her own people there?
"What's the difference?"
Xin An straightened up, "The Liu family father and son are my mother's people, so I can use them just as well. It's true that the Zhou family father and son are my grandmother's people, but my grandmother hasn't taken care of things for many years, and they have no one to rely on. Apart from Gan Lu's occasional care, they have no place in the mansion. I'm helping them at this time, and if the father and son have any brains, they should know who to listen to."
"I did what I wanted to do, promoted your people, sold face for my grandmother, helped my father make a small fortune, and didn't get involved in any dirty work. Do you want to praise me?"
(End of this chapter)
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