Chapter 609 Extra 3
With Tang Mo's presence, Xin An no longer had to worry about Chun Lang and the others. She just needed to send someone to watch her on weekdays. Her morning sickness became more and more severe, to the point where she could not stand any strange smell. Qin Bai had returned to Huaijiang and had not yet returned. The imperial physician from the palace came to see her and only prescribed pregnancy-maintaining medicine, and then told her to have a good rest.
Originally, when Emperor Xin ascended the throne, she should have visited the palace more often to pay respects to the Queen, but now she could not go anymore and had to stay in the yard every day to take care of her pregnancy.
Wang came with the blueprints from when the mansion was built, saying that now that Tang Mo had inherited the title of Marquis, he should move to the front yard, but it was not appropriate for Xin An to move to the yard in his current state. "You know the layout of the front yard. I plan to move out with your father first, and then hire someone to renovate it. Since the second son doesn't have a concubine, we can push a few rooms out and make a small yard. What do you think?"
Xin An was used to living in Qiushi Courtyard, and originally wanted to push down the wall in the middle to connect it to Chunhua Courtyard, but Tang Mo felt uncomfortable and did not move. "Our courtyard is spacious and can accommodate everyone. There is no need to move for the time being."
"That's what you said, but from now on you will be the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, so you should live in the front yard. It's mainly for convenience. Qiushi Courtyard is really far from the front yard."
"I have told your father that we will move to Chunhuayuan for the time being. This way we can take care of the children. When your grandmother passes away in a few years, we will move to Chunrongtang."
Wang had already made all the arrangements and obtained the consent of Tang Gang and the old lady to move to Chunhua Courtyard. Tang Gang said he disliked it but was willing in his heart. He had hemiplegia, and Tang Mo was in charge of all the big and small matters in the Marquis' Mansion. Many things were not notified until they were done.
Moreover, he often felt lonely in the front yard. When he was young, he disliked everyone, but now he was counting on his grandchildren to take care of him. He moved to Chunhuayuan to be close to his children and grandchildren. Even if he couldn't see people, he could still hear their voices.
Xin An was very welcome when Wang came back to live here, because they had a good relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. But when she thought about Tang Gang living just across the wall, she said, "It's my mother's arrangement. There's enough money in the account. I think since it's a renovation, we have to repair it well. We'll be living here for many years."
"It's enough. You don't have to worry about it. Mother has plenty of money now."
When she got old, she became wealthy. In addition to the filial piety of her son, all of Tang Gang's private money was in her hands. It was a huge sum of money that she could never spend.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed and decided to renovate the front yard. Within two days, the renovation master arrived at the front yard. After looking at the earlier construction drawings, he agreed on the renovation plan with Wang. Manager Zhang began to busy himself with purchasing the materials needed for the renovation.
Soon, more than a dozen maids and old women from the front yard came to Chunhua Courtyard to clean the house, and then the servants from the mansion came over carrying boxes. It took three days for Wang and Tang Gang to officially move in and become neighbors with Xin An and Tang Mo.
Xin An was fine, he lived his life as usual, but the servants in Chunhua Courtyard lost their former freedom. After all, having been a marquis for many years, Tang Gang still had some authority, and no one dared to act rashly in front of him.
Tang Gang was extremely satisfied. He would sit in the yard to bask in the sun during the day, and when Chunlang and the others came home from school, he would ask them to come over to teach and test them on their homework. Tang Gang was not a kind person to begin with, and after asking them about their homework he would not give them any benefits. After several such incidents, the children would take a detour when passing by Chunhua Courtyard, for they were afraid of him.
"It's like saving money. If you didn't save it earlier and want to use it now, just ignore it."
Tang Mo treated Tang Gang as a laborer. He would look for him when he needed him, but would never appear in front of him when he had nothing to do. Yet Tang Gang had the nerve to accuse him of being unfilial.
"I took all the money in the drawer."
Xin An was curious, "That's a lot, what for?"
Tang Mo said that Tang Gang was determined to give him the people he had, and he had no choice but to accept them. He was not going to take all of them, and those who were eliminated would be paid to be dismissed.
"I don't know how many things those people have done for my father over the years, and they have done nothing shameful. Sending them away will solve the problem once and for all, but it will also leave trouble behind."
"Besides, those people are registered in the Marquis' Mansion and are considered the Marquis' private soldiers. It is not a good thing for such people to be stranded outside."
Tang Mo was somewhat jealous of evil and had a mean heart. Xin An had known this for a long time. Liang Li's actions completely ruined his impression of those people. Because of him, Tang Mo had knocked down a whole group of people.
"If you don't like Liang Li, then don't use him. Isn't Wu Jin pretty good? Let him be the leader. If you recruit him, he will naturally be able to recruit the people under you."
Seeing that Tang Mo didn't agree, Xin An stood up and walked to him, "You know very well what those people are capable of. They can't be trained just by having money. Besides, those people have a clear path with the emperor. If you keep raising so many people, their personalities will be different."
"They are both useful and rare, and you may not be able to train them yourself. Besides, Liang Li is just inflexible, not having any second thoughts. Why do you despise him so much?"
Tang Mo was not very smart, but he listened to Xin An's words. He thought about it and stood up. "You are right. Then I will ask Wu Jin to send the list and take a good look at it. However, some rules need to be changed. We can't do it the same as before."
"In addition, I plan to open a martial arts school in the city. Not for the purpose of making money, but just to give those people a legitimate identity and a place to practice martial arts."
Xin An nodded, "Okay, open one in each of the east, south, west and north, otherwise we won't be able to accommodate so many people."
"Go and complain to the Emperor later. We have to make peace with this matter."
Tang Mo nodded, and quickly went next door to find Tang Gang to get the token. Wu Jin entered the mansion that day, and was extremely excited when he received the news from Tang Mo. During this period, all of them were in a panic, and they even asked for help from Cao Gui and Deng Fang. You know, these people are registered in the Marquis' Mansion, and they can't do anything if they leave the Marquis' Mansion. If the Marquis doesn't want them, they will just be eating and waiting to die.
Which ambitious man would be willing to do this?
"My Lord, we currently have 197 people, but more than 80 of them are old and frail. There are 113 people who can be dispatched at any time. The list is here. Please take a look, my Lord."
Tang Mo took the list. It was very detailed, with names, number of people in the family, and what they were good at written down clearly.
"I heard that Liang Li was injured?"
Wu Jin bowed, "The commander was punished by the old marquis and injured his tailbone. The doctor said that he needs to be taken care of. From now on, he can no longer use kung fu, let alone carry heavy weights."
“What a pity.”
He had his reasons for not liking Liang Li, the old man was just venting his personal anger.
"In that case, from today on you are the commander."
Wu Jin was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted. Tang Mo then told him about his rules and what he was going to do next, and asked him to select twenty useful people and bring them to the mansion tomorrow. Since he was going to open a martial arts school, he had to hurry up.
(End of this chapter)
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