Chapter 296 The Concubine of the Imperial Prince 4
She recorded in this account book the daily meal standards for each person, plus the initial investment in ingredients for each person!
Whether it is buying medicinal herbs to feed chickens or buying wine to feed geese, this part of the initial investment should be calculated and added together with each person’s daily meal standard!
This is how much each person spends on food every day!
The calculation result shows that the old princess's daily expenses are 120 taels, the prince's is also 120 taels, the princess's is 110 taels, Concubine Guo's is 100 taels, and Qi Baoying herself has 90 taels!
The most important thing is that the price here is calculated on a daily basis!
How dare you write that!
At this rate, the two hundred thousand taels of silver given by Qi Xin would not be enough for the several masters of Anfeng Palace to eat for a year!
No banquets can be held during this period. If the princess wants to hold a birthday party during this period, and invites guests according to this standard, I am afraid it will not last even half a year!
Everyone knows that her family is in business, didn’t you think that writing like this is too fake?
They could also say that Qi Baoying was a merchant girl who had never seen the world and had no idea how real royal relatives lived!
But she has definitely seen a lot of good things, and she is definitely not stupid, okay!
Qi Baoying calculated the food standard for each person for half a year.
Adding them together, it’s ninety-eight thousand taels!
What kind of family is this? In half a year, not counting the New Year holidays, they spent one hundred thousand taels of silver just on food!
This is really a small knife pulling the butt, it opened my eyes!
You guys have boasted so much, and if Qi Baoying doesn't cooperate, it will seem like she, the daughter of the richest man in Jiangnan, has never seen money.
Qi Baoying called Lian Cui.
"Go to the main courtyard and tell the princess that I want to take out the six-month food standards for all the masters in the mansion so that I can arrange the work behind the kitchen!
It would be best if you could ask the princess's people to go with you!"
Lian Cui replied, "Yes, I'll go right away!"
Lian Cui went to the main courtyard and told Qi Baoying about her request.
Zheng Xueyi didn't make things difficult for her. She thought that even if Qi Baoying asked for money, she would not be able to give much, so she called Queshan who was beside her.
"Queshan, go with Lian Cui! Today is Madam Qi's first day in charge of the kitchen, so tell everyone to cooperate!"
Lian Cui bowed respectfully, "Thank you, Princess! Sorry to bother Sister Queshan!"
Zheng Xueyi waved her hand kindly, indicating that they could leave!
Que Shan came over and took Lian Cui's hand, "Come on, I'll accompany you on this trip!"
Lian Cui and Que Shan bowed to Zheng Xueyi and took their leave!
After a while, Lian Cui came back with the 98,000 taels of silver!
When Qi Baoying saw her coming back, she hurriedly asked, "How is it? No one is giving you any trouble, right?"
Lian Cui shook her head: "No, when I went to see the princess, she was very happy and immediately agreed to let Queshan accompany me to the accounting office!
But when I was in the accounting office and told her the amount I wanted to withdraw, Sister Queshan and the people in the accounting office hesitated.
In the end, it was Sister Queshan who reported to the princess again, and only after the princess agreed did the accountant give the banknote to this servant!"
Qi Baoying thought to herself, how could she not hesitate? For the Anfeng Palace, paying such a large sum of money was almost like asking for their lives!
Zheng Xueyi probably thought that after Qi Baoying took the money, she would send someone out to buy medicinal herbs or something, so she gave the money so generously.
In the palace, Qi Baoying had no one she could trust except the two maids, so she could only entrust things to the housekeeper.
By then, the money will be back on the books!
Once those chickens and geese are cooked and served on the table, who knows whether they were fed with alcohol or medicine!
The palace's money was not lost in any way, so Qi Baoying could not get out of her predicament.
From now on, the dishes in the kitchen can only be prepared according to this standard, and the palace will have a stable income!
Qi Baoying just wants to complain, but you have a nice idea!
Pointing at the dressing table, she said to Lian Cui, "Well done! Go to the box at the very edge of the dressing table and pick out a piece of jewelry you like to wear for fun!"
Lian Yu, go pick one too. Once you've picked one, come over here. I have something for you to do!"
The jewelry in that box is specially used to reward people!
Lian Cui bowed and said, "Thank you, Auntie!"
Lian Yu also bowed: "Thank you, Auntie. This servant is all thanks to Sister Lian Cui!"
Lian Cui and Lian Yu joked with each other and went to pick out jewelry together!
Qi Baoying carefully divided the silver notes she brought back according to each person's six-month food standard.
He also copied the food standards and initial investments recorded in the account book several times and put them together with the silver notes that each person was entitled to!
Then wrap them individually with red paper and write the names of the masters on them!
At this time, Lian Cui and Lian Yu had also picked out their jewelry and stood in front of Qi Baoying!
Qi Baoying pushed the wrapped banknotes in front of the two of them and said:
"Deliver it to the masters in the mansion according to what is written here!
This is the food allowance for each master for the next six months!
I just came to Kyoto from Jiangnan, and I don’t know anything about Kyoto’s eating habits, so I’m afraid that I won’t make good arrangements.
Therefore, each person's daily food expenses were converted into cash and distributed to each person.
Whatever you want to eat, let them ask the kitchen to help buy it and cook it in the kitchen!
Or each yard has a small kitchen, so you can buy ingredients and cook in your own yard.
Anyway, the food allowance for half a year has been given to them at one time, so it depends on their own habits what they want to do!
Please bear with me, my masters!"
Qi Baoying looked at Lian Cui and Lian Yu: "Do you know how to say it?"
Lian Cui Lian Yu nodded: "I know, Auntie, don't worry!"
Lian Cui and Lian Yu didn't understand why their aunt did this.
But he still took the things that Qi Baoying had packed and delivered them to the masters separately!
Qi Baoying watched the two people walking away, but she was secretly happy in her heart!
You have a plan, but I have a ladder!
I don't believe that after losing such a large sum of money, you can still expect me to take care of the household!
Once this money is in someone's hands, getting it back would be harder than climbing to the sky!
When the old princess received the silver note from Lian Cui, the expression on her face almost couldn't be suppressed. She clenched the hand-held ornaments in her hands tightly with both hands, and then she barely suppressed her temper.
"Well, Aunt Qi did a great job. She knows her shortcomings and can think of such a way to remedy them. She is a good child. You can leave first!"
When Lian Cui walked out of the room, the old princess breathed a sigh of relief. She wanted to throw something but couldn't bear to do it, so she could only throw away the cushion behind her!
Lian Yu went to the front yard to give Xiao Tianshuo some silver notes.
In front of Lian Yu, Xiao Tianshuo did not open the red envelope to see what was inside.
After Lian Yu left, he opened the box and realized that the situation was not good. He hurried to the backyard to find the old princess!
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