Brother Jiu glanced at the group of people on his side.
He started on his way before dawn, resting for two quarters of an hour in the middle. When he was tired, he said to the man walking in the main pipe: "Get settled first..."
The general manager responded and led the group to the side room on the left.
The rooms here are much smaller than those in the palace two days ago.
The previous two places, not counting the places where the Holy Master was stationed, only had two courtyards with seven or eight houses in the front and back, and about a hundred houses.
It's a little smaller here.
Except for the Wujin courtyard where the holy driver is stationed in the middle, the left and right roads are lined with row houses.
Each row is composed of five-to-six north and south rooms, divided into three small suites.
When Brother Ninth saw him, he took up the second row and made arrangements.
He and Shu Shu lived in the two rooms in the middle, and the one on the left was given to the tenth brother, and the one on the right was given to the thirteenth brother.
The palace maids and eunuchs were carrying large and small bags,
Brother Jiu took out his pocket watch and looked at it, feeling a little anxious.
It's already noon.
Calculating the Holy Driver's team, if it's early, they will arrive before Shen Chu, but if it's late, Shen Zheng will also arrive.
There are less than two hours left.
Brother Jiu doesn’t know where to start.
He didn't want to show his timidity in front of his brothers, so he pulled Shu Shu into the inner room and asked secretly: "Where should I start? What should I check? It looked very clean. I asked the chef in the kitchen and the ingredients were ready.
complete……"
Shu Shu's mind was spinning.
The hospitality provided here is nothing more than food and accommodation.
The maintenance and cleaning of the palace were all on display, and nothing could be seen for a while.
The rest is food.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs allocates money, and the bank here arranges the supply of materials in a unified manner according to standards.
There is a high probability that there is no problem with the royal meal and the food of the accompanying concubines and princes, and they don't dare to fool them.
What about the food supply for the accompanying guards of the Three Banners and the soldiers of the Eight Banners?
The guards are all of high rank and have extraordinary family backgrounds. They will not tolerate being wronged, and ordinary people cannot afford to offend them.
What about the Eight Banners Armor?
Each flag has its own kitchen, and after receiving the ingredients, they go back and make their own distribution.
It’s not easy to skimp. The Eight Banners Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Commander-in-Chief are not vegetarians.
Only by colluding with each other can this matter be settled.
It's just that those who can achieve the title of Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Commander-in-Chief are mostly nobles from the Eight Banners. They would not take a general manager of a clothing line in their eyes, nor would they care less about the dozens of taels of food money.
In fact, there are still some people whose food supply is easily overlooked.
That is the accompanying palace officials, eunuchs and others, as well as the officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
There were a lot of people, maybe hundreds of people in total.
If Brother Ninth wants to get involved in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he must be this "censorious" villain.
Shu Shu immediately pointed out this: "To say that the deduction is insufficient, it should be in the kitchen of the palace... The palace ladies and the nuns are also supplied with a pound of meat every day, and the same is true for the eunuchs with a little respect..." Speaking of
Here, she walked to the door and asked Xiaosong to come in: "How was your food yesterday and the day before yesterday? What kind of dishes were there?"
Xiao Song couldn't help grinning after hearing this: "It's the same thing both days, just a stewed cabbage...the cabbage is not overcooked, and there's not even a hint of oily starch..."
Shu Shu asked again: "Where is the regular dish of walnuts?"
Xiaosong's daily ration follows the rules of "females in the family". There is no meat, only rice, vegetables and salt.
Xiao Song shook his head: "It's said to be pork stewed with cabbage, but it looks similar to the slave's, except that there are two more pieces of meat the size of a small fingernail! Fortunately, Fujin prepared street vegetables and seaweed buns in advance, otherwise he wouldn't be able to eat them at all.
The rice, the rice also has a musty smell..."
Walnut is the "lady of the palace" and is provided with one pound of pork for every meal, both in the palace and out of the palace.
This is not Kangxi's grace, but basic daily supply.
Brother Jiu frowned and thought about the palace ladies, deacons, eunuchs and others who came out, and there were about a hundred people with pork supplies.
Go check it out for this?
Even if you find out that they withheld dozens of kilograms of pork, is it too much to make a fuss about?
Shu Shu waved her hand and sent Xiao Song out, then said: "The emperor will make his own decision on big and small matters... I only fulfill my responsibilities... If I can find out such small things, it doesn't mean that I am careful..."
Brother Jiu was encouraged and stood up immediately: "Yes, it must be shown that I am doing my job with all my heart... If I do it thoroughly, then Ama Khan will hand over the serious errand..."
Brother Jiu didn't need anyone to lead him, so he took He Yuzhu to the dining room.
The dining room is in the northeast corner, and it is also a five-story terraced house.
There is a partition in the middle, four rooms on one side, which are kitchens, and stoves on three sides, with dozens of large and small stoves on them.
The stove hole on the west side is larger, with a steamer placed on it, and there should be a white table here.
On the other two sides are the red case and the small stir-fry.
On the other side of the kitchen, the two separate rooms are a temporary warehouse, which contains various ingredients, including prepared pork, mutton, chicken, duck, etc., as well as various seasonal vegetables and fruits.
Brother Jiu stood at the door and glanced casually for a few times. In fact, he had already made a mental count of the approximate number of pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks.
I really can see something is wrong!
There are two kinds of pork, two suckling pigs under fifty kilograms, and only half a fan of ordinary large pigs, which add up to a hundred or ten kilograms.
One skinned large sheep and two lambs.
There are five or six chickens and ducks in total.
In the dining room here, the Queen Mother is responsible for the food and drinks of the Emperor, Queen Mother, concubines, princes, Fujin and others.
The sum of these people's portions each time is several times the amount of these meats.
It turns out that it’s not just the palace people who are being deducted, the bulk of the eunuch’s hundred or so kilograms is here?!
Brother Jiu was so shocked that he didn't show it on his face.
The manager Xing Zai got the news and came over, bowing and saying: "This place is dirty and messy, why is Master Jiu here... If you have anything to do, just give me your orders..."
"Fu Jin wants to feed the Queen Mother and Khan Amma..."
Brother Jiu looked at the fat manager and replied smoothly.
The steward was attentive and pointed to the two empty stoves on the north side of the kitchen, and then pointed to the two cooks next to them: "Then I will arrange two masters to wait for Fujin's orders..."
Brother Jiu nodded and left with a bit of disgust.
The manager personally sent it out. It wasn't until Brother Jiu returned to his residence that he turned away and returned to the dining room.
"How long has Master Jiu been here? What did you ask?"
He called a kitchen steward and asked.
The steward replied: "When I arrived, I stood there and looked inside and outside... Don't worry, manager, everything is done in accordance with the rules. There is nothing to fault..."
After all, he is the prince's elder brother. As a general manager, he does not want to capsize in the gutter, but he still hopes to deal with the ninth elder brother.
Now it seems that even if Brother Jiu gets married, he is just a kid with high ambitions and low abilities, so you don't need to take him too seriously.
But Jiu Fujin... is famous in the Ministry of Internal Affairs...
All the managers in the line were careful and gave careful instructions: "Jiu Fujin is not an ordinary person. He must serve him respectfully and be obedient. No one is allowed to bite his tongue! If anyone offends this living king of hell, don't say anything at that time."
If you get punished and lose your job, your whole family will lose their dignity..."
The steward's voice responded: "Don't worry, manager. Who dares to provoke this person after eating a leopard? You must be respectful and respectful. It's only for two days. There's nothing you can't tolerate..."
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Not far from the dining room, there is another courtyard with two rooms, which are also kitchens for the palace people.
Sun Jin brought a young eunuch and strolled over.
People inside are busy and preparing dishes.
Seeing a stranger coming, one of the bitter-faced cooks looked over and said impatiently: "We haven't started preparing yet... Shen Zheng has just started serving food here..."
Sun Jin took out a bunch of money and stuffed it into the palm of the cook's hand: "Master, I just want to ask, can you add more food? It's rare to come out and I met two fellow villagers who wanted to drink a few cups..."
The cook took the money, but was still impatient. He pointed to the pile of vegetables in the corner of the room: "Take a look for yourself. Besides radish and cabbage, what can you do? Cold cabbage or cold radish?"
Sun Jin pointed to the two pork fans in the corner: "Isn't there still meat? You can also fry the meat slices..."
"That's not from here, it will be collected soon..."
The cook had short hands and was afraid of accidentally offending someone he shouldn't have offended. He got up and rummaged through the vegetables, wrapped two cucumbers and a head of garlic, and stuffed them directly into Sun Jin's hand: "Take it, take it, this is
It’s a good drink, very tasty!”
Sun Jin accepted it with a smile, and hid the cucumbers and garlic in his sleeves when he went out, so as not to make others look suspicious.
*
In the row house.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "I really underestimated them... How dare you, the masters even gave me their food..."
After more than a month of marriage, he is no longer a little brother who is ignorant of worldly affairs. He has grown up a lot with Shu Shu'er, and he probably knows the daily supply of the masters at all levels in the palace.
The emperor's own share is thirty kilograms of pork, two sheep, and eight chickens and ducks.
At the Queen Mother's place, there was a piglet, a sheep, and a chicken and a duck.
Concubine, nine pounds of pork.
Concubine, there are six catties and eight taels of pork.
Sir, six pounds of pork.
Yes, one pound of pork is eighty taels.
Prince Fujin, twenty pounds of pork.
Prince, six pounds of pork.
After these people came out, the total daily allowance was more than two hundred kilograms of pork, three sheep, and ten chickens and ducks.
"The money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs must have been allocated in full, but the supply here has been reduced by 50%..."
Brother Jiu's eyes shone: "I thought it was just the palace people's oil and water that got stuck, but I didn't expect that I was brave enough to give my credit for nothing..."
Shu Shu couldn't help but feel suspicious after hearing this.
The courage of corruption is cultivated little by little.
You even dare to reach out for the royal meal, what else is there that you don’t dare to reach for?!
With this thought in mind, she looked around at her residence.
According to the previous report from the general manager, the renovation was completed in July.
The walls all around are covered with white paper, which looks clean and bright.
The furniture and furnishings in the house are relatively simple and plain, and should be arranged in a unified manner, and they have been repainted with bright paint.
The only thing that seemed a bit delicate was the incense burner placed on the round table.
Cigarette smoke curled up and the room was filled with the scent of sandalwood.
There seems to be other smells in the sandalwood scent.
Shu Shu's sense of smell was relatively sensitive, so she got up and walked along the source of the smell, directly to the wall.
She reached out and touched the wall. She was a little surprised because the white paper was not flat.
