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The next day, she met with the shopkeeper outside. Perhaps she had heard some rumors, and these people were extremely honest. She could not find any flaws in the account book.

Why does it feel like there's no room for improvement? Oh, it's going to be really frustrating if I don't let these three fires burn out. So Lan Hanlu put down the tea bowl and covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

"From the account books, I can see that all the shopkeepers are experienced people, and their loyalty to the Lou Mansion is unquestionable. These are all worthy of commendation.

However, two shops have been open for almost three months, and not only have they not yet reached a balance between income and expenditure, but if the business situation continues for another three months, I think…"

The shopkeepers' faces turned red at her hesitant words, but they were still shopkeepers after all, so they calmed down after a while.

One of them, a thin man in his 40s, clasped his hands together and saluted. "Madam, since you don't run these businesses, you might not know that there are countless restaurants in the capital, each with its own unique background."

I just took over this restaurant. The chef was taken away by the previous owner. I had to go through a lot of trouble to hire this chef, but his cooking is pretty standard, so…”

"Since you know your shortcomings, have you thought of a solution? And why don't you report it to the master?" She said calmly.

The man seemed to have regained his confidence after hearing what he had just said, and he continued speaking eloquently. "Good chefs are not easy to find. Specialty dishes all have their own secret recipes, which we don't have. As for not reporting it, it's mainly because you just returned and you're not familiar with this place."

Lan Hanlu, who was about to take a sip of tea, threw the tea bowl on the table.

"Zhao Shuo, you really treat me like an ordinary girl and are fooling me. The poor management of the restaurant itself is a manifestation of your incompetence. Hiding the operating status and being disloyal to the owner is your biggest mistake."

Hearing Lan Hanlu's words, the man immediately knelt on the ground. "Madam, I am wronged. I, Zhao Shuo, am loyal to the General's Mansion."

"Being loyal means using the money from the General's Mansion to support a bunch of relatives in that restaurant. Zhao Shuo, how do you want to die?"

The cold tone made everyone present feel their hearts tighten. Not only Lan Hanlu was angry, but the housekeeper was also angry. These people were all selected by him.

The reason they were able to rise to power was their unwavering loyalty to the General's Mansion. Now, it wasn't just that these people were incompetent, but they were also slapped in the face of the thing he was most proud of.

So he stepped forward and knelt down, "Madam, it was this old slave who was blinded. Please leave this fellow to me. The General's Mansion will never allow anyone to betray."

This task really couldn't be left to him; it was an opportunity to establish his authority. But he couldn't deny this man face, as he would be the one to coordinate the government for the next two years.

So he gave the nanny a look and said, "The expression on your face has become a little more pleasant. Butler, please get up quickly." The nanny personally stepped forward and helped the man up.

"No one can question your loyalty to the palace, but people are all different, and hearts are fickle. This is not your fault. I'll just have to be stricter with the supervision outside in the future.

As for Zhao Shuo's treatment, I looked at the account books and the amount of embezzlement was not large. If they were to return all of it, it would be more than one-third of their monthly salary. After all, Fuli's losses cannot be ignored.

"Leave the rest to the steward, you can handle it. After all, it's you who selected the person and you handle it, so no one will say anything too much."

The butler knew that this was a favor to him, so he knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude. Then, he stood up and looked coldly at the people who had just been named.

The rest of the people hurried forward, explained the situation in the store clearly, emptied their stomachs, and waited for Lan Hanlu's decision.

Lan Hanlu nodded at their understanding. "I'll give you suggestions for improvement in the next two days, and I'll have someone notify you when the time comes. From now on, keep an account book once a month, and I'll let you know if there's anything else."

Zhao Shuo suddenly stood up as if he had gone mad, and then rushed towards Han Lu, "You bitch, you are trying to use me to establish your authority and even want to destroy our Zhao family."

He knew that he and his family would never get well. What Butler Lou hated most was betrayal. The Lou family had fallen into that situation because of the betrayal of their allies.

Lan Hanlu wants to establish her authority and Lou Muzi also wants to establish his authority. The Zhao family will definitely not end up well.

The incident happened suddenly, and no one expected that he, who had been kneeling on the ground, would explode. The housekeeper shouted at him with bloodshot eyes, but it only fueled his anger.

Just as he was about to reach Lan Hanlu, a little maid standing next to him took a step forward and kicked him. Shopkeeper Zhao flew backward out of the door and fell on the stone pavement. He covered the place where he was kicked and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Butler, ask someone to take him away. I don't want to see this family again." Lan Hanlu's expression didn't even change, but what she said made everyone present break out in cold sweats.

"Don't worry, madam. I will handle it properly and will never leave any trouble for the general's mansion." The housekeeper waved his hand and two servants came. After that, they dragged the man away.

It’s not that Lan Hanlu is cruel. In fact, that’s not right. She is just very cruel. Last time, the shopkeeper Zhao used the money from the general’s mansion to support the restaurant.

In fact, the general's mansion was not rich at that time. When it came time to give gifts at the end of the year, you would know that many of the rewards given by the emperor could not be given as gifts.

The rest had to be supplied to the mansion and the shops and farms outside. It would take some time before there would be any income, so Zhao Shuo made the finances of the general's mansion even worse.

In the next few days, Lan Hanlu sorted out several stores that were not profitable or making little profit and gave them rectification plans, except for the fur shop.

Lan Hanlu thought about it for a long time and finally wrote a letter to Lou Xiao, telling him that she was going to buy furs from there and sell them here, and that she was going to buy fine fabrics, food, tea and salt from here and sell them there.

The main purpose was to form a caravan with the injured soldiers on his side. Such a caravan would be combat-ready and could also take care of the soldiers' worries.

She could also run the shop for the general's mansion and earn some money to make a living. After writing the letter, she handed it directly to Xiangcheng.

"Find someone to help me deliver it over there. Also, take the medicine I prepared for the general. There's no such thing as too much of these things when there's a war going on over there."

Meeting Lan Hanlu's understanding gaze, Xiangcheng knelt down directly, but Lan Hanlu didn't blame her and just waved her hand, "I understand. Go down."

In the evening, the letter appeared in the emperor's hands, and was placed on the imperial desk together with today's events. Qi Linmu looked at the letter in his hand and a smile of interest appeared on his face.

I originally thought she was just a beautiful girl who won Lou Xiao's favor, but I didn't expect that she was also a knowledgeable person, smart but not ostentatious.

The chief eunuch just nodded his head in agreement when he heard the emperor praising someone like that. He absolutely could not say anything that was too obviously biased.

(The data of the novel has dropped a bit in the past two days, and I kept complaining to my husband. He looked at me and said, "Wife, the 11 yuan you are referring to is for food or drink. If it drops, it drops, and if it rises, it rises."

If you get angry, and if you get sick, even if you add two zeros to the end of it, it won't be enough to cover the cost of medical treatment. This crap advice is making me even more angry.)