Marry the villain and the whole court kneels down and calls her the queen

After hearing this, Mudan's eyes lit up and she became lively again.

"Yes, ma'am."

That look seemed to be shining when she was pampered by Lu Yunyang.

Jiang Jiu waved his hand after he finished speaking: "Alright, Mudan stay here, you all go down and discuss how to start."

The concubines all went back.

Jiang Jiu left Mudan alone and gave her orders in a tone as if she were the manager.

"The eldest lady has divided the household and taken all the slaves and servants with her. Is the new roster I asked you to make this morning ready?"

Mudan pulled out a booklet from her bosom and said, "Madam, everything is ready. It's all here."

Jiang Jiu opened it and read it carefully.

"We need to increase income and reduce expenditure. The Lu family's monthly salary is too high, and I can't afford it. Except for the housekeeper Fu Bo, who gets two taels of silver per month, the maids get five hundred coins per month, and the servants get six hundred coins per month."

Jiang Jiu handed the household account book to Mudan and said, "This is the monthly salary. If you want to stay, stay. If you don't want to stay, leave."

"Wait till the end, and see how many maids and servants will stay?"

Mudan nodded and replied, "Okay, I'll go tell them later."

Jiang Jiu continued, "There are not many people in our house, so we don't need too many people to serve us. We can just leave two servants in the outer courtyard for Uncle Fu to serve."

"The master and the mistress will remain unchanged. In my room and the young master's, I will keep two maids and a maid for rough work."

Mudan agreed again. Jiang Jiu thought about it and didn't seem to have anything else to say. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Madam Qian, please go with Miss Mudan and take care of these things."

After Jiang Jiu gave the instructions, Lu Yunyang was completely confused.

"You, what do you mean? Scatter all the servants in the house?"

Jiang Jiu spread his hands and said, "What else can I do? There are only a few dozen taels of silver left in the account book. All your concubines and I have to support them. We can't afford it."

Lu Yunyang was even more confused: "You and all the concubines? What did you do to Mudan and the others?"

Jiang Jiu blinked his innocent eyes and smiled: "Of course we make the best use of them, let them use their expertise and make money."

Lu Yunyang jumped up from his chair in anger.

"I married them to live with me and enjoy life. You want them to make money? How could they do that?"

Jiang Jiu looked at Lu Yunyang who was getting more and more angry, and slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"You want them to enjoy the good life with you? Have they really enjoyed it? Yesterday, Mudan's private money was emptied. Will it be Haitang's turn tomorrow..."

Lu Yunyang choked, as if he had been hit by a club, and was unable to speak.

Jiang Jiu: "Who says they can't? They each have their own specialties, and if they are mastered, they can all be profitable skills."

"If you don't know, I can teach them. Concubines are for use. Otherwise, you have to earn money to support them."

If Lu Yunyang knew how to make money, he wouldn't have to worry so much.

I originally went back to find out how Jiang Jiu was going to earn three thousand taels, but I didn't expect that the people he was driving were actually his eight concubines.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Lu Yunyang laughed in anger.

"Even so, they don't make much every month."

They thought Jiang Jiu was deliberately making things difficult for them, but they didn't expect that Jiang Jiu actually set goals and plans.

"Not necessarily. Their original monthly salary was two taels. As long as they earned four taels, they could pay two taels for public use and keep two taels for themselves."

Lu Yunyang always thought that women were just accessories and never thought about making money from them, so he was very skeptical.

"They have to give you the money they earn. What's the reward for the extra money?"

Jiang Jiu just told his concubines that if they had more, he would reward them, but if they had less, he would sell them.

Lu Yunyang was curious about what the reward was.

Jiang Jiu glanced at him indifferently, but did not answer, and continued.

"As for the expenses and other expenses of the mansion, we have to rely on the fields and shops. However, it seems that the business of the shops is not very profitable at the moment, so we have to reduce the staff."

Lu Yunyang felt that he didn't quite understand and was confused. He was so angry that he stood up and threw his sleeves.

"Okay, go ahead and do what you can. I want to see how you can come up with three thousand taels of silver."

Jiang Jiu also snorted coldly, showing no sign of weakness: "Young Master, just wait and see. As long as I can gather three thousand taels, you must not regret it."

Lu Yunyang looked at Jiang Jiu deeply and squeezed out four words from between his teeth: "I will never regret it."

After saying that, Lu Yunyang turned away.

As soon as I walked into the garden in the yard, I saw Laurel and Peony discussing something.

"If we manage this bamboo garden and these flower beds well, we can sell bamboo shoots and flowers. I just wonder if you will allow us to sell these precious flowers, young master?"

"Why do you care about the young master? No matter how many flowers we have at home, he won't even look at them. It's better to sell them and make money. We can hardly eat. The young master only cares about the women outside and doesn't care about us."

"Ahem." Lu Yunyang coughed lightly, startling the two people who were talking in private.

Shaoyao was startled and pulled Yuegui's sleeve. The two of them quickly apologized to Lu Yunyang.

"Don't be angry, sir. It was all Madam's idea. There's nothing we can do..."

Lu Yunyang saw the grievance in their guilty eyes, and he felt even more aggrieved.

"I treat you well on weekdays, how could you side with her?"

Shaoyao laughed dryly, "Sir, she is your wife. Husband and wife are one. If you side with her, you are also side with you. Besides, whether we can serve you in the future depends on your wife's arrangement."

Lu Yunyang opened his peach blossom eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

Yue Gui was holding Lu Yunyang's arm on the other side and smiled sweetly.

"Madam has arranged for us to serve the young master three days a month. If we earn more money, we can arrange two more times."

Lu Yunyang counted on his fingers, eight concubines, three times eight equals twenty-four, and a month has thirty days. This is going to tire him to death.

He understood instantly. No wonder he asked Jiang Jiu what the reward was, but Jiang Jiu didn't tell him. It turned out that after all this time, the reward was his.

"What if I don't come back?"

Shaoyao pouted and acted coquettishly: "I think about you every day. How can you not come back every day? If you don't come back for one day, just postpone it. Anyway, when the day comes, I will wait for you in the lady's room. Even if you only come back for an hour, I can still serve you well."

Lu Yunyang held his forehead. In order to let his concubine make money, Jiang Jiu even gave up the main room. He was really after money and didn't even want a man.

Okay, okay, okay. Lu Yunyang left angrily.

In the afternoon, Xia Zhi was reporting the situation of the two stores to Jiang Jiu.

Lu Ming, the servant beside Lu Yunyang, ran back in a hurry.

"Master and Madam, something bad has happened. The young master has been detained by the gambling house and they want us to pay silver to redeem him."

Mr. Lu Liu was furious when he heard this: "What? He went to gamble again? Why didn't you stop him? Our family is not what it used to be. We don't have any money anymore."

When Mrs. Lu Chen heard this, her head buzzed and she asked anxiously, "How much money do you owe?"

The servant cautiously extended a finger.

Mrs. Lu Chen patted her chest and said, "It's not bad. I only have one hundred taels. Go and ask the young lady for money. If you don't give me the silver by today, I'll have to pawn my jewelry."

She didn't say whose jewelry she was pawning.

Jiang Jiu didn't give his son any money yesterday, and he might not give it to him today, but he still has several concubines. Who knows, one of them might soften her heart and give it to him.

Unexpectedly, the servant shook his head helplessly: "Madam, it's not one hundred taels."

Lu Chen exclaimed, "How much is that?"

"One thousand taels."