There are no less than a hundred servants, guards and maids in the Yan Mansion, so Ye Qing's responsibilities are also very simple. He just stays in the mansion on weekdays. If nothing happens, all their ten imperial guards can go home in the evening, and then come to work as a service early the next morning.

They basically don’t need them in the house guards. Their only function is to follow Miss Yan Qingcheng when she goes out, or to accompany Yan Hongyuan when she goes out.

On weekdays, they don’t have to worry about anything else, unless it’s Su Jinsheng or Yan Hongyuan and Yan Qingcheng’s orders are sent, it’s a different matter.

After visiting Yan Hongyuan, Ye Qing also fully understood the role of their purchase by Yan Hongyuan. To put it bluntly, their imperial guards are the personal decorations of these wealthy businessmen, and are symbols used by wealthy businessmen to achieve a similar status with high-ranking officials and nobles.

When talking about business, making friends, and having banquets, the imperial guards became an indispensable extra bargaining chip for wealthy businessmen to convey to business partners, a message with strong background and status.

Just like in later generations, merchants will use the banner of state, officials, etc. to raise their identity and background. Some hotels will place photos of bosses, celebrities, and senior national officials to tell guests the taste and level of the hotel, and show the owner of this hotel's deep connections and strength background.

Of course, the purpose of merchants is definitely not single. In their hands, the imperial guards can be used at will according to their own needs. Since they can be used to decorate their status, they can naturally use the imperial guards of the imperial guards to intimidate some partners who have friction with them in business.

In short, by pulling the banner into a tiger's skin, taking advantage of the loose management of the imperial guards by the court, and the greed of the bigwigs of the Ministry of War in the court, the imperial guards became a "luxury" that symbolizes their identity in the hands of wealthy businessmen.

Especially in the current Southern Song Dynasty, when merchants were doing business, they were often not limited to the Song people, but had extremely close business dealings with foreign countries such as Jin, Daxia, Dali, Dashi, etc., so having an imperial guard next to the merchants can make foreign merchants believe that these Southern Song merchants who were "protected" by the imperial guards are worthy of their trust.

For them, the imperial guards are nothing more than an advertisement in later generations, in order to enhance their status and deepen others' trust in them. This trick is an extremely precious resource for a businessman, whether in later generations or now.

Following Su Jinsheng to the backyard, I saw a unique second floor surrounded by colorful vegetation, forming a seemingly elegant courtyard. On both sides of this second floor are two small blue brick bungalows.

Su Jinsheng pointed to the blue brick bungalow on the left and said, "The place where you rest on weekdays is convenient for these houses, and on the right is where some maids whom the lady calls him on weekdays live. The small building in the middle is the lady's residence. Brother Ye, remember, if you don't have the lady's instructions, you can't enter that building at will."

"It's the lady's embroidery building. It's prohibited for the opposite sex to enter. Don't worry, I promise we won't go in and out at will." Ye Qing looked up at the building. It seemed that the second floor should be the main place for Miss Yan to eat, wear, and live.

"The opposite sex?" Su Jinsheng thought about the somewhat unusual words. Although he understood the meaning, few people would use such words to speak at the moment.

"Male, female, aren't it the opposite sex?" Ye Qing looked at Su Jinsheng easily, then walked towards the blue brick house on the left.

Compared with the disappearance of social classes in later generations, the concept of gender equality is widely used, but the term opposite sex is still rigorous. Men and women are not all social components, or the concepts of men and women cannot cover all social classes.

Therefore, the word "the opposite sex" cannot fully summarize the division of people in this era. The existence of hierarchical concepts makes people more important and universal class division between men and women.

In one day, the entire Yan Mansion accompanied by Su Jinsheng. During this process, Yan Hongyuan's not-so-bright laughter could be heard from time to time, and waves of guests were welcomed.

Because Su Jinsheng wanted to establish a good relationship with Ye Qing, he, the butler of the Yan Mansion, could spend less energy in the future. So basically, he accompanied Ye Qing to visit the Yan Mansion on this day, and instead left the master Yan Hongyuan aside.

The Yan Mansion, which is crowded, can indeed be regarded as the most wealthy businessmen in the entire Lin'an City and even the entire Song Dynasty. Among the guests coming and going, in addition to most of the merchants, some officials and officials also visited the mansion. At this time, Su Jinsheng would often go to help Yan Hongyuan greet him.

"What time is it... when is it?" Ye Qing looked at Su Jinsheng leaving again, walked back to the yard where they were placed by Su Jinsheng with Lao Liutou and others, and looked at the sun moving westward.

It has been more than two months since he arrived in the Song Dynasty. What troubles Ye Qing is still the problem of time. He has never been able to guess the specific time. Moreover, the timing titles such as Zi Chou Yin and Mao are also very unfamiliar to him. After Lao Liu even told him the specific time, he still needs to go through Zi Chou Yin and Mao in his mind, and then convert it into the time method he is familiar with.

Li Heng had not come back with Yan Qingcheng yet, but Ye Qing had already faintly noticed a trace of existence in the Yan Mansion from the calm Yan Mansion and the conversation with Su Jinsheng, to be precise, the anxiety of the upper class figures in the Yan Mansion.

Yan Qingzhi's speed of entering the official career was obviously beyond the expectations of the Yan family. He originally thought that even if he passed the Jinshi exam and had the qualification to become an official, he would probably have to wait a few years if he wanted to become a dynasty, but obviously Yan Hongyuan did not expect that the court would hire Yan Qingzhi in a very short time.

Although it was just a small county magistrate in Binzhou, the imperial court's orders were not violated. Yan Qingzhi, who had always been in charge of the Yan family's business, threw the Yan family's business to Yan Hongyuan after the court recruitment.

But Yan Hongyuan people looked elegant, elegant, wise, but their body was not very tough. They had to take medicine every now and then. With his huge family business, they could not support them at all.

So two months after Yan Qingzhi left, Yan Hongyuan finally convinced his only daughter Yan Qingcheng to take over the Yan family's business when she was unable to support her.

But even two months are enough to make the Yan family's huge family business on the verge of falling apart because of the clan, the outer relatives, and the wife's family members. Compared with the outer relatives and the wife's family, the clan family has begun to be ready to move, and has even begun to secretly start to split the family and work alone.

Moreover, the Yan family also had external troubles. The business of the Southern Song Dynasty was extremely developed in history, and it was even the peak of feudal society. Therefore, the development of business also meant that competition was fierce. Some businesses that had competitive relationships with the Yan family were naturally happy to do something to do at this time.

Ye Qing sat in the yard with nothing to do and pondered these things. He was a little confused. Yan Hongyuan had to persuade his daughter to take over the family business. Could it be that his daughter's prestige is higher than his prestige in the clan? Or is his daughter's talented mind in business that is different from ordinary people? He could easily help the Yan family resolve this crisis.

When the sun was about to fall from the west sky, Li Heng finally came back with Miss Yan. After delivering it to the door, he watched Miss Yan walk into the yard of the embroidery building accompanied by two close maids. Li Heng saw Ye Qing leaning against the door frame, just like an old maid in the brothel, looking at him and Yan Qingcheng's back thoughtfully.

He quickly followed Zhao Qier and others behind him to Ye Qing, and then asked Zhao Qier and others to go into the yard to rest. Li Heng stopped and followed Ye Qing at the door to tell him what he had been with Yan Qingcheng today.

In short, I just follow the carriage around Lin'an City. After most of the day, I had nothing to do.

After saying that, Li Heng looked up at the sun that was about to sink. After a trace of hesitation flashed across his face, he still said to Ye Qing: "Ye Tou, do you still have money?"

"Why, isn't my condition improving yet?" Ye Qing straightened up from the door frame, then took out a purse from his arms and threw it to Li Heng: "Is it enough?"

Li Heng opened the wallet and took a look. It was about thirty or forty cents inside. It was probably Ye Qing’s living expenses this month.

Ye Qing's care for him and my mother has moved him so much these days. He looked at Ye Qing with gratitude and said, "It's not enough."

"Your uncle, why don't you show a gratitude expression?" Ye Qing glared at her eyes and tried to kick Li Heng again. However, when she saw a maid walking out of Xiulou, she hurriedly took her feet back and said, "You can grab a few medicines first, the remaining money..."

"You can't ask for your sister-in-law anymore. If you look for your sister-in-law again, I, Li Heng, will not have the shame to go to your house in the future." Li Heng looked at Ye Qing's thoughtful expression and hurriedly persuaded him.

"I know, stop talking about you, I'm embarrassed to ask for it." Ye Qing stroked his chin, wondering whether he would talk to his sister-in-law after he went back today and ask for the money he bought yesterday for yesterday's cloth?

As soon as this thought arose in his mind, Ye Qing's gaze seemed to appear again. In the morning, the inkstone that fell from the sky with a strong murderous aura hurriedly gave up the idea.

He was not sure if he would mention the piece of cloth yesterday to Bai Chun after going back today, would Bai Chun really go to the kitchen to get a knife and kill his brother-in-law for justice?

"I'll take a few doses of medicine first. How many days can I make do with it? So I'll leave today. If it's too late, the pharmacy shop will be closed again." Li Heng looked at Ye Qing's expression, and didn't expect Ye Qing to keep making things difficult for him and my mother, so he had to tightly hold the thirty or forty-month-month-month-old money bag in his hand and said.

"Yes, there must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain. Living people can even suffocate their urine. Okay, go, go home and take good care of me, say sorry to me, I will go to see her again in a few days." Ye Qing looked at Li Heng's back as he was gone, and looked stunned for a moment, and then suddenly called Li Heng.

After Li Heng, who had already walked a few steps, Ye Qing looked around and said, "You come here early tomorrow, I will come here later tomorrow. Anyway, I guess there is nothing wrong with the Yan Mansion. Nothing will happen. Just take them with you, but remember not to talk back to Lao Liu anymore. Lao Liu is not as simple as it seems."
Chapter completed!