The Brdo seigneury came in the middle of the 18th century into the hands of the Zois barons. The barons lived mainly in Ljubljana; during their absence, trustees were managing the seigneury. From the correspondence between the trustee Martin Urbančič and Žiga Zois, and from Urbančič's instructions for the employees of the seigneury, the author chose some fragments that present everyday life at Brdo and in its vicinity at the end of the 18th century.