Empress work daily

Chapter 84
Hehe, hehe, the national teacher's congratulatory gift is so... special.Shang Liujia couldn't help laughing awkwardly. In fact, he wanted to say "bluntly", but he couldn't get it out of his mouth. He changed a word temporarily, but Ji Qiang understood it very well.

She shook the wooden box and weighed the few gold ingots, about 50 taels in weight. The real pure gold ingots can be exchanged for 500 taels of silver immediately when they are taken to the market or bank.

Shang Liujia didn't know what Ji Qiang was thinking, but she saw that she was holding the box tightly, her thoughts were dignified, she was lost all the way, when she was approaching the gate of Yangyuan Hall, she stopped suddenly, turned her head to look at him, her eyes were full of tears. With a "cunning" he had never seen before.

Yes, it is "cunning".Although it is a bit embarrassing to describe his Majesty in this way, to be honest, his Majesty's smile is really weird at the moment.

"Liujia." She hooked her fingers, and her weird smile became wider. Shang Liujia trotted, half-bent and approached, "Your Majesty, tell me."

Ji Qiang lowered his voice, "Send a few able-bodied people out of the palace, and say that the national teacher gave me a box of gold ingots as a congratulatory gift, and I smiled happily."

Shang Liujia: "..."

Ji Qiang then told him to be more careful, don't show his feet.

Shang Liujia took the order to act, and Ji Qiang returned to the Yangyuan Hall in a good mood. During breakfast, he drank an extra bowl of porridge and an extra golden fried pancake, and when eating the pancake, he stared at the golden pancake , did not move for a long time.

Lu Yi thought that the pancakes were not to her liking, but she stared at the pancakes and said suddenly: "Gold, gold."

Lu Yi lowered her head silently, her Majesty really wanted to go "crazy" when Jin Zi thought about it.

In order to restore a little "reputation" of his majesty, Shang Liujia ordered people to disclose the news bit by bit, so that it would appear a little more concealed and natural, so as not to make people think too much. His majesty is clearly saying "longevity festival" The banner asked the courtiers for gold.

Although, His Majesty asked his courtiers for gold under the banner of "Longevity Festival"!

So, within two days, all the aristocratic families in the capital knew of Ji Qiang's intentions, and one or two were astonished.

When Jiang Yousi told Tang Chongjian the news, the old man was picking out gifts for Ji Qiang in the Gold and Silver Building, and he was wondering whether to choose an agate jade bracelet or a golden hairpin as a gift.

After struggling for a long time, he still prefers the golden hairpin, so he chooses it.

It was at this time that Jiang Youpan passed the news to him, and the old man was so startled that he could stuff an egg into his mouth.

After a while, he said in surprise regardless of the occasion: "Is she really asking the big guy for money so blatantly?!"

This means, simply, simply!
Straightforward and simple!But very easy to use!

So far, Tang Chongjian has to admit that Ji Qiang is more ruthless than him when it comes to "picking" money.

Jiang Yousi asked him to keep his voice down, and added quietly, "You don't even look at who is behind her, I'm also surprised. In the past, the national teacher let her mess around and never said anything. She messed up. The teacher just cleans up the mess for her... Now, not only clean up the mess, but also plan to accompany her."

This was a bit too much, after all, it involved the national teacher, Tang Chongjian drank lightly, and told Jiang Yousi to shut up.

Jiang Yousi pouted at the gold hairpin in his hand, "You, do you want more?"

What do you want! 50 taels of silver bought such a beautifully shaped and exquisitely crafted nobile, but it was not made of pure gold.

So, Tang Chongjian turned around and changed his smiling face, and said to the shopkeeper who was holding the golden box to help him pack it: "I don't have enough money today, come back another day."

The shopkeeper's face remained unchanged, and his attitude was as respectful as ever. He politely sent Tang Chongjian out of the door, and his enthusiasm made the old man a little embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two left, the shopkeeper immediately called the waiter, and said with a serious face: "Quickly go and inform the boss that this year His Majesty's Longevity Day will not accept gifts, and only gold will be accepted for gifts. What are you doing here, hurry up!"

"How do you know that His Majesty only accepts gold as gifts?"

The guy was dubious.

The old shopkeeper slapped the boy on the head without any hesitation, "Blind, the one who chose the gold hairpin just now is Mr. Tang, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and the other is Mr. Jiang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. What do I usually teach you?" , watch people before doing business..."

The guy was very wronged, everyone in the capital didn't know that Tang Chongjian was an iron rooster, and even if he was killed, he would never have thought that the "iron rooster" would come to Jinyinlou to buy a hairpin at a high price.

The old shopkeeper kicked the young man again, and said eagerly: "Don't talk nonsense, go and tell the boss, let him tell Boss Shen quickly, I heard that he is building a jade Buddha for His Majesty's Longevity Festival, if it is too late, it will be too late." Already!"

When the boy heard that the situation was serious, he ran out quickly.

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Although the civil and military officials had clearly known Ji Qiang's intentions, they were hesitant at the moment of giving the gold. They definitely had to give it, but how much to give needed to be carefully considered.

I heard that the national teacher and His Majesty gave a small box of gold, how much is there?The box that can fit into the armhole is only a few dozen taels at most, and it won't fit any more.

Many ministers discussed in private, and sent them up according to the standard of the national teacher. The reason was that no matter how old they were, how could they pass the national teacher?
This proposal was quickly rejected.

His Majesty has already... To put it more seriously, he has already taken the opportunity to ask them for money regardless of face. If they don't know what's going on, the first one, the National Teacher will not spare them!

Therefore, the gift must be more than the national teacher.

As for how much, it is still a question.

Yes, who has been an official for many years and has no family background?

Small officials and small households can still spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, not to mention the rich and well-rooted families that have gone through several dynasties.

But no one wants to be the first bird, for fear of being beaten!

Just so hesitant, another two days.

Suddenly, they heard that the Dukes of Qin and Song had given His Majesty a thousand pieces of gold, and they were all relieved.

The ancestors of the two houses fought the world with the holy ancestors. After four dynasties, their roots are deep and leafy, and their heritage is profound.

And they decrease according to this standard, which is also very cheap.

Therefore, there are those who give five hundred gold, some who give three hundred gold, and those who give one hundred gold.There was also a family with a large population and heavy burdens, so they really couldn't afford much, so they only gave a few golden pegs as a symbolic token of their affection.

Three days later, Ji Qiang received a total of more than 1 taels of gold ingots. So far, the local birthday celebration "gift" has not yet arrived.

On this day, Ji Qiang leisurely flipped through the account books, and Ling Lu hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, the rich businessman Shen Wanjiu is offering a gift of 1 taels to congratulate His Majesty on his long life."

"How much?" Ji Qiang was so startled that he didn't even care about maintaining his image, and almost rolled off the couch.

"1 taels of gold." Linglu repeated, and said: "There are also twelve merchants including Jinyinlou, Qinxin Tea House, Wuhu Sihai Restaurant, etc. jointly sent congratulatory gifts, five thousand gold."

Ji Qiang: "..."

(End of this chapter)