Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 67
"Forgive me, the boy was so happy just now."

"There are still benefits. Don't take away the 200 million taels of silver you brought. You can borrow another 100 million taels of silver and hand it over to the Miscellaneous Household Office. They will give you some properties in the capital, shops and yards. The money you have should be With your third brother's money, this year the House of Internal Affairs was bought out by the wife of Luo Yunhou Zhang Jinyu."

Bai Guangju couldn't believe that Dai Xiang took such good care of him. Most of the industries in the capital belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other dignitaries were accumulated by generations of talents. The house is all taken at a low price, and it is 3% of the profit when it is resold, and 100 million taels is nearly 30 taels of silver.

Shen Zhongxin also looked at Bai Guangju enviously, this is really the leader eating meat.

"Thank you, Neixiang, boy, I will write the IOU now, Shen Shilang is preparing the IOU."

"Ah good,"

Shen Zhongxin rewrote three copies according to the template of Luoyunhou Mansion and handed them over, and wrote three copies for himself by mistake. After all, he also borrowed 30 taels, and the interest was quite a lot. Saved a lot, this is still talking about introversion.

Bai Guangju took the IOU and looked at it. It was exactly 100 million taels and he signed it. When he looked up, he saw Shen Shilang still writing the IOU, so he asked;
"Didn't Shen Shilang write the IOU in triplicate? Why are you still writing it?"

Shen Zhongxin blushed and said awkwardly;
"Master Hou, Inner Minister, forgive me, I also borrowed money from the lower officials, so I want to use No.2 to reduce the interest. I'm laughing at you."

Dai Quan was also very surprised to see Shen Zhongxin like this, no matter how big or small he was, he couldn't escape a word of profit.
"Don't worry about it. It's still 30 taels to rewrite the IOU. I don't want the interest. I'll make the decision for you. Of course, No. 2 is used. After that, it's up to you, Shen Shilang, to pay more attention to other people's repayments. Be careful, no matter who comes here, do as I said just now, except you two, what do you think, Marquis of Xiangyang?"

"What the inner minister said is that Shen Shilang is also loyal in his work in the household department. After that, he has to rely on him to supervise this matter. It is necessary and necessary."

Bai Guangju responded immediately, never procrastinating.

"Don't worry, both of you, this is the way to go. It's enough for Shen Shilang to worry about it. You don't have to give the third place to others. I also have a nephew who owes 100 million taels of silver. I will give the third place to you." He used it, I brought all the money and the interest, Shen Shilang recorded it."

"Here, Neixiang, should I be the third and you be the first."

How could Bai Guangju be willing to be on top of Dai Quan? Moreover, the money might have been borrowed by Neixiang himself.

"Stop arguing, the third is the third, you two are easy to say, what can my nephew say? I understand! I borrowed 100 million taels for ten years. The original interest is 33 taels, and the interest is 23% off [-] taels. , IOUs and bank notes are recorded and filed, and I should go back and report to the emperor after I am done."

"Yes, sir, just write it down,"

Shen Zhongxin had one thing in his mind, and it relieved a lot, so he picked up two new booklets to record the repayment and borrowing of money. Presumably, the emperor will check it out at that time, so it will be clear at a glance.

"You take this IOU and go to the internal affairs directly to find the prince and see which properties, you can get enough 100 million taels of property, and write the contract there. Don't ask about the money here, and give the household directly what you brought. Just go back."

"Yes, Prime Minister, this is 180 million taels of silver notes, and the remaining silver will be guarded by the Imperial Guard outside, just check it."

"This is the negligence of the lower officials. Mr. Zhao followed Master Hou to check the silver, 20 taels, and put it into the warehouse directly after checking."

"Yes, Lord Shen."

A middle-aged head of the household department came in from outside and accompanied Bai Guangju to check the money.

Dai Quan waited for Shen Zhongxin to write the account books, and took out 180 taels from the 5 million taels of banknotes and hid them in his sleeve. Handed it to Shen Zhongxin to keep the account and put it in the warehouse, thinking that he would need a copy of the account book,
"Shen Shilang, all the 175 million taels of banknotes have been entered into the account, including the 100 million taels of repayment money from the Luoyunhou Mansion. My Ministry of Internal Affairs will not take it. Please write two more account books, and keep one copy for your household department. I will bring the other copy to the emperor to check at any time, and if there is still one to return, I will compare it with yours and add more.”

"Yes, Internal Prime Minister, I'll write it down now."

After speaking, he quickly wrote the other 2 copies, and handed the two account books to Dai Quan. Dai Quan looked at it and nodded in satisfaction. It's a mess.

After reading it, he stopped talking, got up and went to the palace. Shen Zhongxin wanted to give it away, but was stopped by Dai Quan and said that he didn't want to give it away. Then Shen Zhongxin sat down and counted the bank notes carefully. Xiangyang Hou first repaid 195 million taels, and lent another 100 million taels plus Luoyun Hou Mansion's 100 million taels, which happened to be 195 million taels in storage. As for where the extra 5 taels of banknotes went, he didn't even think about it.

The Marquis of Xiangyang also followed the principal to check the amount of silver, and after checking it was correct, he also left the palace gate. The third child who was waiting at the gate was circling back and forth anxiously, and asked hurriedly when he saw the eldest one coming out;

"How's the big brother?"

"It's done. This is not a place to talk, let's talk when we go back."

The third child nodded resolutely, organized the convoy to go back, and said at the intersection of Bai Guangju;
"Tell the servants to go back to the mansion, and the third child will follow me to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to choose a property."

"Brother, didn't you say it's gone?"

"Where is it? Dai Xiangte approved that the third child in our family can buy some property, and the Hou Mansion waived half of the interest. I also borrowed another 100 million taels of silver to buy some property and income for you and your second sister."

The third child was a little confused.I finally paid it off, why did I borrow money again? Isn’t it still owed?

"Brother, why are you borrowing money again? Isn't it still troublesome?"

"You know what a fart, do you think it's really good not to borrow money from the court?"

"Why is this bad again?"

"You!"

"Ah. Brother, did I say the wrong thing again?"

Bai Shaofeng's head is getting bigger, and the eldest brother is always playing tricks.

"Then let me say two things. The first is that if I don't borrow money, Prime Minister Dai will not give me the opportunity to buy the property this time. Second, does the emperor really want us to pay back all the money?"

Dawu Capital,

inside the palace,

Dai Quan brought the account book to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and shouted at the door;

"Report to Your Majesty, the slave Dai Quan has come to accept the crime."

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong stood behind the desk without speaking, and continued to write the four big characters "rare and confused", and only spoke after finishing the last stroke;
"You old man still knows how to come, come in."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Only then did Dai Quan come in tremblingly, completely different from himself who walked like a dragon and a tiger before, and sometimes knelt down when he came in;

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this slave made a big mistake and caused His Majesty to wait for so long."

"Get up, what did you say was wrong?"

Dai Quan got up and replied;

"Your Majesty, this old slave was careless. I didn't expect that someone would dare to make a move in the capital. The key is not the people of the White Lotus Sect. This is a mistake."

"Well, you also know that it was a mistake. You can't hide it tomorrow morning. Do you know who did it?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the preliminary judgment is that it is a member of the Taiping Sect. As for the person behind the scenes, there is no clue yet."

"Then go check it out, check it out carefully, the four gates of the capital are already under martial law, so you probably didn't run out of the city."

"It's Your Majesty,"

Dai Quan breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, extremely respectful,

"Do you think the people from the former Prince's Mansion are still alive?"

The emperor's abrupt words once again scared Dai Quan into silence,
"This, no way, it wasn't that that person died at that time."

"Hmph, you also know that you just said it, but you didn't see it. Is it a coincidence that something happened to Zhang Jinyu's wife just now?"

Emperor Wu was suspicious by nature, so thinking about it this way further deduced the rationality of his thoughts.

"Return to Your Majesty, the servant understands, and will investigate carefully."

"Well, check secretly, and how about the household department?"

Emperor Wu was still thinking about the issue of money in the household department, which is the most important thing. Dai Quan let out a sigh of relief when he saw the topic being changed.

"Return to Your Majesty, everything has been dealt with. Here are the ledgers. One is for borrowing, the other is for repayment, and the account department has another copy."

"Very well, if you tell me what to do, I won't read it."

"It's Your Majesty. The first one is a loan of 100 million taels from Mrs. Yang of the Luoyunhou Mansion. The money has been sent to buy the property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The first repayment is the Luoyunhou Mansion. Madam Yang paid it off on the spot. As for Bai Guangju of Xiangyang Houfu, I also count him as the first repayment. The total principal and interest are 240 million taels. I decide to waive half of the interest. I paid 100 million taels to go back, and I still bought the property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”

(End of this chapter)