Meng Xinniang made a rough calculation, the fourth young master grasped the whole Jinan Mansion and the people with the heads and faces came, the delicacies were delicious, the tea was good, the wine was good, and a banquet was held, and there were no two thousand taels that could not be served.

These silvers are all from the public, and most of the gifts received belong to the fourth young master, plus the return gift or something, the more you calculate, the more you lose.

She didn't know how much property there was in the name of the palace. I always feel that all year round, there are many banquets, ranging from a few hundred taels to a few thousand taels, and if it goes on like this, when Zhou Han inherits the title, I am afraid that the palace will also be hollowed out.

I was distressed, so I heard a report that Ming Mei asked to see me.

"Nope." She waved her hand distraught, "Send her away." ”

"Aunt Mei said that there is something important to report to you." The girl who passed the message hesitated.

Meng Xinniang sneered, "What important things can she have?" ”

"Princess Shizi, you can see her." Ziqiang persuaded from the side, "Since the slippery tire, Aunt Mei has been holding back her strength to find your stubble." If you don't see her, she may have to say something bad about you behind your back.

Seeing that the holy car is about to arrive, you have to go to Mount Tai with the prince to accompany the car to worship the sky, don't make any more contradictions.

She rushed to see her, and you were kind when you saw it, if she caused something, it was hers. With a few of us staring at her, she can't do any tricks. ”

Meng Xinniang thought that Ziqiang was reasonable, and nodded her head, "Then call her in." ”

The girl promised to step back, and after a while, someone opened the bamboo curtain of Xiangfei. Putting Ming Mei in.

Meng Xinniang was still thinking about the silver she spent, and when she saw her light makeup and graceful eyebrows, she was quite impatient, "If you have anything, just say it quickly." ”

Mingmei was going to have a long talk with her, and after sweeping her eyes, she saw the account book on the small table, and saw her face that couldn't hide the pain, and she had already understood eight ~ nine points in her heart, so she intended to poke her sore spot. "The fourth young master's first birthday banquet is really decent. There are not a few thousand taels of silver that cannot be paid. ”

Meng Xinniang asked her to stir up her anger, and she became more and more unsound, "What the hell is the matter with you, shouldn't you have come to tell me how much silver the fourth young master's first birthday banquet spent?" ”

"Not really." Mingmei smiled lightly. "The concubine is just holding grievances for the princess."

Meng Xinniang heard that there was something in her words. The tip of the eyebrows is slightly frowned. "What do you mean by that?"

"Does the princess know that Mrs. Li, who is in charge of purchasing in the big kitchen, has a goddaughter?" Mingmei replied not to the question.

Meng Xinniang didn't know what Mother-in-law Li had a goddaughter doing to her, but she was annoyed that Ming Mei was talking to her in circles like this. "If you have something to say, just say it, I don't have time to talk to you."

Seeing that Meng Xinniang was so anxious, Ming Mei despised her very much, and still smiled unhurriedly on her face: "Mrs. Li's goddaughter is the eldest girl next to the second young lady, Xiaoji. ”

After a slight pause in her tone, she saw Meng Xinniang's thoughtful expression, and continued, "Not long after the second young lady got married, Xiao Ji recognized Mrs. Li as her godmother, and often took the opportunity to follow Mrs. Li out of the house.

Mrs. Li has a distant nephew named Luo Yuzhu, who is Xiaoji's godbrother. This man is very clever, and he is very familiar with the shopkeepers of many shops in the city, and often drinks and mingles together, and Mrs. Li also frequents these shops......"

This time, Meng Xinniang understood, "You mean, the second brother and sister colluded with the mother-in-law surnamed Li to covet the silver in Mogong by purchasing it?" ”

Mingmei smiled and said nothing, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

Meng Xinniang didn't believe it, "Then Mrs. Li's family are all the princess's henchmen, how could they collude with the second brother and sister?" Besides, what a shrewd person the princess is, if the second brother and sister are really greedy for the money in the public, how could the princess not notice it? ”

Ming Mei smiled slightly, "As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and loyalty to the princess is not in conflict with making money." The concubine didn't know if the princess was aware of it, but even if the princess noticed it, she must have been fine.

The things you buy are good, and the prices are very reasonable, even cheaper than the ones on the market. If you check the books alone, you can't find any problems. ”

"It can't be." Meng Xinniang blurted out, "The things are good, the price is cheap, and there is no problem on the books, so where is she going to get the silver?" ”

"Naturally, from the shop, they eat 'filial piety'."

"Filial piety?"

"Yes, to put it bluntly, it's a private transaction: they buy things from a certain shop for a long time, and the shopkeeper takes out a part of the silver to honor them."

Meng Xinniang's eyes widened, "There is still such a thing?" ”

Mingmei knew what she was surprised about, and said: "Take the soy sauce sellers as an example, the soy sauce sold by the four shops of Zhangwang, Li and Liu is almost the same, and it is bought when you go to Zhangji Wangji, and you can buy it when you go to Li Ji and Liu Ji."

If you go to Zhang Ji today, Wang Ji tomorrow, Liu Ji the day after tomorrow, and Li Ji the day after tomorrow, the silver that each shop can earn is limited.

If he dies and only buys from Li Ji, then how much silver does Li Jiguang have to earn in a year to supply soy sauce to the palace? He took out one or two percent of the money he earned as filial piety, and he could still earn more than eighty percent of the money he earned as a big customer, so why not do it? ”

Meng Xinniang didn't expect to make money like this, and while she was amazed, she couldn't help but be curious, "How do you know these things?" ”

"This method is not new, and many people who do business and deal with businessmen will use it, and you will understand it if you think about it." Mingmei smiled smugly.

Meng Xinniang looked at her with scrutiny in her eyes, "I'm asking you, how do you know that the second brother and sister colluded with Mrs. Li to embezzle the money in the Mogong Dynasty?" ”

Mingmei wanted to deal with Jian Ying for a day or two, she was always careful in the palace, listening everywhere, and there was an Erui outside the palace to help her find out the news. After a long time, there are always clues to follow.

Of course, she wouldn't tell Meng Xinniang that she had deliberately inquired about these things, so she put this "credit" on the head of the person who had no evidence to die, "It was Su Ping who told the concubine." ”

Meng Xinniang secretly sighed and said that it was a pity, she had known that Su Ping knew so many things, so she asked the executioner's mother-in-law to be lighter, leaving the girl with a cheap life. No, you shouldn't have dialed the plain screen to Mingmei in the first place.

She was also confused, why didn't she think of taking something out of Su Ping's mouth earlier?

The thought flashed and pressed, concentrating on the person in front of him, "What do you mean by suddenly running to me and telling me this?" ”

"How many banquets does the palace hold throughout the year? How much food do you need to eat in each house and courtyard on weekdays? How many shops do you have to deal with? Even if a shop only takes out 10% of filial piety, how much silver should it have? Since there is no division of the family, the money should be in the public. ”

Mingmei glanced at Meng Xinniang deeply, "Since it is the silver in the gongzhong, there is a share of our big house!" ”

――(To be continued......)