After playing in the Nine Heavens Hall of Long Jiuling for a while, Chen Xiao looked at the entrance of the harem outside, and the Seven Princes had not yet come.

He didn't dare not pay back the money, because he was afraid that Chen Xiao would find the emperor.

But it hasn't come out for so long, obviously, this money is really not easy to borrow.

There's no way, just play in the Nine Heavens Temple.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that the Seven Princes came out.

Chen Xiao walked out of the Nine Heavens Hall and saw the Seven Princes holding a few ingots of silver in their hands.

"Oh, fifty taels!" The Seventh Prince had a dark face and gave the silver to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao snorted, took the silver, and said, "Next time you want to find someone to kill me, you can at least talk about ten thousand taels of silver, dozens of taels of silver want to kill me, what are you and me." ”

So saying, he took the money, and turned away.

The Seventh Prince breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You still treat me as a fool......"

With that, he turned around and went back to Zhuang Ning Pavilion!

After Chen Xiao left the palace, he returned to the household department, and at this time it was almost dark, and many officials had already released their offices, that is, they were off work.

After Chen Xiao handed over the silver to the officials in the main hall to put it away, Chen Xiao also returned to the restaurant after work.

In the restaurant, the fat man told Chen Xiao that he had received a title deed sent by the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites.

Chen Xiao looked at it, it was a hundred acres of land, outside the imperial capital, a remote and uninhabited place.

It is a salt pond, but unfortunately, the salt from the salt pond is not of good quality, and it will not make money if it is mined, so it is an abandoned place, and it is not a good land.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu would be so generous with two thousand taels of silver in exchange for Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao was very happy, in the eyes of the people of this world, the salt made out of this salt pool was relatively worse, so he felt useless.

But Chen Xiao probably still knows some ways to make salt.

Therefore, these salts that are not of good quality and have a lot of impurities can be made into white as snow.

So, in his hands, it is definitely a treasure land.

"Fatty, give me two thousand taels of silver, I bought this land!" Chen Xiao said.

The fat man was anxious when he heard it: "I said, stupid or not?" It's not worth buying this kind of useless land even if you buy it for a hundred taels, let alone two thousand taels? ”

"You toad at the bottom of the well, you know a hammer!" Chen Xiao was angry and said:

"This land, in my hands, I don't know how many two thousand taels you earn, you wait and see, I'm free, I'll let you know how good this land is!"

The fat man sighed: "Okay, okay, I believe what you say is fragrant!" ”

Chen Xiao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and when he arrived in the backyard, he saw Qi Mo in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"No, Chen Xiao, look, this sow's belly is getting bigger and bigger!" Qi Mo said.

Chen Xiao nodded: "Well, take good care of it, you will make a great contribution to the meat of all people in this world, this is definitely not a joke!" ”

Qi Mo said seriously: "Really? Isn't this just two pigs? ”

"Have you ever seen a fat pig like this? Have you ever eaten such a fat pig? Chen Xiao asked.

"That's not true, but this pig is so beautiful, I'm really a little reluctant to eat it!"

Chen Xiao pursed his lips and said, "Go back to sleep immediately!" ”

Qi Mo glanced at Chen Xiao, and then continued to lie on his stomach, looking at the pig.

Nothing to say all night!

The next day, early in the morning, Chen Xiao went to the household department, took a few small officials, and continued to collect the accounts!

In the lobby of the household department, the household department Shangshu asked the officials below: "Yesterday, what did Chen Xiao, the director of the Ministry of Finance, do?" ”

"It seems that I have been outside, and it is said that I went to the Chengwang Mansion to attend the county lord's party, and I also went to the palace." The clerk replied.

Tobe Shangshu said, "What about today? ”

"I went out again early in the morning!"

Hubu Shangshu smiled: "It seems that he is not worried about the problem of the account book at all, hehe, then it is best, in this position, the official has given the task, but you have not done anything, and the problem will become more and more serious, and the accounts will become more and more wrong, and then push everything to you, see when you will finish it......"

After the little official retreated, the head of the household went to the head of the household, saying that he could continue to be corrupt in some places where he spent money recently, anyway, Chen Xiao didn't care about the accounts, and when the accounts didn't match, Chen Xiao's guilt would be greater.

But how did he know that Chen Xiao was not only collecting accounts, but also secretly checking the problems such as the incompatibility of some of his own accounts, and where it was not correct, how much was the difference, which link was bad, and who was responsible, he was carefully investigating and marking the problem.

Even so, it is difficult to ascertain the previous accounting problems.

But now that some of the accounts have been reconciled, it is very obvious where there will be a problem next.

In the opinion of Hubu Shangshu, with so many accounts, Chen Xiao is looking for a group of people to account every day, and it takes a month or two.

This is not an exaggeration, because arithmetic in the ancient world was not simple, and when calculating, the numbers were in Chinese characters, which was troublesome to write, troublesome to calculate, and even more troublesome to calculate with an abacus.

Therefore, some accounts with large and miscellaneous numbers are easy to make mistakes and have to start all over again.

Therefore, in ancient times, it was really very troublesome to settle accounts, and it took a few pieces of paper to calculate an account, and to make a record during the light period!

However, for Chen Xiao, it is too simple.

He knows Arabic numerals, and all kinds of simple algorithms of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, without an abacus, just a column, give him a piece of paper, and he can calculate clearly.

Therefore, it seems that he is barely accounting for the problematic accounts, in fact, he has done the calculations clearly, and the points are exactly right!

But in the eyes of Hubu Shangshu, Chen Xiao just didn't do anything.

At this moment, Chen Xiao was holding the account book of borrowing money and continued to go to those officials to collect the accounts.

In this imperial capital, from the first grade to the seventh grade, almost all of the emperor's relatives, princes and nobles borrowed money from the household department.

Chen Xiao wondered, isn't this a time when there is a disaster, is there such a lack of money?

No, at this moment, Chen Xiao is outside the official mansion of Taifu Temple, looking for Taifu Temple Qing to repay the money.

This Taifu Temple is to raise horses for the imperial court, and the Taifu Temple Qing is from the third grade, not a small official, although the power is not very good, it is also a third grade.

However, at this moment, after Chen Xiao was informed, Chen Xiao was not seen alive or dead.

This goods owe the household five thousand taels of silver, how can Chen Xiao let it go?

Therefore, I prepared to forcibly enter the Taifu Temple.

But the people of Taifu Temple also received an order to not let Chen Xiao go in.

Chen Xiao is angry, old lai, five thousand taels of silver, do you want to pay the bill?

He didn't do it, so he let a few small officials shout loudly outside the Taifu Temple:

"Taifu Siqing, if you don't pay back the money, don't be old."

"Taifu Siqing, borrowing five thousand taels from the household department, a dignified three-grade official, wants to brush the scoundrel ......"

Chen Xiao even shouted: "Taifu Siqing, you old thing, aren't you ashamed?" ”

In the Taifu Temple, the Taifu Temple is angry, but what can he do? I owe my debts, and I should pay for my losses......

"My lord, do you want him to come in? If this continues, not only the people of Taifu Temple, but also the people of the entire imperial capital will know that you ......" an official under his command spoke.

Taifu Siqing said angrily: "Okay, let him come in, the official wants to see, the household department didn't come to ask for money before, where did he dare to come to ask for money, how can he have the courage to ask for money!" ”