Chapter 223: 700,000 taels
Lao Qi touched his head: "Big brother, my father didn't beat me!" ”
"Oh, let's get out of the palace first, about money, big brother will think of a way!" Yu Zhiqian sighed, the current world report, the sins he did before, now he has to pay for it, and the note in his hand must be solved first, otherwise Yu Zhiqian will suspect that his cheap dad will beat himself once at a time.
"Big brother, Father Qian has already approved it, I'll go to the household department to get the money later!"
The corners of Yu Zhiqian's mouth twitched slightly: "You said the money has been approved?" ”
"Yes, my father sniffed it, and after I explained it, the money was approved to me, didn't the eldest brother's money be approved?"
"......" Yu Zhiqian felt that he didn't mention this, he and Lao Qi were still good brothers, and after glancing at Lao Qi, Yu Zhiqian felt that it was better to go back to the East Palace to find some stability.
"Big brother, big brother, there is a problem in front of us now, that is, the quality of iron is not up to par!"
After Yu Zhiqian heard this, he sighed and shook his head slowly: "This may take a while to be resolved, but don't worry, the expedition has just set off, calculate the days, a group of people should come back this year, and see if there is any discovery at that time!" ”
Yu Zhiqian has no way to solve this problem, it is true that domestic resources are abundant, but there is a hard flaw in China, that is, the quality of ore is relatively poor, taking iron ore as an example, domestic iron ore is far inferior to African iron ore.
Thinking of this, Yu Zhiqian's eyes couldn't help but heat up, the African continent is really a good place, if it can be occupied early, it will be a huge improvement for the empire, but now if you want to reach Africa, it is almost an impossible task, it is too far.
At the gate of the palace, Yu Zhiqian and Lao Qi separated, and returned to the palace to start preparations, the emperor wanted to see his research results, and Yu Zhiqian couldn't hide his secrets, so he gathered everyone together and ordered them to go down to the things to experiment, so that they could prepare early.
After completing this matter, Yu Zhiqian began to have a headache below, the note in his hand, Yu Zhiqian checked all the things that were moved out of the palace, and found that he had lost a lot, only Wu Daozi and a calligraphy and painting called Wang Shui Yu Zhiqian had, and the rest of the things were nothing.
"Your Highness, what is this list?"
He Shen squinted his eyes and came over, and Yu Zhiqian suddenly remembered that this guy used to be a big corrupt official, and he liked to collect antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and this product was an expert in this area.
"Is everything on this worth anything?"
He Shen took the list and looked at it carefully for a while, then his brows began to lock, and then he thought for a while: "Your Highness, the objects on this list are not cheap, just talking about this Wu Daoxuan's words, a pair of words is about more than 100,000 taels of silver, in addition, this inkstone of the Han Dynasty, as well as this Qinghao pen also costs more than 300 taels, and it is also limited, although this Mr. Zhang Yun's calligraphy and painting are not as expensive as Wu Daoxuan, but the hand-me-down works are good, so the price is high." ”
"But the most expensive of them is this one, the concubine is drunk, this painting is a work of the previous dynasty, depicting the former dynasty Yang Guifei, only a few pairs of the people are homeless, and someone once bought it at a high price of 300,000 taels of silver without a trace......"
After hearing He Shen's introduction, Yu Zhiqian's heart was half cold, it was completely cold, his father was a pit for himself, and these things he moved out of the palace added up to tens of thousands of taels in addition to Wu Daoxuan's words, and the rest of the things added up to tens of thousands of taels, and it was counted as 100,000 taels if he died, but the things that the emperor wanted, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver could only be obtained, and he didn't bring it like this!
"Your Highness, this list is ......"
He Shen asked again, Yu Zhiqian looked up at the ceiling, and then looked at He Shen: "He Shen, I heard that the three holes of the cunning rabbit, you used to be so greedy, to be honest with this palace, do you have any secret nest or something, how much silver is in it, rest assured, this palace will never hold you responsible!" ”
After He Shen heard Yu Zhiqian's words, he immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the old slave no longer has any family property, and the old slave's family property has been confiscated, and there is no secret industry!" ”
Yu Zhiqian looked at He Shen with a slightly suspicious look: "Really not?" ”
"Absolutely not, the old slave has absolutely no private property!"
After Yu Zhiqian heard it, he sighed, sure enough, the legend is that everything is a lie, and later generations Yu Zhiqian also heard that He Shen had some treasures left, and now it seems that there is basically no possibility, although the ancient investigation technology is relatively backward, but some supervision departments in ancient times did not eat white rice, and if He Shen really had any private property, this group of people would have dug it up long ago.
He Shen has no treasures, and he doesn't have so much money, Yu Zhiqian can't help but feel a little big, where did he get these calligraphy and paintings?
"Heshen, tell me, where can I get these calligraphy and paintings?"
He Shen thought for a while: "Some of these calligraphy and paintings are relatively easy to buy, and the black shop in the East Market has channels, but the price is ......?"
After Yu Zhiqian heard He Shen's words, he immediately remembered the big shopkeeper of the black shop who was hung up and beaten by himself before, saying that what is the relationship between this guy and the author, the appearance order is so high, almost every important thing will pop up, brush up the sense of existence, tsk......
"Is the price high?"
"Your Highness, a lot of the goods here are either stolen goods or are made from underground, so the price will be a little higher, but that big shopkeeper does have some ability, and the entire Chang'an City, he has the most extensive connections, and he can find a lot of things that are almost impossible to see on the market!"
After Yu Zhiqian heard this, he nodded: "I know, you go and call the big shopkeeper to me, and I'll see what price he can want!" Yu Zhiqian showed a playful smile on his face, this big shopkeeper was taught a lesson by himself last time, and I don't know if there is a long lesson.
East City Black Shop.
"Shopkeeper, you're really going to sell the store out!" The shopkeeper looked at the shopkeeper and asked again, this shopkeeper has worked in the black shop for more than ten years, and the monthly salary is not low, and it is also idle, if the boss doesn't do it, where will he find such an easy job in the future.
The shopkeeper of the black shop was lying on the recliner at the door, swaying slowly, and sighed: "You think I want to sell the business out, I have been in business for more than ten years and finally made some money, but ah, if I continue to open, my life will be gone!" ”
The big shopkeeper is very panicked now, last year to this year for himself extremely unfriendly, first offended the second prince, when the big shopkeeper thought he was finished, dead, but was hung up and beaten and put back, at that time the big shopkeeper was ready to go out of the store, go home to support the elderly.
But then the store didn't go out, and I heard that the second prince was kicked out of the capital, so I was a little relieved and ready to continue the business, but unfortunately the good times didn't last long, and he didn't know what was going on, offended His Royal Highness the Prince, and was arrested and smoked by His Royal Highness the Prince.
For the hairpin he sold, the big shopkeeper said that he was very innocent, it was just a special hairpin, just like the shoes he sold with knives hidden and clothes with some hidden weapons, but who knew that someone took this thing to cheat in the imperial examination?
Later, he was forced by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to sell a word called Zhou Shuren, and there were really people who stupidly bought those rotten words that couldn't be rotten anymore, you must know that people who can come up with so much money are either rich or expensive, and they pit that guy, in case that guy reacts, won't he be finished?
After thinking about it, the big shopkeeper felt that Chang'an could not be brought, and if he continued to take the West District, he might be killed, so he was ready to sell the store out again, and then return to his hometown to live a good life.
"Shopkeeper, you're talking, it's a good store, why can't you say it's open!"
Xiao Er asked while eating snacks, but he seemed that the big shopkeeper was a brain pump, and it was impossible to really sell the store out, after all, it was so profitable every year.
"Is it cleaned? Is the stuff organized? Eat, eat, eat, know to eat, no heart and no lungs! ”
The big shopkeeper scolded Xiao Er, closed his eyes and continued to rest, and couldn't help but think of those beautiful girls in Pingkangfang, if he returned to his hometown, there would be no such a good place, in addition, there was delicious food and fun in Chang'an City, to be honest, the big shopkeeper was really reluctant.
"Hey, forget it, it's okay to go back, at least stay safe, don't worry about being hung up and smoked one day!" After the big shopkeeper finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, the weather is just right today, there is a slight breeze, and the shade in front of the house is just right for a nap.
"Shopkeeper!"
"Shopkeeper!"
The big shopkeeper was woken up by someone not long after he rested, and when he saw He Shen's face, he was stunned at first, and then closed his eyes, and the waiter, how is it possible, this thing was not exiled for three thousand miles because of corruption? How could he appear in front of his shop, it is said that He Shilang is a big customer of the black store, and since the accident, the business has been a lot worse.
"Shopkeeper!" He Shen raised his own volume, the courage of this big shopkeeper is really getting bigger and bigger, and when he saw himself, he actually pretended not to see it, although he was not a waiter anymore, but he was also the prince's chamberlain, and this identity was no worse than before.
Hearing someone shouting, the big shopkeeper opened his eyes again, and then saw He Shen's face again.
"Ghost!"
The big shopkeeper was startled and fell directly from the recliner, and He Shen frowned when he heard it: "The shopkeeper is me, He Shen!" ”
"And the squire, you weren't ......"
"No, I am working for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now!"
Hearing this, the big shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, the last time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the waiter seemed to be this guy, and the original surname was a small surname, and patted his head hard, the big shopkeeper was a little annoyed, he should have thought of it a long time ago.
After confirming that it was He Shen, the big shopkeeper immediately showed a smile on his face: "He Shilang!" ”
"Now that I'm no longer a squire, just call me by my name!"
"How can that work, Mr. He, what are you going to buy today?"
Big customers, just when they are ready to sell the store out, how can a big customer like He Shen not be retained? The big shopkeeper's face was full of joy.
"If you don't buy anything today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has something to do with you!"
Hearing He Shen's words, the big shopkeeper was immediately frightened and looked at He Shen: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is looking for grass people?" Mr. He, the grass people haven't done anything illegal recently, a few days ago, the third uncle and the stuffy oil bottle dug out a lot of good things from underneath, I didn't accept them, I am really a good person who abides by the law now! ”
The big shopkeeper quickly went through everything in his mind, and he recently confirmed that he had been honest and had done all the bad things.
"I'm not looking for trouble with you, let's hurry up and change my clothes, and follow me to see His Royal Highness the Prince!"
The big shopkeeper was a little unconvinced, and looked at He Shen with suspicious eyes: "Is it really okay?" ”
"It's all right!"
"Okay, grass people, let's go change clothes!"
He Shen nodded, returned to the hall with a worried face, changed his clothes and followed He Shen to the East Palace.
When the big shopkeeper saw Yu Zhiqian again, he immediately knelt down and saluted, although it was not popular to bow down in this era, but the big shopkeeper was afraid, and he was afraid that he would be caught by the prince.
"Well, here we are!" The prince nodded, motioned for him to sit down, and handed a piece of paper to the treasurer.
"What is on this, you estimate, how much is it worth!"
Da Zhangsu took the list with a worried face, and when he saw something, he took a breath, and then quickly began to estimate, squinting his eyes and thinking for a while: "Your Highness, these things are not cheap, among them, Wu Daozi's words and this concubine drunk picture, the price is very high......"
"Remove Wu Daozi's painting, and, give me the paper!" Yu Zhiqian took out his charcoal pen and directly drew a few bars on some of the things that were already in the East Palace, look at the price now!
The big shopkeeper looked at it again and thought for a while: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, these things may add up to at least 700,000 taels, or even higher, and the price of calligraphy and painting has been higher recently......"
"So expensive?"
"Your Highness, these things are all good things, none of them are cheap, and the grass people dare not deceive His Royal Highness the Prince!"
Yu Zhiqian looked at the big shopkeeper, it didn't look like he was lying, his brows furrowed, it was so expensive, even if he sold himself and the East Palace, it was not enough to buy these things, where would he go to raise so much money? And this is not something that can be solved with money, some things are more precious and difficult to buy, why don't you prevaricate your cheap dad for this reason?
Thinking of this, Yu Zhiqian looked at the big shopkeeper: "Then tell me, are these things easy to buy in addition to being expensive?" ”
The big shopkeeper thought for a while: "If it is an ordinary person, it will definitely be difficult to buy, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a special status, and it is not difficult to buy these things, the only thing that is difficult to buy is this drunken picture of the concubine, but the grass people know whose house has a ...... collection."
At this moment, Yu Zhiqian had an urge to kill the big shopkeeper, and Yu Zhiqian didn't know what he wanted to say!