Chapter Forty-Nine: Surprised?

The next morning, Wang Yan, who had dark circles under his eyes, came to see Yu Wenwen with a thick account book, and Yu Wenwen also had dark circles under his eyes, and the two of them had no sleep all night, but there were differences. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

After Zhou Jun entered the city yesterday, he helped the Linyi treasury to "move", because various arrangements had been made in advance, so Zhou Jun's "voluntary move" was carried out in an orderly manner overnight.

Wang Fei and other military officials were busy all night with simultaneous bookkeeping, and the night in Linyi was still hot and stuffy, but he couldn't roll up his sleeves or be shirtless, because there were many mosquitoes, so Wang Hao and others were guilty.

However, the participants have "hardship expenses", as a nameless and scoreless bookkeeper to join the army, Wang Hao has no money, and "hardship expenses" is not the purpose of his staying up late.

Yuwenwen is different, he is so hot that he can't sleep, although he was not covered in mosquito bites, he covered his body with prickly heat, which was wearing too much armor during the day in order to prevent assassins.

"King, the preliminary statistical results are out..."Wang Fei handed the account book to Yu Wenwen, and Yu Wenwen roughly flipped through it and cut to the topic: "How much gold and silver?" ”

"The gold ingots are nearly 15,000 catties, and the silver ingots are about 180,000 catties."

"So much? You didn't double count, did you? ”

"Rest assured, there will be no repetitions, my lord!"

Yu Wenwen held the account book, only to feel that his breath was short, he had heard of the wealth of Lin Yi Country for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be so rich.

One catty and sixteen taels, the cumulative amount of gold exceeds 240,000 taels, and if it is converted according to the "exchange rate" that one tael of gold is equal to ten guan coins, it is 2.4 million copper coins.

180,000 catties of silver, that is, 2,880,000 taels, according to the "exchange rate" at which one tael of silver is equal to the consistent money, is 2,880,000 yuan.

The total value of gold and silver was five ,280,000 copper coins, or five ,280,000 taels of silver.

What is this concept? In the "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Korea cost about 7 million taels of silver, and the Battle of Banzhou and the Battle of Ningxia each cost about 2 million taels of silver.

Then with the gold and silver obtained from the robbery of Linyi's treasury, Yu Wenwen smashed the pot and sold iron to make up two million taels of silver, and then he could go to North Korea to fight the Japanese invaders!

Well, that was a thousand years later, and there were still ivory, rhino horns, tortoiseshells, incense and other valuable things in the treasury, and after deducting the part of the reward and filial piety to the imperial court, all the military expenses of Yuwen Wen since his expedition could be made up by the proceeds of robbery, and there was still a surplus.

Just ask you if you are surprised, surprised?

"The widow has a thing that I don't know."

"Your Majesty, please advise."

"As the saying goes, eggs can't be put in one basket, although the people of Linyi are Zhan, and their cultural customs are different from those of the Central Plains, but King Linyi will not be stupid enough to put all the gold and silver in the treasury, right?"

Yu Wenwen found a "blind spot" and began to question the numbers counted by Wang Yan: "Widows know that 10,000 catties of gold are melted into a lump, but the size of one step is square, but is King Linyi so stupid to put all the gold and silver in the treasury in one place?" ”

"King, the circumference of Dianchong City is about eight miles. If the four sides of the city wall are equally spaced, the length and width are two miles, and the area in the city should be deducted from the area of private houses, mansions of the magnates, military camps, government palaces, and royal palaces. ”

Yu Wenwen's questioning was difficult for Wang Yan, he didn't know why Yu Wenwen thought that "10,000 catties of gold melted into a lump, but it was only the size of a square step", but there would never be a mistake in the accounts, and logically he could explain it clearly.

"The first thing to manage the treasury is to prevent internal thieves, the more the treasury employs more people, the more internal thieves, the Linyi State has the benefits of sea trade, and the Lingbiao Jiaoguang area is all gold and silver as currency, the number of times gold and silver will be used on weekdays, if the treasury is divided into several places, it is very easy for internal thieves to take advantage of."

It makes sense, Yu Wenwen has no doubts, but his excitement is far more than this: the statue of the god he saw in the temple is pure gold!

"My lord, with all due respect, such a tall statue may have consumed more gold than a gold ingot one step square, and that idol may not be solid."

"Uh... However, Lin Yi has the benefits of sea trade every year, and over time, he will always hoard a lot of gold, right? ”

"King, during the reign of Liu Song and Yuanjia, the Song army broke through the code and won gold and silver, and finally returned with a full load, I am afraid that the accumulation of Linyi is only one hundred and forty or fifty years, so I think that even if the statue is pure gold, it is also hollow."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's gold."

Yu Wenwen was very interested, the gold and silver in the treasury, plus the gold statues and the looting of the palace, I am afraid that it is a big number, he did not come in vain this trip, and he did not take such a big risk to cross the sea in vain.

"Oh, you said that this small Linyi country actually has so much gold and silver, will the imperial court think it is a surprise?"

"The king, during the Yuanjia period, the Song army crusaded against the country of Linyi, and according to legend, the king of Linyi at that time was willing to give 10,000 catties of gold and 100,000 catties of silver, and release them to the people of Rinan County who were taken captive, in exchange for the Song army to retreat."

"The widow remembers that the Song army finally broke through the Dianchong, so?"

"So the commander of the Song army is not stupid, and if the princes of the imperial court are in the accounts of the Great King's newspaper, and they don't see more than 10,000 catties of gold and 100,000 catties of silver, I'm afraid that the Council of Things will become more and more boiling."

Makes sense, so...

Yin and yang account books or something, definitely don't exist...

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Today is "Surprise Day", so there are many surprises, Yu Wenwen looked at the account book and almost smiled with his mouth, and there were other surprises that followed.

That is, some gold products copied out of the treasury, such as gold statues, ritual utensils, jewelry, etc., will be melted into gold ingots will lead to a significant depreciation, so they must be packed separately and brought back to China, and these gold products must be registered before Yu Wenwen "looks".

The question then arises: why is it done before the register is made?

This kind of thing is tacitly understood, Yuwenwen is not a flawless saint, and he doesn't plan to let his subordinates become ascetics, everyone is so hard in Linyi, take some extra money and bring it back to surprise your family, that's also a good thing!

Walking in the golden plate of gold products, Yu Wenwen only felt dizzying, but his eyes quickly fixed on a golden Buddha, the size of a golden Buddha's fist, well-made, but among the many items, there is nothing special.

Yu Wenwen stepped forward and picked up the golden Buddha and looked at it carefully, and the people next to him pretended not to see it.

After a while, Yu Wenwen's face changed slightly, put the golden Buddha back in its place, and continued to "look at it" as if he was pretending, but there were turbulent waves in his heart.

This golden Buddha, there is a string of numbers hidden in the pattern on the bottom edge, this string of numbers shows that this golden Buddha is a fake, the outer layer is gold, and the inside is brass, and the reason why Yu Wenwen can recognize it is because this golden Buddha is the work of his black workshop.

Yu Wenwen mastered the process of refining metal zinc, so he was able to make fake gold (brass) in batches, and his black workshop used it to make and sell counterfeits, relying on fake gold products to make a profit.

As a result, his fake goods actually appeared in the treasury of Linyi, what does it mean?

It means that some or even most of the gold and gold products looted are fakes, and they are all masterpieces of Yuwen Wenhei Workshop!

Surprised, surprised?!