Chapter 60: One Thousand Taels of Silver

"There's a good thing, you might as well guess!" Xing Shangzhi said that he didn't even mention the matter of the dead.

Zhang You glanced at the two fans carrying the wooden box, his eyes turned, and he suddenly understood, and praised Xing Shangzhi while going to the living room: "Father-in-law is amazing, it seems that he squeezed a lot of oil and water from Ning Yongquan, it should be no less than five hundred taels, right?" ”

Xing Shangzhi didn't feel surprised that he guessed this, pouted, and said, "Where is five hundred taels enough, a whole thousand taels, all of which our family asked for you." As he spoke, he turned his head and drank: "Bring the box in!" ”

The two fans were ordered, carried the wooden box into the living room, and reluctantly retreated after putting it down.

"Something that doesn't make a living!" Xing Shangzhi scolded with a smile, and personally stepped forward to open the lid of the box, and suddenly, neatly stacked silver ingots appeared in front of Zhang You's eyes, all of which were full of official silver, shining silver, and the living room looked bright.

"Time is in a hurry, and it's too late to re-smelt, anyway, if you and Zhang Rang are familiar, there must be a furnace in his house." Xing Shangzhi said with some embarrassment that the official silver is used for storage, that is, the tax revenue and fiscal revenue of each province must be engraved with the words or patterns of the official silver logo to facilitate the management of the treasury.

Its main purpose is military salary, official salary, palace use, local construction, disaster relief and other expenditures.

After the official silver is spent to various localities and individuals, the units or individuals who obtain the official silver must dissolve the official silver again to refine new silver ingots or silver nuggets, which is the main source of broken silver.

This is also the origin of the noun--- "fire consumption". It refers to the depletion of broken silver when it is melted and recast into silver ingots, or the depletion of silver ingots when it is dissolved into broken silver, and in the late Ming and Qing dynasties, it became the main means of corruption among officials and army generals.

Most of the silver ingots used by the people are broken silver handed down by the military and officials. However, the common currency of the people is still mainly copper coins.

He paused when he said this, and then said: "Our family has also taught him a lesson, look at our family's face, all the previous things, you just let him go!" ”

Zhang You groaned slightly, and nodded happily: "Cheng, to save your face, as long as he doesn't come to provoke me again, I will not trouble him again, but there is one condition, the silver is half of the two of us......"

"No, our family is not short of money, and this money will be kept for your mother." Xing Shangzhi flatly refused.

Zhang You said: "My mother is just a woman's family, and with Mrs. Zhang to take care of her, it won't cost so much." ”

Xing Shangzhi still shook his head: "I have good intentions, I can't hide it, our family has not received any benefits from Ning Yongquan, this silver was originally for you, if you really treat our family as a friend, don't be polite to our family." ”

Seeing him like this, Zhang You didn't say more, but said: "In this case, let's take two hundred taels and divide them among the brothers, and live in the capital for a long time in the future, so as not to use them." ”

This time, Xing Shangzhi didn't stop him, but patted him on the shoulder and praised: "Okay, sure enough, I will do things, our family will thank you for the brothers first." ”

Zhang You smiled slightly, checked the weight of the silver ingot, and it should be about ten taels and one ingots, so he counted out twenty, went to the inner room to find a piece of cloth and wrapped it and handed it to Xing Shangzhi. Xing Shangzhi was not polite, and went straight to the door and raised his voice and shouted to the fans scattered under the peach tree: "Come here, come here, Mr. Zhang rewards everyone, two hundred taels of silver, Zhao stall, you take fifty taels, and the rest will be divided among the brothers!" ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"

"Thank you, little god doctor!"

"Mr. Zhang is really a cheerful person, but in the future, he will have a life, even if he tells the brothers."

Money can make ghosts grind, reward silver hair, all the fans are happy, gossiping and complimenting, eager to immediately insert a knife in Zhang You's ribs.

Zhang You smiled silently, Xing Shangzhi waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, in the future, Mr. Zhang will enter Beijing, and there will be places for you to stutter, go down and prepare, and we will return to Beijing later!" ”

The fans smiled and retreated to divide the silver, and soon, Li Shuo and Mrs. Zhang led Xi Long back from the backyard, Xing Shangzhi asked, "Do you see it clearly?" They all have fire folds in their hands, these people have bad intentions, and they are innocent of death, so they are carried out and cremated! ”

Xi Long nodded again and again, secretly slandering, this is good, he gave sex without even asking about the details, wouldn't it be redundant for Lao Tzu to run this trip?

Zhang You took out two ingots of silver and handed them to Xi Long, and said with a smile: "It's hard to catch the head of the Xi Dynasty, this bit of silver, take it and invite the brothers to eat and drink, it's not much, count it as my share." In the future, I will not be in Pinggu, and my family will ask the brothers to take care of me more. ”

is a generous hand, and the shot is twenty taels. Xi Long was secretly speechless, pretending to excuse himself, and thanking him and patting his chest * to assure, then he picked up the silver ingot, and led the crowd to quickly carry the corpses of Li San'er and others to say goodbye.

There were many people to do things, and soon, the four-wheeled cart, balloon, and fierce fire oil were all packed up and loaded on the carriage that Xing Shangzhi brought from Pinggu. Naturally, the poles on the four-wheeled vehicles were disassembled and bundled.

Guo Zaoqing and Zheng Shuang haven't woken up yet, anyway, the arrangements that should be made were arranged last night, Zhang You didn't call the two, only said goodbye to Mrs. Zhang's mother and daughter, and finally gave Li Shuo a hug gently in front of many people, and then resolutely turned around and stepped into the carriage.

With the shouts of the coachman, the group started and left slowly, watching Zhang You's carriage leave the town and onto the official road, until it disappeared at the end of sight, Li Shuo let out a long breath, and tears rolled in his bright eyes.

"Don't worry, Zicheng not only has the ability, but also has rules and regulations, and he will not be able to suffer a loss." Mrs. Zhang patted Li Shuo on the shoulder, but she was faintly empty in her heart.

Zhang Jialin secretly shook her fist and said to herself: "Brother Shi, wait, wait until I learn the art of disguise from Lao Qian, and I will go to the capital to find you soon!" ”

Pinggu County, Yichun Garden, when the sun has just risen, the people who come here to find joy are still lying high, and there is silence in all directions.

At a certain moment, the corner gate suddenly opened, Li Yan and Wang Jinxia came out and got into a carriage that had been waiting for a long time, and with the sturdy man on the wheel, he shook a whip flower, and in the crisp sound, the horse moved its hooves and quickly went out of the alley.

Waiting for the time to leave the city, there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, it was Zhang You, Xing Shangzhi and the others. The two sides staggered by, there was the waist card of Dongchang, and Xing Shangzhi and others quickly left Pinggu County.

Zhang You didn't see Li Yan and Wang Jinxia, they were both in the carriage, even if he saw the carriage, he couldn't guess that there was a life-saving benefactor sitting in the carriage.

Putting down the curtain on the car window, Li Yan's vision was a little blurred, and she was silent for a long time before she sighed and said quietly: "Zhang You has entered Beijing!" ”

Wang Jinxia snorted lightly, did not comment, but picked up the curtain on her side, looking at the small corner of the sky outside in a daze, at the end of her sight, the original blue sky did not know when many dark clouds appeared, there was a wind blowing, good weather, suddenly changed.

The end of this volume!