"Two million taels, so much?" Shen Mo said in surprise.

Afraid of being silent and misunderstood, Ruohan picked up the account book from the table and showed him: "In the later period, a total of 15 million taels of tickets were issued, and according to the pre-agreement, a tenth of the water will be pumped, that is, 1.5 million taels. In addition, through the sale of the grain you get, 500,000 taels have been brought into the account, which has not been recorded in any account at all, without the slightest flaw. Speaking of infinitely beautiful white eyes, he glanced and said: "This money was originally intended to be kept, and it was ready to be handed over to the emperor at the end of the year." ”

"That's what happened." Shen Mo then remembered that before the end of this year, he had to hand over two million taels to the emperor, and couldn't help scolding: "It's really distressing to hand over so much money." ”

Ruohan smiled and said, "Don't worry, master, as long as the port is opened smoothly, a few two million can be fought back." ”

Shen Mo took his wife's shoulder and said, "Hehe, it's good to have a God of Wealth lady." ”

"People don't want to be the goddess of wealth." Ruohan protested: "People are five-grade pleasant, and the goal in the future is Mrs. Yipin!" "A wise woman knows how to restrain her light and never steals the limelight from her husband.

"Okay, good," said with a silent smile: "Xianggong, I'll work hard!" Said and said with a smile: "I have been wronged by Mrs. for a while, and I have done so many 'unwilling' things......" Ruohan nodded frequently like a chicken, and used a nasal voice of 'um, um' to indicate that she was indeed very aggrieved.

"Okay, okay, as compensation." Shen Mo smiled: "I'll take you to a good place and have a good day, okay?" ”

Ruohan's eyes narrowed like a crescent moon, and he rubbed his face happily.

That cuteness made Shen Mo just want to do something he loved, but Rou Niang's voice sounded outside: "Master, Tiezhu came over and said that Zhu Shisan was here." ”

Shen Mo pursed his lips regretfully, withdrew his dishonest hands and said, "Got it." Ruohan smiled and said, "People are our heroes, have you prepared red envelopes?" ”

"Do you still need to be instructed?" Ruohan smiled and took out a cowhide bag from the drawer and said, "120,000 taels, he knows how to divide it." ”

"Yes, worthy of him." He took it with a silent smile, stuffed it into his sleeve and said, "This matter has repeatedly proved a truth, and you can't offend the spies." Saying that, he patted Ruohan's little face: "Wash white and wait for me." ”

"Nasty." Ruohan Xiafei said with her cheeks: "Let Rou Niang hear!" ”

"Hey, what hasn't she heard?" Shen Mo smiled and pushed the door out, followed Rou Niang to the door of the weeping flower, and then asked, "Right, Rou Niang?" ”

"The slave didn't hear anything." Rou Niang covered her mouth and smiled: "I slept deeply at night." ”

"Strange?" Shen Mo smiled and said, "How do you know I'm talking about night?" ”

"Yike...... Ye is dead" Rou Niang knew that she was speechless, so she quickly covered her little face and ran away.

"Aha, life is so beautiful!" Silent lyrical singing.

Zhu Shisan sat in the signing room and waited for Shen Mo to come out, without the slightest impatience on his face, he really admired this brother so much, he single-handedly defeated the ghostly nine families, and then turned the chicken feathers of Suzhou City into an iron plate, but this time the core is no longer Lu, Peng, Pan, and Wang Si, but only he is silent.

Recalling that when he went to Hangzhou to escort him into Beijing, Shen Mo showed a lot of convincing qualities...... At least their brothers were folded to the ground, and they were willing to be under the command of him, a 'prisoner', for this period of history, Zhu Shisan was never ashamed, on the contrary, he repeatedly boasted to others to prove his blessing and vision - he could walk thousands of miles with Wen Kuixing, which was not an ordinary blessing; Being able to always treat each other politely when he is in trouble also shows that my vision is not ordinary, right?

It's just that every time he shows off, he chooses to forget some details, such as Iron Pillar and their life-and-death guards.

But in any case, he was convinced by the silence, and even secretly studied imitation, hoping to make himself grow a little better. No, before anyone came, he carefully looked at the core signing room to see if he could gain anything.

However, what disappointed him was that the furnishings inside were all left by the previous prefect Wang Chonggu, and Shen Mo didn't even move the place, but added a plain white middle hall on the wall facing the big case, and on it was a line of ink written by Shen Mo: 'There are slanders in the world, bullying me, insulting me, laughing at me, despising me, despising me, hating me, and deceiving me, how to deal with it? Just endure him, let him, let him, avoid him, respect him, ignore him, stay for a few more years, and look at him! ’

Reading these two sentences repeatedly, Zhu Shisan couldn't help but be a little fascinated, and he didn't even know when Shen Mo would come in.

When he came back to his senses, he saw that Shen Mo was already sitting beside him, looking at him with a smile. Zhu Shisan praised convincingly: "What my lord said is too good, you can't understand it without great wisdom and great cultivation!" ”

He rarely wrote crepe for a while, but he was silent but very unsympathetic and said: "This is not what I said, this is the cold mountain of Hanshan Temple, and the two immortals of harmony said, I copied it down a while ago, framed and hung, and reminded myself that if I can't bear it, I will make a big plan." He shook his head slightly and said: "This is the way of life for the weak, you don't need to learn, it will only increase the chaos." I'll take it off later. ”

"If it's useless," Zhu Shisan said with a teachable face, "Can you give it to me?" ”

Silent this sweat, my heart said brother, did you listen to me? smiled bitterly: "No problem, just take it." ”

"Thank you, Brother Shen." Zhu Shisan was overjoyed.

"It's me who should say thank you." Shen Mo shook his head and said, "If you hadn't helped me a lot, it would have been difficult for me to pass this level." ”

Zhu Shisan smiled and said, "Our own brothers, if we don't help you, will we help those Han Annihilation?" This time, he secretly helped Shen Mo twice, the first time, when Shen Mo was in Songjiang, he passed the news of Lu Jihui's visit to the Xu family to Shen Mo in advance, which made him think of countermeasures in advance, not only did not offend the Xu family, but also put the Lu family together; The second time is particularly important, the Cao Gang bought grain in various places, and then transported it to Taihu Lake, although it was done very carefully, but it still couldn't hide Jinyiwei's nose, and Jinyiwei's information had to be copied to the Lu family for many years, it is said that Lu Ji should know in advance, if that is the case, today's winners and losers may be reversed.

It was precisely because Zhu Shisan, through a few months of purging, basically swept away the original old people and controlled the entire Su Song's spy system, that he was able to eliminate this important piece of information unknowingly, and as a result, he relied too much on Lu Ji of Jinyiwei and suffered this big loss.

So Shen Mo said that he had the greatest credit!

"120,000 taels, don't be too little." They are all people on the Dao, and there is no need to hide it, so he silently handed the bag to Zhu Shisandao: "I need money recently, so I can only give you so much, but don't worry, no matter what you do, you have a share of dry shares, which is definitely much more interesting than this money." ”

Zhu Shisan took the bag and pointed out 20,000 yuan: "Since you want to use money, then don't give me this one, I'll give 20,000 yuan to the children." As he spoke, he pushed it to Shen Mo again.

"Take it," Shen Mo pushed it back, and scolded with a smile: "This money is for you to spend for pocket money, what can it be used for?" ”

"Hehe, come on." Zhu Shisan smiled: "Then I'll take it." Then he took it into his bosom, and at the same time took out an envelope and said, "The Governor gave it to you." ”

"Oh......" Shen Mo frowned, and was about to open it, but was stopped by Zhu Shisan and said: "This is an extremely secret private message, you can only read it alone, so let's go back and read it yourself." ”

smiled silently, then took it into his arms and said, "Where is Lu Ji now, do you know?" ”

"I sent him out of Suzhou." Zhu Shisan said frankly: "Don't blame me, I'm also giving you less trouble, these grandsons can't be touched, it's better to stay away." ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to go far." Shen Mo shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid he will jump off the wall in a hurry......"

"He dares!" Zhu Thirteen raised his eyebrows and said: "The Metropolitan Governor has already scolded them, don't embarrass you, don't worry, Brother Shen, I will help you pay attention, they can't play any tricks!" ”

"That's great!" Shen Mo smiled: "With your words, I sleep much more steadily." ”

Zhu Shisan didn't want to stay in the house longer, so he refused to stay silent and left quietly through the back door.

When the guests came back, he sat silently in the inner signing room, picked up the small scissors on the table, hinged Lu Bing's envelope, and poured it down, making a 'ding' sound. Silently, it was a strange key.

Shen Mo reached into the envelope and took out a thin piece of stationery, Lu Bing's very open handwriting was revealed in front of him: a short letter, no more than three hundred words, first tell the farewell feelings, and then say that he didn't know about the affairs of the Lu family in Pinghu, it was the juniors who relied on power and acted mischievously, he had already written a letter to teach them a hard lesson, and for the trouble caused to Shen Mo, in addition to apologizing for the accident, he also had to make a little compensation.

Pick up the cold brass key with the tentacles, this is what Lu Bing said about compensation...... The ten boxes were originally Lu Bing's. Made by the skilled craftsmen of Ouchi, the craftsmanship is superb, and no one can open it among the people, so it has always been used to transport valuables between Beijing and Pinghu, and this time the 'Lu Ji' was originally escorted into Beijing, but was left by the silent halfway.

Lu Bing said, "It can be seen that the contents are destined to be yours, first twist the roulette wheel on it according to the instructions I gave you, and then use this key to open it, take out the contents and return the box to me...... It's not that I'm stingy, the craftsman who made this box has passed away, the craft is lost, and no one can make it again. ’

Silence is certainly not uncommon for these boxes...... I used hundreds of methods, but I didn't open those broken boxes, and I hurt my self-esteem when I looked at them! But he was so curious about what was inside. He took the letter in his bosom, took the key and went to the back.

"Ma'am, where are the boxes?"

"Looking at the strange obstructions, they all let people move to the firewood room."

"Come with me." Silence flashed the key and said, "Look what's inside." ”

The two went straight to the firewood room, ordered the iron pillar to guard the door, and took away the firewood that was piled on it, and when they saw it, a layer of ash had fallen. Ruohan found a rag, wiped out the surface of the box, took a deep breath silently, and according to what Lu Bing said, three circles left and three circles on the right, twisted upwards and turned downwards, and after hearing a soft sound of 'click', he inserted the key in.

Looking at Ruohan, he was also nervous, the two nodded at each other, and then gritted his teeth silently, accompanied by a slight dust, the big iron box that never showed his true face finally opened silently...... It turned out to be a box full of silver yuan, which was shining for a while, and the room was full of brilliance, so that the couple were directly dazzled, and it took a long time to come back to their senses, Ruohan said softly: "It's Yingyang!" "The so-called Eagle Ocean is a silver coin used by Westerners, and it is named because of the eagle engraved on the obverse. Because in foreign trade, the Ming Dynasty only recognizes gold and silver, so the Francois and Spaniards, if they want to buy widely sought after goods from China, they have to take silver yuan and gold coins to buy, and this kind of 'Eagle Ocean' is full of color and fine workmanship, and has always been the favorite of the Ming people, even more sought after than the ingots of their own country.

When I opened another box, it was still a white eagle; When I opened another box, it was a yellow gold coin; Open another box, white silver coins; Open another box, gold coins; Re-opening, silver coins, re-opening, a box of Western gems; reopened, gold and silver vessels; Open again, jade agate...... Looking at the room full of gold and silver treasures, Shen Mo muttered, "I think, I know where this came from." ”

"Where?" Ruohan asked softly.

"Last year, the Francois of Haojing Ao bought a batch of silk silk from Huang Jin's Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and the payment reached five or six million taels, and later the Lu family colluded with the Japanese and ate all the money and goods." Shen Mo looked at the room full of treasures and said: "What the Wako Xin Goro grabbed is the goods, and it seems that the Lu family has eaten money, and these are at least half of them." ”

Ruohan said suddenly: "At least three million taels." ”

"What should I do?" The couple asked at the same time, the poor Huang Jin, who was still hiding in the countryside and didn't dare to show his face, should he use the money to settle the matter.

But this thought only flashed for a moment, and then it was silently denied, and he said in a high-sounding voice: "The pawnshops and money banks in Suzhou City need this money to save their lives!" ”

"What about Huang Jin? What about the silk merchants? Ruohan asked in a low voice, the silk merchants were in debt, the cash flow was cut off, and they couldn't start work, and it was extremely difficult.

"When I integrate the pawnshop and the bank, I'll give them an explanation." Shen Mo sat on a pile of silver yuan, and said softly: "Call those silk merchants to Suzhou, and I will lend them interest-free, so that Huang Jin will have an explanation, and they can start work." "It's just that in this way, those big silk cloth merchants who originally obeyed Huang Jin's orders will be subject to him.

"Isn't that too unauthentic?" Ruohan asked in a low voice.

"What's not authentic?" Shen Mo said indifferently: "I didn't rob the money." He sneered and said: "You also see those big families, businessmen, what kind of virtue are they, if you have milk, you are a mother!" Instead of making them thankful, it's better that I have milk all the time! ”

With this money, the last loophole can be regarded as plugged, and the thrilling Suzhou grain defense war has finally come to an end.

Standing silently on the high steps, the five hundred officials and servants of the three yamen in Suzhou City stood neatly on the large flat in front of the hall, looking at their lords silently...... There is not only respect in the eyes, but also deep fear, just yesterday, more than 30 colleagues were sent to prison on charges of 'rebellion' and 'collaborating with the enemy', and the evidence is conclusive and indisputable, which makes people once again deeply shocked by the energy of this young adult!

Silent eyes swept over everyone, after three months of tempering, everyone was much darker and thinner, but much more capable, which made him very satisfied, nodded, raised his voice and said: "Many colleagues told me that the wind and frost in these months are more difficult than usual years!" Do you all feel that way? ”

The crowd burst into laughter, apparently all feeling the same way.

"But what touched me very much was that you were able to stick to your posts all the time, never give up, and finally work together to usher in the final victory." Shen Mo said loudly: "Although this credit is not shown to the imperial court, the people of Suzhou City know, and I know it silently and humbly, that it is the real Kuang Fu Suzhou that will fall immediately!" It's as big as a mountain, and it's as wide as the sea! ”

Everyone couldn't help but raise their chests, raised their heads high, and their expressions were very excited.

"When the assessment law was promulgated, I made an appointment with you," said silently: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished!" Those who should be punished have all been sent to prison, and now should they be rewarded or punished? ”

"Reward! Reward! Reward! Everyone shouted, especially the officials, who were screaming excitedly.

"Good! Reward! With a silent wave of his hand, the iron pillar and the three feet lifted a piece of red silk on the left, and saw a plate of silver ingots, neatly stacked there, dazzling like a hill, and everyone's eyes were straight.

Gui Youguang began to roll call, and thirteen people received the best reward, rewarded 1,000 taels of silver, 500 horses of silk, and gave a month's leave.

One hundred and thirteen people were rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, two hundred horses of silk, and half a month's leave.

The rest were given a third-class reward, two hundred taels of silver, and a hundred horses of silk, and ten days of leave.

The richness of the reward is completely beyond everyone's imagination, even if the most inferior reward has received a reward equivalent to a year's harvest, and it is still reasonable and legal, how can people not be happy? It's just that when I was happy, I was quite envious when I saw people taking 1,000 or 500.

"It doesn't matter if you take less this time, just take more next time!" Shen Mo laughed and said: "Next, we will dredge the Wusong River, and at the same time officially open the port, as long as you show the same enthusiasm as always, enforce the law, and prohibit it, believe me, next time you can also take the first!" ”

"Yes! Yes, sir! "The government became a sea of joy.

(To be continued)