Hearing that two stones could not be increased any further, there was certainly no way to satisfy this number.

Three thousand two hundred taels of silver a year is really not enough for the chief eunuch. In terms of their identity, serving people in the palace wears the clothes issued by the palace, but they always have to be decent outside.

Although it is said that there are some ordinary stewards' filial piety, but at the moment the palace is too strict, and there is no silver under the group.

Importantly, they will also have many tips for the sake of identity.

More importantly, as Cheng Jing said, they should save some silver for themselves in the future when they are old.

"Cloth, rice, essential oils, vanilla, even jewelry, jade, wood. Of course, there are some gadgets and the like, but there are definitely some in any case. According to the price of the capital city, it is not possible to give silver for the goods of three stones of silver, and if the silver expenditure is too large, there is not so much silver. ”

Is there a lot of silver in the Ming Dynasty?

In fact, it is much less than the later Qing Dynasty.

Because of the small-scale peasant thinking engaged in by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty almost degenerated to a social economy that could barter. Whether it is the amount of copper coins or the amount of silver, in fact, it is far from enough to support the market economy of the Ming Dynasty.

"Market price, how about a 7% discount?" Jin Yingxin said that this figure is almost the same, at least barely reaching the price in the minds of these people, and as for the worse, it is about the same. A few special people can just give another copy individually, but the overall rules cannot be changed.

"Ninety-five percent off is still appropriate."

Bai Minghe and Jin Ying were bargaining, and finally made a decision at a nine-percent discount, but they were given an additional ten loads of white linen cloth and ten stone rice.

After these big eunuchs care about their own affairs, at least what the actual use of the palace is, it doesn't seem to be so important. At least there was not much bargaining with Bai Minghe, which ensured the use of the Ming Emperor, and the rest of the people were not very important, but when it came to the queen mother of the two palaces.

As the head of these two houses, it is natural to do his part for their master.

People are always selfish, and they will talk about their master's affairs only after finishing their own affairs. Of course, it may also be related to the interests of all eunuch groups. No one thinks they should interject.

Finally mentioned the New Year's tribute of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces.

Cheng Jing asked at this time: "Lord Bai, you should personally send the tribute into the palace this time." As for the tribute, it is the intention of the courtiers. ”

Cheng Jing still had a smile on his face, and this hint made Bai Minghe's heart twitch. scolded in his heart: Fuck the mother's heart is important, and the tribute of the queen mother of the two palaces dares to be less than that. Unless you are desperate for your life, you really don't dare to be sloppy in the slightest bit about this tribute.

Wrong! Bai Minghe reacted suddenly, Cheng Jing's words were not to remind himself of the tribute, but the queen mother of the two palaces.

"It's all back, you errands are indispensable to you, so why don't you ask the miscellaneous family." Jin Ying sent away ninety percent of the people present with a word. None of the chief eunuchs said anything more. They are most concerned about their own share, as for the use of the palace, this is just an extra, who is not, there are more and fewer children and there are people above to worry about.

For example, Jin Ying, Cheng Jing, or Long Live Today.

The chief eunuchs left, but there were still four left, namely the queen mother of the two palaces and the queen. The chief eunuch in the palace of Hang Guifei is in terms of rank and function. They are more than a few streets away from Jin Ying, but the people who can serve are different, and Jin Ying also gives them some face.

"Today's tribute, or tomorrow?" Kim Young asked Bai Minghe.

"Today, I want to ask to see the Holy Empress Dowager first!" Shiramei Crane took a deep breath and said slowly.

Jin Ying did not tell Bai Minghe who to see first and who to see later. This order is too important for the Ming Dynasty. If the white crane had to be helped with every step, then he might have been a dead man by now.

No matter who the white crane sees first, who will see later, or what trouble there is in the palace, Jin Ying is completely sure that the white crane will carry it down. Besides, there is the support of the Ming Emperor behind him, and not everyone can handle the white crane.

The expressions of the four inner palace stewards couldn't see anything, in fact, these four people knew in their hearts that Hang Guifei was definitely the last. As for who is the first, it is naturally between the queen mothers of the two palaces. Since Bai Minghe chose the Holy Empress Dowager, the other three went to prepare.

Tribute is not a problem, the white crane has already been prepared here.

Just preparing these tributes, several stall leaders in the East Factory have helped a lot.

Soon, someone in the warehouse outside the palace went over to spread the word: Bai Minghe was the first person to ask to see the Holy Empress Dowager, that is, the Empress Dowager Sun, Zhu Qizhen's mother.

Guarding the warehouse is the second-in-command of Dongchang, the great eunuch Shu Liang, Xing'an's deputy, and one of the Ming eunuchs who has left his name in the world.

He was one of the eunuchs trusted by the emperor at that time.

If Jin Ying falls in the matter of changing the prince, then Xing'an will be the supervisor of ceremonies, and Shu Liang will be the governor of Dongchang.

After receiving the report, Shu Liang took out the catalog that had been prepared a long time ago: "Look at it, don't make a mistake." After all the little eunuchs responded in unison, they began to load the car and hung it red.

Shu Liang played with the cigar in his hand and said to the two people beside him, "Our new governor has some means. ”

"The person who can reassure Xingdu to hand over power is naturally not ordinary." The other replied with a stern face, and at the same time asked in a low voice: "Father-in-law, they are discussing in Donghua Gate, if you are old?" ”

"Nervous about the money in your pocket?" Shu Liang asked with a smile.

The two deputies smiled a little embarrassedly, and Shu Liang scolded with a smile: "You are unproductive, guarding the cornucopia and others grabbing food, don't lose the face of our East Factory when you go out." Okay, I'll give you a real background, on the surface, we are the same as those in the palace, but we have an extra silver called service subsidy, which is to go out on errands and get a reward. ”

Speaking of this, Shu Liang pointed to Hao Yi, the big stall head next to him: "This time you went south to Da Nang on an errand." Your team, this number. Shu Liang stretched out three fingers, and then continued: "However, if the matter is messed up, it is more polite than the miscellaneous family, and it will be doubled after it is done." ”

"He will die for a long life." Hao Yi gave a very solemn salute.

"On the way south, by the way, go to Hangzhou to put incense on Lord Yue, and the incense and silver have been prepared for you by Bai Dudu."

Dongchang has officially become an external intelligence department, Shu Liang's three fingers are three stones of gold, and Dongchang has become accustomed to the way Bai Minghe uses stones to calculate gold, atmosphere!

It is not unreasonable for Bai Minghe to be so generous, and when Dongchang arrived in Da Nang, there were only a few people with a bright face. The rest of the people did all the things that lost their heads such as spying, assassination, and incitement, and they couldn't say that they were from Dongchang when they died, and no one would save them if they were caught.

The silver that sells his life naturally can't be stingy.

On the other side, Bai Minghe was already kneeling in front of a door in the inner palace to listen to the announcement.

Empress Dowager Sun was still a little surprised that Bai Minghe was the first to visit her, after all, she was already an outdated queen mother, and she was now popular in the palace, and her son was the emperor, even if she had no power, it was the Empress Dowager Wu who was powerful.

deliberately put on the queen mother's formal clothes, and did not hang bead curtains, so he met with Bai Minghe directly.

Bai Minghe came in to kneel and salute, but did not get up after hearing the exemption: "The son of the minister pleads to the emperor's mother, Yuan Jun has been on the sea boat for half a month, and he has not recovered in the palace in the past few days." was supposed to bring her with her to ask the emperor for peace, but the son asked the emperor for her guilt on behalf of Yuanjun. ”

Empress Dowager Sun was stunned for a moment.

She accepted Sun Yuanjun as her daughter, but she just wanted to leave a way for the future and for her son. When Shira-namo came in, she didn't even think about it.

In her initial thoughts, the white crane should call herself the Queen Mother, or the Queen Mother.

Although in the Daming Palace, the title does not have to add a royal honorific title, for example, the prince calls the emperor Daddy, not Father. And when the emperor saw that he was the queen mother, he was also called his mother.

The white crane is a novelty, but it is not rude.

"Come on, arrange for the two profitable people in the palace to go to my son's place to recuperate. Minghe, you get up and sit down, and talk to your mother. "Empress Dowager Sun is very kind, at least this white-named crane looks very pleasing to the eye.

The white crane got up after giving a salute and handed a booklet to the palace maid here.

"The Imperial Mother, the sons and daughters have run some business for Banzai in Nanyang, and they have brought some novelties back. Although there may be ...... in the palace" Bai Minghe didn't finish speaking, Empress Dowager Sun smiled and said: "This is your mind, even if there is one in the palace, it is not as good as your mind, I know." ”

Empress Dowager Sun did not call herself a mourner, but called herself me.

Four wooden boxes were brought in, and three wooden boxes were wrapped in sacks, and there was a quilt inside. Inside is fresh aloe vera. "Huang Niang, this is called aloe vera, and the son found fresh goods in Nanyang."

"Grandma, this is a good object, a few years ago, a merchant brought back those small black pieces from the west, which is the juice of some things." The head of the palace received the benefit, and naturally spoke for the white crane.

Empress Dowager Sun left her seat: "This is aloe vera, I heard the imperial doctor in the palace say that this thing is a good product for women." ”

"If you like it, the princess, the ministers will arrange for the Nanyang ship to send some fresh ones to Kyoto every time." The white crane smiled with him, and then opened another box: "This is called bird's nest, this thing is the best of bird's nests, called blood bird's nest." Only produced on the cliff, this thing has five major effects, such as nourishing yin, moisturizing irritability, invigorating qi, replenishing the middle, and nourishing the skin. ”

Bai Minghe was still in the inner palace of the Ming Dynasty, and he had never seen this thing.

In fact, the first record of bird's nest in history is more than 100 years later, but the absence of a record does not mean that the people in the palace have not seen it.

This thing, in the palace among the top few odd goods, the value is comparable to gold, because there is no origin in the Ming Dynasty at all, and a very small number of tributes from the southwest of the Ming Dynasty are still a few tributes, but the color is different from the white crane.

This time, without the head of the Empress Dowager Sun's palace to help Bai Minghe speak, Empress Dowager Sun would know the value of this thing. (To be continued......)