Chapter 12: The Empress Dowager of the Red Chamber (12)

However, halfway through, Jia Yu remembered that the keys to their family's public treasury were in the hands of the second daughter-in-law.

Because considering the difficulty of his mother and second daughter-in-law, Jia Yu did not think about asking for the key, but prepared to cut it first and then play.

Therefore, he immediately turned around and went back, called some servants from outside, and brought some hammers and other utensils, and quickly came to the treasury, and arrested several people who were guarding the treasury, and then asked the servants to smash the lock of the treasury and go in to carry the silver and things.

Jia Yu himself didn't know how much silver his family owed to the treasury, but anyway, it was not much less, at least hundreds of thousands of taels, and there was absolutely not so much cash in the treasury. Therefore, it is necessary to move other things in the public treasury to the household department and convert them into silver to pay off debts, so when moving things, there is no time to leave behind, and when you see what is moving, you directly empty the public treasury.

The things that were brought out didn't stay for a second longer, and they went straight to the house.

Jia Yu can be regarded as frightened by the memory of his previous life, he has no other thoughts now, now he only thinks that as soon as the Zhen family falls, this emperor will attack other nobles, so he just wants to return the money first.

Thinking about paying back the money, maybe the emperor above can be more tolerant and let him suffer less.

But I don't know that the reason why I wanted to raid their house in my last life, in addition to the fact that they did too much, the main reason is that there is no money in the treasury, and now Tu Minghui has just got 30 million taels of silver from his third brother, so there is really no shortage of money at all.

Even if you don't pay it back, it's okay for a short time.

However, paying back the money must also be a happy thing, and Tu Minghui was in a good mood because the Emperor Taishang was paralyzed by a stroke, so Jia Yu's step was not bad.

At noon, the sun was bright.

The officials of the household department saw from a distance that Jia Yu was rushing here with a group of healthy servants carrying a lot of things, and he didn't know why.

Some petty officials didn't even know him.

"General Jia, don't come unharmed!

What are you doing with all this stuff? It's not going to be repaid, is it?

Or did you come here to pay bribes? ”

Tanaka Yoshigang, the left attendant of the household department, had just returned the 30 million taels of silver to the warehouse, and he was in a good mood, and when he saw Jia Yu coming over with a lot of things, he smiled a little jokingly.

"No, no, no kidding!

I'm here to pay it back!

I vaguely remember that my father said before he died that our family owed a lot of money to the treasury, and I didn't remember to pay it back a few years ago. However, I estimated that the cash at home might not be enough, so I brought all the big furniture and other things in the house, and you can use these things to convert into silver to settle the debt! ”

Jia Yu's status in the entire noble circle was not low back then, if it weren't for the prince being banned, maybe he would be able to get into a good position, so the relationship with some officials was not very good, but most of them knew each other anyway.

But today's main thing is to pay back the money, and I don't care about joking or anything, so I hurriedly said seriously.

"Paying back the money, it's really a rare thing!

It seems that today we deserve the wealth of our household department, half an hour ago, 30 million taels of silver just finished counting, you sent silver here to pay back the money, children come out, come out quickly to help move things and count the silver!

Wait a minute, I'll check the old accounts of the household department and see how much money your family owes!

Let me tell you, you came to repay the money today, the emperor is happy today, and I will report the news to the top when I go back, maybe I can give you more money for these big furniture.

If it is replaced by ordinary days, or when the emperor is unhappy, it would be good if these big guys could convert it into silver and have half of the market price, I will help you fight for it this time, and I have to get you eighty percent anyway! ”

Have fun today!

Tanaka Yoshishi is also in a good mood, and among the nobles, there is the first one to return the silver, and there may be a steady stream of energy coming to return the silver, so of course I have to give some sweetness.

"Thank you so much, Lord Tian!"

Jia Yu thanked him and followed Tanaka Yi into the household department, and Tanaka Yi also took the opportunity to find some old accounts of the household department to check how much silver the Jia family owed to the treasury.

Although the account of the household department is chaotic, it only means that the annual tax and silver calculation is relatively messy, and the account of the money owed is still relatively simple.

"Grace!

I found your family, your Rongguo Mansion owes a total of 380,000 taels of silver to the treasury, and the Ning Guofu next door owes the treasury 460,000 taels of silver, it's really strange, Ning Guofu owes a little more than your mansion!

How much cash did you bring with you?

I'll do the math for you later! ”

Tanaka Yi pinched his fingers and calculated for a while, and quickly calculated the data and said.

"Three hundred and eighty thousand taels?

That's a lot, I'm ......

The total amount of silver I brought out this time was only 120,000 taels of silver, and 3,000 taels of gold, which added up to only 150,000 taels of silver.

Tsk, wait, I'm worried that I may not have enough things to move over this time, you can help me calculate the specific price of things here first, and I'll go back and see if I can move some more things! ”

Jia Yu is not unpopular, and he is very proficient in skills such as gold and stone antiques, so he is also very clear about the price of some things.

When he moved things, he looked at almost everything and could roughly estimate the total price of the things in the warehouse.

The original price adds up, maybe you can get up to 400,000 taels, but, first of all, their things are not new, and many things are not counted as antiques, they are all calculated according to old furniture.

Then, there is still a certain difference in the conversion of silver on the side of the household, and the more can even be half a horse, although Tian Shilang has said that he will calculate more for his family, but no matter how you calculate it, the silver converted into these things is not enough for 380,000 taels.

Therefore, he had to go back and get something again, and his private treasury was reluctant, so he had to go elsewhere to find something.

I really can't get the house to arrive!

Anyway, he can't live in the main courtyard, so what's the difference between having it and not having it.

Of course, this was just an idea that suddenly rose up in Jia Yu's anger, if he really dared to do this, if Jia Mu didn't kill him, the other elders in the clan would probably have to rush over and kill him.

"Okay, you've always been good at arithmetic!

Then you go back and move, I'll try to give you more price here! ”

Tanaka Yi glanced at the things that Jia Yu had brought over, and felt that Jia Yu's estimate should not be wrong, so he immediately waved his hand and asked him to go back and get some more things.