"The little one has eyes and no beads, please meet Madame."

Shopkeeper Sun was shocked, and hurriedly shook his face.

The other shopkeepers also followed the shopkeeper Sun and shouted "Meet Madame", which startled both of them.

"This ...... What the hell is going on...... They ........."

Both were dumbfounded, pointing at the shopkeepers and stammering.

Shen Mushi smiled but did not speak, his eyes glanced at the carved beams and pillars of the totem at the door.

Shuangshuang looked at it carefully, and finally saw some clues, and suddenly shouted in a lost voice: "You still say that you are a poor prince!" Big scam......"

Before she finished speaking, she was hugged into Shen Mushi's arms, the man chuckled twice, and whispered in her ear: "Shh, don't shout loudly, lady, now your husband is just your sweetheart Shen Gongzi, not a prince, you have to keep it secret for me." ”

There are two kinds of currency in Chu Wei, one is the official silver issued by the government, which is strictly supervised by the household department.

This kind of official silver is the most widely circulated and used in Chu and Wei, and it is also the most common currency in the hands of ordinary people.

There is also a kind of shell currency, which circulates in various countries and the first land, supervised by the government of various countries, and the materials are real money and silver, and there is no counterfeit money, although the amount is not as much as the currency of the dynasty itself, but it is the most common and valuable among merchants and countries, and is usually used to buy a large number of materials and valuable porcelain and jewelry.

The word "赑屃" is composed of the word "shell", which is very easy to understand literally, and it is a money shop.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that in addition to the normal deposit and exchange of a large number of merchants, this money shop also opened a dart game, and the name is also "赑屃".

The dart bureau daily darts, darts, and bodyguards, and also serve as the escort of the money shop semicolon of the shell coins in the north, south, east and west and countries to and fro.

It can be said that it is the largest money and goods merchant in Chu and Wei.

The word "swag" has another meaning:

Isn't it Shen Mushi, the sixth prince of Long, the sixth in comparison?

Shuangshuang didn't expect his husband to be so bold and openly do business under the nose of Emperor Lao Tzu in the name of Long Jiuzi!

It's just a matter of sneaking around the money shop, and it's also a dart game! He is not afraid of death all year round to make crazy money in various countries, and he is not afraid that one day he will wet his shoes by the river, wipe his gun, and fall into the charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason!

"You, you!" Shuangshuang's words were incomplete, and he struggled for a long time without breaking free, but he was tired enough.

When I got to the back, I didn't bother to move, so I softened my body and said in a muffled voice: "It turns out that you are not a poor prince at all, I am stupid, and I still want to raise money to supplement your ......"

"I didn't expect that the lady had an embroidery shop, and she was still a regular customer of her husband."

Shen Mushi playfully flicked her forehead.

"How much have you been hiding from me! Shouldn't you have taken a bunch of concubines among the people, maybe even a dozen children have been born......"

Both of them muttered, and pushed Shen Mushi's chest dissatisfiedly to get him away from him.

"The child hasn't been born yet, wait for you to give birth to ...... for me"

Shen Mushi smiled lightly, his eyes glancing behind him.

"Master, this is five hundred taels of silver."

Taking advantage of the greasy and crooked efforts of the two, Shopkeeper Sun had already taken the silver and handed it to Shen Mushi respectfully.

There are a total of six silver tickets and a bag of broken silver, with denominations of 100 taels, 70 taels and 30 taels of broken silver respectively.

"There is a shopkeeper of Lao Sun, thank you."

Shen Mushi bowed his head, took the silver and asked Shuangshuang:

"Did the lady take the purse she took from her husband last time?"

Shuangshuang glanced at him, and while taking out an ink-colored embroidered gold thread moire purse from his waist, he muttered:

"You're going to get it back? I like your purse......"

Shen Mushi smiled and asked, "The wife is strict?" He refused to return a single purse to his husband. ”

"I'm not coveting your silver taels, I just want your purse, I want to share all your things, you know what I mean?"

When they both looked up at Shen Mu, their expressions were extremely serious.

"Open it."

Shen Mushi's lips were still hooked and he smiled, but he didn't answer.

Shuangshuang said "um", tore open the purse and silently put the silver and silver ticket in.

Shen Mushi looked at her a little lost, patted her back and reassured:

"That wallet belongs to me, but it belongs to you, and the five hundred taels also belong to you. But so much silver is too heavy to carry on your body, can I help you get some? ”

Shuangshuang looked down at the large bag of silver, dumbfounded. The purse is heavy, and it is bulging in both the sleeves and the waist, which is indeed very intriguing.

When they both looked at Shen Mu uneasily, they cautiously confirmed again and again:

"This is five hundred taels, you can buy ten small courtyards and five embroidery shops, aren't you afraid that I will lose it?"

Shen Mushi looked at her trembling appearance, turned his hand and spread his palm and smiled: "If you are worried, give me the purse and I will carry it for you." ”

"Okay." Both handed over their purses stupidly.

Shen Mushilang smiled and rubbed the top of his head:

"It's really a stupid cat, it's so easy to be cheated out of five hundred taels, forget it, I'll keep it for you."

"Anyway, I don't have any money, so I'll ask you for it, hehe."

The little woman sticks out her tongue and is very naughty.

Shen Mushi shook his head helplessly and put the silver into his chest.

Shopkeeper Sun took the opportunity to serve tea, and invited the two of them into the inner room before he opened his mouth to get down to business:

"Master, the little one took last year's money account book, can the master take a look?"

"Bring it."

"Yes."

Shopkeeper Sun hurriedly handed over a thick stack of ledgers in his hand, and ordered several shopkeepers outside to come over to reconcile the accounts.

Both of them sat on the side drinking tea very obediently, motionless.

The words on the account book are densely packed, and Shen Mushi can read ten lines at a glance very quickly, occasionally asking questions, and several shopkeepers are all in detail and tell them one by one.

After about three incense sticks, the calves of the two sitting were slightly numb, and the hot water in the teacup was added several times and the fragrance was faint, Shen Mushi finally closed the last account book, took a sip of tea, and instructed several shopkeepers:

"Last year, the net profit of the money shop was 370,000 taels of official silver, 150,000 shell coins, and all the shell coins were kept for me, I was useful.

Allocate 50,000 taels of silver to various parts of Chuwei and other countries to buy rice and wheat, not in large quantities, but collect it little by little, and store it in the granary we built by ourselves after collecting it.

100,000 taels were sent to the Shen Mansion; 20,000 taels for the poor; 20,000 taels will be allocated to Wuyue Academies in various places every month, and 10,000 taels will be sent to other countries to buy fertile land and mansions; The rest is kept for turnover and expenses, and if there is a business to borrow, the interest will remain the same. Do you have any expenses that you want to spend, shall you bring them up now? ”

Both sat on one side and smacked their tongues secretly: Chu Wei was at the peak of national strength and rich people's livelihood, and it was a relatively powerful one among the countries in the Central Plains. Despite this, the annual tax collection of the state treasury is only more than 30 million taels of silver, why does His Royal Highness's money surplus in a year is hundreds of thousands of taels?

The prince of the East Palace's silver is only five hundred taels a year, and the grain is one hundred stones, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the income of the money! No wonder His Royal Highness, who has been cut for three months, is not in a hurry at all, it turns out that he is making a lot of money among the people!

But he only goes out of the palace once a year to inspect, isn't he worried about the personal pockets of individual unscrupulous shopkeepers?

How, exactly?

Both looked obsessively at Shen Mushi and the shopkeepers who were focused on the discussion, and felt more and more that she, the husband, was unfathomable and capable.

After dealing with the affairs of the money store, it was noon before I knew it.

"What do you think?"

Shen Mushi tugged at his ears.

"I'm thinking, how does His Highness manage the money shop, I've thought about it for a long time and come up with some clues, do you want to hear it?"

Both of them blushed and looked proud.

"Okay, but we're going to eat first, I'm going to be very hungry."

Shen Mushi pulled her pair up from the stool, wrapped her arms around her waist, lifted the curtain and walked out of the inner room.

"Congratulations to the master!" The first few shopkeepers shouted in unison.

Shen Mushi didn't look back, and neither did Shuangshuang.

In a wing room of the Leju Restaurant, Shen Mushi, who was dancing with both eyebrows, said his thoughts:

"I don't know how you managed to keep the accounts keepers from enriching themselves, but I figured out a way to do it. First of all, in addition to keeping accounts and reconciling accounts every day, at the end of the month, a shopkeeper must be arranged to check the accounts and check all the account books in the money store. Then the shopkeeper of this audit is randomly selected, by the different semicolon shopkeepers to different money stores to check the accounts, report to you on time every month, the whole process of confidentiality is not allowed to whereabouts, so that those dart board and money shopkeepers can not make false accounts, then your silver will all roll into your pocket, no penny is indispensable. What do you think? I'm smart, right? ”

After Shuangshuang finished speaking in one breath, he looked at his husband with sparkling eyes, hoping that he could praise himself.

Shen Mushi's eyebrows did not move, and he picked up a piece of braised mutton and handed it to his mouth.

Shuangshuang whimpered and took a bite, the mutton was stuffed with her mouth and cheeks bulging, and she asked while chewing: "What do you say, is my method good?" ”

"The lady is very smart, it seems that the money can be managed by the lady in the future."

Shen Mushi was happy to make her happy, and she could say whatever she wanted to hear.

Slowly filled a bowl of fresh fish soup, took a spoon and gently stirred it to cool down, saw her mouth full of oil, took a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped it on the corner of her mouth.

"Hee-hee~"

Unexpectedly, he asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to serve him to eat, and both of them smiled a little embarrassedly.

After that, he joked briskly:

"I still remember when we spent candle nights in the cave room, you scolded me for being a fool and not being a fine worker, and now you praise me for being smart, husband, can I go to be a fine worker now?"

"Don't be careful, just be my slave."

Shen Mushi glanced at her disappreciatively and continued with her words.

"Don't open your mouth and shut your mouth and call me a slave, it's hard to hear." Both stared at Shen Mu angrily.

"Or call it a bed warmer?"

Shen Mushi stretched out his foot and rubbed his calves helplessly.

"I don't want it."

Both protested seriously and raised their chopsticks to snatch the ribs from Shen Mushi's bowl.