The concubine has always relied on her seniority and almost walked sideways in the palace, but she didn't expect that she was directly pointed out by Chaolu now, and her face suddenly became a little unbearable, but now Chaolu in the harem is a person with real power after all, and she didn't dare to offend more, so she had to bite her lower lip and said with some grievances, "I know, the concubine will not embarrass the mother anymore." ”

"That's it, all the sisters in our palace must always be harmonious and beautiful, otherwise there will always be contradictions, and sometimes they will be laughed at!" Chaolu showed a gentle smile again, and only after taking a sip of tea did he speak to the main topic of the day, "Bringing all of you together today is not for any personal matter, but for the common thing of all of us. ”

When everyone heard this, they came back to their senses from the state of watching the play just now, and they all condensed their minds and listened to Chaolu's speech.

"I don't know if you have understood the accounts in our palace, but as far as I know, you should not be able to get the account book, but since the affairs of the sixth palace have been in charge of me by the emperor, the palace has read this account book, and when the sisters in the department actually saw the account book, Chaolu's mood was very heavy."

Many of the concubines didn't calm down, they looked at each other, and they didn't know what Chaolu meant by this, why did they feel heavy when they saw the account book? Could it be that the pressure of managing the affairs of the six houses is too great?

"I know that all the sisters will be puzzled, why are they so heavy? It's no secret, it's really that the numbers at the beginning of the six palaces are too big, almost to the point where it's hard to imagine! Chaolu's expression had become serious, and he didn't look as harmonious with them before.

“…… I don't know what kind of number is the unimaginable point that Niangniang said? One of the concubines cautiously asked.

For many of these concubines, they really can't imagine the unimaginable situation in Chaolu's mouth, not to mention that they are now living in the palace, and they don't need to think about these expenses at all.

"This question is a good question, just to let everyone truly appreciate how huge this number is, so this palace has specially sorted out these today, you can circulate them by yourself, Shaobai-" Chaolu gestured, so Shaobai stepped forward and divided the accounts that Chaolu had sorted out earlier into two waves and passed them on separately.

“…… That's so much, it feels good to look at, and it's not too biased from the numbers of previous years! At this time, a concubine muttered in a low voice, judging from her previous family situation, it is true that these numbers did not make her have some special experience, but Chaolu was really uncomfortable when she heard it.

"This palace knows that some of you can't understand it, so let's put it in layman's terms, do you know what you can buy in the capital for a tael of silver?" Chaolu's question made them look at each other, and some of them couldn't answer.

"Niangniang's one or two silver is too little, can you buy anything with one or two silver in this world now?"

“…… For the common people, one tael of silver could feed them for five days. Even living in the capital, those ordinary roadside vendors selling vegetables can only sell two or three taels of silver a morning. Not to mention somewhere else. ”

"One tael of silver can still be eaten for five days?! Niangniang, aren't you kidding, and this is in the capital, even if the concubine doesn't have a lot of time in the capital, but the prices in the capital are so high, can this really be done? Sure enough, some concubines raised questions, and this is indeed what Chaolu wants them to really understand.

"Maybe many of you won't believe it, but that's the way it is. For many of you, you won't pick up a tael of silver, even if it falls on the ground, because it's just a tael, but for you, do you know what a tael of silver means to an ordinary person or an ordinary family? That's not as simple as a tael of silver, for them it may mean the total cost of living for the family for a day! ”

“…… And you are carefully looking at the account books in your hands, how much does it cost that you don't need to spend? This palace has called you here today, not to ask you to tighten your belts in the future, but to hope that you can spend as little as possible on unnecessary expenses, and every tael of silver you save is different for the treasury. Besides, although we women don't have to go to the front, the treasury is still very important to the front-line soldiers, and I hope you can also be deeply aware of this, and we, as the people of our country, need to think more about the front-line soldiers......"

When Chaolu was just beginning to prepare to gather them all together, he thought that saying such a thing and making this request would definitely cause misunderstanding among some of them, after all, it was asking them to restrain their expenses in the palace. So he is ready to accept everyone's doubts.

"But Niangniang, what money can we women spend in the harem? Most of these are just daily expenses, if even these expenses are saved, then let's ......" The concubine turned her head to look at a few people beside her halfway through speaking, she was a little unhappy in her heart to say this, isn't this just making them spend less money on weekdays? She was a little depressed in her heart, and she realized that she didn't spend much on weekdays.

"Yes, most of the account books seem to be daily expenses, but if you take a closer look, for example, about red candles, how many palaces even light red candles every day in the film stores that don't go to on weekdays, this palace means that this part of the expenses can be saved, why do you go to the palace if you don't go, right?"

“…… Although Niangniang is good, but we are a palace anyway, if so...... Will it seem too stingy? In the future, if an envoy from another country comes to our palace, I don't know how shabby our country is, and I can't even afford a palace! ”

"Wrong-" Chao Lu shook his head, "The strength of a country is far from how extravagant and luxurious its harem can be, but when the envoys of other countries see such a scene, they don't dare to say this sentence easily, this is the true embodiment of a country's strength." ”

"But-" Chaolu paused, "I think your sisters or sisters still have some misunderstandings about what this palace means, this palace is not to let you reduce your own kilometers of expenses all at once on weekdays, but to minimize unnecessary expenses, that is, wasteful situations." ”