"Huh?" The four major families were a little surprised, they only heard that they had to repay their debts, and they didn't care about the second half of Li Yewu's sentence at all, and then showed ecstasy.

"Don't be in a hurry to rejoice just yet." Li Yewu interrupted several people who were about to sing and dance.

"There is a discrepancy between the number you reported and the number in my hand, so it would be better for you to calculate it first."

Shang Jia's face changed: "How is it possible, we have stored every IOU neatly, how can there be a mistake in black and white." ”

Li Yewu shook the IOU on his hand: "In the past five years, the prince has spent 4.36 million taels on grains, 3 million taels of minced meat, and 640,000 taels of other miscellaneous goods, a total of 8 million taels is good, right?" ”

"That's right, the total is right, it's just that the money owed to each of us is different."

The head of the Quartet nodded.

Li Yewu put down the IOU and looked at them lightly.

"In the thirtieth year of Dachu, the Sifang family borrowed 1,000 quintals of grain, equivalent to 3,600 taels of silver;

In the thirty-first year of Da Chu, the Sifang family borrowed 1,000 quintals of grain, equivalent to 5,000 taels of silver;

In the thirty-second year of Da Chu, the Sifang family borrowed 1,000 quintals of grain, equivalent to 8,000 taels of silver;

In the thirty-third year of Da Chu, he borrowed 1,000 quintals of grain, equivalent to 12,000 taels of silver;

In the thirty-fifth year of Da Chu, he borrowed 1,000 taels of grain, which was equivalent to 15,000 taels of silver...... Yes and no? ”

"Uh, yes."

The head of the Quartet family didn't expect Li Yewu to be able to tell the number of IOUs in the past few years without looking at the bills, and whether it was the quantity or the price, he was shocked.

Without waiting for the head of the Quartet to speak, Li Yewu lightly hooked his red lips and eyebrows with contempt.

"Counting carefully, the price of grain five years ago was 30 wen a catty, four years ago it was 50 wen, three years ago it was 80 wen, two years ago it was 120 wen, and last year it was 150 wen...... It is said that only when the war is raging, the price of food will rise, why do we Tai Chengcheng do the opposite, the year the war was quelled 30 Wen a catty, five years later it soared to 150 Wen a catty, I don't know that I think that the war here is in chaos. ”

Everyone's faces changed, and they looked at each other and said, "That...... There is a reason why grain prices fluctuate so much, after all, five years ago, there was official support, and the officials subsidized all the price differences, so the prices were low, and in the past few years, they have only returned to normal market prices......

"Heh, is the market price of 180 wen a pound of rice? The price of rice grain in the imperial capital is only 15 wen a catty, but the Taiqi city is more than ten times higher than the imperial capital, do you think it is reasonable? ”

“…… Different places, the price of food is naturally different, although we have a lot of land in Taiqicheng, but there are not many people who are willing to work, and we have to complain about the king......"

Everyone explained, and their eyes became a little resentful.

As soon as the old butler heard that others were going to burn the flames of war on his master, he was immediately displeased

"Nonsense, our master has worked hard for Taiqi City, he loves the people like a son and can't wait to give his heart and liver to the people here, are you embarrassed to put the responsibility on him? What's wrong with him! ”

For whom did the master of his family go bankrupt?

They raise prices to cheat the master's money, and say that it is the master's fault, do they have a conscience?

The old butler was eager to step forward and give these people a slap.

If they were in the imperial capital, these people's heads would have moved long ago! The master is merciful, and let them be powerful and blessed!

Although the old butler was very angry, the other side was not very jealous, and still went his own way.

"It's because the prince gives too much that the refugees would rather go to the slums than work, and the price of food will get higher and higher."

"Nonsense! Is there anything wrong with helping refugees? ”

The four families shook their heads bitterly.

"Every year, a large number of people move to the slums because of the good welfare, and our fields are also largely deserted, and we have to pay higher commissions to keep them, and even then only a few people are retained.

Our rice grain shop can only buy goods from surrounding states and counties to do business, but the cost of travel is high, and there are many bandits on the road, all in all, it is difficult to say. ”

"You think we want to raise the price? Isn't this forced to be helpless, the labor is high, the cost is high, and even the risk is high, and the price of rice and grain will naturally go up. ”

"......" Li Yewu.

In this way, there is really nothing to say.

I never expected it to be Xiao Jiuxi again.

Seeing that the four major families became more and more excited, in order to avoid the dominance falling back into their hands, Li Yewu could only slap the table with all his strength and block their chatter with momentum.

With a "bang" falling, the surroundings were indeed quiet.

Li Yewu spoke at the right time.

"Hugh has to make excuses, even then it is impossible to estimate the price of 150 wen a catty, as far as I know, the price you sold to others is clearly two in the account of King Hutchison!

You are using the king's heart to worry about the people to make great Chu's national fortune!

Those who make a fortune and make money deliberately deceive the king are equivalent to bullying the king, and they should be punished by the nine clans! ”

As soon as Li Yewu's words fell, those businessmen knelt on the ground with weak feet.

"Princess Mingjian, how dare we do this, I hope the princess will see clearly, we are all good people!"

Seeing that they were full of energy, Li Yewu slowly relaxed: "That's why I said, there are some discrepancies in these accounts, you'd better check for yourself first." ”

Li Yewu's face changed faster than a book, looking at her startled appearance, Rao is a person who has been rolling in the mall for many years can't guess it.

At the end, they looked at each other silently and sighed in acknowledgement.

"What the princess said is very true, maybe it was really Mr. Bookkeeper who made a mistake, and asked the princess to give us a few days to go back and check the accounts."

"That's right, please ask the princess to give a few days of grace......"

In the end, it is a strange imperial concubine, as the saying goes, the wasp tail needle is the most poisonous woman's heart, and they are worried that they will not be able to control her real trouble, so they can only go down the steps.

Li Yewu hooked her lips: "In this case, it will take a month, and I hope we can solve these problems smoothly by then."

You can rest assured that there will be no less point that should be given to you, but if you should not give it, you should not think about it, otherwise you will be guilty of deceiving the king......"

"Don't worry, Princess, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

The four major families gave a promise without waiting for Li Yewu to finish speaking, and then they were in a hurry, and they were even more hurried when they left, and after a while, the group disappeared in the courtyard of the King Palace.

Looking at all this in front of him, the people in the palace were dumbfounded again.

Everyone didn't expect things to turn around like this, and the little lady persuaded the debt collector to retire without much effort!

However, everyone didn't get excited for a long time and fell into another melancholy, the four major families in Taiqi City are not fuel-efficient lamps, what should they do in a month?

Although the master's reward is coming, it can cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and the reward is okay to live, but it is a drop in the bucket to repay debts.

Moreover, how could the four major families miscalculate? Even if there were, it would not be possible to wipe out all the numbers.

At that time, it will still be a Shura field.

Thinking of this, the old butler called a heart stopper.

Li Yewu looked at the housekeeper with a sad face and couldn't help but hook his lips.

"There's no need to worry so much, I have to fight for a month, there will always be a way."