When Qi Hongxin heard this, he bowed his jaw: "It's okay." ”

Under the guidance of Su Ziji, he went to the hall, just in time for the most lively time to pick up the treasury and enter the bank, he was divided into ten desks, and a number of yamen personnel were transferred to work.

"Shi Yunwei. "There was a table where the clerk shouted the register, and the name of the man who shouted the silver outside was written down.

Listening to the shouting, a middle-aged man stepped forward in agreement.

Qi Hongxin glanced at it, and saw that the middle-aged man was wearing a sauce-colored robe, half-new and not old, and he didn't look like a squire, so after a little hesitation, he listened to Su Ziji whispering: "This is the person brought by Shi Yunwei." ”

Qi Hongxin immediately understood that it was impossible for the squires to bring a few hundred taels of silver by themselves, they must have brought a long-term retinue or a housekeeper over, seeing that the middle-aged man shouted, a young man carried a box over and put it on the table.

As soon as the little official opened it, there were pieces of silver cakes inside.

Probably because he was used to it, there were people around the small officials who specially checked the fineness of the silver, and some people weighed it, and soon shouted: "The fineness is ninety-eight, and it weighs three hundred and one twenty-seven dollars." ”

The little official said, recorded in the book, and shouted: "Miao Shaolan!"

"The villain is here!" another long entourage followed, and saw that every time he shouted one, someone walked to the registration table with white flowers and silver, and after the little official checked it, the color was good, and the silver was enough to register, and another small official would write one to five notes according to the amount of silver, crumpled into a paper ball, and stuffed it into a box.

And a handful of silver was packed into wooden boxes and arranged, and Qi Hongxin looked at one two or three...... I can't remember how many wooden boxes were quickly filled, sealed, and carried into the back.

This is where the tax was paid in the past, and the back corridor is connected to the silver treasury.

didn't go to the silver vault, just looking at the wooden boxes full of silver that were carried away one after another, Qi Hongxin felt that his heart was beating faster, and his breathing suddenly became difficult.

Especially when the legs were sore, more than 1,000 people finally handed over all the silver, the little official went outside and shouted a few times, and no one came in, and the official who had been busy rubbing his neck and looking up, saw the two adults of the prefect and the mansion standing in the corner in uniform, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"The silver...... In total, how much has been credited to the account?" Qi Hongxin asked when he heard his voice dry.

The official didn't know how nervous the prefect in front of him was, he only saw the prefect's expression was cold, and his heart jumped, for fear that he had done something wrong, so he hurriedly replied: "Prefect, a total of 278,641.29 coins and eight cents of silver have been recorded!"

Two hundred and seventy thousand taels?

Two hundred and seventy thousand taels!

Two hundred and seventy thousand taels!!

Although it was expected that thousands of gentry would pay 100,000 taels each, and there would be more than 100,000 taels, and two draws would be 200,000 taels, and three draws would be 300,000 taels.

But hearing this number, Qi Hongxin suddenly felt that the sky was spinning, and the strength that had been supporting him all the time, as soon as this answer entered his ears and heart, he was directly loosened, making him unable to stand on his feet anymore, and he was about to collapse on the ground.

Holding his chest, Qi Hongxin even felt that he was about to lose his breath.

Two hundred and seventy thousand taels!

He never dreamed that he would get such a large sum of silver just by selling the thirty-seven small mines that had been confiscated!

With the cash seized not long ago, the inventory has exceeded 300,000 taels!

In front of the water control yamen, he had to promise when he was urging the money, saying that he would be able to repay the 170,000 taels of silver he owed by the end of the year.

This means that at least half of the deficit can be repaid this year, and although the remaining 200,000 taels is also a lot, compared with the previous 700,000 taels, the pressure has been sharply reduced.

"Lord Prefect!" was taken aback.

Su Ziji hurriedly stopped him from calling someone: "My lord is just excited for a while, you can let people serve tea." ”

"Yes!" Fortunately, Lord Fu Cheng was here, and the Lord Bo was glad in his heart, and he was busy with tea.

Su Ziji also helped Qi Hongxin's personal soldiers who were secretly protecting him to sit on a chair not far away.

At this time, someone served the tea, Qi Hongxin took two sips of tea, and his pounding heart slowly returned to normal, and the dizziness caused by the coexistence of surprise and fright was also relieved.

Qi Hongxin couldn't help but look at Su Ziji, and couldn't understand that this time the matter was led by Su Ziji, such a skill......

"Please also ask for your approval. Without waiting for Qi Hongxin to think about it, Su Ziji had respectfully asked for instructions again.

The previous payment has been completed, and people can't just wait.

Thousands of paper balls were stuffed into large boxes, mixed together, taken out, stirred in public, and placed in the open to reassure those who had paid for them.

Qi Hongxin could only stop his thoughts, and said to the master Bo who was waiting for his orders: "You have done a good job in this matter, prepare to let those people touch the lot, be sure to maintain order, and not cause chaos." ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured, the lower official has asked the county lieutenant to send a hundred county soldiers to maintain order. Su Ziji said with a smile.

This preparation is quite sufficient, Qi Hongxin thought to himself.

But for the next touch, he still has a little bit of heart.

Although the silver has been put into storage, no matter whether there is trouble outside or not, it is impossible for him to let people spit out the silver, but if it is too much trouble and causes a civil uprising, this is not what Qi Hongxin is willing to see.

"I touched the lot, and when I shouted my name, I went to the stage to touch the lot. "A high platform has now been temporarily erected in the square, and the master Bo has gone out to stand on the high platform to announce that it is time to draw lots.

Like Fang Cai, Qi Hongxin and Su Ziji were still standing in the corner, watching the process of touching the lot.

"Cheng Fulai, Hongping County, Shun'an Prefecture, touch the sign once!"

"Wanyoudong, Qinghe County, Shun'an Prefecture, touch and sign three times!"

"Zheng Feng, Baili County, Jianghua Prefecture, touch the sign twice!"

............

One by one, they came up after being called names, and reached into the round hole above the box, because they couldn't see with their eyes, they could only touch it by their hands, and they felt the one they wanted among thousands of paper balls, which really depended on their luck.

Anyway, everyone who went up had a solemn expression, holding their breath, as if they were doing some kind of sacred thing.

You can rub it for as long as you can.

It wasn't until a small official urged him that he hesitated to pull out his hand, often holding a paper ball in his hand.

"No, I didn't win!" Another person who touched the sign opened the paper ball, and there were only "one hundred taels" and an unfamiliar name in it, and he suddenly sighed and walked down with a little frustration.

Although people who haven't touched the mining rights are a little distressed about the one or two hundred taels of silver that they spent in vain, but think about it, this lottery has been said from the beginning, and they are gambling on their luck.

If you can't touch it, you can't touch it, anyway, if you can really touch it, it's only thirty-seven, and most of them are like themselves, so they should give the silver to the government, and these people comfort themselves in their hearts.

This is the eleventh person who has come up to touch the lot, and no one has been able to touch the mining rights so far.

The crowd below suddenly had some commotion, not that they regretted it, but gradually doubted whether they could touch the mining rights.