Having the prince by your side is not a big blessing, especially for a little official like me who was personally sent here by the prince Zhu Gaochi on the first day he took office.

Although Beijing is a big city, when it comes to the speed at which rumors spread.

Wang Siqi's limited memory was filled with the moments when his mother knew how quickly he got into trouble, and how quickly he dragged Wu home and asked his servants to whip him, and then the housekeeper dragged him home.

Hiss... it's very fast! But the limelight is probably gone.

...

"That is to say... apart from the salary and coinage requirements, Baoyuan Bureau does not have an extra penny?"

Listening to Feng Zongwu's report, Wang Siqi almost couldn't help but pick his ears, wondering whether he had heard wrong rather than what Feng Zongwu had said wrongly.

Looking at the new supervisor, Feng Zongwu could only smile bitterly.

He nodded repeatedly and said, "Sir! It is true that the Baoyuan Bureau is directly under the Ministry of Industry, but now the Ministry of Industry is very short of money. If the price of copper fluctuates... even the Baoyuan Bureau will not be able to uncover the pot."

"Other than that? There is no surplus at all?"

"hiss..."

Feng Zongwu glanced around, then lowered his voice and said: "I don't know, sir, all the previous ones have gone with the previous supervisor, if..."

"Yes, yes! Don't talk about this, just keep talking about other things you know!"

After listening, Wang Siqi's face was full of bitterness. He finally understood what was going on with the Baoyuan Bureau he was taking over.

Every year, the amount of money given by the Ministry of Revenue is substantial.

Baoyuan Bureau could have manipulated the coinage by changing hands, and if it did so, it would only need to bribe a few people, and it would be able to pocket money internally without anyone noticing.

But this is based on a premise...

Zhu Gaochi, don’t come!

The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty was almost looking at Wang Siqi with a magnifying glass.

Corruption is not a glorious thing after all.

So if you want to make a name for yourself in Baoyuan Bureau, I'm afraid there is only one way right now...

....

Qingyuan Bofu.

Ever since he returned home alone from the palace, Wang You's face has not looked good. Everyone in the house knew that this time the Wang family might be in trouble.

"Ouch! My wife, please stop crying... As a father, I can't even say anything about whether our son can come back this time. It doesn't work!"

"I do not care!"

"You took my son away, and you asked him to go to the emperor to plead guilty. Now he's fine! I did ask for forgiveness, but why didn't you really let him go home?"

When will my son be attracted by the prince?

This gave Wang You a huge headache, and he explained repeatedly: "It's not that I'm not allowed to go home, it's that the prince has sent Siqi to stay in the East Palace. Please tell me how I can tell the emperor no about this trivial matter."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince?" The woman's crying voice seemed to have weakened.

But not long after, she stared at Wang You with her eyes wide open, her face still a little excited, as if she was expecting something, and she continued to say: "Doesn't that mean that from now on, our son will belong to the crown prince?"

Never mind! This is a good thing, the power of the dragon... as long as the future..."

"Can you say this? You, a woman, are really unreasonable..."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Ouch! Uncle Wang! You are planning to take a concubine. Should I move out of your uncle's house? That's right... After all, this is the first victory in the war. Even if the emperor knew about it, he wouldn't say anything.

.”

Just when the two were struggling to figure it out, Wang Siqi looked cautiously at the house outside the gate, then bypassed the servant at the door and tried to sneak into the house through the small door at the back of the house.

"Master..."

"Shh!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he slipped in, he bumped into his henchman Wu De.

Covering his mouth, Wang Siqi winked to signal him to be quiet, and then lowered his voice, "Is that old guy at home?"

Wu De's mouth was covered.

I can only nod.

"Does that old guy know that I came out of the East Palace?"

Wu De shook his head.

"Okay then... do you have the banknotes from the previous sale with you?"

"Well.."

Counting the personal money Wang Siqi left behind and the things he sold, the total is about 70,000 taels of silver.

Well... the items were sold for 65,000 yuan. When Wang You came back, he brought a thousand taels of souvenirs.

"Tell me! Why am I so poor!"

Wang Siqi couldn't understand why he was still the eldest son of Uncle Qingyuan's family, so he allowed Wu De to calculate for a long time, and he only had one or two thousand taels of silver.

According to Wang You’s nature.

In one expedition, at least I can make thousands of taels.

Why can’t I save any money in the end?

Wu De must have stolen the money!

Wu De was almost crying at this time. He had no idea about his young master's feelings and his daily expenses. Wang Siqi let go of his hand, so Wu De quickly lowered his voice and said: "Young master... Baihua

Lou...Zanghua Pavilion..."

"Ahem..."

"I will never treat you badly!"

"Let's go! Come out with me."

Wu De was a little confused, why his young master seemed to be a thief when he returned home.

"Master? Where are we going?"

Wang Siqi said softly, "Let's go to the banquet!"

.....

Since ancient times, treating guests to dinner has been a very rigorous knowledge.

At this time, both Feng Zongwu and Wang Yihuan were feeling extremely tormented, especially Wang Yihuan who looked at Feng Zongwu with a melancholy look on his face and said, "Master Feng, you clearly promised this morning that you would stay at Zanghua tonight.

Why am I still paying for the banquet hosted in the building?"

Who knew that Feng Zongwu just raised his eyebrows, and then said calmly: "You have to pay for this money!"

Wang Yihuan swore that this was the first day he saw such a side of Feng Zongwu after arriving in the capital.

He quickly said: "Why?"

"Why? Just because your father is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty and the magistrate of Jurong County. He controls the future and destiny of the people in a county. As an official, he benefits all people!"

"You are his son. If you don't say you will benefit all people, at least you can't let me suffer, right?"

Feng Zongwu's words made Wang Yihuan confused.

I didn't react for a while.

He could only nod his head in a daze, but after thinking about the money that his father had just sent to him, one thousand five hundred taels, even in Baihua Tower, as long as he didn't go to the oiran.

It's absolutely impossible to spend so much money.

So Wang Yihuan, who was greatly relieved, and the two people who were making constant calculations finally waited for Wang Siqi's arrival.

"Ouch! I'm late, I'm late, I was really delayed today!"

"In this case, I will punish myself with three cups of wine first!"

One hundred taels of fine wine and fairy dew is the signature of Zanghua Pavilion! If not for so many things happening today, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally sent Wang Siqi to take office.

Such wine will never be served.

But a whole cup of wine was fed into Wang Siqi's belly like a cow's drink. After finishing speaking, he turned to Wu De and said, "Send someone out and ask for a few more cups."

"Who can drink this enough?"

"Okay, Master..."

Jiuxianlu... This is a good thing. Wang Siqi was not willing to drink it when he came here. He must have a good time today!

Wang Yihuan's eyes were dull, a little confused...
Chapter completed!