"Princess, the two young men you brought here are really good. Not only do they know abacus, but they are also very good at arithmetic."
"With the help of the two of them, the old man is really even more powerful than a tiger!"
After finishing speaking, Chief Zhou laughed even louder, with a proud expression on his face.
He was very satisfied with these two young men, who worked hard and quickly.
Now he can relax a little more.
Qian Ruoyu could tell from his expression that Master Zhou really liked Dahu and Xiaohu.
This also reassured Qian Ruoyu.
But then Qian Ruoyu took Chief Zhou aside and asked Dahu and Xiaohu to continue working.
After being pulled aside, Director Zhou asked doubtfully.
"What's wrong with the princess?"
"Dahu and Xiaohu are really good people. You don't have to hide anything from them..."
Qian Ruoyu said calmly.
"It has nothing to do with the two of them. I want to know if someone came to the warehouse to take away the money just now?"
Master Zhou nodded slightly.
He said with a serious look.
"Yes, the housekeeper just came with his people, and with the prince's order, he really wanted to take away 8,800 taels of silver."
"But this is not enough. The housekeeper asked me to make some preparations and prepare another ten thousand taels of silver. I am waiting to start moving the silver after settling the accounts with Dahu and Xiaohu."
After all, there are only three people in the warehouse, and the important area of the warehouse is not accessible to ordinary people. Even the housekeeper is not qualified to take people in.
Therefore, only Master Zhou could lead people into the warehouse to move the money out.
Qian Ruoyu remembered that the last time he entered the warehouse, there were indeed many boxes of silver, and thought that maybe those should be worth ten thousand taels of silver.
Especially in addition to the ready-made silver and gold, there are also a large number of calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, and many precious antiques and porcelain in the warehouse.
If these things were sold, I'm afraid the money would be more than tens of thousands taels.
After all, it is also the treasury of the Night King's Mansion, and the silver in it is not just a few thousand taels or tens of thousands taels.
After hearing what Master Zhou said, Qian Ruoyu was even more convinced that the palace really wanted to save money.
Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly.
"In that case, there is indeed a certain risk in the border area, but the prince did not tell me about this matter."
When he heard this sentence, Master Zhou's face was particularly shocked.
He simply couldn't believe that Qian Ruoyu didn't even know about this.
The princess is the mistress of the palace, so why doesn’t she know any news?
"This... the princess's matter is of great importance. Even the housekeeper already knows about it. How could you not know about it?"
Qian Ruoyu smiled helplessly.
The only person who would tell him about this matter is probably Chu Mobai, but Chu Mobai would never tell him.
Thinking of this matter, Qian Ruoyu felt a little chill in her heart.
But Qian Ruoyu didn't say much at this time, because she didn't want to complain at all.
Complaining is useless.
But as the mistress of the palace, Qian Ruoyu knew that she needed to take some effective ways to reduce expenses.
That's why I told Master Zhou.
"Bring me the bill and I'll see what the palace needs to do every day and how much money it needs to spend."
"Since the palace has taken out tens of thousands of taels of silver at one time, it is necessary for us to reduce expenses and try not to spend money on useless places, don't you think so? Master Zhou."
As soon as Chief Zhou heard Qian Ruoyu's words, he immediately nodded.
He said as he walked over to get the account book.
"The princess is absolutely right!"
"Please take a look at it, the princess."
Then a three-layer account book appeared in front of Qian Ruoyu, and Qian Ruoyu also sat on the chair next to Dahu.
After sitting down, Chief Zhou next to him introduced him.
"Princess, this is yesterday's accounting, and this is the day before yesterday."
"Yesterday the royal palace's expenditure totaled 1,600 taels of silver. Today the royal palace's expenditure is almost 2,860 taels of silver."
When she heard this data, Qian Ruoyu was not shocked.
Because in the past two days, a lot of money has indeed been spent to prepare for the old lady's birthday banquet, and these money can only be regarded as abnormal expenses.
Qian Ruoyu only looked at the ledgers from the previous few days. Sure enough, the expenses for that day were only about three hundred taels of silver.
This is the most normal expenditure.
The daily expenditure of three hundred taels of silver for hundreds of people in the palace is not too much.
But now that we have to reduce expenses, part of this money must be cut off.
Among them, Qian Ruoyu didn't want to spend less on groceries.
After all, the money went through Qian Ruoyu's hands, and it indeed improved the enthusiasm of everyone in the palace. Qian Ruoyu did not want to make everyone unhappy because of things like cutting expenses.
Therefore, the expenditures that can be reduced must be useless and wasteful expenditures.
Just when Qian Ruoyu was thinking about this matter, he suddenly saw an expenditure of ten taels of silver.
The source of this expenditure turned out to be Zhiyi Pavilion.
Qian Ruoyu gently placed the tail of the brush on this place and said calmly to Master Zhou.
"Master Zhou, what's going on here?"
Master Zhou took a look at it and then quickly explained.
"Princess, this is the Concubine's expense, because there are many flower pots and fences in the Zhiyi Pavilion of the Concubine, and these things need to be replaced and cleaned every once in a while."
"This resulted in an expense of ten taels of silver."
But just after Master Zhou finished speaking, Qian Ruoyu directly drew a large stroke.
"This expense can be saved in the future."
After Qian Ruoyu finished speaking, there was no explanation, and Chief Zhou nodded quickly.
And Qian Ruoyu actually saw several more expenses related to Zhiyi Pavilion. The money in these places was only five or eight taels of silver, but the total amount was more than thirty taels of silver!
"What are these expenses?"
Master Zhou said.
"These are the rouge gouache that the concubine needs to use, as well as some ingredients bought from outside. The concubine said she would make soup for the prince in her Zhiyi Pavilion."
"So I bought some expensive ingredients."
After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu's expression changed immediately.
This Li Zhiyi really knows how to please that big pig's hoof!
"If she wants to buy something to make soup in the future, let her go directly to the dining room to get it. The dining room is not an outsider. If she doesn't want to, just come to me!"
After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Chief Zhou nodded quickly.
Then Master Zhou took the initiative to cross out all the expenses above.
After excluding the expenses from Zhiyi Pavilion, the amount was reduced by more than thirty taels of silver.