After deducting the thirty taels of silver that Li Zhiyi wasted, the palace's expenditure was still as much as two hundred and seventy taels of silver.
The number of people in Chu Mobai's palace was not much larger. There were three to four hundred people in Chu Mobai's palace. There were just over a hundred people in Chu Mobai's palace.
Even if you include the people you brought yesterday, there are still no more than two hundred people.
The number of people in this palace is already small, so the expenses are actually similar to those of a normal palace.
But Qian Ruoyu knew that although it was a normal palace, these were not normal times.
Abnormal times should be treated with the same methods as abnormal times.
After Qian Ruoyu took a closer look, he unexpectedly discovered that there was still a lot of money that was completely inappropriate.
Among them, there was part of the money for gifts last month. Although this amount of money was only ten taels, Qian Ruoyu was very surprised.
The money included gifts to Duke Su and his harem.
But she didn't understand the procedures involved, and it cost so much to give gifts, so Qian Ruoyu asked directly.
"Master Zhou, what's going on with all the money for gifts?"
"Why do you give out gifts worth more than ten taels of silver a month? Who are they given to?"
Master Zhou said very simply.
"This money, please tell me, this money is needed for daily needs. For example, which eldest lady in Su Guogong's house spends his or her birthday, or which young master or girl celebrates his or her birthday. These things need to be taken care of a little bit.
Either two taels of silver or five taels of silver."
"Although this amount of money is not much, it still represents the royal family's sincerity. The amount of money required for this type of gift is only about a dozen taels of silver per month."
After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu just nodded slightly.
Although it is only a dozen taels of silver, if it were an ordinary family, it might be enough for someone else to live for a year.
But Qian Ruoyu also knew that this money might not be saved.
If he saves this money, not only Chu Mobai will cause trouble for himself, but even the entire palace will be disturbed because of this. This is a debt of gratitude.
Besides, the old lady in Su Guogong's house is Chu Mobai's grandma, so the account should be paid to her.
After thinking of this, Qian Ruoyu didn't say anything else, but after taking a few more glances, she discovered another carriage fee.
The carriage and horse fees are paid to the servants of the royal palace from inside the palace, but they are also paid to outsiders.
Qian Ruoyu thought about it for a moment and realized that the carriage fare was similar to the current taxi fare.
After all, it would already be very difficult for Photon to walk in the capital.
It will probably take three or four hours to travel through the entire north and south of the capital.
Not to mention that if you want to leave the capital and go nearby, it may take even longer.
That's why it is necessary to arrange such a carriage fee.
The cost of carriages and horses includes the sedan in the palace. One use of the sedan requires two hundred coins for the person carrying it. A sedan carried by four people costs eight hundred yuan, which is almost one tael of silver.
But this amount of money cannot be reduced.
The servants used their own strength and hard work to earn this money. If the journey was longer, the two hundred coins might not be enough, so the money could not be reduced.
But another type of carriage fare is incurred outside the palace.
When hiring sedan bearers or carriages from outside, you also need to pay money. Among the thirty taels of silver, there are actually more than twenty taels of silver, all of which come from outside sedans and carriages.
After seeing this scene, Qian Ruoyu asked directly.
"What's going on with these more than twenty taels of silver? Who uses sedan chairs and carriages so frequently?"
Chief Zhou just took one look at it and immediately said solemnly.
"Let me tell you, the concubine is probably the one who uses the most money for carriage and horse fees."
"The concubine often needs to take her maid out to buy some things. The farther one has to go to the east of the city, and the closer one has to go to the two streets next door."
"But the concubine has said that she has no way to walk such a long distance. She is afraid that something will go wrong due to her pampering, so she frequently uses the carriage fare."
After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu just sneered.
It seems that in addition to the previous expenses, a large part of this carriage fee comes from Li Zhiyi.
Li Zhiyi really spent too much money.
It seems that nearly forty taels of silver are related to Li Zhiyi.
What's more important is that she has money in Li Zhiyi's body.
Moreover, Chu Mobai also gave her a certain amount of money and rewards. Li Zhiyi was not short of money anyway, let alone being able to come up with hundreds of taels of silver at once this time.
These are enough to mean that Li Zhiyi himself has factors, but in all aspects, he wants to steal money from the palace. It seems that Li Zhiyi only has a few hundred taels of silver in his hands.
As a concubine of the prince's palace, she spent money like water, forgetting ordinary expenses. This was an extraordinary period, and she didn't know how to be frugal.
I am ashamed of my position as concubine!
However, Qian Ruoyu didn't say much at this time. He just calmly picked up the brush and drew a circle on it.
"If Li Zhiyi comes to ask for money in the future, just tell her that as long as it is five streets next door, or even to the cross street in the center, she will walk well for me!"
"Unless she really wants to go to the other side of the city wall, if she dares to continue taking the sedan or carriage, you don't have to pay her! I have the final say on this matter."
After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Chief Zhou nodded quickly.
But at this moment, Dan'er ran in from outside, looking indifferent. She said as she ran in.
"Five taels of silver!"
"Master Zhou, our mother-in-law needs five taels of silver!"
As soon as Mr. Zhou heard this sentence, he immediately had a sad expression on his face.
He never thought that when he was just discussing this matter with Qian Ruoyu, Li Zhiyi's girl Dan'er had already arrived.
And one mouthful costs five taels of silver.
But luckily Qian Ruoyu was in front at this time, so he put away his frown and quickly looked at Qian Ruoyu.
Master Zhou himself had quite a few rights in the palace, but Master Zhou did not intend to use such rights.
Therefore, no matter who asks for money in the palace, Master Zhou will give it to him directly after a little consideration, including Dan'er who comes to ask for silver this time.
This kind of thing is a reasonable thing in itself. Although dozens of taels of silver are not much, you can give it away casually for five taels of silver.
But as soon as he heard about the need to save money, Chief Zhou immediately knew that Qian Ruoyu was serious this time.