Chapter 169: Go back and let Yan peel back the bill
The thick stack of banknotes stunned everyone.
Even though Bai Qing has been the deputy master of the Overlord Palace for many years, he has never seen such a world.
He stepped up his feet and could barely see clearly the banknotes on the table. Each one had a huge number written on it.
There are "ten thousand taels" and some "twenty thousand taels". There are at least twenty sheets in a thick stack.
"Gulu..." Lu Xin's eyes were dumbfounded and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva before he regained his composure. He looked at a few people and realized that everyone seemed to be shocked.
Ye Hongyi came closer, looked at the bank note, and then at Fang Jue.
She only knew that Fang Jue regarded money as rubbish. She could just laugh it off with half of the property owed to him by Ye Guogong's mansion, and she thought he was aloof and self-sufficient...
I didn’t expect him to be really rich!
"Fang Jue..." Ye Hongyi forgot to address him, "Where did you get the money?"
"Is Young Master's salary so high?" Lu Xin bared his teeth and asked in envy.
Ye Hongyi shouted quickly: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Everyone also became serious.
If the censor heard this, he would probably be impeached for corruption.
Lu Xin took a step back, and immediately realized that what he said was inappropriate, and continued: "I didn't mean that..."
Facing everyone's reaction, Fang Jue did not explain, but counted them on the table in front of An Baili.
"One or two..."
Fang Jue had the habit of counting money in his previous life by getting some saliva on it, and it has also been brought to this moment.
He counted out a total of 380,000 taels in denominations, pushed them in front of An Baili, and said, "Sign the order immediately."
Noriichi stepped forward, folded the remaining banknotes, put them back into his arms and patted them.
"this……"
An Baili pursed his lips and said, "I, I need to check the authenticity of the banknote."
Counterfeiting talents exist in every era. It is very difficult to forge banknotes, but if you succeed, you will suffer huge losses.
"Okay." Fang Jue didn't care about being doubted.
He knew that if Andalun was here, he would go further and even only accept cash.
But what Fang Jue didn't know was that An Daolun actually told his apprentice to only accept cash... It's just that An Baili was restrained and didn't dare to be too aggressive.
In front of everyone, An Daolun picked up the banknotes and carefully filtered them one by one in front of his eyes.
Taking advantage of this time, Fang Juecai turned around and explained to everyone... mainly to Ye Hongyi:
"This is all the money I brought from Taihuang Mountain."
"Oh...that's good." Ye Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that Fang Jue and Hu Bu Yan Lanfeng were working together to make a lot of money for the treasury.
She was afraid that some of the money would be used by the two of them to enrich their own pockets, which would make it difficult for her to do anything.
"What is the relationship between the young master and the old pavilion master, so that they can bring so much money down the mountain?" Bai Qing couldn't help but be curious. He felt that the world had underestimated the relationship between Fang Jue and Taihuang Mountain.
"What's this little money? In order to find those new grains, the young master spent more than a million dollars from Emperor Zun Pavilion?" Dianyi curled his lips and said.
This is good for following the young master, it opens your eyes.
"million……"
Everyone is a little autistic.
"Total of us, our lifetime salary will not reach one hundred thousand taels..." Qin Mengchi has a low official position and usually does not speak in front of a few people, but she really couldn't help it.
When she said this, Lu Xin almost cried and looked back at Bai Qing:
"Master Bai has been the deputy palace master in Xichu for many years. This little money should not be in your eyes. Why do you look like this?"
Bai Qing rolled his eyes and said, "I am an upright official, don't talk nonsense."
"No wonder you can't survive in Xichu." Lu Xin suddenly said.
Bai Qing: "..."
I really want to beat this guy to death! Why are you talking so heartbreakingly?
How could you get promoted so quickly if you can't speak?
"Okay..." After the inspection, An Baili counted the banknotes again and again, waved his hand, and someone immediately came in with a contract that had been prepared.
Fang Jue didn't even look at it and just signed it.
"Young master, that's cool!" An Baili said with a smile. It's rare to be so careless in business.
Although no one dared to trick a court official of this level, I still felt a sense of trust.
"Then arrange for the grain to be shipped out of the warehouse as soon as possible," Fang Jue said seriously, "the people of Suzhou can't wait."
"Yes, but our chamber of commerce has limited manpower. The queue for transporting such a large amount of food will be very long, and safety will become a big problem."
The food worth 580,000 taels is comparable to the size of the army when it goes on a campaign.
It's normal for An Baili to be worried like this.
Fang Jue nodded and said: "I will ask the Ganzhou government office to help the officers and men of the Ganzhou camp. I will send someone to cooperate with you tomorrow. Don't be lazy here."
Fang Jue was not at ease with such a long transportation team, so he only entrusted it to one company to protect it.
The Ganzhou Battalion has extraordinary combat capabilities, and there are many rogues in this area, so it can only be fully protected by officers and soldiers.
"That's it... Come, Master, please keep this contract." An Baili handed one of the two copies of the contract to Fang Jue.
Without Fang Jue's signal, Noriichi had already stepped forward skillfully and folded the contract.
"Leave it to me." Ye Hongyi said.
Noriichi looked at her: "I always did it in the past."
"I'm from the Hanging Sword Division. This is official business, so I naturally have to keep the evidence." Ye Hongyi said seriously.
Dian glanced at Fang Jue for instructions.
Fang Jue nodded.
Ye Hongyi put away the contract and seemed to raise his eyebrows with satisfaction.
"..." Dianyi suddenly felt a little mixed.
"You have to keep it. I paid 380,000 taels in advance, and I will ask Yan Papi to return it to me when I return to the capital." Fang Jue said to Ye Hongyi.
"Don't worry, no matter how hard Yan Shangshu spends, he won't dare to owe our family money!"
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As soon as he left An's Mansion, Fang Jue took his people and went straight to the Futai Yamen.
Just because it was relatively close, I went to the Ganzhou Camp Station a little later.
Zhou Desheng, the guard of the Ganzhou camp, was Lu Xin's old friend. After the official business was done, he left Lu Xin behind to talk about old times.
During non-war times, Fang Jue didn't care about Lu Xin, and allowed them to go and have fun. He only asked them not to miss anything.
Early the next morning, Lu Xin arrived outside Andalun's shop early. When several people came, they saw him looking very tired.
Bai Qing smiled and said: "General Lu, didn't you sleep well last night?"
You don't even need to look closely at those dark circles, they look like pandas.
"I haven't slept all night..." Lu Xin yawned and rubbed his eyes in frustration, "Zhou Desheng, that guy, took out the roasting knife that had been stored in the cellar for more than ten years. We both drank too much."
"Then you can still wake up?" Ye Hongyi asked in surprise. She didn't even smell too much alcohol on Lu Xin.
Lu Xin chuckled: "Young master taught me to drink some milk before drinking, so that I will not sin easily. I have taken a bath again, but I just feel tired."
He told everyone that Zhou Desheng did not know the secret of heaven and would not accept it even when he was drunk. In the past, Lu Xin's drinking ability was not as good as his.
"Then just follow the grain truck and sleep for a while. It'll be fine anyway." Ye Hongyi nodded and didn't say anything else, saying that he wanted to go back to Beijing to read his book.
Lu Xin scratched his head: "That's so embarrassing."
After saying that, he lay down on top of a grain truck and immediately started snoring.
Fang Jue was at the front, leading officials from Ganzhou Futai to hand over the business and discuss the escort process.
"General Zhou didn't come?" Ganzhou Futai noticed that the person coming from the Ganzhou camp was a deputy general. He immediately glanced at Fang Jue, fearing that the young master would think Zhou Desheng was arrogant and thus harm himself.
The deputy general of Ganzhou Battalion said: "General Zhou... is inconvenient, so I sent my junior general here. Please forgive me, young master."
Fang Jue waved his hand. He naturally knew why Zhou Desheng didn't come. The guy was still sleeping soundly in his tent.
This is because the north has nothing to do, so it dares to do such nonsense, otherwise being involved would be a big deal.
However, Fang Jue wanted to borrow soldiers from the Ganzhou Battalion for the time being, so he knew how to reciprocate the favor and let Zhou Desheng relax.
As for why they didn't bring the Yulin Army to escort the food...the Yulin Army would have to consume so much food all the way to Ganzhou...the gain outweighs the loss.
After all the necessary arrangements were made, An Baili kept signaling with his eyes, and then Juecai left everyone behind and pulled him aside.
"Mr. Xiaoan, what's the matter?" Fang Jue looked at him and asked.
"I don't dare to be called Mr...."
An Baili was a little flattered, but then said awkwardly:
"Young Master...I'm afraid that five hundred and eighty thousand taels is not enough, so I have to add more money."
"What?" Fang Jue frowned, "What's the reason?"
No matter what business you are doing, it is very annoying to increase prices temporarily.
Of course, An Baili also understood this truth, so he could only whisper: "If our company escorts it by itself, or asks the escort agency to escort it, 580,000 taels will be enough... But now we have invited soldiers from the Ganzhou Battalion, as well as the state capital
The agents and petty officials of various government offices..."
