Li Jinglong naturally denied it, and he was second to none at pretending to be confused.
"Then why does it smell like alcohol?" Hu Guan wrinkled his nose.
It is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol while on duty in the palace, and it is just after the national mourning, so drinking at this time is a serious or minor sin.
"This!" Li Jinglong pointed to the remaining ham on the plate, "It's cooked with rice wine! So it smells like wine. If you don't believe me, try it!"
He had always felt that Hu Guan was not that simple, so he was deeply wary of him when trying to win over him.
After hearing what he said, Hu Guan looked at the leftovers on the table suspiciously.
"Your food is pretty good!" Hu Guan said with a smile.
"Hey!" Li Jinglong laughed, "Just a little appetite!" As he said that, he shouted to the outside, "Come here, take all these things away and serve tea!"
The little eunuch on duty outside rushed over, neatly packed it up, offered new tea after a few moments, and walked away with the food box.
"Prince-in-law, do you have a problem with me?" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
"Two things!" Hu Guan smiled, "The first thing!" He took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and pushed it gently, "Thanks to your house for what happened last time!"
"What's going on?" Li Jinglong continued to pretend to be confused.
Hu Guan smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Cao Guo, can you save some face for me?"
"Hey, what did I think it was?" Li Jinglong returned the banknote, "No rush!"
He was smiling, but he was thinking secretly in his heart, "This Hu Guan is really not simple. He found out so quickly that the pawn shop where he pawned his money was behind me!"
When Hu Guan was forced to pay a sum of money by Mao Xiang and had nowhere to raise money, he had no choice but to mortgage his family's property privately. The property being mortgaged was none other than the property of Li Jinglong's family.
"You're not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry! The principal and interest are still there!" Hu Guan pushed the banknote over again.
"Look, it's outrageous to push around!" Li Jinglong frowned and whispered, "I would have forgotten this even if you didn't tell me!"
Hu Guan smiled bitterly, "You can forget such a big thing. Mr. Cao Guo, you are really a noble man who forgets things a lot!"
"It's not that I forgot, it's that I didn't take it to heart at all!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Prince-in-law, we are friends, aren't we? We are friends who help each other a little, do you still need to keep it in mind?"
Hu Guan said, "Looking at what you said, the number is not small after all!"
"What's wrong with the huge sum?" Li Jinglong said sternly, "What is money? Money is something that a bastard can make after losing it, but friends are for life. In this life, one can only eat one meal and one bowl of rice, and one can sleep no more than three feet apart.
Kuan, what's the use of asking for so much money? You are my friend, you can help me spend some, you think highly of me!"
With that said, he pushed the banknote over again, "I have to accept your favor, thank you!"
Hu Gua was stunned, always feeling that this was wrong at all, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know how to refute it.
"That's okay!" Hu Guan put the banknote back into his pocket, "I'll take it to your shop later. Just business!"
Li Jinglong picked up the tea cup and smiled, "Prince-in-law, what is the second thing you want to ask me for?"
"I almost forgot about my business, look at my stupid head!" Hu Guan laughed at himself and raised his hands to the sky, "The emperor is not like me, but I have a new official position!"
Li Jinglong put down the tea cup and said hurriedly, "Congratulations, may I ask what your new job is?"
Hu Guan scratched his head, showing a bit of confusion, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. I don't even understand this new official position. The emperor said that if I don't understand something, I want to come to you for advice. You can definitely give me some advice!"
"Is it related to me?" Li Jinglong was shocked and said, "I would like to hear the details!"
"The Ming Dynasty Royal Family Assets Accounting Department!" Hu Guan spoke slowly.
Now, it was Li Jinglong's turn to be confused.
"What kind of yamen is this?" Li Jinglong thought to himself, "Royal clan asset accounting? Could it be...?"
Hu Guan continued to explain, "The emperor took out a separate sum of money and asked me to take care of it. He said it was the private property of the Ming Dynasty royal family."
"Huh?" Li Jinglong was shocked again and quickly asked, "How much?"
Hu Kan looked out the window and saw no one there, so he whispered, "Only you and me can know!"
"Aren't you still worried about my character?" Li Jinglong put his ear close to me.
"Fifteen million silver dollars, cash!" Hu Guan said, swallowing, "It's all in the warehouse. I can count it at any time!"
"Hiss!" Li Jinglong gasped inwardly, "Does the emperor have so much money in his private treasury? There is really no way to prepare for it! The old man's private treasury now belongs to the emperor, and it is still the property confiscated by the vassals...
..."
Immediately, another question appeared in his mind, "What does this official position have to do with me?"
As if he understood what he was thinking, Hu Guan continued to smile and said, "Long Live Lord also said! As for money, it is a dead thing when left alone. Only when money is circulated can it make money. Long live Lord also said that in the future, the people of the royal family will become better and better."
There are more and more people coming, and you can’t just count on the imperial court. It’s best if the royal family’s property can make some money, so that your own family can support your own family, and the people of the world can also reduce some of their burdens!”
"Royal property?" Li Jinglong thought to himself, "The royal family has property! So many royal estates, several streets in the capital are owned by Guanglu Temple, and all the rent collected every year is sent to the palace!"
Thinking about it, he was suddenly startled and seemed to understand.
As mentioned earlier, in the war against Burma, according to his calculations, he was only the second largest beneficiary. And the biggest beneficiary was naturally the emperor.
He was thinking just now that if the buying and selling plates were to be too big in the future, it would attract jealousy!
"The emperor asked him to find me because he wanted to make money through my money?" Li Jinglong's mind was racing, "Hu Guan is the accountant, and I am the shopkeeper?"
"What a misstep! What a misstep!" Li Jinglong was annoyed in his heart, "I was just thinking about other things, but I didn't expect to reveal so much wealth at once. The emperor must have something in mind. No, he is targeting me!"
"Oh my, what should I do?"
But the next second, he suddenly became happy again.
"The Asset Accounting Department of the Ming Dynasty Royal Family? If I intervene in the emperor's money, the royal family's money, isn't it my interests that are linked to the interests of the emperor and even the royal family? From now on, aren't those of me who can't see the light of the light directly legitimate?
Yet?"
"Well, I am doing business in partnership with the Emperor. We will share the accounts together in the future, and the Emperor cannot do without me! Maybe in a few years, this accounting department will fall into my hands and help the Emperor manage money. It is not impossible!
"
"From now on, the emperor and I are inseparable from each other!"
"No wonder the emperor acquiesced in my intervention in military supplies to Burma. Are you waiting for me here?"
He was thinking the same thing, Zhu Yunxi really meant this.
The royal family's assets need to be taken care of, and part of the overseas income must go into the royal family's pockets.
"Cao Guo Gong? Cao Guo Gong?" Seeing Li Jinglong not speaking for a long time, Hu Guan waved and smiled.
Li Jinglong came back to his senses, "Hey, I was lost for a moment!" After saying that, he cupped his hands and said, "The emperor's grace is really great!"
Hu Guan said again, "Can you tell me how to make him make more money with this money?"
Li Jinglong was silent for a moment, but then he suddenly remembered what he had been thinking about when he was alone just now.
It is true that he is the beneficiary of this use of troops against Myanmar, but he is only one of the beneficiaries.
Because the biggest one is the emperor!
Thinking of this, he already had a calculation in his mind.
"Just now, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu came to me for military supplies!" Li Jinglong whispered, "But they have no money, and the court won't give them money! I also said that I will give them a piece after the war!"
Hu Guan thought, "Does it have anything to do with us?"
"Yes, it matters a lot!" Li Jinglong laughed and lowered his voice, "Prince-in-law, look, he has no money. We have money in hand, can we lend it to him?"
Hu Guan was stunned for a moment and blinked, "Didn't you tell him that it would be settled after the war? What if he doesn't want to borrow it?"
"Whose money is this?" Li Jinglong knocked on the table, "As long as he is not short-sighted, he must borrow it, or borrow it in a hurry!"
Hu Guan rolled his eyes, "With interest?"
"Well! There's no point in using money in vain. My brothers haven't settled the accounts yet!" Li Jinglong smiled, "Four cents!"
"His! It's dark!" Hu Guandao said.
"It's not bad! We haven't even calculated the interest rate yet!" Li Jinglong smiled evilly.
Then he quickly calculated in his mind, "The money they purchased this time is the emperor's money. The emperor's money passed through their hands and became my money. Then my money must still be the emperor's money!"