You still know that you are a slave of my Jia family!" Jia Heng shouted: "Kneel down!"
Immediately, two guards in golden robes kicked Grandma Lai in the crook of her legs and pinned her to the ground, unable to move.
Jia Heng looked sternly and sneered: "Your two sons are greedy for Mo Gongzhong's silver, so they have such a huge foundation. First, make up for the 630,000 taels of silver stolen!"
As he said that, he took out a thin book that looked like a blue leather account book and said: "I have sent someone to check the account, and the black and white writing on it is crystal clear!"
When Aunt Lai heard this, she felt as if all her strength had been drained from her body, because this number was very different from what Lai Sheng had pulled home from Xifu in the past ten years. Wan Liang! Even if I sell my life, I still won’t..."
Lai's daughter-in-law also cried and started acting up, while Lai Sheng's daughter-in-law lowered her head and wiped her tears. Only Lai Shangrong stood there. His face was earth-colored, and he was embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
Jia Heng's eyes were gloomy, he sneered and said, "Qu Baihu, ask the bank steward to escort you."
Want to talk to him?
I only weigh more than 100 pounds, so I can lie down and do whatever I want?
Wrong calculation!
"Sir, the stewards of the bank are here." At this time, two guards in royal robes escorted an old man with a silk shirt and a goatee under his chin into the hall and said: "Reporting to Master Jia, according to what the steward said, There are 247,342 taels of silver in cash and 85,325 taels of silver notes in the treasury..."
Aunt Lai was shocked when she heard this. She raised her frightened face and said, "This is the money my Lai family has worked so hard to save. You can't touch it!"
Jia Heng frowned and asked in surprise: "How come you have so much cash?"
Mr. Lai's accountant took a fearful look at the young man in brocade clothes and said, "Sir, during this period, the old lady sold a lot of things in order to make money for Mr. Lai. In addition, the shop's profit for the first half of the year has just been paid. This is..."
Aunt Lai listened anxiously and cried: "You can't take my money. This is all accumulated by our Lai family over several lifetimes! I will fight with you!"
With that said, he wanted to get up and rush towards Jia Heng. However, as soon as he got up, he was firmly pressed down by two Jinyi guards.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Save it? How many generations of slaves can you save? Apart from stealing from the master's house, where else can you save it? Give her a slap and let her wake up!"
Immediately, the two imperial guards raised their arms and struck Grandma Lai on her face, where many wrinkles could not be seen.
"Pa bang..."
After seven or eight ear scrapes, Grandma Lai's cheeks were swollen. How could she maintain a face that was ten years younger than her contemporaries, Jia Mu?
Looking at Aunt Lai's vicious and resentful eyes, Jia Heng sneered and said: "Aunt Lai, you threatened one hundred thousand taels of silver to run the Jingzhao Yamen. I guess you haven't spent the money yet, so take it out quickly! I know that you, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, have each saved a lot of money, so please take it out! Six hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and forty-two taels, not even one tael of silver should be missing!"
Aunt Lai's cheeks were swollen, and her voice was somewhat reserved, like crying or singing: "I want to see the old lady! Old lady, the young master of the Jia family is going to rob the slave's money..."
"It's useless to meet anyone!" Jia Heng looked at Lai Shangrong. Knowing that it was Lai Shangrong, the baby boy of the Lai family, he walked closer and said coldly: "Boy, tell me, where is the money you are hiding?"
This young man of sixteen or seventeen, even in his previous life, was still at the age when he stole his grandma's money to go online.
In fact, Jia Heng guessed it right.
As Grandma Lai's grandson, Lai Shangrong grew up in a honey pot. The Lai family was a one-man business, so he really knew where Grandma Lai kept her money.
Aunt Lai suddenly stopped "singing" and said urgently: "Shang Rong, our family has no money..."
Lai's wife shouted: "Shang Rong!"
Lai's second daughter-in-law opened her mouth and glanced resentfully at the young man in brocade clothes above her. She looked pale and did not dare to speak.
At this time, the two fierce-looking Jin Yiwei just rubbed their hands, walked forward with a ferocious smile, and shouted: "Boy, you are deaf, and the adults are asking you a question!"
"There is a box locked in the mezzanine under the bed in the wing room..." Lai Shangrong closed his eyes in fright, knelt down with a plop, and said urgently.
Aunt Lai, eldest daughter-in-law Lai: "..."
Jia Heng and Qu Lang looked at each other. Qu Lang nodded, waved, and took three Jin Yiwei to move the boxes. It took a while, and the four of them moved two wooden boxes one by one, struggling to carry the two wooden boxes.
Come.
"Sir, there are two more boxes, both buried under the bed..." Qu Lang said.
When Grandma Lai saw this scene, she just felt "boom" and had only one thought in her mind, it was over.
Lai's furniture, land deeds, land deeds, and jewelry are all in the box.
"Smash it open!" Jia Heng glanced at Aunt Lai and shouted.
Several embroidered spring knives struck at the brass lock. After dozens of blows, sparks flew up and there was a clicking sound.
Jia Heng stepped forward and bent down to open the box, but was shaken a bit. It was full of gold and jewelry, as well as a stack of land deeds and other items in the wooden box.
Jia Heng grabbed a gold ingot, weighed it, and found that there were about twenty taels. He waved it in front of Grandma Lai's eyes and asked, "No money?"
He picked up a handful of pearl necklaces again and put one on Aunt Lai's head, "What is this?"
Grandma Lai's old body was trembling, her lips were trembling and she was speechless.
"Six hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and forty-two taels, not even one tael is missing!" Jia Heng said in a quiet voice, "For the remainder, take these jewels and give them to Tianqi Shop!"
After hearing these words, Grandma Lai felt her eyes go dark, and she had only one thought in her mind: It's over, decades of accumulation have been destroyed in one fell swoop!
Jia Heng closed the box again and whispered: "Qu Baihu, send someone to Dongfu and ask the government to send seven or eight carriages with carriages to pull the things!"
I guess it will take several trips.
In order to transfer the money from Cuihua Mountain, he spent a lot of effort and wasted a lot of time.
This was the wealth of the traitorous slaves, and it was different from what was seized by the Cuihua Mountain thieves. No one else could say anything. Even if the emperor heard about it, he would only breathe quickly. Otherwise, would he still have to offer it as a tribute from his ministers?
There is no such truth in the world, otherwise, the first person to pay tribute should be that...single mother His Highness Jinyang.
It's like the emperor didn't know that the Zhen family in Jiangnan was in deficit for millions. He had wanted to raid the Zhen family for a long time, but was unable to do so because of the presence of the Supreme Emperor in the Chonghua Palace.
"The emperor is probably having a great time sending people to raid Yun Guang's house in Chang'an County right now!" Jia Heng's eyes narrowed and he thought: "There is also the Zhen family. It is said that they will not be transferred to the Jia family in two years."
Wealth, the men and women in Xifu are all crazy, helping to cover it up!"
It has to be said that the money from house confiscation comes too fast. A person cannot get rich without a windfall, and a horse cannot fatten without night grass.
Qu Lang nodded and ordered a guard in Jinyi to report the news to Dongfu.
The servants of the Dongfu came over in a carriage. The servants and servants were all in the dark, and they were numbered fifty or sixty.
Jia Heng asked the accountant of Lai's family to record in the account book at the side, while carrying the silver box, a total of 332,667 taels of silver (including 85,000 taels of silver notes), and gold
Eight thousand three hundred and twenty-four taels.
According to the ratio of gold and silver since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the official gold and silver exchange ratio is often called Wujiao and Liujiao, that is, one to five or one to six. However, in fact, it has long been priceless and has no market. Gold’s value-preserving properties and decorative functions,
They are often loved by dignitaries and dignitaries and buy them at high prices.
In addition, gold has never been circulated as a formal currency, making it rare and expensive, which has pushed gold prices to high prices.
During the Qianlong period of Jia Heng's previous life, due to the outflow of silver, the gold-silver exchange ratio was once pushed to 15.4.
According to the Chen-Han gold and silver exchange ratio in this world, it has reached one to twelve. On the black market, even some fine gold can reach one to fifteen.
The original work of Dream of Red Mansions also contains, "It's only a hundred taels of gold to a thousand taels of silver, enough for a year?"
The gold that Grandma Lai had stored was obviously of good quality.
Until almost noon, Jia Heng looked at Aunt Lai and said: "Aunt Lai, the gold and silver add up to a total of 450,000 taels, and there is still a gap of nearly 180,000 taels. These land deeds, house deeds
He also knows how to deal with people and will never let the Lai family suffer!"
Aunt Lai was trembling all over at this moment and was so angry that she could not speak.
Not to mention that Jia Heng supervised the carriage loaded with silver and headed back towards Dongfu with a full load.
…
…
But in Rongguo Mansion, Jia She and Mrs. Xing went to check the accounts in a hurry. At this moment, in the courtyard where Lai Da, the manager of Rongguo Mansion, was waiting, a bunch of servants were waiting, and they didn't dare to show their anger.
As a single family member, Jia She went to Ping'an Prefecture to engage in smuggling business, and he also maintained a group of servants.
At this time, the leading accountant named Xia said with a smile: "Sir, the account books of the past ten years have been gathered together. Do you want to start checking them?"
The three accountants in the shops behind him also saluted Jia She.
Jia She said: "Mr. Xia and everyone, thank you for your work."
Mr. Xia, the accountant, said he didn't dare, and then greeted Jia She and Mrs. Xing into the main hall.
At this time, Wu Xingdeng, Dai Liang, Qian Hua and other eight leaders were all present, standing with their hands folded.
Jia She said: "Everyone, Lai Da, this slave, has embezzled a lot of money from the public. I have received instructions from the old lady to check all the account books for the past ten years."
Wu Xingdeng and others all agreed and sneered in their hearts.
Then I listened to the crackling sound of the abacus and the flipping of the account books, constantly comparing them, and then about half an hour later, several accountants were whispering to each other.
Jia She picked up the tea cup, put it down, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"In the year of Yimao, there is nothing wrong with the account books." Mr. Xia said with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
"There's nothing wrong with Bingchen's account books." An accountant behind him also said.
"In the year of Ding Si, there is nothing wrong with the account books."
"There are some problems with the Wuwu Year account books..."
"How much?" Jia She asked anxiously.
Several other accounting gentlemen also stopped looking at the account books and all looked at the face of an old man.
The old man was silent for a moment and said: "We are short two hundred and fifty taels."
Jia She's expression changed and he said, "Why are there so few?"
At this time, Wu Xindeng smiled bitterly and said: "The eldest master may have forgotten that the uncle of Cuiyun, the aunt in the eldest master's room, died that year and needed to pay for the funeral. The eldest master said that he was short of money, so he asked Mr. Lian to let me withdraw three dollars.
One hundred taels of silver. The servant said a few words at the beginning that the concubine's uncle had died and as a rule he would only be given twenty taels of silver. He was also scolded by Mr. Lian and could not withdraw the two hundred and fifty taels of silver.
The servant added another fifty taels of silver, but the clothes haven't been cut all year round."
When Jia She heard this, his face was green and gloomy, and he felt that his old face was so ashamed that there was no place to put it.
What a slave! You brought this up on purpose!
At this moment, all the servants and boys in the room wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh.
Jia She took a deep breath, put down the tea cup, snorted coldly, and said: "Check it for me, look it over, I won't believe it, these slaves hide it so well!"
The accounting gentlemen were obviously not free earners. As the account books were turned over to recent years, they gradually discovered that something was wrong.
Obviously Lai Da, Wu Xindeng and others became more and more bold as the year approached, and their cover-up methods became relatively crude.
"Sir, in the past five years, there has been a total of five thousand three hundred taels of silver." Shopkeeper Xia handed over the account book and said with a smile.
Jia She's face softened slightly and said: "What else do you have to say!"
"I was confused for a moment. When my useless son got married, I took a thousand taels of silver from the accounting room." Wu Xindeng's face changed slightly and he begged for mercy: "Sir, wait a few days. Even if you sell your property, you still have to make up for it."
superior."
Dai Liang on the side smiled bitterly and said: "It's wrong to have two thousand taels of silver. It was because the farm had a bad harvest that year, and the green rice sent by the farm was not enough, so we had to buy some from outside. At that time, the housekeeper was in a hurry, and the little one only had two thousand taels."
Yinzi forgot to keep the account, and the housekeeper knew about it, and it was Qian Hua who took care of it."
Qian Hua made a bitter look on his face and said: "Sir, my rice was transported from Huguang by bandits, and one-third of it was lost. Later, my wife He Lian also told me about this."
"
For a time, several people responded with their words.
Jia She's face became even more ugly, and he asked a few people on the side, "How many years of accounting books are there that have not been checked?"
"There are also some from earlier years."
"Then continue the investigation and find out how much it is!" Jia She said coldly with a livid face.
Then, after some verification, it was found that there were seven thousand taels of silver in total that could not be verified.
Jia She also knew that these people were clever at concealing it, but seven thousand taels of silver was still a lot, so he asked: "What do you say about this money?"
Wu Xindeng called out to Qu and said, "Sir, my husband and I, Mr. and Mrs. Wu, have been working for the house for more than ten years, but we can't even get a thousand taels of benefits a year? If the lord thinks that Lao Wu shouldn't get this benefit,
Then in two days, we will sell off the supplies to make up for the shortfall in the company and go back to the village to farm!"
When Jia She heard this, his face turned blue and red, and he said angrily: "Grudge Mo has gained money, but he still has the nerve to defend himself! I will report it to the old lady right now!"
With that said, he headed towards Rongqing Hall.
Rongqing Hall
Jia Mu was talking to Baoyu and other sisters. When she saw Jia She coming in, she asked urgently: "Have you finished the investigation?"
"Old lady, Wu Xindeng and others are so shameless. They stole seven thousand taels of silver from the house! This matter can't be let go!" Jia She said angrily.
"Only seven thousand taels of silver?" Jia Mu frowned and asked in surprise.
If it was seven thousand taels, it was really not much. She thought there were tens of thousands taels of silver. If this was the case, was it worth raising an army and mobilizing a crowd? Would it cause disharmony in the family?
At this time, Yingchun, who was playing chess with Xichun in the distance, saw Jia She. After Si Qi pulled his sleeves as a sign, he stood up, bowed Yingyingfu, and said, "Father."
Jia She nodded to Yingchun, but replied to Jia Mu: "Mother, seven thousand taels is a lot, you can..."
I can spend half a day, but I can't think of anything at the moment. I can't say that I can buy a few good calligraphy and paintings.
Of course, it is also possible that... I can sell my daughter for one or four times.
Tanchun couldn't help but said: "Master, why do you only have seven thousand taels? Have you checked everyone's information?"
Jia Mu looked at Tanchun and said: "Third girl, come to think of it, Lai Daneng has two to thirty thousand taels of silver, which is really great. Earlier, Brother Heng said that Dongfu has a lot of losses, and there is only Lai Er in charge of Dongfu, and we
Xifu is different again.”
Mrs. Wang frowned, but also nodded and said: "They are all staring at each other. Even if they are intentional, they are not greedy."
Jia Mu also nodded when she heard this, smiled and said, "That makes sense."
The four housekeepers keep each other in check. This is a rule she has set. It is said that it is also a housekeeping method learned from the old prince.
How can people with evil intentions work together to covet Mo's master's money? As long as there is an honest person, he will not let these slaves line their own pockets and act unscrupulously.
Tan Chun frowned, still vaguely feeling that something was wrong, and was about to speak, but Daiyu on the side tugged her sleeve, indicating that she couldn't say anything anymore.
At this moment, a mandarin duck walked around the screen and came in, with a duck-oval face as red as if he was drinking fine wine, and the blush that rose was as bright as a peach pistil. He said crisply, "Old lady, Dongfu'er comes from Lai's house.
I have pulled several large carts of good stuff, and I heard from Mistress Lian that Uncle Heng found out that the Lai family had embezzled more than 600,000 taels of silver from the Duke of Dongfu, and he is now recovering it."
Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang: "..."
And Jia She... was breathing heavily and his eyes were red.