This shows that the Ministry of Revenue knows better than anyone how much money they owe you, but they won't give it to you because you're easy to bully!
Mu Zian closed the ledger and gave a cold laugh.
"Let's round it up to 100,000 taels, consider it as interest for these three years."
Upon hearing this, Li Ping immediately looked troubled and spoke up.
"This is unprecedented!"
Mu Zian sneered upon hearing this.
"Don't you all need to make amends for your mistakes?"
"If you take out 80,000 taels and 60 million taels for a three-year mortgage, the interest would be more than 10,000 taels."
"If you used that money to start a business, you could earn two or three times that amount, or even more!"
"If we use the money to buy land and collect rent, wouldn't the rent increase by 30% over three years?"
"It seems that I am still too kind-hearted."
Upon hearing this, Li Ping was drenched in sweat.
An official from the Ministry of Revenue standing nearby also spoke up angrily upon seeing this.
"That's not how you calculate it!"
Before he finished speaking, Mu Zian smiled.
"If that's not enough, then I'll just dismantle a few more pillars from your Ministry of Revenue, and that should be about right."
Seeing that Mu Zi'an was about to continue dismantling the Ministry of Revenue, Li Ping quickly said.
"One hundred thousand! Just one hundred thousand!"
"A mere ten thousand taels of interest! Reasonable! Reasonable!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Zian smiled and looked at Li Ping, asking a question.
"It's not difficult, is it?"
Li Ping, a high-ranking official of the third rank in the imperial court, had never suffered such humiliation before. He took a deep breath and forced a smile.
"It's not difficult! It's not difficult!"
"What are you all standing there for! Allocate funds to the Duke of Zhenguo!"
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