After all, Old Lady Song told him that the Qiao family probably had several hundred or even a thousand taels of silver.
One of the leaders stretched out his hand, revealing only a pitiful three taels of silver in his palm, and his face showed a troubled and puzzled expression.
“Captain, we only found this much. We found it in a hidden compartment in the wall. We even climbed onto the roof and checked under every tile, and searched under the thatch. We also carefully examined the ground, but there was no hole where money was hidden.”
Looking at the pitiful three taels, and thinking of the twenty taels he had lost, Song Laosan's bluish-black face twitched.
"Impossible. The Qiao family could build such a big courtyard, how could they be short of money?"
He glared at the Qiao family: "Where did you hide the money? Tell us honestly. This is a law from above, and everyone must strictly abide by it. Otherwise, even General Chu can't protect you."
Supervisor Qu also came in with his men, and he was quite surprised to see that the Qiao family only had such a small amount of silver and grain.
"How can there be so little?"
"I knew it, Chief Supervisor Qu. The Qiao family couldn't possibly have only this much; they must have made preparations long ago."
Supervisor Qu frowned: "What's going on?"
He had wanted to bring his men earlier, but after thinking it over, he decided not to get involved for the time being, given the current state of the conflict between the two sides.
The way Song Laosan was acting clearly showed that he intended to take the Qiao family by surprise.
Although he represents the face of the imperial family, the capital is far away, and a general in the field may not be able to follow orders. If the local camps cause trouble, he will not be able to extricate himself.
But there are benefits to be had, and he's here to make a quick buck.
“Sir, we have made money, but it has all been used to build a new courtyard. We don’t have any money left over,” Qiao Lian’er said.
"We also sold the grain and used the money to buy some supplies for the new hospital."
For example, the pebbles used for paving roads, and the paint on pillars, doors, and windows.
She went back to her room and brought out an account book: "All the expenses are listed here; there's no way to fake it."
Supervisor Qu opened the ledger and slowly flipped through it from the first page to the last, examining it very carefully. Indeed, there were no problems.
When he last came, he saw that the Qiao family was building a new courtyard, with three construction teams working together. He should have realized that this girl was so clever and had her own predictions about the future, so she could take precautions. She wouldn't get anything good from coming to the Qiao family.
Song Laosan snatched the account book away.
In order to be worthy of General Guan's daughter, he worked hard to learn to write and read, so he could read account books very smoothly.
He examined things even more closely than Chief Supervisor Qu, trying to find something amiss.
Unfortunately, he was disappointed.
Old Song became enraged, roared, and slammed the ledger to the ground.
I got nothing today and made a huge fool of myself, which benefited the Qiao family.
“Since we’re going to collect 70%, you can’t take all of this three taels of silver and two hundred catties of grain,” Old Lady Qiao said.
Boss Qiao: "That's right. Leave one ounce out of every three ounces, and sixty pounds out of every two hundred pounds. The extra twenty percent is considered as the Qiao family keeping the rules. You can take it and divide it among yourselves."
Seeing that Song Laosan had no intention of giving up the money and grain, Qiao Laoer took the lead and rushed forward, snatching a tael of silver.
They also moved some of the grain home.
"Captain Song, the Qiao family only has this much. Even if you ask them to bring out more, they won't take anything. This matter is over. We should hurry up and collect from the other villages. We've been delayed here too long today." Although Chu Zhuo didn't smile, he looked like he was amused.
Song Laosan took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and after taking two steps, he almost lost his balance again.
Supervisor Qu was also a little unwilling, but thinking about the strawberries he had eaten, he decided to just consider it compensation.
That's something many people never get to eat in their entire lives.
Having passed this hurdle, the Qiao family men were eager to go to the camp to register with their close subordinate, Xiao Shi.
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