Chapter 1198 Only Three Coppers Left in Private Money
A drizzle began to fall without warning.
Inside Lingqi Pavilion, the meeting had long been over, and the great masters of the martial arts world were in great mood at that time, drinking and enjoying themselves like gods.
There is no moonlight tonight, but there is candlelight, the drizzling candlelight, swaying like an alternative glass world.
Rolling up the pearl curtain, facing the flower garden courtyard, the couple enjoyed the night rain together.
Xia Fengxiang picked up the knife named [Moon Palace], but he didn't pull it out. The main reason was that he just tried and couldn't pull it out, so he gave up. But looking at the scabbard, he couldn't help but answer: "The Ministry of Industry will definitely pay for it. After all, it's what you did, but I won't agree."
After saying that, he looked at Su Changan and said, "Since Daxia, no, it should be from the historical records. Have you ever heard of any queen destroying the streets? Even the grandmother has never done such a thing. What happened in the Chixia Army's martial arts training ground before was excusable. After all, it was a fight with others. You made a mistake this time! Pay for the repairs yourself, and then let the people from the Ministry of Works do it. Just give the silver to them."
Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang: "But I have no money."
Xia Fengxiang raised his eyes and looked at Su Changan.
Su Changan blinked at his wife and stretched out his hand: "Give me some money."
Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes and was about to speak.
Su Changan immediately said, "I'm telling you, Xia Qingge! You have to pay me this money. If you don't, I'll go out in the rain! If I get typhoid fever, I won't take medicine or eat!"
Xia Fengxiang, who was about to say something, frowned when he heard this, and changed the subject: "Go!"
Su Changan took off his coat and prepared to go out.
Who is afraid of whom?
It's just a cold.
You've died several times, are you still afraid of catching a cold?
But just as he was about to take a step forward, Xia Fengxiang grabbed Su Changan, kicked him out, and cursed, "Are you really going?"
Su Changan immediately looked at Xia Fengxiang confidently: "You can't bear to let me go."
Xia Fengxiang held his head high and said, "Yes!"
Su Changan felt more confident and immediately asked, "Are you wrong?"
Xia Fengxiang put one hand on his waist and pointed at Su Changan with the other hand: "I'm wrong, what's the matter!"
Su Changan immediately continued: "Will you give me money?"
Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Changan: "I gave it to you a long time ago!"
Su Changan nodded, with a serious expression: "Well, this?"
Then he looked at Xia Fengxiang in confusion.
Xia Fengxiang stared at Su Changan and said, "Speak up, isn't that very aggressive?"
Su Changan was silent for a moment, and looked at Xia Fengxiang in confusion: "Has it been given to you long ago?"
Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes at Su Changan, then sat down and leaned back on the pillow and said, "After I learned about that incident this afternoon, I asked my aunt to take out some money from our private treasury and give it to the Ministry of Works. We can't delay the road issue, so let Tian Gui quickly repair it within two days. There's no rush for the city wall, we can just repair it within seven days."
Su Changan blinked and looked at Xia Fengxiang, then quickly came to his wife's side, then skillfully stretched out his hand to pinch his wife's shoulder, and asked with a smile: "Do we have a private vault? The private money you hid?"
Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Changan and said, "You think it's all yours. It's our monthly 'private money'. Although I said that it doesn't need to be given to us, after all, the money needed to develop and manufacture muskets and cannons was too much, and I have basically used up all the money my father and mother left for me. But Aunt Sun would keep a portion of my personal money every month and put it in my private vault in case of emergency."
"Later, you came to the palace and brought so much money. Although I used all of it to invest in muskets and cannons, your personal money also began to be distributed from the treasury of the Shanggong Bureau. Aunt Sun also kept some and put it in our private treasury. Before, Yandi needed money for the war, and I asked Aunt to take it all out, but Aunt kept 20% without authorization. After she came back, she apologized to me and explained the reason. After all, we two can't be penniless, and we two don't abuse the expenses in the palace, so she took the initiative. It's not a lot, but it's more than 1,300 taels of silver for repairing roads and city walls, as well as compensating for damages to surrounding shops, so... What's your expression!"
Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang: "You mean, I still get a salary every month?"
The so-called personal silver is actually the salary of the emperor and the empress. This money is different from the silver used for palace expenses.
Xia Fengxiang hummed, then said unhappily, "It's all written down in the monthly accounts, but you just casually threw it to your aunt and Xia Xia and let them handle it."
Su Changan was silent.
I save my own money every month, and sometimes I shamelessly get some money from Ku Yue, Ru Yu, Xie Yue, Lian Wei, Maomao and others through some means.
And you tell me that I get a salary every month?
Su Changan stared at his wife with a questioning look.
Xia Fengxiang understood Su Changan's resentful look, "You don't care about these things, and you didn't ask me, so how can I tell you? Do you think I should chase you and ask you if you have received your salary?"
Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang, wanting to say something but stopping himself. The main reason was that no matter how he thought about it, he was indeed unreasonable, because he just didn't know about drinking.
But just when Su Changan was about to speak, he couldn't help but turn around.
I saw my grandmother standing in the hall.
The old man looks like an old man, not the young appearance that he would show in front of outsiders.
Grandma just waved her hand gently, and the Moon Palace fell into her hands.
When Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang saw their grandmother, they immediately stood up.
Grandma spoke slowly, "I didn't know about the personal silver until my sixth or seventh year in the palace. At that time, Daxia needed money, and your grandfather himself didn't even receive personal silver."
After that, he took the Moon Palace in one hand, walked to the low table and sat down, then said: "When I was looking for a sword that suited me in the martial arts world, I heard someone from the now-declined Cangjian Villa mention that there was a knife that was as thin and long as a sword. The owner of the Cangjian Villa admired that woman and spent all his energy to use the sword-forging technique to forge this knife, but was also regarded as assisting him by other martial arts people. As a result, Cangjian Villa was deserted by everyone and was killed by martial arts people. Therefore, it has completely declined until now and can no longer compete with Liuyue Villa. It is also suppressed by Jianshan and Tianzhige."
As she spoke, Grandma gently pulled out the Moon Palace, and a cold light like frost and snow condensed on the blade's edge.
Grandma glanced at the blade, and Yuegong suddenly calmed down.
Bang!
Grandma closed the Moon Palace and put it aside: "It's okay, draw your sword and practice your sword skills. It's the same as when I asked you to practice sword with Qingping. It's not yours just because you hold it in your hand, but only when you use it."
Su Changan had been standing in front of Xia Fengxiang before his grandmother drew her sword. Hearing what his grandmother said, he nodded.
Grandma glanced at Xia Fengxiang's belly. Although it was still flat, it was actually slightly bulging compared to when he just came back. It was just that the clothes he was wearing were more spacious, so it was covered up.
But the old lady didn't say much about this. The child had his own plans and it was not her turn to say anything.
But looking at Su Changan, the old man did not speak.
Su Changan looked at Tainai.
The four looked into each other's eyes.
Su Changan thought, why is the old lady looking at me? She hasn't scolded her behind her back recently. Could it be that those old people made up the story to please her? This is something that only Huo De Zhenren could do, and the old Tianshi... I can't say, but everyone else has to save face.
"Tea!" Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Changan with disappointment and said something.
Then you have to pour it.
When Su Changan heard this, he couldn't help but look at the old lady. What are you doing? You insist on asking me to pour the tea. The tea I pour tastes so good!
Grandma said: "The tea you pour is better than the one Qingge pours."
Su Changan looked at his grandmother. How did the old lady know what I was thinking? Isn't this a foul?
Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes at Su Changan, then said, "How come Grandma has time to come here?"
Grandma said: "If you want to participate in this competition, you can disguise yourself and participate, but there is no need to let others know, and you can participate in a different way."
Su Changan was pouring tea. When he heard this, he looked at his grandmother.
Grandma said, "When you are a queen, there are many things that you cannot control. Everyone is watching you. Your every move may affect your entire body. If you were to participate, and you were to sit there and give way to Dan Xian, Ximen and others, how would the people see you? To be the first, you must be the first in everything. That's what a queen should be. But there is no need to follow the rules. If outsiders don't know, then nothing will happen. So it's not appropriate for you to say it in public today. You can just have fun by yourself."
Su Changan looked at his grandmother, and after thinking for a while, it seemed that this was really the case with him. He was used to being casual, but he forgot that many people saw him and wanted to see him getting the best things.
People's words are scary. Even if you are humble and let others get first place, you can't tell what kind of nonsense people might say.
One kind of rice can feed a hundred kinds of people, and after three years of being in charge, even the dogs will be dissatisfied.
You don’t know how others will talk about you in the future.
Su Changan bowed to the grandmother and said, "Okay."
But after saying that, he immediately said, "I'll get a spear and join in."
Grandma didn't say anything. After a moment of silence, she looked at Xia Fengxiang and said, "Women are most likely to develop illnesses during pregnancy. Since we have handed over the affairs of Shu to Tingyu, Zhu Huang and the others, don't worry too much."
Xia Fengxiang said "Oh" obediently.
Su Changan immediately looked at Xia Fengxiang with a serious face. What did I say? You got scolded!
Xia Fengxiang glared at Su Changan.
The grandmother took out three copper coins from her bosom and looked at Su Changan: "I was annoyed by Hua Yan last night, so I took a walk in the Imperial Garden and accidentally picked up some money. I spent it and had three copper coins left. I give them to you."
As they were talking, Tai Nai finished her tea and looked out at the drizzle. She remembered that it was a rainy night like this one. He told her that he had a salary and that he had been saving it for her. He also said, "I can be penniless, so how can you be penniless? Being a queen is so tiring."
But in fact, he had not saved it for all these years, but he had finally got the extra money and hurried to give it to his queen because he could not bear to see his queen living frugally with him.
"Let's go, you guys continue to be annoying."
Grandma walked outside.
Su Changan, on the other hand, looked at the three copper coins and the back of his grandmother. He said, "I have been digging in the palace for a long time but I haven't found a single cent. How can this old lady pick up money? And she only has three cents left after spending it?"
Such good luck! ?
Xia Fengxiang blinked and looked at the three copper coins on the table. The next moment, he immediately understood something. He covered his mouth with both hands to prevent himself from laughing. He just looked at Su Changan, who was looking at his grandmother with envy.
Just be stupid!
Seeing the grandmother leave, Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang in astonishment: "Why didn't I say hm?"
Just after he finished speaking, Su Changan looked at the three coins on the table, and his expression suddenly became clear.
Picked it up in the Imperial Garden.
It's still night!
Flowers left.
Whose money!
Su Changan stood up and looked in the direction where his grandmother left, then looked at Xia Fengxiang: "My eighteen taels!"
Xia Fengxiang couldn't hold it back any longer and chuckled, then said, "Go get it."
Su Changan said very seriously, "Saving money is to honor her. And you see, she is quite thrifty. She left me three copper coins."
Xia Fengxiang was puzzled for a moment, but immediately remembered that his grandmother was watching him.
Otherwise, how could she not curse at her petty-minded husband?
But seeing her husband's expression of almost crying while holding the three copper coins, Xia Fengxiang immediately stepped forward and hugged Su Changan in her arms, letting him put his head against her chest, and patted him gently: "It's okay, it's okay, don't cry, just continue saving them later."
Su Changan said: "I will go to see Li Heng tomorrow."
Xia Fengxiang was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Let the child go. The child has already given so much money to the palace."
Su Changan said, "I can't be the only one who lost money. I have to let Li Heng cry as well, otherwise I will have no place to vent my anger."
Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes, but just as he was about to speak, Su Changan said, "I'll buy some more ingredients and make the sauce when I get back, and then I'll make you the spring rolls you've been liking lately."
Xia Fengxiang sighed helplessly and looked at Su Changan: "Then you should take less. That kid cheated a lot of money from the five major merchants in the Western Region this time, and he should have received four cents of the money, which was almost thirty thousand or forty thousand taels. He only took ten thousand, and gave the rest to the Ministry of Revenue, saying that it was used for disaster relief. Don't try to take advantage of him!"
Su Changan looked at Xia Fengxiang: "Ten thousand?"
Xia Fengxiang realized something: "Su Changan!"
Su Changan said: "Don't worry, I know my limits! Am I a greedy person? "
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At the Su Mansion.
Su Liheng was working by candlelight at night. Little Mengzi was leaning on the edge of the table, curiously watching Su Liheng holding an abacus, which made a jingling sound. At the same time, he was also holding the letter given to him by his master, and he would read it carefully and then take notes with a pen.
He also scribbled on the letter his master gave him.
"It's a huge profit, another big deal, incredible, incredible! How many treasures are there in the elder sister's mind? How come she made such a big deal at once? And these sentences, what kind of poetry, this is the true meaning."
As he said this, Su Liheng looked at Wu Daming who was blinking her big eyes and asked, "Your master, my elder sister, is amazing!"
Wu Daming immediately nodded seriously: "Yes! Great!"
Su Liheng laughed and looked back at what he had calculated, "How come I have such a good sister? It's too good!"
Wu Daming looked at Su Liheng and said, "Me too! But I'm the master!"
Su Liheng nodded seriously, then looked at Wu Daming, and then realized why Wu Daming was here with him, "You don't want to copy the book again, so you come to me."
Wu Daming nodded honestly.
Su Liheng frowned: "You have to study hard, otherwise you see, all these careful calculations of mine are learned from reading, otherwise I can't make money."
But at this point, Su Liheng looked at Wu Daming and said, "Dameng, do you have any money?"
Wu Dameng was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and took out a purse from his small bag: "Yes, you want it? Here you go."
Su Liheng waved his hand, "Why do I need money? I have plenty of money. I just want to ask you if your family has any property, such as a shop or something."
Wu Daming shook his head: "No, our family lives in the mountains, and we hunt and raise animals and so on."
Su Liheng frowned: "How can that be done? When the new shop opens, you, Wan'er, and Zhao Xin will each get two shares, and you just need to wait for the money to be distributed every quarter."
Wu Daming looked at Su Liheng in confusion and said, "What the hell?"
Su Liheng grinned and rubbed Wu Dameng's head, then looked at the account he had calculated. Oh, this money is so easy to make!
The smile on her face is so bright!
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(End of this chapter)
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