armyinform Chapter 153
Chapter 153
Chapter 153
"You still know that you are a servant of my Jia's mansion!" Jia Heng shouted, "Kneel down!"
Immediately, the two brocade-clothed guards kicked Nanny Lai's legs and pressed her to the ground so that she could not move.
Jia Heng looked stern, and said with a sneer: "Your two sons are greedy for Mr. Mo's silver taels, and that's why they have such a big fortune. First, make up for the stolen 63 taels of silver!"
As he said that, he took out a thin book that looked like a blue leather account book, and said: "I have had someone check the account, and the black and white words on it are clear!"
When Nanny Lai heard the words, she seemed to be drained of all her energy, because this figure was not far from what Lai Sheng had been pulling home from the West Mansion in the past ten years. Her eyes darkened, and knowing what had happened, she said, "60!" Two! Even if I sold my old body, there is no..."
Lai Da's daughter-in-law also cried and shouted, and Lai Sheng's daughter-in-law lowered her head and wiped her tears. Only Lai Shangrong stood where she was.The face is ashen, cramped and don't know what to do?
With gloomy eyes, Jia Heng sneered, and said, "Qu Baihu, bring the bank manager here."
Want to chat with him?
I'm only over 100 catties, how about lying down and doing exercises?
Wrong calculation!
"My lord, the steward of the treasury is here." At this time, two Jinyi guards escorted an old man with a goatee and a silk shirt under his chin into the hall, and said, "Reporting to Mr. Jia, according to what the steward said, the silver treasury The treasury has 24 taels of cash in cash, and 340 fifty taels of bank notes..."
Nanny Lai was startled when she heard the words, she raised her terrified old 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 do you get so much money?"
The accountant of the Lai family looked at the young man in brocade with fear, and said, "My lord, during this time, the old lady has sold a lot of things in order to get Lai Erye. In addition, the profit of the first half of the year of the shop has just been paid. This is..."
Nanny Lai listened anxiously and cried, "You can't steal my family's money, it's all accumulated by our Lai family in several lifetimes! I will fight with you!"
As he said that, he wanted to get up and run towards Jia Heng, but just as he got up, he was pressed firmly by two Jin Yiwei.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Save it? How else can I save the things of slaves for several generations, other than stealing from the master's house? Give her a slap and make her sober!"
Immediately, the two guards in brocade raised their arms, and punched Mammy Lai's face that couldn't see too many creases.
"Clap clap..."
After seven or eight ear scrapes, Mammy Lai's cheeks were swollen. How could she maintain a face that was ten years younger than her peer Jia Mu?
Seeing Nanny Lai's vicious and resentful gaze, Jia Heng sneered and said, "Mother Lai, you threatened to spend 10 taels of silver to manage the Jingzhao Yamen. You think you haven't had time to spend the money yet? Hurry up!" Take it out! I know that your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have their own savings, so take them out too! 63 taels, not less than one tael!"
Nanny Lai's cheeks were swollen, her voice was somewhat vague, she seemed to be crying, she seemed to be singing: "I want to see the old lady! Old lady, the young master of Jia's mansion is going to steal money from the servant's house..."
"It's useless to see anyone!" Jia Heng looked at Lai Shangrong. He knew that it was Lai Shangrong, the baby of the Lai family. He walked up to him and said coldly, "Boy, tell me! Where is your grandma's money?"
This kind of sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, even in his previous life, was at the age when he stole grandma's money to go online.
In fact, it really made Jia Heng guess right.
Lai Shangrong, as Nanny Lai's grandson, grew up in a honey pot. The Lai family is the only one who knows where Lai Nanny's money is kept.
Nanny Lai suddenly stopped "singing" and said anxiously: "Shang Rong, our family has no money..."
Lai's daughter-in-law shouted, "Shang Rong!"
Lai's second daughter-in-law opened her mouth, and cast a resentful glance at the brocade-clothed boy above her, her face was pale and she dared not speak.
At this time, the two Jin Yiwei with fierce faces just rubbed their hands, stepped forward with a smirk, and shouted: "Boy, you are deaf, and my lord is asking you something!"
"In the mezzanine under the bed in the wing room, there is a locked box..." Lai Shangrong closed his eyes in fright, knelt down with a "plop", and said anxiously.
Nanny Lai, eldest daughter-in-law Lai: "..."
Jia Heng and Qu Lang looked at each other, Qu Lang nodded, waved his hand, and took three brocade guards to carry the boxes. After a while, the four of them moved two wooden boxes two by two. come.
"My lord, there are two more boxes buried under the bed." Qu Lang said.
When Nanny Lai saw this scene, she felt a "boom", and there was only one thought in her mind, it was over.
The Lai family's furniture, land deeds, land deeds, and jewelry are all in the box.
"Smash it open!" Jia Heng glanced at Nanny Lai and shouted.
A few embroidered spring knives split towards the brass lock. After dozens of strikes, sparks splashed and there was a click.
Jia Heng stepped forward, bent down to open the box, but was shaken, it was full of gold and jewelry, and a stack of land deeds and other things in the wooden box.
Jia Heng grabbed a gold ingot, weighed it, it was about 20 taels, waved it in front of Nanny Lai, and asked, "No more money?"
Picking up another pearl necklace, he casually put it on Nanny Lai's head, "What is this?"
Nanny Lai's old body was trembling, her lips were trembling and she couldn't speak.
"63 two taels, one tael cannot be missing!" Jia Heng said in a low voice, "For the shortfall, take these jewels and buy them from the Tian Qi shop!"
Hearing these words, Nanny Lai felt her eyes darken, and she only had one thought in her mind, it's over, the accumulation of decades will be destroyed in one fell swoop!
Jia Heng put down the box again, and said in a low voice: "Qu Baihu, send someone to the East Mansion, and ask the mansion to send out seven or eight carriages with carriages to come and pull things!"
Estimated to have several trips.
At the beginning, he also spent a lot of effort to transfer the silver from Cuihua Mountain, which wasted a lot of time.
This is stealing the wealth of the evil slave Lai's family, and it is different from the Cuihua bandits who seized it. No one else can say anything, even the emperor just got short of breath when he heard it.
There is no such reason in the world, otherwise, the first person to present should be that...single mother His Highness Jinyang.
It's like the emperor didn't know that the Zhen family in Jiangnan was short of millions, so he might have wanted to raid the Zhen family a long time ago, but because of the presence of the Supreme Emperor in Chonghua Palace, he couldn't do it for a long time.
"At this moment, the Son of Heaven probably sent someone to copy Yunguang's house in Chang'an County. It's a great pleasure!" Jia Heng's eyes were condensed, and he thought: "There is still the Zhen family, and it may not be transferred to the Jia family in two years. Caihuo, the gang of men and women in the West Mansion, their brains twitched, and they helped cover it up!"
It has to be said that the money from the house raids comes too fast, people can't get rich without windfalls, and horses can't get fat without night grass.
Qu Lang nodded, and ordered a Jinyi guard to report to the East Mansion.
The servants of the Dongfu rushed over in a carriage, and the servants were black and white, with five No. 60.
Jia Heng asked the accountant from the Lai family to record in the account books, and at the same time, people moved the silver box, and they got a total of 33 taels of silver (including 660 taels of silver notes), and 5000 forty taels of gold.
According to the gold-silver ratio since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the official gold-silver exchange ratio is often referred to as five-to-five or one-to-six, but in fact, it has long been priceless. Gold’s value-preserving properties and decorative functions It is often loved by dignitaries and dignitaries, and is purchased at a high price.
In addition, gold has never been circulated as an official currency, so it is rare and expensive, which further pushes gold to a high price.
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 [-].
According to the exchange ratio of Chen Han gold and silver in this world, it has reached the level of one to twelve, and even some good-quality gold on the black market can reach one to fifteen.
And the original book of Dream of Red Mansions also contains, "Is it only a hundred taels of gold worth a thousand taels of silver, enough for a year?"
The gold stored by Madam Lai is obviously of good quality.
Until almost noon, Jia Heng looked at Nanny Lai, and said with a sneer and a sarcasm: "Madam Lai, the gold and silver add up to a total of 45 taels, and there is still a gap of nearly 18 taels. These land deeds, The house deed will also be converted by others, and it will never let the Lai family suffer!"
Nanny Lai was already trembling all over at this moment, too angry to speak.
Not to mention that Supervisor Jia Heng escorted the carriage full of silver and headed for the East Mansion with a full load.
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But in the Rongguo Mansion, Jia She and Mrs. Xing hurriedly went to check the accounts. At the moment, in the courtyard where Lai Da, the chief manager of the Rong Mansion, was waiting, a bunch of servants were waiting, and they dared not show their atmosphere.
Jia Amnesty lives in a single household, and goes to Ping'an Prefecture to do smuggling business, and also supports a group of accountants and servants.
At this time, the leading accountant named Xia said with a smile, "My lord, the account books of the past ten years have been assembled, and we can start checking."
The three accountants in a few shops behind him also saluted Jia Amnesty.
Jia She said: "Mr. Xia and everyone, I'm sorry."
The accountant surnamed Xia dared not, and went into the main hall to welcome Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing.
At this time, Wu Xingdeng, Dai Liang, Qian Hua and other eight leaders were all there for a while, standing with their hands folded.
Jia She said: "Everyone, Lai Da, a slave, has embezzled a lot of money from the public. My master has received the old lady's order to check all the account books for the past ten years."
Wu Xingdeng and the others agreed with a promise, sneering in their hearts.
Then I heard the crackling sound of the abacus, and the sound of flipping through the account books, and kept comparing them. After about half an hour, several accountants began to whisper.
Jia Amnesty picked up the teacup and 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 grim expression.
"There is nothing wrong with the account books of the Bingchen Year." 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 account books of the Wuwu Year..."
"How much?" Jia Amnesty asked anxiously.
Several other accountants also stopped looking at the account books, and all looked at the face of an old man.
The old man was silent for a while, and said: "The deficit is 250 taels."
Jia Amnesty's expression changed, and he said, "Why are there so few?"
At this time, Wu Xindeng said with a wry smile: "My lord may have forgotten that the uncle of my aunt Cuiyun who was in the lord's room was gone that year, and I needed to pay for the funeral. The lord said that he was short of money, so the second master Lian asked me to withdraw 300 yuan." Two taels of silver, the servant also said a few words at the beginning, the concubine’s uncle died, and as usual, only 20 taels of silver would be enough, and he was scolded by Lian’s second master, and he had no choice but to withdraw 250 taels of silver, the slave then added to it I spent 50 taels of silver, and I haven't cut any clothes all year long."
Hearing this, Jia She's face turned green and gloomy, and he felt that there was no place to put his old face with embarrassment.
good slave!Talk about it on purpose!
At this moment, all the servants and servants in the room want to laugh but dare not laugh.
Jia Amnesty took a deep breath, put down the teacup heavily, snorted coldly, and said, "Check it out for me, I'll find out, I won't believe it, these slaves are hiding so much truth!"
A few accountants are obviously not living for nothing, and as the account books have been turned over in recent years, they have gradually discovered that something is wrong.
Apparently, Lai Da, Wu Xindeng and others became more daring and reckless as the years approached, and their cover-up techniques became relatively rough.
"My lord, in the past five years, there has been a total of 300 taels of silver, which is wrong." Shopkeeper Xia handed over the account book and said with a smile.
Jia Amnesty's expression softened slightly, and he said, "What else do you have to say!"
"The little one was confused for a while. When the worthless son got married, he moved 1000 taels of silver from the account room." Wu Xindeng's complexion changed slightly, and he begged for mercy: "My lord, wait a few days, even if you sell the property, you have to make it up." .”
Dai Liang on the side smiled wryly and said: "It's wrong to have 2000 taels of silver. It was because the farm had a poor harvest that year, and the green stem rice sent by the farm was not enough, so we had to buy some. At that time, the housekeeper was in a hurry, and the small one had 2000 taels of silver. In addition to keeping accounts, the housekeeper Lai knows about this matter, so it is Qian Hua who handles it in detail."
With a bitter face, Qian Hua called Qu and said: "My lord, the rice that I transported from Huguang, the younger one, encountered bandits in the middle, and lost one-third of it. Later, the younger one and Lian's second grandma also told me about it. "
For a while, several people had their words to respond.
Jia Amnesty's face became more and more ugly, and he asked a few people beside him, "How many years have the account books not been checked?"
"And some earlier ones."
"Then continue to investigate, how many are found, how much!" Jia She said coldly with a livid face.
Then, after some verification, there was a total of 7000 taels of silver that could not be verified.
Jia Amnesty also knew that these people were clever in concealing things, but 7000 taels of silver was still a lot, so he asked, "What do you say about these coins!"
Wu Xindeng called Qu and said, "My lord, my old Wu and I have worked for the family for more than ten years, and we can't even get the benefit of 1000 taels a year? If the lord thinks that Old Wu should not get this benefit, then In two days, I will sell the capital and fill the shortfall of the public, and I will go back to the village to farm!"
When Jia She heard this, his face was green and red, and he said angrily: "If you are greedy for money from Mr. Mo, you still have the face to defend yourself! I'm going to report to the old lady!"
As he said that, he walked towards Rongqing Hall.
In Honor Hall——
Jia's mother was talking to Baoyu and other sisters. Seeing Jia Amnesty coming in, she asked anxiously, "Is the investigation over?"
"Old lady, Wu Xindeng and others are too disgraceful to steal 7000 taels of silver from the family! This matter can't be settled!" Jia She said angrily.
"Just 7000 taels of silver?" Mother Jia frowned and asked in surprise.
If it's 7000 taels, it's really not much. She thought she could have tens of thousands of taels of silver. If so, is it worth mobilizing people?Discord at home?
At this time, Yingchun, who was playing chess with Xichun in the distance, saw Jia She, and at the signal of Siqi pulling his sleeves, got up, bowed gracefully, and said, "My lord."
Jia Amnesty nodded at Yingchun, but replied to Jia Mu's words: "Mom, 7000 taels is a lot, you can..."
I can do it for a long time, but I can’t think of anything for a while. I can’t say that I can buy a few good calligraphy and paintings.
Of course, it could be... that she could sell her daughter [-] times.
Tanchun couldn't help but said: "My lord, how come there are only 7000 taels? Have you checked everyone's?"
Jia's mother looked at Tanchun and said, "Three girls, come to think of it, Lai Daneng has 3 to [-] taels of silver. Earlier, Brother Heng said that there was a lot of deficit in the East Mansion, and there was only one Lai Er in charge in the East Mansion. It's different."
Mrs. Wang frowned, nodded and said: "They are all staring at each other, even if they have intentions, it's not good to be greedy."
Mother Jia also nodded when she heard the words, smiled and said, "That makes sense."
The four housekeepers restrain each other, this is the rule she set, and it is also a family management method learned from the old country.
How can people have bad intentions to work together to covet the money of Lord Mo's family?As long as there is an honest duty, these slaves will not let these slaves fill their pockets and act unscrupulously.
Tanchun furrowed her eyebrows, still vaguely felt that something was wrong, and was about to speak, but Daiyu pulled her sleeves, signaling that it was not good to speak.
But at this moment, the mandarin ducks from the outside circled the screen and came in, with a duck-ball face flushed as if drinking fine wine, and the blush that floated was like a peach pistil, and said crisply, "Old lady, Dongfu'er came from the Lai's side." He pulled several large carts of good things, and I heard from Second Mistress Lian that Uncle Heng found out that the Lai family had embezzled more than 60 taels of silver from the East Mansion, and they are now recovering it."
Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang: "..."
And Jia She... was breathing heavily, and his eyes were red.
(End of this chapter)