February 16th.
Rongguo Mansion, the courtyard of Master Bao.
Su Mingzhe is receiving the visiting Manager Xie.
After everyone bowed, they sat down.
Looking at the four large boxes brought by Manager Xie, two boxes were filled with various precious medicinal materials, and two boxes were filled with gold, silver and jewelry.
Su Mingzhe looked at the gift list and was shocked:
"Two thousand taels of silver snowflakes, eight hundred taels of gold barley seeds, six sets of hairpin jewelry, eighteen Eastern beads, a Hotan jade Buddha statue, a pair of Ruyi emeralds, and four top-quality Qingzhou red silk inkstones... I'm afraid of the value of these gifts.
Isn’t it already more than 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver?”
After reading the gift list, Su Mingzhe looked at the medicinal materials and felt even more numb:
"Father, the medicinal materials you sent are enough for refining in three or five furnaces!"
Seeing Su Mingzhe's shocked look, Manager Xie waved his hands indifferently and said with a smile:
"My prince said that as long as the second young master can help refine a furnace of high-grade Peiyuan Dan, if there are any remaining medicinal materials, it will be a thank you gift to the second young master!"
When Su Mingzhe heard this, he pointed at two boxes filled with yellow and white items, pearl jewelry, etc., and said with a wry smile:
"But these thank-you gifts are valuable enough, and Jia Ying no longer dares to accept them!"
After hearing this, Manager Xie just smiled and whispered:
"This is all my prince's wish. Please accept it, my second son."
"In that case!"
Su Mingzhe was about to refuse, but suddenly he saw the attacker looking at him. Although he didn't know what he meant, he swallowed his words of refusal:
"The elder gave it to me, but I dare not refuse! Jia Ying accepted it!"
"As it should be, as it should be!"
Seeing Su Mingzhe accept the heavy gift he had prepared, Manager Xie had some free time and asked:
"I wonder if the Second Young Master needs to prepare anything to refine the elixir. How many days will it take in total? Do you need to choose a good and auspicious day?"
When Su Mingzhe saw that Manager Xie was taking it very seriously, he raised his right hand and counted carefully:
"If you are refining ordinary quality Peiyuan Pill, as long as the weather is fine, you can open the furnace to refine the pill at an hour each in the morning and afternoon."
"However, if Prince Zhongshun wants the high-grade Peiyuan Dan, he needs to burn incense and bathe, and he must choose a good and auspicious day."
"It's a coincidence that three days later, it will be the day of Yimao and Dingmao in the year of Guimao. At Mao hour on that day, the sun will rise and fire will rise. You can refine the purple energy from the east into the elixir. There is a 70 to 80 percent chance of getting a furnace
Excellent product!”
When Manager Xie heard that he only had to wait three days, he immediately smiled and said:
"In that case, we will pick it up in three days!"
When Su Mingzhe saw that Manager Xie was about to leave, he immediately stood up and said goodbye:
“Father-in-law, you can come and get it yourself in three days!”
After Mr. Xie left, Su Mingzhe returned to his residence in the front yard and saw Li Gui, his long-time follower. He was taking four young men, Ming Yan, Hu Yao, Shuang Rui and Shou'er, closely guarding the boxes and boxes sent by Mr. Xie.
Gift.
A group of maids, on the other hand, were noisy and noisy, insisting on opening the box to see what the treasure sent from the prince's palace looked like.
"Ahem!"
"Second Master is back!"
Qian Xue, who had just been picked up yesterday, took advantage of Su Mingzhe's praise of her as the best yesterday and directly complained:
"Second Master, you see, Li Gui and the others look down on others, falsely accusing us sisters of stealing things from the box, and didn't even show us anything?"
Li Gui and the other five were frightened by Qian Xue's complaint and hurriedly explained:
"Second Master just ordered us to take a look at it. Second Master didn't give the order. How dare we let the girls check it out?"
"Okay, okay, we are all a family, don't mess around!"
Su Mingzhe reached out and touched Qian Xue's little face.
This girl and Mei Ren were both naked last night, and this morning they were still complaining that they couldn't move and refused to get out of bed.
Now when they heard the noise, she and Meiren all ran out.
After appeasing everyone, Su Mingzhe asked several people to carry two boxes containing gold and silver jewelry to his bedroom.
After everyone had placed the boxes, Su Mingzhe ordered Xiren and Qingwen to open the wooden box containing the silver.
This wooden box is also really strong.
There are seven floors in total, five of which contain twelve small ingots, and two of which contain golden barley seeds.
Put the golden barley seeds at the bottom and the small ingots at the top, each worth ten taels.
The total amount of gold and silver is 2,800 taels, which is close to 200 kilograms when converted into modern weight. Adding the weight of the box, it would take two men to lift it.
"Okay, everyone line up!"
Su Mingzhe clapped his hands to signal everyone to quiet down, and then said:
"You are all my people. Logically speaking, you have served me for many years, and you have worked hard without any credit. In previous years, during the Chinese New Year and holidays, I should have given you some red envelopes as a reward. However, you also know that I have always been
I can’t save money, so the rewards given to everyone are always very few.”
"Today, your second master and I have earned so much wealth by my own ability. I might as well make up for the rewards I received from you in the past all at once today!"
"Let me say it again, this reward does not matter whether you come sooner or later, and no matter who is higher or lower, each of you is fifty taels of silver! No one can gossip to others, otherwise I will know about it and will be kicked out directly. Understand
?"
When everyone heard that there was actually a reward of fifty taels of silver, they were already crazy with joy. They all said happily:
"clear!"
Afterwards, Su Mingzhe asked Xiren and Qingwen to distribute money to everyone.
In his courtyard, in addition to eight maids, there were also Li Gui, his mother and son, and four young boys.
Each person has fifty taels of silver, so a total of seven hundred taels will be given out.
After receiving the money, Grandma Li wrapped a hundred taels of silver for herself and her son in a small package and headed to her residence.
The four young men and Li Gui happily went outside to wait for instructions.
Only Su Mingzhe and eight maids were left at that moment. Su Mingzhe looked at the attacker and asked:
"Xiren, why did you let me accept all these gifts just now?"
These gifts are really valuable.
It's just a furnace of cultivating Yuan Dan. After the elixir is given away, the value of the labor is not worth the money at all.
Xiren saw that his second master still hadn't figured it out yet, so he could only give some advice:
"Second Master, why are you confused? Have you forgotten that our Rongguo Mansion and Prince Zhongshun are no longer dealing with each other?"
Su Mingzhe hadn't turned around for a while, but still asked in confusion:
"What's wrong with not dealing with it? Then there's no need to accept such a heavy gift from him?"
Xiren saw that his second master really didn't understand the ways of the world, so he could only finish the sentence in one breath:
"Prince Zhongshun didn't want to deal with our Rongguo Mansion, but he still sent Manager Xie to our house to ask you to make elixirs. That means that there is an important master in the prince's house who needs this Peiyuan Pill to save his life!"
"Prince Zhongshun has always been in good health, and the prince is also leading troops, so he does not need this Yuan-Pui Dan. After much thought, Prince Zhongshun asked you to refine this Yuan-Pui Dan, probably for his eldest son, Sun Yi, and the prince!"
"I heard that Prince Yihe was born prematurely and has been weak since childhood..."
"Over the years, Prince Zhongshun has spent at least a dozen or two hundred thousand taels of silver to save Prince Yihe!"
"So, if this Peiyuan Pill can really save Prince Yihe, then there is no need to be polite to him, you can just accept these gifts with peace of mind!"
After listening to Xiren's analysis, Su Mingzhe suddenly realized:
"If that's the case, then we can accept these gifts with peace of mind!"
With that said, Su Mingzhe ordered Xiren and Qingwen to open the box full of jewelry, picked out a string of sandalwood beads and a pair of jade bracelets, and said:
"First pick out five sets of jewelry here and send them to Sister Lin, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and Sister Bao later. You can take the rest by yourself."
Before leaving the house, Su Mingzhe suddenly turned back and said:
"By the way, take out another two hundred taels of silver and send them to Aunt Zhao and Brother Huan!"
After walking out of the door, Su Mingzhe also smiled as he heard the happy voices of the girls in the room.
The happiness of these maids is really simple.
This chapter has been completed!