Qi Yu turned around, bowed and replied.

"Five hundred taels?! Please come quickly! Please come quickly!"

When Tu Jie heard this, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide. He jumped up from his chair and shouted impatiently. Five hundred taels of white silver appeared in front of his eyes.

Qi Yu agreed and immediately went out.

"Five hundred taels...five hundred taels..."

Tu Jie rubbed his hands and murmured to himself, his face blossoming with joy.

Just when I was about to sleep, someone stretched out a pillow. Isn't this a pie-in-the-sky thing?

...

Two days later.

Yushitai.

After the morning court, Tu Jie returned all the way to the Yushitai, but he looked unusually haggard, as if he had been seriously ill.

Seeing that there was only one day left before the three-day appointment, but after scraping together, he could only raise less than 2,000 taels, which was still more than 3,000 taels short of the 5,000 taels requested by Hu Fei.

If he can't collect the five thousand taels tomorrow, he may really have no choice but to fight to the death with Hu Weiyong. The chance of winning is less than 10%. If he loses, not only will there be no place for the capital, but it may be difficult to keep a whole body.

"Sir, this is the document for the new archives room in Yushitai. The Ministry of Accounts has allocated the funds. Once you confirm it is correct, construction can start immediately."

At this moment, a clerk came to Tu Jie's side, and while speaking, he handed a document to Tu Jie.

Tu Jie, who was frowning, took the document, and then saw the amount of money needed to build the archives room written on it. He couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and swallowed...
Chapter completed!