Chen Boxing took a long breath, stood up, straightened his clothes and hair, and even smiled at the man and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, even if the uncle's house is gone, it won't be a problem." On to you."
The servant burst into tears of gratitude on the spot and knelt down: "Young Master!!"
Chen Boming patted his shoulder again and walked forward slowly. He could still hear the servant crying.
Yes, with just an understatement, you can get their wholehearted gratitude. How cost-effective it is?
This is what he should do and has been doing.
Would it be more difficult to win over Shen Zhoujin at that time than this?
He walked to the front and saluted the officials. Although he looked very haggard and his eye sockets were sunken, he was still polite and said: "Excuse me for waiting for a long time."
Those people hurriedly stood up and returned the courtesy, feeling that they had indeed gone too far. After all, it had only been a few days since the incident occurred in the uncle's house. As a son of a man, Chen Dalang must have been hit hard and suffered in his heart.
There were actually quite a few people coming this time. From the government, Chief Zhao came, along with scribes, accountants and some manpower. Several stewards and wives came from the Shantang.
The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a few words, and then Chen Boming said: "I will take you to the warehouse and compare the items with each other to see how much you can get."
It was so happy that Chief Zhao and others were even more surprised. They felt that there were good bamboo shoots in the bad bamboo. This young master was different from the rumors.
Chen Boxing took them directly there without the key. Chen Boxing smiled bitterly and said: "Smash it."
The servant banged open the lock, and Princess Changning's warehouse was empty. Except for a few bulky furniture, there was almost nothing left.
The people from the government silently looked at the list, checked it off, asked someone to carry it out, and then went to Chen Bingrong's warehouse.
As soon as I opened the lock, I saw a dazzling array of items. I didn't even need to look carefully. I took a quick look and saw a few things on the dowry list.
Chen Boming showed an embarrassed look, stepped aside, and whispered: "You guys, just look for things."
The official coughed, and then ordered the people to move and hook.
They were only halfway through the move when they heard a hoarse howl. The old lady rushed in with disheveled hair like a madman and said loudly: "Let me see who dares to touch my things! I will fight with you!!"
Chen Boming's expression changed: "Who told the old lady!!"
As he spoke, he rushed over and said anxiously: "Grandma, this is my mother's dowry, it should have been my mother's."
"Bah!" The old lady stretched out her paws and scratched his neck without hesitation: "You are eating things inside and out! I know your mother! I raised you so big for nothing! I don't care about this! You entered my house. The door belongs to my house! No one can take it away. Leave all of you bandits behind! Believe it or not, my old woman will hang herself on your door at night!"
Director Zhao and others shook their heads: "This old woman is really confused."
Up to now, she is still the same as rolling around in the countryside. She didn't learn how to behave after playing with the board. She didn't think about who would spoil her. Even if she really hanged herself, it would just be a matter of wasting a straw mat. I really thought she could Who is threatened?
People from the Shantang also said: "I feel sorry for Chen Dalang."
The people on both sides kept talking and kept moving and lifting. When they finished ordering the orders, there was still half a library of things.
Chen Boming settled the old lady and came back quickly. His hair was torn up and there were red nail marks on his neck and face. He said: "Please click on these too. Although they are not on the list, they may not be able to cover all the accounts on the list." .”
They sympathized with him, and there was no ambiguity. Since he said so, they emptied the warehouse without hesitation.
Normal families, with this kind of family structure, the old lady, Uncle Chengen, and Princess Changning will all have separate warehouses, and then there will be a public warehouse in the warehouse... But Uncle Chengen's Mansion does not have a public treasury.
, the old lady does not have her own warehouse, and the princess of Changning is in name only.
So? Even if you want to buy some groceries, you still have to ask Uncle Cheng En for the money?
This housekeeping is really messy.
The government and Shantang's accountants worked together to estimate and count everything. When all was taken into account, it was not enough to cover 20% of Princess Changning's dowry.
Chen Boming looked confused and said, "I'll go look for it in my father's study."
He went to the study by himself. Chief Zhao and others were standing in front of the door, watching him rummaging around and finding some land deeds and the like. Then he suddenly thought: "Then...
The Xue family must have been bought by my father, so we can take it all back from top to bottom."
He bit his lip in embarrassment and said, "There is also the girl who has been replaced. Her father has always loved her. Let's go to her room and have a look."
The main reason is that the difference is too big. Even if we collect 40% to 78% now, we can barely count it as 50%, but now it is only 20%, and neither the government nor the charity can accept this shortfall.
But this is not a house raid after all, so it is better not to be too harsh. He can take the initiative to speak, and Director Zhao is also very satisfied.
The results were unknown without checking. After checking, Chen Muxue was only ten years old, but there were countless jewelry and clothes in the room, and all of them were valuable. After searching, the number was close to ten thousand taels.
While searching, he suddenly saw Chen Silang running over and said anxiously: "Brother! How could you bring them to Xue'er! Don't you know that Xue'er hates others touching her things? Even if you take away one thing,
Xueer will be unhappy when she comes back! Let them go quickly!"
Chen Boming looked at him, sighed, and suddenly grabbed his shoulder and said to Mr. Zhao: "Excuse me, sir, please send a few people to look for Shilang's room. They must find them one by one. Anyway... it's not enough after all."
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Director Zhao coughed and sent someone over.
Compared to Chen Muxue, the house of the four sons of the Chen family was shabby. Even the richest Chen Boming had less than a thousand taels of silver in his house.
The people in the government were in trouble for two days.
Except for the old lady's place, everyone's rooms were emptied, including Xue Qianrou's place. Even in the end, Chen Boming called out all the servants and called in Yazi, and sold them one by one, still less than 40%.
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Chief Zhao looked at him and said: "It's still not enough! Mr. Chen, it's not that I'm harsh, it's just too bad that I can't make the decision. Look at the old lady..."
Chen Boming burst into tears, knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Sir, my grandma is old and has been seriously injured. Please forgive me."
Director Zhao sighed: "I don't want to embarrass you, but it's really too bad."
Chen Boming begged: "Please give me a day or two. I will find a small courtyard and let my grandmother move there. Then I can sell the house and get some silver..."
Chief Zhao frowned. He was unwilling and did not dare to let go, and said, "I'm sorry, I really can't help you." He still waved his hand and asked people to search the old lady's room.
Chen Boming looked miserable, but said no more.
The image of this tragic gentleman has indeed stood up.
Who knew the next moment, someone from outside sent a few banknotes and said: "My master is a friend of Princess Jiayi. Princess Jiayi is now a guest in our house, so I asked me to send these banknotes."
Chief Zhao quickly asked: "Has the princess told me anything?"
"I didn't tell him anything, I just asked him to send me a banknote."
Director Zhao took it out and saw that one was a 20,000-tael banknote issued by a Sifang Bank in a neighboring state, and the rest were several banknotes from local banks, which together amounted to 30,000 taels.
Obviously, 20,000 yuan was raised immediately, just to make up for this shortfall.
Chief Zhao quickly said: "The princess is very righteous."