But no matter what, I would never dare to offend the prince. Is your understanding wrong?"
Guard Cao nodded and said: "That's right. But you must be on guard against others. He is the prince after all. We cannot guess what the dragon princes are thinking. So we still have to be extremely careful."
"Yes, I understand. I will take Guard Cao to get the banknote."
"Have they all been exchanged for banknotes?"
"That's right. It was originally sold in various places, and the money sold was exchanged for silver notes in various places, and the denominations are not large. It is very convenient for Cao Guard to carry it with him."
"Okay. Let's go."
Watching the two people walking away, Yun Yue immediately returned to her room, changed into a black tights, took the weapons she had made for the past two days, put on a black scarf, and quietly left the room.
She had also accidentally seen the place where Ling Zhongqing kept his money. There was a secret room in that place, and she only had to change her clothes and wait for them to come out.
She really underestimated her father. She thought he was just a corrupt official who could flatter him, but she didn't expect that he was actually a person who could do great things. No wonder Aunt Han always talks about the crown prince's concubine. It turns out that it's not the case either.
It doesn't make sense.
Recalling that she had eaten in a restaurant before, after ordering, the waiter would ask each customer: Sir, do you want something tasteless, bland or delicious?
At that time, she also asked what the difference was. The waiter told her that tasteless means that there is no salt, light flavor means that there is less salt, and delicious means that salt is added normally.
The waiter said that the cities north of Jizhou are very short of salt. There is very little official salt from the government, and the amount distributed to people's homes is simply not enough. People can only buy private salt at high prices. Therefore, the cost of cooking will naturally be high.
Take the price of salt into account.
People's lives are so miserable. After a long time, it turns out that everything went into his father's pocket.
No, it should have gone into His Highness the Prince's pocket.
No matter how courageous Ling Zhongqing is, he may be a little selfish, but he will never dare to enrich his own pocket too much. The prince knows the amount of missing official salt, and the approximate amount of private salt sold, the prince also knows.
250 million taels of silver! This is definitely a large amount of money. And this does not include the money he used to make up for the loss of disaster relief money.
There is a grand canal outside Jizhou City. The canal almost divides Beixiang Kingdom into two halves. Because of this canal, Jizhou City has become an important city in Beixiang Kingdom.
All materials transported from the south to northern cities will pass through Jizhou, be unloaded upstream of Jizhou, and then travel overland. And Lingzhou City, the capital of Beixiang Kingdom, is located to the north of Jizhou, so almost all important materials,
They all pass through Jizhou.
A wild goose plucks its feathers. This is the reason why Ling Zhongqing is only a small magistrate, but can be so rich.
Official salt is generally transported from southeastern coastal cities and is managed by the Salt Department.
I don’t know what method Ling Zhongqing used to rob the Salt Division’s goods. This led to a shortage of salt in almost all northern regions starting from Jizhou, except for the capital city.
Then he turned the official salt into private salt, sold it at a high price in his own name, and gave the money to the prince...
This is really hard on her father, he can do such a bad thing.
I'm afraid that if the emperor finds out, even if he has ten heads, it won't be enough to chop him off.
It doesn't matter if he dies, it's important, but he must not harm her and her brother.