On the carriage back, Daiyu saw that she had been frowning and not speaking, so she asked with some worry: "Sister, what's wrong? Why are you so frowning all the time?
But what does the emperor want you to do?"
Jiusi did not hide the matter from her. He thought about the excuse and told her: "It's nothing. I just heard the news about Yuanchun's concubine before, so I specially prepared some things to sell. The profit was a bit too high.
Besides, it’s my own business, so I can’t keep the money.”
After all, she still has to return the money owed to the treasury. Now that she has explained it clearly, things will be easier to do in the future.
Daiyu is no longer the novice she was before. When she heard that it was a benefit that could make the emperor speak, she couldn't help but asked in surprise: "The benefit is too high? How high?"
Jiusi did not tell her the specific amount, but simply said: "I earned two hundred thousand taels in two days."
Daiyu knew that building a garden would cost a lot, but she didn't expect it to be so high. Her face was full of disbelief: "Does it cost so much money to build a garden for relatives?"
Jiusi knew that she had misunderstood, so he explained to her one by one: "If one family can't spend that much, then there are other families, and the Jia family is not the only one who gets concubines and relatives.
Besides, they built the garden just for the sake of appearance. After comparing the two, naturally they used what was expensive and what was rare.
If there are relatively few items, and there is even competition for them, the price will be much higher than the original price.
In fact, if you really want to talk about it, things are really not expensive. It’s just the cost of transportation, the effort of the craftsmen, and the relatively high profit in the middle.”
This was the first time Daiyu heard about such a thing. She was surprised and asked many questions before asking another thing: "Since there are so many twists and turns here, why didn't sister use her own shop in advance?"
Going to sell it?"
Jiusi knew that she would ask about this matter. She had already thought about how to say it in her mind, so she opened her mouth and said, "When I got the news, it was still early before Yuanchun became a concubine. If the news is not true, I don't dare to risk it."
That risk.
Moreover, although those things were not as expensive as the ones they bought, the prices were not low. If they were sold in their own shop, if the news was false, the losses would be huge.
If my father were to pursue the case, it would be hard for me to answer the question, so I would have to use my own private money.
Who would have known that the news was true, but the benefits were so huge and scary. Such a large amount of money was beyond the control of the Lin family and I. We had to take the initiative to hand over the money by returning the money owed to the state treasury, otherwise we would be in big trouble.
Already."
After hearing this, Daiyu thought about it carefully and felt that what she said was reasonable, so she said nothing more. In order to make her plan go smoothly, she even helped Jiusi come up with a lot of ideas.
In any case, this matter was offensive after all. After Jiusi returned, he still sent someone to send a letter to Lin Ruhai and asked for his opinion.
It wasn't until she received a letter of support from him that she started her plan.
This matter cannot be brought about by her family. If she wants to make this matter big enough to meet the emperor's wishes, someone must agree with her.
So, before she paid off the money, she specifically contacted several people who were particularly close to the Lin family, and then informed them of the matter and let them choose whether they wanted to gain wealth or not.
The results were mixed. Half of the families who were more courageous chose to take another gamble for the future of their children and grandchildren, while the other half did not want to take the risk of disturbing the current stable state and chose not to participate or disclose the matter.
After Jiusi learned about it, she only asked those families who agreed to give them time to pay back the money they owed. As for those families who did not participate, she was not worried that the other party would spread the news.
Since she dared to tell them about this, she was absolutely sure that they would be unable to speak.
From the moment they learned the news, they were monitored. Let alone spreading the news, if they did anything inappropriate at all, they would be locked up immediately until the matter was resolved.
Jiusi acted very quickly. As soon as the plan was laid out, she had someone prepare the money that needed to be returned based on the amount on the money owed.
Then, on a sunny day, he had people take the boxes of money and send them to the Ministry of Finance.
In order to attract others' attention, she also ordered Butler Lin and others to choose boxes without lids when loading the money, and even if there were lids, they would also remove them.
The purpose is to expose those shining silver to the sun, appear in the eyes of the common people and caring people, and attract all their attention.
At this point, she felt that the battle was not big enough, so she specially selected many nursing homes to escort the money.
The already tall nursing staff put on those special uniforms, and they looked really eye-catching when walking on the street!
Along the way, there was no one who was not talking about it. When they found out that they were going to the Ministry of Household Affairs, those people started talking even more enthusiastically.
The people watching all commented loudly: "With so much money and such a huge formation, I don't know who it belongs to?"
After hearing this, a person with knowledge of the matter hurriedly said: "I know, I know, this is the Lin family who is related to the Rongguo Mansion.
I heard that the girl in their family lived in the Rongguo Mansion for a long time in order to fulfill her filial piety for her parents. It was not until she got older that it was inconvenient to live there, so she moved back to the Lin Mansion."
When another insider heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Besides, I don't think they moved out when they were old, but because the second master Bao of Rongguo Mansion made a lot of noise, and they were afraid that their girl's reputation would be tarnished, so they moved out."
Right!"
As soon as everyone heard about Second Master Bao, they immediately became interested and started chatting one after another. After a while, the topic got weird.
When the servants arranged in the crowd saw this, they hurriedly tried to bring the topic back. Otherwise, if these people were allowed to continue chatting like this, the excitement today would probably be in vain.
Fortunately, the money was attractive enough, so the servants brought the topic back again after a few words, and everyone once again focused on the matter of paying back the money.
The people at the Ministry of Revenue have been notified and have been waiting at the door early in the morning. When curious people come up to ask, they don't hide anything and tell them all one by one, for fear that others will not know that the Lin family is here to pay back the money.
coming.
Not only did they talk about this matter again, but also Butler Lin and the guards of the Lin family. As for the protagonist Jiusi, because it was inconvenient to show up, he could only wait for the news at home.
Fortunately, she has the mental energy to enjoy the fun even at home.
When Jiusi moved here, several families who got the news also started to move. Although they didn't make as big a fuss as she did, because the things they offered in exchange for money were so good, they managed to keep the noise away.
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If it was just a family, then there would be no way to stop the discussion if there were too many people paying back the money. It didn't take long for this matter to spread throughout the capital, and gradually began to spread outside.
