Lao Zhu waved his hand: "There is no need to talk about this matter anymore. The power we give you is enough."
Zhu Bai pursed his lips: It's impossible to ask Lao Zhu to agree to so much at once. But if I don't build a bank, I can't transport the money out. It's useless.
You still have to think of other ways.
Seeing that he was unhappy and feeling guilty, Lao Zhu coughed dryly and asked, "How are you taking people to count Gu Cheng's stolen money?"
Zhu Bai said feebly: "It's still on point."
It's not his, so what's the point of taking someone else's money?!
Lao Zhu chuckled: "Tsk, tsk, do you know why these officials crowd in every time they raid your home?"
Zhu Bai looked at Lao Zhu: "I don't know."
Lao Zhu said: "Because of how much money a corrupt official has embezzled, he will only talk about the small amount and not the large amount. So what should I do with the extra money during the inspection? Those who have a little conscience can keep some for themselves.
Some of them were handed over. Those without conscience basically kept all of them. Not to mention those jewelry, jade, antiques and the like. They were not counted at all."
I realized that Lao Zhu actually doted on him a bit by entrusting him with this job.
Zhu Bai suddenly understood and became excited: "If this is the case, I will have the strength to spend some money."
Lao Zhu sighed: "Let me tell you, your kid is usually very smart, but why are you acting stupid now?"
Zhu Bai also sighed: "Oh, what belongs to my son is not my father's. The left hand is handed over to the right. What's the use of taking it."
Lao Zhu smiled: "You are wise. But don't deduct too much."
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Zhu Bai took Fugui and a few young eunuchs to open the room where the money was kept.
Zhu Bai took a melon seed and sat down: "You order it and I'll take a look."
As soon as Fugui and the others opened more than a hundred boxes, the room was suddenly filled with silver light.
Zhu Bai thought with a smile: This is so cool.
Then Fugui and the others began to weigh each box of silver.
After a while, Fugui came over and said, "Your Highness, basically the net weight of each box is four thousand taels. Only three boxes are missing a few taels."
Zhu Bai frowned: "The three boxes are not full?"
Fugui said: "It's full. They are all the same boxes."
Zhu Bai shook his head: "No, no. If it is pure silver, the density is the same, how can it be less...
He stopped mid-sentence.
If it is missing, it means that it is not all pure silver.
Zhu Bai asked Fugui doubtfully: "Is there any fake money?"
Fugui said: "Of course. There are many kinds of fake silver. The better one is called low-color silver, which means the silver is mixed with other things, mainly silver. The most fake ones only have a surface layer of silver and are wrapped with iron or lead.
There are many different names out there, such as Jiucheng cake, gritty copper cake, upside-down lead, blown silk... there are dozens of them."
Zhu Bai frowned: "Aren't all the money we ordered paid for by Gu Cheng? How come there are fake ones?"
Fugui said: "Fake silver is easy to identify. Unless there are too many low-color silvers weighed together, you can't tell by just looking at them."
Zhu Bai nodded slightly: That's right. The difference between four thousand taels is only three or four taels. If it were one, two, one tael, it would be difficult to see the problem.
He suddenly became excited and said to Fugui: "Bring those three boxes of fake silver. Let's screen them and sort out the fake ones and keep them."
Fugui looked confused: "Ang? What's the use of keeping the fake ones?"
Zhu Bai: "Make it even more fake, so fake that even children can see it at a glance."
The eunuchs looked at each other.
Zhu Bai said: "Then you do this...
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The treasury came to report to Lao Zhu, saying that the King of Xiang had sent a total of 150 boxes of silver, totaling 600,000 taels, ten boxes of gold totaling 50,000 taels, and 200,000 taels of silver notes.
Lao Zhu calculated silently in his heart: According to Erhu's news, Zhu Bai counted one hundred and fifty-eight boxes of silver and twelve boxes of gold.
This guy is not greedy.
He waved his hand: "Put it into the national treasury."
Lao Zhu thought for a while and asked Erhu: "What has that kid been doing these two days?"
Erhu hesitated for a moment and replied: "Fake silver."
Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment, then took out his ears: "What is he doing? Tell me again?"
Erhu: "The eight boxes of silver that His Highness left behind are of insufficient quality. He said that he would turn them into sixteen boxes."
Lao Zhu frowned: "Why is it not good enough?"
Erhu said: "Maybe Gu Cheng received too much money and didn't have time to inspect it. Moreover, these eight boxes were mixed with a little debris, making it difficult to distinguish."
Lao Zhu's face wrinkled: "Then that bastard Zhu Bai wants to make the money even more fake. What is he thinking?"
Normally, as an official, if you receive counterfeit silver, especially dirty silver obtained from house raids, shouldn't you purify and recast it? How can it continue to be adulterated?
Erhu shook his head: "I don't understand."
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Lao Zhu quickly understood what Zhu Bai was going to do.
Because today he saw with his own eyes Zhu Bai holding a piece of silver and coaxing Zhu Chun by the lake: "I don't have broken silver in my hand. I will use these ten taels to exchange for five taels of broken silver with you."
Zhu Chun's eyes were bright and he hesitated: "Really?"
Zhu Bai: "Really. Anyway, I have plenty of money. I'm not afraid of giving you more."
Lao Zhu cursed in his heart: This traitor turned out to be making counterfeit money to defraud his younger brothers and sisters out of their monthly money. He was going to earn a lot of gold every day, and he wanted to blackmail the three melons and two dates in his younger brothers and sisters' hands. It was really annoying.
"Twelve brother, wait, I'll go back and get it." Zhu Chun said excitedly and was about to leave.
Lao Zhu coughed dryly: "Old Eleven. This liar has always deceived only those who are greedy for petty gains. You were almost fooled last time, but you believed him again this time. You are half a year older than him after all, can you be a little older too?
Brain.”
Zhu Chun glanced at the money in his hand doubtfully: "What did he lie to me about?"
Lao Zhu waved his hand to the eunuch, and the eunuch wanted to go over and get the money.
Zhu Chun held Yinzi in his arms: "What do you want to do?"
The eunuch didn't dare to grab it and looked back at Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu laughed angrily and said to Erhu: "You go."
Erhu rushed to Zhu Chun and cupped his hands: "Your Highness, I'm offended."
Then he went to grab it, but Zhu Chunniu got angry and held on tightly and refused to let go.
Erhu could only wave to the other two guards.
Zhu Bai couldn't bear it anymore and said to Zhu Chun, "Why don't you give it to them? We won't change it."
Zhu Chun was distracted when Erhu grabbed his hand, and the silver flew straight towards the lake.
"ah."
Everyone exclaimed in unison.
I'm not afraid of losing my money, but I'm mainly afraid of Zhu Bai's mischief.
With a "pop" sound, the silver fell to the water, sank a little, then floated up again, and finally it was just floating on the water...
Ripples with the waves, as if laughing at Zhu Chun.
Zhu Chun's eyes widened: "I'm going!!!"
No matter how stupid you are, you know that money cannot float on water.
How fake is this silver!!
Zhu Bai was so helpless.
He was afraid that Zhu Chun and the others wouldn't be able to tell, so he had already emptied out the silver, filled it with sawdust and sealed it, holding it lightly in his hands.
