My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 125 Inventory of Furniture
After Qingwen appeared, she walked up to Yuan Chun and saluted: "Qingwen has met Madam!"

"It's Qingwen."

Yuanchun put down the bowl and chopsticks, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, "Is something wrong?"

Qingwen took out a bunch of keys from her pocket and put them on the table and said: "Madam, these are the keys to the warehouse in our house. It turns out that you have always been a slave in charge of the house. Now that you have entered the door, this house should be You’re in charge.”

Yuanchun nodded and continued to ask: "Where are the account books?"

After listening, Qingwen hesitated for a while, then she took out a booklet from her pocket and put it on the table, then lowered her head.

Yuanchun picked up the account book and opened it. It didn't matter, and his beautiful eyes widened.

I saw that the originally blank account book was filled with large and small circles and patterns, and the density was so dense that it made people dizzy.

She was a little surprised and asked: "What...what is this?"

"Account books."

Qingwen said a little embarrassed.

"Is this an account book?"

It was pitiful to see that Yuanchun claimed to be from a famous family. He was enlightened at the age of four and entered the palace at the age of 13. He had seen quite a lot of things, but this was the first time she saw such a strange account book. For a moment, she didn't know how to express herself. Those messy thoughts.

At this time, Baoqin and Jinchai also came over curiously. After seeing the account books, they were stunned for a moment, and then they couldn't help but laugh.

Yuanchun pointed to the account book and wanted to ask, but she thought for a long time and didn't know where to start.

In the end, he could only say helplessly: "Forget it, I won't ask anymore, you should just take me to the warehouse to have a look."

As the wife of Jia Yuming and the hostess of General Zhao Yong's mansion, housekeeping is her natural right. Now that she is married, she naturally has to exercise the rights of the hostess.

The four of them came to the row of warehouses located in the backyard of General Zhaoyong's Mansion, and Qingwen opened the warehouse in the middle.

When the warehouse opened, everyone's eyes widened when they saw the neat rows of silver winter melons.

Jin Chai trembled: "This... this is..."

"This is warehouse No. [-]. It contains the silver in our house."

"Is all the silver here?" Baoqin asked in a trembling voice.

"Of course not." Qingwen shook her head, "This is just one of them. Warehouse No. [-] and No. [-] next door also store silver. Warehouses No. [-], [-], and [-] store gold, antique calligraphy and paintings, and some rare Western items. goods."

As the four of them talked, they gradually inspected several warehouses. Looking at the full warehouses, the three women's moods went from shock to shock to numbness.

It's just Baoqin and Jinchai. As the eldest lady of Rongguo Mansion, Yuanchun has stayed in the palace for another ten years. It is reasonable to say that she is not a person who has never seen the world, but she is still shocked by her family's wealth.

She really couldn't understand how her husband had earned such a huge fortune in less than a year.

"Qingwen, now that we have finished looking at the warehouse, tell me how much wealth our house has in total now?"

Qingwen took out the account book and looked through it for a while before frowning and saying in an uncertain tone: "It should be... there are more than 67 taels of silver, more than 600 taels of gold, and others. I don’t know much about things like antique calligraphy and paintings that are difficult to count.

There are also some Western slaves and maids that I have acquired, and I haven’t counted them well, and the expenses in the house are also a bit messy these days, and the slaves..."

"Okay... don't say it anymore,"

Yuan Chun interrupted her with a wry smile, "I'm really impressed by you, master and servant. One really dares to delegate power, and the other really dares to manage money. They can make the government's account books so messy, but the quantity is still there." It’s a skill to be roughly right.”

Qingwen lowered her head in embarrassment. Who told her to be illiterate? Being able to roughly sort out Jia's money was the result of her efforts.

In the majestic and majestic Daming Palace, the octagonal palace lanterns on the eaves are hung with red ribbons.

In the imperial study room, behind an arched table made of rosewood, Emperor Changping, wearing a royal robe, sat upright, holding a brush dipped in cinnabar red ink, drawing outlines, and concentrating on reviewing memorials.

Dai Quan, the manager of the Daming Palace on the side, stood respectfully with a fly whisk in his hand.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty in another historical time and space, because there was no shameful Battle of Tumu Fort, the power of the military and nobles was not completely abolished.

Although today's Daxia military power is not as powerful as before, at least it has not evolved into a culture where military attaches are inferior to dogs like in the Ming Dynasty. It can barely be said to be a juxtaposition of civil and military forces.

Therefore, the Si Li Jian thing has not been created. Of course, without the Si Li Jian's yamen, the requirements and workload on the emperor have also been much higher.

But the good thing is that although there is still a Supreme Emperor suppressing the government, the government orders are still flowing smoothly from the central government to the local governments, and the government orders are not completely suppressed by the bureaucrats of the civil service group.

At this time, regarding the Long Case, the memorials sent by the Six Ministries of Jiuqing, Zhan Shikedao, and local governors were sent and received by the General Administration Department, and they were all neatly arranged in stacks according to the priority of the central place, military, political, and criminal names.

At this time, Emperor Changping's thin, tough face was filled with sadness. After reviewing a memorial, he frowned.

For more than ten years since he took the throne, he has been very careful about his work and food, but the national conditions of Daxia seem to be getting worse day by day.

The northwest and north were invaded from other places, and disasters occurred frequently in various places, resulting in the rise of thieves and thieves. Border affairs, disaster relief, and bandit suppression... money was flowing in vain, and the national treasury suffered serious losses.

If Jia Yu hadn't helped him get several million taels of silver to subsidize his shortfall a few days ago, Emperor Changping would have felt that he could hardly support himself.

Moreover, Emperor Changping was not a womanizer, and he did not possess luxurious items. Even his dragon robes only had eight sets.

But even so, he still felt that the money in his hands was stretched thin.

Throwing the coupons in his hands aside, he said in a cold voice: "I have received all the coupons that Wang Ziteng asked for food and salary. How did Tan Qingyun and the others handle the errands? Didn't I just give them 100 million taels of silver a few days ago? ?”

It has been almost a month since Wang Ziteng led his army out of Tongguan, and battle reports will be sent every few days.

Judging from the battle report sent, Wang Ziteng relied on the advantages of Tongguan's terrain to fight back and forth with the Mongolian army, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate.

Now, Daxia's strategy is to drag out this battle until the Mongols have exhausted their logistical supplies and have no choice but to retreat on their own.

"Dai Quan, send someone to inform the cabinet that they must collect a supply of military rations and ordnance by the middle of the month to support Wang Ziteng. The military situation on the front line is like a fire, so no delay can be allowed!" Emperor Changping said solemnly with a bad look on his face.

"Here!"

Dai Quan agreed and went to the cabinet to deliver the order.

"return!"

Emperor Changping asked again: "Who is on duty in the cabinet today?"

"Back to your lord, Mr. Ye Ge is on duty today."

Ye Zuo is not only the cabinet minister, but also the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

(End of this chapter)