Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

One thousand taels!

Each cart in front of me was loaded with twenty neatly packed boxes!

Five large carts in total, at least one hundred thousand taels of silver!

Everyone's eyes were on Wei Zhongxian, and they had the same guess as Wen Tihen.

That pile of things that can only be looked at but not eaten, there is no way it would be possible to sell them so quickly nowadays!

Wei Zhongxian laughed triumphantly: "Hahahahaha! Lord Wen is worrying too much!"

"Even if our family is worthless, we dare not use your Majesty's treasury to make up for it!"

"These are the silver earned from the sale."

"What you have seen is only a drop in the bucket. We have sent the rest of the silver to the Ministry of Revenue, and they should be counting it now."

"A full 1.7 million taels of silver!"

"I wonder if these are enough for what we need right now?"

Having said that, he took out two booklets from his arms and put them into Guo Yunhou's arms.

"Master Guo, here is the sales record. The selling price of each item and who purchased it are clearly written on it."

"We didn't get a single penny from it..."

After he finished speaking, he even winked at Guo Yunhou.

If Zhu Youxiao saw this action, he would probably be so disgusted that he would vomit on the spot.

This eunuch is actually discharging electricity...

Guo Yunhou didn't know what "electrode" meant. He stared blankly at the booklet in his hand, racking his brains but still couldn't figure out the difference between himself and Wei Zhongxian.

Why was it that those things had not been exchanged for cash for almost half a year in the Ministry of Revenue, but when they came into Wei Zhongxian's hands, it only took him two hours to get such a big harvest!

Prince Xin on the side frowned and asked in a bad tone.

"Eunuch Wei, are you forcing the people of the capital to buy and sell?"

"If that's the case, I will severely report you when Your Majesty returns!"

These words made Wei Zhongxian feel very uncomfortable. Being questioned about his ability was an insult to himself!

"The records are in Lord Guo's hands. If His Royal Highness Prince Xin doesn't believe it, he can just send people to inquire door to door!"

After saying this, he simply waved his sleeves and turned away.

Seeing his attitude, although Prince Xin believed his words, he still became furious.

For some reason, he really wanted to kill this old man!

Sun Chengzong stepped forward to break the deadlock: "Okay, now that the silver has been delivered, let's discuss how to distribute it!"

"It's getting late, and the officials are still waiting to get their money to buy New Year's goods."

There are no more than 800 officials of all ranks in Beijing. Even if there are preferential treatments for those with different official positions, 20,000 taels of silver would be enough as a year-end bonus for these people.

However, facing the 100,000 taels of silver in front of them, and thinking about what Wei Zhongxian had said before, that there was a total of 1.7 million taels of silver, some people began to have some ideas.

"Your Highness Prince Xin, should we follow His Majesty's letter and use 10% of the money in the Ministry of Revenue to reward the officials in Beijing?"

Previously, the Ministry of Revenue was so poor that it could sell its buttocks, but now...

One percent is 170,000 taels!

If this money is really distributed, we can have an unprecedented prosperous year!

Guo Yunhou took a look at the person who spoke and found out that it was one of his own ministers, which made him furious.

"What are you thinking about? Do you have the right to speak?"

"The Ministry of Revenue still owes Your Majesty 2.8 million taels of silver. This amount of silver is not even enough to fill the hole!"

Prince Xin also waved his hand. He walked into the crowd and pointed at the silver on the cart and said.

"Everyone, although my brother has given the order, we can't just eat today and ignore tomorrow, right?"

"So, I propose that we take out 10% of the 100,000 taels of silver and distribute it as an annual reward of 10,000 taels of silver."

"Master Guo, please quickly draft a document and submit it to see how to distribute it!"

The idea of ​​Beijing officials having a prosperous New Year has gone down the drain......

But at this time, in Shanxi, thousands of miles away from Beijing, Li Zicheng was having an unprecedentedly prosperous year!

Chapter 180: Rich dog, take a knife from grandpa!

Jiexiu, Shanxi.

According to the rules, the managers of all the branches of the Fan family rushed back from all over the place.

At this moment, in the old house of the Fan family, dozens of accountants were sitting in the yard, each holding an abacus, clacking away.

From time to time, someone would finish calculating the accounts on hand, stand up and announce the results loudly.

"Yangzhou branch, net profit this year is 21,900 taels!"

"Jinan Branch, 17,200 taels!"

"Datong Semicolon, thirty thousand and seventeen taels!"

"........."

Fan Yongdou sat at the door, holding a Gongchun pot in his hand, and taking a sip from the spout from time to time.

Whenever the accountant announced the results, he would say "reward" with a smile on his face.

By the time all the accounts were sorted out, it was already the middle of the You hour.

"The master has ordered that the banquet be prepared and the food and wine be served!"

After obtaining consent, the butler behind Fan Yongdou shouted loudly to the servants.

The accountants put away the account books and stepped aside with their abacuses.

The servants came over, removed the small table and replaced it with a large square table that could seat eight people.

Then the maids brought over the wine and food that had been prepared in advance.

"Congratulations, sir. This year's natural disaster has been a great help. The business with the Later Jin alone has made us earn more than 100,000 taels of silver."

Before the meal started, the shopkeeper from the semicolon came over and spoke to Fan Yongdou in a flattering manner.

Fan Yongdou smiled and waved his hand: "That's nothing, just wait and see, our Fan family's business will definitely get better and better in the future!"

"You guys work hard, and next year I will renovate this old house again!"

"I will donate a position to the young master later, and then you can also rise to prominence with him!"

Upon hearing this, all the shopkeepers showed anticipation on their faces.

After all the food and drinks were served, Fan Yongdou stood up and asked everyone to take their seats.

The yard was bustling with activity. Even though it was icy and snowy, the shopkeepers did not feel the slightest bit cold as they sat in the open air.

The roasted pork knives and pork elbows made them very excited.

But they didn't notice that on the roofs of the surrounding houses, several men in white clothes were lying there at some point!

One of the men in white was none other than Chonglou, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who had been dragged into trouble by Li Zicheng earlier!

Looking at the table full of food below, Gao Yigong, who was beside Chonglou, couldn't help swallowing and said with some complaint.

"Brother, are we still waiting for these few coffin fillings?"

"If we wait any longer, we won't get any of the food and drinks!"

Chonglou glared at him and said, "Why are you so anxious? There's no signal from outside the city yet. Who knows if the city gate has succeeded?"

Gao Yigong was a little unconvinced: "I just don't understand, you can just attack directly, why do you have to let people get rid of the soldiers!"

Upon hearing this, Chonglou pulled out his dagger and pointed it at Gao Yigong's waist, staring at him unkindly: "Don't understand?"

Gao Yigong nodded repeatedly, his face full of curiosity.

But Chonglou's next words almost choked him to death!

"If you don't understand, just hold it in!"

Gao Yigong:.......

He really wants to kill Chonglou!

He has tried N times in the past two months, but the result is the same every time.

No matter if he was plotting behind the scenes or challenging openly, he would always be treated like a grandson by Chonglou!

Now, when facing Chonglou, he can only be tough on the surface...

Several people were lying on the roof, smelling the aroma of wine and meat in the yard, and their stomachs protested.

Until a small flag under Chonglou pointed to the east of the city and said, "Brother, it's done!"

Chonglou looked back and saw a column of black smoke appearing in the east of the city.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly and he grinned.

"A ray of smoke pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet us!"

After saying that, he took out a big firecracker from his arms, placed it on the tile next to him, and lit it with a fire starter.

After the firecracker was ignited, it did not explode, but instead spewed out a thick yellow smoke.

"Master, look!"

In the yard, someone happened to look up and saw the yellow smoke on the roof, and suddenly became panicked.

Upon hearing that, Fan Yongdou looked in the direction of the man's finger and subconsciously shouted.

"Somebody come!"

"There's a thief!"

The entire Fan family became agitated by his shout.

Hundreds of guards, armed with swords and guns, surrounded Chonglou and his men below.

Gao Yigong was already impatient. When he saw the yellow smoke coming out of Chonglou, he jumped down from the roof with a steel knife in his hand.

"You idiot, take this knife from me!"

He shouted loudly, kicked over a security guard, and rushed straight towards Fan Yongdou.

Chonglou and others also jumped down from the roof and fought with the guards and servants of the Fan family.

Although they are few in number, they are all good fighters.

Compared with the guards of the Fan family who usually only bully the weak and fear the strong, they are much stronger than others.

Fan Yongdou was very calm at first. In his opinion, these were just ordinary thieves.

But when he saw someone chopped Gao Yigong on the back with a knife, not only did no blood flow out, but under the torn white clothes, a cotton armor inlaid with iron plates was left, he was completely stunned!

There is actually armor!

This reminded him of something that happened before.

Not long ago, just outside Xingde Pass, a troop of weapons and armor escorted by the East Factory was looted by a rebel army!

These people are actually a riotous army!

In the past six months, more than a dozen counties in Shaanxi have been conquered by rebel armies, and the fate of the wealthy businessmen there has long been spread throughout the two provinces!

These rebel troops actually set their sights on our own country!

Fan Yongdou was very panicked.

The yellow smoke that just rose must be a signal for these people to give directions to their accomplices.

He guessed right!

At this moment, there were dense footsteps coming from around the Fan family, and the courtyard door was violently knocked open from the outside.

"Don't spare a single one of the Fan family, old or young, kill them all!"