You also know that you are a slave of my Jia family! Jia Heng shouted: "Kneel down!" "
Immediately, two guards in golden robes kicked Grandma Lai in the crook of her legs and pinned her to the ground, unable to move.
Jia Heng looked sternly and sneered: "Your two sons, Mr. Mo is the only one who has such a huge foundation. First make up for the stolen 630,000 taels of silver!"
As he said that, he took out a thin book that looked like a blue leather account book and said: "I have sent someone to check the account, and the black and white writing on it is crystal clear!"
When Aunt Lai heard this, she felt as if all her strength had been drained from her body, because this number was very different from what Lai Sheng had pulled home from Xifu in the past ten years. Wan Liang! Even if I sell my life, I still won’t..."
Lai's daughter-in-law also cried and started acting up, while Lai Sheng's daughter-in-law lowered her head and wiped her tears. Only Lai Shangrong stood there. Your face is earth-colored, and you feel embarrassed and don’t know what to do?
Jia Heng's eyes were gloomy, he sneered and said, "Qu Baihu, ask the manager of the bank to escort you."
Want to talk to him?
I only weigh more than 100 pounds, so I can lie down and do whatever I want?
Wrong calculation!
"Sir, all the bank stewards are escorted here." At this time, two guards in royal robes escorted an old man with a silk shirt and a goatee under his chin into the hall and said: "Reporting to Lord Jia, according to what the steward said, The treasury contains 247,342 taels of silver in cash and 85,325 taels of silver notes..."
Aunt Lai was shocked when she heard this. She raised her old face with shock and said, "This is the money my Lai family has worked hard to save. You can't touch it!"
Jia Heng frowned and asked in surprise: "How come you have so much cash?"
Mr. Lai's accountant took a fearful look at the young man in brocade and said, "Sir, during this period, the old lady sold a lot of things in order to make money for Mr. Lai. In addition, the shop's profit for the first half of the year has just been paid. This is..."
Aunt Lai listened anxiously and cried: "You can't take my money. This is all accumulated by our Lai family over several lifetimes! I will fight with you!"
After saying that, he wanted to get up and rush towards Jia Heng. However, as soon as he got up, he was pressed down by two Jinyi guards.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Saved? How can I save the things I have been slaves for for several generations besides stealing from the master's house? Give her a slap and make her sober!"
Immediately, the two Jinyi guards raised their arms and struck Grandma Lai on her face, where many wrinkles could not be seen.
"Pa bang..."
After seven or eight ear scrapes, Grandma Lai's cheeks were swollen. How could she maintain a face that was ten years younger than her contemporaries, Jia Mu?
Facing Aunt Lai's sinister and resentful look, Jia Heng sneered and said, "Aunt Lai, you threatened to spend one hundred thousand taels of silver to manage the Jingzhao Yamen. You probably haven't spent the money yet, so take it out quickly! I know that you, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, have each saved a lot of money, so please take it out! Six hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and forty-two taels, not even a tael of silver should be missing!"
Aunt Lai's cheeks were swollen, and her voice was somewhat reserved. She seemed to be crying or singing: "I want to see the old lady! Old lady, the young master of the Jia family is going to rob the slave's money..."
"It's useless to meet anyone!" Jia Heng looked at Lai Shangrong. Knowing that it was Lai Shangrong, the baby boy of the Lai family, he walked closer and said coldly: "Boy, tell me, where is the money you are hiding?"
This young man of sixteen or seventeen, even in his previous life, was still at the age when he stole his grandma's money to go online.
In fact, Jia Heng guessed it right.
As the grandson of Grandma Lai, Lai Shangrong grew up in a honey pot. The Lai family was a one-person family, so he really knew where Grandma Lai kept her money.
Aunt Lai suddenly stopped "singing" and said anxiously: "Shang Rong, our family has no money..."
Lai's wife shouted: "Shang Rong!"
Lai's second daughter-in-law opened her mouth and glanced resentfully at the young man in brocade clothes above her. She looked pale and did not dare to speak.
At this time, the two fierce-looking Jin Yiwei just rubbed their hands, stepped forward with a ferocious smile, and shouted: "Boy, you are deaf, and the adults are asking you a question!"
"There is a locked box in the mezzanine under the bed in the wing room..." Lai Shangrong said anxiously as he closed his eyes in fear, knelt down with a plop.
Aunt Lai, eldest daughter-in-law Lai: "..."
Jia Heng and Qu Lang looked at each other. Qu Lang nodded, waved, and took three Jin Yiwei to move the boxes. It took a while for the four of them to move two wooden boxes one by one, struggling to carry the two wooden boxes. Come.
"Sir, there are two more boxes buried under the bed..." Qu Lang said.
When Grandma Lai saw this scene, she just felt a "boom" and had only one thought in her mind, it was over.
Lai's furniture, land deeds, field deeds, and jewelry are all in the box.
"Smash it open!" Jia Heng glanced at Aunt Lai and shouted.
Several embroidered spring knives slashed at the brass lock. After dozens of blows, sparks flew up and there was a clicking sound.
Jia Heng stepped forward, bent down and opened the box, but was shaken. It was full of gold and jewelry, as well as a stack of land deeds and other items in the wooden box.
Jia Heng grabbed a gold ingot, weighed it, and found that there were about twenty taels. He waved it in front of Grandma Lai's eyes and asked, "No money?"
He picked up a handful of pearl necklaces and casually put one on Nanny Lai's head, "What is this?"
Grandma Lai's old body was trembling, her lips were trembling and she could not speak.
"Six hundred and thirty-two thousand, five hundred and forty-two taels, not one tael less!" Jia Heng said quietly, "For the remainder, take these jewels and give them to Tianqi Shop!"
After hearing these words, Grandma Lai felt her eyes go dark, and she had only one thought in her mind: It's over, decades of accumulation were destroyed in one fell swoop!
Jia Heng closed the box again and whispered: "Qu Baihu, send someone to Dongfu and ask the government to send seven or eight carriages with carriages to pull the things!"
I guess it will take several trips.
In order to transfer the money from Cuihua Mountain, he also spent a lot of effort and wasted a lot of time.
This was the wealth of the evil slave Lai family, which was different from the one captured by the bandits in Cuihua Mountain. No one else could say anything. Even if the emperor heard about it, he would only breathe quickly. Otherwise, would he still have to offer it as a tribute from his ministers?
There is no such truth in the world, otherwise, the first person to pay tribute should be that...single mother His Highness Jinyang.
It's like the emperor didn't know that the Zhen family in Jiangnan was in deficit for millions. He had wanted to raid the Zhen family for a long time, but he was unable to do so because of the presence of the Supreme Emperor in Chonghua Palace.
"The emperor is probably having a great time sending people to raid Yun Guang's house in Chang'an County right now!" Jia Heng's eyes narrowed, and he thought: "There is also the Zhen family. It is said that they will not be transferred to the Jia family in two years." Wealth, the men and women in Xifu, it’s as if their brains are twitching, helping to cover it up!”
It has to be said that the money from the house confiscation came too fast. A person will not be rich without windfall, and a horse will not be fat without night grass.
Qu Lang nodded and ordered a Jinyi guard to report to Dongfu.
The servants of the East Mansion came in a carriage. The servants were all in the dark, and they were numbered fifty or sixty.
Jia Heng asked the accountant of Lai's family to record in the account book at the side, while carrying the silver box, a total of 332,667 taels of silver (including 85,000 taels of silver notes), and gold Eight thousand three hundred and twenty-four taels.
According to the ratio of gold and silver since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the official gold and silver exchange ratio is often called Wujiao and Liujiao, that is, one to five or one to six. However, in fact, it has long been priceless and has no market. Gold’s value-preserving properties and decorative functions, It is often loved by dignitaries and dignitaries and purchased at high prices.
In addition, gold has never been circulated as official currency, and it is rare and expensive, which has pushed gold to high prices.
During the Qianlong period of Jia Heng's previous life, due to the outflow of silver, the gold-silver exchange ratio was once pushed to 15.4.
According to the Chen-Han gold and silver exchange ratio in this world, it has reached one to twelve. On the black market, even some fine gold can reach one to fifteen.
The original work of Dream of Red Mansions also contains, "It's only a hundred taels of gold worth a thousand taels of silver. Is it enough for a year?"
The gold that Grandma Lai had stored was obviously of good quality.
Until almost noon, Jia Heng looked at Aunt Lai and said: "Aunt Lai, the gold and silver add up to a total of 450,000 taels, and there is still a gap of nearly 180,000 taels. These land deeds and house deeds He also knows how to deal with others and will never let the Lai family suffer!"
Grandma Lai was trembling all over now and was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Not to mention that Jia Heng supervised the carriage loaded with silver and headed back towards Dongfu with a full load.
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But in Rongguo Mansion, Jia She and Mrs. Xing went to check the accounts in a hurry. At this moment, in the courtyard where Lai Da, the general manager of Rongguo Mansion, was waiting, a bunch of servants were waiting, and they did not dare to show their anger.
As a single family member, Jia She went to Ping'an Prefecture to engage in smuggling business, and he also maintained a group of servants.
At this time, the leading accountant named Xia said with a smile: "Sir, the account books of the past ten years have been collected. Can we start checking them?"
The three accountants in the shops behind him also saluted Jia She.
Jia She said: "Mr. Xia and everyone, you are done."
The accountant named Xia said he didn't dare, and then greeted Jia She and Mrs. Xing into the main hall.
At this time, eight leaders including Wu Xingdeng, Dai Liang, and Qian Hua were all present, standing with their hands folded.
Jia She said: "Everyone, Lai Da, this slave, has embezzled a lot of money from me. I have received instructions from the old lady to check all the account books for the past ten years."
Wu Xingdeng and others all agreed and sneered in their hearts.
Then I listened to the crackling sound of the abacus and the flipping of the account books, and kept comparing them. Then about half an hour later, several accountants were whispering to each other.
Jia She picked up the tea cup, put it down, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"In the year of Yimao, there is nothing wrong with the account books." Mr. Xia said with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
"There's nothing wrong with Bingchennian's account books." An accountant behind him also said.
"In the year of Ding Si, there is nothing wrong with the account books."
"There are some problems with the Wuwu Year account books..."
"How much?" Jia She asked anxiously.
Several other accounting gentlemen also stopped looking at the account books and all looked at the face of an old man.
The old man was silent for a moment and said, "We are short two hundred and fifty taels."
Jia She's expression changed and he said, "Why are there so few?"
At this time, Wu Xindeng smiled bitterly and said: "The eldest master may have forgotten that the uncle of Cuiyun, the aunt in the eldest master's room, died that year and needed to pay for the funeral. The eldest master said that he was short of money, so he asked Mr. Lian to let me withdraw three dollars. One hundred taels of silver. The servant said a few words at the beginning that the concubine's uncle had died and as a rule he would only be given twenty taels of silver. He was also scolded by Mr. Lian, so he had no way to withdraw the two hundred and fifty taels of silver. The servant added another fifty taels of silver, but the clothes haven't been cut all year round."
When Jia She heard this, his face was green and gloomy, and he felt that his old face was so ashamed that there was no place to put it.
What a slave! You deliberately brought this up!
At this moment, all the servants and boys in the room wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh.
Jia She took a deep breath, put down the tea cup, snorted coldly, and said: "Check it for me, turn it over, I won't believe it, these slaves hide it so well!"
The accounting gentlemen were obviously not free earners. As the account books were turned over to recent years, they gradually discovered that something was wrong.
Obviously, as the year approaches, Lai Da, Wu Xindeng and others have become more bold and bold, and their cover-up methods have become relatively crude.
"Sir, in the past five years, there has been a total of five thousand three hundred taels of silver." Shopkeeper Xia handed over the account book and said with a smile.
Jia She's face softened slightly and said, "What else do you have to say!"
"I was confused for a moment. When my useless son got married, I took a thousand taels of silver from the accounting room." Wu Xindeng's face changed slightly and he begged for mercy: "Sir, wait a few days. Even if you sell your property, you still have to make up for it." superior."
Dai Liang on the side smiled bitterly and said: "It's wrong to have two thousand taels of silver. It was because the farm had a bad harvest that year, and the green rice sent by the farm was not enough, so we had to buy some from outside. At that time, the housekeeper was in a hurry, so the little one only had two thousand taels." Yinzi forgot to keep the account, and the housekeeper knew about it, and it was Qian Hua who took care of it."
Qian Hua grimaced and said: "Sir, my rice was transported from Huguang by bandits and a third of it was lost. Later, my wife He Lian also told me about this." "
For a time, several people responded with rhetoric.
Jia She's face became even more ugly, and he asked several people on the side, "How many years of accounting books are there that have not been checked?"
"There are some from earlier years."
"Then continue to investigate. How much do you find out? How much is it!" Jia She said coldly with a livid face.
Then, after some verification, it was found that there were seven thousand taels of silver in total that could not be verified.
Jia She also knew that these people were clever at hiding it, but seven thousand taels of silver was still a lot, so he asked, "What do you say about this money?"
Wu Xindeng called out and said: "Master, Mr. Wu and I have been working for the house for more than ten years, but we can't even get a thousand taels of benefits a year? If the master thinks that Old Wu should not receive this benefit, Then in two days, we will sell off the supplies to make up for the shortfall in the company, and then go back to the village to farm!"
When Jia She heard this, his face turned green and red, and he said angrily: "Mr. Greedy Mo has gained money, but he still has the nerve to defend himself! I will report it to the old lady now!"
With that said, he headed towards Rongqing Hall.
In Rongqing Hall——
Jia's mother was talking to Baoyu and other sisters. When she saw Jia She coming in, she asked anxiously: "Have you finished the investigation?"
"Old lady, Wu Xindeng and others are so shameless. They stole seven thousand taels of silver from the house! This matter can't be let go!" Jia She said angrily.
"Only seven thousand taels of silver?" Jia Mu frowned and asked in surprise.
If it was seven thousand taels, it was really not much. She thought there were tens of thousands taels of silver. If so, was it worth raising an army? Causing disharmony at home?
At this time, Yingchun, who was playing chess with Xichun in the distance, saw Jia She. After Si Qi pulled his sleeves as a sign, he stood up, bowed Yingyingfu, and said, "Father."
Jia She nodded to Yingchun, but responded to Jia Mu's words: "Mother, seven thousand taels is a lot, you can..."
I can do it for a long time, but I can't think of anything at the moment. I can't say that I can buy a few good calligraphy and paintings.
Of course, it's also possible that... I can sell my daughter for one point or four times.
Tanchun couldn't help but said: "Master, why are there only seven thousand taels? Have you checked everyone's information?"
Jia Mu looked at Tanchun and said: "Third girl, come to think of it, Lai Daneng has two to thirty thousand taels of silver, which is really great. Earlier, Brother Heng said that Dongfu has a lot of losses, and there is only Lai Er in charge of Dongfu, and we Xifu is different again.”
Mrs. Wang frowned, but also nodded and said: "They are all staring at each other. Even if they are intentional, they are not greedy."
Jia Mu also nodded when she heard this, smiled and said, "That makes sense."
The four housekeepers restrained each other. This was a rule set by her. It was also a housekeeping method learned from the old Duke.
How can people with evil intentions work together to covet Mo’s family’s money? As long as there is an honest person, he will not let these slaves line their own pockets and act unscrupulously.
Tan Chun frowned, still vaguely feeling that something was wrong, and was about to speak, but Daiyu on the side tugged her sleeve, indicating that she couldn't say anything anymore.
At this moment, a mandarin duck walked around the screen and came in. His face was as red as drinking fine wine, and his blush was as bright as a peach. He said crisply, "Old lady, Dongfu'er comes from Lai's house." I have pulled several large carts of good stuff, and I heard from Mistress Lian that Uncle Heng found out that the Lai family embezzled more than 600,000 taels of silver from Duke Dongfu, and he is currently recovering it."
Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang: "..."
And Jia She... was breathing heavily and his eyes were red.
Chapter 152: Eyes are red
