Chapter 12 Official Silver

Without waiting for Paine to answer, Butler Wang continued.

"Don't worry, Mr. Pan. The contracts of sale of these maids have been changed. There is no need to give them any monthly money on weekdays. It only costs them a meal. It doesn't cost much."

"this……"

Pan En looked at the three pretty maids and then at Qingwen, but for the moment he couldn't think of any words of rejection.

Butler Wang smiled and knew that this trip was basically a success. He left the three maids and the third carriage behind, confessed to Pan En and left.

Pan En asked Qingwen to bring her "former colleagues" in, and then he and Abi pulled the third carriage into the yard.

Paine opened the curtain of the carriage and saw a large box inside. When Paine opened it, there were actually 50 high-winged silver ingots in the shape of a horseshoe. The sparkling silver was so attractive!

"A lot of silver, and it's not the naked silver we usually use. This is the top-grade silver with snowflake patterns. It looks like a Fengqiao hand. This ingot is fifty taels!"

Abi, the little maid, is the daughter of Mr. Pan's accountant. She is very familiar with the accounting of money.

"Is this official silver?"

Paine asked.

Abi replied: "It's hard to say. If the wealthy businessmen in Pingjiang Prefecture have saved a lot of broken silver, they will melt it into the shape of Fengqiao Skipper. Every one hundred taels of Fengqiao Skipper can be used to raise water for five liang or six qian, and the young master can take out one Look at the bottom of each silver ingot. If it is official silver, it should have writing on it."

Paine took out a silver ingot and turned it over, only to see that the bottom was indeed engraved with words.

"It's bad! Young Master, it's still Pingjiang Mansion's treasury silver. This is genuine government treasury silver. That Ding Dianshi definitely wants to harm you!"

Abi panicked.

The laws of the Dajing Dynasty were very strict. It is said that in the early years, the establishment of silver furnaces required permission from the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ministry of Finance issued a license as a guarantee, and no local area was allowed to add any new ones at will. Later, when the laws were relaxed, private silver furnaces gradually appeared. However, private silver furnaces were not registered, and it was absolutely impossible to engrave the name of the craftsman and the state capital on the silver ingot. That is to say, only official silver furnaces with official approval must be operated by official silversmiths permitted by the state and county when collecting money and grain from the state and county. When operated by official silversmiths licensed by the chief envoy in the treasury, the name of the craftsman can be rewarded. The month, day and the name of the state capital it belongs to. These official silver are usually sent to the provincial treasury, and then transferred from the provincial treasury to the national treasury. According to the law, they are not allowed to live among the people. Even if it involves the use of troops for disaster relief, the treasury silver will be melted into small ingots without characters after being issued by the household department.

"Ding Dianshi has no enmity or enmity against me and has no reason to harm me."

Paine's expression remained unchanged. Ding Dianshi dared to bring this treasure to his house, and it was definitely not on his own initiative. He, a mere Dianshi, did not have such great energy. Not to mention Ding Dianshi, even County Magistrate Bai and Magistrate Li could not get hold of the treasury silver of Pingjiang Prefecture. Whenever treasury money is involved, it is inseparable from the Jiangnan Chief Envoy Si Yamen, and this Jiangnan Chief Envoy Si Yamen is in Pingjiang Mansion.

"Yes, the Jia family's affairs involve the layout of two generations of emperors. Li Xiao, the magistrate of Pingjiang Prefecture, is only a fourth-rank official. It would be strange to write a letter to impeach the Jia family for illegal acts, but if the second-rank Jiangnan envoy is behind it, then it will be It makes sense. The chief envoy of Jiangnan is in charge of the administration and finance of Jiangnan. Jiangnan is a prosperous place. It is easy for him to get some treasury silver. Give me 2,500 taels of treasury silver. I am afraid it is because of my Pan family. It's part of the reward for standing in line. It's just that the imperial envoy is here in person, so I don't know if it will cause any trouble."

When Pan En thought about this, he stopped thinking about it. He still had to ask his cheap dad about this kind of thing, so Pan En just told Abi not to say anything.