~Date: ~November 06~

Although Chu Huan drank a lot of wine last night, he still entered the yamen early in the morning and sat down at his office. Before he could sit down, Dou Yi was already standing outside the door with a letter and said respectfully: "Mr. Chu."

Chu Huan summoned him in, saw the official letter in Dou Yi's hand, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Dou has something to do?"

Dou Yi was straight to the point and handed over the official letter in his hand, "Sir, please stamp it on it."

"Oh?" Chu Huan nodded and said, "Okay, by the way, what is this?"

When Dou Yi saw Chu Huan agreeing, his brows slightly relaxed and said with a smile: "This is the silver appropriation approved by the Tongren Pavilion for repairing the Tongren Pavilion. The Beishi has calculated it, and the Ministry of Revenue Cao has also read it. As long as you stamp it, you can approve the silver. Please visit the latest free chapters of this book."

Chu Huan nodded and smiled, "This is the first time I am stamping the seal. Yes, Lord Dou, are there any other things to pay attention to besides stamping?"

"Sir, you only need to stamp it." Dou Yi's voice and attitude were respectful, but the meaning in his words was really not respectful.

Chu Huan seemed not to hear the disrespect in Dou Yi's speech. He carefully took out a small square seal from his arms, opened it, blew the printing seat, opened the official letter, glanced at it, and asked with a smile: "Sir Dou, is Tongren's Hall going to be built with gold?"

Dou Yi frowned slightly and said, "My lord is joking. But how to build it is the matter of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works. Our Ministry of Revenue calculates it and approves the silver. You can stamp it quickly. You have to hand it over to the Ministry of Finance and let them allocate the silver. The Xiliang mission will arrive within two months. The construction period of the Fanguan is still very tight. We cannot delay the Ministry of Works' projects."

Chu Huan nodded repeatedly: "Mr. Dou said that this is a big deal and cannot be delayed." However, he did not have the action of stamping, but instead leaned on the chair, looked at Dou Yi with a smile, and asked, "Mr. Dou, I suddenly thought of something, I don't know if Master Dou can give me advice."

"Please speak with Lord Chu"

"Mr. Dou is in the Ministry of Revenue, but I don't know if he knows how much rice on the market is now worth a stone?" Chu Huan asked humbly.

Dou Yi was stunned, a little strange, but he still said, "After one or two silvers."

A stone of rice in Daqin is about one hundred kilograms.

Chu Huan nodded slightly and asked again: "If a family of five people, how much rice does it take a day?"

Although Dou Yi was a little bored, Chu Huan had to reply, since he asked, "It depends on whether the family of five is a child or a child. If all five are chéngrén and one meal is full of three meals, one ri may need about one and a half pounds."

"So that's it." Chu Huan raised his finger and calculated to himself: "One tael of silver and one stone of rice, a family of five needs one and a half pounds of rice, so two months will require about one stone of rice. In a year, five or six taels of silver will be enough for a family of five to eat rice..."

Dou Yi saw Chu Huan talking to himself and couldn't help saying, "Sir, you should stamp this seal. Bei Zhi has to go to the Jin Ministry. The people from the Ministry of Works will come to the door later."

Chu Huan smiled and waved his hand, "Don't be anxious," and said, "Do you know, Lord Dou, I have traveled to many places before, and many people have problems, not to mention one or three meals. Moreover, they cannot eat big white rice, but make a little brown rice with leaves and make porridge... A family of five in Beijing has to use one and a half pounds of rice a day, but in some places, one pound of rice is enough for ten people to eat two or three ris. Do you believe it?"

Dou Yi frowned and said, "I don't understand what my lord mean."

Chu Huan sighed: "Mr. Dou, it costs 350,000 taels of silver to repair Tongren Hall. Is this a mistake?" He leaned forward: "Does Tongren Hall all have to be made of gold? Then why is it called Tongren Hall? It can be called the Golden Hall directly."

Dou Yi reluctantly smiled and said, "My master misunderstood that Tongren Pavilion is not repaired with gold, but a large amount of materials for repairing require a lot of gold and silver."

"Oh?" Chu Huan wiped his forehead, as if he was wiping sweat, but there was no sweat on his forehead. He smiled and said, "This has confused me. I also asked yesterday that although the Tongren Hall is not small, it is not huge. There are a total of four courtyards, with a total of 123 houses. Lord Dou, am I right?"

Dou Yi's face was already a little impatient, but he nodded.

"I also know that I will buy a house in the capital, with front and back yards, and twenty or thirty rooms. Even the area house is not bad, and it is only more than one thousand taels of silver. Is that right?" Chu Huan asked quietly.

Dou Yi couldn't help but say, "What do you want to say? Why can't you understand the humble vocation?"

Chu Huan said lightly: "How come Lord Dou doesn't understand? Buying a house is only a thousand taels of silver. Now, it will cost 350,000 taels of silver to repair a complete Tongren Hall. Lord Dou, is this a mystery? Tongren Hall and even the area house already exist. It only takes a little repair but it will cost so much money. I really don't understand what kind of repair method is? If I hadn't plated a layer of gold outside the house, I wouldn't have thought of how to spend these silver?"

Dou Yi changed his face slightly and said, "How to repair it is the business of the Ministry of Works. Our Ministry of Revenue does not need to be concerned about it."

"How to repair it doesn't require us to be careful, but if the money goes out from us, we need to be careful." Chu Huan leaned on the chair and said lightly: "Thirty-five thousand taels of silver, what a huge amount, all of them are replaced with silver ingots and placed in Tongren Pavilion, I'm afraid it won't be able to put it down." He raised his eyelids, looked at Dou Yi, and asked, "Mr. Dou, are you doing a poor job of calculating the repair cost of Tongren Pavilion? Do you want to do it carefully?"

Dou Yi could no longer hold his face and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chu, what do you mean? Is it a bad job to do things in a low position?"

"Do I have this meaning?" Chu Huan asked, "I just said that the money spent is wrong. Lord Dou should know, 350,000 taels of silver can buy how much rice can be bought and how many people can eat? Build a steward, 30,000 taels of silver is already shocking, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver is simply a joke."

Dou Yi opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a moment. He finally recovered from his senses. After calming down his mind, he said: "Mr. Chu, Tongren Pavilion is my Gentile Pavilion in Daqin. It is not an ordinary house that can be compared. Every brick, tile, every grass and every tree there is a lot of attention. It must not be measured by the value of ordinary houses."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "In this way, Master Dou not only works as a worker in our Ministry of Revenue, but also works as a worker in the Ministry of Works?"

"Why did you say this by sir?"

"If I hadn't been in the Ministry of Works, how could Master Dou be so familiar with the bricks and tiles of the restaurant? What else would he say is different from ordinary houses?" Chu Huan touched his chin and said leisurely: "Does my Daqin have a special cave to burn bricks and tiles of the Tongren Pavilion separately?"

Dou Yi was originally talking to Chu Huan patiently, but at this moment he couldn't help but say, "Sir, this project has been calculated, the Ministry of Revenue has also approved it, and the Lord Shangshu knows it. You should stamp it with a seal, so it's better to continue to do the job."

Chu Huan sneered and said, "In this way, Master Dou is the master of this Duzhi Cao. You don't need to be clear about everything. You are the one who decides?"

Dou Yi frowned and said, "Sir, you can't afford to be a humble position. However, when Yang Tong and Lord Yang were there, Lord Yang would not ask too much. If you deal with all humble positions, Lord Yang only needs to stamp it."

"Yang Tong is Yang Tong, and I am the official." Chu Huan's voice suddenly became cold: "Master Dou may have forgotten that now the official is the official who is in charge of the reign of Cao. I feel that this account is something wrong and want to ask clearly, is it not within the scope of the authority?"

When Dou Yi saw Chu Huan's voice getting cold, he was stunned at first, and then sneered: "In this way, Lord Chu feels that the job of a humble job has not been done well? Do you say that the calculation is wrong, does it mean that the job of a humble job has been negligent?"

Chu Huan said without changing his face, "That's not the case. Dou, the official, was just here, and he was in charge of the Duzhi Cao, and many things were still unknown. Perhaps I am really ignorant. It would be better if the people from the Ministry of Works will spend 350,000 taels of silver. You ask them to make a list and list the budgets for each expenditure in detail. I really want to see what this 300,000 taels of silver is used. If such a huge amount is really needed, I have nothing to say and will definitely stamp it."

Dou Yishen became cold and said, "In this way, Lord Chu is not going to stamp the seal now?"

"I have already made it clear."

"Don't forget, Lord Chu, the emperor issued an order to repair Tongren Pavilion and promote the power of the Great Qin State. If Lord Chu does not stamp the seal, the Ministry of Works will not arrange construction." Dou Yishen was not good: "If it really delays, our Ministry of Revenue will not be able to escape."

"You are just the right-level official. If you really want to blame me, you will find my official's head first." Chu Huan said calmly: "Dou, I will still remind you that you will assist me in handling the affairs of Duzhi Cao. This is true, but don't forget that Duzhi Cao is the final decision of my official, and it is not your Dou."

Dou Yi snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Chu said that, and there is nothing to say. After less than three times, Lord Chu came to Dushi Cao and seemed to have doubts about the ability to handle the misunderstanding. Since this is the case, Dushi did not dare to serve him anymore. Now he will report to the master of the ministry and ask the master of the ministry to transfer Dushi Cao and avoid delaying the affairs of the master."

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Master Dou is leaving?"

"What Lord Chu did makes Bei Zhi feel heartbroken." Dou Yi said: "The cost calculation of Tongrenguan is not just Dou. Many people in Duzhi Cao have worked hard. Now the result we have worked hard to calculate is so suspicious that it not only makes Bei Zhi feel heartbroken, but also may be cold in Duzhi Cao's other colleagues. If Bei Zhi wants to leave, they may not stay... Since Master Chu said that he is in charge of Duzhi Cao, then please help Chu himself in everything." Speaking of this, his eyes showed pride and stared at Chu Huan's eyes.

Chu Huan instantly understood that Dou Yi was using a wrong move to surrender.

He had just taken office. If a large number of officials from Duzhi Cao left at this time, not to mention that Duzhi Cao could not function normally, Chu Huan's own reputation and prestige would also be greatly affected.

When a new official takes office, a large number of subordinates are leaving. If this matter is spread, people will be ridiculed by Chu Huan for being incompetent.

Dou Yi said this, underestimatingly, but Chu Huan also understood that the other party might have prepared a way to deal with him. It would be fine if he obeyed. Once it was hindering them, they would use various tricks to submit themselves. I am afraid that in the heart of this Dou official, he would have been preparing to become his puppet and let him mercy.

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