Chapter 160
Chen Xiao collected the accounts from Princess Yelan in public, which made Princess Yelan feel embarrassed all of a sudden.
So many people are watching, you said I owe 100 taels of money, but I still want it now?
This is a shame, it makes people feel embarrassed.
Everyone else was stunned and watched this scene.
Princess Yelan coughed and said, "Uh... that...is there something wrong with this? No?"
She blinked at Chen Xiao and signaled Chen Xiao to talk privately.
Chen Xiao misunderstood and said, "Princess, aren't you? For a hundred taels of silver, you don't have to wink at me, so you won't be able to seduce me!"
Princess Yelan's face turned red instantly. She thought to herself, Chen Xiao, what is your ability to understand? Have you never learned to interpret expressions? That's seducing you?
"Ahem, this... I'll talk about it privately..." Princess Yelan said.
Chen Xiao panicked: "Why do you have to be private? You know what Jiuer and I have to do with you in private. I can't have anything to do with you in private. Just solve this matter in public, and you must not.
Besides, you can’t even want integrity for one hundred taels, right? It really doesn’t work... I’ll give you a quotation? One hundred taels are not much, integrity is more important!”
Princess Yelan was crazy and thought that you not only had a wrong understanding, but also over-interpretation...
After gritting his teeth, Princess Yelan said, "I borrowed money from the Ministry of Revenue? No? No, there is no such thing. Why don't you talk alone later? Everyone will have dinner now!"
Chen Xiao looked serious: "That's not OK. According to your opinion, you don't want to admit your account? There are so many people now, I'll show you the account book so that you won't be fooled and refuse to admit your account..."
As he said that, Chen Xiao opened the account book and muttered: "It shouldn't be... The princess, a mere hundred taels, why are you still acting like a fool? This person is not very good..."
Princess Yelan's face turned dark, and she took a deep breath, trying to suppress her anger and embarrassment.
At this time, Chen Xiao found the page of Princess Yelan and said:
Look, this is not clearly written. Two years ago, you borrowed 100 taels of RMB 100,000, and it has not been exchanged yet. You must admit it, it is in black and white. If you don’t have money, I will help you with this account, but you have to admit it!"
Hearing this, Princess Yelan was almost crazy.
What a good guy, his only face has been shattered by Chen Xiao in public.
She took a deep breath and said to Chen Xiao in anger:
"I am not short of money, please wait!"
As she said that, she asked Shiren to take hundreds of taels of silver.
Leave it to Chen Xiaohou, Chen Xiao smiled: "You see, you don't need money, why are you dragging it..."
Princess Yelan curled her lips: "Forgot!"
Chen Xiao nodded: "Okay, you said you are not short of money, so why do you borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue?"
Princess Yelan said, "At that time, I heard that everyone was borrowing money from the Ministry of Revenue. I also thought it was fun, so I borrowed 100 taels..."
Chen Xiao was speechless: "Okay, you are the third type of person, the idle and painful type..."
"Boy hurt? Where?" asked Princess Yelan.
"Uh, you have no eggs..." Chen Xiao smiled.
As he said that, he stood up and said, "I won't keep more of it, let's go!"
"I'm so anxious to leave? Let's have a little more fun? After all, I may not be the only one here who borrowed money, right?" Princess Yelan said deliberately.
She can't be embarrassed by it alone!
Chen Xiao was stunned: "Why? Everyone, do you still have borrowed money from the Ministry of Revenue?"
At present, Prince Pingyang is embarrassed.
Chen Xiao looked at the account: "Huh? Prince Pingyang?"
Prince Pingyang's face turned red, and he stood up and took out two hundred taels of silver: "Take it and take it... I just thought it was fun at the beginning..."
Chen Xiao rolled his eyes and looked again: "Who else? Or did your father's family borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue?"
Everyone looks at each other, but they don’t admit it.
Chen Xiao didn't ask one by one, so he put away the account book and said:
"Since it's gone, it's okay. I have to go to other places to collect the accounts. I won't stay here for more. Goodbye everyone!"
As he said that, he got up and said goodbye, leaving Prince Cheng's Mansion.
"Sir, you have taken it all, Princess, so awesome!" The little official was excited.
Chen Xiao smiled faintly: "It's nothing, look at it again... Huh? The Minister of Rites? Borrow two thousand taels of money?"
"Sir, this Minister of Rites is really poor..." said the minor official.
Another minor official nodded: "The Ministry of Rites is a very clear yamen. He is responsible for some etiquette, rules and regulations, sacrifices, schools, imperial examinations and other matters on weekdays. He has almost no fuel and water, and his power is not very large, and no one bribes. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites is basically a poor official!"
"Then the account must be collected. Two thousand taels are not a small amount!" Chen Xiao said.
So Chen Xiao took people to the Ministry of Rites.
The Ministry of Rites has many rules, after all, it is in charge of etiquette, and the minor officials guarding the gate are very polite.
After going to report, Chen Xiao entered and was taken to the hall!
The Minister of State was drinking tea, and there was also a minister next to him. Chen Xiao knew him. During the imperial examination, the minister named Lu even gave a kind reminder to Chen Xiao!
After Chen Xiao came, he bowed: "The chief of the Ministry of Revenue, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has met the two great masters, Shangshu and Shilang..."
"There is no need to be too polite. I don't know what the matter is going to avoid?" Shangshu spoke.
He is a little thin, very old, in his sixties, and has a literary atmosphere.
"Well... the lower official was recently ordered by the Minister of Revenue to collect accounts from all the adults who borrowed money from the Ministry of Revenue...!" Chen Xiao said.
When he heard this, the Minister of Rites's upright body collapsed instantly.
"This...this...this...this...this..." The old Shangshu looked embarrassed and embarrassed. He was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and understood the most about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.
It is too embarrassing for people like them to borrow money.
But life is forced to do nothing?
"That... Chief Chen, it's not that I am a slut, it's really... I am a poor person... I am a poor person..." The old Shangshu blushed.
Chen Xiao said: "But... if the money is not returned, it will be difficult for the Ministry of Revenue to explain it? Lord Shangshu, why don't you buy anything at home? "
The old Shangshu blushed and said, "There is only one house in my family. I have no place to live in it after I sell it. There are still hundreds of acres of land. There are salt ponds in this hundred acres, but... the salt produced is not good... so this land is neither fertile land nor good salt can be obtained, and no one wants it even if it is sold."
Chen Xiao's eyes lit up. There is a salt pond with a hundred acres of land? Can salt be called salt now? It is bitter, astringent and unpalatable. If you eat too much, you will die.
As a modern person, how can he not know how to make salt if he knows some physics and chemistry?
So he excitedly said to the old Shangshu: "Sell this hundred acres of land to me, and I will give you two thousand taels of silver!"
"Take it seriously?" The old Shangshu's eyes lit up and he became excited.
Chen Xiao talked with the old Shangshu for a long time, and after confirming it, he left happily.
If you can use the salt pond and make good salt, just two thousand taels, it will be considered a hammer!
Chen Xiao was very happy, but he had to do the important things.
Chapter completed!