Lifting the red cloth, there are ten guan money on the tray, it looks like it is still the kind of short mo, one hundred thousand guan becomes ten guan, although I know that some officials will discount their affairs in order to make benefits, but ten thousand taels of gold have become ten short Mo copper coins, Zheng Peng can no longer bear it.

No matter how dark it is, you can't turn 100,000 into 10,000.

In a fit of rage, Zheng Peng couldn't hold back anymore and threw the red cloth on the ground on the spot.

"Zheng... Lezheng, what do you mean by this? The little eunuch who came to give the reward was startled and stammered a little.

On weekdays, when he came to announce the reward, which official was not coaxing and respecting, this little Lezheng, the attitude was not good enough, when he accepted the reward in front, he looked left and right, looked around frequently, and gave him the reward, first with a look of disbelief, and then his face deteriorated, and finally threw the red cloth on the ground, with a violent face.

Although he is a little eunuch, he is now doing things for the emperor, and he is the embodiment of the emperor, who dares to be so disrespectful?

Zheng Peng pointed to the tray and asked: "The decree said that the reward for gold is 10,000 taels, and if you don't give gold, it will be 100,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan, now there are only 10,000 yuan, and the remaining 99,990 yuan, where did it go?" ”

It's understandable to ask for a reward for running errands, but it's too much, it's like rewarding a sheep, but there is only a sheepskin in hand, and it's strange that you can be convinced.

The little eunuch first froze for a moment, and then his eyes were strange, looking at Zheng Peng's appearance was like looking at a bun, and he could see from his expression that Zheng Peng didn't look like a play, so he explained: "Zheng Lezheng is a little restless, and the miscellaneous family will never dare to be greedy for the emperor's reward, here is ten thousand dollars, always a thousand words, ten thousand words, this is the emperor's reward of ten thousand gold." ”

Seeing that Zheng Peng didn't believe it, the little eunuch patiently explained to Zheng Peng, and Zheng Peng suddenly realized.

One sentence said that the emperor wanted to save face, but he was reluctant to give so much money, so there was a practice of floating rewards, which said that there was one amount, and what actually got was another amount.

Think about it, you can reward thousands of acres of fertile land and 10,000 taels of gold at every turn, even if the treasury is rich, it can't withstand the toss, so there is this kind of floating reward and real sealing, and the 10,000 taels of gold that Li Longji said are actually 10,000 copper coins.

Copper money is yellow and clear, in ancient times, when a large amount of gold was not dug out, copper was also called gold, and it was also a loss to Li Longji to figure it out, at that time, Zheng Peng still scolded him in his heart for being a loser, now that he thinks about it, he is really naïve.

Listen to the little eunuch said, this kind of atmosphere has actually come from the origin, there is a tacit understanding between the monarch and the ministers, and they do not break each other, like Tang Taizong Li Shimin is an expert in the floating reward, just take Lu Guogong Cheng bite gold as an example, follow Li Shimin from birth to death, and his unique personality is very popular with Li Shimin, according to the Tang law, the Guogong eats 3,000 households, and he only eats 700 households, and the actual food is less than 30%.

A courtier like Cheng Yanjin, who is deeply trusted and loved by the emperor, has made such a big discount, and others can imagine that some of the 300 households in the food town are actually only ten or eight households are normal.

Zheng Peng then understood why Father-in-law Qian saw that he was so happy and generous, as if he wanted to say something and stopped, it was estimated that he saw that he had misjudged the reward, naively thought that there were 10,000 taels of gold, and proudly promised to invite the entire Zuojiaofang people to eat and give big red envelopes, but he was too excited to see that he didn't break it in the end.

You can't say in front of so many people that the emperor won't reward so much, don't be happy yet.

By the way, the little eunuch who read out the oracle said that he said it with both hands, and he thought that people were saying official words, but he didn't expect that people were telling the truth, and it was indeed offered with both hands, and when Wang Wenzhuang left, he said that if the money was not enough, he could ask him to borrow it, and he would not collect profits, in fact, he had already understood the unspoken rules.

Just be naïve yourself.

promised to add wine and food to more than 1,000 people in Zuojiaofang, promised that everyone would have a big red envelope, promised to invite Xiao En's 100 children to eat a big meal and send toys, and took the initiative to tell Father-in-law Qian to give him a generous gift, Zheng Peng thought about it, his face turned a little pale.

I gave the little eunuch a gold leaf as a reward, and there were one or two gold leaves alone, which could be exchanged for ten yuan of money, and the ten yuan I received was still short.

In other words, he gave all the reward money to the eunuch who passed the decree, and at the end he took a large number of votes, and the bureaucratic style was harmful.

Zheng Peng complained bitterly in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off, so he picked up the red cloth thrown down like lightning, and said with a smile: "Don't mind, father-in-law, my hands have been bad recently, I often have cramps, and I can't hold things." ”

As he spoke, he stuffed the little eunuch with a small piece of broken gold.

What you do yourself, even if you have tears, you have to finish it, you will definitely lose your money, and what you just did must be smoothed out, throw the red cloth rewarded by the emperor, and cure a crime of "great disrespect".

Picking it up, he gritted his teeth and stuffed it with about three pieces of broken gold, and the big man holding the tray also stuffed him with the usual money, which was regarded as a seal.

After the little eunuch and the big man received a rich reward, they forgot about Zheng Peng's rude behavior and happily returned to the palace to resume their lives.

When the others left, Ah Fu walked over with a smile and complimented: "The young master is really powerful, and he was rewarded by the emperor not long after entering the workshop." ”

"Hey, why don't you take the tray in?" Zheng Peng said angrily.

Ten thousand taels of gold have become ten thousand copper coins, and they have to take a large sum, Zheng Peng is also painful to think about.

Ah Fu wanted to pat the horse's ass, but he didn't expect to pat the horse's hooves, and seeing that his young master was in a bad mood, he didn't dare to say anything, so he hurriedly picked up the tray for ten pieces of money and walked into the house.

Just wanted to go back to the house and lie down, Ding Heng ran over out of breath, saw Zheng Peng, and said breathlessly: "Zheng Lezheng, have you got the reward?" ”

It's really a pot that can't be opened, Zheng Peng's old face twitched, and he said a little depressedly: "I received it, 10,000 copper coins." ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Peng couldn't help but complain: "Ding Menling, why don't you mention this kind of thing, I really think it's a big reward, and I promise to add vegetables and promise red envelopes, there are more than 1,000 people in Zuojiaofang, this is going to bankrupt someone." ”

If others don't mention it, forget it, Ding Heng is an old acquaintance, he doesn't eat less braised meat on weekdays, and he doesn't mention it when he makes a mistake.

Drop the chain at a critical moment.

Ding Heng said a little wrongedly: "Being rewarded by the emperor, it's nothing to invite guests to dinner, but most of them invite familiar people, the little ones didn't expect Zheng Lezheng to be so generous, he invited them all with one mouth, and he should also have a big red envelope for one person, even if he wanted to stop it, it was too late." ”

After a pause, Ding Heng said cautiously: "Besides, the reward has not been awarded, and the small one doesn't know how much the reward is, so I can't say in public that I can't believe this kind of thing, so..."

"Alright, alright, don't mention it."

Seeing that Zheng Peng was a little depressed, Ding Heng took out a heavy money bag and said flatteringly: "Zheng Lezheng is in a bad mood, I believe this can make Zheng Lezheng's mood better." ”

Zheng Peng's heart moved, his hand sank when he took it, and when he opened the bag, his eyes couldn't help but light up: there were gold bars in it, and when he counted them, there were as many as ten.

"Is this a winnings from a bet?"

Ding Heng nodded and said: "Zheng Lezheng voted for 200 yuan, one loss of five is 1,000 yuan, the copper money is not easy to take, so it was exchanged into gold bars, one ten taels, ten hundred taels, the small one has been checked, it is the best red gold." ”

Looking at the cute gold bars, Zheng Peng's depressed mood was much better, and he sighed and said, "Fortunately, there is still a windfall here, otherwise I would have to borrow money to invite someone to dinner." ”

I let Zheng Fu not have to send money to Chang'an, save well, thinking about making ventilation equipment to make money, now the business has not yet opened, after investing 200 yuan to buy himself, the family's money is only a few dozen yuan, this thousand yuan is really timely rain.

Although it will soon be spent again.

"Zheng Lezheng, if you don't buy some snacks and go back to them to eat, and say a few soft words, I guess they won't chase after them." Ding Heng gave Zheng Peng an idea.

Invite more than 1,000 people to eat, and the cost is not ordinary.

Zheng Peng waved his hand and said: "The eldest husband is full of his word, and he has to break his promise when he says it in front of so many people, isn't this a self-defeating mouth, please, all please, the food must be good, and the red envelope cannot be small." ”

Speaking of the back, Zheng Peng's tone also became decisive.

It's hard to save a little reputation, if you become famous because of a meal, it's too cost-effective, you really don't have any money, it's okay, you can get by with a thick skin, but you have the ability to fulfill the promise you made, so you naturally do it with all your heart and don't leave black spots for yourself.

Now Zheng Peng understands a little bit of Cui Xiyi's reason for "knowing that he is suffering a loss, or persevering", that is not stupidity, but a manifestation of integrity, confidence in his own ability: even if he suffers a loss, he also has the ability to earn it back or fill it back.

Money is a bastard, and it is spent and earned.

Ding Hengleng paused, and then said with admiration: "Zheng Lezheng is really atmospheric, a little admiration." ”

"Ding Menling, you can help me calculate how much it will cost."

"Except for the generous gift promised to Father-in-law Qian, it's hard to say, the rest can be done with fifty yuan." Ding Heng calculated quickly, and he had an answer in a moment.

Zheng Peng blurted out: "What, fifty runs? ”

Ding Heng analyzed: "Now there are more than 1,300 people in Zuojiaofang, ten people per table, there are more than 130 tables, a bottle of wine is 30 Wen, two bottles per table is 60 Wen, the amount of dishes should be larger, a meat dish is about 50 Wen, green vegetables are 20 Wen, each table adds three dishes and one soup to them, about 200 Wen a table." ”

"More than 130 tables cost about 30 yuan, each person seals a red envelope of 10 yuan, and more than 10 yuan is needed here, plus the cost of buying vegetables and hiring a car, send a red envelope to the cook or something, and it is almost the same if you want to have 50 yuan."

Speaking of this, Ding Heng said with some embarrassment: "Zheng Lezheng, this is already very provincial, if it is less, I am afraid that it will not be decent enough." ”

Zheng Peng breathed a long sigh of relief, waved his hand and said, "I thought it would take so many as one or two thousand, but it turned out that it only took fifty to complete, not expensive, not expensive." ”

"It's not going out to a high-end restaurant for a big meal, nor is it going to the Qinglou to drink flower wine, where does it cost so much, besides, Zheng Le promised to add wine and food to them, no need to be all-inclusive." Ding Heng was also happy.

Seeing Zheng Peng's face so bad just now, it turned out that he counted his dietary standards on those people in Zuojiaofang.

Zheng Peng said proudly: "Either don't invite, if you want to invite, you can make it decent, a table of 200 Wen is too little, according to the standard of 500 Wen, the red envelope said to be big, 10 Wen is not enough to see, ordinary 30 Wen, if you have a position, add some points as appropriate, it's okay, you have money and willful." ”