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Chapter 20 The royal family is really rich

Chang'an Pengcheng County Gong Chen Ying's mansion, at this time the side door of the Chen Mansion was wide open, and the carriages slowly drove out of the Chen Mansion. Listening to the dull sound of the wheels of the carriage and the bluestone pavement, people unconsciously looked towards the carriage, and those with a keen eye could see at a glance that these carriages were loaded with heavy goods.

It's just that the carriage is wrapped in black kudzu cloth, so that people can't see what is inside.

Yu Qing, who was sitting in the carriage, looked at the steady stream of carriages in the Chen Mansion, frowned, and said to the entourage beside him: "You go and inquire, what happened to the Chen Mansion?" ”

There is a way that cats have cat roads, and mice have mouse roads, and soon Hou Mo Chen's entourage brought the news they wanted to inquire to Yu Qing: "Back to Yu Ye, they said that the Chen Mansion was going to build a house outside the city. ”

"Build a house? That's not right! "Yu Qingren is old and refined, and he can see at a glance that the money pulled out by Chen Fu is not a small amount, like such a heavy carriage, a cart can pull at least five or six hundred yuan, more than a dozen carriages, how can there be tens of thousands of yuan. Tens of thousands, you can buy a big house in Chang'an, and build it outside the city, how big does it need? Thirty acres, or hundreds?

"Keep looking!"

The carriage walked towards Hou Mo Chen's mansion, and Yu Qing needed to inform Hou Mo Chen of the news.

The construction style of Chenjiazhuang in Qinglin changed abruptly, and a large number of people no longer simply surrounded the wall, but dispatched two-thirds of the recruited short-term workers with hoes and shovels to dig a ditch connecting the Bahe River.

The ditch was expected to be more than thirty miles long, and the eyes of the short-term workers suddenly lit up, this is a huge project, which means that they can work until the end of the year, or even longer.

In fact, these short-term workers and helpers did not know that the final length of this ditch was close to seventy miles, and it needed to circle around the future Chenjiawu Fort.

The temporary residence of the short-term workers was originally planned to be built into a wooden house, which could be used as a residence for the craftsmen of the ironworks in the future. However, with the establishment of the dock fort, it was not suitable for the iron mill to be built outside. The iron mill will produce a large amount of sulfide and carbon dioxide, dust and other wastes, especially the huge noise, which will directly affect the quality of life of Chenjiawu Fort......

Outside Chenjiawu Fort, the temporary residence of the recruited short-term workers is a temporary shack built with wooden houses, and the buildings in the village will be made of bricks.

Watching the excavated foundation take shape day by day, the ditch is getting deeper and longer day by day, especially with the first batch of bricks and tiles being fired, the brick and tile main building began to look like a day, this construction progress is indeed exciting, but watching the money and grain pulled out from Chen's mansion one by one, Chen Ying's treasury is becoming more and more empty, Chen Ying's mood is really difficult to get excited.

Chen Ying still wanted to grit his teeth and insist, but Lan'er took the account book and began to complain to Chen Ying: "Lang Jun now even if he doesn't put in a large amount of materials every day, manpower money, food money, and pickaxe and straw bales and other utensils that need to be replenished every day cost three or four hundred guan, and it has only been spent for three thousand yuan in just a few days, and if it goes on like this, it can only last for another month, our family has no land, no income, and we are afraid that we will not be able to build this big house......"

Chen Ying didn't answer Lan'er's words, Xu Erniang made Chen Ying a cup of tea, stood aside and looked at the account book with her head sideways, her black and beautiful hair was slightly crooked to the side, her face was soft, and she exclaimed softly: "It's so rich!" I thought I could save some silver by building a house outside Chang'an City......"

She threw herself into Chen Ying's arms that night, although there was a big misunderstanding, so she didn't dare to raise her head in front of others for several days, and finally lived in the Qinglin and served Chen Ying wholeheartedly, but she always remembered her identity as a little widow who kept the festival, and except for the occasional affectionate eye contact with Chen Ying, she didn't let him advance an inch.

Chen Ying looked up at Xu Erniang, this girl didn't feel that it was hard to live in the clear forest, coarse tea and light rice, but she raised her skin to be white and tender, rich and round, with red lips and white teeth, and beautiful eyes.

Chen Ying silently said in his heart: "It seems that we have to find a way to get some money!" ”

However, how to make money, Chen Ying was at a loss. The money he needs is not a small amount, you must know that the annual treasury income of the Tang Dynasty in the early years of Zhenguan was only more than 4.5 million yuan, and it is not easy to use up one percent of the treasury at once.

Before Chen Ying could think of a specific way, suddenly Chen Jinyong came to say, "The county lord of Baicheng asks to see!" ”

To Chen Ying's surprise, this time Baicheng did not wear men's clothes, but instead wore a gorgeous palace costume, with the honor guard of the county lord of Baicheng, and came slowly in a sitting step.

Although Chen Ying has seen Li Daozhen, the county lord of Baicheng, and more than once, Li Daozhen has never shown women's clothes in front of Chen Ying, the tall Baicheng county lord Li Daozhen is wearing a turquoise skirt, with a golden step, behind the light gauze curtain as thin as cicada wings, what looms is the beautiful face that shines crystal clear in the sun, and the eyes inlaid with stars exude a deep and blurry look, Chen Ying suddenly felt that this face was beautiful and incomprehensible, these eyes were extremely charming, and there was a faint fragrance into his nose.

At first glance, when he saw Li Daozhen, Chen Ying was slightly stunned, as if he was suddenly charmed, and forgot to say anything more.

Li Daozhen didn't know how to describe it, anyway, when she didn't see Chen Ying, Chen Ying's handsome face often appeared in her head, and she was looking forward to Chen Ying day and night, seeing him looking at herself so fascinated, Li Daozhen's heart fluttered, and she was a little confused.

For a long time, neither Chen Ying nor Li Daozhen spoke.

Lan'er couldn't help but roll her eyes: "I'm stunned!" ”

Hearing Lan'er's words full of vinegar, Chen Ying finally came to his senses: "Chen Ying has seen the county lord of Baicheng!" ”

Li Daozhen nodded noncommittally: "I heard that you are going to build a house, and it costs a lot of money to come, and I still have some private money......

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "This is not appropriate!" ”

Li Daozhen said unusually domineeringly: "There is nothing inappropriate, if you don't want it, we will all fall into the Bahe River......"

"This ......" Chen Ying didn't know how to speak, others couldn't say it, but as long as Li Daozhen said it, she could really do it, she said that she was going to throw the money into the Bahe, it was definitely not a joke.

Seeing Chen Ying open his mouth to speak, Li Daozhen said softly: "Start driving ......"

The four sturdy palace ladies carried the steps and turned away.

It's just that outside Chen Ying's wooden house, there are twelve carriages left, each of which contains four large boxes.

Chen Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly, but Lan'er excitedly stepped forward and struggled to open the box on one of the carriages, and there was a loud noise, and the full copper coins flowed down like flowing water.

Chen Ying was stunned: "Damn, it's really a big sister!" ”

Although Chen Ying didn't want to use Li Daozhen's money, he could solve her urgent need now, and if he had money in the future, he would double her back. Chen Yingdao: "You count the money, and give me a number after you count it!" ”

Chen Ying didn't care, but Lan'er was about to cry.

Because the money that Li Daozhen brought was not strung with rope at all, and it was all stacked in boxes of different sizes. If the four of them are asked to count the red sleeves and Xu Erniang, it is estimated that from dawn to dark, they may not be able to count how much money is on the car.

Lan'er said: "How long will it take to count this?" I'm afraid I can't count the number of broken hand indexes. ”

Chen Yingdao: "Actually, you don't have to be so troublesome at all!" ”

"How do you count that?"

"It's easy!"

"You first count a thousand copper coins, then weigh a thousand copper coins with a scale, see how much they weigh, and then weigh all the coins, and divide the total weight obtained by the weight of a thousand copper coins, and you can get the specific number of coins!"

However, despite this, the workload is still not small.

After two hours of busy work, Lan'er and the other four daughters finally counted the money.

But the results were obtained, and even Chen Ying was dumbfounded.

The total weight of copper is 17,651 catties, which is equivalent to about 2,200 taels per 1,000 pieces weighing 8 catties and 223 coins. Counting sixty-four of them, fifty taels of silver, this batch of money is equivalent to five thousand four hundred yuan.

"Lan'er, make an IOU, Chen Ying borrowed five thousand four hundred from the county lord of Baicheng!" Chen Ying sighed in his heart: "The royal family is really rich!" ”