The Hou family was very well-behaved at this time, and they had already arrived, Rao was like this, Xue Pan was still dissatisfied, "Oh? Why did Hou Gongzi come forward again? What about Hou Jing? Can't you break your legs? You must know that the two Huai salt merchants came to the Lin Mansion to mourn, and all the people came, but there was a lack of such a family head as him. ”

"Master Hou said goodbye to the Hundred Flowers Hall yesterday, and he has already fainted," someone next to Xue Pan whispered, "I can't get out of bed today." ”

"If this is true, of course I don't care about it, just don't pretend to be sick and shirk it." Xue Pan said coldly, "Everyone is here today, Lord Lin must be accepting everyone's affection, but these days are not serious days, since they are all here, there is no need to report every day in the future, as if they came to the Imperial History Mansion to order." ”

Everyone secretly slandered, didn't you call the big guy? At this time, I was disgusted with the crowding of people, so Liu Bingde and others arranged to discuss, the big guy was divided into a few days, and the big guy didn't have to come every day to join in the fun, but when it came to the big day of the funeral, he would come together to see off Mrs. Jia.

Xue Pan came to a quiet place by himself, ordinary people are received by people with heads and faces among several salt merchants, slightly higher, or people in the official face, such as Jiangdu Zhixian These are all received by Xue Pan, and no matter how high-level people come, then invite Lin Ruhai to come forward.

In the evening, Yang Belun came to Lin's house again, and Xue Pan welcomed him in very respectfully, but when he was in charge of the lamp, Yangzhou City had already spread, and Yang Belun didn't see Lin Ruhai at all, but just talked to Xue Pan, and took a booklet for Xue Pan to read before driving home. It seems that the matter of Xue Pan's angry whipping of the salt envoy in the morning is by no means nonsense.

Everyone is facing Xue Pan, in this way, the ordinary chores Xue Pan have taken off, just let these salt merchants outside do it for him, he only takes care of the affairs of the family, the salt merchants come to mourn but they are not empty-handed, the gift money is three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, with silver as the confidence, Xue Pan is wanton, not seeking to save money, only seeking a huge scene, must do this well.

The funeral basically doesn't need to worry much, and in the evening, the silver in the Baihua Hall has been calculated, and the money for the auction of the salt introduction and refaction, even if it is Xue Pan, he can't help but be shocked when he sees it, he hurriedly met Lin Ruhai with Jia Yucun, and handed the account book to Lin Ruhai to see, "Shibo, this time I have fulfilled my mission, and the silver has finally been raised." ”

Rao is Lin Ruhai was preparing how to write an excerpt to play the emperor and announce the good results this time, but when he saw the final number, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and surprised, "There is such a number?" ”

"Seventeen thousand, eight hundred and eighty thousand, two hundred and sixty thousand!"

"That's the number," Xue Pan said calmly, "A total of 50,000 salt citations, and the average price of more than 3,000 taels was auctioned, which is not too high." ”

This is not high, this is already a frightening high price! It must be known that after the opening up of foreign affairs in the Great Yue Dynasty, taxes have surged over the years, from forty or fifty million taels before the Changmao Rebellion, to now that all industries are thriving, and the annual tax can receive 20,000 taels of silver, which is already to support various financial expenditures, but now the two Huai Yanyin have taken out 178,960,000 taels at once! This price is today's silver dollar, not the previous silver, logically speaking, the price of silver is higher, the price of silver dollars is not very high, but Rao is so, this price is enough to pay for a war to destroy the country, not to mention what kind of bullshit Shangri-La Khanate can be easily pacified with a snap of a finger, even if it starts a war with Fusang today, this more than 10,000 silver can also survive until the Fusang country is completely destroyed.

Lin Ruhai took a deep breath and closed his eyes, "This number is really too big, so big that the old man is a little unbelievable." ”

"The salt merchants originally had money, but they usually spent it indiscriminately," Xue Pan said with a smile, "Today, let's knock out some of their family foundations, first, to help them save, and secondly, to find silver for the imperial court, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"This thing is very well done," Lin Ruhai nodded, not stingy with his praise for Xue Pan, "I can come up with this auction method, and I am afraid that the silver money that will be introduced by the salt will not be more than ten times higher, in addition, at such a critical moment yesterday, I can still come up with such a way to withstand the pressure, otherwise today's matter will be in vain." ”

"I must write this fold clearly, and the credit belongs to you," Lin Ruhai said bluntly, "You and I will sign the fold together." ”

Xue Panjian couldn't push it, "Just ask Shibo to fold this matter by himself, how can I be able to fold it to the front of the emperor?" This is not appropriate, and although I have some credit, but this is not my own business, if I go beyond the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Households, and go up with adults, I am afraid of being gossiped about in the future, although I am not afraid of being gossiped about, but sometimes, these gossips can be less or less. ”

If you were afraid of being gossiped, you wouldn't be so angry with Mrs. Jia today, Jia Yucun thought so silently in his heart, this proprietor, sometimes high-profile, sometimes wants to be obscure, it is really confusing, if you really want to count it, it is about to do what you want in four words can be explained.

Lin Ruhai saw that Xue Pan was so resolute, so he just said, "But what should I say in the excerpt, I naturally still say it, this matter is done, and the war in the southwest will no longer be worry-free!" ”

What kind of reward for meritorious service, now it is still too far, after all, Lin Ruhai is the descendant of Emperor Yonghe, what is robbed of merit will not happen, the big guy is just waiting for promotion, but the silver is here, how to send it to Beijing, it is still necessary to plan carefully, Xue Pan said, "The governor of Caoyun came to a clerk today, although he didn't say anything clearly, but I also know that the governor wants to share some credit in this salt introduction and reform faction, I think he didn't contribute at all, I can't give him too much credit, so as not to make people blush, saying that we are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, so after thinking about it, I can only let them be responsible for transporting the silver to the capital, and the responsibility for this transportation is given to them. ”

"This method is good," Lin Ruhai nodded, "178,960,000 miles, and some more as a loss subsidy for the ships transported." ”

"You don't need to lose too much," Xue Pan was very angry at this time, "Give them credit, the silver can't be too much, tens of thousands of taels of expenses are enough, if you give too much, they will have other thoughts." ”