"Father-in-law An, I don't understand something," Gao Xinkui asked, "Although the income of this Hepu Pearl Factory must be good, but if the silver is released into the inner treasury for so many years, you will never keep so much silver here, but you don't know?" ”

An Dehai shook his head, "I have never transported the silver back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Oh?" Gao Xinkui asked strangely, "Why is this?" ”

"No one has ever given an order to take the silver from the Hepu Bead Factory, and a few years ago there were people who took pearls here, and now no one even comes to take them from the Nanzhu Palace here. Lord Gao, you are in Beijing, you know this example of red and black, some people are unwilling to let the Queen Mother and her old man remember me, and the beads will naturally not be sent to the palace. An Dehai shouted, "Bring the box on the shelf." ”

A woman came out of Wanting inside, and Gao Xinkui looked at her appearance a little familiar, probably seen in the palace before, "Who is this one?" ”

"It's my wife's room." The woman put down the box, saluted, turned and retreated, An Dehai watched the woman's back disappear between the banana trees, and said to Gao Xinkui, "I thought she was a flag, but I didn't expect to accompany me to the south without fear of wind and waves. Let's not talk about this, let's take a look at this. ”

Gao Xinkui opened the box, only to see a box full of thumb-thick pearls with flannel cloth in the box, the pearl is round and transparent, it is the best in the south pearl, the most rare box of pearls are red, red, red, rose, pink, purple, all kinds of colors, there is no such red pearl on the market now, Gao Xinkui picked up one, put it under the sun and looked carefully, the crimson pearl exudes a warm light in the sun, put it on the stone surface, dripping and turning non-stop, The ancients said that the highest grade of pearls is the pearl, obviously, this one is better than the pearl, if it is sold on the market, this pearl, only afraid of no less than a thousand gold. Such a box of pearls is worth more than the 600,000 taels of silver that Feng Zicai took away.

Gao Xinkui obviously knew the past, "Xisheng used to say that as long as the father-in-law planted a red pearl, he could return to Beijing immediately, why didn't the father-in-law present this pearl?" If the father-in-law wants to present it, no one will be able to stop him. ”

"In the past, although I was not the culprit, but I didn't kill Beren, Beren died because of me, if it wasn't for my fault, Empress Xiaozhe would not be afraid of miscarriage, and the Queen Mother would not have suffered such a sin, they blocked my way, and I myself felt guilty in my heart, and I didn't want to go north." An Dehai let out a long breath, "You have arrived today, and the silver accumulated over the years can be regarded as having a home, and the silver ticket of 1.4 million taels is here," An Dehai took out an envelope from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Xinkui, "It is stored in several ticket numbers in Guangzhou City, you can just mention it." ”

Gao Xinkui took the envelope, "Your income here, logically speaking, should be released into the inner treasury." If I take it, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to explain it in the future. ”

"It's okay, those eunuchs in the Internal Affairs Office wish the Queen Mother would forget me, why would they come and ask me for money? I'm afraid that I also have the intention of giving me the interest of Hepu Zhu Factory in my heart, and then letting me take care of my retirement here. An Dehai said proudly, "Before the Hepu Pearl Factory, in addition to the pearls of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, other years have to paste thousands of taels of silver into the expenses of other years, I came here, but it is only ten years, I have earned two million taels of silver, tribute to the pearls in the palace, has already prepared a few boxes, these boxes are the best Nanzhu, if you take it out to buy at once, I am afraid that there will only be one million taels of silver to earn." Although you want military spending, you can't sell all this pearl for you at one time, and with so many pearls at one time, the price is afraid that it will fall sharply. This is also a matter of no way, scarce is expensive, if so many pearls are sold, I am afraid that it will be inseparable from the price of cabbage, pearls I slowly sell is, the last time the British consul in Guangzhou asked me to buy 200 of the best Hepu pearls, into the Queen of England, what to do with the pearl crown, I ignored him, since there is a shortage of silver now, I have to sell it to him. ”

"How can all this tribute pearl be sold?" Although Gao Xinkui is happy that the military spending in the past few months must be worry-free, but he also has to take into account the future of this former friend, "I'm afraid it won't work." ”

"It's okay, you still don't know the Queen Mother's temperament? I did this, she was only happy, in the past she also said that in the winter and spring, she would open the Old Summer Palace to collect tickets and earn money, but later, I forgot about it, so I didn't mention it again. Moreover, this is also the meaning of my atonement, and everything will be borne by me in the future, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

"Then I'll take this box of pearls away and present it to Xisheng," Gao Xinkui stood up and bowed, "There is no silver, I'm afraid that I can't move an inch, and I can't let you bear it alone, if Xisheng blames me, brother, I'll bear it together." ”

Although An Dehai said so, he also had the intention of returning to Beijing again, but he was embarrassed, Gao Xinkui said so, he was naturally very grateful, and helped Gao Xinkui, "You go quickly, the military situation is like fire, if I have any silver here, I will send it to Qinzhou." ”

The two of them walked out of the house together, and when they arrived at the dock, Feng Zicai was shouting for the beads to carry the silver to the big ship, and saw the box that Gao Xinkui was holding in his hand, and wanted to pick up the box with a cheeky face...... He was salivating, and his outstretched claws were opened by An Dehai with a slap, "This is something dedicated to the West Holy Master, dare to take it indiscriminately, chop off your claws!" ”

Feng Zicai shrank his head, "Then I won't take a hand, please, time waits for no one, I can't pull up a team of 10,000 people this time, I'll write Feng Zi upside down!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense here," An Dehai said sarcastically, "See the truth on the battlefield, don't do farm work at home in the past few years, and see the French with sore hands and feet, unable to hold knives and guns, it will really be a shame to go to the countries of Kyushu." ”

Feng Zicai's nostrils turned to the sky, and he snorted coldly, "Lord An, you are a good hand at making money, and I am also a good hand at spending money, but you can't use soldiers, don't mention it, just honestly see how I kill the French devil." (To be continued.) )