Chapter 31

The entire hall instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Two hundred thousand taels!

How much silver does the entire Great Ming collect in a year's revenue!

If it were an ordinary prefecture.

It might not even produce grain worth two hundred thousand taels of silver in a year!

You, Su Qiao, open your mouth and ask for two hundred thousand taels?!

Do you know that two hundred thousand taels of silver could fill this entire hall?

Bringing back so much silver, aren't you afraid thieves will covet it?!

Shen Boding froze in place.

Seeing Shen Boding's expression.

Su Qiao couldn't help but feel a bit panicked himself.

It's over.

Did I ask for too much?

Two hundred thousand taels shouldn't be too much, right?

Heshen's embezzlement involved millions of taels of silver.

My two hundred thousand taels should be quite restrained, shouldn't it?!

Just as Su Qiao was struggling with whether to lower the price.

He saw Shen Boding suddenly slap his thigh and shout loudly.

"Deal!"

"My lord Su, wait here; I shall return immediately to gather the silver!"

30, Your Majesty, Su Qiao has accepted a bribe!

Before Su Qiao could even react.

Shen Boding dashed out of the courtyard in a single stride.

Seeing this, Su Qiao finally managed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Only at this moment did Su Qiao take a look at his "place of lodging."

Everything had been arranged quite properly.

Even the bedding had already been laid out on the bed.

Originally, Su Qiao thought the day would pass just like this.

However, it was quite obvious that Su Qiao had underestimated Shen Boding's execution ability.

Merely two hours later.

Four carriages stopped right in front of Su Qiao's door.

When several large boxes of silver were carried into Su Qiao's courtyard.

Su Qiao went completely numb.

Who could have thought.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Would actually amount to so much!

There are only four rooms in total.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver occupied a whole room!

Just as Su Qiao was staring at the pile of silver before him with his mouth agape.

At the other end, in the Shen family residence.

Huang Zicheng was sitting upright in the hall, drinking tea.

Not long after, the head of the Shen family, Shen Wang, ran into the courtyard excitedly, looking at Huang Zicheng with a face full of excitement and said.

"My lord Huang, he accepted it! That young man accepted everything!"

"A full two hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"This time, that young man will surely be stuffed to death!"

As soon as Shen Wang finished speaking.

Huang Zicheng immediately began to cough violently.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

He looked at the head of the Shen family, Shen Wang, with a face full of shock.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver!

I have never seen so much silver in my entire life!

I merely asked you to slip Su Qiao a couple of taels.

Who would have thought your Shen family would be so extravagant.

Just lifting a hand and offering two hundred thousand taels of silver!

The key is that this is two hundred thousand taels of ready cash!

Shen Wang didn't even blink an eyelid!

Just how wealthy must the Shen family be to reach such a point!

Thinking of this, Huang Zicheng even felt a bit jealous of Shen Wang.

If all else fails, I might as well resign and go into business myself.

Shen Wang looked at Huang Zicheng with a puzzled expression and asked,

"My Lord Huang, what is this?"

Huang Zicheng raised a hand and said,

"No harm, no harm."

"Did Su Qiao truly accept those twenty?"

Shen Wang immediately clasped his hands and said,

"Rest assured, My Lord Huang; this old man saw it being transported into that residence with his own eyes!"

Only then did Huang Zicheng nod slightly, rose, clasped his hands, and said,

"In that case, this official has urgent matters to attend to; I shall take my leave first!"

Seeing Huang Zicheng about to leave, Shen Wang immediately asked in a panic,

"My Lord Huang, what about the Crown Prince?"

Huang Zicheng could not help but sneer slightly and said,

"Squire Shen, put your heart at ease; His Highness the Crown Prince remembers it!"

Hearing Huang Zicheng say this,

Shen Wang's hanging heart finally managed to settle down.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver.

To buy goodwill in Zhu Yunwen's heart.

This money was spent far too worthily!

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Old Zhu was also offering advice for his grandson of countless generations.

Emperor Sizong Lie:

"Great-Grandfather, this grandson has already gone to the streets to investigate this morning."

"Coarse rice is already two taels and four mace of silver per stone."

"This grandson dares not impose commercial taxes on his own authority."

"The court has discussed this several times before; every time the topic was just opened, the entire court spoke with one voice, so this son truly dares not act rashly."

Seeing the news Chongzhen mentioned.