Chapter 1684

Sun Daoning was so angry that his beard blew and his eyes widened, and he threw the invitation away, "I think you are just putting on a show, you are not sincere about inviting me to the banquet at all."

"You actually cherish a banquet, will you lose two taels of meat if you don't eat it?"

Chen Guanlou's tone was disdainful.

Sun Daoning's cheeks twitched; he knew that arguing with the little thief surnamed Chen was purely looking for his own unhappiness.

Bastard, only knows how to anger people!

"You did it on purpose, didn't you, deliberately running over to anger me." Sun Daoning asked.

"You figured it out."

"You stinky brat, deliberately disgusting me, what for?" Sun Daoning knew that the other party wouldn't visit without a reason. Delivering the invitation was just incidental, angering him was the main purpose.

"The Heavenly Prison is so poor that we are eating chaff and swallowing vegetables, and the Ministry of Justice has been delaying the reimbursement for the epidemic period. Hurry up and approve the slip for me, give me the money!"

Chen Guanlou's main purpose today was actually to ask for money.

How long had the epidemic passed, the people in the Imperial Prison next door had all been beheaded and replaced by a new batch of people, but the Ministry of Justice still hadn't allocated the funds, dragging it on and on.

Qian Fugui had complained to him several times, wishing he could eat the Ministry of Justice's accountant.

He knew that over the years, his position as Jiang Jiang Yucheng in the Heavenly Prison had been an eyesore to many people. Many people in the Ministry of Justice looked down on him and deliberately disgusted him.

Sun Daoning flipped through the Heavenly Prison's accounts from many documents, and upon seeing the data, he immediately shouted, "How could you spend so much money, tens of thousands of taels. Tell me honestly, how many fake accounts did you make."

Hearing this, Chen Guanlou immediately became excited.

His expression was as if he had suffered a great injustice, extremely angry.

"What do you mean by fake accounts? This is slander, this is framing. Every single entry here can be verified. You can eat food indiscriminately, but you cannot speak indiscriminately.

You calculate it yourself, how many people died in the Heavenly Prison during the epidemic. The medical expenses for these people alone are an astronomical figure. After these people died, they had to be burned. Burning corpses requires charcoal and wood; for one person to be burned to ashes, the cost of firewood cannot be less than a single copper coin. This is another huge expense. And those who survived, the medicinal materials consumed are also an astronomical figure.

The prison guards were sealed in the Heavenly Prison and not allowed to go out; to prevent them from rioting, we had to give enough bonuses, and their lives had to be as good as possible. You calculate, which one doesn't need money? By the way, the money for repairing the prison cells hasn't been calculated in this yet. This is another account. If you don't want a second epidemic to break out, hurry up and approve the repair funds!"

Sun Daoning's head was spinning.

Looking at each item individually, it seemed like it wasn't much.

But accumulated, it was definitely an astronomical figure.

"Regarding the money, I have to ask the people below. If the accounts are confirmed to be correct, I will approve the slip for you, and I definitely won't let you eat chaff and swallow vegetables."

Sun Daoning didn't want to give the money so readily.

Mainly because the amount was a bit large, and he was unwilling to give it.

Chen Guanlou saw through the other party's thoughts at a glance, "What's there to ask. If there were problems, the people in the Ministry of Justice would have shouted to report it and grabbed my weak points long ago. There has been no movement for so long, it's obvious that they can't find any problems and can only use the dragging tactic.

Old Sun, you cannot let the horse run while not letting the horse eat grass. During this epidemic, if it weren't for my proper management and timely epidemic prevention measures, the Heavenly Prison would have died out long ago. Even the capital might have died half. You think about that scene yourself, how scary it is.

Once such a situation occurs, you will be the sinner of the Great Gan! Everyone in the Ministry of Justice will have to be beheaded. I saved everyone's life, and as a result, you still come to pick on me. Do you think it's appropriate? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"

"Nonsense!"

Sun Daoning scolded sternly, "I have been working in the criminal justice field for decades, and what I rely on is my conscience."

"Yes, yes, yes, you have a conscience, but you have no conscience towards the Heavenly Prison and me. Hurry up, approve the slip, and make up the money and food. Right now, the Heavenly Prison has no fresh prisoners, so the clever woman cannot cook without rice. The Heavenly Prison is really going crazy with poverty; if you don't approve the funds, from now on, every mealtime, I will let the prison guards go to the Ministry of Justice to eat."

"Presumptuous!" Sun Daoning pulled a long face, "Don't mess around. Like this, I will approve 5,000 taels for you first for emergency, and the remaining money will be approved to you in one lump sum after the accounts are confirmed to be correct."

"I can accept this plan. However, I require the accounts to be settled within a month. You are not allowed to find excuses to delay."

Sun Daoning thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Having achieved his goal, Chen Guanlou laughed, took the invitation, and placed it in the other party's hand again, "Remember to come to the banquet."

"Don't you dislike me anymore?" Sun Daoning smiled but didn't smile.

"Look at what you're saying, when did I ever dislike you."

Chen Guanlou's face was thick, and he seemed to have forgotten everything he said before.

Sun Daoning sneered, "Do you want me to remind you what you said before."

Chen Guanlou was shameless, "I am young and speak without thinking, you are a great person who doesn't remember the faults of a small person, why bother with me. Besides, given the relationship between you and me, why bother with details. I made a joke with you because you are magnanimous and you are one of our own. If it were someone I wasn't familiar with, I definitely wouldn't make such a joke."

"So I should be grateful that you didn't treat me as an outsider?" Sun Daoning's beard shook with anger.

"If you want to think so, that's fine!" Chen Guanlou laughed, shameless.

Sun Daoning was so angry that he had no temper left.

"You, you, you have an extra mouth. From now on, you are Company Commander Chen, I want to see how many more people you can offend."

"I didn't offend anyone. Everyone outside praises me!"

Chen Guanlou was not convinced!

He was the reputable Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen!

Don't slander him.

Sun Daoning was too lazy to argue with him and waved his hand, signaling him to get lost.

Chen Guanlou returned to the Heavenly Prison and handed the approval slip to Qian Fugui, telling him to hurry up and take people to the Ministry of Justice to move the silver.

"I heard that the Ministry of Justice has a batch of silver ingots cast by the Lesser Treasury, keep your eyes sharp. Understand?"

Qian Fugui nodded repeatedly, he understood.

There was a big difference between silver and silver.

The impurity content determines the quality of the silver.

The silver ingots cast by the Lesser Treasury have fewer impurities, are the purest, and have the highest quality.

One silver ingot is five taels, which can be exchanged for five taels and five mace outside. In some places, it can even be exchanged for six taels of flat-warehouse silver.

It can be seen how good the quality of the Lesser Treasury silver ingots is.

The silver cast by the Ministry of Revenue varies in quality depending on the batch. If you are lucky and encounter silver handed over from silver-producing areas, it is re-melted and re-cast, and the quality of this batch of silver is good. If you are unlucky and encounter silver handed over from economically developed areas, it is re-melted and re-cast, and the quality of the silver is worse.

In economically developed areas, the circulation rate of silver is high, and silver of various fineness circulates in the market. When the government collects taxes, it makes a big fuss and collects silver of all colors. Therefore, the silver handed over to the Ministry of Revenue has different fineness, and after re-casting, the quality is also secondary.

Everyone wants to take advantage, and the Heavenly Prison is no exception.

Qian Fugui took a group of sturdy and bold prison guards to the Ministry of Justice to transport the silver.

At the silver treasury, in order to grab the silver, they almost fought with the Ministry of Justice's runners.

After much persuasion, the Ministry of Justice agreed to give 500 taels of silver ingots cast by the Lesser Treasury. Just this, made Qian Fugui unable to close his mouth from joy, and he could wake up laughing in his dreams.

500 taels of silver ingots, all given to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to exchange, just as a filial piety.