My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 34 Give some face
Jia Yu followed Wu Yunchun to the backyard of the Defense Mansion. When he walked into a warehouse, he was shocked by the scene in front of him even though he had been mentally prepared.

There are huge winter melons in the warehouse.

Of course, these winter melons are different from ordinary winter melons, because they are all made of silver.

Looking at these silver winter melons, Jia Yu stepped forward, picked up one in both hands, weighed it, and couldn't help but said: "Good guy, this one must be at least four to five hundred kilograms."

Seeing Jia Yu holding the winter melon alone, Wu Yunchun couldn't help but swallowed.

Just now they needed the combined efforts of four broad-shouldered sergeants to lift it up, but this person in front of them could actually lift it up alone. How much strength was needed.

Suppressing the horror in his heart, he quickly replied: "To tell you what my lord, I just had someone weigh me. Each winter melon weighs 130 kilograms. There are [-] such winter melons in total, and there is also a lot of gold and silver in the warehouse." Xinruan hasn’t had time to count them yet.”

Jia Yu silently calculated in his mind that these 130 silver winter melons alone were equivalent to 4 million taels of silver. In addition to the more than 40 taels of silver seized from the Erlong Mountain bandit den, the total amount seized this time was There are more than 140 million taels of silver in cash.

This is a huge sum of money!

Jia Yu pondered for a moment and then asked solemnly: "Old Jia, who else has come into this warehouse?"

Wu Yunchun said quickly: "Sir, the only ones here are the humble ones and the brothers next to me."

Jia Yu glanced at the seven or eight sergeants standing around, and said seriously: "Immediately send someone to guard all the warehouses, and you must remember to watch your mouth. You lost your life in vain.”

"Yes!"

The sergeants quickly agreed in unison.

The people chosen by Wu Yunchun to search homes with him are naturally smart people, and they certainly understand the truth that trouble comes from words.

After leaving the warehouse, Jia Yu said to Wu Yunchun: "You will tell the brothers later that all the sergeants in the bandit suppression will be rewarded with 300 taels of silver each, 500 taels for the length, and 1000 taels for you and Xie Youyuan each.

As for those brothers who died in the war, each of their families will be given a pension of 400 taels. Is this clear? "

"I understand my humble position!" Wu Yunchun answered very simply, without mentioning Jia Yu's original promise to distribute [-]% of the captured items to everyone.

He is not stupid, of course he understands what more than 100 million taels of cash means.

Nowadays, Daxia's annual tax revenue is only about 500 million taels of silver. Now one-fifteenth of Daxia's annual tax revenue is given to these two hundred people to share the spoils. What's the point?

There is a proverb in the West in later generations, the fastest way to destroy a mediocre person is to give him [-] million?

In fact, there are countless cases that prove that after the poor become rich, 90.00% of people will become gamblers, drug addicts, or contract unspeakable infectious diseases within a year.

The reason is simple. This is actually another form of "the farmer thinks the emperor uses a golden ax to chop wood."

Grandma Liu in "A Dream of Red Mansions" went to Rongguo Mansion twice to fight the autumn wind and got a total of [-] taels of silver.

What is the concept of one hundred and five taels of silver?
20 taels of silver is enough to cover the expenses of Grandma Liu's family for a year, and 100 taels of silver can buy land or start a small business. In short, Grandma Liu's life will not be difficult in the future.

Nowadays, even the most ordinary sergeants can get 300 taels of silver. As long as these people are not bad gamblers, even if they immediately disarm and return to their fields after returning to the capital, it will be enough for the rest of their lives.

When Wu Yunchun conveyed Jia Yu's words, there was a burst of cheers immediately.

As the sky grew brighter, not only the garrison mansion, but also the residences of three thousand households under Qi Jianhui were searched.

These people also discovered more than 20 taels of silver one after another.

In the end, Jia Yu counted more than 160 million taels of silver alone. Including real estate, shops, gold, silver, soft antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., it was roughly estimated to be worth more than 60 taels.

Jia Yu didn't waste any time and immediately collected [-] silver winter melons and some gold and silver wax gourds from his World Expo Hall. As for storefronts and the like, he didn't have time to deal with them, and they were easily noticed, so he should leave them to the emperor. .Just when Jia Yu was too busy to touch the ground, a sergeant suddenly came to report that Feng Tang had arrived.

When Jia Yu saw the dusty Feng Tang with red eyes, she was startled at first, and then she was glad that she moved quickly enough.

Before Feng Tang could speak, he asked first, "Sir, why are you here?"

"Is it okay if I don't come?"

Although Feng Tang was physically exhausted after traveling all night, he was full of energy.

"After you sent the captured letter, I didn't dare to delay for a moment, so I went to the palace to report to the emperor.

His Majesty was furious after seeing these letters. He was worried that your young man would not be able to defeat Qi Jianhui due to the lack of troops here, so he asked me to set off overnight to help you.

But I didn't expect that you could actually take down Qi Jianhui and the others with just a few hundred people.

You are indeed a good person, I did see the right person. "

Speaking of this, Feng Tang's eyes were filled with admiration and admiration.

In this operation to suppress the bandits, Jia Yu's determination and decisive actions all proved that he had the excellent qualities of a general. To put it bluntly, he was bold, careful and courageous.

It's just that this thing sounds simple, but there are only a few people who can actually do it.

And these days, even he couldn't help but admire Jia Yu's series of operations.

First, he lied that he would not set off to suppress the bandits until three days later, and then led his team to set off early in the name of patrol, and wiped out Erlong Mountain with lightning speed.

Then he used the information that Qi Jianhui still kept in the dark to come to Changping Mansion, lied that he had just come from the capital, hosted a banquet for Qi Jianhui and a group of officers from the Changping Mansion garrison, and finally captured him in one fell swoop.

After this series of operations, anyone who sees it will have to shout out.

Jia Yu smiled slightly, took out a stack of letters and handed them to him, "Sir, these are letters between Qi Jianhui and Erlongshan, and there is also evidence of exchanges with some officials in Shenjing."

Feng Tang opened it and said happily: "With these things, Qi Jianhui is dead! I want to see who else dares to protect him?"

Jia Yu asked curiously: "Why, Qi Jianhui has committed such a serious crime, and there is still someone who dares to protect him?"

"How not?"

Feng Tang sighed, "You have never dealt with those civil servants, so you don't know how courageous they are.

I think you have a great career, and you will definitely have to deal with those people in the future. I would like to give you a few words.

When dealing with those people, you must be more careful, otherwise you won't know when you are betrayed by them. "

Jia Yu knew that Feng Tang was treating him as a nephew and was giving him advice. Hearing this, he said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, Uncle Shi. My nephew is very grateful."

Hearing Jia Yu call him Uncle Shi, Feng Tang's expression softened and he reached out and patted his shoulder.

Then Jia Yu spoke again.

"But Uncle Shi, you don't have to worry too much. My nephew is a scholar after all, and he has some connections with those civil servants. They will give him some face no matter what, right?"

(End of this chapter)