After dinner, Zhou Shuren took his son to the study and checked the progress of his grandchildren. He was too busy these days and rarely went home and neglected a lot of children.

Zhulan went back to the house and took out the box containing the silver notes. There were not many silver notes in the box. She took out and counted the broken silver, and there were less than 700 taels left. She took out five hundred taels at once, and there were less than 200 taels left. She didn't feel that the money was not enough to spend for a long time.

Recently, I have spent a lot of money to come to Beijing, and Zhou Shuren has doubled his monthly salary since he was promoted, so he has a little tight.

Although I received a lot of gifts from the guests, they were all items and could not be used as silver. This amount of money was not enough for the autumn harvest, and the expenses in the capital were too great.

When Zhou Shuren came back, he saw the silver notes on the table and only received four hundred taels of silver notes. "The silver I gave me last time has not had a chance to use, four hundred taels are enough."

Zhulan, "You can pretend. I didn't have a chance before. That was because the Ministry of Revenue was busy. After a few days, the Ministry of Revenue would be relaxed. It is certain to treat guests."

"There is not much money at home!"

Zhulan, "Don't worry about your family. I will ask Mr. Ding to go to the fishing ground tomorrow. I will deal with some of the fish in the ice cellar and get some silver."

Zhou Shuren, "Troubleshoot in advance!"

"Yes, I originally wanted to wait until the end of the year to deal with it and sell it at a good price during the Chinese New Year. Now the family needs money."

Zhou Shuren packed the silver notes into his purse, "It's a pity to deal with them in advance."

Zhulan also felt so painful, "The price of fish is cheap now, and I'm losing a lot of money!"

Zhou Shuren took off his coat and said, "My salary is not worth it."

"It's very useful. Without your salary, the family's money will have already bottomed out."

Seeing that the Song Mama and the girl came in, Zhou Shuren said quietly: "I am old and I can't get enough to stay up late. I can't make up for this effort. Fortunately, I finally got through it and I can sleep more peacefully in the future."

Zhulan covered the corner of her mouth with a veil and glanced at the maid. This man was acting miserable. "I haven't seen the master in the past few days. Why do you think the master's hair is much whiter?"

After pausing, he told Mrs. Song, "Cook black rice porridge tomorrow morning."

Mrs. Song, “Yes.”

Zhou Shuren washed his hands, "I have lost a lot of hair!"

Zhulan cooperated with her heartache, "Then she needs to make up for it well. Why do I think the master seems to have lost weight."

Zhou Shuren, “………………”

Mrs. Song and the girl went down, Zhulan stopped acting, and waited for someone to walk away, Zhulan lowered her voice, "You want to be rewarded if you want to sell miserable?"

Zhou Shuren took off his shoes and said, "Well, don't have too much hope. It depends on the emperor. However, I don't think there is much hope. The officials of the Ministry of Revenue have made contributions. The chance of rewarding me alone is too low. Even if I have thought of a good way, I work for the Ministry of Revenue, and these are what I should do."

Zhulan pulled the pillow and said, "I don't have any hope. It's better if you are in trouble, so as not to think you are a slap."

These days, she could see her husband's fatigue and she felt distressed.

Zhou Shuren lay down, "It's still comfortable at home."

Zhulan went downstairs and blew the candles, "Then let's have a good rest."

Zhou Shuren went to bed soon. He was not at ease in the Ministry of Revenue. He had no wife around him. He was thinking too much about things and never had much rest.

The next day, when Zhou Shuren arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue lined up. It can be seen that the people in line were all merchants, and the Xu family’s rewards stimulated merchants.

Zhou Shuren entered the Ministry of Revenue and the yard had already started working.

After waiting for a while, the departments came to deliver the donated silver. Although they were not as good as merchants, it was also a considerable amount of silver. Not counting the emperor's 100,000 taels, the prince paid 10,000 taels, and the princes and princes did not surpass the prince.

Xiao Qing felt that this was the happiest day since he became the Minister of Revenue.

In the afternoon, each merchant donated less money. Some of these people were small merchants, and some felt that most of them had donated. They were embarrassed to donate some if they didn't.

Zhou Shuren counted the amount, "Sir Shangshu, this is the amount donated in the morning."

Xiao Qing took it over and looked at it, "One hundred and sixty-five thousand taels of silver, this is just the silver taels of morning."

Zhou Shuren, “Yes.”

Including the Xu family's silver, it's more than two million taels, which is a big amount.

After Xiao Qing was excited, "This amount cannot be known to outsiders, otherwise there will be more reasons for asking for money."

Zhou Shuren stood up and said, "Sir, I'll go back first."

"good."

As soon as Zhou Shuren left the door, he met Eunuch Liu, "Why did your father-in-law come to the Ministry of Revenue?"

Eunuch Liu said politely: "The family is here to deliver the emperor's oral order."

When Zhou Shuren heard this, "My father-in-law asks you, Lord Shangshu is here."

Eunuch Liu nodded, "Sir, you can do it first."

After a while when Zhou Shuren returned to the house, Lord Shangshu asked the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, who were above the fourth rank, to come over.

When Xiao Qing saw that everyone was here, he spoke, "The emperor saw the hard work of the Ministry of Revenue. All the rewards from all over the Ministry of Revenue. According to the grade, the silver rewards from the third grade and the third grade are three hundred taels, the silver rewards from the fourth grade are two hundred taels, the fifth grade and one hundred taels, the sixth grade to the seventh grade fifty taels, the eighth grade to the ninth grade twenty taels, and the silver rewards are ten taels."

Xiao Qing paused and continued, "The Right Minister Zhou Shuren had just taken office, but he solved the problem of the tight money of the Ministry of Revenue. The emperor rewarded the Right Minister 200 taels, hoping that the Right Minister could continue to work hard to handle the court."

Zhou Shuren was busy thanking him, but thought to himself, the emperor is really good at calculating, five hundred taels are exactly the money he donated!

This is a happy event from the Ministry of Revenue, which soon spread throughout the Ministry of Revenue.

Zhou Shuren did some calculations. The departments in the Ministry of Revenue have the largest number of departments, and the officials in the Ministry of Revenue have the largest number of officials, especially the ones who are from the sixth rank, so the Ministry of Revenue has also donated the most money. The accounts were settled soon, and the emperor rewarded only two-thirds of the donation!

The emperor is the emperor!

In the evening, when Zhou Shuren came back, Zhulan still asked with anticipation, "Is there any?"

Zhou Shuren took out the silver notes and handed them to his wife, "Yes."

Zhulan's eyes were full of surprises, but she actually had them. Then she was stunned and counted five hundred taels of silver notes she gave, "This?"

Zhou Shuren changed her clothes, "The entire Ministry of Revenue received a reward..."

After listening to Zhulan, she said, "I'm convinced."

Zhou Shuren asked, "You didn't send the butler to the fishing ground!"

"Not yet, I said I didn't expect it, but I still had expectations in my heart, so I thought it was not a day or two before I let the housekeeper leave in two days."

Zhou Shuren smiled, "It should be enough with these silver."

Zhulan smiled, "Add to your salary, it's all enough."

Yao Hou Mansion, Yao Yao is about to go home. Today she stayed with her mother for a day. The younger brother was plotted and finally went out for ventilation. She was pushed off the pavilion and hit the stone on her forehead. She was still unconscious.

Yao Yao stood up, "Mom, my daughter is back first, come here tomorrow."

Bai's eyes were swollen in tears, and his voice was hoarse, "Okay."

Yao Yao looked at her younger brother and felt regretful. If it weren't for the medicine she gave, her younger brother wouldn't have been killed weakly. He walked a little dazed and didn't look at the road. When he hit a servant at the door, the dowry girl hurriedly supported her, "Miss, is it okay!"
Chapter completed!