Paine's game

Before Paine could answer, Butler Wang continued.

"Don't worry, Mr. Pan, the contracts of sale of these maids have been changed. There is no need to give them any monthly money on weekdays. It only costs them a meal. It doesn't cost much."

"This..."

Pan En looked at the three pretty maids and then at Qingwen, but for the moment he couldn't think of any words of rejection.

Butler Wang smiled and knew that this trip was basically a success. He left the three maids and the third carriage behind, confessed to Pan En and left.

Pan asked Qingwen to bring her "former colleagues" in, and then he and Abi pulled the third carriage into the yard.

Paine opened the curtain of the carriage and saw a large box inside. When Paine opened it, there were actually 50 high-finned silver ingots in the shape of a horseshoe. The sparkling silver was so attractive!

"A lot of silver, and it's not the naked silver we usually use. This is the top-grade silver with snowflake patterns. It looks like a maple bridge hand. This ingot is fifty taels!"

Abi, the little maid, is the daughter of Mr. Pan's accountant, and she is very familiar with the accounting of money.

"Is this official silver?"

Paine asked.

Abi replied: "It's hard to say. If the wealthy businessmen in Pingjiang Prefecture have saved a lot of broken silver, they will melt it into the shape of Fengqiao Skipper. Every hundred taels of Fengqiao Skipper can raise water for five liang or six qian, and the young master can take out one

Look at the bottom of each silver ingot. If it is official silver, it should have characters on it."

Paine took out a silver ingot and turned it over, only to see that the bottom was indeed engraved with words.

"That's bad! Young Master, this is Pingjiang Mansion's treasury silver. This is genuine government treasury silver. That Ding Dianshi definitely wants to harm you!"

Abi panicked.

The laws of the Dajing Dynasty were very strict. It is said that in the early years, the establishment of silver furnaces required permission from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance was granted as a guarantee, and local governments were not allowed to add them arbitrarily. Later, when the laws were relaxed, private banking furnaces gradually appeared, but private banking furnaces were not registered.

, it is absolutely impossible to engrave the name of the craftsman and the state capital on the silver ingot. That is, only the official silver furnace has been officially approved. When collecting money and grain from the state or county, it must be operated by the official silversmith approved by the state or county. In the government treasury

When operated by an official silversmith licensed by the chief envoy, the name of the craftsman, the year, month, day, and the inscription of the state capital to which he belongs can be rewarded. This official silver is usually sent to the provincial treasury, and then transferred from the provincial treasury to the national treasury. According to the law, it is not allowed to wander.

Among the people, even if it involves the use of troops for disaster relief, the treasury silver will be melted into small ingots without characters after being issued by the household department.

"Ding Dianshi has no enmity or enmity against me and has no reason to harm me."

Pan En's expression did not change. Ding Dianshi dared to bring these treasury silver to his house. He must not have done it on his own initiative. He was just a Dianshi who did not have such great energy. The treasury silver of Pingjiang Mansion, not to mention Ding Dianshi, was Bai Bai.

The county magistrate and Prefect Li can't get it either. Whenever it involves treasury money, it is inseparable from the Jiangnan Chief Envoy Si Yamen, and the Jiangnan Chief Envoy Si Yamen is in Pingjiang Mansion.

"Yes, the Jia family's affairs involve the layout of two generations of emperors. Li Xiao, the magistrate of Pingjiang Prefecture, is only a fourth-rank official. It would be strange to write a letter to impeach the Jia family for illegal acts, but if the second-rank Jiangnan envoy is behind it, then it will be

It makes sense. The chief envoy of Jiangnan is in charge of the administration and finance of Jiangnan. Jiangnan is a prosperous place. It is easy for him to get some treasury silver. I am afraid that it is because of my Pan family that I gave you 2,500 taels of treasury silver.

It’s part of the reward for standing in line. It’s just that the imperial envoy came in person, so I don’t know if it will cause any trouble.”

When Pan En thought about this, he stopped thinking about it. He still had to ask his cheap dad about this kind of thing, so Pan En just told Abi not to say anything.