The whole world is waiting for the host to overturn

Chapter 31 The Prince's True Love Jiaojiao (31)

Ji Rong flicked his sleeves, and sat down on the seat by the table decisively, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Prince Rui sharply.

"Let's talk about the cost of the backyard first. The annual silver for the concubine, side concubine and seventeen concubines is 340 taels in total. The brocade, cloth, cloth, gold and other four-season clothes needed by everyone in the mansion total 550 taels of silver. Later The annual purchase of kitchen vegetables, fruits, ice charcoal, etc. requires more than 1000 taels of silver. The total amount of rare playthings given out among them is about [-] taels.”

Ji Rong paused, looked at Prince Rui with a half-smile and said: "These things alone cost more than fifty-five thousand five hundred and ninety taels of silver. The monthly silver of those servants, maids, stewards in the mansion is not yet fine Forget it!"

"On weekdays, when catching up with happy events in the mansion, such as the addition of a baby, you have to pay extra. For example, the bird's nest, ginseng and fine tea used this time are not within the scope of regular purchases in the mansion. They are extra purchases by concubines. of."

Seeing that Prince Rui's face darkened, Ji Rong continued to say in a leisurely manner: "Besides, when the lord goes out to socialize with friends, he also pays from the mansion. The cloth jewelry that he gave to Sister Feng a few days ago can also be considered as an expense of the mansion. Items. Before and after, there must be 7000 taels of silver. This year, the daily expenses of our palace backyard and everyone’s daily expenses total nearly 8 taels of silver.”

After Ji Rong finished speaking, he heard several staff around him take a breath.

8 taels of silver, a palace needs 8 taels of silver for a year's expenses?

Then the palace also raised private soldiers, and there are some military expenditures for the outside world, which add up to no more than 30 to [-] a year?

Prince Rui didn't expect that the palace's expenses would be so large, he felt that Ji Rong was deliberately deceiving him, but he was not an idle prince who didn't understand anything, so naturally he knew that there was some truth in what Ji Rong said.

Even if there is no 8 taels of silver in this year's expenses, it will be more than 7.

It's just that Prince Rui didn't want to be bluffed by Ji Rong just like that, he hooked his lips and sneered: "So what if 8 taels? This king has land and good shops, as well as a fief in Fuzhou. Could it be that Fuzhou's annual tax money can't support everyone in the palace?" ?”

Listening to his words, Ji Rong's smile slowly faded: "I will now tell the prince one by one about the profit of the good farm property in the palace."

Ji Rong stroked the broken hair on his sideburns, and said lightly: "I don't think the prince knows, but the two consecutive years of drought in Fuzhou have made the people hungry. Natural disasters are merciless, and the people's livelihood is suffering. Merchants have no profits, tenants have no rent, Where does the prince's tax money come from?"

The sentence "The common people don't have enough to eat" shocked Prince Rui beyond words.

Fuzhou is his fiefdom, but he is the border commander and the younger brother of the emperor, so naturally he doesn't need to go to the fiefdom to stay.

Usually, he only listens to people talking about the recent situation in Fuzhou in his free time.

He had heard about the two-year drought in Fuzhou before.

At that time, the staff also mentioned this matter to him. He thought it was not a big deal, so he asked for timely relief, and then ignored it.

But I didn't expect that the situation was as serious as Ji Rong's "lack of food".

Prince Rui looked at Ji Rong suspiciously, and Ji Rong Yang smiled back: "My lord probably wants to ask me why I know so much about Fuzhou? Because Fuzhou's taxes and income are under the control of Prince Rui's residence. Although I am not an official in Fuzhou Official, but as Princess Rui and the hostess of Prince Rui's residence, of course I have to know a little bit about it. These things in Fuzhou are what I have heard from all the stewards in Fuzhou."

(End of this chapter)