[The Internet will be connected in the evening, and I will continue to add updates for the leader tomorrow.]

Of course the gift was from Jiao Shun.

After all, he is a man who is sworn in with gambling and drugs. He may be procrastinating and hesitating about other things, but he never hesitates when it comes to investing in women.

But he said that he had given gifts in the name of Zhao Guoji and had lunch with Mrs. Xu in the hall. He then went back to the east chamber to catch up on his sleep, and slept until Shen Zheng [four o'clock in the afternoon] before he got up in a daze.

After simply washing up and being served by Siqi Yuchai, he suddenly remembered that he still needed to destroy the evidence, so he hurriedly left Siqi and briefly told Yuchai about the matter.

In fact, after being broken into by Mrs. Wang at the Cuicui Temple last time, Yuchai was frightened out of his mind. When he came back, he thought about throwing away those 'old clothes', but his uncle got even more serious...

Now that she heard that the stolen goods were to be sold, she naturally supported it with both hands.

Immediately, I was going to go to the west wing to get the things, and then take them to the kitchen and burn them.

However, as soon as the jade bracelet turned around, Jiao Shun suddenly changed his mind: "Don't rush to burn it now. You can go back and pack it up. When I go out later, I can just take it with me and throw it away."

As soon as Yuchai heard this, he knew that the uncle must have some other purpose.

Although I was a hundred times unhappy, how could I dare to disobey Jiao Shun's orders?

I had no choice but to agree reluctantly, and went to the west wing to wrap a few small clothes into my baggage.

Jiao Shunyin thought that he would probably spend the night outside, so he wanted to go to the south room to say hello to Xing Xiuyan and tease his daughter.

When he arrived at the south room, he saw Xing Xiuyan, Xiang Ling, and Hong Yu sitting around making accounts, fiddling with the abacus, and he said clearly: "Have the accounts for the spices been delivered?"

"It was delivered in the afternoon."

Xing Xiuyan stood up and handed over a piece of paper: "This is a rough estimate of income and expenditure. There may be some discrepancies in some details of the accounts, but in general they should be similar."

Jiao Shun nodded slightly, took it and glanced at it casually, and found that because it was August 15th, his income this month was quite considerable, the total amount was about just over 20,000 taels.

Among them, just from selling aquatic products, I made a net profit of 4,000 taels of silver.

These were all given by the Hedao Yamen of various provinces. After all, Jiao Shun had just taken charge of the Hedao Yamen's request for approval in the first half of the year. If the Hedao Yamen of the various provinces did not even have this kind of human contact, they would not be able to be officials.

Fresh goods are delivered to nearby provinces, and dry goods are delivered to distant provinces. There are both fresh and fresh goods, ranging from three to four hundred kilograms, to more than one thousand kilograms.

For the dozen or so people in the Jiao family, there was no place to put them, let alone eat them.

Fortunately, there is a company in the capital that specializes in purchasing these earthen rituals, which is the same method as the recycling of high-end tobacco and alcohol in later generations, so it is not troublesome to deal with them.

Although there are slightly more taps in the middle, the advantage is that the identity of the seller is never asked, and the money and goods are never in arrears.

So what Wang Xifeng said is right. For a top-notch position like the head of the Department of General Affairs, even if you don't take bribes directly, you can still save money in a year by relying on the "earth ceremony" during the festivals and the ice and charcoal ceremony in summer and winter.

One hundred thousand net worth.

This is because Jiao Shun abides by the rules. Otherwise, he only needs to open his mouth a little wider, and three to five million taels of silver would be at his fingertips.

but……

His recent expenditures are indeed quite large. It costs seven to eight thousand taels to increase capital and expand production, and he also spends seven to eight thousand taels on women.

In addition, the new house on Zijin Street has already entered the final stage, and it will cost a lot of money to purchase furniture. After thinking about it, August 15th this year was actually wasted.

"Oh, it's hard to be an upright official."

Jiao Shun put the income and expenditure data back on the table and tapped it with his fingers: "If Madam wants to ask, please understate it by two thousand taels."

Xing Xiuyan didn't ask why, he just nodded in agreement, took out the article about the girls, handed it to Jiao Shun and said: "I made the annotations according to the master's wishes, do you think it's okay?"

Although Jiao Shun's calligraphy has improved in the past two years, if compared with these young literary and artistic women in Rong Guofu, he really can't stand up.

What's more, he was unable to use words and sentences to quote scriptures.

Therefore, they always explain the general direction and then entrust Xing Xiuyan to make specific comments.

Jiao Shun took a rough look at it and saw that there were no obvious errors, so he returned it to Xing Xiuyan: "You can send it directly to Xiaoxiang Pavilion later and let them revise it today and tomorrow. It must be finalized before the second grade of junior high school."

This specific plan to take revenge on the Mei family is basically not much different from Jiao Shun's original plan.

But some details have changed.

For example, it was originally planned to publish these articles with hidden flaws at the same time, but after repeated negotiations, it was changed to be published in batches.

That is to say: Chu Yi published an article that was all right in the summer newspaper, and then submitted other defective articles to several newspapers that were published every five and ten days, and at the same time tried to get rid of the essay.

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This will help the event continue to ferment.

Moreover, the essay appears before the flawed article, which is more conducive to reversal later.

Some unscrupulous media in later generations will first quietly post the 'truth' on the Internet, and then launch a massive negative propaganda campaign. After the incident has become widespread, they will then guide the masses to 'discover' the 'truth' that has been prepared for a long time.

Create a so-called reversal and ultimately achieve the effect of hype.

To put it bluntly, if you want to increase, suppress first, or if you want to suppress, increase first.

Although there is no "Internet Memory" now, as long as an ambush is prepared in advance, a similar reversal effect can be achieved.

Talk less.

After handling these trivial matters, Jiao Shun stayed with Xing Xiuyan and his daughter Wen for more than half an hour. It was not until he came back from his duty at Laiwang that he decided to go out for an appointment in the evening. He picked up his baggage and drove his father's mule cart in a low-key manner.

Exited the back door of Rongguo Mansion.

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At the same time, inside Muni Courtyard.

Miaoyu struggled for two days and one night over whether to become a 'Buddha' or not. Before she could make a decision, she faced new troubles.

It's approaching evening.

Two middle-aged nuns knocked on the door and saw Miaoyu meditating with her eyes closed. They looked at each other and hesitated, wondering whether they should speak.

Jingyi saw it and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me directly, senior sister... the host will make a decision after hearing it."

The two middle-aged nuns pushed and shoved each other for a while, and then one of them said: "We didn't dare to disturb the leader of the Qing Dynasty, but it is related to the livelihood of our monastery, and we really can't delay it."

"livelihood?"

Jingyi wondered: "What exactly is going on? Please explain it more clearly."

The middle-aged nun who spoke first bowed her head to her chubby companion, and the fat nun had no choice but to continue: "Even when the old host was present at the fast meeting on the fifth day of the lunar month next month, she would personally come to invite the lay people. Now..."

When she first settled in Muni Yuan, Jingyi had also heard about the Zhai Hui and knew that it was the monthly alms fundraiser held by Muni Yuan.

Thinking again about the 'livelihood' issue mentioned just now, she immediately frowned and asked: "How much charity money do we still have in our account?"

"this……"

The two nuns looked at each other, lowered their heads at the same time, and muttered: "There is less than thirty taels of silver."

Jingyi's eyes widened and she lost her voice: "Young Nuo Muniyuan, how can you only have thirty taels of silver in your account?!"

"Yes, it's less than thirty taels."

The fat nun made a correction and explained: "There are always two accounts in the temple, one is the private account of the host, and the other is the public account of the temple. Every month's income is first put into the private account, and then the amount is transferred to the public account.

Now that the old manager has moved the order to another place, the private account will naturally also..."

Jingyi naturally understood what she meant, and quickly asked: "Never mind the private accounts, is there a list of the lay people invited by the fasting club in the past? Even if there is no list, you should know those regular guests, right?"

The thin nun said with a bitter face: "During the usual fasting meetings, we were just doing odd jobs outside, and the knowledgeable guests who came forward were all close disciples of the old abbot, but now they all order with the abbot..."

"Don't you recognize any of them?"

"Yes, there are three or four of them."

As the fat nun spoke, she took out a list of names from her sleeve and respectfully presented it to Miaoyu, but Miaoyu didn't react at all.

Fortunately, Jingyi hurriedly reached out and took it, thus avoiding the embarrassment.

The fat nun took two steps back and hesitated: "But we recognize others, but they may not recognize us."

Jingyi heard the unfinished meaning of her words, first looked at the mostly empty list in her hand, then raised her eyes to look at the fat nun and asked: "So, if I ask you to wait for the invitation, I'm afraid you probably won't get it?

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The fat nun looked at the thin nun, and the thin nun looked at the fat nun, then both lowered their heads in acquiescence.

Jingyi gritted her teeth and felt anxious, but she also knew that they were not to blame for this, so she asked again: "How much does the temple usually cost?"

"It used to be more."

The thin nun hurriedly said: "Because many senior sisters and junior sisters have left recently, our success rate has always been low... Oops!"

Halfway through her words, she suddenly screamed in pain, but the fat nun stepped on her hard. The fat nun laughed and said, "If you don't care about the abbot, two taels of silver are enough for the temple's daily expenses."

Originally, the temple was actually divided into three, six, and nine grades. According to the past practices of the fat nun and others, plus other expenses in the temple, one or two or seven taels of silver per day was enough. She reported two taels, which was obviously in comparison with the old ones.

Preside over the treatment of close disciples.

The skinny nun suddenly understood and quickly agreed.

Although Jingyi heard something fishy, ​​she had no intention of arguing with the two of them for the moment.

She made some calculations in her mind. If she went by the fat nun's statement, the temple's monthly expenses would be sixty taels of silver. Including the expenses for her own lady's fine clothing and food, it would probably cost at least one hundred taels of silver.

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To be continued...