Shi Zhongkui then took the wooden box and began to count it in front of everyone.

Then he handed the box and the title deed to Yu Shun with satisfaction.

"Take it to the backyard and give it to the two ladies for safekeeping. When I go to Shuntian Mansion tomorrow to register, I will ask Shuntian Mansion to issue two land deeds. This 10,000 acres of fertile land will be divided into two, and each of the two ladies will have half."

After speaking, Shi Zhongkui pointed to the palace chief Shi and said, "Brother, please follow me as the housekeeper later to take over 1,500 kilograms of Babao wine.

I'll ask you to make a hard trip to Shuntian Mansion tomorrow to report this matter."

Prince Shi hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "I don't dare."

Although he himself was also a Jinshi, the scholars in the world felt a little inferior when they met Shi Zhongkui, the leader of the Six Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, he is also a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and his rank is indeed the same as that of himself, the chief historian of the palace, who is a fifth rank.

But it was inevitable that Shi Zhongkui would join the cabinet, and it would be logical for him to serve as the six ministers at the same time.

And my life has come to an end.

Regardless of the fact that the Chief of the Royal Palace is a fifth-rank imperial official, and he has the vassal king as a big tree to rely on, it stands to reason that there should be many officials who would be willing to be an official even if they broke their heads.

But in fact it's the other way around.

Unless King Zhongshun rebels, and he, as a long-time historian, has great achievements in bringing order to things, he will only be the steward of Prince Zhongshun's palace for the rest of his life, with no hope of promotion.

What's even more unlucky is that according to the rule "if the king has committed a crime, the chief historian will be questioned", if the prince commits a crime, the chief historian will be the first to be unlucky.

In other words, if you keep it secret and don't report it, everyone will be safe.

Moreover, Changshi does not have any law enforcement power and can only advise.

As time went by, only fools reported it to the emperor, and the long history of each prince's palace naturally became the prince's bastard.

There are even people who would rather work as a professor in the Prince's Palace than to be the Chief Historian that only the Prince's Palace can provide.

Therefore, in the face of Shi Zhongkui, who even flattered his own prince, the loyal and shunned prince's chief minister was respectful.

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After handling the matters at the farm, King Zhongshun realized that he had a friendship with Shi Zhongkui and immediately brought the topic to the talisman.

Even asking for five hundred taels of silver a piece.

In the past, when faced with King Zhongshun who had explicitly asked for ten pieces, Shi Zhongkui would of course sell them to him.

But on the one hand, his mentality has indeed changed, and on the other hand, Shi Zhongkui's limited financial knowledge also made him understand that it is definitely not a good thing to get all the money into his own family.

In addition to gold and silver, there are many things that represent wealth.

Smiling, he said to King Zhongshun, "Your Majesty, I don't have many hobbies. Why don't you borrow some calligraphy from famous writers, or music scores for guqin and flute from Your Majesty?"

When King Zhongshun heard this, his heart ached. In his opinion, after selling Babao Wine, he had plenty of money.

Naturally, I am even more curious about my collection of famous calligraphy and paintings.

But he also saw from Shi Zhongkui's previous attitude that he didn't use money to buy it and only exchanged wine for the farm. Shi Zhongkui was taboo about talking about money with others.

It’s okay to call him noble, and it’s okay to call him hypocritical.

But although money is a good thing, it often means trouble.

They exchange copybooks and writings with each other, and the censor doesn't care.

Even they themselves are doing it.

In the end, King Zhongshun could only agree to Shi Zhongkui's request. Then Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong hurriedly came forward and said that they also had some calligraphy and paintings hidden in their homes, but they didn't know whether they were true or false.

I would like to ask Shi Zhongkui to help me take a look.

If you ask someone to look at it, you will naturally have to pay it back.

But it’s hard to say when the real thing will be returned.

Moreover, Shi Zhongkui said it was a copy and returned a copy drawn by an artist. He even changed his notes and copied the copy himself. Everyone understood it tacitly and the business was done.

This routine is not a secret in modern society, but in ancient times, it was a secret that only a few people understood.

After all, even the Imperial Academy has some people who are cutting back on clothing and dieting. If they have the spare money to collect famous calligraphy and paintings, they naturally have no chance to do this kind of thing.

Besides, there was no solid proof for this kind of thing, and the emperor was unwilling to take care of it.

In fact, among the tributes he himself receives from officials below every year, there are definitely no shortage of antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

You are the biggest profiteer, so of course you are not willing to break this rule.

After the business was concluded, Shi Zhongkui personally drew more than a dozen talismans in the main hall.

When King Zhongshun, Dai Quan, and Xia Shouzhong saw him drawing, golden light kept flashing on the talisman.

Moreover, the talisman paper, which was just ordinary paper before, was as tough as silk when I picked it up after drawing the incantation. I immediately no longer doubted the authenticity of the talisman.

King Zhongshun held ten evil-breaking and diamond talismans, looking at the mountain and river scenery show fan casually placed on the table with some itching and envy.

He smiled and asked Shi Zhongkui, "Bo Qian, why don't you let a kid out and let me have a try?"

"What's wrong with that?"

Shi Zhongkui smiled and nodded at Jing Xiu's fan, and the fan levitated and opened automatically.
Chapter completed!