Li Tian: " You've temporarily given me the position of Provincial Governor's Assistant Secretary. The rank is equivalent to 300 stones, but there's no specific assignment yet.
In addition, according to the rules of the imperial court, we will be rewarded with a total of 50 catties of gold. Let's go and receive the reward now.”
Liu Bei was quite happy when he heard that he could take dozens of catties of gold for free. Who didn't like money?
It takes a lot of money to do big things.
Moreover, Liu Bei was a person who liked beautiful clothes and raising dogs and horses.
"Let's go and get the money first! Let's have a good drink tonight and find the most luxurious wine shop in Ye City!”
Liu Bei instantly entered the rhythm of enjoying life.
Continue playing the music!
Continue dancing!
The two of them pulled Guan Yu along and got on the horse, chatting and laughing as they headed straight for the clerk to collect the money.
After arriving at the place,
A clerk in charge of receiving them understood the situation and led Li Tian and Liu Bei to the treasury to settle the transaction procedures.
Liu and Li were dragged to a treasury.
The clerk opened the door.
He gave them a fake look and said in a business-like manner,
"These few boxes add up to five million yuan.”
Li Tian was speechless.
F * ck!
Didn't we agree on fifty catties of gold?
How did it become five million copper coins?
Five million copper coins was equivalent to 12 tons in weight in the future. Who could carry this!
"This Big Brother Cao Gui…is the state treasury lacking gold? So…"
Li Tian said awkwardly.
Who knew that the other party's reaction was very fast.
"Then we'll follow the Imperial Court's custom and convert it into gold.”
As he spoke, the official brought Liu and Li to another heavily guarded warehouse.
After some formalities, he brought out a plate of 20 horseshoe gold cakes, a total of 30 catties.
"This, this, this…We agreed on 50 catties of gold, and now it's 30 catties?”
Li Tian instantly had a more vivid understanding of the darkness of the imperial court at the end of Han Dynasty.
Liu Bei seemed to be more experienced than Li Tian in this area, and he completed the transaction without batting an eyelid.
After carrying the 30 Jin gold cake and leaving the Office of the Secretary of State, Liu Bei asked Li Tian,"
"Boya, you're also an official, yet you don't know the rules? It had been so many years. The imperial court had given gold in name, but they had to convert it into copper coins first. If you insisted on taking the gold cake, you would have to convert it back.”
Li Tian was stunned for a few seconds before he accepted the reality.
It turned out that the Han Dynasty people had already used the " double exchange rate system of planned and unplanned prices " to exploit those who had made contributions!
The official exchange rate had been one tael of gold since the Western Han Dynasty.
The folk exchange rate had actually dropped to 17,000 taels.
Therefore, they did not even do anything, and they were already given a 40% discount.
Don't be unconvinced. Look at one of the three heroes of the Yellow Turban Plain, Zhu Xi.
Back then, when he helped to exterminate the thief Xuchang in Kuaiji,
Zhu Xiong's 50 catties of gold reward was also depreciated to 30 catties just like that!
This was not because the person in charge of the money was corrupt, but because the imperial court directly issued less.
It was very much in line with Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling's stingy nature!
"Don't think about it. This is how the world is. Thirty catties is not bad. It's an unexpected fortune. Go and have a good drink!”
Liu Bei patted Li Tian twice, telling him not to think too much.
"I still have something to do. Brother, let's go find a place to drink first.
I haven't convinced the envoy to be the messenger tomorrow.
I want to go back to the Provincial Governor's Mansion and ask him to drink with me and give him some benefits.
He wanted to see if he could put in a good word in front of the envoy and get this job.
The envoy still doesn't know my eloquence and doesn't trust me when I do things.”
Li Tian had thought that Jia Cong would make him a messenger, but he had never expected that there would be a twist.
However, thinking about it, it was normal.
A person who used to be a bookkeeper for the overseer.
How could a provincial governor trust you to report to the court on his behalf alone?
At most, they would treat Li Tian as a witness.
However, he would definitely choose other reliable people to be the emissary.
If he didn't pay attention to it, he would be ignored as a witness and the original informant.
The matter between Li Tian and Liu Bei could only be read in the form of a memorial by the Imperial Court.
It was also Li Tian's fault for not having solid evidence, so he could only report it to Jia Cong.
If he had written evidence like Tang Zhou, then he would have followed Tang Zhou's example of 'going straight into the forbidden area to report a mutiny.'
If he couldn't reach Luoyang, how could he make friends with the powerful and become famous?
Now, he had no choice but to give them money and ask them to put in a good word for him.
"This is a serious matter.”
Liu Bei knew what was important, so he held Li Tian's hand and acted like he was entrusting him with an important task.
Li Tian said," However, I need some money to make this happen."
Not only this time, but when he came to the capital, there would probably be some joints.
Brother is an upright person, but…"
Liu Bei was stunned." So you just got it and you're going to spend it?"
Forget it, forget it. I should have thought of it earlier.
Here, take it. You are my good brother and my good brother.
Once upon a time, Gaozu heard that Chen Ping accepted gold and stole his sister-in-law without punishment, so he gave Chen Ping ten thousand gold without hesitation.
You and I are brothers, how can we not trust you?”
As he spoke, Liu Bei took out a handful of horseshoe gold from his gold pouch. It was about a few pounds, and he gave it to Guan Yu to drink, shop, and enjoy himself. The rest was given to Li Tian.
The 20-pound gold was wrapped around Li Tian's waist, making him feel awkward when he walked.
However, when he heard Liu Bei compare him to Chen Ping, Li Tian was quite pleased.
How good would it be to be Chen Ping!
Even if he met a monarch like Liu Bang, Chen Ping would live longer than Zhang Liang and Xiao He.
Moreover, after the repeated reshuffling of the two dynasties, Empress Lu and Emperor Wen of Han, it still stood firm.
Even Zhou Bo had stopped looking at Chen Ping, but he still looked at him alone, and he did it until he died of old age.
As a person, if he didn't want to be suspected by the monarch, he had to have some small problems.
We lie, cheat, and steal, we're professionally trained,
Splashing these dirty water on himself was the real roly-roly-man among the founding heroes.
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