But nowadays, people regard gold as pure gold, which is ninety-nine gold.

This kind of color is obviously not pure, so it’s okay for you to use it yourself, but if you put it in a silver building, fewer people will recognize it...

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In the Hubu Yamen, Brother Jiu continued to look at the documents from the Cangchang Yamen.

It also increases knowledge.

Although the "Thirteen Warehouses" under Cangchang Yamen are all official warehouses, there are still distinctions. Several of them are white granary warehouses.

White grain is only for the palace and the princes and officials.

This grain consumption is more than double that of other grains.

Brother Jiu has been to Suzhou for forty years with the Southern Tour, and he has also heard about Bailiang.

This came with the previous dynasty, and the japonica rice and glutinous rice collected from Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou were specially used for the palace and officials. Every year, almost 100,000 shi were collected, accounting for one-fortieth of the entire rice.

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It was only when I opened the account books today that I realized that for these 100,000 white grains, if the rice consumption and losses were added up, the silver equivalent of one stone of rice would be equivalent to the market price of more than three or four stone, which is ten times that of ordinary grain.

Brother Jiu was stunned when he saw it. This was blatantly robbing the rich and giving to the poor.

But whose poverty is being helped?

After reading the cases for a month and a half, he finally understood that there was nothing new under the sun, and the Hubu Yamen was also pitch black.

At this moment, there was movement at the door, and Cao Shun came.

"Master Jiu, here comes the imperial decree. The decree of knighthood has been issued. Fujin invites you to come back to receive the decree..."

Brother Jiu was a little surprised when he heard this and said: "So fast!"

Fourth Brother urged: "Don't delay, come back quickly!"

Brother Jiu stood up and said, "Well, well, I'll call Old Ten and I'll be back..."

As soon as he left the door of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he saw Brother San coming out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, mounting his horse and leaving.

At this moment, people from the Tenth Prince's Mansion also arrived at the Zongren Mansion.

The tenth prince got the news and came out.

The two brothers got in the car.

When the two of them returned home, they received the decree of knighthood from the imperial guards.

Shu Shu was also in the front and asked someone to prepare a purse, which contained banknotes directly.

Brother Jiu accepted the order and smiled from ear to ear.

However, he thought of the third elder brother he had just met, who came out of the Yamen either early or late, so he asked the guard one more question, "How many titles have been awarded in total today?"

The guard said: "There are five families in total. In addition to yours and the Tenth Master's, there are also the Third Master's, Prince Jian's Mansion and Prince Gong's Mansion..."

The ninth elder brother remembered the words of the third elder brother. When the guards left, he said to Shu Shu: "The third elder brother will not be promoted to the county king. That would be too cheap for him!"

Shu Shu thought about the identity of the tenth elder brother. If the tenth elder brother and the eldest elder brother became the only two county kings, it would be easy for people to overthink it.

A third elder brother was brought up, but it was actually the tenth elder brother who was suppressed.

Shu Shu said: "Didn't the third master record the merits in his name? Perhaps the emperor remembered it and was promoted together..."

Brother Jiu said sourly: "It's only one meritorious service. According to the rules, if you are a duke or above, you have to record your merits twice before you can be promoted once!"

Counting all the scattered credits here, I can remember three or four times, just from Beizi to Beile.

As for the third elder brother, with one achievement, he went directly from Baile to the county king?
Chapter completed!