Catching Monsters

Chapter 125 A good news and a bad news
After hearing this, Li Wangxin frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Let our Jinyiwei escort the money?"

"Shouldn't Jingzhao Prefecture or the Ministry of Revenue personally organize people to go there for this kind of thing?"

Escorting silver money is definitely a very popular job, such as sending military pay to the border.

Of the ten thousand taels of silver, by the time we get there, I'm afraid only seven thousand taels will be left.

There will be a certain amount of "loss" during the transportation process.

For example, if you accidentally fall off a cliff...

Never mind why the escort of food and money would pass over the cliff, anyway a group of people fell down...

Or maybe a large number of robbers suddenly passed by and paid a toll.

Don’t worry about why the team escorting military pay encountered robbers and had to pay them a bribe…

In short, when the reports were submitted, there were all kinds of strange reasons for the losses.

Some people even claim that if silver falls to the ground, it will disappear into the ground.

Over time, a tacit understanding was formed, and it seemed like a customary practice for the escort team to take away a portion of the silver wages.

The Ministry of Revenue usually does this kind of good job by itself. Thinking of this, Li Wangxin frowned slightly and asked, "I remember that Minister Chang made a special trip to our Southern Pacification Office before."

"You just want to deal with this kid named Jiang Yun?"

Eunuch Feng from the Imperial Palace went to the Southern Pacification Office in person to send someone away.

Li Wangxin was naturally deeply impressed by this incident.

He looked at Chang Pingyuan in confusion, then smiled: "Could it be that Minister Chang has set a trap for this kid named Jiang Yun?"

"Master Li, you are worrying too much. This time we are transporting a full 100,000 taels of silver." Chang Pingyuan touched his chin and said, "It is specially transported to the northern border army."

"It's the military pay for the army of the Duke of Zhenguo."

“It took quite a while.”

"It just so happens that Jiang Yun and the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo are said to be close friends, so I specially asked him to lead the escort team."

"It can be considered as easing the relationship with him. After all, he has a good relationship with Eunuch Feng."

Li Wangxin narrowed his eyes when he heard this. A total of 100,000 taels of silver were transported. According to the rules of the Ministry of Revenue, he could at least take away 30,000 taels!
Many of them go into his own pocket.

What's more, transporting food and money is a very easy task. Although demons are rampant and evil people are everywhere in the Great Zhou Dynasty, they all know it in their hearts.

It's fine for the gentlemen to be greedy for this money under various excuses.

They really dare to touch you. Whoever touches you will die.

Li Wangxin nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will help you agree to this matter first."

"Jiang Yun is a good kid. He has just joined the Jinyiwei and has made many contributions. Captain Yang often mentions him to me."

Chang Pingyuan laughed and picked up the tea beside him: "Drink tea."

……

Changxin Temple, which was once deserted, has now made a comeback.

Business is booming. Although there is not a long queue to enter the temple, the temple is still bustling with people.

Jiang Yun was standing at the door at this time, and saw two handsome monks with shaved heads, both with fair skin and handsome looks, receiving pilgrims at the door.

Seeing Jiang Yun approaching, one of the monks hurried forward and asked with a smile on his face, "Sir, who are you?"

The monk next to him hurriedly reminded: "Master Wuhui said that we cannot call them guests, we have to call them donors."

It seemed that the two had just been recruited and had not yet adapted to the monks' daily language.

Jiang Yun didn't care about this. He looked towards Changxin Temple, which was bustling with incense.

"Where are Wuhui and the abbot?" Jiang Yun asked, "I am their old friend."

Upon hearing this, the monk at the door hurriedly led him to the backyard.

There were quite a few people in the vegetarian dining hall. You know, even during the period when Changxin Temple had the worst reputation.

Their vegetarian restaurant puts up a free sign, which attracts many people to come and eat and drink for free. What's more, Changxin Temple has now changed from a haunted evil temple to a place where the Buddha appeared.

Business here is naturally more prosperous.

There were many invited monks busy serving dishes, and the young monk Wuhui was inside, constantly directing the guests inside.

"Slow down, slow down, don't be in a hurry, don't spill the vegetarian food."

“Also, we would like to remind customers that they cannot take the steamed buns away.”

The young monk Wuhui was busy inside, but when he saw Jiang Yun coming, he quickly put down what he was doing and trotted over to Jiang Yun.

"Donor Jiang, you're finally here. I was so busy that I didn't have time to look for you."

Jiang Yun was stunned: "Looking for me?"

"Well, our temple is running out of money and we're short of money..." Wuhui said somewhat embarrassedly.

Jiang Yun heard this and looked at the booming business: "Isn't this business very good?"

Wu Hui nodded and said, "Yes, business is indeed very good at the moment."

"But the expenses are a bit high..."

"In the Beijing News, a section that publishes information about our Changxin Temple costs more than fifty taels a day..."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly: "Didn't the newspaper say that the rich competed for the list? The first one gets 300 taels a day, and the second one is close behind..."

Wu Hui looked around, lowered her voice, and whispered in Jiang Yun's ear: "I lied. First of all, I only donated thirty taels of silver every day..."

"But I have to exaggerate a little bit..."

Jiang Yun understood instantly: "If the top brother on the list doesn't donate, how can others donate, right?"

"Yes, that's the truth."

Jiang Yun discovered that Wu Hui was a real business talent.

Unfortunately, he didn't have much money left, so he subconsciously touched his pocket and asked, "How much do you need?"

The young monk Wuhui calculated and said, "We still have 200 taels of silver left in the temple. We should be able to hold out for another half a month."

"If there is no money coming in half a month later, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain the current business of Changxin Temple."

Listening to Wu Hui's words, Jiang Yun nodded and said, "You guys hold on for a while. I'll invest another sum of money in half a month."

"By the way, where is Abbot Yunhai?"

Monk Wuhui pointed to the kitchen and said, "It's in the kitchen."

"You invited so many people, but didn't hire a chef?"

Wu Hui shook her head and said, "The abbot is a little worried about the vegetarian food prepared by others, so he insisted on making it himself..."

Jiang Yun saw that many monks had been hired to do their work, and he could not help much if he continued to stay, so he said goodbye and left.

As he walked out of Changxin Temple, he couldn't help scratching his hair, wondering where he could get the money.

The business of Changxin Temple has finally started to pick up. It would be a real shame if it were to lose everything and go bankrupt.

Two hundred taels of silver can only support half a month...

Jiang Yun suddenly felt a headache. Thinking about this, Jiang Yun slowly returned to the inn.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Wei Huaian sitting inside with a happy look on his face, rubbing his hands: "Brother Jiang, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

　There will be another chapter later. Today we had the annual meeting of the Tennis Association and it was already very late after the event.

　　This is just one chapter.

　　Sorry to have kept you waiting.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)