Chapter 1685 A Banquet of One Thousand Taels of Silver

When Niu Hengtong heard that this was wrong, his heart thumped.

He hurriedly kowtowed: "My queen, please calm down. The money spent on this meal was saved from my salary. I have never been greedy for the people."

"Really?" Yun Dai casually picked up Xiao Ziliang's wine glass, put it under her nose and smelled it, "Hantanxiang, imperial wine, the stock is extremely rare. The current market price is at least 800 taels of silver per pot. I would like to ask for advice. Sirs, how much is your annual salary?"

Niu Hengtong lowered his head to the ground and did not dare to speak.

Yun Dai said: "If I remember correctly, the chief envoy is a second-grade official, with a monthly salary of forty-eight dan. Now the price of this rice, converted into silver, is only a few dozen taels. One. The annual salary is less than three hundred taels."

Every time she said something, the officials' faces paled.

This empress, who lives deep in the harem, actually knows all about the salaries of court officials.

What frightened them even more was that the Queen had not finished speaking yet.

"Niu Hengtong, at your age, you should have wives, concubines, children and grandchildren, right? With your salary, how much money do you have left besides the expenses of supporting your family?" Yun Dai said coldly, "Of course, I know you are like this It is impossible for a high-ranking official in the border areas to live on just this salary. The court turns a blind eye to the annual fire consumption, ice respect, and charcoal respect, and treats it as a subsidy to you. The court understands your difficulties, but You should also think about the court and the people."

Niu Hengtong kowtows: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Although my ministers are incompetent, they will try their best to serve the court and the people!"

Yun Dai slapped the table: "The slogans are loud, these three hundred taels of silver food, eight hundred taels of wine, you drank a lot!"

Several officials hurriedly lowered their heads to the ground.

Xiao Ziliang silently put down the chicken drumstick in his hand.

The girl singing the song turned pale with fright and didn't know what to do.

Wei Jintai went over, gave her some money and asked her to leave.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and Bao Xing walked in quickly. He was relieved when he saw Yun Dai sitting safe and sound.

In the cold weather, he was sweating profusely from running.

Yun Dai glanced at him.

He nodded towards Yun Dai, then stood behind her while holding the account book.

Niu Hengtong and several officials knelt on the ground, feeling very confused.

Could it be that the Queen was angry just because they had a banquet worth one thousand taels of silver?

This is not the case...

After all, they are also second-rank officials, and they are inviting the emperor of Northern Qi to have wine, so it doesn't matter if they eat well.

They only worry about other things.

Yun Dai glanced at them and said, "Who is Ji Dafu?"

Ji Dafu's heart trembled and he hurriedly said: "The villain is Ji Dafu."

Yun Dai looked at him. He was a man in his forties. He was short, fat and had triangular eyes. His face was oily and he looked fat.

"Ji Dafu, are you responsible for taking care of the largest granary in the south of the city?"

"Yes, the villain is a granary and a counting house."

"Accounting room?" Yun Dai smiled and said, "I am really puzzled that our Great Zhou Kingdom even has an accounting office and dares to ignore the orders of the general?"

Ji Dafu was frightened and kowtowed hurriedly: "I don't dare!"

"Don't you dare?"

Yun Dai threw the receipt in her hand to him, "Tonight, I went to your granary to get charcoal. I waited outside for an hour, but I didn't see even a shadow of charcoal. I was told that Prince Qin's warrant No matter it doesn’t work, I have to ask Mr. Ji to nod!”