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Chapter 150 - 150 146 Giving Gifts
Chapter 150 - 150 146 Giving Gifts
?Chapter 150: Chapter 146 Giving Gifts Chapter 150: Chapter 146 Giving Gifts After Ruo Xuan left, Xuanyuan Que summoned the old shopkeeper and inquired how much silver he had at present.
The old shopkeeper’s heart leaped with joy. The young master was truly starting to take an interest in worldly matters, and even began to pay attention to his own wealth.
The worst fear is to be without desire or want, as those without desires are not human. Which normal person would have no desires?
“Master, apart from your monthly stipend of one thousand taels of silver, you also have the income from businesses, estates, and workshops gifted by The Emperor and left to the master by the Empress. These together yield about fifty thousand taels a year. Furthermore, there are gifts from the Empress Dowager, the Zhenguo Duke, the Crown Prince…”
“State the total amount of stored silver,” Xuanyuan Que interrupted him.
“Yes, young master now has five hundred and thirty thousand taels of stored silver.”
The young master could be said to be the richest among all the princes, having amassed several hundred thousand taels of silver at such a tender age.
However, a significant reason for this was because the young master had lived such a reclusive life.
Other princes would engage in social reciprocations with others. The imperial kin and nobility, prominent officials, and powerful courtiers—whenever there was a banquet held by any of them, gifts had to be presented. The purpose, of course, was to secretly win over the ministers.
Every prince spent no small amount of silver every month on social reciprocations. Moreover, they needed to reward their servants and build their own power bases, all of which required countless taels of silver. It could be said that the princes were always short of silver.
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