When Chen Jinbai saw his youngest son coming back, he sighed softly and did not blame anything else.

On the contrary, Chen Buer rarely cared about his family's business:

"Dad, how much money did we lose this time? How much money is left in the family?"

Chen Jinbai didn't want to say it at first, but thought it was time to put some pressure on this prodigal son, but said truthfully:

"The total amount of silver that was robbed this time was 14,000 taels. My father took out 4,000 taels from his family and borrowed 10,000 taels from the bank to make up enough, because these medicinal materials are essential summer medicines, so we have to buy them.

In addition, there are 3,000 taels of silver deposits in Jingshitang's public account, which is for emergency use and cannot be moved easily. This is our current situation. I will give you two taels of money every month for your father. I know you are not happy, but there is no way to be a father, alas..."

Chen Buer couldn't help but be stunned: "Dad, we are such a big Jingshitang, can't even get ten thousand taels of silver?"

Lu Binglun quickly added:

"It's not a problem to get together for each house, but it's not a problem to get together for tens of thousands of taels, but this is the money of each family. Who would like to take it out? The first one of your third uncle's family is unwilling. If we only pay for our second and big houses, there is no such reason."

Chen Jinbai was a little dissatisfied: "It's time, why are you still caring about these things!"

Lu Binglun was unhappy when he heard this:

"Master, our second house has been paying a lot of money for the clinic over the years. If my parents' family had not given a lot of dowry money, at least they could subsidize the household income, otherwise how could our family support it?

Anyway, the three families will have to separate sooner or later, so they will follow their wishes and let them go. For this ups and downs, we will fight with the big house. Only when we are united can we work together.”

"No, if Jingshitang doesn't fall, we will split up first. This will be spread out. Isn't it laughed at? It's okay if the woman has a short knowledge, do you want our Chen family to be a joke?"

After saying that, Chen Jinbai was so angry that he coughed violently again, which scared Lu Binglun and Hexiang to pat his back repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, don't say it anymore, don't be angry, Rouye, give your father the soup."

Chen Buer looked at the relatives in the room and the family in the yard. He never dreamed that the Chen family was so difficult.

In his impression, this is one of the largest "hospitals" in Bianliang City. A lean camel must be bigger than a horse, right?

If you don’t say you can take out tens of millions of taels or millions of taels, at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in your family is always a bit of a problem, right?

Otherwise, what is a wealthy family? A wealthy family shouldn’t spend thousands of taels of silver on a table?

This is why Chen Buer doesn't care about his family's finances or national affairs at ordinary times.

Take the fiscal revenue of the year in the world, it seems to have reached 120 million guan, but if you study it carefully, you will find that these 200 million guan is not cash.

This includes various kinds of silk, squid, crust, cloth, silk thread, cotton, tea, artemisia, firewood, charcoal, pyrite, salt and other physical objects. These can also be regarded as government income, but this is not cash.

Therefore, the annual fiscal revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty was only about 80 million RMB in cash (for the sake of easy calculation, it was set to be equal to one or two liang).

Such a big country is still the peak of feudal society's development, and it only earns 80 million taels a year. How could it be possible to pay tens of millions of taels or millions of taels of silver for merchants like Jingshitang?

The Chen family "Jingshitang" has a lot of assets, such as the old house of the Chen family and the medical clinics and shops along the street. It is not a big problem to sell him for hundreds of thousands of taels.

The question is, can it be sold?

Also, the Chen family has a characteristic, and they spend a considerable amount of money every year to buy the land and mountains of Jingshishan.

Although the value of the mountain is not high, the cost of buying all of these forty-mile Jingshi Mountain is not too high.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver are used to purchase these mountains every year.

This is the ancestral teaching of the Chen family ancestor. No one dares not to abide by it, otherwise he will lose the qualification to inherit the head of the family from a legal perspective.

In addition, the Chen family has many medicine fields and workshops in Jingshishan, but to put it bluntly, these cannot be sold and become cash-based.

So it seems that "Jingshitang" has a big family, but it doesn't really have much cash to take.

This is the same as those rich people in later generations. It says that there are tens of billions of assets, but it may be difficult for you to get them out with a billion in cash, because their assets are all shares and real estate, and they still owe a lot of debts to the bank. These tens of billions of assets do not belong entirely to him.

Just like "Jingshitang", now I can't even get 10,000 taels of cash, and what's left is really an empty shell.

If the capital chain is broken, the medicinal materials will be out of stock.

Especially the Chen family’s secret medicines, the medicinal materials needed are very expensive, and the money for purchasing raw materials is only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The key medicinal materials are out of stock and there is no way to prescribe prescriptions. Doctors who earn wages on the clinic will leave.

The so-called century-old clinic is difficult to hold up, and it is really a very simple thing to throw it away.

Until the evening, Chen Buer was worried in his "Heaven and Earth" courtyard.

Wang Liang'er had already brought supper from the kitchen, but put it there, Chen Buer didn't move any chopsticks, and the thin man and the fat man looked worried.

Suddenly, Chen Buer's eyes lit up as if he had made up some decision, and then dimmed again, and sighed:

"Fatty, thin guy, we really have no luck. The money we just got last night seems to be unable to save it. Now that the family is in such a difficult situation, my father is in a hurry. If I don't help me, a son, and I don't take out the money, it's really unreasonable."

The thin man didn't care: "Young master, this money was in vain anyway. Giving it to the master can also solve our family's urgent needs. If you give it, give it to it. At worst, let's find another corrupt official family tonight."

Chen Buer despised him:

"Fortunately, it's too many times. Do you really think of the Six Gates, the Imperial City Division, and the masters of the Great Insider are fools? When we are caught, we will not only implicate our family, but also die in the world."

"Young master, what should I do? Buy a big house and a shop according to your plan, and that will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Chen Buer also grabbed his hair with worries: "No matter what, let's find another way to overcome the difficulties in front of the family."

The next morning, Chen Jinbai was still lying on the bed and humming. Chen Li hurried over and was evenly mixed while passing by the door.

Chen Li has always been a gentle and calm person. It must be a big deal to make him so panicked.

The soup bowls on Chen Jinbai's hand fell off and he asked nervously: "Fa, what big thing happened?"
Chapter completed!