Gu Wenheng shook his head. "I'm not kidding you. He really only has this much silver on him right now."
Jin Qianqian didn't believe him at all. "How is that possible? Not only is he a major general, but he also holds a noble title in the imperial court."
"That's just on the surface," Gu Wenheng said.
"A few years ago, when Empress Zhou entered the palace, Brother Zhou used most of his estate's silver reserves to prepare her dowry.
"Over the years, to take care of his injured soldiers, he's also been paying out of pocket to provide them with subsidies.
"The eight thousand taels of silver he has now are actually just the profits sent over from his estates in the Capital at the beginning of spring."
Jin Qianqian furrowed her brows. "Then what about those gemstones he sent to our manor before?"
"I heard a large portion of those were left behind by the Old Marquis," Gu Wenheng explained. "He only took them out of the treasury to repay us for saving his life."
