Jiang Zhaoyin immediately turned his gaze to Xu Jing and said, "Speak."
Xu Jing, however, looked towards Duke Qiao and said, "I want to ask first, the gold bars you've prepared, approximately how heavy is each one?"
Duke Qiao was taken aback and said, "Each gold bar is about twelve taels."
Xu Jing nodded and said, "One tael of gold is approximately equivalent to ten taels of silver, which means a gold bar is one hundred and twenty taels of silver. The kidnappers requested to convert the silver into gold bars, so a ransom of ten thousand taels means preparing about eighty-four gold bars; ten thousand taels' worth of gold bars amounts to approximately one thousand and eight taels, which is about one hundred jin.
Two thousand taels of gold bars weigh more than two hundred jin."
Mrs. Wen, already displeased with Xu Jing and feeling agitated, couldn't help but say sharply, "What's the use of calculating this at a time like this!"
Is she trying to show off her math skills or what?!
