The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 1050

Everyone present was stunned at Gu Chengyu's actions, they were a little at a loss.Such a handsome young man, could it be
Gu Chengyu couldn't control the thoughts of everyone present, he took advantage of Xia Hongji's still in a daze, and snapped off Xia Hongji's thumb.

"Ah! Master Xia really deserves to be a role model for our Hangtian Mansion! He is willing to pay 10 taels of silver."

Gu Chengyu sighed in admiration, then let go of his hand, put his hand behind his back, and wiped it vigorously with a handkerchief.

Gu Chengyu's admiration brought everyone back to their senses from their daze.

Xia Hongji quickly lowered his head to look, almost spurting out a mouthful of old blood, how many fingers are these?Could it be his old eyesight?
"No, it's not ten." Xia Hongji quickly objected, he couldn't come up with so much money!
"Master Xia really understands righteousness. He is worthy of being a member of Xia Shoufu's clan. Let's bow down!"

Shopkeeper Zhan rolled his eyes and hurriedly cut off Xia Hongji's words.Arch your hands and salute, expressing your admiration.

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay. Isn't this imperial envoy too shameless?It was beyond their expectations!

They could see that Xia Hongji seemed to only come up with 4 taels of silver just now.Unexpectedly, the imperial envoy turned 4 taels into 10 taels with a touch of lip service.

Xia Hongji had a mouthful of old phlegm choked up in his throat, he didn't expect Gu Chengyu to be such a rascal.

What do you mean it's not a rogue?He obviously only thought of four fingers.At this moment, Xia Hongji couldn't help but think of the coldness and disgust on the patriarch's old face, and his heart trembled.

He is just a branch of the clan, and was sent by the clan leader to Hangtian Mansion to take care of business.Where can he make decisions about those silver coins?Before, he thought it was only 3 taels, and the patriarch would not blame him too much afterwards.

Later, in order not to be looked down upon by others, he gritted his teeth and added another 1 taels.Even if the patriarch is unhappy, he can explain it.

But now it is 10 taels!He can't use his own property to make up for it, otherwise the patriarch must doubt where he got so much money from.

Besides, if he was asked to take out the 10 taels by himself, it would be like digging out his heart, and the pain would be unbearable.

"I just said four." Xia Hongji held up four fingers, his eyes widened.His hands were shaking like he was about to have a stroke.

"Yes! I heard clearly just now that Mr. Xia donated 10 taels of silver. Come on! Everyone, let's give a toast to Mr. Xia first!"

Sitting in front of the table, Gu Chengyu raised his wine glass, ignoring Xia Hongji's face about to cry, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

He wouldn't give Xia Hongji a chance to speak out, anyway, he was going to settle for the 10 taels of silver.

Gu Chengyu was full of regrets, but it was a pity that Xia Hongji only had ten fingers.

He made some calculations in his heart, this Xia Hongji was just a branch of the Xia family, and he didn't have much authority.

Anyway, he will rush to Yingnan Mansion in the future. Yingnan Mansion is the place where the Xia Clan made his fortune, and the direct branch of the Xia Clan lives here.When he arrived at Yingnan Mansion, Gu Chengyu would have to bite off a piece of flesh from the Xia family's direct line.

Everyone drank wine and donated money.It stands to reason that today Gu Chengyu's goal has been achieved, and the banquet can be over.

However, seeing that Gu Chengyu was only focused on drinking, everyone had no intention of leaving the banquet.

Hu Maoshen and other officials also looked puzzled. They looked at the account books Yang Chaoying was holding. Could it be that these are not enough?

This adds up to almost 30 taels, right?Isn't Gu Shaoqing still satisfied?
There should be enough money to divert river embankments and resettle victims in a short period of time.

Yang Chaoying and the others were happily from ear to ear, and they couldn't wait to count the silver bills.But Gu Chengyu still hadn't spoken, so they had no choice but to accompany him.

Gu Chengyu glanced around at the people who were dreaming, and felt that the time was almost up, so he opened his mouth again.

"You can donate generously and do your part for the disaster victims and the river embankment. I am really grateful! You are all kind people, and all of you are engraved with merit tablets, and you will surely be famous forever in the future."

Gu Chengyu intends to engrave all the merchants who donated silver taels this time. After all, they all donated silver, and at least 1 taels.

Not to mention that every business firm has been rewarded by the emperor, but people have donated so much money, and the benefits must be given.

Anyway, the use of this money is for the common people, and detailed accounts will be recorded at that time, otherwise the ministers in the court will be fooled again.

"Hey~ Mr. Gu really upset us. We just donated such a small amount of money, how did it become famous forever? I am really ashamed. Besides, we don't donate the money to gain fame, but to help these victims. At the same time, we are also worried about Jiang. The collapse of the embankment has caused our Hangtian Mansion to be ravaged by the river water just like Changtian Mansion, causing the people to live in dire straits!"

Master Wang touched his puffy belly, and his mouth seemed to have been smeared with honey.Talking about yourself so high and honest, you don't ask for anything in return.

Yang Chaoying twitched the corners of his mouth, although he came to Hangtian Mansion as an official not long ago, he still treated this old man like thunder.

Without him, because there is a Hedong lion in Master Wang's family!Master Wang was actually a poor peasant boy back then, and later when his father-in-law recruited a wife, he recruited Master Wang.

His wife's family is very powerful, and Mr. Wang has really suffered from anger for many years.It wasn't until his father-in-law passed away three years ago that he stood up and called the shots.

It's just that the habits of so many years can't be changed, and he is extremely strict with his wife, and his wife happens to be a stubborn iron cock.

Going back this time, Mr. Wang will definitely be punished by his wife.

So don't look at Mr. Wang's five people and six people at the moment, when he goes back today, he will suffer.

It's just that since the money has already been in their hands, they will never spit it out again, so they can only let Mr. Wang ask for more blessings.

"Don't worry, the court officials will never be greedy for the money collected just now. Every large expenditure must have the official's private seal. Every other expenditure will be recorded in the account book and presented to the emperor for review in the future! "

"What is Mr. Gu talking about? How could we not trust you? The adults have worked hard to help the victims and build the embankment. If we have any doubts, we are really wolf-hearted." Li Yuhuan hurriedly said .

Li Yuhuan just wanted to gain a good impression in front of the adults, so that he could get acquainted with each other.

In fact, the money has already been donated, and both parties have achieved their goals, so who cares where your money goes?

Merchants only need reputation, which is called taking what they need.If these imperial envoys raised so much money, they would never believe it if they said that they would not be greedy for a tael.

"Hey~ Of course, this money must be used for practical purposes, and of course there must be a record of where it goes!"

If this silver is really taken, it must not be hot?Their original intention was to help the victims and reduce the burden on the court.

(End of this chapter)