Dayan Fifty Dao

Chapter 42 It's My Head

Chapter 42 It's My Head

Hearing what Li Mao said, Lord Liu, the county magistrate, quickly shook his head: "How can it be, if we don't raise food, will the people starve to death?"

Li Mao smiled: "Can't we repair the embankment?"

At this time Master Liu complained endlessly: "My lord, you don't know that this embankment is repaired as soon as it is said, it will cost money, the officials calculate, there is no 300 million taels of silver, don't even think about it.

Our Huainan is not a rich place, not to mention suffering from disasters every year, and the county government has no money. If it can be repaired, why don't the lower officials want to do it once and for all? "

Li Mao smiled and said, "Isn't there 30 taels of silver now?"

Mr. Liu interjected and said: "Which is enough?" Immediately his face twitched, and he thought, you gave me money because of this, I knew you had no good intentions, and you were waiting for me here.

But Li Mao said with a smile: "Master Liu, you have 30 taels, and you are short of 28 taels."

"You, what do you mean?" County magistrate Mr. Liu became nervous.Talking is also very alert.

But Li Mao pulled him to sit down and said, "I want to help you, but I don't know if you will accept my offer."

Master Liu was puzzled: "How can you help me?"

Li Mao said: "Master Liu, although I want to help you, I still need to be famous. Isn't the money I gave you unable to enter the treasury? I have been thinking about it all night, and now I just have a countermeasure. What do you think?" Don't want to hear it?"

Speaking of this, Lord Liu, the county magistrate, relaxed his vigilance a little, and asked, "My lord, tell me quickly."

At this time, Li Mao said: "Master Liu, if you want to spend the money, you need a name, and building the river embankment happens to be a good name. I have thought about it for you. Your county government will give you 30 taels of cash. I am contacting the local squires to raise 100 million taels, and let the people along the river work to convert 50 taels, which is 180 million taels. You can ask the court for 100 million taels.

No matter what, they will grant you 30 taels, and after copying the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, they may be able to make up 80 to [-] taels, isn’t that enough?Don't you think so, Master Liu? "

The magistrate Mr. Liu frowned slightly: "You mean?"

Li Mao smiled: "Master Liu, this is your business. If you fail to make up the shortfall of two to three million taels for such a huge project, then Xiao Wang will look down on you."

The two talked, from the initial temptations, to the smiling faces, and then to being as close as a family, it turns out that money is the best glue between people.Master Liu, the county magistrate, said: "Then the magistrate will do it right away."

Sure enough, Li Mao's words turned the idea of ​​confiscating the Zhenyuan Escort into confiscation of property. He didn't expect that his own words would bring such a disaster to the other party, but Mr. Liu has no money.

At this time, Li Mao also ordered people to contact the squires everywhere, and went to the matter of donations. Of course, those squires are willing to pay money. When they say that they want to pay money to repair the embankment, it is more uncomfortable than digging their own ancestral graves. There are various reasons. shirk.

Only Miss Yangliu supported her and paid 5 taels of silver, but that was far from what she expected. Li Mao was helpless, frowning, but Xiao Linger gave him a pack of pills and said, "I never thought However, I really want to do something for the common people, but since I have done it, let’s do it, those who don’t pay for it, let them buy the pill.”

Li Mao said angrily: "In the final analysis, we paid for it ourselves."

Li Ling on the side smiled and said: "Father, you can't say that, don't you often say that you are a cultivator, so even if you earn blessings, it is good for us to build the Huai River embankment."

Li Maochang sighed and said, "Let's think about it this way."

Sure enough, with the exchange of pills, it was completely different. A pack of pills was exchanged for more than 150 million taels of silver, which was much more than budgeted.Carloads of silver were piled up in the county government office, and the county magistrate, Mr. Liu, lost his eyes from smiling, and praised Li Mao as a land on earth and a god in the sky.

A few days later, the approval document from the Ministry of Industry came down, and there were a lot of praises, but only 10 taels of silver was allocated, which was not cashed. Master Liu scolded for a long time, but he really didn't need to care about it.With the ransacking of the house, donations, and the money given by Li Mao, the work started in full swing.

Li Mao was responsible for all the materials. He originally wanted to borrow flowers to present Buddha, but he never thought that Li Mao really wanted to repair the Huai River embankment.

Half a month later, all the materials used were on the embankment, and the river workers who came to repair the river began to work. Li Mao followed the county magistrate Mr. Liu to patrol the river in person, but he didn't grow up in the mansion.

And Li Ling was also dragged by him to supervise the river workers. Only Li Huai was in the mansion and had to deal with the accounts. He was really busy.One day Li Ling returned to the mansion for the first time, and with a few packs of herbs in his hand, he came to Xiao Ling'er's yard.

Feiyu asked suspiciously: "Why is your son so busy and come here? There is still mud on your clothes? Haven't you rested for a long time?"

Li Ling smiled: "Hey, don't worry about me. I heard from the doctor that Xiao Ling'er's disease will recur every month. Isn't this a good day? It's almost a month? I'll make medicine for her. It’s okay, it’s better for me to come in person.”

Flying Fish frowned, and exclaimed, "Boiling medicine again?"

Li Ling wondered why she had such an expression, so he asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong? I know Xiao Ling'er doesn't like to drink medicine, so I'll supervise her, and I'll make medicine now."

But Feiyu stopped him, and said very embarrassedly: "My lord, to tell you the truth, this medicine really doesn't need to be boiled."

Li Ling was a little displeased: "What are you talking about? Little Ling'er's body is important, and no mistakes can be tolerated. He is our benefactor. What do you mean by that?"

Feiyu was anxious, and said to him: "My lord, let me tell you clearly, the last time I took your medicine, the young lady almost collapsed, and you still come to suffer, I don't know which quack doctor prescribed such medicine Come."

Li Ling was startled: "Blood collapse? Little Ling'er injured? Internal injury?"

Fei Yu was really speechless, and quickly waved his hands: "No, no, oops, who would take this kind of tonic medicine? How can I tell you, my son, Miss really doesn't need to take medicine."

But Li Ling was angry: "Nonsense, how can there be someone who is sick and doesn't take medicine? Tell me what happened to her? Is there something wrong with the medicine? I'm going to smash this shop right now."

As he said that, he was about to go out, but after walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Little Ling'er's illness is important. I didn't bring her with me last time. Maybe it's not the doctor's fault. I'll take her to see a doctor first."

After talking about throwing the medicine to Feiyu, he went to look for Xiao Linger. At this moment, Ji Liubao glanced at Li Ling, shook his head, and said, "Hey, it's hopeless."

Fei Yu glared at him: "Why don't you tell him, I'm a girl who doesn't like to talk, so can't you?"

Ji Liubao was stunned: "Why are you still blaming me?"

(End of this chapter)

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