The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 220

All the people on the long street suddenly knelt down, the scene was extremely spectacular, the magnificent Liu Wei, Zhuge Pi and others were taken aback.

They didn't understand what was going on for a while, why did all the people kneel down?

"Everyone..."

Liu Wei wants to persuade everyone to get up, at least he needs to understand what's going on, although people in this era like to kneel at every turn, but he wants to be understood by kneeling.

"My lord, you have paid so much for me and the common people, you deserve our kneeling!"

"Yes, it deserves our kneeling." Many people echoed behind, their voices were not neat, but grand.

The corners of Liu Wei's eyes were slightly moist. He is not a person who is easily moved, but the simplicity of these people still moved him. Of course, the most important thing is that he feels that what he has done has become a meaningful thing, which can be appreciated by the people. Remembering this, how could he not be moved and delighted?

Weeping with joy.

"I heard that your lord is going to build a dam. I have read those notices. As long as your lord gives an order, I will wait for the people to go through fire and water, and I will die..."

"As long as you have enough food, we don't want money..."

"That's right, your lord has done so much for us, only in this way can we repay you..."

Zhugepi ordered the guards to post the notice. In the morning, after they decided to recruit coolies, Zhuge Pi ordered people to return to the city to post the notice.

Therefore, when the people mentioned this matter, Liu Wei and Zhuge Pi were not very surprised, but it was surprising that they were so united and even wanted to help without compensation.

"If you are willing to help, I am naturally eager to ask for it. I will definitely take care of the food. I will not break my promise to pay five cents per person per day, but I will not pay you until the flood is resolved. I have just set up a I swear, I will set up another one in front of you today, this official will pay the reward after the matter is resolved, if I break my promise, I, Liu Wei, the magistrate of King Xing's Mansion, will never come to be the magistrate again."

This oath is heavier than the oath just now, Zhuge Pi frowned slightly, and all the common people called out in unison, and Liu Wei waved his hand lightly: "I will do what I say, so you don't need to persuade me any more."

As soon as this remark came out, the whole street suddenly bowed and shouted again, which was shocking.
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And just after Liu Wei reached such an agreement with many common people, Wen Lei and Jiang Jie were discussing secretly in Wen's residence.

Ever since Peng Jiu and Zhuang Yan were taken care of by Liu Wei and Qin Jun took refuge in Liu Wei, only Wen Lei and Jiang Jie were left as enemies of the five major families against Liu Wei. The common enemy, the two gradually became friends, and they discussed many things together.

"Brother Wen, have you heard about Liu Wei swearing in the street?"

Wen Lei has been paying attention to Liu Wei all the time, how could it be possible that Wen Lei didn't hear about such a sensational matter of swearing in the street?

"I've already learned that this Liu Wei is really very courageous. It's wishful thinking to bring the wine from the capital within ten days."

After Wen Lei finished speaking, he showed a smug expression, but Jiang Jie shook his head: "Brother Wen's words are wrong. In fact, if Liu Wei wants to ship the wine within ten days, why does he have to ship it from the capital? It is said that the Liu family wine in the capital Zhuang already has restaurants in many places across the country, and each restaurant has a lot of wine in it, if the people from Liuwei transport the wine nearby, it should be possible within ten days."

"This..." Wen Lei was startled, and felt that Jiang Jie's words were very reasonable.

"Then what should we do?" Wen Lei asked again after being startled.

Jiang Jie's face was slightly pale, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Since Liu Wei can bring the wine, why don't we artificially stop it?"

"Stop it artificially? What does Brother Jiang mean?"

"Send dead soldiers, intercept along the way, kill people and destroy wine."

Hearing Jiang Jie's words, Wen Lei couldn't help taking a cold breath. Ever since he was frightened by Liu Wei, he only dared to do some lip service behind his back. He was really timid, afraid that Liu Weichai would come out and destroy his Wen family.

"This……"

"Brother understands Brother Wen's worries, but if we send reliable people, there will be no problems, and Liu Wei wants to transport wine, how many people can we send to escort? At most, there are dozens of people, that's all, this time you and my brother two People will be the second largest and completely wipe them out.”

When Jiang Jie said this, he bit his lip fiercely, a blood mark appeared, and soon turned white again.

Wen Lei hesitated for a while, and finally nodded heavily.

When Wen Lei and Jiang Jie were discussing here, they were in an inn in Xingwang Mansion.

Two men sit upright.

"The opportunity has come again."

"That's right, Liu Wei really doesn't know what to do, but since he made such a promise, we insist that he can't promise what he made."

"Yes, send someone to prevent Liu Wei's people from entering Xingwangfu City."

Jiang Jie and Wen Lei didn't know that someone in Xingwangfu City had the same thoughts and actions as them, and the two people sent by Li Shengnan didn't know what Wen Lei and Jiang Jie were thinking.
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When she returned to the government office from the street, Princess Ruyi had already learned about Liu Wei's oath made in the street.

Because she felt that Liu Wei was too reckless in this matter, she called Liu Wei as soon as Liu Wei entered the government office.

There is a sycamore tree planted in the inner courtyard. At that time, other flowers and trees were already withering, but this sycamore tree is gradually red and yellow, which is quite ancient and poetic.

The two sat on the stone chair under the plane tree like this.

"Today's concubine's affairs are too casual, how can you make such an oath?"

Liu Wei smiled: "I don't know which oath the princess is talking about, the oath with those merchants, or the oath with those common people?"

"Both."

Princess Ruyi's face was slightly pale, obviously very angry.

Liu Wei didn't take it seriously, and said: "The Princess feels that the oath made by my son-in-law is too casual, but my son-in-law thinks that these two vows are easy to resolve, so it's not a big deal."

"What, easy to solve?"

Princess Ruyi was startled, and also a little angry. She felt that Liu Wei was too arrogant. Which of Liu Weili's two vows was easier to resolve?Is it easy to transport the wine from the capital to Xingwangfu City within ten days?I'm afraid that the news of Liu Wei will reach the capital within ten days. Besides, giving money to the people is not a small expense. Where did they find so much money?
But Liu Wei nodded: "That's right, it's easy to solve. If the princess doesn't believe me, how about I talk to the princess?"

"Okay, let's talk about the people's money first." Princess Ruyi stared at Liu Wei, she wanted to see where Liu Wei got so much money.

Liu Wei nodded: "My official made a preliminary estimate. There are probably tens of thousands of coolies recruited, and they work for at least a month. In this way, the final money we paid was 150 million Wen, which is almost [-] yuan. The penny, plus the food needs of the common people, is only about two thousand pennies, the princess tries to calculate, is two thousand pennies more?"

After Liu Wei finished speaking, Princess Ruyi snorted coldly: "If it is in the capital, two thousand guan is naturally not much, and we can still get it out, but in this Xingwang's mansion, we have already used all the money that can be embezzled. It’s almost spent, let alone two thousand guan, now it’s hard to even get a hundred guan.”

Princess Ruyi smiled helplessly after she finished speaking. Although she doesn't manage money often and doesn't care much about money, she is telling the truth. The money I brought when I came here has already been spent. In addition, the winery has not been in business for a while, so there is capital turnover there.

Unless Liu Quan in the capital is ordered to send money.

But Liu Wei smiled lightly: "This princess doesn't need to worry. In a month's time, I decided to do business with people from Nantang. Two thousand guan is not difficult."

Hearing that Liu Wei was going to do business, Princess Ruyi was shocked: "Doing business with Nantang? I'm afraid there is something wrong."

"It's okay, I won't handle this matter, but I'm looking for someone to do the business on my behalf. As for the business, the princess will understand in the future."

Seeing Liu Wei like this, Princess Ruyi had no choice but to let go of this worry for the time being, and said again: "Then what about the oath with those businessmen?"

As the two were talking, Lv Yi reluctantly ordered Qin Yun to come here. Princess Ruyi saw that it was Qin Yun, and thought that she might have heard about Liu Wei making an oath in the street, so she was worried. just came.

But what Princess Ruyi didn't expect was that when Qin Yun came, Liu Wei immediately smiled and said, "You can let Miss Qin explain to you what Princess Ruyi is worried about."

Princess Ruyi was a little dazed, and didn't understand what Liu Wei meant by this move. How would Qin Yun explain the businessman's oath?
But seeing Qin Yun's expression, he didn't seem surprised at all, and after saluting, he sat down beside Princess Ruyi: "It's all thanks to Master Liu."

"Oh, what's going on here?" Princess Ruyi seemed to be in a fog.

"Princess, how can the concubine's winery be short of wine? Even if the concubine's winery is short of wine, can it be that my Qin family is also short of wine?"

Princess Ruyi suddenly realized: "Then about the oath made in the street today?"

"This morning, the son-in-law sent someone to send a letter to my father, ordering those wine merchants to perform a show on the street. The purpose is naturally to let the people understand what the Lord has done for them, and let the people be grateful to the Lord."

After Qin Yun finished speaking, Princess Ruyi frowned slightly: "What the son-in-law did is indeed kind to the common people, but it's just that you are trying to gain fame like this, it's really... really disappointing."

When Princess Ruyi said this, Qin Yun immediately explained for Liu Wei: "The princess can't blame the son-in-law, the son-in-law did it as a last resort, and after the notice of soliciting coolies was issued, very few were willing to enlist, after all, five days a day The money is not high, and even if they are enlisted, their enthusiasm is not high, and they will miss work, so the adults can only devise this plan to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people."

After Qin Yun finished speaking, Princess Ruyi and Lu Yi's eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)