Since he thought of the most suitable method at present, the emperor immediately made a decree to let the rich squires from all over the country contribute money and grain, and then the imperial court would give them the appropriate titles according to the amount of their donations. As soon as this will came out, it immediately aroused the response of wealthy people from all over the world.www.biquge.info

Although the status of the Liang merchant has improved, he is still just a commoner in the end. Even if it is sitting on a mountain of gold and silver, it can only be called a "rich" if it breaks the sky.

The so-called "rich" is rare not in the word "rich", but in the word "expensive". can be called "expensive", it can be said that it has gotten rid of the identity of the common people.

But there are too few opportunities to get "expensive". Now that God has decreed, it means that they can move their position - as long as they come up with enough money and food.

Not to mention other people, Baili Feng will definitely donate food and money at this moment. As soon as her wish was reached, the shops under her command immediately moved to prepare what she wanted. And she was already quite influential in the business community of Wangyun City, coupled with the intentional promotion of Wangyun officials, many businessmen followed suit. Especially those famous wealthy businessmen, after hearing the rumors of Baili Feng's donation, they even asked their subordinates to add a few more points to the amount of money and goods they had previously planned, for fear of falling too far behind and causing people to laugh at it.

Therefore, in the past few days, almost all the shops in Wangyun have come and gone, busy preparing money and food. Originally, there was still a pharmacy that prepared medicinal herbs. However, due to the long distance, many demanding herbs are easy to be stored improperly, so no one prepares them. But even so, after the rough statistics of the officials, the money and food donated by Wangyun City this time is also a very considerable amount. As soon as this statistic appeared, it had not yet been made public, except for a few high-ranking officials in Wangyun, Baili Feng also got a copy in his hand. On the afternoon when she got the list, someone invited her to the general's mansion for a talk.

After drinking a cup of tea with Liu Feifei and eating two snacks, Li Fan appeared in the hall. Liu Feifei took the opportunity to retire, and only Li Fan and Bai Li Feng were left in the hall.

Bai Li Feng smiled: "When did the general also learn this trick?" ”

Li Fan replied: "I was not thoughtful before, and you listened to those gossips. Now that I am married to Liu Feifei, I naturally have to avoid it. ”

"I knew it was gossip, so I didn't pay much attention to it." Bai Li Feng just said casually, and did not mean to delve into it, but instead said: "The general came to me today, but what went wrong with the donated money and food?" If there is something missing, I can still think of a way. ”

It's not Baili Feng boasting, but with her current financial resources, it is not a big problem to want to make up for the money and food of a city by herself. Therefore, in the past, when Li Fan was short of materials in the army due to the arrears of the imperial court, he often came to Baili Feng to solve it.

Li Fan shook his head slightly, and handed her a copy of the statistics in his hand, not caring at all that his actions violated the requirements of confidentiality.

Bai Li Feng took a look, and sure enough, it was the statistics of the donated money and food, and the value on it was exactly the same as the one she got herself. But she still didn't show a smile on her face, just as if it was the first time she saw it. After reading it in a hurry, he said: "In my opinion, there are already a lot of things on it." ”

"Didn't you see anything else?"

Bai Li Feng thought for a while, and stretched out his finger to the names on it: "It's just that the things that these people came out of are more than I expected." I didn't expect people who are not obvious on weekdays to have such a net worth. ”

Li Fan nodded: "It stands to reason that the local area is not the land of fish and rice, and minerals cannot be bought and sold privately, and merchants will not have huge wealth." At the same time, we look at Cloud City, located on the border of the Three Kingdoms, and have a perennial garrison, so we need to guard against foreign invasions at all times, and we also have to go into the mountains to suppress bandits...... These military expenditures are also a significant expense. After this calculation, Wang Tingshi and I both feel that it should be a little difficult for everyone to meet the above things, and I am afraid that there will be a feeling of coercing businessmen to contribute. In addition, Lord Wang and I also believe that we should not ignore our own abilities in order to take care of the victims, and that we should do everything within our means. ”

With Baili Feng's mind, he already understood what he meant, he didn't think that there were too many things to lose face, but he was worried that too many things would provoke the eyes of others. After all, in the eyes of the emperor, a border place should not be too rich. If the local area is really so rich, the emperor may have to worry about whether there is collusion with foreigners or something.

Even if the emperor is not suspicious, I am afraid that he will take advantage of the situation to reduce the military expenditure of the army - since you have so much money in the local area, then you can naturally find a way to make up for the lack of military expenses, and save a lot of money in the treasury.

Baili Feng then said with a smile: "I think everyone is worried about the people's livelihood, so they work so hard to contribute money and goods, and they don't care about whether they can do it." So I went back and persuaded them. ”

Although the other party did not explicitly guarantee it, since she promised to tell other merchants, most of these merchants would understand who this meant and then do it.

A problem was solved here, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed. As soon as the two said a few digressions, someone told them that Li Hua was back. As soon as Li Hua entered the door, he greeted Li Fan, and then approached Baili Feng and called "Aunt Feng".

Baili Feng smiled: "Oh, I'm being called old by you and Xiao Xu." How many people think I'm an old woman when they hear this title? "Because of her gray hair, she has indeed been mistaken for her age. But if the other party sees her face, then there is no misunderstanding. After all, she is in her prime, and she seems to be younger than her actual age.

"Aunt Feng is not old at all, if I say that you are my sister, someone will believe you."

The two of them are used to laughing, Bai Li Feng shook his head with a smile: "Last time you said to me that the delicious red jade cake was delicious, I asked someone to make a copy when I came, and it has been delivered to your room." It's just that the red jade cake is delicious but too sour, so don't eat too much at once. ”

Li Hua smiled with crooked eyebrows: "Okay, Aunt Feng is careful, and she even knows what I like to eat." It's not like some people who never pay attention to it. ”

He was secretly complaining that Li Fan was not careful, and he didn't even know what he liked to eat.

But Baili Feng couldn't see the two fathers and sons making trouble in front of him, and even staged a full martial arts, so he played a round: "I am a woman and an elder, so I naturally have to be careful." But that's all I can do in these little things, and I can't help you in any other way. By the way, what about Xiao Xu? ”

She knew that the two of them must be together during the day.

"Oh, he just said that he was going back to the house, and now that I think he should have arrived in the house."

"It's still a bit cold at night, so it's good to go home early." Baili Feng said goodbye to Li Fan: "Xiao Xu is home, I should go back too." I'll discuss what you explain with them. ”

At this point, Li Fan didn't stay long, so he asked Baili Feng to leave the house.

In the end, the government arranged for the relief food to be transported to the affected areas. Although the south was severely affected, the transportation of the north was not affected much. In particular, Baili Feng on the side of Wangyun City contributed a large amount of grain, and even took the waterway, first to Qintongzhou, and then transferred to land transportation and sent to the disaster area.