Along the 123 banks, the guard of honor sent by the state government opened the way with the imperial gold medal order arrow, and reported the amount of donations in this round.

"The Hu family donated 1.5 million taels of silver......

The village woman who was washing clothes on the river bank quieted down and turned her head to look at the neighbor next to her: "What did I say just now?" Master Hu can't be such a person! Not to mention anything else, a few years ago, 123 was silted up, and with so much silver to clean up the river, the Hu family could make half of it. ”

Beside her, the woman next door who had broken her mouth just now had a little hot on her face, and said in a low voice: "I haven't seen any movement in the Hu family for a long time, I don't ...... it."

"Even the Hu family is in charge of Qingcheng's affairs, and now that the imperial court has sent down the Qincha, can Master Hu not produce money for such a big matter? As soon as I said that there must be a big one in the back, and sure enough, one and a half million taels at once. Our family and their grandfathers work in the Hu family's shop, and the Hu family's monthly salary is quite generous, and they are only given five taels a month, and the two of them add up to only ten taels. Ten taels a month, one hundred and twenty taels a year, a full one and a half million, this is a lot of teenagers. ”

While muttering, the woman rolled up her sleeves and folded her fingers, and counted herself for a long time.

"Anyway, I can't earn it in hundreds of lifetimes......"

The woman next door lowered her head: "I just said it casually. ”

"I don't know you yet, but you have a quick mouth, but you don't have much bad intentions. But do you think, if you can raise such a good girl, where must the Hu family be worse? ”

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, neighbors have been neighbors for many years, and the two families have long been like a family, which will inevitably make the woman in Huanyi speak more bluntly.

Of course, the woman next door also knew her temper, even if this conversation was a little heavier, she didn't take it to heart, but nodded and admitted: "Actually, I misunderstood the Hu family girl twice before, and I didn't feel good about it." When you said this, I thought about it: the Hu family is really good, and I have to think about it when I encounter them in the future. ”

"If only you could figure it out." The woman in Huanyi picked up the wooden basin and looked at the sun in the sky: "Yesterday, Xiao Wu bought a big carp and came back, just now I was in the stewpot, and I came over at noon to drink fish soup?" ”

The two women in the neighborhood got up together and walked intimately towards their home.

And in the streets and alleys of Qingcheng, there are many similar conversations. Although many people laughed at the Sun family and others for only donating 50 taels and laughing off their big teeth, more people would pay attention to the 1.5 million taels donated by the Hu family. When the news first came out, many people would snatch the words that they had just said about the Hu family. But the villagers have been in the township for so many years, and they don't have any deep hatred, who will fight for this matter, blushing and thick-necked, and just joking and saying a few words.

Even if it is two jokes, it is enough for the people in the market who framed the Hu family to be ashamed and reflect. In the past two years, the girl of the Shen family was a soup kitchener, a cheap cloth, and a regular visit to the orphans of the Salesian Bureau. So when there were so many rumors in front of them, they subconsciously believed the Shen family.

However, as the true face of the Shen family girl was exposed at the apprenticeship ceremony, the truth was revealed. Obviously, everything is clear, why do they still want to say that the Hu family is not good?

"The Hu family donated 1.5 million taels of silver", the high-pitched voices of the government soldiers came, and every word hit their hearts, making them more and more ashamed. At the same time, this incident also successfully left a mark in their hearts, and every time something happened to the Hu family in the future, they subconsciously thought: Last time, last time, and last time, it seems that the Hu family was wronged, this time will someone make trouble behind it?

Hold back, you can't be a gun in someone else's hand anymore.

Of course, even they don't realize the latter.

What I didn't even realize myself, one person realized. This person is none other than Shen Moci, who knows people's hearts well.

After "buying" the jailer to ask for pen and paper last night, she wrote two letters overnight. The first letter was sent to the Higashiyama Villa to King Ping. She had already touched the character of King Ping, and first poured out her admiration in the letter, and then attributed all the reasons for the failure of yesterday's banquet to Shen Jinshan's "accidentally leaking his whereabouts", and then explained that even so, she still had a way to help King Ping get enough silver, and finally faintly pointed out that now that the little marquis has the absolute upper hand, this is their last chance.

King Ping was already ambitious and talented, and after a little marquis suddenly broke out at the banquet last night, he was more helpless than angry. So far, he is really helpless, Shen Moci's letter first praised him for being light in his loss, and then directed all his anger on Shen Jinshan, and then thoughtfully proposed a solution. When it came to King Ping's heart, he didn't even think about it, he immediately went to the prison to take her out.

And Shen Moci's other letter was sent to someone who no one expected-Mrs. Shen's Sun. She knows the weakness of the Sun family very well, it is nothing more than her son. has taken over the Shen family's business for many years, and Shen Moci naturally still has some territory in his hands, and he is coaxed and scared, so Mrs. Shen can't afford not to pay attention to it. After being taken out of prison by King Ping, she did not immediately follow him to the other courtyard, but asked him to take Song Qinwen away first, and she went back to Shen's house.

The conscription banquet was coming to an end, and at this moment, in the dark alley behind Yunlai Building, in the inconspicuous carriage, the purse containing trivial silver was handed over, and Shen Moci sent away the little two who were in charge of serving food in the building. Then she raised her head and looked at Sun in front of her.

"Fang Cai's words, the eldest lady has heard them? In order to become the head of the meeting, Daddy actually compensated the Shen family for the most profitable shops, and two of them were the dowries of his wife. ”

The last sentence touched Sun's nerves, she is also the daughter of a merchant, and marrying into the Shen family was considered a high climb. In order to establish a relationship with the Shen family, and also to straighten her waist in the Shen family, her mother's family accompanied her to a shop. Over the years, the Shen family and the Sun family's business have been entangled in one place, and the Shen family has the absolute upper hand, she can only swallow her anger in the back house, watching the cheap concubine and the eldest daughter in front of her jump, and the eldest son she born is becoming less and less valued.

She was also anxious when she saw this, so she paid more and more attention to her mother's family and the only shop in her hand.

But last night, a warm pot banquet in Shen Jinshan's courtyard forcibly lost most of her mother's property; At this time, he didn't even say hello, and sent her out to marry her.

It's tolerable, it's unbearable!

Sitting opposite, Shen Moci was still persuading: "Even if you become the head of the meeting, the eldest lady and look at the people outside, after this incident, the status of the Hu family is stronger." After last night's incident with today's cloud coming to the building, who will believe my Shen family? Daddy, he is also confused, and he offended everyone......"

"Could it be that yesterday's events weren't your idea?"

Sun spoke suddenly. She is no longer the innocent little girl when she first got married. Shen Jinshan is not a good thing, could it be that Shen Moci in front of him is? Although she said nicely in the letter, she wanted to unite her to seize the stewardship and let her son take charge of the house. But her son has never been to the store, and he doesn't know anything about business, even if he is in charge, he is just a showman.

"Bring the key to the storeroom." With a cold face, she stretched out her hand to the opposite side.

"Big lady......" Shen Moci hesitated.

"Let's be clear, neither of us believes in anyone. Now you are begging me, how can you also show something, I know you have it. ”

Reluctantly, he took out the key, and Shen Moci handed it over.

"Are there any reproductions?"

"It's enough to have one of these things, and replicating them will only increase the risk." Shen Moci quickly adjusted his state: "Among them, the stake, Ah Ci has already explained, how to be a lady should be clear." ”

"Well, go home."

As Mrs. Shen instructed the coachman outside, the conscription banquet in Yunlai Building also came to an end, and Ah Yao counted the results of the fundraising.

"The Shen family donated 1.8 million taels of silver, the Hu family donated 1.5 million and 50 taels of silver, the Huang family and other thirteen families donated 100,000 and 50 taels of silver, and the Sun family and other eight families donated silver......"

Speaking of this, A-Yao paused, and the few businessmen sitting by her door would be very reluctant to find a crack in the ground. The businessman closest to Ah Yao even took advantage of everyone's inattention to make a gesture to Ah Yao under the table, pleading silently with a face:

Miss Hu, just give it a good time.

"Just recalculated the total, the Sun family and other eight families donated 60 taels of silver, totaling 4,611,130 taels."

The corner of his eyes didn't give the merchant next to him, and after A-Yao reported this number in a crisp voice, he continued: "Among them, the Shen family who donated the most silver is the Shen family, with a total of 1.8 million taels of silver. ”

Standing at the top of the seat, Lu Jingyuan looked around the entire hall: "Ben Hou once said that the person who raised the most money at the military salary banquet was the head of the Qingcheng Association. ”

After speaking, he looked at Shen Jinshan: "After the silver is handed over to the imperial court, Ben Hou will ask for your life." ”

Shen Jinshan's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally let go, until this moment, he was still unsure, after all, the attitude of the little marquis in front of him was obviously biased towards the Hu family. Even he thought that if the little marquis operated in the dark, such as asking Hu Jiuling to donate desperately, he actually only meant to receive a little, so wouldn't he lose a lot.

Now that the dust has settled, he can't help but be in awe of the little marquis. Even though he is the senior brother of the Hu family girl, he is still impartial and selfless in the face of court errands.

"Then there is Lao Houye."

Full of gratitude to the little marquis, Shen Jinshan's tone was extremely sincere, and even the movements of bending over were extremely respectful.

At this time, he never expected that it would not be long before his mentality would change one hundred and eighty degrees.

Of course, this is an afterword, and Shen Jinshan is looking at the Hu family's father and daughter triumphantly. On the day of the apprenticeship ceremony, he was still afraid that the silver he donated would make a wedding dress for Hu Jiuling. But now things are just the other way around, he is already the head of the meeting, and when the 4.6 million taels of snowflakes and silver are reported to the imperial court, they are all the credit of him, the head of the Qingcheng Association.

The nine-tailed old fox's 1.5 million taels of white flowers and silver were all made for him as a wedding dress.

How unhappy was this.

"Brother Hu, you can be regarded as a great contributor to this recruitment of military salaries."

"The soldiers of the Northwest fought bloodily to protect their families and defend the country, and Hu, as a citizen of Daxia, is also a matter of due diligence, so there is no need to mention this matter." Hu Jiuling's words were righteous and awe-inspiring.

He is nearly fifty years old, has only one daughter under his knees, and only wants a harmonious family for the rest of his life, and has no desire to fight for power and profit. The head of the meeting is a sweet and sweet in the eyes of others, but it is a troublesome thing for him to shirk. He donated so much silver purely to repay the favor of the little marquis. Don't say it's 1.5 million taels, even if you give another 1.5 million, if you can buy his A-Yao, it's safe and smooth, and he will do the same.

was already lacking in energy, so he put most of his energy into suppressing the Shen family.

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it just so happens that Brother Shen is also free today, so it's better to complete the shop that should be transferred."

Hu Jiuling said with a smile, hiding a knife in the depths of his eyes. These shops are only the first step, and in the future, he will let Shen Jinshan lose a little bit.

"This ...... Brother Hu was too anxious. ”

"Hu is not afraid that there will be a lot of nobles after Brother Shen becomes the head of the meeting, so he will forget about it. What's the matter, could it be that Brother Shen really plans to forget? ”

"After the banquet is over, Shen and Brother Hu will go to the mansion." Shen Jinshan made a decision on the spot, but he thought in his heart: Give it to him first, and let him vomit it in the future.