Chapter 86: Donor Conference
Zhou Heng took Qu Ziping and watched the situation of making disinfectant in the back, although it was a night of hard work, the handymen had no emotion, and they were still singing unknown songs, and they were in full swing.
At this moment, three major pots of liquid medicine have been made, and the speed is very fast, but the amount of this thing is extremely considerable, so it is better to prepare more rest assured.
Zhou Hengsheng poured a little bit into his palm, rubbed it vigorously, and sent it to his nose to smell it, a cool medicinal smell was very strong, not to mention that this thing was more concentrated than that made by his grandfather.
Zhou Heng no longer struggled when he thought about it, there was no pollution in ancient times, and the medicine was not artificially planted, it was completely picked by manpower, such herbs were bluffed with words, it was called the essence of heaven and earth, and it was no wonder.
Ah Chang ran over from the door with red eyes, obviously he had just come back, Boss Xue was not there, and he could only bear the matter of purchasing.
Zhou Heng glanced at the things in the car, frowned slightly, his face became gloomy, and he said sharply:
"Didn't I tell you, if you want to buy meat, you don't have mutton to buy wild boar, you really don't sell chicken, you all stay up all night, and you don't care about eating, how can you stand it?"
Ah Chang was startled, it was the first time he was reprimanded so loudly by the master, he quickly knelt down on one knee, clenched his fists and said:
"Master, don't be angry, because I went to the market relatively early, so the hunters who bought meat haven't come yet, but they have already told the merchants next to them that they will send the wild boar as soon as they come."
Zhou Heng and Ah Chang's conversation, those miscellaneous servants heard it clearly, and they didn't say anything one by one, and they all sped up their movements.
The boss of the family was angry because he didn't buy us meat, and for the first time he reprimanded his beloved disciples in front of everyone.
Zhou Heng raised his hand and motioned for Ah Chang to get up.
"Master, blame you for getting up, remember how many wild boar meat you bought in the market, it doesn't matter if you can't eat it, let the people in the kitchen cut the meat into strips and marinate it with coarse salt for a day, and then hang the iron hook above the stove in the kitchen, so that the meat will dry up as soon as it is smoked, and in a few days there will be a shortage of material in the city, so it is necessary to stock up on food for the future, and the same is true for grain and pickles."
Ah Chang came to his senses, and when he contacted the matter discussed last night, he instantly understood Zhou Heng's intention, this was to let them hoard supplies.
Then he nodded, lowered his voice and said: "Ah Chang knows, immediately go to the account to pay the silver, order more meat pickles, and rice grain, after all, we usually buy a lot, and we are not afraid of others being suspicious." ”
Zhou Heng didn't say anything more, took Qu Ziping out of the main gate, and rushed directly to the yamen.
As soon as I walked near the yamen, I saw two larger wooden planks placed in front of the stone lion on the left.
If you look closely, one has the content of the fundraising campaign written on it, and the other board is a table with the three words of the fundraising list written on the top of the table, and there are at least hundreds of onlookers around.
On the other side are more than a dozen tables, behind each table are sitting one standing another, the sitting person has an account book in front of him, and the person standing behind him has an apron on his body, which seems to be preparing to receive donated items, conduct statistics and counting, not to mention that the arrangement is indeed very careful.
After standing for a while, Liu Renli walked out with a group of people such as County Cheng and Zhang Zhushu in official uniforms.
In an instant, the people outside who were talking about the excitement were silent, and this county lord, who was rarely seen on weekdays, appeared, and they all wanted to hear what they had to say.
Liu Renli stood on the steps of the mansion, looked at the crowd below, raised his hand and pointed to the wooden sign on the left and said:
"This morning, the officials preached along the street, the Chaiwen River flood, yesterday more than 1,000 victims have come to Qingping County outside, porridge sheds and resettlement places have begun to build, such a large-scale victims, only six years ago, but the number of victims at that time has not reached so much, and the subsequent outbreak is to make the people in the city suffer heavy losses."
Speaking of this, Liu Renli paused, because there was already a faint cry in the crowd of onlookers, it could be seen that a relative died in the riot six years ago, and then Liu Renli continued.
"Don't talk nonsense, the imperial court's disaster relief money is generally allocated about ten days after the disaster, and it will take at least more than a month to reach our Qingping County, and I can't afford to wait in Qingping County. Therefore, today I would like to ask all the fathers and villagers to lend a helping hand, to help these homeless people, and at the same time to help ourselves, so as not to let the blood-stained Qingping County happen again six years ago. ”
Zhang Zhushu on his side stepped forward with a plate and instantly lifted the red cloth on it.
"I, Liu Renli, for any party, rely on the care of your township, and today I will take out a year's worth of money to donate to the victims. In the township, if you have money, you can donate money, and if you don't have money, you can donate clothes, bedding, and food. ”
As he spoke, Zhang Zhushu held these silver taels and placed them in front of the accounting room on the right, and then all the officials lined up to donate.
Looking at it from a distance, you know that there are not a lot of silver taels, but this intention is enough, after all, the income of the errand is very limited, and the voices of the onlookers below suddenly became louder, and some seemed to be eager to try.
The statistics of more than a dozen people are extremely fast, and the statistics are completed in a moment, and the silver two are placed on a table behind them, and it is very exciting to look at them brightly.
At this time, an old man walked out of the crowd, and Zhou Heng recognized the back figure at a glance, this person was Dr. Qu.
He was followed by seven or eight old men, two of whom were supported by the little servants.
Several people walked to the front of the statistics desk, and the bookkeeper saw Dr. Qu and quickly got up to give a salute.
Doctor Qu took out a box from his sleeve and handed it to the bookkeeper, the voice was not loud, but because the scene was very quiet because he was looking carefully, Zhou Heng's position was really heard.
"Please count it, this is what I donated."
Several old men behind Dr. Qu took out a box and put it on the table, needless to say, they were all silver tickets.
The account room hurriedly opened Dr. Qu's box, and looking at the shocked look on his face, he knew that the amount was amazing, and he hurriedly saluted Liu Renli.
"Lord County, Dr. Qu donated one hundred taels of silver!"
Hearing this exclamation, everyone was shocked.
Dr. Qu usually treats people, if he meets a poor family, he sees a doctor for free and gives medicine, there is no extra silver at all, and the house he lives in is old, which is all in the eyes of everyone, I didn't expect such a respected doctor to be so generous.
The two men on Zhou Heng's side had already raised their sleeves to wipe the corners of their eyes, and kept whispering:
"Dr. Qu is really a good man, a hundred taels of silver is a gift."
"Yes, why don't we donate it too, the arrears I settled last month have come back, although it is not much, there are sixty or seventy taels."
The man who was the first to speak widened his eyes and was slightly annoyed.
"Sixty or seventy taels, how much money do you have in the wine shop, you don't need me to shake off the old bottom, don't hide your secrets and don't deal with it at this time, do you want the victims to break in and empty your house?"
The man shrank his neck, obviously frightened, groaned for a moment, touched his sleeve again, found a few silver tickets and some scattered silver taels, and said through gritting his back molars.
"Alas, donate! Donate it all, it's more than one hundred and twenty taels. ”
The angry man also took out all the silver taels on his body, and when he saw that the amount was a lot, he held a stack of silver tickets high, and his stomach was straight, and his waist was straight, and the spirit of Wang Ba was revealed.
"Give way to me in front of you, and we'll donate silver."