Chapter 48: The First Pot of Gold

"As Taishou said, treasure is not guilty! Although Wu Ju is a rebel, if these ink treasures he left behind can be exchanged for gold and silver, it can be regarded as an immeasurable merit for him and you to feed the people and soldiers in the city! You say yes, right?

If you like any of them, you will bid at will, for the sake of fairness, everyone is allowed to increase the price freely, and the highest price will win! ”

Sale! Steal someone's stuff and let them buy it back. This is Liu Cong's first pot of gold, Liu Cong is not aimlessly taking treasures, most of the treasures are in pairs, Liu Cong has either four missing two, or double single. Anyway, most of them have origins.

The representatives of these wealthy families are not stupid, Liu Cong can sell cheaply today, it is a good opportunity to take back his beloved things, if you don't buy it now, Lord Taishou will send it all to the pawnshop, and then the cost will be even more!

Anyway, soon most of the treasures will have owners, and the owners of those treasures can't hide their excitement when they see their beloved things again, and soon they have their own goals, of course, there are some people whose homes have not been stolen, and it is inevitable to raise the price when they see rare things. Of course, the price increase is not too excessive, and with these few people's troubles, everyone is also much more conscious, and no longer speaks at will, but gives the corresponding purchase price according to the actual price of the treasure!

Under the auspices of Zhuge Liang, the auction after the fundraising went quite smoothly. More than half of those treasures were "redeemed", and the price was between fifty and sixty percent of the physical goods. Wu Ju's twenty-one ink treasures were all snatched up, if it weren't for Liu Cong's restriction that each ink treasure could not be higher than ten gold, it is estimated that the most valuable ink treasures belong to these ink treasures.

The reason Liu Cong also understands that these people must have collected Wu Ju's things in their homes. Take such a rare opportunity to buy one or two, and if someone asks in the future, it is better to cover it up. Of course, the most important thing is to sell Lord Taishou a face, and I hope he will not pursue his past with Wu Ju again.

Along with the auction and fundraising, Liu Cong asked people to make detailed statistics and give each household present a merit card! It records the amount of donations and charity purchases made by each family. Everyone disagreed, but Liu Cong didn't want to forget the kindness of these people, after all, if he wanted to become bigger and stronger in the future, he still couldn't do without the support of these famous families. Liu Cong also hopes to repay them one day.

The total harvest of the robbery incident was 4,000 gold and 5,000 silver! Although there were also many families in Jiangling City who objected to Liu Cong's actions, Liu Cong, who received the money, could not take care of these things for the time being, and immediately sent Wei Yan to lead the troops to Zigui and transport back 80,000 stone of grain stored there. Leaving 20,000 yuan as a reserve grain for Li Yan to use in Zigui to open up wasteland.

At the same time, Huang Quan's side has also made progress, and the three households that are good friends with Wu Ju have been raided one after another, this is Liu Cong's established policy, and he will never let go of a bad person! Although the families also transferred some of their property in advance, Liu Cong was very happy with 2,000 catties of gold, 30,000 stone of grain, and 2,000 mu of fertile land outside Jiangling City. All the immediate family members who were raided were either executed on the spot or imprisoned, and all the more than 400 private soldiers raised by each family were conscripted into the army. Domestic slaves were sold on the spot.

Of course, Liu Cong did not forget to give back to the people of Jiangling, and after doing these two things, he received nearly 80 million cash and 30,000 stone of grain from Jiangling. The grain cannot be moved, and the fertile land is just what the tuntian needs. The only thing that can move is cash!

Liu Cong ordered Hu Cao to count the population under the age of 14 in Xiajiangling City, and each person was subsidized by the Taishou Mansion with 5,000 cash!

Although 5,000 yuan is nothing to those large families, it can be regarded as timely rain for ordinary people living on the poverty line. The 5,000 dollars saved is basically enough for an adult's living expenses.

The officials of the Taishou Mansion were puzzled by Liu Cong's move, after all, the government has the obligation to help the people, but now is not the year of the disaster, and such a large-scale distribution of materials is unprecedented.

Liu Cong has his own clear purpose, that is, if possible, he can't let a child die of hunger, these people will be the main labor force of the family in the future, and they are the source of soldiers for Liu Cong to compete for the world!

This is also a relatively difficult decision made by Liu Cong and Zhuge Liang after inspecting Jiangling City. Although Gangneung is a county seat, the living standards of the people are not optimistic. March is the beginning of spring, and many children are no longer clothed, not because their parents are ruthless, but because the cotton clothes and pants at home are limited, so they are put away early and set aside for the next year to wear or for the next child to wear in winter.

And it was Liu Cong's nurse Wang who directly made up his mind. After the nurse followed Liu Cong to Jiangling, Liu Cong was afraid that she would not be used to it, so she specially bought a separate courtyard for her old man, and bought a few servants to serve her. went to visit the old man's house every once in a while, and instructed Cai Lin to visit the old man from time to time, after all, Liu Cong's biological mother was no longer there.

On this day, Liu Cong came back from his tour of the city, and Cai Lin told Liu Cong about the nursing mother.

"I'm going to visit the nurse today, and the old man seems to think that the family is not enough, can you find a way to add more to her?"

"Not enough at home?" Liu Cong is very strange, the nurse Wang is a thrifty and low-key person, and she specially brought her to Jiangling to honor her old man, and the family's expenses are naturally not stingy. How did this suddenly become not enough for households?

"The nurse seems to have adopted a few orphans......" Cai Lin knew that Liu Cong was puzzled, so she told the reason.

"The old man still can't be idle." On the second day, Liu Cong and Cai Lin went to visit the nurse Wang, as Cai Lin said, the nurse Wang adopted four orphans, three boys and one girl, the eldest was 12 years old, and the younger was only 6 years old.

Originally, Liu Cong wanted to give more monthly contributions to the Wang family, but the Wang family insisted on giving it to the five people in the family, including his own servants, on a monthly basis, but this time four mouths were added, and the Wang family added a lot of clothes to the children, so the expenses were naturally not enough.

However, Wang seemed to be very happy, Liu Cong arrived, Wang never mentioned family matters, but happily introduced a few children to Liu Cong, who was more similar to Liu Cong when he was a child, who was more naughty, who loved to read and write......

Seeing that the Wang family was so happy, Liu Cong also felt that the Wang family was old and loved to be lively. Wang was afraid that Liu Cong would be unhappy, so he never mentioned the family matter, which made Liu Cong a little ashamed.

"Nurse, Cong'er is now a county guard, as long as the nurse is happy in the future, these children's expenses don't worry, I will call someone to send it as soon as possible." It's just that the boy is studying, is it? ”

"You know, the nurse is ...... in her hand" Wang was a little embarrassed.

"That's not good, the boys have to be sent to the school, and the girls follow the girls to learn from the female workers."

"Thank you for the children."

"Nurse, what are you talking about, Cong'er knows that you like children, and if you want to adopt a few in the future, you will send someone to tell Cong'er that this yard is not enough, and I will change it for you."

"Is that true?"

"Why should a child lie to the nurse, but the nurse must do what she can, and not be tired. If there is chaos today, the people will be displaced. Cong hated that he couldn't settle down to tens of thousands of mansions, sheltered the world's poor people were happy, and the wind and rain were not moving.

It's just that Cong's ability is limited, and even his father can't do it, so the nurse has to do what she can. ”

"Well, the old man has a number of things in his body and mind. Don't worry about it. This child is too young to take care of his old body, and it is difficult to discipline him when he is older, so in the future, take in some people who are about ten years old, and you will give them food and school expenses when the time comes. ”

"Nurse, if you can't be busy, Lin'er will also come over to help." Cai Lin was moved by Liu Cong's sentence that there are tens of thousands of mansions, sheltering the world's poor people, and being calm like a mountain in the wind and rain, and hurriedly expressed her position.

"No, the concubine is often tired of the young lady coming to visit, and she is already uneasy, how dare you work the young lady again."

"It's okay, Lin'er is idle at home. What do you say, husband? ”

"Whatever you like, but leave the mendular work of the house to the next generation. If you have time, you can teach the girls to work, and teach the boys to read and write poetry. Liu Cong knew that this Cai Lin was like a female college student in later generations, who liked to learn from others to volunteer, and he was not easy to stop.

"Is it okay for the husband to come and teach them martial arts?"

"Good!" Seeing that the two women are so fraternal, Liu Cong is not happy.

"Oh, you can learn martial arts!" The three boys had been surrounding the Wang family and listened to the conversation between Liu Cong and the three, and the eldest one jumped up excitedly when he heard that Liu Cong was coming to teach martial arts.