Collect donations? As soon as Wu Qi heard this, he thought about it, no wonder tens of thousands of governor's mansions gathered so many powerful children, as well as various family branches.

You don't have to think about it to know what's going on, it must be the elders of the family who ask them to raise donations on behalf of their respective families, which is nothing more than to seek benefits for the family and future generations.

In addition to the Mongols and Semu people, whether the Han people or the southerners, the consequences of not donating will inevitably settle accounts in the future, and the court of the Yuan Dynasty is not easy to beat.

But why didn't anyone tell him at home? couldn't help but look at Wu Qiao, Wu Qiao smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Young master, you were seriously ill before, this, this." He was so spitting that he didn't dare to say that the young master had been stupid for half a month.

Wu Qi only then remembered, and then faced Meng Qu, his brain began to organize speech, and he didn't pay attention to the pit in Meng Qu's words at all.

After thinking about it, Wu Qi put away his cynical appearance, and suddenly looked solemn and solemn: "As a citizen of the court, he should be loyal to the country, His Majesty the Emperor has every opportunity, and he cares about the people of Li, I and other juniors really look up to it, how dare my Wu family stoop to be behind others in the matter of donations?" ”

Speaking of this, I paused deliberately, looked around, and said: "I am the first young master in Gaozhou City, the cow ghost and snake god have to give way when they see Ben Shao, all of this is given to me by the imperial court, without the imperial court, there would be no me today, said; To be grateful! I don't know how much the rats plan to donate? ”

Meng Qu secretly hated in his heart, and the killing opportunity was unlimited! I can't refute it, this bastard wants to press himself at any time, and he is still the first young man in Gaozhou City? I bah, the thickness of the skin can be seen.

"Your Excellency has arrived!." Suddenly, there was a loud roar in the governor's mansion, which made everyone quiet down, and they involuntarily tidied up their clothes.

Wu Qi, Meng Qu and other most awesome gentlemen all put away the demeanor of the eldest and my second child, and looked at the closed door of the Governor's Mansion.

Squeak...... Creak......!

As the gate was opened, two teams of fierce and mixed soldiers came out one after another, and an old man in his fifties wearing a three-grade official uniform walked out of the gate under the two officials of the Zhenfu Division.

This old man is Daru Huachi's "Maggot", and he holds many official positions, such as; The head of the Gaozhou Road Governor's Office, the Daru Huachi of the Wanhu Mansion, and the Zhenfu Division are also under his control, and the decision-making power of local people's livelihood, military and political affairs is in his hands.

Meng Maggot is also Meng Qu's grandfather and grandfather, commonly known as Ah Ye.

Note! The various local regimes mentioned above, like the positions of the maggots, must be held by the Mongols. One level further up, such as; Daru Huachi and Zuo Cheng of Huguang Province's "Xingzhongshu Province", as well as the imperial historians of "Xingyu Shitai", must be held by the royal family with the national surname. One level further up is the crown prince of "Dadu Zhongshu Province" in charge of the Zhongshu Order, the prince as the left prime minister, and Han'er as the right prime minister. The six Shangshu and others were all Mongols as the main officials, and the Han Er was the adjutant. Concentrate! The Yuan Dynasty respected the left and the right secondary. 》。

"Meet the Steward."

Wu Qi bowed down with everyone, and couldn't help but scold in his heart: "A bunch of shit, you wait, one day Ben Shao will let you not even have the qualifications to kneel." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, excuse me." The head of the maggot raised his hands gently, and gave people the appearance of the uncle next door with a smile on his face, and when he saw a group of juniors get up, he continued: "The Great Yuan Dynasty has been established for decades, and the government and the people are united in order to have a prosperous world.

His Majesty the Emperor is sympathetic to the people of Li, and can not bear to use swords and soldiers to disturb the people, but the small country on the border has repeatedly violated the border, and even killed my officers and soldiers, robbed and killed my people, the saint was furious, determined to go to war, the treasury was empty, so that all walks of life began to raise funds for training, and then this old man was cheeky, on behalf of my suffering people to Gaozhou City for help, the old man Shijun Zhilu should set an example, and decided to donate a thousand taels of silver. ”

After the words fell, the four soldiers in the governor's mansion carried out a big red box and a table and stool respectively, put the box next to the governor, and put the table next to Zhenfu.

Maggot took out ten silver tickets worth one hundred taels from his bosom and put them in a box after public display.

Then the two officials of the Pacification Division, one grinding the other's notes, read aloud at the same time: "The Lord Governor donated one thousand taels." Then the two governors took out fifty taels and thirty taels respectively, took notes in turn, and read aloud the names and amounts of donors.

Then the soldiers donated, the soldiers were all mixed Mongolian and Chinese, due to the deduction of the Han soldiers' salaries, they were all bitter, and the donations were at least a few cents and at most a hundred cents.

However, the Mongol soldiers were as few as one or two or two, and as many as five or six taels, which shows how low the status of the Han soldiers was.

Seeing this, Wu Qi became more confident in the rebellion, and he saw the unequal class! The Han'er soldiers had resistance in their hearts, but they lacked an absolute opportunity, a hope that could give them equality and even revenge, so that the Han'er soldiers' resistance completely exploded.

Meng Maggot smiled and comforted the family representatives: "How much you donate depends on your heart." Other than that; Those who donate 1,000 taels to give children and donate 3,000 taels of silver will be hereditary to be a baron, and more than 5,000 taels will be hereditary to be a viscount, which is only a title that can be awarded within the authority of the official, and those who go above cannot be sealed without outstanding military achievements. ”

What a pie! It is unbelievable that people on the street or merchants of various ethnic groups can be knighted for money, and they enthusiastically participate in the donation without waiting for the representatives of each family to react.

"My lord, I will donate 1,000 taels to my son for a child."

"And me, I'll donate three thousand taels."

"Hmph, don't rob Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu donated five thousand taels, hahaha, Lao Tzu will also be a lord in the future."

For a while, there were happy and disappointed departures.

Wu Qi watched coldly and found that the people who donated were not ordinary people at all, this was completely for the rich, and the people who enthusiastically donated were basically members of the side branches of the major family forces.

The mere baron and viscount will not be taken seriously by the concubines of the major families at all.

Like what; The head of the Wu and Dong families, the general of tens of thousands of households, this is the marquis, which can be described as a prince.

There are more than a dozen gentlemen here, and the lowest in the family has the title of earl, or hereditary replacement, and they don't look down on this so-called pie at all.

What they considered was how much to donate, to safeguard the interests of their own family, and to facilitate the military and political affairs of Huguang Province.

However, most of their own branches have no titles and official titles, and if they have a title, then the status of the family will also rise, and the supremacy of interests is the key.

At this time, more than a dozen middle-aged people came to the periphery of the crowd, Wu Qiao glanced at it and won it in person, and the two sides bowed their heads and said something.

Wu Qi's gaze was attracted, and Wu Qiao trotted over and said in a low voice: "Young master, they are all small heads of various branches of the Wu family, and they don't have a title by their side, so they can ask the young master if they can donate money to get a knighthood?" ”

"Approved, tell them that the money is not enough, and the young master is out, and you can also donate a viscount."

"Ahh Thank you for the reward. ”

Wu Qiao happily went to report the good news, and after getting the permission of the young master, the small patriarchs of the various branches of the family did not dare to slack off, first kowtowed to the young master to thank him, and then went to donate.

If they can come, they will naturally not be short of money, and even if they lack money, they will not dare to let the young master pay in advance.

If you can give the family a chance to grow your power, no one will give up.

Wu Qi was very satisfied with these more than a dozen branch patriarchs, knowing that asking for instructions on himself proved that they were very sensible, and he couldn't help but praise a few words in front of Wu Qiao.

Wu Qiao pouted: "Young master, all families are under this rule, and doing such a big thing without asking for instructions can be regarded as self-reliance, which is a major crime of treason to be killed." ”

Wu Qi was stunned, before today, the housekeeper thought that he was sick, he had just passed through and was still in the adaptation period, and he didn't dare to speak, and he wouldn't say anything big to him at all, no wonder other family branches were so active, so it was.

He believed that all other branches of the Wu family had spokespersons for the main family, and most of them would donate money in exchange for titles, and they had to obey the Yuan Dynasty's imperial court's means to win people's hearts, and family power was the mainstream of this era.

"I'm blind, donating 10,000 taels on behalf of the family to show my heart, and I hope that the chief manager will not blame." After Meng Qu finished speaking, he also glanced at Wu Qi, full of provocation.

Meng Maggot looked at his eldest grandson with satisfaction and nodded: "It's good if you have your mind, it doesn't matter how much you donate." ”

Wu Qi saw the move, and said loudly: "The head manager is wrong with this, the kid has a so-called." ”

The audience was in an uproar, this kid of the Wu family is too arrogant, and he dares to refute the words of the chief manager, even if he doesn't care about you now, the Wu family will be worried in the future.

Meng Maggot was not angry when he heard this, and when he saw that his grandson was about to break out, he stopped Meng Qu with his eyes, looked at Wu Qi and asked curiously: "I don't know what I think about it, so that everyone present can taste it." ”

Suddenly, an old man squeezed in from the periphery of the crowd, and the old man grabbed Wu Qi and warned in a serious voice: "Young master, be cautious!." "The person who came was Wu Zhong, the chief housekeeper of the Wu family.

Wu Zhong had already come, and he knew in his heart that the young master was just ill and needed to relax, so the family's donation could not be lost.

The head of the family is not there, the uncle is not here, and the little young master is not here, so he is the only one who has come to donate, and when he saw the young master coming, Wu Zhong hid.

"Steward, let go, Young Master Ben has his own measure." Wu Qi didn't care how the housekeeper came, he just wanted to get rid of this old man, it was too annoying.

Wu Zhong just didn't let go: "Young master, the family lineage is a single lineage, you ...... Ay!. ”

Wu Qi was really angry this time, and shouted coldly: "Let go!" Wu Zhong's housekeeper was startled, he only had guardianship, no education, he didn't dare to screw it like this again, otherwise it would be tantamount to committing the following crimes, and finally let go helplessly and sighed, and then was pulled away by his grandson Wu Qiao.

After driving away the old man of the housekeeper and tidying up his clothes, Wu Qi took a few steps forward and bowed to the maggots: "Lord Steward, the kid thinks that donations should also be divided into high and low winners, and even 10,000 taels dare to come out to offer ugliness, I really don't know what to say, you must know that this young master is the first young man in Gaozhou City." ”

Meng Maggot was stunned, it turned out to be a young man competing, the hidden anger in his heart was swept away, and his heart let go of his vigilance about the future of the Wu family, and he felt very interesting and asked knowingly: "The old man didn't understand, what do you mean?" ”

Wu Qiming knew that Meng Maggot was Meng Qu's grandfather, but he didn't care about it in his heart, he believed that if he was a person, he wouldn't have trouble with silver.

Smiling disdainfully, Wu Qi pointed at Meng Qu and said to the chief manager Meng Maggot: "That kid donates 10,000 taels, I donate 20,000 taels on behalf of the Wu family, no matter what, I have to suppress that kid, let him and everyone know that rich is the uncle, I am the first young man, and he Meng Qu and others are no more than Erer." ”