The next morning, the new edition of the Chang'an Daily published a chapter entitled "Generous Master, Careless Steward", Liu Yuan skillfully put the whole thing is the housekeeper will be wrong, hear the wrong ear, distort the master's meaning, the generous and noble General Cheng Zhidao misunderstanding, immediately sent his son Cheng Huailiang to make up the remaining 19,800 taels.

When the schedule Huailiang used a carriage to open the lid of the cash box to swagger through the city to Liu's mansion, many people in Chang'an City have seen it, as soon as the report came out, Cheng Lao Demon King's reputation was immediately completely reversed, from a hypocritical and stingy person, suddenly became a benevolent person, so that when Cheng Lao Demon King went out, the eyes he received were no longer contempt, but admiration, and some people applauded, although Cheng Lao Demon King spent a lot of money and bleed heavily in his purse, but let him enjoy the courtesy of all eyes, and under the good mood, it was not so painful.

Some people are happy and some are worried, many people were still laughing at Cheng Lao Demon King yesterday, no matter how arrogant he was, there were also people who treated him, but the next day, when I read the newspaper, everyone couldn't laugh all of a sudden, because a small news in the newspaper suddenly hit a group of princes and ministers and famous families: Liu Yuan was in a conspicuous position in the newspaper, asking everyone where the merit monument was built, and it was also mentioned that the emperor and the queen would also unveil the merit monument to commend the merits of everyone's kindness.

It's a great trick.

If you have a head and a face, when the ranking is too low or you donate too little, it will definitely cause criticism, colleagues donate too much or friends donate too much, and you only donate so little, isn't it a joke? If you donate less, are you embarrassed when you tell you about your prominence? Besides, this is a good thing, the emperor and the queen attach so much importance to it, if the ranking is too low. Wouldn't that be a big shame in front of the emperor and the queen, if the donation is linked to character, then there is an opportunity, and it will not be allocated.

Besides, let the people of Chang'an City see that others donate so much, and how little they donate, it has to be criticized.

Under the deliberate chaos of the merit archway, newspapers, Xing Theory, and Cheng Lao Demon King, those famous families who symbolically donated a little silver changed their smiling faces one by one, and they all sent silver to Liu's mansion. Liu Yuan didn't accept it, and for a while, there was an endless stream of people who sent silver to Liu's mansion, as if there was a tacit understanding, like the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Chi Jingde, Qin Qiong and others. They all sent people to make up 20,000 taels, and Hou Junji, Niu Jinda and others. It is to make up 10,000 taels. Dare to love is afraid of competing with each other, and in the end, both sides will lose or something.

Just like Qinghe Cui's family, although he donated a few thousand taels before, as soon as the article came out, Cui Shang immediately ordered someone to send money and silver, making up 20,000 yuan. It is on par with the donations of the "front line", and does not deliberately show off, but it is also by no means left behind.

In addition to these famous princes and ministers, famous families, many people have heads and faces. Maybe in order to show his face, maybe he wanted to attract the attention of the emperor and queen, or to show off in front of his friends, one by one, he enthusiastically reported the money, for a while, Liu Yuan, Cui Mengyao, Xiaoniang and others had a state of counting the silver to the point of hand cramps.

For three days in a row, Liu Yuan and Cui Mengyao received a soft cashier, who came to increase the donations, donations collected from all walks of life, and the money donated by the people of Chang'an in Wuhoupu, etc., which flowed into the Liu Mansion like a hundred rivers entering the sea.

The people who came to deliver the silver before were gone, and Liu Yuan was so tired that he sat on the leisure chair, so tired that he didn't want to speak.

"Ouch, my waist" The little lady also rubbed her waist, and bluntly said that she was tired enough.

Cui Mengyao rubbed her wrist and said, "Yes, my hands are sore from writing these days." ”

"The eldest sister, the second sister, one is responsible for bookkeeping, the other is responsible for warehousing, I have to run out and run in, responsible for the pastries and drinks of those guests, there are female dependents, sometimes I have to entertain them, and my legs are thin." Du Sanniang also said with palpitations.

Hu Xin said with a smile: "Our little Xue'er is good, she will accompany her father to meet guests at a young age, and she has also gained a lot of benefits by the way, which is really good." ”

Liu Yuan is responsible for reception, Cui Mengyao, who is super capable, is responsible for inventory and accounting, Xiao Niang is responsible for storage, Du Sanniang is responsible for the supply of wine and pastries, and Hu Xin's mother and daughter are also involved in Liu Yuan's hospitality work, one by one, Dai Qisi, Liu Quan returned to the subordinates in the house, and the guys from the Jinyu family were sent as helpers, division of labor and cooperation, and all staff were dispatched.

Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, I've been too busy these days, and I've been bothering a few ladies." ”

"Xianggong, where is it, this is what we should do." Cui Meng hurriedly said with a smile.

"Sister Meng Yao, how much silver have we collected in the past few days?" Xiao Niang said with some excitement: "In the past few days, the silver has been put into the warehouse one by one, and I only care about sorting out the intact gold ingots and silver ingots, such as broken silver and copper coins, which have been piled up in dozens of baskets, and they have not been processed yet." ”

Dai Qisi, who participated in the help, also said in surprise: "The maidservant has never seen so much money and silver in her life, it seems to be a dream." ”

When it came to silver, Du Sanniang also said with great interest: "Yes, Sister Mengyao, how much silver have we got these days?" I see that storeroom is almost full. ”

Before every sum of silver money is put into the warehouse, it must be counted and registered, and the shrewd and capable Cui Mengyao has already calculated it, and said with a smile when she heard the words: "The prime minister has raised a total of 238,270 taels of silver, and these days, those princes and ministers and famous families have donated 382,768 taels, totaling 625,950 taels of silver. ”

"So much?" When the little lady heard this, she was so surprised that her eyes widened.

"I'm not finished yet," Cui Mengyao continued: "I heard that the people of Chang'an, who had long been unable to endure the suffering of the yellow mud road, had been extremely active in donating money, and in just three days, they raised 122,172 taels of silver plus 38,000 guan and 731 yuan, and guilds and associations from all walks of life, totaling 194,930 taels, in fact, these days, a total of 943,052 taels of silver plus 38,000 guan and 731 yuan. ”

As soon as the words fell, all the women gasped in unison, even Liu Yuan also changed color, I thought it would be good to be able to raise four or five hundred thousand taels, but I didn't expect that the effect was more than double my expectations, it can be seen that the princes and nobles, famous families are richer than they imagined, and the people of the Tang Dynasty are not as poor as they imagined, Li Eryi sat on the throne and immediately began the rule of Zhenguan, emphasizing production, lightly endowing Yao, and hiding wealth from the people, so the people of Chang'an raised a total of more than 150,000 taels in just a few days.

That's a lot of money.

Du Sanniang's mouth opened wide, and she said a little unbelievably: "In this way, Liu Yuan wants to raise one million taels for road repair, isn't that just around the corner?" ”

At the beginning, as soon as I heard that a military order had been set up and one million taels of silver needed to be raised, the women complained to Liu Yuan, Cui Mengyao was ready to sell the dowry, but I didn't expect that it was less than a month now, and now a total of 970,000 taels has been raised, which is just one step away from the one million taels in my mind.

It's just a miracle, the speed is fast, the progress is smooth, even Liu Yuan, but also unexpected, now it seems, first, the Chang'an newspaper promoted and advocated well, guided the wind theory, and secondly, a merit tablet order, forcing a group of princes and ministers, famous families to have no way out, after all, the tree wants bark, people want face, people live a face, but no longer willing, this knife still pinched the nose and admitted.

Seeing the surprised eyes of the women, Liu Yuan smiled and released another blockbuster message: "Not only that, the auction hall has just counted the thousands of lots, although there is still one day to finish, but now the total bid has reached 260,000 taels, and it is estimated that at the end of the day, it will be able to rise a lot." ”

Another two hundred and sixty thousand taels?

"Sizzle" The women gasped in unison. (To be continued......)