The work of disaster relief belongs to the Ministry of Industry, the work of disaster relief belongs to the Ministry of Households, and the work of subverting the Zuo Liangyu regime belongs to the Nanchang, and these institutions are working intensively, and the people in the capital and even the entire Jiangnan have also organized themselves to donate food, money, and materials to the disaster area, and the people in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River feel the same feelings, after all, they are flesh and blood compatriots who drink the same river water.

The household department allocated 2 million taels of silver for disaster relief, and the emperor also took out 1 million taels from the treasury, and the ministers collectively donated a year's worth of money.

Many shops took the initiative to donate fabrics, ready-to-wear, shoes, umbrellas, oilcloths and other materials, and many businessmen took silver tickets to run to the official uniform to donate, and even the flower boats on the Qinhuai River played a banner of donating sleeping flowers and staying in Liuyin to help Huguang's family, these are self-private fundraising, the scale is not large, the most eye-catching is the upcoming Beijing fundraising conference.

The fundraising meeting was held in the most prosperous Confucius Temple in the capital, and the specific work was presided over by the Huguang Division, Ying Tianfu and the Five Cities Terracotta Division were responsible for maintaining the order of the scene, the heavy rain has stopped, but the sky is still gloomy, the capital has also suffered floods this time, many houses in disrepair have been flooded by heavy rain, and the water level of Xuanwu Lake is much higher than before, and large merchants across the country, The representatives of the factory stationed in the capital were all present, and these richly dressed people, under the escort of bodyguards, sat peacefully in the canopy, and there was a pair of idle people, and behind each of them was a money box, which contained the silver tickets they were going to raise money for today.

Nowadays, the economy of the Southern Ming Dynasty has reached capitalism, and it has entered its infancy, and all factories and mining workshops have an intertwined relationship in the imperial court, even if the political situation is in turmoil, there will be nothing to do, and the relatively stable environment has allowed them to create a large amount of wealth, and the silver imported from the Wa Kingdom, the Song Dynasty, and South America has made the circulation money supply sufficient, the displaced people in the north have provided a large number of cheap labor, China's rich coal reserves have provided stable energy, and with these supports, the development of industrial and mining enterprises has been extremely rapid, and the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River are all rich and have a million oil production, no less than tens.

Silver is the official currency of the Ming Dynasty, the basic unit is two, one tael, one small ingot, there are ten taels, Fifty taels of large silver ingots, as well as foreign incoming Spanish eagles of seven coins and three cents, each of the five coins of the Song Dynasty silver dollar, each two taels of silver can be exchanged for about a thousand copper coins, that is, a hanging of money, uncertain factors often depend on the fineness of the silver, the new Kuping silver and the good quality of the silver dollars can be exchanged in full for the color of the almost can only be exchanged for six hundred to nine hundred copper coins, and the market price at that time, the next meal of two meat and two vegetarian meals, wine and soup is only five dollars of silver, a middle-income shop, a senior man's monthly salary is only between ten taels and thirty taels, the annual salary of a senior member of a product is about ten thousand taels, a semi-monopoly large enterprise such as the Liguo Iron Works annual gross domestic productIn the case of about one million taels, in general, one tael of silver feels similar to more than 100 yuan in the 21st century for people in this era.

But you can't completely correspond to this value, because China's total GDP in the 21st century is extremely high, and there are not a few people worth tens of billions, but the GDP of Nanming is only about a billion taels of silver, and it is worth one million taels and is already a top rich man.

Donating more and donating less is an expression of heart, and the fundraising conference did not make hard and fast rules, but these big families came with the mentality of being richer, and the people of the Celestial Empire were better than the people, and if they didn't take out the silver corresponding to their identity, they wouldn't be able to mix it in the future.

Liu Ziguang also stood in the crowd watching the excitement, today is a special day, he accompanied his pregnant wife Zeng Cheng into the city, the water level of Xuanwu Lake rose, threatening the safety of the small fishing village, so Liu Ziguang brought Zeng Cheng to the city, they were both wearing coarse cloth clothes, with umbrellas, and all the family's savings, a total of thirty-five taels of silver, plus three or four hundred copper plates, Liu Ziguang said that he was afraid that the island would be flooded, and he wanted to rent a house in the city to live, Zeng Cheng had always been a husband and a wife, and he followed Liu Ziguang's words, and he packed his luggage and followed, of course, other people in the village also followed into the city, and their luggage was concentrated on the hired donkey cart, and the house was naturally arranged a long time agoIt is located in the bustling area of the south of the city, and the road just passed by the scene of the fundraising meeting.

Among the organizers of the fund-raising meeting, there were indeed a few talented people, and the propaganda work was very good, and the literate talents who publicized the tragic situation of the Huguang flood in the form of big-character posters shook their heads and read the notices, and the people breathed in shock while listening, and the miserable life of the people in the flood-stricken areas was vividly embodied through the vivid pen of the propagandists and the voluntary speeches of the talents, and they were all sad to smell it, and the listeners were all in tears, Zeng Cheng stood far away, and crystal tears appeared in his eyes, and said to Liu Ziguang: "Let's go and donate some too." Liu Ziguang happily agreed, and the two walked into the depths of the crowd, and when they came to the place where they could see the platform of the fund-raising meeting, they had to go on to raise donations from large households, and after the representatives of each family put the large promissory notes into the fund-raising box, the supervisors had to beat a gong and drum loudly, and loudly announce the specific number of silver taels.

It is then written on a water sign and hung high for people to see. Deng617k Literature Network supports the genuine Iron Age, most of the rich people donate silver that matches their status, such as 100,000 taels of silver from the Liguo Iron Factory, 50,000 taels of silver from the Huainan Coal Mine, 80,000 taels from the Songjiang Weaving Factory, and 80,000 taels from the Songjiang Weaving Factory. Jiangnan Shipyard 100,000 taels alone, there are two of them are Liu Ziguang's private enterprises, in order to provide disaster relief, he took out the company's working capital, with the explosion of the number of each silver, the bustling people will burst into applause, those who donate will usually say a few polite words in a high-sounding manner, the most * of the donation is the representative of Rishengchang, when everyone knows that this ticket number is the richest man in the world, the amount of their donation is also a mystery that everyone has guessed for a long time, with a burst of gongs and drums, the host reported the number: Rishengchang silver number 999,900 taels, this is a very appropriate number, because he can't donate more than the emperor, more than 990,000 taels, which is already an astonishing astronomical number, the people in the audience are not surprised, and then applauded in unison, Hu Da shopkeeper naturally will not show up to participate in such an event, she only appointed a deputy to the stage, and said a few words, and they were all high-sounding words.

Then came to the stage is a middle-aged rich businessman, this person is about 50 years old, named Wang Jiuzhong, there is a strong and skilled construction team under his command, as small as the repair of private houses, the construction of restaurants and shops, the design of royal gardens, the construction of city walls, and the relationship with the Ministry of Industry is quite good, Liu Ziguang's Qingdao City, half of the project is contracted to him, the contract amount is as high as hundreds of thousands of taels, the profit is also very objective, Wang Jiagan is a leader in Nanming, the family capital is huge, it is said that there are at least three million taels; Wang Jiu also has a high literary accomplishment, is good at drawing and designing, and can also recite poetry, which is a high-ranking and low-ranking outlier among these copper-smelling merchants.

And he often frequented the temple, burned incense and made a wish, was a Buddhist layman, the Southern Dynasty 480 Temple, he almost walked all over, and spent tens of thousands of taels of sesame oil every year.

Wang Jiu took out a stack of silver tickets and handed them to the officials of the household department, the officials counted a number, as if they didn't believe their eyes, and then counted several times, and finally put down the silver tickets very helplessly, after a burst of gongs and drums, the host shouted: "Wang Jiu, eight hundred taels of silver." There was an uproar in the audience, and the people exchanged their heads, obviously not believing that this stingy figure was from the hands of Wang Jiu, who was known as Wang Shanren, and at this time Wang Jiu's speech began: "Contemptible Wang Jiu, I think everyone knows each other, today I donated eight hundred taels of silver, everyone may think that it is a little less, in fact, it is a lot at all, in recent years, it is a drought and a military disaster, which line of life is not good, our Wang family has thousands of craftsmen are going to eat, if I follow the example of others, and also take out 108,000 silver will inevitably affect our family's business, affect the life of these guys who rely on my Wang Jiu to eat, I Wang Jiu has accumulated virtue and done good deeds for many years, never talk about false fame, to get is the people, Li people live a worry-free life, my men are also people, I have to take care of them first, and I think that donations can not be compared, only the heart is on the line, I have made a rule on our Wang family's guys, each person does not raise donationsIt's enough to promise ten copper coins to show your heart, and you can't let fundraising affect your normal life. Wang Jiu's words only brought a burst of boos from the people in the audience, but he was used to being a maverick and didn't care about everyone's opinions, and with a light fist, Shi Shiran walked down the stage from under the water sign with eight hundred taels of silver written on it.

Wang Jiu is the last person of the big family, the original expected finale was smashed, but then the people were free to raise donations, and the good show was staged again, the people walked over from the fundraising table one by one, took out silver or copper coins, handed them to the officials, and left their names in the merit book, the people naturally did not compare with the wealthy big families, but the silver tickets with sweat in the palms of their hands represented the most sincere love, ten taels, twenty twenty and fifty taels, almost their living expenses for several months can be donated without hesitation, the most touching thing is an old beggar with a broken leg, this person often begs in the area of Confucius Temple, everyone knows him, at this moment he actually took out a tael of silver, and it is a brand new filament ingotIt seems that the old man who has just redeemed it from the ticket number said: This is half a month's income from my begging, so I will donate it to the people in the disaster area to buy cakes to eat, they are not as good as me, an old beggar.

Liu Ziguang suddenly felt his arm shaken, and Zeng Cheng's soft voice sounded in his ears: "Xianggong, let's donate too." ”

"Okay, how much are you going to donate?" Liu Ziguang asked.

"We have a total of thirty-five taels and three hundred, I will leave twenty-eight wen and buy rice, and donate the rest. It's a big deal, we don't rent a house, and we go back to live in the lake, we can live on a boat, no matter how big the water is, we are not afraid. Zeng Cheng cautiously said that he was afraid that Liu Ziguang would scold her for being a loser's daughter-in-law.

Of course Liu Ziguang will not be angry, he nodded solemnly: "It's up to you." Zeng Cheng smiled happily, and happily lined up and walked to the fundraising table, took out thirty-five taels of silver and three hundred copper coins and handed them to the official in charge of registration.

The official was very surprised to look at this beautiful and somewhat amazing young woman, seeing that she was not dressed as a rich family, and actually took out so much silver, presumably out of the bag, and the official asked with admiration: "Sister-in-law, please leave your name in the merit book." Zeng Cheng said: "If you don't leave a name, you will keep the name of my father-in-law." As he spoke, he picked up a pen and wrote down a few words, and left happily.

The official watched her beautiful figure leave, and when he looked back at the name on the merit book, he was so frightened that he almost fainted, and it was three small characters that were beautiful

"Liu Ziguang".