Tiankuo didn't speak, and Master Lin continued, "This year, thanks to Lord Gu's care, the business has gone so smoothly, at the end of the year, you should naturally send some courtesies to Lord Gu, you just came to our poor place this year, and the New Year will definitely be unsatisfactory, and I don't know if everything is ready, I don't know what to add, I just want to take some good ones from home, if there is anything inconsiderate, Lord Gu said directly,"

With that, the husband and wife directly opened all the gifts they brought, and the big box of silver did not fall, and directly lifted the lid.

Si Qidu shook his eyes at the white silver, "Isn't this person an iron rooster?" He was the one who wanted to repair the river before, and he was the one who gave twenty taels of silver, and the people behind him also learned from him.

That's probably a thousand taels of silver, right?

Siqi glanced to the side, and saw the silver ticket exposed, a thick pile, pressed underneath, yo, and the silver ticket, so it was more than a thousand taels, and the iron rooster actually plucked its feathers.

Her mind turned quickly, and suddenly this Master Lin had such a change, there must be a reason, it couldn't be that he figured it out all of a sudden.

If you want to say what the reason is, in fact, it is not difficult to think that Chen Qiuchi only came to live with them yesterday, and today Master Lin brought his wife to send silver to the door, not because of Chen Qiuchi but because of what? It seems that he is really afraid of Chen Qiuchi.

Of course, the silver must be sent to the door, but this must also be made clear, otherwise it will become a filial piety for others? It didn't have a good reputation.

Tiankuo said, "What does Master Lin mean by this?" As an official, you shouldn't say that you are honest, but from the moment I took office, I have already made up my mind that I will never accept any benefits, and Master Lin has not been here before, so he naturally knows my rules here, I don't care about others, at least I won't open this head. ”

Master Lin said with a smile, "Master Gu is too worried, knowing that Lord Gu is an honest official, how could I knowingly commit a crime?" This silver is used to repair the river, didn't Master Gu say it before? There are many places in our county that need to build rivers, and it will cost a lot of money. ”

"Before, the business turnover was not open, I really couldn't come up with so much silver, I neglected Lord Gu, these days I think about it day and night, and my heart is always unsteady, isn't it, I received the payment for the New Year, and quickly sent the silver to Lord Gu, this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, how can I not support it?"

"As long as I can take it out, there is no excuse, here is three thousand taels of silver, although Lord Gu accepts it, if there is not enough, tell me directly, I will definitely take it if I can take it out."

Si Qi was still curious about how much silver this was, but he said it himself.

Three thousand taels, this time I took three thousand taels, the two of them ran for so long, how many people's houses they went to, and they only raised more than a thousand taels of silver in total, this comparison is really ironic.

Master Lin took it for granted that Tiankuo proposed to repair the river in order to give them a chance to bribe him, but he didn't understand it before, but he had already figured it out, could he still send the money over?

On the surface, this is to build a river, but in fact, it is for this county.

So at this time, he also used this excuse, everyone knew it, and the money was accepted, who else could care if the river was repaired or not?

Who knows that Tiankuo said, "If you really repair the river, then you will bring the silver back first, and you will raise donations again in a few days, and then I hope that Lord Lin will make a good start and take everyone to donate more money, this is all for the people here, there are many times of drought, if the river is repaired, there will be more crops in the field, we can get rich here, and Lord Lin's business is also better, do you say this is the truth?" ”

No matter what he said now, Master Lin nodded vigorously, "It's still Lord Gu who is thoughtful, so let's do it, when the yamen raises donations again, I will definitely take a good lead, I can talk to all the merchants, as long as Lord Gu is in need, I have no excuses, I will definitely take everyone to the yamen to donate money, how can I miss such a good thing?" When the river is repaired, future generations will benefit, and such a good thing must be brought with me. ”

As soon as he said this, Tiankuo pushed the silver back, "Okay, I'll wait for you, you take the silver back first, otherwise you won't be able to tell." ”

Master Lin pushed the silver back to him again, "My lord, this is a torment for the small people, the adults have been in office for a few months, conscientious, hard-working, for the people of Lu County, they have put in so much silver, the previous small people are really unable to turn, they feel very uncomfortable, and they can't help, this is finally a chance, of course, I have to make up for the deficit of the adults, these silver is not enough, the adults accept it first." ”

This back and forth, even the title has changed, calling himself Xiaomin, his age is much older than Tiankuo, although there is nothing wrong with saying this in terms of identity, but Tiankuo because he is young, he has never been willing to put on a stand in front of others, and he will always call himself me when talking to people, and he will not say this official, at this time a person with gray hair calls himself Xiaomin in front of him, which is really a little awkward.

Today, if Master Lin can't leave this silver in the Gu Mansion, he can't leave with peace of mind, of course Tiankuo also knows this, it's not impossible to leave these silver, anyway, it will be counted as a donation for him at that time.

He is not afraid of shadows, and he has not left a penny, so he doesn't believe that this Master Lin can do anything.

Seeing that he was finally willing to accept the money, Master Lin was very happy, and the husband and wife sat down and talked for a while.

During this period, Mrs. Lin pulled Siqi and started chatting, praising her for being beautiful and virtuous, and saying that there was no one in this family who could work, so she should send her a few maids over, and she was so diligent that she didn't want to.

It was almost noon, and they had no intention of leaving, and Siqi didn't want to leave them for dinner, so he could only continue to deal with them.

But it didn't take long for them to get up and take their leave.

Of course, Tiankuo couldn't wait, so he nodded directly, "It stands to reason that the two of you should have left for lunch, but now that there is no one at home to help cook, and at this time, it's too late to prepare, please forgive me." ”

Master Lin hurriedly said, "Where and where, don't dare to bother Mrs., let's go back to eat, we came this morning, it's really disturbing the adults to rest, tired for so many days, the New Year should be quieter, it's the small people who are abrupt." ”