Everyone probably understands in their hearts, I'm afraid it's not as simple as eating today.

Mu Qing saw them discussing, so he could only pinch his thighs and squeeze out tears:

"Your Excellency also knows that this time the Third Highness brought 20,000 taels of silver to relieve the disaster, and your lords should also know that this little money is enough to do it, and now there are only a few thousand taels left, and this has not yet been sent out to protect the cold, and the rent has not been repaired......"

Everyone's faces were a little unsightly, of course they knew that this little money was not enough, and they also knew that Mu Qing was asking them to pay.

"I came here in a hurry, counted my things, only 20,000 taels, and now I have taken them out for disaster relief, which can be regarded as a part of my heart." Mu Qing said that it was quite painful.

The 100,000 taels borrowed from Wanguan were less than a last resort, and Mu Qing was not ready to take them out.

After all, this money is not a small amount, it is easy to borrow money, but it is difficult to repay it.

It's her 20,000 taels that she has to take out, and if she wants others to pay, she has to make a statement herself, right?

The faces of the adults were not very good, and they muttered for a long time, but no one stood up and said that they wanted to donate money.

The corners of Mu Qing's mouth twitched, and he breathed a sigh in his heart, these iron roosters! It's not easy to get money out of them.

Lord Qian, who was the leader, stood up and asked cautiously: "I only see Niangniang today, I don't know where the prince is now?" ”

Although Lord Qian believed Mu Qing's words, he was somewhat despised because Mu Qing was a woman.

Mu Qing's eyes lit up, and he quickly pretended to be sad:

"The prince has worked hard for disaster relief in the past two days, running every day to see the situation, and he fell ill when he came back last night, and now he is still lying down, you also know that His Royal Highness was not in good health before, and he finally got better and tired again."

No one knew Bai Lichen's physical condition before, so Mu Qing said that he was sick at this time, but no one was suspicious.

"Last night, His Royal Highness was still saying that he would get better soon, if he kept being sick like this, it would definitely not be possible, and when the time came, he could only write an excerpt to the emperor and let Mr. Wei come over for disaster relief, although Mr. Wei is old, but he has experience, and he must do better than His Highness."

Mu Qing said as he carefully looked at the faces of the adults.

Mr. Wei was the emperor's teacher, and later when the emperor ascended the throne, he became the governor of Yunzhou, and the ambassador of Xinjiang was eight years.

Later, Mr. Wei was old, so he asked to resign and go home to retire.

Probably because he was the emperor's teacher, the emperor trusted Master Wei very much, and he would always ask for advice if there was anything that could not be solved.

And why is it said that Master Wei is very experienced, it is also thanks to the fact that when he was the governor of Yunzhou.

The geographical location of Yunzhou is not good, and there were five floods in the eight years that Lord Wei was the governor.

This flood is going to be a disaster relief, and generally the emperor is responsible for this kind of thing.

Old Master Wei was able to do things beautifully every time, and no one could find faults, which made the emperor very satisfied.

However, these adults obviously don't want to let Master Wei come, Lord Wei is very strict under his rule, and he is favored by the emperor, and the emperor will probably not say anything when he kills them, after all, this kind of thing has not been done before.

Thinking of this, everyone trembled in unison, and tacitly didn't speak again.

"I persuaded the prince to write an excerpt for Master Wei to calculate, but the prince said that this matter was not done, and the emperor was afraid that he would be unhappy, and he did not write, I was so worried that I couldn't do it, in case the prince was not in good health, and the disaster relief was not done, wouldn't I become a sinner when I returned to Beijing......"

Mu Qing cried even more, this time it was sincere.

She was afraid that if the disaster relief was not done by then, Bailichen would suffer and even if she suffered, it would affect her.

She is still nominally Bailichen's concubine now, she didn't get the benefits, and she lost her life, which really outweighed the losses!

Master Qian tugged at the corners of his mouth, stepped forward and said in a low voice:

"Don't be too sad, the princess was right just now, the delay is urgent, we should tide over the difficulties together."

"Lord Qian is right, although the ministers don't have much money, they are willing to do their best, and the ministers are willing to take out 10,000 taels."

"Five thousand taels."

"Eight thousand taels."

"Three thousand taels."

Hearing that they were willing to pay, Mu Qing restrained his smile, and when he saw that he hadn't missed a single one, he nodded with satisfaction and sent them away.

"Heart!" Mu Qing sent the last person away, and immediately called Xin'er:

"Hurry up and call a few more people, go to these adults' mansions to get money, the night is long and there are many dreams, or you can rest assured that you can get it."

Bai Lichen, who came out of the room, happened to hear this, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything.

"Do you want to think about how to explain to your father when you go back?" Bai Lichen asked suddenly.

Mu Qing was keeping accounts, and he didn't raise his head when he heard this:

"Tell me the truth, otherwise my father would know sooner or later, after all, my father wouldn't really spare them, right? When the time comes, it will be even more ugly to be exposed by them! ”

said that as long as they behaved well, they could be lightly dismissed, but Mu Qing and Bai Lichen knew very well that it was impossible to let go of this matter gently.

The treasury didn't have much money in the first place, and this time the relief could have been solved quickly, but it dragged on for so long, not to mention, and there was so much extra money.

If she were the emperor, she would have scraped these officials alive!

Bai Lichen looked at Mu Qing silently: "Then do you know what the crime of forging a secret decree is?" ”

"I know, but the poor and the poor don't die Daoist, my father not only relieved the disaster, but also brought him money back to fill the treasury, not to mention rewarding you, but he will definitely not punish you, even if he punishes you, it will not be heavy."

Mu Qing knew it in her heart, and she thought that she still knew a little bit about the emperor.

The emperor has just come to provide disaster relief, and he must have no money, and this year's weather, I don't know if other places need disaster relief......

If you want disaster relief, you always need money, right?

Bai Lichen was a little speechless, and picked up her account: "Is there any money left?" ”

"How else are you shameless enough?" Mu Qing smiled and called Xin'er:

"Hurry up and arrange tomorrow's banquet, just say that you adults have broken the bank, and invite all the ladies to come over for dinner tomorrow, as a thank you, and I have specially prepared a thank you gift for the ladies."

Bai Lichen's hand holding the list trembled: "You don't still want those ladies to pay, do you?" ”

After pit these men, even women will not be spared?

"I'm not that kind of person." Mu Qing didn't tell him, put the list away, "You'll know tomorrow." ”

Bai Lichen swallowed the words on his lips, those officials looted the people's fat and people's cream, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with letting them pay at this time.

He was originally prepared to coerce and lure, but now it seems that Mu Qing's method is also good, except for ......

Outside of forging secret intentions.

These officials were bleeding profusely after Mu Qing's words, and Mu Qing said that he would give a banquet to their wives that day to show his gratitude, and also prepared gifts.

These adults didn't want their wives to go, and they were afraid that Mu Qing would force them to pay again.

But after thinking about it, I was curious about the so-called gift, so I asked my wife to take a look.

Mu Qing carefully prepared the banquet the next day, and indeed prepared gifts.

When these ladies came, they came forward to talk to them, and the topic of women was nothing more than rouge gouache and jewelry hairpin rings.

Mu Qing could also say a few words, and he quickly became familiar with it.

"I heard that the Third Highness is sick, and now it's all the mother who is in charge?"

"Yes, Your Highness is tired and sick." Mu Qing began to wipe his tears as he spoke, and said in a low voice:

"The prince worked hard for disaster relief, he was not in good health, and now he is ......"

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly comforted Mu Qing.

Mu Qing stopped his tears, and the smile on his face was a little reluctant:

"Actually, I invited you ladies over today to ask for your help."

As soon as they heard the word help, the faces of the ladies were not very good-looking, they knew more or less what Mu Qing did yesterday, and they still want to pit them today?

"It's not that we don't help my mother, it's that our lord donated so much money yesterday, and we really don't have that much money at home."

"Yes, mother, our lord also donated a lot of money."

"Niangniang is also considerate and considerate of us."

These ladies were dissatisfied with their words, most of them were unhappy, and they were already a little resentful about the money they had yesterday.

"It's not for the ladies to pay, I know you've done your best." Mu Qing smiled slightly as he spoke, and said softly:

"It's just that the ladies also know that the disaster relief fee is not as simple as soup porridge, and it is also necessary to distribute cold materials, I packed up the old clothes and rewards that I don't want at home and prepare them for those disaster victims, I hope that the ladies can also help and collect some old clothes and rewards."

"It doesn't need to be good, coarse linen clothes can be used, as long as you can keep out the cold, I'm not familiar with this place when I first arrived, so I want to ask you for help."

There are many wealthy families in Yuezhou, but it is obviously not easy for them to take things.

Her identity as the princess is also aimed at the families of some of these officials, and if it were other people, I am afraid they might not be willing to give her this face.

At this time, I need the help of these officials' wives, they have been in Yuezhou for so long, they are much better than her, and the coarse cloth clothes they want are much simpler.

When they heard that it was not to donate money, but to ask for a reward for old clothes, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and said that they would help.

Mu Qing was not polite, and said a few more words by the way:

"I know that there are some embarrassments for the ladies, but this is also a helpless thing, the money is limited, but it is not good for disaster relief, the emperor blames it, and those of us who are family members will also be tired, if it weren't for this, I would have taken His Royal Highness back to Beijing a long time ago, who loves to come, who will come......"

Everyone was still a little hesitant, but when they heard Mu Qing say this, their attitude improved a lot, and they said that they would do it when they went back.

Mu Qing took out the prepared gift when he was leaving, and it was packed in a small wooden box.

The various hairpins produced in her jewelry store are not valuable, so they are worn casually.

After sending them away, Mu Qing returned to the room satisfied, Bai Lichen was already waiting, and when he saw her coming, he also showed a smile on his face:

"That's a touching thing to say."

"That's it." Mu Qing was very proud, and the smile on his face was two points proud:

"Now the money is definitely enough to save money, and the people who use the official office to repair the house, as for the wood to be used, this is half good, let Cousin Yan go and talk to those businessmen, and we will buy it at a low price!"