"Fengtian Cheng sent an edict to the emperor, the treasury is empty, there is a great drought in the south, many people are displaced, and the country is in mourning...... Commerce is the foundation of the development of the country......"

After reading it, Lord Xu closed the holy decree and looked at the merchants: "The emperor's will has also been clearly conveyed to the officials, and I hope that you will donate some silver to the treasury according to your ability, so as to wish the emperor to relieve the siege of the great drought in the south." ”

Lord Xu knew very well in his heart that the treasury was empty, and there were really many unreasonable things in the management of merchants asking for silver.

But helplessly, this is the emperor's will, he succumbed to the prime minister and did not dare to say more.

However, after this donation, Prime Minister Xu should have no name to let the national businessmen donate money.

Waiting for Lord Xu to leave, Chairman Choi called everyone to hold a temporary short meeting and called on everyone to donate more silver according to Lord Xu's wishes.

Shinong businessmen, they are in the last place, and now they can serve the country, they naturally have to do it.

That being said, there are still a large number of people who find this inappropriate, after all, they have to pay a large part of the silver to the court every year.

Now they are still required to donate money, and the merchants in the imperial city donate a minimum of 10 taels of silver each, doesn't this force them to have no way to do business?

There are so many merchants in the imperial city, and not every store is as profitable as chewing incense.

Before Tang Mian went back, Tian Bo and a few of them saw the emperor's list

"Master, this time we don't donate more, and we can't donate less, what kind of amount do you see to donate? so as not to upset the emperor, and to block the mouths of the people! ”

Xiao Cui sighed that Tang Mian was prescient, as if she knew in advance that the emperor would make an order and put most of the silver into the academy.

Now their entire chewing capital is only 200,000 taels of silver, if they donate it all

I won't be able to pay for the next month.

But if you donate less, you will be said again, and if you don't do it well, it will make the emperor unhappy.

This time, the emperor called on everyone to actively donate, and asked the merchants living near the imperial city to donate a minimum of ten taels of silver per household, and there was no upper limit.

It is estimated that there are more than a dozen such donations, and this time there is no need to donate too much.

"Uncle Tian, if you ask someone to let it go, you will say that I went around to raise money, and I also sold a lot of jewelry to raise money." Tang Mian gave such an order, not only Tian Bo, but also Xiaocui and Xiami next to him were a little confused.

It is estimated that the master still has about 500,000 taels left in his hand, does she want to donate it all?

"See what I do? This donation of silver is to be donated, 200,000 taels of silver is definitely not enough! I want to donate 500,000 taels! But you have to spread the word about what I have worked so hard to raise, so that the emperor will not be able to say anything. ”

After Tang Mian finished speaking, he went directly to the warehouse to select a few rare treasures and took them to the Treasure Pavilion to sell.

As soon as I got out of the carriage, I met several familiar bosses.

After all, everyone is an old acquaintance, and there is nothing embarrassing to see Tang Mian.

It's a little strange to stare at her with so many treasures to sell, isn't she the richest woman in Tianqi Country!

It stands to reason that there should be a lot of silver, so why do you have to sell your belongings?

"Several bosses really don't hide from each other, my family has invested a lot of money in the academy, and now there is only silver left in the store, and the silver can't be moved, so I can only sell my treasures for many years."

Everyone is doing business in the imperial city, and it is not easy for each other, so it is said that everyone was not optimistic when Tang Mian built the academy.

But now she has not only built the academy, but also recruited a group of poor students, and it is really commendable to pay for such good deeds by herself.

A few people came here to sell their treasures for many years, and they were forced to do so, after all, Chairman Cui called on them to donate more silver. Business has not been easy this year, and several stores are barely holding on to make ends meet.

They couldn't figure out why the treasury was empty and they had to use the knife with these merchants first.

After seeing a few people leave, Tang Mian went to a few stores to sell things.

Almost every store you go to will meet a lot of owners you know.

Almost all of them were frowning.

She secretly sighed in her heart, this is the first time, and so many people have been unbearable, so what will she do after a dozen times.

Before the troubles were resolved, Liu Qinluo came to the door to annoy her again.

This time, Tang Mian saw that Wang Cui'e didn't follow, so he let him into the house to talk.

Before he could open his mouth to speak, Tang Mian hurriedly interrupted him: "Stop! I know what you're going to say! If you want to talk to me about Liu Yuer, I'm sorry, I don't want to hear it, and I don't want to help her! After all, Zhao Song is no longer a human being, and he is also the future concubine of the third princess, the third princess and the current emperor are sisters and brothers of the same mother, if you offend the princess, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the mouth to gain a foothold in the imperial city in the future, if it is serious, everyone's lives will be put into it! ”

"Mian, don't get excited, I don't know that you are also embarrassed, I didn't come for Yu'er this time, I wanted to borrow some silver from you......"

Liu Qin fell to Bara for a long time, pulling left and right, and opened his mouth to borrow 50,000 taels of silver from Tang Mian, Tang Mian noticed that something was wrong, turned his head and locked his eyes, making him a little uncomfortable, and his whole body shrank backwards.

"He said look at what I'm doing, I really need the 50,000 taels of silver to save my life!" Hearing that there was something in his words, Tang Mian approached step by step and forced her to the wall, "Say, did the Shen family give you any conditions?!" ”

"What's the condition? Tell me you don't think too much about it! Liu Qinluo tried his best to make his smile look natural, but the more he covered it up like this, the more Tang Mianrong saw that something was wrong.

"You don't want to tell the truth, do you? Then get out of me right away! "Tang Mian has been so troubled by a lot of troubles that he has been unable to sleep every night, and he really doesn't want to waste his extra energy on Liu Qinluo.

"Mian, don't be like this...... I really had no choice but to come to you. Liu Qinluo said that he wanted to speak and stopped, with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face.

He bit his lower lip tightly and said, "Mian, the key to the treasury is in Wang Cui'e's hand?" I really can't even take out 10 taels of silver now, so I'm looking for you to borrow it. ”

When he said this, he was afraid that Tang Mian would not lend him the silver, so he immediately said firmly: "Don't worry, Mian, I will definitely return the silver to you, just borrow it from you for a few days, and I can give you a note." ”

Tang Mian saw that he was still so reasonable, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

What's going on?

It doesn't fit her perception of Liu Qinluo at all.

Fifty thousand taels of silver is not too much, but now he asked the shopkeepers to release the news and portray himself as a merchant who did not hesitate to sell his precious belongings in order to raise silver.

If you lend the 50,000 silver to Liu Qinluo, it won't be good to leak the news.

What did he want the 50,000 taels of silver for?

This time, the court asked the merchant to donate silver, not for Liu Yuer, could it be said that Liu Qinluo opened a shop behind Wang Cui'e's back?

Thinking of this possibility, she hurriedly spoke: "I can lend you the silver, but you have to tell me the truth, what are you going to do with these 50,000 taels of silver?" ”