Wen Yiheng opened the altar to pray for rain for disaster relief this time, and took the initiative to ask officials to fast for three days, and he really did not eat meat and fishy food within three days, only coarse tea and light rice.

As the first official, he really led by example, so no one dared to answer Wen Yiheng's question.

"Since all the adults don't speak up, the original appearance still has something to say." Wen Yiheng's expression was serious: "First of all, I want to apologize to all of you first." ”

Everyone was very surprised and surprised, thinking that Wen Yiheng would be angry with the officials next, but they didn't expect to start apologizing instead.

Yin Cigui complained to the rich people around him: "This Wen Yiheng, how to routines one after another, is really unpredictable." ”

Wen Yiheng said loudly: "I want to be honest with you and the people present, in order to verify whether you sincerely pray for rain and fulfill the agreement of fasting for three days, I specially ordered someone to prepare strong tea, and put quinoa in the strong tea to induce vomiting. ”

"Strong tea and quinoa both hurt the body, and this appearance has no intention of harming the health of all of you, so I want to apologize to you first."

Wen Yiheng asked the official to give each official who drank tea a tonic to strengthen the body: "These tonics were bought from the Chinese medicine shop in the city, although they are not expensive medicines, but the effect is good, you can eat and detoxify with confidence." ”

Wen Yiheng apologized first and then sent medicine, thinking that the reason for praying for rain blocked the mouths of the people, and won the hearts of the people. Therefore, even if the officials who have been cheated have any objections in their hearts, it is not good to raise them at this time.

For the apology of the prime minister of the current dynasty, some officials were sincerely afraid, and some officials accepted it very calmly, just like the long history Hu who did not know the current affairs:

"Xia Guan also wanted to talk about the strangeness in this tea, since Wen Xiang took the initiative to admit it, then Xia Guan also forgave you for this move and will not repeat it."

"Okay, then I have to thank Master Hu for his 'magnanimity'..."Wen Yiheng nodded at Hu Buzhi, his eyes swept to everyone, and he said incomprehensibly: "After apologizing, we can talk about business next." ”

"All of you have vomited out wine, meat, and meat today, and you can still have delicacies from the mountains and seas to eat in such a drought and famine, which shows that you are living a very rich life, and you have enough ability to donate money for disaster relief."

Wen Yiheng pretended to pray for rain to the sky to guide officials to donate money, which was tantamount to saluting first and then soldiers, first giving the officials a sweet date to eat, and then beating a stick.

The officials present were already trembling when they heard this, and Hu Buzhi's face was even more ugly, and finally they had no choice but to express their willingness to donate money and materials for the drought to help the people tide over the difficulties.

Wen Yiheng glanced at Shi Yiqing: "Lord Shi, since the adults have taken the initiative to donate money for disaster relief, why don't you quickly take the account books to keep accounts?" In the future, if you don't know the number, we will come to the door with the account books to ask for it. ”

Hu Buzhi's face was difficult and unwilling, so he could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood, and said with a smile: "Where is Wen Xiang, of course the person who is an official must speak and count, since he said that he wants to donate, he must speak and speak, and he will not go back on his word." ”

The officials behind him also echoed Hu Buzhi, and lined up to fill in the donation number and sign in the account book.

Because Wen Yiheng was personally staring at him, the officials did not dare to write down the amount of donations, so they could only guess the ideal donation amount in Wen Yiheng's mind as much as possible, and with a stroke of the pen, they signed and pledged in the account book.

In this way, Wen Yiheng quietly let these corrupt officials and miserly officials fall into a passive state, and finally forced them to obediently take out the money from their pockets, which can be described as good intentions and painstaking efforts.

This time, for the drought in the city, the altar was opened to pray for rain, and Wen Yiheng raised two silver taels from the officials for disaster relief, and also knocked on the rich households next to him.

The officials present, including Hu Buzhi, all tacitly knew that Wen Yiheng had successfully raised a huge amount of money this time, and he would definitely start to let those stingy rich families borrow grain and donate grain in the future.

The donations of the officials on the high platform continued, and the bet between Su Jiudong and Yan Hu under the high platform was finally decided.

Su Jiudong stared at Yan Hu, smiling, and his face was bright: "Master Tiger, now that the results have come out and the victory has been divided, I am waiting for you to fulfill your kowtow promise." ”

The crowd watching the excitement next to him also followed and shouted: "Kowtow, kowtow, kowtow..."

Yan Hu's face was embarrassed, and he said angrily: "What are you shouting? Kowtow what?! Tiger master, I never kowtow to the rabbit master who chirps for girls! Get out of the way for grandpa! ”

Su Jiudong's trip was only to watch how Wen Yiheng asked officials to donate money, and he was just amusing Yan Hu's affairs, and he didn't really want him to kowtow, and was about to wave his hand, but a low and pleasant male voice sounded next to him.

Su Jiudong recognized the male voice, which was the voice of Wen Yiheng who had just guessed the voice of the official who used strong tea to vomit.

Su Jiudong didn't find the source of the voice just now, and thought that the person who spoke had left. Unexpectedly, she spoke again at this time, thinking that she had heard the words she had made with Yan Hu just now, and now she saw that Yan Hu was playing tricks and refused to admit it, so she spoke for her. Good web

I only heard the male voice say: "A gentleman is cautious in words and quick in deeds." Since he promised earlier that he would kowtow if he loses, and now he refuses to admit it, he is not a gentleman. ”

Yan Hu climbed up the pole, and said without being straightforward: "Grandpa, I am not a gentleman in the first place!" ”

The man who spoke came out of the crowd was a tall, suave man dressed in white. Su Jiudong only felt that the man in white in front of him was very familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

I only heard the man in white continue: "I heard the people say, Yan Hu, you turned out to be the king of a certain cottage, and you can be regarded as a person from the rivers and lakes. But as a person in the rivers and lakes, don't you have to pay more attention to keeping your promises? ”

"Originally, when you were the king of the cottage, did you often make promises at will without carrying them out? Losing faith in others, losing righteousness in brothers, no wonder your cottage will be disbanded in the end, I think it's because no one wants to follow the big brother who is untrustworthy. ”

The words of the man in white hit the nail on the head, and they hit the pain point in Yan Hu's heart, Yan Hu's face was pale, and finally he said abruptly: "Grandpa, my cottage is scattered or not, why is it scattered, it's not your turn to be an outsider to talk more!" ”

Then, Yan Hu glared angrily step by step, walked heavily in front of Su Jiudong, knelt on his knees with a "bang", and really kowtowed to Su Jiudong.

Su Jiudong didn't expect Yan Hu to kowtow to her after being scolded by the weird smell of yin and yang, and immediately quickly helped Yan Hu up: "It was just a joke just now." The man has gold under his knees, and I don't want you to kowtow to me. ”

Yan Hu replied: "Whether it's a joke or not, since I made a bet with you, I have to kowtow if I lose... Grandpa, I'm not someone who can't afford to lose. ”

The more something is missing, the more it is important to emphasize. Yan Hu was obviously unwilling to kowtow to Su Jiudong just now, and even almost turned his face, but now he said that he was not a person who could not afford to lose. Such an inconsistent behavior made the onlookers laugh.

Originally, the people of the West Surrender City had also suffered for a long time, but now that Su Jiudong and the man in white came to govern Yan Hu, there was also a bad breath in his confidence, so the ridicule was getting louder and louder.

Yan Hu wanted to save face, so he immediately stood up, pulled Su Jiudong away, pushed everyone away, and strode away with great stride.

Su Jiudong and everyone looked at Yan Hu's angry back as he left, and when he turned around, he just wanted to say a few words to the man in white, but there was no trace of the man in white.

Su Jiudong muttered in a low voice: "If it's really Shenlong, he can't see the end, and the kung fu that has only been gone for a while..."

As soon as Su Jiudong returned to Xingyuan with his front foot, Wen Yiheng also followed in with his hind foot, hugging Su Jiudong and walking into the study together.

Su Jiudong lay comfortably on the Luohan couch, looked at the sky and said, "I thought you would count the amount of donations from those officials with Lord Shi in the mansion." ”

Wen Yiheng took the incense burner and put it on the small square table to smoke, and also lay down beside Su Jiudong, and said with a smile:

"Today's donation has been resolved, and there will be many busyness in the future, so there is not much time to spare. This afternoon, let's take a break first, and I happened to be tired of tossing and praying for rain and donating money with the group of officials at noon. ”

"Isn't the donation thing settled? What's going on? Su Jiudong thought that Wen Yiheng only needed to raise the money for Shi Yiqing, and leave the rest to Shi Yiqing to do.

Wen Yiheng's tone was heavy: "It's not enough to rely on donations alone, it's impossible to let Baixin eat money directly... In the future, the most important thing is to borrow food. ”

"But at present, I have not yet figured out how to get those wealthy Rongdi families to agree to borrow and donate grain. They were originally Rong Di's generals and nobles, and unlike officials, they were not directly under my jurisdiction, and the set used to deal with officials at noon was useless for them. ”

Su Jiudong said casually: "Even if they are not officials, you can still manage them directly." Anyway, you are the prime minister, and everything in the household department must be approved by you, so it's not easy to manage those few rich businessmen? ”

Su Jiudong, who was not familiar with the dynasty system, thought very simply, Wen Yiheng could directly come to them to donate grain and borrow grain.

Wen Yiheng thought more thoughtfully: "It is naturally not difficult for officials to manage merchants, the key is to be famous." Whether I am willing to donate or not is all personal, I can't rashly use the role of the prime minister of the court to pressure people to donate. ”

Su Jiudong replied: "Since you can't directly force donations, let's start with what they care about the most." Don't they like money, and they like gold and silver? Then give them gold, silver, and jewelry. ”

Wen Yiheng turned to Su Jiudong and pointed his finger at the tip of her nose: "Your idea is strange and peculiar, and it is ordinary to say that it is average." If we give them gold, silver, and jewelry, and they give us food, is that not the same as buying food from them? ”

"Although I say to the rich that I am borrowing grain, they usually loot the people's fat and ointment and make a lot of money. This time, I will never buy food from them, and I will definitely let them bleed and take the initiative to donate food to me. ”

Su Jiudong had a clever plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "I happen to have an idea that they can take the initiative to donate food, do you want to hear it?" ”