At night, Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong were snuggling together affectionately, while Yin Cigui continued to be busy in the study.

Yin Jigui stared at the blank paper in front of him, holding a brush and his wrist hanging in the air, but he didn't put down the pen for a long time, and his heart was at war with heaven and man.

Yin Jigui, who originally planned to gather the beauties to take a bath together tonight, plunged into the study after dinner, planning how to write a letter to Yun Mulin to report the situation, so that Yun Mulin would no longer suppress the drought in the West Surrender City and conceal it.

Only if Yun Mulin no longer deliberately conceals the drought, the sooner Emperor Tianduo knows about the drought in the city, the sooner the imperial court's disaster relief silver will be approved, and his porridge factory will not have to support it for too long, living a painful life of spending money every day.

A quarter of an hour later, all the wealthy families in the city of Xishou gathered in the study room, a total of sixteen people, and it was full and almost occupied the entire study.

Yin Jigui ordered people to prepare seats early, and only began to speak after everyone was seated: "I am in a hurry to invite all friends to come today, just for two things. ”

"The first thing is that we jointly sent a letter to the prince, asking the prince not to hide the drought in the western city anymore; The second thing is to raise silver taels to solve the prince's worries. ”

After thinking about it, he was really unwilling to donate the 500,000 taels of cash by himself. One is that he can't make up 500,000 taels in a short period of time, and the other is that he doesn't have so much cash in his hands. Therefore, Yin Cigui wanted to find a person who called on the wealthy households of Rong Di to donate together to make up 500,000 taels.

In addition, before the horse craftsman played by Su Jiudong asked for the disaster relief silver and grain that was returned to the imperial court in the hidden times before it was distributed to the Xishou City, the porridge factory could not stop for a day, and insisted on giving porridge three times a day, and the fragrant porridge must be so thick that the chopsticks could not fall, which was really enough to choke.

Therefore, it became a top priority to report to Yun Mulin and ask him to stop concealing the drought in the western surrendered city.

However, Yin Jigui also has self-knowledge, and understands that it is really difficult to persuade Yun Mulin not to hide the drought situation by himself, so he decided to write a joint letter with the loyal Rong Di Fuhu in a hurry.

First, it can let Yun Mulin see the unified intention of Rong Di's rich family, and second, it can also increase the weight of the negotiation, so that Yun Mulin will not directly throw it away and ignore it as soon as he sees the letter.

Gong Chengjian, who ranked second in Rong Di's wealthy household, immediately raised an objection: "Boss Yin, the two things you mentioned are too sudden, and it is really difficult for people not to think about them..."

"Besides, didn't you take the initiative to propose that in order to prevent the wiring of the connection between us and the prince from being exposed, let the prince suppress the drought in the city and not let it be reported. Why did you suddenly change your mind now? Isn't it the Central Plains people who have reversed their word? ”

Yin Jigui secretly glared at Gong Chengjian, and pretended to sigh deeply: "It's not that Yin has gone back on his word, there is also an inside story." Suppressing the drought and not allowing it to be reported was originally the prince's own intention. ”

However, the prince was embarrassed to say his status as a prince, so he finally instructed Yin to bring it up. Now Wen Xiang came to the city for disaster relief, the situation is different from the past, the drought in the city will break out sooner or later, and finally investigated, the prince who concealed the drought is bound to be in a catastrophe. ”

"Instead of implicating us by the prince being punished by the Great Yin Dynasty Son of Heaven, we should advise the prince as soon as possible and ask him to take the initiative to report to the Son of Heaven as soon as possible, so that he won't make too much trouble when he comes in."

Yin Jigui saw that many rich people nodded their heads one after another, and continued to pursue the victory: "If we can successfully persuade the prince to rein in the precipice and take the initiative to donate money, we will definitely be able to live in the prince to survive this difficulty and win the favor of the Son of Heaven." ”

Yin Jigui put on a bitter look: "Yin Mou is a piece of hard work that no one knows... It doesn't matter if others don't understand, the boss of the bus is a person who works for the prince like me, don't you understand? ”

"Boss Yin, this is trying to pull us to the united front again..."The public passenger glanced at Yinjigui, and finally joined the battle line that Yinjigui discussed with everyone.

What Yin Cigui didn't know at this time was that the content and situation of their conversation in the study were all heard and seen by Ding Xuming, who was sent by Wen Yiheng to inquire about the situation.

Ding Xuming collected the information and immediately returned to Xingyuan to report the situation to Wen Yiheng.

Wen Yiheng listened and asked, "Then what is the result of their discussion?" ”

Ding Xuming replied: "Although Gong Chengjian still did not agree to help Yin Jigui dissuade the prince and donate money for him, they are a minority. The minority obeyed the majority, and in the end, it was fulfilled by the wish of the second return, and both things were approved by the majority. ”

Su Jiudong immediately sat up straight from the circle chair and asked curiously: "What does it mean that the other rich families have agreed to gather 500,000 taels of silver for the hidden return?" ”

"Indeed, in the end, the majority voted in favor by a show of hands." Ding Xuming replied.

Wen Yiheng waved his hand to let Ding Xuming retreat, and then said his guess: "I'm afraid that Yin Cigui didn't explain to other rich families that this donation of 500,000 taels of silver was directly donated to the official mansion of Xishou City in his name Yin Cigui..."

Su Jiudong laughed: "That's for sure!" If he dares to explain the reason, first of all, he will be severely beaten by others, and secondly, the matter of his own deposit notes will be exposed. Even if he was given a thousand or ten thousand dares, he would never dare to explain it. ”

Wen Yiheng also showed a contemptuous smile: "According to my speculation, Yin Jigui should have thought of a way to deal with it long before he asked other rich people to come to the house to discuss. ”

"When the time comes, only Yun Mulin will be used as a trust, even if others find out that the name of the donation comes from the hidden return of the individual, the hidden return can also be assumed that the prince is hindered by his identity and is inconvenient to go out in person, so he is designated to sign his name of the hidden return."

"Isn't he afraid that such a result will anger the others, and they will find the capital to ask Yun Mulin?"

"This is a gamble, the bet is that anyway, these rich people don't have the opportunity to enter Beijing to directly get in close contact with Yun Mulin and ask about the use of the silver, and even if they really see Yun Mulin, no one dares to ask directly."

“… This hidden gui is really cheeky, and he actually dared to lie to his compatriots that 500,000 taels were donated for Yun Mulin. Neither is he afraid that someone will use the topic to say that Yun Mulin has no father, nor is he worried that the matter will be exposed and he will be chased and beaten. ”

Wen Yiheng took out a scroll of maps from the bookshelf, pointed to the place name, and carefully explained to Su Jiudong: "Although those rich households are collectively called Rongdi rich households, they are not actually from the same area. ”

"Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there has been a distinction among the residents between Huaxia and Rong, Di, Man, and Yi. The south is called Nanban; The east side is called Dongyi; The west side is called Xijon; The north side is called Di. ”

"I heard Shi Yiqing say that because most of the rich families in the city who were surrendered by foreign races came from Beidi and Xirong, they were called Rongdi."

Su Jiudong muttered in surprise: "No wonder I heard Xu Ming say that there is a rich family named Gong Chengjian who will stand up and oppose the proposal of the hidden return, and dare to feel that they are not compatriots at all, so there will be differences." ”

"Earlier, in order to use the strategy of opening the altar to pray for rain, I investigated the officials who refused to donate, and even the rich families who belonged to them were investigated. That Gong Chengjian is from Beidi, and Yincigui is from Xirong, and the two are not from the same country, so it is not surprising that there are differences. ”

Su Jiudong continued to ask curiously: "Since they are not from the same country, why did they get together in the end?" ”

"Naturally, it's just to help each other and take what they need." Wen Yiheng was actually very wary of the aliens gathered together like this.

"They will gather in the city of Xishou, all because in the early years of Emperor Tianduo's accession to the throne, he sent your father and General Su to fight everywhere to show the power of the Great Yin Dynasty, and beat the surrounding neighbors to the bitter ground, so during that time, many captives and aliens surrendered to the Great Yin Dynasty."

"Yinjigui and Gongchengjian are both the same Rongdi people who descended into the Western Surrender City, so that they can travel together."

Su Jiudong mobilized the gray cerebellar cells and tried to recall: "If I remember correctly, the word gongcheng seemed to be a title earlier, and later evolved into a surname. Gong Chengjian is from Beidi, how can he have the surname of Qin and Han? ”

At first, Su Jiudong only regarded it as a compound surname that appeared in the hundred family names, but later after looking through the information, he realized that this surname had a great origin.

"You remember correctly, the public ride is indeed the surname of the prince of this title after the Qin and Han dynasties."

Wen Yiheng said: "The ancestor of that Gong Chengjian was a descendant of the Han Dynasty, and later fled to foreign tribes to avoid disasters due to war, and finally settled in Beidi. Therefore, even if Gongchengjian is from Beidi, he still has the surname of Gongcheng in the Qin and Han dynasties. ”

It is precisely because of this background that Gong Chengjian was not afraid to fight in the ring with Yin Ji at the beginning. However, Gong Chengjian's business level is a cut below that of Yinjigui, and he is now ranked second among the small groups of wealthy families in the city. ”

Wen Yiheng had already investigated all the situation of the wealthy families of different races in the city of Xishou, so he would have a clear understanding of the competitive relationship between Yin Cigui and Gong Chengjian.

Su Jiudong couldn't help pursing his lips: "The second and first are not in harmony, and sooner or later there will be a fight, and it is no wonder that the public passenger will be dissatisfied with the hidden second." ”

Wen Yiheng added: "After years of getting along, although they have not yet quarreled to the extent that they need to fight, there is indeed friction between the two in business and interests. ”

Su Jiudong suddenly ignited a raging gossip heart: "Although I have opened a medicinal restaurant and become a small proprietor, I am indeed not familiar with business, can you tell me what conflicts or conflicts of interest there are between them?" ”

Wen Yiheng chuckled, took Su Jiudong to lie down on the Luohan couch, and summarized it lightly:

"It's nothing more than the intention of Yin Ji Gui to squeeze more money from the people of my Dayin Dynasty, and Gong Chengjian is more inclined to benefit the people because he has his own Han blood in the Central Plains... Moreover, Yin Jigui is more likely to please and flatter than Gong Chengjian in front of Yun Mulin. ”

Due to their different political views and tendencies, there were also contradictions between Yin Jigui and Gong Chengjian, and they looked down on each other. Therefore, Gong Chengjian began to question the two things mentioned by Yin Jigui today. ”