Lu Li also felt very helpless, he had been in the center for many years, and he naturally knew how powerful Lord Liu was, he was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and he knew the emperor's habits, so he was not merciless when he took the money.

"Then Xiuyuan, what are you going to do next?"

Wei Xiuyuan shook his head.

"Now there is no money, no rice, what can you let me do, Wanrou has already taken out all the money in the family for disaster relief, but she can't help these victims tide over the difficulties at all."

Lu Li also felt very helpless when he heard his good friend say such a thing, so he called Xiaoman to go to Wei Xiuyuan's house to sit down first, and after the four of them discussed, they would find a way.

Xia Wanrou was naturally very happy to see Xiao Man coming, you must know that she has not seen Su Xiaoman for many years, and seeing that Xiao Man is now more energetic, she quickly pulled Xiao Man on the chair to take a good look at Xiao Man.

"Xiaoman, I'm so happy to see you again, I didn't expect you to come back to Yangzhou City, I heard that someone wanted to give advice to Xiuyuan, I thought who it was, but I didn't think it was you and Lu Li!"

Xiao Man shook his head, she and Lu Li could be regarded as some kind of advice, but it was just the stinker who was messing around here.

Lu Li and I didn't have much to do, but this time we brought a master here.

Hearing the master, Xia Wanrou was naturally very happy, she could help her husband solve this crisis, she was her benefactor, otherwise her husband would not eat or sleep well, which was really worrying.

So she hurriedly asked Su Xiaoman.

"What kind of master is it?"

Su Xiaoman immediately asked people to send a message to the inn, asking Li Niang and Ah Yue to come over to discuss, after Li Niang came, Wei Xiuyuan looked at the woman, and was attracted by the intellectual maturity of her temperament.

Wei Xiuyuan knew that she must not be an ordinary person.

So I asked Li Niang very politely.

"The master that Xiaoman said should be you?"

Li Niang nodded.

"I wonder what you think of the current situation in Yangzhou City?"

Li Niang thought about it and decided to see what Wei Xiuyuan's foundation was first, and whether she could be qualified to give her advice.

'Lord Wei is the right person, I don't think Lord Wei should be so helpless, have you asked the local salt merchant if he is willing to donate? ’

Wei Xiuyuan smiled bitterly.

The salt merchants in Yangzhou City have always been rich, and almost all of them are known throughout the country, but when Wei Xiuyuan came to inquire one by one, they refused to donate a penny, but let the prefect eat the closed door.

Wei Xiuyuan also had no choice, as the parent official of the people, he also had to protect these salt merchants, and it was impossible for him to enter the door to rob them.

Li Niang nodded, it seems that this Wei Xiuyuan is not stupid, and he knows that he has to go to the salt merchant.

"Li Niang's predecessors don't know, these salt merchants are very cunning one by two, and they don't want to donate a tael of silver at all, let alone let them help the victims."

Li Niang smiled, she had expected such a situation a long time ago, thinking that those salt merchants were also selfish people, so naturally they were not so selfless and donated the money.

"It's okay, Lord Wei, I offer you three strategies, and these three strategies will definitely solve the difficulties of Yangzhou City."

Wei Xiuyuan was happy at this time, he didn't expect that the people brought by this Xiaoman were so powerful, and he came up with three strategies so quickly, and said that he could solve the current crisis in Yangzhou City, so he immediately respectfully asked Li Niang for advice.

"Senior Liniang, what do you have to do to solve the current problem."

I'll tell you the first one first.

Li Niang whispered among these people. When they heard it, it was a brilliant plan.

So the next day, Su Xiaoman and Xia Wanrou began to get busy.

To say that although it is a clever plan, it is not easy for outsiders to know, so it can only be done secretly, only to see that Xia Wanrou still asked her subordinates to buy a lot of paper and bamboo racks.

The people in the prefect's house began to wonder, and everyone was very puzzled, to say that now that every family is worried about the flood, how could their own wife let them paste the lantern idle.

Xia Wanrou's personal maid said.

"Madam, what kind of magic obstacle have you fallen into, we might as well go and see if we can raise some money and food, what is the use of making lanterns."

Xiao Man naturally smiled when he heard it.

"Your lady is smart, unlike you who can do some useless work, you just do it, I believe this lantern will be useful."

The maid pursed her lips, although she said that she didn't believe it, but after all, it was explained by her wife, and she couldn't do it, so she obediently helped her wife sew the lantern at this time.

After a day, the prefect's mansion had been tightly stacked with lanterns, and when they saw so many lanterns, Wei Xiuyuan and Lu Li also looked at each other and smiled, and the two of them picked up their pens and began to write on the lanterns.

If you want to talk about calligraphy, Wei Xiuyuan's calligraphy is naturally better than Lu Li, but Lu Li is not to be outdone, the two of them simply compete on the lantern to see whose words are better, only to see one person writing on it is kind and charitable, and one person is writing Jishi Bodhisattva on it, all of them are strong and powerful, and at a glance it is everyone's demeanor.

Wei Xiuyuan looked at his own words, then looked at Lu Li, and praised Lu Li.

"It seems that you have been in Beijing for so many years, and you haven't lost your hard work."

Lu Li laughed, and sure enough, when he was with his partner, he was the happiest.

"That is, you don't dare to lose this calligraphy, how dare I lose it."

After writing it, Xiuyuan sent people to hang them all at the door of the salt merchants, to say that these salt merchants are also strange, this prefect was busy with water control a few days ago, but he has nothing to do in the past few days to make so many lanterns, and he has to hang them at the door of their homes.

But the salt merchants were also under the control of the government, and the prefect's request was not excessive, so of course they could not but agree, so they allowed the officers and soldiers to hang lanterns at his door.

When they looked at the words on the lantern, they were kind and charitable, and they couldn't tell whether they were sarcastic or praising them, but whether it was sarcasm or praise, all in all, they were cheeky to the end, and they would never donate a penny of silver.

"This prefect doesn't know what evil he has fallen into, what's the use of writing this, he won't want to use these two words to influence us, right?"

Another salt merchant smiled.

"He really thinks that we will save those victims with kindness and kindness, it's just a dream! We also earned this money back little by little, so why did we donate it like this? ”

The salt merchants who heard it next to them all nodded, but the biggest reason why they didn't donate silver was because Lord Liu in the court sent someone to greet them, and they definitely couldn't help Wei Xiuyuan, you must know that the reason why their business is so big is also because Lord Liu in Shangjing gives them a lot of convenience in business, and there are many gray areas.

At this time, if they didn't listen to Lord Liu, they wouldn't be able to do business in the future, so they all regarded Lord Liu's words as a golden rule.

After the lanterns were hung up, seeing that it was done, Wei Xiuyuan naturally informed the officers and soldiers to open the city gate, to say that the officers and soldiers were also very curious, the victims outside were in a mess, why did this adult still open the city gate, isn't this clearly going to cause chaos in Yangzhou City.

But the purpose of Wei Xiuyuan's work is to make Yangzhou chaotic, the more chaotic the better, otherwise how could these salt merchants be forced to donate, only to see that the city gate has just opened, and those refugees have poured in, and after entering the city gate, they don't know which house to beg, and they don't know where to go for help.

Observing the doors of each house, they found that the salt merchant's house was hung with two lanterns, and they were willing to give charity to the world, and they thought that the salt merchant's family was willing to help the victims, so they rushed directly in.

This is the salt merchant who saw so many victims running into his home, naturally frightened, and roared with all his might.

'What are you all doing!' Get out of here! ’

These victims also felt strange, didn't they say that they wanted to help the victims?

But at this time, when he saw that the salt merchant's house was so gorgeous, and there were chickens, ducks, fish and meat on the table, how could he be willing to leave, so he knelt down and pleaded.

"My lord, we see that the two lanterns hanging at your door are the Bodhisattvas of the Helping World, who are kind and benevolent, don't you want to save us here?"

At this time, the salt merchant was speechless, it was obviously Wei Xiuyuan, what did it have to do with them.

"I didn't hang this lantern, it has nothing to do with me."

But at this time, the victims of the disaster have completely disobeyed the control, blindly kneeling in the salt merchant's house, not leaving to die, the salt merchant's domestic servants still have a conflict with the victims, but the victims are too many to show the public, what can these domestic servants do with them.

Wei Xiuyuan saw that his plan had been achieved, so he was naturally very happy, so he asked Li Niang for advice on what to do next.

Li Niang waved her hand.

"Lord Wei is still too anxious, even if this salt merchant is forced by the victims to spit out some silver today, it is only a small number, if you want to really solve the crisis in Yangzhou City, it is still early."

Wei Xiuyuan nodded, thinking about it, even if these salt merchants only gave these victims a little rice grain, it was just a drop in the bucket, and if they wanted them to spit out the real money, I was afraid that they would take some other receipts.

Li Niang walked up to Lu Li and saluted.

'General Lu, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep tonight, so I'm going to trouble you to do something. ’

Lu Li was very confused, and he didn't know what Li Niang wanted to do.

"Senior Liniang, if you have anything, just say it, for the sake of the people, I can do it."

Your martial arts are the highest, this matter is none other than you, you must guard the official road from Yangzhou to Shangjing tonight today, I think someone will hurry up to Shangjing, stop him, and our second plan will be halfway.