It was quiet.

After Wang Chen's tirade, Fang revealed his true intentions!

The so-called fundraising, in fact, is to take out a sum of money in everyone's money bags!

Even Zhuang Ming didn't care about paying attention to the slightly eccentric scholar, looking at King Chen in front of him, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he vaguely sensed the meaning of the dagger in his heart.

"The prince is so condescending for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, how can we be indifferent?"

At that moment, another person responded at the right time: "I am willing to give 10,000 taels of silver to the victims." ”

There is one person taking the lead, and no matter what the other people think, in this scene, they can't do without the slightest expression.

No one wants to offend King Chen, the most powerful of the Sixteen Prefectures of Huai'an.

And no one wants to bear the reputation of being rich and unkind.

"The old man's family is not rich, but he is also willing to donate 6,000 taels to help the victims of the Huaibei disaster. ”

"Natural disasters came to the world, and the people were not able to make a living, so I Yuan Ji firm, so I took eight thousand taels and did my best. ”

"If you are old here, you can also take three thousand taels. ”

Gradually, some people spoke out one after another, echoing what King Chen said.

The highest person is willing to give 10,000 taels of silver, but the timing of this person's voice has always been at an extremely critical moment, and he spoke at the right time to take over the progress of King Chen.

This made Zhuang Ming inevitably suspect that this person might have secretly attached himself to King Chen.

In addition to this person, these people in Fengcheng also made a lot of money, even if the lowest was two thousand silver.

Two thousand silver, for ordinary people, is an unimaginable amount of money.

The people invited by King Chen to this banquet are all people with heads and faces in Fengcheng, with good family backgrounds and strong financial resources, at least the amount reported at this time is quite good.

"Great goodness is in your hearts, and the people will be grateful for kindness. ”

King Chen saluted again and said, "This king is here, thank you for your generosity......

After finishing speaking, he got up slowly, but his eyes fell on Zhuang Ming's body, and said calmly: "Among the people present, when it comes to business, the most huge is the Zhuang firm, and no one can match it in terms of heritage and financial resources, why did the Zhuang Ming brothers say nothing?"

With these words, everyone's eyes moved to Zhuang Ming's body.

In the face of countless complicated eyes, ordinary people may inevitably panic.

Zhuang Ming only laughed and said: "Lord Wang, my Zhuang family firm has started preparations today, and tomorrow there will be about 50,000 taels of silver, and I should do my best as Zhuang." ”

Fifty thousand taels of silver!

Looking at Fengcheng, at this moment, the silver taels raised from each family are on par with the Zhuang family!

Zhuang Ming's handwriting is not small.

Among the people present, there was also a hint of emotion.

However, King Chen laughed and said: "The Zhuang family firm is spread all over the 16 prefectures and 87 cities in Huai'an, and a Fengcheng city will donate 50,000 taels? The Zhuang family firm is so generous, do you want to take millions of silver taels to help the victims? I think such a huge amount of money, the Zhuang family firm may not be able to raise it at present, and the disaster victims in the northern regions, the disaster relief, can not completely rely on your Zhuang family family, according to this king, the Zhuang brothers should not be tempted and invest all their wealth...... Disaster relief, not only you, but also us, but also the imperial court, you only have to do your best, that is, you have a heart, Zhuang Ming brothers also have to think a little about their own business, don't be angry, and go bankrupt. ”

After a pause, King Chen showed concern and said, "According to this king, why don't you donate 50,000 taels in the name of the four mansions, so the sixteen mansions, a total of 200,000 taels, how about it?"

Zhuang Ming's face was expressionless, and the palms in his sleeves suddenly clenched, forcibly resisting the idea of overturning the table in front of him.

The dignified king with a different surname, in front of the public, actually distorted his meaning so much, which was beyond his expectations.

But he didn't respond immediately, and his thoughts raced.

Is King Chen forcing himself to turn his face?

Or do you think that after mobilizing the Zhennan Army, arranging everything, and guarding the places that need to be guarded, you will no longer be afraid of him, the head snake?

Even if you want to force yourself, and then send someone to ambush him, when that time comes, he will be captured by the Zhennan army, and all the human and material evidence will be in his hands?

It stands to reason that Chen Wang did not confirm that he had cleaned up his tail, so it was not time to make a move on himself.

Or, in other words, the resentful King Chen expected that the 200,000 taels would not be enough to touch his bottom line, and he would not force himself to completely turn his face because of this?

In addition, he had mentioned to Frost Spirit before that the donation for disaster relief this time must be moderate, and it must not come out, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble.

And the source of the disaster may even come from the emperor of the Dongsheng Dynasty.

Could it be that King Chen wanted to use this to trap him?

It stands to reason that it shouldn't be so difficult.

But King Chen did just that.

"Mr. Thirteen, according to the current disaster situation in the Northern Regions, I don't want your family to use millions of taels. The previous person said in due course: "Although you have a big family and a kind heart, after all, the huge Zhuang family business house still needs to be taken care of, and millions of taels of silver are too huge...... The prince thinks about you and saves a lot, why don't you promise the prince?"

"Yes, Mr. Thirteen, although you have a good heart, don't be reckless, you must also listen to the persuasion of the prince, and you must do what you can to help the victims. Someone else answered.

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The scholar in the corner muttered in surprise and muttered.

"This prince is really ruthless, and he has found two supports, and he is ready to catch the ducks on the shelves?"

"Fifty thousand taels of silver, which was already considered generous, was transferred to millions of taels by King Chen, and then reduced to 200,000 taels, reflecting King Chen's concern for the sake of Zhuang's firm. ”

"This thirteenth gentleman, if you emphasize 50,000 taels, you will inevitably have too much difference, and it will look petty, and in this way, it seems that you are deliberately slapping King Chen in the face in front of the public, how dare you offend a private business house like this?"

"The most important thing is that the imperial court seems to have only 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, and he takes another 200,000 taels, doesn't he think that he is rich and rivals the country?

"From the emperor to the supreme emperor, to the court's ministers, to the people of Limin, they can't help but regard him as a piece of fat, and when they are short of silver, they will come and cut a knife. ”

"This Chen Wang is really shameless, and he is quite ruthless. ”

"Compared to me, it is not inferior. ”

——

In front of everyone's eyes, Zhuang Ming's expression was calm and did not say.

It's just that by this time, he seemed to have figured out something.

Chen Wang may not have thought too much.

It's just that I want to embarrass him and show an attitude in front of the public.

Some people are upright-hearted, and they only think that he is really generous, and King Chen really thinks about him.

But the vast majority of the people present are not good people, and their minds are equally deep, and they are all human beings.

Many people have seen it clearly.

King Chen's move was to embarrass Zhuang Ming.

originally thought that the government had unsealed the Zhuang firm, but between King Chen and Zhuang Ming, they had turned hostility into jade.

But at this moment, it seems that although King Chen has unsealed Zhuang's firm, there is still no harmony between him and Zhuang Ming.

Is this a problem?

Those who chose to wait and see, or even cut off cooperation with Zhuang's firm, when Zhuang's firm was seized, were originally preparing to resume cooperation with Zhuang's firm after the unsealing of Zhuang's firm.

And now seeing this situation, it is inevitable that I will hesitate again.

After all, although Zhuang's firm is powerful, it is still fat on the chopping block compared to the government.

For the royal power, the folk businessmen are just ants.

Zhuang's firm is, at best, a larger ant.

——

"It's revenge, and it's also showing an attitude, showing that he King Chen and I are still not on good terms. ”

"Those who were originally interested in resuming cooperation will once again choose to wait and see. ”

"Although Zhuang's firm has been unsealed, most of the business channels and connections will be cut off by his words today. ”

"It is rumored that cultivators, great mana, follow the law, this King Chen is in charge of the power of mortal dust, but it really has a bit of 'words like a blade'. ”

Zhuang Ming sighed lightly in his heart, slowly raised his head, and greeted King Chen.

King Chen's eyes were full of ridicule.

All eyes are on Zhuang Ming.

Zhuang Ming paused and chuckled: "According to what the prince said." ”

The power of the king, break the law with force!

The identity between the prince and the merchant is like the difference between immortals and mortals, and the difference between clouds and mud.

Even though he was conceited and thoughtful, he didn't expect that with the status of King Chen, he would be almost shameless, and he would be so persecuted in front of the public.

Zhuang Ming didn't want to have a fight here.

He conceded defeat.