After the people of the five great families came back from Qiu's mansion, because they all drank too much, they were all supported by servants to return to the room, and they were all drunk and unconscious and fell asleep as soon as they returned to the room, and they did not wake up until the next day.

In the Lin Mansion, after Master Lin woke up, he called Steward Li to the main hall after breakfast and instructed him.

"Steward Li, we are going to the counters of various businesses today, collect the money on the books, and raise five million taels to donate to the treasury. “

"Okay, sir, then let's set off in a moment, and I'll go prepare a carriage. Steward Li replied respectfully, and then turned around and left to prepare the carriage.

After Steward Li finished preparing the carriage, he got into the carriage with Master Lin and headed towards the Lin family's land and sea transportation warehouse, and after they came to the warehouse, the steward of the warehouse saw Master Lin and Steward Li coming, and immediately ran out to greet him with a smile.

"Master, Steward Li, why are you here today, it's not the end of the month yet. ”

"The border is not very stable, and the Lin family wants to raise money for the treasury, so we came over, how many silver taels are in the warehouse now?" asked Master Lin as he walked in and sat on a chair.

"Master, there are almost three million taels on the books now, I don't know if it's enough?" the steward asked with a slight hesitation while looking at Master Lin's face.

"It's not enough, the Lin family wants to raise five million taels, it seems that I have to go to other counters to take a look." Master Lin said calmly and lightly.

"Steward Li, you go and settle the accounts with the steward, settle the accounts that should be settled, count the ones that should be counted, and then take the silver tickets away and we will go to the next house. Master Lin looked at Steward Li and ordered.

After hearing this, Steward Li nodded and went to count the silver taels on the account with the steward, at this time, the servant of the warehouse gave tea to Master Lin and withdrew, and Master Lin looked at the previous account book while drinking tea, waiting for Steward Li to come back.

Steward Li and the steward looked at the current accounts one by one, and it took about two hours to reconcile the accounts clearly, and then the steward handed over all the silver tickets to Steward Li, and the two of them left here and returned to the place where Master Lin was.

"Master, it's been sorted out, it's indeed three million taels on the books, I've already brought all the silver tickets, let's leave here and go to the next house." "As soon as Steward Li returned to the room, he told Master Lin about the matter.

"Well, that's good, let's go now, go to the grain store, silk village and other places. After Mr. Lin finished speaking, he put down the teacup and the previous account book, got up and stood up and left the transport warehouse with Steward Li, went to the carriage, and ran towards the silk village.

After they arrived at the Silk Village and got off the carriage, the steward of the Silk Village also immediately went out and ran over with a smile on their faces.

"Master Lin, Steward Li, do you have something to do?"

"Well, yes, the Lin family wants to raise money for charity, how many silver taels are there on the account now?" Master Lin walked into the silk village and sat down and asked the steward.

"Now there are two million taels of silver, I wonder if Master Lin is enough?" replied the steward.

"Well, it's enough to add up to the transportation warehouse, it's not bad, and it's enough to raise two after you left. Master Lin said with a smile, no need to run down the house anymore, and he was in a very happy mood.

"Steward Li, you better go and reconcile with the steward, then take the silver ticket and let's go, go to the Qiu Mansion." ”

After hearing this, Steward Li went to reconcile with the steward again, and this time it took him about an hour and a half to come back, and after Master Lin saw Steward Li come back, he and Steward Li left the silk village and rode in a carriage towards Qiu's mansion.

Master Lin came to the gate of Qiu's mansion, and the doorman led him to the main hall to see Master Qiu, and when Master Qiu saw him coming, he stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Master Lin has raised the silver taels so quickly, and I will wait for them to come after I have raised them, and when everyone is ready, we will go to Lord Zhongtang together." ”

"Well, okay, I guess they're almost there. Master Lin echoed and sat on the chair.

On the other side, the masters of other families also went to the counter under their own business to raise silver taels, and they also raised five million taels each, and after everything was ready, they also came to Qiu Mansion with silver tickets.

After Master Qiu saw that everyone had arrived, he called Steward Liu to the main hall, asked Steward Liu to prepare a big carriage, and after several people got into the carriage together, they took the carriage to the mansion of Lord Zhongtang.

When they arrived at the door, they followed the doorman to the main hall of the Zhongtang Mansion, and when they saw the five of them entering the door, they stood up and looked at them with a smile.

"The five of you are worthy of being a big family, and you have come to my mansion so soon, it seems that you have all raised all the silver. ”

"The five of us have discussed, and each family will donate 5 million taels of silver to the national treasury for relief of the victims. Master Lin took the lead and told Lord Zhongtang, who couldn't help but be shocked when he heard it.

He didn't expect the five great families to be so generous, each of them paid five million taels, you must know that these five million taels is not a small amount, this is really timely rain, so that the treasury will not be able to take out the silver.

"Your kindness Benzhongtang knows, I want to write to the emperor and tell the emperor about the good deeds of your five families, and Benzhongtang wants to ask for a reward for you. Nakado-sama smiled and couldn't close his mouth, his task was accomplished, he didn't expect it to be done so well.

"Thank you, Lord Nakado, these are all things we should do, and we also have the responsibility to support the border, provide relief to the victims, and solve problems for the country. Several people should nod their heads at the same time as Master Lin, and then, they all handed over the silver tickets they had raised to Lord Zhongtang.

"Well, okay, okay, I'll go to the book now and go to see the emperor. After he collected the silver ticket, he wrote on the fold of the table for a while, and then carefully folded it and put it in his arms with the silver ticket, and planned to leave the palace to see the emperor.

"Do you want to come with me to see the emperor?" asked Lord Nakado as he saw them off.

"Oh, no, we won't go to the palace, everything will be done by Lord Zhongtang. After saying that, they went out of the house with Lord Zhongtang, and after taking their leave, they each hired a carriage and rode back to their respective mansions.

Lord Zhongtang came to the palace in a carriage, and after he was reported by the eunuch, he followed the eunuch into the emperor's study, and as soon as he entered the study, he saw the emperor sitting on the dragon chair.

"Weichen Chang Guoliang see the emperor. As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

"Chang Aiqing, hurry up, do you have something to do with me?" the emperor asked him majestically.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the emperor asked Weichen to do, Weichen has been done, each of the five families has donated five million taels of silver to the treasury, and now the treasury is not worried about not being able to take out the silver to go to the border to help the victims. Chang Guoliang stood up, arched his hands, lowered his head, and reported to the emperor.

"Oh, in this way, this is indeed a great thing, Chang Aiqing will definitely reward you for your meritorious work. The emperor looked at Chang Guoliang with a smile on his face and appreciation.

"These are what the minister should do, the minister does not dare to take credit, these are the people of the five great families can only do it with the help of each other, and the minister also asked the emperor to give praise to the people of the five great families. ”

Chang Guoliang kowtowed again and said to the emperor to plead, and then he handed the fold and the 25 million taels of silver tickets to Gonggong Zhou next to the emperor, and Gonggong Zhou took the fold and the silver ticket and handed it to the emperor with his head down.

After the emperor took these things, he carefully looked at the silver ticket, then looked at the fold, and then raised his head to look at Chang Guoliang.

"I have approved what Aiqing has played, Aiqing is about to get up, what reward does Aiqing think is good for the five great families?" the emperor asked, asking for his opinion.

"Weichen can't think of the emperor's decision for the time being, but these two five million taels of silver are really a lot, and the treasury is full, even if it really starts a war, he is not afraid. Chang Guoliang stood up and looked at the emperor and responded.

"Then let's do it, I will give each of the five great families a title, so that they can take the title, and give each of them a plaque, although these are empty titles, but it is enough to show their glory, what does Aiqing think?" The emperor looked at Chang Guoliang with a smile in his eyes.

"If this is the case, it is really the grace of the dragon, the emperor is merciful, and their five great families will definitely be grateful for the emperor's kindness. Chang Guoliang pondered and responded to the emperor's words.

"Alright, I'll make an order now. After speaking, the emperor wrote a total of five holy decrees on the holy decree on the table, and then handed it to Gonggong Zhou next to him to ask him to issue the holy decree, and after Gonggong Zhou took the holy decree, he lowered his head and led a few little eunuchs out of the study and left the palace to go to the five great families to issue the holy decree.

The minister also took his leave. Chang Guoliang saw that after Zhou Gonggong left, he knelt down again and kowtowed to the emperor to say goodbye, and after the emperor nodded, he said "um", he stood up, turned around and walked out of the study, left the palace, and returned to his own house.

Gonggong Zhou led a few little eunuchs to the Qiu Mansion first, and the doorman saw that someone from the palace had come, so he hurriedly led Gonggong Zhou and a few little eunuchs to the main hall, and then asked the maid to serve tea, and hurried to find the old man and the lady and the young master.

At this time, Mr. Qiu, Mrs. Qiu and Qiu Yu were eating afternoon tea in the side hall, and they saw the doorman hurriedly running here to know that an important person was coming, and the doorman ran into the door and looked at Mr. Qiu.

"The eunuchs in the master's palace, madam, and young master have come to deliver the holy decree, so go to the main hall quickly. ”

As soon as Master Qiu and the others heard that it was the eunuch in the palace who came to deliver the holy decree, they all put down the refreshments in their hands, tidied up their clothes a little, and the three of them quickly came to the main hall together.

"I didn't know that my father-in-law had arrived, so my father-in-law had been waiting here for a long time. Master Qiu hurriedly looked at Grandpa Zhou with a smile.

"Ah, it's okay, Master Qiu kneels down to receive the order, this is a great thing. Father-in-law Zhou looked at Master Qiu, Mrs. Qiu and Qiu Yu with a smile.

"The minister took the order. Master Qiu's family hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to receive the order.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, I am grateful to the Qiu family for donating to the treasury and providing relief to the victims when I need it most, and I hereby grant the Qiu family the hereditary title, plaque and treasure book to show the grace of the saint and show the honor. Father-in-law Zhou opened the holy decree and read it, and after reading it, he handed it to Master Qiu.

"Thank you, Emperor Longen. After Master Qiu, Mrs. and Qiu Yu received the holy decree and kowtowed, they stood up with a smile and asked Steward Liu to reward Grandpa Zhou, and Grandpa Zhou looked at Master Qiu with a smile after receiving the reward.

"Then the miscellaneous family is leaving, and you have to go to other families to issue an edict, you can stay. After saying that, Gonggong Zhou left the Qiu Mansion with a few little eunuchs and continued to go to other families to issue holy decrees.