Chapter 184 Miss Kou comes to donate money

Author: Willow leaves in winter

Chapter 184 Miss Kou comes to donate money

The Chinese New Year is just a few months away, and the topics brought about by the Dingbei earthquake have not subsided, but have become more popular.

In the streets, restaurants and teahouses, everyone was discussing the tragic situation in Dingbei, which made people's hearts tremble.

"That's too tragic."

"No, I heard that many whole families were buried, and only one child survived..."

"It's the Chinese New Year, but to encounter something like that, ugh!"

Someone walked into the tea shop with excited eyes: "Have we heard that a tea merchant donated five thousand taels of silver to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to use the money to provide disaster relief in Dingbei?"

"How can someone be so benevolent?"

"Isn't it strange? Miss Kou from Qingsong Bookstore used to give out porridge and meat, and she also spent a lot of money. There are so many wealthy households in the capital, so there must be many kind-hearted people."

The man who just walked in patted his leg after hearing what he said: "That's right. After the tea merchant donated money, several benevolent merchants also donated money. The imperial court was grateful for their benevolence and righteousness, and decided to celebrate the twelfth lunar month.

There will be a banquet in the Lotus Garden on the 28th."

Not long after, another news came out: There was a banquet in the Lotus Garden, and King Xiu Diandonghui personally came to entertain it.

That would be very tempting for some wealthy businessmen.

Whether the disaster relief work in Dingbei is attracting the attention of the capital city in the east, not only donating money can win a good reputation, but also participating in the banquet hosted by the prince can be recorded in the family tree.

Donate, must donate!

The trend of donating money soon spread among the wealthy households in the capital, and then some officials also donated their salaries one after another. Of course, most officials did not donate much. After all, their salaries were small, but some wealthy or high-ranking officials could donate more.

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Some wives of noble officials and noble families also took action and generously donated money for cosmetics.

The officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs who are responsible for receiving donations never touched the ground, but their spirits were high and their abacus kept ticking away.

A Jinlin guard walked in and was recognized by the official who kept the accounts: "Yan Deputy Qianhu."

There are so many officials in the capital, and not all of them who are officials in the same dynasty know each other, but the Jinlin Guards are special. While all the officials keep a respectful distance from them, the famous ones among the Jinlin Guards will also try to remember them.

It won’t work if you don’t work hard. What should you do if you don’t recognize it and accidentally offend it?

Yan Chao handed over the one hundred taels of silver notes and signaled to the officials to remember it.

The officials were saying nice things, but they were secretly wondering: I never expected that a small family in Jinlin Guard would have the consciousness to donate money.

Yan Chao and other officials kept the accounts and did not leave. They took out another wad of banknotes from their arms and said, "That's a little bit of their kindness to Mr. He."

The official took it and counted it, surprise flashed in his eyes.

There were actually two thousand taels.

Soon he no longer felt strange. It was not easy for Jinlinwei to make money, not to mention that Lord He was a marquis.

"Master He is so kind-hearted." The official praised casually, put away the banknote, and handed over a notice for the banquet in the Lotus Garden.

Yan Chao was not a talkative person, so he collected the post and asked to turn around.

"Excuse me, is there a donation for disaster relief in Dingbei?" came a female voice.

Yan Chao heard the familiar voice and turned to look.

"Miss Kou."

Xin You was a little surprised to see Yan Chao: "Deputy Yan Qianhu is here too."

Yan Chao changed his mind and shut up for He Qingxiao: "Master He asked him to send donations for him."

For example, many brothers in Mingbei Town Fusi aim to help Master He marry a Kou girl, and he is no exception.

Well, I'm not worried that they are both big and small, but I beg you that Miss Kou is too rich.

Surprise flashed in Xin You's eyes: "Mr. He donated money?"

Now that she knows Mr. He's financial situation, he actually has a lot of money to donate?

Confusion arose in Yan Chao's heart: Did their adults donate money, so Miss Kou was so surprised?

"No. They mistakenly thought that the victims in Bei were very sympathetic, because those few months were too long, so they asked him to make a trip for him." Yan Chao's eyes fell on the box held in Xiao Lian's legs, "Miss Kou

Are you also here to donate money?"

If the donation trend becomes popular, many women will donate jewelry. In Yan Chao's opinion, the box Xiaolian is holding should contain gold jewelry.

That box of gold jewelry must be worth several thousand taels of silver. It's worthy of Miss Kou.

"No. Xiaolian——"

Xiaolian was in front, placing the box she was holding in front of the official responsible for checking and registering errors.

Originally, Yan Chao should leave, but he was curious about how much Miss Kou had donated, so he didn't move.

The officials had collected a lot of property in the past few months, and they had already calmed down. They opened the box with a calm face, and then straightened their eyes.

Is there a box full of banknotes?

"One hundred, two hundred, three hundred..." After counting, the official took a breath and his voice trembled, "Fifty thousand taels!"

Other officials had already gathered around and looked at Xin You in shock.

"Miss Kou, do I really want to donate all this?" The official who counted the money couldn't believe it.

Xin You nodded: "Dingbei suffered a disaster, and they did their best."

A meager strength——

The dumbfounded household officials made the mistake of looking at the dumbfounded Jinlin Guard Deputy Qianhu. At that moment, their hearts were connected: How much money did Miss Kou have?

Everyone was so shocked that they lost their voice. Xin You said seriously: "Please remember it clearly, Kou Qingqing."

The official came back to his senses and said, "Don't worry, Miss Kou, I will remember it clearly. Ah, wait a minute, Miss Kou."

The accounting official told Zudong and rushed to see Zaifeng.

Zhang Jian, the Minister of Household Affairs who was specifically responsible for this donation.

Among the six ministers, the left is the most respected. The two ministers of the household, Pei Zuo, the left minister, and Zhang Jian, the right minister. They all said that Pei's name was good, so they took precedence over Zhang Jian.

During the Dingbei earthquake, Pei Zuo led the disaster relief mission. In terms of future achievements, he will certainly be better than the one responsible for logistics.

The bookkeeper reported to Zaifeng the news that Miss Kou had donated 50,000 taels of silver, and Zaifeng hurried to inform Zhang Shilang.

Zhang Shilang was carefully looking through the donation list of those months. Anyone who donated more than a thousand taels of silver was recorded on a list and used as a list for the banquet in the Lotus Garden.

The emperor paid great attention to the fund-raising that time, and the prince was accompanying him. If someone is missing from the list, there will be trouble. Zhang Shilang does not seek merit but seeks no faults, and he does not dare to be careless.

"Sir, there is something I want you to know."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Shilang rubbed his eyebrows, a little worried, "There are fewer people coming to donate money in Mingyue?"

Go back and submit the account list. There is no doubt that the more property you raise, the happier the emperor will be.

When the emperor was happy, he was naturally satisfied with their mission.

"Miss Kou from Qingsong Bookstore just came over and donated fifty thousand taels of silver."

"How much?" Zhang Shilang thought he heard wrongly.

"Fifty thousand taels - sir, what's wrong with you, sir?"

Zhang Shilang pinched his own flesh hard to prevent him from fainting from excitement: "Are you sure?"

"Miss Kou is here——"

Zhang Shilang didn't care to finish listening and rushed out.

When Zhang Shilang was in the prime of life, he was not slow in running. He stopped quickly when he was almost at the door, straightened his clothes and went in.

"Miss Kou, that's their minister." The official reminded Xin You.

Xin You knelt down and said hello.

Zhang Shilang laughed loudly: "Miss Kou doesn't need to be polite. Zhang has long heard of Miss Kou's reputation, and Mingyue finally met her in person."

Xin You glanced over Zhang Shilang Ren Zhongzai's fingernail marks and smiled politely.
Chapter completed!