Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 46 Breaking
Liu Rushi was stunned on the stage, feeling like a deer was hitting her heart, she didn't expect that her 1000 taels would cause such a big aftermath.

She couldn't help thanking her again. At this time, she thought it was due to her own encouragement, but she saw Qian Qianyi's face was extremely bad. She knew Qian Qianyi's temperament, and sometimes emotions were written on his face. She can tell what it looks like at a glance.

This made Liu Rushi feel a little sad again, why is Duke Mu Zhai angry?
Ruan Dacheng also came up to the stage, and said: "I implore everyone to donate generously, for the Son of Heaven, for the people of the world, and for Zhang Tian with a heart like a child!"

Saying that, Ruan Dacheng actually bowed to the end.Liu Rushi hadn't had a chance to step down yet, so he had no choice but to bow down again when he saw this.

"Brother Wang, it's your turn!"

Yang Chao urged from the side.

He didn't know that Wang Xiao's heart was already beating at this time. His father wrote to ask him to donate 1 taels, but suddenly it was raised to 2 taels. According to Yang Chao's arrangement, he was going to carry the sedan chair for Ruan Dacheng, and Ruan Dacheng agreed to contribute. After that, he will follow suit.

This forced and induced those wealthy businessmen to spend huge sums of money, making it look like it was caused by Ruan Dacheng.

This is to highlight Ruan Dacheng.

But the original agreement was 1 taels, and now Yang Chao called 2 taels for Ruan Dacheng, which made him really embarrassed.

If he followed the 2 taels, how to explain to his father, whether his father would blame him, he was a little uncertain, he was never sure of his father's thoughts, he was afraid of doing something wrong.

Wang Xiao was hesitating to see him, when suddenly he saw a scholar shouting: "Miss Liu, I'll pay 2 taels too!"

Yang Chao was stunned for a moment, and saw a young man in white standing on his chair, looking at Liu Rushi frantically, it turned out to be Zhou Rui.

This kid was placed here temporarily, and the meeting was very quiet all the time. Who knew that when Liu Rushi came out, he suddenly went berserk, and at this moment he stood on a chair and shouted.

Liu Rushi couldn't help but looked up, seeing that it was Mr. Zhou, his heart was filled with mixed emotions, very complicated.

She didn't have any special feelings about this conference, it was just a grand event.

Therefore, Liu Rushi felt that no one would know her. She was a famous prostitute in Songjiang, and she was a little famous in Nanjing, that is, in the circle of sisters like Li Xiangjun and literati. In the eyes of ordinary people, no one knew her.

I didn't expect that there would be a fanatical supporter of myself at this time. While feeling the long face, I couldn't help but look at Qian Qianyi with a guilty conscience. Qian Qianyi's meaning in the Meixiang Building just now was very clear. Although he didn't say it clearly, but You can still hear the inside and outside of the words, Qian Qianyi is already planning to marry herself.

But Liu Rushi suddenly saw Qian Qianyi's face turned livid, and he stood up slowly, speaking to everyone.

"The old man suddenly felt unwell. I really didn't expect that this meeting would involve the eunuchs, so let's go!"

Qian Qianyi unexpectedly turned his face at this time, named Ruan Dayue as the eunuch, turned around and left.

This made Liu Rushi froze in place immediately, was it because of himself?

Soon many talented scholars came to their senses, and they realized that this meeting was actually organized by Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng is a remnant of the eunuchs. Mr. Mu Zhai doesn’t associate with the eunuchs. Could it be that these scholars are willing to make friends with the eunuchs? Suddenly, all the scholars turned their faces and became angry, expressing that they disdain to participate in such filthy activities. meeting.

Hou Fangyu was the leader, Yu Huai and Zou Shu also followed, and many scholars followed.

In the end, there were only two young masters left, one was Wu Weiye, this was Ruan Dacheng's meeting, but it was also Zhang Pu's meeting, Zhang Pu was his teacher, not a teacher in name, he really He had studied in Zhang Pu's private school, so he couldn't leave, and he didn't dare to leave.

The other one is Xia Wanchun. He was in conflict at this moment. Just now he had expressed impassionedly that he wanted to donate generously. At this moment, an accident suddenly happened. Should he go or not? During the conflict, he looked at his father Xia Yunyi, and saw that his father was very stable. Sitting on the chair, his demeanor did not change, he couldn't help but feel ashamed, where did his father's usual teachings go, he was so lacking in courage, even before Mount Tai collapsed, he still didn't change his face, he was too impatient for such a trivial matter .

So Xia Wanchun also sat up.

On the contrary, none of the wealthy businessmen, including Wang Xiao, left.

Only Qian Qianyi and those young scholars left, Yang Chao ordered the servants of the housekeeper of the Ruan family to see off the guests, and then ran up to the stage in two or three steps.

Yang Chao said with a smile on the stage: "Everyone, Mr. Mu Zhai is not feeling well, please stay safe. These scholars are concerned about Mr. Mu Zhai's health, so they have to send the old man off in person. Don't worry, everyone, I have already arranged a carriage. I'm sending Duke Mu Zhai back to rest. You can continue to sit quietly, but don't neglect the beauties behind!"

After Yang Chao finished speaking, he found Liu Rushi stunned on the stage, and whispered a few words of comfort. Liu Rushi just woke up like a dream, bowed profusely, and then quietly walked into the curtain.

At the same time, Kang Hui behind the curtain immediately arranged for another girl to come on stage, the second one was Ma Jiao.

Ma Jiao plays the pipa and sings Linjiang fairy.

With the appearance of a beautiful woman, the situation was stabilized, and everyone sat and listened to the music with peace of mind.

Ruan Dacheng had lingering fears, he had a psychological shadow on those young scholars, and the events of a few years ago were still in his ears.

And these days I have been worried about these scholars making trouble, but I didn't expect them to explode in the end.

Fortunately, Yang Chao reacted accordingly. If everyone followed suit at this time, wouldn't his meeting become a laughing stock.

Ma Jiao got on the stage, and Yang Chao and Ruan Dacheng stood on it.

Yang Chao simply pushed Ruan Dacheng to the seat left behind by Qian Qianyi, and sat with Zhang Pu and Xia Yunyi. Yang Chao himself continued to retreat quietly, controlling the situation with a cold eye.

Yang Chao was caught off guard by Qian Qianyi's sudden outburst.

For a long time, Yang Chao was only worried about those scholars, worried that they would turn against Ruan Dacheng at the meeting, so he specially selected people when inviting people, and many famous talents, such as Fang Yizhi, were not invited.

There is only one Hou Fangyu, because he has been to the Meixiang Building, he has learned about this grand event, and because Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun participated in the event, he has been actively asking to participate, so he can't do without him.

At first, the scholars seemed to be frightened by Ruan Dacheng's donation of 2 taels of silver, and forgot to explode. Who knew that it was the old Wenzong Qian Qianyi who broke out in the end, and these scholars came to their senses and followed suit one after another.

Yang Chao didn't know if there would be any accidents, so he became extra careful at this time.

I only intend to find an opportunity to end this meeting immediately, and now that it ends, it can actually be considered a smooth end.

If you are making a fuss once, I'm afraid it will not end well.

After Ma Jiao, there is Aunt Li. Aunt Li is a little older, nearly 20 years old, graceful and graceful, but more attractive than the little girls in front of her.

Aunt Li was playing the zither, and at the same time her eyebrows were beaming, and she kept winking at the people sitting there, with a variety of charms.

After the performance, she didn't even leave. Just like Liu Rushi, she started agitating on the stage: "Is there anyone willing to donate?"

Without waiting for someone to answer, Aunt Li said again: "But there are donors, the little girl is willing to face Jun Changxiao tonight!"

Yang Chao shook his head with a smile. This woman is a famous chivalrous prostitute. She is bold and righteous, and doesn't care much about money, but her personality is too aggressive, and she speaks without restraint.

But there are people who do this. An old man in his 60s or [-]s slowly stood up, his waist was bent, his face was flushed, and he looked sick.

But he said with a smile: "Old man Xin'an Wu Tianxing is willing to give 3 taels to have a meeting with the girl!"

3 taels, Zhang Pu was secretly happy, Ruan Dacheng offered 2 taels, this Wu Tianxing offered 3 taels, and that unknown son offered 2 taels, already 7 taels, plus the 2 taels he had raised, it would be 10 taels. Enough for [-] taels.

I have already agreed with Eunuch Cao in the court that 10 taels will be used to help with activities, and I have promised to make Zhou Yanru the chief assistant.

Yang Chao said to Wang Xiao at this time: "You pay 1 taels!"

Wang Xiao was taken aback, Wu Tianxing paid 3 taels, Ruan Dacheng paid 2 taels, but Yang Chao asked himself to pay 1 taels.

"listen to me!"

Wang Xiao could only say: "Kid Hangzhou Wang Xiao, on behalf of my father Wang Yihe donated 1 taels!"

Yang Chao said in a loud voice: "Good! The Wang family of Hangzhou generously donated 1 taels. You wealthy businessmen in Nanjing have donated generously."

In fact, these wealthy businessmen who came here all prepared 1 taels at first, but Ruan Dacheng suddenly raised the price to 2 taels, and Xin'an Wu Tianxing even paid 3 taels.

This Wu Tianxing is a well-known big salt merchant and leader of Huizhou merchants. When Wu Tianxing's father built the famous garden "Twelve Buildings" in the south of the Yangtze River in his hometown Xin'an, Wu Tianxing even reserved beauties in it. It is said that the beauties in the Twelfth Building have With 300 people, Wu Tianxing alone has a hundred concubines, known as the old man with hundreds of concubines!

No one wants to compete with this guy for wealth, so no one answered the phone for a while.

Yang Chao also saw that 1 taels was probably the bottom line of these people's hearts. If they didn't reach an agreement on 1 taels, they might not pay a cent.

That's why Wang Xiao was asked to make a head start, build up momentum by himself, and achieve his goal by getting 1 taels.

Sure enough, a wealthy businessman said: "How can the Wang family of Hangzhou be the only one in the limelight? Dong Liu's family of Wanyuan also paid 1 taels of silver."

Wanyuanhao is a silver shop, and it is one of the largest banks in Nanjing. It is said that the owner's surname is Liu, and he is related to Liu Bowen, the founding hero.

The silver shop has been in operation since the time of Emperor Yongle, and it is now the largest bank in Nanjing City, and it has a very close connection with the honorable forces in Nanjing City.

Then came another family: "Shen's pawnshop paid out 1 taels of silver!"

Seven or eight wealthy merchants responded one after another, and all agreed to contribute capital and donations.

Finally it was Xu Zhongxiao who was the only one who didn't speak.

Yang Chao waited until finally no one spoke, stood up on purpose, and said loudly, "Xu's pawnshop, Xu Baihu, Master Xu. Are you willing to donate generously?"

At this time, everyone looked at Xu Zhongxiao.

Xu Zhongxiao laughed and said, "I came out in a hurry and didn't bring enough money."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Which one of these high righteous people may bring 1 taels with him, Mr. Xu, don't worry, everyone promises that I have written it down and will collect it one by one. This is not a collection, it is a donation. At that time, righteous people can Don't treat me as someone who wants to pay, let the dog bite me!"

As Yang Chao said, everyone laughed.

Xu Zhongxiao's face turned purple, and finally he couldn't hold back, he gritted his teeth and said, "I also contributed 1 taels!"

Seeing that Xu Zhongxiao made a promise of 1 taels under the pressure of these political tycoons, literati and celebrities, and prominent businessmen in Nanjing, Yang Chao felt bursts of joy in his heart.

How many people has been bullied by this bully, and he has even bullied himself. Now that he has cheated himself of 1 taels of silver, I don't know how distressed it is.

At this time, Zhang Pu was also determined. After a rough calculation, the donations he raised were far more than 10 taels, and the general trend was set.

It's just that I'm worried. Qian Qianyi's attitude today seems to mean that he has broken with Fushe. If the alliance between Donglin and Fushe breaks, even if Zhou Yanru is prime minister, he can't guarantee that he can completely control the government!

So far, all the money that should be raised in Yang Chao's plan has been raised.

So Yang Chao decisively stopped persuading donations, and shouted loudly: "Miss Yin Chun, "The Story of the Thorn Hairpin"!"

The play continued, and a woman, accompanied by Tsing Yi, sang the opera.

(End of this chapter)