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"Why does Zhu Family want to participate as well?"

Boss Chen's face turned black.

Jiaoniang only knew that the Zhu Family operated in a boat, monopolizing almost all of the shipping lines of the Qingyuan County. But what she did not know was that the overland operations of the Qingyuan County were also almost in the hands of the One Day Family.

Only when Qingyuan County walked to the north would there be a bustling big city. Other than a county that was poorer than Qingyuan County in the south, there were also mountains and rivers in the south. These business fellows from Qingyuan County would either go by the water or by the land to do business with the outside world, but who didn't know that there was a bandit's nest on the land.

It would be fine if the Qingyuan County was not in the cave, but this damned place had been around the mountains for two years, with each side of the river, and the only way out was through bandits. Other than this road, it was hard to walk on other mountain paths, even if one did not meet any wild beasts, it would be easy for people to walk on the mountains.

No one knew when those bandits would set up their home there, but it was already too late when the Qingyuan County users realized that they had been turned into a nest of rats by bandits and were being slaughtered by others.

It was extremely difficult to fight, and after suffering heavy losses in terms of Qingyuan County, they finally accepted their fate and decided to obediently be a little sheep, paying tribute on time every month. They would also pay the toll for passing through when shipping goods, and only then would they be able to stabilize themselves.

But there was only one family's difference in Qingyuan County, and that was Zhu Family.

Some people said that Papa Zhu had saved the boss of Liefeng City a long time ago. Anyways, everyone knew that as long as the goods were marked with Zhu Family, the goods would not be "carelessly" snatched away by those bandits, so whether it was by land or by water, all the merchants in the city used the means of transportation, carriages, and boats of Zhu Family.

From the looks of it, Zhu Family was probably the richest man in the county, and no one was stronger than him.

Boss Chen Boss Zhao looked at each other. He thought that it would be bad enough to just insert Wu Sinan, but he never thought that there would be a Zhu Family behind the two families.

"Did Boss Zhu say how much he wanted to donate?"

If there was too much of their business, they might as well write Wu Family beneath the Zhu Family on the tablet.

Jiaoniang thought for a moment, then said the truth, "Old Zhu wanted to offer a thousand gold."

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. They didn't know if they could earn that thousand taels of silver every year.

"However, I do not intend to accept that much money. Everyone knows that my brother contributed the most to this journey, and he was obsessed with studying these paths since he was young, so he did not intentionally study the materials that can create the path. I only want to help the villagers build this path, so accepting too many gifts is not my intention." So I returned the money, leaving only one hundred silver. "

What Jiaoniang said was the truth, but Zhu Zixiu did not take the money back.

He gave the silver to Jiaoniang and also gave her another thing that she needed right now.

"Not only Boss Zhu, I only want to pay 100 gold coins, even for all of you, do not donate more than 100 gold coins. The road construction is everybody's business, this road is not the place where most of the villages gather for us in the county, I plan to build this road for my own family, and the reason why you participated in the donation was to get a good reward, I cannot bear Jiaoniang to receive too many gifts from you."

When the others heard this, they were secretly surprised. They really did not know the cost of repairing this road, but seeing this new and novel road, they truly had the heart to compete with the others for the prize. If Jiaoniang did not say anything after taking their money, they would not have felt anything. However, Jiaoniang's clear explanation of everything made them feel guilty instead.

"Jiaoniang is righteous, we old people can't believe that you can't see through us, the money we donated is yours for now, with this kind of behavior, how can we not believe you?"

Jiaoniang smiled and raised his hand to stop them from speaking. The world said that merchants were heartless, but in those dramas, it was also said that merchants parted ways with benefits. However, what they did not know was that merchants also had their morals. Not to mention that in this era, even merchants advocated Confucianism. Most of them held a benevolent and righteous mindset, and there were also true fishermen and villagers, but only a few. Unlike in his previous life, many merchants lost their mind in the pursuit of profits.

Even a street vendor here can talk to you about the achievements of their ancestors, and what amazing results they have made in this industry.

This was what a merchant was. Being a businessman was no longer a means to earn a living, but more importantly, it was their foundation to establish themselves on a piece of land.

"I have heard of the righteousness of the Boss Chen. In the past, they even opened a porridge shop to help the people during the war. I have already said the first thing I wanted to discuss this with you. The second thing is something I want to discuss with you guys about a change in our Qingyuan County. "

Jiaoniang first praised the famous Rice Shop's Boss Chen, causing her to feel a little embarrassed. Her old face flushed red, and she waved her hand, indicating that she did not dare to accept.

"Today, we were discussing about the recent dry weather. I believe that you all have noticed that it has been more than half a month since we last had rain. The weather this year is abnormal. Boss Zhu also told me that the water level of the Lancang River has declined, which is at least 5 percent compared with the previous years. "

Everyone looked at each other but didn't dare to look down on the five centimeters. The Lancang river was the largest river that connected the southwest to the Central Plains. The water current was vast and endless and the soup never stopped, not to mention that the water level had dropped by so much. It seemed that not only was their Qingyuan County in a drought, even the southwest region was like this.

The Southwest region was very barren, and the people there were still in the early stages of being cultivated. The bitterly cold lands were lacking food, and if there was a little less rain in the sky … No one knew what would happen.

The Central Plains was the granary of the world, and the food there was the foundation to support the country. If the water level of the Lancang River were to drop even a little, wouldn't the entire world be in chaos?

In an instant, everyone understood what Jiaoniang was trying to say. Seeing that each of their expressions had turned green, Jiaoniang sighed, "Everyone, there's no need to rush, Boss Zhu told me that the situation isn't so serious, and the Central Plains isn't like us, where it hasn't rained for half a month. It's still normal over there, but if the water level of the Cang Lan River descends, the food harvests in the Central Plains area would probably be affected too."

"Then what should we discuss today?" Boss Zhao was an impatient person, and his brain was spinning very slowly. When Jiaoniang said this, he couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Boss Zhu told me that the Lord Liu found him a few days ago, and he hoped that he could lead the way to donate the funds for repairing the irrigation system in my county. Before the rain fell, many of the farming practices in my county had been affected, and if I did not deal with it in time, the harvest would be in chaos."

"Boss Zhu means to take advantage of this opportunity to build the road and donate as the leader. If you want to help, just help. If you have money, you can donate it to others, but you have to repair the irrigation system by the 15th of this month."

"Boss Zhu has donated a thousand taels of silver to repair the irrigation system."