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Although Jiaoniang was smiling, he could not help but scold Zhu Zixiu to the point where he did not look human.

Agreeing to help Jiaoniang get a large piece of wasteland in exchange meant that she had to think of a way to get enough silver from the big families in the city to repair the canals. Repairing the roads was not bad, since everyone could get a reputation on the Merit Monument, but what about repairing the canals?

It was because they knew that the yamen was hollowed out that they had no other choice but to get the wool from these little sheep. Every year, they would pay the most taxes and provide the most supplies, and if they encountered a disaster, they would have no choice but to act.

Boss Chen's face turned green, thinking back to how Jiaoniang praised him so much that he almost flew into the sky, what did he mean by saying that?

If the canals were not repaired well, they would still be blamed for whatever happened in the end. Wasn't this a strenuous task?

"You! So he was waiting here after having been tricked for so long! I was wondering what kind of treasure Zhu Da Chang's son could be! Wasn't donating a thousand taels of silver for his father's life? "Seems like he has been colluding with that incompetent dog to get another bite out of us!"

Boss Zhao was not only impatient but also irritable. He suddenly stood up and slammed the table, startling everyone. Jiaoniang sat in her seat calmly, looking at him coldly. It was not wrong that she said that she was scampering these people for her own purposes, but she would definitely give her the appropriate benefits, for this person was being too anxious.

Ye Xuan was sitting right behind Jiaoniang, just in case he made a move, he would definitely be able to stop him.

It was not wrong that Boss Zhao called Liu Jiqing the Dog Officer, at least in the eyes of these merchants, all of the county magistrate's men of Qingyuan County were dog officials. They did not do anything, they could not do anything, and had not been able to get rid of the tumor that was hindering their development year round, and from time to time, they would even pull the hair of merchants, but these words were for show, and they were actually in a teahouse in front of so many people.

Old Zhao, you better watch out, even though this is my teahouse, it is a place with a lot of people, it would not be good if it reached the ears of Lord Liu.

Drinking some tea, he then asked Jiaoniang, "Are you saying that you have become a lobbyist for Zhu Family? But how can you be sure we'll agree? The merchant has a good name, but it doesn't matter if you don't want it, it's not something that's rare, and only when you have the silver will it have meaning. "

"That's true, so what I said just now was true. Everyone should participate in the construction of the road, and the remaining money would be spent on the construction of the water channel. The benefits everyone will get are not only from the inscription of names on the monolith."

The corner of Jiaoniang's mouth hooked up into a smile. Achievements on this road were not limited to just one path, Wu Sinan's ambitions definitely did not lie here and what she needed to do now was to gamble.

Right now, she was equivalent to a three year old child sitting at the gambling table and gambling with these old foxes. What qualifications did she have? All of her qualifications were merely "borrowed". Borrowing the thin surface that the Zhu Family s gave her, and borrowing her only resources, she would be able to turn the tides and use this as a cover to expand her capital development.

This was the reason why she was sitting here.

Boss Chen could feel that Jiaoniang had some other trump card, "What do you mean by that, do you think you can inscribe your name on the monument?"

"It's not impossible, but I can't say it out loud right now. It won't work if I say it out loud." As long as the money is in place, you can just pass the rest of the money to me to repair the canal. I am a person of few words, and don't have any family property, so I can only run errands for everyone. "

Everyone was almost angered by Jiaoniang's expression and laughed. When this Jiaoniang revealed his intentions, he became a lot more shameless, his Zhu Family even taking the lead to donate, which was a kind of invisible threat. They didn't know what condition his Lord Liu agreed to have, but he actually managed to make his Zhu Family act as the leader.

"Donate, we donate. Take the money and hurry to repair the road and canal."

"Then have all of you brought silver?" If you bring them then we'll settle this matter today. From today on, everyone will stay at home to take shelter during the summer, so I will take care of the rest. Oh that's not right, we still need to pass over the donation list to the Boss Chen, we'll leave the matter of the tablet to you, you have to use the best stone and the best engraver, everyone will have to rely on this tablet in the future. "

Jiaoniang giggled, almost making these old cunning foxes smoke out of anger. Jiaoniang had invited nine people this time, all of them were the richest people in the city, what else could they do, they could only send people back to get the money.

This time, Ye Xuan was not the only one who came, Huang Yi and Cheng Huanzhong were also present, they had even prepared a brush and ink.

He spread out the xuan paper on the table and donated the money. Huang Yi memorized the name and the number of people who donated the money, and he even recited it to them to make a declaration.

The Boss Chen gave him two hundred silver, but Huang Yi's voice was filled with happiness when he read it, scaring everyone awake. This was also what Jiaoniang had instructed him to do.

Those who could donate as much as possible would definitely donate as well. After all, the name list would also be passed onto the people at Zhu Family s in the end, so everyone was an old acquaintance of theirs, so being stingy was no good.

There were also many people who ran home panting and asking their master for silver taels. As the amount was rather high, the manager's wife would often hear about it. Even if they didn't go back, they would still be scolded.

Jiaoniang was sitting in the corner, holding onto a stack of banknotes, with some silver on the table, he smiled at everyone, to the point where others would feel goosebumps on their bodies.

"Don't look at this young lady's soft and tender skin.

A middle-aged man who had just donated 200 taels of silver felt a pinch of pain in his heart. All of his profits for the year were thrown into the pot. He didn't even hear a sound.

Although Jiaoniang had only invited nine of them, there were more people who donated money. After all, they lived in the same place, and upon hearing about this, many people became moved and rushed over to donate their money, regardless of whether or not they had money, Jiaoniang accepted them, and when the time came, he would carve their names on the wall.

Nobody left even after donating the money. Sitting in a room, Jiaoniang pushed open the window as a wave of heat swept over.

Normally, in order to avoid arousal, she would come out to chat with these people about business matters and wear masculine clothing. She looked like a handsome man, but no matter how much she resembled him, she wasn't.

These men didn't show any disrespect towards her on the surface, so it was hard to say what they were going to say behind her back.

However, no one dared to touch her. Even when the people of the village were speaking ill of her behind her back, they took into consideration the number of people who depended on her for their lives.

Jiaoniang leaned on the window as he watched people walk in and out, and laughed, in less than three months, this place will be a completely different scene.

Would these people look the same then? She waited.