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Chapter 46: The Squire Donates Money for Self-Preservation

Among the brothers, Hu Yihuang came back from Anhui specially. Ling Shiba was still supervising the battle in Changzhou. Meng Shengsheng, Zhang Weikun and Lin Daji were already sitting on the chairs next to them, smiling and saying something. Sitting on the high hall were Li Yunzhong and Li Yunzhong.

An elder in the clan.

"Worship the heaven and the earth"

Li Yunzhong and the three brides bowed toward the sky outside.

"Two bows to the high hall"

He turned around and bowed to the two elders again.

"Couple's Worship"

Li Yunzhong walked to the opposite side of the three beauties and bowed to them.

"The ceremony is completed and sent to the bridal chamber."

Li Yunzhong suppressed a smile and pulled the three brides towards the new house at the back. As he walked, he thought: How many flights can we fly today? Two flights? Three flights? Hehe...

Things didn't go as expected. Li Yunzhong, who had just entered his new house, was pulled out by a group of brothers before he had time to take off the red hijabs of the girls. They said that the elders in the city were asking for a wedding drink from His Highness the King of Han.

Li Yunzhong closed his eyes and thought: These brothers did it on purpose. They drank a few drinks with the squires in the city one by one, but he saw that they were all dressed in nondescript clothes, including Hanfu, Tang Dynasty clothes, and Ming Dynasty clothes. The only thing they had in common was their hair.

He still had pigtails on his head. When the Han army entered the city, they did not force the people to do anything. They only appointed a few demoted officials. The demoted officials became county magistrates around Nanjing and sent some old brothers from Guangxi to serve in the county.

Everything is business as usual.

Li Yunzhong was a little drunk. Looking at their braids, he laughed and said, "It's time to cut off your pig tails. It's really ugly."

A group of gentry looked at each other, many of them subconsciously touched the braids on the back of their heads and laughed. Li Yunzhong took a picture of one of them, an old man in his sixties and said boldly: "I'm kidding you, we big men are free and will not force

The people do what they don’t want to do! You are all high-status people in Nanjing. You don’t want Nanjing to be reoccupied by the Qing army. The military discipline of those Green Camp Eight Banners is not as good as ours. Then there will be another Nanjing Three Massacres, Nanjing Four Massacres, etc.

If it’s the tenth day or something, that would be bad, haha…”

"Yes...we...must support the King of Han."

Meng Sheng took the opportunity to say: "Support the King of Han? You can't just support it with words. You have to take some practical actions to be worthy of your words."

"I am willing to donate 20,000 tons of grain and 10,000 taels of silver." The old man who was afraid of being slapped on the shoulder by Li Yunzhong quickly tried to please Li Yunzhong.

"I am also willing to donate 5,000 dan of grain." The man next to him wearing Ming Dynasty clothes also shouted.

"I will also donate 10,000 dan"

"I donate thirty thousand taels of silver"

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Li Daji recorded it on the side, and after everyone had donated, he walked up to Li Yunzhong and whispered: "There are 800,000 taels of grain in total, 10,000 taels of silver, and 30,000 taels of gold."

Li Yunzhong didn't expect that their braids were not pleasing to his eyes, so he just tried to scare them, but these wealthy locals actually vomited out so many things. He was half awake from the wine in an instant. He rolled his eyes and set another trap for them: "Thank you, fellow villagers, for your help."

I am deeply grateful for your love, and I will order your people to write down your righteous deeds on the notice, so that the whole Han Dynasty... can learn from you. In order to drive out the Tartars and restore China, I will not hesitate to bankrupt my family and property." After speaking, he took the lead.

Applause.

When the gentry saw that the King of Han went to the generals to propose a toast, they all sat down with sighs. The old man who was the first to donate grain said to the man in bright clothes: "Exceptor Lin, I heard that most of your property is in Suzhou."

, why are you still donating food and money with us?”

Lin Yuanwai looked frightened and said: "Brother Zhou, you don't understand. I have a relative who escaped from Sichuan. He said that Changmao invaded Sichuan and killed people everywhere, especially those of us who have some money.

It’s really miserable for people like us. Not only do they have their property exceeded, but they also set their homes on fire. If they have beautiful women, they capture them and present them to their king. Alas! In short, the family is ruined!”

The person next to him interjected: "I heard that Changmao is besieging Yucheng. I don't know how many people have suffered."

Everyone looked at Member Lin, and some people couldn't help but ask: "Brothers of the Lin family, do you think this King of Han will also confiscate all our family property like Changmao did?"

Lin Yuanwai shook his head and guessed: "I don't think it's possible. It stands to reason that the house must be ransacked, and it was ransacked when we entered the city. It's been more than a month now, and the King of Han has not issued any order similar to that of Changmao.

"

Zhou Yuanwai said with relief: "So the King of Han is a man with great ambitions. Not only will he not raid our house, he will also win over us."

The group of people nodded, and the solemn atmosphere gradually dissipated. A gentry grabbed the pigtails at the back and said: "Publicize our donation of food. It seems that His Highness the King of Han wants us to cut off the pigtails and make a clean break with the Qing Dynasty."

Lin Yuanwai also sighed: "It's a pity that such a good braid is cut off. For the sake of the life of the whole family, it's better to cut it off. Fortunately, many people in the city have cut it off."

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Zhou Yuanwai said: "We can hide the braids. If the Qing Dynasty regains Nanjing one day, we will glue the braids together."

The gentry all praised together: "Wonderful, wonderful"

Li Yunzhong was so drunk that he walked toward the new house. Like a roly-poly, he finally touched the door and kicked it open. He tripped over the door frame and fell asleep completely. He did not realize the threesomes he longed for.

At noon, Li Yunzhong was woken up by the sound of "chirping". He tossed and turned and still couldn't get rid of the sound. He opened his eyes helplessly and saw something red in color. Only then did he realize that he was married. When he turned his head, he saw

Three brides were chatting around the table.

Xu Yuexiang began to pay attention to Li Yunzhong since dawn. When she saw him sitting up, she quickly said to Su Sanniang and the others: "My husband is awake!"

The three women stood up and walked to Li Yunzhong's bed. They bent down and helped Li Yunzhong get up. Seeing Li Yunzhong pointing to the water on the table, Hong Xuanjiao quickly stepped forward and brought the tea she poured and put it to his mouth. Li Yunzhong held Hong Xuanjiao's hand.

He poured all the tea into his mouth, took a breath and said, "Why can't I remember what I did yesterday?"

Su Sanniang said angrily: "You fell down as soon as you entered the door. You couldn't wake up no matter how you screamed. You vomited and asked for water. You kept us busy all night."

Li Yunzhong said with a bitter face: "So, last night I spent a thousand gold and candles in the bridal chamber and did nothing! What a huge loss."

Xu Yuexiang said confusedly: "What's the big loss? You're not doing well and you're not missing anything?"

Hong Xuanjiao hugged Xu Yuexiang and said, "Your husband didn't act like a gangster to you last night. He feels that he suffered a great loss. Do you want to make it up to him?"

Xu Yuexiang said shyly: "Sister Hong, you are still not the same, then why don't you make it up to your husband?"

Li Yunzhong hugged them all to the bed, threw himself on them, and laughed: "Let me make it up to you, husband. Oh, Sanniang, don't run away. We are already an old couple, why are you so shy!" Li Yunzhong said

He picked up Su Sanniang, who was about to get out of bed, and put her on the bed.

Hong Xuanjiao was panting and blushing: "Husband, please stop making trouble, there are still people waiting outside!"
Chapter completed!
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