248. Chapter 248 Feast II
"I, Zeng Yu, am very grateful to all the fellow countrymen and elders for coming out of the city to welcome me late at night, regardless of the cold weather! This kind of friendship, I believe I will always remember this scene in my mind."
As soon as Zeng Yu stood up and spoke, the audience was completely silent. Listen carefully. This is related to the future development of Lian County. As the head of a county, Zeng Yu personally came to Lian County with a purpose. Everyone present knew it.
"But along the way, even though it was late at night, with the help of candles, I could see the red lights and feasting in the streets, and the buildings on the roadside were also magnificent and extremely luxurious!" Zeng Yu said with some seriousness: "You are all locals.
The prominent figures have been rooted here for many years, and everyone knows the history of Lian County. It has been ravaged by barbarians for so many years, and has been living in the heat of water."
"Now that life is getting better, everyone starts to live luxuriously. How is this possible? Have you ever visited other counties in Beidi County? Our people are still living in hardships and difficulties! Maybe I think you are honest and honest.
The county is not really rich either! I looked by the light of torches along the road and found that, except for the pastures, the fields were basically barren!" Zeng Yu's words were cold at the end, and he seemed to be asking for guilt, which frightened everyone present.
"Liu Biao, as the head of a county, please get up and explain to me, what secrets are going on in this county?" Although Zeng Yu came to attract investment from these wealthy gentry, this scene really disgusted him.
Having just come from Quaigu County, he saw that many people could not even afford two meals a day, and they were resorting to luxury here! Perhaps it was because he had not understood the development of Lian County.
"Lord, please calm down!" Under the tense attention of everyone, Liu Biao stood up and explained with a wry smile: "The thing is like this, Lian County is located on the border of Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Han Dynasty. Now peace has been restored.
The mutual trade between the three places began, which naturally led to the prosperity of the county. However, we are spending a lot of money on building such a large amount of buildings. My subordinates are not supervising me well, please punish me, my lord!"
It turns out that’s what happened. No wonder Lian County is developing so fast! Having money is a good thing! Zeng Yu wants to borrow these funds to fill the holes in other counties. However, these funds should not be used from the Lian County government’s money, but from
The funds of these tycoons here!
"I see, I have wrongly blamed you all!" Zeng Yu sang a big song to everyone present, and then motioned Liu Biao to sit down. Zeng Yu's expression did not change and he continued, "Since Lian County is in such a good location
The location and transportation are convenient, so naturally you should also know about the situation in other counties in Beidi County?"
Zeng Yu's tone softened, and once the pressure was gone, the gentry present began to be eager to express themselves again.
No, Ta Tiezhu immediately stood up and replied: "My lord, my subordinates went to Fuping County for business a few days ago. On the way, they saw the people who had no food and clothing. I couldn't bear to see them and hurriedly distributed food and relief. I immediately felt at ease.
I was determined, and as soon as I came back, I immediately settled on properties in other counties and prepared to help the people in other counties!"
Oops! How come you let this barbarian Ta Tiezhu walk in front again? Lin Jingshang was still hesitating what to say just now. He didn't expect Ta Tiezhu, who was assigned to a table far away, to move so quickly. He couldn't let this barbarian
Another benefit was obtained. Last time, he was too blind to recognize Mount Tai and missed the great god Zeng Yu. Now he cannot miss it again.
Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and expressed his position: "Our Lin family is also willing to spend a lot of money to help people in various counties!"
When Huang Dalang got up to express his position, he was already two places behind. He secretly regretted it. In order to make up for the points in Zeng Yu's mind, he gritted his teeth and said generously: "We Xianbei people are willing to donate 5,000 cattle and sheep to help the people of each county!
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Five thousand cattle and sheep are not a small number. It is obvious that Huang Dalang cut off a piece of his heart in order to please Zeng Yu and obtain greater benefits.
With the Ta family and Lin family taking the lead, other families have also expressed their opinions. In their eyes, Zeng Yu just wants to raise funds? It would be great to be able to sponsor some funds in exchange for the favor of the actual controller of Beidi County.
But something.
Impassioned voices sounded one after another, ten thousand taels of gold, one hundred thousand taels of gold, one million taels of gold, ten million taels of gold! The number of donations increased steadily.
Listening to the expressions of almost all the gentry, landowners and local tycoons in Lian County present, they were very enthusiastic. They seemed to think that if they spent so much money, the lord would be happy and opportunities would come! Unexpectedly, Zeng Yu sat down at this time.
He came down and remained silent, obviously not very satisfied with this kind of sponsorship that was purely for his personal benefit.
With these wealthy gentry taking the initiative to raise funds, it stands to reason that Zeng Yu would be very happy and satisfied!
However, Zeng Yu's purpose is not just this. He needs everyone here to pour all their wealth into the major construction of Beidi County.
Yes, if Zeng Yu asked the local gentry in Chengji County to invest all their wealth in the construction of Beidi County. Those gentry would even be ecstatic. This is Zeng Yu's obvious hint. This is also the reason why they are in Beidi County.
A good opportunity for the county to expand its family wantonly.
However, Zeng Yu does not want the gentry in Chengji County to expand again and become a monopoly giant, or even affect the government's decision-making. It is imperative to support a new group of powerful gentry to confront the Chengji gentry! So today he put this
Opportunities have been brought to the upstarts like Lian County. Whether they can seize the opportunity depends on the level of understanding of these people.
However, in the eyes of everyone here, money is not an external possession, it is the foundation of the prosperity of the inherited family. Being able to sponsor so much gold is the only time they have suffered a heavy loss!
Although Zeng Yu was the head of Beidi County and was extremely powerful, they did not dare to accuse Zeng Yu of being greedy in person, but it was inevitable to secretly complain in their hearts.
As soon as Zeng Yu sat down and calmed down, everyone hesitated, and it was inevitable that there would be a moment of silence.
As the host, Lin Jingshang had to get closer and asked: "My lord, these donation amounts are the wishes of our elders in Lian County. Please accept them with your smile!"
"Alas! I want to give a fortune to the elders of Lian County here, why can no one grasp it? I have to sigh that you are so short-sighted!" Zeng Yu did not make the topic explicit, but just hinted, after saying this
After the sentence, Zeng Yu suddenly turned face
His expression changed, he picked up his chopsticks, picked up the food, and started eating alone. He smiled in a blink of an eye, looked at the table of wealthy gentry and landlords who were eagerly watching him speak, and said with a smile: "This dish tastes really good, there are so many
It’s divided into different flavors, let’s eat it!”
But how can anyone eat it? Especially Lin Jingshang, who was thinking about the words "a fortune?" What does this mean?
The mystery was finally revealed by Liu Biao.
"Every county has been ravaged by barbarians for so many years. Everything is basically deserted, and construction has to start from scratch. Just like Lian County has just been recovered, hundreds of industries are waiting to be prospered. It was also from that time that you established your industry. Now other counties
The same is true for the situation, if
If you are now willing to fully support the construction of various places, then your family can develop rapidly, and can truly become a famous family in Beidi County!" Liu Biao said, his tone was like a reminder to relatives and friends present, which made people enlightened.
Chapter completed!