"Jin Niang knows that you only care about the people, and has deep admiration for you.
Sir, this is the savings of the common women.
I hope you will accept it."
Jin Niang opened the wooden box as she spoke.
There was a stack of banknotes neatly placed inside.
There are fifty taels a piece, there are a hundred taels a piece, there are also two hundred taels a piece, there are about more than a thousand taels.
Xiao Qiang did not take the bank note from Jin Niang's hand.
Instead, he smiled and said: "I appreciate Miss Liu's kindness.
If Miss Liu really wants to help me, then it's better to go home and convince your father to take the lead in raising funds again.
I have already thought about diversion.
Irrigation method.
I would like to express my gratitude to the Liming people of Wanxian County for Miss Liu's great kindness."
As she spoke, Xiao Qiang cast a grateful look at Liu Jinniang.
Liu Jinniang was shaken and her heart was pounding.
Without thinking, she said: " Don't worry, sir.
The girl will go back and convince her father right away. " Watching Liu Jinniang holding the wooden box and walking out with her maid Lu'er in a hurry.
Xiao Qiang couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, thinking that at this level, she dared to use a beauty trick on herself.
Humph, not overestimating one's abilities.
Xiao Qiang asked Capt.
Li to find a carpenter in the county.
It took him two days and several repeated trials to make models of waterwheels and windmills.
Liu Jinniang returned home full of joy, but it didn't go as smoothly as she thought.
After she expressed her request, Liu Jinniang was beaten back several steps with a slap from the palm of her hand.
Looking at Liu Jinniang, who was confused, Liu's beard stood straight up in anger.
"What kind of soup did Xiao give you?
It took a lot of effort for me to get people to encourage the landlords to go against him.
It would be better for you to take the money and give it to others, and let me take the lead in collecting donations."
You are out of your mind, so you still let the door get caught.
We were ordered by the master to seduce him, not to really like him.
I think you were seduced by him."
Liu Jinniang wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said unconvinced: "I just like him.
Is there any difference between me seducing him and being seduced by him?
As long as I can successfully marry him, I will drive that tofu girl out of the palace.
Let's Isn’t the mission accomplished?
If you don't give your sincerity, how can you conquer the sincerity of others?
Yes, I admit that I like him, so what?
What right do you have to question my decision?
Don't forget that your mission is just to cooperate with me so that I can successfully marry into the Xiao family.
If we fail to complete our mission, none of us will survive.
Haven't you heard that if you want to take something first, you must give it first?
If we don't pay, there will be no reward.
Therefore, you must cooperate with me, otherwise we will not be able to complete the task. " "Old Liu, I think what Jin Niang said makes sense.
If Jin Niang doesn't show her sincerity, how can she confuse and conquer Mr.
Xiao?"
said the woman pretending to be Mr.
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Liu's wife.
"Do you even think Jin Niang is right to do this?"
Liu Yuanwai looked at the woman and asked.
Liu Yuanwai's wife nodded vigorously.
Suddenly, Xiao Qiang called everyone to a small river ditch.
Xiao Qiang directed several carpenters to set up the completed waterwheel and windmill models next to the river ditch.
Then let the carpenter explain the principles of waterwheels and windmills, and demonstrate them to everyone present.
When ordinary people and a few landowners saw with their own eyes, the water truck stirred the water into the small ditch that had been prepared in advance.
Everyone was simply astonished.
According to the wishes of the county magistrate, if everyone raises funds, we can make big waterwheels and windmills.
In other words, you no longer have to worry about watering the vegetables in the greenhouse.
In this way, everyone no longer has to work tirelessly to pick and water vegetables.
One of the most prestigious Liu clan chiefs stood up and said, "Master Xiao, I have an idea.
I don't know whether I should talk about it or not."
Xiao Qiang nodded and said, "Mr.
Liu just talks."
"We ordinary people don't have money but we have people.
It's better to mobilize everyone to go to the mountains to cut wood.
Then with more people and more strength, we can transport it down from the mountains.
This way we can save part of the money to buy wood.
Moreover, we have so much land in Wanxian County, how can we Several such waterwheels and windmills must be obtained.
So as long as everyone cuts down more trees.
As for the carpenter's wages and auxiliary materials, you have to find a way.
"After Patriarch Liu finished speaking, he looked directly at the leading landlords.
The meaning was very clear.
He wanted the landlords to pay for the work of the carpenters.
Some people say that cutting meat hurts, but for landlords, taking money out of their own pockets is more painful than cutting meat.
Everyone acted like a turtle but didn't make a sound.
Xiao Qiang was furious when she saw the landlords lowering their heads and pretending to be grandsons.
"Landlord Wang, I remember that your family seems to have the most land.
And Landlord Liu, your family also has a lot of land.
Since you are not willing to pay, it doesn't matter.
I will find a way to borrow money to build waterwheels and windmills.
But, listen, Well, if this thing is done and you want to use water to irrigate the land, you will have to pay for one acre of water.
Someone said that it is water from the river.
Why should we pay?
I tell you that the water in the river must go through the channels that I asked the people to build.
It also has to use the windmills that I asked the people to cut wood and find carpenters to build. and waterwheels to bring the water up.
So, if you want to water the ground, you have to pay.
If you don’t want to spend money, just go to the river to fetch water to water the fields.”
Xiao Qiang’s airs as an official are now very scary.
Just when several landowners were hesitating, someone suddenly shouted: "Sir, I am willing to donate five hundred taels."
Xiao Qiang turned around and saw that it was none other than Liu Jinniang's father.
"Liu Yuanwai, you don't seem to have farmland in our Wanxian County.
Logically speaking, this matter has nothing to do with you."
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Xiao Qiang said lightly.
"No, what you have done is beneficial to the country and the people.
I intend to donate money to do a few meaningful things for the people.
If our watermill and windmill in Wanxian County succeed, I believe other counties will follow suit.
Liu Yuanwai said with a sonorous voice.
"In this way, since Liu Yuanwai intends to make a donation, I will ask someone to erect a merit monument next to the canal.
The name of the donor and the amount of the donation will be engraved on it, so that the people of the county and future generations will remember everyone's merits.
I also took the lead in donating one hundred taels of silver," Xiao Qiang said directly.
This is really a man who cannot move without a head, and a bird who cannot fly without a head.
As long as someone took the lead, all the landowners and squires began to follow suit.
"Sir, I am willing to donate three hundred taels."
"I donate six hundred taels" "I will donate four hundred taels."
Seeing the landlords and squires taking the lead in donating one by one, Xiao Qiang finally showed a smile on her face.
"Captain Li, hurry up, get some paper and write it down."
Xiao Qiang said excitedly.
I thought I’d write it all down in black and white, and see if you still dare to default on your debt.
At the same time, he also ordered people to find someone to carve a monument to public morality as soon as possible.
Jin Niang, who was hiding far away, looked at the high-spirited Xiao Qiang with a look of admiration in her eyes.
How could such a man not be attractive?
Mr.
Xiao is really a good official, a good official who really does practical things for the people.
Alas, it is a pity that he cannot be reused by the imperial court
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