Reborn Houmenhufu

Chapter 188

The person in charge of the construction here was an old man in his fifties. The old man looked very thin, and his dark face smiled wryly when he heard Wei Yan's question.

"My lord, there is no problem with the workers who built the embankment. We can also transport the materials from the distant mountains, but we can't solve many things."

Hearing this, Wei Yan was stunned for a while, and then he said.

"Where is the difficulty?"

"It's like this. The allocated funds have been used up, and wages have not been paid since two days ago. If this matter cannot be resolved, many people may not be willing to do the work of repairing the embankment and have to go home. .”

Hearing this, Wei Yan's face became gloomy. He thought he was very good to these people. He came here to help build the dam, besides being responsible for two meals a day, he would give an extra three to five copper coins, but Because of this, although he did not embezzle the money allocated by the court, it was quickly used up, and without the money, the people who came here to work and want to beg for food were naturally not willing to work for nothing, and things changed like this It got complicated.

Seeing that Wei Yan's face was a bit ugly, An Tianyi said, "Is the problem serious?"

"Of course, the dam should have been repaired immediately after it was washed away, but the Nancheng earthquake has been delayed for so long, and it has been more than a month now. If it is not repaired, wait a few months for the rainy season to come. When the flood strikes, Nanzhou will be devastated again."

After listening to Wei Yan's words, An Tianyi said quietly: "The main problem now is that there is no money, right?"

"Yes."

If this place is near the capital, he doesn't have to worry about it at all. After all, he still has a golden mountain, but now he is so far away from the capital of Nanzhou that he can't quench his thirst. Even if there is a golden mountain, he can't Running to mine, I can only look and sigh.

Wei Yan's words made An Tianyi fall into deep thought. He wanted to help Wei Yan think of a way out, but after much deliberation, he couldn't think of any good way.

It's not a problem to spend time here, so Wei Yan told the person in charge to look at this side, he still has things to do.

Just like that, Wei Yan and An Tianyi, who were in a heavy mood, returned to the yamen together. As soon as they entered the backyard, they met Wei Yao who was in a good mood and came out of the yamen humming an unknown song.

Humming a song, Wei Yao felt a little strange suddenly seeing Wei Yan and An Tianyi in a bad mood. She came over, looked Wei Yan up and down curiously, touched her chin and said.

"Why, did something difficult happen?"

Wei Yao didn't expect her behavior to be so obvious, Wei Yan smiled wryly and said, "It's a difficult situation."

"Then let's go to the study, tell me, let's figure it out and see what we can do."

Suddenly thinking that Wei Yao came from the distant future, maybe the other party will have something to do, Wei Yan took a deep look at Wei Yao and agreed.

Just like that, when he came to the study, Wei Yan sat down on the chair, then sighed and told Wei Yao about his entanglement, Wei Yao suddenly laughed after listening.

"That's all."

Really, she was so serious that she thought it was a big deal, didn't she just have no money?

In her previous life, there was a disaster in some parts of the world, and it was difficult for one side to support it. There are many ways to ask for money when encountering a flood like this.

Seeing Wei Yao's appearance, isn't it just such a trivial matter, Wei Yan raised his eyebrows and said.

"Could it be that this matter is easy to solve?"

"It's very simple. Think about it. Who is the unlucky one who didn't repair the dam in Nanzhou? It's the people of Nanzhou. Now that you are building the dam with your conscience, can they have money and strength? ? Fourth brother, you just..."

Approaching Wei Yan, Wei Yao gave him an idea, Wei Yan frowned after hearing this and said, "Is this really okay?"

"Okay, of course, you just listen to me."

Wei Yao just told Wei Yan how to do it, but An Tianyi didn't know about it all the time, and now he was a little curious when he saw the two of them talking.After Wei Yao left, An Tianyi approached Wei Yan and asked in a low voice.

"What did your fifth sister tell you just now?"

"It's about how to raise money. I won't tell you. I'm going to be busy."

With Wei Yao's method, Wei Yan implemented it very quickly. Not long after, all the wealthy businessmen in Nanzhou were notified, and Wei Yan invited them to a party.

This is Wei Yan's first treat since he took office. The Nanzhou businessman would not dare to offend his parents easily if he wanted to do business here. So on the streets of Nancheng, you can see some nice-looking carriages driving here. The biggest restaurant in Nancheng.

In order to get the donation for the construction of the embankment this time, Wei Yan paid a lot of money and directly bought the second floor of the restaurant.Just wait for these people to arrive.

Within the appointed time, the businessmen came very quickly. They all know each other when they do business in Nanzhou. When they came to the second floor of this restaurant, they found a place to sit down at random, and the people they knew chatted in twos and threes. stand up.

"Brother Cheng, what do you think the magistrate called us here this time? Could it be that he intends to blow up oil and water from us?"

In fact, it's not that these businessmen judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but that these people have lived on the land of Nanzhou for generations, and during the years they lived, the officials of Nanzhou came and went without knowing How much has been changed, whenever new officials come, they think nothing more than to get benefits from businessmen like them.

Everyone in the world knows that businessmen are rich and rich, and they all want to pull out a layer of skin from their bodies. How do they know that businessmen often have a hard time, and they have to pay for what they want. They only see the superficial things, so how can they care about it? What about their lives?

Someone made such a guess, but the middle-aged man called Brother Cheng shook his head and said.

"Brother Zheng, what you said is probably wrong. I think the magistrate who is serving in Nanzhou this time is not bad."

"how do I say this?"

"You think, on weekdays, which magistrate came to us soon after taking office, even the one in the palace, but Mr. Wei has been in Anzhou for three months, and you have received His other invitations?"

"That's not true!"

"That's fine. I guess this time the adults have something important to discuss with us. It's better for us not to make wild guesses."

"Brother Cheng is more knowledgeable."

"Where."

When Wei Yan was on the road, the people in the restaurant had already argued about his invitation to them, but Wei Yan didn't know it.

The government office is not very far from the restaurant where Wei Yan invited these businessmen, it took about a quarter of an hour for Wei Yan and An Tianyi to arrive at the restaurant.

On the second floor of the restaurant, Wei Yan's eyes swept over the people present, and then he found that almost all the people he invited came.

Wei Yan invited them here today because he had something important to say, so he said it directly without talking nonsense.

"Everyone must be very curious about the official's invitation to come here, right? Then let's not speak secretly tomorrow, and I will directly talk about what I want to say."

After a pause, Wei Yan continued: "You are all born and raised in Nanzhou, isn't that right?"

"Of course that's true, but I don't know what you are talking about, my lord?"

"Then you must also know that the rainy season in Nanzhou is long, and there will be floods if you are not careful? What I want to say has something to do with this. Do you want to continue listening?"

"Sir, please speak."

"Everyone should know that many dams have been destroyed by the flood. After saving the people and treating the plague, the official sent people to repair the dams, but the funds allocated by the government are not enough now. Everyone, you are all like this. The people of Nanzhou put down their roots here and do business here, if there are floods in Nanzhou every year, will you be able to do well?"

His voice sounded, and suddenly someone muttered. "Then we can still move."

"Yes, you can move, but what about the tens of thousands of people in Nanzhou? So I am here today to ask you to extend your helping hand, if you have money, you can contribute your strength."

Wei Yan's voice echoed on the second floor of the restaurant, but not everyone gave him face, and soon someone raised doubts.

"The government allocates this money every year. Mr. Wei asked us to pay the money because he said that the money is not enough. Do you think it is possible? Who knows who will get the money after donating it?"

"I naturally know that you all have such worries and doubts, but this is not a problem. If you can donate money, you can send your people to supervise the money. I can guarantee that the money will be fully used Build a dam here. Of course, for those who donated money, we will build a stone tablet on the dam to record your deeds."

Unexpectedly, Wei Yan would be so magnanimous. At this time, these masters couldn't help but glance at each other, and someone said it after a while.

"Is this true? Master Wei is not joking with us little people, is he?"

"Of course it is true, you can discuss it."

When the matter came to this point, Wei Yan knew that they were tempted, as long as they were tempted, he believed that as long as they had this money, the people of Nanzhou would be able to suffer less.

Wei Yan waited for their answers, and time passed like this bit by bit. After an unknown amount of time, he heard the answer he wanted.

"Master Wei, if you can really do what you said, then we are willing to donate some silver to build the dam.

"Naturally, when the time comes, you can let your people supervise every payment. Wei Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he finally got what he wanted.