Chapter 1691: He was so distressed that he trembled
I'm afraid that the Prime Minister Guanzhou doesn't have the nerve to do that in front of Lord Shao!
Who are you trying to fool here?
These guys are usually cunning and sly. Guanzhou Cheng knows in his heart that it is impossible for him to get away with it without paying a single ounce of blood after the matter has become like this.
After a contest, Guanzhou Cheng agreed to give the six people silver, ten taels per person, but they had to help him stop the others, no matter what means they used, to prevent them from coming to him again.
The six people thought that ten taels of silver per person was too little and refused to do it.
The two sides bargained and finally decided on twenty taels per person.
Guanzhou Cheng originally wanted to give half and give the other half after the matter was completely over.
But the six refused.
The governor of Guanzhou, who was wearing shoes, could not persuade the one who was barefoot, so he had to grit his teeth and give the silver.
A total of one hundred and twenty taels!
He was so heartbroken that he was trembling!
You know, his monthly salary was only thirty taels of silver.
He also has three shops in the city, one big and two small, and his total monthly revenue is about twenty taels.
This is his normal monthly income.
There would be some benefits from time to time every year, and he could also cut some from the public account, but no matter what, one hundred and twenty taels was definitely a huge sum for him.
When Mrs. Guan found out, she was heartbroken.
A few days ago, she took a fancy to two pieces of new brocade from Jiangnan. Each piece cost thirty-six taels of silver. She hesitated for a while, but in the end she was reluctant to buy it.
But who would have thought that one hundred and twenty taels of silver would be wasted in the blink of an eye!
It would be better to buy her brocade.
"How dare these bastards open their mouths!"
Madam Guan scolded the former yamen runners, and also scolded Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan. It was obvious that she was blaming Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan for this.
Those six people couldn't stop the others at all.
Instead, someone let it slip that each of them had received twenty taels of silver as compensation from the governor of Guanzhou.
Twenty taels! The crowd was shocked.
Those who didn’t get it were so envious, jealous and resentful, and the one they hated was of course Guanzhou Cheng.
They are treated differently, one way in front of you and another behind your back!
Who would believe his lies now? He rushed to the backyard of the state government office and asked Guan Zhoucheng for compensation. He would not accept any less than 20 taels!
When Guanzhou Cheng heard the butler report that these people came again so soon, he felt something was wrong.
However, he couldn't even turn people away and ignore them.
He didn't let anyone in, and those people gathered outside the gate and refused to leave. Lord Shao could naturally ask about it. If those people said anything, he would have no way to cover himself up!
Now he can still pretend to be blind with his eyes open. As long as he is thick-skinned and doesn't feel embarrassed, then he won't be embarrassed.
But if even the fig leaf was torn off, he would really be too ashamed to appear in front of Lord Shao in the future!
Guanzhou Cheng cursed those bastards who took the money but did not do their job, and had to hold his nose and ask the butler to call everyone in.
He sighed. Actually, it was also his own fault. Those bastards were nothing to begin with. He was really stupid to believe them...
With the temptation of twenty taels of silver, these people did not show any courtesy to Guanzhou Cheng this time.
The situation was so fierce and powerful that it almost drowned and engulfed Guanzhou Cheng.
No matter what Guanzhou Cheng said this time, no one believed him and no one even wanted to listen to him finish.
Everyone was arguing and shouting, but they just had one thing to say: We want money, twenty taels of silver! Not a tael less!
(End of this chapter)
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