Chapter 629: Mr. Zhao smiled bitterly, feeling even more bitter
"It's only one thousand, and another thousand. This is too much--Alas!"
"I don't have that much cash anymore, what should I do?"
"Our money didn't come from the wind. This is too much, County Magistrate!"
"Well, what should I do?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the sighs and complaints came to an abrupt end.
Everyone looked at Master Zhao and asked him.
After all, he was one of the richest families, and the Zhao family had a closer relationship with the county magistrate's family.
Mr. Zhao smiled bitterly, feeling even more bitter in his heart.
Before, everyone else's family took one thousand taels, but his family took fifteen hundred taels.
It’s even better now. Others took one thousand taels, but the lawyer wanted him to take two thousand taels.
He was almost so angry that he vomited blood!
"What can we do? He is the official in charge. Besides, he just said he was borrowing it."
Someone sneered: "Let's just listen to this talk, everyone knows that it's impossible to return the money."
"Yes, but who dares to say that?"
Everyone was speechless.
Mr. Zhao sighed, "Let's go back and collect the money and send it to the Lord. As the saying goes, the people should not fight with the officials. If you take a step back, the world will be more open. I see that Lord Qiao has never done this in recent years. I guess he really has some urgent difficulties."
That's true.
Everyone nodded, sighed, and looked dejected.
No matter what, no one dares not to give this silver.
Lord Qiao was not a tyrannical and greedy local official, but he was definitely not a good man. Now that he had asked, who would dare not give?
Mr. Zhao quickly collected two thousand silver coins and sent them over.
Other families followed suit, and some even sent people to the provincial capital to sell a few valuable items, and finally they managed to collect a thousand silver coins.
It was the first time for several families to be asked for money. Seeing that everyone else had given, they did not dare to refuse. They held their noses and held their anger and gave the silver.
Lord Qiao immediately took inventory and quickly sent his trusted aides to Beijing to seek employment.
I felt relieved and happy.
"Madam's idea is the best! The problem is solved just like that!"
Mrs. Qiao also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It is my duty to help the master."
Mr. Qiao said affectionately: "With a virtuous wife like you, there is no need to worry about the prosperity of our family business! In the future, I will definitely earn an imperial decree for you!"
Mrs. Qiao liked what she heard, and immediately smiled: "Then I would like to thank you first, Master!"
"Hahaha, this is what the lady deserves!"
Mr. Zhao was afraid that Lord Qiao would borrow again, so as soon as he gave the money, he went out to visit friends. He would not come back for several months or half a year.
As long as he is not around, his son at home cannot make decisions, so he can always find excuses.
The Zhao family has benefited a lot from Lord Qiao in the past few years, but he only took 3,500 silver coins from me, not counting the gifts for festivals and birthdays. In the end, I am at a big loss!
Mr. Zhao didn't know what he felt.
When the others saw that Mr. Zhao had slipped away, those who understood the situation immediately made way and ran away.
The Zhao family, several masters knew that Lord Qiao had asked them for money, and the whole family felt uncomfortable.
They have always felt that Lord Qiao treats them differently and is especially friendly to them, and they are often proud of this in daily social events.
Now it’s good, what a slap in the face.
The money Lord Qiao asked for from their family was much more than that he asked from other families!
Zhao Ming was particularly angry.
She was so kind to Qiao Wei and even helped Qiao Wei to secretly find out about Qiao Xuan, but now, she didn't want to tell Qiao Wei.
(End of this chapter)
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