The emotions that were originally rising suddenly stopped.
How could they forget?
How could they forget how those powerful and wealthy families oppressed and humiliated them?
How could I possibly forget?
Seeing that everyone's emotions had calmed down a little, Jiang Xiang continued.
"Our current situation is completely different from what it was before."
"What's all this about?"
"It's because of your majesty."
"It was His Majesty who gave us our identity and the opportunity to turn things around."
"It is His Majesty who has given us protection, so that we will no longer be arbitrarily oppressed, insulted, or have our money stolen."
"What we have now is already more than enough. We can't be too greedy."
"After the Great Wall is built, we can erect a monument and engrave our names on it. Isn't that what we were striving for in the first place?"
"The imperial merchant and the plaque are all extra."
"It was a sudden reward from His Majesty."
"Think about those aristocratic and powerful people. Besides having their names engraved on monuments, what else did they gain?"
Jiang Xiang's words made all the merchants sober up a lot.
yes.
When they first entered the palace and donated money and food, wasn't it just to have their names engraved on a monument?
Now, as long as the Great Wall is built, we can immediately erect a monument and engrave our names on it.
Being an imperial merchant and having a plaque were indeed things they had never dared to imagine before.
Compared with those wealthy and powerful families, the merchants have already gained enough.
Those powerful families not only did not receive any rewards.
Instead, they gave up a lot of money, grain and shops.
Compared with them, they should be content.
People should not be too greedy.
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