Someone even spat and asked:
"Minister Qin, you are an official appointed by the court. Why are you hiding behind a servant?"
Minister Qin didn't care about other people's contemptuous looks at all and said:
“I’m standing here, so it doesn’t affect anything.
Tell me, what are you guys trying to do by gathering at the gate of Qin's mansion today?"
Everyone looked at Minister Qin pretending to be stupid and said:
"Minister Qin, stop pretending. You know exactly why we are here!"
"That's right, stop pretending, why don't you give us compensation?
Our relatives are still in the frontier, and we have their military service certificates in our hands. Why don't you give us compensation?"
"Minister Qin, are you not giving us compensation because you think we are not citizens of Suyu City?"
"You are just bullying us because we are not the people of Suyu City!"
"You must give us an explanation today, otherwise this matter will not end today!"
"Give us an explanation!"
"Give us an explanation!"
…
Minister Qin signaled for everyone to be quiet. After the crowd quieted down, he sighed and said:
“It’s not what everyone thinks. I don’t look down on you, nor do I bully the people outside of Su Yu City.
There are simply too many people receiving compensation payments in the past few days.
The Qin Mansion has limited silver, and all the silver has been distributed. There is no more silver to distribute to everyone."
People don't buy it at all:
"Your Qin family is so wealthy, how come you don't have money?"
"That's right. Even a little bit of money that leaks out from between the fingers of you rich people is enough for us common people to live for several generations."
"Our head of the family has gone to join the army, and I am left to take care of three children by myself, with a mother-in-law who is often ill and bedridden. Life is really difficult. Lord Qin, please have pity on us orphans and widows!"
Give us some compensation money!"
…
Minister Qin said with an embarrassed look:
"I know everyone's difficulties, but we in the Qin Mansion really have no money. Please forgive me!"
"You want us to forgive you? Then who will forgive us? We can't survive any longer!"
"Minister Qin, are you determined not to compensate us?"
"It's not that I don't want to give it to you, I just really don't have any money."
"Who would believe you if you said this?"
"There is nothing you can do if you don't believe it, this is the truth!"
“It seems that I can’t communicate with Minister Qin today.
In that case, don’t blame us.”
After hearing this, Minister Qin had a bad feeling. Sure enough, the next moment, he heard someone say to the people:
"It looks like today, Minister Qin will not be able to compensate us with silver.
Even if they have no money in their house, they must have some items. We can take those items and pawn them at the pawnshop to get money.
What do you think? "
"good."
"agree."
…
Minister Qin roared:
"I don't agree."
"Feeling bad? It's too late to feel bad!
We have been standing outside the gate of your Minister's Mansion for a whole day, and you have been dragging your feet and not giving us an explanation. In this case, we have no choice but to do it ourselves.
Sir Qin, rest assured, we will pawn the items, and we will only take the part that belongs to us. We will return the rest.
We are not that greedy!"
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