Chapter 555 Today’s little prince is a bit shameless (1 update)

The little prince is dressed in ordinary clothes, standing in the crowd, just like a young master raised in a rich family, reserved and coquettish.

However, the people who work on the river bank like him very much.

Their lives were saved by the prince.

Not only can they have enough food, but they are also given clothes and work to do, which is said to be building dams, but this is completely different from the corvée they have served before.

Not only do they have fixed rest time, but the work on the dam is not as tiring as they imagined, and they can totally bear it.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince allows them to earn money to survive the winter, and also has people build houses for them. How can the people not like such a prince?

Lu Zexu would come over for inspection whenever he had time. Building the riverbank was extremely important. The blueprint was finalized by him, his fourth brother, and several old gentlemen who were very knowledgeable about water control. There couldn't be any mistakes.

Who knew it would be such a coincidence today to find these four people here.

In comparison, the four heads of the family were even more shocked. They wanted to see the excitement, but they didn't want to see their own excitement! The

four of them knelt down and saluted. God knows how painful it is to walk on this gravel-covered path!

"The four family heads are hiding here so secretly, are they planning to do something improper to the Crown Prince?"

It was the Tongzhi who spoke. Since the flood, the Tongzhi had witnessed with his own eyes the soaring prices of food in Gusu City, and he had also seen countless people starving to death. The Tongzhi had no good face towards these powerful families.

The head of the Yang family moved his knees which were painful from being pricked by stones and explained, "Mr. Tongzhi has misunderstood. I just heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in charge of building a river embankment, so I came with a friend to take a look. After all, I am from Gusu City, and this river embankment is also for the protection of Gusu City."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is dedicated to the people, and the disaster relief effect is excellent. I heard that His Royal Highness was rebuilding the embankment, so I was a little curious and wanted to see it with my own eyes."

The head of the Chen family was the second to speak. He couldn't let them accuse them of intending to harm His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which would result in the extermination of all nine generations of the clan!

Lu Zexu looked at the two of them with a smile on his lips, "The four of you are all heads of aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years. You should not be the kind of people who are disloyal, unfilial, unjust, and rebellious!"

The four of them were still kneeling on the ground. He walked forward slowly, and the guards behind him followed subconsciously. In his eyes, these four people were very dangerous.

Instead, Lu Zexu smiled, "Huahua, don't be nervous. The four family heads are well-known figures in Gusu City. They came here in person today. They must think that they are also part of Gusu City and should contribute their own efforts to Gusu City. They want to donate some money to make the river embankment more solid, not to assassinate me."

Lu Zexu smiled more gently and looked down at the four people, "Am I right?"

The four family heads: "..."

They really want to curse.

Do they dare to say it's wrong? They are still kneeling here?

If they really dare to say it's wrong, wouldn't it be equivalent to admitting in disguise that the four of them came here to do something to the prince?

Isn't this confessing without fighting?

Even if they had opinions about the prince and wanted to change someone else, who would dare to do anything to His Royal Highness?

To murder the prince would mean the extermination of all nine clans!

The head of the Yang family was the fastest to react and was ruthless. "Your Highness is right. I am willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver to help build the river embankment."

The remaining three followed suit and donated 10,000 taels of silver each. Although they felt bad and didn't want to, facing the smiling face of His Royal Highness, the four of them felt that if they didn't pay the money, they might not be able to leave the river embankment today.

Although the Crown Prince was smiling and looked friendly, they were still afraid. Just a glance from him made them panic.

"Huahua, did you hear me? I told you that the four family heads are all people who understand the greater good. They definitely want Gusu to be better and better." The

little Crown Prince smiled even more kindly. "Lin Tongzhi, I'll leave this matter to you. Take some people with the four family heads to get the silver immediately. Bring more people. After all, 50,000 taels per person is not a small amount."

"50,000 taels?" The head of the Tang family suddenly raised his voice, and his expression changed.

Although the other three were also shocked, they were calm and would not question them on the spot without any sense of proportion.

Lu Zexu also looked puzzled, even more puzzled than Patriarch Tang. "Isn't it 50,000 taels? Isn't that what Patriarch Yang said just now?" At

this moment, Patriarch Tang was doubting his life. He turned his head and looked at Patriarch Yang subconsciously. Did he hear it wrong?

Brother Yang just said 50,000 taels, not 10,000 taels?

Patriarch Yang was already cursing in his heart, but at this moment, meeting Lu Zexu's gaze, did he still have any choice?

"It is indeed 50,000 taels. There is a lot of water in Gusu. Once this dam is built, the people of Gusu will benefit. I am ashamed that I can only do my best."

Regardless of his true thoughts, the head of the Yang family was as generous as ever.

The little prince was not used to his bad habits and would not let him take advantage of him.

He smiled even more, "I can't stand seeing others ashamed. If the head of the Yang family was ashamed for donating 50,000 taels of silver, then he would not be ashamed for donating 100,000 taels."

The head of the Yang family: "..."

No matter how good his Qi-cultivation skills were, he couldn't hold it anymore.

He really didn't expect that the dignified prince would be so shameless!

What's the difference between this and robbery?

The head of the Yang family swallowed his saliva and still wanted to fight. After all, it was 100,000 taels!

He tried his best to pull the corners of his mouth, and his smile was too stiff to look at. "Your Highness is joking."

Who knew that at this time Lu Zexu restrained his smile and suddenly became serious, "I never joke."

The oppressive feeling that came over his face made the head of the Yang family speechless. He even felt difficulty breathing.

In this way, the head of the Yang family paid 100,000 taels of silver, and the other three heads of the family paid 50,000 taels each.

The expressions of the four people were really like their parents who had lost their parents.

Even when they walked back, they were floating. They couldn't even remember why they wanted to take a look at this embankment.

Just like that, they came here and did nothing, but were forced to donate 50,000 taels. The three of them were very distressed. As for the head of the Yang family who brought them here, he donated 100,000 taels directly, which was twice as much as theirs. He suffered the biggest loss.

At this time, the other three people couldn't bear to blame him.

To be precise, this matter really can't be blamed on the head of the Yang family. After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so shameless, so shameless, and so disregarding of his reputation. Who could have thought of this? This