Fang Zhengyi slowly stretched out a hand, and everyone stared at him nervously.
"One hundred taels."
“........”
Only one hundred taels! Not bad, not bad.
Everyone felt relieved. They had already spent five thousand taels, so this little money was really nothing!
But you, Fang Zheng, are quite stingy. You probably spend more than this much on a meal!
Sun Jiacheng was the first to stand up and shout, "I'll donate five hundred taels!"
"Then I'll donate five hundred too!" Wang Qixun looked at Sun Jiacheng with a conflicted look.
You're faster than me again? You shameless old man!
"I'll donate three hundred taels!"
"One hundred taels!"
“........”
Fang Zhengyi finally let go of his worries. Things were going smoothly and everything was going according to plan.
Five thousand taels have been spent, so spending a few hundred taels won’t seem like much.
Of course, the heads of the Sun and Wang families made great contributions here.
It seems that releasing them was indeed a wise decision.
The local disaster was beyond his reach, and all he could do was raise money.
The more money we can get, the better. With miscellaneous additions, we can make up 140,000 taels.
Although it’s a lot of money, it’s still not enough. I have to keep working hard.
After everyone had reported their numbers, Fang Zheng bowed and said, "Then I would like to thank the people of Jianjiang for their kindness!"
Then he looked at Xie Xian and said, "Please send the money to Shopkeeper Xie first. I will send someone to pick it up!"
He is indeed a corrupt official! He is not much better than Liu Xun in collecting money in the name of disaster relief, and his appetite seems to be much bigger than his.
Isn't this collusion between officials and businessmen?
Everyone looked down upon Fang Zhengyi in their hearts.
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