When I patrolled the Salt Procuratorate, the flower hall seemed to be very quiet.

Lin Haoran ignored everyone's surprised expressions and continued to talk eloquently: "After discussions with Mazhi County, I decided to raise funds to clear the silt of the Baoan Lake and build roads and bridges around it to create a new scenic spot in Yangzhou. Therefore, this time

I would like to ask you all to donate generously to help me!”

Regional development cannot be separated from the driving force of industry. Yangzhou has such rich tourism resources and cultural landscapes. It would be a pity if they are not developed and utilized.

Yesterday, he visited Slender West Lake and saw the silt accumulation in the middle of the lake and the lack of sufficient development in the surrounding area, which gave him the idea of ​​developing Slender West Lake.

Once the tourism resources of Slender West Lake are developed, and Slender West Lake is close to Daming Temple, it will definitely attract more literati and poets to visit Slender West Lake, thereby solving the livelihood problem of villages around Slender West Lake.

Because of this, he wanted to imitate the business model of later generations in creating city tourism business cards, and wanted to develop Slender West Lake by raising funds, thereby boosting the economy of the Yangzhou region.

“Raising funds to clear the silt from the Guarantee Lake and build road arch bridges?”

Naturally, Chen Boren and others could not understand Lin Haoran's economic intentions, but they all showed disappointment and communicated with each other with their eyes.

They had all guessed wrong before. This banquet had nothing to do with rectifying the salt policy. This move was because Lin Haoran wanted to ask them for money. However, they did not understand that Lin Haoran had such an important matter as rectifying the salt policy, but he still wanted to do these fancy things.

It's just a waste of everyone's energy.

Regardless of whether this thing can be done, even if the mud in Slender West Lake is really cleaned up, it will not be of much benefit to him as an imperial envoy. His future does not lie in Slender West Lake, but has always been tied to the salt administration.

When Cao Meng heard Lin Haoran's intention, he straightened his face and asked Lin Haoran directly: "May I ask, Your Excellency, the money raised will be handed over to the government?"

Huh?

Chen Boren and others were still speculating on Lin Haoran's intention, but after hearing Cao Meng's tone, they knew there was something to watch, so they turned to look at Lin Haoran and Cao Meng.

This old immortal!

Ma Zhixian frowned slightly, feeling deeply disgusted with Cao Meng.

Lin Haoran's expression did not change, he pointed at Ma Zhixian who was sitting next to him and said with a smile: "I have reached an agreement with Ma Zhixian, and these silver taels will be handed over to the Jiangdu County Government for coordination!"

Cao Meng immediately snorted heavily and said in a strange and sinister tone: "If the collected silver gets into the hands of the government, I'm afraid it will never be withdrawn again!"

"Mr. Cao, don't you believe this county?" Mazhi County could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and asked directly.

Cao Meng and even Lin Haoran dared not take it seriously, so how could he take Mazhi County seriously and reply: "That's right! I don't believe you, and I don't believe you people in the government. Haven't you done many things to enrich your own pockets in these years?"

Now that Yinliang has really entered the county government, I'm afraid most of them will be sent to Lingnan!"

Although Chen Boren and others had known Cao Meng's temper for a long time, they were still secretly dumbfounded. How dare they really say it, but they couldn't help but turn their heads to see how Lin Haoran would react like this.

"Mr. Cao, I don't know who is the right person to give the silver to?" Lin Haoran was secretly angry, but still asked patiently.

Everyone looked at Cao Meng one after another, wondering if the old man was going to take the initiative to ask for help.

Facing Lin Haoran's inquiry, Cao Meng said with a downcast face: "According to me, I don't know whose pocket this raised money ended up in. It's better not to do this!"

this……

Chen Boren and others all turned to look at Cao Meng. Lin Haoran had just publicly asked to raise funds, but the old man said not to do it, which was clearly a public challenge to Lin Haoran.

Yang Dashi looked at this wonderful scene in front of him, his eyes immediately filled with gloating, and he wanted to applaud Cao Meng.

It was impossible for Lin Haoran to cancel this fund-raising, but he no longer tolerated this ignorant old man, and responded rudely: "I and Ma Zhixian are determined to do something practical for Yangzhou, how can we stop eating because of choking?"

Naturally, this fund-raising is to prevent corruption and private use, so after raising enough money, Mazhi County will announce the first income and expenditure every day on the screen wall of the county government office!"

"Not to mention whether the accounts will be tampered with, corvee labor will not be used for each project, and it is actually a move that hurts the people!" Cao Meng openly questioned again.

Lin Haoran responded with a straight face: "I visited Baobao Lake a few days ago and saw that most of the destitute people lived by the lake. I discussed with Mazhi County that they would work hard to clear the mud and build roads, and the Jiangdu County government would help them

Give a certain amount of labor silver!"

Seeing that Cao Meng continued to find trouble, Mazhi County immediately said bluntly: "This is a matter that benefits the people of Yangzhou. It is a blessing for Yangzhou to have the imperial envoy take the lead! Now that I am willing to be the secretary of the county, please be here.

Everyone can help us!"

With that said, he stood up and took the pen and paper from the clerk behind him, and glanced at the people at the head table, already intending to personally record the amount of investment everyone wanted to make.

Cao Meng's brows immediately frowned deeply, looking very dissatisfied.

The salt merchants and squires were suddenly faced with the need to make donations, and they couldn't help but stare. They no longer knew how much amount of money they should claim. At this point, they set their sights on the chief, but they wanted to follow them.

"My Hua family donated ten thousand taels!"

It was at this moment that a voice broke the slightly awkward atmosphere.

Everyone immediately turned around and turned away, but it was Hua Zisu, the head of the Hua family, who was sitting at the second banquet. He looked graceful and raised the paper fan in his hand to pledge.

Ten thousand taels!

When the surrounding salt merchants and gentry heard this amount, they were secretly dumbfounded. This was undoubtedly praising Lin Haoran.

Yang Dashi rolled his eyes disapprovingly. The relationship between Lin Haoran and the Hua family was no longer a secret to these caring people.

This imperial envoy with a romantic nature could obviously reach Yangzhou City earlier, but he led the imperial envoy fleet to Hangzhou to pick up the eldest daughter of the Hua family before coming to Yangzhou.

The Hua family is a famous cloth merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they have such a close relationship with Lin Haoran. It is only natural that they now support Lin Haoran with 10,000 taels.

this……

The businessmen and squires at the other three tables heard that the Hua family was so generous, and they knew that even if they didn't dare to match the Hua family, they couldn't be too far off, and at least they had to pledge more than a thousand taels.

"I donate one hundred taels!"

The corners of Yang Dashi's mouth curled up slightly, but he had a brilliant idea, which was to raise his hands high to pledge.
Chapter completed!