The Grand Void – Becoming a Dragon

The scene was quite quiet.

After Chen Wang gave a long speech, Fang revealed his true intentions!

The so-called fundraising, in fact, is to take a sum of money out of everyone's pockets!

Even Zhuang Ming didn't care to pay attention to that slightly weird scholar. He looked at Chen Wang in front of him, his eyes were a little fixed, and he vaguely sensed the meaning of looking out of sight in his heart.

The prince is willing to condescend so much for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. How can we remain indifferent?

At that moment, another person responded at the right time: I am willing to give relief to the victims of the disaster with ten thousand taels of silver.

There is one person who takes the lead, and no matter what the other people think, in this scene, they have to show nothing.

No one wants to offend King Chen, who is the most powerful in the sixteen mansions of Huai'an.

No one wants to bear the reputation of being rich and unkind.

My family is not rich, but I would like to donate 6,000 taels to help the victims of the disaster in Huaibei.

Natural disasters have come to the world, and the people have no means of living. I, Yuan Ji Trading Company, will take 8,000 taels to do my best.

I can get three thousand taels from this old man.

Gradually, someone spoke up one after another, echoing what Chen Wang said.

The highest person is willing to give ten thousand taels of silver, but the timing of this person's voice has always been at an extremely critical moment, and he speaks at the right time to take over the subsequent progress for King Chen.

This made Zhuang Ming unavoidably suspicious that this person might have secretly attached himself to King Chen.

Besides this person, people like Fengcheng also made a lot of money, even the lowest one was two thousand silver.

Two thousand silver is an unimaginably huge sum for ordinary people.

King Chen's banquets this time are all famous people in Fengcheng, with good family background and strong financial resources. At least the amount reported at this time is not bad.

Everyone has great kindness in their hearts, and the people will definitely appreciate your kindness.

King Chen saluted again and said, This king is here, thank you for your generosity...

After finishing speaking, he got up slowly, but his eyes fell on Zhuang Ming, and said calmly: Among the present, in terms of business, the largest is the Zhuang's firm, and in terms of background and financial resources, no one can match it. , why did Brother Zhuang Ming make no expression at all?

Following these words, everyone's eyes turned to Zhuang Ming.

Faced with countless complicated gazes, ordinary people may inevitably panic.

Zhuang Ming only laughed, and said: Your Majesty, my Zhuang's firm has already started preparations today, and we will have about fifty thousand taels of silver tomorrow, let's just let Zhuang do his best.

Fifty thousand taels of silver!

Looking at Fengcheng, at this moment, the amount of silver raised from each family is comparable to that of Zhuang's Commercial Bank!

Zhuang Ming's handwriting is not insignificant.

Among the people present, there was also some emotion hidden in it.

However, King Chen laughed and said, Zhuang's business houses spread all over the sixteen prefectures and eighty-seven cities of Huai'an, and a single Fengcheng donated 50,000 taels? The Zhuang's business is so generous that it wants to take millions of taels of silver to help the victims. What? I think that with such a huge amount of money, Zhuang's firm may not be able to raise all the money at the moment, and the disaster relief for the victims in the Northern Territory cannot be entirely relied on by your Zhuang's firm. According to this king, Brother Zhuang Ming should not be tempted for a while. , put all your family and money... Not only you, but also us, and the court are involved in disaster relief. You only need to do your best, and you have a heart. Brother Zhuang Ming also needs to think about his own business. .”

After a pause, King Chen showed concern, and said, In my opinion, how about donating 50,000 taels in the name of the four prefectures, so sixteen prefectures, a total of 200,000 taels?

Zhuang Ming's face was expressionless, and the palm of his sleeve was suddenly clenched, resisting the idea of ​​overturning the table in front of him.

Wang Tangtang with a different surname, in the presence of a large audience, twisted his meaning so much, it was beyond his expectation.

But he didn't respond immediately, and his thoughts changed sharply.

Is Chen Wang forcing himself to turn his face?

Still feel that the Zhennan army has been mobilized, everything has been arranged, and the place that needs to be protected has been guarded, so he is no longer afraid of him, a local snake?

He even wanted to force himself to send people to ambush him. At that time, he would be captured by the Zhennan Army, and all the witnesses and evidences would be in his hands?

Logically speaking, Chen Wang didn't confirm that he had tidied up his tail, so it wasn't time to make a move on him.

Or in other words, Chen Wang, who was so angry and resentful, expected that the 200,000 taels would not be enough to touch his bottom line, and would not force him to turn his face completely over it? That's why he took revenge on this matter to vent his hatred?

In addition, he mentioned to Shuang Ling before that the donation for disaster relief should be moderate and not excessive, otherwise it would cause unnecessary disasters.

And the source of the disaster may even come from the emperor of the Dongsheng Dynasty.

Could it be that Chen Wang wanted to kill him with this?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be so difficult.

But that's exactly what Chen Wang did.

Mr. Thirteen, according to the current disaster situation in the Northern Territory, it is not necessary for your family to spend millions of taels. The previous person said at the right time: Although you have a big family and a great career, and you are kind, but after all, the big Zhuang's business still needs to be taken care of, millions of taels of silver, it is too huge... The prince is thinking of you, saving a lot, why don't you agree to the prince?

Yes, Mister Thirteen, although you have a kind heart, don't be reckless. You still have to listen to the prince's persuasion, and you must do what you can to help the victims. Another person responded.

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The scholar in the corner showed surprise and murmured.

This prince is really ruthless enough to make a move, and he even found two supporters, is he going to drive the duck to the shelves?

50,000 taels of silver is considered generous, but it was adjusted to several million taels by Chen Wang, and then dropped to 200,000 taels, which shows that Chen Wang is concerned about the sake of Zhuang's business.

Mr. Thirteen, if he emphasizes 50,000 taels, the gap will be too big, and he will appear petty. Moreover, in this way, it seems that he deliberately slapped Chen Wang in the face in public. How dare a mere private business offend you like this?

The most important thing is that the imperial government's relief money seems to be only 200,000 taels, and he took another 200,000 taels. Doesn't he think that he is rich enough to rival the country? In this way, where will the imperial court's face be placed?

From the supreme emperor, to the powerful ministers of the court, to the common people of the Li people, they will inevitably treat him as a piece of fat, and when they are short of money, they will come and cut him with a knife.

This King Chen is really shameless, and he is quite ruthless.

Compared to me, it's not inferior.

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Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhuang Ming looked calm and did not express anything.

But at this moment, he seemed to have figured out something.

Chen Wang may not have thought too much.

It's just that I want to embarrass him and show an attitude in the public.

Some people are honest and honest, and they only think that Zhuang Ming is really generous, and that King Chen really cares about him.

But most of the people present were not kind, their thoughts were equally deep, and they were all spirit-like existences.

Many people have seen it clearly.

Chen Wang's move was to embarrass Zhuang Ming.

It was thought that the government had unsealed the Zhuang's firm, and the relationship between King Chen and Zhuang Ming had already turned hostility into friendship.

But at the moment, it seems that although King Chen has unsealed the Zhuang's firm, there is still no harmony between him and Zhuang Ming.

Is this in trouble?

Those who chose to wait and see, or even cut off their cooperation with Zhuang's firm when the Zhuang's firm was closed down, were planning to resume cooperation with Zhuang's firm when the wind changed after the unblocking of the Zhuang's firm.

But seeing this situation now, it is inevitable that he hesitates.

After all, although Zhuang's firm is powerful, compared to the government, it is still fat on the cutting board.

As far as royal power is concerned, private merchants are nothing but ants.

Zhuang's firm is, at best, a bigger ants.

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It's revenge, and it's also a show of attitude. It shows that he, King Chen, and I, Zhuang Ming, still have disagreements.

Those who originally intended to resume cooperation will definitely choose to wait and see again.

It is true that Zhuang's firm has been unsealed, but most of his business contacts and contacts will be cut off by his words today.

It is rumored that people who practice and have great magic power follow their words. This King Chen is in charge of the power of the world, and it really has the meaning of 'words are like a blade'.

Zhuang Ming sighed softly in his heart, slowly raised his head, and faced Chen Wang.

In Chen Wang's eyes, there was a look of ridicule.

All eyes were on Zhuang Ming.

Zhuang Ming paused, then smiled lightly and said, Just as the prince said.

The power of the king is strong, break the law with force!

The identity between the prince and the businessman is like the difference between immortals, clouds and mud.

Even though he was conceited and thoughtful, he never expected that with King Chen's status, he would be so shameless and persecuted like this in public.

Zhuang Ming didn't want to fight here.

He conceded defeat.

Because, there is no need to fight at this time.

According to his plan, there is still one step missing.

Soon……

Before raising 200,000 taels, King Chen couldn't secure his position in Huai'an.