"Mr. Fan Yang, please donate 30,000 yuan!"
At the same time as the two teenagers walked in, a servant quickly walked up to Lin Wenyuan and handed a piece of paper to Lin Wenyuan. Lin Wenyuan took it and looked at it, and then his expression changed. After a moment, he made up his mind. Mind, put the loudspeaker to his mouth and shouted loudly.
"Wow~!"
"Fan Yang Lu's family? Why are they here to join in the fun?"
"Yes! As one of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, how could the Lu family come all the way to participate in a fund-raising meeting and send money to the court? How is this possible?"
"Haha! Instead of having five surnames and seven looks, now we have three surnames and four looks!"
"So what? The current Lu family is beyond the reach of ordinary people like us!"
"It seems that the Lu family is planning to turn to the imperial court!"
"Huh? Isn't this Lu Chengqing, the young master of the Lu family? Why is he here in person?"
"Lu Chengqing? Tsk tsk, since this boy is Lu Chengqing, who is the other boy beside him?"
The crowd inside and outside the inn was in an uproar again. Everyone was deeply surprised by the arrival of Fan Yang's Lu family. Of course, some of them recognized the identity of the young man. This young man was Fan Yang who had just arrived at Lantian County from Qizhou. Lu Chengqing, the eldest son of the Lu family, and the person next to Lu Chengqing is Li Jingxuan, the eldest son of the Li family in Zhao County!
The two of them rushed all the way from Qizhou and finally caught up with today's fund-raising meeting. The Lu family and the Zhaojun Li family both have many properties in Chang'an. It is not difficult for them to get a few store deeds. With the store deeds, they quickly completed the registration for the fund-raising meeting, but after registration When registering, Lu Chengqing insisted on donating money in the name of Fan Yang’s Lu family, not in one of the Lu family’s stores!
The "staff" at the entrance of the inn were responsible for registering the list of participants. First, because of the huge power of the Lu family that had been declining for thousands of years. Second, Lu Chengqing showed several store deeds when registering. If it were a certain store of the Lu family, Lu Chengqing was asked to participate in the fund-raising meeting in the name of Fan Yang, and the "staff" didn't know how to choose for a while. It happened that the fund-raising meeting was coming to an end at this time, and he didn't want to waste time. Therefore, Lu Chengqing was able to officially use the name of Fan Yang and the Lu family. Attend a fundraiser!
The reason why he insists on doing this is very simple, because he attended the fund-raising meeting today to show Li Er and Li Zexuan. If that is the case, then why does he still use his shop as a store like Qin Qiong, Xiao Yu and others? Participate in a fund-raising meeting in the name of? He doesn't want to and can't "keep his name anonymous" because there are many stores under the Lu family's name. If he attends a fund-raising meeting in the name of a certain store, there is no guarantee that everyone will recognize it!
He wanted everyone present today to know that the Fan Yang Lu family participated in the fund-raising meeting and donated 30,000 yuan!
Since you have done "good things", you must leave your name and let everyone know!
To a certain extent, Lu Chengqing's philosophy of doing good is somewhat similar to Li Zexuan's, except that Lu Chengqing does it more for his family, while Li Zexuan does it to create a virtuous circle in society, so he will fight for more for do-gooders. Many benefits, such as the previous treatment of those who donated to the Nuantang Foundation!
It is said that before leaving Qizhou, Lu Chengqing and Li Jingxuan both sent the news of their intention to participate in the fund-raising meeting back to their ancestral home. After arriving in Chang'an, they received a reply from their respective family's news channels. It was because they had the support of some of the elders in the clan that they were now participating in the fund-raising meeting in such a grand and flamboyant manner under their family names!
Amidst the exclamations and comments from everyone, Lu Chengqing personally held the donation card and headed towards the donation box!
When registering, the person in charge of registration outside the inn had already explained the general process of the fund-raising meeting to them!
"The Li family of Zhao County, donate 30,000 yuan!"
After seeing Lu Chengqing throw the donation cards into the donation box and follow the "staff" at the venue to the second floor, Lin Wenyuan took a deep breath and shouted.
"Zhaojun Li family! This person is actually a member of Zhaojun Li family!"
"Hey! What's so strange about this? Since the young man before was the eldest son of the Fan Yang Lu family, it means that this young man's status is not low. If you think about it, it is not surprising at all that this son is from the Li family of Zhao County! Maybe he is the eldest son of the Li family in Zhao County!"
"Tsk tsk! The Wang family of Taiyuan, the Lu family of Fanyang, and the Li family of Zhaojun are all here. The third of the only four thousand-year-old clans left in the world today has arrived!"
"Not three families, but four families are here! Don't forget, the one from the palace also sent people to participate today!"
"Hi~! It's true! How could I forget this?"
Following a burst of whispers, everyone soon realized an astonishing fact, that is, it seems that the four major families are now attending the fund-raising meeting!
Before this, no one would have thought that a fund-raising meeting originally aimed at businessmen could actually attract the royal family, the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Li family of Zhaojun, and the Lu family of Fanyang, the only remaining four of the five surnames. Join us! Seeing such a battle is enough for those present today to brag about when they go home!
"Okay! Today's fund-raising meeting is over. In order to thank all business friends for their support, Lin will host a banquet in this Longmen Inn today. Friends who are not in a hurry to go home are welcome to stay for the banquet. I wish you tonight Friends who stay at the Longmen Inn will not receive a penny from the room fee, just treat it as a little kindness from Mr. Lin!"
Under everyone's gaze and discussion, Li Jingxuan took the donation card and walked towards the donation box. After he got to the second floor, Lin Wenyuan couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead and said loudly.
It is said that before the fund-raising meeting started, Lin Wenyuan did not expect such a big battle. However, he had been involved in the business world for decades and had seen some big scenes, so he did not panic.
"Okay! Boss Lin is generous. I have decided to drink this wine tonight!"
"Haha! Mr. Lu has never stayed at the Longmen Inn, Boss Lin, but I would like to experience it tonight!"
"Boss Lin is awesome!"
When everyone heard this, they said, good guys, not only will there be delicious food and drinks after the conference, but there will also be super luxurious rooms for rest. Where can I find such good things? So everyone couldn't help but cheered.
At this point, the much-anticipated fundraising meeting has finally come to an end.
"Haha! Mr. Lu and Mr. Li, are you staying for the banquet tonight?"
After the conference ended, everyone dispersed. Those who were in a hurry to go home hurriedly went home, while those who were not in a hurry to go home wandered around the inn. After all, it was not dark yet and it was not until the dinner. It will definitely take a while. Lin Wenyuan was about to go find Xiao Yu, but Lu Chengqing and Li Jingxuan happened to go down to the second floor and passed by him at this time, so Lin Wenyuan had to step forward and say hello to these two people.
There was no way around it. As the saying goes, the Lu family and the Li family were top aristocratic families, and the identities of Lu Chengqing and Li Jingxuan were both there, so he couldn't neglect them.
Lu Chengqing smiled slightly, looked at Lin Wenyuan and said very politely: "Thank you very much, Boss Lin, for your kindness. It's just that it's our first time for Jingxuan and I to come to Lantian County, and we want to take this opportunity to go shopping, so for this dinner, Jingxuan and I I’m afraid I won’t bear it! I hope Boss Lin doesn’t blame me!”
Just now, Lin Wenyuan used a loudspeaker to speak to everyone, so even if Lu Chengqing and Li Jingxuan were on the second floor, they could hear that Lin Wenyuan was hosting a banquet in the inn tonight.
In addition, Lu Chengqing did not mean to prevaricate when he said this, but he really wanted to go around and see the dramatically changed Lantian County, which is also Li Zexuan's fiefdom!
Lin Wenyuan hurriedly waved his hands and said: "How dare you! In that case, the two young masters can do what they want! If there is any use for Lin later, just ask!"
"Thank you!"
The two of them cupped their hands, then said goodbye and left!
Lin Wenyuan was free at this time and went to look for Xiao Yu. The latter had already stood up and was walking towards Lin Wenyuan with a group of minor officials.
"Boss Lin, could you please take them to calculate the donation? All must be settled within half an hour. Before dark, I will lead someone to escort the money back to the capital!"
Without waiting for Lin Wenyuan to speak, Xiao Yu took the initiative to give instructions.
Lin Wenyuan looked solemn and said hurriedly: "Lin obeys the order!"
He knew in his heart that this was a serious matter, so he did not hesitate and said to the few officials around Xiao Yu: "Follow me, everyone!"
Under the leadership of Lin Wenyuan, eight clerks from the Ministry of Revenue came to an open guest room on the second floor. Xiao Yu also followed, because the old man was very eager to know the result of today's battle
Although he knows that today's total donation must exceed the "small goal" of 250,000 yuan that he and Li Er set before, he is still eager to know how much more than the goal is!
"Boss Lin!"
As soon as Lin Wenyuan entered the door, several gentlemen-looking people in the room stood up and bowed their hands.
These people are all accountants that Lin Wenyuan temporarily borrowed from the Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Lin Wenyuan nodded slightly and said to everyone: "Gentlemen, these Shangguan are from the Ministry of Accounts and are now fully taking over the accounts and money here. You are standing by. Please do your best to help!”
"yes!"
No one had any objection.
The two groups quickly got busy together, keeping accounts, counting money, and closing accounts. It was a pity that the people who came to the fund-raising meeting today donated Tang Yuan. If they donated copper coins, , people like them are very busy. Among other things, there is no place to put so many copper coins, and it is extremely inconvenient to count and transport them!
About two-quarters of an hour later.
Everyone finally stopped busy. Xiao Yu was moved and quickly stepped forward and asked: "How is it? Have the accounts been completely settled?"
"Yes!"
The eight clerks from the household department nodded at the same time.
"How...how much? How many donations did you receive in total?"
Xiao Yu asked hurriedly upon hearing this, his voice actually trembled a bit.
Lin Wenyuan on the side couldn't help but become nervous, because he was the host of this fund-raising meeting, and Li Zexuan was the initiator of this fund-raising meeting, and the most direct indicator of the success of the fund-raising meeting was the amount of donations received. !
At this time, the little official who had been following Xiao Yu looked down at the account book in his hand, then raised his head and said: "Back to Xiao Shangshu, after calculation, the total number of donors for this fund-raising meeting was 713. A total of 428,500 yuan of donations were received! The sum of the numbers on the donation cards was exactly the same as the number of Tang Yuan we counted!"
After that, the clerk pointed to the piles of Tang Yuan that had been sorted into a hundred pieces on the table behind him. Each of them had a face value of one hundred Tang Yuan. There were nearly forty-three piles in total. So many hundred Tang Yuan. The "big banknotes" of face value put together were very intimidating. Even though Xiao Yu was in charge of Datang's money bag, he was stunned when he suddenly saw this pile of money. After being stunned, he Somewhat exclaimed in disbelief:
"Four hundred and twenty-eight thousand five hundred yuan? This fund-raising meeting actually raised so much money?"
You must know that before coming to participate in the fund-raising meeting, Xiao Yu once thought that the fund-raising meeting would not even raise 250,000 yuan in donations, but now it has actually raised nearly 430,000 yuan in donations. How could this not shock him?
"Master, master, it's not good! It's not good!"
At this moment, there was a rushing sound outside the door. Lin Wenyuan frowned and said displeasedly: "Why are you so panicked?"
Because he could tell that it was the voice of the boy in his inn.
The boy outside the door said anxiously: "Master, the people outside are making a fuss. They say they also want to come in and donate money!"
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