"Quick, set up the sedan chair and go find Wei Zheng!"
"Don't just stand there. Hurry up and verify how much grain there is in the granary outside the city. After counting, report the amount to me!”
This time, it was the Zheng Family Head's turn to be anxious!
He did not dare to not be anxious. As the disaster relief minister, Wei Zheng had already been delayed in the capital for a day. The disaster relief team could set off at any time.
If he didn't hurry up, he wouldn't even have a way to remedy the situation.
Wei Zheng had been on the move for the whole day. He did not return to the residence but came out of the city.
The convoy that had gathered at the Ministry of Works was transporting the donated food. After counting, they were loaded into trucks and transported to the affected counties.
Wei Zheng was directing the work at the scene, and soon, his subordinates came to report.
"Reporting to my lord, the Zheng family head requests an audience. He said that he has something urgent to look for you.”
Hearing this, Wei Zheng sneered disdainfully. Thinking of the anger he suffered in the Zheng Manor during the day, he felt a sense of pleasure.
However, Wei Zheng still asked his subordinates to invite the Zheng family's head in for a discussion.
When Wei Zheng went to visit the other aristocrats, he told them about the matter of carving the monument and making contributions, which was why everything went smoothly.
The reason why he didn't mention it when he visited the Zheng family was that he had dug a hole and waited here.
This direct descendant of the Zheng family of Xingyang ran a grain business in Chang 'an, and there were many granaries outside Chang' an.
Wei Zheng had planned to ruthlessly scam the other party, so he had saved it for the end!
Wei Zheng was not worried that the other party would not take the bait. The reputation of the Zheng family of Xingyang could not be tarnished at all…
This was also the brilliance of Li Chengqian's plan.
Before Wei Zheng could think further, the footsteps were getting closer and closer.
"Lord Wei…"
"Why is Patriarch Zheng so free to come? The city is about to have a curfew…"
There was still a curfew policy in Chang 'an City. However, with the identity of the Zheng family's head, even if the Golden Guards on patrol met him, it would be fine.
Hearing Wei Zheng's words, the Zheng family head smiled bitterly and waved his hand.
"Lord Wei, everything is a misunderstanding…"
"Lord Wei, please don't take issue with what happened during the day.”
Wei Zheng feigned ignorance.
"Patriarch Zheng, what are you saying? Donating more or less represents kindness.”
"After all, a thousand jin of grain is not a small amount…"
When he said the word 1,000 catties, Wei Zheng even emphasized it.
Master Zheng's face turned green.
He thought to himself that if the government engraved a thousand catties of grain donated by the Zheng Estate on the Merit Remembrance Monument, Wei Zheng would not care, but the people of the world would probably care…
The dignified Zheng family only donated a thousand catties of food in the face of such a natural disaster?
They couldn't stand the people's saliva at all. In the future, the Zheng clansmen would become a joke when they walked out.
The Zheng family head had a bitter expression as he hurriedly waved his hand.
"This matter is my fault. Lord Wei, please don't take it to heart!”
"On the way here, I have already instructed the servants to deliver food from the granary. It is a total of fifty thousand dan…"
Before Master Zheng could finish speaking, Wei Zheng glanced at him and said disdainfully.
"Only 50,000 dans of grain?"
"This probably can't even be ranked in the top five of the Merit Remembrance Stele!”
"Although the branch descendants of the Wang Clan in Taiyuan don't run a grain business, they can donate sixty thousand dan of grain!”
"Could it be that the Zheng family head is inferior to a branch family descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan?”
......
Wei Zheng's words were obviously provoking.
If this was any other day, Master Zheng would definitely not fall for it.
However, at this moment, the Zheng family's head was burning with anxiety. He was also afraid of being inferior to others.
When he heard Wei Zheng say that the collateral descendants of the Wang family in Taiyuan donated more food than him, how could he tolerate this?
No matter what, he was still a direct descendant of the Zheng family in Xingyang. He could not be compared to a collateral relative.
At the same time, the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Wang family of Taiyuan had never been on good terms. In the eyes of the Zheng family head, they could not be compared to each other.
This was related to the prestige and status of the family. It was not something that could be compared to food!
Patriarch Zheng gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.
"I donate 100,000 dans of grain!"
This was not a small sum!
Wei Zheng was overjoyed, but he did not show it on his face.
"Patriarch Zheng is generous and righteous. I admire you!”
"I'll thank Master Zheng for his kindness on behalf of the disaster victims!”
"Don't worry, Patriarch Zheng. The imperial court will not forget your contributions. When the Merit Remembrance Monument is finished, it will be erected on the official road outside the city to praise your virtues!”
Master Zheng, who was originally a little distressed, immediately felt comforted when he heard Wei Zheng's words.
"Then I'll thank Lord Wei in advance!”
"Lord Wei, please get busy first. I will immediately arrange for people to hurry up and transport over 100,000 dan of grain…"
After saying that, the Zheng family's head strode away.
Wei Zheng could not hold back the joy in his heart and laughed wildly in excitement…
"Your Highness's plan is brilliant!"
The next day, Wei Zheng's disaster relief team had just set off when a letter was sent into the palace.
" The east of the river was hit by a frost and snow disaster. Countless livestock, cattle, and sheep were frozen to death. The crops in the fields were severely damaged…"
When the palace attendants finished reading the contents of the letter in the court, the officials in the Yin and Yang Palace could not help but gasp.
Yesterday, they were still worried about the relief of the disaster victims in the pass. They did not expect that Hedong Road would also be seriously affected. This was really adding insult to injury.
While all the officials were panicking, Li Er was surprisingly calm.
Under his calm appearance, he was also shocked!
He did not expect that those words that Li Chengqian said really came true one by one!
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