Since there is space, it is naturally the best to buy it for 0 yuan

Of course, there were also people who kept cursing Shen Ruyi behind her back, saying, "You're just a little kid, why don't you stay at home and play in the mud, or go to school seriously, instead of running out here to meddle in other people's business?"

He is too fond of stirring up trouble, like a shit stirrer. He doesn't want to live a good life but has to make a fuss to ask everyone to donate money. I'm afraid there is something wrong with this kid's brain.

Some people hold a neutral attitude, thinking that the child is overthinking things, that his intention is good and that there is nothing wrong with his actions, but that his future life will probably be difficult.

Too many people have been offended and the circle of interests affected is too large, so I am afraid of being backlashed and suppressed by power.

But some of what he said was very reasonable. Too much silver is not a good thing for people without power, but a death warrant. It is better to spend it on soldiers than to give it to corrupt officials.

They understand this principle better than anyone else, but in daily life, when they are in trouble, the frontier soldiers cannot help, but these corrupt officials can. The fact is so ironic and speechless.

I hate such people and things, but in the end I become such a person.

Minister Chen of the Ministry of Revenue is also a very interesting person. He asked his subordinates to learn from Tianxiadiyilou and made a real-time ranking list.

After Shen Ruyi threw down these remarks, she waited for them to ferment.

The next morning, both lists were updated at the same time, and Tianxia Diyilou was still temporarily in the lead with more than 63 taels of silver.

The list outside the Meridian Gate currently has a total of just over 41 taels of silver, which includes the 10 taels of silver from the government and the additional donations made yesterday afternoon.

The person sent out to monitor the list brought back a copy. Shen Ruyi looked at the families who donated less, searched for information in her mind, and began to selectively release information.

For example, a family spent more than 50 taels of silver to buy birthday gifts for the empress dowager, but was reluctant to donate the silver to the soldiers on the frontier.

For example, someone’s son is a frequent visitor to a brothel and spends several thousand taels of silver in one night, but he is reluctant to donate the silver.

A certain high-ranking official spent thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy paintings and calligraphy and took them home, but he had no money to donate.

In order to make his concubines happy, a certain high-ranking official spent tens of thousands of taels of silver every month on jewelry and powder for his concubines, but he had no money to donate.

The pillars in a certain high-ranking official's house were all made of gold, but this time he only donated 8,000 taels of silver. He said he had no money and started crying poor.

Shen Ruyi released the news about these five families. You see, she is so considerate and gave these people chances again and again, but they just don't believe it. They didn't take the opportunity to force her to reveal more information.

Before long, the matter became known to everyone.

It's coming, it's coming, new gossip has appeared again. Everyone has already set up their stools very skillfully and sat down to listen to the gossip. I just hope that this time it can last a little longer.

Don't be like last time, when I was enjoying the song, but it suddenly stopped at the climax. It was really annoying. It made me feel so upset, so uncomfortable.

Those who didn't make up the donation yesterday specially asked people to pay attention to the rumors and wind direction in the capital. When these news came, it shattered the fluke mentality in their hearts.

As expected, they didn't intend to let them go. The sensible people took action immediately and hurried to make up the money. They couldn't delay any longer.

In his heart, he hated Shen Ruyi and his ilk so much that he even planned to secretly make a figurine to curse them.

Of course, Shen Ruyi didn’t know about these things. She just kept sneezing. It seemed that many people scolded her, but she didn’t care.

Since she did this, she was not afraid of being scolded. Moreover, although she did these things for the greater good and with good intentions, from the other party's perspective, she was the worst person who could not be worse.

She deserves to be scolded and cursed for extorting money from others and forcing them to cut their flesh.

There are many ways to live, and you don't have to live according to your own standards to be considered a good life. As long as you are happy in your own position, it's fine. But there is a premise, you can't harm the interests of innocent people or compress the other party's living space.

As time went by, the list of Tianxia Diyilou today began to change. Some people donated cloth, some donated food, some donated clothes, and some donated cotton-padded clothes.

The quantity was particularly large, so it was directly taken over by government officials. When the merchants saw that the supplies were directly registered and taken away by well-trained people, they were very happy, because they knew they were government officials.

They won the bet. Behind the No. 1 Restaurant in the World is the government. No wonder a small businessman dared to challenge the entire court. He was acting according to the emperor's order. How could it be the same?

He secretly told his new discovery to his acquaintances.

The news spread from person to person, directly confusing the minds of these businessmen. They were all wondering whether they should change sides and directly choose the government as their backers?

They paid a lot of money to these high officials, and even became the money bags of some high officials, but they themselves did not benefit much. As long as the other party did not embarrass them, they were already very lucky.

Of course, these people do not include those who have made their fortunes by relying on the power of these high-ranking officials.

So these people gathered together privately and held a meeting. The topic was whether or not they should change their ways and take this opportunity to surrender to the government?

After a series of heated arguments and debates, everyone finally agreed that this was a feasible idea. They selected two representatives, Qin Dongjia and Xue Dongjia, to meet with Shen Ruyi, intending to test the waters first.

When Shen Ruyi heard that someone wanted to see her, she did not object and received the two owners in the backyard of the No. 1 Restaurant in the World.

After praising each other for a few sentences, they got straight to the point.

After listening to the two people's ideas, Shen Ruyi thought for a while before asking directly: "You want to find a backer for yourselves? Do you want to find Prince Ning's Mansion or the emperor? Answer me a question first, what do you think about donating money to the soldiers? I want to hear the truth."

How could they answer the question irrelevantly? However, they had something to ask for, so they still thought about it seriously. Want to hear the truth? But it was hard to tell the truth.

After a long silence, Qin Dongjia said: "I think it should be done and it is worth it. Without the frontier soldiers, we would not have the peaceful life and prosperous times we have now. No matter how you look at it, as long as you have the ability, it is worth doing."

Shen Ruyi asked with a smile: "Don't you feel bad about donating it?"

"It hurts, but, like you said, donating it is better than giving it to these corrupt officials. With this comparison, I don't feel bad anymore. Like before, sometimes it's not that we don't want to donate, but because we know that these silver and materials will never reach the hands of the recipients. It feels like donating silver is like throwing it away with water, and after a while, everyone is naturally unwilling to do so."

"That's true. What about you? What do you think?" Shen Ruyi asked Mr. Xue.