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A few days later, in Lianyu County, Yuanzhou.

After discovering the situation of the disaster victims, Luo Yao contacted his grandfather in Lin'an County, Zhejiang Province through Xiao Bi.

The Luo family had been fighting in the north for many years, and the officials and people in the northern area all respected the Duke's Mansion very much. Luo Yao directly used his grandfather's network of connections and quickly took control of these officials and wealthy businessmen.

As for why it is so easy to control him, it is because of Luo Yao’s coercion and inducement.

What is intimidation? Luo Yao analyzed the situation of the Great Cheng Kingdom to them. If the disaster victims go south, none of these officials can expect to achieve political achievements. If a civil explosion occurs, they will either be stripped of their official hats and go home to farm, or at worst be beheaded and their houses confiscated.

The bribery is to combine the basic conditions of these three counties and find some ideas for them to make money, such as telling them how to make glass, soap, glaze and color porcelain, concrete...

However, even though the officials and wealthy businessmen were intimidated by Luo Yao's coercion and inducement, the reality was still very bleak!

People from my uncle's Nanyan Escort Agency, far away in Yuanzhou, Zhejiang, also asked them to deliver food to these three counties.

Some food has been delivered to these three counties over the past few days, but it is still not enough. There is not enough food and not enough money!

Officials from the three counties were also aware of the dangers faced by the victims, but they were afraid that a riot would really break out and did not dare to report it to Jingzhou. Even if they did report it to Jingzhou, Jingzhou was now a sealed pocket, making it difficult for news from outside to get in, and difficult for news from inside to get out.

This also made it convenient for Luo Yao to cheat people everywhere under the banner of the court and his grandfather.

The food and money delivered in the past few days came from the warehouses of the three counties and Luo Yao's private property.

Seeing that he was running out of money, Luo Yao was ready to fleece the rich businessmen!

At this moment, on a wide street somewhere in Lianyuyi, all the wealthy businessmen and high-ranking officials in the three county towns were summoned here.

A group of wealthy businessmen were bewildered. They had learned earlier that the Duke was going to collect grain for disaster relief, and they had also heard about this short-haired young man and his money-making ideas. However, these fantasies could not impress them at all.

However, as long as he can impress a few wealthy businessmen with vision, a large number of people will worry that what Luo Yao said is true.

But they don't have to worry at all, because the real Star Cosmetics suddenly appeared in the Zhejiang County Magistrate's Office a few days ago.

It had been heard for a long time that there was Xingchen cosmetics in the capital. The sudden appearance of cosmetics in the government office immediately caused an uproar among officials and merchants, who rushed to Lianyu County day and night. Even some merchants who were not from Yuanzhou or Zhezhou rushed to Lianyu County after hearing the news.

Businessmen pursue profits, and officials all want to make a little money. At worst, if they can't make any money, collecting more taxes will increase their political achievements.

At this time, a stage was set up on a wide street in Lianyu County. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there were huge crowds of people below. Merchants and officials were on both sides, and a circle of people were standing outside to watch the fun.

Luo Yao was sitting on the table drinking tea. He was dressed very smartly today. His whole body was designed by himself by combining Dacheng and modern clothing.

A group of people in the audience were discussing heatedly, some of them couldn't wait to start urging others to come forward. Luo Yao watched the quarrel indifferently, as he still had to wait for two crucial figures, namely Zhou Yu, the first wife of the Zhou family in Qixia, and Zhou Jingxuan, the second wife of the Zhou family.

Zhou Jingxuan was found by his second brother (a man with fish patterns) when he was heading south to Zhejiang Province to seek refuge in southern Xinjiang. As for Zhou Yu, the eldest son of the Zhou family, he was greedy for money. When he heard that Daci Mountain was buying soybeans in large quantities, he fled from the capital to Yuanzhou and stayed in Yuanzhou to buy cheap soybeans. Luo Yao sent people from the Nanyan Escort Agency to whisper in his ear, and Zhou Yu followed Luo Yao to Lianyu County with food.

Zhou Yu was in charge of grain. It was no exaggeration to say that nearly 70% of the grain in the entire Jiangnan region, including the three major states of southern Xinjiang, Zhejiang Province, and Yuanzhou, was in his hands. It could be said that this man directly controlled the grain trade in Dacheng.

Zhou Yu earned a large sum of money from the government of three states in the past two days. He went to Zhejiang Province and arrived a little late.

When everyone was gathered, Lu Hong shouted for silence with a simple loudspeaker, and Luo Yao began to speak.

"Thank you all very much for joining us today. The relevant leaders of our three counties have already explained the rules in detail. It's very simple: raise funds. According to the amount of donations, you will receive these deeds."

"You are all prominent figures in the business world, and your wealth is self-evident. We have three types of fundraising. The first is the main contract fundraising. Those who obtain the main contract will directly become industry leaders. For example, if the fourth branch of the Qixia Zhou family obtained the main contract for cosmetics, they will become the leader of this cosmetics industry. The second type is the sub-contract fundraising. Let's put it this way, if your fundraising amount reaches the sub-contract for cosmetics, then you can obtain the right to sell cosmetics or obtain the production rights for a specific product. The third type is the private contract fundraising. If any of you donate money, it will be registered. Those who hold the private contract can enter all of these industries to work and earn money."

After Luo Yao finished speaking, he held up a thick stack of deeds in his hand. The officials and businessmen watching did not expect that there would be so many money-making ideas, and their faces were all filled with excitement.

Lu Hong shouted with a loudspeaker: "The minimum donation amount for the main contract is 20,000 taels of silver, the minimum donation amount for the sub-contract is 500 taels of silver, and the minimum donation amount for the private contract is 5 coins. The more you donate to the three contracts, the more benefits you will get. Let's start collecting donations now!"

As soon as the words fell, the audience exploded. The people had never seen so much money before, and they were whispering to each other. Many businessmen also didn't expect it to be so expensive.

The first to come out was Zhou Jingxuan, the fourth son of Zhou Sifang. He was determined to get Xingchen even if it meant selling everything he had! He directly donated 40,000 taels of silver.

Lu Hong shouted, "Zhou Jingxuan, the main deed for 40,000 taels of silver," and then wrote down Zhou Jingxuan's name.

Next is Zhou Yu, the eldest son of the Zhou family. Zhou Yu heard that this master was very powerful and had discovered something called crayfish in the territory of Heze State in southern Xinjiang. He didn't know what it was. The Zhou family's industry was in southern Xinjiang. He was very interested in the crayfish discovered in southern Xinjiang and wanted to get the master contract of the crayfish industry.

Zhou Yu thought about it and donated 30,000 taels of silver.

Originally, many businessmen were waiting to see what was happening. After all, the minimum donation amount was high, and they were all waiting to see others test the waters. Unexpectedly, the first to take action was Qixia Zhou.

Qixia Zhou was a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan, rich enough to rival a country and a business tycoon. Seeing how quickly Qixia Zhou acted, many businessmen also rushed to take action.

The main contract and the sub-contract were both going smoothly, but the people on the other side of the civil contract were still watching from the sidelines.

A little beggar looked at the row of high-end, classy cosmetics on the stand, and then looked at the price. A set cost more than three thousand taels. So if he went into this cosmetics store to work, wouldn't he be able to earn a lot of money in a day!

Thinking of this, the little beggar took out all the copper coins he had saved over the years.

He took out two copper coins as today's meal money and put in half a copper coin.

The person who recorded the deed was Li Xian. He didn't expect that the first person to donate the deed was a beggar. He also didn't expect that this thirteen or fourteen-year-old beggar would be so bold as to directly take out all his wealth. He couldn't help but like this little beggar.

"What's your name?"

"Lu Heng."

"Come to the third courtyard in Lianzi Lane later."

Lu Heng didn't quite understand, but he nodded seriously.

With Lu Heng's lead, many people came to pay their coins, and Li Xian was soon busy and sweating profusely.

Luo Yao has been racking his brains over these ideas these days, staying up all night for several days.

I broke down several times and wanted to write to Bei Zhenting to ask him to return his three boxes of gold...

They were busy all day until dark. When they returned to the house they rented in Lianyuyi, they ate something quick and went to bed immediately. Everyone in the same room had become accustomed to this schedule.

Li Xian wrote thousands of contracts in one day and was so tired that he felt dizzy and went to sleep right after taking a shower, completely forgetting that he had an agreement with a beggar.

The next day, Li Xian woke up first and opened the door to see the beggar Lu Heng sleeping at the gate of the compound. Xian Xian, who had lived a carefree life, felt guilty for the first time...

"Hey, Lu Heng, wake up, wake up."

14-year-old Lu Heng opened his eyes, his eyes were very clear. He seemed to have taken a shower and put on clean clothes for this job. Although they were tattered, they were clean and tidy. Li Xian was shocked by his face.

With sharp eyebrows, bright eyes and a high nose bridge, he looks like a handsome guy at first glance.

Li Xian coughed twice, touched his nose, and apologized for the first time: "I'm sorry, Lu Heng, I was too sleepy last night and fell asleep as soon as I got home. I forgot about your matter..."

Lu Heng stood up. He was four years younger than Li Xian and a head shorter than Li Xian. He looked up at Li Xian, who was still half asleep and had tears in her eyes, and said in a deep voice, "It's okay."

The two of them fell into an awkward situation for no apparent reason.

Li Xian didn't know why he called Lu Heng over alone. What was he thinking at the time...