In the incense room of Nanshan Temple, Gu Dadong invited Zhao Hao to eat Sushan while talking in a lazy tone.

"Brother, don't look at me so cheesy." Gu Dadong said: "I won't tell you, I am commonly known as here to repay my kindness." ”

"Retribution, what kind of kindness?" Zhao Gongzi was stunned, he was sure that it was the first time he had seen this old man Gu, and he had not had any intersection with the Gu family before.

"Can the elder brother be kind to the Taicang Wang family?" Gu Dadong asked with a smile.

"Good, great good." Zhao Hao suddenly took a bite of the cold and sweet Sushan and said: "I remember, in Yishan Garden a while ago, the second brother of the Wang family said that he wanted to write a letter to his brother." ”

"Yes, it's this stubble, the second brother of the Wang family read it, he asked me to cooperate with my parents and brother, of course our Gu family will do it to the letter." Gu Dadong looked serious.

"Thank you, thank you." Zhao Hao smirked twice, and said in his heart You owe them money, so obedient?

"Brother, don't think that I'm playing false." But I saw Gu Dadong patting his chest loudly and said: "I swore in front of my father's spirit, but the old Wang family has an order, go to the soup and fire, and do not give up." ”

"Why?" Looking at Gu Dadong's desire to express, it was inappropriate for Zhao Hao not to ask.

"Because we owe the Wang family will never be able ......to pay it off," Gu Dadong sighed and asked Zhao Hao: "Brother, do you know the "Qingming Riverside Map"? ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded, I still know Amway.

This Zhang Zeduan's "Ming and Qing Dynasty Riverside Map" is a rare masterpiece. The scroll is 16 feet long, which can be described as the long scroll of the long scroll, and has always been the treasure of the painting, and it is collected by collectors all over the world. ”

Zhao Hao suddenly thought of a public case, but still nodded quietly.

In the past 100 years, this picture has been collected by Xu Yixing and Li Chaling, the first assistant of the cabinet, and has been returned to the hands of Lu Changzhou, the secretary of the ministry. Later, because Lu Changzhou was involved in the rebellion of King Ning, he was assigned to serve in the army, and before leaving, he transferred this painting to his ancestors. This painting is owned by my family. ”

"Oh? Is this painting still in your home? Zhao Hao couldn't help but be interested, he hadn't seen the real painting yet.

Although Zhao Gongzi lacks the artistic ability to appreciate calligraphy and painting, "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" is too famous, and it is good to look fresh.

"It's gone." Gu Dadong shook his head and sighed: "Ten years ago, Yan Song's father and son were in charge of the country, and they wantonly collected the world's treasures and set their sights on this painting of my family. Yan Song learned that Zhongcheng, the king of Taicang, who was the governor of Datong at the time, was kind to my family, so he asked him to ask for it on his behalf. ”

Wang Zhongcheng is Wang Chen, the father of the lord of the Wang League.

Zhao Haoxin said that it was indeed that incident.

Wang Zhongcheng went to Han's house in person and asked if he could cut his love. However, this painting was the favorite of the ancestors during his lifetime, and his father was reluctant to give up. Wang Zhongcheng couldn't bear to force it, so the two discussed, and asked Lu Tianguan's nephew Wang Biao to copy an identical painting and dedicated it to Yan Song. ”

Yan Song was very happy after getting this painting, and promoted Wang Zhongcheng to be the governor of Jiliao, and often invited dignitaries to appreciate this painting, but it was safe and sound for more than a year. Who knew that there was a pasteur named Tom Chen, who had seen the authentic painting in Lu Tian's official mansion, and he could distinguish the authenticity from the subtleties. Yan Song hated Wang Zhongcheng for taking a fake to make him lose face, and since then he has held a grudge against him, and later took advantage of the side matter to make a big fuss and put him in prison. ”

After learning that the prince was imprisoned, my father was shocked and hurriedly handed over the authentic work to Wang Fengzhou. Wang Fengzhou carried the painting into Beijing, and knelt at the door of the Yan Mansion every day with the second brother of the Wang family, begging for forgiveness. As a result, Yan Song accepted the painting, and on the surface said that he would be lightly punished, but when he turned around, he instructed the law department to sentence the prince to behead him, and he was killed in Xishi the following year. ”

When the bad news came, my father vomited blood in grief, cried for seven days and seven nights, and died of self-blame. Before he died, he had that entrustment to me......" Gu Dadong sighed and said with a long sigh: "Brother understands now, what's going on, right?" ”

"Understood." Zhao Hao nodded solemnly and asked, "Then what is the old man going to do?" ”

"Yesterday, my parents convened a meeting with us and announced that we were going to build a stone embankment, and I also went to see the wall and listened to Pan Zhongcheng talk about the magic of cement." I heard Gu Dadong say in a deep voice:

"This is a hundred-year plan that the people of Kunshan have dreamed of, how can we and the local squires stand by and watch?"

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded.

"We discussed it and wanted to cover some of the cost of repairing the embankment." Gu Dadong smiled embarrassedly: "But I don't know how much it costs to repair this stone pond, come and inquire with my brother, I can go back and discuss with them about the fund." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but be a little surprised. These Kunshan gentry are very picky.

The previous time, I made a Buddha manifestation for them, and I only donated a total of more than 2,000 stone of food. It's not as big as the harvest of Xu Wei's rice shop.

"It's very expensive to repair the stone pond." He was noncommittal and said: "According to Pan Zhongcheng's cultivation method, it will be even more expensive, and if you repair a sixty-mile river embankment in the north of the river, if you dig up the labor, it will cost almost one million taels." ”

"It's really money-saving!" Gu Dadong gasped when he heard this, it was more refreshing than eating ice cream.

They are a group of Kunshan gentry, and I don't know how many times they have calculated the cost of repairing the stone pond, but each time they are discouraged.

Not to mention the highest standard of five horizontal and five vertical fish scale stone ponds, just the three horizontal and three vertical simplified version of the stone ponds in Wujiang County, throwing away labor, the cost is as high as three million taels.

It took more than 30 years for Wujiang County to help, and several magistrates relayed their teeth to repair it.

The price of 30,000 taels per mile is really unattainable, and Kunshan really can't afford it.

Now I listen to Zhao Hao say that the cost is only half of Wujiang, so if you repair sixty miles alone, you can still make up for it.

Seeing that he showed a look of relief, Zhao Hao asked with a smile: "I don't know how much silver the Kunshan gentry are ready to give?" ”

Gu Dadong pondered silently for a moment, gritted his teeth and said to Zhao Hao: "We can pay half of the cost." ”

"Well done!" Zhao Hao gave a thumbs up approvingly.

These guys really don't see rabbits, don't scatter eagles, thieves and thieves.

There is no benefit from simply giving to the people, and they are stingy with some food.

It is these big landlords who benefit the most from repairing the embankment - because after two hundred years of land annexation, more than ninety percent of the land has been concentrated in the hands of these squires and tyrants.

Less than one in ten of the common people in Wuzhong owned land, and they all worked as tenants for big landlords or worked in the workshops of wealthy landlords, barely making ends meet.

So once the embankment is built, the land of these big landlords will change from one season to two seasons. Only tens of thousands of taels, how much more than ten times the benefit?

Naturally, he became generous all of a sudden.

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"Then I'll go back and tell them." Gu Dadong was about to get up, but was stopped by Zhao Hao and said, "Don't worry, I have a proposal, my brother can take it back and discuss it with everyone." ”

"Brother, please speak." Gu Dadong nodded with interest.

"Personally, I don't tend to donate, as if the county owes a lot to the gentry, and the Jiangnan company takes advantage of you," Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "This is not the style of this son." ”

"Oh, what's the style of the old man?" Gu Dadong asked curiously.

"My style is that everyone earns money together," Zhao Gongzi took a sip of the mountain and said with a smile: "In this way, there will be more and more friends, and the road will be wider and wider." ”

ps. first one more basic more yesterday, and then two more ha.