sjar Chapter 275: The dignitaries and merchants from other counties.
Chapter 275: The dignitaries and merchants from other counties.
Others couldn't help but become curious about the silver donated by Jiang Xiang and other merchants.
"Hiss...How much silver did they donate?"
"If they were able to alert His Majesty and get him to personally summon them, then the silver they donated must be quite a lot."
"Of course. Who will look after you if you donate less?"
The person who spoke first raised his hand again, signaling others to be quiet.
"Don't be impatient, I haven't finished talking yet."
The others looked at him curiously.
The man said, “You don’t know?”
"I heard that the representatives of the noble families also came with them to the palace to meet His Majesty."
what?
Are there also representatives of the aristocratic and powerful families?
The others were shocked to hear this.
"Did the nobles and dignitaries follow those merchants into the palace?"
The man said, "No, they are just representatives of some aristocratic and powerful families."
"There are so many aristocratic families in Xianyang, how can all of them enter the palace?"
"We just selected a few representatives to go in, and the others stayed outside the palace gate and waited."
"Of those merchants, only three were allowed to enter the palace, and the rest were left at the palace gate."
Others asked.
"What rewards did those noble families receive?"
"Yes, even the merchants were rewarded. They were personally named imperial merchants by His Majesty and given plaques."
"What about those aristocratic families? Did they receive even more generous rewards?"
The others were curious and stared at the person who spoke first.
The man shook his head.
"You are all wrong."
"No reward."
"Those noble families and dignitaries didn't get any rewards at all."
Everyone else was dumbfounded.
"Ah? No reward?"
"There are so many noble families and not a single one of them was rewarded?"
"Didn't those noble families donate money? How come they didn't get anything?"
The man said, “You are wrong again.”
"I heard that those noble families also donated money."
"But how much was donated? I don't know."
"But it is true that they did not receive any reward."
"I have a third uncle's youngest son's cousin's aunt's aunt's son who was at the palace gate and saw it with his own eyes."
"The imperial edict was posted outside the palace gate, and the palace attendant at the gate read it out in person."
"The imperial edict only mentioned that the three merchants were named imperial merchants and given plaques."
"The nobles and dignitaries didn't even mention a word about that."
Hey!
These words made everyone else feel incredible.
The noble and powerful families did not receive any reward at all, as all the money was given to those three merchants.
Your Majesty, what does this mean?
Everyone present had a vague premonition that the status of businessmen would no longer be as lowly, despised and despised as before.
Someone asked quietly in a low voice.
"Then those noble families and dignitaries didn't make a fuss?"
The others also looked curious.
It glows with a gossipy light.
The man said: "There is no trouble yet......"
"But whether there will be trouble later...it's hard to say."
The aristocratic and powerful families have always liked to oppress the common people and use means to snatch money from the merchants.
Everyone present knew it well.
Now the merchant has been personally conferred the title of Imperial Merchant by His Majesty.
But the aristocratic and powerful families were left empty-handed.
This is equivalent to putting these two groups of people on opposite sides.
They will have something interesting to watch next.
Although those merchants have the protection of Your Majesty.
But after all, Your Majesty is far away in the palace. Even if something happens to the merchants, Your Majesty is out of reach.
just wait.
Those aristocratic and powerful families will definitely not let those merchants go.
Merchants and some dignitaries from other counties also received the news from Xianyang.
In a mansion.
Several dignitaries sat together.
One of them said, "Have you all received the news from Xianyang?"
The others nodded.
"received."
The noble who spoke first said, "Your Majesty also donated silver, and conferred the title of Imperial Merchants to those three merchants from Xianyang."
"But the other noble families who donated silver received no rewards at all."
"Your Majesty, this is really unfair."
The powerful people at this time seemed to have forgotten.
The original purpose of donating silver was to have a monument and have one's name engraved on it, rather than to ask for any reward.
The other dignitaries also looked angry.
"Your Majesty is too partial."
"Why were a few merchants given the title of Imperial Merchants and given plaques?"
"That's right. They all donated money to the palace, so why do the nobles get nothing?"
"If I had known this would happen, I would have not donated it."
"It's a good thing we didn't donate, otherwise we would have given the money but gained nothing, which would have been too uneconomical."
A group of dignitaries expressed their agreement with this statement.
The merchants on the other side also sat together.
Everyone shared the news they received.
Then a summary was made.
"The news from Xianyang is that the nobles and merchants have come to the palace to donate silver."
“Although I am not sure how much silver the merchants donated.”
"But what is certain is that the amount of silver donated by merchants must be much more than that donated by the noble families."
"And it's not just a little bit more."
"Originally, we received news that we would donate silver to help His Majesty build the Great Wall to defend against the Huns."
“Thus you will gain the qualification and honor to have your name engraved on the monument.”
"This is something that has never been seen before in the history of the Qin Dynasty."
"It's the first time in thousands of years that we've encountered this."
"This is a good opportunity, you must not miss it."
"I just didn't expect that after donating silver, there would be nothing more than erecting a monument and engraving my name on it."
"I actually have the opportunity to be personally named an imperial merchant by His Majesty and be given a plaque by the emperor."
"Although there are only three of them, for us businessmen, this is already a pleasant surprise from heaven."
Other merchants strongly agreed with this statement.
They all said: "Merchants in Xianyang have already donated silver."
"Should we also hurry up and prepare?"
"Yes, if we donate enough silver, will we have a chance to be named an imperial merchant by His Majesty?"
Yes.
This sentence reminded other merchants.
Since the merchants in Xianyang can all be named imperial merchants by His Majesty, do they have a chance too?
It's just a pity.
They were not clear about the amount of silver donated by the merchants in Xianyang.
So how can you make sure that the silver you donate is enough?
A merchant said: "In fact, no matter how much silver you donate, just donate according to your ability."
"It's a rare opportunity to be crowned as an imperial merchant."
"Even if we can't be named an imperial merchant, we can still have our names engraved on a monument."
"There is no time to lose. Let's hurry up and prepare silver and food."
“Whatever we can donate, we’ll try to collect as much as possible.”
"Once it's ready, we'll send it to Xianyang."
Other merchants responded one after another.
"Okay, I'll go back and get ready."
"Me too."
"Me too."