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Chapter 630 Repaying the kindness to Gu Dadong

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

    "Brother, don't think of me as so tacky." Gu Dadong said sternly: "To tell you the truth, I am here to repay the favor."

    "Repay, what kind of favor can you repay?" Mr. Zhao was stunned. He was sure that this was the first time he met Mr. Gu, and he had never had any interaction with the Gu family before.

    "Can I get along well with the Wang family in Taicang?" Gu Dadong asked with a smile.

    "Good, great good." Zhao Hao suddenly realized, took a bite of the cold and sweet Sushan and said: "I remember, last time at Yanshan Garden, the second brother of the Wang family said that he wanted to write a letter to me."

    "Yes, this is the case. Brother Xinyu, the second brother of the Wang family, read the letter. He asked me to cooperate with my parents and brother. Of course our Gu family must do it to the letter." Gu Dadong looked serious.

    "Thank you very much." Zhao Hao faked a smile and thought to himself, "You owe them money. Are you so obedient?"

    "Brother, don't think that I'm just playing tricks." But Gu Dadong slapped his chest loudly and said, "I swore before my father's death that as long as the old Wang family has orders, I will do whatever it takes, through fire and water."

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

    "Because we can never repay what we owe to the Wang family" Gu Dadong sighed and asked Zhao Hao: "Brother, do you know "Along the River During Qingming Festival"?"

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded, I also know about Amway.

    "This "Along the River in Ming and Qing Dynasties" by Zhang Zeduan is a rare masterpiece. The scroll is sixteen feet long. It can be said to be the longest scroll among long scrolls. It has always been a treasure among paintings and is collected by collectors all over the world. "

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

    "In the past hundred years, this picture has been collected by Xu Yixing and Li Chaling, the chief assistants of the cabinet, and then returned to the hands of Lu Changzhou, the Minister of Civil Affairs. Later, Lu Changzhou was involved in the rebellion of King Ning and was sent to the army. Before leaving, he took this picture  The painting was given to the ancestors of the family. This painting is now owned by my Gu family."

    "Oh? Is this painting still at your home?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but become interested. He hadn't seen the original painting yet.

    Although Mr. Zhao lacks the artistic ability to appreciate calligraphy and painting, "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is so famous that it is good to see it fresh.

    "No more." Gu Dadong shook his head and sighed: "Ten years ago, Yan Song and his son were in charge of the country. They collected rare treasures from all over the world and focused on this painting in my family. Yan Song learned that Taicang Wang Zhongcheng, who was the governor of Datong at the time, and my family  If you are kind to me, please ask him to ask for it on your behalf."

    Wang Zhongcheng is the father of Alliance Leader Wang, Wang Yan.

    Zhao Haoxin said that was indeed the case.

    "Wang Zhongcheng went to Han's family in person and asked if he could give up his love. However, this painting was the family's favorite during his lifetime, and his late father was reluctant to part with it. 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.  , dedicated to Yan Song."

    "Yan Song was very happy when he got the painting. He was promoted to King Zhongcheng as the governor of Jiliao, and he often invited dignitaries to appreciate the painting. It was safe for more than a year. Who knew that there was a paper framer named Tang Chen who once worked in Lu  The Tianguan Mansion saw the authenticity of this painting, and was able to identify the authenticity from the subtle details. Yan Song deeply hated Wang Zhongcheng for embarrassing him with the forgery, and he hated him from then on. Later, he made a fuss over minor matters and had him imprisoned."

    "After learning that the prince was imprisoned, my father was shocked and hurriedly handed the original painting to Wang Fengzhou. Wang Fengzhou brought the painting to Beijing and knelt at the door of Yan's Mansion with his second brother Wang every day, begging for forgiveness. As a result, Yan Song accepted the painting and said he would be given a lighter sentence.  He was dejected, but he turned around and ordered the justice department to sentence the prince to be beheaded, and he was killed in Xishi the next year."

    "The bad news came. My father vomited blood in grief and cried for seven days and seven nights. He blamed himself and died. Before he died, he gave me those instructions" After Gu Dadong finished speaking, he let out a long sigh and said, "Brother, I understand now.  What's going on?"

    "I understand." Zhao Hao nodded solemnly and asked, "What are you going to do?"

    "Yesterday, my parents called us to a meeting and announced the construction of a stone embankment. We also went to see the wall and listened to Pan Zhongcheng talk about the magic of cement." Then Gu Dadong said in a deep voice:

    "This is a century-old plan that the people of Kunshan have dreamed of. How can we, the local gentry, sit back and watch?"

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded.

    "We discussed it and wanted to bear part of the cost of repairing the embankment." Gu Dadong smiled sheepishly and said, "But I don't know how much it will cost to repair this stone pond. Come and find out, so I can go back and discuss funding with them."

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

    The previous time I helped them create a Buddha apparition, I only donated a total of more than 2,000 yuan.??Grain.  It's not as big as Xu Wei's gain from copying rice stores.

    "It's very expensive to build a stone pond." He said noncommittally: "According to Pan Zhongcheng's method, it is even more expensive. To build a 60-mile embankment in the north of the Yangtze River alone, if you exclude the labor, it will cost almost one million taels.  .¡±

    "It really saves money!" Gu Dadong took a breath of air-conditioning when he heard this, it felt better than eating ice cream.

    They, a group of Kunshan gentry, had calculated the cost of repairing the stone pond countless times, but were deterred every time.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out of Wujiang County's simple version of three horizontal and three vertical stone ponds, leaving out labor, the cost is as high as three million taels.

    It took Wujiang County more than thirty years, with the help of the gentry and several county magistrates to build it.

    The price of thirty thousand taels per mile is really out of reach, and Kunshan really can¡¯t afford it.

    Now I heard from Zhao Hao that the cost is only half that of Wujiang, so if you repair sixty miles alone, everyone can still put it together.

    Seeing him look relieved, Zhao Hao smiled and asked, "I wonder how much silver the Kunshan gentry is prepared to pay?"

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

    "Good job!" Zhao Hao gave a thumbs up in approval.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????Out of sight of the rabbit, these guys are really thief and thief.

    There is no benefit of the people who simply help the people.

    Those who will benefit most from repairing the levee are these big landowners - because after two hundred years of land annexation, more than 90% of the land has been concentrated in the hands of these gentry and local tyrants.

    ¡° Less than one in ten people in Wuzhong have land, and they all work as tenants for big landowners, or work in the factories of wealthy families, barely eking out a living.

    So once the levee is built, the land harvested by these big landlords will be harvested from one season to two seasons.  For just a few tens of thousands of taels, the benefits will be more than ten times greater?

    Naturally, he became generous all of a sudden.

    ??~~

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

    "Brother, please tell me." Gu Dadong nodded enthusiastically.

    "Personally, I am not inclined to donate money. It seems that the county owes a lot to the gentry and Jiangnan Company has taken advantage of you," Zhao Hao said with a faint smile: "This is not my style."

    "Oh, brother, what's your style?" Gu Dadong asked curiously.

    ¡°My style is, if you have money, everyone makes it together,¡± Mr. Zhao took a sip of the cake and said with a smile, ¡°In this way, we will have more and more friends, and the road will become wider and wider.¡±

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