After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 767 Losing money

Because the Hu and Tang families had disputes with the Qin family, the government office was still worried after they left Taifeng Town, so it asked Zhao Bantou to lead the yamen runners to continue driving them away.

Zhao Bantou: "The adults mean that in order to prevent you from retaliating and causing trouble, you must be driven out of Baofu County. You can only enter and leave Baofu County freely after the angel team leaves."

what!
Old Scholar Tang was filled with hatred and asked, "Can't we stay at the Hu family?"

Zhao Bantou handled the matter impartially: "No. After the Hu family returns home, they will also be kept under the custody of the local clerks to prevent them from doing anything that offends the majesty of heaven and brings trouble to everyone."

Knowing that they were not convinced, he added, "If you make trouble again, you will be thrown into prison for offending the majesty of heaven. This will save trouble for everyone."

Mr. Tang's expression remained unchanged. He was filled with anger and resentment, but due to the might of heaven, he could only get in the car and continue on his way out of Baofu County.

Inside the carriage, the women and children of the Tang family were filled with shame and indignation... They had come here in glory, wanting to use their power to overpower others so that the Qin family would hold the Tang family in high esteem.

Now, he was driven away in public without even seeing the Qin family. He had lost all his face.

The women were so angry that they cried out.

Because Old Scholar Tang had taught the children not to give others any chance to talk over them, they only cursed in their hearts, cursing the Qin, Kong and Hu families, and even more so the government office that sided with the Qin family!

Zhao Bantou and his group spent most of the day sending the Hu family to the Hu home. After instructing the local town's clerks to keep a close eye on the Hu family, they continued to drive away the Tang family.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day, when they were driven out of Baofu County, that they returned.

Mr. Tang was also very brave. He did not return to his home in Maohua County, but stayed overnight in a village near the official road leading to Baofu County.

Sadly, this village is inhabited by many wealthy people who came from the provincial capital and neighboring counties, all of whom want to see the angels and make friends with the Qin family.

Therefore, the rental price in the village has soared to several hundred coins per room per day.

The Tang family had just given away eighty taels of silver and were running out of money. They could not afford to live there at all and could only look for a place to live in a village farther away from the main road.

Finally, in a village about ten miles away from the main road, they found a house that paid thirty cents a day, and half of the family settled down there.

He immediately went to work and paid someone to spread the news about how Tang Jia Gaoyi paid a huge sum of eighty taels of silver to help a distant relative settle the dispute and save the life of his distant cousin's daughter.

but……

"Dad, the contact person said that the money is low. The current price is five taels of silver for one day of publicity."

This is still the lowest level of publicity, with only five people assigned to do the publicity.

It is said that the highest offer was one hundred taels of silver. All the villagers in the village closest to the official road helped to spread the word.

"Why are the prices here so high?!" Mrs. Tang, an old scholar, asked in surprise, feeling as if her flesh was being cut... She had lost most of her family fortune on this trip!
Uncle Tang bowed his head and said, "It is said that several wealthy masters from the prefectures along the way have come here, and those masters have also spent money to promote their reputations in order to win the favor of the angels, so they competed to bid and drove the price sky-high."

It is a rare opportunity for a team of angels from the capital to come to the countryside, and anyone with a little ambition will take the opportunity to promote their own team.

As long as the angel praises your reputation, your family can use it to protect their family and business and make it bigger and stronger!

It was Mr. Tang who felt powerless.

After a moment, he looked at his grandchildren and said, "You can see that now all the gentlemen in the cities along the way want to curry favor with the Qin family. The Qin family is already different, so you can't despise the Qin family. You must do everything you can to marry a Qin girl or marry into the Qin family!"

He also scolded the Kong family and Kong Hushi: "You are so ungrateful. You can live in the same town with the Qin family and often see the Qin family. This is a good thing that people from other places can't even ask for. The Kong family and Kong Hushi actually want to harm the Qin family!"

After hearing this, the grandchildren of the Tang family thought about the difficulties of finding a house to rent today, as well as the masters and young masters in silk robes who were waiting in carriages on the side of the official road. They finally understood what it meant for the Qin family to be given an official title.
The grandchildren of the Tang family nodded proudly: "Yes, Grandfather, don't worry, we will definitely make friends with the Qin family and use the Qin family as a ladder to gain greater benefits."

Old Scholar Tang was very satisfied: "Well, I am very pleased that you can make such progress." The eldest daughter-in-law of the Tang family thought for a while and whispered: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, husband, there are so many rich families out there now, and our brothers and sisters are all good, shouldn't we limit ourselves to the Qin family?"

The Qin family is good, but now they still have to farm and work on their own. How can they compare to the lords' families in the prefectures along the official roads?

They were families that had been wealthy for generations, and the young ladies in the family lived a life of being ordered around by the boss.

Mr. Tang nodded and said, "Well, sir, you should go out more often, make more friends with masters, and expand our family's opportunities for marriage."

Uncle Tang was very upset. Please don’t just say you don’t want to give money. If you want to socialize, especially to socialize with rich people, you can’t do it without money!

"Yes, son, I'll save you some trouble." Uncle Tang said, and then asked in a gentle voice, "Dad, what about hiring someone to promote it?"

Mr. Tang frowned, and finally gritted his teeth and gave a small silver note of ten taels: "Give me ten taels of silver to buy publicity for two days."

"Hey." Uncle Tang took the small silver note and hurried to do it.

After the contact person got the money, he told his gossipy women to do it. Unfortunately, the women from the nearby villages had made too much money recently and started to slack off. They just shouted a few words casually and did not manage to infiltrate the general public and let the gossip ferment, so they just quit the job.

Therefore, near the official road, you rarely hear about the kind-hearted deeds of Mr. Tang who donated money to save his relatives. Instead, you hear that Mr. Dai in the city has opened a charity for children to help orphans.

"I heard that orphans of heroes and martyrs will be given priority in assistance and can also be given priority in learning to read and write!"

"Oh, that Master Dai is really kind. We are so lucky to have a kind person like him here!"

"There are other outstanding people like Master Dai, such as Mr. Ji from the prefectural capital! Mr. Ji is the literary talent of our Dongming Prefecture. He passed the imperial examination in his early thirties and is not even forty yet. His future achievements will surely be great!"

Well, yes, that kind of boasting is everywhere.

In short, those who have the ability are spending money desperately to spread their good reputation in the hope of catching the eyes of angels and soaring to the sky.

Two days later, on March 13, the huge group of people who came to issue the imperial edict finally passed through here and headed towards Baofu County ahead.

Everyone was so excited that they knelt on the roadside. Someone shouted, "Dai Chengshan of the Dai family in Dongming Prefecture respectfully welcomes the team to issue the decree to His Majesty. The Dai family will give up half of their property to open a charity bureau to give priority to rescuing the children of heroes and martyrs!"

Near and behind Master Dai, a large group of people followed suit and shouted, and for a moment, everyone heard what was said.

The imperial courts of all dynasties have always welcomed and given some face to such donations to help the weak and reduce the burden of the imperial court.

Therefore, a voice was heard from the Imperial Guards: "The Dai family is kind!"

There is no need to worry that the Dai family cannot do it. After all, the government will register and verify it later. Just saying it but not doing it is deceiving the emperor. That's even better. All the family property will be confiscated.

Master Dai was so excited that he was shaking. The old scholar who was supported by his family hurriedly reminded him: "Master, thank the grace quickly."

"Dai Chengshan of the Dai family thanks His Majesty and the angel for their recognition. The Dai family will never let His Majesty down!" Master Dai burst into tears. After hearing these words, he felt that his family business was safe.

There are many masters, scholars and so on next, but in short, the Tang family has nothing to do with it.

Mr. Tang’s family couldn’t even squeeze to the front, as they were still a hundred meters away from the main road, so their shouts couldn’t be heard by the decree-announcement team.

This wave of losses for the Tang family not only cost them money, reputation, but also their health... There were so many people, pushing and shoving that old scholar Tang was pushed down and stepped on, fracturing his feet.

In short, I didn't make any money, but I lost a lot.

(End of this chapter)