Chapter 69: The Great Luoyang Incident
In the eyes of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Feng Xian should not let this idea come up in vain!
They have to give him some soup to eat, right?
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Cao Cao and Yuan Shao struck while the iron was hot and posted a post to the well-known rich family in Luoyang City that day, and planned to host a banquet at Taibai Restaurant tomorrow afternoon to discuss matters.
And these people, without exception, are all VIP guests from Taibai Restaurant.
There was nothing to say for a day. On the afternoon of the second day, many wealthy people gave Cao Cao and Yuan Shao face and came to the banquet in time.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Cao Cao put down his wine glass and told him in public about the establishment of a nursing home and an orphanage in Luoyang City.
However, after Cao Cao finished speaking, the scene suddenly became unstoppable.
Huo, let’s take out money to do charity?
Whose family’s money is blowing from the strong wind?
When these rich people heard that Cao Cao was talking about this, they stopped talking, but they were also thinking about it.
Since Cao Cao and Yuan Shao spoke, they should not be too shameful and give them thirty or fifty taels of silver to pass the matter.
Seeing that the scene was suddenly in a mess, Cao Cao was not surprised, it was expected.
Then Cao Cao smiled and said, "Everyone, this is a great good deed, this is a great opportunity to make a name for himself! In this way, after the nursing home and the orphanage city, a stone tablet will be erected outside, and the names of the families who donated silver will be engraved on it."
"The ranking order will be ranked according to the donated silver. This is a great merit! It will not be said to be for generations, but it can be passed down from generation to generation. You can all be famous for the ages!"
Hearing Cao Cao's words, the eyes of these rich men suddenly lit up.
If the name can be engraved on the stone tablet, this is a good opportunity to become famous, and the money must be donated!
In fact, all famous families want to gain a good reputation.
In ancient times, many wealthy landlords and wealthy families had to spend some money to build bridges and roads every year in order to find a good reputation.
But now it seems that building bridges and roads is simply weak compared to this nursing home and orphanage.
Although I paid a little more money, I didn’t pay the money alone, so I could do such things.
Thinking of this, Mr. Hong couldn't help but say, "Meng De is right. My Hong family will take out a lot of money to do good deeds every year. My Hong family will not miss such good deeds! My Hong family is willing to take out 5,000 taels of silver!"
Hearing Mr. Hong's words, Cao Cao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
As long as one person takes the lead, the rest will rush to pay the money, and this matter will be done.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao looked at each other and showed a knowing smile.
Sure enough, after Mr. Hong, the remaining wealthy people expressed their willingness to donate silver.
And in order to gain a position on the stone tablet, the highest price has been paid 50,000 taels of silver.
Fifty thousand taels of silver are definitely an astronomical figure, but for these rich people, it cannot be said that they are a drop in the bucket, but they will definitely not be hurt.
What they care more about is that as long as they have a reputation, it will be worth it.
Seeing this scene, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Immediately let my subordinates start to ascend the roster and numbers, and prepare for various matters.
Within three days, all the silver will be deposited, and the projects of nursing homes and orphanages will be officially launched.
The courtyards are all ready-made, and they donated them among the rich and discounted them to make up for the cash.
What is needed now is just a transformation.
In fact, it doesn’t take too much effort, but some places need to be opened and some necessary facilities need to be built. These are all details and do not take much effort.
The rest is to buy some infrastructure that must be purchased, but these actually don’t cost much money.
The money raised this time was worth millions of taels of silver, which was enough to support nearly ten years of operation.
As for ten years later, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion was over, it was already in chaos. I don’t know what happened yet, so I didn’t care about it at that time.
However, in five or six days, the reconstruction work has been completed and the infrastructure has been fully in place.
The remaining silver is the three accountants selected by these rich people to do the accounting, and they are not afraid of being greedy for others.
The remaining silver was also specially kept by the people they selected, and they had to withdraw the daily needs based on accounts.
This operation method was designed by Lu Bu and made everyone more satisfied.
As for manpower, they are all from each family. Each family has a few servants, and this manpower is enough to use.
The next thing is to invite the elderly and orphans in Luoyang City to move into nursing homes and orphanages.
This incident caused a sensation in the entire Luoyang City.
Every day, widowed elderly people who have no children are taken to nursing homes, and every day, wandering orphans are taken to orphanages.
Of course, the selection is also relatively strict.
For example, it is limited to those with a Luoyang household registration, only to those who have no children or real orphans.
Because although the Eastern Han Dynasty was indeed a waste of life, Luoyang City was the capital after all, and the people's living standards were definitely much higher than the average level.
Apart from those wandering refugees, there are really not so many widowed elderly and orphans in Luoyang City.
It took another ten days to complete the check-in problem.
The stone tablets outside the orphanage and nursing home were also carved and erected outside the orphanage and nursing home.
The top of the stone tablet is two sentences: Respect the elderly and the elderly of others, and the young of others!
Below are the names of the donors, sorted by the amount of silver donated.
The top names are Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Cao Cao is in front of the orphanage, and Yuan Shao is in front of the nursing home.
After all, these two people were responsible for this matter, and they were worried about everything, so their names were placed at the forefront, so the rich people had no complaints.
After the stone tablet was erected, the rich men were all proud of their names when they saw that their names were engraved on them, and felt that the money they spent was worth.
As for Lu Bu's name, it did not appear on the stone tablet, because he did not donate money at all, and he just gave some advice on his work.
His name appears in the names of nursing homes and orphanages. The nursing homes and orphanages are named after Lu Bu's name.
Lu Bu Nursing Home, Lu Bu Orphanage.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao always felt something was wrong, but among their ideas, the stone tablet outside the door was the most eye-catching thing.
And their names are at the top!
Chapter completed!