The cannon fodder daughter was exiled, she has a system to earn gold

Before the banquet at Prince Xiao's Mansion began, most of the famous and wealthy people in the capital had come.

This is an invitational banquet from Xiaoyao Palace. Many people probably haven't had the chance yet. Duan won't miss this good opportunity.

Even though some people think this might be a Hongmen Banquet, they are still happy to come.

However, the housekeeper still wrote down the names of some people who should have come but did not.

Those who didn’t come were basically all on the villain side.

Now that the Jin Kingdom is in imminent danger, if no one who can help comes, it would be tantamount to treason.

They are just asked to pay the money, but it is the soldiers on the front line who risk their lives.

When the country is in trouble, every citizen has a responsibility.

The soldiers are fighting with their lives in the front, but they can't keep up, so they are just waiting for the country to be destroyed. So those who can come don't come, they really deserve to die!

Qin Zhongyue looked at the list recorded by the housekeeper with an expressionless face.

"Keep this for later. When you have collected enough grain and silver, make a list of who contributed how much and what. Prepare an extra copy and send it to the emperor, so he can feel more at ease."

At this critical juncture, the country's pillars cannot afford to make any mistakes, otherwise it would be adding insult to injury.

"Yes!"

The butler took the order and went down to prepare.

It just so happens that the list of those who are unwilling to come can be handed over to the emperor, so that the emperor can clear out the remaining evildoers.

The banquet started unprecedentedly quickly. At other banquets, there was a pre-opening ceremony of mutual introductions and chatting, but at today's banquet at Xiaoyao Palace, people were directly led to the venue by servants when they arrived. The whole place could be said to be packed, but there was complete silence.

The scene was a gathering of the backyards of all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital, with all kinds of backyards, but the scene was very solemn and no one dared to say a word.

At most, those who were familiar with each other exchanged glances, fearing that they would be seen by Qin Zhongyue, the Empress Dowager and others who took the main seat.

It was almost time and no one would come, so the old lady of the Pei family stood directly to the lower right of Qin Zhongyue.

"Today, I will take advantage of my age and the convenience of the princess to say a few words first."

The old lady of the Pei family felt distressed when she saw Qin Zhongyue still standing, and hurriedly tried to help her sit down.

"Princess, you are heavy, please sit down. I can handle it."

Qin Zhongyue didn't try to hold on. She was indeed very tired after most of the day. If it weren't for her strong body, she would have collapsed.

"Taijun, please speak."

Qin Zhongyue did not ask the old lady of the Pei family for help. Even the Empress Dowager would not put on airs in front of such a woman, let alone her. Besides, the Pei family deserves respect.

"I invited you all here today, I believe you all know the reason.

Now that the country is in trouble, every citizen has a responsibility to do his part. Women and children like me cannot go to the battlefield, but we can provide food, clothing, housing and transportation to the soldiers in the rear so that they can fight on the front line for us without any worries.

I won't waste any more time. I hope you all here have your own ambitions, ambitions and kindness in your hearts!

I am willing to donate one hundred thousand taels!"

As the old lady of the Pei family spoke, she took off all the hairpins on her head and the bracelets and rings on her hands and placed them on the large platform that had been set up in the middle of Qin Zhongyue's yard early in the morning.

The four maids around Qin Zhongyue and the housekeeper each brought four servants to record together.

Have more people record together to prevent mistakes and omissions.

The Empress Dowager stood up and said, "These words should have been spoken by me, a member of the royal family. The country is here, the family is here... everything is self-evident...

In any case, I will bow to you all first."

She learned all this without saying anything from Xiaoyueer. It was really the right time to say it now. Anything else she said would be meaningless.

"useless!!!!"

……

When the ladies saw that the Grand Empress Dowager was really going to bow, they were so scared that they knelt down.

How could they dare to bear it?

Besides, the soldiers are indeed risking their lives to help them on the front line.

They can't help in any other way, so it's only right that they give some money.

"Grandma, please stop worrying and let's donate too."

After they donated, the ladies and girls followed suit.

The Empress Dowager nodded quickly, saying that collecting the money first was the most important thing.

"I will donate two hundred thousand taels!"

Two hundred thousand taels!!

The 100,000 taels from Lady Bei had stunned everyone before, and before they could come to their senses, the Empress Dowager gave another 200,000 taels. She was really rich!

But it basically emptied their private vaults.

Qin Zhongyue personally helped the Empress Dowager up and also took out his own private property.

"I am donating two hundred thousand taels on behalf of Xiaoyao Palace!"

Qin Zhongyue couldn't go past the Empress Dowager, so she had to spend money to make other things, but that almost emptied out all the money she had saved in the past year.

It was only because of Niu Su’s help, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to raise so much money in such a short time.

The daughters-in-law of the Pei family also stepped forward to donate their own portion, and similarly took off their jewellery and placed it on the table.

The Qin family did not donate silver. As their several sons got married one after another, they did not have much money.

"The Qin family donated 10,000 taels of silver, 3,000 dan of grain, and 20,000 packs of instant noodles."

Jiang looked at Qin Zhongyue with embarrassment as she spoke, "Princess Qin's family is still making instant noodles. We will be able to produce another batch in a few days, with 20,000 packs. We can also increase production later and supply them all to the soldiers at the border until they return victorious."

Jiang felt that she was the princess's family and the second son's family, and she couldn't let people think that she took so little, which would bring shame to her son and daughter, so she endured the embarrassment and said it out.

My daughter also said that when it is time to speak, you should not pretend to be mute, otherwise no one will know.

"The Qin family is very kind!"

The Empress Dowager and the old lady of the Pei family both smiled and praised.

Those ladies then realized that it wasn't just money that was needed; other things were also fine.

So the donations from the ladies afterwards were all varied, but they were all useful.

For example, cotton clothes, shoes, fine cotton cloth, medicinal materials, and even donated porcelain.

The porcelain that cannot be used at the border can be exchanged for silver, which can be used to buy supplies. It's a bit troublesome, but people are happy to accept it.

After the banquet, Qin Zhongyue raised 1,967,200 taels of silver, not counting jewelry and hairpins, which translated into nearly 2 million taels of silver. There was also food, clothing, etc., a total of about 6 million taels.

Even the old lady of the Pei family and the Empress Dowager were shocked.

They thought it might be a lot, probably around one million taels, but they didn't expect it to be six times the expected amount.

"Okay, okay, now we just need to send it to the border."

The old lady of the Pei family and the Empress Dowager were both worried about how to send him to the border safely.

"Let the Emperor do it."

Qin Zhongyue did not waste any time and directly delivered all of these to the emperor in the palace.

He also gave the emperor an idea, which was to make sure that no one in the escort or at the checkpoints along the way would dare to embezzle money.

She had other things to do, so she didn't go. It was the Sixth Princess and Qin Sixi and his wife who went to handle the matter.

At this time, everyone was nervous. After all, the Sixth Princess was a princess, so it was easy and quick for her to enter the palace.

The Empress Dowager was worried that Qin Zhongyue was too tired, so she insisted on staying at home with her.

Qin Zhongyue let her be. He was busy at the moment so he wouldn't let his mind run wild.