Chapter 309: Bro, You Gotta be Crass
As soon as Zhang Fei returned to the firm, he immediately brought prosperity to the establishment.
At the front counter, scattered “great benefactors” came in an endless stream.
In the back hall, wealthy merchants were also growing in number.
But it wasn’t difficult to see that the front counter and back hall represented two different groups.
Many of those making donations at the front counter were household servants, and behind them stood the vast scholar-official class.
The scholar-officials simply sent people to donate a small amount of money to express their support for the concept of “preserving wealth amongst the people”.
This was purely for political purposes.
Under this banner, and with the personal endorsement of Sima Guang, the leader of the conservative faction, if they failed to raise money, it would absolutely give Wang Anshi and his allies something to mock.
That was absolutely unacceptable.