My father-in-law is Kangxi

After watching Fengsheng and Akdan, everyone came to warm the house with great interest.

They were just at the tenth prince's mansion, but they saw the camellia budding and about to bloom.

I heard that in addition to camellias, there are also many winter jasmine and wintersweet in the greenhouse. Although it is not in flowering season, it is good to go and have a look.

This year, there are no three kinds of corn, potatoes, and peanuts in the greenhouse. There is a lot of free space, and one-third of the space is filled with flowers of various colors.

Shu Shu has learned from the past, and is afraid that everyone will want to pick vegetables by themselves. After staying in the greenhouse for a long time, she still thinks about how to remind them.

As a result, everyone entered the greenhouse and looked around at the flowers, but they didn't mean to pick vegetables.

Shu Shu realized later that it was inconvenient for everyone to wear it.

Greetings when entering the palace this morning, everyone is wearing flag suits and flag shoes, and it is not convenient to take advantage of the vegetables in the greenhouse.

Everyone looked around and came out to have tea in the main room.

Shu Shu then ordered Xiaotang to bring people to pick the vegetables that could be picked, divide them equally, and bring them to everyone.

It's not a precious thing, and no one is polite to Shu Shu.

Before the second quarter, all the dishes were delivered, and everyone was about to leave.

Qifujin smiled and said: "It's agreed to take turns to treat guests, so it's my turn next time? Then I'll choose a day in the twelfth lunar month, and we will get together again?"

Before eating just now, Seventh Fujin had already mentioned the reason for taking turns to treat guests, which was like explaining the reason for Ten Fujin's treats to his sister-in-laws.

Jiugege said: "Sister-in-law Qi is waiting for next year, I will be the first to take the turn this time in the twelfth lunar month, it should have been a long time ago to invite everyone to come over and recognize her family."

She came in the order of the princes, ranking herself between the tenth elder brother and the ninth elder brother.

Otherwise, people can't respect her as an aunt, and she will really be ranked behind Sanfu Jin.

Qi Fujin nodded and said: "That's what I'm looking forward to, have you tidied up the garden yet? The big house of your young couple is really enviable."

The owner of the princess mansion is Jiugege, and Buxi is only half of the owner.

He can live in the Princess Mansion, but his future concubines and concubines cannot live here.

The princess mansion is equivalent to only living in the Jiugege couple and Jiugege's own children.

When Jiugege is gone, the Princess Mansion will be taken back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Jiugege said: "I made a garden on the East Road, planted some fruit trees, and planted peonies, peonies and other flowers. Now that I think about it, it's not as good as Jiusao's place. Next year, I will ask someone to build a greenhouse."

The Princess Mansion was remodeled from Tong Guowei's old mansion, next to Orondai's mansion, with a narrow road in the middle.

Later, when the Princess Mansion was being rebuilt, Brother Jiu asked someone to send Jiu Gege the blueprints.

Jiugege was afraid of being next to each other, so he followed the example of the Nine Princes' Mansion and changed the East Road into a garden to separate the Princess Mansion from the Duke's Mansion.

Although the sisters-in-law next to me are older, since this is a small gathering as agreed, they all agreed to take turns.

With their identities, there is no shortage of human relations and entertainment.

But no matter if they were clan princes or nobles, when they went there, they would act like Prince Fujin, just deal with it.

Like today, who doesn't like a relaxed and cozy gathering where sisters-in-law and aunts-in-law get together to eat and drink?
Sanfujin smiled and said, "Then wait for my sister's post."

Si Fujin also nodded beside her, she was her own sister-in-law, so naturally she could only support her.

Wu Fujin also wanted to see that Jiugege's dowry, in addition to the dowry list, also had ten boxes of books, which were in the Ningshou Palace's collection.

Among the female relatives, apart from Shushu, Jiugege has the most books.

Everyone agrees on this, and we will leave first.

Shu Shuyuan followed Ten Fujin and Si Fujin to watch the carriages leave.

When they were all gone, she followed Shifujin to send Sifujin off.

Sifujin's house was less than one mile away from the Ninth Prince's Mansion, so Shu Shu asked someone to bring the chariot over and sent Sifujin back.

It's been a long time since I went to the palace to pay my respects in the morning.

Shi Fujin yawned, and said: "Sister-in-law, I'm going back to catch up on sleep first, I was only thinking about today's treat, I didn't get a good rest yesterday."

"Well, let's go, I want to take a rest too..." Shu Shu said.

The two sisters-in-law also broke up.

When Shu Shu returned to the house, changed her clothes, washed her face, and was just about to lie down, Brother Jiu came back.

"It's pretty early? Didn't you say we're going to play dominoes?"

Brother Jiu asked curiously.

Over the past year, the dominoes have also flowed from the palace to the outside.

Especially since the beginning of winter, everyone is like winter, wishing that every family can form a poker game.

Shu Shu remembered Shi Fujin's card skills, and said with a smile: "The ten younger siblings feed the three families, and after two rounds, they will lose completely. Everyone doesn't like to play with her anymore."

Although Wu Fujin and Jiu Gege like to be quiet and not noisy, they don't like playing cards very much.

When Shu Shu came here, he was too lazy to bother.

Therefore, no one went to make up for Shi Fujin.

Everyone playing cards is just playing fresh, and no one has an addiction.

Ninth elder brother was still worried that tenth elder brother was not here, and ten Fujin was a loser, so he asked Shu Shu, "Isn't it 'Jianbao'? What about later, what do you forget when you see something good? They are all sisters-in-law and aunt, so they shouldn't take advantage of the old ones." Ten Fujin is cheap, right? Did you give me the capital?"

Shu Shu gave Brother Jiu a white look, opened the brocade box next to it, took out the two-layer pearl necklace, handed it to Brother Jiu, and said: "Siblings are generous, I asked everyone to choose the ones they love, and give them away!"

Brother Jiu felt a toothache, so he took the necklace and said critically: "The pearls are not bad, but the beads are not too big, nor are they perfect circles. They are not as good as your own. If you want to wear pearls, I will buy them for you." go!"

Shu Shu has a string of pearl necklaces, which was the dowry of Mrs. Uncle in her early years. After decades, the pearls are still good and the beads are round.

The present necklace does have its shortcomings.

The three-layer pearl necklace placed next to this one is bigger, rounder and more expensive, so Shu Shu didn't choose it.

She looked at the pearl necklace with some hesitation.

This is another deal that cannot be taken alone.

To cooperate with Kangxi, or to wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne?

It seems that it is not difficult to choose.

The same rulers and ministers are in the front, and father and son and brothers are in the back. Father and son must be closer and more reliable than brothers.

Such as the relationship between the emperor and Prince Yu, Prince Gong and others.

Before the princes were of age, the two princes were promoted and used by Kangxi.

However, as the princes gradually matured, the two princes and brothers had to give way to the princes.

At that time, the old elder brothers like Brother Jiu will also give way to the new generation of princes.

Shu Shu said: "My lord looked at these pearls, what did you think of?"

Brother Jiu blinked, and said casually: "You are old?"

What else is there to do with pearls?
Buy a box and return the pearl?

Fake it?

A legacy from the sea?

Shu Shu glanced at Brother Nine, and said, "Master has self-knowledge..."

Brother Jiu knew that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly said, "Then what did you think of? A perfect match? Pearl and jade by your side?"

Shu Shu took the pearl, looked at elder brother Jiu, and said, "Don't we still have 20 taels of spare money in our hands? It's useless to put it aside, or we can arrange someone to try to raise pearls?"

Brother Jiu was dumbfounded, patted Shu Shu's head, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Pearls are naturally cultivated, and it's not a tea plant fruit, can they be cultivated?"

Shu Shu shook his head and said: "This is not what I thought, the predecessors have already had a method, it has been recorded in "Wenchang Miscellaneous Notes", people raised pearls in the Northern Song Dynasty, Buddhism was prevalent in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there were people on the edge of Taihu Lake Put the small copper Buddha statue in the mouth of the big clam, and you can get the pearl shell Buddha statue, and then the dynasties changed, and the income decreased, so it disappeared from the market."

Brother Jiu looked at Shu Shu, then at Pearl, and said, "How many years will it take?"

Shu Shu thought for a while, and said, "It depends on how big the core is in the middle of the pearl. The big fake pearls they used in the Northern Song Dynasty would last for two years."

Brother Jiu was excited, and took the pearl from Shu Shu's hand again, and said, "What about Dongzhu? Shouldn't it be possible to grow it too?"

Shu Shu looked at Brother Nine and said, "Master, do you want to hand this over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Brother Jiu shook his head hurriedly.

No one is a big fool.

This pearl is really going to be cultivated, and the money of the grandchildren's family can be earned.

Not to mention being the richest man in the Qing Dynasty, you can be the richest man in the capital.

As for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, can he remain in charge for the rest of his life?

When Khan Ama was here, he would be the general manager, and he didn't worry about it when someone was replaced.

Brother Jiu understood what Shu Shu meant, since it was for his own personal gain, Dong Zhu couldn't touch it.

Probably not.

At present, the fishing of the East Pearl has reached a large scale. There are hundreds of pearl fishing boats, thousands of animals, and dozens of officials. No one is allowed to use it unless it is ordered.

Even the current identities of their husband and wife are considered the most distinguished group of people other than the emperor and the prince, but the prince, Brother Jiu, follows the rule of the prince, and ten pearls are allowed to be used on the court crown; Ten East Pearls are permitted on the crown.

But Dongzhu is divided into grades, a total of seven grades, and the only ones they can use are second-class and third-class Dongzhu.

The first class is dedicated to the emperor, empress and queen mother.

Dongzhu is precious, but also because of the difficulty of fishing.

Brother Nine, who knows about economics, figured out the key.

Things are rare.

What would happen if the Dongzhu Rotten Street was dedicated to the imperial court according to its rank?

Pearls can only be Nanzhu and Haizhu.

But everyone knows that the sea is deep and uncontrollable.

But Taihu Lake happened to be the south of the Yangtze River that he was afraid of.

He couldn't sit still anymore, and said, "Apart from Jiangnan, what about other places? Hunan, or Shandong, both of which have large lakes..."

Shu Shu doesn't know.

She thought for a while and said, "I mentioned Taihu Lake because most of the pearls are picked from Taihu Lake now. There are river mussels that can produce pearls in Taihu Lake. When the time comes, just fish out the river mussels and put pearl cores in them, so that the local A river oyster that produces one pearl can produce several pearls, so that the oyster that did not produce pearls before produces pearls. It is difficult for a clever woman to live without rice. Not necessarily the kind that produces pearls."

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "You are right. Even if we want to raise pearls, we must have enough pearl oysters. Tomorrow, Shengjia will return to Beijing. Master will go to Jingyang Palace to look through the pearl tributes of the past dynasties and have a look. Where did they come from, check the place of origin..."

He got Shu Shu to remind him not to go to the inner court when Sheng Jia is not in the palace.

The adult prince, Guada Lixia, should avoid suspicion.

Although Jingyang Palace is now used as a collection of books, it is still in the East Sixth Palace and belongs to the inner court...