My father-in-law is Kangxi

When Sheng Jia was in the palace, brother Jiu went home at noon; when Sheng Jia was not in the palace, he had no errands and didn't bother to spend time, so he left first.

He sent someone to the clan mansion to say something, but he returned first.

Now I went back to pick up Shu Shu, just in time for lunch.

But since the business of the restaurant is booming, brother Jiu had to tell Chunlin who came out today: "Go and book a private room."

Chunlin went directly to Nancheng.

Shu Shu didn't expect Brother Nine to be so impatient, he said to go to the restaurant, and he will go to the restaurant today.

But it's okay to be idle around, so let's go.

People in the Eight Banners wear clothes according to the month.

Now that it's February, and the weather is getting warmer, I've changed my woolen clothes, and I'm wearing quilted clothes, or camel's hair or western wool.

For Cao Yin's annual gift last year, there were two horses of cashmere cloth.

One peach pink, one peacock blue.

Shu Shu asked the sewing room to make spring shirts, and she and Brother Jiu set the same set.

Shu Shu changed into new clothes when she was going out to eat out today.

Cashmere is soft and brightly colored.

It's just that with today's dyeing and washing technology, the clothes will probably fail after a few times of water.

Compared with fur clothes, it doesn't last long.

Brother Jiu lowered his head, glanced at his body, and said to Shu Shu: "It's a pity to add silk to this material. If you don't add silk, you can only dye dark colors, otherwise you won't need to wash it."

Shu Shu thought of the woolen coats of later generations, which were either dry-cleaned or not washed for a season. Indeed, black and indigo were the mainstream.

Brother Jiu said: "Jiangning's venue has been fully prepared since 38, and it has been two years now. This year's production should also increase, but where to sell it is a problem."

Shu Shu said: "No matter where you sell it, don't lower the price. This is not a high-quality and cheap thing. On the contrary, it is worth a little less than woolen clothes, and more people will recognize it."

Not to mention that the cashmere material is really comfortable to the touch, but it is really a happy but expensive purchase for the rich.

Things are expensive away from home, and people are cheap away from home.

This is something from Jiangnan, the capital will recognize it, but Jiangnan may not recognize it.

Shu Shu remembered the fact that the rich and powerful families in the capital were vying to buy the tribute, so she said to Brother Jiu: "These materials can't be much cheaper than foreign wool, or else everyone will get used to being cheaper than foreign goods in the future, and they should feel bad in their hearts. Now, it can be divided into two prices, the plain one is less than the foreign woolen one, and the rest is made into embroidered fabrics by taking advantage of the cheap embroidery workers in Jiangning, and then they are not sold directly in Jiangnan. , the emperor rewards envoys, and half of them will directly serve as tributes..."

After hearing this, Brother Nine understood, and hesitantly said, "I was thinking about going to Guangzhou before and selling it in Nanyang or the West."

Shu Shu said: "Don't delay, you can ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to choose one of the thirteen branches to sell the things of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These things are only allowed to be sold abroad, and they are not allowed to be sold domestically. It will be fine..."

In this way, others do not know how much was sold.

It is disrespectful to use the word "court" casually in the Qing Dynasty, but the Western side recognizes this name.

Brother Jiu thinks it's good.

He said: "Go back and ask Cao Yin, what is his original plan, and then see how many horses he can produce every year."

Brother Nine wears a yellow belt and rides lightly. After all, Nancheng is also in the city, but the white dragon fish suit is not acceptable.

If you really encounter someone who is not open to your eyes, isn't it just looking for trouble?
Shu Shu went to Ning'an Hall to talk to Mrs. Uncle, and by the way, sent Xiao Gege to Ning'an Hall first.

Little Gege is one and a half months older than Niguzhu, but only half of Niguzhu's weight, looking slender and well-behaved.

The third elder brother and his wife are not bad in appearance, and Xiao Gege is also good-looking, with puddles of water in his apricot core eyes, and looks like a thin version of a new year picture doll.

Niguzhu likes this sister very much, and puts out her little toys one by one, wanting to play with little Gege.

Little Gege only has two older brothers, and now he has a younger brother, who has never met face to face.

It was the first time for her to see a child about her own age, and she was also curious about Niguzhu.

Mrs. Uncle was beside her, pointing at Niguzhu, and said to Little Gege: "This is my sister..."

Then she said to Niguzhu: "This is my sister..."

Little Gege hasn't learned to speak yet, and only looks at the nurse next to her.

The nanny looked at the little master and explained softly: "Just like my brother, these are all close people."

Apart from her own brothers, among her cousins, she has the closest blood relationship with the cousins ​​at Ninth Prince's place.

Xiao Gege seems to understand but not understand.

Niguzhu has already learned the tongue by the side.

"Pick up", "Pick up"...

She smiled like a flower, and went to hug Xiao Gege, with two chubby arms, hugging Xiao Gege fully, it can be seen that she is really close.

Little Gege didn't break free, "babbling".

The two little sisters communicated in baby language.

Seeing that the two were in harmony, Shu Shu bid farewell to Mrs. Uncle in a low voice, and quietly withdrew.

Fengsheng and Akdan are fine, they keep each other company.

Niguzhu is alone here, and he is a bit lonely on weekdays.

Just don't rush to choose a partner.

When the weather is warmer, you can take a time every day to let all three children go to the main courtyard.

Let them get along more with each other as brothers and sisters.

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After settling in the mansion, the husband and wife left the mansion and got into the carriage hand in hand.

Fuqing and Chunlin were on duty, and they brought twenty guards along with them on horseback.

In the carriage, Shu Shu and Brother Jiu looked at me and I looked at you, and they all laughed.

Although last October, the couple did not bring their children and traveled alone, but the feeling is not the same as now.

"My lord has inquired. Jin Yiren is quite capable. It's a pity for this old boy. He is capable and has a smooth temper. He talks about people when he sees people and talks about ghosts. If he is down-to-earth, he will have a bright future, but now the death knell has sounded." , the days are not long, and even his wife and children will not end well." Brother Jiu said.

Shu Shudao: "The officials of the imperial court are all low-level officials, just to guard against gaining power and accumulating wealth. Jiangnan Sanzhi has become a world official. It may not be easy to start well and end well."

Those are the eyes, ears and claws of the emperor.

Jiangnan officials and Shilin also know this, otherwise who would put the fourth and fifth rank officials in their eyes?
Brother Nine frowned, and said, "I don't know Li Xu well, but Cao Yin is cautious and loyal to Khan Ama, so he probably wouldn't lie to the Jin family like this."

Shu Shu also had a good impression of Cao Yin.

Historically, the Cao family had suffered a deficit, which was probably due to the bad debts of several southern tours after Kangxi.

Starting from the southern tour in 38, plus the subsequent three southern tours, Cao Yin and Li Xu were responsible for the preparations for the southern tour.

The amount of money allocated by the imperial court is limited, but the number of people following the southern tour is increasing, and the ostentation is also getting bigger and bigger. The money that was consumed was the money that the Cao family borrowed from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Shu Shu said: "When something happened to the Jin family, the emperor will increase the supervision. It may be a good thing for them."

Brother Jiu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said: "That's right, it's better if someone watches over it, just like the House of Internal Affairs, with the establishment of those few censors, the atmosphere is different from before..."

The Prince's Mansion was at the northernmost part of the inner city, and the husband and wife sat in a carriage, walked to the southernmost part, left the inner city, and arrived at the restaurant mentioned by Brother Jiu.

The time was just right, two quarters of an hour to noon, and it was time for dinner.

The husband and wife got out of the carriage and went upstairs to the private room.

With Brother Nine's appearance, the guests in the main room became a little quieter.

Master Yellow Belt.

Although it is not too rare, it is not something that gentry and ordinary people can provoke.

It wasn't until the two of them went up the stairs and entered the private room that the downstairs returned to normal.

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In the private room, Shu Shu and Brother Jiu had already taken their seats.

On the table was a small dish of nuts.

Shu Shu sat down and said, "Whose business looks quite impressive?"

Although this is not a shop in the inner city, it is also the busiest street in the southern city. The two-story restaurant with seven fronts is very spacious, much more grand than Shu Shu's Baiweiju.

The room is elegantly furnished, with tables and chairs of water willow wood, and calligraphy and paintings are hung on the walls.

Brother Nine said: "Guess?"

How do you guess?

Brother Jiu gave a reminder: "A well-known wealthy businessman from other places."

Shu Shu thought about it, it wasn't Ji's family.

If it was Ji's family, brother Jiu would not ask such a question.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, can be called rich by the prince, that is really rich.

Shu Shu thought of the Kang family in "South Ji Bei Kang" who was as famous as the Ji family.

"A member of the Kang family has come to Beijing?"

The Kang family is the richest man in the North, from Shanxi, and they seem to have followed the route of Prince Yu's Mansion.

Brother Nine shook his head and said: "I guessed wrong, Beikang will become 'Xikang' in the future, and in the past two years there has been an extra 'Beian' in the north, and now it is also called 'Bei'an Xikang'!"

install……

Shu Shu had heard of this surname before, and said, "Is it the slave released by Mingzhu's family?"

She felt weird.

The bad comments about Brother Nine in later generations include the embezzlement of millions of property from the son-in-law's family.

His son-in-law is Mingzhu's grandson Yongfu.

Shu Shu felt that this rhetoric was not very accurate.

If it's really the fields, houses and real estate, Brother Jiu would not be able to invade even if he is a prince.

Not to mention the members of the Nalan family, but Yongfu himself, whose stepmother is Kangxi's niece Geng Gege who grew up in the palace.

Kangxi loved this niece very much, pointed it out to Mingzhu's son, and cared about the niece's heirs, so he decided to adopt two heirs.

How could he allow elder brother Jiu to bully Geng Gege's heir?

What Brother Nine occupied was more like the commercial territory of Nalan's family.

The house slave who was released should have been transferred to the family of Nalan's in-laws Ninth Brother when two generations of Nalan's Mingzhu and his son passed away one after another, and only two young masters could not support the family.

Brother Nine nodded and said: "I thought it was an old man before. He has been famous for several years, but how old do you think he is?"

This is really unfamiliar, and merchants don't have much weight at this time. It may have been recorded in history, but it is not known to the public.

Shu Shu thought for a while and said, "Stand up if you are not enough?"

Men in their 30s now start to grow beards.

There is also the old saying that "without hair on the mouth, you can't do things well", so 30 years old is considered a dividing line.

Under 30 years old is considered a young person, and 30 years old is considered a middle-aged person.

Brother Nine shook his head and said, "I'm the same Geng as Master..."

Shu Shu was really surprised, and said: "The one who went to Huainan to be a salt merchant was he himself, not his father and brother?"

This man has been famous for several years.

If he is nineteen this year, he is really a genius businessman.

Brother Jiu said: "Master is just like you. He thought that An Qi, like Ji Hong, was to help the family, but it turned out that he made it up for himself. I heard that he was only fourteen when he was released, and he hadn't matured yet. Ding, after five or six years now, not to mention being as famous as the Kang family and Ji family, he has already gained a place. The key is that the money he earned in the past five years, besides buying a shop in Jiangnan, he also bought Xianghe Now there are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Xianghe..."

Shu Shu listened and said, "Xianghe? Where did Gao Bin take office?"

Gao Bin passed the six-part written examination, the eight-rank written examination, and was released to the outside world. He found the magistrate of Xianghe County, and he will go to Xianghe to take up his post in a few days.

Xianghe County is 120 miles away from the capital, and is under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu East Road Office.

Gao Bin became a local official in Gyeonggi in order to promote corn and potatoes.

It was only then that Shu Shu realized that Brother Jiu was not just eating out when he came out to eat out.

Brother Jiu said: "Just thinking of this man, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, if Gao Bin finds him by himself, it will be difficult if he can't talk, so come and see if I can make a connection."

The main reason is that the Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to follow Gao Bin in the official cooking pot plan.

When Gao Bin's corn and potatoes are popularized, Guan Shaoguo will just be able to use these two items to make wine.

If Gao Bin lingers and fails to promote it with great effort, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs' official cooking pot plan will also be delayed.

Shu Shu said: "Should I tell An Qi directly? Do I need to talk to Mingzhu?"

Everyone is relatives, the second child of Mingzhu's family is Brother Jiu's cousin-in-law, and the third child is Shu Shu's cousin-in-law.

Even if he is not familiar with Mingzhu himself, he can talk to her in his whole life.

Brother Nine shook his head and said: "Those properties are under the name of An Qi, no matter who the real owner is, they are still An Qi's property on the surface, just tell An Qi, Mingzhu's family is the influence of the eldest brother, we should stay away from it. "

If he didn't deal with Mingzhu's family directly, An Qi would naturally ask for instructions.

alright, that's fine.

Brother Jiu has already prepared with both hands, but if it doesn't work, he asked the emperor's father to change the Huangzhuang in Baoding into a corn plant, and set the cooking pot directly in Baoding.

Seeing that he knew it well, Shu Shu didn't say much.

Dr. Tea served the tea, and then the table came.

Huaiyang cuisine is exquisite, and now the canals have been civilized, and there are fresh ingredients going north.

Shu Shu and Brother Nine ordered a few signature dishes, braised eel shreds in soy sauce, lion head with crab powder, dried Huainan tofu, etc.

For people in Beijing, Huaiyang cuisine is a bit bland.

Brother Jiu tasted two mouthfuls of dried tofu, looked at the carved radish flowers on the plate, and said: "It's fancy, but the taste is ordinary, how can it be so prosperous? The lobby is full of tables, this can't compare to the dishes of our Baiweizhai... ..."

Shu Shu said: "It is more suitable for the taste of southerners. Among the court officials, there are more natives from the south."

Regarding this, Brother Nine also knows something because Fusong participated in the provincial examination the year before last.

Each province has a quota for the triennial provincial examination.

The so-called solution refers to the number of recruits admitted.

This is a quota set by the imperial court according to the style of writing, the size of the population, and the severity of Ding Fu.

The style of writing in the south of the Yangtze River is at its peak, and the provinces have a lot of money.

When it was time to take the Jinshi examination in the capital, the proportion of Jinshi among Jiangnan scholars was relatively large.

Shu Shu likes the lion head with crab powder better, it tastes more refreshing, and there are horseshoes in it.

After the two of them had eaten for a round, He Yuzhu at the door came in and said, "Master, Fujin, the owner of the restaurant, An Qi, came to pay his respects."

Brother Jiu looked at Shu Shu and said, "Ask him to come in, or should I meet you outside?"

Shu Shu was also quite curious about this 19-year-old wealthy businessman, and said, "Call me in, and I'll take a look, there are still people like you who, at a young age, have accumulated such a large family fortune through economics."

Brother Jiu snorted softly: "It's just taking advantage of Mingzhu's influence. An in-law of Mingzhu's family was in the salt administration a few years ago."

Shu Shu stopped the compliment.

Brother Jiu told He Yuzhu, "Call in!"

He Yuzhu went out and led a person in.

If Brother Nine hadn't said it in advance, knowing that this person is the same age as the husband and wife, he really couldn't tell that he was only 19 years old, he looked more mature, and felt like he was in his twenties.

Tall, square face, single eyelids, obvious Korean looks, wearing plain silk quilted clothes, plain and unpretentious.

"The villain, An Qi, has met Jiuye and Jiufu Jin, please please Jiuye and Jiufujin..."

When this person comes in, just give a thousand gifts.

He is a household member of Mingzhu's family and a bannerman.

Brother Jiu raised his hand and said, "Get up."

When people got up, Brother Nine took a few glances and said, "Director Jin of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is from Gao Lizuoling. Seeing your appearance, Master, why do you resemble him, but are you related?"

An Qidao: "The villain's grandmother is from the Jin family. Manager Jin is considered to be the villain's cousin, but the Jin family has been out of town for a long time, and the two families don't move around much."

After hearing this, brother Jiu felt relieved.

Don't be afraid to have relatives, the Eight Banners are all relatives who set relatives.

It's good not to get close, otherwise, this person's good life will not last long.

He pointed to the seat and said, "Then, if you're not an outsider, sit down and talk!"

Merchants are lowly, and An Qi relies on the power of the pearl to amass money in the south of the Yangtze River, and often deals with the government.

But the royal family is the royal family, and it was the first time for him to deal with a noble person like Brother Jiu directly, and he was even more respectful.

Brother Jiu said: "I heard that you have successively purchased [-] mu of land in Xianghe?"

An Qi was apprehensive, not daring to be vague, and said directly, "Jiu Ye, you should know that the villain's background is that he was a miscellaneous worker for the master's family, just to make a name for himself."

Everyone lacks land.

An Qi had already heard that Brother Jiu made a lot of money on Xiaotang Mountain last year. There are two opinions about the money outside. One is that he earned three to five hundred thousand taels, and the other is even more exaggerated. , Said it was millions of taels of silver.

Many people in the Eight Banners speculated that how Brother Nine would spend the money was nothing more than buying shops and fields.

As a result, there was no movement afterward.

Is this the [-] acres of land that are eyeing him?
Brother Jiu said: "It doesn't matter whether it's your name or Mingzhu's name, it's just that the slaves around the master will go to Xianghe to be the county magistrate after a while, and promote new grains under the emperor's order, so the master will come to you to fight." Let me say hello, see if you are trying to grow new grains on Zhuangzi, you go back and ask Master Ming what you mean, if this is done, Master Suan owes you a favor!"

Mingzhu is a descendant of the country's lord, several generations of royal relatives, and the family is not short of money.

The property of their family is also tenanted to collect rent.

What to plant and not to plant is not a big deal.

After all, Gao Bin used to be the magistrate of the county, and he would exchange the millet in the Xianghe official warehouse for new grain.

This request is not considered embarrassing.

An Qi hurriedly said: "Master Jiu is polite. Promoting new grains is a good thing for the country and the people. We adults know it. Only those who support it. The villain will go to our adults for instructions on this in a while."

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Thank you for your hard work. If you have any news, just go to our house and tell us."

An Qi responded, and Brother Jiu brought tea to see off the guests.

When people went out, Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu and said, "How do you plan to return the favor?"

The favor of the prince is not easy to bear.

Even the relatives of the royal family would not dare to go to Brother Jiu to beg for favors.

Brother Jiu is very close to An Qi, and promised to go out with a favor.

Brother Jiu is also a chicken thief, and he only said that he owes An Qi a favor, obviously because he thinks this person is good and wants to continue to deal with him.

Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said: "Don't worry, let's make a good relationship first, Mingzhu is getting old, and our family is short of a foreign manager who will take care of the business..."

This is the idea of ​​digging a corner.

Shu Shu said: "There are two brothers Kui Xu and Kui Fang!"

An Qi is not the God of Wealth, but also a boy who attracts fortune, no one is a fool, how can he let go?
The two brothers, the former is the young head of the Nalan family, and also Kangxi's nephew and son-in-law; the latter is the brother-in-law of Prince Kang Chuntai, He Shuo's son-in-law.

Historically, the ninth elder brother should have survived two generations. In the last years of Kangxi, he became an in-law with the Nalan family, and only then did he gather the business power of the Nalan family.

Brother Jiu shook his head and said, "I don't have the patience to wait so long. When the time comes, if Mingzhu dies and the two sons keep their filial piety, it is estimated that they will be silent for a few years..."

That is the opportunity to poach people.

At worst, if there is any profitable business, let the Nalan brothers save some money, it can be regarded as compensation for the Nalan family...

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