My father-in-law is Kangxi

The eighth prince looked at it, unable to look away.

Fucha and him should be the same kind of people.

Both of them have shortcomings in their backgrounds, but their minds are clear and they are considered smart people.

But after getting along with each other, I always felt like something was separated.

Maybe he knew what Fucha wanted, and Fucha also knew what he wanted.

Is this another form of "mind-to-mind connection"?
Mrs. Fucha noticed something and opened her eyes.

The two looked at each other.

The Eighth Prince smiled lightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Go back and rest. I'm fine."

His voice was a little hoarse, but his face was not flushed, and he looked energetic.

Mrs. Fucha nodded and gave a few instructions to the girl in the study before returning to the courtyard.

However, she knew her duty and asked someone to go to the dining room to order some delicious side dishes and delicious porridge for Brother Ba and send them to the study.

The eighth prince sat on the kang and looked at the dining table.

If Baozhu had acted thoughtfully and considerately like this, wouldn't the two of them have become a joke to the royal family?

If Mrs. Fucha were a wife instead of a concubine, wouldn't the two of them be so estranged?
Among the princes, he is the first person to have two blessings, but this feeling is really indescribable...

*
Dougezhuang, a good town in Fangshan, is here.

The holy driver left the capital from Changchun Garden yesterday, traveled eighty miles a day, and stopped at Dou Ge Village.

There was no rush to set off this morning.

When the governor Li Guangdi came to court, Kangxi gave him a favor. After meeting him, he gave Li Guangdi the royal meal to follow the traveling scholar Ma Qi.

Since we are offering sacrifices to Buddha for the successful management of Yongding River, we must reward Li Guangdi, a meritorious official.

Although Li Guangdi is not in the Hedao Yamen, he has made a lot of contributions in cooperating with the Yongding River in the past few years.

Speaking of which, Li Guangdi was not only ten years older than Ma Qi, but also had much more seniority. It was just his behavior that was often criticized by others, and his official career was ups and downs.

Otherwise, Li Guangdi should have entered the cabinet first.

But now, although Li Guangdi cannot enter the cabinet, he will return to the capital. This time he will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

When the bachelor's degree becomes vacant again, it will be Li Guangdi's turn.

"Congratulations, Mr. Li..."

Ma Qi cupped his hands.

Li Guangdi returned the greeting: "Master Zhongtang is very polite..."

When the dinner table arrived, Li Guangdi noticed something was different.

They are all served with vegetarian side dishes.

The emperor has more faith in Buddhism?

For an emperor, being obsessed with Buddhism is not a good sign...

Li Guangdi glanced at Ma Qi, but nothing could be seen on Ma Qi's face.

Ma Qi was wondering what kind of oil this oil was...

There is no fishy smell of soybean oil, and no greasy smell of sesame oil. It tastes mellow and is suitable for vegetarian dishes.

Brother Ninth divided up the Imperial Village, and he has been tossing around with new seeds in recent years. Isn’t this a newly planted oil plant?

*
In a room not far away, several princes accompanying him were also having breakfast.

The Fourth Elder Brother and the Thirteenth Elder Brother have both eaten street food from the Ninth Prince's Mansion, but they still noticed that this time was different from every time.

It tastes better.

In addition to side dishes, there are also some fried fruits, which are still crispy even though they are cold.

Brother Jiu proudly said: "We are going to open an oil mill in our house, and we will specialize in selling oil. This is peanut oil. It is squeezed from peanuts. One acre of land can be used carefully to produce 350 to 120 kilograms of peanuts. According to the oil yield rate of [-]% , which is [-] kilograms to [-] kilograms of oil. Currently, soybean oil is [-] kilograms per kilogram and sesame oil is [-] kilograms. Is it not difficult to sell peanut oil at the middle price? The price of oil for one acre of land is [-] kilograms. Seven and a half silver..."

As Brother Jiu spoke, he couldn't help but take out his little golden abacus, and after doing some calculations, he said: "When the time comes, if we plant peanuts in two big farms, the net income from one acre of land will be five taels of silver. One thousand acres of land is 5000 taels, and two big villages are worth 1 taels a year..."

"In the meantime, we can add an oil mill and a seasoning shop to support a family of ten or twenty people, and the wrappers in the house will also have errands to settle down..."

"This year I plan to ask people to try growing sunflowers. Sunflower seeds can also be used as oil..."

"These are all for the common people. When there is an oil mill later, I will ask people to squeeze out all the walnut oil and pine nut oil. Then the price will be different..."

Brother Ninth said proudly.

Although there is no shortage of money, no one wants too much money.

He has not been thinking about anything else these days, except how to make up for the "deficit".

When he resigned as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he no longer had the luxury of "three festivals and two birthdays". If he wanted to spend more money to honor the palace, he would have to eat into the family's capital.

As a son of man, you should be filial and respectful to your parents.

But the children are also growing up, and money must be saved for them.

It still needs to be open source.

In the Qianqing Palace, it can be reduced; in the Yikun Palace, the empress has plenty of pocket money all year round, and he still wants to make up for it.Only when the oil mill's plan came out, Brother Jiu felt at ease.

This alone can make up for the salary of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Not to mention the filial piety in the palace, there is still a surplus.

He smiled brightly, but Brother Si frowned after hearing this.

If the profits are so huge, then businessmen will definitely pursue profits and purchase peanuts in large quantities. Then the people will use their fertile land to grow peanuts. As a result, there will be less food and the place will be uneasy.

But if it can be grown on tidal flats or saline-alkali land, it will be another source of income for the people.

Among them, there must be a degree.

He looked at Brother Jiu and said: "Things that cannot be used as food should not be promoted to avoid hindering farmers..."

The ninth elder brother looked at the fourth elder brother and said in surprise: "I'm not thinking about promotion. My brother plans to live alone for a few years! The people in the capital who are willing to spend money to buy oil are mostly bannermen, and there are many rich people. , if there are peanut fields everywhere and everyone sells peanut oil, who will sell it to?"

He is well versed in economics and naturally knows that things sell best when they are scarce.

With the proliferation of things, prices have also dropped, and the profits in the process have become less.

Fourth elder brother: "..."

Brother Thirteen raised his thumb and said: "Brother Ninth is awesome, it's really good stuff. No one thought about using peanuts to extract oil. They just ate them directly or made candies..."

As a result, a peanut can not only be eaten as a nut, but can also produce peanut sprouts for cooking, and now it can also be used to squeeze oil.

Brother Jiu said: "The peanut residue remaining from the oil extraction can be sent directly to the pastry shop to make peanut pastry without throwing away any fees. It will not be a problem to earn a few hundred pennies by then."

The fourth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother, but he thought too much.

When he was on his way, he came to Brother Ninth Brother's carriage and persuaded: "Khan Ama brought Maska up to replace Ma Qi, not you. Don't be upset about this..."

"Ah? Where is all this?"

Brother Jiu laughed when he heard this and said: "When the Ministry of Internal Affairs had the most people, there were four or five general managers. Before, except for me, those two were all in name. Now that a serious one has come, I can't even get happy. How can we calculate this?"

Fourth Brother said: "The oil shop..."

According to Brother Ninth's previous actions, any good ideas he had were submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for open source.

This is the first time for me to run my own business like this.

The ninth elder brother looked at the fourth elder brother and said: "Fourth elder brother, my brother, I am 'distinguishing public and private'! Previously, the royal medicine was used in the royal pharmacy in the palace. The gold belt and the roasted blue and burnt red goldware were made in-house. The wool factory did not use it. It is said that the Weaving Bureau was used, and the carriage was remodeled by craftsmen from the Construction Department. It was registered in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or it was for private use of official equipment to take advantage of Khan Ama. There is no such reason, I said That peanut oil shop does not need people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is like me hoarding bloodstones for 38 years. It is also my independent business and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."

Only then did the Fourth Brother realize that he had misunderstood, and said: "Just don't feel uncomfortable. Musca has been idle for too long, and there is no other place to settle. Taking up Ma Qi's errand is also convenient."

The Eight Banners have more people and fewer wars.

The gaps in high-grade flags are all fixed, one carrot and one hole.

On the contrary, here in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is no effective general manager.

After Jin Yiren was questioned, it was time to replace him with a new general manager.

Thinking of Musca's resume, Brother Jiu couldn't help but whispered: "Fourth brother, isn't the firearms camp unlucky? Why do I see these people who have managed the firearms camp and shotgun soldiers, either dismissed from office or dismissed?" Jue, it’s not all smooth sailing…”

Fourth Brother has been on the battlefield with me, so he knows that in today's war, the victory is not determined by cavalry and archery, but by firearms.

Khan Amar went on a personal expedition, so he naturally saw the power of firearms.

Firearms can defeat more with less and change the battlefield pattern.

No one who is not the imperial confidant can control the fire weapon camp.

The emperor was suspicious, and even his confidants were wary.

Since entering the customs, the imperial court has revised laws, mostly from the "Ming Code", but when it comes to banning weapons among the people, the ban on firearms has been strengthened.

If firearms are rampant in the capital...

I dare not think about the consequences.

Brother Si remembered that the emperor's father had allowed the Eight Banners to practice riding and archery in recent years. In addition to maintaining the Eight Banners' combat effectiveness, it should also be for the purpose of suppressing firearms.

Brother Si was thinking in his mind, but said seriously on his face: "What are you talking about that is auspicious and unlucky? It's normal to get promoted. If you are dismissed, it's because of your shortcomings. Don't talk about it... …”

Brother Jiu stopped talking, his eyebrows drooped, and said: "It's true that Khan Ama loves archery, and others don't like archery either. Why do he have to practice wherever he goes..."

Today they are still stationed in Qiliangxiang, but they have changed their location and are going to the Green Camp station.

Kangxi sent word in the morning that he would take the prince to practice shooting with the guards at noon.

Brother Ninth became a little nervous and said, "You don't have to ask Fourth Brother to come with me. Wouldn't that be embarrassing and thrown out of the capital?"

Fourth Brother glared at him, his expression not very good, and said: "Are you slacking on archery on weekdays? It's just five arrows, can it still miss the target?"

Brother Jiu told the truth: "Isn't it just the New Year? After the New Year, I was thinking about other things and forgot about riding and shooting."

They have been holding bows since they were six years old, so there is actually no problem with their accuracy.

But it is still at the level of an ordinary person. If you really have to perform under orders, if you get good grades, you will not be embarrassed. If you accidentally get bad grades, you will be laughed at.

Fourth Brother said: "Just to take care of your body, you should practice archery every day, otherwise how can your body bones become strong?"

The ninth elder brother listened, looked at the fourth elder brother, and said, "Fourth elder brother, have you practiced? Then you are dry and thin, not lean?"

The fourth elder brother was looked down upon and felt uncomfortable, so he said: "In the past two years, the household department has been busy with errands, and I have less time to exercise. You have left all the daily chores to the twelfth elder brother. Isn't it just leisure?"

Brother Jiu really wanted to say that his body was almost in good condition, but when he thought about the Ministry of Internal Affairs having to choose ten talents, he immediately said: "I have no choice. My spleen and stomach are weak and it is difficult to replenish the body. I can only take good care of it." It’s not easy to practice in a big way... Fourth brother, the busier you are, the more you should take care of your body and take good care of it..."