My father-in-law is Kangxi

The biggest event in March is the Longevity Festival.

  Although it is not a birthday celebration and there is no palace banquet, birthday gifts must be prepared and birthday wishes must be performed.

  Shu Shu and Brother Jiu had the same idea. Private filial piety could not be cut directly, but could only be halved.

  Otherwise, it will make people feel uncomfortable, and the good things they did in the past few years will seem bad.

  Moreover, there is also the filial piety from Yikun Palace, which must be prepared every year in case Concubine Yi is short of money.

  You can't just be filial to your mother but not your father, that's even more taboo.

  Because the gold was only half the amount last year, but there were two more sets of clothes and four more antiques.

  Brother Jiu calculated the throwing fee and said to Shu Shu: "I will have to figure out some ways to get the money later to even out this sum."

  Shu Shu thought of the place on Dongshan Island in Taihu Lake.

  Now it is a tea mountain and orange grove, which can also be used as a pearl base.

  If this filial piety continues in private, cultivating pearls is also a way to open up money.

  She asked: "Sir, can we ask someone to prepare for pearl cultivation?"

  The couple were not in a hurry earlier, thinking that they would follow them on their next southern tour and pass by Taihu Lake to have a look before starting.

  Brother Jiu had checked the information in Jingyang Palace last year and was very moved.

  He thought for a while and said: "Stop dragging others around, just pay filial piety to Khan Amma with some dividends. In the next two or thirty years, the money will be almost earned..."

  Shu Shu nodded and said, "Yes, it's just right."

  The son made money, but he also knew how to be filial to me, and Kangxi would never steal his son's business; if it were a brother, it would be too eye-catching, and he would not be able to eat alone.

  Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "The letter from Yunnan shows that Mr. and Mrs. Xing Hai work diligently and reliably. However, Yunnan also needs manpower to keep an eye on it."

  The best candidate is Cao Shun.

  Uncle Cao Shun is a local snake in the south of the Yangtze River.

  However, Cao Shun is stable and capable. He can usually handle errands for the ninth elder brother. It would be a pity to be used as a manager.

  Brother Jiu said: "Gui Dan is my cousin. He is very powerful, but he can deceive others, but he can't be trusted."

  Shu Shu also thought about the people in the house and sent them to Suzhou. They had to be independent and trustworthy.

  She thought for a while and said: "How about Gui Yuan? He acts carefully and his identity is suitable..."

  Guidan and Guiyuan were both descendants of the Guo Luoluo family, and their wealth and wealth depended on the prince's mansion.

  They gave Brother Ninth Brother a few years of effort, and then they looked forward to their own future, not the future of their children, which Ninth Brother could easily help.

  Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "I asked him, he has also made a filial piety. When he was alive, Mafa was most worried about his life events. Let's see if there is anything suitable..."

  The next day, it was Guiyuan who followed him out. Brother Jiu asked: "I am so busy after the new year that I forgot to ask you if your marriage is settled. You have only one grandson, Marfa. Marrying a wife and having children is a serious matter." …”

  Gui Yuandao: "My uncle asked me about it and asked the servant to push me away. He just said that you have arrangements here."

  Brother Jiu nodded and said, "That's right. Don't believe that he makes random arrangements. He is still living in confusion. If you don't like it yourself, I will help you find out."

  Guidan's father, Daobao, lost his wife the winter before and became a widower, so he wanted to have a decent wife.

  But his assistant fell to Guidan, and he became a white body. Even though he was the younger brother of the imperial concubine and the uncle of the prince, he was just a foreigner.

  Everyone who goes to Sanqi knows that he is a confused person.

  That is to say, there are people from Baoyi family who want to get him married, but he doesn't like her. I heard that they are inquiring about the princesses of several red belt families.

  The tenth prince was already waiting in the carriage. He listened to the conversation between the master and the servant and was curious.

  When Brother Ninth got in the car, he asked: "I have forgotten that Guiyuan is still a bachelor. Brother Ninth wants to be a matchmaker? Or has Sister Ninth seen a suitable candidate?"

  Ninth Prince has two assistant collars and one collar collar under his name, and several of them have decent jobs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

  Although the Guo Luoluo family carried the flag, they only carried Sanguanbao's flag. Sanguanbao's nephews and grandnephews were still wrapping their clothes.

  Therefore, if Gui Yuan found a married official, Gege, he would be a good match.

  Brother Jiu said: "I am thinking of sending Guiyuan out of the capital for a few years. He is old enough and the people of the banner are not getting married. It is best to arrange the marriage quickly before leaving the capital, so as not to delay the marriage."

  Since Gui Yuan is the sweetheart of Ninth Elder Brother, Tenth Elder Brother is also familiar with him. He thought about Gui Yuan's temper and said: "You don't have a arrogant air. If you let him go, you will feel more at ease than others."

  With their status as brothers, apart from the two in the palace, they had nothing to really fear. They had to know how to restrain their subordinates, lest they be let out to act wildly and lose their dignity.

  The guards on duty at Brother Jiu's side today include Gui Yuan and Fu Qing.

  We have all been colleagues for several years and are relatively familiar with each other.

  While riding on the horse, Fu Qing took a closer look at Gui Yuan.

  Among the guards in the mansion, Gui Yuan has the best appearance and is the most taciturn and honest person.

  Guiyuan not only supplements the bodyguard of the prince's palace, but also has the official position of assistant leader.

  This is the hereditary leader left by the Guo Luoluo family in Baoyi Banner.     It’s just that I am too lonely.

  My parents died young, and my grandfather who depended on them also died the year before last.

  But this place has a simple population, and it's easy to get in.

  Fu Qing said: "You and I are both twenty years old, and your family has never mentioned it? It seems that among the assistant leaders in the mansion, there are some of the same age, right?"

  Gui Yuan said: "When I returned to Shengjing in the thirty-seventh year, Mafa took the initiative to marry her in-laws' cousin. However, she got into a lawsuit and the wedding invitation was canceled. Forget it, those families are all high-minded. Not going to..."

  He still remembered that in the early years, those families were thinking about sending people to the prince's mansion, and they all wanted to be the prince's cheap in-law family.

  Fu Qing said: "It's a good thing that such a snobbish family doesn't get married. Let's look back and see if I and Fujin have a suitable candidate. If not, I do have a good family here..."

  The Fucha family is currently simmering with flames and flourishing with flowers. However, it had been quiet for several years in its early years, and many of its in-laws had ordinary status.

  Gui Yuan said: "Thank you, Third Brother Fu..."

  When we arrived at Hubu Street, we got off the carriage.

  Brother Jiu looked at the Hubu Yamen, exhaled, and his steps became heavy.

  The tenth prince couldn't help but laugh.

  Brother Jiu snorted, glanced at him, and said: "This is my responsibility. If I am just messing around, why can't I mess around? Isn't it because I'm afraid of delaying the business?"

  Brother Ten nodded and said, "Brother Ninth can make people feel at ease."

  The two brothers said goodbye, and the ninth elder brother entered the household department.

  He has been on duty for ten years, and everyone in the household department is somewhat familiar with these princes, and they know that they don't like to talk to others.

  Except when he first came here, he went to see the Minister and the Minister, and he didn't talk to other officials at other times.

  Everyone now somewhat understands this man's temperament. They are less afraid and will stay away when they encounter him.

  In the room on duty, apart from the fourth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother was also there, sitting opposite the fourth elder brother, dancing and saying something.

  Hearing the movement at the door, the Thirteenth Brother turned around and found that it was the Ninth Brother who had arrived. He quickly got up and called Qian.

  Brother Jiu saw the joyful look on his face and said, "Aren't you in the Criminal Department? Can you still encounter happy things?"

  The Thirteenth Brother smiled and said: "Brother Ninth, it's not the Ministry of Justice's business, it's the cement's business. The Ministry of Industry has tested it since the spring. It's very waterproof when used to make wall mud, and it can also be used to build roads..."

  Brother Jiu asked: "Can the corridor next to Changchun Garden be widened? There have been more people living there in recent years, and the road has become narrower."

  It had been paved with cinder before, but Haidian is humid and there is a lot of rain in summer, so the cinder road is just a little bit better than a loess road.

  The Thirteenth Brother said: "I don't know. I just heard my eldest brother mention it yesterday. How to apply it? The Ministry of Industry has to ask me."

  At the end of February, the eldest brother also changed his job, from the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Works.

  Brother Jiu thought for a while and said, "It would be a pity to make ordinary cement bricks. It would be more suitable to build a house if we make large cement bricks."

  The thirteenth elder brother smiled and said: "Let me tell my brother to see. It is most suitable for building a warehouse. It is waterproof and fireproof. It is not easy for others to get in. Not to mention it is as hard as stone, but it is not much different..."

  Brother Si was listening and said: "In that case, it is also suitable for building embankments. There is no need to blow up mountains and quarry rocks."

  Brother Jiu said: "I was thinking that the cost of throwing the river workers was too high. The wood and stone were still big. The wood was transported thousands of miles from the south by water. The freight for the stone was also a lot of money... Once the cement is used, it can be made into cement. The huge pillars and trees can save a lot of money on the river work..."

  The ninth elder brother is still talking on paper here, but the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother have followed him to patrol the Yongding River every year in the past few years.

  The brothers looked at each other with regret.

  It’s just that the Yongding River project is almost done.

  If this cement had been discovered ten years earlier, there would be millions of taels of silver left.

  Brother Si said: "In the future, the Yellow River will be the main river to control. At that time, we can ask people to go to Henan and Shandong to collect local materials and build cement plants..."

  Brother Jiu said: "Not only the Yellow River, but also both sides of the canal need minor repairs every three to five years, and major repairs every ten or eight years. That's a lot of money."

  The three brothers are all hard-working people, and they all look forward to the applicability of cement.

  After saying this, the ninth elder brother thought of the recent news in the capital, looked at the thirteenth elder brother and said, "What's going on? I heard that there was some case in Guizhou, and a lot of people were raped from top to bottom?"

  There are many officials in the capital, and there are also many candidates for officials.

  Some officials, Ding You, will be candidates after returning.

  Some officials have donated their careers, only to wait for real shortages.

  The outside world pays the most attention to news about the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Inspectorate.

  A big case has occurred in the officialdom of Guizhou. Although it is a remote and remote place, the supply exceeds the demand and there are many people who are thinking about it.

  After hearing this, the thirteenth elder brother couldn't say anything on his face, and said: "It was a seventh-rank man who accused the commander-in-chief of the fifth-rank guard of forcibly marrying his father and his concubine. When it was found out that the love was false, he should have dismissed the commander-in-chief. Later, a guerrilla, an admiral, and the criminal department were involved. We also sent people there, and the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and the Governor of Guizhou were both involved..."

  After hearing this, Brother Ninth frowned and said, "This doesn't sound right. A seventh-grade official is falsely accusing a fifth-grade Shangguan? What a fool..."