lied to Kangxi

Chapter 204 Kangxi Appreciated His Face
During this period of time, Yuzhu's small life was quite regular.

Yongmei slept late in the morning, and after lunch, went to the palace to play chess with the old emperor.

After leaving the palace in the afternoon, Yu Zhu nestled in the tax camp, training his officers.

Yuzhu's life is extremely tight, and the wedding between Cao Jiashi and Naersu is also in full swing.

Cao Yin was originally a weaving doctor from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was in charge of the Lianghuai Salt Administration. Even if the Cao family suffered a big deficit, the dowry of the great Cao Jia family had already been prepared.

Dacao Jia's family married a hereditary county king, and the dowry is not to say twenty miles of red makeup, at least ten miles of red makeup, right?

Silver is not a problem.

The problem is that after Kangxi had money in his pocket, he officially decreed to start construction of some scenic spots in Changchun Garden.

The Lei family team, which had been discussed long ago, and the various royal carpenter teams affiliated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs were all drawn into the Changchun Garden to catch up with the emperor's work.

In this way, the household items and other items in the new house in the main courtyard of the county king's mansion cannot be made on time.

According to the rules, the furniture and other sundries in the new house are all made by the woman.

Now that the wedding date has been set, the furniture and other items in the new house cannot be found by a suitable top carpenter.

If it is an ordinary family who repairs the garden, no matter whether it is Cao Yin or Na Ersu who comes forward, there is room for negotiation.

It's nothing more than that the person invited to come forward is of sufficient status, and more money will be paid to compensate.

The problem is, who would dare to suspend work on the old emperor's own maintenance project?Do you want to lose your head?

As the wedding day approached, Cao Yin's impromptu carpenter team made mistakes almost every day.

These low-level carpenters have wasted a lot of rare red sandalwood wood.The quality of the furniture they make is so terrible that it's almost unbearable.

Cao Yin was extremely anxious to get angry, his mouth was blistering, and his heart was very angry. In addition, he suffered from a little cold at night, and fell ill in a fit of anxiety and anger.

After getting the notice from Cao's mansion, Yu Zhu, the son-in-law, would visit Cao Yin no matter what he said with generous gifts.

In the afternoon, after coming out of the palace, Yuzhu went straight to the Cao Mansion's old house in Shaojiu Hutong in a sedan chair.

Before and after the gate of Cao's mansion, Lai Da, the chief housekeeper of the Cao family, was already waiting outside the gate eagerly.

As soon as Yuzhu got out of the official sedan chair, Lai Dashi ran over quickly and saluted Qian respectfully.

"Little Lai Da, please rest assured, uncle."

Yu Zhu nodded, waved his hands, and said, "That's all."

After Lai Da got up, he bowed his waist and walked in with Yuzhu.

On the way, Yuzhu casually asked Lai Da: "Prince Na should have been here long ago, right?"

Lai Da's face tightened, and his heart felt bitter. He didn't want to say such a shameful thing.However, Naersu never came to visit Cao Yin at all, so it must be hidden from others.

"Back to my aunt, maybe there are too many major wedding events, and Prince Na has been too busy to get away." Lai Da's words were full of loopholes, and even ghosts couldn't be fooled.

Yuzhu understood immediately, that Naersu, the iron-capped county king, didn't take Cao Yin, the father-in-law, seriously at all.

Hehe, my father-in-law fell ill, and Yuzhu came, but Naersu never showed up. This already explains the problem.

It's just that after Cao Yin brought Da Cao Jia's family to Beijing, he hardly contacted Yuzhu, and Yuzhu was happy to pretend to be confused.

After entering the main room, Yu Zhu pretended to greet Cao Yin.From inviting the imperial physician, to taking medicine on time, to covering the quilt, everything was taken care of.

It is enough that the son-in-law has fulfilled his duty.

Cao Yin is not willing to get close to Yuzhu, and Yuzhu doesn't want to carry the Cao family's huge deficit.

Cao Yin on the sick bed, with a sallow complexion and a haggard appearance, looked quite pitiful.

Yuzhu finished all the polite words, but Cao Yin didn't want to let him go, and didn't say anything.

Finally, Lai Da on the side took Cao Yin's wink and told Yuzhu about the lack of a carpenter team and making household items.

Yu Zhu didn't want to cause trouble for his upper body, so he asked Lai Da directly: "Did Prince Na ever go to ask the emperor?"

Yes, the parties are not in a hurry, let alone Yu Zhu, an outsider?
How did Lai Da know this, he had no choice but to turn his head away and look eagerly at Cao Yin who was leaning on the couch.

Cao Yin was a little shy, coughed pretendingly for a while, and after drinking warm water, he said: "Prince Na has received an errand recently, so he is quite busy."

Yuzhu understood in seconds, Naersu was afraid that the old emperor would not sell his debt, so he did not dare to enter the palace to beg.

Yu Zhu understood what Cao Yin meant.However, Yuzhu didn't like Cao Yin's oblique attitude, so he pretended to be stupid on purpose.

Are you kidding me, are Naersu and Yuzhu very familiar?
Besides, the Cao family and Yuzhu are not close, and Yuzhu is not the Biao of the Holy Mother, so there is no reason to take the initiative to take the initiative.

Seeing Yuzhu's evasive attitude, Cao Yin knew that Yuzhu was unwilling to help.

To put it bluntly, Cao Yin just asked Lai Da to say this, and he didn't really believe that Yuzhu had the ability to ask the old emperor to lend a craftsman.

So, after a few polite words, Yuzhu resigned from Cao Yin.

Who would have thought that not long after Yu Zhu left the house, he heard someone behind him calling him, "Sister-in-law, please stay, I have something to say."

Yuzhu heard a nice girl's voice, and it was called sister-in-law, so she knew that it must be Da Cao Jia who called him behind her.

After turning around, Yuzhu still adhered to the principle of not seeing evil, looked at the ground, saluted, and said very politely: "Little brother Yuzhu pays homage to elder sister."

Da Cao Jia hurriedly avoided it, squatted down and returned the salute, and said sincerely: "I know that my sister-in-law has been neglected, and I have opinions on the Cao family in my heart, so I am not willing to help."

That's what Yuzhu meant, but it was impossible to admit it openly. He hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Abuha treats my younger brother very dearly..."

Unexpectedly, maybe Yu Zhu was too sloppy in perfunctory, before he finished speaking, he actually made Cao Jiashi laugh, "Puchi."

"Sister-in-law, the concubine should not have surpassed it. However, if the items in the new house are not properly prepared, the concubine will definitely be laughed at by others." Da Cao Jia also had no choice but to squat down and salute again. She begged Yuzhu for help with a very low posture, "My father and our family can only stare blankly. I know that my sister-in-law is capable of helping, but I just feel a little bit off in my heart."

Yu Zhu has always had a temperament of being soft and not hard.Moreover, he also knows that if there is something wrong with the household items in the new house, it has nothing to do with the man.If something goes wrong, everyone will only blame the woman, that is, Da Cao Jia's family and the Cao family.

"To tell you the truth, elder sister, the emperor wants to build Changchun Garden, which is of great importance. Younger brother, I am not sure that I can help elder sister." Even if Yuzhu agreed to help, it is impossible to say so.

When Da Cao Jia heard the turning point, she quickly knelt down again and saluted to thank her, "Thank you sister-in-law for his willingness to help me so much, I don't thank you for your kindness, I will keep it in my heart."

Yu Zhu was not a disciple, he kept his head down and spoke from the beginning to the end, and he didn't see Da Cao Jia's face clearly.

However, Yuzhu didn't know that as early as at Tongzhou Wharf, Cao Jiashi had already seen his appearance clearly.

After lunch on the second day, Yuzhu went to Qianqing Palace to play chess with the old emperor.

The old emperor got 500 million taels of pocket money out of thin air, and it was the time when he valued the jade pillar, and he was extraordinarily affectionate when he spoke.

If it's just a one-shot deal, that's all.

The problem is, after Yuzhu took charge of Chongwenmen, by controlling the rice store and the vegetable store, he was able to collect a net profit of more than 8000 taels of silver every day.

The absolutely monopolized business has reached a new height in Yuzhu's hands, and it is simply too easy to collect money.

Hundreds of thousands of poor people in the capital have to eat cheap vegetables and cheap rice every day.There are hundreds of thousands of rich people who want to eat fresh vegetables and buy cheap rice and cheap vegetables for others.

This kind of monopoly business, it seems that the amount of each transaction is not large, so many people add up, it is not a small amount.

Hehe, more than 8000 taels of silver a day, nearly 300 million taels of pocket money a year.

With so much money in hand, Kangxi can easily start construction every year and repair many scenic spots in Changchun Garden.

The old emperor had no shortage of money to spend, so when he looked at the jade pillar, he naturally became more and more pleasing to the eye.

The Changchun Garden and the Three Yuanming Gardens were not built in a day, and the money spent was gone.

Among them, especially the Old Summer Palace, funds have been allocated to repair every year, and it has been built for more than 150 years.

Until the British and French allied forces broke into Forty-Nine City and burned down the Old Summer Palace.

Before Emperor Guangxu came to power, when the Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to build a place for the elderly, the Qing Dynasty had no money to rebuild the Old Summer Palace, so it could only build the Summer Palace.

"Hey, look at you looking around, tell me, what kind of trouble did you encounter?"

The old emperor had seen Yuzhu's deliberate scratching.

The old emperor kept watching quietly, and only asked Yuzhu when drinking tea after winning the three games of chess.

Yuzhu was waiting for this question, and he told the old emperor about the Cao family's headache and lack of a good carpenter.

"Old man, it is a great favor for you to marry me to the Cao family. If the new house's furniture is not well-made, and it loses its status, and the Cao family is seen as a joke, it is inevitable that there will be gossip. .”

Today's Naersu holds the title of hereditary county king in vain and has no real power in his hands, and there is absolutely no need for Yuzhu to take his eye drops.

However, it is impossible to arouse the sympathy of the old emperor if he does not speak clearly.

Taking the lesser of two evils, Yuzhu quickly sold Naersu.

The old emperor thought for a while, but did not make a decision immediately, but sent someone to call Lei Jinyu.

After Lei Jinyu clarified the specific construction process and time, Kangxi nodded, and promised to reward Yuzhu with great face, and temporarily lend the carpenters of Lei's class to Cao's family for a month.

However, the old emperor was worried that he would miss the important event of repairing the garden, so he said nothing.Only borrow for one month, not even half a day.

After bidding farewell to the emperor, Yu Zhu had just left the gate of Qianqing Palace when he saw Lei Jinyu come over to salute Qian, and said respectfully: "If you do things for Lord Zhu, the villain will not charge you wages."

Yu Zhu couldn't help but smile dumbly, he didn't pay the money for the royal carpenter's wages, so naturally he collected the Cao's money as he wanted.

Cough, Lei Jinyu's flattery is indeed in the wrong place.

(PS: The old emperor rewarded the golden noodles, it's time for the old and young men to appreciate the moon tickets!)
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