My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 665 Asking Strategies (First Update)
In the past few days, Gao Bin also found people from Shandong Governor's Mansion outside, but unfortunately, Gong Yu had already been snatched away.

That person was clever, knowing that it was the Ninth Prince who wanted to buy, so he recommended Lu merchants from the Jinan Guild Hall, who traveled long distances in the capital.

The Lu merchants received the deposit and promised to send people back to Jinan to select these items.

If the distance between Jinan and the capital is fast, it can take a month to go back and forth.

Brother Jiu put the matter aside for the time being, and asked someone to get corn and potato seeds as well.

I also plan to try these two in autumn and winter.

"It's a pity, the yield is not counted when these two kinds of caves are planted, just know a thing or two first..."

Brother Nine said to Shu Shu.

Shu Shu said: "Are you building a greenhouse on the south side of the garden?"

"Ok!"

Brother Jiu said: "It will be convenient to check at that time..."

Otherwise, I won’t worry about leaving everything to others, and if I check it myself, it will be inconvenient to go to Zhuangzi outside the city in the cold winter months.

After hearing this, Shu Shu was very moved, and said, "Then you can try growing some cave vegetables yourself?"

Brother Nine nodded and said, "Yes, plant some spinach, rapeseed, and radish sprouts, and then eat them in the pot."

Because Fu Song had to prepare for the provincial examination, Brother Nine did not assign him any jobs at the Prince's Mansion, and mostly handed them over to Gao Bin.

Shu Shu said: "Then when we go out at the end of the year, can we make up for Gao Bin's house?"

There is still a shortage of dignified civil servants in the mansion.

Brother Nine shook his head and said: "After I went back to Ma Qi's house to learn from the teacher, Ma Qi's son, Master Ma Qi, once mentioned the ceremony in the imperial court, but Khan Ama rejected it and said that he would arrange for an old man to come and do the ceremony. Let's see then!"

After all, Gao Bin is a child of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it is not necessary to follow him all the time.

After a few years of experience, it will be easier to fill the vacancy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs than to go outside.

Seeing that elder brother Jiu knew what was in his mind, Shu Shu stopped talking.

It can only be said that the Eight Banners system is somewhat limited.

Whether it's Cao Shun or Gao Bin, as long as it's not under Brother Nine's name, it's temporary and won't last long.

But everyone knows that the future of the House of Internal Affairs is not the same as the future of the Prince of the Five Banners.

People like walnuts are civilians in coats, and it doesn't matter whether they go up to the three flags or go down to the five flags.

The eunuchs of the House of Internal Affairs, like the Cao family and the Gao family, would not be willing to follow the flag.

The seeds were in place, and the people who were staring at them were Xing Quan and his son, who passed them back directly from Baiwang Mountain, and the whole family was placed in the Prince's Mansion.

The courtyard at the back of the Prince's Mansion was divided into one to house their family.

Xing Quan and his eldest son are in charge of the garden's experimental field.

Xing Quan's second and third sons are also half-grown, and they are temporarily placed in the concierge.

Madam Xing was born in the royal palace, so she took care of some chores for the time being.

The whole family uses it.

Nine princes here often go to the Compassion Palace.

Concubine Yi sent over the emerald green hairpin, leaving behind a shadow.

In addition to working on enamel, Brother Jiu also went to work on gold and jade.

He held his breath, and didn't directly express his intention to come, but first looked at the finished product display over there.

The crafts of goldsmiths are mainly gilding, filigree inlay, hammering, filigree, beading, chisel carving, and silk threading, and there are no craftsmen related to Diancui.

He knows the truth that rare things are more expensive, so he is not in a hurry.

Waiting for the enamel to make the finished product over there.

Because there is a bit of emerald hairpin as a reference, the craftsmen on the enamel side made several blues that are close to it.

In a few days, a batch of test products were released.

Half of it is gold and half is silver.

They are all small things like rings, brands, and group flowers.

Brother Jiu compared it again, and finally understood why the previous enamelware used more silver as the base.

The color on the silver is softer.

The goldware is not flexible enough.

"Try again, it's really not good, make the glaze thinner, and burn it layer by layer..."

Brother Jiu felt that it could be divided into two parts.

Part of it is on the silver embryo, and then the outside is thickly gilded, which can be used as an inner building and used in the harem.

Half of it is still a gold embryo, and the color is adjusted again, and it is specially sold to Mongolia.

Although in the eyes of sensible people, they will know that craftsmanship is more expensive, and some gold-plated objects are not cheaper than pure gold, but the Mongols will not pay attention to those.

They will think that gilt is silver, and if it is sold at the price of gold, it is a lie.

Then two furnaces were fired, and in addition to burning blue, some of them were burning red.

There are several good brands out there.

A burnt red gold plate with the Chinese character longevity, a burnt blue six-character mantra gold plate, a burnt blue gold gourd, a red and a blue gold flower, and a roasted blue dragon pattern finger puller.

A total of six pieces were made up and packed in brocade boxes.

Brother Jiu also wrote a brochure about roasted blue jewelry, and attached a related plan.

Shengjia is now in the direction of the mouth, and the chariot and horse department of the Ministry of War will arrange for people to deliver the papers to the emperor every day.

So, after a few days, Brother Nine's booklet and brocade box arrived at Yuqian.

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Ula Dayang'a, the holy driver is camping.

Kangxi looked at the brocade box and raised his eyebrows.

The note from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was delivered once every five days before, so it was not a big deal.

But Zhao Chang's excerpts came every day.

So even though Kangxi was not in the palace, he knew about Brother Jiu's actions in the past twenty days, and he wished he could stay in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and he would go there almost every other day.

I went to enamel making, glaze making and gold and jade making. What good things did I make?
Kangxi was not in a hurry to open the brocade box, but first took Brother Jiu's booklet.

Brother Nine's brochure also summarizes the general ledger of the "Golden Belt" from last year to the first half of this year, which is a huge sum.

However, in order to maintain the preciousness of the inner creation, even if some Mongolian princes still wanted the golden belt, the matter came to an end and stopped completely.

The burnt blue enamel and burnt red enamel can replace the gold belt.

Brother Nine said it bluntly, and Kangxi couldn't help laughing.

He recalled last year's tour to the north, from Harqin to Horqin, and then to the paddock, Brother Nine made a lot of troubles, golden belt, Yanzi pill.

After more than a month of effort, I have come up with so many tricks.

When I got back to the capital, I started thinking about wool and cashmere again.

This year even more, no one came out with him, and he still didn't forget to take money from the pocket of the Mongolian prince.

I'm afraid this bastard was not Tao Zhugong in his previous life?
Kangxi cursed, opened the brocade box, and was immediately attracted by the few small items inside.

The blue of some of the burnt blue ornaments is already very close to the blue of Diancui.

You must know the virtue of Daqing Shui, and the clothes are still green and blue.

As for gemstones, sapphire and lapis lazuli are also highly valued, but the fineness is different, and it is difficult to get the top grade.

There is also roasted red, this red is positive red.

The finest rubies do not have such a brilliant color.

There was a smile on Kangxi's face. Although Brother Nine sometimes did things unconstrained, but as long as it was related to the economy, he was still somewhat reliable.

He picked up Brother Nine's brochure again, and his eyes fell on the last two sentences.

Finally, it is mentioned whether it is the case of last year.

Kangxi snorted lightly, and put down the booklet.

Is this thinking about setting up a platform for him again?
Bastards!

Kangxi thought for a while, looked at Liang Jiugong and said, "Send some elder brothers over here!"

Liang Jiugong went down in response, and after a while, several accompanying princes who had been summoned came to the imperial tent one after another.

Big elder brother, third elder brother, fourth elder brother, fifth elder brother, seventh elder brother, eighth elder brother, thirteenth elder brother, fourteenth elder brother.

Kangxi pointed to the brocade box and said, "You all come over and have a look..."

Everyone gathered around.

Big brother couldn't see anything, said: "The color is bright, but it's too small."

The third elder brother carefully picked up the burning red sign and said, "How did the red on it come from? Is it ruby ​​pressed powder or something else? It looks more precious..."

Even if the raw material is ruby, it is not a loss, it is equivalent to upgrading a variegated ruby ​​to a first-class ruby.

The fourth elder brother didn't get started, but he also felt that the color matching was appropriate.

I never thought of the combination of gold with red and blue.

"It's really novel to look at!" Si Age said.

The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "It looks good, it looks good, the emperor's grandmother should like it..."

The seventh elder brother didn't speak, but nodded slightly, as if echoing the fifth elder brother's words.

The eighth elder brother said: "In addition to the dragon finger ring, there are five ornaments in total. Are these the rewards prepared by Khan Ama for the princesses who come to court?"

Everyone looked at Kangxi.

Now there are indeed five princesses in the Holy Driver team.

Princess Heshuo Duanmin, Princess Heshuo Chunxi from the Horqin tribe, Princess Heshuo Duanjing from the Harqin tribe, Princess Gulun Shuhui and Princess Heshuo Rongxian from the Bahrain tribe.

They are all close relatives.

One imperial aunt, one imperial sister, and three imperial daughters.

Kangxi was noncommittal, looking at the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother.

The thirteenth elder brother personally experienced the gold belt incident last year, and immediately thought of the nine elder brother, saying: "This should be a hard-to-find inner-made jewelry, just like last year's golden belt, gold is expensive..."

The eldest brother, the third elder brother, the fifth elder brother, and the seventh elder brother were also the princes who followed last year. After listening to the words of the thirteenth elder brother, they roughly understood.

The eldest elder brother smiled and said: "Ninth elder brother is really doing his best to be the boss!"

The third elder brother curled his lips.

Vulgar, why do you keep talking about money? !

It's really a money rake, no one followed, and they refused to stop.

The fourth elder brother is also indescribable.

Last year's gold belt and Yanziwan, in addition to a lot of gold and silver from various ministries, there are also a lot of wool and cashmere.

Now there are two official ships that transport cashmere from Tongzhou Wharf to Jiangning every month. How much cashmere is that?

What is the price of western goods in Beijing now?

Perhaps next year or two years later, there will be woolen cloth produced in the Qing Dynasty everywhere.

The business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not only about making money, but also involves other things.

The pasture is fixed, and the wool is worth more, so there will be more sheep and fewer horses. What will be the impact?
Only a few months after the gold belt ended, there was another gold enamel jewelry.

The fourth elder brother's eyes were fixed on the red enamel.

Who would believe that Brother Jiu didn't deliberately target the Mongolian tribe?

Many tribes in Mongolia are still red.

This is partial talent, but also partial wealth.

Fifth elder brother and You Rongyan said: "Ninth brother is actually smart and capable."

Brother Seven raised his eyebrows, but remained silent.

Eighth Brother laughed, but didn't know what to say.

When he was last year, he had only vaguely heard of it, and he didn't know much about it.

Elder Fourteen grinned and said, "Then when I return to Beijing, I'm going to ask Brother Ninth for a sign, and I want to burn Xiaolong..."

Kangxi glanced over the faces of several sons.

Not feeling very smart.

During the northern tour last year, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother sang together, and all the Mongolian princes were included in their pockets.

Now these few, the boss is straightforward and inappropriate, the third is not at ease with his behavior, the fourth is too serious, the fifth is easy to be fooled by others, and the seventh doesn't deal with people very much...

It's true that the old eight socializes more, but it's not very suitable.

The remaining thirteenth elder brothers and fourteenth elder brothers are too young.

Kangxi hesitated for a moment, but fell on the fifth elder brother, and then told the thirteenth elder brother: "The thirteenth elder brother has been running errands with the fifth elder brother these two days, sending rewards everywhere..."

As the eighth elder brother said, the five princesses in the camp can be rewarded together...

(End of this chapter)