Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1222

Touched by the old incident in Jiangning mentioned by Ma Jun, Cao Yong couldn't help but worry about Cao Songlai.

Now that the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River is in the midst of a storm, Li Wei is already on the cusp of the storm, unable to take care of himself, so he has no spare energy to take care of Cao Song.

Cao Yong thought over and over again, wrote a long letter, and told Zhang Yi to go to Jiangning himself.

Two days after Zhang Yi left Beijing, Cao Song's steward from Jiangning arrived in Beijing.

Because the fourth sister's wedding is approaching, Cao Song and Jing Hui, the eldest brother and sister-in-law, are going to add makeup to the younger sister, and they will also give New Year's gifts, so there are several large carts of things.

Before the end of the year, it was also the time when foreign officials from various provinces went to the capital to send "Charcoal Respect", Cao Song's large carts were not conspicuous.

It's just that Cao Yong told the thirteenth elder brother that the military attache in other provinces was in an embarrassing situation, and Cao Song showed such a "rich" appearance, which made Cao Yong, an elder brother, not at ease, and had to pass on the steward who brought back the New Year's gift to Xifu, ask Cao Song for details.

Cao Song's salary is not much, and the money to support Lian is only more than a thousand taels a year, but in spring, he envoys his servants to open a restaurant by the Qinhuai River, and also maintains several boats.

Because Li Wei, the governor of Zhejiang who was in charge of the Lianghuai salt administration, stayed at the Cao's restaurant every time he came to Jiangning, so the Liangjiang salt merchants were also willing to go to the Cao's restaurant to appreciate their face, and their business was decent.

In the past six months, I have earned some money, so the New Year's goods sent to the north this year are also richer than in previous years.

His brother, Cao Yong knew, where is the economic affairs?

Besides, a restaurant where even second-rank senior officials can stay, plus a boat for entertaining guests, will definitely not be a trivial matter.

Cao Song brought a lot of silver, but it was not enough for capital at all.

The Cao family was born as a royal spy. Of course, Cao Yong would not simply think that Li Wei was just the governor and salt administration.If he didn't have other errands, he wouldn't stay in Jiangning for several months of the year.

Figured this out, Cao Yong was relieved.

Then, the days get busy.

Hang Seng has to prepare the betrothal ceremony. Although it is said that the princess will descend, but because of the marriage between Manchu and Mongolia, there is no princess mansion, so the corresponding dowry gift must be prepared.

According to Mongolian customs, the dowry is mainly livestock, such as cattle, sheep, and horses, and the multiples of "nine" are taken.

Su De was about to return to Khalkha, so Hang Seng sent several people with him to prepare the dowry.

Except for Hang Seng's dowry, Zuo Zhu's brother's wedding, and Niu Niu's wedding, they all gather at the end of the year.

Mrs. Li is serving the sick in Li's house, and Chu Yu is busy making a group with Niu Niu and Tian Hui.

Cao Yong, as the Minister of the Household Department, is different from the former Vice-Beijing Hall. There are many kinds of treats and drinks.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month, and the Wei family sent a dowry, and the two brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng also got married one after another.

Whether it is Ma Xiangjun or Zhu Shuanger, they have met each other before, so Cao Yong and Chu Yu are not dissatisfied with the girls who are close friends.

The most rare thing is that Mr. Xiang is the eldest daughter, and she is used to taking care of her younger siblings at home, and she is quite like a sister-in-law in front of her younger uncles and sisters-in-law.

Just in time for these days, Gao Taijun's spirit improved, and he drove Li Shi back. Together with his son and daughter-in-law, Li Shi met two new couples.

"The Ma's family is well educated, Brother Song's daughter-in-law is soft-tempered and not weak, but this eldest daughter-in-law can be married." After the two young couples left, Mrs. Li couldn't help but praise Cao Yong and Chu Yu.

Zhu Shuang'er is Zhu Hou's daughter and Li's in-laws. Cao Yong and Chu Yu also praised a few sensible and polite words.

Although it cannot be said that he treats Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng as his own grandchildren, but since he was young and watched them grow up, Mrs. Li is also very pleased that he has married a good wife.

Remembering that Tianyou was two months older than Zuo Zhu and Zuo Chengyue, the old lady couldn't help but repeat.

"It will be sixteen in the next year, so please be close to me, please help the old lady to pay attention, always choose a granddaughter-in-law that you are satisfied with." It's rare that Mrs. Li is in a good mood, Cao Yong followed suit.

Although there was a letter from Prince Jane's mansion, it was not good for Cao Yong to go directly to Prince Jane's mansion.It is not too late to say goodbye to the children after the year, choose the first half of the year carefully, and decide on the second half of the year. It is not too late to get married the year after.

Just in time for the end of the year, there are a lot of contacts, Li Shi and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went out to socialize, and met many girls and young masters.

Cao Yong once confessed to his wife in private that the candidates for the eldest daughter-in-law should be looked at, and the candidates for the son-in-law should also be looked at.He made up his mind to follow Elder Sixteen's example and choose a good son-in-law himself.

The Cao family's son and daughter have not yet married, so many people are watching.

The traces of Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been spotted long ago.

Although those who have daughters in their families wish to promise their daughters to Tianyou immediately, but in the world, daughters are precious, and there is no reason for them to marry their sons.

In addition, the Eight Banners draft has just passed, and most of the good-looking girls who are born in the first place are left behind.The rest are either poor in appearance or poor in background, so they may not be qualified to be the eldest daughter-in-law of the Earl's Mansion.

On Tianyou's side, even though they were enthusiastic, they were mostly reserved; on Tianhui's side, matchmakers began to visit one after another.

It's just that people in the world pay attention to "marry a wife from a low family, and marry a daughter from a high family". Even if someone with a higher family status than the Cao family wants to marry, they must be picky.

Tianhui's eye disease cannot be concealed from others.

Even though Tianhui can see things now, in the eyes of outsiders, it's good to be blind, but it's not guaranteed. Who knows if she will be blind again someday, or bring disaster to her children and grandchildren.

But if she gave up this marriage, it is well known that Princess Herui prepared a generous dowry for her daughter.

Therefore, according to the relatives, it is only the eldest son who does not support the family, and most of them are the sons and elders who are attached to the family.

Chu Yu's eyes were filled with worry, while Cao Yong's face became darker and darker.

"A dog's eyes look down on people, our daughters are so good-looking, how can they be picky?" Cao Yong listened to his wife talking about the candidates who came to propose marriage, and he could see that those people didn't value their daughter's character, but just rushed The Cao family and the dowry came, very annoyed.

In Chu Yu's eyes, the daughter is more important than the two sons, so she will not wrong her daughter.

She didn't think about those nonsensical marriage proposals.What she is worried about now is that her daughter will be picked on when she talks about her marriage, and what to do if she can't take care of her husband's house after marriage.

She also has a son, and she is also a wife who can understand other people's concerns.

Except for the elders who really love Tianhui, who would be willing to let their son marry a daughter-in-law with eye problems.

"Master, why don't we see Second Aunt Grandma again?" Chu Yu asked tentatively.

"Sister?" Cao Yong couldn't help frowning when he heard this, shook his head, and said: "Forget it, if the two families can get married, sister's heart has already been fulfilled, why bother to delay until Fujing has already pointed out the marriage. Sixth elder brother , Brother Seven is younger than Tianhui, so it's still inappropriate."

"Then, where is the third sister?" Chu Yu asked.

Cao Yi's love for Tianhui is no less than that of Cao Jiashi.In name, she is the daughter of the eldest house, but in fact she is Tanggu Tianhui, with a distant bloodline.

When Cao Yong heard the words, he said: "Let's wait and see, it may not be necessary to be relatives among relatives. If there is really no suitable family, we can find them from the side branches of the clan."

In that case, the other party would rely on the Cao family for help, and would not dare to belittle Tianhui.

Seeing that her husband still insisted on "my cousin is not married", Chu Yu felt very helpless.She wants to persist, but the marriageable fourth elder brother at Prince Ping's mansion already has a marriage candidate, and the nephew Shou brother at the Duke's mansion is the eldest son. exist.

If her sister-in-law and sister-in-law's relationship is affected because of the two families talking about their marriage, she will not bear it as a sister-in-law.

On Cao Yong's side, he gritted his teeth a bit.

Where can I find a suitable and good-natured son-in-law?
He regretted it endlessly in his heart, whether it was Hang Seng, Zuo Zhu, or Zuo Cheng, why didn't he think about leaving a little son-in-law for himself?

Before he could regret for two days, something happened to Cao Song.

According to official sources, Jiang Ning's general army led troops to arrest the robbers, who were attacked by the bandits and were injured and unconscious.

Jinghui's family letter said that Cao Song was critically injured and asked Cao Yong for help.

The moment Cao Yong heard the news, he was almost dumbfounded.

He just thought of the turmoil in Jiangnan's officialdom because of the past of the Ma family, and was afraid that his cousin would offend someone or be plotted against by others, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he would be in real danger.

Mrs. Zhao Jia is getting old, and Mrs. Li is concerned about Mr. Gao again. Cao Yong decided to hide the news of Cao Song's accident from the two elders first.

After discussing with Cao Xiang, Cao Yong decided to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

Fortunately, the charter for maritime trade has almost been finalized. After the ministry's discussion, it was handed over to the imperial court for approval, leaving only the bidding for the fleet in February next year.

Cao Yong went to see Thirteen Brothers first before handing over the paperwork to ask for leave.

When something like this happened in Jiangning, the bandits dared to bring weapons to attack the officers and soldiers.

Cao Yong did not hide his selfishness. The male elders of the Cao family passed away one after another. Cao Yong is the head of this branch, and he is like a father. He has the responsibility of taking care of several cousins.

Cao Song was released to Jiangnan because of Brother Thirteen's recommendation. Now that something like this happened, Brother Thirteen felt uneasy.

He thought for a while, and said to Cao Yong: "It's still a few days before the seal. After all, you are an official of the household department, so it's not easy to leave... I don't know what's going on in Jiangning. If you can go back, instead of asking for leave directly, you might as well find a name and get an errand in Jiangnan..."

Cao Yong was stunned when he heard this.

An errand in Jiangnan?Cha's literary prison, or something else?
His heart is in a mess, even if he wants to go to the south of the Yangtze River in a legitimate way, but he also knows that those are hot yams?It's not that he cherishes the feathers, but that he doesn't want to be a sharp knife in the hands of the emperor.

Now that there is a "banditry" in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the second-rank general soldier is seriously injured, it is courting death to meddle in Jiangnan's affairs at this time.

This kind of thing, as long as you touch your hands, there will be two in the future. If you come and go, the Cao family will return to the old way of the past.

"Master Thirteen, it's okay for me to look at the account books in the capital, but it's not easy to entrust the emperor with a big conspiracy." Cao Yong said carefully.

Elder Brother Thirteen looked at him for a while, and then said: "You don't have to be humble. Next year's merchant ships will go to sea. You will always take care of this matter. You will go to the south of the Yangtze River to sit in town and summon those wealthy merchants. Preparing for bidding..."

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Kavinka was jealous and had a thick neck. .Aww. . .

(End of this chapter)