Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 46 Speculation
In the Cao family, it is well known that Sun's old lady doted on Cao Yong.As the eldest grandson, and being raised by the old matriarch himself since childhood, there are some partialities.After Cao Yong came to Zhuangzi in Changping, he once again knew that this preference is by no means a star.

When the old lady of the Sun family married to the Cao family, she married a Zhuangzi as a dowry, but at that time the fertile land was only ten dumps, and there were more than 20 tenants.Everyone uses this, even Cao Yong is no exception.

It wasn't until Cao Yong went to Changping Zhuangzi in person that he knew that the land left by his grandmother had 120 plots and [-] tenants.Right now, two large villages have formed on ten thousand mu of fertile land, all of which are tenants of the Cao family, one is called Daping Village and the other is called Xiaoping Village.The other courtyard of the Cao family is in Dapingzhuang, a courtyard with three entrances.

In recent years, high-quality good farmland in the suburbs of Beijing costs around ten taels of silver per mu, and medium-sized farmland costs seven to eight taels.One dump is a hundred mu, and 120 dumps is 1 mu.Calculated according to the average value of 10 taels of silver per mu, the Zhuangzi left by the old lady to Cao Yong is also worth nearly [-] taels of silver.

Sitting on a chair in the lobby of Zhuangzi in Changping, Cao Yong finally realized that he is now a landlord.Cao Yong remembered that when he looked at the account book in the mansion, he remembered that the Cao family originally had two villas in Fangshan, but they were only a few dozen lands, and they were sold by Cao Yin and they were still at a loss.Tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, isn't this too ostentatious.Thinking of this, Cao Yong looked at He Maocai, the manager of Changping Zhuangzi: "Uncle Cai, how much land do other people in the vicinity have in Zhuangzi?"

He Maocai, in his fifties, was a slave of the Cao family. He replied respectfully, "My lord, Changping is a good place. Almost all the big households in the capital set up villages here. There are three to five hundred houses in each palace, and there are thousands of houses. Other princes, marquises, ministers and ministers have more than a dozen to several hundred inclinations."

Cao Yong nodded, in this case, then he is not an eyesore for this small Zhuangzi.But for some reason, I felt something was wrong.

*
Although it is the beginning of April in the lunar calendar, if it is calculated according to the solar calendar, it should be May, and it is already possible to change into thin underwear.

A few days ago, after Cao Yong was able to "get out of bed", King Pingjun helped him to deliver a post, requesting to see Xie En.It is a great grace to be looked after by several imperial physicians from the imperial hospital and use the imperial medicine from the inner library.

Emperor Kangxi summoned Cao Yong and inquired about his condition carefully. After knowing that he was fine, he comforted him a few words.During this period, he was always observing Cao Yong, wondering if he was newly resentful or if he was scared out of his wits.

Cao Yong was no different from the last time he saw him except that his face was thinner. His eyes were still so clear, his expression was still so submissive, but vaguely, with a bit of shyness of a teenager.That look is like a child who has done something wrong and cannot face his parents.

Kangxi thought that Cao Yong was uneasy because of causing trouble, and comforted him: "I can't blame you for this matter, so don't be uneasy!"

Cao Yong lowered his head and replied: "The servant really has no face to face the Lord Long Live, no face to face the father!"

"Oh, why do you say that!" Kangxi was surprised.

"Long live, the slave is wronged!" Cao Yong replied crisply.

Kangxi's face became heavy, feeling wronged, he thought of his grandson who felt wronged, and looked at Cao Yong in front of him again.What's wrong with today's kids.

"Long live, now people outside are rumoring that the slave was beaten by 30 to [-] people, and they all say that the slave is a useless wretch, a guard who got in with the favor of his father and ancestors. However, the slave just doesn't want to fight in the street and offend everyone. Clear the law. If you give the slave a chance, the slave is willing to compete with those people." Cao Yong's words fell to the ground.

The young man was full of enthusiasm, Kangxi smiled and nodded, feeling too much in his heart.

Cao Yong bowed his head, but secretly thinking.It is well known that Kangxi loves talents, that's why Nalan Rongruo was favored for ten years, and Ma Qi was in white clothes.I don't have the eloquence of Mr. Nalan, nor the talent of Ma Qi, so I have no choice but to learn to be a reckless man.Although his slightly frail appearance has nothing to do with heroism and bravery.

Cao Yong's heart trembled in those words with a little youthful enthusiasm. Isn't this pretending to be tender and being obedient?He also indirectly expressed his loyalty, even if he was bullied like that, he did not forget to uphold the dignity of the law.

However, Kangxi liked this set, and the reason why he has been fond of Cao Jiarong for many years is not unrelated to Cao Yin's self-cleaning, loyal and law-abiding.In other words, for a big corrupt official, no matter how loyal he is to Kangxi, Kangxi cannot allow him to scrape land in the south of the Yangtze River.

At such a young age, Cao Yong is so well-behaved and sensible, without any dandyism, how can this not make Kangxi like it.Unknowingly, he was happy for Cao Yin. Although his son is thin, but with such a son, why worry about having no successors.

Although Cao Yong was not wronged by such an innocent disaster, nor would he have thought that his accidental beating would be related to the prince and grandson, but Kangxi still felt guilty and wanted to make up for the child.But he is not yet 15 years old, and it is already a kindness to be named a third-class bodyguard. There is no reason to be promoted to the second class.So, Kangxi gave Cao Yong half a month's sick leave, and ordered him to take good care of himself and go to the Qianqing Palace as an errand.

Cao Yong kowtowed to thank him, feeling secretly refreshed.After several rounds of planning, he finally got his wish.The guards of Qianqing Palace are commonly known as guards with swords in front of the imperial court.Although he has not been upgraded, his status is completely different from other guards. In order to avoid suspicion, even the prince dare not bully or win over casually.Otherwise, no one can bear the hat of "unpredictable".

It's a pity that in the future when I work in front of the imperial court, this "slave" and "slave" are inevitable.Cao Yong couldn't help but start to comfort himself, a man can bend and stretch, so it doesn't matter if he can bear it for three years.Three years later, as long as the Cao family can get out of the predicament, they can either go to the imperial examination to find officials, or find a reason to return to Jiangning.

*
Changping, Dapingzhuang, Cao's other courtyard.

Cao Yong sat on the chair in the hall and began to think of the Xiaotangshan hot spring that he had soaked in his previous life.I remember that when I went to Xiaotangshan to soak in the hot springs, I heard from the tour guide that this hot spring palace existed during the Kangxi period.However, I just asked Sun Maocai, but there is no sign of the palace yet.It's just that near Xiaotangshan, the two largest soup pools are in the Zhuangzi of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Dapingzhuang is more than 50 miles away from Andingmen and less than ten miles away from Xiaotangshan.Even if the big pool is in the Zhuangzi of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there must be a lot of small hot spring pools outside.

Zijing came in with a plate, smiled and said to Cao Yong: "Grandpa, try it quickly, it's a rare thing from the wild, where did you see these before?"

"Master, why did you take off your vest outside? We don't need to go south in Beijing. It's still cold sooner or later. My body is still not fully recovered!" Zijing put down the plate, and before Cao Yong could speak, she took off her vest again. put him on.

Cao Yong's "serious illness" this time, the most tiring is Amethyst.Although Cao Yong repeatedly said that there is no serious problem, but Amethyst has seen Cao Yong lying in bed for several days without knowing his life and death. How can he believe that taking care of him is more dedicated than in the past.

Cao Yong had no choice but to stretch his arms, put on his waistcoat, and see what Amethyst brought, a rare thing he had never seen before.

Three palm-sized white porcelain plates, each containing a kind of wild fruit.Strictly speaking, two of the dishes were wild fruits, and one was not game.If Cao Yong was just a simple young man who lived in a wealthy compound since he was a child, I'm afraid he really didn't know these things.The purple and black ones are bunches of mulberries, two are green, one is finger-sized wild apricots, and the other is light green, which is cleanly washed elm money.

Cao Yongti slipped a bunch of mulberries into his mouth, this is pure wild game, juicy and delicious, completely different from the taste bought in the supermarket in his previous life.

Zijing was slightly taken aback: "Master, you actually know these things!"

Cao Yong smiled and pointed to the plate of elm money: "This is not the right way to eat, either use chicken to make soup, or mix it with stick noodles and steam dumplings to eat!"

After hearing this, Amethyst felt surprised, and hurriedly called a little maid to bring the elm money to the kitchen, and asked them to cook according to the way Cao Yong said.

Cao Yong was talking about food, and he couldn't help but think of stick noodles. In this life, there is no chance to eat that miscellaneous grains.The cob is corn, which seems to have been imported from abroad in the Ming Dynasty.

From corn, Cao Yong thought of raising pigs again.In my last life, I had a child who studied for more than ten years, and finally studied computer science for four years, and finally graduated.Everyone thought that he would go to the postgraduate entrance examination or Zhongguancun. Unexpectedly, this guy bought a big yard in the outer suburbs and started a business. The content of his business was to raise pigs.When the news came out, these buddies from the past fainted.The owner of the four-year university dormitory, who has never washed his socks, is going to start a business, which is still a very different business.Who would have thought that this kid would persevere, and his assets would be several million in a few years, and he would be envious of salarymen like them.

Cao Yong squinted his brows, raised pigs, and felt a little familiar, as if he had seen a similar movie in a time-travel novel.Think about it, let's forget it, the big families in the city have people who specialize in raising livestock.The ordinary people don't weigh half a catty of meat for a few months, and they raise a pig at home, and they all hope to marry a wife and build a house.If I make the breeding industry industrialized, even if I earn a few small money, I don't know how many ordinary people will be uneasy.

Thinking through these, Cao Yong felt more and more that he should hit the idea of ​​hot springs. How could he let the great fortune he saw fly away?So, He Maocai, who had just gone down for a while, was called in again.Cao Yong sent the words, except for the first ten lands that the old lady married as a dowry, all the others were sold.

He Maocai's body softened when he heard this, and he almost slipped off the stool: "Master, no, sir, it took more than 50 years for this village to expand little by little, how can it be sold as soon as it is sold!"

Cao Yong looked at He Maocai and could understand his reluctance,

(End of this chapter)