Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 608

Tangquan, the palace.

Although Kangxi had a sullen face, he was shocked when he looked at the folder in his hand.

In this bidding, the total amount received was 220 taels, of which 8000 million taels have been received, and there are still more than 550 million taels waiting to be put into the warehouse.

Last year, the national emblem silver was only more than 970 million taels, less than 3000 million.The bidding this time was [-]% of the revenue of the national treasury last year.

Should we lament the wealth of private merchants, or should we lament Cao Yong's way of collecting money? Kangxi's gaze towards Cao Yong became a little deep.

Cao Yong knelt on the ground, although he didn't look up, he still felt the hairs on his back standing up, and the cold was pressing.

The three-year contract, is this the end?

Until now, Cao Yong still does not think that this bidding is his own ability.

What is the power of the country, this is the power of the country.

Collecting big merchants from all over the country, and auctioning some of the most lucrative trade lines, it is not difficult to collect some money.

Quite unexpectedly, there were a lot more big merchants who came to participate than expected, and the money was several million taels more.

Cao Yong's original plan was to estimate 500 million taels, so he was still thinking about other ways to make money in his spare time.After all, things like bidding cannot be said to be a new trick, nor can it be used frequently.

Unexpectedly, it doubled in size.

Elder Sixteen was worried about him, why didn't he worry about himself?

It's too ostentatious and doesn't match his previous style.

There was silence in the room, and Cao Yong felt a sharp pain in his knees.The sixteenth elder brother bowed his head and stood aside, intending to speak for Cao Yong, but he was very hesitant because he was afraid that it would backfire.

After a while, Fang heard Kangxi snort coldly and said, "Get up!"

Cao Yong responded, and Kangxi had already dropped the booklet on the Kang table.

The sixteenth elder brother took a look and saw that Kangxi's face was much more relaxed, and he smiled boldly: "After all, it is the emperor who knows people with his eyes and singles out Cao Yong. It is Erchen, seeing how lazy he is. I didn't expect him to be so capable."

Everyone likes to hear good things, and the emperor is no exception.

After listening to Elder Sixteen's words, Kangxi's expression became more relaxed, he nodded, and said: "This is true, Cao Yong, this kid, I have to watch him before I can do my best."

As he said that, he gave Cao Yong a glance and said: "You are old-fashioned all day long, and you don't have the vigor of young people. How can I say you are good? Your grandfather, your father, who are not dedicated to serving the court, you are so old, Do you still want to mess around?"

What is nonsense, this person in front of him is.Cao Yong bowed and listened, but he was wronged tightly in his heart.

In the past few years, he can't say that he has made great achievements, but he has also done his duty.Among them, the life and death test has been passed a few times, what else do you want to do?
If you say that he is just messing around, then who is doing serious work in the court?
But there is nothing to argue about, Cao Yong can only bow his head and return "what the emperor taught is" and "what will happen in the future".In his heart, he would rather be demoted by Kangxi a few more words.

It's not that Cao Yong is cheap, but the results have been made, and I don't care if Kangxi praises this sentence.

At this time, it was better for Kangxi to reprimand him than to praise him.

With such a big limelight already, if he gets another compliment from Kangxi, the envious people will become even more popular.

Cao Yong think so, the mood is more peaceful.

Kangxi stared at Cao Yong's expression and stopped reprimanding him.

The sixteenth elder brother was worried that the news of Cao Yong being punished spread out, which aroused the heart of slander, so he shyly smiled and said: "Huang Ama, Cao Yong is lazy, so it's hard for him to be loyal to Huang Ama." Just now on the way to the Xinggong, he was still talking about the Long Live Day in one month, what kind of filial piety should he do. He also mentioned that with money, the project at the Tangquan Xinggong is also cheaper. If you come to Xing's side again, you can live more comfortably."

When Kangxi heard this, his heart moved, and he said, "He really said that?"

The sixteenth elder brother said seriously: "Since that's the case, does my son dare to deceive Huang Ama?"

In fact, on Fangcai Road, Cao Yong saw the wells on both sides of the road, and mentioned the severe drought in the spring of the 50th year of Kangxi with Brother Sixteen.As for the Tangquan Palace, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs had mentioned before that the renovation project was progressing slowly due to lack of money.

Kangxi was originally annoyed with Cao Yong, thinking about having such a skill, but he didn't force him to use it, it was too shameful.

After listening to Brother Sixteen's words, Kangxi looked at Cao Yong again, but it was another feeling.

Although she lacks courage, this kind of human touch is not found in others.

"Don't think that the errand is completed. I told you that 1000 million taels will be put into the treasury. This time, 800% of the silver will go into the treasury, and the rest is less than 200 million. These few promising items of the Ministry of Internal Affairs I let you use it, but this time I want to see how you can earn me the remaining [-] million taels of silver with nothing. Remember, you can’t use public affairs for personal gain." Kangxi said.

Cao Yong was speechless after hearing this.

It seems that Kangxi can't see him leisurely.

But this is also good, the Emperor Kangxi is not confused at all, he knows that the 1000 or more 2 taels of silver were exchanged with the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not Cao Yongkong's glove white wolf.Otherwise, as soon as his upper lip touched his lower lip, he would give him a task of tens of millions of taels of silver, for fear that Cao Yong would vomit blood.

Just, like pulling something down.

"Your Majesty, it's hard for such a clever woman to live without rice. You must have capital to do business. If you don't use the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then this is the way to make money..." Cao Yong hesitated for a while, and finally asked.

He didn't have such a high awareness, so he took out his own money and used it as capital for Kangxi.

That's the real distinction between public and private, and it's easy to expose the fear of making money.

Kangxi stroked his beard, looked at Cao Yong, and said for a long time: "Well, I will give you the capital, and this time I will allocate 20 taels of silver to you. There are still two and a half years of work, and I want to see you , can you turn out ten times the profit." At the end of the sentence, he was already a bit tired.

Brother Sixteen looked at Kangxi worriedly, thinking about the rumors in recent days, his heart was quite heavy.

According to the rules, at the age of 20, the prince will be divided into Kaifu.

Due to the large number of princes in this dynasty, the princes of similar ages are mostly entrusted together.

It was entrusted twice, once in the 37th year of Kangxi, to the eighth elder brother; once in the 49th year of Kangxi, to the fourteenth elder brother.

In the 50th year of Kangxi, the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother separated from the palace, and the fourteenth elder brother still lived in the elder brother's house.

At that time, the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother were under the age, and it was reasonable to say that they did not catch up with the knighthood.

Five years have passed in a blink of an eye, the fifteenth elder brother 24, the sixteenth elder brother 22, and he is still the prince without a noble.

Brother Sixteen is a man after all, and he has a heart of power in his heart.It's not because of his own size, but because he thinks that the higher the title, the easier it will be for his wife and children in the future.

It was already noon when I came out of the palace.

Open the city gate in the morning and come out, Cao Yong is already hungry.However, there are many follow-up matters in the yamen, and they are inseparable from people.If you can't get back on the same day, you will have to delay for half a day tomorrow.

On both sides of the official road from Tangquan Palace to the city, there are many small restaurants where you can buy some tea and eat.

Cao Yong thought about going over there to have a bite, so that he could return to the city early, but he was stopped by Brother Sixteen and took him to Zhuangzi, Brother Sixteen.

Zhuangzi here was a gift from Cao Yong in his early years.

It was very quiet in the past, but now there are many other people's Zhuangzi around.

The sixteenth elder brother looked around and said to Cao Yong: "I told you to keep the land here so that you can be my neighbor, and you sold it. Now it's in a remote corner, and it's too late to leave the palace. Far, too cheap."

Cao Yong said with a smile: "It's not too far away. It takes half an hour to ride a horse."

Elder Sixteen snorted, and said, "I don't know you yet, but I just saw a few Dukes of Beizi Guo bought land here, and I didn't want to have too much contact with them, so I avoided them. After what happened yesterday, I'm afraid they will come like flies in the future, let's see where else do you hide?"

While talking, I arrived at the Zhuangzi of Brother Sixteen.

The sixteenth elder brother gave orders to cook quickly, and after a while he packed up a table of noodles,
Cao Yong and sixteen elder brothers stopped talking, used it in a hurry, and were full.

Cao Yong was in a hurry to go back to the city, so he said goodbye to Brother Sixteen.

The sixteenth elder brother asked Zhao Feng to lead the horse and go back to the city with Cao Yong.

Seeing that Elder Sixteen acted deliberately, Cao Yong frowned and asked, "Could it be that Master Sixteen is worried...worried that someone will harm me?"

Elder Sixteen had already taken the reins from Zhao Feng, got on the horse, nodded and said: "Since yesterday, my right eyelid has been twitching non-stop. Thinking about it, you are in the most dangerous situation now. Now, This bidding will go smoothly for the winning bidder, but for the losing bidder, it may mean that they will lose their money. If there is someone who is crazy, it is not uncommon for them to get their ideas on you."

As he said that, he looked at the guards behind Cao Yong, etc., and continued: "Seven or eight long followers are in the city, but what's the use of those in the wilderness? Go back and discuss with Uncle, see if you want to Find some more useful people."

It's hard to say whether other people have the courage, but the look in the eyes of elder brother Jiu is deeply imprinted in Cao Yong's mind.

But no matter how much he hates, in order to avoid taboo, he will not do anything to Cao Yong for a while.

Cao Yong originally wanted to say "the sky is bright and the sun is bright, the official way is fine", but he cherished his life and didn't want to make any mistakes, so he went back to the city with the sixteenth elder brother.

It was a safe journey, but nothing happened.

It's just that there will be many new faces near Cao's mansion.

Cao Yong's heart, adding a bit of depression.

What kind of thing is this? I am exhausted, the money belongs to others, and the hatred belongs to me.

At the Cao Mansion, someone was already waiting, and it was Wang Lusheng.

He had been here yesterday afternoon, but Cao Yong had a dinner party and went to Brother Thirteen's house, and he came back very late, so he didn't see him.

"Master Cao, you are back, please help me with an idea." Seeing Cao Yong coming back, Wang Lusheng got up and said.

Seeing his anxious face, Cao Yong asked, "Why, the 150 million taels of silver didn't come together?"

Wang Lusheng said awkwardly, his face flushed red, "I didn't expect it to be such a big deal. I don't have enough money in reserve. I have already sent someone to fly a horse to send a message to Rizhao, but the money I can collect is limited. I'm afraid it will be worse."

Based on Cao Yong's knowledge, Wang Lusheng prepared no less than one million taels of silver for this bidding.Otherwise, he wouldn't be as confident as before.

Yesterday at Brother Shisan's mansion, Brother Thirteen was asked to divert the conversation, so I don't know how Zheng Woxue arranged it.

Today Wang Lusheng is in distress for money again, but it is different from Cao Yong's previous cognition.

"Isn't the Zheng family on the same side as Brother Wang?" Cao Yong asked after thinking about it for a while.

Wang Lusheng nodded, and said: "Well, she said that the thirteen elder brother's house has limited money, and it is estimated that 10,000+ taels would be enough. She intervened, but it was because of the relatives, so that the The Wang family has established a relationship with the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion, so that they will not be bullied by outsiders. For the 150 million taels of bidding money, she won [-]% of the money. After all, it is to take advantage of the power of the Prince's Mansion, so [-]% of the money is required. Li. I didn’t dare to respond before, because I was afraid that the deficit would be too big and my money would not be enough. But she pointed me and told me to find Master Cao. She said that Master Cao has a way here, so I have the audacity to come here .”

After hearing this, Cao Yong was a little confused and asked, "What else did you say?"

"What are you talking about, oh, the shopkeeper of Liuhe Bank made some rumors, I'm afraid it's not good for Master Cao. The spare money over there is not easy for others to use." Wang Lusheng replied, and he also brought a few. Very confused: "This Liuhe bank is familiar... Isn't this Jiangning's shop? How did it come to the capital?"

Cao Yong's face was ashen, thinking of the Han Jiang family he saw at noon yesterday, he was very angry.

Seeing that Cao Yong's expression was not right, Wang Lusheng stopped talking.

Because he didn't know the details, Cao Yong couldn't explain it to Wang Lusheng, so he asked him to go back and wait for the news.

When Wang Lusheng went out, Cao Yong immediately called someone to find Han Jiang's family.

Zheng Woxue is not a talkative person, since Liuhe Bank can be mentioned, it is not a fabrication out of thin air.

Could it be that the Han Jiang family is determined to open a bank, and wants to take advantage of the opportunity of bidding to gain a foothold in the capital?

Toss around.

*
Qianmen Street, Dade Bank.

A mule cart was parked in front of the gate, and dozens of guards with big arms blocked half the street.

Han Jiang's carriage was also blocked not far away.Han Jiangshi sat in the carriage and asked the maid to ask the driver why.When she heard that it was because of the bank, she couldn't help but feel moved.

She hesitated for a moment, gently lifted the curtain, and glanced over there.

The mule carts over there had already set off, very slowly, and each cart was followed by guards on the left and right.

This is a silver cart, Han Jiangshi has been used to seeing it since he was a child, and he is already thinking about how much silver these seven or eight large carts can hold in total?
It seems that what she expected was right. Those merchants who participated in the bidding, even if their families were rich, couldn't bring all of them to the capital.

However, she was very surprised when she saw the people following the carriage.

She lowered the car curtain, quite puzzled.

The person following the car was obviously a child of the Fang family, and had dealt with their family in the early years.

The Fang family lost the bid yesterday, why did they have to spend so much money?

Those small merchants are fine, the buyers and sellers who won several major business routes yesterday, I am afraid that they will have to raise money from the capital this time.

The time limit given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is half a month at the latest. If the money is not raised in half a month, what will happen...

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It's so hot, I'm about to sacrifice, I ask for tickets to relieve the heat. . .

(End of this chapter)