Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 672 Cha Yin
Rehe, San Age King Garden.

Taking advantage of the cool weather in the morning, Kangxi paced around, looking at the surrounding scenery.Although it is not the first time to visit, but because of the addition of new lake rockery, pavilions and pavilions, it looks very elegant and interesting.

Behind Kangxi are the accompanying prince elder brother, minister of civil and military affairs and others.

Brother Sixteen followed for a while, then fell behind and pulled Cao Yong away from the crowd.

"What's the matter with the sixteenth master?" Cao Yong saw that the sixteenth elder brother seemed to be in a hurry, and asked.

Elder Sixteen nodded and said with a smile: "Third brothers on the left and right want to invite Huang Ama, we are nothing, it's rare to come out, Fu Ruo will accompany me to go out for a walk."

While speaking, he looked at Cao Yong and his height.He is wearing the prince's costume, and Cao Yong is wearing a peacock patch.

Brother Sixteen shook his head and said: "This is not good, let's go, let's go to your house to change clothes." Having said that, he turned his head and told Zhao Feng, "Did you bring the clothes out?"

Zhao Feng bowed and said: "Return to the master, take it out, and keep it in the hands of Wu guard."

The sixteenth brother nodded, and went out of the third elder brother's garden with Cao Yong. When he walked to the door, he explained a few words to the housekeeper here.

After getting on the horse, the sixteenth elder brother told the truth: "I went to Seventh Brother's garden yesterday, and it's not good to keep those few on Seventh Brother's side. Both Sheng Fujin and Li Shi are in good health, so it's not good at this time Take them into the palace. After thinking about it, I'd better buy a house to house them."

The "they" that Elder Sixteen referred to were the maids who were selected by the head of the palace to serve him when he came to Beijing in March.

Regarding this, Cao Yong didn't have much to say, so he asked, "If you want to buy a house, does the sixteenth master have enough money? If you are tight, I happen to have some spare money here."

Brother Sixteen turned around, glanced at the garden of Prince Cheng's Mansion in the distance, turned around, and said with a smile: "It's just to buy a clean and quiet small house, not to tidy up such a big garden, and there is no shortage of money."

Arriving at the Cao's Bieyuan, Elder Sixteen still didn't forget to meet his cousin, aunt Li, and said a few words with her, and then went to the guest room and changed into regular clothes.

When he was walking on the street with a folding fan in his hand, taking square steps and smiling, Elder Sixteen could no longer see the appearance of a prince, just like a noble son from an ordinary family.

The guards who followed also changed into regular clothes, and were chased away by Brother Sixteen, scattered around to protect them.Zhao Feng is a servant. Although he is in his twenties, he looks like a boy in his fifteenth or sixteenth year, and looks like a servant.

"Since I want to buy a house, I just send people out to do it. Why do we run in person on a hot day?" Cao Yong raised his head, looked at the sun in the sky, and asked.

"I just came up with the idea yesterday. Besides, this is the first time my grandfather buys a property. I'm excited and want to see it for myself." Elder Sixteen said, shaking his fan and raising his eyebrows.

"Do you want to choose your own size, or are you afraid of making people's words leaked to the ears of Shiliu Fujin?" Cao Yong smiled and said when he saw that he was triumphant.

The sixteenth elder brother was speechless at once, closed his fan, slapped Cao Yong on the shoulder hard, and said: "Nah, I'm tired, first find a place to have tea, and send someone to call Jiji."

Brother Sixteen usually made fun of him for being "fearful of internal affairs", and it was rare to have a chance to fight back, so the smile on Cao Yong's face was even bigger.

Brother Sixteen was too lazy to look at him, pointed to a teahouse not far away, and said, "It looks good there, let's go there."

Behind Sixteen Brothers and Cao Yong, Zhao Feng, the personal eunuch of Sixteen Brothers, and Xiaoman, Cao Yong's servant, followed.

"Zhao, why don't you grow up? You were so tall a few years ago, and you are still so tall these few years. Master Sixteen won't give you delicious food. You look like a chicken with no meat?" Xiao Man looked at Zhao Feng and whispered.

Zhao Feng couldn't help frowning when he heard this, stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and said: "Master is the most generous, can I still be hungry? I just grew up early, look at you. A few years ago, who was the youngest?" You're so tall, you're still being bullied when you go out?"

After hearing this, Xiao Man smiled and pushed his back, saying: "It will grow sooner or later, let's go, masters are still waiting."

After entering the teahouse, Brother Sixteen wanted to see the street view, so he and Cao Yong sat at a table near the window.Zhao Feng and Xiao Man stood in front of them, some of the other guards and followers followed into the room and sat in the hall, and some of them stood around outside.

The clerk held a rag in his hand, wiped the table with his hands, and asked with a smile: "You two gentlemen, what kind of tea do you want? I can't say anything else. Speaking of this tea, there is no one in Rehe City Dare to say it’s better than ours.”

"What a big tone, but I'm not afraid that the wind will flash my tongue." Elder Sixteen closed his fan, tapped his palms, and said: "If there is any good tea, report it to the master. Don't just use a false name, take it." Some broken tea stalks to fool people."

Listening to Brother Sixteen taking a sip of the Beijing film, the guy said with a smile: "I heard that the guest officer is from the capital, and he has seen any good tea he specifies. West Lake Longjing, Huangshan Maojian, Yizhou Dongcha, Fujian Iron Tea There are Guanyin and Erhai dragon and phoenix teas here. Guest officer, look, what are you here for?"

"It's okay to talk about other things. What's the matter with the winter tea? Don't worry about brewing it, just bring the tea to show me." Elder Sixteen asked in surprise.

"This is not an ordinary tea. Although it is not as famous as Biluochun and Longjing, it tastes good and the price is also high. I heard that this is a private tea from the royal palace in Jingli. It was discovered by the 'tea boy' when he was an official in Shandong in the early years. There are not many in the whole world. People outside can’t buy it if they want to buy it. Our boss has some connections in Beijing, so we only got two catties. We wanted to keep it for drinking Tiji tea, but in order to support the store, we only got half a catty Come out. A pot costs one tael or six renminbi. The small one will be taken by the guest officer." The man returned with a smile, and then turned to fetch the tea leaves.

Brother Sixteen couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and said to Cao Yong, "Look, you have become famous beyond the Great Wall."

Cao Yong also thought it was funny, when this Yizhou winter tea could stand side by side with West Lake Longjing and Huangshan Maojian.It's not that winter tea is not good, but that there are only a dozen or so hectares of tea gardens there, and the tea is so tender that the tea cores are all picked, and one mu of land is not much in a year. It's not enough to give a gift, how could it spread to the outside world.

For a while, the guy was carrying a tray with a blue and white tea pot the size of a fist on it.

The clerk put down the tray, opened the tea pot, filled half a teaspoon of tea with the small spoon inside, and brought it to Elder Sixteen, and said with a smile: "Look, sir, it's tenderer than the tip of a hair, it's just another tea." If you want to cheat, the seasons of picking are different, and the taste of eating is also different. When the tea soup is brewed, the master will be able to tell whether the tea is authentic or not."

Elder Sixteen looked at it carefully, feeling a little suspicious in his heart, glanced at the guy, and said: "Since it is the private tea of ​​the palace, your master can find it, and I think he is also a person with status and dignity. I don't know how to call it? Who is it?" Children of the family?"

"The young one is just a buddy, how can I know so much, I only know that the owner's surname is Wang, and he does business in the customs." The buddy put away the tea with a smile, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Guest officers, this tea... "

Elder Sixteen waved his hand and said, "Make a pot..." While speaking, he saw two tables of guards sitting not far away, pointed to him and said, "Every table over there also has a pot, sir. If you If there are tea fruits or something, I also pick up a few plates."

Seeing how rich he was, the guy smiled and went down to make tea.

The sixteenth brother put a smile on his face and asked Cao Yong: "My surname is Wang. Could it be that the female shopkeeper of the thirteenth brother has brought the business to Rehe? One pot of one two six, this is like robbery. A catty is worth hundreds of taels of silver."

Cao Yong shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "It shouldn't be her, she has a stable temper, and the Thirteenth Lord is in a special situation, so he wouldn't be so reckless. In order to seek money, he brought the business to Rehe."

"Then whose house did this tea come from?" Elder Sixteen rubbed his chin, pondering.

The Yizhou winter tea for this is exactly the few hectares of tea gardens that Cao Yong bought when he was in Daotai. home, the rest was given to Cao Yi.

Three princes, two princes who have not been crowned princes, and a mansion of a duke, this tea is well-deservedly called the private tea of ​​the prince's mansion.

Seeing that Elder Sixteen was in a daze, Cao Yong asked with a smile, "Did Master Sixteen forget his business? We didn't come here today to make tea."

"Business?" Elder Sixteen heard this, patted his forehead, and realized that he hadn't sent anyone to look for real estate agents, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and called a guard over to tell him to go out and look for someone.

"It's really strange. There are so many teahouses in Beijing, and I haven't heard of any of them selling this kind of winter tea. I didn't expect that we would come across this Rehe." Elder Sixteen couldn't hold back his curiosity. , Tell Zhao Feng to call the shopkeeper.

After a while, the shopkeeper came over with a smile on his face, followed by the guy carrying the tray.

The shopkeeper took the tea tray from the clerk, poured tea for Elder Sixteen and Cao Yong himself, offered it with both hands, and then said with a smile: "Guests drink slowly, I don't know if I'm looking for a villain to come..."

Elder Sixteen didn't answer right away, picked up the teacup, put it under his nose and sniffed it, then brought it to his mouth and took a sip, saying: "This tea is not as mellow as Longjing, nor is it as fragrant as Biluochun, why is it so expensive? Ordinary good tea costs only two or three taels of silver per catty."

The shopkeeper smiled and replied: "My lord, isn't there an old saying that the rare is the most valuable? This winter tea is light, and the people in the south drink it well, but the people in the north may not be used to it. The villain I was lucky enough to drink one cup, and it was not as good as tuan tea, but it was just a taste of elegance."

Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "I have an uncle, the old man is good at tea, and I have been thinking about this winter tea for several years. It's just because this is something from a high-ranking family, there is a few coins outside, and there is nowhere to buy it. Change it. Since I met you, I have to spend money and money to honor my father."

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper knew that there was a big deal, and his face became more joyful, and said: "That's good, it's just half a catty in total, and I have to leave some with us to entertain regular customers, right?"

Elder Sixteen waved his hand and said: "What is this called? I can't even take half a catty. Didn't I say that the master has two catties? No matter how much money, I will cover it all." At this point, he hesitated for a while. , said: "It's just how do you know if this tea is authentic? I haven't tasted such a rare thing before."

The shopkeeper heard this, lowered his volume, and said, "My lord, don't worry, I'm sure there will be no problem. Our boss is also a person of status, otherwise we wouldn't be doing business in Rehe City. This Rehe What kind of place is it, is it the palace of Long Live Lord?"

Brother Sixteen still frowned, looked at the teacup in his hand, and said, "Sir, don't waste your money and buy fakes, there's no need to make people laugh."

The shopkeeper looked hesitant, a little hesitant.

Cao Yong watched coldly for a long time, seeing that the shopkeeper didn't seem to know anything, so he winked at Xiaoman.

Xiao Man stepped forward and stuffed an ingot of silver ingot into the shopkeeper's hand.

The shopkeeper copied the ingots into his sleeves and said, "My lord, to tell you the truth, our boss is also a person of status, in the banner. Our son-in-law is a relative of the emperor, and he is on the same level as the prince, so he can buy it." Get this tea instead."

"Is it a lie?" Elder Sixteen shook his head and said, "Since this tea is so rare, how can you buy it for two catties, and he buys it for half a catty? Is it a fake fake made by name to fool people? No one left or right. A few drank."

"My lord, what is the villain doing with this lie? This tea is now 180 taels a catty, which is not so expensive. I heard that in the early years, this tea was offered at a price of one or two hundred." The shopkeeper Said.

"This is so strange. Didn't it mean that there is less tea, why is it getting cheaper and cheaper?" Elder Sixteen was puzzled.

The shopkeeper lowered his voice, and said: "Earlier, there was a price but no market. Later, there was one who went out to buy it. The other managers looked at it, and naturally they were greedy. It was originally a tree. If it is more careful, it will cost more than one mu of land. It's not difficult to make two or three taels, it means you are rich."

"Oh, that's how it is!" Elder Sixteen suddenly realized, and became more and more curious about the relatives of the emperor. He looked at the shopkeeper with a smile, and said, "This is a person who is an imperial relative, and this imperial relative is worthless. Damn, don't wait for such a fool."

The shopkeeper was so squeezed out that he couldn't help it, and said: "The villain really didn't fall in love with this master. Our uncle's surname is Li, and a relative sister entered the palace and became a nobleman. She is the current prince Fujin. It is extremely noble."

Among these people who have tea, there is a side Fujin surnamed Li next to the fourth elder brother. I don't know how the fourth elder brother will look when he finds out.

Brother Sixteen thought of this, and felt something was wrong.His own side Fujin is also surnamed Li, and it is Li's natal brother who manages his tea garden business.

Li's sister-in-law seems to be surnamed Wang.

Brother Sixteen was already laughing angrily, and asked the shopkeeper, "I heard that your boss's surname is Wang, is it true that his sister married Brother Sixteen's brother-in-law? heard his name."

The shopkeeper nodded in agreement with a smile, and said, "That's the one, very respectable in Beijing."

After talking for a while, the guard who had just gone out to find someone had already brought in two real estate brokers to answer.

"My lord, this house in the hands of a villain is located on North Street, and it has the best Feng Shui. The house with three entrances is both spacious and decent..." One of them said.

The other one said: "Although our house has only two entrances, it has a big garden. It is the best place to escape the summer heat. The people living in front of us are all noble people from the capital..."

Brother Sixteen was annoyed by the yelling, he slapped the table vigorously, and said, "Get out, I won't buy it..."

Those two businessmen made a futile trip and still didn't give up, You Zi chattered on and on, but was escorted out by the guards.

The sixteenth elder brother got up with a dark face, got up and went out of the teahouse, and said to Cao Yong: "Look, this hug of silver is all under the eyes of the grandfather... Listen to that, there is no one clean, the fourth brother and the seventh brother Over there, they still claim to be strict in governing the family, and the servants are not the same..."

(End of this chapter)