Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 852 Difficulties
The sixteenth elder brother gloated, but Cao Yong could only caress his forehead.

"Master Shiliu, I didn't open a cloth shop, how can I have this ability?" Cao Yong frowned and said, "I can't blame me for sneezing all the time, so I was missed."

Elder Sixteen looked at him with raised eyebrows, and said, "Are you really planning to rest for 27 months? It's a good idea. Huang Aman reads the dignity of the Cao family for generations, and it's already a kindness if he doesn't win. Now This errand is not from the imperial court, so it doesn’t hinder anything. Even if it spreads in the future, it’s hard for others to talk about it. Isn’t it just 8 taels of silver cloth? Haven’t you never handled a business bigger than this?”

Cao Yong lived in the Qing Dynasty for nearly 20 years. Although he didn't live in poverty, he was not a dude who didn't know his livelihood.

Seeing that Elder Sixteen spoke so easily, he didn't shake his head. He changed a servant and sent a message to the accounting room to see the account books for July and August.

Elder Sixteen was a little confused, and said: "Could it be that Fu Ruo surrendered and wanted to pay Thirteenth Brother with his own money? Thirteenth Brother's temperament will not take advantage of you."

Cao Yong didn't answer, but asked: "Master Sixteen, the dye has failed to be sold, what should we do?"

"What else can I do? Let's distinguish the good from the bad, and start buying and selling slowly. Right now, almost all of the bank's backlog is sold, and the money is cheap for a while. Also wait for Huang Ama's side, if the summer resort and the capital are repaired next spring For the Imperial Garden, dyes are also needed." There are not many things left, and Elder Sixteen is not worried about selling them, so he said leisurely.

"Brother Sixteen also knows that the things from the three warehouses of the household department can only be sold if they are good or bad!" Cao Yong said with a soft snort.

Mentioning this, Elder Sixteen felt a little embarrassed and said, "Although there are a lot of damage, it's still cheap. Otherwise, the Wang family and the Cheng family wouldn't have swallowed 60 silk at once."

Cao Yong didn't argue with him, and waited for the accounting office to deliver the account books for July and August, and looked through them carefully, paying special attention to the piece of cloth purchased.

In July, I bought summer cloth, 360 wen per foot, 21 wen per horse; in August, I bought wool green cloth, 630 wen per foot, [-] wen per horse.

Cao's mansion is the Earl's mansion, Cao Yong and Chu Yu have always been kind and never treated the servants harshly in terms of food and clothing.This isn't the best cloth I bought, but it's also an upper-middle cloth on the market.

The coarse cloth from the Sanku of the Ministry of Finance is said to be sold at a low price.One is because of the large quantity, and the other is because it comes from the official treasury.The quality of the cloth varies and the age varies.

8 taels of silver, even if converted according to the market price, would cost 10,000+ pieces of cloth.

The reason why the Wang family and the Cheng family want silk instead of cotton cloth is because silk is very profitable, and even if it is stained, it can be repaired; cotton cloth is different, and the profit is thin. If the stain is serious, let alone money, it can If you can't keep your capital, you can say nothing.

So they were too lazy to bother, and no one considered the 8 taels of cloth.

Watching Cao Yong go through the account book and talk about the market price of cotton cloth, Elder Sixteen put on a smirk on his face, stretched out three fingers, and said: "I really took a look at the coarse cloth, the total is 30 pieces."

After these, Cao Yong's face turned black, and he gritted his teeth after a while and said, "It's all Xiabu?"

Elder Sixteen nodded and said, "Nowadays there is an army of 10,000+ in the Northwest. Maybe when they win the battle, they will return to the imperial court. The thick cloth must be reserved for the army, and even the fourth brother dare not move lightly."

If it is thick cloth, even if it is stained and moth-eaten, it will not worry about selling it.Common people are greedy for cheap, as long as the price is low, someone will buy it.You can also add new clothes if you sew and mend.

Grass cloth is different. It was originally thin, but after being mothed, it became tattered.It can't do anything other than a rag.

I can't blame Elder Sixteen for his relaxed look, if these cloths are really in the hands of Elder Thirteen, it will be considered cheap, and it is normal to lose tens of thousands of taels of silver.The sixteenth brother has always been friends with the thirteenth brother, knowing that he is in a difficult situation, naturally he can't bear it.

Now it's in the hands of Cao Yong, it's not the thirteen elder brother's business.

As for the loss or not, Brother Sixteen believes that as long as Cao Yong is willing to use his brain, not to mention making a lot of money, he will never suffer this loss.

However, the sixteenth elder brother also saw that Cao Yong was unhappy, so he stopped teasing him and said with a smile: "Huang Ama just ordered you to help the thirteenth brother take care of these cloths, but he didn't say that he would force you to sell them immediately. What's the hurry? It's winter now, and it will be the twelfth lunar month in a few days, so I'm busy celebrating the new year. Then there are many things in the first month, and there are a few months of leisure."

Cao Yong is a little unhappy, he is less than [-] years old, and his memory has not faded.If he is not confused, he remembers clearly that he only handed in the brochure for promoting corn and potatoes a few days ago.

What is "idle is also idle"?
Even if Kangxi loves his son, he can't bear the thirteenth elder brother's filial piety, and spends all his family's wealth, and wants to pull him out to do things, he still has to give him some good words.

It seems that Kangxi thought he was a soybean, and when he ran out of oil, he wanted to squeeze it.

Unhappy in my heart, and it is not good to complain in front of sixteen elder brothers, Cao Yong can only hum a few times casually.

Sixteenth elder brother has known him for many years, and at this moment he has already turned a few corners in his heart, and said: "Even if Huang Ama didn't say it, Fu Ruo could still stand by and watch? Huang Ama didn't treat you as an outsider, Otherwise, I wouldn’t have asked you to do this.”

Cao Yong is very self-aware, knowing how much he weighs, and he doesn't mean to be a "wife" with Kangxi.

It's not easy to say this again, if I continue to say it, I'm afraid Brother Sixteen will think that he doesn't know what to do.

After all, many officials, for the sake of their future, hid the news of their parents' death just to avoid Ding You.Keeping Ding You in check can still be remembered by the emperor, so it may be considered a grace in the eyes of outsiders.Not to mention, the emperor still ordered him to come down.

Therefore, Cao Yong opened the conversation and said: "Master Sixteen, did the Emperor say anything about Lord Thirteen? Will Brother Thirteen be employed as an errand in the household department?"

Speaking of this, Cao Yong is also a little uneasy.

If the reason why the thirteenth elder brother came out of the mountain caused the suspicion of the fourth elder brother, then the thirteenth elder brother's position in the Yongzheng Dynasty would not be so stable in the future.Cao Yong's previous cares were paid for.

Brother Sixteen waved his hand and said: "With the current body and bones of Thirteenth Brother, even if he wants to work as an servant, he will have to wait for a few months to support him. Huang Ama has already ordered two imperial doctors who are servants of the imperial court to go to Thirteenth Brother's residence. Walk up and down once. Brother Thirteen is too, he is too thoughtful, otherwise he wouldn't be what he is now."

After hearing this, Cao Yong felt at ease.

In fact, even if the thirteenth elder brother is currently on a job, either to the household department or the military department, it shouldn't be a big problem.

There are four elder brothers in the household department, and the seventeenth elder brother in the military department is a "hidden" "four party". As long as the thirteenth elder brother doesn't get dizzy and messes with the fourteenth elder brother, the fourth elder brother will not clean up this habit With his dearest brother...

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When Brother Sixteen left, Cao Yong's mood had calmed down.

That's right, even if Kangxi didn't give a verbal order, he couldn't stand on the sidelines if it was related to the Thirteenth Prince's House.

However, Cao Yong felt a little heavy when he thought of the two emperor grandsons he saw today.Hong Xi has long since faded away from her youthful innocence and flamboyance, and her whole body is as gentle as jade.

Although he is not a direct son, he is a direct grandson, and he is the most noble person among the emperor's grandsons.

According to "Rituals", the sons of the sons of the main wives of the kings and princes are all the grandsons; the eldest sons of the eldest sons are the eldest grandsons.

When Er Fujin passed away, he carried out the funeral with parent-child rituals.

Unknowingly, Kangxi has recognized Hong Xi's status as the eldest grandson.

According to the etiquette of the clan, even if the second elder brother is abolished, the royal orthodoxy should fall to Hong Xi or something.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs for many years, advocating ethics, and the patriarchal clan system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Even if Hongxi does nothing, there are still a large number of people paying attention to him, no matter if it is the clan or officials.

In addition to Hongxi, there is also Hongming, the son of the "Great General King", who grew up in the deep palace and is also a human sperm.

Cao Yong was not worried about himself, but worried about his nephew Fu Peng.It is said that it is in the palace of nurturing, but Kangxi has no time to take care of the children, but he arranged a yard in the elder brother's place and put them in the upper study for reading.

Hong Xi is fine, after all, he is getting old, the second elder brother has a grudge with Na Ersu, and Fu Peng is smart, so he won't get close to him.

Hongming, however, resembles his mother, who looks innocent and romantic, but the reality remains to be considered.

Cao Yong still remembers the secret that his sister told him many years ago.Wanyan Yongjia did not catch up with the first draft, not only because of her father's work in other places, but also because of her cousin Fourteen Fujin.

In terms of background, Wanyan Yongjia is the eldest daughter of the earl's mansion, and her mother is the noble princess of the prince's mansion, who is much taller than the fourteen Fujin.Although Fourteen Fujin is a younger sister, they are of the same age.

The rest is the secret of the earl's mansion not being treated by outsiders.This made Wanyan Yongjia miss the draft, and the Fourteenth Fujin won the title of Prince Fujin.

If the two cousins ​​were drafted in the same year, it goes without saying that Yongjia, who was from a more noble background, would be designated as the prince's Fujin.

In the Eight Banners draft held every three years, the selection is not for beauties, but for family backgrounds.

The royal family holds the right to marry the noble daughters of the Eight Banners in its hands, also to prevent the powerful from forming cliques in private and threatening the imperial power.

With such a beautiful mother, even if Hong Ming couldn't be better than blue, he should be no worse.

Cao Yong is not willing, his nephew, by their calculations.

Although the older sister and Naersu had four legitimate sons, the eldest son Fu Peng is absolutely irreplaceable...

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Forbidden City, elder brother's place.

Back from the school grounds, facing the wind, Fu Peng didn't feel cold at all.He just came back from the school grounds, practiced archery for more than half an hour, exerted a lot of strength, but felt that he was very hungry.

That's right, he is 12 years old this year, exactly the age of "a half-grown boy who would overwhelm me".The courses in the palace are tight, breakfast is eaten early, and only some snacks are eaten at noon, how can one not be hungry?

The little eunuch Wu Shiying followed behind him, holding a schoolbag, a bow and arrows and other things.

Since the first month of this year, he has been ordered to move into the palace.

For the descendants of the clan, "raising the palace" is a gift.If it was Gege, even if Princess Heshuo was not named, she would be rewarded by leapfrogging when she gets married; if it was elder brother, a "superior" would not be able to escape when the Ministry of Internal Affairs examines her.

However, Fu Peng is not an ordinary elder brother, he is the eldest son of Pingjun Wangfu, but because he is not yet old, he has not formally invited him to be his son.Whether in the palace or in the eyes of outsiders, he is the heir to the palace of Pingjun.

This "grace" is not rare in the Pingjun Palace, but it can only be accepted.

Kangxi was not for the sake of "protons". After all, the imperial power was stable, and a Zongwang with only a title and no fiefdom would not cause any major troubles.In doing so, he only deepened the connection between the royal family and the royal family, made two-handed preparations, and cultivated Fu Peng, the king of Ping County, to be loyal to the royal family.

Back then, when Fupeng's grandfather mourned the death of the county king Naerfu Kangxi in the 40th year, Naersu was still young.Although he inherited his father's title, he was also raised in the palace, and only returned to the palace when he got married.

As Ping Jun Wang Fujin said privately to his eldest son, he was also protecting his father in the palace.Even in front of the imperial court, it can also reduce the slander of Naersu by some villains.After all, Naersu is far in the northwest, far away from the center of the imperial court.

However, even though his stomach was "cuckling" with hunger, Fu Peng's pace was still unhurried and very steady.

Due to their status, even if they are only half-children, they must be polite and tolerant in everything.Not to mention, this palace is the most snobbish place in the world, if there is something inappropriate, even eunuchs and maids will be looked down upon if they lose their status.

Fupeng knew that being in the palace represented the face of Pingjun Wangfu and his parents, so naturally he didn't dare to do errands at all.

After finally turning around a few palace gates, when I was about to reach elder brother's place, I saw two people walking towards me.The smiling man in front, wearing royal blue clothes, is none other than his grandson elder brother Hongming who lives in the yard next door to him.

Although Hongming is only three years older than Fu Peng, his seniority is a generation higher.

Seeing him coming, Fu Peng quickly stopped and stepped back to the side of the road to make way for him.

Hongming didn't go over, but stopped, glanced at the bow and arrow Wu Shiying held in his arms, and said with a smile: "Emiang sent someone to ask us to go over for dinner. I happened to meet you, let's go, save Tell my mother to wait a long time."

"Second Uncle, my nephew just came back from the school grounds, with a disheveled face, it's not respectful to go to say hello to Mama like this. Second Uncle will go first, and nephew will go back to freshen up, and then he will arrive." Fu Peng replied respectfully.

Hong Ming nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Then hurry up, I have left the palace with Huang Mafa today, and I have something new to tell you."

Fu Peng respectfully responded, Hong Ming patted his forehead, and said: "By the way, I also met your uncle. It is said that Cao's son-in-law was very good at riding and shooting when he was in the study. Let's go to him for a competition..."

Hong Ming seemed casual, and Fu Peng nodded accordingly, looking like a simple and honest boy.

After Hong Ming left, Fu Peng raised his feet again and went back to Elder Brother's place to change.He snorted coldly in his heart, over the past six months, Fourteen Fujin has frequently asked Hong Ming to pull him over in the name of "taking care of her".

Even Fu Peng can guess the purpose behind this.

What annoyed Fu Peng the most was that Fourteen Fujins would bring out King Fujin of Pingjun every time to talk about their friendship or something.

Such a contrived appearance made Fupeng sick when he saw it.

The old lady of his family is the real crystal heart and smart person.How can a son born like this be bought by the fourteen Fujin with a few meals and a few kind words.

Fu Peng lowered his eyes to hide the contempt in his eyes.It's like a mirror in my heart, and I have to entertain at the dinner.Don't offend villains, especially those who are in power, this is what his mother taught him as long as he can remember, and he dare not forget.

However, I also want to find a Yoko, and I have gone to the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother twice in the past two days.To avoid falling into the eyes of those who don't open their eyes, he will be listed in the "Fourteenth Party".

Perhaps, Fourteen Fujin treated him so attentively because of this intention.

It's really shameless to even plan on children, and Fu Peng's heart becomes more and more contemptuous...

*
No matter how impatient Cao Yong is, since Kangxi has "spoken orders", he, as a subordinate, must give his superiors some face.

Early the next morning, Cao Yong took Cao Fang to the Thirteenth Brother's Mansion.

I don't know if it was because of his mood fluctuating too much yesterday, brother Thirteen fell ill again.Cao Yong was also thinking about whether to let the housekeeper pass on the message, and a servant came out and asked Cao Yong to meet him in the inner hall.

Before entering the room, I heard Brother Thirteen coughing.

After Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help hesitating a little, should he disturb Brother Thirteen's mind with these trivial matters.

The servant reported through the door, "Master, Cao's son-in-law has arrived."

"Come in." Brother Thirteen said.

Cao Yong followed the waiter into the room, and saw Thirteen Fujin getting up from the stool beside the kang holding a medicine bowl.

Seeing that she wanted to avoid her, Brother Thirteen said: "Cao Yong is not an outsider, what can I do?"

At this moment, Cao Yong has already stepped forward two steps, and met the thirteenth elder brother and the thirteenth Fujin.

Elder Brother Thirteen squeezed out a smile and said, "Even if Xiao Cao doesn't come, I'll send someone to look for you. I've been neglected, I just sweated, and I really don't have the strength to change clothes, so I invite you to come and talk."

Cao Yong took a careful look at Elder Brother Thirteen, although his face was a bit tired, but his eyes were full of life, no longer the old despair and desolation.

I don't know if it was Kangxi's change of attitude towards this son that resolved Thirteenth Brother's knot in his heart.

"It's my fault, I'm too anxious, I shouldn't disturb Lord Thirteen to rest." Cao Yong replied.

The thirteenth elder brother showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said: "You are not an outsider, so I'll just say it straight. Yesterday I promised Wang Lusheng that he didn't have enough money, so I would help him a little bit. This, took my money, I’m afraid I’m going to break my promise. I’m really ashamed, I was impatient at the time, I forgot what he said, and now I don’t have the face to see him. The 10 taels he missed, I have to worry about Xiao Cao.”

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Don't worry about these thirteenth masters, I know all about it. When I come here today, what I said to Thirteenth masters is not about this, but about the rough cloth. The bank doesn't ask to pay within ten days Silver? The silver can be handed over, but the cloth cannot be taken out, and should be stored in the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Otherwise, 30 bolts of cloth will not be able to find a suitable place for a while."

"30 horses? How come there are so many?" The thirteenth elder brother obviously knew how to make a living, and was surprised when he heard it.

However, he also worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Households in his early years, and he turned his mind when he was speaking, and said with a wry smile: "Is it a backlog of old cloth? Forget it. According to my original intention, I want to give all my tribute to Huang Ama and the Northwest Army." Buying new clothes. It’s just that, in the eyes of someone with a heart, it seems that I’m plotting something. Now, I’m afraid of courage, and I just want to be safe..."

Thirteen Fujin sat on the side, looking at her husband with distressed eyes.

The atmosphere in the room was a bit depressed, Cao Yong said: "Maybe there are some old cloths, but it's not all. Otherwise, the fourth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother would not have offered the price of [-]. This is already lower than the market price, even if it is a little discounted. The loss is nothing."

Seeing that Cao Yong cared so much about this batch of cloth, Elder Thirteen was a little surprised, and said: "Xiao Cao, is he trying to help me? It's rare for you to worry about it for two years. I'm not that cheeky. You don't have to worry about it." , I will arrange someone to deal with it. Food and clothing are the foundation of people's lives, even if they pay a little, it's not a problem."

Cao Yong said with a smile: "The Thirteenth Master guessed wrong this time, I really want to help the Thirteenth Master, but it's not because I'm diligent, but because I've been entrusted with it..."

"Shangyu..." Elder Brother Thirteen chewed on these two words, his eyes became brighter and brighter...

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Ask for a guaranteed monthly pass, three hundred plus more.Xiao Jiu begs.

(End of this chapter)