Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 866 Quietly (seeking a monthly ticket)

For Deco, who professed to believe in God, but actually married five wives and concubines and had seven or eight daughters, after the death of his eldest daughter, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

He thought that the shares left by his daughter and son-in-law would fall into his hands.

By the time he knew that his brothers had quietly acquired more shares, Cao Yong had already ordered people to throw away [-]% of Wei Xin's shares.

Deke's miscalculations are miscalculations, not only is he greedy, but also his brothers who are like wolves and tigers are not a little bit less.

When Deke became angry and forced the second daughter Gina to take herself to Wang's house to find Cao Yong, Cao Yong had already made people pack up and planned to leave Guangzhou tomorrow and go north by land.

"Lord Earl, Gary is Wei's son and has the right to inherit Wei's inheritance. Your decision is really regrettable." Deco complained, but seeing Cao Yong's momentum, he didn't dare to swear. Guangzhou, not Macau, an Earl of the Qing Dynasty, is much more noble than him.

Cao Yong didn't speak, just glanced at Zhang Yi who was standing next to him.

Zhang Yi took a step forward, and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Master Deke, Wei Wuye told everyone before he went abroad that the 40 he injected into Ai's family was originally our uncle's money. entrusted to act."

Deke was choked up for words, and he said for a while, "Oh, my lord, you can't be so ruthless. Even if you don't think about Wei, you have to think about poor little Gary. There is no father, and the mother is gone. Pitiful."

While speaking, he squeezed his eyes, took out a clean white handkerchief, and wiped the corners of his eyes.

Cao Yong snorted coldly in his heart, if he had really thought about his daughters and son-in-laws, he would not have acquiesced in other people's attempt to embezzle Wei Xin's shares before.

"Oh? What Mr. Deco means is that there is no one to support little Gary?" Cao Yong said, but his eyes looked at Gina who was sitting under Deco's hands.

Before Ada died, Cao Yong also visited her.After thinking about it, she knew her father's greedy nature, so Ada didn't entrust her son to Deco, but to her sister Gina.

If it wasn't for Gina's insistence, Cao Yong planned to take Gary away.

"No, I will raise little Gary. He is my sister's child and my child. Regardless of whether there is an inheritance from my sister or brother-in-law, I will raise him up." Gina stood up, her plump face , because of the loss of a loved one, adding a little bit of sadness.

"There is still [-]% of Wei Xin's shares that have not been sold. These two achievements will be given to Miss Gina as Gary's support." Cao Yong said, and asked Zhang Yi to hand over a related document to Gina.

Deke looked at it, said "hey" twice, and said, "Gina is going to get married, how many years can she raise Gary? It's better to hang it under Gary's name."

Cao Yong did not speak, if Gina could not block her father's greedy heart, it would not be able to shelter the young Gary.

Gina took the document from Zhang Yi, glanced at Deco lightly, and said, "Father, don't worry, even if my daughter gets married, she will bring Gary with her."

What Deke wanted to say, Cao Yong had already said: "Seeing off the guests."

Deco pursed his lips, stood up and nodded, and strode out.Gina hesitated for a moment, did not go out with his father, and said, "Master Earl, can I have a talk with you?"

Cao Yong nodded, pointed to the chair next to him, and said, "Miss, please sit down."

Gina sat down, thought for a while, and said, "My lord, I am a woman after all. I have a place in the family because of my father's needs, but I don't have much power. If I return to Macau, my life will be controlled by my father." Next, I can't guarantee whether I can take good care of Gary. I want to take Gary to stay in Guangzhou. If I encounter difficulties in the future, can I turn to the Wang family and Mr. Zhang for help..."

Cao Yong looked at her and said, "What difficulties will Miss Gina encounter?"

Gina didn't answer directly, but said: "I heard that the second young master of the Fan family has opened a new shop in the city and started business transactions. Many customers who ran away from the Fan family earlier have gone to the second young master..."

Seeing Cao Yong's composure, Gina straightened her chest and said: "The Ai family is not much better than the Fan family now. Without the help of the elder brother-in-law a few years ago, the Ai family would have gone bankrupt long ago. If Fan Shishen can do it, I can do it too." .As early as two years ago, I followed my father and became his right-hand man. He is older than me, but he just started to learn how to do business. I just hope to get the earl's approval without causing trouble to the earl. support."

"Which step can you do?" Cao Yong asked after pondering for a while.

Gina stood up, raised her chin and said, "I will become a dame."

Her father, Deco, was a good man in his early years and spent a lot of money to buy a title from the King of Portugal.Because he is not a nobleman, he only has a knighthood.

Since Gina is aiming for a lady, it seems that she will become her father's heir and become the head of the Ai family.

The ideal is very good, but the difficulty is quite large.

Cao Yong looked at the teacup in his hand, and said: "I have grown up so much, I have done business several times, and I have made a lot of money. Only this time, the Ai family in Macau has lost money."

Not only was there no harvest, but a young friend was also taken in.Although there is no direct relationship with the Ai family, Cao Yong is just a mortal, so he can't help but feel angry with the Ai family.

If he had known that Wei Xin would end up with unknown fate, Cao Yong would never support Wei Xin to go abroad to see the world.

Cao Yong didn't talk much, but the lack of interest on his face made Gina a little anxious, and said: "Master Zhang left Guanshi Zhang in Guangzhou, isn't he going to run a foreign company? I will become Guanshi Zhang's best partner. Lord Earl, please trust me."

Cao Yong didn't answer or refuse, saying: "Since that's the case, Cao Yong will wait and see."

Gina was also obedient, and stopped talking nonsense, said goodbye and left.

Just in time, Cheng Mengxing came back from the outside, wiped the sweat from his head with a handkerchief, and said: "No, after going out for half an hour, I'm completely soaked. I'll go take a bath and change clothes first, and then talk to Fu Ruo."

When he first arrived in Guangzhou, he was a little excited, and he was willing to drag Cao Yong around all day long to see the customs of different places; in May, the heat was overwhelming, and his life was not easy.

I always have to bathe and change clothes several times a day to feel more comfortable.

Because the journey is about to start tomorrow, Cao Yong still has a lot of things to arrange, so he let Cheng Mengxing go by himself.

At this time, I saw Cao Yi coming over, and said with a smile: "Master, I will leave Guangzhou tomorrow, and I will take half a day off today, so I can go out with Manager Zhang and the others to relax."

Cao Yong knew that he was colorless and unhappy, and this "relaxed" place, needless to say, was also a brothel.He didn't say anything else, nodded and said: "Understood, where to go, let Cao Fang know, let him go to make money."

When Cao Yi heard this, he felt a little embarrassed, bowed his head and said, "Since that's the case, I'll thank the old man..."

Watching him leave, Cao Yong felt quite emotional in his heart.

No matter what the identities of Cao Jia and the four of them were before, they have done their duty in the Cao family in the past few years.Cao Yong has always treated them with courtesy.

Cao Bing and Cao Ding had married wives and settled down two years ago, but Cao Jia and Cao Yi politely declined the Cao family's offer and lived alone.

Unencumbered and unencumbered, it should be regarded as free and easy, but it is also out of control.

Cao Yong believes that his father uses human eyes, and he also believes in what he has seen in the past few years. If he were someone else, he would not put his safety in the hands of these two people.

After all, he is not a god, nor an emperor, and he has no ability to control everything.

Therefore, he didn't get entangled, but chose to believe, and chose to believe in Cao Jia and Cao Yi just like he believed in Wei Hei and Zheng Hu.

Just as Cao Yi left, Cao Fang and Wei Hei arrived behind.

When Cao Yong left Beijing, he didn't hide anyone. He came out under the banner of brother sixteen. When he went back, he couldn't be empty-handed.He took out tens of thousands of taels of silver and bought some spices in the name of the sixteenth elder brother; he also bought some himself and sent them back for favors.

Seeing this, Cheng Mengxing followed suit and went shopping for foreign goods all day long.His family has a big business, and his daughter is waiting to be married, so he sold several cars in this sale.

In this way, it is necessary to hire a convoy and an escort agency to go north, and Cao Fang and Wei Hei will be busy with this in a few days.

Cao Fang was originally scheduled to be escorted, but later several carts of foreign goods from the Cheng family were added, and there was insufficient manpower, so Cao Yong asked Wei Hei to follow the convoy.

When the time comes, Cao Yong will take people first, and he will go to Jiangning halfway to visit Wei Xin's children.On the convoy side, it will take two days to recuperate before starting.

"Things don't matter, people are the most important. If you really encounter bandits and bandits, you can fight them if you can beat them. If you can't beat them, forget it. People from the escort agency will follow you." Cao Yong said to the two.

Cao Fang and Wei Hei agreed, Cao Yong mentioned Cao Yi's going out to drink flower wine, and sent Cao Fang to have a look.

Only Cao Yong and Wei Hei, master and servant, were left. Wei Hei took out a bank note from his arms and put it in front of Cao Yong. This time, I should have gone to Wei's house with the young master to have a look, but I didn't take care of it. This is 100 taels of silver, so I asked the young master to transfer it to the children to buy fruit to eat."

Cao Yong took it, and said with a wry smile: "Wei Wu left his hometown and went to Guangzhou before he was a weak crown. It can't be said that it was all because of me, but it was almost the same. If he hadn't met me, he would still be his young master and his dandy. Maybe life will be much easier. In this life, I owe him in the end. "

Seeing that Cao Yong was so sad, Wei Hei comforted him and said, "Auspicious people have their own nature, so you don't need to think too much. Maybe in two years, Wei Wuye will come back from overseas."

This is the end of the matter, nothing more to say,
Cao Yong sighed and did not speak again.

In a blink of an eye, it was the next day.

Before dawn, Wang Lusheng got up and ordered someone to set up a table to prepare a farewell meal for Cao Yong and Cheng Mengxing.

Zhang Yi and his wife also came over early, and Xiyun sent a bundle, which contained a suit of clothes sewn for Chu Yu, as well as small purses and socks for the young masters.

Seeing that Zhang Yi had a bitter face, Cao Yong patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know you want to go back to Beijing, so bear with it and help Fan Er prop up the stall first, and wait until the cloth is transported here." , I’ll make someone replace you.”

When Zhang Yi heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, he knelt on the ground, and said: "Master, it's not that I'm afraid of suffering and coveting the wealth and wealth of the capital, but I've been working by my side for many years, and I really don't want to be separated from him so far."

Cao Yong helped him up and said: "If you talk too much, who would miss you like this? I miss you too, and grandma often misses your daughter-in-law. It's just that there are few people I can use, which makes you suffer a lot." Year."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi quickly shook his head and said, "The young one doesn't dare to complain. Perhaps in the eyes of others, the young one is still a fat job, but it's just that the young one is concerned about the old man and the young men, so he feels uncomfortable outside."

The master and servant said a few more words.It was getting late, Cao Yong did not delay any longer, and set off on the road with Cheng Mengxing and others.

Zhang Yi sent his wife back first, and then he rode a horse, followed Wang Lusheng and others, and sent Cao Yong and his party out of the city. They did not return to the city until they were out of sight.

Just outside the door of his residence, Zhang Yi was blocked by Fan Shishen.

"Master Cao is gone?" Fan Shishen asked with a pale face, looking at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi nodded, looked up at the sky, and said, "Why is Second Young Master Fan so free today?"

Usually at this time, Fan Shishen was either in the shop, or at the pier or market.

Fan Shishen pulled Zhang Yi's rein, and asked pleadingly, "Master Zhang, Master Cao wants to buy the Fan family? Master Cao is a dignified person, why do you want the little Fan family?"

Zhang Yi frowned when he saw that he was speaking confusedly, and told him to come into the house to talk.

"What's the matter? What's wrong with you? I don't need Mr. Fan Er to comment on whether our master is honorable or not, decent or not." After the guests and hosts were seated, Zhang Yi's complexion was a little ugly, and his tone became sharp.

Fan Shishen blushed when he heard this, stood up and said, "Master Zhang, I didn't mean to offend you, but it's just related to the ancestral property, and if you care about it, it's messy. That's why you made a slip of the tongue. Please don't blame Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yi heard this, raised his eyebrows, and said, "The ancestral property? If Zhang remembers correctly, didn't the Second Young Master Fan have already separated? The property of the Fan family should not be related to the Second Young Master now."

Fan Shishen said sincerely: "Of course my brother is not kind, but I am a descendant of the Fan family after all, so I hope that the property of my ancestors can be preserved."

Although these words are a bit dull, Zhang Yi also admires his tenacity in the past few months.

"Our lord has left a message, if you are really worthy and worthy of the Fan family, the Fan family will still belong to you; if you can't support it, the Fan family will belong to another family even if it doesn't belong to the Cao family." Zhang Yi picked up the teacup, After taking a sip, he said, "You'd better do your job well, don't be frizzy when others provoke you. Who is our master? The Chaopin Bo, He Shuo's son-in-law of the Qing Dynasty, and even the Ai family were all supported by our master. After all, now that you say let it go, let it go, will you still care about your Fan family?"

There was one sentence, but Zhang Yi didn't say it.

The fact that the Ai family is in Macau and beyond reach makes his uncle very angry; if even a small Fan family can't be subdued, then Zhang Yi should find a piece of tofu and beat him to death...

*
Rehe, the summer resort.

The sixteenth elder brother put on a new dress, came down from the imperial court, and greeted the next birth mother, Wang concubine.

Today is the sixteenth elder brother's birthday, he entered the room, kowtowed to Concubine Wang three times honestly, and said: "My son's birthday is the day of my mother's good day, and my mother is troubled."

When Wang Pin heard this, her eyes were already red, she helped Elder Sixteen, and said: "My son is one year older, Er Niang doesn't expect my son to be wealthy, but only wishes my son to be safe and happy."

Brother Sixteen saw his mother like this, afraid that she would think of his younger brother who died young, so he changed the subject and said, "Er Niang cooks longevity noodles for her son every year, but today my son has an empty stomach and has been waiting early in the morning."

Seeing that he was still like a naughty boy, Wang Concubine finally showed his face and said: "How old are you, and you are still like a child. When you arrive at Erniang's place, you will eat."

Elder Sixteen laughed and said: "How old are you? They are all my mother's little sixteen. People say that a girl is my mother's little padded jacket. Although my son accidentally gave birth to a boy, he would like to be my mother's cotton gloves, cotton padded jacket, etc. Earbags."

Seeing his poor mouth, Wang Concubine laughed and cursed a few words, and said, "Needless to fool my mother, I have already prepared longevity noodles for you. Knowing that you love shrimps, I let someone peel half a catty of live shrimps early. Tell someone to go down for you."

After a while, the maid brought over two bowls of cooked Longevity Noodles.

Snow-white noodles, green lettuce, pink shrimp, and poached eggs glowing with oil, all of which whet one's appetite.

Brother Sixteen picked up a bowl, delivered it to Concubine Wang in person, and then took the silver chopsticks from the maid and offered it.

Wang Bin accepted it with a smile, and said, "Eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it's lumpy."

The mother and the son were eating noodles with their heads down, when a servant came to report that Brother Fifteen had arrived.

When Wang Pin heard this, she quickly put down her chopsticks and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.

The sixteenth elder brother couldn't help shaking his head secretly when he saw that his mother looked like a big guest.

At this moment, Elder Brother Fifteen had already come in with the servant, flicked his sleeves, and greeted Concubine Wang.

Wang Pin squeezed out a smile and said, "It's Elder Brother Fifteen who came. Have you had breakfast? There's still noodles in the kitchen, do you want to have a bite?"

Elder Brother Fifteen glanced at the noodle bowls on the Kang table, and said, "My son has already had breakfast at Concubine Demu's."

Wang Concubine heard the words, her face was embarrassed, and said: "Is the concubine De concubine okay? I heard that she is not feeling well these two days, so I will go to pay her respects, but I just heard that she has not seen any guests for a few days, so I did not go."

"Huang Ama has already given me the medicine, Concubine Demu is getting better, and I used two bowls of millet porridge in the morning." Brother Fifteen replied.

Wang Pin listened with a smile, Elder Sixteen couldn't take it any longer, and said, "Brother Fifteen is here to say hello to Emiang, or is he here to look for me?"

"Just now when I came out from Concubine Demu, I met Brother Ninth. Brother Ninth set up a table in the garden outside, and asked Qi brothers to celebrate Sixteenth Brother's birthday, and asked me to find Sixteenth Brother." Fifteenth Brother Looking at Elder Sixteen, no joy or anger could be seen on his face.

Brother Sixteen was angry, but he didn't want to quarrel with his elder brother in front of his mother, so he turned his head and said to Concubine Wang, "Emiang, it means that brothers are bothering you, so my son will go there first."

Wang Pin heard the words and said: "You brothers, go there quickly, don't make others wait for a long time."

The two brothers got up and answered, and came out from Wang's wife.

"One mouthful of 'Demu Concubine', does it have to be like this? I don't know, I thought Brother Fifteen came out of his stomach over there." Thinking of his mother's sadness just now, Elder Sixteen stopped in his tracks and spoke to Fifteen brother said.

Elder Brother Fifteen lowered his face and snorted coldly, "Brother Sixteen, are you teaching me?"

"Brother Fifteen, I just hope that Brother Fifteen will be closer to Erniang. When Brother Fifteen was born, Enniang's status was low. She was already sad enough that Brother Fifteen was taken to Yonghe Palace to be raised; now we are all grown up. , Erniang is getting old too, so Brother Fifteen still wants to make Erniang sad?" Elder Sixteen suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a low voice.

"I made Er Niang sad?" The fifteenth elder brother stared and said angrily: "E Niang has cooked longevity noodles for you for 26 years, but you can cook them for me? Although I am not born of Concubine Demu, I am raised En is also en!" After finishing speaking, he didn't look at Elder Sixteen, flicked his sleeves, and walked away quickly.

The sixteenth elder brother was left behind, only full of astonishment.

He really didn't expect that not only was his brother not close to his mother, but he was also full of resentment...

*
Today is Xiao Jiu's birthday.It’s so fast, one year in the blink of an eye, I sincerely thank everyone who has supported Xiao Cao so far, and wish everyone a good mood

,good luck……

(End of this chapter)