Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 965
The errand is urgent, Cao Yong asked Chuyu to pack a few sets of clothes for a change of clothes, and went to Tongzhou with the fourth elder brother at dawn the next day.

As for bedding and other things, the housekeeper Cao Yuan sent people to drive a carriage to Tongzhou.

It's not the first time Cao Yong has come to Tongzhou Guancang, but it's just a quick look at the flowers, and it's only today that he has seen the style of Jingcang.

Tongzhou Guancang is divided into three warehouses: west, middle and south.The Governor of Canglan, the Yamen Tongzhou, is located in Zhongcang, so the investigation is first from Zhongcang.There are warehouses that can't be seen at a glance, and there are rice stones stored in the open air.

Entering the official warehouse, there is a smell of white lime.

Cao Yong followed the fourth elder brother, and followed the governors of the warehouse, A Xinai and Zhang Boxing, to check several warehouses.

At the beginning of Sichu ([-] o'clock in the morning), all the princes and ministers who were named to co-organize also arrived in Tongzhou, even Sun Zhaqi, the servant of the household department who had previously taken leave of absence, was no exception.

Presumably, the fourth elder brother had been hesitant before, seeing that everyone had arrived, he assigned the errands separately.

State Duke Yanxin, Minister of the Household Department Sun Zhaqi and the Governor of Water Transport Zhang Dayou inspected Zhongcang; Prince Heng's son Hongsheng, Minister of the Ministry of War Cha Bina, and Minister of the Ministry of Household Cao Yong inspected Xicang; Cabinet bachelor Wu Ertai surveyed Nancang.

Counting from tomorrow, the survey will be completed within five days.

The task is a bit heavy, Cao Yong thought about the account book that he saw with the fourth elder brother in the morning.The total number of warehouses in this Tongzhou warehouse is nearly [-], and the number of dew stores is nearly [-].

The survey was completed within five days, and the days were a little tight.

After the fourth elder brother assigned an errand, everyone dispersed without delay.

Hong Sheng and Cao Yong knew each other when they were in the study room. He is the eldest son of the fifth prince's family.

The fifth elder brother has always been pure-hearted and ascetic. Although he is the son of a concubine who favors his concubine and is raised in the Queen Mother's Palace, his qualifications are limited, he is very self-aware, and never gets involved in power struggles.Therefore, the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother who are also indifferent have always had a good relationship. Compared with other prince's houses, they have more contacts, and the children of the two families are also relatively close.

In addition, Hongsheng and Hongshu have a good relationship, so they are less unfamiliar with Cao Yong, his cousin.

Cha Bina, the servant of the Ministry of War, whose old surname is Wanyan, is Yongqing's cousin. He is only 40 years old this year. He is considered a young and strong school among the six officials.

Since the three of them were old acquaintances, walking together this way made them feel a little less deserted.

By the time we arrived at Xicang, it was already afternoon, almost dinner time.

Near the Guancang, there are wharves and garrisons, and businesses depend on it, including inns and restaurants.

Hongsheng asked someone to find a clean restaurant, and directly took Cao Yong and Cha Bina to eat.He was very generous, in addition to the private room for three people, he set up a few seats outside and arranged for other attendants.

"Tongzhou's roasted catfish is famous, you two should try it out." When the food and wine came, Hongsheng greeted them with a smile.

Born as a descendant of the Chapina family, he is also a master of eating, drinking and having fun.

Hearing Hongsheng's words, he took two chopsticks of fish meat with his chopsticks, tasted it in his mouth, and said something serious.Hearing this, Hongsheng's eyes lit up, it was the expression of having to meet a confidant.

Cao Yong did not move his expression, but his heart was full of admiration.

This Chapina is slippery but not greasy, like a man in the officialdom.After he was the Lord of Manchuria, Enyin was born in 47 years of Kangxi, and he was appointed as a doctor of the Ministry of officials. His starting point was similar to that of Cao Yong.In the next ten years, he was promoted three times to be the Minister of the Ministry of War.From the fifth rank to the second rank servant, he has been promoted by five ranks.

The meal was full of joy for the guests and the host, and after the food and drink were removed, Hongsheng also chatted with Chapina, which can be called beaming.During this period, he did not forget to say a few words with Cao Yong, which made people not feel neglected.

Some digressed, this Hongsheng is still a little unsteady, Cao Yong is beside him, thinking in his heart.

The five-day work is already tense, and today's half-day should be a good time to discuss and plan.

After all, Hongsheng is young, even if he wants to socialize, he must first put on a competent posture.In that case, even if you slack later, others will not feel anything; now, if you slack off on the first day, and then work hard again, you will give the impression of being lazy.

In Hongsheng's capacity, he was a little too warm to Chapina.

What is the reason?

Cao Yong was a little curious, so he had to look at Cha Bina more...

*
Nancang, outside the warehouse.

Although he came down to investigate, the fourth elder brother was not an ordinary official. The people who brought the hall master and the officials of the palace were all experienced and supportive people.The fourth elder brother explained that he only asked Wu Ertai to bring everyone down, instead he didn't have to personally investigate everywhere.

"Zha Pina? Governor of Liangjiang? How could it be him? What happened to Changding?" The fourth elder brother was surprised when he heard Longkodo's words, and asked in a low voice.

The place where the two of them were standing was right between the empty fields, so it was a good place to talk.

"It seems that the emperor has caught something. The important place in the south of the Yangtze River has always been valued by the emperor. The new governor is selected from the six departments. Although Chapina is not the most suitable candidate, he is young and has not been appointed outside." Longkodo said.

Young, less prestige, no foundation.Without going through a foreign appointment, all the relationships are in Beijing, so they can be checked clearly.

The fourth elder brother remembered something, and said: "This Chapina seems to have some friendship with uncle?"

Long Kedo didn't shy away from it, and said bluntly: "He used to worship under Kui Xu's family in the early years, and he became an official in the way of the eighth elder brother."

The fourth elder brother felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it.But this "uncle" in front of me was also an "eight master party" in his early years, so it's not good to let him be too concerned.

The fourth elder brother broke the conversation and asked a few questions about the Nanyuan Xingwei.

Long Kedo answered one by one. Although the two are only uncles and nephews by name and not close relatives, they behaved very well for each other.

The fourth elder brother has no airs of a prince or prince, and is completely trusted and close to the younger generation; Longkodo is no longer as cautious in his words and deeds as in front of the imperial court, and has given several instructions, both inside and outside the words are to care for the younger generation meaning.

However, Longkodo lacked interest in inspecting the granary. He rubbed his brows and said, "Your little aunt is ill. She hasn't been well for the past two days. I'm really worried."

The fourth elder brother was unhappy when he heard it, but he didn't show it on his face.

The "little aunt" in Longkodo's words is Longkodo's favorite concubine Sier.This four son is Longkodo's Nilin.For this four sons, Longkodo's private virtues have been criticized a lot in recent years.

Although Si'er is not a married woman, she is in charge of the internal affairs of the uncle's mansion.When Longkodo's father died of illness in front of Daqian, the fourth son took care of the funeral as a "son-in-law" and was impeached by the censor, but nothing happened in the end.

Because of this incident, Long Kedo's mother was so angry that she couldn't do it, and she followed her within half a year.

From then on, no one ruled her anymore, and this fourth son, as the mistress of the Tong family, was among the wives in the capital, and no one dared to underestimate her.

"Fujin just got some Ganoderma lucidum, a rare purple lucidum, and I will send it to my uncle another day." The fourth elder brother said.

After hearing this, Longkodo immediately became interested.

Si'er has followed him for more than 30 years, and now he has passed his forty years, and his beauty is no longer.Although Longkodo didn't fall in love with sex, but how can this woman not love beauty?For beauty products such as Ganoderma lucidum and Shouwu, it has always been a rare item for the ladies in the capital.

Seeing him talking about his private pet, the fourth elder brother had no intention of shy away from it, so he was speechless.

For a moment, he felt that the person in front of him was strange.

There are many people like this, be strict with the law and treat others leniently.If you can commit moral mistakes yourself, you will be somewhat disdainful towards others...

*
Five days later, Cao Yong, with dark circles under his eyes, accompanied Hong Sheng and Cha Bi Na back to Zhongcang.

In the past five days, Hongsheng learned from the fourth elder brother and asked the three of them to split up and inspect more than 100 warehouses in Xicang.

A warehouse occupies an area of ​​more than a dozen houses and stores about ten thousand stones of grain.What is the concept of [-] stone? According to the calculation of later generations, it is [-] tons. If it is loaded on a truck, it can hold fifty cars, and if it is loaded on a train, it can hold one train.

Every warehouse must be inspected to see if it is full, whether it is new rice, and whether old rice is moldy or worm-eaten.

In this way, it would be nice to be able to walk a dozen places in one day.

The granary stored in the open air is more trivial and tiring to inspect.

Although Cao Yong brought the principal over, but can not let go.

Who let him be the fourth elder brother? Cao Yong has been "diligent" for these years, and this time he is working next to the fourth elder brother. There is absolutely no reason to destroy his image.

So, he honestly continued to investigate everywhere.

There is not enough time in the daytime, and time is spared at night, and because of fire prevention, the warehouse cannot be inspected at night, and only the temporary granary in the square can be inspected.

After being really busy for five days, he didn't even have time to think about hunting in Nanyuan Ranch. He finally finished his errand on the fifth day.

The two hall masters, following behind Cao Yong, looked at Cao Yong from flattery to admiration.

Hongsheng couldn't see it, so he persuaded him once, saying that there is no need to "do everything by yourself".

Although Cao Yong was exhausted, he was at ease.

You don't need to stand in line, just relying on your "diligence as an errand", it also adds a little weight to the eyes of the fourth elder brother.

Then, everyone stayed in Tongzhou for another three days on how to deal with the sample rice that came out of the whole granary, moldy rice, and old rice.

During this period, Cao Yong turned his back on his activeness in Xicang, said less and did less, and acted like a follower, without any insight.

Most of the time, he is recuperating.I am used to being pampered and pampered, and I have been busy for a few days, and my spirit is really too much.

When he returned to his residence, he also stayed behind closed doors, but just slept in the end.

With his identity and rank, he really can't be ranked among the crowd, and he is a fool to stand out at this time.

Cao Yong thought clearly that the previous "diligence" was only for the fourth elder brother.Now, the goal has been achieved, and there will be no troubles in vain.

On October [-]th, everyone had completed their errands and returned to the capital from Tongzhou.

At this time, Cao Yong was full of energy and calm, and had recovered the calmness he had when he left Beijing.

On October [-]th, the fourth elder brother submitted the paper and reported the results of the survey to the imperial court.

On October [-]th, when Cao Yong arrived at the yamen of the household department, he got the news that Chang Ding, the governor of Liangjiang, "retired with illness", and Cha Binna, the servant of the Ministry of war, was promoted to the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi...

*
Cao Mansion, Lanyuan.

Chu Yu looked at the incense post in her hand, frowned and said, "Why did she think of sending the post?"

"Who is it?" Li Shi's birthday is approaching, and there are a lot of relatives coming and going for birthday gifts recently, but seeing Chuyu like this for the first time, Li Shi is a little curious.

"That famous Mrs. Ru in the Tong Mansion." Chu Yu replied...

(End of this chapter)