Chapter 422

The unique fragrance of almonds, with the sweet but not greasy sweetness of rock sugar, accompanied by the quiet fragrance of plum blossoms, came to the nose, and Rao is a person like Tong Jia Guifei couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"It's a good thing to warm up. Erfu said with a smile as she poured the steaming almond dew into the silver cup in front of Concubine Tong Jia's eyes.

"It's really a blessing for him to have you take care of the fourth. Concubine Tong Jia took a sip, the temperature of the almond milk was just right, not too hot, not too cold, and the sweetness lingered between her mouth, making her feel a different kind of enjoyment.

When Erfu heard this, she smiled shyly and lowered her head, "The concubine is wrong." ”

Concubine Tong Jia waved her hand slightly, withdrew the palace maids waiting on the left and right, and said with a smile: "This palace never tells lies, having you by the side of the fourth child is definitely the blessing of the fourth child, and it is also the blessing of the fourth blessing." You are a little different from other people, you don't care about the fame and fortune that others care about, you don't care, all you care about is the heart of the fourth child to you, although it makes people think that you are a little stupid, but this palace likes your character very much. ”

As she spoke, she had already grabbed Erfu's hands that were mixed together, her eyes were shining with water, and her tone was extremely flat, but she whispered with a bit of solemnity: "You should know that the fourth child was raised in the palace of my sister in the palace when he was a child, right?"

"This matter is not a secret, the concubine naturally knows about it. Because she couldn't figure out Concubine Tong Jia's intentions for a while, Erfu showed a trace of incomprehension in her eyes and nodded.

"At that time, Bengong often took the fourth child, but he regarded him as a younger brother. Previous years. Seeing that he and Concubine Wu Ya were not on good terms, Bengong always frowned, and his heart was very uneasy. Now I look better, but I am a little worried......

Would you like to talk to Bengong about him?" In the end, Concubine Tong Jia was a little out of shape.

There was a hint of pleading in her tone, and her eyes were filled with mist, and a pair of hands clasped Erf's hand tightly, touching the back of Erf's hand. In an instant, there were traces of several months, and the most serious marks of the crescent were obviously oozing blood.

"He's fine. In the end, it is a mother and son, where is there an overnight feud, if you talk about it, it will naturally be fine. "Before. Erfu once heard the fourth master talk about his adoptive mother, Empress Tong Jia. The fourth master also said that Concubine Tong Jia, the elder who is also a sister and mother, cares about him, so Concubine Tong Jia's question is a little out of line, but she still replied with a smile.

It's just that she respects Concubine Tong Jia, but she doesn't respect Queen Tong Jia.

In her opinion, Queen Tong Jia has no maternal love for the fourth master, otherwise she would not use such a big child as a tool to compete for favor, and let the fourth master who is not yet ignorant do things to please her, no wonder the fourth master has such a rebellious period. deliberately made the old man Kangxi angry!

Fortunately, Concubine Tong Jia and Queen Tong Jia are from the same family. But after being immersed in the palace for half a lifetime, she is no longer a simple girl who is obsessed with sisterhood, so she doesn't feel that what Erfu said is harsh, but she thinks that Erfu is real.

Maybe it's because of Erfu's truthfulness and recklessness that the fourth master, a cold, rigorous and rigid man, will pounce his whole heart on her!

- Concubine Tong Jia thought so, her eyes were full of satisfaction with Erfu, and she smiled and nodded, "It's good to be reconciled, the fourth child has lived a wronged life in this life, and this palace really hopes that he can have a loving mother to protect him, but fortunately, it's not too late." ”

Erfu grinned silently, agreeing with Concubine Tong Jia's words.

"This palace thinks you have a very good business mind, did your mother teach you?" Although Concubine Tong Jia knew that Erfu would not harm the fourth master, she was still worried that the partition wall had ears, even if there were her close guards guarding her left and right, so she changed the topic after just asking.

"It's just a little cleverness. ”

Although Erfu didn't know if the original owner had learned to do business with Guo Luoluo, it was inferred from the rules of her meetings with the people of Guarjia Mansion who had not seen her once in the past few years, and Guo Luoluo would not be close to the original owner, let alone carefully teach her about these things in charge, so when Concubine Tong Jia smelled it, she had no psychological pressure, and she didn't feel that she was lying and replied plainly.

Although Concubine Tong Jia is a little woman, she has also read a lot of books, and she is not like those conceited and noble literati who think that businessmen are inferior to others when they do business for profit, but think that it is a good thing for the country and the people that merchants are prosperous and prosperous, and that the business houses are connected to the north and the south.

At this time, seeing Erf's embarrassed expression, he explained with a smile: "This is not clever.

If there are no merchants, relying only on those big men in the weaving house, we are afraid that we will have to wear thick brocade all day long, how can there be those light yarn graceful silk in summer!

If there were no merchants, what would ordinary people eat and use?

If you look at it according to the palace, this merchant who ranks last in the 'Shinong Industry and Commerce' has made no worse contribution to our Qing Dynasty than others. ”

"Niangniang's words, I'm afraid that the ninth master is the most favorite to hear. "Erfu is from modern times, she exudes shyness, but she is not used to being praised by others like this, but she doesn't think that businessmen are inferior, so she doesn't have any objection to Concubine Tong Jia's words, but feels that Concubine Tong Jia's words are very reasonable.

The era of bartering has long since come to an end.

Except for some rural households living in the mountains, they also live a self-sufficient life, that is, the residents of remote towns, and the daily food, clothes, and bedding are all bought from the street.

In Erf's opinion, as long as the imperial court can introduce corresponding laws to regulate the behavior of merchants, prohibit price hikes and hoarding, this thriving and prosperous street market is definitely a matter of benefiting the people, but she does not intend to say this at this time.

She plans to wait until their family Sisi ascends the throne and then let Sisi promote it.

It is best to say that the 44th elementary school students have opened the sea ban and formed a navy, which can not only prevent the attack of the Eight-Nation Alliance in a hundred years, protect the safety of the coastline, but also communicate with overseas and rebuild the Maritime Silk Road. Let the people who are worried about the Japanese going ashore to burn and loot all day long can really live a happy and peaceful life, but she knows that this is definitely not an easy road to take.

Although there is no Qianlong's edict to close the country, those courtiers have been fighting over the matter of the sea ban. The old man Kangxi did not have a clear indication that the people in Fujian and other places also had ships to go to sea, but in the end it was not a small fight, and there was even a risk of being attacked by the Japanese invaders.

Sailors in Fujian and other places. is also too incompetent, and it is very difficult to deal with those Japanese who come ashore to attack and harass. At all, it can't be compared with the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, which is now brave and good at fighting and sweeping the Central Plains, which makes Erfu feel worried.

Europe invented the red-coated cannon as early as the 16th century, and it was introduced to the Central Plains in the late Ming Dynasty. The old man Kangxi is not exclusive to Western learning. He even summoned those missionaries from the West and skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to develop the killing weapon of the Invincible General Cannon.

But in the past few years, I don't know if the old man Kangxi is old and kind-hearted, or he doesn't want to make too many killings, so he actually sealed all the information about the firearms, and half of the firearms that were studied before have also stopped. This is the most worrying point for Erf, only the soldiers are strong. Only with good weapons can they withstand the greedy wolves, and there will be no more bloody battles against muskets and artillery.

"Lao Jiu is a money, but he doesn't use his money in the right place. "Concubine Tong Jia is not untargeted, she has no children, and she doesn't need to worry about family affairs anymore, so she can see it more clearly than the fourth child and other people who are involved in the Kowloon seizure incident, this is the so-called bystander Qing.

Lao Ba made a pretense of a gentle son all day long, but behind his back he used money to buy courtiers for his own use, and even opened the door to corruption among some officials, which was simply gambling on the future of the Qing Dynasty, and put a greedy rat into the granary, she didn't believe that the rat would not eat rice, nor did she believe that the rat would have a full day.

However, Lao Jiu used his status as a prince to communicate with foreign companies in Fujian and other places, borrowed foreign goods to collect money, and subsidized Lao Jiu, but it was like killing chickens and eggs, and a large amount of silver money was hoarded in the hands of high-ranking officials, which was extremely unfavorable to the people.

In the past few years, the Qing Dynasty has been plagued by disasters in various places, which can be described as starvation everywhere, and in some places even changed children to eat, which is not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters.

Whether it is the flood that flooded the two rivers, or the locust plague that made the grains in Shandong unharvested, or the drought that caused thousands of miles in the red land of Sichuan and Shaanxi...... The old man Kangxi has allocated a large amount of disaster relief materials and silver taels from the national treasury, from the daily food needed by the victims to the medicinal materials for disease treatment and epidemic prevention, as well as the money needed to settle down and reset, which can be said to be readily available, but less than one percent of these things are really used on the people.

A large amount of relief grain was sent to grain stores in various places from the north-south canal, and a large number of medicinal materials were sold...... Those parents and officials who were supposed to be the masters of the people put the blood-stained silver into their own pockets, but the officials who were arrested and killed afterwards were just some insignificant pawns.

Some officials who climbed onto the old eight big boats, even dared to kill the Qin cha who patrolled on behalf of the sky, it was simply bold and reckless to the extreme, so that Concubine Tong Jia, a person who has never asked about state affairs, heard from the mouths of the people below, she hates those officials who can't sympathize with the people, but she hates the old eight people who have become the umbrella of these corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

The officials and officials protect each other, and even the old man Kangxi has no way to take the eighth child for a while, so he can only slowly figure it out.

Concubine Tong Jia looked at the old man Kangxi who was so worried that she couldn't sleep all night, and her heart was dripping blood, but the eighth child still went his own way, and he didn't understand the emperor's hard work at all, and even felt that the emperor was biased towards the fourth child and his group.

Such a person, whether it is from public or private opinions, Concubine Tong Jia does not want him to take the position.

"Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers.

The fourth child has good intelligence and temperament, but in the end it is difficult to support it alone, if you can persuade the old fourteen to help you with some, and then pull out the small ones of the old seventeen, it may make the fourth easier. Concubine Tong Jia looked at the red plum blossoms for a moment, turned her head, and looked at Erfu's clear eyes, word by word.

"The mother is taught. Erf didn't say yes or no, and said with a smile.

"You're a smart kid and you know how to do it.

Hundred steels are inevitably soft, not to mention that the heart of the fourth child is the softest, the absolute knife mouth, and the tofu heart. Concubine Tong Jia nodded appreciatively and continued.

Speaking, without waiting for Erfu to answer, Concubine Tong Jia took out half a special mutton fat jade plate from her sleeve and sent it to Erfu's eyes, "This is a status brand, in the dowry of the palace, there are several shops in Beijing, although the location is not first-class, but the passenger flow is not bad, but the shopkeeper who is responsible for taking care of it is more than enough, I don't know how to enterprising, if it is handed over to you to operate, I think it will make the palace's pressure box silver more abundant."

(When Concubine Tong Jia said this, Erfu already understood a little, and hurriedly retreated, but before she could say anything, she was blocked back by Concubine Tong Jia, and motioned for her to stop listening.) ）

The palace has never left a son and a half daughter, this makeup is the future of the palace, the reason why it is handed over to you to take care of, but also to fancy your ability, when the time comes, let's add five, fifty percent is counted as your hard work to take care of the shop, and the other fifty percent is sent to the palace every year, so it is considered that the palace hired you to be a big shopkeeper!

I had this intention when I saw your stuff before, and I was embarrassed to tell you before, just because I was afraid that you would feel embarrassed to do business.

However, after some contact at this time, this palace thinks that you are not averse to doing business, so I took the liberty to propose that you are not really unwilling to help me, a lonely old woman!"

At the end of the words, Concubine Tong Jia put on a scoundrel again, twisting the handkerchief and dipping the corners of her eyes, like a poor lonely old woman, she lowered her head helplessly and wiped her tears.

Erf is not smart, but she is not stupid.

A dignified concubine, how could her subordinates not have a competent shopkeeper to take care of the shop, and in the palace for so many years, just the gift given to her by the old man Kangxi every year is enough for her to chew for a lifetime, so she needs to save some more money to press the box, but she just wants to stuff silver into her, or the fourth master.

If the fourth master is not Yinzhen, but just a prince who wants to be an idle and rich prince, she may agree without hesitation.

She only had two shops in Beijing, and they were all handed over to Yuqing and Yubing's husbands to take care of, she didn't want to make a big move, or she didn't want Guo Luoluo to know what she did, someone took advantage of her sleepiness to send pillows, she naturally couldn't accept it, and the shop of the concubine Niangniang was the strange gangsters in those royal relatives and nobles, and they would not come to the door to find trouble.

But all of the above are what ifs, and what ifs are things that don't exist.

The fourth master is a man who wants to ascend to the big treasure, his every move is carefully watched with a magnifying glass, and he can't wait to find a problem in three moments and drag him off the altar, as his woman, she can't help him, but she never wants to make trouble for him, so she can't just accept this gift in a daze.

"Concubine Niangniang, your kindness, the concubine has received it physically and mentally. Thinking of this, Erfu's little heart dissipated, slightly hooked the corners of her lips, pulled out an indifferent and distant smile, bowed her head slightly, and said softly, "But this gift is too valuable, the concubine doesn't dare to make decisions in private, and she still needs to discuss with the fourth master." ”

After speaking, Erfu smiled again and patiently waited for Concubine Tong Jia's answer.

(To be continued.) )