"Young Master, all the letters that should be sent have been delivered."

Gao Shishi, who had returned to the Guo University Scholar's Mansion, sat in the pavilion outside the study, with several thick stacks of manuscripts and files in his hand, and he was reading them one by one. There was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy standing beside him, who was Cao Ke, the son of Cao Gan.

Cao Ke became a pragmatic scholar as early as when Cao Gan took refuge in Gao Pragmatic, but because he was too young at the time, he never really became a scholar, and only took on the important position of a scholar seriously when he was five years old - it was really important, almost a bit of a confidential secretary.

For example, Gao Pragmatic wrote more than 20 letters overnight last night, and today Cao Ke was responsible for sending someone to the corresponding person.

"yes, got it." Gao Shi responded lightly, suddenly took a file in his hand and raised it slightly, and asked Cao Ke: "Your father went to Qinghai with me last year?" He didn't mention this incident in his previous report to me, only that he was inspecting the Qinghai trade route. Cao Gan's father and son are both highly pragmatic family members, so he is not called "Ling Zun".

Although Cao Ke's appearance is not much similar to Cao Gan's, of course, it may also be that the scar on Cao Gan's face and the lack of an ear have caused the original appearance to have changed a lot, in short, Cao Ke looks like a rather delicate little Zhengtai, and Gao Shishi, a tall and handsome young master, is a pair of masters and servants who are quite matched.

Xiao Zhengtai Cao Ke listened to Gao Shishi's question, and hurriedly explained: "My father felt that the eldest young master was busy preparing for the exam last year, so the report was relatively brief, and it was not intentionally concealed, and my father's entire itinerary was recorded in these files. ”

Gao pragmatic waved his hand and said, "It's too trivial, I don't have time to read them all now, you come and tell me what happened to the main thing." ”

"Yes, young master." Xiao Zhengtai said seriously: "Actually, my father didn't go to Qinghai with my answer, I had already arrived in Qinghai the year before last, and gave him an honorific title with Sonam Gyatso Grand Lama {This honorific name is a sensitive word, I won't write it}, and then I have stayed in Qinghai." But last year, my subordinates Qing Commander and the left-wing Mongolia all united with the left-wing Mongolia, causing trouble on the border, and the Xin Ai who stayed in the court of Shunyi Wang had an ambiguous attitude, and ignored the Qing General, Guo Ge Lao was very angry after receiving the report of Wu Huanzhou Gong {Wu Dui}, the governor of Xuanda, so he asked his father to go to Qinghai to ask me to return to Guihua City. ”

"Did I say yes?" Gao asked pragmatically.

"Something happened in between, but I agreed." Cao Ke said: "There is one more thing, the little one doesn't know whether to say it. ”

"Say it."

"I heard that I returned to the Yellow Sect, and after returning to naturalization, I began to vigorously promote the Yellow Sect, although it was only half a year, but according to my father, now the life of shamanism in right-wing Mongolia is very difficult, and my father is still a little worried."

Gao Shishi laughed and said, "Tell your father that Tumut's belief in the Yellow Sect is a good thing that cannot be sought, so he doesn't have to worry." Not only do you not have to worry, but you should also vigorously cooperate with the king of Shunyi to completely and completely eliminate the influence of shamanism, so that the Yellow Religion can bloom everywhere in the grassland. ”

Although Cao Ke was a little unsure, he immediately nodded yes.

Gao pragmatic thought for a while, and then asked: "How did my good friend Han Naji behave in the Qingjiangdu incident?" ”

"Hannaji is still a friend enough." Cao Ke said with a smile: "When the Qing generals first caused trouble, they informed Han Naji of the situation to Wu Huanzhou Gong, and later after Qing Jiangdu united with the left-wing Mongolia, Han Naji also asked Wu Huanzhou Gong to convey the news to the imperial court, saying that he was willing to send troops to fight with Qing Jiangdu, and asked the imperial court for approval." ”

"Oh? And such things? Gao Shishi thought for a moment, and laughed again: "My good friend has learned a lot more wisely, with the strength of his direct tribe, it should be no problem to defeat the green general, but with the left-wing Mongolia - even if it is not the entire left-wing Mongolia, he can't win." ”

Cao Keqi said: "Then why is he still called learning to be smart?" ”

"Because the imperial court will not approve it." Gao pragmatic said: "Our court just likes to think about others. There will be many people in the court who feel that Hannaji should not be put into it for the sake of the Qing general, especially when Hannaji is likely to be unable to defeat the other party - Hannaji is the leader of the pro-Ming faction in the right-wing Mongolia, and if his strength is greatly damaged, it is difficult to say whether the right-wing Mongolia will give birth to other chaos. Hehe, my good friend saw this and took the initiative to ask for war, so that he used my Da Ming's mouth to strengthen his position in the right-wing Mongolia again, and at the same time sold me a good Da Ming. ”

"I see, then he's much smarter than before." Cao Ke said with emotion.

Gao pragmatically smiled: "People will always grow up, just like you." ”

Cao Ke smiled shyly and said: "Oh, by the way, eldest young master, my father said that Qinghai's trade routes have also been opened, but Qinghai doesn't seem to have any good things, except for some cattle, sheep and horses, only Cordyceps sinensis and green salt." However, Shaanxi eats the Lu salt provided by the Ma family, and Sichuan itself has well salt, so he can only do some cattle, sheep and horses to buy and sell, and then there is a business of medicinal materials such as Cordyceps, and my father feels that there is no need to invest too much. ”

Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said, "Let him do it himself, but in addition to what you said, the fur business should also be able to do it." ”

In fact, Qinghai's resources are quite abundant, but in recent years, Qinghai has already been taken care of by me, and in addition to the poor traffic conditions, Gao Shishi has neither the interest nor the ability to carry out the large-scale development of the western region, so he has to go with the flow and do some business if he can.

After Cao Ke responded, Gao Pragmatic continued to look at the dossier, and after a while, he asked again: "Is the trade route in the Western Regions clear, can I buy the kind of horse I want now?" ”

Cao Ke said: "My father said that the trade routes in the Western Regions are sometimes open, sometimes not, and cannot be regarded as a complete and usable trade route, but the horses have gotten a little, but the number is not much, and the stallions selected from it are even fewer, but at present, they are barely getting a horse farm, and they are trying to breed and improve horse breeds." However, the eldest young master, my father said that he had asked about it with a lot of horse breeders, and they all said that it was very difficult to breed a stable new horse breed, and it might not be possible to do it in ten years. ”

Gao pragmatic waved his hand: "If it doesn't work in ten years, it will be fifteen years, and if it doesn't work in fifteen years, it will be twenty years, I can afford to wait, let your father take this matter as a big deal - you tell him that if this thing can be done, it will make me happier than earning an extra million taels of silver." ”

Cao Ke was really shocked when he heard this, but Gao Shishi really didn't mean to laugh, one of the important reasons why he wanted to open up the trade routes in the Western Regions was to hope to get good horses, whether it was a Kazakh horse, an Akhal-Tekka horse, an Akkha Tak horse, an ālābó horse or other excellent horse breeds, he did not refuse, and was willing to spend time slowly cultivating and breeding.

In fact, his requirements are not particularly high, and he is very satisfied with being able to produce a stable horse breed that performs well in all aspects like the Ili horse in the later generations.

The two continued to talk about many things that Gao Pragmatic had not understood in detail after leaving Beijing, until the porter came over again and again to send more than 20 reply letters, and Gao Pragmatic waved his hand after reading the reply letter and asked Cao Ke to take away the file.

Pinching the stack of replies in his hand, Gao pragmatic muttered: "Your Majesty, tomorrow I will borrow your Thunder Monarch to use, I guess you won't mind...... Well, of course not, you took the initiative to let me use it! ”