The capital, Cao Fu.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was placed in Wutong Garden because of the Li family's mourning.

Although Gao Taijun is an unserved elder, Xifu is her junior, even for the sake of the Li family, the "Sanqi" has not passed, and everyone has no intention of playing.

After dinner, Zhao Jia's family went to Lanyuan, accompanied the Li family to talk for a while, and then took the people of Dongfu back.

On the side of Xifu, the Li family was mourned, and Cao Hao went south, which made everyone a little less lively.

Although Hengsheng came back for a reunion dinner, there can be a few days like this. When the subordinate officials on the Khalkha side arrived, the princess got married, and it was not easy for Hengsheng to return to the Cao family like this.

In addition, Niuniu's wedding date is scheduled for April, and this year is the last time to celebrate the New Year in Caofu, and the children are also a little sentimental.

Even the young Tianbao was a little less naughty, and obediently followed Changsheng and listened to his uncle tell the story of the young beast.

Seeing her mother-in-law's expression, Chu Yu had to whisper to comfort her. Li didn't want to give up his daughter-in-law's kindness, so he cheered up and asked for two words of news about his son.

Hearing that Cao Hao's family letter mentioned that he would strive to come back at the end of the first month, Li showed some relief, nodded and said: "In this way, maybe you can catch up with the old lady to go out of the funeral ......."

For her, her son is her backbone, and she always feels unsteady when her son is no longer around.

Although Hengsheng had a reunion dinner here, it was not good to stay here to keep the New Year, after all, there were still a lot of subordinates in the county king's mansion. As the master, it is not good for him to throw a large family over there.

Tianyou was on his mind and wanted to talk to his younger brother, so he followed Hengsheng and went to the county king's mansion.

There are no other elders in the county king's mansion, and their brotherly relationship is really good, Chu Yu explained a few words, and asked someone to prepare all kinds of snacks that Hengsheng likes to eat, and filled two large food boxes for them to take away.

Back at the county king's mansion, the kitchen has prepared various tables. Just because Hengsheng was not there, no one dared to open the table.

Heng Sheng showed his face, said goodbye to a few chief stewards, and asked them to bring the people of the mansion to the table. In his own room, he put on the snacks brought from Cao's house, warmed a pot of wine, and blessed the two of them with God to eat wine and keep the New Year.

Seeing that he wanted to speak, Hengsheng asked, "Big brother seems to have something on his mind, but he is worried about Chunyu?" ”

Spring is in early February, and there are less than 40 days left.

For many scholars, this is a hurdle.

Even if he is a talented person who is famous all over the world, he does not dare to say that he will definitely win the examination if he participates in the examination.

The banner man eats food at the age of sixteen, and if he loses in the spring of God, unless he plans to study for three years behind closed doors, he must also consider the matter of being on an errand.

Tianyou shook his head and said, "It's okay to take the township test, you can still sit in the well and watch the sky, and take yourself more seriously; When it came time to take the exam, which scholar didn't read through the Four Books and Five Classics and was used to doing eight-strand articles? I'm lucky; Miss, my life. Neither my grandfather nor my father were Jinshi, nor were they also cousins? ”

Hengsheng was a little curious, and said, "It's not for this, what else is there to worry about my brother?" ”

When Tianyou heard this, "Hehe" laughed twice, and said: "When my grandfather was as old as us, he had already entered the palace on an errand; When my father was so old, he had already begun to help my grandfather pay off the family's deficits. Second brother, should we also build a career? ”

When Hengsheng heard this, he was quite interested and said, "What business? ”

"In February, the Ministry of Household Affairs will conduct a share bidding for maritime trade. My father is in his position, and he must avoid suspicion. But my father worked hard, but everyone else benefited, and it was unfair to my father. "God bless.

The matter of sea trade bidding has been rumored since the beginning of the year.

It's just 100,000 shares, and the threshold is too high, which makes people stop. And going abroad to trade is a very distant thing for people.

Even if the capital is as powerful as a cloud, it is not just anyone who can withdraw this money.

Although Tianyou is said to be reasonable, Hengsheng does not believe it.

This eldest brother was taught by his grandfather, and he has never cared about money, and he is not a scheming surname at all, so how can he care about justice and injustice?

After all, my father is in the position of an official in the household department, and it is also within his duty to open up sources and reduce expenses for the imperial court.

Hengsheng blinked, pondered for a while, and then suddenly realized: "The eldest brother mentioned the bidding, but he was worried that the household would fail the bidding and his father would be punished?" ”

was recognized by his younger brother, Tianyou nodded embarrassedly, and said, "Does the second brother think that I am verbose and worrying?" ”

Hengsheng thought for a while and said, "My father is young and occupies a high position, and he has already caused many people to be jealous. This opening of the sea ban and the conduct of sea trade was proposed by my father, and if it did not go well, those imperial historians would make a fuss for a while. ”

The stampede in the Mid-Autumn Festival in Qingyuan made Tianyou see what human words are terrifying.

Zhu Zhilian's career was ruined in this accident.

Tianyou saw the father and son of the Zhu family who went to pay tribute to Gao Taijun in Guanghua Temple a few days ago, and he was worried about his father when he thought of the danger of his career.

Fang Cai didn't say it directly to Hengsheng, because he was afraid that his younger brother would think he was verbose.

"If my father is not a good official, who can be considered a good official?" Speaking of this, Tianyou clenched his fists, with a little indignation, and said: "No matter what my father thinks, as a son of man, I can't sit back and watch my father be wantonly slandered......"

He was so excited because he remembered what happened after the stampede in Qingyuan in August. At that time, the excerpts for the impeachment of Cao Hao were no less than those for the impeachment of Zhu Zhilian.

Speaking of respect and maintenance for his father, Hengsheng, the adopted son, is no less than Tianyou's biological son.

He straightened his waist, looked solemn, and said: "My brother is right, the second uncle and the fifth uncle are not in Beijing, and the fourth uncle's Hanlin official Qinggui is Qinggui, but he can't help his father." As sons, even if our strength is meager, we must do our best to protect our father. ”

Seeing that Hengsheng was simply sharp, Tianyou also added a little pride, and said: "That's right, we are getting older, and we can't always let our father protect us, and it's time to go back to protect our parents." ”

Heng Sheng nodded vigorously and said, "Exactly, exactly." ”

Although he understood it in his heart, his mind had never been as lively as God's blessing, and after saying these two words, he looked at Hengsheng and waited for his brother to make an idea.

Tianyou said: "I have two methods here, second brother listen to it, which one is better." The first method is to make up some money and participate in the bidding of the household department. The second method, the big movement, is to also organize sea ships to trade at sea, to prove that my father said that the opening of the sea ban is beneficial to the country and the people. ”

The two methods are easy to say, but not easy to do.

Not only does it require a lot of money to build a foundation, but it also needs to bring out the identity of Hang Seng.

It took several months for the topic of Hengsheng's identity to fade away from the mouths of the capital's magnates; If everyone is in full view of the public, openly opening up for his adoptive father, there will be rumors again.

Hengsheng didn't think about it, so he responded: "Both methods are good, the previous one is simpler; The one in the back is not in a hurry, and you can wait until after the bidding. Speaking of this, he stretched out his hand, waved his finger, and said: "I have a lot of gold and silver here, the emperor rewarded it, the Khalkha side gave it, the old lady, father, and mother rewarded it when I moved, and Mrs. Zizi gave a large share a few years ago...... I can also make up 100,000 taels of silver...... There are still a lot of antiques, and you can also press the bank to borrow some silver......"

When Tianyou heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Your silver, except for the private room given by the emperor and the elders, the rest of the big head is made by your mother to repair the garden for you, how can you move it lightly?" Don't even think about antiques and treasures, I will prepare the silver, but ask the second brother to come forward. ”

Hengsheng was a little suspicious, looked at Tianyou and said, "Brother actually coaxed me, so much silver, how to prepare?" ”

If you really want to talk about it, God bless himself with little money, but there is really no shortage of places to exchange money.

Niuniu and Tianhui's "Neiliansheng" have opened three stores, and now they are famous. Even when officials from other places enter Beijing, they have to buy a few pairs of official boots from the "Neiliansheng" to go back.

Although it is not as prosperous as "Daoxiang Village", the profits are also considerable.

Hengsheng opened the mansion, and the aunt and nephew prepared a lot of good things.

Again, it is Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, who received a lot of gold and silver from the Tian family after they became married.

If you make it up from these two places, it will not be difficult to get 100,000 taels of silver.

But in that case, there will be too many people to be alarmed.

"I want to borrow money from my mother." God bless the road.

"Huh? What does my brother think, why is he still planning to alarm his mother? Hengsheng said, paused, and said, "No, in order not to let my mother worry, my brother will not tell the truth to his mother." ”

Tianyou glanced at Hengsheng with some embarrassment, and said, "I was trying to discuss with the second brother, and I wanted to borrow the name of the second brother." The second brother also knows that since you moved out, your father and mother are most afraid that you will be wronged. I only said that I was afraid that you would be tight in the future, so I entered the two shares of the household department for you, and filled in some income for chewing later, and my mother would definitely be willing. ”

Hengsheng hesitated a little: "Is it okay to deceive my mother like this?" ”

Tianyou said: "I don't know, but I can't tell the truth." ”

Hengsheng said: "Then so be it." It's better for my mother to worry about me than for my mother to worry about my father. I was right under my mother's nose, and it was clear whether it was good or bad, and when she saw that my son was doing well, my mother was relieved; Father is here, but the sea is dangerous, so don't let your mother worry about it......"

Not to mention that the two brothers in the capital muttered, thinking about how to support their father when his father was not in the capital; On Jiang Ning's side, Cao Hao's face was already like a color palette.

"Second brother, this ......" Cao Hao looked at the slim woman in front of him, and only felt a headache.

"What's the fuss you're making for the New Year?" Because there were outsiders, Cao Hao left room for Cao Song, lowered his voice and reprimanded.

Cao Song coughed lightly twice, waved his hand at the woman, and said, "It's late at night, you go to the back room first to make the bed for the eldest master." ”

"Yes." The woman answered softly, without looking up, and entered the back room respectfully.

Seeing Cao Song laughing like a thief, Cao Hao couldn't cry or laugh, and shouted in a low voice: "You really drank too much, didn't you?" What are these moths doing? ”

Tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, Cao Song drank a lot of wine at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Now, he didn't admit that he was drunk, and said with a stalk around his neck: "Who is drunk?" I will fight to offend my sister-in-law, and I will also honor my brother once. Looking at the future, who would dare to say that my brother is afraid of guilt, my brother is a man who stands up to the sky, and he is a pure man......"

(To be continued)