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Chapter 45 Speculation

In the Cao family, the old lady of Sun's spoiled Cao Yong. As the eldest grandson, he was raised by the old lady since childhood, and there was also some pain. After Cao Yong came to Zhuangzi in Changping, he realized that this favor was definitely not a little bit.

The old lady of Sun family married into the Cao family and married a farmhouse. However, at that time, the fertile land was only ten thousand and more than twenty tenants were born. Everyone thought it was this, even Cao Yong was no exception.

It was not until Cao Yong personally arrived in Changping Zhuangzi that he realized that the land left to him by his grandmother was 120 yuan and 300 tenants. At present, two large villages were formed on tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and the people lived in the Cao family's tenants, one was called Dapingzhuang and the other was called Xiaopingzhuang. The Cao family's other courtyard was in Dapingzhuang, which was a three-entry courtyard.

In recent years, the top fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing has cost about ten taels of silver per mu, and medium-sized land costs seven or eight taels. One tilt is one hundred acres, and one twelve ten thousand acres. According to the average value of eight taels of silver per mu, the farm that the old lady left to Cao Yong is worth nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Sitting on the chair in the lobby of Changping Zhuangzi, Cao Yong finally realized that he was a landlord. Cao Yong remembered that when he was reading the account book in the mansion, he remembered that the Cao family originally had two farms in Fangshan, but they were only a few dozen land. Later, they were sold by Cao Yin and were still deficient. Isn’t this too ostentatious? Thinking of this, Cao Yong looked at He Maocai, the manager of Changping Zhuangzi: "Uncle Cai, how much land does other families have in the nearby villages?"

He Maocai was in his fifties and was a slave of the Cao family. He replied respectfully: "Uncle, Changping is good, and almost all the wealthy families in the capital are here to buy houses. There are three or five hundred and fifty thousand and eight hundred in all the royal palaces, and other princes, marquises, and ministers, and hundreds of inclines."

Cao Yong nodded. Since that was the case, then his own big and small Zhuangzi was not annoying. But for some reason, he felt something was wrong.

*

Although it is the beginning of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, if calculated according to the calendar, it should be until May and you can change into thin coats.

A few days ago, after Cao Yong was able to "get out of bed", Prince Ping helped him deliver a post asking for a greeting. Several imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital took care of him and used the imperial medicine from the Neiku. What a great grace.

Emperor Kangxi summoned Cao Yong and asked him carefully about his condition. After knowing that it was fine, he comforted and advised him a few words. During this period, he was always observing Cao Yong, wondering if he had new resentment or if he was scared out of fear.

Apart from being thinner, Cao Yong's face was no different from the last time he saw him. His eyes were still so clear and his expression was so respectful, but he was faintly vaguely, with a bit of shyness as a boy. His expression was like a child who did something wrong and could not face his parents.

Kangxi thought Cao Yong was uneasy because he caused trouble, so he comforted him: "You can't blame you for this matter, so you don't have to be uneasy!"

Cao Yong lowered his head and replied, "I really have no shame to see Master Long Live and my father!"

"Oh, why do you say that!" Kangxi was surprised.

"Long live the emperor, I feel wronged!" Cao Yong replied crisply.

Kangxi's face became heavy and he felt wronged. He thought of his grandson who felt wronged, and looked at Cao Yong in front of him. What's wrong with the children now?

"Long live, now everyone outside has rumored that the slave was beaten by twenty or thirty people, and they all told the slave that he was useless and useless, and was a guard who was favored by his father and grandfather. However, the slave just didn't want to fight on the street and violated the laws of the Qing Dynasty. If you give the slave a chance, the slave would be willing to compete with those people." Cao Yong's words came to an end.

The boy was passionate, Kangxi nodded with a smile, and his heart felt much more comfortable.

Cao Yong lowered his head, but secretly thought. It is well known that Kangxi loves talents, so that Nalan Rongruo had been honored for ten years and Ma Qi became famous in white. He did not have the talent of Master Nalan or Ma Qi, so he had to learn to be a reckless man. Although his slightly weak appearance had nothing to do with his heroic martial arts.

Cao Yong's heart was trembling with the teenage words. Isn't this pretending to be young and obedient? He indirectly expressed his loyalty. Even if he was bullied like that, he would not forget to maintain the dignity of the law.

However, Kangxi liked this, but for many years, he remained favored by the Cao family. It was related to Cao Yin's self-discipline and loyalty to the emperor and law-abiding. In other words, if he was a corrupt official, no matter how loyal he was to Kangxi, Kangxi would not allow him to scrape the land in Jiangnan.

Cao Yong was so well-behaved and sensible, and did not have the slightest sensibility of a playboy. How could Kangxi not like this? Before he knew it, he was happy for Cao Yin. Although his son was weak, he had such a son, so he had no one to succeed him.

Although Cao Yong was not wronged by such unrestrained disasters, nor did he expect that his accidental beating would be related to the prince and grandson, Kangxi still felt guilty and wanted to compensate the child. But he was less than fifteen years old and was extremely kind to be granted the third-class guard. How could he be promoted to the second-class? So Kangxi gave Cao Yong half a month's sick leave and ordered him to take care of his body and go to the Qianqing Palace to work.

Cao Yong kowtowed and thanked him, and felt relieved. After several plans, he finally got what he wanted. The Qianqing Palace Guard is commonly known as the guard with swords in front of the imperial guard. Although he has not been upgraded, his status is completely different from that of other guards. In order to avoid suspicion, even the prince dared not bully or win over him casually. Otherwise, no one could afford to be a "unpredictable" hat.

Alas, in the future, this "slave" and "slave" are inevitable. Cao Yong couldn't help but comfort himself, what's wrong with being a real man who can bend and stretch for three years? Three years later, as long as the Cao family can escape from the predicament, they either go to the imperial examination and seek official positions by themselves, or find Yuzi to return to Jiangning.

*

Changping, Dapingzhuang, Caojia Villa.

Cao Yong sat on the chair in the hall and began to remember the Xiaotangshan Hot Spring that he had soaked in his previous life. I remember when he went to Xiaotangshan to soak in the hot spring, he heard from the tour guide that this hot spring palace was found in the Kangxi period. However, I just asked Sun Maocai that the palace was still alive. However, near Xiaotangshan, the two largest ponds were in the village of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Dapingzhuang is more than fifty miles away from Andingmen and less than ten miles away from Xiaotang Mountain. Even if the big pool is in the village of the Interior Ministry, there must be many small hot spring pools outside.

Amethyst came in with a plate and smiled at Cao Yong, "Don't try it, it's all rare things going out in the wild. Is it true that I've seen these ones there?"

"Why did the uncle take off the horse clip outside? There is no need to be in the south of the capital. It's still cold sooner or later. My uncle's body is not fully recovered!" Zi Jing put down the plate and put on the horse clip he took off before Cao Yong could speak.

The most tiring thing about Cao Yong's "serious illness" this time was Amethyst. Although Cao Yong repeatedly said that it was fine, Amethyst had seen Cao Yong's life and death for several days without knowing how he was willing to believe and took care of him more than before.

Cao Yong had no choice but to stretch his arms, put on a horse clip, and go to see what rare things Amethyst brought to him that he had never seen before.

There are three white porcelain plates the size of palms, each plate contains a kind of wild fruit. Strictly speaking, two of them are wild fruits, and one cannot be considered wild game. If Cao Yong was just a simple young man who lived in a wealthy courtyard since childhood, he would be afraid that he would not know these things. The purple-black and purple-black are bunches of mulberries, two green plates, one plate is wild apricots the size of finger covers, and the other plate is tender green and tender, which is clean-washed elm money.

Cao Yong put a bunch of mulberries in his mouth. It was purely native wild game, with delicious juice, and it tasted completely different from the ones he bought in the supermarket in his previous life.

Amethyst was slightly stunned: "Uncle, I actually know these things!"

Cao Yong smiled and pointed to the plate of elm money: "This is wrong. Either use chicken to make soup, or mix stick noodles and steam dumplings to eat!"

When Zi Jing heard this, she felt strange and hurriedly called a little maid to bring the elm seeds to the kitchen, and asked the other side to make them according to what Cao Yong said.

Cao Yong said that he had eaten, and he couldn't help but think of the kangzi noodles. He had a rich life and had no chance to eat the mixed grains. The kangzi was corn, which seemed to be introduced from abroad when he was in the Ming Dynasty.

From corn, Cao Yong thought of raising pigs again. In his previous life, he had a childhood friend who studied for more than ten years and studied computer science for four years and finally graduated. Everyone thought he would take the postgraduate entrance examination or Zhongguancun. Unexpectedly, this guy went to a remote county to buy a large yard and started a business. The content of raising pigs was to raise pigs. The news came out that these former best friends fainted. In the dormitory of four years in college, the owner who had never washed his socks actually wanted to do business, and it was still a very different business. Who would have thought that this kid would persist, and his assets were millions in a few years, and he envied them, such a salaryman.

Cao Yong narrowed his eyebrows and felt a little familiar with raising pigs. He seemed to have seen a similar movie from a time travel novel. Think about it, let's forget it. The rich families in the city all specialize in raising livestock. The common people don't weigh half a pound of meat for several months, and they all rely on marrying a wife to build a house for their own house. If he industrialized the breeding industry, even if he made a few small money, he would not know how many common people would be uneasy.

After thinking through these things, Cao Yong felt more and more that he should have the idea of ​​hot springs. How could he let it fly after seeing great fortune? So He Maocai, who had just left, was called in again. Cao Yong said, except for the old lady who was the first dowry, he sold all the others.

He Maocai's body became weak and almost slipped off the stool: "Uncle, no, uncle, this farm has been expanding to this day after more than fifty years. How can he sell it just by saying that it is sold!"

Cao Yong looked at He Maocai and could understand his reluctance.
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