That night, Cao Yong felt a little uncomfortable.

Until the next morning, when he got up and changed his clothes, his face was still a little embarrassed.

Chu Yu wanted to comfort him, but it was difficult to mention this first, so he just acted like an ordinary person and changed his official uniform to serve Cao Yong.

On the first day of the second month, it was the time for the grand dynasty meeting, but fortunately Tangquan was in a row, Cao Yong and his son did not have to get up early.

After all, it is related to the dignity of men. Cao Yong lost his appetite when he looked at the table full of buns and side dishes.

I just felt like chewing wax, so I ate two bean paste buns randomly, and Cao Yong put down his chopsticks.

Seeing this, Chu Yu had already taken the teacup from the maid and delivered it to Cao Yong.

Cao Yong took it, rinsed his mouth, looked at Chu Yu, and whispered: "I have been so tired these days. I went to Tangquan Palace before and came back in the middle of the night. I got up before dawn yesterday and felt tired."

When Chu Yu heard this, he looked self-blame on his face and said, "It's all mine. I've long been thinking about boiling some tonics and giving the prince a supplement."

Cao Yong was already uncomfortable, and when he heard the word "tonic", he felt even more uncomfortable. He quickly waved his hand and said, "I am not sick or disaster-free, what tonic? Don't worry, I'll have a rest for two days and it's fine."

When Chu Yu heard this, he didn't say much.

In the past few days, Cao Yong and his men worked directly in the warehouse in Mi Lane, Dongjiang. The ritual office where Cao Yin was located was also there. Therefore, Cao Yong left Wutongyuan and went to Lanyuan to leave the mansion with his father.

If it were other yamen, the master would have to live in the yamen.

The Interior Office is in the palace, Jiang Jian followed Li Wei and followed Cao Yong to the yamen every day.

Both of them were thick and strong, looking majestic and proud. Those who didn't know even thought that Cao Yong had changed his two long-super.

In addition to Jiang Jian, Cao Yin and Mr. Zhuang also found Cao Yong a master of money and grain. A person from Yangzhou, who was in his forties, was also famous. Unexpectedly, on the eve of his residence, he received a letter from his home and went back to his hometown to attend the funeral.

It was originally expected to look for it again, but Cao Yong saw that Jiang Jian was also interested in bidding and was not busy looking for others.

The ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were not in a hurry to intervene in the area of ​​the name of the Criminal Name. At this time, Zhao Tong begged Cao Yong, claiming that he wanted to learn from Jiang Jian.

He has always been interested in the "Law of the Qing Dynasty" and is clear about laws and regulations after all.

Cao Yong had nothing to say and even asked someone to buy a lot of related books for him. Cao Yong was happy to see that they had a promising future after following him for many years.

After a while, when he arrived in Mi Lane, Dongjiang, Cao Yin took a sedan chair to the ritual office, while Cao Yong rode a horse and took the others to the warehouse.

Wei Hei took Xiaoman and other guard commanders to follow him. Jiang Jian, Li Wei and Zhao Tong followed Cao Yong into the yamen.

Yiduli had arrived, holding a booklet in his hand and frowned.

Seeing Cao Yong arrive, he felt as if he had found his backbone, his face became lively and he walked over quickly: "Sir!"

Cao Yong stepped forward, nodded, and met Yidu immediately.

Yiduli looked at the booklet in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and gave it to Cao Yong with both hands.

Cao Yong took it and saw it. He was a businessman who was registered in the Office of the Internal Affairs to participate in the bidding.

This bidding involves several items. In addition to the business road, there are also some small procurement bidding. Depending on the bidding projects you participate in, a certain deposit must be paid in advance.

As of today, there are only seven merchants listed in this book. Looking at the amount of security deposits paid on it, they are all small auctions that participated, but no one cares about several business roads.

Yiduli wanted to put his future on Cao Yong. He was a little confused and could not help but worry.

Cao Yong looked at the booklet, but saw a familiar brand - the old shop of Tongrentang Lejia.

At this time, Tongrentang was not yet in the many pharmacies in Beijing. Although it was famous in the Qianmen area, most of the medicines used by powerful families were from the large pharmacies in the inner city.

Only Cao Yong did not expect that the famous Tongrentang would be found at this time. He felt very friendly and even ordered his family to buy medicine from Tongrentang.

Cao Yong also made a special trip to inquire about the history of Tongrentang. The founder of Tongrentang was Le Fengming's father, who was once a minor official in the Imperial Hospital.

Le Fengming was his third son. He did not mean to inherit his family business. He passed the exam for the scholar and wanted to study and become an official. As a result, he participated in three provincial examinations and failed.

Le Fengming took over Tongrentang by taking over his father's business.

Just bought medicine for the Cao family in Tongrentang, Le Fengming once brought his son Yueli to the Cao family to pay tribute.

Speaking of Le Fengming and Yueli, Cao Yong turned his head, glanced at Li Wei, and said, "You Jie, the father and son of the Le family..."

Li Wei entered Cao's mansion and stayed in the capital. He often hangs around the front door and has some friendship with music and ceremonies.

Seeing Cao Yong's questioning, Li Wei stepped forward and smiled, "My lord forgot that a few days ago, the villain said that if he wanted an invitation post, he would give it to their family. The old man was busy those two days, so the villain did not report in detail."

Although Li Wei was downplaying it, Cao Yong also knew that the father and son of the Le family dared to get involved in such a thing, including Li Wei's bewitching.

In the yamen, Cao Yong didn't have much to say, but he knew that Li Wei was coaxing people in like a head, but he was afraid that the cold situation would be too cold to suppress his own side.

The venue was ready. On the north side there was a temporary high platform made of wooden boards, with tables and chairs placed below. This was the "VIP seat" seat, and the remaining were rows of wooden chairs.

There are license plates on the chairs, which is the location of the bidder.

Tomorrow, in addition to the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come here to preside over the bidding, two hundred green camps were also seconded from the Infantry General Office to shock the scene.

This is the inner court of the inner court, and it is next to the six ministries. Who dares to come here to make trouble?

It's just a momentum.

"Sir, what if there are only these seven families?" Yiduli looked at the rows of wooden chairs, and the numbers were posted to a hundred.

Tomorrow is the first bidding for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is also the first thing Cao Yong did after taking office. If there were only seven bidding companies in this huge venue, even if they successfully took a few of the items they paid attention to, there would be little money.

It took more than two months to make a fuss like this, it would be a big joke.

Cao Yong, the chief supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, would probably not be able to convince the public even if he could not get any charges.

Cao Yong looked at the families, and the Zheng family and Cui Fei from Prince Jian’s mansion were not on the list. According to the previous words, they did not mean to give up the bidding.

I think it's either to pay the deposit this day or tomorrow morning.

Cao Yong handed the book back to Yiduli and said, "Sir, please be calm. You have a day and a half, maybe everyone is waiting and watching."

Yidu immediately saw that Cao Yong was calm and relieved, and replied with a smile: "Even if the lord says this, there is nothing to worry about. Although there are not many merchants, the adults in the six ministries can't sit still. Several adults have already sent them to come and ask the invitation posts that the lord might be here.

Cao Yong's side, he heard the sound and knew the elegance.

This so-called bidding is very important, open, fair and fair.

However, the Qing Dynasty under Kangxi ruled was the pinnacle of feudal centralization in all dynasties.

It goes without saying that the powerful people of the Eight Banners are; the children of the Eight Banners are also privileged classes.

This bidding is managed in an open manner, reducing the intermediate links of various procurements, as if it can save money. In fact, it is increasingly concentrated, allowing the people above to find a way to make money.

It's really gained fame and profit.

This time, Cao Yong has lost a lot of fun because he is a new official and the Ninth Prince's intentionally pulls his back.

Even so, the New Year gifts Cao Yong received this year were several times in previous years.

This forced him to praise the wealth of merchants.

I heard that many bureaucrats who have made their fortunes are so rich that they can only become rich by seeking Yuzi to abolish such wealthy businessmen.

It is precisely because of this that many merchants have devoted themselves to wealthy families and sought protection.

The host of tomorrow's bidding is Yiduli.

He went to worry, and took the manuscript he had written, and the rest was a little nervous.

When Cao Yong saw this, he smiled and advised, "Sir, just treat it as the host of the wine order, just need to have a higher volume."

Yiduli looked at the platform, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Yes, I'm so nervous. Even if the red roof is covered with yellow belts, what about it? Just think of it as a court. Not to mention, there are a group of local rich men below."

As the two of them talked, the sixteenth prince arrived.

Looking at the registration booklet, he frowned.

The sixteenth prince pulled Cao Yong to a secluded place and pondered for a while, and said, "It won't work. Otherwise, I'll ask someone to talk to a few palaces to see if they can bring some servants to come over. Even if they don't shoot anything, it's okay to make up the scene. You young man showed up, and there were such a big noise coming up. Not one or two people were waiting to grab your braid."

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "Sixteenth Master, there is no need to do this. I didn't hide it from you. I just want to fill the treasury in a short time. I am taking money, but not buying money for myself. As long as we do everything we should do, even if the auction fails, it will not have anything to do with us. Even if someone impeaches the imperial court, the emperor can know my difficulties."

"If you really reach that point, you, the position of the general manager, may not be able to sit steadily." The Sixteenth Prince still couldn't hide his worries.

Cao Yong said: "Whether you can be stable depends on the emperor. As long as the emperor lets me be, I will be stable; if the emperor doesn't want me to be, what's the point of my love for this position? Others are just yelling and can't make a decision."

The sixteenth prince looked at Cao Yong, silent for a while, and said, "If you know this, you should know the importance. If you don't talk about others, the Emperor Ama will not tolerate you being wrong." At this point, he lowered his voice: "The more you value the Emperor Ama, the more picky the Emperor Ama is. If you don't care, remember it, remember..."

Jiubeizi Mansion, living room.

The eighth prince sat in the hall, holding a bowl of tea, staring at the calligraphy and paintings hanging opposite him in a daze.

The Ninth Prince walked in quickly and saw the eighth Prince on the seat. He smiled and said, "Oh, my starling, you are such a rare guest. Su Yang always makes you come, but you don't even come. Why do you think of coming to see your brother early in the morning?"

Seeing that there was a buckle on his front vest and a water stain on his beard, the eighth prince asked, "It's already time, and the ninth brother has just gotten up?"

The Ninth Prince sat down at the Eighth Prince and said with a smile: "The Lord of the Left and Left are not in the palace, so don't get up early, so I'll sleep for a while."

Seeing his eyes turned blue, the eighth prince shook his head as he was walking lightly, and said, "You are too old, so you should cherish your body."

The Ninth Prince smiled and said in a different way: "What's the important thing that makes the starling come to the door in person? Let me tell you quickly, my brother is curious."

When the eighth prince heard this, he restrained his makeup and said seriously: "Ninth brother, I advised you not to get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs last time, why don't you listen to your advice?"

"Haha, where is this? My brother naturally listened to the starlings. Who is full and can get involved with this?" The Ninth Prince denied with a smirk, but he didn't dare to look at the Eighth Prince.

"There are only seven merchants who have registered for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There is no Ninth Brother here?" The eighth prince frowned and said, "Ninth Brother, this is not a time to be angry. The overall situation should be the priority."

"Seventh Family?" The Ninth Prince changed color and picked the corners of his mouth and said, "I want to see, that bastard is so brave that he dares to give me eye drops!"
To be continued...