Chapter 767: Financial Way (Part 1)

Although there is the old saying "My parents are here, don't travel far away", Cao Yong, the eldest son of the Cao family, has been making trouble over the years.

Fortunately, Li has been back with letters from home, and Li feels a little relieved. Even so, seeing him return safely also makes Cao Yin and Li happy.

As an old father, Cao Yin was still able to control himself. Li had already pulled his son and rubbed his slightly clear face, making his eyes red.

Cao Yin said "cough" and said a few words to Cao Song, who came to pay his respects, and sent him back to the East Mansion first.

Chu Yu was by her side, looking at her husband, her eyes full of lingering. Because her mother-in-law was by her side, it was difficult to move forward.

Cao Yin saw it and said to Cao Yong: "Go back to change your clothes first, and come over to speak later."

Cao Yong responded and went back to Wutongyuan with his wife.

"Where is Tianhui, why didn't you see it?" Cao Yong asked without seeing his daughter.

"The eldest sister has asked someone to take over the palace." Chu Yu replied.

In the previous letters of the family, Chu Yu also mentioned that in July, Cao Jia added another young prince, named Furui. This is the fifth child that the Prince Ping and his wife had when they got married eleven miles away. This shows how loving the couple is, and they are famously loving couples in the royal family.

There are eight or nine out of ten things in this world that are not satisfactory.

Even the loving couple, Prince Ping and Cao Jia, also had some unsatisfactory aspects.

They originally had a legitimate daughter, Fumin, who died in the first month of the year, and the couple were in a state of grief. Cao Jia was pregnant with a child at that time, and almost had a blood loss. It was Li who went over and accompanied the girl to comfort her, which was better.

The couple already have three legitimate sons. The eldest prince Fu Peng is already ten years old, the fourth prince Xifu Xiu is eight years old, and the sixth prince Fu Jing is three years old.

Most ordinary people have "referring boys over girls"; but Prince Ping has fallen one by one, "referring girls over boys". Who doesn't know the princess of the most precious princess in the palace in the capital?

A good daughter died young, wouldn’t it hurt that parents are so sad?

Since then, Cao Jia and Prince Ping have been looking forward to having another legitimate daughter, but they did not expect that the young prince would be born.

The late Big Princess Fumin and Tianhui are cousins, and their appearances are naturally somewhat similar. This love for their daughter made Cao Jia transfer to her niece Tianhui.

Speaking of this, both the couple were a little silent.

After a while, Cao Yong sighed and said, "It's better to have a little prince, it's better than having a princess baby for more than ten years and then send it to Mongolia."

When Chu Yu heard this, he remembered the second princess who got married last month, and he felt a little heavy.

"Five sisters are mentioned in the palace, I am afraid that the marriage will be issued," Chu Yu said.

When Cao Yong heard this, he only felt a headache.

It is true that the royal princess wanted to appease Mongolia, and the marriage rights of the noble daughters of the Eight Banners were not in the hands of their parents. When Tianhui was blind before, he could still be taken care of by Cao Yong and his wife for life. If this eye disease is cured, he will be subject to the palace in the future.

"When the empress dowager comes back, let my mother ask for grace to see if our daughter can be exempted from the election. If I raise a baby, if I am a bastard, I will be so angry that I am a father." Cao Yong said.

Looking at the angry look on her husband's face, Chu Yu couldn't help laughing and said, "Look at what the prince said, Tianhui is a little bit more talented, so he's worried about this."

"Men are afraid of entering the wrong career, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong wolf. In the future, they must choose a safe son-in-law before they can marry Tianhui out, otherwise they would rather let her be an old girl than to get angry at other people's houses." Cao Yong said.

Seeing her husband so serious, Chu Yu also became worried when he remembered his daughter. When she first got married, the fifth princess was still a child. In this blink of an eye, didn’t he start discussing marriage?

After Cao Yong finished speaking, he felt a little regretful about Chu Yu. This child is the flesh that fell from his mother. No matter when, the mother will always think more about the child than her father.

Just as Chu Yu said, Zuo Tianhui is still young, so he will slowly plan for grace.

Thinking of this, he said in a different way: "By the way, I saw Cao Fang leading the shopkeepers of Daoxiang Village out in the front yard. Why did they come to the mansion? It seems that they are still carrying children. There is a young man who is not a few years older than Tianyou and Hang Seng."

He was anxious to enter the inner courtyard to pay his respects to his parents, so after everyone greeted him, he just nodded, told everyone to get up, and returned to the inner courtyard, before he had time to ask.

Chu Yu told what Han Jiang said before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Cao Yong frowned when he heard it.

"What she meant was to return the shop to us?" Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

Chu Yu nodded and said, "She mentioned it twice, and wanted to bring her daughter back to Yangzhou and rely on her mother's family. The old man was not in Beijing, so I couldn't say anything, so I was vague. At first, I was still moved by the matter of donating the future, but later I saw that she wanted to go home, and wanted to delay it, but I couldn't stand her hard work."

"Apart from Cheng Mengxing, her relatives were not close to her. I heard that Han and Jiang families wanted to sue her, and her uncle was also inside. There was a lot of wealth behind her, but she had no power to protect herself. She was just a big fat meat everywhere." Cao Yong shook his head and said, "I'll ask her to come and talk in two days to see if I can persuade her to extinguish this."

Cao Yong was a little surprised by Han Jiang's move. Daoxiangcun's business is booming, with 40% profits, and a lot of investments a year. Although Han Jiang's wealth is millions, the Daoxiangcun brand is now valuable.

The couple was talking when they heard footsteps outside.

It turned out to be Tianyou. The two of Hang Seng heard that their father was back and came to pay their respects to him.

Cao Yong glanced at Chu Yu and said, "Have you remembered Hang Seng? Will you forget my father?"

Chu Yu smiled and said, "Tianhui may forget it. Hangsheng has always been the most attached prince. How could he forget it after only more than two months?"

When the two guys came in, they asked Cao Yong for an orderly manner. When Cao Yong saw that both of his brothers had grown in pieces, Tianyou looked a little gentle and kind. Tianyou's little body became stronger and stronger, and he was already on par with Tianyou, and looked like he was of the same age.

It seems that it’s okay, both children remember everything, and they are all trustless to Cao Yong, the father.

Cao Yong asked Tianyou a few questions about his studies, and then touched Hengsheng's forehead before asking someone to take them down.

When the sons went out, Cao Yong said to Chu Yu: "Tianyou is becoming more and more like a little nerd. Is it because of the Master?"

Tianhui smiled and shook her head, saying, "The master has said a lot, saying that Tianyou was like the master when he was a child, and like the uncle, but he didn't like riding and shooting like the uncle. I heard from the wife that the uncle was very attentive in martial arts when he was a child. At that time, the wife and the master thought that the uncle was going to take the martial arts Jinshi exam."

When he heard about the Jinshi exam, Cao Yong remembered Qian Chenqun. He was a famous scholar and wanted to advance to the imperial examination. Now he is less than half a year away from the spring exam next year, and he should prepare for the exam.

"Have Master Qian said anything else these days?" Cao Yong asked.

Chu Yu thought about it and shook his head, "No, I just asked the butler when the old man would come back twice."

"I think he is also anxious. It was because I was negligent and forgot that he would take the exam, too." Cao Yong said: "I have time tomorrow, I will go and ask him. It seems that I have to change the teacher to Tianyou and Hang Seng..."

Cao family, Dongfu.

It was also because of the return of his son, but Zhao Jia did not have the joy of Li. When she heard that Cao Xiang was about to resign and come back to participate in the examination, her face immediately drooped.

"You are a good seventh-rank official and you are back to take the exam. You brother, let him do anything?" Zhao Jia didn't care that his wife was there and stared at Cao Song.

"I advised him to come back. How old is he? Even if he fails this subject, he will take the exam twice more. The fourth brother is smart and has the best homework. He is on the list. My mother has never been to Henan Prefecture, and she is more prosperous in Luoyang and is very poor. The best food in the post station is all kinds of noodles and noodles soup. It is not easy to eat a chicken." Cao Song said.

This is not all a lie. Cao Song had this idea before he went to Henan Prefecture. Later, when he saw his younger brother returning from disaster, he also wanted to persuade him to resign.

Before he could speak, Cao Xiang said first. His biological brother nodded immediately.

When Zhao Jia heard this, she was so angry that she couldn't speak, and said, "Don't think I don't know if I don't say it. For the sake of his outing, my family paid a lot of money. I'm afraid of suffering, so I came back? If I really fail the exam, I still have to use it from home. Ask your wife, is this family a mountain of gold and silver? Can you afford to lose your family?"

Cao Song was already exhausted when he was traveling all the way. He was dragged by his mother for a while and felt his brain hurt. He stood up and said, "My son was sweating all over. Go back to change his clothes first, and come over to talk to his wife later."

Seeing that he had left home for three months and was much darker, Zhao Jia felt a little distressed, so she waved her hand and said, "Go, go. It's more than a thousand miles away, not for fun. I'll ask the kitchen to cook a few more vegetables for you to make up for it..."

Cao Yong was also exhausted, so he rested early after dinner. The separation was better than the newlyweds. The couple was not bad for London. Looking at Cao Yong's eyes shining, Chu Yu felt as if he had eaten honey.

Chu Yu never inquire about her husband's affairs after he went out, which is also the trust between the couple. She was uneasy and could not be rejected when socializing in the officialdom. Her husband is so talented and handsome.

The next day, Cao Yong, who had a good sleep, finally got to the Ministry of Personnel to hand over the errands, and then went to the Ministry of Revenue to work as an office worker.

The incident in Henan has spread here in the capital, but no one dares to say "rebellion". It is just that it is the stake of local officials that has aroused public anger, and so on.

Cao Yong went there for three months. He saw that he had succeeded and changed the Minister of Justice to pass by. The credit was just about to run away.

When my colleagues mentioned that many people were worried about Cao Yong. When Cao Yong came back, they asked about Henan Prefecture in addition to greetings and reporting on important events in the past few months.

Although the Kang brothers have been in the Governor's Yamen Prison, the court did not intend to escort them back to the capital, but instead sent officials from the Ministry of Justice to go down, which seems to be to learn about the matter in Henan.

Cao Yong didn't know what crime the court would use to close the case, so he didn't have much to say, so he mentioned a few words in a general way and did not elaborate on it.

After squeezing for several months, he needed to review and sign the official documents, and piled them up two feet high. Cao Yong was busy for a while.

When Cao Yong heard the movement outside and felt his arms sore, it was already noon.

The Sixteenth Prince is here.

The Sixteenth Prince had a lot of words to say to Cao Yong, so he naturally couldn't wait for him to fall into the yamen.

Coincidentally, Cao Yong was a little hungry, so the two of them went out together, found a restaurant, and asked for a private room to sit in.

This is next to the six ministries' yamen, and the officials who come and go are not attracted by the officials, so Cao Yong is not attracted by the official uniform. The Sixteenth Prince is free. Except for the court meeting, he is always wearing regular clothes, and the two of them are not attracted by the eyes.

"What kind of financial resources do you need the Ministry of Internal Affairs to provide 100,000 taels of silver every year?" The Sixteenth Prince ordered a few dishes casually, sent the waiter out, and asked impatiently.

I knew that when I was outside, he lowered the volume in order to prevent the partition wall from being heard.

This cannot be explained clearly in one sentence. Cao Yong said: "It's just adding a few new items to the Office of the Internal Affairs. The Sixteenth Prince came to me after he fell into the yamen. Let's talk about it in detail."

"If you have a capital of 100,000 yuan, how much profit will you get in a year?" The sixteenth prince asked with his eyes shining.

Cao Yong thought about it and said, "More than a few percent? If you say less, you can have twice as many words. If you say more, you can have three or five times as many words?"

"What business is so profitable?" The sixteenth prince was overjoyed when he heard this: "Furoro, you don't know that the inner treasury is not rich now, so you have to transfer to the Ministry of Revenue and repair a few gardens. Even if you don't mention it, I will also urge you to think of some ways to make money, otherwise I will have to push the tank in front of the Emperor Ama. The Ministry of Revenue will receive donations and can still last for a while, and the inner treasury cannot be empty."

Since the Sixteenth Prince sucked opium and quit it, he not only hated opium, but also hated tobacco.

This time, what Cao Yong thought about was the cigarette business.

Although the people have no money, bureaucratic landlords are all silver owners, and Cao Yong can only make up the idea of ​​luxury goods.

Tobacco was introduced to the mainland since the Ming Dynasty. Over the past few hundred years, it has become very popular and has many smokers. If the large tobacco pipes can be developed into cigarettes, it will definitely be a free return. Secondly, it is foreign trade.

According to Wei Xin's previous news in Guangzhou, cigarettes should not have been released in Europe and the United States.

Just as the waiter came to bring the food and drinks, Cao Yong said with a smile: "Eat first, and then talk about it in detail after finding a secluded place."

Although the sixteenth prince was anxious, he saw that Cao Yong was unwilling to say it and knew that this was not a place to speak, so he stopped talking.

After dinner, Cao Yong returned to the yamen. The sixteenth prince made an appointment with him and went to his house for a while before returning to the palace first.
To be continued...