When the twelfth elder brother finished lunch and left, the ninth elder brother did not go to Changchun Garden immediately, but returned to the main room and prepared to take a nap.
After a month of duck raids, and the current hot weather, the frogs finally stopped singing, but the cicadas chirped one after another.
Shu Shu and Brother Jiu were so disturbed that they had no choice but to ask Xiao Song to bring two young eunuchs with them and start sticking cicadas with sticky sticks.
The couple was lying at the window watching the fun.
Seeing the good effect, Brother Jiu couldn't help but feel moved.
When he went to Changchun Garden in the afternoon, he went to the guard duty room. The minister in charge of the guard duty today was Fushan, and he was also familiar with it. He was Ama from Erhe, the second-class guard of the Prince's Mansion.
Brother Jiu was not polite and said: "Master Fu, do you remember if there is a 'Shang Yu Reserve' under the guard office? What do you do on weekdays and how many people are there in total?"
Fushan said: "Exactly, he is responsible for the fishing and hunting matters during the emperor's patrol. The bodyguards will be selected from among the bodyguards. There are a total of forty bodyguards."
It's just a casual job, something to do when serving the emperor on patrol, such as sticking birds, fishing and so on.
Brother Jiu said: "That's just right. The cicadas are chirping very loudly now. Don't just be an errand when the Holy Driver is traveling. Let's work now!"
Fushan: "..."
He saw that Brother Jiu didn't respond immediately.
Although they all work in the palace, the guard office is not under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Jiu said: "Qingxi Bookstore is an important place where the Holy Master is located. I can't force the eunuchs to come over and stick to the cicadas. Aren't you the right ones? Aren't you just waiting for me?"
Seeing that Fu Shan was in a bit of a dilemma, he patted his forehead and said, "Okay, I'll go to the emperor first to ask for the order."
He went to Qingxi Bookstore again, feeling a little annoyed.
I just wanted to save some money and not increase expenses, so I didn't plan to specially arrange this temporary vacancy.
After all, cicadas sing for a limited number of days, only about forty days in total.
The result was neglect.
When he arrived outside Qingxi Bookstore, Brother Jiu directly told the eunuch at the door to ask him to come.
The eunuch did not send a message immediately, but bowed and reminded in a low voice: "Master Jiu, the prince is here."
It's not good to go in and pass the message directly.
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Okay, when the prince comes out, you can go in and report, and I will check the room and wait."
The eunuch said with gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Jiu, for your consideration. I will definitely not delay. When the prince comes out, I will report it immediately."
Brother Jiu didn't take it seriously and went to the check-in room outside.
There was an ice basin in the duty room, and there was an official waiting to see him. He was in his early fifties, with a strong body, wearing a second-grade Suan Ni tonic suit, and his face was dark red.
Seeing the yellow belt around Brother Jiu's waist, the man stood up hurriedly.
The person who was on duty in the room said to the ninth elder brother: "This is Mr. Gao Bisheng, the commander-in-chief of Yunnan Kaihua..."
After saying that, he said to the military attaché: "This is Master Jiu..."
Gao Bisheng hurriedly made a thousand gifts and said: "Slave Gao Bisheng has met Master Jiu and wishes Master Jiu well."
When Brother Ninth heard about Yunnan, he couldn't help but feel moved. He nodded and said, "Get up. Is this a message from Your Majesty or a meeting with Your Majesty?"
Your Majesty's Ci is before you leave the capital for other places.
Your Majesty saw it just after entering the capital from other places.
The man stood up and said, "I arrived in Beijing yesterday and handed over a note to the Emperor and Master to greet him."
Brother Jiu understood that he was returning from his post and would normally be promoted.
There is no need to come back to report on my work in this place thousands of miles away.
He sat on the chair and motioned to General Gao to sit down too, saying: "How far is Yunnan Kaihua Prefecture from Jingdong Prefecture?"
General Gao sat down next to the chair, thought for a moment, and said, "The mountain roads are quite winding, and it takes 1,300 miles."
Brother Jiu was stunned. He really didn't expect that the same province was so far away. It was equivalent to walking halfway through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.
He immediately lost interest.
The local Green Camp and Eight Banners cannot leave their bases at will.
It is reasonable to say that it is familiar to people with a radius of one or two hundred miles, but it is more than a thousand miles away, and there is no chance to get there.
Seeing Brother Jiu's dismay, Commander-in-Chief Gao hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Jiu wants to ask Nian Tongzhi of Jingdong Mansion?"
Brother Jiu looked at General Gao out of curiosity and said, "Listen to this, do you know Nian Xiyao?"
Gao Zongbing said: "My hometown is Guangning. I am from the same hometown as the Nian family. I am still a junior of my old relatives."
Brother Jiu then became interested and said, "How is Nian Xiyao now? When can he come back to report on his work?"
Gao Zongbing said: "Before I returned to Beijing, I received a letter from Nian Xiyao. It sounds like everything is fine. As for returning to Beijing, I can't say that. Yunnan is remote, and most local officials are only allowed to serve after serving two terms."
Upgrade."
Brother Jiu heard this and did some calculations in his mind.
Nian Xiyao took office last year, so he could not be transferred from Yunnan until the 43rd year of Kangxi's reign at the earliest.
Just in time, in six years, everything should be ready in the tea garden.
He was in a good mood and said: "Jingdong Prefecture produces tea, but does Kaihua Prefecture have any specialties?"
Gao Zongbing said: "The civilized earth rituals include Panax notoginseng and Dendrobium."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu immediately became serious and said, "Then how much did you bring back to Beijing this time? Are you rich?"
General Gao said: "Right now, there are still five jins of Panax notoginseng and five jins of dendrobium, which have not been distributed yet."
Brother Jiu immediately said: "I've taken care of it, and I'll settle it for you at twice the outside market price!"
General Gao hurriedly said: "You're welcome, if Master Jiu wants to use it, just take it."
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "What's the matter? It's no longer blackmailing officials! I'm not short of money, so why should you be filial to me?"
At this point, he asked: "Which flag do you belong to? Whose belongs to you? Do you want to leave some for the flag owner?"
"The slave is the one who put up the red flag of the Han army, and the slave's master is Su Beizi. The master has left five kilograms each," said the general soldier.
Brother Ninth laughed sarcastically.
What a coincidence, it turned out to be the Zuo leader population under the name of Sunu Beizi.
It's really a coincidence.
Brother Ninth remembered a piece of news about a red flag, and said: "A while ago, a red flag deputy missed his job and was demoted. Are you going to fill that vacancy this time?"
Commander-in-Chief Gao shook his head and said, "This slave is returning to Beijing to correct the vice-capital of the Red Banner Han Army."
Brother Jiu nodded.
This is in line with the rules. Starting from the past few years, the selection of commanders and deputy commanders of each banner was not only conducted within the banner, but also expanded to the selection of the left and right wings of the eight banners.
The left wing of the Eight Banners is yellow, straight white, white, and blue. The right wing of the Eight Banners is yellow, red, red, and blue.
While they were talking, Liang Jiugong came over and said, "Master Jiu, the emperor's biography is here."
Brother Jiu stood up and said to Mr. Gao, "Old Gao, just wait a moment. I will leave after just a few words."
He didn't know that there were officials waiting to see him in the afternoon, so he asked the eunuch to report directly, but he jumped in line once.
General Gao hurriedly said: "I'm not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry."
Brother Jiu didn't say anything else and followed Liang Jiugong out.
Liang Jiugong was puzzled and said, "Master Jiu still knows the local officials?"
Brother Jiu said: "I heard that he came back from Kaihua Mansion, so I started a conversation and bought a few kilograms of panax notoginseng and dendrobium."
Liang Jiugong smiled and didn't know how to answer the question. It was really something Jiuye could do.
He is really not afraid of strangers. When they meet for the first time, they can bring out their old friendship.
When he arrived at the imperial court and waited for Brother Jiu to greet him, Kangxi asked: "Is Piku finished cleaning up? How is the loss?"
He was worried that the fur would be ruined due to its age and careless preservation.
After guessing the time, I thought Brother Jiu was here for this matter.
Brother Jiu was stunned, he really didn't expect to ask this.
He was a little confused.
It sounded like a complaint.
But if we don’t say anything, how will the account be returned?
Kangxi raised his eyebrows and said, "You're not here because of Piku's affairs? Then why do you want to see me?"
Brother Jiu did not answer immediately, but listened to the chirping of cicadas outside.
Qingxi Bookstore faces water in front and back and is surrounded by trees. The sound of the cicadas chirping is much louder than that of the North Five.
The ninth elder brother said: "My son came here for the sound of cicadas. When I was at my elder brother's house at noon, I saw the girl brought the eunuch to stick the cicadas with sticky sticks. The effect was good. I thought of Khan Ama's place, so I just went to the guard's office.
Ask the manpower at the 'Shangyu Reserve' if there are sticks or something there. You can take turns after going into hiding, so you don't have to hire another manpower. You only need to prepare a salary for one and a half months. There is no need to pay money at other times, Mr. Fu.
He didn't dare to respond, so my son finally came to his senses. This time the order was reversed, and he hadn't even come to the emperor to ask for the order."
This was due to filial piety, and Kangxi didn't care. He thought about it and said, "It's better to use bodyguards, who are more flexible."
In the past two days, we also arranged for the little eunuch to stick to the cicada, but the effect was not great and it made people feel upset.
Kangxi did not forget Brother Jiu's strange behavior just now, and said, "Did Piku find out that there was something wrong?"
If that was the case, he wouldn't be worried about the remaining four warehouses.
Brother Jiu thought for a while, but decided to tell the truth, and said: "There are no omissions in the account, except for the damage, it is 2.5% less than the inventory. It was spent by Yuqing Palace, and Hanhu is recorded in the account."
, I only recorded the date of payment, but there was no reason for it. My son was worried that a slave from Yuqing Palace would pretend to claim it, so he ordered me to remember carefully in the future, which master used it when and for what purpose."
Kangxi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said: "Two and a half percent? Where are the account books?"
Brother Jiu said: "At the check-in office in the garden."
Kangxi said: "Ask someone to bring it."
Brother Jiu agreed and went out to tell He Yuzhu to deliver all the four account books in the morning.
He Yuzhu trotted away, and after a quarter of an hour, he came back panting.
Brother Jiu took four account books and returned to Qingxi Bookstore and presented them to the emperor with both hands.
Kangxi briefly looked through the first three account books and focused on the fourth one.
No wonder Brother Jiu was worried about someone pretending to get it. Normally, he starts buying winter clothes after the beginning of autumn. This is the time to get large woolen fabrics and small woolen fabrics. As a result, the time for Yuqing Palace to use leather materials is all over the place.
four seasons.
In addition to large and small woolen materials, the ivory mats are also received at a strange time. There are records not only at the beginning of summer, but also in autumn and winter.
There are only ivory mats, and there are twenty-two beds in front and behind Yuqing Palace.
But there are only six people in Yuqing Palace who can be called masters. Including the late Li family, there are only seven people. How many children do they have, and three ivory mats per person?
There were no ivory mats for the concubines and concubines in the harem.
Let’s look at the use of large woolen materials. In only thirty-eight years and one year, he received two tiger skins, eight black fox skins, eight silver fox skins, four rolls of sable skins, and twelve rolls of sable skins.
Kangxi looked at this number and was speechless for a while.
Because he had to prepare a dowry for Jiugege, he also read the documents on the princess's dowry from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He remembered clearly that the large woolen materials in the princess's dowry were not as much as what was spent this year.
A few days ago, he thought that Brother Jiu was a prodigal, but now he finally knew what real prodigal was...