Brother Jiu pinched Shu Shu's face and said with a smile: "Since the opening of the sea in the 24th year, Zhejiang merchants and Fujian merchants have taken over the Nanyang trade routes, Guangdong merchants have gone to the West, Shanxi merchants, and Hui merchants have gone to the East. Even if
I’m wondering, where else can I insert it?”
Shu Shu: "..."
I'm really not familiar with these.
Isn’t it suppressing business?
Only for the inside and not for those going out?
"They all sell silk and porcelain?"
Shu Shu thought for a while, but still didn't want to give up, and continued to ask: "Are these the only ones recognized outside? That would be too monotonous?"
"The bulk ones include raw silk, and the rest are all in pieces..."
Brother Ninth said: "Don't worry, don't worry about it, good boy...these customs are managed by the Ministry of Revenue, and I am already in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It's not good to interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, otherwise it will be over...
…”
Shu Shu thought of the tea garden. The domestic tea market is not yet mature. Even if there is foreign trade tea, it is only sold on the border.
"Since private trade has been liberalized, let's organize a fleet ourselves in the future..."
Shu Shu asked tentatively.
It would be best if the clan members were released and opened their eyes to see the world so that they would no longer deceive themselves and others.
Brother Jiu glanced at Shu Shu: "How many of those things are sold? That would be to compete with the people for profit. If you want to be criticized, the censor will also impeach..."
At this point, he thought of the medicine. He paused, then shook his head and said, "This cannot be mass-produced. It's thousands of miles away and there aren't that many buyers. At most, it's just passing by..."
Mongolia is optimistic because the Mongolian princes will respect the imperial court and believe in the authority of the "imperial medicine", which foreigners will not recognize.
Over there, there were kings, big and small.
The smallest country, I heard, is not as big as a county in the Qing Dynasty.
So the palace, the royal palace, etc., are just the same thing.
"Have you forgotten the tea?"
Shu Shu held Brother Jiu's hand: "I heard that the Western side is similar to the Mongolian Rakshasa side. Our ancestors were also nomadic, and their diet mainly consisted of meat and milk... Mongolians can't live without tea, so can they live without it?
I will ask you to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to inquire about the tea trade. If there is little external contact and there is really a vacancy, we can give it a try..."
Brother Jiu listened and thought about it carefully.
With a smile on his face, he said with pride: "Not only tea is good, but I also thought of something else..."
Shu Shu asked curiously: "What?"
"tobacco leaf……"
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said: "Dry tobacco was introduced by the Portuguese, and snuff has been introduced in recent years... Let's find a way to process the tobacco leaves and make something similar to snus to sell back..."
Shu Shu took Brother Jiu's hand and groped for his thumb.
Do you still need to think about it?
Just use doctrine.
Cigar!
Brother Jiu was numb from being touched, looked outside, and whispered: "It's still early, wait until dark..."
Shu Shu was embarrassed by what he said, and clapped his hand: "What are you thinking? I just thought that the craftsmen in the palace are more exquisite, and they can make countless patterns just by twisting their fingers... It doesn't necessarily have to be positioned as a finger twister.
, but if you really want to form a caravan, you can also add in-house made things... Things are somewhat expensive, and foreign goods are very expensive when they arrive in the capital. So the things we have here come from the mysterious ancient Eastern countries and can also be sold in the West.
A high price…”
But it is limited to gold and silverware, because the current gem cutting and polishing technology is still very backward.
"Take your time, always do the things in front of you first, then Khan Amma can trust me to hand over the Ministry of Internal Affairs to me..."
Brother Jiu said: "The cost of this kind of business is too high and it involves too many things. We can't do it ourselves... There are two ways. One is to unite the clan and find a few wealthy princes to form a partnership; the other is to persuade Khan Ama to make a deal within the family."
In the name of the government...comparing the two, naturally the latter is better..."
Having said this, he became interested and stood up and said, "I'm going to walk around the Imperial Pharmacy and look for Imperial Doctor Yin..."
Having said this, he lowered his voice, hugged Shu Shu's waist, and whispered: "I'm going to ask for some patent medicines. Let's try the effects..."
What a coincidence.
Among the patent medicines prepared in the Imperial Pharmacy, there happened to be a prescription using deer blood as the main ingredient.
The deer blood used as medicine is not fresh and difficult to store, but dried deer blood that has been dried into flocculent form.
It's called Deer Blood Ginseng Antler Pills, which is similar to what the couple talked about when they were gossiping before.
It's an old recipe passed down from the former Chao Tai Hospital.
Just by hearing the name, you can tell that it is good and uses precious medicinal materials.
Deer blood, ginseng, deer antler, etc., plus more than a dozen other medicinal materials, are carefully prepared.
Brother Jiu happily came back with two pills. He waited until midnight to test the efficacy of the medicine.
The effect is even better than deer blood wine, it can be said to be as powerful as the sky.
In the early morning of the next day, Brother Jiu discussed with Shu Shu: "I feel like I can't exert enough energy, can I stop using the medicinal soup?"
Shu Shu's face was full of peach blossoms, delicate and weak, she shook her head gently and said: "I have also read the "Huangdi Neijing" and know that the internal organs have their own duties... That medicine is to regulate the spleen and stomach..."
It’s not a kidney tonic!
Besides, the strength I gained last night was the effect of ginseng and deer blood.
As for kidney failure or not...
Anyway, Shu Shu decided not to ask him to eat this anymore.
If you become addicted, it will not only damage your body, but also make you suffer.
Brother Ninth also said the same thing.
He picked up the remaining Deer Blood Ginseng Antler Pill and said: "This looks too easy to deal with. It is just an ordinary wax seal. Later we will replace it with gold foil and put a brocade box on the outside. The name will also be a bit plain..."
Shu Shu thought of the Ganoderma lucidum powder before and suggested: "If you want this, you must buy that first, and then sell it..."
The effect of Ganoderma powder alone is not as obvious as this, so I'm afraid it won't be sold at a high price.
Brother Jiu said again: "You can't say it's for sale... It's become a business, and it doesn't sound so precious anymore..."
Shu Shu nodded, so the quantity must be controlled.
Sold privately to a small group of people.
During the next trip, Brother Ninth became very busy.
The entire northern patrol team slowly moved northeastward within the Mulan Paddock.
Change rows every three days, one row at a time.
In addition to the Eight Banners siege carried out previously, there are also the Shangsan Banner siege, Mongolian Eight Banners siege, etc.
A steady stream of tributes also entered the dining room.
The tributes in the paddock include deer tongue, deer intestines, deer intestines, deer tripe, deer tendons...
It's called "Lugong".
In addition to various deer products, there are also roe deer, deer deer, tree chickens, pheasants, wild ducks, etc. as tribute.
There are also wild fruits such as mountain pear and mountain red.
This is called "fresh tribute in October", and annual tribute will be paid in November.
After Kangxi spoke, Shu Shu was ready to eat and relaxed her hands and feet.
Yi Mian prepared more than a dozen boxes at one time.
Each box contains twenty pieces of bread.
Both the 10th and 13th princes like to eat this.
In addition to Yi noodles, other convenience foods include fried noodles and nut lotus root starch.
They can be eaten by soaking in water.
Meat snacks, in addition to pork jerky and pork dates, we also make venison jerky and venison jerky.
The rest are various sauces, venison sauce, pheasant sauce, mushroom sauce, etc.
There is also a chili sauce that is fried in butter and is similar to hot pot base.
The only sugars available are sesame candy and amber walnuts.
As for snacks, we have prepared small twists and red bean cakes, millet pancakes, and yam cakes, all of which are shelf-stable.
You can't just use the dining room all the time and prepare all these in one day.
The several large boxes that had been vacated before were all filled.
The tenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother looked at it with smiles on their faces, and then they went to the imperial court with confidence.
Seeing the excitement here, Wufujin came over to watch and couldn't help but count.
Okay?
Six or seven boxes were packed.
"This is too much..."
Wu Fujin was very surprised: "Can you finish it?"
She arrived yesterday, following her fifth elder brother, to gather with the large army.
Shu Shu nodded with helplessness: "I didn't expect so much, but the thirteenth brother is always worried about not having enough food, so he repeatedly told me to prepare more to avoid being left behind..."
So today, several stoves were set aside in the dining room to prepare these.
After struggling for a long time, I came up with more than a dozen kinds.
Only half of the boxes were packed in front of me. The other half was given to Kangxi as a filial piety, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Yi, and the small head was given to several elder brothers.
Speaking of her brother-in-law, Young Master Shu Shu couldn't help asking Wu Fujin: "Sister-in-law, my tenth brother's birthday will be in ten days. What was my sister-in-law like last year..."
Previously, it was Brother Seventh's birthday in July, so the Second Institute prepared an antique smoker.
It can be considered that he likes it, because the seventh prince likes antiques.
The tenth prince is naturally closer than the seventh prince.
But I haven't heard of any obvious preferences for the tenth prince.
Ask Brother Ninth about this, he should know more about it.
But Shu Shu still wants to hear what the routine is.
Because October is the tenth prince and November is the thirteenth prince, their birthdays are one month apart.
Wu Fujin thought for a while and said: "Brother, I haven't left the study room. I just change pens, inks, paper and inkstones. I can't go wrong..."
Thinking about the good relationship between the tenth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, she had to remind: "For the rest, you should ask uncle nine, who is the real brother..."
Shu Shu nodded, naturally she would not go beyond Brother Nine.
Thinking of this, Shu Shu felt strange.
She has always treated Brother Ten as a child.
I feel like he is a young man with a good inner appearance.
As a result, it was not until Brother Ten's birthday that he discovered that he was born on October 11th and was two days older than her.
hehe……
Xing Zai is still pretty much the same Xing Zai.
But there is an undercurrent surging.
It turned out that there was an old Taiji who was complaining to the emperor that he was getting older, lacked energy, and had no children. He felt sorry for his ancestors, so he got pity from the emperor and gave him medicine.
One portion of Ganoderma Longevity Powder and one portion of Yanzi Pills.
It’s hard to say how effective Ganoderma Longevity Powder is, but Yanzi Pills are very effective.
That old Taiji delivered the medicine with warm wine that night, and not only brought the county prince's wife into the tent, but also two girls.
It screamed and screamed all night, disturbing many people.
The camps of the princes of various Mongolian tribes are all connected to each other.
If there is any disturbance, it will naturally spread a lot.
What man can say no to this?
Especially older men.
Let’s talk about being lustful and not lustful, as long as the glory rises again, it is what the heart wants.
Otherwise, it will be a useless old animal. Who will look down on it?
Lao Taiji tasted the sweetness and couldn't let it go. He wanted to go to the emperor to express his gratitude. The purpose was just to ask for medicine.
For the sake of future generations, this is a big deal.
Kangxi was busy, and not everyone could see the post.
Lao Taiji made several posts asking for permission to meet with your Majesty, but none of them were approved. He had no choice but to take out several gold cakes before he started talking to Eunuch Liang.
"That's imperial medicine. There isn't much of it. It's a recipe passed down from the previous palace. The medicinal materials are also scarce. There aren't many in total. It was hard for the emperor to see you before, so he felt pity for you, so he rewarded you."
One pill came out... But I don’t know how this news got out. Nowadays, there are so many people asking for medicine, and the emperor is also in a dilemma... The emperor is the ruler of the world, and it is not good to be biased... As for you, you should think of something else as soon as possible..."
Lao Taiji was as clueless as a chicken and didn't know what this "rut" was. He followed others and complained: "I heard it's a good thing, but asking for it all is just donkey stuff... Grandsons and great-grandsons all
It's running all over the ground with a messy gut, it's not a good thing..."
He is different from others!
He really wants a child!
I felt powerless before, so I gave up the idea.
Now that you see a glimmer of hope, how can you be willing to give up?