Several masters in the palace saw the filial piety of the ninth elder brother later.
One serving of shark fin casserole per person.
In Ningshou Palace.
The Queen Mother ate it more fragrantly, it was hot, sticky, and the soup was rich, so she found it delicious.
As we get older, the taste becomes stronger.
If you don’t like clear soup and lack of water, you will like thick oily red sauce.
"This is good. It looks like a fan and tastes delicious..."
The Queen Mother praised Aunt Bai.
Aunt Bai said with a smile: "The emperor has sent a lot of them before, and they are all stored in the warehouse. There is also a cook on the stove who knows how to cook them. You have eaten them once and then stopped ordering them. You are disgusted by them."
The Queen Mother thought of this and said with a smile: "It's not as delicious as the ones outside anyway. Don't leave the ingredients in vain. It's a waste. It won't be good after a long time. Tomorrow you go to my brother's house and let Shu Shu think about it." There are also several other seafood on it, but the previous ways of eating it either couldn't hide the fishy smell or were so salty that even I didn't like it."
Aunt Bai responded with a smile and said: "There are also dried abalones as big as a palm, dried prawns as thick as a finger, and fish maws as long as an arm, but they are all sitting there in vain."
The Queen Mother said proudly: "Take them all, take them all."
Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
Kangxi was somewhat used to his filial piety towards his ninth elder brother.
He usually looks weird and annoying, but occasionally he is considerate and sensible.
He asked casually: "Do you know how many copies Jiu Age got?"
Liang Jiugong bowed and replied: "Your Majesty asked, and I was curious. I even asked that guy He Yuzhu a few questions, and I got five copies in total."
After Kangxi heard this, he thought it was because the Second Institute had left two portions, and said: "I ate at noon, and I will eat more at night. I want to see what delicious food is available, so that he can start to have a better appetite..."
Liang Jiugong said: "One of them entered the Yanxi Palace..."
When Kangxi heard this, surprise appeared on his face.
Liang Jiugong, who was on the sidelines, understood the situation and said, "He Yuzhu said that Master Jiu thought that the prince was attending a funeral outside, and the Empress of Yanxi Palace was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so she showed her filial piety."
Kangxi snorted: "You are really not clever. How can you be so filial?"
They all have the same concubines, some have them and some don't.
But he didn't mean to be angry. If he had taken care of everything, he wouldn't be the ninth elder brother.
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In Yikun Palace.
Concubine Yi also heard about this, with a smile on her face, but she complained: "Really, no matter how old you are, you don't think carefully about your actions. The older you are, the less thoughtful you are!"
Xianglan said: "Brother has a kind heart. He has always been like this since he was a child. He shows pity to the poor and the weak."
Concubine Yi curled her lips and said with displeasure: "You are just a big fool. The kind words from others make you confused. Fortunately, the tenth brother is here..."
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In Yanxi Palace.
Concubine Hui was very surprised to receive such filial respect.
She followed the nanny beside her and sighed and said: "When I was young, I was pink and tender, but I was very delicate, like a little princess, and I was still timid. Even a fart could scare me into tears, and it would only take a blink of an eye." , grow up, be filial and considerate, and Concubine Yi will be blessed."
Mammy said hurriedly: "Brother Ninth is good, but our county prince has nothing to say about his filial piety towards the empress. When we got useful and delicious things before, how could we not show filial piety to the empress first?"
Concubine Hui shook her head and said: "There is no need to add glory to his face. I still don't know what his virtues are from my intestines? I am not a careful person. How can I think of this? Every time Dafujin comes to see him under his banner
I know who actually organized the things. Unfortunately, I am not lucky enough. Such a filial daughter-in-law cannot last long..."
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Second house, main house.
Shu Shu also ate shark fin.
How do you say this?
The ingredients themselves have a fishy smell, so they need to be freshened up after removing the fishy smell, mixed together, and simmered in the sauce.
It’s more about the flavor of the ingredients and broth.
It's rare that Brother Ninth can think of her while eating out. This is a good habit.
Shu Shu decided to encourage her.
A casserole of shark fin is actually not a lot.
Shu Shu ate two spoonfuls and left most of the food untouched.
When Brother Jiu came back in the evening and had a late meal, he saw this shark fin casserole.
Brother Jiu frowned and said, "Don't you like eating? Why don't you move?"
Shu Shu smiled and said, "I want to wait for you to come back and eat with me."
Brother Jiu disagreed and said: "It tastes best if you eat it while it's hot. It's not a rare thing. You're still waiting for me to come back."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "I tried it while it was hot and it was really delicious. I just want to eat it with me..."
Today's dinner was late, so Shu Shu asked the waiter to steam rice.
The method of scooping the rice first and then steaming it.
The rice steamed in this way is very soft.
Even if you eat it at this time, you don’t have to worry about Brother Jiu not digesting it.
Shu Shu filled half a bowl of rice, then poured a few spoons of shark fin on top, which was a portion of shark fin rice, and handed it to Brother Jiu.
"Why are you eating like this, with soup and rice?"
Brother Jiu picked it up out of curiosity.
What Shu Shu disliked the most before was eating this way.
Every time when eating rice, don't put the vegetables on the rice, but use a separate plate.
Shu Shu smiled and said: "Just thinking of this way of eating, you can eat not only shark's fin, sea cucumber, and grilled abalone like this..."
As she said this, she followed the same example and made half a bowl herself.
The remaining shark's fin was directly placed on a two-large bowl of rice, and the walnuts were tossed and said: "Send it to the third house while it's hot. It will become fishy when it's cold."
Walnut held his rice bowl and hurried away.
Brother Jiu remembered something and said: "By the way, I heard from He Yuzhu that the restaurant where I went to buy shark fin today also has bear paws. You need to book that one in advance. We didn't get it in the paddock. Do you want to try it later?
Try it out?”
Shu Shu had already heard from He Yuzhu that he bought a total of five shark fins today.
It's still a bit eye-catching.
She smiled and advised: "Let's forget it for now and wait until we move out next year.
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "That's right. It's a serious matter for me to go to the inner hall today. Prince Fujin is the elder, so he keeps it for dinner. Normally, it's not easy to eat and drink."
Mentioning this, he remembered that he hadn't gone to Qianqing Palace yet.
Look it's dark outside.
Brother Ninth decided to talk about it tomorrow.
The couple sat opposite each other.
Half a bowl of shark fin with rice per person.
After finishing the last bite, Brother Jiu said with satisfaction: "It tastes better than eating shark fin directly. The taste is all in the soup."
Shu Shu was already thinking about the overseas goods and said to Brother Jiu: "Sir, has the annual tribute from Shandong arrived in Beijing? How about we ask about the 'loss'?"
Brother Jiu glanced at her in confusion and said: "Why, ask me about Shandong Niangong? Do you want sheepskins? You don't need to ask them for that, they can be sold in Beijing."
Shu Shu pointed at the shark fin and said: "Why is it sheepskin? I heard that there are shark fins in the palace. They are in the dining room of Qianqing Palace. They were brought as tribute by the governor of Shandong..."
Brother Jiu heard this and said with a smile: "That's not a yearly tribute. The governor of Shandong pays three tributes a year. Shark's fins, dried razor clams, kelp, seaweed, eucheuma and other seafood are all tribute to the Dragon Boat Festival, longevity fruit, persimmon frost , golden jujubes, barley rice, these are the Mid-Autumn Festival tributes, and the New Year tributes are mainly sheepskins of various colors, and there are a few kinds of noodles."
Shu Shu is embarrassed, so you have to pay tribute so many times?!
It’s normal to think about it.
Away from the capital, even the local emperors did not dare to slack off and always wanted to improve their favorability in front of the emperor.
There is also the opportunity to send people around the capital to gather information and so on.
According to the rules of the officialdom, these local officials would regularly write letters asking for an audience with your Majesty.
After getting approval, these people come to Beijing and they are just boys who want to spread their wealth.
All the six yamen in Beijing, including court officials and division officers, must show filial piety.
Coming to the DPRK in the winter is called "Carbon Jing", and coming to the DPRK in the summer is called "Bing Jing".
Brother Jiu said: "You want to eat seafood? Don't bother, there is a special seafood shop in the outer city, which deals with the business of these Shandong officials. Just send people back to purchase... the ingredients on the market. The quality is average. If you want good quality, you have to send people to Shandong to purchase it."
Shu Shu hurriedly said: "No, no, who would eat this every day? Let's move out and stock up later."
Wait until the two of them wash up.
Shu Shu let her hair down, and the ninth elder brother said: "The county prince Fujin and the old Shi Fujin both returned gifts, so I ended up in the Yamen."
Shu Shu asked curiously: "What is it? Have you seen it?"
Brother Jiu said: "After taking a quick look, I saw that what Fujin gave me was a set of many treasures, and the special one was a pair of gold-headed hairpins."
Brother Ninth was not left behind, but he had no intention of bringing him back.
The pair of golden hairpins are the image of a boy picking peaches.
But remembering that Shu Shu seemed to like those colorful Mongolian-style accessories, Brother Jiu thought it was better not to be so careful.
Shu Shu smiled and said: "This is taking advantage, taking the box press and exchanging it for good things."
Brother Jiu thought of Taiji's generosity today and said, "The Abahai tribe is really rich. How many horses do you think they are going to give Lao Shi Fujin as a dowry?"
Shu Shu thought for a while and said: "One hundred horses? Or more, two hundred horses?"
Mongolian horses are valuable and are more suitable as war horses.
The Eight Banners vest is a cavalry battle, and each vest requires three horses.
However, the number of horses that the court can replenish every year is fixed.
There are about 10,000 northwest horses on the Chama Division side.
Basically, the garrisons in the northwest provinces were replenished on the spot, and they could not reach the capital at all.
The supply at the Eight Banners Racecourse is also often insufficient.
Therefore, it is really grand to send such a large number of horses to the capital as dowry.
Brother Jiu stretched out his hand and said, "Five hundred horses!"
Shu Shu was shocked.
If you want to know about Zhenghongqi Ranch, it’s just outside of your mouth.
Shu Shu's little red horse was bred there.
There are more than two thousand horses there in total, most of which are mules and only four to five hundred geldings.
The number of horses produced each year is only 400.
This is supplied to the entire Zhenghongqi officers and soldiers.
"This amount is too big. It's hard for the tenth brother to keep it in his hands..."
Shu Shu felt it was inappropriate: "It's better to find a way to stop it, or something else. Most of the Niu Hulu family members are in the military. When the time comes, shamelessly stick to them and stop taking advantage of their family..."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Don't worry, I have it all in my hands. I'll ask Khan Ama tomorrow about the calculation."
The cost of "Yan Zong Pill" is all in Brother Jiu's heart.
Since half of the thousand horses were Buyin Gege's dowry, Brother Jiu had no intention of getting his hands on them.
When the time comes, I will break off the money and find some good things from the Guangzhou Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to use as a dowry for Buying Gege. I can't really let her suffer.
Brother Jiu understood it well.
Khan Amma still has to account for half of the profit from selling the medicine.
So don't get confused.
To save Buyin Gege from suffering a loss, Lao Shi will suffer a loss.
He clearly understands the distance between people who are close and distant from each other.
The next day, noon.
Brother Jiu estimated the meal time at Qianqing Palace and arrived outside Qianqing Palace a quarter of an hour early.
Liang Jiugong saw it with a smile and passed it on inside.
On weekdays, the emperor might be too lazy to see you, but he just ate shark fin yesterday, which is the time for eating people with short mouths.
Brother Jiu was puzzled when he was laughed at.
He had long forgotten about the shark fin matter.
Now all I can think about is how to exchange those thousand horses with the emperor's father.
Buyingege's five hundred horses were not counted as profit, so he directly used silver to prepare things.
For the remaining 500 horses, after deducting a small part of the cost, he and Amma would split the rest 50-50.
Don't take advantage of anyone.
Forget about his profit.
Who said it was the Abahai tribe and not another tribe?
It was Lao Shi's father-in-law's house, and the person doing the transaction was his brother-in-law.
This profit was also used to exchange things with Khan Ama, and was given directly to Lao Shi so that Lao Shi could add makeup to Buyin Gege.
Brother Ninth had a small calculation in his mind, and the allocation was clear. When he entered the Xinuang Pavilion, he smiled brightly when he saw Kangxi sitting in the seat.
"Khan Amma, I bring you good news, we are opening!"
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