In the past few days, Gao Bin also found people from the Shandong Governor's Mansion outside. Unfortunately, Gongyu had been robbed long ago.
The man was quite clever. He knew that someone from the Ninth Prince wanted to buy it, so he recommended it to a Lu merchant from Jinan Guild Hall who traveled to the capital.
Lu Shang accepted the deposit and agreed to send people back to Jinan to select these items.
If the distance between Jinan and Beijing is fast, it can take a month to go back and forth.
Brother Jiu put aside the matter for the time being and asked someone to get corn and potato seeds as well.
I also plan to try these two in autumn and winter.
"It's a pity. If these two things are grown in holes, the yield doesn't count. It's just a matter of understanding a thing or two first..."
Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu.
Shu Shu said: "Are you building a greenhouse on the south side of the garden?"
"Um!"
Brother Jiu said: "It will be easier to check then..."
Otherwise, I won’t worry if I leave everything to others. If I check it myself, it will be inconvenient to go to the village outside the city in the cold winter.
After hearing this, Shu Shu was very moved and said, "How about you try growing some Dongzi vegetables yourself?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Yes, plant some spinach, rapeseed, and radish tassels, so you can cook them in pots later."
Because Fusong had to prepare for the provincial examination, Brother Jiu did not assign him any work at the Prince's Mansion, and mostly left it to Gao Bin.
Shu Shu said: "Then when we go out at the end of the year, we can make up for Gao Bin's vacancy?"
There is still a vacancy in the mansion for civil servants responsible for the ceremony.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "Last time I went to Ma Qi's house to become a disciple. I asked Ma Qi's son in front of the emperor and mentioned the ceremony, but Khan Ama rejected it and said that he would arrange for an elder to come over and do the ceremony.
Let’s see then!”
After all, Gao Bin is a disciple of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so there is no need to follow him all the time.
After a few years of experience, it will be more convenient to fill the gap in the Ministry of Internal Affairs than to work outside.
Seeing that Brother Jiu knew what he was thinking, Shu Shu stopped talking.
It can only be said that the Eight Banners system has limitations.
Whether it is Cao Shun or Gao Bin, as long as they are not in the name of Ninth Brother, they are all temporary and will not last long.
But everyone knows that the future of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the future of the Prince of the Five Banners are not the same thing.
People like Walnuts are ordinary people in a shackles, and it doesn't matter whether they are under the Three Flags or under the Five Flags.
Families such as the Cao family and the Gao family who are well-established officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be willing to follow suit.
Once the seeds were in place, the people who were keeping an eye on them were Xing Quan and his son. They passed the seeds directly back from Baiwang Mountain and settled the whole family in the Prince's Mansion.
The courtyard behind the Prince's Mansion was divided into a courtyard to accommodate the family.
Xing Quan and his eldest son were in charge of the garden's experimental fields.
Xing Quan's second son and third son are now half-grown, and they are temporarily assigned to the concierge.
Aunt Xing was born as a royal servant, so she took care of some chores for the time being.
The whole family has used it.
Ninth Prince often goes to Cining Palace.
Concubine Yi's green hairpin was sent to her, and her shadow was also left behind.
In addition to making enamels, Brother Jiu also went to work on gold and jade.
He kept his composure and did not express his intention directly, but first took a look at the display of finished products over there.
The craftsmanship of the goldsmiths is mainly based on gilding, filigree inlay, hammering, filigree, bead blasting, engraving, and silk weaving. There are no craftsmen related to jadeite.
He knows that rare things are valuable, so he is not in a hurry.
Waiting for the finished product from the enamel maker first.
Because there was a emerald hairpin as a reference, the enamel maker here prepared several blue colors that were close to it.
After a few days, a batch of test products were produced.
Half are goldware and half are silverware.
They are all small items such as rings, brands, and flowers.
Brother Jiu compared it and finally understood why the previous enamelware was mostly made of silver.
The colors on the silver are softer.
The goldware is not flexible enough.
"Try again. If it doesn't work, make the glaze thinner and burn it layer by layer..."
Brother Jiu thinks it can be divided into two parts.
Part of it is made of silver, and then the outside is thickly gilded, so it can be used as an inner object or in the harem.
Half of them are still gold embryos, and the color is adjusted again, and they are specially sold to Mongolia.
Although in the eyes of sensible people, they will know that craftsmanship is more valuable and that some gilded objects are no cheaper than pure gold, the Mongolians will not pay attention to them.
They will think that gilding is silver, and selling it at the price of gold would be a lie.
Then it was burned in two more furnaces. In addition to burning blue, some of it was burned red.
There are several good established brands.
A burnt red gold medal with the character longevity, a burnt blue gold medal with a six-character mantra, a burnt blue gold gourd, a red and a blue gold flower, and a grilled blue dragon pattern finger ring.
A total of six items were put together and put into a brocade box.
Brother Jiu also wrote a brochure about blue-baked jewelry and attached relevant plans.
The holy driver is currently outside the gate, and every day the Chariot and Horse Department of the Ministry of War will arrange for people to deliver the coupons to the emperor.
So, a few days later, Brother Jiu's zhuzi and brocade box arrived in front of the emperor.
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Wuladaiang'a, the holy driving camp.
Kangxi looked at the brocade box and raised his eyebrows.
In the past, greeting cards from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were delivered once every five days, so it was no big deal.
However, Zhao Chang's discounts come every day.
Therefore, even if Kangxi was not in the palace, he still knew about Brother Jiu's actions in the past twenty days. He wished he could live in Cining Palace and would go there almost every other day.
I went to enamel, glaze and gold and jade making. What good things have been made?
Kangxi did not rush to open the brocade box, but first took the brocade box from Brother Nine.
The Ninth Prince’s book also summarizes the total ledger of the “Golden Belt” from last year to the first half of this year, which is a huge amount of money.
However, in order to maintain the preciousness of the inner creation, even though some Mongolian princes still wanted the gold belt, the matter came to an end and stopped completely.
This burnt blue enamel and burnt red enamel can replace the gold belt.
Brother Jiu spoke so straightforwardly that Kangxi couldn't help but laugh.
He remembered last year's northern tour, from Harqin to Horqin, and then to the paddock. Brother Ninth had a lot of troubles with the golden belt and Yanzi Pills.
It took more than a month of hard work to come up with so many tricks.
When I returned to the capital, I started thinking about wool and cashmere again.
This year, even more so, no one came out with them, and they did not forget to take money from the pockets of the Mongolian princes.
Isn't this bastard a Tao Zhugong in his previous life?
Kangxi cursed, opened the brocade box, and was immediately attracted by the few small objects inside.
The blue of some of the burnt-blue jewelry is very close to the emerald blue.
You must know that the virtue of great purity and clear water means that the clothes should be green and blue.
In terms of gemstones, sapphire and lapis lazuli are also highly valued, but they vary in color and are difficult to find of the highest quality.
There is also roasted red, this red is true red.
The finest rubies will not have such brilliant color.
A smile appeared on Kangxi's face. Although Brother Jiu sometimes did things unreasonably, he was still somewhat reliable as long as it related to the economy.
He picked up Brother Jiu's book again and his eyes fell on the last two sentences.
Finally, mention whether it is the same as last year.
Kangxi snorted lightly and put down the fold.
Are you thinking about setting up a stage for him again?
Damn thing!
Kangxi thought for a moment, looked at Liang Jiugong and said, "Send some brothers over here!"
Liang Jiugong responded. After a while, several accompanying princes who had been summoned came to the imperial tent one after another.
The eldest elder brother, the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, the eighth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother.
Kangxi pointed to the brocade box and said, "You all come here and take a look..."
Everyone gathered around.
The eldest brother couldn't see anything and said, "The color is bright, but it's just too small."
The third elder brother carefully picked up the red sign and said, "Where did the red color come from? Is it ruby pressed powder or something else? It looks more valuable..."
Even if the raw material is ruby, it is not a loss. It is equivalent to upgrading the variegated ruby into a first-class ruby.
Brother Si has not tried it yet, but he thinks the color combination is suitable.
I never thought of gold, red, and blue matching like this.
"It looks really novel!" Si Age said.
The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "It looks good, it looks good, the imperial grandmother should like it..."
The seventh elder brother did not speak, only nodded slightly, echoing what the fifth elder brother said.
The eighth prince said: "Except for the dragon-patterned ring, there are a total of five ornaments. Are they the rewards prepared by Khan Amma for the princesses who came to the court?"
Everyone looked at Kangxi.
There are indeed five princesses in the holy team now.
Princess Heshuo Duanmin, Princess Heshuo Chunxi of the Horqin tribe, Princess Heshuo Duanjing of the Karaqin tribe, Princess Gulun Shuhui and Princess Heshuo Rongxian of the Bahrain tribe.
They are all close relatives.
One royal aunt, one royal sister, and three royal daughters.
Kangxi was noncommittal and looked at the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers.
Brother Thirteen had personally experienced last year's gold belt incident. He immediately thought of Brother Nine and said, "This should be hard-to-find domestically made jewelry. It's like last year's gold belt. It's so precious..."
The eldest elder brother, the third elder brother, the fifth elder brother, and the seventh elder brother were also the princes who accompanied him last year. After listening to the words of the thirteenth elder brother, they roughly understood.
The eldest brother smiled and said: "The ninth brother is really dedicated to his duties as the general manager!"
The third elder brother curled his lips.
Why are you talking about money all the time?!
He is really a money rake, no one is following him, and he refuses to stop.
The fourth elder brother was also speechless.
Last year, in addition to a lot of gold and silver from various ministries, there was also a large amount of wool and cashmere for the golden belt and Yanziwan.
Nowadays, there are two official ships transporting cashmere from Tongzhou Wharf to Jiangning every month. How much cashmere is that?
What is the current price of Western-style goods in Beijing?
Maybe next year and the year after that, there will be a clean-up of cloth everywhere.
The business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not only about making money, but also involves other things.
Pasture is fixed, and as wool becomes more valuable, more sheep will be raised and fewer horses will be raised. What impact will that have?
Just a few months after this gold belt was finished, there were gold and enamel jewelry.
Fourth Brother's eyes were fixed on the red enamel.
Who would believe that Brother Jiu did not deliberately target the Mongolian tribe?
Many tribes in Mongolia are still red.
This bias towards talent is also biased towards wealth.
The fifth elder brother said to Yourong, "The ninth brother is actually very smart and capable."
The seventh elder brother raised his eyebrows but remained silent.
The eighth prince laughed, but he didn't know what to say.
Last year he had only vaguely heard of it and didn't know much about it.
Brother Fourteen said with a smile: "Then when I return to Beijing, I'm going to ask Brother Ninth for a sign to burn Xiaolong's..."
Kangxi's eyes passed over the faces of his sons.
I don't feel very smart.
During the northern tour last year, the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince sang harmoniously and won over all the Mongolian princes.
Now among these people, the eldest brother is outspoken and inappropriate, the third child is worried about his behavior, the fourth child is too serious, the fifth child is easy to be fooled, and the seventh child does not deal with others very much...
It's true that Lao Ba is more social, but it's not very suitable.
The remaining thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers are too young.
Kangxi hesitated for a moment, but settled on the fifth elder brother, and then ordered the thirteenth elder brother: "The thirteenth elder brother has been running errands with the fifth elder brother these past two days, delivering rewards everywhere..."
Just as the Eighth Prince said, the five princesses in the camp can now be rewarded in one place...