Early the next morning, Brother Jiu asked Shu Shu to turn over a deck of flower cards at home and picked out eight cards.
"I have estimated the expenses for those houses, and the expenses are quite numerous. Some are a few thousand taels, and some are more than ten thousand taels. If you really want to talk about it, the flowers, trees, lakes and stones that I want to pay homage to are the big ones.
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Brother Jiu put the flower cards in the box, rolled up the drawings of the palace, and put them in the box.
Shu Shu smiled and said: "If I follow my plan, wouldn't it cost more? It's already very good now."
Before, Brother Ninth thought that he would not need to use real money from the brothers, but would just cover it all and give everyone a direct name.
Distribute it now and spend half the money.
"If you shoot the first bird, the first one will be stupid. This time it will be a lesson..."
Brother Jiu curled his lips and said: "On the other hand, those old princes and generals from the clan are all embarrassed. They all have salary money. Why do you think they borrow money from my bald brother?"
What this is talking about is that when the Yamen was first opened a while ago, several clan officials went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prevent him from borrowing money.
"My master is stupid. Giving them money is just a waste of money. The Ministry of Finance can borrow money. If you really need money, you can just go to the Ministry of Finance to borrow money. There is no interest..."
Shu Shu touched her belly and said, "If you take advantage of the child, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop people who come to borrow money."
Not only Brother Jiu suffered from a loan crisis, but Shu Shu was not left behind either.
Ever since the news spread that the emperor gave the Ninth Prince half a million taels of silver, he sent a message to the Ninth Prince's mansion, and more and more people wanted to come over and invite An to visit.
Either the clan, or relatives and in-laws of the Dong E family.
Basically there is no human contact.
If you have a favor and you are really short of money, you can send someone over directly and Shu Shu will not disappear.
Shu Shu saw no one.
You don't need to think too hard to figure out the intentions of these customers. People who have never contacted you are so attentive and have no other purpose than borrowing money.
Even the family members of Zhaojia Gege sent messages twice, wanting to pay their respects to Zhaojia Gege.
Zhaojia Gege only saw her once and then refused to see her again.
Either he was asking for money in a subtle way, or he was trying to get Zhaojia Gege to intercede with Brother Jiu and help her cousin make up for the errands he had done.
After breakfast, Brother Jiu came out of the house.
Brother Ten is already waiting outside.
Both brothers are married and have careers, and they are still working in different government offices. When they can talk every day, they are traveling back and forth on the road.
So unless something else happens, we will still go in and out together.
Just as the brothers were about to get on the carriage, the fourth brother rode over.
He was about to go to the Yamen when he saw two people about to take a carriage. He couldn't help but come over and asked: "It's already nine, why don't you change the horse?"
In addition to the elderly old prince and old ministers, how many people in the Eight Banners are riding in the car?
The emperor's father emphasized the clan's riding and archery assessment several times. Why didn't these two people take it seriously?
This is an old saying, Brother Jiu just pretended not to hear it.
The weather is getting warmer, but it’s windy and sunny. Who wants to ride a horse?
The road is dusty and dirty.
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "Fourth brother came just in time, so you can take advantage of it, so that my brother will not have to go find you later..."
With that said, he took the box from He Yuzhu's hand and said, "Come and take one..."
Brother Si looked at the box and said, "What is this?"
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said: "This is the filial piety of brothers. Each person will share a palace in Xiaotangshan Palace to expand the palace for Khan Ama. The less will cost more than 7,000 taels of silver, and the more will cost 10,000 taels.
It just depends on luck!”
The fourth elder brother frowned and said: "Then what are you doing with these? The elders and younger ones are arranged in order, and each one is in one place according to the amount of money!"
Of course they also knew the news about Xiaotangshan.
Brother Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "If you say this, Third Brother should cry!"
The fourth brother was startled when he heard this, and then said: "Just come here, go to the third brother, and I will talk to him when he comes back."
The third elder brother sent the ashes of the eldest princess back to Bahrain. He is not in the capital. It will take two or three months to come back.
Brother Jiu looked at the small box he had prepared and said, "But this is not fair. How filial and filial do you want the older brother to be? My younger brother's approach is the fairest!"
The fourth elder brother said sternly: "We will use this method next time. This time it involves the construction of the palace and the royal family. Don't be such a childish person!"
Brother Jiu nodded sarcastically and said, "Okay, my brother will listen to your orders."
Anyway, there are more and less, and the difference is not too much silver, just two or three thousand taels of silver.
Brother Si's expression softened slightly, he glanced at the carriage and wanted to speak.
Brother Jiu didn't need to guess, he already knew what was coming next. He took out his pocket watch and took a look at it, and said: "Hey! It's going to be late, and I have to send the palace drawings to Khan Ama..."
Brother Si's face turned dark again.
The ninth elder brother just pretended not to see him and pulled the tenth elder brother into the carriage.
The fourth elder brother snorted coldly and rode off first.
The tenth prince lowered the carriage curtain and gave the ninth prince a thumbs up.
The ninth elder brother scratched his ears and said: "My ears are almost calloused! It's true for fourth brother, we didn't persuade him to ride in a carriage, why does he always want to persuade us to ride a horse!"
The tenth prince smiled and said, "You have a cold face and a warm heart, but you also have good intentions."
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "Others are lenient towards others and strict with themselves. Our fourth brother is strict. If you just talk about this matter, he will make the decision. The eldest brother doesn't care about it. The third brother doesn't care about it."
Brother, can you be happy? Working hard is not a thankless task. He is the one I’m talking about. We can’t learn from him in the future..."
The tenth elder brother smiled and said: "I can't learn from the diligence of the fourth brother. I heard that the Holy Master is going to patrol the Yongding River again, and the fourth brother's share is..."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "What's the benefit of eating sand on the dam? We don't envy it, just take it with you if you like..."
When they arrived at Qipan Street, the tenth prince got off the carriage and went to the clan mansion.
Brother Jiu took He Yuzhu and Sun Jin into the palace and went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Twelve is already here.
He didn't have his own room, so Brother Jiu asked someone to set up a table and chairs for him in his room.
When the ninth elder brother came in, the twelfth elder brother was writing something at his desk.
Seeing the ninth elder brother come in, the twelfth elder brother stood up and said: "Ninth elder brother..."
The ninth elder brother nodded and looked at the twelfth elder brother.
Even the fourteenth elder brother, who is three years younger, has begun to change his voice, and the twelfth elder brother's voice has naturally changed as well.
It's just that he is taciturn and his voice is soft, so it doesn't sound real to him.
However, his stature is almost the same as that of Brother Jiu, and he looks almost like an adult.
Brother Jiu thought about his age and said: "By the way, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is going to have a draft again. Did your grandma tell you anything?"
The twelfth elder brother didn't react for a moment, and said: "Ninth brother, are you asking about the people who are leaving the palace around my mother and my mother? It seems that I haven't heard of anyone who is going to leave the palace."
Brother Jiu cleared his throat and said: "It's either the palace servant who is leaving the palace, or the princess in your name..."
When the princes come of age, the ladies in the palace will be selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Some are given by the imperial father, some are chosen by the adoptive mother, and some are chosen by the biological mother.
The twelfth elder brother shook his head and said: "No, mama said that my birthday is small, so there is no need to arrange the princess too early; my mother-in-law said to listen to mama..."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Mom is well-informed, so just listen to her..."
He was worried that everyone would forget about this incident.
Since someone remembered it, he stopped asking, took the palace scroll, handed it to the twelfth prince and said: "If Khan Amma wants to see it, you can send it to Qianqing Palace. If Khan Amma asks about the repair allocation, you can He said that according to the amount of money spent, the three of you will occupy the verandah together..."
The twelfth elder brother's feet did not move.
He looked at Brother Ninth, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Brother Ninth, can you count me out?"
Brother Jiu looked at him and said, "What are you talking about?"
The twelfth elder brother lowered his eyes and said: "You want to distribute the profits. Can my brother change the land and build a hot spring courtyard by himself?"
Brother Jiu nodded and shook his head, saying: "It's okay to change the place, or build a separate courtyard, but you still have to follow this one, don't you know how to follow the crowd?"
The twelfth elder brother didn't answer, his face showed reluctance.
Brother Jiu had no choice but to get up and step forward, whispering: "Are you stupid? Hua Yinzi Khan Ama may not remember you, no Hua, I will definitely remember you!"
The twelfth elder brother raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "Isn't that good?"
I couldn't remember it earlier.
He was not a fool, so he could naturally feel the emperor's father's disregard.
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "You really want to be a prince, but can't you become a general? You are still a bald brother. If you don't fawn over Khan Ama now, when will you? You are stupid. Why are you being stubborn at this time? You are not a child anymore. , don’t let grandma and noble people worry about you!”
Brother Twelve lowered his head for a while, then nodded, took the scroll, and headed out.
The twelfth elder brother listened honestly and looked back at the ninth elder brother.
The ninth elder brother took out a small mirror from his purse, opened it, handed it to the twelfth elder brother, and said: "Look at your face now. It droops to your chest. It looks like you are attending a funeral. You are going to the imperial palace like this." , isn’t this looking for reprimand?”
The twelfth elder brother looked at himself in the small mirror and pursed his lips, feeling a little confused and uneasy.
He looked at Brother Ninth, his back slumped, and said, "Brother Ninth, why don't someone else send it to you?"
Brother Jiu patted him on the back and said, "Don't be a coward, this will happen one day!"
He thought for a while and said: "When the time comes, you should talk to grandma and noble people..."
The twelfth elder brother was a little uncomfortable and looked at the ninth elder brother with a distorted expression.
Brother Jiu rolled his eyes and said: "You are so shy that you are smiling but not smiling. I am not forcing you to smile playfully, but you can't be so stupid. You have to look like a child..."
This child is not talking about a lively personality, but an admiring heart.
"Khan Amma has a keen eye and can't hide anything from him. You should know the importance of it. If it really breaks the pot, I won't be verbose. It's up to you. But if you want to be granted a decent title in the future, , let the mama and the noble people say, "Mother is more important than son," and you don't have to worry about you, then you have to learn to be a good son..."
Brother Jiu said with some bitterness.
He is not a nosy person, but he just looked at the twelfth elder brother, remembered his earlier situation, and wanted to mention a few words about the twelfth elder brother...