Chapter 1002 New Job

Two days before Laba, Cao Xiang came back from the Henan Prefecture to escort the manager and escorted several trucks of New Year's goods purchased by Cao Xiang and several letters from Cao Xiang to the capital.

Originally, whether he would continue to stay or transfer back to the capital depends on his cousin in the capital. He mentioned this in his letter to his cousin.

Because Henan is far away from the capital, the people sent back set off from Henan Prefecture in early November. At that time, the news of Emperor Daxing's death had not yet arrived.

Cao Yong thought about it and then he would be admitted to the Encyclopedia next year, and the provincial examination will be held the year after. Time flies, and the Ministry of Personnel may not change the academic and political education.

In this way, if Cao Xiang could be re-elected for one term, he would have gone through two provincial examinations and would have easily achieved political achievements. Instead of returning to Beijing, it would be better to have a qualification in Henan Prefecture.

Thinking of this, he went to the Ministry of Personnel to inquire.

In some provinces with a long journey, if the academic and government students are not in fault for their performance, they are mostly re-elected; in some provinces with a short journey, there is no accurate information on the specific details.

Henan Prefecture is not close to the capital, but compared with the distant provinces, it is also close. Therefore, there is no clear letter to whether the academic and political affairs will be replaced.

Cao Yong didn't say much, and did not deliberately make things for Cao Xiang.

Cao Xiang is twenty-two this year, and his starting point is much higher than others. At this time, whether he returns to Beijing or continues to stay in Henan, they all have their pros and cons.

No matter how Cao Yong warned him, it was true that Cao Song had served in the Northwest Army for many years. Whether Yongzheng would take his anger was still unknown.

Before Cao Song's future was settled, Cao Xiang was too flirting with him, which was not necessarily a blessing for him.

Compared with my father, the Cao brothers are now in the career path and their grades are much better than their fathers.

However, Chu Yu, when he heard that Cao Xiang had a letter, prepared a return gift for Chunhua.

Chunhua gave birth to his legitimate son Tiannan. A hundred days ago, Chu Yu had sent many things with everyone. Now he has prepared another one because Chunhua sent a pair of peace buckles this time. It was a good jade material exchanged from Nanyang Tao, and was carved with Nanyang's most famous carving master. It was said that it was already prepared for the anniversary ceremony of Tianbao.

Even if Chu Yu is used to seeing good jade, he can see that this pair of Ping An deductions is expensive.

She was not rewarded without any merit. She loved Chunhua, who was pure and handsome, and she didn't want to accept her things for nothing. She packed a lot of good clothes, ginseng and deer antlers, and put several large bags. In addition, she prepared many toys for Chunhua's legitimate son Tiannan.

In the East Mansion, Jinghui's life is not easy

Because by the end of the year, Zhao Jia thought of asking about the account book at home. Seeing that the efficiency of the village was not good, she began to pay attention to the other two properties in the mansion, which were the two houses that Cao Fu had bought at the auction of the Interior Office.

The two houses are both near the Imperial College.

"Aren't you going to open the Enke next year? Then the scholar should go to Beijing again. These two houses are empty and they should be rented out for rent." Speaking of this, Zhao Jia looked at her eldest daughter-in-law dissatisfiedly: "The family is not rich. Your man can only earn a salary of 100 taels of silver in the northwest. In this house, in a year, how can you get one or two taels of silver? Two places are three or four hundred taels of silver. Why is it so empty?"

Jinghui felt so frustrated that she had mentioned the rent to Cao Fu earlier, but Cao Fu rejected it.

Cao Fu asked someone to clean up the bigger house, thinking that if Cao Xiang returned to Beijing and was uncomfortable living in the mansion, he could live in the branch. Cao Fu took Su Xin to him once and asked Su Xin to arrange it according to his wishes.

Su Xin only said that he was not anxious and refused to say anything before the formal separation. However, Cao Fu was already excited and arranged where to live in the study room, where to put embroidery racks for Su Xin, and where to leave it for Tianhu.

It’s not that he is unfilial and unfriendly to his brothers.

In fact, it was because he had read too many books and was influenced by his eyes and was alert to hearing the brothers' misfortune.

There is an old saying, "The fragrance is far away, the smell is near." Even if there are only a few brothers, there will be times when they have a quarrel. This family has an old lady, which is more likely to cause friction inside and outside.

As time goes by, rifts arise between brothers and sisters-in-law, which hurts the family.

Cao Fu also knew that his mother was provoking trouble, and his sister-in-law worked hard for him. He did not think about hiding and running far away, but thought that if he didn't live together, he would take his mother to live there for a few months without any trouble, so that his sister-in-law would be able to rest.

It is not easy to be a eldest daughter-in-law, especially since the sister-in-law has no son. Now that the eldest brother is not here, the mother can't say anything. When the eldest brother comes back, if the sister-in-law still has no son, I still don't know how the old lady is doing.

Seeing that Jinghui didn't speak, Zhao Jia was dissatisfied.

I have a few words of sting to Jinghui, but I am worried about wealth and obedience to the family.

Although Fu Nai is now idle, he began to be a guard by the Fourth Prince when he was young. As the Fourth Prince ascended the throne and became emperor, Fu Nai is about to recover and becomes a hot figure.

She refused to let go and said, "Even if you were negligent in the past, you should not do this again in the future. This thrifty family is the principle of being a wife. If you ask someone to look for the middle-aged man, or directly ask the housekeeper to rent out these two houses after the New Year, one rent earlier than a month."

She said nothing, Jinghui could not remain silent except being frustrated.

"Old lady, after buying those two houses, the fifth uncle will arrange it. My wife is afraid that she will not be able to get involved." Jinghui said.

When Zhao Jia heard this, she couldn't help but frown, looked at Jinghui suspiciously, and said, "What are Xiaowu and a man who interferes in family affairs?"

Jinghui also knew something about Cao Feng's intention. However, now in front of Zhao Jia, topics such as "dividing up family" cannot be covered by her as a wife.

"Maybe Uncle Wu has any arrangements, and his wife is not very clear about it." Jinghui said vaguely.

When Zhao Jia heard this, she thought of it.

She raised her eyebrows and muttered, "He is a Shujishi. If he doesn't study hard, what can he arrange?"

Having said that, she was full of curiosity, not sure if her youngest son used one of the two houses to hide the beauty.

The Cao family has the clan rules left by Cao Yin, and no prostitutes are allowed to be concubines.

Cao Fu respects his uncle the most and should not violate this clan rules. If he is a good daughter, why would he keep him secretly outside without suing him?

As she thought about it, the more she felt the more she felt.

For a moment, she became a little worried. It would be awful if her son was about to make trouble and angered the Dong family.

The Dong family has deep roots and leaves, and the current parents are cautious, which makes them not only not injured when the throne is alternating, but instead goes further.

Not only did the eldest daughter-in-law have to endure it, but the younger daughter-in-law also had to coax it more. Zhao Jia frowned, feeling so frustrated...

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On the 13th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yongzheng summoned Cao Yong to meet him.

The king and his ministers had a conversation, which was about the planting and yield of potatoes and corn.

Yongzheng was very anxious because the treasury had no money. You should know that the expenses were easy to say. If there was no money in the treasury next spring, wouldn’t the people starve to death?

Thinking of this, Yongzheng thought of Cao Yong.

He asked someone to list all the big and small things that Cao Yong had for more than two years of mourning, and found that Cao Yong really took farming seriously, not seeking fame.

"Can one acre of poor grain produce three stones of rice per mu?" Yongzheng asked with a little seriousness.

When Cao Yong received the order, he was still thinking about the intention of Yongzheng summoning him. He suddenly thought about making money, and his heart was full of trouble, thinking about how to get out.

Unexpectedly, Yongzheng talked about farming with Cao Yong straight to the point.

Cao Yong carefully recalled the data he had recorded and said, "If you go back to the emperor, it is indeed the case. Chen Cheng used a few acres of corn to plant arid and poor fields on the slope, and the yield was three stones; replaced with medium-sized acres of land, and the yield was five stones per mu; if the high-sized acres of land, the yield could be two or three stones higher if the irrigation is abundant."

After hearing this, Yongzheng said with some excitement: "In that case, the per mu of corn in the high-quality field reaches seven, eight stones, eight, and nine hundred kilograms per mu?"

Cao Yong nodded and said, "I have tried to try several villages in the capital to achieve this yield. I am not familiar with the fields in other places. I can't say how much the yield per mu can reach. I still have to wait until the trial planting is done before I can get the number."

He was so cautious that he caught the eyes of the Fourth Prince.

"Although the yield of sweet potatoes is high, it is difficult to store, but this corn is an excellent thing." He walked behind his hands, walked a few steps, and stopped in front of Cao Yong and said, "How to promote this, replace rice, grain, and reserves in this way, please carefully draft a charter for me!"

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

As far as he knows, three hundred years later, in the era when he lived, the main grain stored in the national reserve warehouse was corn.

Corn is easy to store for many years and is not prone to mold. It is more suitable for storage than other grains.

It is good that Yongzheng has confidence, but Cao Yong dared not answer immediately. Because he still doesn't know whether corn can be implemented. It is related to local granaries and the life-saving straw for the people, and he doesn't want to be careless.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the fourth prince raised his eyebrows: "What? I'm afraid of suffering?"

It is a bit difficult for a dignified minister of the Ministry of Revenue to take over the affairs of Jiafeng.

After hearing this, Cao Yong shook his head and said, "I should not call it bitter. I just don't know about corn storage. There are also people with loose grains in the capital. In addition to selling green corn as snacks, the corn has matured and is mostly used as food. I wonder if there are any ones stored.

Yongzhengyuan didn't expect this. After hearing Cao Yong's words, hesitated and said, "Since that's the case, you can plan a promotion method first. As for storage, collect some corn and send it to the Tongzhou Guancang for people there to see."

After coming down from the imperial court, Cao Yong felt that his steps were a little lighter.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, this concern for Jiarong is a quiet job, but Cao Yong is willing to accept it.

It is beneficial to people's livelihood and economy, and can you avoid getting involved in the "recovered treasury silver". How can there be more appropriate than this errand?

When people were happy, Cao Yong returned to the yamen and had much more efficiency in handling official documents.

When he was in the yamen, Cao Yong rode his horse and rushed to his home. His mind was the farmer's diary for those two years of mourning, and the hundreds of kilograms of grain left at home.

As a result, before he could get home, he was in Xidan Archway, and he was in a state of confusion.

"Uncle, our grandmother asked the servant to come over and beg him to come..." Xu Sheng, the butler in Sun Ying's family, said in panting and panting.

Seeing him in such a hurry, Cao Yong's face was blue and his clothes were wrinkled, as if he had had a fight with someone, his heart sank: "What's wrong? But what's the matter?"
Chapter completed!