Chapter 1236 The Spring Breeze

The sound of firecrackers came faintly in the distance. On the first day of the fifth year of Yongzheng, Cao Song was an unbearable hangover.

"Ouch, oh..." Cao Song sat by the kang, rubbed his temples, and moaned in a low voice.

Jinghui looked at him angrily and amusedly, and said, "Okay, don't be vigilant, and I force my brother to drink twice. Isn't this your own fault?"

Cao Song raised his eyelids, looked at his wife dissatisfiedly, and said, "Isn't it because my elder brother is afraid that he will be tender, so it's natural to ask him to eat some wine. Who would have thought that after these years, my elder brother's alcohol tolerance is still so good. After drinking, I told my elder brother to get me drunk."

Jinghui snorted softly and said, "The indiscriminate nature after drinking is just an excuse for the man. If he is really drunk, how could there be any tricks? If the elder brother really had that intention, he would have been lifted up long ago, and there is still a wait until now?"

Cao Song was a little unwilling to accept it: "Then let it go?"

Jinghui was picking up the sobering soup, and paused after hearing this, saying, "Is it possible for my elder brother to scold me? If it were the early years, it might be possible. Now my nephew and niece are old. Now I am about to talk about marriage, so my elder brother will not let my elder sister-in-law be shameless because of her greed for beauty. The elder brother is the most important person."

Cao Song took the sobering soup from his wife's hand, raised his neck and drank it, and said in a weak voice: "Forget it, forgot, but unfortunately, although Qin'e is not a lowly family, she is also a good woman. She thinks that she can fulfill her, but she meets a Chaitoufeng like her elder brother."

After hearing her husband's words, Jinghui lowered her eyes and felt her chest blocked...

Starting from the second day of the lunar calendar, there were many banquets in the officialdom of Jiangning City.

Cao Song is generous and has a good cousin as his backer. In the Jiangning officialdom, everyone is selling him some face.

Now that Cao Yong's main host has arrived, he is also welcome to entertain various banquets.

In addition to the salt merchants in Lianghuai, they arrived in Jiangning one after another after the fifth day of the lunar month, and Cao Yong's life became a little busy.

Jiangnan needs to raise three million yuan, which is not a big number for Jiangnan, which is full of wealthy people.

However, Cao Yong had not been to Jiangnan for too long, and the time for bidding in Jiangning was tight, so Cao Yong was also a little worried.

Because there are many wealthy families in Jiangnan and their children are in the capital, they will participate in bidding and tendering in the capital. Also, because of years of exploitation by officials in Jiangnan, everyone is prepared for the government.

They don’t believe that one day they can take advantage of the government. In their opinion, the so-called bidding is just a means of the court to make money.

Li Wei is here.

His solution to Wan Fu and others surprised Cao Yong: "Let Wan Fu participate in the sea trade bidding?!"

Li Wei nodded and said, "He is both a big salt merchant and should serve the court."

Such a loud thunder and small raindrops are not like Li Wei's style.

"The emperor..." Cao Yong hesitated a little.

"The emperor is generous, so how could he take a few thieves seriously? Besides, the young and strong Hongmen are hiding in the mountains, and they are only holding the elderly, weak, women and children. Who would have no choice but to change them to achieve success?" Li Wei said.

Cao Yong was a little confused. Li Wei had the idea of ​​turning big things into small things, but why did he still make trouble in front of the emperor? He also got the title of "Prime Minister Jiangnan to rob the thief" and got the right to mobilize troops.

In Li Wei's opinion, Cao Yong was also considered his own person, so he did not hide it from him, saying: "The emperor is afraid that Jiangnan is unstable, but not that he is afraid that a few bandits and people, but that those gentry and masters are restless. Starting this year, the emperor will implement a new policy in Jiangnan. In order to prevent it, he gave me the title of "brethrowing bandits". I forced Pangjia Village to add some help. Instead of asking grandpa and grandma to ask others for soldiers, it is better to save some people by myself."

Li Wei's conditions seem to be loose, but in fact they are not easy.

First of all, the silver to participate in the bidding shall not be less than 500,000 taels; in fact, Wan Fu must come forward in person to participate in the bidding for the 18th day of the first lunar month.

Only by asking for money can we talk about the next step. This is definitely a big test for Wan Fu.

Cao Yong was not worried that Wan Fu would choose not to come. Since the disciples of the Hongmen claimed to be "loyalty and righteous", they would not really ignore the villagers who were still in prison.

In addition, the young man started by just to imitate the Huang family and join the government. Li Wei now gave him a chance, how could he be willing to let it go?

In a blink of an eye, it was the 18th day of the first lunar month, and the day for the bidding of Jiangning Hai Trade has come.

In addition to Cao Yong and Li Wei, the governor of Jiangsu and the new governor who had just come from the capital.

Because the threshold for maritime trade is high, there are not many gentry and merchants who are participating in the queue, but only about forty people.

Wanfu is here.

In order to prevent quarrels, Wan Fu did not come with Cao Jia, but dressed up like a rich young man and brought a few pretty followers over.

Wan Fu is in his twenties, tall, long-faced, full of righteousness, and a bit of self-admiration between his eyebrows and eyes.

If he had known his background, no one would have thought that he would be the current "sect leader" of the Hongmen, a bandit who was wanted by the government.

Cao Yong just glanced at him more and did not meet him privately.

However, Li Wei ordered someone to call Wan to the side.

Somehow, when Wan Fu appeared in front of others again, his expression remained unchanged, but his whole body was filled with joy.

Cao Yong thought for a little while and guessed the reason.

For a young man who is full of ambition and wants to make a comeback, what he can be moved by is power and money.

Li Wei squeezed his money and only made him feel distressed. How could he be like this now? What is left is power, but I don’t know what kind of promised one is.

The bidding took less than an hour, and most of the time before was quiet.

Except for the Cheng family who spent 300,000 yuan to invest in three points, everyone else began to wait and see.

Everyone knows that the Cheng family and the Cao family have old age, and they are slapping Li Wei, and they are willing to bid so happily, which is not surprising.

In the eyes of the Cheng family, the amount of this 300,000 taels of silver is nothing; the wealth of the Cheng family is indescribable.

But for other gentry and merchants, these 100,000 taels are indeed not a small amount.

In recent years, land prices in Jiangnan have risen. Even so, you can buy one acre of paddy fields for ten taels of silver, and one hundred thousand taels of silver is ten thousand acres of fertile land.

With tens of millions of fertile land, the annual income can be several thousand yuan.

Although Haimao sounds tempting, there are governments involved. Who knows whether the court will "kill the donkey"? After all, for merchants and others, they have not received any favors from the court, but have to endure all kinds of exploitation.

The scene was a little deserted. Seeing this, Li Wei couldn't help but frown, called a servant, and whispered a few instructions.

Before his servant could leave, someone bidding at the top of his voice.

Li Wei turned his head and glanced at Cao Yong, and admired him more and more.

In less than a cup of tea, five families will be settled.

These five families are all names that have never been heard of, which makes everyone quiet and think about who these are.

Before everyone could figure out something, Wan Fu, who had been quiet for a long time, began to make a splash and bought five cents of shares at a price of 500,000.

Those old guys who usually claim to be similar to their own Cheng family almost became furious.

The Cheng family can be jade in front of you. If you are a young boy with a raw face, how can you be convinced?

Annoyance is annoyance. Those who can achieve the head of the family or the elite children of the clan are not fools, and a few of them will really put their anger in their hearts.

They were angry on their faces, but they were filled with storms in their hearts.

If so many people rob, will the loss be too big if they miss it...

*

Beijing, Ministry of Revenue Official Warehouse.

Tianyou and Hang Seng followed Thirteenth Master and witnessed the bidding for the Ministry of Revenue's maritime trade.

Compared with the stuck in Jiangning, the bidding in Beijing has been more successful than people imagined.

Forty shares, four million taels of silver, that's all.

After less than a cup of tea, forty ten shares were divided up.

The preparations between Tianyou and Hang Seng were useless at all.

"This is too easy. What's going on?" Both brothers were puzzled.

The sixteenth prince looked in a good mood and said, "I don't know where the next place is, the powerful people in the capital have all had rich eyes. Over the years, your father has been innovating repeatedly. This time, the Ministry of Revenue tenders have brought back the reputation of your father Shancai Boy."

Both of them realized that it was not because of the strong signature of the Ministry of Revenue, but Cao Yong's method of making money over the years, which made these people feel disappointed.

Hang Seng breathed a sigh of relief. Since so many people are optimistic about Haimao, then my father might not have to worry so much.

Tianyou looked stunned, but he didn't feel relaxed. Where is the account of his father in the capital, and where is Jiangning?

*

Jiangning, Tendering Office.

Seeing the list in his hand, Cao Yong couldn't help frowning.

Thirty-tenths of stocks, only fifteen points have been sold.

In addition to the Cheng family, there is another family that has an old family with the Cao family, which accounts for four points, and the remaining eleven shares are Wan Fun's five points and Wei Ren's three points.

Other retail investors collected only 300,000 taels of silver, which was too little for Cao Yong, a minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Cao Yong was a little depressed.

Li Wei advised him a few words and took Wan Fu back to the post station.

Cao Yong and Cao Song, the two brothers returned to the General's Mansion.

The incident of Cao Yong returning to Beijing was finally placed in front of the stage.

"It's the late spring cold now. It's too hasty for my elder brother to return home at this time and he will suffer again along the way. Should I wait until the dragon raises his head before setting off?" Cao Song said.

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "My grandmother will be in funeral at the end of the month. It's better for me to be my grandson."

Because it involves the funeral of elders, Cao Song has no idea what to say.

Before leaving Jiangning, Cao Yong hesitated whether to dig out the ring of the weaving mansion and give it to Cao Jia for placement.

After thinking about it, he gave up on this and gave up.

It is not only because of the fact that someone is entrusted to be loyal to others, but also because the relationship between the ring and the Cao family is still very good.

On the 19th day of the first lunar month, Cao Yong sent someone to pick up Wei Wenying.

Wenying heard that Cao Yong was going back to Beijing, so she was embarrassed to mention whether she could ask him to help him bring some things to the north.
Chapter completed!