Chapter 24: Proposal

On the fourth day of August 19, the 44th year of Kangxi, after staying in the Weaving Mansion for seven days, the emperor left Jiangning and returned to the capital. During the past few days, there were no mistakes. The whole house and the whole house were relieved, and the servants inside and outside were rewarded.

Although the old lady dressed up according to the grade every day, Kangxi and the accompanying concubines never summoned them. The two accompanying concubines followed the imperial edict and personally drove to Xuanrui Hall to visit the old lady. Even Kangxi went to Xuanrui Hall in person and accompanied the old lady to gossip.

Kangxi valued filial piety the most. He did not forget his ten-year nurturing grace because of the old lady of Sun's coat status. He also gave him extremely generous rewards. Those who can count them:

There is one Han jade birthday star, one jade Guanyin, one agate arhat, one golden arhat, two Han jade Ruyi handles, two gold Ruyi handles, others such as sable fur clothing, foreign tweed material, silk, silk and satin.

Cao Yong saw these imperial gifts in Xuanrui Hall, although they were of extraordinary value, they were useless at all. The treasures given by the royal family were recorded in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition to food and clothing, jewelry and antiques could only be raised or put away. These items had royal marks on them, so who dared to buy and sell them at will? If they were included in one book by the Censor, a crime of "great disrespect" would not be eliminated.

Cao Yong returned to his old life and went to the clan school every day. The difference is that he took out the afternoon every three or two days to gather with Ma Jun and Ning Chun. Although he was not appointed as a guard by Kangxi, Yongqing still returned to Beijing. Because of Cao Yong, Cao Yong advised him to be a man in the world and to have anything to restrain him. His family property and title were not owned by him. Since his parents were partial to him, he would go with them and create a more brilliant achievement.

Yongqing felt something and decided to go to the capital to visit his grandparents first, and then go to join his cousin in the Northwest Army. Although Yongqing hid it from his parents, he did not hide it from his three friends. Before leaving, Cao Yong, Ning Chun and Ma Jun each delivered it with Cheng Yi. Yongqing knew that the politeness was fake at this time, so he solemnly thanked him and returned to Beijing by land one by one.

Ma Jun, who was originally extremely confused, has been feeling much better recently. Facing the eight-legged articles, it is not as repulsive as before. This is another contribution from Cao Yong. Seeing that he was talking about historical allusions, Cao Yong was full of light, but when he mentioned the Qiu Examination, he frowned and asked him why he did not regard the eight-legged articles as a crossword game, first obtain the qualification of a juren, and then go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Not to mention whether he can pass the jinshi first, but he can breathe a sigh of relief after leaving his parents' noses. If he is lucky enough to pass the jinshi and put a foreign position, he will naturally be able to study according to his own wishes.

Seeing that Ma Jun happily adopted his suggestions, Cao Yong touched his nose and persuaded these rebellious teenagers to "run away from home" or "run away from home in disguise". Is it right or wrong?

Ning Chun just listened with a smile when he said something slightly sophisticated by Cao Yong. Recently, his father's favored concubine gave birth to a son. His stepmother was fighting with him, and both sides were competing to sell him as the legitimate son.

In a flash, another half month passed, and it took a whole month to go to the study to find Cao Yin. Cao Yong thought that Cao Yin was busy taking over the horse and could not consider other things, so he didn't look for him. After the Sheng Jiao left Jiangning, Cao Yin still didn't look for him, which made him gradually feel a little discouraged.

At present, Cao Yong only has Linxiazhai, the industry. Apart from Cao Fang, the two masters and the sisters and brothers in the mansion, they can be left with more than 100,000 taels of silver every year. No matter how delicious Linxiazhai dishes are, they can only sell one table every day, and it is all supported by the power of the Cao family. As long as the Cao family does not collapse, they should be able to continue. There are still seventeen years before Kangxi's death, even if all these are saved, they are still half the difference. The Zheng brothers and sisters' plans are to stay away from Jiangning after all. With him as a teenager in his teens, even if he has the money to support it, he will not be able to save his own industry in the future. It would be impossible to think of another way, so he would go to Cao Yin again. Cao Yong did not make up his mind for a while.

Just when Cao Yong was hesitating, Cao Yin sent someone to ask him to go to the study. At that time, Cao Yong was seeking Jiju to study Huixin and Anxiang's dressing box to see if he could learn from those who traveled through his predecessors to invent perfumes, soaps, etc., and make some money for luxury goods. As for distilled liquor and glass, there was no need to think about it. At this time, there were all kinds of white wine. According to historical records, it seemed that distilled liquor was found in the Northern Song Dynasty. Glass was not a rare thing, but the purity was not as high as that of modern society. But he could not solve this problem. He still read the knowledge of glass from novels, and knew it was made of sand.

After seeing the dressing box, Cao Yong was a little unconfident. The Western perfume in glass bottles had already been available, and even Huixin had half a bottle, which was given by Cao Yan. The soap was called "Overseas Chinzi" at this time, and half a tael of silver was a piece of silver, but it was not a Western product. It was made by merchants in Jiangnan who hired foreigners to make locally, with patterns and patterns on it. How could a maid like Huixin, who had a monthly monthly payment of one tael, buy such luxurious things? This was rewarded by Li. Cao Yong felt a little strange when he heard it. Huixin looked like a "Xiren" treatment.

When Cao Yong heard that his father asked him to go to the study, he hesitated for a moment. He took out the several pages of the bookcase and put them in his arms before going to the bookcase.

When he arrived at Cao Yin's study, Cao Yong greeted his father according to the rules: "My son has seen his father, so please do you!"

"Get up!" Cao Yong's voice was very tired. During the reception, the affairs were busy, and he didn't care about the deficit. In the past half month of the time when the Holy Lord left, he asked the account to summarize the general accounts of the previous years. After half a month of busyness, he made a general idea. In addition to the houses and the imperial gifts, the gold, silver, jewelry and antique items in the mansion totaled 450,000 taels of silver. There were also several farms and more than ten shops, which should be able to total 200,000 taels of silver. Even if they were sold, they could only pay the deficit by half.

Although Cao Yin once said in front of Zhuang Chang that he would have to be deficit in his lifetime, he was also worried about so much debt. Although he was civil and military, he was not good at operating the shops at home, either renting them or having a hand in charge of the shops. His annual salary and money he spent was not enough to have enough money in the mansion. He was often reliant on the savings of the Cao family over the years and the money paid in the shops in the farm.

Cao Yin did not expect his son to have any way to solve the predicament of the Cao family. Even if he is smart, he is just a child. Zhuang Chang reminded him repeatedly not to underestimate Cao Yong. After all, there are examples of Linxiazhai there, and maybe there are other ways to make money. Cao Yin called Cao Yong. Anyway, he was the eldest son of the family, so it was nothing to know about some housework earlier.

Cao Yin pointed to the list of land and gold and silver on the table, and said to Cao Yong: "This is the land and family assets accumulated by the Cao family over a hundred years. I want to discuss it with your second uncle and go to the deficit. I am afraid that I will not be able to keep any family business for you in the future!"

"There are two or three hundred servants inside and outside the mansion. Although the second uncle in the Western Palace is not as good as our mansion, there are also seventy or eighty people. If there is no more land shops, how can the family maintain their monthly livelihood?" Cao Yong asked.

Cao Yin replied: "This is also a matter of no choice. If it really doesn't work, I will release a few elderly people. I just have to wait for the old lady to reduce the population. It's nothing to be a child. The old lady enjoys a lifetime of blessings. There is no reason why she is still worried about her child when she is old!"

"The second uncle's family has not been distributed to the order. My father used a kilometer of industrial property to pay back the debt. Do you know this?" Cao Yong thought that his aunt Zhao Jia was the most shrewd, and the second uncle asked, fearing her, so he asked.

Cao Yin nodded: "I told your second uncle that they are not all sold. Whether it is our family or your second uncle's family, they will leave three thousand taels for each of the younger generation as a gift for marriage. The property under the name of the old lady, your mother and second aunt's dowry are not included in the public ranks."

Seeing that Cao Yin had no good suggestion to reduce the population except selling his property, Cao Yong took out a booklet that he had written for many days from his arms, and handed it to Cao Yin with both hands: "This is a suggestion from his son, please refer to it!"

There are two things mentioned in the booklet. One is to send people to Anxi, Fujian, Longjing Village, Hangzhou, and Junshan Island, Taihu, Suzhou to find land with growing tea trees to buy, build a tea factory, and buy a piece of water in Taihu Lake to develop freshwater pearl breeding.

When he saw the tea garden, Cao Yin frowned slightly. Seeing the pearl breeding piece, he couldn't help but shake his head: "It's a mess, picking tea and making tea. Although it's a bit complicated and profitable, it's still a business. This pearl breeding is unheard of. You can see this from anecdotes, and you'll take it as real."

"The most tribute teas in the Qing Dynasty today are tuan teas, among which the green tea is only 'Biluochun' named by the 38th year of the Kangxi reign. In the past two years, first-class tuan spring has a price but no market, and second-class tuan spring is equivalent to gold. The upward and downward effect, green tea will gradually replace people who have drunk nearly a thousand years of tuan tea. The son listed in the booklets are all places where mountains and rivers are beautiful and tea trees are abundant. Although the West Lake Longjing Tea is not famous in Beijing, it is already a little famous in Jiangnan. The Longjing Tea in West Lake and the pine needles in Junshan are both good teas with tastes no less than that of Biluochun. The southerners eat light food, while the northerners eat greasy food. He has always liked to drink strong tea, and most of them used Pu'er in Yunnan. The Tieguanyin produced in Anxi, Fujian is rich in taste and suitable for reference in all seasons. It is more health-preserving than Nabiluochun." Cao Yong summarized the famous tea materials he knew in his previous life and said to Cao Yong. He was very confident about these three teas, because in history, these three teas were tribute teas, but they were known to the world in 50 or 60 years later, and it seemed that they were included in the tribute range in the middle and late Qianlong period. As for the method of making tea, he didn't have to worry about it. The working people are the greatest, and each tea is first recognized by the locals.

When Cao Yin heard Cao Yong's statement be reasonable and well-founded, it took only a few years for Biluochun to go from being known to being priceless but not being marketed. If the tea from the three places was really as Cao Yong said, then in a few years, you can save a fortune.

"That pearl breeding?" Cao Yin hesitated: "What's the specific, is it really feasible?"
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