Chapter 611: Contest (1)

Tangquan, palace.

Although Kangxi was tense, he was shocked when he looked at the notes in his hand.

For this bidding, the total amount of silver was 12.28 million taels of silver, 5.5 million taels of silver had been received, and more than 6.7 million taels of silver were to be put into warehousing.

Last year, Huiyin Silver nationwide was only more than 29.79 million taels, less than 30 million taels. This time, the bidding was 40% of the national treasury revenue last year.

Should we sigh at the wealth of civilian businessmen, or should we sigh that Cao Yong is good at making money? Kangxi's eyes when he looked at Cao Yong became a little deeper.

Cao Yong knelt on the ground. Although he didn't look up, he still felt the hairs behind him standing and the cold air was so cold.

The three-year agreement is settled?

Until now, Cao Yong still does not think that this bidding is his own ability.

What is the power of the country? This is the power of the country.

It has summarized the big merchants from all over the country, and auctioned the most profitable trade lines, so it is naturally not difficult to raise some money.

Surprisingly, the big merchants who came to participate were much more than expected, and the money was millions of taels more.

Cao Yong's original plan was to estimate five million taels, so he was still thinking about other ways to make money in his spare time. After all, things like bidding cannot be said to be a trick or can't be used frequently.

Unexpectedly, it doubled completely.

The Sixteenth Prince was worried about him, so why didn’t he worry about it?

It's too ostentatious and inconsistent with his previous style.

The room was silent, and Cao Yong felt a pain in his knees. The sixteenth prince stood aside with his head down, thinking of talking to Cao Yong, but he was afraid that it would be counterproductive and he was very hesitant.

After a while, Fang heard Kangxi snorting coldly and said, "Get up!"

Cao Yong responded, and Kangxi had already thrown the fold onto the kang table.

The sixteenth prince glanced at him and saw that Kangxi's face was much more relaxed. He smiled boldly: "After that, the emperor, Ama, was keen to recognize people with a keen eye and picked out Cao Yong. Even the son minister, looking at him being lazy, he didn't expect that he had such ability."

Everyone loves to listen to good things, and emperors are no exception.

After hearing the Sixteenth Prince's words, Kangxi looked more and more relaxed. He nodded and said, "This is true. Cao Yong must look at him before he can do his best."

As he said that, he glanced at Cao Yong and said, "I am so old-fashioned all day long, without the work of young people. What should I say to you? Your grandfather, your father, who is not diligent in serving the court? You are so old, can you still want to live a life of a lifetime?"

What does it mean to be slandered? The person in front of him is. Cao Yong bowed his head and listened, but he felt very wronged.

In recent years, he cannot be said to have made achievements, but he is also doing his duty. Among them, he has passed away a few times. What else do he think?

If he is a scammer, then who in the court is doing serious errands?

But there was nothing to argue about. Cao Yong could only bow down and say, "What the emperor taught was" and "will be what he would do in the future." In his heart, he would rather be criticized by Kangxi.

It’s not that Cao Yong is mean, but that his achievements have been made. I don’t care whether Kangxi praises this sentence.

At this time, Kangxi scolded him, which was better than praising him.

It has become so popular that if Kangxi is praised again, even the jealous people will be even more popular.

Cao Yong thought this way, his mood became more and more peaceful.

Kangxi stared at Cao Yong's expression and stopped scolding.

The sixteenth prince was worried that the news of Cao Yong's scolding was spread, which made the little life slander, so he smiled with a shy face: "Emperor, Cao Yong is lazy, it's hard for him to be loyal to Emperor Ahma. Just now on the way to the palace, he was still muttering that Longevity Day will be coming in another month, what kind of filial piety should be done. He also mentioned that with the money, the project at Tangquan Palace is cheaper, and the Holy Lord will be able to live here in the future if he is lucky."

When Kangxi heard this, his heart moved and said, "What did he really say?"

The Sixteenth Prince said seriously: "Since that's the case, do you still dare to deceive the emperor?"

In fact, on the road just now, Cao Yong saw the wells on both sides of the road and mentioned the severe drought with the sixteenth prince in the spring of the 50th year of the Kangxi reign. As for the Tangquan Palace, someone mentioned it before in the Interior Office. Because the money was not paid, the repair project was progressing slowly.

Kangxi was originally annoyed by Cao Yong, thinking that he had this ability, but he was not forced to do it, which was too unreasonable.

After hearing what the Sixteenth Prince said, Kangxi looked at Cao Yong again, but it felt a different feeling.

Although he lacks courage, this kind of human feelings is not available to others.

"Don't think you've finished your job. What I told you was to enter the treasury of 10 million taels. This time, 35% of the money was to be entered into the treasury, and the remaining one was less than eight million. You have to use these promising items from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This time I want to see, how can you earn back the remaining two million taels of silver for me when you are empty-handed? Remember, don't use public service for personal gain." Kangxi said.

Cao Yong was speechless after hearing this.

It seems that Kangxi couldn't bear to see him leisurely.

But that's good. Emperor Kangxi was finally not confused. He knew that the more than 1,000 taels of silver were exchanged for the business road of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it was not from Cao Yong who made money by himself. Otherwise, he would touch his upper lip and give him a task of tens of millions of silver, for fear that Cao Yong would vomit blood.

But, it seems to be pulling something down.

"Your Majesty, this clever wife cannot cook without rice. You must have capital when doing business. If you don't use the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then this way of making money..." Cao Yong hesitated for a moment and finally asked.

He didn't have that high awareness, so he used his own money to give Kangxi his capital.

That is the real difference between public and private affairs, and it is easy to expose money and attract fear.

Kangxi touched his beard, looked at Cao Yong, and said for a while: "Well, I'll give you the capital. This time I will give you 200,000 taels of silver. I still have two and a half years to see if you can get ten times the profit." At the end of the conversation, I was already a little tired.

The Sixteenth Prince glanced at Kangxi with concern, thinking about the rumors in recent days, and felt quite heavy.

According to the rules, the prince must be enfeoffed in Kaifu at the age of 20.

Because there are many princes in this dynasty, most princes of similar age are divided into ceremonies.

The 14th Prince was granted twice, one in the 37th year of Kangxi, and the 14th Prince was granted the 14th Prince.

In the 50th year of Kangxi, the 12th Prince and the 13th Prince left the palace and the 14th Prince still lived in the prince's house.

At that time, the fifteenth prince and the sixteenth prince were under the age of the age and could not catch up with what Feng Jue also said.

Five years have passed in a blink of an eye. The fifteenth prince is twenty-fourth, and the sixteenth prince is still the titleless prince.

The Sixteenth Prince is a man and has a sense of power. It’s not for him, but for the sake of his own, but for the sake of his title, he will be better off with his wife and children in the future.

It was already noon after coming out of the palace.

When the city gate was opened in the morning, Cao Yong was already hungry. However, there were still many young and old things in the yamen, and they were inseparable from people. If he could not return that day, he would have to delay another half a day tomorrow.

There are many small restaurants on both sides of the official road from Tangquan Palace to the city, and buy some tea and food.

Cao Yong thought of going there to take a sip and return to the city early, but was stopped by the Sixteenth Prince and taken to the Sixteenth Prince's village.

The Zhuangzi here was given by Cao Yong in his early years.

It used to be very secluded, but now there are many villages around it.

The sixteenth prince looked around and said to Cao Yong: "I told you to leave the land here so that you can be my neighbor. You have sold it all. Now it is remote and far from the palace, which is too cheap."

Cao Yong smiled and said, "It's not far away. It's only half an hour to ride a horse."

The sixteenth prince snorted and said, "I don't know you yet. I just saw that several Dukes of Beizi bought land here and were unwilling to deal with them too much, so I avoided them far away. With that incident yesterday, I am afraid that they would rush over like flies. Where can you avoid it?"

While talking, we arrived at the 16th Prince's village.

The sixteenth prince asked to cook with ease, and then he tidied out a table of mats in a while.

Cao Yong and the Sixteenth Prince stopped talking and hurriedly used it, eating full.

Cao Yong was in a hurry to return to the city, so he said goodbye to the sixteenth prince.

The sixteenth prince asked Zhao Feng to lead the horse and wanted to go back to the city with Cao Yong.

Seeing that the Sixteenth Prince was acting deliberately, Cao Yong frowned and asked, "Master Sixteenth Prince is worried...worrying that someone wants to be unfavorable to me?"

The sixteenth prince had already taken the reins from Zhao Feng, turned over the horse, nodded and said, "Since yesterday, my right eyelid kept twitching. After thinking about it, you are in the most dangerous situation now. Now, this bid will be smooth for the winners, and for those who lost the bid, I am afraid that the way to wealth will be cut off. If you are crazy, it will not be uncommon to make an idea about you."

As he said that, he looked at the guards behind Cao Yong and continued, "Seven or eight people in the city, what is the use of those who are in the wilderness? Go back and discuss with your uncle, and see if you want to find a few more people to use."

It is hard to say whether other people have the courage, but the Ninth Prince's eyes were deeply imprinted into Cao Yong's mind.

But no matter how much he hated him, he would not do anything to Cao Yong in the short term in order to avoid it.

Cao Yong originally wanted to say, "The sky is blue and white, and the official road is fine." But in the end, he cherishes his life and does not want to make any mistakes, so he went back to the city with the sixteenth prince.

Safe all the way, but nothing happened.

But when I was about to arrive near Cao's Mansion, there were many new faces.

Cao Yong's heart was a little depressed.

What is this? I am exhausted and exhausted. The money belongs to others and the hatred belongs to me.

There are already people waiting in Cao's Mansion, it is Wang Lusheng.

He came yesterday afternoon, but Cao Yong had a dinner party again and went to the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion. He came back very late, so he didn't see him.

"Master Cao, you are back. Come and make an idea for me." Wang Lusheng stood up and said when he saw Cao Yong come back.

When Cao Yong saw him with a hurricane face, he asked, "Why, that one million and a half taels of silver are not enough to pay for it?"

Wang Lusheng looked embarrassed and his face turned red, saying, "I didn't expect it to be such a big deal. The money I prepared was insufficient. I had already asked someone to send messages to Rizhao, but the money I could get was limited. I was afraid it would be a little worse."

According to Cao Yong's perception, Wang Lusheng would never have prepared less than one million taels of silver for this bidding. Otherwise, he would not have looked as confident as before.

Yesterday, I was at the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion, but I asked the Thirteenth Prince to disagree, so I don't know how Zheng Woxue arranged it.

Today, Wang Lusheng is embarrassed by money again, but it is different from Cao Yong's previous perception.
To be continued...