The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

As soon as Yin Zuo got home, he began to settle accounts with his fingers.

First, he bought a piece of wasteland with the money from his father, and then he built a farm with the money allocated by the user department to the firearms workshop, and then exchanged the farm for a hot spring farm... I really have the talent of a white wolf with empty gloves!

Now two gardens and one Zhuangzi have been repaired for him, and he still has the 900 taels of silver left over from Kangxi, the remaining [-] taels from the wasteland, and the tens of thousands of taels of silver from Yinzhen.

How do you feel like spending more money?

Because stainless steel could not be made in a short period of time, Yinzuo handed over the research work to his subordinates, and found someone to make a few juicers out of copper for Concubine De, saying that he would wait until the materials were ready. Even better... Then Yin Zuo was doing nothing again.

Although the New Year is coming soon, for Yinzuo, who is the only master in the mansion, he just needs to prepare two hands and one mouth, and wait for the meal.

As soon as Yin Zuo got bored, the "Six Devil Kings" began to appear on the street again. The "evil young men" in the capital who detoured towards him at the beginning, after contacting him more often, found that his temper was not what it was in the legend at all!He loves to play, knows how to play, and can take jokes. He never puts on airs like the prince's elder brother, and he doesn't refuse to ask him for small things. If it weren't for his high status, he would kowtow to him!

Yinzuo is eating with these fellow second-generation ancestors at the moment, wearing a fox fur cloak, holding a hot stove in his arms, and a boiling pot in front of him, but Yinzuo still feels a cool breeze A sudden blow came from the side, turned to look at the paper window, Yin Zuo couldn't help sighing: My glass window, my heating, my air conditioner... I don't know if I will see you again in this life!

Luanyi envoy Longkodo's eldest son, Yue Xing'a, was a man of great eyesight. Seeing this, he hurriedly got up and said, "The sixth master is getting closer to the window, how about moving this way?"

Yinzuo really felt a little cold, and he didn't want to take away his kindness, so he moved to the side, and it was much warmer.He used to sit in an honorable seat with the best view, but now that he moved away, no one dared to sit there, so it was free.

After eating and drinking for a while, suddenly there was a commotion downstairs, and there was a young boy crying and howling.

Yin Zuo glanced down, and saw a ragged boy kneeling on the street downstairs. There was a straw mark on the boy's head, his face was so dirty that he couldn't see his face clearly, but he was very energetic when he heard his voice.There was another person lying on the snow beside him, covered with a tattered straw mat, motionless. On the open space in front of the two of them, the words "sell one's body to bury one's father" were written crookedly.

The young man was entangled with several servants, crying loudly: "My father is just my son, he gave birth to me and raised me for the rest of his life. I can't give him a full meal when he is alive, and I can't let him go on the road like this when he is dead. ... Guan Ye, please do me a favor, as long as a good-hearted person buys me, I will give my father a funeral... Guan Ye, please do me a favor, let my father go away..."

Seeing that the official was unwilling to move the corpse, the young man threw himself on his father's corpse and cried, "Father, my son is sorry for you! You can kill me, let us father and son die together!"

Seeing Yin Zuo frowning, Yue Xing said with a smile: "These things are disturbing, I'll send someone to drive them away."

Yinzuo shook his head and said, "No need."

Raising his voice slightly, he said: "Call that kid up, I have something to ask him."

The guard responded outside the door, and after a while, the place became quiet, and the young man who sold himself to bury his father appeared tremblingly in the box.

Yin Zuo asked, "What was the shouting down there just now?"

The young man looked at Yin Zuo timidly. This old man is really good-looking, and his clothes look very valuable. Even the officials are obedient and obedient when they see his subordinates. He must be very powerful.

He said in his mouth: "The young one sold himself to bury his father. Those officials wanted to drag the young father out of the city and bury him. The young one refused, so he started yelling."

Yinzuo let out an oh, and asked again: "What do you want money for?"

The young man froze for a moment, then murmured, "A funeral for my little father..."

Yinzuo glanced at him lightly, and said: "If the person covered with the mat underneath lies down again, I'm afraid there will be a funeral."

The snow under his feet has melted, and he sold himself to bury his father!

The boy was shocked: "Ah? Ah!"

Yin Zuo asked again: "What do you want money for? Who are you at the bottom?"

The young man bowed his head dejectedly, and said dejectedly: "It's my little brother, my little sister is sick, and I have no money to treat her, so I really have no other way, so I came up with this trick. I don't have any malicious intentions, I just want to get more money by selling myself like this." , so that I can buy medicine for my sister."

Yinzuo asked: "What disease does your sister suffer from, and how much money do you want?"

The young man choked up and said: "The little ones escaped from the famine outside, and spent the night under the eaves of other people's houses. It snowed heavily that day, and the girl had a fever in the morning. She must have caught a cold. It has been on and off for more than ten days. As soon as I saw it..."

He wiped away his tears and said, "Young one, I don't know how much money I need..."

Yinzuo ordered outside: "Give him 20 taels of silver."

The young man was overjoyed, for a guy like him, selling for two taels of silver is not bad, let alone 20 taels, he immediately changed his words and said, "Master, when I hand over the silver to my little brother, I will come back and make a cow for you." horse……"

Yinzuo shook his head and said, "I don't want you to be a cow or a horse, and you can't enter my family. Just take the money to treat your sister."

Passed over the hand stove in his arms, and said: "Take it to warm your brother, and save another illness. When you don't need it, just take it and sell it. This thing is worth at least 200 taels of silver. Don't sell it." It's cheap, and it's lost my master's worth."

"Hey! Hey!" The young man happily left with his hand stove in his arms, wiping away his tears.

"This year's cold weather," Chang Ying, the youngest son of Shuntian Prefecture, sighed, "It's snowing continuously, and it's getting colder every day. The first thing the officials in Shuntian Prefecture do every morning is to go to the street to find The corpses that died of freezing were carried to the mass graves and buried. This is not the coldest time yet, more than 200 people have died, not only the beggars who died of freezing on the street, but also the houses crushed to death by the heavy snow Residents. In a few days, it is uncertain how many people will die! My Ama said, if things continue like this, his Shuntian Governor will be successful!"

"The capital city is like this, wouldn't there be more people dying outside?"

"Is there no relief from the imperial court?"

"Why not?" Chang Ning said, "Which year did the imperial court not give out porridge in winter? But what's the use of just giving out porridge? You can't give them a padded jacket, right?"

"I think this day, they will freeze to death as if they were given cotton jackets, unless the imperial court alone builds a house for them!"

Several people laughed loudly, and said again: "The sixth master is also kind-hearted. We are used to seeing these things. To be honest, the adults in the family can't do anything about it. What can we people do?"

Yinzuo smiled and said: "It's just that I hit the nose, and I sent it away so I can't see or worry, what are you talking about? Come on, drink and drink, what do you do with those bad things? "

"That's right, it's good if we can take care of ourselves. How can we care about others?" Yue Xing'a said, "To put it bluntly, maybe our own situation will be worse than others tomorrow? Can we be happy now? Just live happily ever after!"

In the end, he hurriedly added another sentence, saying: "Sixth Lord is naturally different."

Yin Zuo glanced at him thoughtfully, smiled and toasted.

-

In Qianqing Palace, Liang Jiugong said in a low voice: "Long Live Lord, Sixth Brother, please see me."

Kangxi was slightly taken aback, every time Yin Zuo came over, he would ask Liang Jiugong to inform him that he would stay in the side hall to read books and drink tea, and he would summon him when he was free, but this time he actually asked to see him directly, what is the rush? What's the matter?

Putting aside his worries, he said, "Let him in."

When Yin Zuo came in, seeing that he looked fine, he said with a smile, "Is this no money?"

Yin Zuo said angrily: "Is it true that only sons who have no money come to look for Huang Ama? Huang Ama thinks so, but it makes my son very sad."

He took off his coat and handed it to the maid at the side, saying: "Huang Ama, you put too many braziers here, and it is not good to absorb too much carbon gas. Go to another place for dinner later. People open doors and windows to get some air."

Kangxi said: "I know."

Seeing the snowflakes on his head, he said, "It's falling outside again now?"

Yin Zuo shook his head and said, "I just passed under the tree, and the wind blew it down. But although it didn't fall at the moment, it will probably start before it gets dark!"

Kangxi said: "If you are willing to run to the palace in this weather, what's the matter?"

Yin Zuo smiled and said, "Isn't it just an urgent matter? My son is here to give Huang Ama a new year gift."

Yinfeng smiled and said: "There is still some time before the Chinese New Year. The sixth younger brother is in a hurry to send it here. It can be seen that he really cares about it. I don't know what rare treasures he has prepared?"

Yinzuo smiled at Yinreng's gesture, and said: "Huang Ama is rich all over the world, how can there be any rare treasures that can catch Huang Ama's eyes?"

Kangxi's curiosity was also aroused, and he said with a smile: "It's not a rare treasure, so what kind of New Year gift did you give me? Why did you send it so early?"

Yinzuo took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Kangxi, saying, "That's it."

Kangxi opened it, and the smile on his face was replaced by seriousness: "This is?"

Yinzuo said, "It's Diwozi."

Pointing to the drawings, he explained: "Dig a square hole three or four feet deep and one foot long on the ground, then build a two-foot-high low wall around it with soil embryos, and put a few rafters on top. Take a raft made of branches and cover the roof with grass leaves and mud. Although this kind of house is not very breathable, it is probably better than the house we live in in terms of heat preservation and cold protection. The most rare thing is that if Don’t pay attention to comfort, four or five people can set up a room in a day, and it costs almost no money.”

"Liang Jiugong!" Kangxi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Chuan Shuntian Fu Yin! There are also nine admirals!"

Then he said to Yinzuo: "You continue."

Yinzuo said: "Divide a piece of land and send more people. Those who dig holes are in charge of digging holes, those who build walls are in charge of building walls, and those who cut rafters and weave rafts. They all perform their duties. This is the fastest way to do it." .Anyway, I just want to get through this winter. It doesn’t matter if the work is rough, and it will be finished soon.”

At this moment, several cabinet ministers have also heard the truth. They are most worried about this matter recently. They were overjoyed when they heard this, and Li Guang said: "According to Brother Six, it is totally impossible to live in a nest with more than a dozen people. The problem, if calculated in this way, the refugees in the city can be resettled in one day."

Yinzuo said: "But although this nest can prevent wind and snow, it can't stop rain. When spring comes, I'm afraid it will be uninhabitable."

"After this winter, let's talk about it. If we really let them live here, it will increase their inertia." Li Guang said: "Long live, if this method is really credible, please pass the decree to the local area, and everyone will follow this routine." ——This is the countless acts of kindness of living people!"

Kangxi nodded: "Quasi!"

Yinzhen said: "Then why don't you issue an order to conscript the people to work for the next year's hard labor—it's the slack time for farming, and they should be happy to serve at this moment. This will also save the need to dispatch soldiers from the yamen. The year is just around the corner, and everything is complicated. I think it will go smoothly." The manpower of the Tianfu and the infantry yamen is also very tight."

Kangxi nodded in agreement.

After everything was arranged properly, seeing that Kangxi's face was much better than before, Yinzuo smiled and said, "Ama Huang, does Huang Ama like your son's New Year gift? Do you have any rewards?"

Kangxi glanced at him, pointed to his head and said, "Okay, I will reward you with an extra dish during the New Year's Eve dinner."

Yinzuo muttered something stingy in a low voice, and took Yinzhen to greet Concubine De in front of him. On the way, he met Yinzhen who came from elder brother when he learned that Yinzuo had entered the palace.

The three arrived at the Yonghe Palace talking and laughing, but it was unfortunate that Concubine De was not in the palace at the moment, they knew that Concubine De would never eat elsewhere, and it was almost dinner time, so they should be back soon, so they knew each other Familiar with the way, went to the small flower hall to wait.

Pushing the door open, I saw Yun Xin, the maid of honor next to Concubine De, opening the window. Seeing several people coming in, she hurriedly greeted her and said, "The fourth elder brother, the sixth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother are auspicious. The servants are taking advantage of the absence at this moment." Man, open the window to let some air in... the three elder brothers, please sit down for a while, and the servants will pour tea right away."

After speaking, he held the incense burner by the window and walked out.

Yinzuo said: "Pour tea for the men, what are you doing with your broken stove? Is it because we came here and delayed you to clean up the house?" Yun Xin was stunned, put the incense burner back to its original place, and said with a smile: " Sixth Master likes to make jokes about slaves."

He bent over and backed out.

After she left, Yin Zuo went to pick up the incense burner and smell it, then handed it to Yin Zhen, and said, "Can Fourth Brother smell what's inside?"

Yinzhen smelled it, and said: "It seems to be the Buddhist incense I gave to Er Niang... Well, there is a slight difference. Why, do you think there is something wrong with this incense?"

"I don't know if there is something wrong with Xiang, but there must be something wrong with people." Yinzuo said: "The maid next to Er Niang should know the rules best, but this girl, before inviting us to sit down, explained herself first. What are you doing, said to pour tea for us, but first cleaned up the incense burner..."

Yinzhen didn't think it was just now, and now Yinzuo said it was inappropriate. How can a slave explain what I'm doing when he sees his master?Even if he is familiar with small talk, there is absolutely no reason to put his own affairs before greeting his master.

Immediately flew into a rage, and said: "I usually think this girl is a good girl, but I didn't expect her to be a spy! I'm going to deal with her now!"

Yinzuo grabbed him and said helplessly: "Why do you want to join in the fun, so I can read your book!"

Yinzhen took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and spread it on the table. Seeing that he was about to pour some incense ash into a wrapper, Yinzuo pressed his hand and said, "Why bother fourth brother?"

Putting the handkerchief away, she said: "When the girl saw that I asked her to keep the incense burner, she looked a little uneasy, but she didn't show any fear. It can be seen that although this matter is secret, it is probably Er Niang's intention, and she is not afraid of us knowing. Since In this way, just ask her directly in a while, there is no need to be so secretive between mother and child."

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, his eyes showed a look of contemplation. In the previous life, he and Concubine De went farther and farther, but he didn't know if it had something to do with his behavior...

After a while, Yun Xin came in to serve tea, and Yin Zuo asked, "What happened here today?"

Yun Xin seemed to be mentally prepared, and replied unhurriedly: "Today, my master invited several masters in the palace to drink tea and enjoy the winter peonies sent by the fourth master. I don't want Wang Chang to suddenly vomit. Well, I asked the imperial doctor for pulse, and it turned out to be Xi pulse. The master thought it was a happy event, so he personally sent Chang Zai back to the palace, and he hasn't come back yet!"

Yinzhen frowned, and asked directly: "What's in this incense?"

Yun Xin hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice: "This incense is harmless to people, but if you eat hazelnuts within two hours, it will cause vomiting."

"Wang Changzai..."

Yun Xin lowered her head and said, "Wang Changzai always likes to eat these things."

Yin Zuo frowned. He didn't know much about the harem, and he couldn't get his hands on it.

But Yinzhen didn't know what he was thinking of, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he said: "You two go back first, if you don't want to cause trouble for Er Niang, you'd better forget everything about today, and don't mention it to anyone word."

Yinzhen was dissatisfied and said: "Fourth brother!"

Yinzuo patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go."

He said again: "Fourth brother, Er Niang is back, don't forget to greet us."

Yinzhen hummed, but remained silent.

Yinzuo dragged the reluctant Yinzhen away, and scolded: "Thanks to you, you also grew up in the palace. I don't know where this habit of joining in the fun came from! The more you know, the faster you die, don't you understand? "

Yinzhen said angrily: "What about Erniang is called joining in the fun?"

Yinzuo said: "That's not called joining in the fun, that's called adding to the chaos! When I need you, I will naturally call you, so don't join in if you have nothing to do."

He said again: "Let's go, go and find Huang Ama for dinner with my brother, do you know what to say?"

"How to say?"

Yin Zuo sighed: "You have never been smart when you should be smart! Just say that Er Niang is not here, and the fourth brother is all focused on his good son, and we two have no one to hurt, and no one cares about food when we are hungry. So I can only go to Huang Ama... have you met yet?"

"Oh..." Yinzhen said: "But the fourth brother asked us to go back!"

Yinzuo said: "fourth brother is in a hurry and confused, he put us aside from this matter, but he didn't think about it, the three of us went to greet Er Niang together, but Er Niang hasn't seen her yet, fourth brother is very busy People stayed and waited, but the two of us had nothing to do and left first... In the eyes of caring people, how can we not think wildly?"

Yinzhen nodded and sighed: "Sixth brother, as people grow older, their minds and eyes will also grow. Why am I not as smart as you and fourth brother?"

Yin Zuo snorted coldly: "You don't have enough eyes? How much have you killed the fourth brother and me?"

Yinzhen smiled and said nothing.

-

In the Yonghe Palace, the servants have been sent clean, outside guarding Concubine De's confidants, Yinzhen was honest with Concubine De for the first time, saying: "Emiang, this is too risky for you to do!"

He said again: "If this matter is revealed, he will not be able to get it right, but anyone who knows about this matter may end badly. If Huang Ama knows that it was Er Niang who did it, Er Niang, you..."

Concubine De said indifferently: "The worst thing is that Tong Jia's fate is nothing more than that, what else can I do?"

"Mother!"

Concubine De said: "Er Niang has been like this all her life. People who have served half of their lives have been served by others for half of their lives. They have sons, daughters and grandchildren. They can enjoy what they should enjoy. Even if they die, it's nothing. It's a pity. But fourth, I can't just watch him ascend the throne and harm sixth... You and Fourteen are brothers of sixth. If he harms sixth, will he let you go? Use me It's worth life to pull him off the horse in exchange for half your life's safety. Besides, it's too late for the Lord Long Live to cover up this matter, so it won't necessarily involve me."

"Emiang," Yinzhen said: "If you do this, where will you leave us sons? Huang Ama has treated him worse than before, and his sons are not helpless in front of him. Sooner or later... ..."

Concubine De smiled wryly and said: "What do you mean not as good as before? You see the prince being punished to study, and the prince being entrusted and reused, and you think that the Lord Long Live is really disappointed in the prince? You are wrong about the fourth child!"

"Who is Long Live Lord? Why would he be disappointed in the crown prince because he attacked the sixth son? In the past dynasties, when will there be no fights between royal brothers? Li Shimin kills brothers and brothers, isn't he still a Mingjun?"

"Long live Lord loves the sixth child, is angry with the prince, is angry, and is willing to give him a warning, but he will not be disappointed with him because of this matter... because even if Long live Lord himself is in the position of the prince, he is the same I will attack Lao Liu." Concubine De said: "What Long Live Lord is doing now is to protect Lao Liu and find a way out for Lao Liu. He will not give up the prince he has trained for more than [-] years because of this, you Do you understand Yinzhen?"

Yinzhen smiled wryly and said: "It's my fault... Er Niang, I should have told you earlier. The status of the sixth younger brother in Huang Ama's heart has long been different from before. Even if Huang Ama abolishes the crown prince, he will never let him He touched a hair on the sixth younger brother, Prince, he himself understands this truth."

Concubine De resolutely said: "So what? Can you guarantee that the crown prince will not act in front of the Long Live Lord, and wait until the autumn to settle the score? I can't put the life of the sixth child on the safe enough escape route that the Long Live Lord finds for him. Since the prince's intention to kill him is not strong, the prince must not ascend the throne!"

Yinzhen said helplessly: "The son naturally understands this truth, and also arranged some methods to make Huang Ama disappointed in him. Er Niang, I have my sons to worry about the affairs of the court, and my son will protect the sixth son. Are you really happy?" Don't worry. This incident is too risky, Er Niang, you just treat it as if it never happened, and even if you are stabbed out, you can treat it as an accident, okay? Er Niang, our brothers don't want you to have an accident, Your safety is more important than anything else."

Concubine De opened her mouth and sighed: "That's all, let's do it like this!"