The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

Yinzuo still couldn't eat the porridge cooked by Wu Ya himself. Not long after Kangxi left, he fell asleep again in a daze. He didn't know that the imperial doctor came to feed the medicine. sky.The sun was shining outside, and Wangcai was twisting a hot handkerchief to rub his face. Seeing him open his eyes, he was overjoyed and said, "Master, are you awake? How do you feel? Is there anything you want to eat?"

Yin Zuo moved, feeling very bad, frowned and said, "As long as it's not porridge, you can eat anything."

Wangcai laughed dryly and said, "Master, you can choose lily barley porridge, mixed vegetables and lean meat porridge, millet red date porridge, mushroom chicken porridge, black sesame walnut porridge..."

Yinzuo was speechless, staring at him without saying a word, Wangcai could not go on poor, and said: "How about mushroom and chicken porridge? That tastes a little stronger."

Yinzuo hummed, and Wangcai said happily: "Young one, I will order someone to fetch it."

He wasn't just playing tricks to make Yinzuo happy, because Yinzuo could only eat porridge these days, so all kinds of porridge were cooked in the kitchen early in the morning for later use, and there were only more types than what he said.

Yinzuo shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry to eat, you ask someone to prepare hot water, and I'll take a bath."

He clearly remembered that when he woke up yesterday, his body was refreshed, but now it was sticky again, and when he raised his arms, he felt that the sheets were going to stick together - he had never been so dirty in his life.

Dissatisfied: "It's such a hot day, and you still cover me with such a thick quilt, you are not afraid of covering me up."

He felt himself rotten.

Wangcai wondered: "The imperial doctor said that you have been weak recently and you sweat all the time. It is best not to take a bath, or the servant will help you wipe it with hot water?"

Yin Zuo nodded and said, "Go and prepare hot water, I'll just wipe it myself."

Wangcai hesitated to speak, so he went to prepare hot water, handkerchiefs and clean clothes, put them beside the bed, and said worriedly: "Master, let me help you!"

Yin Zuo shook his head, he is fine, he has hands and feet, does he need help to take a shower?

Although the weather was hot and the glass windows were well closed, Wangcai was still afraid of the wind blowing in, so he pulled up the thick cloth curtains inside and out, prepared everything and put it in Yinzuo Within reach, he helped Yin Zuo up and sat on the edge of the bed, and then went out under Yin Zuo's urging.

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When Yinzhen came over, what he saw was Wangcai standing at the door, listening to the scene with his ears close to his ears, he couldn't help but look cold.

Wangcai felt something was wrong and turned his head. Seeing that it was Yinzhen, he asked An to salute. As for Yinzhen's face—this fourth master's face was always frozen, whether it was minus one degree or ten degrees, he really couldn't tell...

"Prince Yong, please wait a moment," Wangcai said, "Master, wipe your body inside, it should be ready in a while."

Putting his ear up again, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There's the sound of water again... Why did it take so long for everyone to say I'm coming..."

Complained a few words in a low voice, then sighed: "The master is good at everything, but his temper is too stubborn. He is not allowed to take a bath, change clothes and sleep. It is usually fine, but now he is sick, so don't worry about the dead!"

It was good for a while, but it was really a long "a while", when Wangcai was anxious to kick in, finally Yin Zuo's voice came from inside: "Wangcai."

Wangcai was overjoyed, pushed the door open and entered, and when he turned around the screen, he saw Yin Zuo sitting on the edge of the bed in clean middle clothes, the floor and bed beside him were splashed with water.

"Master, let me help you go outside!"

Yinzuo hummed, Wangcai stepped forward and found that the shoes he had put beside the bed were also stained with water, so he turned to look for the shoes, and when he found the shoes and came back, Yinzuo had already been carried to the soft bed outside by Yinzhen.

Yinzuo's face darkened: Grandma's, princess hug... princess hug!

In his last life, Yin Zuo was in poor health. Every time he entered the hospital, he was used to being carried up and down in a wheelchair. However, Yin Zuo, who is healthy in this life, was hugged when he was awake last time when he was a child. Kangxi's butt hug!

Just as Wangcai couldn't see Yinzhen's face, Yinzhen also couldn't figure out how he had offended his precious brother, so he helped him to lie on a half-lying bed and covered him with a quilt.

Wangcai brought the porridge over, Yinzhen took it, and Yinzuo stopped yelling to come by himself, leaned on the soft bed, and ate quietly.

Wangcai opened the curtain, tidied up the interior, and put on a new bedding before coming out.

Seeing him coming out, Yinzuo said, "Wangcai, go and help me find some walnuts."

"Master, do you want to eat walnuts?" Wangcai asked, "Do you want to cook them in porridge, or make them into cakes? Or just eat them raw?"

Yin Zuo shook his head: "It's not eating, it's playing."

Playing with walnuts!Suddenly, Wangcai responded and went: It's popular to play with walnuts at the moment, but unexpectedly his master is also interested in it!There are several pairs of these things in his master's warehouse, and they are all top-grade - they were all given by the people below when his master's birthday and knighthood.

When Wangcai went out, Yinzuo finished a bowl of porridge, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach, and refused to eat any more.

Yinzhen didn't force himself, frowned and twisted the hot handkerchief, and wiped the sweat off Yinzuo's head - after eating a small bowl of porridge, Yinzuo's head seemed to be washed with water, his body was weak!

Touching his back, he found that he couldn't do it like this, so he went to find a clean shirt. Yin Zuo raised his arm slightly, and cooperated with Yin Zhen to change into clean clothes, and said casually, "What did the imperial doctor say?"

Yinzhen helped him to lie down, then covered him with the quilt: "What do you say?"

Yinzuo looked at Yinzhen for a while, seeing that he had no intention of speaking, so he raised his arms and put them on his chest: "Look, fourth brother."

Yin Zuo slowly clenched his right hand, far before he could make a fist, his right hand trembled uncontrollably, and finally he could only loosen it weakly.

Yinzuo looked up at Yinzhen, and asked again: "What did the imperial doctor say?"

He was overthinking his abilities just now, but now he realizes that such a simple thing as taking a bath is beyond his ability - let alone wringing out the towel, he can even pick up the wet towel less than.

Just now, he had to rely on a sense of unwillingness, stubbornness, and ruthlessness to wash and dry his body, and gritted his teeth to change his clothes—just tied the clothes around his waist. It took him a lot of effort and time.

This body seems to be worse than even his previous life.

He is now... useless?

"You think too much," Yinzhen stuffed his hands into the quilt, and said, "You are still sick, and you have fainted for so long, it is natural that you have no strength, wait for a few more days, and you will be fine. "

"Fourth brother, you don't have to hide it from me," Yinzuo smiled wryly, and said, "In the past, the imperial doctor Duan always talked a lot when he got the pulse, but now he uses the words 'great improvement, calm and recuperate' all day long." If I don't know it's wrong to send me away, I'd be a fool."

Under what circumstances, the doctor will avoid the patient when explaining the condition?After being a sick child for two lifetimes, Yinzuo knows it all too well.

"Don't think about it," Yinzhen said, "Physician Duan thinks you don't listen to him, so he doesn't bother to talk to you! You are good at giving birth, and you will be fine in a few days."

Seeing that Yinzhen couldn't ask anything, Yinzuo didn't force himself and remained silent.

Yinzhen didn't know what to say, after a moment of silence, he said, "Is there any book you want to read, let me read it to you?"

Yin Zuo shook his head and said: "I asked the people from the research institute to draw the blueprints of the textile machine, but now the time limit has come, and the fourth brother sent someone to help me collect them."

Yinzhen frowned, and said: "What are you still worrying about, first take care of it..."

Yinzuo smiled and interrupted: "I want to rest and recuperate, thinking wildly?"

Yinzhen suffocated, and said: "...OK."

Then there was speechless sitting, Yinzuo was in a bad mood, even worse, too lazy to talk, Yinzhen wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it, fortunately Wangcai came back in time, he brought several pairs of walnuts from the warehouse , triumphantly introduced the origin.

Yin Zuo picked the right one, held it in his hand and turned it slowly, and said, "Don't go out and talk nonsense about my grandfather playing with walnuts, or I will collect all the walnuts when I live my life later!"

Wangcai responded in a hurry, more nervous than his master - no matter how expensive walnuts are, he still feels that they are not worth as much as gold, silver and jade, so it is not worthwhile to accept this!

Yinzuo turned to Yinzhen and said, "The fourth brother is busy with work, so I won't keep the fourth brother here!"

Yinzhen hesitated to speak, but finally nodded slightly, turned and left, but when he was about to reach the door, Yinzuo stopped him again: "...don't tell Erniang."

Yinzhen paused, nodded invisibly, and strode away.

As soon as Bingshan Yinzhen left, Wangcai resumed his chatty nature, talking non-stop, and Yinzuo responded without a sound.

Lying lazily on the bed like this, looking at the bright sunshine outside, and listening to Wangcai's not-so-pleasant voice, Yinzuo suddenly had an illusion of happiness.

Listening to Wangcai's nonsense, Yinzuo suddenly remembered something, and said: "The girl I sent someone to buy in Jiangnan earlier, has it arrived yet?"

Wangcai said: "It's been a long time ago, the steward has found a place to settle down, and sent a nanny to teach them how to behave!"

Yinzuo said: "Don't teach the rules, and send them to the garden in the suburbs."

The garden in the suburbs has been repaired for two years. At first, he wanted to build a shelter for himself after he was demoted to a commoner. Later, he was made the king of the county. Kangxi sent the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a garden master to take over the job of repairing the garden. Later, the House of Internal Affairs came under his control, and later, he became the prince...

As his status became higher and his money more and more, the garden in the suburbs became bigger and bigger. The current area is more than ten times that of the land he bought before, and the exquisiteness is no less than his. Any famous garden seen in Jiangnan.

"Have someone make a signboard and call it...Xiao Jiangnan," Yinzuo said, "every morning the gate is open and the park is closed at night. No matter who you are, you can enter at will."

He probably won't live in that garden for a few times, it's a pity to let it go for nothing, and he's a bit reluctant to sell it. Many places in it are designed according to his wishes.

"Go in at will?"

Yin Zuo hummed, and said: "Put a sign in a conspicuous place at the door, write down the rules, and send someone to explain it to those who cannot read."

"First, you are not allowed to destroy the environment at will, and you will be fined for climbing and breaking flowers and trees, throwing garbage, and dirtying the walls; second, you are not allowed to conduct profit-making activities inside. Yes, but begging is not allowed; third, anyone who does illegal things in the garden, such as stealing, robbing, fighting, molesting women, no matter what their status is, break their legs first."

He is a prince, and if he breaks the law and discipline in his territory, it is considered a minor crime if he adds another level.

Wangcai's memory is not bad, he repeated it once in a murmur, and then said bitterly: "Master, such a good garden, you haven't looked at it several times, master, it's so cheap for outsiders..."

Yinzuo ignored him, and said: "The garden does not charge money when entering the gate, but the teahouses and restaurants in the garden may be a penny or two more expensive than outside, but the things are all the best. Several theaters are also sung by people. Wake up, listening to the opera does not cost money, but ordering the opera requires money, and the melon seeds, peanuts and fruit snacks sold must be the best and most expensive. You can look at the lotus pond casually. If you want to go down to pick lotus pods by boat, the boat needs money, lotus pods, I also need money..."

"You can look at the fish in the lake casually, but fish food requires money, and fishing requires even more money!" Wangcai said with a smile: "I understand, this is the same as in the monk's temple! , but incense candles require money, vegetarian food is free to eat, but you have to donate money to the merit box.”

Yinzuo hummed and praised: "Smart."

Wang Cai, who was rarely praised by his master, continued to play freely: "You can also sell some special products in the south of the Yangtze River, such as silk, embroidery, rouge, gouache, etc. Oh, by the way, the flowers in the garden cannot be picked, but the master Xiu In those big greenhouses, there are all kinds of flowers, which can be cut and sold..."

"It's almost like this. Specifically, let them discuss it by themselves." Yinzuo said: "Speak clearly with the people who work inside, the Lord is the prince, and the people of the Qing Dynasty are all the same in the eyes of the Lord. Therefore, there is no one that they need to curry favor with or fear when they enter the garden. Similarly, there is no one that their servants can bully, so no matter whether it is a beggar or a prince who enters, they must treat them equally and greet them with a smile. If they are bullied, I will make decisions for them, but if they bully someone, they will be sold directly to the coal mine."

Wangcai agreed, and sighed again: "However, even in this way, I don't know how many years it will take to earn back the money to repair the garden! You might as well pay the whole garden how much money for a day, those rich people treat guests as hosts." At that time, it was more face-saving to have a banquet here, and they would definitely rush to come, that would be an inexhaustible amount of money!"

Yinzuo shook his head and laughed, and said, "I'm not short of money. What do I do with the money? It's enough to keep the balance of payments. I just thought, eight out of ten people in the Qing Dynasty will spend their entire lives Trapped in one place...Life has been in a hurry for decades. In this square inch of land, I just passed by. I want them to see what the mountains and rivers in other places look like..."

In the end, he shook his head and laughed at himself, and said, "Send someone to go to the major opera troupes in the capital, two taels of silver a month, and if anyone is willing to come to the garden to sing, help them redeem themselves."

Wangcai said: "Master, those who are popular are paid two taels a month, I'm afraid they won't be able to invite you!"

Yinzuo said: "Whether they come or not, it's up to them - don't force it."

In this era, most of the little domestic opera singers were girls, but those who sang operas in public were all men.The rich and powerful in the Qing Dynasty loved to support and praise opera actors, but it was different from the later generations of chasing stars. These people praised opera actors, but they just regarded them as toys!

In the more than ten years since Yin Zuo came to this era, there are countless popular actors, but none of the ten can die well, or they "disappear in fragrance" at a young age, or their love fades away. Afterwards, Chi was given away several times and was in a bleak situation.

These opera singers can be regarded as one of the most unfortunate people in this era. If there are any among them who are not dazzled by the scenery in front of them and are willing to live in poverty with two taels of silver, he doesn't mind protecting them.

After chatting for a while, Yinzhen sent someone to send over the drawings of the textile machine drawn by the research department.

Wangcai helped Yinzuo move to the desk, prepared the paper and pen, spread out the drawings, and then started grinding.

Seeing this, Yinzuo couldn't help thinking of Yuzhan and Yuyan, and asked, "How is Yuzhan now?"

He didn't ask about Yuyan, it was a serious crime to drug the master, not to mention that she...

Speaking of Yuzhan, Wangcai was a little annoyed, and while grinding, he said: "Originally, you were going to be killed with a stick, but at that time, master, you were unconscious, and the empress was afraid that someone would kill you and ruin your blessing, so she sent it to the clothing bureau. .”

Yin Zuo frowned and said: "Yu Yan is nothing more than that, Yu Zhan... If she hadn't fed the medicine in time, I'm afraid... why would she die with a stick?"

Wangcai was dissatisfied and said: "You still speak good things for her? The servant clearly ordered her to come in and serve when the servant is away. But Yuyan used the empress as a cover, threatened and lured her a few words, and she agreed to go with her. Yuyan has changed jobs... Hmph, no matter how good the service is, if you dare to take the master's work as a favor, if you eat the inside and outside of the food like this, even if you are beaten to death, it will not be an exaggeration!"

Yinzuo didn't ask any more questions, and looked at the drawings carefully, probably to compete for the position of his apprentice. These people also worked hard and used all kinds of skills. From the perspective of his own knowledge, there are also many things that surprised him.

Excited to see it, he picked up a pen, wanting to circle that bright spot.

In the next moment, it was like being splashed with cold water from head to toe.

Yin Zuo looked at the tip of the pen shaking like a leaf falling in the wind, and after a long silence, he said, "Wangcai, help me change the charcoal pen."

Unable to hear the reply in time, Yinzuo raised his head in surprise, only to see Wangcai biting his hand tightly, trying to hold back the sobs in his throat, but he couldn't hold back the tears all over his face.

"Don't cry, don't cry for Wangcai," Yinzuo forced a smile, his voice was dry: "Master is fine, it's just that he has been ill for a while... after a few days... it will be fine... it will be fine... "