starling is not a bird

Yinhu remembered that when the fourth elder brother first came to the throne, there was a disaster in Fujian, and the common people had no food to eat and wanted to rebel.The fourth brother had to open up Fujian and Guangdong provinces to trade with Southeast Asia.But half a year later, the tax collected by the Four Customs and the Thirteenth Bank is enough to cover the expenditure of the national treasury for a year. If the younger brother can do this, one will make up for it a lot, and the other will have more people who can use it, wouldn't it? All corners?

There is no time to go into details, but I just whispered to Xiaojiu: "Come back with me later, let's talk about it in detail." Then he turned around with a normal face and joked with the brothers in the seat, Xiaojiu couldn't hold it in his stomach People who work, where can they wait for the night?It's just that my elder brother didn't pay attention to him, and he had experienced some setbacks recently, so he could only stay on the table impatiently, tearing off the tassels of the palace lanterns from time to time and burning them for fun.

After all, the moon hangs in the sky, the sky is full of brilliance, the Emperor Kangxi has collapsed Yushan, the empress dowager can't bear to go back to the palace to rest, and the little brothers below also took the opportunity to disperse, Xiaojiu saw the opportunity and dragged Yinhu to escape After the banquet, Xiao Shi followed his brother back with his eyes pretending to be sleepy.

After lighting up the candles and waving them back and forth, Yinhu spread out a large map on the table, pointing to the areas of Jianghai Customs, Zhejiang Customs, Fujian Customs and Guangdong Customs, and said: "I saw it at the fourth brother's place, the four Adding up the customs, the annual sales of bergamot, olives, longan, coconut, winter bamboo shoots, southern jujube, and bamboo chicken to the Japanese country are roughly one in the mainland, and five for the Japanese, and [-]% for every two customs. If you sell lotus root starch and candied fruit to Nanyang , peanuts, tortoiseshell, and betel nuts are ten times more profitable."

Xiao Jiu was not interested at all after hearing this: "Brother, the price of these humble things is already low, even if there is a hundred times the profit, it is still not much!" Xiao Ten also echoed: "Yes, mynah, are we elder brothers? Is it true that you really open a shop to sell southern goods?" Yinhu looked at the two high-minded younger brothers, amused and angry at the same time: "These are called small things? The sea in the east of Guangdong starts from Chaozhou in the east and ends in Lian in the west. Qiongya at the end of the south is divided into three routes, all of which have access to the sea, and the annual income from selling raw cocoons exceeds one million gold, and the increase is endless! Your shop buys expensive things, how much do you earn?"

Xiaojiu and Xiaoshifang bowed their heads and said nothing, Yinhu said what he meant at this time: "I've thought about it for a few days, and we certainly have to intervene in the food, but if we only count on the interest, it's too trustworthy. Firstly, the censor’s participation in the fight for profit with the people is annoying, and secondly, for that kind of business, we just need to operate a black market, so as not to be missed. Thirdly, I know Xiaojiu, you have been in a hurry recently, so I have to think about it for you. A way to make quick money!"

Xiaojiu raised her head and put her in Yinhu's arms, Aijiao: "I knew my starling loved me!" Yinhu pushed him away: "I don't know that I love you until now? It can be seen that it is not sincere." Xiaojiu just hehe laugh.

Yinhu continued his idea, and pointed his finger along the Xinjiang River to northern Fujian: "Zen Master Shubi built a small temple to worship Mazu in Beigang, and you sent a few family members there. You only said that you would go to worship Mazu and pray for your mother, borrowing from Fujian. If you see tea fields along the way, you will buy more, and you don’t need to say anything, you will hire local people to plant them, and then you will take a few boats to Beigang.”

Xiao Jiu already understood: "Brother, do you want to do business with the Japanese country?" Yinhu straightened his waist and smiled slightly: "Xiao Jiu, your vision is still too narrow. How big is the Japanese country, and how much did you buy? I asked you to build a ship because you want to Do Western business!"

Yinhu naturally remembered that Fujian Sandi Xingcun and Xiamei areas were specialized in producing Fujian tea, which was loved by both Japanese and Westerners, as well as Raksha devils. I remembered that after the fourth elder brother ascended the throne, this business had been monopolized by Shanxi businessmen. The company's capital is 20 million to [-] million, and there is an endless stream of goods. At that time, it was difficult to obtain a mountain of tea.At this time, the national power is still weak, and Fujian tea has not yet become popular. If Xiao Jiu can take care of it all by himself, is he afraid that he will be deceived by lard and secretly dig out Huang Ama's ginseng to sell?

Xiao Jiu got the advice, happily chose his confidant slaves with his younger brother, and went to Fujian with the New Year's money rewarded by the concubine Yifei and the concubine concubine.Yinhu naturally also stuffed a few of his own people in, not for profit, but he remembered that in April Taiwan would experience an earthquake (earthquake), and the seawater would flood back, turning a large part of the entire Taipei Basin into a water town and forming a large lake. .He wanted to send people to pay homage to Mazu in advance to help the people there, and even if it didn't help, he would have to distribute some silver to help the people there.

The matter of Xiaojiu here has just begun to take shape, and Prince Yu over there is busy arranging the Huachao Festival, but the elder brother is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and he really opposes him. The Ministry of Internal Affairs here is not easy to arrange.Prince Yu was really at odds with his nephew, and he didn't bother to make a fuss about a trivial matter. If he wanted to come to Yinhu to make friends with the elder brother, he ordered someone to invite him to take care of the affairs. If he wanted to come to the elder brother, it would not be embarrassing. own people.

As expected, Eldest Elder Brother refused to embarrass his younger brother, so the Ministry of Rites immediately decided to celebrate Baihua's birthday on February [-]th. Prince Yu let go of half of his heart and simply returned to Kangxi.Therefore, Yinhu took the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to count flower plates and cut silk in the imperial garden every day.

After a few days of hectic work, Xiaojiu came here again with a bitter face. It turned out that his people went to the area of ​​Fujian and Guangzhou, and only then did they know that building ships and transporting goods there requires toothpaste. Kanhe, but it is inconvenient to use in Yamen.Yinhu thought for a while and thought that this matter would fall into the hands of the fourth brother who was in charge of the household department, so he pushed Xiao Jiu to beg the fourth brother, but Xiao Jiu resolutely refused: "I don't want to ask him, the whip of the master is also what he can do." Cut it? Don’t go!”

Yinhu said lightly: "It is said that a man can bend and stretch, and those who achieve great things don't care about small things. Do you take responsibility for this idea? What can you do with more things in the future?" These words aroused Xiao Jiu's dissatisfaction, and hurried away. Sure enough, he came back from the Ministry of Households in failure, and he was embarrassed to ask his brother again, but just sullen and angry.

On the day of the Flower Festival, the weather was fine, and the imperial concubine Wen Xi led her concubines to the Summer Palace to enjoy the flowers in spring.The red and yellow ribbons cut into strips were tied to the peony flowers by hand, and other palace family members tied strips of red silk to the tree.Colorful silks are flying all over the garden, which is really beautiful.

After finishing the Huachao Festival, Yinhu went to the household department to talk to his elder brother. When Yinzhen saw him coming, he was also happy: "I guessed that you would come over in a few days. Why, Laojiu invited you to be a lobbyist " Yinhu said solemnly: "Fourth brother, you underestimated me, Xiaojiu is only asking for money, and my younger brother is here today for my country's fortune in the Qing Dynasty!"

Yinzhen looked at his younger brother, who was only up to his chest, talking about the fate of the country in a serious manner, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, this is really important, come on, sit down and talk slowly, leaking secrets is fatal!"

Yinhu took out a roll of paper from his bosom, which was the tea transportation route of the tea merchants of the Jin Dynasty. Their trade route coincided with the frontier defense of the imperial court: the north route passed through Kulun (from Datong to Zhangjiakou via Kulun, or from the right) Yu enters Inner Mongolia and naturalizes to Kulun) and then to Qiaktu; the west route departs from naturalization, passes through Bailing Temple to Mobei Saierwusu, Buyantu, Uliasutai, and Khobdo, and then to Taerbaha Taiwan, the ancient city and Urumqi; the east road (entering the northeast border) from Zhangjiakou through Duolunnuoer, leading to Monan Xilin Gol, Chahar, Zhaowuda, Hulunbuir, Mobei Khalkha Mongolian Chechen Khan, Tuxietu Khan department.

Yinzhen guessed his younger brother's intentions after concentrating on it for a while: "You mean that Xiao Jiu intends to inquire about the military situation for the court?" Yinhu smiled: "Xiao Jiu has a high heart, not only to inquire about the military situation, fourth brother, you are in charge of the household department now Don't you know that the national treasury is tight? My brother will settle the accounts for you."

As he spoke, he took out a small notebook from his boots: "Shanxi merchants only sell brick tea from Mingan and Maohe tea from Hunan and Hubei that we don't eat very much. After excluding the tea master's labor expenses, travel expenses, warehouse labor expenses and the money for tea imports, sell them and earn five taels of silver per load. We take one twenty cents of the silver from the four customs departments. You do the math. If someone does this, we will Wouldn’t the national treasury benefit a lot?”

Although Yinzhen was happy that his younger brother had found a way for the national treasury, he said unforgivingly: "Yes, Xiao Jiu also added pocket money, and it is indeed possible." Yinhu hurriedly excused his younger brother: "Fourth brother, you have given in again. You are not the only one who understands the saying not to compete with the people for profit. Xiao Jiu just wants to set a precedent. Now that the tea hills in Fujian have not been exhausted, he will make a good start. Naturally, the people will follow suit. It will be beneficial, isn't it? We are the people of the Qing Dynasty?"

Yinzhen was just joking, how did he expect him to protect his younger brother like this, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, always looking at him, he knew that he had many brothers with him just to save face, only this eighth younger brother was honest.But looking at the eighth younger brother's heart only for others, Yinzhen felt a little jealous in his heart.

The words in his mouth also became more and more sharp: "I never thought that the ninth brother would have such extraordinary abilities at such a young age, but I am ashamed to be an elder brother, so I feel ashamed!"

As soon as Yinhu heard it, he knew that his fourth brother was getting into trouble again. Thinking that the 15-year-old fourth brother still had something on his mind for others to see, he snickered in his heart and wanted to get rid of it quickly. Isn't this causing trouble for his younger brother?After all, where is the honorable crown prince now able to get someone else to take this title?

The tone became more and more submissive: "Fourth brother, don't you kill the little bitch of the ninth brother by your words? How can the bezoar and dog treasure in the stomach of the ninth brother be hidden from you? It's just relying on the fourth brother to do some business, and by the way, it will be for the emperor. Ama is just doing her best." There was a fawning look on her face.

Yinzhen has always been a prudent and self-reliant person, and he is the most shameful person. The old nine and ten don't value him very much, and there are reasons for his indulgent behavior.But today Yinzhen felt uncomfortable seeing the respectful and cautious younger brother in front of him. He still liked the younger brother outside the Great Wall who was affectionate and coquettish with him. On his brother's face, he was not happy.

Immediately, he shook his face, picked up the paperwork on the table, and said coldly: "Got it, you go and do your work first, and wait for me to think about it." Yinhu was confused by his uncertain expression , Thinking about it for a long time, I didn't know that my words offended the Buddha, so I had to say "excuse me" with a smile on my face and leave.

Is the emperor's mind really unpredictable?At this age, he is already moody. This temper has tortured him for more than ten years. Unexpectedly, he has to look at his face to live in two lifetimes. Yinhu is also very wronged, isn't it just to give his younger brother a toothpaste? Convenience, as for the nails like this, are they really riveted?This fourth brother just doesn't want others to be better than him!He deserves no one to love him all his life. I remember that after the fourth brother ascended the throne, he specifically blamed those old concubines for never caring about him, the emperor's daily life. He didn't even think about it. With his temperament, who would dare to get close?Are you tired of living?