The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

Kangxi lived in Guangzhou for seven days, and the Fourteenth Master also met his swimming coach, General Huswin, who is now the garrison general in Guangzhou.

There are more than 2 people under him, half of them are navy and half army, they are very prestigious. In addition, the Fourteenth Master mentioned to him about the special forces, which made him very excited: "I heard this, and I am so enlightened!"

"You can figure it out, I just have an idea." The fourteenth master knew that he could talk but not act.

Kangxi then went to Fujian for a walk, and Fourteen followed him and saw the navy.

The navy is very majestic. In fact, the Qing Dynasty never lacked a navy, but only lacked the support and encouragement of the imperial court.

Since Kangxi paid more attention to the navy, the navy has developed.

Manchu Erlang must not only be able to ride a horse, but also be able to swim and drive a sea boat.

The Fourteenth Lord took the opportunity to mention the matter of the Marine Corps to Kangxi, and Kangxi thought about it: "Isn't it the same thing as your special forces?"

Cao Yong felt a thrill in his heart!

If this is feared by the Long Live Lord, what will the Fourteenth Lord do?

But he obviously overestimated the IQ of the Fourteenth Master, and underestimated Kangxi's trust in the Fourteenth.

Fourteen said without hesitation at all: "The Special Forces is a general term, and it can even be said to be a branch of arms, but the Marine Corps is not."

He explained the different concepts of the two teams. In fact, this was when he was in the forum before, and he remembered the incisive explanations from other great masters.

Now it is used to persuade Kangxi, and it is easy for Kangxi to nod.

For this kind of matter involving the military, Shisi always talked about it, and he didn't touch his hands when others broke his legs.

Kangxi also went with him, but the most exciting time was when they returned.

Cao Yong, this little guy, has become a lot more black-bellied now that he has a family. He forcibly carried a lot of salt, sea salt, into the holy car.

He didn't sell the salt produced by the salt field by the sea, but kept hoarding it, and now it's all shipped to the south of the Yangtze River in one go.

Shengjia is here, and the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have started their activities again.

They spent money and energy to welcome Shengjia. This time Shengjia was on his sixth tour to the south. Who knows if there will be such a grand event again?

Therefore, every time they made their southern tour, they regarded it as the last time. While it was extremely lively, it was actually undercurrents.

The Fourteenth Master only followed Kangxi, never leaving him, making it impossible for people to attack, but Cao Yong was much more straightforward. After all, he was born and raised in the south of the Yangtze River, and the local network is huge. sea ​​salt.

The salt merchants all thought that he was trying to take the opportunity to make a fortune. Who didn't know that the Cao family in Jiangning owed a lot of money to the Ministry of Households because of the pick-up relationship.

When Cao Yong went to the coastal area in the south, many people understood that it was for the sake of collecting money. This was allowed by the Long Live God, and it was for repaying the debt.

So when Cao Yong said he wanted to sell sea salt, several large salt merchants took the lead, supported by numerous medium-sized salt merchants, and various small salt merchants followed suit, and wanted to buy all the sea salt.

It was agreed to discuss this matter at the old place, the second floor of Zuixian Tower.

The salt merchants are rich, but they didn’t buy the entire Zuixian Tower. Ever since that year, when the second son of the governor of Shandong Province bought the restaurant and caused the whole family to suffer bad luck, no one dared to do it when the holy car came. Forced to go to the restaurant.

But the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou also asked people to tell the public that all the boxes on the third floor were reserved.

The second floor is contracted by the salt merchant, so the first floor is left for meals.

Poor Fourteen didn't know about this, he brought Eighteen and Nineteen to eat, who let Eighteen have nothing to do with Nineteen and learned what he did back then, Nineteen wanted to come to play and eat at the same time.

After he arrived with his two younger brothers, he found that the second and third floors were impossible to go up, and there were servants in blue cloth shorts guarding the stairs.

On the 30th, he brought his two younger brothers out, and he did not take any less people, more than [-] guards, more than a dozen inner eunuchs, forty or fifty people.

In an instant, one-third of the lobby was occupied.

Surprisingly, the waiter who received him back then still remembered him!

"Cao Min pays respects to the Fourteenth Master." The waiter came over excitedly and made a big gift.

"You know...it's you!" The Fourteenth Master also remembered him: "Are you still working as the waiter here?"

"Caomin is now a big guy in the store, and he used to be a little guy." The waiter smiled and said, "What are you going to use today? The second floor is all taken over by the salt merchant, why don't you go to the third floor?" ? It's quiet there."

"Isn't the third floor all booked out?" Master Fourteen still remembered that Wood had inquired when he came in just now.

"It is said that it is booked, but it is actually empty. The salt merchants on the second floor ordered people to order. After paying the money, the people did not come, and they did not order. Even if they occupy a place, our shopkeeper can't do anything about it. It’s just so muddle-headed, but you’re here, what’s the matter, you can’t use it in the lobby!” The waiter said: “If our shopkeeper finds out, he’ll have to skin the grassroots!”

"Where's your shopkeeper?" Xiao Pingzi felt that a waiter in the shop, how could he be the master?

I'm afraid the big guys can't do it either, right?

"The shopkeeper has hidden away, today only the grass people have the final say." The waiter said: "The master chefs in the back kitchen are all here, and the ingredients are guaranteed to be the freshest!"

"Master, I'd better listen to him, go upstairs, not to mention the noisy environment in this lobby, even if it's windy and windy, it's not suitable." Xiao Pingzi also wanted to go upstairs, because it was quiet upstairs.

"Master is in the lobby..." Fourteenth Master just wanted to say, and ate in the lobby, it's not like he hasn't eaten before.

I saw a group of people coming in the door.

He knew the leader, and he was still half of his students, Cao Yong!

This is really "no coincidence, no book".

When Cao Yong saw the Fourteenth Master, it was impossible to treat him as invisible.

What's more, the people around him also knew Master Fourteen, but he just pretended he couldn't see it, so would others dare?

The Fourteenth Master has no status in the court, but he is better than anyone with errands, because he shares the dividends with Kangxi, the Empress Dowager, Concubine De, and many female relatives in the mansion!

The network of relationships is huge and powerful.

Let's talk about his three rescues, not to mention unparalleled in the world, it's about the same.

"Greetings to the Fourteenth Lord!" Cao Yong had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward to say hello.

Others include those who call themselves "Chen" and "Wei Chen", and a group of richly dressed salt merchants who call themselves "Grass People".

Of course, the more than [-] big salt merchants are all top-ranking salt merchants, and they are all very arrogant. For the prince brother, the Fourteenth Lord, seeing him so young and dragging two younger brothers, it is really a treat. Naturally, he looked down upon the appearance of an ignorant young master.

If you want to say which prince elder brother is in the limelight in the current court, apart from Cheng Baylor, it is Babeile.

Both the Prince of Zhijun and the crown prince fell. They used to have regular salt merchants supporting them in the south of the Yangtze River, but now those salt merchants have disappeared.

And others, such as the king of Yongjun, everyone regarded him as a virtuous king.

The others are not good, or they all stand in line, or they are all Buddhist.

The Fourteenth Master...not a very outstanding person, the big salt merchants have a lot of capital to be proud of, they are rich!

Seeing so many people saying hello, Fourteen knew that the meal would be unstoppable: "Get up, I wanted to bring Eighteenth Brother and Nineteenth Brother to eat some authentic Jiangnan cuisine."

"It's an honor for the slaves that you are here, why don't you go to the second floor?" Cao Yong said with a final word: "The slaves invite you to eat the best Yangfang Tibetan fish here!"

Yangfang Tibetan Fish belongs to Jiangsu cuisine, and it is known as the No.1 dish in traditional classical cuisine, with a history of 4000 years.

"Yangfang Tibetan Fish", the oldest famous dish, has been circulated in some restaurants in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and some people make it a mature food.

"Yangfang Tibetan Fish" is also called a set of dishes and a second set of dishes in modern times. The method is to put the fish in a large piece of mutton, add seasonings, and cook together. It can be steamed or stewed, and its taste is extremely delicious.

Because fresh fish and sheep are integrated into one, the taste is more fresh.The mutton is crispy and fragrant, and the hidden fish is tender.

The place where it first became famous was Xuzhou, which was called Pengcheng in ancient times, and it was the place where Pengzu got his surname.

Xikeng was "enclosed in Pengcheng, so he was called Pengzu".

According to historical records, Peng Zu is the lord of the Great Peng Kingdom and a great sage in ancient China, with a life expectancy of [-] years.

According to legend, 4000 years ago, Xiding, the youngest son of Peng Zu, liked to fish, but Peng Zu was afraid that he would drown and refused to allow him. Xiding caught a fish one day, fearing that his father would scold him, so his mother hid the fish in a mutton pot that was cooking. , Peng Zu felt that the mutton was very delicious when he tasted it. After finding out the reason, he cooked it in the same way, so that the "No. 1 dish in the world" of "Yang Fang Tibetan Fish" has been passed down to this day.

"What about the master?" Elder Eighteen was unhappy, the three of them were pretty good at first, so why are these people making trouble here?

"Your servant invites the nineteenth master to eat the authentic crystal dish hoof and stewed crab powder and lion's head!" Cao Yong immediately opened his mouth and said, "Boil dried shredded chicken in chicken soup, and add three sets of duck, how about it?"

"What about the young master?" Brother Nineteen immediately drooled and looked at Cao Yong.

"My slave invites the nineteenth brother to eat the best boat spot here!" Cao Yong said immediately: "How is it?"

Suzhou Chuandian is very famous. It is exquisitely made, with a sweet taste, soft and delicate, which is a must.

The two younger brothers looked at Fourteenth Master eagerly.

"Success, go up and have a look!" What else can Fourteenth Master do?He didn't want to get involved in these nonsense, but it happened, there was no way, Cao Yong was the one he supported.

Just like that, the three princes were invited to the second floor.

The fourteenth elder brother who revisited the old place was very emotional. He was here back then, and he lost his temper after tossing the third master.

However, the atmosphere here is much more lively than those gatherings of talented scholars at that time. After all, what businessmen pay attention to is "harmony makes money". Same.

The two young elder brothers sat and waited for the meal. Cao Yong ordered dim sum and ordered food.

The Fourteenth Master was sitting there drinking tea while watching the people coming and going in the field.

The top salt merchants are actually not many, less than [-], but each of them can basically be called "wealthy country".

Although the clothes are simple in pattern, the inside is not simple at all. A chubby big salt merchant wears a melon skin hat on his head, and an oval pearl the size of a thumb is inlaid on the hat. There is no such thing as a seemingly simple thing. Inconspicuous, right?That's a snail!

What are pearls?Even golden pearls are not uncommon.

But Luozhu is different.

What is unique about this pearl is that there is a unique, bright flame beneath its clear surface.This kind of flame is not only obvious from the outside, but sometimes it is delicate and soft, sometimes it is passionate and unrestrained, and it looks extremely noble.

This kind of pearl has another characteristic, that is, it does not grow in the body of the mussel, but slowly forms in the body of the conch.

The pearl-producing conch commonly lives on the beaches of Florida, the United States, the Yodante Peninsula of Mexico, the Bahamas, and the Arenti Peninsula of the Caribbean.

Their existence should be attributed entirely to the good fortune of nature, not the result of artificial cultivation.

Conch beads rarely appear in Asia. During the Tang and Song dynasties, this kind of beads were only worn by empresses.

It is speculated that this is brought by the sea snails that drifted to Asia with the dense ocean currents.

Even in his previous life, this kind of pearls could not be cultivated artificially, and the value of one pearl was as high as tens of thousands of yuan, which is a beautiful knife, not a soft girl coin.

The other one is rubbing two lion balls, one red and one green, the red is like fire, the green is like water, they are a pair of emerald balls.

Red emerald, emerald ball.

Low-key and extravagant like this abound.

These big salt merchants make money as long as they make money. If they pay taxes on time, it’s fine, but they openly evade taxes and smuggle salt. From ancient times to the present, there have been many such salt merchants, but no one can solve this problem.

After all, it is nothing more than salt, which is a necessity for people's livelihood. In addition, they eat as much salt as they produce, controlling the source of the goods.

This time they played a big game, breaking the backbone of the salt merchants at once, opening up the supply, and it would be difficult to control it.

A bag of refined salt for one yuan in later generations is sold here for half a tael of silver per catty!

Most people eat poor coarse salt with a little bit of bitterness.

Fourteen felt that sea salt was better than lake salt. The living standard in ancient times was low, the food was not good, all kinds of nutrition were not improved, trace elements were even more indispensable, and big neck diseases abounded in the inland.

If you eat sea salt, it will make the people strong, full of wisdom, and free from illness.

It can even make these fat salt merchants pay for the tax they escaped.

The fourteenth master is looking at others, and the others are also secretly looking at the fourteenth master.

The Fourteenth Lord is a very kind-looking young man. He doesn't wear conspicuous clothes, but he sits there in a very well-mannered posture. It can be seen that he is a very well-educated young man. If he doesn't know that he is the prince's elder brother, he is a rich man. The young master of others.

When the two sides looked at each other, Cao Yong was ready, and he knocked on a small golden bell hanging there: "Everyone, everybody!"