After the fourth master and I wear each other [Qing wear]

On the third day of February, a passenger ship sailed out of the capital.

Take the Grand Canal all the way south, and the terminal station is Yangzhou City in the south of the Yangtze River.

Inside the cabin, there are all "men".

After Yinzhen boarded the boat, he was unusually quiet.

But he endured it again and again, but in the end he couldn't hold it back, and turned to look at the fourth brother who was drinking tea leisurely. "Fourth brother, younger brother would like to ask, how to practice the ability to change people's heads?"

There were five people in the cabin, who were the main members of the southbound team.

Yinzhen's head-changing technique refers to three women dressed as male Taoist priests.

It was impossible for Wu Fuyi to tell the truth.

It took Yinzhen just three months to train Wen Xian and Mo Yaqi to behave like men, thanks to his special soul-changing experience.

Yesterday, this training result was highly recognized by Kangxi.

According to Wen Xian's description, when Kangxi saw her and Mo Yaqi, he once suspected that the imperial physicians and stable women made a mistake.In fact, from the very beginning, he gave birth to a son and a grandson.

Rao Kangxi could not help but have cognitive doubts, which confirmed the success of Wen Xian and Mo Yaqi's men's Taoist priests from the side.As a reward, a large sum of silver was given to the two of them, nominally to sponsor them for traveling southward.

As for the famous teachers who teach their daughters and granddaughters, are there rewards?

Kangxi also gave a large sum of money.

In addition, he specially persuaded the fourth child when he was seeing off, not to treat the Wu family as a brick, so there is no need to move it.After all, you are the person next to your pillow, so don't keep using it as a coolie.

To say where this conclusion came from, Kangxi presented sufficient evidence.

In the cowpox experiment, Wu Shichong was the first batch of experimenters on the fourth child, fighting with his life.

In the training of women disguised as men, Wu was treated as an experimental product again.The fourth teacher, Fujin, does not feel distressed, and the valuable experience he has gained can directly save his sister and daughter from detours.

Using Wu's family like this, the fourth child didn't let him have a child.

Kangxi knew that the child was not just a matter of saying, and he also knew that the fourth child was busy with various experiments and investigations, and this person was not good at women.

Under normal circumstances, he is too lazy to control the situation in the backyard of his sons in detail, but after all he is a self-proclaimed reasonable patriarch.

This time when they went south for survey, they brought Wu's family with them, and Wu's family also dressed up as a Taoist priest.

It really makes people doubt the intentions of the fourth child. I'm afraid that the Wu family will bear the brunt of the emergency and find the way for Wen Xian and Mo Yaqi, who are both women.

Emotionally, Kangxi must be partial to his daughter and granddaughter.

But through the Longkodo case, we fully realized the importance of the character of women in the backyard.Telling the fourth son to be sympathetic to the Wu family is also to chill the hearts of those who have worked hard.

Wu Fuyi was wronged, it turned out that the fourth elder brother and Wu Fangfujin looked like this from the outside.There is no concubine love, only the relationship between the landlord and the laborer who squeezes and is squeezed.

This is really the baby's grievance, but the baby can't say it.

She didn't squeeze Yinzhen too much.

Most of the time, Yinzhen voluntarily rushes to work, and even gives her new work directions in turn.

At that moment, facing Yinzhen's question, Wu Fuyi asked a rhetorical question.

"Ninth brother, when you ask about head-changing surgery, is it because of your personal preferences? The gentleman's love for money has risen again, and he is envious of the car and horse bonuses that Ama gave your sister and niece. Want to try dressing up as a woman? "

"My brother really doesn't want to."

Yinzhen was made to wave his hands repeatedly by the teasing.In terms of daring to think and do, the fourth brother is still creative.

I really don't have such a strange hobby, but I was shocked by the three "male" Taoist priests in front of me.

Even though he has known the three of them for many years, if they hadn't boarded the boat together, it is really impossible to be sure that these three are his little sister-in-law, sister and niece.

Seeing this, Wu Fuyi said solemnly: "It's better if you don't have such an idea. Khan Ama will not reward you with money just because you succeed in women's clothing, and what's more, you will be fined a large sum of money."

Having said that, Wu Fuyi couldn't deny that there was a trace of secret regret in his heart.It's a pity, only the birth of men's clothing bosses, but not the emergence of women's clothing bosses.

Yinzhen originally kept silent, maintaining Wu's calm and quiet image, but at this moment, he secretly thought something was wrong.

He had to change the topic immediately, and with his knowledge of the old ghost, if he didn't change the topic, he might come up with "Wang Yong of Yong County pretending to be a heroine".

"Master Zhen, the first stop in Yangzhou this time, can you tell me in detail what the regulations are?"

Yinzhen entered the role.It was agreed before, that she will use a pseudonym when she boards the boat.

Wu Fuyi still uses the previous pseudonym - Zhen Si.

A few years ago, during the southern tour, Zhen Si appeared on the stage, and Pu Songling met in Shanmiao.

Afterwards, the two sides never met again, and only maintained correspondence.As for whether Pu Songling doubted the real identity of Young Master Zhen, that's not important, some things should be seen through.

Zhen Si appeared again this year, and had donated a sixth-rank official title in the capital, but had no real power or errands.He and his younger brother Zhen Jiu (played by Yinzhen·), the two went south together to conduct a business investigation.

Because Zhen Si believes in Feng Shui, he specially hired a Taoist priest to accompany him, who can make predictions at any time and give advice.

Taoist Jia Wu (played by Yinzhen), Taoist Sanye (played by Princess Wenxian), and Taoist Tong Zhenqi (played by Mo Yaqi) formed the professional team of geospatial consultation.

The identity documents, road guides, Taoist documents, etc. of the members of the inspection team were all falsified by Kangxi, 100% authentic.

Going south to investigate, the goal is Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi.

On the route, go by water, from the Grand Canal to the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River enters the Dongting Lake area in Hunan.

Hunan is adjacent to Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guizhou. It will depend on the situation where to go first.The return trip may be horseback riding, but it also depends on the specific circumstances.

Yinzhen did not travel with her all the way.

Last year, he mentioned the plan of cultivating pearls and resettling homeless people. He mainly went to investigate where suitable breeding places should be.According to the climatic conditions, both Taihu Lake and Dongting Lake are good choices.You don’t have to choose one or the other, you can have both.

Cultured pearls take a year as a cycle, and you can't wait for them to be cultivated before looking for a seller.

This time I went south to collect a batch of pearls, and made a series of pearl cosmetics, and then sold them to Europa merchants in Guangzhou.

First test the waters, whether this thing can be sought after in the West like porcelain and tea.I have also thought about the advertising words, it is a palace-level whitening product that only ladies can have.

"When we arrive in Yangzhou, we will do our own thing. Brother Jiu went to find out about the situation of cultured pearls, and I will go shopping later and record the world situation in the streets and alleys."

Wu Fuyi talked about the general itinerary, and there was no specific event to be completed in this trip south, the main purpose was to take a look at the various conditions in the market. "Afterwards, pay a visit to a few people."

Who to visit?

First of all, call Huangluzhuang.

If you ask him what is so strange, first list a series of nouns: wooden wheel bicycle, telescope, hygrometer, thermometer, instrument dog...

These are all invented and made by Huangluzhuang.

That's right, it doesn't come from the West, but was invented and produced by the native Yangzhou people.

Before Wu Fuyi was about to leave Beijing for inspection, he went to the School of Science to chat with some teachers.

The so-called people flock together, ask them if they know folk strange people who are proficient in mathematics and physics.

Mei Wending, a master of mathematics, recommended such a practical genius Huang Luzhuang, who had seen those design inventions in Yangzhou with his own eyes.

Huang Luzhuang lost his father when he was young. At first, he relied on relatives to help him get by, and later relied on selling homemade novelties to earn living expenses and private school tuition.

As early as the Shunzhi period, he made mechanism wooden puppets when he was a child.Although he failed to gain fame later, his research on Mathematics, Physics and Gewu has become a school of his own.Some inventions were also recorded in "Yu Chu Xin Zhi", but because he didn't like socializing, he didn't become famous.

The year before last, the 42nd year of Kangxi, the Royal Academy of Sciences was established.

Mei Wending wrote to Huang Luzhuang, inviting him to come north to the capital, but he was declined because his level was good enough to be a teacher.

Huang Lvzhuang replied that he was old, nearly fifty years old.

I have bad legs and feet, and I am too lazy to move, not to mention that I have never been to the north, so I am afraid that I will not be able to adapt to the new environment.

These are all excuses.

In terms of age, Mei Wending is over 70 years old, but he did not forcefully persuade him.

People are different.

Mei Wending has a good relationship with the emperor's important minister Li Guangdi. Although he is not in the officialdom, he can adapt to this complicated environment.

Huang Luzhuang may not be able to deal with the interpersonal relationship in the capital.A signboard was smashed down in this place, and one of the five people killed was an official.

Real talent and learning are two different things.

Wu Fuyi made up his mind to meet this strange man.

It was not all because of the recommendation list of the Faculty of Science, but also because she had read Huang Luzhuang's book "Qi Qi Mu Lue".

The time I went to the black market to buy books, I not only bought "Jin Ping Mei", but also some interesting books.

"Qiqimulue" was written by Huang Luzhuang, and it mainly records the inventions in half a lifetime.

Those who don't know it will read it as a fairy tale, and who would have thought that the things in it are very likely to be able to find the corresponding real thing.

How could such a person pass Yangzhou without visiting.

At the end of March, Yangzhou is windy and warm.

The peach blossoms are in bloom, but the human face doesn't know where to go.

I searched according to the address. Unfortunately, Huangluzhuang left Yangzhou in February.

I heard from the boy who stayed behind that his master went to visit friends in Hunan, and he would not return home until the next year at the earliest.

Wu Fuyi wasted no time, but he was sure of one thing.

Huang is nearly half a century old, in good health, and travels far to visit friends from time to time.

He declined the invitation to be a teacher in the Faculty of Science because he was impatient with rules and did not like dealing with dignitaries.

In the absence of the master, the only way to get a glimpse of his inventions is by detour.

So I went to my cousin Huang Luzhuang, who lived in Yangzhou City, and Dai Rong kept some of the inventions and helped them sell them.

Such large items as wooden bicycles need to be ordered and are temporarily out of stock.

Wu Fuyi bought binoculars, dehumidifiers, coolers and other small items.

As recorded in "Qi Qi Mu Lue", these items are very practical rather than mere appearance.The utensils for testing humidity and temperature can be directly applied to the water environment monitoring of pearl cultivation.

"That's right."

Yinzhen tried these utensils one by one, and couldn't hide his joy.

"My lord said how could the Qing Dynasty lag behind Europa, and these ingenious things can be even better than the other party."

Wu Fuyi didn't make Yinzhen cry, and poured a basin of cold water on it.

"It doesn't matter how many strange people there are among the people. The government doesn't know how to use it and doesn't use it. It can only make these technologies a rumor."

"It used to be, but it will be different in the future."

Yinzhen put down the hygrometer, looked around subconsciously, and lowered his voice.

"Among the dignitaries of the Eight Banners and the southern literati, there are many heads and faces. Most of them have factional positions, or support the prince, or have other ideas. The struggle can be a big change of blood, or it can be the cultivation of a new party. Khan Ama opened the Faculty of Science for this purpose. Cultivate the new party to prepare.”

Yinzhen figured out what Kangxi meant.

Whether it's the prince, Yinhu, or elder brother, let them fight each other with the forces that support them.

During this process, Kangxi scattered the students from the Faculty of Science to various official circles.In time, the confluence will form a sea, and a new party will be born.

"It's just that such a layout can take as little as ten years and as many as longer to take shape."

Yinzhen is not worried about Kangxi's determination and will, but worried about whether the old father's body can hold on?No one called Huang Taiji or Shunzhi considered longevity.

Wu Fuyi heard the overtones.

The new party from the Faculty of Science should be Kangxi's hope that his successor can know people and make good use of them.The prince obviously does not meet this requirement, so who is the most suitable among the princes?

The thought of the correct answer sent a chill down her spine.Mingjun, this kind of work is really not for humans.

Even if she is conscious again, she still hopes that the bad days will come later.At this moment, I can't pray more devoutly, "May the Buddha bless you, the emperor will be in good health and live a long life."

Yinzhen was actually praying silently for Kangxi to live well.Although the reason why he and the old ghost prayed piously for Kangxi was not pure in mind, the sage doesn't care about his deeds.

The only thing I'm afraid of is that the two of them have lost their relationship with the Buddha since the soul exchange in this life, and the Buddha unilaterally blocked their prayers.

Some worries, but it's useless to think about it.

No wonder-seekers are met, and the investigation work must continue.

This chartered a boat and traveled along the Yangtze River.

In Li Bai's poem, "The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March", the route of the expedition team just happened to go in the opposite direction.

After the big ship passed Wuchang where the Yellow Crane Tower is located, it continued down to Yuezhou Prefecture in Hunan.

Then Yinzhen began to investigate and found that Dongting Lake was suitable for raising pearls, and found the first batch of the most suitable breeding places here.

Flying in the ointment, I want to connect the breeding areas into one piece, but one of the lakes has an owner, which is exactly the Zhao family's land.

Who is the Zhao family?

Yinzhen had already inquired in Jiangnan in advance, and learned that there was a Zhaojiazhuang near Dongting Lake in Hunan.

Zhaojiazhuang is mainly engaged in the rice grain and cloth business, and has a good reputation. The Zhao family father and son also like to form good relationships.

If you want to engage in aquaculture and fish farming in Dongting Lake, it is always good to have a good relationship with local tycoons like the Zhao family.Now the Zhao family is asked to sell that small piece of land, so that it can be connected into pearl breeding waters.

How do you find an entry point if you are unfamiliar with the place?

Yinzhen's alias is Zhen Jiu, under the banner of working for Jiu Beizi.However, Qianglong doesn't overwhelm the local snake. He also knows that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Others may not give the prince face.

If you want land, it is best to use social negotiation.

So in Yuezhou City, a large amount of coins began to be distributed.

You have to be thick-skinned, and it is always indispensable to take the initiative to invite people to dinner.After a few meals, Zhuan Zhuan and Zhao Xiang became wine and meat friends.

Zhao Xiang is the second young master of Patriarch Zhao's family.

His father, Zhao Fang, his elder brother, Zhao Jie, and the family's names are easy to remember.

"Master Jiu, you want to buy a lake from my house, this matter is easy to handle."

Zhao Xiang was quite a playboy, "It's enough to make my old man happy. Seeing that we have similar temperaments, my brother will show you a shortcut."

Yinzhen doesn't care about being treated as a younger brother, and doing business can't just be able to make friends with all kinds of people.Now that I played Zhen Jiu, I had to join the play. "Brother Xiang, please guide me."

Zhao Xiang cut to the chase, "Old man, he is 73 years old this year. This is a very old age, and he does not shy away from preparing for his own funeral.

There is an important part in the funeral, and the portrait must be prepared.He will not be able to judge good or bad if he paints again after he dies, so he will check it himself now. "

Mr. Zhao believes that he has already asked someone to find the geomantic treasure land where he was buried, and he wants to find a Taoist priest to paint the portrait.

A dozen people from Yuezhou City were invited, but none of them met his expectations.Mostly they dislike the poor professional level of those Taoist priests, and their lectures are not spiritual enough, because they think that it is impossible to draw a breath of fairy spirit into the portrait.

After hearing this, Yinzhen tsk tsk tsk in her heart.

Rich people inevitably have some eccentricities, and Mr. Zhao also has some eccentricities.

Zhao Xiang continued, "Brother and I can't do this kind of thing like buying and selling land. We can only see what the old man wants. Brother Jiu, I'm not going to lie to you. If you can find a Taoist priest who is good at painting figures, The old man is satisfied with the portrait, so it will be fine to send Xiaohu to you directly."

"Oh, this is embarrassing me."

Yinzhen didn't think it would be easy to handle, "Your family has lived in Yuezhou City for a long time but couldn't find a suitable portrait of a Taoist priest. I came from another place to make a living. How can I find you a Taoist priest with outstanding skills?"

"Why is it gone?"

Zhao Xiang was puzzled, and he reminded: "The last time I ate, I ate with your brother. I heard that you have hired Taoist priests to accompany you when you go out to do business this time. Foreign monks are good at chanting scriptures, but Taoist priests from the capital may not be able to tell you." It can satisfy the old man."

"no!"

Yinzhen blurted out a no.

He never thought about this possibility at all.

Are you kidding me? That's not a real Taoist priest, it's his sister and fourth sister-in-law.It couldn't be more absurd to draw a portrait of someone!

Zhao Xiang was puzzled, "What's the matter? Is the Taoist priest hired by your family not good at painting? That's really a pity, and I want to help you take a shortcut. If you can win the favor of my old man, there are actually many benefits.

He and the governor of Hubei can also talk to each other at a young age, a skill that my elder brother and I have not inherited.To be honest, talking about scriptures and Taoism, and recommending Taoist priests to each other for blessings is the easiest way to get closer. "

Yinzhen was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Mr. Zhao to have a wide network of contacts.

In terms of how prominent the Nian family is, it can't be compared with those big families in the capital, but it still has a promising future.

Nian Xialing served as the governor of the second rank. The eldest son Nian Xiyao is now serving as the fifth rank Tongzhi in Jingdong Prefecture, Yunnan. The second son Nian Gengyao is even more talented.

Nian Gengyao won the Jinshi examination five years ago, worked in the Imperial Academy, and was in charge of the scientific examinations in Sichuan and Guangdong.This year, he is only 26 years old, and he took office as the prefect of Chengdu Prefecture in Sichuan, which is a well-placed job.

Zhao Xiang was not surprised that someone was stunned by his old man's connections.

This is also a kind reminder, "Brother Jiu, you and I had a good time drinking and drinking, and I also want to be a favored person. Why don't you go back and ask the Taoist priest hired by your family, do you want to work hard to paint the portrait?"

"Okay, I'll go back and ask carefully, Brother Laoxiang gave me a recommendation."

Yinzhen changed his words because he was thinking about something.The fourth brother was enshrined with a white flag, and the Nian family was also enshrined with a white flag.

Each of the Eight Banners has a Zuoling establishment.

Which banner the princes are entrusted with, when they reach a certain age, they will get the leader of the banner they belong to as their subordinates according to the time period.

According to the rules, the Nian family will be under the jurisdiction of the fourth brother.

Of course, this kind of rationing belongs to the rules.Whether the subordinates obey the master, and whether the master uses the disciples is another matter.

Yinzhen searched his memory, and it seemed that the fourth brother had little contact with the Nian family.

Although Yuezhou City is located in Hunan, it is very close to Wuchang Mansion where Nian Xialing, governor of Hubei, is located.And the goal of this trip is to pass through Yunnan, maybe we can meet Nian Xiyao in Yunnan?

How to arrange the specific arrangements have to ask the fourth brother.

Yinzhen felt that he was really caring for his younger brother, and he took all the twists and turns of these official affairs into consideration for his fourth brother.But when he walked to the inn, he hesitated again. Should he mention the painting of Mr. Zhao's portrait?

Does he really want to make the fake come true, and treat the fourth sister-in-law and sister as genuine Taoist priests?Offer to introduce such a job?

Yinzhen: Will the fourth brother praise him?Or would he whip him with a feather duster?