History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

A group of people were arrested, and Thirteen came to force them to interrogate them. After a few boards, it would be unscrupulous, and the mastermind was soon exposed.

Afterwards, the fourteenth led troops to arrest people, dragged their feet one after another, and arrested four or fifty people at once, and it is said that they wiped out all the officialdom in Shandong.

The news spread to Beijing, and before Fourth Master could suppress the matter, it spread throughout the entire capital unexpectedly.

"The two of you are distant relatives of the Lin family. Your identities have been arranged for you. As long as you don't go to the imperial city, no one will be able to discover your identities." Fourth Master confessed to the two sons standing in front of him.

Hongshi hurriedly raised his hand to promise, "Don't worry, my son promises not to enter the imperial city."

Fourth master looked at this son and couldn't say anything.

Minning next to him scolded with a smile: "I didn't tell you not to get close to the imperial city, but I just told you to avoid people as much as possible. Don't you see who in the imperial city doesn't know Mr. Hongshi? In the imperial city , If you hit it with one pole, five of the ten are officials, and three are from the clan. These people are all good people. You often walk outside, who can't recognize you?"

Hiroshi rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

Since the fourth master succeeded to the throne, the newly released princes have attracted everyone's attention. Hong Yun has been staying in the hospital, guarded by the people in the hospital, and naturally isolated some people with unruly thoughts.

As for Hong Kyung, apart from studying in the academy, most of the time he went to Changchun Garden to accompany the Supreme Emperor.Few people can see his face, so not many people know him.

The only exception is Hongshi, who has no airs of a prince at all, and takes a group of friends to wander around the imperial city when he finds free time. He has a little memory, and whoever doesn't remember the face of the fourth prince in his heart.

It's just something that Hongshi didn't think of, and it actually reached An Erniang's ears.

Minning continued: "It doesn't mean that you are not allowed to enter the imperial city. If you encounter unsolvable troubles, you can't still stick to this point. After you go out, you must be smart, learn and apply, and don't be stubborn."

The son was annoying when he was at home, and worried when he went out.

Fourth Master also nodded, "Tomorrow you two will leave the palace together, and I will announce that you all went to the Mulan paddock with the Supreme Emperor."

Hong Kyung asked, "Khan Ama, what should someone do if they find out that the sons are not in the Mulan paddock?"

The fourth master patted his knees and said, "I have already arranged this matter. Your uncles have to stay in the capital to help me with work. This time, only your Mama Mama and a few concubines will accompany the Supreme Emperor." , I have already said, they will help cover it up."

It was only then that Hongkyung realized that Khan Ama had everything ready and only owed the wind.

After explaining, the fourth master drove the two sons out.

Minning brought up the Shandong incident, "Sincere is still young, and he arrested so many people at once, what if he stumbles?"

Where is Shandong's officialdom so easy to deal with?It was originally the land of Qilu, and it was occupied by aristocratic families in all dynasties. Zhang Juzheng's reform hit a wall here, and finally got stuck in the swamp of officialdom. It was dragged on and on until Zhang Juzheng died.

This time Shisi Er arrested people without saying a word, which would easily cause a rebellion on the Shandong side. I was not afraid of anything else, but I was afraid that the water would be muddied again, and Sisi suffered a loss here.

Fourth Master naturally understood the importance of Shandong, even the Supreme Emperor used methods of appeasement, the literati's pen was not so easy to deal with.

After thinking about it, Fourth Master finally shook his head and said, "It's nothing to worry about. Although Fourteen's actions are a little more violent, it may not be able to deter some people." What's more, Fourteen also transferred soldiers and horses from Sichuan. Safety doesn't matter.

Although the news of the Fourteenth Recruitment spread to Beijing, the Empress Dowager of Changchun Garden still kept it a secret. Of course, this matter must not be hidden from the Supreme Emperor, but the fourth master did not intend to hide it from the Supreme Emperor at all, only the Queen Mother would do. Tomorrow is the day to set off for the Mulan paddock, so it is best not to let the Queen Mother know about this, so as not to cause further twists and turns.

On the second day, the fourth master sent off the overlord's royal driver, and then received overwhelming reports, all of which were sent by Shen Shishi to privately dispatch troops with the intention of plotting rebellion.

These books were all suppressed by the fourth master. It is said that there are at least a hundred of them.

After hearing this, Minning clicked his tongue, whose interests have been affected, who are so ruthless, wanting to kill Shisi?

Also think about the fact that Shisi is the emperor's brother, and the emperor and queen mother are both there, so how could he be cruel?

In the days that followed, not only Can Fourteen, Thirteen, and Sixteen, but also all the emperors and grandchildren did not run away.

Everyone was charged with [-] or [-] crimes, as if if the emperor did not deal with it, it would not be enough for the common people to be angry.

It can be said that the official circles of the Qing Dynasty exploded collectively, and the excerpts were spread all over the world. It is said that there are so many excerpts that even the Hall of Mental Cultivation cannot be put down.

In addition to the excerpts, many newspapers also began to change their tone and began to criticize Shi 34 and others for their rude and arrogant behavior, and even listed the crimes one by one.

Minning smiled. She didn't expect these people to be quite powerful. Before she was ready to use the weapon of public opinion, these people thought of it first.

The things disclosed in the newspapers are becoming more and more unfavorable to Shi 34 and others, and the people have begun to question the court's behavior this time.

The incident in the newspaper caused fourth master to be devastated.Because the public opinion is getting more and more unfavorable, there are signs of opposing Fourth Master.

At this time, Minning took action, and directly asked the government office that manages the publication of books and newspapers to order all newspapers that reported to rectify on the grounds that it endangered the country's speech.

As soon as the imperial court made a move, all newspapers felt a sudden sense of crisis.

One by one, they took out the declarations signed when they applied for the newspaper number, and it turned out that there was really a rule that they could not publish speech that endangered the country. prison.

The originally chaotic newspaper industry suddenly discovered that there was a magic spell on it, and it was not possible to publish anything.

In particular, it was discovered that there are many regulations in the statement, and they have crossed that red line from time to time over the years.

In the past, the court didn't care about it, so naturally it didn't matter, but this time it took care of it, and immediately grabbed the tail of the newspaper.

All the newspapers that have been established for several years cherish their reputation. It seems that this time the imperial court did not ask questions, but only ordered the newspapers to rectify. Go to the yamen to pay the fine and resume newspaper circulation.

After experiencing this time, many newspaper offices broke out in a cold sweat, and then vowed that as long as the content was not reported by the official mouthpiece "Jingcheng Daily", they would not dare to report it again.

This move alone made all the newspapers in the capital quiet down, and the newspapers published the next day no longer mentioned the affairs of the officialdom, as if the previous battlefield without gunpowder smoke had never happened at all.

Of course, there are also those who are bold and want to test the court's bottom line.

These people were blocked the day after the newspaper came out.

After the newspapers heard about it, they scolded the idiot in their hearts, and then became serious, stepping up to brainwash the editors not to accept manuscripts involving the imperial court.

They just want to run a newspaper quietly and earn advertising fees, and they don't want to touch such brain-dead things at all?

Fourth Master suddenly found it a little strange that the newspaper disappeared all of a sudden, and then asked someone to inquire, only to find out that it was Minning who did it.

Fourth Master will directly send someone to pick up Min Ning, "Did you insist on asking the court to review the newspaper numbers back then, didn't you expect this to happen a long time ago?"

Minning nodded, "Newspapers are sharp tools in people's hands. Since they can be used by me, they can also be used by others. It is also possible for the court to issue newspaper numbers to better manage a family newspaper. Otherwise, anyone can open it. Then the market will be ruined.” After nearly ten years of development, newspapers have struggled for market share, and some without funds and competitiveness have closed down, leaving only a few major newspapers to carve up the entire Beijing market.

The same is true for other prefectures and cities. Basically, the situation has stabilized, and the imperial court no longer distributes unlimited newspapers and periodicals.

It will not be so easy to apply for a newspaper in the future, so no matter which newspaper cherishes its newspaper number, once it is banned, it will not be so easy to apply again.

And after being banned, the reputation attached to the newspaper will also disappear, and the market will be divided up by other newspapers. Even if you apply for a new newspaper, it is still a matter of whether the new newspaper can stand firm without a foundation, and the advertising fees charged by the new newspaper It's very different from the old newspapers.

It was precisely because of the magic spell that the newspapers reacted so quickly and made rectifications.

Only then did Fourth Master understand why Minning went so far as to ask the court to set up a yamen dedicated to publishing after handing over the newspaper to the imperial court.

It turned out that she had such a long-term vision, and she had seen the disadvantages of newspapers long ago.

It is true that any thing has both advantages and disadvantages. If it is not controlled, it will only develop to the point where it cannot be controlled in the end.

Fourth Master showed approval, then took this booklet and handed it to Minning.

Minning didn't open it to read, but asked him with his eyes.

Although the sign saying that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics still exists, Minning has actually frequently intervened in government affairs, but these are all under the cover of Fourth Master so that no one else will find out.

But it was the first time for her to read the scriptures openly.

Fourth Master motioned for her to open it.

"What are you talking about?" Minning asked as he opened the book. He originally thought that the things in the booklet were related to her, but he didn't expect that after opening it, since it was about Japan.

"There was a conflict between Japan and the merchants of the Qing Dynasty? It also caused the death of five or six people on the Qing side?"

Minning really couldn't believe it, but this incident happened before the Qing Dynasty traded with Japan, and it was covered up a little, and the incident passed.

But when this matter got to fourth master's side, it was no longer an ordinary matter.

"Grandpa, what are your plans?" Minning put down the notebook and asked.

The fourth master took the notebook, threw it aside, and said with awe-inspiring righteousness: "The lives of the people of the Qing Dynasty are naturally more precious than the monarchs of some small countries. It is the first crime in this Japanese country, so let the murderer pay for it with his life." .” This is the pride of being a big country, and naturally it doesn’t take small countries seriously.

In fact, this matter was still arranged by the Supreme Emperor. I didn't expect that when it broke out, it would be the fourth master's turn to ascend the throne.

However, the fourth master did not intend to let the Wa country go. He still remembered the fact that the people from the Wa country sat quietly in front of the door and blocked An Jia's family from going out.

He had already made a note of the Wa country.

In addition, there was a tacit understanding between the father and son in the matter of seizing the silver mines in the country of Japan. Even if the Supreme Emperor no longer cares about this matter, the fourth master still intends to follow the plan.

Minning keenly sensed something was wrong in this matter, and asked him, "Who is the murderer?"

The fourth master did not hide from her, "It is said that he is from the Tokugawa family of the Japanese country." Along with the booklet, there was a secret letter, which clearly stated the murderer's identity and origin.

Minning frowned, Japan is now the Tokugawa shogunate, since the fourth master said he was from the Tokugawa family, then the identity of the murderer must be extraordinary, he might be an important heir of the Tokugawa family.

For such a person, it was simply embarrassing for the Qing Dynasty to ask the Tokugawa family to hand him over to defend a few civilians.

A little more manipulation in this can easily cause the opponent to hide people, and finally a war will break out.

It was hard for her not to suspect that the fourth master and his son hadn't interfered in this.

The fourth master also knew that he couldn't hide this matter from her, so he told her straightforwardly, "Isn't your bank still short of money? This time, I'll bring you all the money from Shijian Yinshan in Waguo."

Min Ning's originally frowning brows relaxed, and he could not do great things if he was soft-hearted, "Try not to kill the civilians who surrendered in the Japanese country. We still lack a lot of American immigrants." Although he hates the Japanese, ordinary civilians still Innocent.

Min Ning didn't want Fourth Master to kill too much. Too much killing would only arouse the hatred of a nation.

Fourth Master nodded, "Don't worry, it's been explained. We don't move the common people, only the nobles."

After listening to Fourth Master's words, Minning suddenly thought of an idea, that is to hit local tyrants and divide the land.

"My lord, when the time comes, directly arrest the nobles, confiscate their lands, and then distribute all these lands equally to the common people. At that time, it will be useless for those nobles to flee back and try to incite the common people."

The reason why the common people supported our army back then was not because they beat local tyrants and divided the land.It turns out that this works very well.

Fourth Master's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea."

He even thought of some corrupt officials, and the land collected by killing these people could also be distributed to the local people.Those who exploit the common people will let the common people report it. As long as it is true, all the wealth that the corrupt officials have embezzled can be distributed to the common people who have been exploited.

Of course, I also know that this is just his whimsy, and things in the officialdom are not that simple at all.

If such an incident happened in the Wa country, someone needed to preside over it, and the fourth master was the first to think of a straight prince who was capable of writing and martial arts.

Anyway, the navy of the Qing Dynasty hadn't been formed yet, and there was nothing to do with Prince Zhi for the time being, so the fourth master planned to send Prince Zhi to Japan, just in time to find out how to train the navy.

Make a base first, and you can continue to expand the navy in the future.

Fourth Master then looked at Minning again, "You should explain to me about the firearms, right? Where did you hide Dai Zi?" Seeing the benefits of firearms, Fourth Master decided to promote firearms to the Eight Banners Among the soldiers, what is the use of staying in the firearms battalion?

Over the years, he has always suspected that An Jia's secretly forging firearms, the people who caught firearms smugglers back then, and the flood of firearms along the coast in recent years, he suspected that they were all related to An Jia's.

If anyone else in the Qing Dynasty had been hiding from his eyeliner, it would probably be his pillow man.

When Minning asked such a sudden question, he froze immediately. Why did this person bring up this matter again?

"Master, who is Dai Zi?"

The fourth master squinted his eyes and looked at her, "Still confused with me, Dai Zi, do you know who it is? Back then, Ama Khan went to investigate, but almost found traces, and tracked you down, or did I let someone eliminate the traces, Only then is it confirmed that Dai Zi is in your hands. Tell me, how can I hand him over?"

Min Ning said dejectedly: "Well, Mr. Dai was in my hands before, but Mr. Dai's hard work in the past few years has already hurt his foundation. Although he was taken care of by a good student, he still couldn't make it through in the end." With Dai Zi these years His contribution deserves to be called Mr. Minning.

Fourth Master was shocked when he heard the news of Dai Zi's death.No wonder no trace of Dai Zi could be found after all these years of searching. He didn't doubt whether Minning lied to him. After all, it is a taboo in this era to make up news about other people's death, and it's like cursing others to die.

Minning quickly diverted his thoughts.

"Master, don't you want to disarm? Why don't you pick some good soldiers to come out and practice with firearms. I happen to have some men under my command who can be banned. Lord, why don't you pick a group of people and let them help me?" train."

Fourth Master shook his head after hearing this, "I have a firearms battalion in the Qing Dynasty."

Minning frowned and said, "Master, to be honest with you, the firearms battalion is rotten in my opinion. The firearms haven't been refurbished in these years, so it's not as good as the ones I found out by myself. Why don't I adjust them?" Come over to compete with the Firearms Battalion, Lord, you will make a decision later?" Minning already had some calculations in his mind, rather than helping the imperial court train the army, it would be better to start a new one, surpass the existing army, and create a new batch of strong troops. .

Reforms are useless without an army at hand.

But it was obvious that fourth master was still a little wary and didn't fully obey her.

Minning did not give up either. She did have a team of private soldiers under her command. This team of private soldiers was trained by her according to the modern training method. Compared with this era, the mentality alone is very different.

Don't see fourth master, and don't believe that he won't be tempted.

If all the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were trained like that, would we still worry about the corruption of the soldiers of the Eight Banners?

Minning had already made a small calculation in her heart. Even if this group of soldiers finally got out of training, it didn't matter if all her people were kicked out. With this level of relationship, it might not be impossible to get the command of the army in the future.

Fourth Master naturally didn't know what Minning was thinking, when he heard her say that he had a team of soldiers in his hands, he immediately looked at her seriously.

Minning rolled his eyes, "Master, don't look at me like that. These people are used to protect the bank, and they need to escort the gold and silver from one bank to another bank every once in a while. Even going across provinces, if I don’t train a team myself, how can I keep so much money?”

Fourth Master withdrew his eyes and relaxed.

It turned out to be someone from the bank, and he thought that An Jia really had private soldiers in his hands, which was an outrageous thing.

"All right, let me see it sometime, you're very good at accepting people." Fourth Master said with relief.

It just so happens that the Supreme Emperor is not in Beijing, so it's okay for Fourth Master to order Huoqiying to compete with others, but Fourth Master doesn't think Minning's people can beat Huoqiying.

After all, the firearms battalion was built by Khan Ama himself, but he has made immortal contributions.

Minning nodded hastily, "Yes, there are several banks in the capital, and they can pool together a hundred people. Lord, when do you plan to compete?"

The Taishanghuang has not gone far, but if we do it now, it will be easy to make the Taishanghuang come back halfway.

Thinking of this, Fourth Master said, "I remember you have a big village in the east, which can accommodate at least a thousand people. Why don't you and I send 100 people each to compete in the village?"

The fourth master thought about it, if it is said that the only place in the capital that can hide Han Ama's eyeliner is An Jia's territory.

It has to be said that An Jia's training staff is really good. Over the years, many people have been transferred away one after another, without exception, all of them have disappeared.

The Supreme Emperor was busy with everything, so naturally he didn't pay attention to this matter.

But the fourth master had suffered in this area and was scolded by the emperor. Since then, he has been staring at everything in this village. There are fewer and fewer people from time to time, and there are fewer and fewer inventions over the years. How could he not find out?

However, both of them were in the same team at that time, so he naturally concealed this matter.

Now when the fourth master became the emperor, the fourth master wanted to dig out An Jia's family fortune to benefit the Qing Dynasty.

He knew how powerful An Jia's group of craftsmen were.

"Zhuangzi?" Minning bit his lips. Now that Zhuangzi has developed into a factory area, where various factories converge, but the research institute is getting smaller and smaller. If there are not inventions from time to time, it will almost become a decoration now. .

Hearing fourth master mention Zhuangzi suddenly, Minning knew that he was a drunkard who didn't care about drinking.

Forget it, he can go if he wants, there is nothing in Zhuangzi, and he can't see anything even if he wants to.

After making up his mind, Minning replied, "Yes. Lord, please set a time!"

Fourth Master rubbed his chin and murmured, "Just a month later, the Ching Ming Festival will be over."

During the Ching Ming Festival, the ledgers from all over the country should be gathered in the capital, and the matter of corrupt officials will need to be dealt with at that time. During this period, Fourth Master probably won't be able to spare time, so it will be done after the Ching Ming Festival.

Just taking advantage of this time, let the Firearms Battalion step up their training, lest they really lose when they get it, and then it will be considered a big embarrassment.

Minning nodded, then stretched out his palm, "That's fine, we'll make a deal."

Fourth Master reached out and gave her a high five, making an agreement.

"Ouch, third brother, can we give An'eniang a break and give us a job instead?" Hong Shi lay on the bed, turning his head to look at Hong Kyung.

At this moment, Hong Kyung is rubbing his thigh for Hong Shi.

Hong Kyung shook his head and said, "It's impossible for Er Niang to agree, and didn't Manager Lin say it all? Anyone who enters the bank must do pre-training."

Hong Kyung squeezed his hands hard, and rubbed the muscles that were locked together, and Hong Shi yelled "Ouch, Ouch".

After rubbing the oil off his hands, Hong Kyung let him go and went to the side to wash his hands.

Hongshi shivered and went to put on his trousers. After putting on the trousers slowly, he wanted to cry without tears: "When Ama Khan arranged for us to do the errands, he didn't say that we needed training."

This matter has to be mentioned first. When Hong Jinghong and Hongshi left the palace, they still felt that the sky was open to birds, so they first went to find the steward Lin that Minning said. After seeing the two of them, the steward Lin's expression did not change. , as if they didn't know the identities of the two.

"From now on, you will be my distant relatives. One is Lin Wen and the other is Lin Wu. They live in Lijiazhuang outside the city. Because the family is poor, I came here specially this time and asked me to find a job for you two."

This is to explain the identities of the two, Hong Kyung and Hong Shi nodded, remembering it in their hearts.

Steward Lin continued, "As for Lijiazhuang, don't worry, I've already made arrangements." Then he glanced at the two worriedly, "At present, working in the bank is very popular, so I formulated a method Come and get rid of a group of people. You have to participate later, if you can’t make it through, no matter how good my words are, I can’t push the two of you to the bank.”

As soon as this sentence was said, Hong Kyung and Hong Shi were dumbfounded. If they couldn't get into the bank, wouldn't they be unable to do errands, and would have to go back to the palace in despair?

After finally getting an errand, they are planning to prove it to Han Ama. If they go back in despair, neither of them can afford to lose face.

So Hongshi and Hongshi looked at each other, and then said to Steward Lin, "Don't worry, we won't be brushed off."

However, after only two days, Hongshi was slapped in the face.

He didn't expect that the so-called method turned out to be training, which was more difficult than military training. At least the training didn't require people to stand under the sun for several hours without being able to move.

After only two days, Hongshi felt that he couldn't bear it, but he was really reluctant to bear this errand. If he really went back, Khan Ama would definitely not arrange errands for him in the past few years.

Hong Kyung noticed something, the training method of this bank is similar to what he has trained in these years, it can be said that the intensity is a little lower.

This made Hong Shi almost unable to hold on, and Hong Kyung was still able to handle it with ease.

On the first day, Tianhong only felt sore all over his body, and when he woke up the next day, his whole leg was frozen, and even a little movement hurt.

After finally going through this day's training, Hongshi felt that his whole body was about to be useless, and he would almost become a useless person lying on the bed soon after he came back.

Hong Kyung had no choice but to find safflower oil and rub his legs for him.

After washing his hands, he still smelled the smell of safflower oil in the room. Hong Kyung had no choice but to open the doors and windows to ventilate.

Hongshi put on his pants, lay back on the bed and screamed.

Hong Kyung asked him worriedly, "How about I send someone to take you back to the palace?"

Hongshi's voice disappeared immediately, he raised his head and looked over with wide eyes, "I won't go back, if I go back, wouldn't my suffering be in vain?"

Hong Kyung had nothing to do with him, "Alright then, I'll go buy you some food, you can rest for a while."

Hong Shi groaned and called out, "Third brother, I want to eat roast duck!"

In the past few days, Hongshi can be said to have a soft spot for roast duck, and he must order it almost every meal.

Hong Kyung touched the only silver left in his bosom, and finally nodded.

After buying the roast duck, he ordered a few more dishes from the restaurant, and Hong Kyung walked home with the food box.

Then he touched the only taels of silver left in his bosom, and there were only less than three taels in total. When the two came out, Er Niang only gave ten taels of silver, saying that ten taels of silver could be used by ordinary people for a few months.

As long as the two brothers can enter the bank, the bank can provide food and drink, enough to last until the salary is paid.

However, Hong Kyung didn't know what went wrong, the silver that could be used for several months, why it was in his hands, and it was almost spent in just two days.

After returning to the house, Hong Kyung put the food box on the table and called Hong Shi to eat.

Hongshi slowly moved over, and when he looked at the table, his eyes lit up, "Third brother, is this the food of Baiweizhai again?"

The first floor is cheap and high-quality, and the second floor is dedicated to entertaining yellow and red ribbons.

Hongshi went to eat with his friends during the holiday.

Although some dishes are indeed good and cheap, they are not able to afford them in their current situation.

Hongshi seemed to think of something suddenly, his expression tightened, "Third Brother, how much money do we have left?"

As soon as Hong Jing heard this, he took off the purse around his waist and poured the silver in the purse on the table. After Hong Shi looked at it, he really wanted to cry without tears. He pointed to two pieces of broken silver and dozens of copper plates and said, " Third brother, why is there so little left?"

Hong Kyung looked a little innocent, "I didn't order a few dishes, so I knew that a meal would cost nearly two taels of silver, and this little money would be left if I didn't run out once."

After hearing this, Hongshi rushed to the remaining money and stuffed it back into his purse, "Third Brother, from now on, my younger brother will take care of the money, so you can just eat it with peace of mind."

After all, Hongshi had visited all the major restaurants in the capital, so he naturally had some understanding of prices. Unlike the third brother, he hadn't seen him go out much, so his understanding of prices was a little off.

Hongshi looked at the roast duck again, no wonder the roast duck is so delicious, it must be expensive.

That's stupid, why did you think of handing over the money to the third brother?The third brother is a non-human being, so how could he have any idea about silver.

If this continues, it is not known whether the remaining two taels of silver can last until they are selected into the bank.

Hong Kyung probably also noticed something was wrong, so he asked Hong Shi, "Did I spend too much?"

Hongshi said with a bitter face, "Third brother, there is still half a month to go, we can live on by counting on these two or two." It is not difficult to rely on this money for half a month, but The difficulty is that the quality of life in the future will definitely not be good.

Both of them were brought up with rich clothes and fine food, since they couldn't bear such hardships.

But he couldn't go back and ask for the money. Manager Lin arranged the two of them here and left straight away. It was definitely impossible to borrow money.

But if they can't bear the hardships and go back to the palace, Khan Ama will definitely call them back after knowing, so don't bother with this.

Hong Jing felt a little guilty and said, "How about I borrow some from my uncle?" Hong Shi knew about the uncle Hong Jing was talking about, and he heard that he opened a soap factory in this outer city. It is also flourishing.

But Hongshi still refused, "Third brother, do you think An'eniang didn't say hello in advance?" Since he only gave them ten taels of silver, he knew he wanted them to suffer.

Even if the third brother went to his uncle's house, he would definitely hit a snag.

The two looked at each other, and finally Hongshi sighed, "It seems that Khan Ama has made up his mind to let us suffer."

On the second day, it was Hong Shi who went out to buy food, because his legs were still hurting, so Hong Kyung went with him and helped him walk.

The two of them didn't find any very luxuriously decorated restaurant, so they found a food shop on the street.

Looking at the carriages coming and going on the street, and looking at the steaming pot, the two of them covered their mouths and backed away, not daring to approach.

Does anyone know if there is any dust in this pan?

The two young masters had an outbreak of cleanliness, you pushed me, I pushed you, no one dared to enter the food shop.

Not far from the two of them, an ordinary-looking man quickly recorded this scene.

Although the fourth master said that he threw his two sons outside, it was impossible to really ignore them, so there were still people around Hong Jing and Hong Shi secretly protecting their safety.

In the end, the two found a restaurant that looked a little clean, and they were willing to come in because there were fewer customers.

After coming in, he found that it is not allowed to take food away, so Hongshi had no choice but to discuss with Hongkyung to eat in this restaurant.

After the food was served, Hongshi realized why the store's business was so poor, and all the dishes were not oily.

There was no way, the money was too small, and the money had to be paid again, the two of them could only make do with it.

After taking a few bites, he couldn't eat any more, so Hong Kyung took Hong Shi home, and swallowed when he saw jujube cake on the way.

Well, the two of them don't even bother to eat this kind of bread in the palace. They prefer to eat the kind of soft bread that is learned from the West with butter.

But at this moment, smelling the sweet smell of dates, the two of them swallowed their saliva. How come they never noticed that the date cake is so fragrant?

When Hong Kyung pushed Hong, "How about buying a few dollars?"

Hong Shi clutched his purse and shook his head, "Third brother, we just had dinner, there is no need to spend money on pastries." Then he pulled Hong Jing and hurried away.

When he went back, Hongshi was crying in his heart, he didn't expect that one day he would be reduced to such a point that he would miss the jujube cake in the palace.

At night, Hong Shi clutched his growling stomach, regretting that he thought the food was unpalatable and didn't fill his stomach.

He noticed that Hong Kyung's body was also moving, so he asked, "Third brother, are you hungry?"

Hong Kyung turned around, looked at Hong Shi, and gave a "hmm".

Then the two of them discussed the food in the palace, the food that they had disliked in the past became delicious now, the two of them swallowed their saliva nostalgicly while talking.

In the end, it was Hongshi who wiped his mouth and said, "Third brother, this won't work, two taels of silver will definitely not last for half a month, we should find a way to earn money!" For the sake of food, fight!