History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Minning was almost scared to pee, when did this great god come here?

She turned her head to look at Bi Ying and Mo Shu, who had already knelt down to apologize to Fourth Master.

Min Ning turned her head in embarrassment, and asked Fourth Master obsequiously, "Master, are you here?" Next time, she must make a small mechanism, and as long as Fourth Master comes, she can be reminded. If this continues, sooner or later her heart will be scared Sick.

Fourth Master took off the two notes on her face, pointed at the cards on the table, and asked her, "Are you playing the leaf game?"

"No, no, no," Minning shook his head in a hurry, and pushed fourth master to sit down at the table, "Master, this is called poker, come, I will teach you how to play."

Hey, as long as you are Chinese, no one can escape the charm of Doudizhu. After you have played it, you will definitely not remember to trouble her!

Only then did Si Ye see that the symbols on the flower paper were all Western letters and numbers, and Si Ye knew the numbers. They were in Han Ama's Western books, but Si Ye couldn't understand the patterns.

Minning introduced the meaning of the pattern on the card to him, and then talked about how to play, and asked Bi Ying to write in ink, and the four of them played together.

After playing two rounds, the fourth master figured out the rules, started to kill all sides and never lost again. Minning was dumbfounded, "Impossible, why are you playing better than me?"

Fourth Master frowned and said, "If you do the math, you will know how to play the cards."

Minning was dumbfounded, suddenly she found that fourth master's mental arithmetic ability is ridiculously strong, and he will definitely be a top student in the future.No wonder he would be called the emperor who copied the family later on. Minning had a big brain and was so sensitive to numbers. He could roughly estimate how much money the court had been embezzled. It would be a problem if he could bear it with his vengeful temperament.

Fourth Master started to play cards with Minning at home for a while, when a few young elder brothers came to visit, and they just broke in under the leadership of Xiao Shisi.Discovering this new game is like opening the door to a new world, and I keep clamoring to play it.Children are quick-witted, and they will know how to play after a while. This card game called running fast quickly became popular in the elder brother's office.

How hot is it?Even the Empress Dowager did not escape the charm of playing cards.

Probably because the empress dowager went back to her hometown the year before and had a heart attack. On the day of Shangyuan Festival, many lanterns were hung in Jingshan, and the family members of the harem and family members of the clan came to enjoy the lantern festival together, and there was no restriction on their status.

After finally getting the chance to get out of elder brother's office, Minning naturally wouldn't give up, and went with Fujin who endured Li Gege's cold eyes.

However, when she went to meet the Empress Dowager, what surprised her was that the Empress Dowager was playing cards with a few empresses in the warm pavilion with a cheerful face.

From time to time, words such as "three belts and two" and "bombs" were issued.

Min Ning looked up at the sky, she really didn't want to admit that such familiar words came from her, as if she had the feeling of spoiling the ancients.

Si Fujin has heard of this new leaf play, but she only knows that it is more popular among young brothers, but she never imagined that it was actually spread from the backyard under her jurisdiction.

After paying homage to the Empress Dowager, Concubine De, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Hui, she came out and left the door to let Minning and Li Gege take care of herself. If she came back to Elder Brother’s office and reported to her, she went to the Prince’s side .

Minning and Li Gege looked at each other, neither of them spoke, they turned and left tacitly.

A few days after the Shangyuan Festival, Fourth Master started to go to court again. The festive atmosphere passed, and the palace gradually returned to calm.

The palace was calm, but there was a turmoil in the court. Because the Huanghuai River collapsed for years and often flooded the downstream, the imperial court allocated millions of taels of silver to the treasury but failed. The emperor was very angry and decided to patrol the river in the south.

This time fourth master was not on the accompanying list, which inevitably made him a little depressed.

After the emperor left on the third day of February, fourth master either went to the mansion under construction or hid in the study every day.

Minning sensed that he was not in the right mood, and stopped him one morning before he was about to leave.

"Master, if you have nothing to do today, come back early, I have something to tell you."

Fourth Master dodged a little, but quickly calmed down and asked her what's the matter.

Minning kept silent, she thought she should find something for him to do, as long as he was busy he wouldn't think about it.

In fact, the fourth master is only 22 years old now. From the perspective of Min Ning, who has lived for two lifetimes and is approaching the third, he is really not that old. She really didn’t see what he had to say. After all, he still relies on his father to support his family. big boy.

As for seizing the heir, right now the crown prince is still favored, at most he has some conflicts with the eldest prince, and there really is nothing wrong with the other princes.

As a soy sauce prince, with a favored prince on the top and a younger brother who keeps popping up on the bottom, fourth master's deserted temperament will not compete for favor, and he will inevitably be ignored by the emperor.

Among the adult princes, except for the prince and him, they were all taken away by the emperor. Why didn't fourth master think too much about it?

Minning has only one solution to this trouble of being idle, and that is to be busy, and when he is busy, he will not have so many thoughts like a dead dog.

Just after noon, fourth master came back.

"Master, before I donated the down jacket, it's considered meritorious service, right?" Minning asked, pulling his arm.

Fourth Master nodded, "What reward do you want?" Huang Ama had already exchanged the reward for him before, and he forgot to reward her as well.

With a shy face, Min Ning raised his index finger and said, "Master, my requirements are not high. I heard that there are many coal mines in the western suburbs, so I just want to exchange them for a coal mine."

The lucrative business of down jackets was monopolized by the government, and Minning refocused on the briquettes that had been put aside before.

However, there must be a prerequisite before starting, which is to have your own coal mine, otherwise you can only make wedding dresses for others.

The fourth master asked her, "What do you want the coal mine for?" Didn't she dislike the smell of soot, so she tossed Zhu Rongyi out of it?Why did it turn back to the coal head?

Minning shook his hand, "Master, you just said you agree or not? I have the money to buy the coal mine, but I can't find anyone to buy it for me."

Fourth master frowned, "Don't shake, stand still." Then he thought for a while and said, "I'll ask someone to ask about this, but I can't promise you."

Minning pursed his lips and smiled, then took out a few blueprints from his bosom, and pulled Fourth Master to sit down on the chair.

"This is a coal stove, and this is briquettes. Coal briquettes are made of unused cinders mixed with yellow mud. With this briquette and coal stove, not only can you save a lot of coal, but even if you put it in the house at night, open the window slightly , and don’t have to worry about dying from charcoal poisoning.” She explained in detail.

The coal content in the briquettes is small, as long as the room has leaks and cracks, and it burns overnight, as long as it is not too unlucky, nothing will happen.

The fourth master had no expression on his face when he heard this, and Minning was like a salesman, constantly introducing the benefits of briquettes.

"My lord, look at the roofs of the capital in winter. There is a layer of black ash on the roof. Isn't this because too much coal is burned, and the soot and ash float into the air? Lord, you think, changing the coal to Into coal balls, not only is there no ash, but at least half of the amount of coal can be saved, which reduces the cost of living of the people. How much is a city reduced by half? We have so many cities in the Qing Dynasty, and the reduced amount cannot be counted. .”

Fourth master heard her talk a lot, and only asked, "You want a coal mine, right?"

Minning nodded quickly, and the fourth master said: "Okay, I will try my best to get one for you." As long as it is good for the common people, the fourth master is willing to try it.

But this matter has to be reported to Khan Ama first, and then we can talk about it after Khan Ama approves.

Fortunately, only a few days after the emperor left, Fourth Master's note was quickly approved, and the emperor wrote it on the note, so it's a good idea to try it.

With the emperor's support, the fourth master also gained confidence. He not only bought a coal mine for Minning, but also invested his own spare money in it. As for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there was a coal mine.

Fourth master didn't ask, but planned to try the water and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs get involved.The House of Internal Affairs is the chief executive of the royal family, and it is also a place where the emperor earns his private treasury. It makes no sense for the son to make money, but leave Lao Tzu aside.

Fourth master also took a deep breath, wanting to make a big show for the emperor to see.

The next day there was a gust of wind and haze, and the emperor was not there, so the prince worshiped the god of wind.

Min Ning hid in the room with a serious expression on his face, this is not a wind haze, it is clearly a haze!

When Fourth Master came in from the outside, his face was a little ugly, and he handed her a land deed and a list, and said, "I have arranged all the manpower, and these people will help you do business in the future."

Minning took it and asked him what happened.

The fourth master said angrily: "Mr. Li is getting more and more ignorant, and even hugged Hongyu to block the door? What if I get blown out?"

Minning's sense of Li Gege is not bad, a typical big-breasted and impulsive person who only wants to be refreshing for a while.

Although it was aimed at her, it was before, and now he stares at her at most.

That's right, now in the imperial palace, the maids and eunuchs who serve are all assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I don't know if they will be taken away after the mansion is opened. Who would be willing to vote for her?So I can only end in person, the real swordsmanship will be opened, and their respective forces will be settled, even if the master doesn't do anything, the people below will be ready to move.

Minning didn't want to stare at the backyard. Her mind was on her own business kingdom. No matter when she grasped the lifeline of the economy, she was qualified to speak.

After coming to this world, what must she leave behind for future generations?

As the saying goes, good things don’t work when you say them, but bad things come when you say them. The second elder brother is really sick. After the doctor’s examination, he said it was a gas disease.

Li Gege was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and Fourth Master was also in a state of anxiety. This was his second son, and he could be raised with care, but he did not expect to fall into the hands of the child's mother.

However, things are not always going in the right direction. The second elder brother's condition is getting worse and worse, his throat is inflamed, he can no longer eat milk, and he fell into a short-term coma.

Minning found fourth master's eyes red more than once. It's not that she doesn't want to help, it's just that she can't do anything.She had seen it, much like a respiratory infection caused by smog.

In this era, it can be said that there is no cure.

On the last day of February, the two-year-old boy stopped breathing. Li Gege's wailing came from the east courtyard. Minning saw Fourth Master turn around and stride away.

The little elder brother had no teeth, and after being encoffined, he was sent to a temple in the capital to be rescued by eminent monks.

Minning suddenly found out that Fourth Master was never leaving the book.

Time passed slowly, diluting the pain, and the emperor returned to Beijing in May, bringing the palace back to life.