History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

The next day, an unremarkable carriage stopped early at the back door of Baylor Mansion.

After a while, the back door was quietly opened, and a figure quickly stepped on the horse stool and got into the carriage.

The curtain of the carriage door was lifted, a gust of cold wind came in, and fourth master, who was reading a book inside, raised his head.

"What kind of dress are you wearing?" Fourth Master asked with a frown.

Minning didn't care whether he was satisfied or not, climbed into the carriage and sat down opposite him, hugged the little wooden dog in one hand, covered the hat on his head with the other, and asked, "Didn't you want me to wear something lighter? Not light enough?"

Fourth master opened his mouth, that's right, he said so, but he didn't say to let her dress up as a man.

Minning in men's clothes looks very young, with thin skin and tender flesh, just like a young man from a rich family, but it's still easy to distinguish between male and female due to the makeup on his body.

Ignoring Fourth Master's staring eyes, she stretched out her head and shouted to the people outside, "Okay, you can go."

The people outside let out a cry, the carriage started to move, and ran out of the small alley.

Fourth master put the book aside, and just looked at her with a good look.

Min Ning touched the big thick braid on the back of his head uncomfortably. Compared with Fourth Master's thin and smooth braid, it was the biggest flaw.

Probably knowing that he did something stupid, Minning lowered his head, "Why don't I find a place later, and I'll change my clothes?"

Fourth Master didn't say a word, Minning took a peek at him before saying, "Then I'll go to my shop."

After finishing speaking, she put the puppy in her arms on the car, and the puppy who didn't know how to handle it wobbled up, walked a few steps and barked at fourth master.

Fourth master kept looking at the puppy with curiosity in his eyes.

She covered her mouth and kept giggling. That's right, she just showed off the wooden dog.What's the point of her playing alone in the house?If you don't take it out to show off, it's like walking through the night in brocade clothes.

The carriage continued to move forward. After driving for a long time, Minning felt bored after playing with the puppy for a while. She yawned and began to doze off in the car. Last night she hadn’t slept for a long time preparing this dress. This morning If you don't get enough sleep, you will naturally feel sleepy.

She didn't know how long she fell asleep, but when she felt the carriage stop, she opened her eyes and stretched.

When he opened his eyes, he happened to find that fourth master looked a little nervous, as if he had done something bad just now.

She glanced at him suspiciously, looked around and found nothing wrong, and then saw the ready-to-wear shop outside through the window, and then remembered to change clothes, so she opened the curtain and got out of the car.

As soon as she got off the back of the car, fourth master was obviously relieved, and quickly put the wooden dog stuffed behind him back in its place.

When she came back, she had already changed into Hanfu, and the woman dressed in Hanyi looked extraordinarily slender.

She clearly felt fourth master's eyes lingering on her.

The carriage continued to go in until it entered Liulichang and stopped under a teahouse.

Liulichang is very lively, probably because next year will be the year of the national examination. Most of the students who have just passed the government examination this year will come to Beijing ahead of schedule. Most of the people coming and going were young people, and many of them were wearing down jackets.

Min Ning was first helped out of the car, and then watched Fourth Master stepping on the horse stool with his hands behind his back to get out of the car happily. After he got out of the car, Min Ning realized that he was dressed like other students, and he was not conspicuous in this place .

At this moment, two little heads popped up on the second floor of the teahouse, waving their hands outside, "Fourth Brother, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The sound was so loud that everyone nearby looked up, and then some people were looking around, as if they were looking for the fourth brother that the two teenagers were talking about.

Min Ning also looked up, and at a glance, he found that it was the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother, who seemed to have made an appointment with the fourth master earlier.

The fourth master also looked up, and then he didn't show any other emotions and acted like a normal person. As if he didn't hear the voices of the two elder brothers, he turned and walked into the teahouse. Minning hurriedly followed.

When they went upstairs, someone came to greet them, and they entered a private room. There were not only two elder brothers in the private room, but also the personal eunuchs and guards beside them.

Seeing that it was the fourth master coming in, the fourteenth elder brother couldn't wait to ask: "Fourth brother, why did you ignore me just now?" Then he asked: "Didn't you mean to take us to the theater to watch a play? Why are you here so late? How many plays do we have to delay us from watching?"

Minning, who had just stepped through the door, paused.

Elder Fourteen also saw Min Ning coming in behind Fourth Master, and asked in surprise, "Fourth Brother, why did you bring little Fourth Sister?"

The fourth master sat down at the table, and said: "It just so happens that I have nothing to do today, so I took her out to play." Then he retorted: "It's not that I want to take you there, but you have to let me take her with you." You go to the theater and remember that these two are different."

Elder Fourteen waved his hand, "What's the difference?" Then he patted Elder Thirteen, who was shy beside him, "I also see that Thirteen is in a bad mood recently, and I want to ask Fourth Brother to take him out to play Relax. Don't worry, I have already told Khan Ama, and Khan Ama agreed."

Fourth Master thought to himself, why take Shisan to relax, it's obviously you who wanted to come out to play.Then he looked at Shisan again, the child had already lost a lot of weight because of Concubine Min's affairs, he couldn't even hold up his clothes and looked slumped.

Presumably Khan Ama was also worried about him, so he agreed to leave the palace for the two of them.

Min Ning, who was standing by the side, suddenly understood, no wonder she was brought to the theater to watch a play, she said why so suddenly, it turned out that it was because she wanted to take her two older brothers, and she just happened to be there by the way.

"Come on, little sister-in-law, sit down." Fourteenth elder brother greeted Minning to sit down very sweetly, and then asked courteously, "Is little sister-in-law thirsty? Is little sister-in-law hungry? I'll serve tea and snacks .” As he spoke, he looked at the eunuch at the side.

The eunuch bent slightly and exited.

The fourth master saw that it was the fourteenth elder brother who was so courteous, and couldn't help but snort coldly. The fourteenth elder brother immediately asked Minning, "Little four sister-in-law, how do you like it when the fourth elder brother is like this?"

Minning pursed her lips and smiled reservedly, whoever made her fall in love with Concubine De would have to accept her fate.

Elder Fourteen didn't really want Minning to answer, he just habitually confronted Fourth Master, seeing that Minning didn't answer, he felt bored.

Instead, talk to Brother Thirteen.

Minning was sitting on the chair, she could feel the fourth master's eyes constantly glancing at her.

It made her uncomfortable and couldn't help but wonder, isn't this dress not good-looking?

After a while, the refreshments on the table were removed and another one was served.A few people ate and drank, and then a guard came up and said that the opera garden was ready, so a few people left.

As soon as he went out, let Minning know that although there are few people around him now, there are still more people around to protect the safety of the elder brothers.

It is impossible for the prince elder brother to bring so few people with him when he goes out. Minning knows why he has to wait here for a while before going to the theater. It seems that there is also a defense in advance.

There are quite a lot of theaters in Liulichang. There are many students here and it is also a place where students gather. Naturally, eating, drinking and having fun is indispensable.

After entering the theater, several people were ushered into a private room on the upper floor. This private room has a wide view and can see the big stage below, but it is difficult to see the situation in the private room from other places.

The people below were babbling and singing, and several people quietly entered the private room without attracting the attention of others.

This time when they got out of the car, Min Ning hugged the puppy, and the two elder brothers approached and poked the puppy curiously. Min Ning then told them to press where the puppy would move and where the puppy would bark.

Ten 34 Brother, the two of them were on the floor, the puppy ran for a while, and the two yelled excitedly, and the puppy barked again, and the two of them blushed with joy, causing people outside to stop patrolling with their eyes , Where did a dog break into this garden?The two young elder brothers whispered to each other, while the fourth master sat on the chair loudly, closing his eyes and listening to the next play.

Minning sat next to him, looking at the two young brothers from time to time, and hearing the applause from the audience below from time to time.

This made her unable to bear to look down. She felt that the people below were more interesting than the people singing on the stage.

Fourth Master opened his eyes, and couldn't help but glance at Minning again, at the waist tied up in Han clothes and the loose bun on his head.

On weekdays, she was used to wearing a flag dress that didn't show her waist, but when she suddenly put on Hanfu, she looked extraordinarily soft and graceful, with a soft and charming posture, which was completely different from the flag dress.

Minning seemed to feel something and turned around suddenly, just in time to meet the look in the eyes of the fourth master, she couldn't help asking, "Master, what's wrong with me?"

While Minning was asking fourth master something in the theater, Zheng Jun, who was far away in Luzon Island, stood on the cargo ship patiently with the excitement in his heart, looking at the port that was gradually moving away.

"Finally going back..." He sighed.

But after a few months, I found out

I am very homesick.

Unlike Beijing, which has already entered the severe cold, Luzon Island is still sunny and warm, and the crew on the ship are even busy wearing bunts.

Zheng Jun made a lot of money from these few shipments, it can be said that he has made more than five times, but his money was replaced by spices, and he planned to bring it back to Daqing to make another fortune.

If you don't come out, you don't know how big the outside world is. Having seen the strangeness of nature, Zheng Jun feels that the past few months have been more exciting than the past 20 years.

Fighting wits and courage with the Tu people, exchanging a bunch of cheap goods for a large sum of gold nuggets, the excitement of living this kind of life opened his eyes.

He touched a small bag of gems in his bosom, which he bought with half a ship of porcelain, and he was not willing to exchange it for money, but was going to hand it over to his master.

This bag of gems alone may only have tens of thousands of taels left.As for these shipments of spices, they were to be brought back to the Qing Dynasty and then sold out.

This time he was not without regrets. He had no experience for the first time, and the goods he brought were too ordinary. Except for porcelain, embroidery, and tea, which were popular, other things were not worth much even if they were sold here.

Unlike Pan Yuancheng's shipments of tea, which were all low-quality tea bricks, they increased tenfold in the blink of an eye.

This is a big gold mine, no, maybe there is a gold mine here, as long as there is investment, it can return ten times.

Of course, it is not without danger. For example, I have encountered pirates a few times at sea. Fortunately, the fleet is huge, and these people only dare to wander far away.

"Mr. Zheng, Boss Zhang told you to come over." Just as Zheng Jun was still sighing, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy ran over and said to him.

Regardless of his young age, this little boy could speak several barbarian languages. No other ship was willing to take him with him. It was Zheng Jun who took him on board because of his language ability.

Hearing that Zhang Danian was looking for him, Zheng Jun walked to the bow, and a small boat took him to the next boat.

"Captain Zhang, what can you do with me?"

Zhang Danian looked at the sky in the distance, with a serious expression on his face, "I suspect that there is a storm belt ahead, there is no way to turn the bow of the boat now, remember to keep up with me on your boat later."

Zheng Jun looked in the direction Zhang Danian was looking at, and saw the blue sky and white clouds in front of him, and there was no sign of a storm.

But seeing Zhang Danian's solemn expression, he half-believed and said: "If there is a storm, I will naturally let my boat follow."

Zhang Danian sighed, and seriously explained to Zheng Jun, "Mr. Zheng, when the storm comes, remember to fasten yourself to the boat. It is really impossible to tie yourself to the bed with a rope."

Zheng Jun smiled and agreed.

Back on his own boat, Zheng Jun looked at the scaly white clouds ahead, and still found it hard to believe that there would be a storm.

As a result, at noon, black clouds began to float in the sky, and in a blink of an eye, the black clouds would be covered by a sea.Without the sun, this area seemed to be plunged into dark darkness. The fleet waved flags, and several ships began to shrink and dropped their anchors.

Ships and ships are connected together with iron chains, as if converging into a large land.

Seeing the heavy rain pouring down, Zheng Jun only cared about connecting the other boats together. The undulating sea brought difficulties to this ordinary and simple action.

Just like the dragon king is angry, there seems to be a tail playing with the sea below the sea, and the water surface fluctuates, often setting off waves that are ten feet high.Seawater splashed into the boat, and Zheng Jun, like the crew on the boat, scooped out the water with a basin.Everyone was tied with a rope around their waists to prevent them from falling into the sea. A wave came over, and the wave was higher than the boat. The wave hit and brought many people into the sea.

When Zheng Jun saw the seawater entering the cabin, he was in a hurry. If a boat of spices was wet by the seawater, it would be a big loss.He hurriedly walked towards the cabin, and just as he reached the side of the door, a huge wave hit him and washed him into the sea.

Not long after Zheng Jun learned how to swim, his mouth was filled with salty and bitter sea water after he fell into the sea. After thumping a few times, he realized that he could swim. He hurriedly touched the rope around his waist and pulled it towards the boat. direction of travel.

After finally getting close to the ship, I saw that the entire sky seemed to be in the end of the world. Thunder and lightning, violent wind and raging, and the creaking of the ship made people fear that it would disintegrate at any time.

He muttered to himself, "This is God's anger."

Climbing onto the boat with difficulty, Zheng Jun found that there was no one on board. He didn't know if the rope had been broken by his servant, or he was hiding in the cabin.

However, a bigger blow came one after another. The ropes that connected his boat to other boats were disconnected at some point, and now he was the only boat left floating on the sea.

"Mr. Zheng." A weak voice sounded.

According to Zheng Jun's reputation, he was the only little boy on board. "What about the rest?"

The little boy tied himself to the post, untied the rope, and said to Zheng Jun, "There is no one else, you and me are the only ones on the boat now, and the others swam to a nearby boat when they found that the boat was detached."

Upon hearing the news, Zheng Jun first felt Fang Miao, and then a burst of despair struck. They lost a large army, had no route, and there was not much food and water on board. For the two of them, unless they found land, they had no choice but to die.

Moreover, at this time, the sun could not be seen, and the direction could not be discerned. Even if one wanted to sail back to Luzon, one could not find the way. The most important thing was that there was no one on board to sail.

"Why didn't you follow?" The situation had become extremely serious, but Zheng Jun calmed down and asked the little boy.

The little boy shrugged, "They didn't take me either? Well, Mr. Zheng, don't be sad, let's find a way to get through this crisis first."

Zheng Jun asked him, "What else can I do? I don't know how to drive a boat?"

The little boy patted his chest, "It's okay, I will! I have carefully observed how the captain sails the boat."

But Zheng Jun was not happy at all.

Bad news came one after another. Zheng Jun and the little boy checked the boat and found that there was a crack in the board near the stern in the cabin, and the water flowed in through the board. It should be something in the cabin when the boat was in a storm. Cracked the planks.

The two found something and quickly filled the gap, and poured out the water in the cabin with a basin.

In the end, both of them were so tired that they couldn't move. Seeing that the storm was slowly subsiding, they found something to fill their stomachs in a hurry. They were so tired that they found a clean place to sleep on the floor.

At the end of a scene, only the two young elder brothers watched with gusto. When Monkey King left the stage holding the golden cudgel, the thirteenth elder brother was not doing much. Grab it.

In the end, it was fourth master who glared at him and calmed him down.

"Fourth brother, why don't you let him sing one more time?" Fourteenth elder brother hugged the puppy and turned his head to look at fourth master anxiously.

Fourth Master put down his cup and said, "No, it's getting late, you should go back."

"Khan Ama is in Changchun Garden, it's getting dark now, why don't we sit at the fourth brother's house." Fourteenth elder brother whimsically said.

Fourth Master refused on the spot, "No, I can't go back to Changchun Garden, you can still go back to the palace, don't forget you have to study tomorrow."

Seeing that the fourteenth elder brother failed to achieve his goal, he wanted to continue pestering him, but the thirteenth elder brother pulled him aside and whispered in his ear, "Now I can go shopping in the street when I return to the palace, can it be Don't you want to bring something back to Empress De Fei?"

The fourteenth elder brother changed his position on the spot, and winked at the fourth master: "Then we won't bother the fourth brother and you will reunite with the fourth sister-in-law, and you don't need to see him off, we will go back to the palace by ourselves." The third elder brother ran away, and the eunuch who was serving the two hurriedly chased after them with the four others.

Fourth Master stood up and said to Minning, "Let's go."

Min Ning has always been very quiet and reticent in front of outsiders. She had let go of her thoughts, but she came back to her senses when she heard Fourth Master's voice. When she met Fourth Master's eyes, she couldn't help shrinking back.

Fourth master walked in front, and she followed quietly.

Looking at Fourth Master's back, Minning might as well turn his thoughts back to the past.

When Minning asked that question before, he didn't expect fourth master to answer.Unexpectedly, fourth master would give such an answer.

"suitable for you."

Minning couldn't figure out what he meant by this sentence.Do you like it or not?I wanted to ask, but there were two children beside me and I couldn't ask.But if you don't ask, this matter will be kept in your heart, and you will feel uncomfortable if you don't vomit the old stuff in your heart.

Minning looked at Fourth Master again, he was already standing outside the theater garden, the coachman brought the carriage over, Fourth Master reached out his hand, before Minning could react, grabbed her hand, and carried her into the carriage.

"Ah!" Frightened by this sudden movement, she was a little panicked. She tried her best not to lose her composure, and quickly opened the door curtain and entered the carriage.

Fourth Master soon followed and sat down in his original seat.

Min Ning looked out through the car window in embarrassment, Fourth Master looked at her with piercing eyes, and Min Ning finally couldn't help but let out annoyed, "Master, even if this dress suits me, you don't have to look at her like that, do you?" ?”

Fourth Master looked back, and said: "Remember to change your clothes before returning home."

Minning choked, quickly responded, and turned to look out the car window.

The carriage was walking on the street, and Minning was surprised to see a bathroom after a few steps.

You must know that there are only many bathhouses in the south, and there are almost few bathhouses in the north.In the past two years, there were not so many bathhouses on the street.It's not like now every other way, another bathhouse appears.

Fourth Master suddenly leaned over and asked her, "What are you looking at?"

Minning's head stuck for a moment, and he stammered, "I see that there are many bathhouses on the street."

Fourth master hummed, then knocked on the wall of the car, and soon someone lifted the curtain, "Master, what are your orders?"

Fourth Master raised his chin and asked, "When did there become so many bathhouses on the street?"

The man replied: "Speaking of which, this bathhouse was passed down from the south. I heard that when soap was introduced to the south of the Yangtze River, people there liked to take a bath in this kind of bathhouse. The more bathhouses opened, and later it was passed down. After entering the capital, the people in the capital also like this way of taking a bath for a little money, and the bathhouses are in short supply, and they are blooming all over the capital. But they are all open in the outer city, and I have never seen it in the inner city."

The fourth master replied that he understood, and the man put down the curtain, and then the fourth master asked Minning, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Minning felt dizzy, what happened to fourth master, he was acting weird?

Fourth master really didn't expect so much, and kept asking her.

Minning could only nod his head, shut his mouth and never ask any more questions.

The two went back to the mansion like this, and when they got back to the back door of the mansion, they saw Su Peisheng was already waiting there.

As soon as Su Peisheng saw the two of them, he said anxiously, "Master, the crown prince sent someone to find you, saying that he has something important to see you!"

The fourth master was not in a hurry, but turned his head to Minning and said, "Go back to the yard first, and I'll go there later."

Minning said yes respectfully, and then went in with the person next to him.

The fourth master's voice came from behind, "Where is he? He is not leading the way yet."

Minning returned to the yard, and Bi Ying saw her stepping forward to pay respects, "Ge Ge, Fujin sent someone to deliver a table of noodles at noon, saying it was for your birthday."

Minning walked into the room, changed his clothes back, and said with a sigh of relief, "Then you didn't realize I'm not here, did you?"

Bi Ying shook her head, "That's not true. When the food was delivered, I told Fang Fei who was beside Fujin, Gege, you are resting indoors because you are not feeling well. It seems that Fang Fei didn't doubt it."

Minning nodded, and then asked her, "Where are those dishes?"

Bi Ying: "It's all covered up, if Ge Ge is hungry, I'll take it to warm up."

Minning shook his head, "That's no need, I've eaten outside. You can ask someone to take it down and warm it up, and distribute it to the people in the yard. I've made you feel frightened today, so let me calm you down."

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Minning seemed to remember something and said to Bi Ying, "Our yard has been grounded for the past few days, and we don't know what's going on outside. You can ask someone to inquire about it. Those who haven't been out for a few days Did something happen between Tianye and Fujin?"

Today's fourth master is really weird.

After hearing this, Biying went to ask someone to inquire, and came back with the news not long after, "Nothing happened outside, Fujin and Fourth Master are fine, but I heard that one night Li Gege seemed to stop Master in the small garden, and he didn't Know what was said."

Minning didn't think too deeply, "Forget it, since you can't find out, then don't ask. When the master comes over, remember to order some pastries that the master likes to eat."

When she really took a break, Minning realized that the little wooden dog was gone. After thinking about it, she remembered that the last time she saw it was in the hands of the two elder brothers.

In other words, the little wooden dog was taken away by two people?

At this time in the Yonghe Palace, the fourteenth elder brother happily showed the little wooden dog in his hand that could run and bark to the concubine Defei, "Emother, the fourth sister-in-law is really a good person, and gave me such a fun puppy. Hey , It’s just that there are too few, it would be great if we could give one to Shisan, so that we can watch the puppies race one by one.”

The thirteenth elder brother on the side sat down and ate pastry honestly, and smiled politely when he heard the fourteenth elder brother's words.

After hearing this, Empress Defei said, "What's the matter, I'll send someone to ask later, where did I get this puppy? Get another one and give it back to Shisan."

Brother Fourteen said happily: "Then I'll show it to Ama Khan tomorrow, and let him see it too." As he spoke, he put the puppy aside, and took out a clay doll from the package beside him, a small wooden figure , Mianren, etc. to show to Empress Defei, "Er Niang, look at these, do they look like Fourth Brother? They all have a straight face."

Empress Defei smiled, stretched out her finger and pressed his forehead, "You narrow-minded ghost."

Brother Fourteen laughed.

The thirteenth brother on the side looked a little unnatural, and then parted the corners of his mouth and smiled.

The storm at sea came and went quickly. When Zheng Jun woke up on the boat, the sun had come out again, and the sunset glow in the sky was charming.

It was as if the torrential rain just now hadn't happened.

Looking at the endless deep blue sea, Zheng Jun just turned his head when his expression changed.

I don't know when a few black dots followed behind me. The black dots driving fast were obviously not islands, but more like ships.

However, Zheng Jun was not happy at all when he encountered a ship at sea, because there was a high probability that it was a pirate.

The little boy on the side also rubbed his head, and then saw the boats approaching them.

He widened his eyes and said to Zheng Jun, "It should be a foreigner's boat. Mr. Zheng, please listen to me when the time comes. Don't fight with them and let them take us ashore. After we land, we will find a way to return to Daqing. "

Zheng Jun touched the gemstone on his chest and sighed, that was the only way to go.

When the boat was surrounded, several red-haired and bearded foreigners boarded the boat. Zheng Jun couldn't understand the foreign language, so the little boy answered for him.

The little boy chattered a few words with the other party, and finally nodded with a dejected face, and then said to Zheng Jun, "My lord, these people are merchant ships of foreigners, they said that this ship was captured by them, it belongs to their spoils, and we are also their slaves. "

Zheng Jun was furious, thinking that he was a gentleman who was a scholar, and the common people would not dare to disrespect them when they saw him. These foreigners who have not faded their hair dared to arrest him as a slave.He must, must...

Zheng Jun was discouraged. In this vast and boundless sea, he was a scholar who had no strength to restrain a chicken and was defeated by four punches with both hands. He was really not as useful as a little boy.

The two were driven to another boat, and the little boy comforted Zheng Jun, "Master Zheng, don't worry, we will sneak away when the boat lands. There are many ships from our Qing Dynasty along the coast, and they dare not take us away." How is it?" The only thing to worry about is whether they will be brutally murdered at sea, and no one knows if they will die at sea.

Fortunately, these people are quite conscientious, they only robbed the boat and did not kill them all. Zheng Jun's clothes were soaked in sea water, and they were crumpled and ugly. Hidden with a large collection of gems.

In the days that followed, there was a little boy to translate, and Zheng Jun and the two of them did not have a hard time. At most, they had to do a lot of work and eat too little.

After more than ten days of living on the ship, Zheng Jun finally saw the mainland after he also learned a little Japanese.

When Zheng Jun was struggling to survive in a foreign country, Minning also received the news of Zheng Jun's disappearance in Qing Dynasty.

This day has to be pushed forward. Since the day of her birthday, it is obvious that the fourth master has spent more time resting with her. After getting up this day, the fourth master did not leave in a hurry, but asked her, "You little wooden girl from before?" Where did you get the dog? The empress also wants one for Shisan."

Min Ning, who had been drowsy, woke up immediately, "Ah, that puppy was really taken away by Brother Fourteen?"

The fourth master's face was a little embarrassed. He also felt ashamed of this kind of behavior of taking other people's things and asking for another one. However, he couldn't help asking about what the empress asked, so he could only bite the bullet and cough uncomfortably. He said, "I'll just pay you how many taels of silver."

Minning raised his head and asked him, "Master, do you think this kind of toy will be popular if it is sold?"

Fourth Master replied, "Some people will accept it, while others will probably avoid it."

Minning understood that there are many ignorant people in this era, so they would naturally regard these as witchcraft.

So she said: "Master, there is only one little wooden dog. My brother bought it from a merchant and gave it to me. But don't worry, my brother has already found someone who can make a wooden dog. I will give it to you when I get the method." Give me a few of them." Originally, I wanted to let the fourth master take a look at them, but I didn't expect that it would be even better if the two little elder brothers took a fancy to them. Thinking that the little elder brothers of the clan would follow suit in the future, the toy store would be very popular when it opened. Don't worry about no guests.

Fourth master couldn't help but glanced at her, how could there be such brothers and sisters everywhere in the money making place?

If she hadn't asked about selling it, he really couldn't figure out how to exchange it for money. This is probably due to the difference in thinking between the two.

Minning still said enthusiastically, "I think it's better to give one to each elder brother. Lord, if you said that I held a wooden dog race, would these elder brothers be interested in participating?" This is a live advertisement , she thinks that just being a dog is too monotonous, it is better to add a cat, presumably little princesses and princesses will also like it.

Fourth master felt that her words were quite whimsical.But if you think about it, it's not impossible.

Although it is not allowed in the palace, but the folks can, of course, the premise is that there is no one to stop it.

"I think it's better to get the empress to invest in the shares." At the end, Minning directly proposed to the fourth master.

Fourth Master came over, pulled up the quilt and covered her head, "Weren't you still sleepy just now? Why are you so energetic now?"

Because the winter solstice was approaching, the emperor had already moved back to the palace, so the fourth master didn't have to rush to the Changchun Garden to attend court.

After the court, fourth master went directly to Yonghe Palace.

"...An Gege said that the wooden dog was just a toy. Her brother bought it from a merchant and gave it to her. She heard that Shisan wanted another one, so she asked her brother to ask again. , it’s best to find the person who made wooden dogs, and then make some and send them over.”

Concubine De smiled and put down the teacup after hearing this, and said: "You are very nice, you gave Xiao Shisi a wooden dog, he was very happy, and kept saying good things about her in front of me."

Fourth Master pursed his lips, his expression was a little ugly, if he remembered correctly, Xiao Shisi took the wooden dog without telling him, this was to finalize the facts in front of the empress, so that they would not tell the truth later?

But in front of the empress, it's not good for him to argue with her about the little fourteenth. The relationship between mother and son is already very cold, and he doesn't want to make things worse.

Unable to think of a good way, fourth master could only leave with a cold face, not even saying that Minning wanted his mother to participate in a share in his shop.

After returning home, fourth master received a letter, which was sent by Pan Yuancheng. There were several bank notes in it, which were worth fifty to sixty thousand.

Fourth master's face turned cold. Could it be that Pan Yuancheng dared to bribe him?

After opening the letter again, he realized that he had misunderstood. Fourth Master's expression softened at first, and then became serious again. He put the letter and bank note back into the envelope, and ordered someone to deliver it to An Gege.

After Minning received the letter, he opened it first, then stood up in disbelief.

"What, Mr. Zheng is missing?"