History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Shuntian Mansion received the latest report. This case involved a huge sum of 3 taels, which is already considered a huge case. Several newspapers in the capital quickly received the news and hurriedly sent people over to follow up on the news.

This put pressure on Shuntian Prefecture.

3 taels is not a small amount, not to mention that the money was still scammed.

If this money happened after Zheng Jun came back, he might still make up for it, but now, that possibility is not possible. As soon as he found out that he was cheated, Lin Yuan hurriedly reported the case, and reported the matter again.

As soon as Minning heard it, he knew that someone had set up a trap for Lin Yuan to drill into.I asked some more questions, and did not raise any objections to Lin Yuan's report.

However, she still has a few doubts to clarify. First, the target of this person is Lin Yuan at first glance. Why is the target so accurate? You must know that Lin Yuan has only taken over the responsibility of the Imperial Merchant not long ago.

Second, this person must have known that Lin Yuan had just taken over and was ignorant of some situations, so he used the wood from the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a cover.

Then here comes the problem, this person must be very familiar with Lin Yuan's situation, and it can even be said that he has a relationship with him, so there is such a trap specifically aimed at him.

Three, that is, this person only cheated 3 taels, which shows that he knows how much money Lin Yuan has in his hands, so the bank that came to Lin Yuan to save money must also have doubts.

Although I don't know how Shuntian Mansion investigated the case, "Jingcheng Daily" reported the case in its entirety and raised these three doubts.

He also called all the people together to investigate the case, and rewarded ten taels of silver as long as an important clue was given.

Originally, Fourth Master wanted to comfort her, but she didn't expect her to quickly turn the entire capital into a pot of porridge, making all the people in the capital act as detectives, one clue after another was reported one after another, and soon Shuntian Mansion took advantage of these clues The case was quickly solved, and the timber merchant who had just escaped from Beijing was arrested.

The case was solved so quickly, which surprised the government.

It was the first time that the newspapers had such an ability to directly disclose some urgent cases and solicit clues from the people.

Probably because Yinzi's charm is too attractive. Apart from some old headless cases, some cases have been solved, which is quite surprising.

"Fourth brother, second brother didn't expect that dog slave would dare to do such a thing, second brother is here to apologize to you!" This day happened to catch up with the court, and the prince apologized to the fourth master in embarrassment .

These few days the whole capital city was noisy, who didn't know that the prince's disciples had set up a trap to defraud the emperor's money.

Although the prince may not know the inside story, he still left an impression that he is not strict with his subordinates.

Especially the emperor didn't say anything, but the prince can't guarantee that the emperor doesn't know anything

What the dog slave did, he had to wipe his ass in the end. Although the man had already been beaten to ashes, the prince wanted to pull him out and kill him again.

"Second brother, you are too worried. There are not three or two people who have been wronged. Besides, the little money has been recovered, so don't mention it again."

Fourth master's face is not good-looking, although others may not know that the person who was deceived is his subordinate, but being caught by such a simple set, his face really can't collapse.

Many of those brothers were watching his jokes, especially the third child, who knew that it was An Gege's business, and even ran to him to show his presence.

"The second elder brother asked the princess to give you a gift for Gege, and it was an apology to her. I accidentally injured her before. Fourth brother, don't refuse, this is for your Gege." The prince continued. .

It is already a great gift for the crown princess to prepare gifts for a concubine of the prince.

What else can fourth master say, I can only thank you.

This matter was eventually found here, and Lin Yuan's position was removed and Acton was replaced.

Separated from those industries, Lin Yuan is a full-time imperial merchant.In private, he runs a school to avoid the limelight, and wait for this matter to fade away.

Although the 3 taels were collected and an apology gift was received, Minning still felt that his funds were tight.

Other industries cannot be moved, so she can only use the 3 taels as the principal. After thinking about it, she decided to develop real estate.

There is no industry that is more profitable than real estate, and the more prosperous the world, the higher the housing prices in the capital.

She already had a choice of target, which was the area around the Red Water Hole near Liulichang, because the smelly water hole was obviously close to Xuanwumen, but the housing price had not been raised.Few people live in it, and it has become a place to avoid.

Minning wanted to take over the surrounding land. If the red puddle was filled, the land would be enough to build a large community. In addition to subsidizing those who wanted to be demolished, she planned to rent the rest.It is a long-term income to rent it to students who come to Beijing and people who publish newspapers.

"That piece of land, I have to find people from Shuntian Mansion." Lin Yuan was relieved of his responsibilities, and finally had time to come to Baylor Mansion to report to Minning.

The ban on Fujin in Baylor's mansion was lifted enough, but he stopped interfering with Minning's affairs completely.Perhaps there is no way to ask questions, the entire housekeeping power is in the hands of Zhang Qilin.Everything in the Baylor Mansion is in accordance with Minning's transformation before, everyone has a fixed responsibility for each person, and they are not allowed to move around at will.It's useless even if you buy someone, because the evaluation will be done every month, the capable will go up, and the mediocre will go down.

Therefore, among the women in the backyard, Minning became a special case, no matter how much the backyard fights, it would not affect her.

After all, this is a person who has the jade pendant bestowed by the imperial court, and she does not play according to the rules at all. With such an amulet, who can beat her?

The others simply gave up their worries and walked around her.

Minning is also used to meeting her subordinates in the front yard, which is still the outer study that fourth master prepared for her.

"Shuntian Mansion also takes care of this kind of thing?" In Minning's impression, the capital city is the political center with many yamen, so he really doesn't have a deep impression of Shuntian Mansion.

"The capital is within the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. Although it also belongs to the jurisdiction of the Governor of Zhili, the area outside the capital city wall is managed by the Governor of Zhili and the Shuntian Prefecture. Major measures must be handled by the government. Within the city wall, the Zhili Governor Li has no right to intervene, and all cases are handled by Shuntian Prefecture. Just like before, the slaves were cheated of money, and they belonged to the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. Naturally, they should report to Shuntian Prefecture. This time, when buying land in the city, they also need to find Shuntian Mansion handles it."

"How do I go about it?" Minning had a general impression of Shuntian Mansion. Simply put, it is the Beijing Municipal People's Government, but this People's Government has a lot of management. The work of the police station, tax bureau, land bureau, etc. is basically It's all over the Internet, but it's only limited to ordinary people.

The last time the matter was found under the crown prince's name, it stopped quickly. If it hadn't been exposed in the newspapers, it would probably have been concealed all the time.

"Some land is held in the hands of the official dental firm. For example, the red water hole belongs to the official land. We must get these in our hands first. As for those private deeds, we will ask for money or a house at that time. If we really don't want to leave , I asked Shuntian Mansion for help." In this era, ordinary people still feel a little guilty about officials.

Minning understood, "That's fine, but those who move out will be compensated more. As for the Shuntian Mansion, we will mention the name of the prince and get that piece of land here." Didn't the prince say that he wanted compensation?

Then make up for a piece of land.

Lin Yuan soon received a new task, so he didn't mention it.

In June, some revised books began to appear on a large scale, and fourth master was too busy to return home.

It is said that not only him, but also other princes and elder brothers are too busy.

For the first time, Minning felt a little quiet in the capital, and the court was also peaceful.

Sure enough, for those princes, if they did more work, they would definitely not have the energy to make trouble again.

June passed while fourth master was busy, and there was good news from the workshop. It is said that a fan was made, and this kind of fan was completely reborn from the fan in the shelling machine.

This kind of fan is not fully automatic or semi-automatic. The principle is similar to that of a yo-yo. When it turns, it will wind up the rope. At this time, someone next to it needs to pull the rope again.

It is said that this is the initial version, and a more convenient fan will be developed in the future.

But this is not a problem at all for rich people, so what if they need help, there are many servants in the house.

This kind of fan has been warmly welcomed by the masses when it was first launched, especially when it is used with ice, that is the real enjoyment.

In fact, before it was listed on the market, Minning deliberately cut off ten fans and sent them to the Imperial Academy.Firstly, it's for advertising, and secondly, it's also for fourth master's comfort.

Si Ye is the most intolerant of heat, and he is still crouching with a bunch of people in the Imperial Academy to review manuscripts in the summer. Although there is ice, it is useless if there are too many people, and he will be sweating profusely when he comes back every day look.

So before the fan came out, Minning could only keep delivering iced drinks. This time, the fan immediately attracted fourth master's praise.

"That's right, I'm going to put up a few more tomorrow and send them to Khan Ama." There was a fan fan beside the emperor, the wind was not strong, and there was nothing left to talk about.

This time something good came out, fourth master naturally wanted to honor the emperor.

Minning smiled and said, "This matter has been reported to the emperor a long time ago."

This is the last time after the incident came out, her workshop emperor sent people to guard it even tighter.As soon as the fan was made, the eunuch who was sent there to guard the finished product hurriedly moved to Changchun Garden.

Minning was a little skeptical, that workshop had become the emperor's back garden, and he took whatever he liked.

But the situation is stronger than people, what can she do?You have to show an appearance that you are eager to give it to the emperor. With the emperor's cover, you won't be afraid of those ghosts and monsters outside.

When the fourth master heard this, he thought for a while and said, "It's one thing for Khan Ama to know, but it's another thing for the filial piety of the master. It's better to prepare a few more. In this way, all the concubines and concubines in the palace will be better. Send one, and my brothers will each prepare one."

Minning asked playfully, "Do you want to prepare it for some clan members?"

The fourth master immediately shook his head, "Forget it, don't give it away, prepare a hundred units first, let Han Ama use it as a reward, we will not get involved in this matter, as for other people who want it, they can go to your store to buy it Bar."

Minning thought to himself, after all, you are not generous enough to give away all my property.

Fans are widely welcomed in the capital, and some ordinary people who can't afford ice will pool their money to buy one, after all, it's not as expensive as this one.

There is a handy person who quickly imitated the shape, but the fine iron bearing inside cannot be imitated, but this cannot be hidden from the ingenious common people.

Some burned porcelain instead, and some figured out their own iron bearings. Soon, pirated fans appeared on the market. This kind of fan is cheaper, but it often breaks down after ten days and half a month.

In the end, I don't know whether I took advantage or not.

There was that unwilling person who came to the shop with a broken fan, even if he was told that he bought a counterfeit product, he still refused to let him go.

In the end, I asked him directly, if he would like to put it here for repairs, he would need to pay a little money.

The man finally agreed, and the shop maintenance point directly replaced the damaged part, and it can be used again.

This actually made those who bought cheap goods have a good impression of this shop. After all, they were looking for small bargains by themselves, but they did not expect that people would be willing to help them deal with the aftermath.

When some people want to buy another one, they simply buy it in a genuine store. It is a bit expensive, but the quality is guaranteed.In order to prevent it from breaking after a period of use, plus the maintenance fee, it is not much cheaper than buying genuine products.

After July and a half, Min Ning began to check the income of fans. Although it was not much, it was enough to fill the vacancy of buying land. The red water pit area also began to be demolished. Perhaps this stinky ditch has already caused headaches for Shuntian Mansion, or there are people on it. It hinted that this piece of land fell into Lin Yuan's hands smoothly!

The demolition is currently underway with the help of the government. Those who were able to leave this place have already moved away, and those who are still living today are those who are unable to move out.

After agreeing to distribute the houses according to the original area, these people also moved out smoothly. A large area of ​​houses were demolished, and even the smelly puddle was pumped out to remove a lot of silt.

However, another major event happened while digging the silt. Someone found gold in the silt.This matter was quickly spread, and Lin Yuan didn't even have time to seal it up.

Someone dug out jewels one after another, and in an instant, news about the treasures of the Ming Dynasty hidden in the red puddle exploded in the capital.

It is said that when Li Zicheng invaded Beijing that year, he ordered his subordinates to search for treasures in Beijing. The third time lasted for more than 40 days, and the treasures he searched were packed into [-] carts.

Later, some of them could not be taken away, so they were thrown into the red puddle and buried, and they have not been reappeared until today.

By the time Minning knew about it, the red puddle had already been surrounded by the imperial court.

When the fourth master asked her, she looked astonished, "Master, I'm not feeling well recently, and I haven't asked about outside affairs. If there is really a treasure, then hand it over to the imperial court. I only want that piece of land."

For her, a treasure is a hot potato, and she may not be able to earn a treasure with her ability.Speaking of which, it's good to announce it, but also hold down some people with ghostly thoughts.

Fourth Master stared seriously into her eyes, "Don't you want it yourself?" After all, it was dug out of the land she bought, so logically even if the treasure was dug up, it belonged to her.With him, no one can take it away.

Minning felt a little irritable in his heart, and his stomach felt like he wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit.She waved her hand and asked fourth master in a somewhat aggressive tone, "Master, don't you think I can't make that money?"

Fourth master always thought that she loves money, that's why she likes to do business. He also knew that she was short of money recently, but he didn't expect that she would stand still in the face of a huge amount of wealth, which surprised him very much.

After thinking about it, the fourth master said, "Since you don't intend to take it, then the master will report back to Ama Khan and say that no matter what you dig up, you will give it to the court."

Minning nodded quickly, at this moment she squatted down with a nausea and began to vomit acid water.

"Come here, please call for the imperial physician!" Fourth Master hurriedly shouted to the outside, and then hugged her, "What's the matter? Wasn't it fine just now?"

Minning didn't care about him, felt dizzy after being picked up by him, and threw up again with the hand holding him alone.

Spit directly on fourth master, fourth master didn't care about taking care of himself and put her on the couch.

Yi Biying ran in and saw this scene, hurried out to ask someone to invite the imperial doctor, and then ran to Dr. Ye's residence and dragged someone over.

"How is it?" Fourth Master asked nervously.

Min Ning put his hand on his forehead, looking sleepy, closed his eyes and didn't want to say anything.

Doctor Ye took the pulse, and then hesitantly replied to Fourth Master's words, "Your maidservant is ignorant, I don't know if the pulse is accurate..."

Fourth Master interrupted her rudely, "Okay, what's wrong with An Gege?"

Doctor Ye hurriedly squatted down, "Go back to Lord Baylor, what this slave gave out is the pulse of joy!"

As soon as these words came out, the room fell silent instantly, Minning suddenly opened his eyes, Biying bit her hand and screamed silently, Fourth Master quickly reacted, and said happily: "Well, well, there are many rewards in the house!"

Although Doctor Ye could say that the imperial physician needed to come over and take the pulse again, fourth master had already confirmed that An Gege was pregnant.

He went to the side room and changed his clothes again. The original dirt in the room had been cleaned up, and the windows were opened for ventilation.

He sat beside Minning helplessly, holding her hand, "Why are you so stupid, you don't even know you're pregnant?"

Minning also came to his senses at this time, and couldn't help explaining, "Ms. Ye just checked the pulse a month ago, and she didn't find out that she was pregnant. During this period of time, I thought Ku Xia had a bad appetite, so I didn't think about it." She has been trying to conceive for more than half a year, and she is not too surprised to be pregnant at this time.

Fourth Master was still very happy in his heart, this girl had been in the mansion for three years, and finally blossomed and borne fruit.

The two talked for a while, and the imperial physician was quickly invited over. The pulse was indeed pregnant, but the moon was too shallow and not yet full, so it would take a while to come back for pulse diagnosis.

Anyway, fourth master was very happy. After sending the imperial doctor away, he ordered the people in the yard to take care of him carefully, and put away all the things that were not good for pregnant women.

The imperial doctor came and went, and the fourth master rewarded everyone in the mansion with an extra month's money, and soon the mansion knew that An Gege was pregnant.

The hens who thought they wouldn't lay eggs would still be pregnant, so will there be a place for them to squat in the backyard in the future?

"You have a good rest at home, don't move around, the master will let the people in the kitchen prepare meals for you."

It was the first time she got into the sedan chair as a big girl when she was pregnant, and she couldn't help feeling a little scared, she grabbed Fourth Master's hand and asked, "Master, are you going out?"

Fourth Master held her hand and comforted her, "Go and report the treasure to Ama Khan first, don't worry, Master will be back soon."

Not knowing if it was because of her pregnancy, Minning could not help showing a little weakness, wanting to rely on the man in front of her.

Fourth master comforted her for a while, then hurried out the door.

Minning closed her eyes to hide the fragility in her eyes, and when she opened them again, she returned to her original appearance.

When the fourth master went to Changchun Garden, he happened to meet the third child who was also in a hurry. The third child smiled maliciously at him, quickly passed him and entered the Danning residence first.

The fourth master was a step behind him, and when he entered, he found that the boss and the prince had already arrived, and they were arguing in front of the emperor, all about the distribution of treasures.

The emperor sat on the top and flipped through the notebooks, with the fan blowing on the side, he pretended not to hear the quarrel between the two sons.

After the third child entered, he interrupted, "Big brother, second brother, don't forget that the treasure belongs to the fourth brother's family."

The boss was unhappy, "Nonsense! The treasures found in the capital naturally belong to the imperial court."

The prince also said: "The red water pit originally belonged to the Shuntian Mansion, but I don't know who bought it at a low price through the relationship. My son suggested that the court take back that piece of land."

The fourth master did not say a word when he heard what the prince meant, and first knelt down to pay his respects to the emperor.

The emperor cried out and asked the fourth master, "What's the matter with Yinzhen coming here?"

The fourth master clasped his hands and replied to the emperor, "If you go back to Han Ama, my Gege was also surprised to find the treasure there. She is willing to donate the treasure to the imperial court, as long as that piece of land is enough."

The emperor showed surprise on his face, "You only want the land?"

The fourth master suddenly smiled shyly, "If you go back to Han Ama, just now when the imperial doctor came to the mansion, he diagnosed that An Gege had a happy pulse. When my son got this happy event, he wanted to tell Han Ama." So it's really not Come here to offer treasures.

When the emperor heard this, he immediately said happily, "Okay, okay, you have made great contributions to offering treasures, that is, you will be promoted to the rank of side Fujin, and given the jade certificate, you can be regarded as our royal daughter-in-law."

The fourth master was busy thanking you, the prince and the eldest prince and the third prince on the side all had smiles on their faces. While congratulating the fourth son, he secretly scolded the fourth son in his heart for being too treacherous, offering treasures and being pregnant, and he completely let him take it away. In the limelight.