History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Zhang Tinglu tidied up the manuscripts in her hands, rubbed her eyes after getting up, and stretched while looking at the dim scenery outside the window.

He looked at the clock inside the house again, and exclaimed, "It's so late?" It seemed that it was almost time for the curfew.

Quickly tidied up, picked up the bag, blew out the candles, and hurried out the door.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, the newspaper office is very busy. This year, when I just started working, I was overwhelmed by a lot of things and kept busy.

After running out of the newspaper office, Zhang Tinglu walked to a waiting point at the intersection, and when he came outside suddenly, he was shivering from the cold, stomping his feet and kept walking, waiting for the carriage to arrive.After a while, there was the sound of a bell, and the carriage quickly stopped at the waiting point. He saw the words posted on the carriage and saw that it was leading to the inner city, so he hurried up.

Now Zhang Tinglu has separated from his family, and moved into the small house assigned to the newspaper office with his wife and children.

After his father retired, it was his second brother Zhang Tingyu who supported the family, and Zhang Tinglu was embarrassed to live with his brother. It happened that the house was divided in the newspaper two years ago, so he moved out with him.

After returning home and having dinner, Zhang Tinglu continued to be busy reviewing manuscripts.

The wife came over with ginger tea, "Don't be too busy, the lighting is not good at night, be careful to hurt your eyes."

Zhang Tinglu shook her head, "It's okay, just finish it a little bit."

Zhang Tinglu is also an old man in the newspaper. He subscribed for the shares in the newspaper two years ago, so it can be said that he is also one of the owners of the newspaper.

As the owner of the newspaper, he naturally became more busy, often working overtime, and even took his work home to do.

Originally, he didn't need to be so busy, the newspaper's annual dividends were enough money, and he could live comfortably with just the money.

only……

Thinking of her fourth brother, Zhang Tinglu shook her head.

It was because the fourth brother was physically weak since he was a child, and he almost couldn't survive the first two years, and it was also dangerous several times in the past two years.

Previously, Beijing Zhongzhong opened a medical school, and he needed to review manuscripts, so he ran over to find out, and then persuaded his family to send his fourth brother there.

Because the fourth brother was seriously ill, he needed expensive medicinal herbs for warming and tonic. Although the Zhang family had some savings, they couldn't afford such a large sum of money.

After several rescues, the fourth brother was rescued.

The eldest brother in the family is no longer there, and his father has already suffered the pain of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man, and he really doesn't want his father to suffer again.

"Has the latest money been sent to the hospital?"

At the beginning of each month, Zhang Tinglu would ask his wife to send money to the hospital.

In just six months, nearly a thousand taels have been given away.

Zhang Tinglu's wife glanced at her husband's thin face, and said distressedly: "It has already been sent, and the second brother and father-in-law also raised part of it. When I went to see my father-in-law before, the father-in-law also said that some things that the Long Live God rewarded were not marked. It was sold off, and it was the whole family who persuaded him to come down."

It was found to be a serious crime to trade and buy gifts from the emperor. Zhang Ying had been a loyal minister all his life, and the whole family naturally didn't want him to be old, and he had already retired and was stained.

Zhang Tinglu is well aware of the plight of the family, the second elder brother was specially ordered to serve in the South Study, and received the salary of a fourth-rank official.

One hundred and fifty taels a year, plus other income, the maximum is 300 taels, and you have to support a family, how can you spare money to treat your fourth brother?Although Zhang Tinglu was responsible for most of the work, there is still a small part that needs support from the family, but this small part is enough to stump the family.

"Second brother probably borrowed money from the household department?"

In the past two years, it was very common for court officials to borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs. He knew a lot of inside information.

Eat, drink, and play with borrowed money as if it never had to be paid back.

In fact, this is true, because the court has never mentioned that people who borrowed money should pay back the money.Whoever did not borrow money from top to bottom, all unanimously concealed this matter.

However, Zhang Tinglu knew that this kind of thing could not be done. Sooner or later, the matter of borrowing money would not be able to be kept secret, and the deficit of the household department would also explode.

What will be done at that time, can the emperor continue to ignore it?

But don't forget that the current emperor is wise and mighty. He was an emperor who had experienced San Francisco back then.

The money will be recovered sooner or later.

"Yes." The wife answered in the affirmative.

Zhang Tinglu immediately frowned, "Tomorrow you go to the mansion and ask how much money you borrowed. Let's get together and return the money."

The wife said: "There is no money in our family to fill this hole. The dividends from years ago were either repaid or handed over to the hospital." They will distribute some rice, noodles, grains and oils, and their family must not be doing as well as ordinary people.

Zhang Tinglu said, "Don't worry about the money, forget it, I'll go another day, and I can't delay the second brother's future because of these things." Anyone can see that the second brother is deeply trusted by the emperor now, and the future is bound to be bright immeasurable.

How can you be held back by family affairs at this time?

If you borrow too much, at worst you will sell the newspaper's shares.

Although I feel sorry for the hen that lays golden eggs, everything is worth it for the family.

The next day, Zhang Tinglu went to work as usual, and talked to Zhang Shaoyang about the idea during lunch break.

But Zhang Shaoyang advised him to think again, "The matter of money is not a big problem. If you need it urgently, I can advance your dividends for several years."

But Zhang Tinglu asked: "Isn't this taking advantage of the newspaper?" He shook his head, "No, no, I can't do this kind of thing."

Zhang Shaoyang held him down, "When anyone is not in trouble, the money was originally yours, but it was only an advance payment for future dividends. It will definitely be more difficult in the next few years, and you can only live on your monthly silver." The revenue is still good, not to mention that the largest shareholder didn't withdraw the dividend at all. This is the money that is put on the newspaper's account, so it can be lent to Zhang Tinglu first.

You must know that just relying on Zhang Tinglu's identity and background, and his Lao Tzu's network resources, investing in the future now can get enough returns!

Hearing this, Zhang Tinglu was a little moved. He really needed a sum of money urgently. Thinking of the future of his second brother and the condition of his fourth brother, he couldn't resist the temptation in the end, "Then I will be disrespectful."

Zhang Shaoyang reported the matter to the higher authorities, and the higher authorities quickly agreed to the request.

On vacation the next day, Zhang Tinglu came to the medical school alone.

Although the name of the medical school is a college, it is a real medical center.

But this clinic is bigger than the others, and there are more doctors than patients in it.

I heard that a new site has been built outside the city, a medical school that integrates the hospital and the college.The future will create a new medical model.

The medical hall located in the capital city is very close to the imperial hospital, and the judge of the imperial hospital, Dr. Ye, usually stays in the medical hall when he is not on duty.

Zhang Tinglu doesn't know how many times she has been here, it seems that this is since the fourth brother moved in, and she will come to see it every rest time.

Because there are not many wards here, they don't like to receive patients' family members on weekdays, and only my sister-in-law rents a small house nearby to come and take care of them from time to time.

Zhang Tinglu came early today, just in time to meet the young doctor Wang from the hospital going out.

Zhang Tinglu greeted with a smile, "Dr. Wang is here for a visit?" He hadn't met this Dr. Wang who is very good at medicine the last two times he came here.

Wang Yang responded with a smile, "Yes, Editor Zhang is here to visit your brother?" Wang Yang knew Zhang Tinglu, and the first to advertise their medical school was the "Beijing Daily". This editor Zhang went to the hospital in person To interview and write manuscripts.

It was also after that that I learned that there were many highly skilled doctors in the hospital, so I introduced the hospital to my family and persuaded them to send my brother here.

After arriving, Zhang Tinglu's younger brother's condition was under control. Unfortunately, his younger brother's body was too weak to resist the external illness. He usually stayed in the ward and restricted the patient's family members from coming too much. visit.

At present, the hospital is urgently researching a drug that can enhance the body's resistance of Zhang Tinglu's brother.

It's just that the progress of the research is slow, and a large amount of expensive drugs are needed to control the patient's condition during the waiting process.

And these medicines are all expensive medicines, and the human parameters needed for the daily ginseng pills are a lot of expenses.

And most of the expenses are paid by Zhang Tinglu at present.

Zhang Tinglu was even a little thankful that instead of continuing to study hard at home, she chose to work in a newspaper.

Later, relying on his status as a veteran, he bought a part of the shares.Only the annual dividends can allow the younger brother to recuperate well.

If he studied hard at home according to the past, he could only watch his brother die of illness.

"Oh, that's right." Wang Yang said to him as if thinking of something, "Forget it, tell Editor Zhang the good news, our hospital has built a sterile room, and your brother has been moved there."

Referring to the previous incubator, someone in the hospital had a whim and transformed a certain ward into a room like an incubator.

As long as there are fewer germs, it is natural for patients not to come into contact with the source of the disease.

Zhang Tinglu's younger brother was the first patient to enter the sterile room. If the effect is good, other wards will be remodeled one after another.

With a microscope, doctors can see germs, and for some germs, a series of research laboratories have been set up to study these germs.

Although some germs can infect people with serious diseases, their resistance to the outside world is weak. If the temperature is slightly higher or lower, these germs will die.

Through this feature, the sterile room is transformed.

It is not a real sterile room, and there is no condition to achieve true sterility. It can only be said that most of the germs have been exterminated through high temperature.

So that patients living in the house can be exposed to germs as little as possible.

Zhang Tinglu thanked her, and turned to the direction Wang Yang pointed.

The sterile room that Wang Yang mentioned is the ear space in the courtyard. As soon as you enter, you can see that the door of the house has been transformed into a glass door, which is bright and bright under the sunlight.

Then he saw his sister-in-law Wang sitting at the door at a glance.

When Wang saw him get up, he bowed cautiously, "Third Brother, you are here."

Zhang Tinglu walked over to take a look at the tightly closed glass door, and asked her, "Is Ting Qi inside?"

Mrs. Wang nodded, "A few doctors came in just now, and they were treating Mr. Wang."

Zhang Tinglu asked her some more information, and when he learned that Zhang Tingqi's illnesses were much less after living in this room, he nodded.

Mrs. Wang clenched her hands nervously, "Third brother, my husband asked me yesterday if you helped pay for the medicine. I didn't dare to lie to him, so I just said it."

Zhang Tinglu shook her head and laughed: "The fourth brother has always been smarter than me, how could he be fooled, don't worry, I will explain it to him later."

Wang immediately felt at ease.

At this time, the glass door in front of the ward was pushed open, and a total of five or six doctors came out of the room.

Zhang Tinglu hurriedly went up to meet him, cupped his hands and said, "I'm the third brother of the patient inside, I wonder how my younger brother's condition is now?"

Zhang Tinglu saw that none of these doctors looked familiar, but one of them recognized him, "So it's Zhang Bian, you came here today."

Zhang Tinglu smiled as a response.

The doctor who was talking to Zhang Tinglu said with a smile on his face, "I forgot to tell Editor Zhang the good news. The boss of our hospital is going to study a drug that can enhance physical fitness. It just so happens that your brother's condition is also the same, so he was established as a medical doctor. Cases, part of the fee can be reduced and used to make up for it with our research funds."

After hearing this, Zhang Tinglu quickly asked, "Do you want my brother to do the experiment for you?" He knew that this hospital received some beheaded corpses for autopsy.

The doctor smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, it's the same as the original treatment. It's just that this time more doctors will participate in the study of this condition." Then he pointed to the doctors beside him and introduced them to Zhang Tinglu one by one.

Because of Zhang Tinglu's fourth brother's illness, she had inquired about many famous doctors, and found that all of these names were familiar to her ears, and all of them had great reputations among the people.

After the introduction, the doctor said, "How is it? This is a huge scale, right? Everyone will research and develop a drug suitable for your brother as soon as possible, but some things still need the cooperation of family members."

Zhang Tinglu nodded, "Cooperate, definitely cooperate! May I ask how you need to cooperate?"

"Presumably Zhang knows that we have built a new medical school in the suburbs. Some of the wards have been put into use there, and there are also research laboratories specializing in drug research. If you are willing, you can sign a contract to cooperate with the research and transfer patients there. After signing the contract , you can reduce the cost by half.”

Zhang Tinglu was a little embarrassed, "I, I have to discuss this with my family."

The doctor said, "There's no rush, just give me an answer within ten days. It doesn't matter if you don't want to. It just happens that the hospital has received many premature babies recently, and the research project will probably be transferred to premature babies."

Zhang Tinglu immediately said with a smile: "That's okay, after I discuss it with my family, I will give you an answer as soon as possible."

After the two parties separated amicably, Zhang Tinglu entered the ward, and Wang followed suit.

Inside the ward, there is another layer of glass that separates the room into two halves.

There was a man in white clothes inside, and the young doctor looked after him. After seeing him, the doctor pointed to the patient lying on the glass bed and said, "You can only look through the glass, and you are not allowed to enter."

Zhang Tinglu thanked her.

Zhang Tingqi, who was lying on the bed, seemed to feel the movement outside and raised his head, and saw Zhang Tinglu outside the glass at a glance.

He smiled weakly, "Third brother, you are here."

Glass can't block the sound. Although Zhang Tinglu felt that his voice was a little low, it was not inaudible.

He quickly moved forward, lying on the glass and said to his younger brother, "fourth brother, how are you doing these days? Don't worry about the money, the third brother is also one of the owners of the newspaper after all, and the little money you get for medical treatment can still afford it." The whole family is waiting for you to recover from your illness."

Zhang Tingqi smiled and his eyes were moist, "Third brother, I am fine here, but the food here is a bit unpalatable, bland, less oil and less salt, I miss the roast duck outside."

"When you recover from illness, the third brother will take you to a big meal and let you eat as much as you want."

After talking for a while, Zhang Tinglu stopped talking when he saw Zhang Tingqi's tired look.

He didn't mention the matter of hospital transfer, so he had to discuss it with his family before talking to Zhang Tingqi.It's a matter of disappearing now, so don't let him worry about it.

After confessing a few words to Wang, Zhang Tinglu left the hospital and went to her father's house.

After the eldest brother passed away unexpectedly, the second brother took care of his parents, and Zhang Tinglu separated when he was able to support himself.

The younger brothers below him are still young and still follow their old parents.

In the past two years, because of the fourth brother's illness, it really cost a lot of money, and even more than half of his father's savings over the years have been invested.

If Zhang Tinglu hadn't taken over later, the family would probably have to live on a tight budget.

When we arrived at the old house, the second brother was not there as usual. In recent years, the second brother has been trusted by the emperor and is often called to accompany him.Zhang Tinglu came over ten times, seven of which were invisible.

"Have you seen your fourth brother?" Zhang Ying was wrapped in a black down jacket and wearing a fur cap, just like an ordinary little old man. When he saw the third son coming, he put down the pen in his hand and asked.

Everyone in the family knew Zhang Tinglu's habits, and she would definitely go to see the fourth child during the holidays.

Zhang Tinglu nodded, and then asked Zhang Ying, "Father, I came this time to ask you, did the second brother borrow money from the household department?"

Zhang Ying fell silent.

Zhang Tinglu couldn't figure out what the old father meant, so she hurriedly asked: "Didn't father stop him? Is the sewage in the household department easy to get dirty?" Don't look at who are the people who borrow money from the household department?Sooner or later, the Ministry of Household Affairs would not be able to hide it even if it wanted to. If the emperor knew that the second brother had also borrowed money, wouldn't he think that the second brother would also take advantage of the national treasury?

Zhang Ying sighed slowly, as a veteran who was able to retire after two dynasties, how could he not know that the Ministry of Household Affairs is now in a good state, but the inside is already miserable.

"It was too late when I found out, he had already borrowed the money. I didn't expect that he stopped me from selling the imperial gift before, with the idea of ​​going to the household department to borrow money." This was all for his old father. with.

Ting Qi is his son, so there is no reason for his brother to save him with money.

Thinking that Zhang Ying was also a well-known figure in the court, he didn't expect that after he became an official, he couldn't even afford to pay for his son's medical treatment.

"Return it back! Return the borrowed money to the household department!" Zhang Tinglu said immediately.

But Zhang Ying said: "I borrowed 1 taels of silver, how can I pay it back, unless..." He looked at the house in front of him.

This house is a scholar's mansion bestowed by the emperor, and if it is sold for 1 taels, there will still be some.

"Father, I will pay 1 taels!"

Zhang Ying looked at him and asked, "Where did you get so much money?"

"Father, I have asked for all the dividends for the next few years in advance, which is enough to pay back to the household department."

However, Zhang Ying still shook her head, "Even if you pay it back to the household department, so what, your brother's illness will continue to be treated, it's a bottomless pit, I don't know how much money will be added."

Hearing this, Zhang Tinglu suddenly remembered what the doctor said before. He gritted his teeth and said, "Father, I have some good news for you. The hospital said that it will study the condition of the fourth brother and try to make a cure for this disease. It's just The fourth brother moved to a hospital in the suburbs, where the doctors can study the disease, which can reduce the cost of treatment by half. I have already asked, and the treatment is still the same as before, but there are more doctors who study the disease, so we need to try various treatments drug."

When Zhang Ying heard this, he fell silent.

The patient was handed over to the doctor, so he was allowed to be diagnosed and treated by the doctor. For Zhang Ying, these are all things that should be done. If the disease is not cured, it is natural to test various medicines, but why is the fee reduced suddenly for their family?

"Did the fourth prince speak?" As a father, his son entered the medical clinic for treatment, so he naturally wanted to find out the details of the medical clinic.

Zhang Ying knew that the hospital belonged to the family members of the fourth prince. If she really agreed to this matter, she would be on the side of the fourth prince.

Zhang Tinglu shook her head, "I don't know if it's the order of the fourth prince, but An Fang Fujin must know, the biggest shareholder behind my newspaper is An Fang Fujin." As one of the shareholders, I naturally know that there are people in the newspaper. which shareholders.

"Father, I think I can agree."

Zhang Ying is an old fox, and he would never stand in line just because of a small favor, and when he heard the third son speak, he would signal him to continue talking.

"Long Live Lord is not young anymore. Since ancient times, emperors have not lived long. The fourth prince has always kept a low profile. His power in the court, not to mention the prince and the eldest prince, can't even compare with the third prince. His father has already retired, so he will To show kindness, at most, I just ask my second brother to speak well in front of the emperor. So father doesn't need to worry about standing in line."

Zhang Ying nodded, "I'll discuss it with your second brother when he comes back. You will also stay for dinner today."

Zhang Tinglu responded immediately.

Within two days, Zhang Tinglu helped her fourth brother transfer to a medical school in the suburbs.

At the same time, little Gege in Minning's backyard finally passed the critical period, and was taken out of the incubator after the Lantern Festival.

But still not out of the house, Dr. Wang still needs to come over frequently for diagnosis.

Minning intends to continue to raise the child and give it to Na Gege when the child is one year old.

Children who are one year old can easily survive as long as they are carefully looked after.

During the first lunar month, the emperor toured the south and left Beijing on the 22nd. This time, the fourth master did not stay in Beijing with his driver.

In the past few years, fourth master has been running around with the emperor, and this year he finally has time to stay in the mansion.

Babeile next door often entertains officials, and many times he will come to invite fourth master. After going there twice, fourth master doesn't like to go.

Hiding in the mansion, he invited many Zen masters to the mansion to give lectures.

Regarding the scriptures, Si Ye had a topic with Fujin, and discussed Buddhism with the Zen master all day long.

There were constant Buddhist voices in the mansion, but Babeile was too embarrassed to disturb her.

Minning does not believe in Buddhism, it can be said that he respects the gods and Buddhas and keeps a distance.

This is the world of Red Mansions, so there are gods and Buddhas naturally, but gods and Buddhas cannot intervene in the mortal world, so she can speed up the process of history wantonly.

Although it is very strange how she can travel to this strange era, she doesn't think that her coming here has anything to do with the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

She no longer remembers how she came to this world in the first place, she only knows that she was walking when she suddenly became dizzy, and turned around and entered this body.

It's not that she hasn't recalled it these years, but she still hasn't found out the reason for her time travel.

In the first two years, she wanted to go back very much, but she asked all the gods and Buddhas in the sky, but there was no response.

Then she slowly gave up and began to adapt to this era.Up to now, the memory of the previous life has gradually faded away and integrated into this place.

She now has a new direction, working hard to change this era with her own efforts, which seems to be her mission, and she expects and hopes to bring changes to the world with her own ability.

It's best not to interfere with the gods and Buddhas, and let her leave a strong mark in this world.

Fourth master believed in Buddhism, Minning neither prevented nor participated in it.

Sometimes when I am interested, I will read a few Buddhist books and discuss it with Si Ye.But that doesn't mean she believes in Buddhism.

But Fourth Master was very interested, not only gave himself the title of Layman Yuanming, but also hoped to pass this hobby on to Minning.

Whenever this happened, Minning gave him his son Yuanbao, "Master, I need to take care of a few children, why don't you teach Tao Hongjing and see if he has Buddha nature."

On the other hand, Yuan Bao blinked and looked at fourth master curiously.

After a long time, fourth master also understood her rejection and did not force her. When he came to her yard, he seldom read his Buddhism.

The temperature rose in March, and Minning threw a blanket on the grass in the yard to let the children play on the carpet and get some sunshine.

She herself was sitting in the rocking chair, covered with a blanket, basking comfortably in the sun.

There was a sudden bang from the next door, Minning was startled, and the three young children were also startled and burst into tears.

The nurse next to him quickly picked up the baby and coaxed him, and Minning followed suit, and finally let the nurse feed the child, and it was only when he fell asleep after feeding the baby that the matter was over.

After about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Luzi ran in to report.

"Back to Master An, something happened in the Babeile Mansion next door."

Min Ning wondered why there was such a big commotion, so he asked, "What happened?"

Xiao Luzi replied, "A bridge over Babeile's mansion collapsed."

Minning was a little surprised. There was also a bridge in their house, which spanned a small stream, but even though the bridge was a wooden bridge, it couldn't just collapse at will.

"Have you found out clearly? How did it collapse?"

"The servant asked a fellow villager, and he said that the bridge collapsed because there were too many people standing on it at once, and it couldn't support the weight beyond before."

Minning was a little speechless, how many people were invited in the Eighth Master's Mansion?

"What are those people doing standing on the bridge?"

"I heard that a strange flying object appeared in the sky. Those people crowded on the bridge to watch. Unexpectedly, the bridge collapsed when there were too many people."

Minning had a bad premonition, the weirdest flying object, why does this sound so familiar?

About three days later, Minning's bad premonition finally came true.

Fourth master sat opposite Minning and stared at her.

Minning looked at the report in his hand, which said that Zhuangzi had created a new aircraft, which was equipped with a steam engine and could fly for a short period of time.

However, the time it takes to fly is too short. After flying to a height of [-] meters, it can't bear to fall apart, and it overwhelms a large part of the fertile land.

Now the owner of that good land has sued Shuntian Mansion for compensation.

Compensation is still a trivial matter, but this matter was also known to several princes, and Babeile also knew what the weird flying object was three days ago, so he went to Fourth Master on purpose.

Fourth Master naturally wanted to come to Minning for questioning.

Min Ning was speechless in his heart, this group of people is really amazing, they actually made a plane with such crude equipment, and they really let them fly successfully!

If we continue to experiment and give them more than ten years, we may be able to produce a real aircraft.

However, the current conditions are not enough. The steam engine alone is not enough to drive the aircraft to fly for a long time, and it must continue to be improved.

Fourth Master knocked on the table, "Tell me, what do you think about this matter? It's fine to make a hot air balloon last time, why did you make a bird this time?"

"Master, this is called an airplane." She corrected him.

Fourth Master stared at her, "Why on earth did you allow them to do such a thing? Do you know that if you make this kind of thing, you will be charged with spying on the palace?"

Minning put away the paper in his hand, and said to him, "Don't worry, this kind of thing is just for the fun of those people. It can't fly high at all, and it can't fly for too long."

"Nonsense, even if you fly in the sky, you still say you can't fly high?"

Minning continued to perfunctory him, "Didn't it fall down later? I ordered them not to study any further." What's the big deal and continue in another place, or change to the deserted Gobi Desert?

In fact, the research in Zhuangzi that could not be seen beyond this era has been slowly moved out and scattered in remote areas north and south of the river.

The current research in Zhuangzi is in line with this era, not to mention that this Zhuangzi has entered the eyes of the emperor, and even the princes have placed people in one by one, and they are familiar with the latest items researched in it. Also dare not put some research there.

This time, it was also Minning's omission. I thought that in this era, there is no way to build an airplane, and I let those people toss, but I didn't expect that the toss really produced results!

It's a pity that it was discovered as soon as it flew, and this project can only be killed in a short period of time. I hope that after a few years, everyone will forget about this matter, and then take it out to continue research.

"It's good that you know it in your heart, but you still need to sort out the whole process. I'll pass you a booklet to Ama Khan."

In Zhuangzi, the emperor knows more than the fourth master, and once such a matter comes out, he will definitely not be able to hide it from the emperor. The fourth master has to make a note to explain the matter clearly, so as not to let other brothers take the lead.

Minning replied that he knew, then remembered the incident next door, and asked, "Master, I heard that the bridge next door was crushed, so I have something to do with it, do you want me to pay to help Babeile rebuild it?" one?"

The fourth master gave her a sideways look, "Okay, I'm already annoyed enough about this matter, so don't add fuel to the flames." This always gentle and refined old man couldn't hold back his anger. How angry he was about the collapse of the bridge, even the Ministry of Internal Affairs was angered by Lao Ba.

A few days later, the third prince invited the fourth master, the eighth prince, the ninth prince, and the tenth prince into the mansion.

When the fourth prince came back, Min Ning asked him, "What did the third prince ask you to do?" Regarding the trade in the East, the third prince and the eighth prince had always been tightly guarded, and the overbearing did not allow others to intervene.

A large sum of money flowed into the pockets of the two princes, but the two princes used the money to win over courtiers in large quantities.

Many courtiers were forced to stand in line, causing the atmosphere in the court to become tense.

You must know that there were only the crown prince and the eldest prince in the past, but now the third prince and the eighth prince are standing out in a high-profile manner, which makes people guess that the limelight is not right.

It's okay for the third prince, but isn't the eighth prince a member of the eldest prince?Could it be that this is going to start all over again?

However, Minning knew that this was money to strengthen people's courage. In the past, the eighth prince would only stand up after the eldest prince was imprisoned. Now that he has a large sum of money, he directly entertains the courtiers generously and formally participates in the seizure of the heir apparent.

Fourth Master kept a low profile as usual, but Minning had to speed up the arrangements, fearing that her butterfly would cause even greater changes.

Since the third prince joined hands with the eighth prince to control the navigation channels in the East, it is hard to say that the two did not unite.

This time it's fine for the third prince to invite the fourth master, but the other three belong to one party.

Minning really couldn't think of what the third master suddenly asked the fourth master to do.

The fourth master let her serve and change clothes, and replied: "Didn't Ama Khan say before that it was allowed to build a garden near the Changchun Garden? The third brother thinks that the space allocated to each person is too narrow, and I hope we can give the booklet to Khan together." Ama, allow us to build a garden on the north side of Changchun Garden."

The emperor spent most of his time in Beijing every year in Changchun Garden, and it was too hard for Fourth Lord and the others to rush from the mansion to Changchun Garden every day.

In the first great dynasty after the Lantern Festival this year, the emperor allowed several princes to build gardens near the Changchun Garden.

Minning thought of the northern part of Changchun Garden, which seemed to be where the Old Summer Palace used to be.

Could it be that the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens is about to be built?