Chunlin didn't come back by himself, but brought two carts of Dongzi vegetables.
Two whole cars.
He originally wanted to bring two baskets and just have an extra horse to pull them, but when he arrived in Changping, he changed his mind.
This is why he arrived here a day late.
"Seeing that the vegetables in the greenhouse are growing well, I took matters into my own hands..."
After briefly talking about the situation of meeting the driver, Chunlin brought up Changping's dishes and said.
The key is that he knows that Shu Shu and Brother Jiu do not act alone.
The vegetables I picked when I passed by Changping last time were almost as good as those who saw them.
The people close to him rewarded him with a plate, and the guards who followed him all added spinach soup or cucumber soup.
Chunlin was afraid that there wouldn't be enough vegetables to eat, so he finally asked people to pick everything they could, and they picked two carts.
There were nine large baskets in one cart, all covered with quilts to keep warm.
After hearing this, Brother Jiu praised Chunlin and said, "It's good to make your own decisions like this. It doesn't matter if you keep doing it a few times. Yesterday, I was complaining to Fujin about having no food to eat."
He was still a little worried about Gao Bin, fearing the ferocious beasts in the deep mountains and forests.
When Chunlin comes back, there is nothing to worry about.
Brother Jiu then said: "You rest for a long time, and you will meet up with Gao Bin tomorrow to clear out the wild beasts around the Rehe Gorge."
Chunlin agreed and retreated.
Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu: "I want to eat pumpkin flowers and spinach with nuts. Let's have this for lunch."
Shu Shu nodded and asked Walnut to pass on the message, saying: "In addition to what I ordered, add a cucumber cold dish..."
This is not just about cucumbers, but what Shu Shu likes to eat, shredded cucumbers and shredded eggs, topped with shredded pork, which is refreshing yet not too bland.
Walnut responded and prepared to go down to deliver the message.
Shu Shu stopped again and said, "Tell Xiaotang and see if we can make some dry food that we can bring out for convenience."
Most of the 180 or so people who followed were sent out every day to Rehe, dozens of miles away. It was impossible for them to come back for lunch, and they would have to deal with them for a meal at noon.
There was no preparation today. All they brought was fried rice and noodles.
But I can't bear to do this every day.
Walnut went down to spread the word.
Brother Jiu, who was standing by, thought for a while and said, "How about Hanamaki steamed buns or something? No, the ones with salt and pepper will have a salty taste."
Shu Shu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't work. It's freezing right now. If we go out in the morning, it will be frozen for a few hours. Unless we use fire to bake it, it won't be safe to use fire then."
They are all barren mountains with few human traces, and there are a lot of dead leaves and branches accumulated on the ground. It would be a disaster to trigger a mountain fire.
If you don’t eat frozen food in winter, you will need less water.
It can be pancakes, sesame pancakes or dry baked naan pancakes.
Forget about pancakes, this requires skills and requires hundreds of pounds of food. A lunch costs more than a hundred pounds, and no one can prepare it.
Bigger scones should be easier.
Thinking of this, she didn't hurry to send a message to the dining room. She waited to see if Xiaotang had any good suggestions.
After a while, lunch was served.
In addition to the three dishes ordered by the couple, there was also a dish of scrambled eggs with leeks, and the remaining two dishes were braised lamb tripe and fried lamb intestines.
They all use six-inch plates, which Shu Shu ordered to avoid waste.
So the couple ate all the six dishes.
The couple put on their cloaks and wandered outside the palace to eat.
Walnut and Xiaosong were waiting beside him.
Shu Shu thought that Chunlin would go to Rehe tomorrow to hunt down wild beasts, so she said to Xiaosong: "Tomorrow you go with Chunlin, and pay more attention to the good prey, such as white foxes and golden minks. Then we will pick out some good skins."
superior."
Xiaosong hesitated and said, "What about Fujin's side?"
Shu Shu said: "I don't want to leave the palace. If I do, there will still be people guarding the military camp, and no one will dare to offend me."
Xiaosong then agreed and said, "Fujin, please just wait. Not only fox skins, but also mink skins and so on. The slaves have picked out the tiger skins and bear skins, and the slaves have also picked them up!"
Shu Shu shook his head and said: "It's just a small thing. Everyone can do it with ease. Just hunt slowly. If you encounter tigers, black bears, etc., don't let them go. Their fur is not as valuable as human life. You must not lose people for this."
Xiaosong knew that Shu Shu was kind and agreed honestly.
Because of Miyun's experience, Shu Shu had a shadow of black bears, but had no objection to the Northeast Golden Gradient.
This is their habitat for generations, so they don’t necessarily have to be exterminated.
She said: "If tigers and leopards can be driven away, they may not all be killed. You will have to decide what to do when the time comes."
Brother Jiu was standing by and said, "It's all a scourge, so what are you doing here? If you drive him away for a while, then come back with a vengeance? If you have a grudge, you have a desire for revenge, and you steal someone's life, that's even scarier!"
Shu Shu fell silent.
It is indeed possible.
Man and beast are two unrelated lines, but the living environment is close to each other, and the relationship is also a waxing and waning relationship.
She nodded and said: "What I said is right..."
*
Beijing, Beiding Niangniang Temple.
The Hershey mother and son stayed here temporarily, and Longkodo's bones were also collected and sent here to rest.
Longkodo's death was also explained to the outside world.
It is not easy to judge the crime according to the slave owner, that is, Longkodo "escaped and died in an accident." The two Tong family servants could not find anyone and committed suicide in fear of crime.
It seems reasonable that Orundai and his son were banned before, because they were implicated by the stupid Longkodo.
The time of Longkodo's death is considered to be the seventh day of October when Brother Jiu discovered it.
In this way, the first seven days of mourning will coincide with October 13th.
That day was the Golden Festival, so it was not suitable for a funeral.
It was also taboo to hold funerals on two days, as funerals on two days had the meaning of two deaths, so the funeral was changed to October 15th.
Today is fourteenth, and on this night, the Tong family will come over to sit down for the night.
Many people were still watching what was going on in the palace.
Yunlong Kodo went to Beijing to hold funerals. Is this "the crime of death will disappear"?
Should I go then?
But Orundai hasn't moved yet, so everyone plans to wait.
*
Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
The dining table has been removed.
Kangxi looked at the two people standing below. They were in their thirties and wearing blue cotton robes. The one who was a little reserved was Fahai, and the one who was sixteen or seventeen years old and expressionless was the twelfth brother.
He first looked at the twelfth elder brother and said: "Ask someone to clean up a three-story house and house the Hesheli family. Ask someone to go to Heshuo's consort Buxi to handle the relevant leasing procedures."
The twelfth elder brother responded, feeling very surprised in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.
Because two days ago, the emperor asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to re-sweep the previously sealed Wujin House.
The twelfth brother thought that it was for the Hesheli mother and her son, but he didn't expect that it was changed to the third one today.
Fa Hai was beside him, and he was very uneasy.
He is now a minor official, but he is still decent enough to hang out in the study room.
Even so, he is not qualified to speak on family affairs.
Kangxi looked at Fahai and said: "I heard from some elders that you taught the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers well..."
Fa Hai hurriedly said: "My two brothers are smart, but I haven't done anything."
Kangxi pondered and said: "The Hesheli family is not well educated, I plan to let you educate Yue Xing..."
Of course Fahai knew who Yue Xing'a was, the eldest son of Long Keduo and one of the two legitimate grandsons of his second wife.
He frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I hate slaves very much. If Yue Xing Agui is raised by a slave, I'm afraid he will not be tolerated by his relatives."
It would be fine if he were just an ordinary cousin, but this is the direct grandson of the second brother-in-law. Like Shun Anyan, he is also a candidate for the successor of the second-family member Cheng En Gong.
At that time, because of him, Elundai will not want to see Yue Xing'a, which means that the uncle and nephew will turn against each other, and the two houses of the Tong family will be divided.
Kangxi also knew that Elundai and his brother Fahai had not been in contact with each other for a long time. He frowned and said, "I have the final say. It's not his turn to cover the sky with one hand!"
Fahai said no more and bowed in response.
Kangxi looked at the twelfth elder brother again and said: "The Wujin house that was cleared out first will be given to Fahai to live in. You can find Fahai to complete the paperwork."
Houses in the Imperial City need to go through the "lease" procedure.
Even if the rent is extremely low, the documents must be filed thoroughly, and all the money must be collected and returned to the account.
The twelfth elder brother agreed.
Fahai looked a little at a loss and looked at Kangxi speechless.
A five-level mansion in the imperial city?
Isn’t that the standard for being granted a residence by a minister or a great scholar?!
I am a daily official from the sixth grade!
Kangxi saw Fahai's hesitation and looked at Fahai with inquiry in his eyes.
"Slave...Thank you for your grace..." Fa Hai looked slightly excited and bowed.
Kangxi said: "Educate Yue Xing well, and you will share my worries."
Fa Hai listened and said solemnly: "I will try my best to live up to the emperor's grace..."
The two people retreated from the imperial palace.
Fa Hai looked tense and did not dare to show his side.
There was a bitter taste in his mouth.
It is honorable for the imperial city to grant a house a decent reputation, but does the emperor overestimate him?
He was a concubine who was not welcomed by his father and brother. He was separated from the family when he became a man. It was not much better than leaving the house. He only had a courtyard with two entrances, and the other one in Daxing was a small village on the sand.
When they got married, the wife's background was ordinary and the dowry was not generous.
The husband and wife live a tight life, with more than a dozen servants, and they can't be more streamlined.
If you want to upgrade to a large house with five people and add a nephew who is studying, the expenses will be even more in the future.
Even if the previous house is rented out, the rent subsidy may not be enough.
If this goes on for a long time, the losses will be huge.
How could the twelfth elder brother have thought that Fahai, a relative of the emperor, would calculate the expenses of a few taels of silver every month, and only think about completing an errand? So he said to Fahai: "Master Fahai, do you have time now? What if?
If you have time, you can follow me to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and complete the procedures."
"Excuse me, Master Twelve."
Fahai responded and followed the twelfth elder brother out of the Qianqing Palace Square and to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The rents for official houses in the imperial city are extremely low, only 20% of those for official houses outside.
The rent for a seven-purlin house outside the imperial city is one penny, while in the imperial city it is only five cents.
Therefore, the monthly rent for the Tong family's five-bedroom house with about a hundred rooms is only five taels and seven cents.
After one year, that's sixty-eight taels.
For a similar mansion located outside the Imperial City, the rent would start at four hundred taels of silver. If placed in Nancheng, the rent would be doubled again.
It can be seen that the rent of official houses in the imperial city is a matter of meaning, and more of a matter of grace and honor.
The twelfth elder brother asked someone to get the paperwork, added the address and rent, and gave it to Fahai.
Fa Hai looked at the amount on it and his face turned green.
He is now receiving a sixth-grade salary, sixty taels of silver a year!
Actually, even the rent for the official apartment is not enough.
He looked at the paperwork, holding back his face and said, "Master Twelve, can I pay the rent on a monthly basis?"
The document states that payment is to be made quarterly.
The twelfth elder brother nodded, called for a pen post, and brought over another document.
There are ordinary people in the imperial city who pay monthly. There are two houses. The big one rents one cent a month; the small one rents a few cents a month. For those who have people in every family eating royal food, it is nothing.