Chapter 1837: Prepare for a rainy day (rolling to ask for monthly votes)
Chapter 1838 Prepare for a rainy day (rolling to ask for monthly votes)
The ninth elder brother snorted softly and said: "When you are polite to others, you must ask for something. I am not even in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. How can you old man think of asking me for help? What urgent matter can't wait for the Chinese New Year? Let you do it at this time
Going to Beijing?"
Ji Hong's face showed shame.
"It was the student who was not secretive and let my father know about it when he helped Jiuye inquire about the pearl divers. He happened to receive two foreign priests from France. He knew that the Sun King of France liked pearls the most. He followed his example, and their princes became
I am also proud to wear pearl jewelry. Nowadays, European pearls are sold at sky-high prices..."
"My father knew that Master Jiu wanted to cultivate pearls, so he couldn't wait to urge the students to come to Beijing. He wanted to ask Master Jiu if he could wait until the pearls were cultivated and sold by the Ji family to Europe..."
Brother Jiu originally thought that the old man of the Ji family was eyeing cashmere, but it turned out to be pearls.
"My pearls are still missing? The cashmere woven from Jiangning is very popular in Jiangnan this year. Didn't you, the old man, pay attention to the cashmere woven consignment?"
Ji Hongdao: "There are people in the south of the Yangtze River who specialize in selling materials and customs silk and satin business. It's not good for students' families to get involved halfway."
Brother Jiu then said: "It will take four or five years for the pearls to be produced. The first one will not be too much. If there is more output later, it will be given to the royal franchise. Your family still has this plan by then, sir."
Let me deliver the message to you."
Not only Ji Hong was stunned, but also the tenth elder brother. Both of them looked at the ninth elder brother.
If this cultured pearl thing is done, it will be a cash cow.
If it were anyone else, he wouldn't be able to eat this pie and would need protection, but Brother Jiu is the prince.
In front of outsiders, Brother Ten did not rush to ask.
Ji Hong hesitated and said: "Master Jiu is thinking about the royal official camp, so is the pearl market limited to Dongshan? Do you want to try it in other places?"
Brother Jiu looked at Ji Hong and said: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Now I'm just talking on paper and copying cats and tigers. What if I can't raise it but it's useless? You are more courageous than me..."
Ji Hong said hurriedly: "The student's family has purchased a lot of land in the past few decades, not only in his hometown, but also in Yangzhou and Huai'an."
There is Slender West Lake in Yangzhou and Hongze Lake in Huai'an.
Brother Jiu was really moved after hearing this.
No one knows where pearls are suitable to be grown.
The eastern pearls are produced in the cold Northeast, while the southern pearls are produced in the warm Guangxi.
This cultured pearl can be piloted in another place.
In this way, if one fails, the other will not waste time.
Taihu Lake is in the south of the Yangtze River, and Slender West Lake and Hongze Lake are in the north of the Yangtze River.
Brother Jiu looked at Ji Hong and said, "It should be easy to figure out how to cultivate pearls. Does your family want to acquire a skill that can be passed down from generation to generation?"
Ji Hong shook his head hurriedly and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Even Master Jiu has not thought of occupying this industry. How can a student have the courage..."
"It's just that the emperor doesn't like to build gardens. The Ji family is an imperial merchant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But really speaking, from thirty-eight years to now, the total number of Taihu stones transported to the capital is only three ships..."
"My father is probably worried that he will lose his reputation as an imperial merchant in the future, so he shamelessly sent the student to Beijing based on his family's relationship with Master Jiu..."
It was a fluke that the Ji family got the royal business.
If you lose the Royal Merchant, you will lose an amulet.
Brother Jiu saw that he was telling the truth and did not make things difficult for him.
"Although I think that if the pearl farm can cultivate pearls, it will be operated by the royal family in the future, but it will not be within three to five years, at least it will take more than ten years."
How about playing by yourself?
I prepared to spend one hundred thousand taels of silver as my capital, just to get a few hundred thousand taels of silver.
This time of gifting also has its own meaning.
Why do you usually give such a heavy gift?
Either as a gift for the longevity of the emperor's father Jiazi, or as a gift to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his accession to the throne, it is also his great filial piety.
If the Ji family wants to be registered under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and become an imperial merchant of pearls, it will take ten or eight years, and they have to wait.
Ji Hong said: "Even Lord Jiu is patient, so of course we can wait."
Brother Jiu weighed it in his mind and concluded that trial breeding in two places was indeed safer than one place.
He looked at Ji Hong and said: "Qian Zhuang is a coward. If he just pays it back in vain, if he really develops it, it will be a money tree. There will be bold people. Illegal salt has been banned in all dynasties, but no matter when it was,
We can’t stop the private salt dealers.”
Ji Hong said without hesitation: "When the time comes, they will kill the chicken and scare the monkey. Master Jiu's property cannot be peeked into, and the majesty of the royal family cannot be offended by villains."
Brother Jiu snorted softly and said: "Remember what you said, most of these moths are born from the inside. Don't really find a thief by then. If you arrest them here and there, the ones who will be pushed out are the in-laws of your Ji family."
That’s fine.”
Ji Hong was immediately alert, it was indeed possible.
He stood up hurriedly and said: "Since the student's father dares to take this job and help Master Jiu, then you will leave this confidential matter to the Ji family. If there is any oversight, the Ji family will clean up the family without the instructions of Master Jiu.
Give Master Jiu an explanation and never dare to show favoritism."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu nodded and said: "As long as you know what's going on, sometimes I seem to be kind, but that's just sometimes. If someone really bullies me and hurts my dignity, I won't tolerate it!"
Ji Hong bowed and said: "Students, please remember that you dare not let down Master Jiu's trust..."
It's getting dark.
Brother Jiu served tea to the guests and gave them instructions.
"How are you going to use your land? You should also think about it yourself. Should you lease it to me or something else? Just give it to me directly, so as not to spread it to the ears of the censor, and I will be guilty of extorting the place. After the new year...
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Speaking of this, Brother Jiu mentally calculated the time for Guiyuan to return to Beijing and said: "You can come over again around the Lantern Festival. I plan to arrange for someone to go to Jiangnan. I will need you to take care of me then."
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Ji Hongdao: "Don't dare, don't dare, since he is someone whom Master Jiu values and the students can only respect him...Then I will say goodbye and come back to pay you New Year's greetings to Master Ten after the new year..."
Brother Jiu signaled He Yuzhu to send Ji Hong out.
The tenth elder brother said: "It's just an industry. Is the ninth brother too careful?"
The ninth elder brother looked at the tenth elder brother and said: "Khan Ama is Ama, and he will not care about us, but... can it be the same in the future? Instead of making people jealous and remembering, and being put in small shoes, it is better to honor Khan Ama directly and return the favor.
It’s a good place to be…”
He is not a person who likes to suffer losses.
This kind of decision is also for the future.
Just looking at the situation of Prince Yu and Prince Gong, one can realize that one cannot decide how one's life will go as the emperor's brothers.
In his mind, the tenth elder brother thought about the prince, the eldest elder brother, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother, nodded, and said: "Ninth elder brother thinks long-term, this is indeed more stable."
The ninth elder brother looked at the clock and said to the tenth elder brother: "I won't let you eat anymore. Your ninth sister-in-law is not eating seriously now, so I have to keep an eye on you."
There is no need for the two brothers to be polite, Brother Jiu immediately chases them away.
"You can go home and be annoyed for two days. That's about it. Stop trying to make trouble with your siblings. A silly Fujin is better than a vicious one. You'd better arrange for Nobuyuki's nanny to keep an eye on the internal affairs of the palace!"
You look old at the age of three. If you haven't been very smart for seventeen or eight years, how can you suddenly become smarter?
In the palace of the tenth prince, there is no shortage of servants, as well as the maids left behind by the noble concubines.
Just let the thoughtful people keep an eye on internal affairs.
The tenth elder brother stood up and listened to his brother's advice.
I can only think about it.
Regardless of whether the tragedy of the younger brother this time was a man-made disaster, the relationship between the couple cannot be damaged because of this incident.
In this way, Buyin, who is married far away, is pitiful, and so is himself, who is looking forward to family harmony...
After the tenth elder brother left, the ninth elder brother returned to the main courtyard.
Shu Shu was leaning on the kang in the west room.
What was laid out in front of her were two sets of baby clothes, made of steamed and kneaded muslin, which looked very light and soft, and were paired with two pairs of small soft-soled shoes.
Brother Jiu opened the curtain and came in. When he saw the little clothes, he said, "Made in the sewing room? Why do you remember that Fengsheng and the others only had bellybands on their bodies when they were young?"
Then it’s time to get wrapped up in various blankets, and it’s almost time to get pregnant and then start to put on clothes.
Shu Shu stood up and sat up, saying: "The walnuts were given as a new year's gift. I asked the ginkgo to turn them out."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "I'm determined..."
He thought of Gao Bin's grandmother's serious illness and said: "Gao Bin's grandmother is dying. Tomorrow you will send someone around you to send a box of ginseng and prepare a box of Korean ginseng. I will take it to the Yamen."
Without waiting for Shu Shu to ask further questions, Brother Jiu told him about the serious illness of the elderly members of the Gao family and the Idu family.
Shu Shu listened and said: "I heard Walnut say that Gao Bin's grandma is a sensible old lady, and she is really sad at the end of the year."
If there are elderly people at home, this day will inevitably happen to them.
Shu Shu decided to be more filial to her parents and A Mou in the future.
You can't wait until later to regret it.
Brother Jiu again told Ji Hong’s reason for coming and also expressed his doubts.
"There is something wrong with their old man, and the Ji family is not without foundation. Why are they so anxious because they are worried about losing the imperial merchant..."
"Khan Amma is going to tour the south next year. Is someone extorting money in Khan Amma's name?"
Brother Ninth guessed.
Shu Shu thought directly of Li Xu.
That one is now a "princeling".
Even if the local officials make money in the name of taking over the chariot, they will not go too far towards the Ji family, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River.
The Ji family is not an ordinary businessman, but a family of officials, and not just one or two members of the family are officials.
Above officialdom, some dignity will remain.
Li Xu, on the other hand, even though he was in charge of Suzhou Weaving Mansion, the amount of money allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs every year was fixed, so Li Xu could only get his hands on it.
If the prince wants money from Li Xu, then Li Xu will definitely have to find a way...
The head of the Ji family also served as an official in his early years, so he is not an ignorant person.
Is this because they are afraid of the deep water and getting mixed in?
Shu Shu said to Brother Jiu: "Since I have done so much in front of the Ji family, remember to report it to the emperor later, so as not to have other plans and bump into each other again."
After hearing this, Ninth Brother immediately said seriously: "Yes, I have to say hello to Khan Ama early, so that Khan Ama will not look back to save trouble and think about letting Li Xu take over. If I really do that, I will vomit to death..."