In the North Fifth Institute, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother walked out of the door.
It's good to leave at the beginning of the afternoon and arrive before noon. If you're late, you'll miss your meal.
The ninth elder brother did not ride in the car. He rode with the tenth elder brother. When he came back, he and Fujin were in the same car.
When I passed by Changchun Garden and saw that the land to the east was empty and there were still rice fields, Brother Jiu felt a little itchy and said: "Brother's place is still too small. If we build a garden next to the row here,
Just give it to us..."
Brother Ten smiled and did not answer.
The royal father had too many sons.
Even if there is a gift garden in the future, it will be divided into far and near. Those who live next to each other are either the first few eldest brothers or the youngest sons like the thirteenth and fourteenth elders. The few among them who are not lucky should not be able to get their turn.
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Brother Jiu remembered Shu Shu's words and said: "But your sister-in-law said, there is a disadvantage in being close to each other. When Changchun Garden is expanded, it will be included in it. It will be better to be four or five miles away.
In this way, it’s not too far to go to Baiwang Mountain to build a garden..."
Expansion...
Brother Ten blinked his eyes.
The emperor's father cherished his financial resources and did not do much gardening.
When the expansion is really going to happen, it is impossible to say that the "new emperor" will come to power, and the old princes like them will have to make room for the new prince.
Brother Jiu looked at him and said, "What are you thinking about? You didn't say anything?"
The tenth elder brother said: "I just thought that since my brother doesn't have any land in Haidian, I would go back and exchange the land in Tongzhou for dozens of acres with Sister-in-law Ninth, and build a garden next to Brother Ninth."
Although Brother Ninth thought that Baiwang Mountain was fine, he was a little annoyed when he thought about traveling more than ten miles a day to be on duty, so he said: "There is a small village halfway along the way. It was sent by the Crown Princess last year. I just felt that it was in my heart."
Ge Ying, I don’t want to build a garden there, so I will go back and ask all the surrounding houses to see if they want to replace it. If the land can be replaced with a similar boundary, it would be more suitable than Baiwang Mountain..."
Having said this, he said: "I thought I would look for land when I came here, but it turned out that I have been doing nothing for my brother these days."
For more than ten miles, riding a horse is faster than taking a car.
Even if he didn't start running, he arrived near Zhuangzi in less than half an hour.
Brother Ten immediately felt something was wrong.
A roadblock was set up at the intersection of the official road leading to Zhuangzi, and about twenty guards were guarding it.
"Brother Ninth, how many guards did Old Thirteen and Fourteen bring this morning?"
The tenth prince tightened the reins and asked the ninth prince.
"Fifty, we're so close, we don't need many people over there..." Brother Jiu replied casually.
Brother Ten pointed ahead and said: "That's not right. The fifty guards will only be on guard nearby. If there are people stuck at the intersection, they won't know these people..."
After hearing this, Brother Ninth glanced at her a few times, confused by concern, and immediately became nervous and said: "What's going on? Who is such a bastard to bump into your Sister-in-law Ninth?"
Eight flags guard the army, with the upper three flags guarding the palace and the lower five flags guarding the palace of the prince.
He immediately thought of Prince Zhuang's Mansion and Prince Xinjun's Mansion.
Those two families had a history of enmity.
"Brother Ninth, be careful!" Brother Ten stopped in a hurry and said: "Wearing a blue and gray uniform, this is the Three Banners Guard Camp. It should be Khan Ama who has arrived..."
Brother Jiu immediately shut his mouth and wanted to turn the horse's head.
The tenth elder brother said: "I should be worried about the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother..."
Brother Jiu felt his tooth hurt and said: "This is only more than ten miles away, and we are not going far away, so what?"
The tenth brother said nothing, and the two brothers rode over again.
Luka's guards have already seen the ninth and tenth princes.
The brothers wore yellow belts around their waists.
This is Zhuangzi from Jiufujin again, so it is not difficult to guess their identities.
The guard commander on duty recognized the two men and stepped forward to greet them: "Slave Zhengbai Banner Guard School Guan Quan has met the Ninth Master and the Tenth Master..."
Brother Jiu glanced at the man and said, "So it's your boy."
This man once took a shift and accompanied his ninth elder brother to Dutong Mansion.
The guard military commander said: "He is just a slave, and he has won the steamed stuffed buns rewarded by Jiuye and Jiufu."
The ninth elder brother also knew the rules and didn't ask much. He just said: "I and the tenth elder brother are here to pick up people. Can they enter the village?"
The Military Academy Protector bowed and said: "Please wait a moment, I will go to report to Master Fu..."
The minister in charge of the bodyguard on duty today is Fu Shan.
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "Go, go!"
There is a horse next to the stuck point, so the military guard academy went to report it.
After an estimated quarter of an hour, the man came back and said: "Master Ninth, Master Ten, where are the two Masters from the Emperor..."
The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother looked at each other and rode after them.
After going down the official road for one mile, bypassing the grove, we arrived at Zhuangzikou.
At Zhuangzikou, there was another group of guards.
However, this time they did not stop the Ninth Elder Brother and the Tenth Elder Brother, but only left their accompanying guards behind.
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In the main room of the Xing family.
The table has been set and there are no separate seats.
Kangxi takes the throne. On the left are Jiugege, Shushu and Shifujin. On the right are Yifei, Thirteenth Prince and Fourteenth Prince.
Although Shu Shu asked people to kill pigs and sheep, the recipe he proposed was very simple.
There are many exquisite recipes in the imperial dining room, and as soon as they come out, they arrange how to eat them outside.
Xiaozhu served two dishes, boneless pork and pork liver with oil residue.
The lamb served two dishes: white water mutton and toothpick mutton.
The pheasant was roasted directly.
The turtle dove is stir-fried with sauce.
It also comes with six vegetarian dishes, including vinegar-braised cabbage, fried pumpkin flowers, fried cucumber slices, fried shredded beans, tiger greens, and mixed radish leaves.
The staple food is millet flour steamed buns and sorghum flour steamed buns, as well as mixed bean porridge and cabbage millet porridge.
However, she was worried that everyone would not be used to eating whole grains, so Shu Shu asked others to put the rice dumplings brought by Qi Fujin and the rice balls she brought on the table.
Because the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers were there, Shu Shu asked Xiaotang to serve more dishes, so the arrangement was very economical.
The deboned meat and white water mutton are served on ruler plates and piled high.
The two deep-fried dishes were also packed well, and they were very fragrant.
The fourteenth elder brother was sitting under the thirteenth elder brother. He couldn't wait anymore. He looked at the door and said, "Ninth brother, why hasn't the tenth brother arrived yet..."
Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will come.
"Khan Ama..."
Brother Jiu came in and his voice was cheerful: "Are you here to pick someone up too?"
Following the sound of voices, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother came in.
Everyone got up, but Kangxi and Concubine Yifei were still sitting peacefully.
Yi Fei looked at Brother Jiu with a half-smile.
Brother Jiu's neck immediately got stuck, and no one told him that his mother was here too!
Kangxi raised his eyebrows and said, "Come out to pick someone up at this time? It's quite early!"
Brother Jiu sneered and said, "My son just wanted to let my brother do the cooking and save the trouble, so he came over during dinner time and ate together to save trouble and avoid wasting money."
Kangxi sneered and said: "It's not the time to throw money all over the sky, but this is the time to be frugal?"
Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "Khan Ama, you are talking about your son? My son is the stingiest. When has he ever squandered money? Isn't that son a fool? Everyone else is pulling in, but he is the one who takes out?"
The fourteenth elder brother smiled and said: "You are not generous yet? You can't save any good things, they have to be divided everywhere. That means Sister-in-law Ninth is generous, otherwise your grape trellis will fall down!"
Brother Jiu puffed up his chest and said, "Three melons and two dates are nothing. I've saved all the serious money. Now that I'm an Ama, it's different. I have to save money for the family."
Brother Fourteen asked curiously: "How much do I need to save?"
He is going to get married in a few years. Let's see if the branch family has a lot of money. If it does, he will have fewer children.
Brother Jiu glanced at Kangxi and said: "That's the emperor's grandson. He can't compare with our brothers, so let's take a lower grade, but it can't be too shabby. I think it's two hundred thousand taels of silver for each child. The total is
Six hundred thousand taels."
Brother Fourteen was stunned.
The thirteenth elder brother was shocked.
Shi Fujin couldn't help but ask: "Feng Sheng is the eldest son, why don't you give me more?"
Even when Mongolia was divided, it was not divided like this.
Brother Ninth touched his hat and said: "From now on, all my titles will belong to him, and he will take advantage of them compared to my younger brothers and sisters. It would be nice to give him a lot..."
Jiu Gege stood by and asked curiously: "The same goes for Ni Guzhu?"
Ni Guzhu was the grandson of the emperor, so he was not necessarily knighted with his ninth elder brother. He was crowned princess, but he was not qualified to open a palace and could only be used as a dowry.
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Of course, our Manchu aunt Jin Gui, and this one alone, even if she is not higher than her brothers, she can't be inferior!"
Brother Fourteen finally closed his mouth and said a little worried, "But it's too much. I can't save so much in a lifetime!"
Even if you are ennobled to a prince, it only costs 10,000 taels a year, and you still have to eat, drink and chew it.
Brother Ninth Brother said: "Isn't it your Ninth Sister-in-law? The bulk of it belongs to your Ninth Sister-in-law. I just need to make a deficit in Biyin Chimao Liang."
The fourteenth elder brother blinked, looked at Kangxi and said: "Khan Ama, my son takes back what he said in the morning. When you propose your son to marry, you should choose someone with a rich dowry, otherwise your son will be like Sunu Beizi in the future.
The poor can’t divide their families!”
Kangxi listened without saying anything. When he heard the last sentence, he frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense!"
The fourteenth elder brother immediately covered his mouth and said: "My son is just giving an example, and I don't pay attention to Sunubeizi's meaning."
Although Kangxi had previously said that he would punish the ninth and tenth princes by standing still, that was all he thought.
Especially in front of his two daughters-in-law, he must always give their husbands dignity.
Everyone took their seats again. The thirteenth and fourteenth elders moved back two places, and the ninth and tenth elders took their seats under Yi Fei.
Brother Jiu complained to Concubine Yi in a low voice: "Mom, when you came out, why didn't you send someone to tell your son? In that case, wouldn't your son have come out with your attendants early?"
Concubine Yi glanced at him and said, "If the wild horse can't be reined, can't you just live in my brother's house for a while?"
Brother Jiu hurriedly asked: "Why aren't you sleeping? I haven't left the door for several days. It's like confinement!"
The tenth elder brother was standing by and said with shame: "Concubine, it's not the fault of Ninth Brother. It was his son who encouraged Ninth Brother. It was his son who said he could come to 'pick up' people, so Ninth Brother was persuaded."
Concubine Yi hummed softly: "You didn't run away either. You deserve to be punished anyway. It's the two of you who are working together..."
Speaking of this, she said to Kangxi: "The emperor punished the two of them well to make them remember. They thought they were just like children, making up excuses to fool people..."
