When the Ninth Prince came back from the House of Internal Affairs, Shu Shu asked about the follow-up of the Babel House: "It's been a month, has Yaqib not dealt with it yet?"
Now, both the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother have gone to the north with Hu, and will come back in two months.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said, "I guess Fourth Brother also finds it difficult!"
It's not difficult to deal with a slave. The key is not to hurt the eighth prince's dignity.
Although Yaqib did not have a staff officer in Bubeile Mansion, he was the external manager, representing the eighth prince in the outside world.
Even if you want to find an excuse, you can't send him to the Yamen. He will ask people to watch the jokes at Babele Mansion.
Otherwise, the ninth elder brother would not leave the matter to the fourth elder brother.
"Just wait, fourth brother said it will be solved, and it will be solved. We won't have such an eyesore after we move."
Brother Ninth said.
Shu Shu just asked casually, that's all.
She thought of the marriage between Erhe and Guizhen Gege, told her brother Jiu, "I never expected it, but it really happened."
Brother Jiu heard Shu Shu mention it twice and knew that he owed Guizhen a favor, so he said: "I went to the study today and bumped into him. The next time I meet him, I will ask if the date has been set." Then I will accompany you to add makeup to Guizhen Gege."
Shu Shu has already taken an inventory of the property on hand, and only the three properties he bought from Guidan last year are suitable for giving away.
One is a winery outside Di'anmen, one is a small village in Haidian, and the other is a large village in Daxing.
The small village in Haidian is located on Baiwang Mountain, next to the large village that Prince Kang Taifujin bought for her, so it is not easy to give it away.
The big villages in Daxing are all good land, with a lot of land, and the price is too high. It is three times the market price of the village that Guizhen Gege originally bought for her.
This is not the rule of reciprocity, and it can easily make people feel burdened.
The only option left is the shop outside Di'anmen, which is now leased to the original owner. It has five fronts, two floors, and eleven auxiliary rooms in the backyard, for a total of 21 rooms.
It cost one thousand and twenty taels of silver when I bought it last year. It was also because Guidan was forced to sell it at the front and it was a coincidence.
Under normal circumstances, even if I add another two or three hundred taels of silver, there is no place to buy it.
However, because the land price of the small village Guizhen gave her was more expensive, this shop could not afford it.
Shu Shu said: "In addition to this shop, let Yinlou make two golden Ruyi..."
Real money is the most practical.
There’s no such thing as too much stuff at the bottom of the box.
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said, "Didn't I buy a lot of foreign goods during my southern tour? You can also choose a few Western items to add to your makeup. Rare things are more valuable..."
When he said this, Shu Shu thought of the green hairpin that Concubine Yi wore, and said: "Today, the empress brought a green hairpin. It looks very beautiful. It is an ancient relic passed down from the previous palace!"
Brother Jiu glanced at her and said, "Do you like it? Then I will ask people to go out and ask around tomorrow to see if they can find it. There are not many green jewelry in the world. Why didn't I think of it when I was in Jiangnan? It came from the south..."
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "It's not that I want jewelry, but I think that the jade skills are limited by the kingfisher and the materials are scarce, so I thought of enamel, and there is also blue in enamel!"
The bluing process, which was separated from the enamel process in later generations, is probably not ready yet.
According to the research on the antiques in the palace, the blue-baked wares passed down from generation to generation date from the Yongzheng period, but they are already a fully mature craft.
Judging from the time, there should be the beginning of silver blue technology now.
Brother Jiu became interested and said: "Tell me carefully..."
Shu Shu said: "It's just a case of ups and downs. If the internal manufacturing office masters the exclusive blue-burning enamel technology and controls the quantity, can the blue-burning jewelry be sold at the same price as green enamel?"
Brother Jiu was immediately moved and said: "When the time comes, use gold to make embryos and sell them to the Mongolian prince!"
Last year's gold belt business continued into the first half of the year, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs made a lot of money.
The craftsmanship of the craftsmen in the inner manufacturing department is really good. The gold belts they made are exquisite and the tigers, leopards, wolves and eagles on the belt buckles are lifelike.
The Mongolians did not feel that they had been cheated, but felt that it was worth their money.
If the golden belt made money from the young prince, then Yanziwan made money from the old prince.
I haven’t made much money from the female examination yet.
Brother Jiu immediately said: "I will go to the inner building office this afternoon!"
The palace's internal building office was originally located in the Yangxin Palace, but now it has been moved to the Cining Palace, just behind the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Jiu sneaked over, which was very convenient.
Shu Shu also mentioned Brother Eighteenth's "100 Days" incident and said: "The last time I saw Brother Eighteen was before he moved the garden. I don't know what's going on now."
Brother Jiu said: "When I come back from the manufacturing office, the weather will get cooler. Let's go to Zhaoxiang Place and have a look..."
Shu Shu was stunned and said: "Is it convenient?"
"Why is it inconvenient? There is no one else at Zhaoxiang now, only Shi Qi Ge Ge and Xiao Shi Ba..." Brother Jiu said.
Last year in the twelfth month of the twelfth month, a concubine in Zhongcui Palace gave birth to Seventeenth Gege, who was half a year older than Eighteenth Prince and is now also at Zhaoxiang House.
Shu Shu hurriedly said: "No need, it will be a hundred days in a few days. It will be more appropriate to go with Fifth Sister-in-law at that time."
Although everything seemed to be peaceful in the palace, Shu Shu still felt that one more thing was better than one less thing.
If the couple visited the little elder brother, they could not tell if the little elder brother or little princess felt uncomfortable or something.
Shu Shu felt that she was still quite cold at heart and avoided all risks.
Brother Ninth Brother thought that she was starting to make up stories in her mind. He thought it was because he really cared about Wu Fujin, and said, "Okay, then you and Sister-in-law Wu will go together."
Lunch was served, including a plate of boiled edamame and a plate of boiled peanuts.
Snacks that were common in later generations are not so easy to eat now.
Especially peanuts, which are now highly prized, are called "Eternal Life Fruits". They are the Mid-Autumn Festival tribute from the governor of Shandong and have just been assigned to the palace.
In the imperial dining room, a plate was presented to the two houses.
Brother Jiu looked at this and said: "There are too few Mid-Autumn Festival tributes. There are only a few places. The autumn tribute from the Fujian general will arrive in a while. There will be lotus root powder. There will also be the autumn tribute from the Shaanxi-Gansu governor. There will be cantaloupe. Do we want it?" Send someone to buy some tribute?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "During the southern tour, I bought a lot of lotus root starch, which is enough. Forget about the cantaloupe. When the tribute arrives at the palace, we will share it, and we will keep some seeds and ask people to try to plant them next year."
It shouldn't be difficult to grow, but because of the sunshine, it won't be as sweet as the cantaloupe in the northwest.
Hearing what Shu Shu said, Jiu Age drew inferences, pointed at the peanut and said, "Can't it also be used to grow immortality fruit? Ask someone to plant it and try it. If it succeeds, you can add it to the Wanshou Festival and Halloween Festival next year. Get on this."
The food is delicious and the name is auspicious.
Shu Shu's heart moved and she said, "Is it true that I want someone to try planting peanuts in the capital?"
Brother Jiu said: "What's the lie? Idle time is idle, and it doesn't cost much. It's just that most of the imperial estates under my name are in other places. There are vegetable fields, orchards and so on in the suburbs of Beijing. When the time comes, I'll have to be with you." Try planting in the village..."
Husband and wife are one, and in the eyes of Brother Jiu, there is no need to separate their property.
Shu Shu's heart was pounding and she said: "Then there are two more things. We can also try various things..."
Brother Jiu asked curiously: "You just mentioned the cantaloupe, what is the other one?"
Shu Shu shook his head and said, "It's not cantaloupe, but corn and potatoes?"
"Corn and potatoes?"
Brother Jiu was puzzled: "What's the point of growing these two things? Isn't there someone already growing them?"
Corn can be used as food, but because it is not delicious, people don't recognize it very much. Most of them grow it on the corners of the land, and then use corn and corn stalks as livestock feed.
Shu Shu said: "Zhili has had nine droughts in ten years. Maybe corn is a good grain that is more drought-resistant. If through intensive farming, the yield of corn can be increased, then I have done a great thing..."
In fact, in ten or twenty years, as the population grows, high-yielding varieties of corn and potatoes will also be popularized.
It's just that no one has paid attention to this yet.
If Brother Jiu can do this, thousands of families will be reborn as Buddhas, and he will also be able to change his hat to a prince.
This kind of real merit does not need to be determined solely by the emperor's likes and dislikes.
Whether it is a favored prince or a favored younger brother, it depends too much on the emperor's likes and dislikes, which makes people feel uneasy.
Moreover, the old Kangxi was unstable in mood and anger. After Yongzheng came to power, he implemented the policy of "officials and gentry receiving food from the same body" and "dividing the land into the land", so he was inevitably slandered. Who knows what his temperament would be.
Why do all the kings of the clan dare to quarrel with the royal family? It's because their achievements are real, they are the merits of the Qing Dynasty, and no one can erase them.
If you want to sleep peacefully and live peacefully, you must have some real merit.
Brother Jiu looked straight at Shu Shu and said, "When did you start thinking about this?"
Shu Shu thought for a while and said: "When I ate cornmeal and potatoes in the palace, I thought about it, but it was not thorough. Before I went to Hongluo Temple a few days ago, when I mentioned the people's wealth, I thought of this... …”
Brother Jiu was a little excited and paced on the ground.
He is a smart man, so he naturally knows how great an achievement it will be if this thing is accomplished.
This meritorious wife could obviously tell her father-in-law and get her title promoted, but she chose to tell herself.
The idea that "a man is only a husband and only a father" is nonsense.
He is the one who has been with Fujin for a hundred years.
"Potatoes are vegetables, but they are not easy to preserve. How can they be used as food?"
Brother Jiu asked.
Shu Shu said: "Isn't there vermicelli and cornstarch now? Vermicelli can be directly used as rice, and cornstarch can be used as a staple food if mixed with flour or millet powder."
Brother Ninth looked at Shu Shu, his eyes sparkling, and said: "I have read the records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the end of the previous dynasty, potatoes were grown in the imperial village for royal consumption. It was indeed high-yielding, with an output of up to 700 per mu. catty……"
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Shu Shu smiled and said nothing.
Seven hundred pounds?
In later generations, the yield per mu seems to have exceeded 10,000 yuan.
The current varieties are different, the pesticides are not complete, and there is no bonus of agricultural technology, but one or two thousand kilograms should not be a problem.
With corn and potatoes, how can we not mention sweet potatoes?
Sweet potato was popularized in Fujian during the Ming Dynasty, but it seems that it was not popularized in the north until the Qianlong period.
Just like this potato, such a good thing has been buried in the Imperial Manor and is not well known to the world.
Still coming the same.
Shu Shu said: "If I find a better planting method so that the yield of potatoes per mu can exceed one thousand kilograms, that will be an immeasurable merit!"
Brother Jiu looked at Shu Shu's belly and said with a smile: "Then Buddha can open his eyes, remember our merits, and give us a good son, one who wants to make a difference, and don't be disobedient..."
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