Shi Fujin did not stay to eat. She knew that Brother Jiu would be back at noon, so he would no longer be an eyesore. At the beginning of the afternoon, she stood up quickly and prepared to go home, saying: "Go home and water the bamboos!" Young Master Shu Shu couldn't help but said, "You can't keep watering, it really won't work..." As she said that, she looked up He looked at the sky and said, "Isn't it going to rain? Since it's cloudy, let's wait a while..." The two pots of bamboo given to them by the fifth elder brother last year were watered to death by Shi Fujin.
The few bamboo bushes that were moved here after the Qingming Festival were given to me by Shu Shu and were planted directly in the garden of the Tenth Prince's Mansion.
Shi Fujin is quite considerate, and treats watering the bamboos as a job every day, without relying on human hands. But she doesn't know how to adapt, which makes people worry.
Shi Fujin looked up at Tianse'er and said, "Oh, I forgot about this. Okay, let's wait and see..." After that, she left in a hurry.
Shu Shu tilted her head and came with a book. She asked Xiao Song to go to the front study to get it in the morning. The title of the book is "Qi Bencao". This is an only copy of a book from the Song Dynasty. Last year, Brother Jiu asked people to go shopping in major bookstores in the capital and bought it.
Because Shu Shu wanted to make peach wine at that time, and he knew little about it, Brother Jiu collected books about wine making, most of which were antique books published in the Song Dynasty.
As a result, I got this book "Koji Materia Medica". There are many recipes for distillers' yeast and medicinal wine, most of which are based on the rice wine that was popular in the Song Dynasty. However, in the later records, Siamese soju is mentioned.
Many of the sojus sold outside today were passed down from the previous dynasty. Shu Shu felt that it was very enlightening. Although he didn't earn the money by himself, it was quite interesting to watch Brother Jiu set up his official position and cook the pot.
There was movement outside. It was Brother Jiu who was back. Shu Shu looked at the familiar figure outside through the honey-colored window screen, and her mouth watered.
I’m craving for Xisi’s soy sauce lamb. She had eaten it several times before when she was in Dutong Mansion. It tastes similar to Yueshengzhai in later generations, also called five-spice sauce mutton.
Fat but not greasy, thin but not fat. This is mainly eaten in autumn and winter. If spring is not enough, summer will be gone soon.
Seeing Shu Shu waiting with bright eyes, Ninth Brother said: "In addition to the sauced mutton, I also bought mutton liver and mutton tripe, and asked He Yuzhu to deliver them to the front dining room..." Shu Shu smiled and said: "I'm still thinking about what soup to use. It goes well with lamb tripe soup." Brother Jiu nodded and washed himself briefly.
The movement in the dining room was also fast. In less than a quarter of an hour, the meal was delivered. Sauce lamb and lamb liver are cut cold, the lamb tripe is made into lamb tripe vermicelli soup, plus a refreshing sweet and sour shredded radish, and a plate of sesame sauce biscuits stuffed with lamb, and it's all there.
Shu Shu couldn't wait and drank half a bowl of sheep tripe soup first. Just put salt and pepper in the soup, which is enough flavor.
After finishing one bowl, it was delicious and meaty. Brother Jiu saw this and said: "If you like to eat, just buy it more often in the future." Shu Shu shook his head and said: "It's out of season, and the brine in summer is not good. Their family should switch to roasted mutton..." That It’s just another way to eat it, it’s delicious with noodles, like big chunks of toppings.
Being brought along by Shu Shu, Brother Jiu also had a good appetite. He ate a sesame seed cake with meat and then ate half of it. Shu Shu saw this and glanced at Brother Jiu's stomach.
Dendrobium is really good. It’s not very effective in regulating her body, but it’s very suitable for Jiu Age.
After the dining table was removed, Brother Ninth mentioned the shop of the House of Internal Affairs and said angrily: "I used to think that the biggest moth was the imperial dining room. There was a lot of money coming in and out there, and it was easy to manipulate the palace's supplies; later I thought it was the Construction Department. After all, the construction of various palaces and palaces has never stopped, and the cost of a carriage can be calculated to dozens of taels of silver. But today I have learned a lot, and there is a rich man hiding under my nose!" All houses and shops within the Imperial City are the property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are the private property of the royal family.
Shu Shu couldn't help but worry after hearing this. This is just a shop, which can earn hundreds of taels of silver in a year. There are several streets in the imperial city.
Not only in the Imperial City, but also outside the Imperial City, half of Di'anmen Street is occupied by the official offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The popular shops in Xihuamen all rent forty-eight taels, so how much are the rents in other places? It's definitely not high. I couldn't see anything on the books before.
Such a concerted effort cannot be concealed by one person. There is also the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who not only had high-ranking officials like Ma Qi and royal people like Jiu Age in charge, but also the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was a doctor.
Is it possible to say that those people don’t know what’s going on? This is a nest. The former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs should also be investigated.
Also, if the current Accounting Department wasn’t monolithic, it wouldn’t have kept it secret so tightly. Shu Shu looked at Brother Ninth and said, "Things will go well if things are slow. There is no need to alert the enemy. Otherwise, wouldn't it be an advantage for them if they throw out two scapegoats?" Brother Ninth nodded and said, "Well, I won't end up with them. Yes, there is no need. Not everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is rich. Naturally, there are some people who can't stand their reputations..." The Censor's Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is full of flags, so we must be prepared with both hands to guard against big troubles for them. Make things small and trivial.
As for the money that is greedy for ink, naturally it will be spit out as much as it is greedy. Brother Jiu gritted his teeth and said: "I took a special look. As early as during the Shunzhi Dynasty, the rent of that shop was ninety-six taels of silver. By the seventh year of Kangxi, it had become a 'shabby house' and it had been dilapidated for more than thirty years." ..." In this one place alone, more than 10,000 taels of rent were misappropriated.
There are more than two to three hundred official shops inside and outside the imperial city. How big is that number?
"It's just a slave who dares to swallow so much money? He must have a backer..." Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu: "I won't rush ahead stupidly, not so reckless..." Shu Shu shook his hand and said "Well, I think more about our mother and son..." Brother Jiu hugged her, sighed, and said, "I have seven inches now, and you are my seven inches..." He also thought If you want to live a peaceful life, you won't get yourself into a situation where everyone is your enemy.
But the Accounting Department...he did note it down...could it be that the Accounting Department was the only one that was at fault? When he was appointed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the year before last, his mother-in-law gave her clear instructions.
The Qianliang Yamen is managed by Concubine Hui's natal family. That one is also the big head, in charge of the royal village's rent and taxes. What about the inner tube collar?
Arranging the palace's executive population, can the oil and water be reduced? Brother Jiu thought for a while and said to Shu Shu: "I have discovered this. This is simply ridiculous. In order to save some throwing expenses, Khan Ama has been streamlining the expenses. The royal meal is also 'not both food and taste'. Even the people in the harem have also cut their expenses twice. After one year, it is only eighteen thousand taels of silver, which is not enough for a slave to be greedy..." No wonder Bao Yi is getting more and more courageous, and he will not transfer the royal elder brother and Princess. Put it in your eyes.
I'm afraid that behind his back, they have nothing to fear from the emperor. Shu Shu sighed and said: "I have been the master of the second floor for a long time, and I have misconceptions..." Brother Jiu said: "All the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have a lot of money. We can take this opportunity to add a special place for cash collection. , just manage the living money. When the dust settles, you can let Twelve take care of this. After the official boiler comes out, it can be directly returned to the Yamen..." The couple were talking, and Walnut said at the door: " Fujin, Master Jiu, Aunt Bai is here..." Shu Shu sat up and said, "Hurry and help me welcome in..." Walnut responded and went out to welcome the guests.
Aunt Bai did not come alone. She brought several eunuchs behind her, carrying large and small bags in their arms.
Shu Shu stood up and said with a smile: "Is it the Imperial Grandmother who is giving you something?" Aunt Bai bowed her knees and saluted the two of them, and said: "Please greetings Jiuye and Fujin, it's the Duanyang tribute from outside that has arrived, and the empress picked some. Come out and send your servants to deliver them to Fujin." Shu Shu said with joy, "Sea goods from Shandong?" The last time the Queen Mother sent so many things, it was during the twelfth lunar month of the year before last when she was at the Ersuo, it was also sea goods. , and then there is
"Happiness, longevity and joy". The Queen Mother's diet still maintained the Manchu-Mongolian style, mainly meat and mutton, and she was not used to eating seafood.
Many of the ingredients in Ningshou Palace are in vain. Aunt Bai smiled, nodded and said, "There are many places..." The Queen Mother was very casual about rewarding things.
There is food to eat, useful things to wear, and clothing to wear. There were the seafood that Shu Shu was looking forward to, including a bucket of shark fins, a bucket of dried razor clams, a box of seaweed, and a box of eucheuma sent over by the governor of Shandong.
There is also a box of lily powder and a box of bamboo shoot tips sent as tribute by the governors of the two lakes. The governor of Henan presented a box of yam powder and a bottle of kumquat preserves as tribute.
The governor of Shanxi paid tribute with a box of barley rice, a box of white jade beans, a bag of jade and wheat, and a bag of purple wheat. The Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang presented a box of dried Fuyuan and a bucket of red and yellow pomelo as tribute.
The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi presented two pieces of flower yarn and two pieces of tooth-colored Gebu as tribute. The most valuable ones are a box of saffron, a box of dendrobium, a box of Panax notoginseng, and a box of Sichuan lotus presented as tribute by the Governor of Sichuan.
Shu Shu was still smiling when she saw the food, but she couldn't stop laughing when she saw the last few boxes of medicinal materials. She looked at Aunt Bai and said, "These are rare items that are not available outside. There are only two or three boxes of each. Did the Imperial Grandmother give me all this year's items?" Every year, there are two or three boxes. The Qing Palace still needs to be kept, the Yuqing Palace needs to be divided, and the portion given to the Ningshou Palace is also limited.
Aunt Bai looked at Shu Shu with worry and said, "The empress is worried about Fujin. As long as Fujin is raised well, no matter how good things are, he will be able to use them." Shu Shu's eyes were a little wet and said, "I am unfilial, let the emperor Grandma is worried..." Aunt Bai said: "Yesterday Jiu Gege went back and said that Fujin wanted to live in the garden. The empress said that she didn't need to live in my elder brother's house, just stay with Jiu Gege and live directly in the North Garden. Then There are many empty rooms on the side, they are spacious and cool..." Shu Shu smiled and said: "I know the emperor's grandmother is kind and misses me, but I can't bear to leave our father. The New Sixth House is next to the North Garden. I will accompany the emperor during the day. Grandma and Jiu Gege still have to go back to accompany our father in the evening..." The Queen Mother is kind, but it is hard to have such a precedent, otherwise the sisters-in-law will be embarrassed.
Also, if you have set a precedent, will Wufujin be able to live in it in the future? As time goes by, the grandsons and daughters-in-law are divided into two classes, and the sisters-in-law are also awkward... It's better that the appearance remains the same...
