Shu Shu glanced at Yifei. Yifei paid great attention to maintenance.
She was born in the 17th year of Shunzhi, six years younger than Kangxi, and the same age as Concubine De. She is forty-one this year, and at first glance she looks like she is twenty-seven or eight years old.
It’s just that she loves to smile, and there are slight lines at the corners of her eyes, so if you look carefully, she looks like she is in her early thirties.
Mrs. Bo was born in the 8th year of Shunzhi. She is exactly fifty years old this year, nine years older than Concubine Yi, and the same age as Concubine Rong.
There is no way to compare with Concubine Yi, but she looks much younger than Concubine Rong of the same age, and she looks similar to Jue Luo, as if she is in her forties.
Shu Shu nodded and said, "She looks similar to me, Enie, but Amo is six years older than me, Enie."
Concubine Yi nodded and said: "That's very young..."
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In the east room, there was a round table on the floor.
Kangxi took the seat, with the fifth and ninth elder brothers on his left hand, and the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers on his right hand.
When Kangxi moved Kuaizi, others began to move too.
The fifth elder brother went straight to the lamb chops.
I had this dish in the morning, but it was supposed to be changed at noon, but because the fifth elder brother came, I asked someone to bake another one.
The fifth elder brother loves to eat meat, especially mutton.
The mutton is also sprinkled with chili powder, which gives it an overpowering aroma.
As for the grilled pork belly, it is a pure pork belly with the spine removed. It is marinated and grilled in the oven. The pork belly is crispy and then cut into half-inch thick slices. Two three-inch plates are prepared next to it. One is barbecue sauce and one is barbecue powder.
The 13th and 14th elder brothers were at the age where they loved to eat meat, so they both feasted on the roasted pork belly.
Kangxi tasted several other meat dishes for a while, and finally settled on roasted lamb loin and roasted chicken wings.
The roasted lamb loin is crispy and tender and doesn't have any peculiar smell.
The chicken wings are boneless, using only the center of the wings, and the chicken skin on the outside is roasted to a fragrant aroma.
Kangxi's eyes were fixed on this plate of chicken wings. There were ten chicken wings in this plate.
Concubine Yi's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are in the west room. If they have the same banquet, it will be ten.
Ten chickens are eaten in one meal, which is a bit wasteful.
Brother Jiu saw that Kangxi had added an extra piece of chicken wing and said, "Ama Khan likes to eat this? Then I will send the chicken over when I return to Zhuangzi next time. My son will ask someone to send it to you."
Kangxi glanced at Brother Jiu and said, "How many chickens do you raise in the village? How many chickens can you send here at one time?"
It happened that Zhuangtou came over yesterday. Brother Jiu heard Shu Shu's question and remembered it clearly, so he said: "There are now more than 170 roosters and more than 260 hens. They will hatch again in the spring of this year." I got more than 400 chicks. When I was in the city, I delivered them every ten days, ten roosters and 600 eggs at a time..."
Kangxi calculated in his mind that there would be more than 800 chickens.
The fifth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother were all stunned.
The fourteenth elder brother quickly swallowed all the pork belly in his mouth, looked at the ninth elder brother with surprise, and said: "Ninth elder brother, are you right? It's six hundred, not sixty? Doesn't that mean Eighteen hundred eggs every month?”
Brother Jiu proudly said: "Is this a lie? Yesterday I gave some more, eight hundred directly. I know you love eggs, so I have already divided them up. You two, Lao Shi and Seventh Brother, five from one hospital." Ten coins, I will give you more when I deliver them next time. The remaining two hundred will be placed directly in the garden dining room, one hundred will be sent to the North Garden, and one hundred will be sent to the elder brother’s dining room in the West Garden. The eldest brother and fourth brother will I’ll give you another fifty…”
As for the relationship between the third elder brother and the eighth elder brother, there is no need to show brotherly respect, otherwise they will appear to be temperless and easy to bully.
The fourteenth elder brother was happy at first, but then felt a little aggrieved. He looked at Kangxi and said: "Khan Ama, I heard that eggs are not expensive. When they are cheap outside, they are two or three cents, and when they are expensive, they are only four cents. So why are my sons? There are no eggs in the quotas? In the entire palace, only the concubine and above, as well as you and the imperial grandmother, have eggs!"
What are the daily routines for the princes?
Others may not pay attention, but Kangxi remembered it.
The prince who is not married is the same as the princess, eight pounds and twelve taels of pork per day, five chickens and five ducks per month.
Among the pork, there are three kilograms of small pork weighing less than fifty kilograms, and five kilograms and twelve taels of large pork.
Small pork has a tender texture. Most of the main dishes provided to the prince and princess for three meals a day are these three kilograms of small pork, and not much large pork is used.
There are indeed no eggs.
Kangxi frowned, feeling a little unhappy.
As early as before the eldest brother's wedding, the then head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs asked Zhezi about the daily supplies of Prince Fujin and Prince Fujin.
Kangxi loved his son, so he directly added the allowance given to the newly married prince to the prince Fujin, and the allowance given to the imperial concubine was almost the same as that of the imperial concubine.
Now that the prince has many blessings and has seen all kinds of things, he is no longer so valuable.
Kangxi's heart favored his younger brother again.
He said: "Write this down. When you see Third Brother later, you can ask him to note this down and increase it as appropriate."
In fact, the fourteenth elder brother let it slip that the eggs in the palace were supplied not only to the masters above the concubine, but also to the princes Fujin and Prince Fujin.
As usual, Prince Fujin had five eggs a day, one more than the four provided by the imperial concubine and concubine.
The prince's side Fujin is three pieces, which is one less than the supply of the imperial concubine and concubine.
After hearing this, the Fourteenth Brother immediately beamed and said: "That's great. From now on, the Fifteenth Brother and the others will no longer be greedy for eggs. Otherwise, they will be pitiful. Every time they go to Ninth Brother's place for a tooth sacrifice, Ninth Sister-in-law will I have to think of new egg dishes for everyone."
However, he was quick-witted and knew that this would double the daily supply of eggs in the palace.
After all, the only ones in the palace who are qualified to supply eggs are the Queen Mother, the six concubines, and the Crown Princess. The Queen Mother provides twenty eggs per day, the Six Concubines each have four eggs, and the Crown Princess five eggs, so that is forty-nine eggs per day.
There is no fixed rule before the emperor, so he only prepares ten coins, which is only fifty-nine coins per day.
But when the number of princes and princesses increased, it would increase by dozens every day.
When the time comes, the concubines will not be able to supply less than they do, and they will have to increase the number, to another dozen.
In this way, it is twice as much.
If the supply is tight due to this reason, it would be a sign that their juniors are greedy and unfilial.
The fourteenth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and said: "Ninth elder brother, ninth elder brother, if the imperial kitchen is short of eggs, can you go to your farm to buy them? If you eat this way, you and the ninth sister-in-law will definitely not be able to eat it." I love eating eggs, so there’s no point in saving these!”
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "Of course that's good. The price of eggs outside fluctuates throughout the year. In spring and autumn, when there are more eggs, it costs two cents a piece. When it's too cold and hot, like March 9 and Sanfu, there are fewer eggs. Even when it was only three or four cents, the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed that purchases were made for four cents all year round. Didn’t I make a profit?"
The fourteenth elder brother was smarter and said: "The money for the purchase is designated to be made in the middle. During the Spring and Autumn Period, you can make half of it. According to the supply in the palace, it will cost you a hundred yuan in one day and one month in a month." It’s just over 3,000 yuan, Xiao Si Liang of silver..."
It doesn't look like much, but it's more than forty taels a year.
And that's just eggs.
The fourteenth elder brother looked at Kangxi and said: "Khan Ama, don't those two imperial censors of the Ministry of Internal Affairs love to impeach people? Let them take the purchase list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to compare prices outside. If there is anything wrong, just put them next to each other. The impeachment, the emotional sons have not eaten eggs these years, and the eggs and money have not been saved, they have all gone into the pockets of these slaves!"
Kangxi didn't answer, and he calculated the proportion of greedy ink in his mind.
Even if it is not doubled directly, it is still 70% or 80% more.
These eggs are still something that shouldn’t be spent randomly, but what about the others?
The daily supply of meat, vegetables, charcoal, and candles for everyone in the palace amounts to one hundred thousand taels per year.
The renovation of palaces and palaces costs 200,000 to 300,000 taels per year.
The money spent to buy fabrics from the three major weaving companies was more than 50,000 taels.
Together, these three items account for the bulk of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ expenditures.
Although there are many officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are not many who are above the seventh rank. Most of them are eighth and ninth rank. The annual salary expenditure is more than 100,000 taels.
These slaves are greedy when they take in the money, and they are greedy when they pay out the money. In a year, the amount is hundreds of thousands of taels.
Can support another Forbidden City!
Kangxi said to the fourteenth elder brother: "You can tell the third elder brother about this and ask the third elder brother to supervise this matter!"
The fifth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother were both afraid that the ninth elder brother would be uncomfortable, so they looked at the expression of the ninth elder brother.
Brother Ninth gave a thumbs up to Brother Fourteen and praised: "Brother Fourteen, you are so smart. You only need to ask around in the market to know how much water there is in the books. If this becomes the case, Those big guys from the Ministry of Internal Affairs want to be greedy, but they have nowhere to start..."
The fourteenth elder brother smiled happily and said: "What's so difficult about this? As long as you think about it, you will know that those guys in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are greedy. The annual salary of thirty to forty taels of silver a year is not enough for clothes all year round. How can there be spare money? Buying cakes, but how good is the business of Sister-in-law Jiu's Baiweizhai? My younger brother was greedy before and wanted to eat hawthorn pot helmets, so he sent the eunuch over to buy it. There was always a long queue every time because he was out of the imperial city. I bought the wrapping..."
Brother Jiu said: "Not only are they in the pastry shops, but also in the restaurants and teahouses in the Imperial City and Di'anmen. They are all dressed up with dignity. In winter, there are very few people wearing cotton-padded jackets, and the worst is They are also small sweaters and clothes, which are moistened by the days..."
The fourteenth elder brother nodded and said: "I can see that they are living a more comfortable life than those who have meritorious service. There are also worldly officials, but they are missing a title!"
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Brother Jiu curled his lips and said: "The dog relies on the strength of the people. I'm talking about them. Not to mention others, let's talk about that boy Guidan. The year before last, he dared to go against Dong E's family without any trouble. Not only was he a descendant of the princess, but he was also a descendant of the princess. My father-in-law is also Yipin Dutong, but this bastard Gui Dan is used to being arrogant and doesn’t take it seriously. He actually set up a trap to falsely accuse your sister-in-law Jiu of selling counterfeit goods. Do you think he is very brave?"
The year before last, the fourteenth prince was still young and had not been out of the palace for a long time. He had never heard of this paragraph. He was very curious and said: "Did he win the lawsuit or lose..."
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