The fourth elder brother also knows that there is a lot of excitement outside these days, and many people are secretly paying attention to the third elder brother.
It was not appropriate for the third elder brother to ask himself to be the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but there was nothing wrong with handling the accounting department. However, because of the many grievances, what was said outside was unpleasant.
At this time, it is not good to add fuel to the fire and only add more laughter.
He looked at Brother Ninth and thought it was very rare.
After all, it sounded bad to the Ma family and the Wei family before, but then it was suppressed by the news about the Guo Luoluo family.
Except for the eldest branch of the Guo Luoluo family, the rest of the family were expelled from the capital.
If it were other narrow-minded people, they would probably make a big fuss at this time and involve the Ma family and the Wuya family, which would also suppress the matters involving the Guo Luoluo family.
Brother Jiu didn't think about this, he only thought about Jiu Gege's dignity and the benefits of his younger brothers and sisters.
Fourth Brother pointed at the lunch box and said: "Eat first..."
Brother Jiu reluctantly sat down. He was not very picky about food, so he just took one bite.
There are four dishes, two meat and two vegetarian. The meat dish is white-cut chicken legs and pan-fried chicken slices, and the vegetarian dish is roasted tofu and rapeseed and cold bean sprouts.
A bowl of japonica rice and a plate of millet rolls.
Brother Jiu picked up the kuaizi and felt that he had nowhere to go.
The fourth elder brother had already moved quickly, and when he saw that the ninth elder brother was like a withered tree, he looked up.
Brother Jiu couldn't help but frown and said: "Fourth brother, are you too harsh on me?"
Brother Si took another look at the food on the table and found nothing wrong.
Brother Jiu was disgusted and said: "How come the skin on this chicken leg is still there? The goosebumps look disgusting. Maybe there are still chicken feathers inside that have not been cleaned up..."
"Chicken breasts used for frying chicken are all dead meat. They don't taste good to your teeth and are inedible..."
"Did you make this tofu at home or from outside? You can't eat tofu from outside in the summer. Not to mention it's disgusting, and you won't be able to stand it if you have diarrhea..."
"These bean sprouts, too? Are they bought from outside, or are they distributed in the kitchen at home? They are so straight, they look like they are bought from outside. I heard that things are mixed in when they are bought from outside..."
By the end, he felt so sick that he retched twice.
Brother Si felt that he had no choice but to pick up the millet rolls.
Brother Jiu hurriedly made a gesture of retreating and said: "Is this pure millet? My God, I saw that you didn't go to the dining room. You didn't even know that you can't eat this millet casually in summer. It's very wormy. There is nothing that is not raw. Our millet is dried and sealed in jars. Sometimes there are still insects..."
Brother Si took a breath, put down the millet roll, and looked at the japonica rice.
Brother Jiu said: "You can eat this! This is true. The bugs born on the rice are black. They are all cleaned out when washing the rice. I just don't know whether the bug eggs are black or white..."
The fourth elder brother put down his kuaizi and stared at the ninth elder brother.
Brother Jiu looked surprised and said, "Is this what you eat on weekdays? Fourth brother, are you doing some Taihu cooking these days?"
Brother Si laughed angrily and said, "Did you grow up sleeping in the open air like Xiao Feng? Didn't you eat these kinds of meals before you married Fujin?"
Brother Jiu said proudly, "It happened so long ago that I can't even remember it..."
After saying that, he stood up and said: "You can go on eating. I still have pastries and meat dumplings in the yamen. Just take a few bites with tea..."
With that said, he left feeling refreshed.
If you don’t compare, you won’t know. The life of the brothers is too rough.
In contrast, it seems that my life is more comfortable...
Looking at the naughty behavior of the ninth elder brother, the fourth elder brother felt that he was very well-educated today.
Now he couldn't move fast anymore, and he lost his appetite after being talked about by Brother Nine.
Fortunately, there was still half a pack of saqima in the drawer, so he drank some tea and ate a few pieces for lunch.
He directly enjoyed the meal in front of Su Peisheng...
At the beginning of Shen Dynasty, the tenth prince arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Jiu said: "Let's go, I am about to leave..."
After saying that, he stood up and told the twelfth elder brother: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will be on duty in the garden. If you like it, you can go there tomorrow. If you don't, you can go together the day after tomorrow. Ask the eunuch to put on some clothes. You will be late for dinner. Just spend the night there to avoid having to rush back..."
The city gate has to be closed at night and time is tight.
The twelfth elder brother nodded and took note of it.
The ninth elder brother came out with the tenth elder brother, and the carriage was already waiting at Xihua Gate.
After getting on the carriage, Brother Ten asked: "Is Twelve still so quiet?"
Brother Ninth nodded and said, "Brother Seven has a successor. It's so hard to speak. Why is Third Brother so mouthy? Didn't he learn to talk late when he was a child?"
The tenth brother said: "Maybe I suppressed it when I was a child. Concubine Rong's mother doesn't seem to like to talk much in front of others..."
Brother Jiu couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, and whispered: "If you don't follow your mother, then you can follow your father. Then you will definitely follow your mother!"
Brother 10 also laughed and said, "What happened to yesterday's menu? Did everyone check it out?"
Only then did the ninth elder brother remember that except for the fourth elder brother, the tenth elder brother had not ordered any dishes.
He told me about Brother Fourteen's order.
The tenth elder brother didn't like the fourteenth elder brother for being too presumptuous, so he frowned and said, "What's the rule? Isn't this relying on small things to sell things?"
Brother Jiu said: "Follow him, he won't be a few years old, fifteen or sixteen have already entered the study room. I bet you that if the king makes any move, it doesn't matter whether he is a man or a woman, as long as he has another child, even if he doesn't make a concubine, this supply will I will also follow my concubines..."
The tenth prince nodded and said: "A mother is more valuable than a son. Of the two established princes, apart from the concubine and the concubine, she is the only one."
Brother Jiu whispered: "Do you believe this nonsense? If you have more sons, how can you be more valuable? It is fair to say that Concubine Hui's mother is more valuable than her son. She is the mother of the emperor's eldest son, and the mother of other good concubines. It’s not true whether Min Concubine is the mother. Seventh Brother is also highly regarded now, and the noble lady Dai Jia didn’t say that she would give her a concubine? It’s just about appearance, nothing else..."
The tenth prince nodded, they are all men, who doesn’t know this yet.
He whispered: "Brother Ninth, as long as you know what's going on, don't mention this in the future..."
Asking others to listen is not a good thing to add insult to injury.
"But I like the new and don't get tired of the old, so I don't treat the former badly..." Brother Jiu said something fair.
The tenth elder brother said: "We will share the money for the treat the day after tomorrow. Where is Khan Ama's share?"
Brother Ninth Brother said: "I've asked Sister-in-law Ninth to divide it up with you. I will be on duty in the garden tomorrow. Go over and ask if you should pay back the money or somewhere else first? The money is kept in my banker and can be transported back to the house at any time." Ku, it’s just too eye-catching. Something happened to He Yi when we were transporting 500,000 taels last year. I don’t know if the prince will regret it if he returns the one million taels of silver!"
He didn't hide his gloating.
I don’t know whether the prince regrets it or not, but the eighth prince will definitely regret it, because he is the poorest among the adult princes and really has no money.
Brother Jiu felt that he had become a little bad, as if he was hurting others rather than himself.
The tenth elder brother said: "There will be less promotion in the future. Not everyone may be satisfied. The promotion of rice favors and the fight for rice hatred..."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Well, I know, I just did it casually. I don't dare to go through such trouble and trouble next time."
After saying this, he mentioned the omissions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs discovered today and the solutions he had prepared.
Brother 10 thought for a while and said: "It's related to the prince and princess. It's hard to hide it from Khan Ama. Tomorrow, Ninth Brother, you can make a preamble and tell the solution. Khan Ama doesn't like to make a big fuss." Come on, I should agree with Brother Ninth’s handling method..."
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said: "If you don't remind me, I will say it! Otherwise, the two concubines will hold a grudge later and go to blow the pillow wind. Am I wronged or not?"
The tenth elder brother praised: "Ninth brother has thought carefully..."
When they arrived at the elder brother's place, the two brothers got off the carriage and went to their respective homes.
Shu Shu is in the study room, with palm-sized boxes in her hands.
Each small box has a label on it, and inside it is the banker's ticket according to the list.
With this bank note, you can go to Brother Jiu's bank to withdraw money.
This banker's ticket looked ordinary, but when I took the banker's ticket directly to the bank, I couldn't get any money out.
It's another kind of real name.
You need the banker's signature to redeem money.
Even the shopkeeper doesn't know who the owner of each dealer's ticket is. They all have a code. The code book is in the hands of Brother Jiu.
When Brother Ninth arrived in the study, Shu Shu had almost sorted it out and said: "In addition to the principal, there is a surplus of 1,110,000 taels. The family can still raise 20,000 taels, which is still a lot worse than one..."
Brother Jiu couldn't help but frown after hearing this.
In terms of profit, it must have doubled. The reason for the lack of money is because the Xiaotangshan Palace has spent a hundred thousand taels, and a lot of the remaining forest land has also been spent.
He knew the number of each family and said, "Apart from my wife and you, what about the fifth brother and the tenth brother?"
Shu Shu thought for a while and said: "The fifth brother has two hundred thousand taels, the tenth brother has one hundred and thirty thousand, and the empress and I have ninety thousand. That is one hundred and sixty-eight thousand minus four hundred and twenty thousand, and we still need one hundred and twenty thousand." Sixty thousand, and there is still a shortage of 130,000..."
Brother Jiu said: "That's not right. The one hundred thousand taels from the palace are considered to be the big guys'. We paid them in advance before, so the money still has to be deducted from the brothers' profits."
Shu Shu calculated in his mind and said: "The shortfall will be 50,000 less..."
Brother Ninth said: "It's okay. Fifth Brother's side will get the capital back first, and Old Ten's side will get back the capital of 80,000 taels first..."
Shu Shu had no objection. The public property of the Prince's Mansion and Shu Shu's shop outside also had a steady flow of living money coming in.
There is also about 200,000 acres of land in Xiaotangshan. According to the current market price, it is worth 800,000 to 900,000 taels of silver, and it will be sold one after another.
By then, after removing the 420,000 taels, they would have at least three to four hundred thousand taels left.
Brother Ninth Brother was a little dissatisfied and said regretfully: "After all, we didn't get much of a share. We only got 20% of the total profit. I really became the shopkeeper for a while!"
I heard that the market situation between the shopkeeper and the boss outside is like this, 28% is divided, the shopkeeper gets 20%, and the boss gets 80%.
Shu Shu smiled and said: "Satisfied, contented. This is enough for half of the three children's family income. The private houses of my wife and I have also doubled..."
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I woke up early and saw the floating Silver Alliance. I would like to express my gratitude to the Alliance Leader...
