After watching Fengsheng and Akdan, everyone came to the greenhouse with great interest. They were just at the Tenth Prince's Mansion when they saw camellias blooming in bloom.
I heard that in addition to camellias, there are also many winter jasmine and wintersweet growing in the greenhouse. Although it is not in flowering season right now, it would be good to go and take a look.
This year, there are no corn, potatoes or peanuts planted in the greenhouse. There is a lot of free space, and one-third of the space is filled with various flowers.
Shu Shu learned from the past and was afraid that everyone would want to pick vegetables by themselves, and would still think about how to remind them after staying in the greenhouse for a long time.
As a result, everyone entered the greenhouse, looked at the flowers, and had no intention of picking vegetables. Shu Shu realized later that it was inconvenient for everyone to wear them.
This morning I entered the palace to pay my respects. Everyone was wearing flag uniforms and flag shoes, so it was not convenient for them to stand in the greenhouse.
Everyone looked around and came out to have tea in the main room. Shu Shu ordered Xiaotang to lead people to pick the vegetables that could be picked, and divided them into equal portions for everyone to take.
It's not a valuable thing, and no one is polite to Shu Shu. Before the second quarter, the dishes were delivered, and everyone was ready to leave.
Qi Fujin smiled and said: "We agreed to take turns to treat guests. Shouldn't it be my turn next time? Then I can choose a day in the twelfth lunar month and we can get together again?" Just before eating, Qi Fujin had already talked about the origin of the treat, which was regarded as Tell the sisters-in-law the origin of Shifujin’s treat.
Jiu Gege said: "Sister-in-law Qi will wait for next year. This time in the twelfth lunar month, I will take my turn. I should have invited everyone to come and recognize me." She came in the order of the princes, ranking herself between the tenth elder brother and the ninth elder brother. between.
Otherwise, others can't respect her as an aunt, and she really has to be ranked behind San Fujin.
Qi Fujin nodded and said, "That's really exciting. Have you tidied up the garden? The house you and I have is so big is really enviable." The owner of the Princess Mansion is Jiu Gege, and Bu Xi is only half the owner.
He can live in the princess mansion, but his future concubines and concubines cannot live here. The Princess Mansion is equivalent to only being able to live in Jiu Gege's couple and Jiu Gege's biological children.
When Jiu Gege dies, the Princess Mansion will be returned to the House of Internal Affairs. Jiu Gege said: "We have made a garden on the east road, planted some fruit trees, and planted peonies, peonies and other flowers. Now that I think about it, it is not as good as Sister Jiu's place. I will ask someone to build a greenhouse next year." The princess mansion belongs to Tong Guowei. The renovated old palace is next to Orundai's palace, separated by an aisle.
Later, when the princess mansion was being rebuilt, Brother Jiu asked someone to send drawings to Jiu Gege. Jiu Gege was afraid of getting into trouble if they were next to each other, so he followed the example of the Ninth Prince's Mansion and changed the east road directly into a garden to separate the Princess Mansion from the Duke's Mansion.
Although the sisters-in-law nearby were older, since this was a small gathering as promised, they all agreed to take turns.
With their status, they have no shortage of human connections and social interactions. But whether they were princes of the clan or nobles, they used to follow the example of Prince Fujin and just deal with it.
Who doesn't like a relaxed and comfortable gathering like today, when the sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law get together to eat and drink?
San Fujin smiled and said: "Then we'll wait for my sister's post." Si Fujin nodded beside him. She was her sister-in-law, so naturally she only supported her.
Wu Fujin also wanted to see the nine-gege dowry. In addition to what was on the dowry list, there were also ten boxes of books from the collection of Ningshou Palace.
Among the women's volumes, besides Shu Shu, there are the most books in Jiu Gege. Everyone agreed and left first.
Shu Shuyuan followed Shi Fujin and Si Fujin and watched everyone's carriage leave. After everyone left, she followed the ten Fujins to see off the Four Fortunes.
Si Fujin's house was less than a mile away from the Ninth Prince's Mansion, so Shu Shu directly asked someone to bring the chariot over and sent Si Fujin back.
It has been most of the day since I went to the palace to pay my respects in the morning. Shi Fujin yawned and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm going back to catch up on my sleep first. I was just thinking about today's treat. I didn't even get a good rest yesterday."
"Well, go ahead, I also want to take a rest..." Shu Shu said. The two sisters-in-law also separated. When Shu Shu returned to the house, changed her clothes, washed her face, and was about to lie down, Brother Jiu came back.
"You left quite early? Didn't you say you were going to play dominoes?" Brother Jiu asked curiously. Over the past year, the dominoes have also flowed out of the palace.
Especially since the beginning of winter, everyone is in the mood for winter, and they can’t wait to have a card game in every household. Shu Shu thought of Shi Fujin's card skills and said with a smile: "Ten brothers and sisters feed three families one by one. After two rounds, they will lose completely. No one likes to play with her anymore." Although Wu Fujin and Jiu Gege are happy with each other, they are not happy. Noisy, but they don’t like playing cards very much.
When I got to Shu Shu, I was too lazy to think. Therefore, no one went to fill Shifujin's place. Everyone just plays cards for fun, and no one is addicted.
The ninth elder brother was still worried about the absence of the tenth elder brother and the ruin of Shi Fujin's family. He asked Shu Shu: "Isn't it 'appraisal of treasures'? What's next? What if I see the good ones? They are my sister-in-law and aunt, so they shouldn't take advantage of me." Is Shifujin cheap? Did you give me the capital?" Shu Shu rolled his eyes at Brother Jiu, opened the brocade box next to him, took out the two-layered pearl necklace, handed it to Brother Jiu, and said, "Brother and sister, please be generous. I chose my favorite ones and gave them away!" Brother Jiu felt his tooth hurt, so he took the necklace and said critically: "The pearls are good, but the beads are not big and not perfectly round. They are not as good as your own string. If you If you want to wear pearls, I will buy some for you!" Shu Shu has a pearl necklace, which was a dowry from Madame Bo in her early years. After decades, the pearls still have good luster and the beads are round.
The necklace in front of me does have shortcomings. The three-layered pearl necklace placed next to this one was larger, rounder, and more expensive, so Shu Shu had no choice.
She looked at the pearl necklace and hesitated. This is another deal that cannot be taken for granted. Should we cooperate with Kangxi or wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne?
It doesn't seem like it's hard to choose. In the same way, the king and his ministers are in front, and father, son, and brothers are behind. Father and son are definitely closer and more reliable than brothers.
Such as the relationship between the emperor and Prince Yu, Prince Gong and others. Before the princes came of age, both princes were promoted by Kangxi.
But as the princes gradually became adults, the two royal brothers and younger brothers had to give way to the princes. When the time comes, the old elder brothers like the Ninth Prince will also give way to the new generation of princes.
Shu Shu asked, "What do you think of when you look at these pearls?" Brother Jiu blinked and said casually, "You are old and your pearls are yellow?" What else is related to pearls?
Buy a casket and give it back a pearl? Is it a fishy thing? A hidden gem? Shu Shu glanced at Brother Ninth and said: "I do have self-awareness..." Brother Ninth knew that he had said something wrong and hurriedly said: "Then what did you think of? A perfect match? Are there pearls and jade by your side?" Shu Shu took it. After getting the pearl, he looked at Brother Ninth and said, "Don't we still have two hundred thousand taels of spare money on hand? It would be useless if we just put it aside. How about we arrange for someone to try to raise pearls?" Brother Ninth was stunned. , touched Shu Shu's head and said: "Why are you talking nonsense? Pearls are naturally raised, and they are not tea-growing fruits. Can they still be raised?" Shu Shu shook his head and said: "This is not what I thought. Before People have had this method for a long time. This matter has long been recorded in "Miscellaneous Notes of Wenchang". In the Northern Song Dynasty, some people were cultivating pearls. Buddhism was popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. On the edge of Taihu Lake, some people put small bronze Buddha statues into the mouth of big clams, and they were able to grow pearls. The Buddha statue with the pearl shell was later replaced by another dynasty, and the income was less, so it disappeared from the market." Brother Jiu looked at Shu Shu, then at the pearl, and said, "How many years will it take to raise it?" Shu Shu thought for a while, Said: "It depends on how big the core is in the middle of the pearl. The big fake pearls they used in the Northern Song Dynasty can be used in two years." Brother Jiu was excited and took the pearl from Shu Shu's hand and said, "Then What about Dongzhu? Shouldn't it be possible to grow it too?" Shu Shu looked at Brother Ninth and said, "I want to hand this over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for exclusive use?" Brother Ninth shook his head hurriedly.
No one is a fool. If you really cultivate this pearl, your grandchildren will be able to earn money for their families. Not to mention becoming the richest man in the Qing Dynasty, it is possible to become the richest man in the capital.
As for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, can he continue to be the general manager for the rest of his life? When Khan Amma was here, he was the general manager, and he didn't worry about it when someone replaced him.
Brother Jiu understood what Shu Shu meant. Since he was seeking personal gain for his family, Dongzhu could not get involved. Probably not.
At present, Dongzhu fishing has reached a large scale, with hundreds of pearl fishing boats, thousands of livestock, and dozens of officials. No one is allowed to use it unless they are ordered to do so.
Even their current status as husband and wife is considered to be the most noble group of people after the emperor and prince. However, the prince Jiu Age follows the princely system and is allowed to use ten east beads on his crown; it is Shu Shu, the prince Fujin, who is in the same court. Ten East beads must be used on the crown.
But Dongzhu is divided into levels, with a total of seven levels. The only ones they can use are second-class and third-class Dongzhu.
The first class is reserved for the emperor, empress and queen mother. Dongzhu is precious because of the difficulty of fishing. Brother Ninth figured out the key since he was well versed in economics.
Things are rare and valuable. What would happen if Dongzhu, which was exclusively used by the imperial court according to rank, was ruined? Cultured pearls can only be south pearls and sea pearls.
But everyone knows that the sea is deep and uncontrollable. But Taihu Lake happened to be the south of the Yangtze River that he was afraid of. He couldn't sit still and said: "Apart from Jiangnan, what about other places? Hunan, or Shandong, both places have big lakes..." Shu Shu didn't know this.
She thought for a while and said: "I mentioned Taihu Lake because most southern pearls are now collected from Taihu Lake. There are river mussels in Taihu Lake that can produce pearls. When the time comes, we will just fish out the river mussels and put pearl cores in them to make the pearls." A river mussel that produces one pearl can produce several pearls, causing a river mussel that originally did not produce pearls to produce pearls. It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Even if you want to plant pearls, you must plant them in the original place of production, otherwise there will be river mussels in the nearby lake. But it may not necessarily be the kind that produces pearls." Brother Jiu nodded and said, "You are right. Even if we want to raise pearls, we must have enough pearl clams. Tomorrow, when the emperor returns to Beijing, I will go to Jingyang Palace. Take a good look through the pearl tributes of past dynasties to see where they came from and check the place of production..." He got Shu Shu's advice and did not go to the inner court when the Holy Master was not in the palace.
As an adult prince, he should avoid suspicion in the fields of melons and plums. Although Jingyang Palace is now used as a collection of books, it is still in the East Sixth Palace and is included in the inner court...
