"Your Majesty, this time I spent 3.3 million taels of silver on corn seeds and 5.25 million taels of silver on sweet potatoes, for a total of 8.55 million taels of silver. ”

Tong Guogang looked at Kangxi and reported.

"Well, that's good. Kangxi nodded with satisfaction, looked up at his uncle, and asked happily, "Have you found out where are these crops?"

"Back to the emperor, if you want seedlings of these crops, you might as well ask Guo Niangniang. Tong Guogang looked at Kangxi and asked, and immediately threw out an answer.

"Guo Guiren?" Kangxi asked suspiciously.

"Yes, the minister heard that Lord Guo Luoluo said that Guo Niangniang had seedlings of these crops, and later, the minister went to a trip in person and found that Guo Niangniang had people breed many sweet potato seedlings. ”

Lord Tong Guogang replied, but he didn't say a word, those sweet potato seedlings are more than 300 hectares of land, if they are really bought together, even the emperor will have to give a blood.

"Since she has prepared it, I will send a message to you, and when the time comes, you will buy it all at this price. ”

Kangxi said without hesitation.

Tong Guogang hesitated, he was not afraid that the emperor would not be able to buy it, but the number was probably a little scary, and he immediately looked at Fuquan, Prince Yu, who was beside him, and Fuquan saw Tong Guogang's gaze, and was not moved, and continued to treat himself as a transparent one.

didn't see their answers, Kangxi's eyebrows raised, his eyes looked sharply at his uncle and Fuquan, these two people are his closest people, and now they are showing this difficult look, what is the situation?

"What's going on? What's wrong with you buying a seedling?"

Kangxi looked at the two people in front of him and asked. He didn't know what the problem was at all, could it be that it was difficult for an emperor to buy some seedlings from his nobles?

looked at Prince Yu again, but the other party still didn't have any expression, in fact, Prince Yu Fuquan was also very puzzled in his heart, your uncle and nephew are close, if there are any problems to solve by yourself, although he is his second brother, but they are not only brothers but also monarchs and ministers, in this case, he still mixes less, so as not to attract the taboo of others.

Tong Guogang knew that this person didn't want to be involved in this matter, and at the moment: "Your Majesty, there is no problem with buying seedlings, but ......." "He can't say it, do you want to say that if you buy seedlings, the treasury will be empty?

Kangxi was a little impatient, obviously a very simple matter, how could there be a problem when he got to them? Glancing at his uncle and his second brother standing below, he took a shallow sip of the teacup in his hand, and said with a slight expression: "One of you is my uncle and the other is my brother, can't you tell me anything about the problem?"

This sentence made people's hearts warm, Fuquan continued to lower his head and remained silent, Tong Guogang twitched his nose with emotion, and his eyes were also a little moist, and then he looked at Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the seedlings raised by Guo Niangniang are about more than 300 hectares. ”

"More than three hundred hectares, are you sure?"

Kangxi asked with some surprise.

"Guo Niangniang's dowry has more than a dozen pieces of land, this year let all people breed all kinds of seedlings, two days ago, the minister heard from the household department that Guo Niangniang also borrowed Mrs. Guo Luoluo five million taels of silver to buy some land, I think it is ready to cultivate. Tong Guogang didn't answer Kangxi's words, but just said something he had recently heard about abruptly.

"Five million taels of silver, why is she borrowing so much silver from a woman's family to buy so much land?"

Kangxi looked at Tong Guogang with some confusion and asked. He couldn't understand what a lady who stayed at home was doing with so many fields, could it be that Guo Luoluo's family still lacked her silver flowers?

"I heard that Niangniang is going to earn some money for the little brother, so that when the brother grows up, he marries and supports the family. Tong Guogang said to Kangxi a little weirdly.

Hearing this, the corners of Kangxi's mouth twitched, his elder brother has a monthly amount of silver every month, that is, when he grows up, his elder brother's marriage is also advanced by the Internal Affairs Bureau, why do she need to worry about this as a woman?

"Women are trouble. Kangxi said speechlessly.

"Niangniang has followed Mrs. Guo Luoluo to manage the garden and farming since she was a child, and she should know the hardships of the clan, so she wants to earn some silver for the little brother to supplement the family. Fuquan saw that Kangxi might think too much, so he said a good word for Sang Zi.

In fact, he also knows that the life of Kaifu is not as good as others imagine, as far as he is concerned, now that he is married to Fujin, plus the various servants and slaves in the courtyard, the monthly expenses are not a small amount, if he is not now a prince, I am afraid, he can't afford to raise a palace.

Unexpectedly hearing that his second brother would actually say a good word for his nobleman, his eyes stared at Fuquan for a few moments, and then he withdrew his gaze.

He felt that he was a bit of a soldier, others didn't understand his second brother, could he still not understand? But it was precisely because of this understanding that he couldn't help but think more, you know, his second brother usually rarely said good things for others, but he didn't turn a little corner today to speak for his nobles.

It's not just him who is puzzled, even Tong Guogang couldn't help but look at Fuquan a few more times, he even used to ask for help just now, as a result, people just weren't moved, and now they actually excuse a mother, isn't it weird?

"Before Guo Guiren entered the palace, could the second brother recognize him?"

Kangxi looked at Fuquan seemingly casually and asked.

Hearing this, Fu Quan was stunned for a moment, he knew that Kangxi was more suspicious, when he thought of his fifth brother Prince Gong Changning, he knew why Kangxi asked so, and then: "The minister has only seen the noble lady Niangniang in the palace." As he spoke, he said no more.

This angular sentence could not satisfy Kangxi, because Fuquan did not directly say whether he had seen or failed to see it before, only said that he had seen 'noble Niangniang' in the palace, and even you could understand that she had seen it before, but she did not have her current identity at that time.

"It's time for the triennial draft again, has the second brother heard the fifth brother talk about the candidate for Fujin?"

As soon as Kangxi changed the topic, he turned the question to Chang Ning.

"I haven't heard the fifth brother mention it. Fuquan still replied expressionlessly. The formula of the question and answer is not mixed with any personal feelings at all.

Kangxi was a little unhappy when he heard this, he knew that he had not fulfilled his promise, but he also obeyed the words of the Empress Dowager at the beginning, so he regretted it. Now that he heard Fuquan's words without a trace of emotion, he knew that Fuquan was blaming him.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Fuquan, his fifth brother likes that woman so much, Kangxi also agreed to come down at that time, what did he do in the end? His fifth brother was drunk until dawn with a wine jar alone, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to see the woman he liked entering the palace.

He knew that Kangxi didn't care about that woman at all, but why couldn't he let his fifth brother go along once, was it because that person was the person his fifth brother liked, so he would do everything possible to get her to the palace and make his fifth brother regret it for life?

Can't allow him to think like this, since he was a child, he knew that his two younger brothers didn't like each other, as long as one liked it, the other had to grab it, for this reason, the two of them had no less quarrels, this time it was also because of the two of them that a woman made a sacrifice?

"Second brother, the matter of the fifth brother, I have a clear conscience, I only hope that the fifth brother can meet Ruyi in this draft. ”

Kangxi didn't want to explain more about this matter, so he said a word directly, returned to the throne and sat down.

Knowing that Kangxi was going to send off guests, the two of them retreated with interest, but only they knew what they thought in their hearts.