Speaking of Nian Genglai, it is true that the fourteenth elder brother is seven years older than the sixteenth elder brother, but when it comes to shrewdness, where can he catch up with the sixteenth elder brother. I don't know if he is a martial artist who is less calculating, or because of the arrogant surname cultivated by the noble status of the prince, he speaks very wantonly.

"Sixteenth brother, when I was young, I really didn't want to take you to play, I didn't have a smart look, and I couldn't speak. If it weren't for the fact that you liked math and music theory, the big guy would have thought you like a little fool. Who would have thought that you would have the eloquence you have now? The fourteenth elder brother held the wine glass and said to the sixteenth elder brother with a smile.

Where is the sixteenth elder brother who can't speak, but because of his biological mother's low position, no one is willing to deal with him. Time has really passed, and now although he is not knighted, he is one of the princes favored by the imperial father. And because there are no relatives and other forces, there is no hope for the storage position, but it attracts all parties.

"The fourteenth brother will damage the younger brother, and the younger brother and I are still clumsy, so if there is something that offends the fourteenth brother when he speaks, the elder brother can't care about the younger brother." The sixteenth elder brother laughed twice and said.

When the fourteenth elder brother heard this, he glanced at the sixteenth elder brother and said, "This is still called not being able to speak, and I will trap my brother in one sentence." It seems that in the future, as long as you don't point at my nose and scold, I will have to 'belly a little'. ”

Seeing that he was holding the wine cup and not letting go, the sixteenth elder brother also raised his wine cup and said to the fourteenth elder brother: "Today, my younger brother also respects the fourteenth brother, not to mention anything else, when I was a child, the fourteenth brother did not pack snacks for my younger brother." ”

The two brothers, talking about the past when they were young, with a smile, quite a bit of the good meaning of the brothers.

Cao Hao was on the side, acting as an audience, watching and listening to all this. This "good brothers" friendship is like a bowl of water mixed with soy milk, which looks improvised, but in fact, the clear soup is bland. It's not as good as the brotherhood of the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother.

Although the fourteenth elder brother did not fall into the ground, he also has to bear some responsibility for the death of the eighth elder brother.

People's hearts are the rarest, and the most volatile, without the assistance of the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother will lose his foundation, and now he is thinking about the throne, and he is really the water moon mirror flower.

The fourteenth elder brother said a few words before turning his head and saying to Cao Hao: "In the early years, I looked forward to Cao Hao coming to the military department, and later I looked forward to you going to the household department. Don't worry about Cao Hao, maybe Huang Ama intends to let you go to the six departments to practice, and you will be of great use in the future. ”

It's been a few months since this demotion, and now it's a little late? The sixteenth elder brother sat next to him with a smile, and felt funny when he saw the fourteenth elder brother holding the score and making friends with Cao Haotao.

Cao Hao has been in Beijing for eight years, if he has the heart to join the prince, and there is a fourth elder brother who has great kindness to him in front of him, where can he get the fourteenth elder brother?

The sixteenth elder brother knew it in his heart, and took a closer look at the seat.

Although it looks like home-cooked food, the ingredients are very valuable, and the mountains and seas are delicious. Coupled with the plate of food and the chopsticks in the hand, everything is not ordinary.

Coupled with the fourteenth elder brother's doting on the Wu family, he made no secret of it, and the sixteenth elder brother lowered his head and picked the corners of his mouth.

Have you also entertained the fifteenth brother here? It seems that the brother in front of him really regards the fifteenth brother as a confidant. He is so determined in front of himself, does he think that he has won over the fifteenth brother who is the same mother as him, and he will also collect himself in the palm of his hand?

Cao Hao's side, while listening to the fourteenth elder brother talking about the military situation in the northwest, sighed secretly, no wonder there is a sentence of "food does not speak, sleep does not speak", this indiscriminate spit stars during meals, it is really unhygienic.

On Cao Hao's side, he has lost his appetite.

The fourteenth elder brother himself said excitedly, kept the wine jug, and filled it with the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao, and said: "Since I was young, I envied the founding prince Baylor." Riding a horse to the south and laying down this great country is the real Manchurian Baturu. In the early years of the Galdan rebellion, Huang Ama took several older royal brothers to go on the expedition, although it was not my turn, I also looked to the west all day, thinking about the heroic appearance of my father and brother on the war horse. Now that the prosperous world is peaceful, I thought that in my lifetime, I would not have the opportunity to show my ambitions, so I could only be confined to the capital. Who would have thought that the ambition of the wolf son of Alabutan would lead to a resurgence of the frontier. ”

Speaking of this, there was already a murderous aura on his face: "It is really unreasonable for a mere Zhungeer to disturb the frontier." When I heard the news, I really wanted to ride my horse and put down the thieves. I think you have also heard that when the imperial court first sent troops to aid Hami in the spring of the previous year, I handed over the battle fold. As he spoke, he slapped the table in annoyance and said, "Even those things that have been described, dismissed, or dismissed from official positions can serve in front of the army, but I can only be detained in Beijing." ”

"It's just a small problem of scabies, if the fourteenth brother comes forward, then the minions who are waiting for military merit to drink the northwest wind?" Seeing that he was getting more and more excited, the sixteenth elder brother smiled and comforted.

"Scabies minority?" Hearing this, Fourteen lowered his voice and said slowly: "The Ministry of War has received definite news that Alabutan sent people into Tibet in November last year. Now that Ali has been occupied, it can be defended. Wolf ambition, which is staring at Tibetan Province. Razang Khan's eldest son was the son-in-law of Tseru Alabutan, and he waited for this moment by detaining his son-in-law in Dzungar for several years. ”

Hearing that Zhunger had sent troops to Tibet Province, Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother were shocked.

This is different from the previous buckle border, although Tibet Province has Mongolian and Tibetan co-governance, but it has to accept the canonization of the imperial court, and it is a vassal of the Qing Dynasty. It seems that Tselu Alabutan wanted to learn from the first Mongolian Khan king to enter Tibet, and wanted to take advantage of the topography of Tibetan Province to stand on his own.

It's just that he doesn't want to think about it, unlike Qinghai and Mongolia, he has always been regarded as a disaster by the imperial court, and it is only because of the distance that it is difficult to crusade, so he has tolerated it so far, how can he allow him to secede Tibetan Province and stand on his own. Besides, with his wolf ambitions, he will not be submissive to the imperial court, recover the Mongolian tribes, and the surname of the imperial court may be greater.

If at that time, the northeast, kouwai, northwest, and southwest Mongolian tribes are connected, and the Qing Dynasty will bear the burden of the enemy.

The sixteenth elder brother had already restrained his smile and said, "Does Huang Ama know? But what is the purpose? ”

The fourteenth elder brother said: "I got the news yesterday, and I didn't dare to delay for a moment, and directly sent people to Rehe for 800 miles. Calculate the time, it's time to go to the palace. ”

Cao Hao's side, but he knew that if Zhungeer entered Tibet, the fourteenth elder brother would not be far away.

There are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the northwest, and it is not easy to take down Ali, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. When the soldiers and horses were dispatched and defeated twice, and the Lhazang Khan side could not withstand Jungar, it was the time for the imperial army to go on an expedition.

The fourteenth elder brother is about to get his wish and become the most prominent "general king" in the last years of Kangxi.

Regarding the reaction of Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother seemed to be very satisfied. He stretched out his left hand, took the arm of the sixteenth elder brother, and said: "Sixteenth brother, I know that you love to listen to operas and read books, and you are the most lazy surname, but because of filial piety, I am afraid that I am not strong, and the princess and the fifteenth brother are bullied. I love Xinjue Luo Yinzhen here to swear to the sky, regard the fifteenth brother and the sixteenth brother as siblings, respect the concubine's mother as the biological mother, build meritorious deeds together, and share wealth! ”

These words were said loudly, and Cao Hao's heart trembled when he heard it.

Siblings sound better than half-brothers, but I don't see how good he is to the fourth elder brother.

This is just a meal, and the fourteenth elder brother is going to stamp the sixteenth elder brother.

Cao Hao glanced at the sixteenth elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother was really surprised by the joy, and his face was already pale.

The fourteenth elder brother said to himself, as if he was also moved, patted the sixteenth elder brother's arm, and said excitedly: "The sixteenth brother doesn't believe it, this is evidenced by Cao Hao, and the elder brother said that if he violates the oath, he will call me Fushou Luwu, and I will not die well!" ”

This kung fu, the sixteenth elder brother's face has turned from white to red, his eyes are red, he looked up at the fourteenth elder brother, and said in a dumb voice: "Even if the fourteenth brother doesn't say this, the younger brother knows that the fourteenth brother loves the younger brother." In the younger brother's heart, he also regarded the fourteenth brother as the same as the fifteenth brother. No one can afford to look down on my younger brother over the years, but now my brother looks down on me as younger than sixteen, and I will have to take care of my younger brother more than fourteen in the future. ”

The fourteenth elder brother was not a kind word, but he said it for a long time, just to wait for this sentence.

He immediately couldn't help but be overjoyed, grabbed the arm of the sixteenth elder brother and said, "The sixteenth brother believes in me, and I will live up to the sixteenth brother!" ”

Cao Hao was next to him, and he was about to vomit.

Does this fourteenth elder brother think that if he hooks his little finger, others will come forward and stammer?

What the hell, if the sixteenth elder brother can be restrained by his two words, then it is not the sixteenth elder brother.

The fourteenth elder brother said excitedly: "I know that the sixteenth brother does not like to worry about government affairs, and if the elder brother has a future in the future, he will give the younger brother an iron hat, so that the descendants of the sixteenth disciple can share the honor." ”

This speech was already undisguised, Cao Hao lowered his head and picked up the cup and brought it to his mouth. It seems that the fourteenth elder brother has made up his mind to pull the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao on the boat. As soon as these words were spoken, if Cao Hao was unwilling to attach himself to him, he would be an enemy.

Whose guidance is this, O future great general?

Sure enough, the fourteenth elder brother spoke, and his eyes looked at Cao Hao.

The sixteenth elder brother was beside him, and he could see it clearly, afraid that the fourteenth elder brother would be persecuted too much, Cao Hao showed something else, hurriedly put the wine cup, filled the wine cup for the fourteenth elder brother, and said: "Don't say anything, in the future, the future of the younger brother, you will count on the fourteenth brother." ”

With this statement, the fourteenth elder brother was in a good mood, picked up the wine cup, and drank it all...... This meal, until the beginning of the shift, Cao Hao and the fourteenth elder brother have fallen crookedly, and the sixteenth elder brother has also begun to have a big tongue.

According to the original intention of the fourteenth elder brother, he wanted to leave the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao to rest in this guest room.

The sixteenth elder brother got up and put his arm on the shoulder, and said drunkly: "How can that happen?" What is this...... Place...... This is the golden house that the fourteenth brother bought for his sister-in-law, and the younger brother didn't dare to stay. Or to Cao ...... Cao Hao rested there for a night, that kid was timid and had something to say...... The younger brother had to persuade him. At the end of the day, the volume was lowered.

The fourteenth elder brother glanced at Cao Hao, who was drunk and lying on the table, and nodded: "That is the case, I will send you back in a carriage." ”

At this point, he was satisfied. I also know that I can't become fat by eating in one bite, and I have to figure out the rest slowly.

When he got to the carriage, Cao Hao opened his eyes. The sixteenth elder brother was not drunk, and his face was gloomy. Because the coachman was from the fourteenth elder brother, neither of them squeaked.

One time later, when they arrived at Cao's Mansion, the two were "drunk" and were carried into the yard.

Cao Hao asked the sixteenth elder brother to prepare a guest room, and he and the sixteenth elder brother went to the study to talk.

made someone send tea and sent the little guy down, even Zhao Feng asked him to wait outside.

There were only two left, Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother in the room, and the sixteenth elder brother was full of anger, and said hatefully: "I really underestimated him, and thought he was worried about you, who would want to calculate it directly on my head!" Bullshit oath, siblings, royal has bullshit brothers? ”

Although he is not as literate as the third elder brother, and he rarely has a foul mouth, it seems that he is really annoyed this time.

"First dissipate the gas, what is the difference between calculating the sixteenth master and calculating me? If the Sixteenth Master really tied up with him and got on a boat, I could still watch the Sixteenth Master sink, and I would have to sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman. Seeing that the more he talked, the more annoyed he became, Cao Hao personally poured a bowl of tea and delivered it to him, saying, "Take a sip of tea, dissipate your anger, and think about something else." ”

The sixteenth elder brother snorted twice, took the tea bowl, and drank it all.

"The fourteenth master is not afraid to talk to himself, but the sixteenth master has no choice but to respond to two sentences, the key depends on how the fifteenth master plans." Cao Hao looked at the sixteenth elder brother for a while, and finally talked about this topic that neither of them liked to mention.

Just as he won't look at the sixteenth elder brother's shipwreck, will the sixteenth elder brother look at the fifteenth elder brother's "sunken ship"?

The fundamental reason why the fourteenth elder brother is so fearless is because he completely controls the fifteenth elder brother.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his anger decreased by a few points, and only fatigue remained, and he said, "The fifteenth brother is confused, can this be mixed?" ”

Seeing him like this, Cao Hao could only sigh in his heart. Some people are not able to choose, for example, parents and blood relatives.

The sixteenth elder brother raised his head again, but his expression was extremely firm, and said, "Fu Ruo, don't worry. Over the years, you have been cautious, and I have seen everything you have avoided, and I will never bother you for your own sake. My heart is like you, and I don't want power, I just want to live comfortably and my family is safe. It's just that now that the fourteenth brother has made a fuss, with his surname, there will definitely be a backhand, and there must be a few confused ones, and we will also be included in his henchmen. ”

Seeing that he was mentally strong, Cao Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, as long as the emperor and the fourth master are not confused, we can be peaceful." ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard him say this, he also laughed and said, "Fu Ruo, you keep saying that you don't occupy the team, but in fact, you made a decision many years ago. ”

Cao Hao raised his eyebrows, made a helpless gesture, and said: "The grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring; This life-saving grace is naturally as heavy as Mount Tai. ”

The sixteenth elder brother didn't believe that it was just for this reason, he didn't ask much, raised his head, and pretended to sigh: "An iron hat, just like this, it's really a little reluctant." ”

Cao Hao patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said with a smile: "The sixteenth master put his heart in his stomach, it is the sixteenth master's, that is, the sixteenth master's, and he can't run away." ”

Between talking and laughing, I went to Fang Cai's depression.

But thinking of the military situation that the fourteenth elder brother said, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help frowning, looked at Cao Hao and said: "If Zhungeer really sends troops to occupy Tibetan Province, it will not be a matter of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the Eight Banners army will be dispatched. Fu Ruo, you have to think about this way to make money. ”

Cao Hao listened, his eyes lit up, and he asked: "Sixteenth Master, this war in the northwest is imminent, even if I come up with the idea of making a small fight and making a few silvers, it is just a drop in the bucket." Even if the court is poor, it is still the court. Without me, Cao Hao would have been able to persist in this war. ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Hao carefully, and Fang asked: "What does Fu Ruo mean, there is a way to make money, but it takes a lot of effort and can't collect the money quickly?" ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "That's right." When I heard about Tibet today, a thought came to my heart. If it can really be done, using the 100,000 gold of the inner treasury as the principal, within three or five years, there will be several times the profit. ”

"Huh?" When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised: "What is a good way, tell me quickly." ”

He knows Cao Hao, although he has a more active brain, he is not a businessman, whether it is the bidding of the Internal Affairs Office or the exchange of money by the Zongren Mansion, they are all taking advantage of the situation. These words are true to Cao Hao's ink a few times, and they don't expect him to make a lot of money, just thinking about him making a small fuss, saving the loss of the sacred heart.

"Sixteenth elder brother, in the south of Tibetan Province, there is a foreign state called India." Cao Hao said: "I told the Sixteenth Master before why the British company is called the East India Company, it is because India is a British colony. Because of the distance, it is not known what kind of political control is on the Indian side, and the economic part is designated to be in the hands of the British. ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he was a little disappreciative and said, "Even if there are British businessmen doing business in India, what can they say?" A businessman is lowly, can he still become Lu Buwei? ”

"Sixteenth master, uprooted from home, how can foreign businessmen gain a foothold in a different place?" Cao Hao asked.

"Maybe it's good quality and low price." The sixteenth elder brother hesitated for a moment and replied.

"It's the army, protected by foreign guns and cannons, British merchants can eat away at India, that's half a big place." Cao Hao also did not remember the British colonial history, but he knew the information of the East India Company. A few years ago, he had made Wei Xin pay attention to these in Guangzhou.

Seeing that Cao Hao said solemnly, the sixteenth elder brother was a little puzzled, and said: "The British occupy India, what does it have to do with this deal?" ”

"Tea, from India to Europa, lay a tea ceremony." Cao Hao said.

There was a bit of excitement in his heart. Rather than taking precautions, fearing opium like a tiger, and waiting for foreigners' foreign guns and cannons, it is better to go out.

There's a reason why tea can overtake coffee and cocoa to become the world's number one drink.

According to the understanding of later generations, tea can provide the nutrients needed by the body.

"Earn foreigners' money?" The sixteenth elder brother listened, and his eyes began to shine: "Good idea, foreigners are rich, and there are many exquisite things." Fu Ruo, your nickname of 'tea boy' is going to become famous overseas. ”

Cao Hao smiled, it is because of the trade deficit between the East and the West that foreigners dump opium in China. What would happen if China had gone out sooner and kept the enemy out of the country?

Tu Mei said that it was the theme of the school forum hundreds of years later. Cao Hao has passed the age of being young and flamboyant, and he just wants to make his existence in this life a little meaningful.

Human existence is more than killing, although this is a world of the jungle......

(To be continued)