The errand was important, Cao Hao asked Chu Yu to pack a few sets of clothes, and the next day he went to Tongzhou with the fourth elder brother.

As for bedding and other things, there was a housekeeper Cao Yuan who sent a carriage to Tongzhou.

It is not the first time that Cao Hao has come to Tongzhou Guancang, but he is just a spectacle, and he can only see the grandeur of Jingcang.

Tongzhou Guancang, divided into west, central and south three warehouses. The governor of Cangli, Yamen Tongzhou, is stationed in Zhongcang, so he first cleared from Zhongcang. There are warehouses that can not be seen at a glance, and rice stones are stored in the open air.

When you enter the official warehouse, there is a smell of white lime.

Cao Hao followed the fourth elder brother, along with the governor of the warehouse, A Xi Nai, and Zhang Boxing, and checked several warehouses.

At the beginning of the year (nine o'clock in the morning), all the princes and ministers who were named to co-organize the office also arrived in Tongzhou, even Sun Zaqi, the head of the household who had taken leave before, was no exception.

I thought that the fourth elder brother had already planned before, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he assigned the errand separately.

Guogong Yanxin, Hubu Shangshu Sun Zaqi and Caoyun Governor Zhang Dayou surveyed Zhongcang, Prince Heng Hongsheng, the military department waiter Cha Bina, and Hubu waiter Cao Hao surveyed Xicang; The fourth elder brother and the nine-gate admiral Long Keduo and the cabinet scholar Wu Ertai surveyed Nancang.

From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the survey was completed within five days.

The task was a bit heavy, and Cao Hao thought about the account books he had seen with the fourth elder brother in the morning. The total number of warehouses in this Tongzhou warehouse is nearly 400, and the open hoarding is nearly 500.

After the survey was completed within five days, the words were a little tight.

After the fourth elder brother was assigned to the errand, everyone did not delay and dispersed.

Hongsheng and Cao Hao knew each other as early as when they went to the study, he was the eldest son of the fifth elder brother's mansion, because the fifth elder brother had no son-in-law, he was named the prince of the prince's mansion as the eldest son.

The fifth elder brother has always been pure-hearted and has few desires, although he is the son of a favorite concubine, and he is raised in the Queen Mother's Palace, but his qualifications are limited, he is very self-aware, and he never mixes with the struggle for power. Therefore, the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother, who are also indifferent, have always been in love, and they have more contacts with other princes' mansions, and the children of the two families are also closer.

In addition, Hongsheng is friendly with Hongshu, so he is a little less unfamiliar with Cao Hao's cousin-in-law.

The old surname of the military department squire Cha Bi Na is Wanyan, he is Yongqing's cousin, he is only forty years old this year, and he is considered to be the young Zhuang faction among the six hall officials, and he has known Cao Hao for a long time.

Since the three of them are all old acquaintances, they are a little less lonely along the way.

By the time we arrived at Xicang, it was already afternoon, and it was almost time for dinner.

Near the official warehouse, there are wharves, garrisons, and commerce is dependent on it, and there are few inns and restaurants.

Hongsheng asked someone to find a clean restaurant, and directly took Cao Hao and Cha Bina to eat. He was very generous, and in addition to the private room for three people, he also set up a few seats outside and arranged for other followers.

"Tongzhou's roasted catfish is famous, you two have to try it." When the wine and food came up, Hongsheng greeted the two with a smile.

Born in the Cha Buna family, he is also a master of eating, drinking and having fun.

After listening to Hongsheng's words, he took two chopsticks and fish, sent them to his mouth and tasted them, and said three hundred and sixty-nine seriously. Hearing Hongsheng's eyes lit up, it was all the expression of a confidant.

Cao Hao didn't move, but he admired it in his heart.

This Cha Bina is slippery but not oily, and officialdom is sperm-like. After he was the Lord of Manchuria, he was born in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, and he was awarded the Ministry of Langzhong, and the starting point was similar to that of Cao Hao. In the next ten years, he was promoted three times to the military department. From the fifth grade to the second grade, he was promoted to five levels.

The meal was enjoyed by the guests and the hosts, the wine and food were withdrawn, and Hongsheng also talked with Cha Bina, which can be called a dance of eyebrows. During this period, he did not forget to say a few words to Cao Hao, which made people not feel sluggish.

It's a little off-topic, this Hongsheng is still a little unstable, Cao Hao was beside him, thinking in his heart.

The five days of kung fu were already tense, and now it is time to discuss and plan carefully.

Hongsheng is young in the end, even if he wants to socialize, he must first put on a capable posture. In that case, even if you are lazy later, others will not feel anything; Now, the first thing is slack, and then the diligence is also lazy.

As far as Hongsheng is concerned, he is a little too enthusiastic about Chabina.

What is the reason?

Cao Hao was a little curious, so he had to look at Zha Bi Na more and ...... * Nancang, outside the venue hoarding warehouse.

Although he came down to investigate, the fourth elder brother was not an ordinary official, and he brought the hall master and several officials of the palace, all of whom were old and well-being. The fourth elder brother confessed, and only asked Wu Ertai to take everyone down, but he didn't have to personally investigate everywhere.

"Chabina? Governor of Liangjiang? How could it be him, what's wrong with Changding? The fourth elder brother listened to Long Keduo's words, was surprised, and asked in a low voice.

The place where the two of them stood was between the empty fields, and it was a good place to talk.

"It's like being caught by the emperor for something. The emperor has always attached great importance to the important land in the south of the Yangtze River. The new governor was chosen among the six ministries. Although he was not the most suitable candidate, he was young and had not been appointed abroad. Roncodo said.

When you are young, you lose your prestige and have no foundation. has not been appointed abroad, and all the interpersonal connections are in Beijing, so they can be checked clearly.

The fourth elder brother remembered something and said, "This Cha Bina seems to have some friendship with his uncle?" ”

Long Keduo did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "In his early years, he worshiped under the door of the Eight Elder Brothers, and went out of office. ”

When the fourth elder brother heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable. But the "uncle" in front of him also did the "Eight Masters Party" in his early years, and if he continues to talk about it, it will not be good for him to be too careful.

The fourth elder brother diverged and asked a few words about the siege of Nanyuan.

Long Keduo answered one by one, although the two are only uncles and nephews in name, not close relatives, but they behave very well with each other.

The fourth elder brother does not have the shelf of a prince and prince at all, and is completely trusted and close to the younger generation; Long Keduo was no longer as cautious in his words and deeds as in front of the emperor, and instructed several words, both in and out of his words, to care for his juniors.

However, Long Keduo was not interested in surveying the warehouse, rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Your little aunt is sick, and these two are not very well, so I am really a little worried." ”

When the fourth elder brother heard this, he was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

The "little aunt" in Long Keduo's words is Long Keduo's favorite concubine Si'er. This fourth son is the reverse scale of Long Keduo. For the sake of these four children, Long Keduo has been criticized for his personal virtue over the years.

Although Si'er is not a wife, he is in charge of the internal affairs of his uncle's mansion. When Long Keduo's father died of illness, the fourth son took care of the funeral as a "son-in-law", and also attracted the impeachment of the imperial history, but in the end it was still over.

Because of this incident, the angry old mother of Long Keduo couldn't do it, and she followed within half a year.

Since then, there is no one to control it, and this fourth son has been the mistress of the Tong family, and no one dares to underestimate the women who come and go to the capital.

"Fu Jin just got some Ganoderma lucidum, a rare Zizhi, and sent it to my uncle." The fourth elder brother said.

When Long Keduo heard this, he immediately became interested.

Si'er has followed him for more than 30 years, and now he has passed the age of confusion, and his face is no longer red. Although Long Keduo did not fall in love because of color relaxation, how could this woman not love beauty? For Ganoderma lucidum and Shou Wu, these beauty things, have always been rare things for the ladies of the capital.

When the fourth elder brother saw him talking about his personal pet, he had no intention of avoiding it, and he was speechless.

For a moment, he felt that the person in front of him was strange.

It is so that there are many people, who are strict with others and lenient with others. He can make moral mistakes in his own behavior, and he will be somewhat disdainful of others...... * After five days, Cao Hao returned to Zhongcang with Hongsheng and Chabina with black circles under his eyes.

In these five days, Hongsheng learned from the fourth elder brother and asked the three of them to act separately and survey more than 100 warehouses in Xicang.

A warehouse, on the area of more than a dozen rooms, storage of grain about 10,000 stones. What is the concept of 10,000 stones, according to the calculation of later generations, it is 600 tons, if it is loaded into a truck, it can be loaded with 50 cars, and if it is loaded with a train, it can be loaded with one train.

Each warehouse must be surveyed to see whether the warehouse is full, whether it is new rice, and whether the old rice is moldy and moth-eaten.

In this way, it would be good to be able to walk a dozen places in one day.

The granary hoarded in the open air is more trivial and tiring to investigate.

Although Cao Hao brought the principal over, he couldn't ignore it.

Who made him above the fourth elder brother, Cao Hao has been "diligent" for all these years, and this time he was on an errand beside the fourth elder brother, and there was no reason to self-destruct his image.

So, he honestly surveyed everywhere.

There is not enough time in the daytime, and there is time to free up at night, and because of fire prevention, the warehouse cannot be inspected at night, but only the temporary granary in the square.

After being so busy for five days, he didn't even have time to think about the hunting at Nanyuan Ranch, and he finally completed his errand on the fifth day.

The two hall masters, following behind Cao Hao, looked at Cao Hao's gaze, and they had gone from stammering to admiring.

Hongsheng was a little overwhelmed, and persuaded him to do it, only to say that he didn't have to "bow down to everything" or something.

Although Cao Hao is lacking, he is down-to-earth.

There is no need to stand in line, just relying on his "diligent errand", which has added a little weight in the eyes of the fourth elder brother.

Then, on the sample rice that came out of the granaries everywhere, and how to deal with moldy rice and old rice, everyone stayed in Tongzhou for three days.

During this period, Cao Hao was the opposite of the enthusiasm he was in Xicang, saying less and doing less, looking like he was from the crowd, and he didn't have any insight.

Most of the time, he's recuperating. I'm used to being pampered, and I've been busy for a few days, and my spirit is really unbearable.

When he returned to his lodgings, he also closed the door and went to sleep.

With his identity and grade, he is really not ranked among the crowd, and he is a fool to be in the limelight at this time.

Cao Hao figured out that the previous "diligence" was only for the fourth elder brother. Now, the goal has been achieved, and there will be no trouble in vain.

On October 16, everyone completed their errand and returned to the capital from Tongzhou.

At this time, Cao Hao was full of energy, calm and relaxed, and had regained his calmness when he left Beijing.

On October 17, the fourth elder brother went to the fold and presented the results of this investigation to the imperial front.

On October 18, Cao Hao arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, and got the news that Changding, the governor of Liangjiang, "retired due to illness", and Cha Bina, the squire of the military department, was promoted to the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi...... * Cao Mansion and Lanyuan.

Chu Yu looked at the incense post in his hand and frowned, "Why did she think of sending the post over?" ”

"Who?" is approaching Li's birthday, and there have been many relatives who have been going back and forth recently, but seeing Chu Yu's appearance for the first time, Li is a little curious.

"The famous Mrs. Ru in Tong Mansion." Chu Yu replied......

(To be continued)