Rehe, the third elder brother garden.

Taking advantage of the cool weather in the morning, Kangxi paced and looked at the scenery. Although it is not the first time to come, but because of the addition of new lake rockeries, pavilions and pavilions, it looks like a unique elegance.

Behind Kangxi were the accompanying princes, elder brothers, ministers of civil and military affairs, and others.

The sixteenth elder brother followed for a while, then fell behind and pulled Cao Hao away from the crowd.

"Sixteenth Master, what's the matter?" Cao Hao saw that the sixteenth elder brother seemed to be in a hurry and asked.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded, and said with a smile: "What the third brother wants to invite is Huang Ama, we are nothing, it is difficult to come out, Fu Ruo will accompany me to go out for a walk." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Cao Hao and himself. He was dressed in a prince's costume, and Cao Hao was dressed in a peacock patch suit.

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "This won't work, let's go, let's go to your house to change clothes first." Speaking of this, he turned his head and instructed Zhao Feng: "Brought out the clothes?" ”

Zhao Feng bowed down and said, "If you return to your master, you will bring it out and keep it in the hands of Wu Guard." ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded, and walked out of the third elder brother's garden with Cao Hao, and when he walked to the door, he explained two sentences to the housekeeper here, only saying that there was something in the yamen, and asked him to mention it to the third elder brother.

After riding the horse, the sixteenth elder brother told the truth: "I went to the Seventh Brother's garden yesterday, and those few are not good to stay on the Seventh Brother's side." Both the partial Fujin and the Li family have bodies, and it is not easy to take them into the palace at this time. After thinking about it, it is better to buy a house to house a few of them first. ”

The "they" in the mouth of the sixteenth elder brother are the palace maids who were selected by the palace manager and waited for him when he came to Beijing in March.

Concerning this, Cao Hao couldn't say anything, so he asked: "If you want to buy a house, is the money in the sixteenth master's hand enough?" If my hands are tight, I just have some money to spare. ”

The sixteenth elder brother turned around, glanced at the garden of Chengwangfu in the distance, turned around, and said with a smile: "It's just to buy a clean and quiet small house, and it's not to clean up such a big garden, there is no shortage of silver." ”

When he arrived at the Cao family's courtyard, the sixteenth elder brother did not forget to go to see his cousin Li first, and said a few words with him, and then went to the guest room and changed into regular clothes.

When he shook the folding fan in his hand, took square steps, and walked down the street with a smile, the sixteenth elder brother could no longer see the appearance of the prince, just like a noble son of an ordinary family.

The guards who came with him also changed into their regular clothes, and were picked up by the sixteenth elder brother, and they were scattered in all directions to protect them. Zhao Feng is an internal servant, although he is in his twenties, he looks like a teenager of fifteen or six, and he looks a little small.

"If you want to buy a house, you can send someone out to do it, why don't we run it in person on a hot day?" Cao Hao raised his head, looked at the sun in the sky, and asked.

"I just got the idea yesterday. Besides, this is the first time that the master has bought a property, and he is excited, and he wants to see it for himself. The sixteenth elder brother shook his fan and raised his eyebrows and said.

"Do you want to pick it yourself, or are you afraid that if you make someone, the news will be spread and spread to the ears of the Sixteen Fujin?" Seeing that he was triumphant, Cao Hao smiled and said.

The sixteenth elder brother was speechless immediately, closed the fan, knocked Cao Hao's shoulder hard, and said, "Long-winded, my lord is tired, first find a place to eat tea, and send someone to call the economy." ”

Usually the sixteenth elder brother joked that he was "afraid of guilt", and it was rare to have a chance to fight back, and Cao Hao's face was even more smiling.

The sixteenth elder brother didn't bother to look at him, pointed to a teahouse not far away, and said, "It's good to look there, let's go there." ”

Behind the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao, followed by Zhao Feng, the personal eunuch of the sixteenth elder brother, and Cao Hao's little servant Xiaoman.

"Zhao, why don't you grow up? It was so high a few years ago, and it's still so high in the past few years, the sixteenth master doesn't give you anything to eat, and it looks like a chicken, there is no two taels of meat? Xiao Man looked at Zhao Feng and whispered.

Zhao Feng couldn't help frowning when he heard this, stopped his steps, turned his head, and said, "The master is the most generous, can I still be hungry?" I'm just going to be early, look at you. A few years ago, who was a small man who was bullied when he went out? ”

Xiao Man listened, pushed his back with a smile, and said, "It's not long in the morning and long in the evening, let's go, the masters are still waiting." ”

Entering the teahouse, the sixteenth elder brother wanted to see the street scene, so he and Cao Hao chose a table near the window and sat down. Zhao Feng and Xiao Man stood in front of them, and the rest of the guards followed the entourage and others, a few followed the room and sat in the hall, and a few stood outside.

The guy held a rag in his hand, wiped the table with his hands, and asked with a smile: "Two guest officers, what kind of tea do you order?" Don't dare to be good for anything else, speaking of this tea, there is no one in this Rehe City who dares to say that it is better than us. ”

"It's such a big breath, but I'm not afraid of the wind flashing my tongue." The sixteenth elder brother closed the fan, knocked on the palm of his hand, and said, "What good tea is there, report it to the master." Don't just say a false name, take some broken tea stalks to deceive people. ”

Listening to the sixteenth elder brother's mouthful of Beijing films, the guy said with a smile: "I heard that the guest official is from the capital, and he has seen all the good tea." West Lake Longjing, Huangshan Maojian, Yizhou Winter Tea, Fujian Tieguanyin, Erhai Longfeng Tuan Tea, all have them here. Guest officer, look, what's the pot? ”

"It's okay to say anything else, what's going on with that winter tea? Don't be in a hurry to brew it first, just bring the tea to the master to see. The sixteenth elder brother asked as he heard strangely.

"This is not an ordinary tea, although it is not as famous as Biluochun and Longjing, the taste is good, and the price is high. I heard that this is the private tea of the Jingli Palace, and there are not many good teas found by the 'tea boy' when he was an official in Shandong in the early years. People outside can't buy it if they want to. Our owner has some connections in Beijing, so I got two catties. I wanted to keep it for my own tea, but in order to support the store, I even took out half a catty. A pot costs one tael or six pieces of silver. The small ones will be taken by the guest officer. The man smiled back, then turned to get the tea.

After hearing this, the sixteenth elder brother was already smiling, and said to Cao Hao: "Look, you have become famous outside the Saiwai." ”

Cao Hao also thought it was funny, when, this Yizhou winter tea could also be side by side with West Lake Longjing and Huangshan Maojian. It's not that winter tea is bad, but there are only ten hectares of tea gardens over there, and the tea is tender, all of them are picking tea cores, and there is not much of an acre of land in a year.

One moment later, the guy was holding a tray with a fist-sized blue and white tea caddy resting on it.

The guy put down the tray, opened the tea can, took half a spoonful of tea with the small spoon inside, and sent it to the sixteenth elder brother, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, look, it's more tender than the tip of the hair, it's that other teas want to cheat, the solar terms of this picking are different, and the taste of eating is also different. ”

The sixteenth elder brother took a closer look, was a little suspicious in his heart, glanced at the guy, and said: "Since it is the private tea of the palace, you can find it, and you think it is also a character with identity and face, I don't know how to call it?" Whose children are they? ”

"The little one is just a guy, where do you know so much, I only know that the owner's surname is Wang, and he does business in Guanli." The guy smiled and put away the tea, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Two guest officers, this tea ......?"

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said, "Make a pot of ......" As he spoke, he saw two tables of guards sitting not far away, and pointed: "There is also a pot for each table over there, and the lord is in for a treat." If there is tea or something, I will also carry a few plates. ”

When the man saw him so generous, he smiled and went down to make tea.

The sixteenth elder brother smiled on his face and asked Cao Hao: "The surname is Wang, isn't it the female shopkeeper of the thirteenth brother, who has done business in Rehe?" A pot of one tael or six, this is like robbery, a pound down is a hundred taels of silver. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be her, her surname is stable, and the thirteenth master is in a special situation, so she won't be so reckless, in order to make money, she will do business in Rehe." ”

"Then whose house did this tea come from?" The sixteenth elder brother touched his chin and pondered.

The Yizhou winter tea this is the few hectares of tea gardens that Cao Hao bought in Daotai that year, and distributed the four elder brothers, the seventh elder brothers, the thirteenth elder brothers, the sixteenth elder brothers, and the five families of Nersu, and the remaining one was given to Cao Yi.

Three princes, two unknighted princes, and a state mansion, this tea is well-deserved to be called the private tea of the palace.

Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother was engrossed, Cao Hao asked with a smile, "Did the sixteenth elder forget his business?" It's not for tea. ”

"Serious business?" When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he patted his head, and then remembered that he hadn't sent anyone to find the real estate economy, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and called a guard to come over and let him go out to find someone.

"It's really strange, there are so many teahouses in this Beijing, and I haven't heard that there are those who sell this winter tea, but I didn't expect this hot river to let us run into it." The sixteenth elder brother finally couldn't suppress his curiosity and told Zhao Feng to call the shopkeeper.

After a while, the shopkeeper came over with a smile on his face, followed by a guy with a tray.

The shopkeeper took the tea tray from the man's hand, personally poured tea for the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao, served it with both hands, and then said with a smile: "The guest officer drinks slowly, and I don't know how ......to find the villain to come."

The sixteenth elder brother didn't answer immediately, picked up the teacup, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and then brought it to his mouth and took a sip, saying, "This tea doesn't taste Bilongjing alcohol, and it doesn't have Biluo Chunxiang, why is it so expensive?" Ordinary good tea, one pound is only two or three taels of silver. ”

The shopkeeper replied with a smile: "This lord, isn't there an old saying, "Rare things are expensive?" This winter tea tea soup is light, and the people in the south drink it well, but the people in the north may not be used to drinking it. The villain was also fortunate enough to drink one, and it was not as appetizing as the group tea, but it was just an elegant drink. ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "The master has an uncle, the old man is a good tea, and he has been thinking about this winter tea for several years." Just because this is a high-ranking thing, there is a few pieces of silver outside, and there is no place to exchange it. Since you have met it here, you have to break the bank, and honor the old man. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he knew that there was a big deal, and his face became more and more happy, and he said: "That dare is good, but it's just half a catty, and the master has to stay with us to entertain the old customers." ”

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said, "What is this called, half a catty master can't take it, doesn't it mean that the owner has two catties over there?" No matter how much money you have, the master is all round. Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that how does the master know if this tea is authentic?" I had never eaten such a rare thing before. ”

The shopkeeper listened, lowered his voice, and said, "This master, you can rest assured, there is no problem." Our owner is also a person with status, otherwise he would not be doing business in Rehe City. What kind of place is this Rehe, isn't it the place where the Long Live Lord is in the palace? ”

The sixteenth elder brother still frowned, looked at the tea cup in his hand, and said, "Don't spend money and buy fakes, you don't have to make people laugh." ”

The shopkeeper's face was hesitant and a little hesitant.

Cao Hao watched coldly for a long time, and when he saw that the shopkeeper didn't seem to know anything, he glanced at Xiaoman.

Xiao Man stepped forward and stuffed a silver ingot into the shopkeeper's hand.

The shopkeeper copied the ingots in his sleeve and said, "Master, I won't tell you anything, our owner is also a person with an identity, and he is in the flag." Our uncle is a relative of the emperor and has a relationship with the prince and brother, so he can exchange this tea. ”

"Lies, aren't you?" The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said: "Since this tea is rare, how can you still exchange it for two catties, and he can exchange it for half a catty, is it a fakes made by fame to fool people." There are few people who have drunk it left and right. ”

"This lord, what is the villain doing with this lie? This tea is now one hundred and eighty taels and one pounds, which is not so expensive for a long time. The villain heard that in the early years, there were people who offered a price of one or two hundred for this tea. The shopkeeper said.

"This is strange, doesn't it mean that there is less tea, why is it getting cheaper and cheaper?" The sixteenth elder brother was puzzled.

The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said, "Earlier, there was no price, but later there was one who went out to buy it, and several other stewards looked at it, and naturally they were also greedy." It was originally a thing on a tree, but if it was more careful, it would not be difficult to have two or three taels more per acre of land, and it would be rich. ”

"Oh, I see!" The sixteenth elder brother suddenly realized, and became more and more curious about the emperor's relatives, looked at the shopkeeper with a smile, and said: "This person is the emperor's family, and this emperor's family is not worth much, and he is empty-mouthed and white-toothed, and he doesn't treat people like this." ”

The shopkeeper was squeezed so hard that he couldn't help it, and said: "The villain really didn't get this master, our uncle's surname is Li, and there is a sister who entered the palace and became a nobleman, and she is the prince of the dynasty, Fujin, and the most noble." ”

These people who have tea, there is a side Fujin surnamed Li next to the fourth elder brother, I don't know what the fourth elder brother will look like if he knows.

When the sixteenth elder brother thought of this, he felt that something was wrong. His own side Fujin is also surnamed Li, and it is Li's maiden brother who takes care of his tea garden business.

Li's sister-in-law seems to be surnamed Wang.

The sixteenth elder brother was already laughing angrily, and asked the shopkeeper: "I heard that your owner's surname is Wang, is his sister-in-law married to the eldest brother-in-law of the sixteenth elder brother?" That Li Ye is a bold one, and he has also heard of his name. ”

The shopkeeper smiled and nodded in response, and said, "That's the one who is extremely decent in the capital." ”

After talking for a while, the guard who had just gone out to look for someone had already brought two real estate economies in to reply.

"This lord, this house in the hands of the villain is on North Street, and it is the best feng shui. The three-entry house is both spacious and decent...... "one of them.

The other said: "Although our house is only two entrances, it has a large garden, which is the most good place to escape the summer, and the nobles in Beijing live in front of it......

The sixteenth elder brother was so upset that he slapped the table vigorously and said, "Get out, I won't buy it......"

The two economic vains ran for a while, and they didn't give up, You chattered to himself, and was carried out by the guards.

With a dark face, the sixteenth elder brother got up and walked out of the teahouse, and said to Cao Hao: "Look, this silver is all under the nose of the master...... Listening to that meaning, there is no clean family, the fourth brother and the seventh brother are still known to be strict in governing the family, and the minions are not the same......"

(To be continued)