Cao Yin counted on Yinzhen to help make up for the shortfall, he had the heart to climb the big tree of Yinzhen, so he was determined to tell the real reason, and after a little groaning, he leaned over and said: "Back to the fourteenth master, the old slave is also the political envoy, Jiangning weaving, and inspecting the two quasi-salt cao to supervise the imperial history. ”

Cao Yin said and looked at it unconsciously, and Yinzhen said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, this king has strict rules, and no one can hear our conversation, even if it is truthful." ”

Cao Yin nodded before continuing: "The weaving loss is on the bright side, the number is not large, the majority of the deficit is pulled down by the emperor during the southern tour, the emperor has six southern tours, five times he lives in the weaving department, and the old slave is responsible for four times to take over the ceremony, this huge deficit is accumulated one by one, although the Huaiyan supervision can subsidize a little, but compared to the huge figure of four million, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket."

In addition, since the fourteenth master knows about the secret agent's ears and eyes, the old slave may as well say bluntly that the three weavings in Jiangnan have the privilege of secret folding, and they must directly report to the emperor at any time about money and grain, official governance, camp affairs, anti-theft, quelling chaos, gangs, recommendations, impeachment, harvests, grain prices, scholar activities, and folk customs, including all aspects of Jiangnan localities.

Gathering this information required a large number of people and tight organization, and when the old slave took over from his father, the scale was not too large.

However, as time goes by, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and the monthly expenses are getting more and more amazing, but the emperor likes to pay attention to everything above board, these accounts can't be put on the table at all, and the old slave doesn't have the courage to report to the emperor truthfully. ”

Yinzhen glanced at Cao Yin, who seemed to have eaten Coptis chinensis, and his face was full of bitterness, and he secretly thought in his heart, since the loss of weaving is on the surface, then the income is also on the surface, and there is no need to use his brains, and Huaiyan Supervisor is limited in authority, and if he wants to make a lot of money, there is no possibility at all, no wonder he is helpless, on the one hand is a huge deficit, on the other hand is a huge expenditure that cannot be reimbursed, in this case, to fill the huge deficit, it is really a problem.

Thinking that the Cao family was finally raided because of this shortfall, he also felt a little wronged, thinking of this, he was suddenly shocked, Yongzheng later copied the Cao family, didn't he need the Cao family's intelligence network? After a slight pause, he understood, sticky pole, right! The sticky rod must also have the role of collecting intelligence, and it is precisely for this reason that Yongzheng ruthlessly copied the Cao family.

In this era of underdeveloped information and backward transportation, intelligence is particularly important, and the fourth brother Yinpo will be his strongest competitor in the future, but he can't lag behind him in terms of intelligence, thinking of this, Yinzhen attaches more importance to the intelligence network in Cao Yin's hands.

Seeing that Yinzhen was silent, Cao Yin continued: "Not only that, but the three weavings also have the responsibility of purchasing tribute for the palace, such as Yi Ding antiques, secret books, mountain delicacies and sea delicacies and even famous and high-quality specialties, are in the list of collecting tribute, in the hands of my father, I have presented the iron pear case, Bogu screen, celebrity calligraphy and painting, Chunhua Pavilion post, Qin mirror, Han Tang Ding, Taiji Tu Duan inkstone, Cheng Jun room ink and a variety of famous jade pen holders.

When he was appointed to the old slave, he offered all kinds of precious Western lacquerware, Suzhou opera girls, silk and bamboo technicians, and as for the emperor's hobby, such as bream, winter bamboo shoots, ham, tea, bean curd, braised eggs, bad goose eggs, small bottles of braised vegetables, Lingbai, fresh bergamot, Dongting oranges, etc., they continued to pay tribute. ”

Seeing Cao Yin's nagging, it was endless, and even trivial things were pulled out, Yinzhen couldn't help but laugh secretly, this person is old, will he become like this. With a smile, he said: "This matter, Rong Ben thinks about it first, Lord Cao relaxes his heart first, this deficit is wrapped up in this king, you just have to do it with peace of mind." ”

As soon as he heard this, Cao Yin's hanging heart finally let go, the fourteenth master has a net worth of tens of millions, four million is not a small amount, but for him, it is not a difficult matter, but this person's affection is great, and after groaning, he said: 'The slave is old' is no longer useful, so let Cao Po contribute to the fourteenth master. ”

Seeing Cao Yin proposing attachment again, Yinzhen no longer shirked, and said with a smile: "In the future, let Cao Po send someone to contact this king in a single line, you are now in a knot, you should do more to cultivate your body, Cao Po is still young, and you need more support." ”

Seeing that Yinzhen should be inherited, Cao Yin couldn't help but be overjoyed, if the fourteenth master can take the throne in the future, the Cao family can be prosperous for several more decades, even if he can't take the throne, the Cao family can retreat with his whole body, without worrying about the future, he hurriedly got up and knelt down and said: "The slave thanks the fourteenth master for his great kindness." ”

Yinzhen sent Cao Yin out, turned back, and saw Da Chun greet him with a stack of famous stickers, "Lord Wang, there is a group of officials waiting outside to meet you." ”

After receiving the thick stack of famous posts, Yinzhen secretly wondered, when did he become so popular? I flipped through it casually, most of them were fourth- and fifth-grade officials, and it was estimated that these officials were all familiar with each other, and he didn't have the heart to see them, but he just pulled out the two posts of Li Jin, the envoy of the Jiangning Agricultural College of the sixth grade, and the Qincha Ortai, who supervised the Qinhuai River pilot project of the fourth grade, and ordered: "Call these two people in, just say that the king is tired from the journey and has a lot of affairs, so let the others disperse." ”

After Li Jin and Ortai came in to greet An, Yinzhen stretched out his hand and motioned for the two to sit down, and then looked at Li Jin and said, "The Agricultural College has been completed?" ”

Li Jin replied: "Back to the prince, the Agricultural College was completed half a month ago, and all the three hundred and twenty students recommended by various prefectures and counties in Jiangnan were also admitted to the hospital. ”

Yinzhen nodded slightly, "Tomorrow, accompany this king to inspect it." ”

Li Jin hurriedly said obediently, "Lord Xie, Xia Guan will lead all the gentlemen and students of the Agricultural College to welcome the prince tomorrow." ”

"Not necessarily." Yinzhen waved his hand, "Don't affect the students' reading, tomorrow, this king will go to the micro service, just have you with you." ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Jin looked solemn, "Lord, forgive my subordinates for saying bluntly, the Agricultural College was first established, although the scale is large, but its reputation is not obvious, the prince is famous in the government and the opposition, and he is the initiator of the Agricultural College, and it is the emperor's order to supervise the Agricultural College, and go to inspect the Agricultural College, which can not only make the Agricultural College famous, but also add a lot of color to the Agricultural College. ”

Hearing what Li Jin said, Yinzhen couldn't help but be secretly happy, the agricultural academy envoy personally selected by Kangxi was good, serious in his work, and had vision, he smiled slightly: "What Li Yuan's envoy said is reasonable, this king allows you to invite." ”