Chapter 141: The Fox Storm
Chapter 141: The Fox Storm
September of the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi. The Autumn Festival is finally over, and everyone once again set the next year's peace in a happy and friendly atmosphere.
Of course, this has little to do with Xia Mo, she is also happy, with the help of the boss of the snake in the land, they bought a piece of mountainous land, where many experienced hunters are farmers, Xia Mo drew a map, and asked people to carve out a place in the col to put the foxes caught in it.
I originally wanted to make a cage like what I saw on TV to close, but the problem is that she just glanced at it, and she hasn't read a professional book, where does she know how to raise, it's better to find a place with a similar climate, fence it off and stock, when the food is not enough, throw some live chickens or something into it.
From the day Xia Mo was creative, Lao Shi and they took people to catch foxes, although the silver fox was relatively rare, but they still caught a few, and also caught a few fire foxes. made Xia Mo particularly excited, busy with people to separate the place, and couldn't let the silver fox and the fire fox be skewered.
For Xia Mo's creativity, in fact, most people are not optimistic, until after the land is stocked, everyone is suddenly interested, and it is not a big place, a lot of costs, but put these foxes together, the little foxes born are in front of them, and when they grow up, they can regenerate little foxes, and big foxes can take skins, this is money.
So a new round of enclosure was opened on the Rehe side, and the old man was finally alarmed again. Lao Ba and Xia Mo knelt in front of the old man again.
"Speak!" When the old man saw the excerpt of the imperial history's complaint, he trembled with anger, this is the simplest thing that the old eight and two people did? He couldn't believe it, but what they said made him have to believe it.
"Mo'er was wrong." Xia Mo didn't know about the enclosure, she thought that the old man was angry that they wanted to raise foxes, and yes, the princes were all the best in the sky, how could they raise foxes.
"What's wrong?" The old man nodded, finally Xia Mo was simple.
"I shouldn't think that it's not easy to fight foxes, so I want to raise them myself. Forgetting her identity, Mo'er went back and let the fox go. Xia Mo admitted his mistake the fastest, and in front of Kangxi. She has always been honest and changed immediately.
"Huang Ama, Mo'er doesn't know anything, don't ask her." The eighth kowtowed and sighed.
"Then you say."
"Yes!" The eighth child is still annoyed, they have the prince, the boss, the fourth, the tenth, the eleventh, and the fourteenth. So when they caught the fox, they sent it directly to his field, and everyone was very angry.
The rest of the people were not convinced, and when they saw the business opportunity, there was no reason not to do it, and they began to catch indiscriminately without respecting the rules. As long as the silver fox and the fire fox in their garden, they let the others go, but the others are not like this, it is not good, they shoot directly, and for a while, the number of Mulan foxes has decreased sharply, and the situation is miserable.
And the mountains and forests are too, because Xia Mo first thought that the boss chose a mountain forest land for them at that time that was very suitable for the growth of foxes, and the price was also very reasonable, and the sale was very suitable.
But the latter ones are not good, everyone encloses. Then a few better families competed for land, so it was inevitable to oppress people with power and fight with each other. Later, it became a forced buying and selling, and some people even asked for it directly in the name of the master. Now the imperial history doesn't talk about others, put his two in front of him, and see how good they are?
After the old eight finished speaking angrily, he kowtowed again, "My son knows it's wrong, but now if you really release the fox that caught first, it will also be captured by others, so it's better to be raised by your son, and my son promises that out of every ten foxes, two will be released to keep the species to reproduce." ”
Although Lao Ba usually doesn't pay attention, it doesn't mean that he is stupid, he clearly tells the whole story in a few words, and emphasizes that as long as he wants the silver fox and the fire fox, the others are released, and they will not hunt and kill indiscriminately in the future; The second is that they are fair traders, they do not use their power to suppress others, they are not wrong, and those who are wrong are those who follow the trend and do not follow the rules of the game.
Xia Mo was stunned, it was already like this outside. It is not a sin for the prince to raise foxes, but it is because the prince wants to raise foxes. So it's a sin to let others follow the trend, and it's not a sin to follow the trend, but it's not good to follow the trend, and it's not right to oppress people with power. As for the indiscriminate hunting and killing of Xia Mo, she doesn't say anything, she believes in reincarnation, and to put it bluntly, 'come out and mix always in return', it depends on when it is.
Only then did the old man understand that Yushi pointed out that the eighth was not because the eighth did this, but because he used the eighth man's mouth to lead others out. They can't afford to offend others, but they can. It seems that Yushi is not stupid, the old eight and the two have good tempers, at least they don't have those crooked intestines, and they won't do anything bad in private, and the others are different.
"That's still Mo'er's mistake, if it weren't for Mo'er's thoughts, things wouldn't have come to this point, please punish Huang Ama for respect." Xia Mo heard that the eighth child was not famous, and when he thought about it, he was naturally noble, if he cleared himself, how could the old man punish others, didn't the old man pull the two of himself in for others to see?
"It's finally reasonable. The eighth son of the emperor, Yinxi, indiscriminately hunted prey in the paddock. A fine of half a year. Can the old eight be convinced? "It's also difficult for the old man, so he can only lift it high and put it down gently.
"My son is convinced!" Lao Bale has blossomed, and it has only been half a year, which prince will care about that little bit of Yulu. In fact, before he came, the prince sent someone to hand him a message, if he couldn't get rid of the old man's anger, let him give Zhuangzi to the old man, so that the old man would have a reason to attack the other people.
But the eighth child is not reluctant to give up this Zhuangzi, and he is not a fool, so he handed over Zhuangzi to the Internal Affairs Office. is to offend other enclosures to death, he doesn't want to be a knife in the hands of the prince.
The old man saw the smile of the eighth, shook his head, and thought carefully about what he said just now, the boss, the prince, the fourth, the tenth, the eleventh, and the fourteenth all have a part in this Zhuangzi, so they won't do it again, so who is the Yushi sword?
I didn't say it just now, it seems that I don't want to say it, it seems that except for just a few, the princes who came with me are afraid that they all have a share. After a deep groan, he looked at Xia Mo, who was kneeling honestly, and felt funny again, this girl is really, first think that the silver fox is a hot potato, for fear of falling on her hands. It's good now, but I thought of catching the next baby alive, and I went straight to the fox skin, what kind of child?
"You like silver fox fur so much?" Kangxi was a little puzzled, and deliberately went to raise the skin.
"It's E-niang who thinks Mo'er is the most beautiful in a silver fox or a fire fox!" Xia Mo was also depressed in her heart, before she didn't get married, she enjoyed Princess Heshuo's share, and she was favored, what good skin did Kangxi have, in addition to rewarding the concubines according to the routine, she would always leave a few for her. But Concubine Liang stubbornly decided that she looked good in a silver fox or a fire fox.
But wearing a solid silver fox skin is a taboo in the palace, as weak as a little white flower, who wants it? The fire fox has a red skin, in the snow, for fear that others will not be able to see it?
Besides, now the process is simple, and I think that a whole piece of leather is the best-looking, and there is no bit of pattern, only embellishment. Concubine Liang's craftsmanship is speechless. But I've been wearing it for more than ten years, and I'm tired of wearing it. She didn't dare to say no, Concubine Liang hurt herself so much.
Kangxi thinks about seeing Xia Mo every year with new clothes embellished with fire fox skin and white fox skin, it is really cute and cute, Concubine Liang has no daughters herself, and she uses all her wisdom and talent in the great cause of dressing up Xia Mo.
"Alright, get up!" Kangxi sighed, raise it, who doesn't have a few Zhuangzi, the eighth child was bought with real money, and it didn't hinder anyone.
The eighth child felt distressed when he saw the old man like this, he couldn't make the old man embarrassed for himself, and he was ashamed of his selfishness just now.
"What, Huang Ama, if you want to confiscate your son's Zhuangzi, your son will have no complaints." The eighth gritted his teeth, selfishness still took the lead, and he knelt cunningly in place and didn't get up.
Xia Mo looked at the eighth child sideways, a little dumbfounded, what does this mean, if he said that he offered it directly, he could still settle it well, but now he signaled the old man to confiscate it, isn't it uncomfortable?
Kangxi looked at his son fixedly, now he really doesn't know whether to cry or laugh, he knows that there are some people he can't afford to offend, but he can't bear to embarrass himself, so he compromised and let himself confiscate Zhuangzi, and no matter how vigorously he deals with others, he can be justified.
This kid plays with this kind of careful eye at all times! But my heart is still sweet, after all, I haven't hurt in vain for so many years, although I am still a little afraid of things, but the loyalty and filial piety are true.
Gave him a blank look, "You still need to say, do you think you can stay?" The Zhuangzi is still yours, but the fox farm is under the control of the Internal Affairs Office and is managed by you. The constitution will be discussed again with the prince. ”
"Emperor Ama Shengming!" The eighth child really laughed this time, the old man is the old man, this trick is really high!
Kangxi is of course high, he was just reluctant to punish his beloved son and daughter-in-law at first, but now that people are hinting that he can be punished, of course he will not give other people who don't give him face. So after the eight and the two went back, the fourth prince was recruited, and soon, the fourth iron-faced man read out the old man's will.
Baba's fox garden was confiscated and returned to the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and all the foxes that had been caught indiscriminately these days were recovered and sent to Lao Ba's Zhuangzi. In the future, except for the eighth Zhuangzi who can raise fire foxes and silver foxes, no one else is allowed to raise them, and whoever raises them will be punished for bankruptcy.
After the thunder, the eighth became the final victor. He happily expanded his fox garden, although he received it to the office, he couldn't get it, but the office didn't manage it himself, and he didn't change the soup without changing the medicine, and he was secretly happy! Besides, the old man said that Zhuangzi is still his own, but the office rents his own place to run the fox garden, and he can't give money! The dealers have all been paid, happy!
Of course, the old ten are very depressed, and the princes are also short of money! It's easy to see the hope of getting some silver, but it turns out that it is nationalized, where can they get the money?
So Xia Mo began to think of a new farming method again, but this time, she decided to find out if there was any way that others couldn't learn and wouldn't hurt the old man's face, but think that what she knows best is to take care of children, and she can't run a kindergarten, right?