"Besides, even if the glass shop sells its products abroad, where else can be as wealthy as the capital? My son sells them at such a high price, there must be someone who can afford them..."
Yinzhen was still chattering over there, and Yinreng's mouth twitched violently.
Just in terms of glass, the capital city has indeed reached saturation. After all, Yinzhen sells it at a high price, and not everyone can afford glass windows.
But the capital city is so small. Even if there are many wealthy families in the capital city, it is just a drop in the bucket compared to the entire Qing Dynasty. Besides, Lao Jiu’s target customers for selling glass are no longer them.
But they are merchants from several small countries around.
In order to sell the glass, Yinzhen lowered the price of glass by 10% and even taught customers the technology of inlaying glass. However, this technology was not free. Yinzhen made a profit from it and did not record it in the account book at all.
Moreover, the houses built in the capital and its suburbs, the workers' wages and food supplies were all embezzled from the customs duties and his dividends, and some of it was taken from the old man. Yin'er did not spend a penny and even made a lot of money from the sale of Fushouyuan.
He knew very well how hard Yinzhen had worked in the past two years to get back the more than two million taels of silver that the old man had withheld.
But could he expose it now?
He can't.
Even his thoughts were extremely restrained.
However, in order to pretend that he didn't know that Kangxi could hear his thoughts, Yinreng still asked a few questions in his heart.
Kangxi listened for a while with a frown on his face, and finally nodded helplessly, saying that he understood.
Of course he knew that Lao Jiu would not be so honest, but the huge amount of silver had already been in his private vault, so there was naturally no reason to take it out, let alone give out so much at once.
The imperial court would only spend 500,000 taels at most for disaster relief. This guy suddenly took out enough silver from his private treasury to provide disaster relief five times. Of course he was not happy about it.
Besides, what would a young man who had just established his own government need so much silver for?
So he embezzled the money openly and honestly, without any guilt at all.
But now...
Kangxi looked at Yin'er, who looked aggrieved, and still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
The reason for this discomfort was that he knew Yinzhen was fooling him, but he had no way to pursue the matter.
If we investigate further, those corrupt officials in the Imperial Household Department might be even more extreme than Yinzhen.
He's not even as good at making money as Yinzhen. How frustrating!
So after Kangxi figured it out, he could only turn a blind eye.
After coming out of the Qianqing Palace, Yinzhen was in a good mood.
"Second brother, your share is still in my younger brother's hands. I'll send someone to deliver the banknote to you later."
He could take the old man's share without any guilt, but he didn't want to touch his second brother's share. He even added a little more to make it a perfect amount for his second brother.
"Hey, you don't even want to act anymore?"
Yinreng's face was full of ridicule.
"What's the point of pretending? The old man should have thought this would happen when he embezzled the money."
Yinzhen supported his slightly fat body and spoke with confidence.
"If Fu Shou Yuan hadn't been there to support us this year, the amount of money brought into the palace would have been even less."
"You better be careful. If you go too far, the old man will get angry and take back all your management rights. You won't even be able to cry when that happens."
Given Yinreng's understanding of Kangxi, he might not be unaware that Yinzhen was secretly cooking the books, but he was in the wrong first, so now he could only turn a blind eye to Yinzhen's behavior.
But all this is based on the premise that Yinzhen does not go too far.
If Yinzhen had gone too far, Kangxi would not have had the attitude he has now.
Don’t ask!
The question is, the father "beats" his son and never explains the reason!
"Don't worry, brother. I know my limits!"
Yinzhen agreed with a smile, then asked another question.
"The first treasure ship in the shipyard is in the final stages of construction. My second brother once said he wanted to reserve space for artillery on it. He did, but the Firearms Battalion is very strict these days. I've tried to test the Emperor several times, but he won't agree to loan out artillery craftsmen."
Yinreng frowned when he heard this.
"I'll go ask the old man for it myself after the New Year. I'm afraid it's impossible now. The nine ministers and six departments are all busy summarizing the matter with the old man. They're very busy."
"become!"
Ever since Kangxi saw the power of hot weapons, the importance of the firearms camp outside the city has risen several levels.
The imperial farm that Kangxi first visited has now almost developed into a small city.
Moreover, the location of the imperial farm has disappeared from the official map.
Apart from Kangxi, only a few military generals of the upper three banners knew a little about it.
There are a few more children in the royal family this year, but none of them are from the Eighth Prince's Mansion.
There was a concubine's daughter in Lao Jiu's backyard, who was less than two months old.
The tenth prince Yin? He just arranged a marriage, and the wedding date is next June.
He had many concubines in his backyard, almost all of whom were given by Kangxi.
From Yinreng's perspective, Kangxi knew that it was not right for him to marry Yinrong to a Mongolian noblewoman, so in order to make up for Yinrong, he kept stuffing women into Yinrong's backyard.
It is definitely unfortunate for the princes to have such a father.
The Ninth Princess got married in April, but the good news was not announced until October. She is now more than four months pregnant, and the due date is probably in late May or early June.
In that era, giving birth in summer was much more painful for women than in other seasons, and Yinreng had no other choice.
We can only take one step at a time.
After the New Year, a major event occurred in the court. Soetu wrote a letter to resign.
Kangxi tried to persuade him to stay in a hypocritical manner, but when he saw that Soetu was determined to leave, he agreed directly.
In his previous life, Soetu also submitted a letter of resignation this year, but at that time, Yinreng's power in the court was at its peak. Even if Soetu retired, the Hesheli family was still a popular family both inside and outside the court.
It’s not like nowadays where people forget about you after you leave.
Later, Yinreng visited him privately several times. Every time they met, Yinreng felt that Soetu had aged significantly.
In order to comfort him, Yinreng selected a few of his grandsons who were relatively promising and took care of them personally.
After resolving the issue of the Hesheli family, Yinreng began to frequently visit Kangxi in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
However, after nearly half a month of negotiations, Kangxi still refused to agree to second the artillery craftsmen.
Yinreng was so angry that he cursed in his heart——
"I thought artillery was a rare item. The foreigners have already developed more advanced firearms. If you don't train your troops to use artillery now, you're just waiting for the foreigners to come and destroy you!"
"Being on guard against the Han people is like being on guard against thieves. But the Han people have black eyes and yellow skin after all. Damn it, they cede land and pay compensation to become slaves to the white-skinned, yellow-haired old monsters, but they oppress their compatriots. They are on guard against everything, but in the end, the Manchus are the biggest cancer in history!"
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