Hongxu was Yinzuo's only son. Although he deserved to be punished, he would not really be willing to do anything to him. Hongxu, Hongtun and Hongming lay on the bed with their butts facing up and listened to Yinzuo listing their crimes. Although there were many exaggerations in his words, none of them dared to say a word.
Yinzuo talked to his father for a while, and the depression in his heart was relieved a lot. He was too lazy to care about the three things lying on the bed. After the imperial physician gave them medicine, he asked someone to send them back to their respective homes and find their mothers.
"Father, do you think Hongxu has a genetic mutation? Otherwise, how could my wife and I, who are both so calm and composed, give birth to such a scoundrel? I don't plan to take care of this son anymore. So, please find me a place to send him..."
Although Kangxi didn't quite understand what genetic mutation meant, he was not stupid. Combining Yinzuo's subsequent words, he guessed it almost exactly and knew that Yinzuo was in a bad mood at the moment. He even didn't refute Yinzuo's shameless words that he had a calm temperament.
"Alright, what child doesn't misbehave? Look at you, you're already this old, but you're still causing trouble for me all day long. I forgot who was the one who dragged Yinzhen down to the lake to fish a few days ago. If you don't want to bother with it, then send Hongxu to your fourth brother. Honghui has the same personality as your fourth brother, so let Hongxu live with him. That way you can feel at ease, right?"
Yinzuo naturally had nothing to worry about sending Hongxu to Yuqing Palace. Regardless of Honghui's temperament, with his fourth brother keeping him at his side, that naughty boy would not be able to cause any trouble.
Yinzuo has always been like this. His emotions come and go quickly. As the saying goes, drink today and wait for tomorrow's wine to come. Yinzuo obviously would not make things difficult for himself. As soon as he thought of his fourth brother being in charge, he immediately put aside his previous worries.
After returning from Rehe, Kangxi, Yinzhen, Yinreng and others were busy for nearly two months before they had some free time. The weather outside also changed from the cool and crisp autumn air in late September to the biting cold wind in November.
"As expected, it's more comfortable to stay here with Sixth Brother. I went to the government office this morning, and that guy was so cold that he didn't even dare to take off his coat. It's good to be rich. Look at Ninth Brother, he paid for the floor heating in the room of the Ministry of Works..."
Yinzuo stared at Yin?, who had been nagging since he entered the door, for a long time. Seeing that he showed no sign of shutting up, he picked up a snack from the table and threw it at him. Yin? had a good reaction ability. He raised his hand to catch the snack thrown by Yinzuo, took a look at it in his hand, and then threw it directly into his mouth.
"Sixth brother, your snacks are delicious. When I leave later, have someone pack some for me. I'll take them back and give them to your nephews to try. You don't know, but my family has been so poor lately that we can barely afford to eat."
Well, Yinzuo finally understood now. So you came here today just to cry poor to me, right? I thought you had a red eye attack after going to the Ministry of Works, and was wondering whether I should comfort you with a few words.
"Xiao Shi, have you ever heard of this saying, 'People leave traces behind, just as wild geese leave their voices behind.' If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Do you think I don't know that your ninth brother gave you a lot of money when you copied books for him last time? Five thousand taels for one copy, and one hundred thousand taels for twenty copies. Did you spend it all so quickly?"
Of course, I won't spend it all, but as the saying goes, who would complain about having too much money? If I can use other people's money to do my own things, then it would be great.
Although Yinzuo looks like a big and rough man, he is actually a very smart person. After hearing what Yinzuo said, he simply stopped beating around the bush.
"That's not the case. But Sixth Brother, you know that I don't have much income and my salary is not that high. I have such a large family and I rely on myself to support them. One hundred thousand taels may seem like a lot, but it's not enough to spend when I need it. So, Sixth Brother, can you give me some money? I'm going to think about installing floor heating in our house."
Yinzuo was a man who had plenty of money. Since his brother rarely spoke up, he naturally would not refuse. He raised his hand and called Dexi, who was waiting on the side, to go to his study and bring Yinzuo a silver note of 10,000 taels.
"Use this money first. Besides installing floor heating for the rooms in the manor, if there's any left, use it to make a few clothes for each of the people working on firearms research here, and buy some charcoal. The weather is getting colder, so please don't let my precious children get frozen. If the money is not enough, you can come to Dexi for more..."
After years of development, the manor originally built for Dai Zi has changed its appearance. Not only has its area expanded a lot, but there are also many more researchers inside. The new muskets and cannons used in the Qing Dynasty in recent years all came from there.
Yin Zuo had achieved the purpose of his trip, and now he was only thinking about going back to start the construction as soon as possible. He took the silver note and talked to Yin Zuo again, then stood up and said goodbye to his sixth brother.
"Sixth brother, I'm in a hurry to go to the Ministry of Industry to find Ninth brother, so I'll leave first. I'll come and play with you in a few days when everything is settled."
Seeing Yinzuo hurriedly taking the money and running away, Yinzuo cursed him a few words in a bad mood, asked Dexi to go outside and call Akshan in, took out his badge and gave it to him, asking him to hurry up and go to the Ministry of Works with him.
"This brat took the money and ran off. I don't know who he learned this habit from. Did he forget that the Ministry of Industry is my territory? What's the point of him going to find his ninth brother..."
Dexi listened to Yinzuo muttering angrily, lowering his head and trying his best to reduce his presence. Given his master's current mental state, let alone a living person like him, even a dog would be kicked if it dared to pass by here.
Who did you learn this habit of taking the money and running away from, Master Shi? My Lord, is this even necessary? I must have learned it from you. Have we forgotten that you have done this many times before?
At this time, in the Shufengxuan waterside pavilion, there was only Yinzuo and Dexi, who was serving him. No one spoke. Yinzuo muttered to himself for a while, but felt that it was boring, so he stopped. The sun was shining brightly outside today, so Yinzuo asked someone to move the lounge chair to the window. He lay down on it, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.
Yinzuo regained consciousness. It was almost dark outside. He lifted the blanket covering him, sat up straight and looked around, but found that there was no one else in the room except him. He raised his hand and knocked on the armrest of the rocking chair and shouted.
"Dexi~"
Dexi had been waiting at the entrance of the waterside pavilion all afternoon. As soon as he heard Yinzuo's call, he immediately pushed the door open and walked in.
"Master, you're finally awake. His Majesty just sent someone to ask if you'd like to have dinner with him..."
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