After hanging out with the Qing envoys for a few days, Hong Jinglai realized that Japan Xingfu had a big background.

The reason why I am still a minister outside the hospital is just because I committed a crime before. After I finished my errands this time, I will be a doctor and then a minister. As for why it is so accurate, I will understand it once I talk about his pedigree.

He is the great-great-grandson of Eyidu, one of the five founding ministers, the great-grandson of Grand Master Yibilong, the son of Niu Gulu Aligun, the fourth son of Internal Minister Yin De, and the nephew of the great scholar Neqin.

This is not over yet. His father Ali Gun was a co-organizer of the University and the Minister of Household Affairs. He died in the Qing Burma Campaign. He was given the posthumous title of Xiang Zhuang and was enshrined in the Xianliang Temple. It’s enough for his father to be strong. He also has a brother who is equally strong.

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Niu Colu Buyanda Lai, the commander of the Manchurian Army of the Zhengbai Banner and the commander of the left-wing infantry general headquarters, whose daughter was the concubine of the future Emperor Xuanzong and Daoguang, also known as Empress Xiaomucheng.

A family of royal relatives, plus heroes and elders!

Waxing's forehead is destined to be put to great use, and this time it is really just a matter of plating a layer of gold on his mission to the country and making his resume look better.

After finding out all these things, don't say that Hong Jinglai is a snobbery. No one can ask for help from anyone these days. It would be better to meet more friends and find more ways to go. Even if you are a fair-weather friend, maybe half a dime will be of use in the future.

After making friends with Quyi, Wo Xing'e could naturally feel Hong Jinglai's deliberate approach. Others only thought that Hong Jinglai, the deputy envoy of North Korea, was just a regular flatterer. Even Min Jingyou thought so. Who would have thought that just for money, Hong Jinglai would be like this?

I sent a thousand taels as a gift.

"I heard that the winter in Yanjing is quite cold. It is not easy for you, sir, to be exposed to frost and dew because of your hard work."

After saying that, Hong Jinglai came over with a piece of folded fur. Lin Shangwo worked hard to get this fur for him. It looked like sea otter skin on the surface, but it was actually a sea dragon!

It’s the Hai Long whose hat he bought in the cross talk for five million dollars!

He Qiutao's "Shuofang Beicheng·Volume 29" of the Qing Dynasty records that "Russian sea dragons are known as sea otter skins".

Liang Tinghao's "Guangdong Customs Chronicles Volume 9" of the Qing Dynasty records that "the sea dragon leather hat brim has a tax of 2.4 cents per pair."

Needless to say, sea otters can be found in high latitudes in the North Pacific, as far south as Hokkaido in northern Japan. They can also be found in northern Korea and Siberia, and are quite rare.

Among them, the fur of sea otters in colder areas is more precious, that is, the legendary Siberian sea otters and Alaskan sea otters have one million hairs per square inch. They are called sea dragons!

"This..." Wa Xing'e is not an ignorant person.

The family next to them thought it was sea otter skin, so they opened their eyes to take a look. After all, if it was just sea otter skin, it was nothing in the aristocratic circle of Yanjing, let alone the Waxing'e family, which had been a noble family for six generations.

In the 150th chapter of "A Dream of Red Mansions", sea dragon skins were included in the list of houses confiscated, but the quantity was slightly different. It was not uncommon in the Qing Dynasty for noble officials to have some high-quality furs in their homes, and it was even necessary.

"I only have this one, so I can give it to you as a hat." [Note 1]

"You're really thoughtful." It definitely feels different in the hand. Wa Xing can feel the difference just by touching his forehead.

Although Wa Xing'e has received many gifts from Hong Jinglai, he still has a basic moral quality these days. Although the rules are not on the surface, he will ask you if you have any requests after receiving your money, and he will help if he can.

If you do it, if they can't do it, they will probably tell you explicitly or covertly, and then return the item to you.

"In front of the gate is Yizhou, not far from Fenghuang and Shengjing. This is Lin Shangwo from the Yizhou Bay Business Group. He often goes to Yanjing to do business." Hong Jinglai not only wanted to establish a relationship with him, but also wanted to

To benefit Lin Shangwo.

This brother is the commander-in-chief of the left wing of the infantry. To put it bluntly, he is a senior officer under the nine admirals. He is directly responsible for the area of ​​​​forty-nine cities inside and outside Yanjing. With such a person taking care of Yanjing, then Lin Shangwo will go to Yanjing.

Isn’t it just more convenient in Beijing?

"Write a resume, I'll accept it." Wa Xing'e is an old bureaucrat, how can he not understand.

He estimated that Lin Shangwo was Hong Jinglai's white glove, doing business and making money on Hong Jing's behalf. So Hong Jinglai rushed over to accommodate and collect the things.

There must be a soil ritual.

"Thank you, Lord Angel!"

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After more than ten days of lingering in this way, both parties were satisfied. The affairs were completed, the refugees and documents and other items were delivered, and each returned to their home countries.

Hong Jinglai was assigned to escort the refugees back to their hometowns, so he had to do it naturally. When his parents, wife and children met, they would shed tears of gratitude, but Hong Jinglai had to go home and let his old mother pack her bags.

It is not filial to leave my old mother in her hometown for a long time, and there is no one close to her to take care of her. It would be fine if she had a wife, but now she doesn’t have one.

The family's land was entrusted to Lin Shangwo to take care of it. It was not a big deal anyway. The food was stored there and used as a communal warehouse. If there were any floods or droughts in the future, the thousands of people on Wufeng Mountain would not need to buy food everywhere. If they save

After two or three years, when the food becomes old, it is up to him to take the initiative to replace it.

From time to time, you can open a porridge shed and give alms to the victims. Since you have become an official, you must have a base in the countryside. In the future, your children and grandchildren may have to return to your hometown to study. The house cannot be abandoned. If you really can’t live in it, change it to

Countryside school.

Anyway, the feudal squire's methods are all ready-made, and it's not like people who have come from Hongjing will not copy them. At least if you stay in Tieshan as a person, even if the court party struggle fails in the future, you can return to your hometown to control the place.

The old lady is very nostalgic for Tieshan. After all, she has lived with him for half a century, so she has feelings for him anyway. But now that Hong Jinglai has to work as an official in other places, it feels better to live with his son.

It is inevitable to bring big and small bags, and since you are going to Beijing, you must also bring local rituals. You can bring a lot of jujube wine, ginger pear paste, and colorful lacquered boxes and plates. It is indispensable to keep in touch with each other when you return to Beijing.

However, Min Jingyou almost came alone as an envoy, but returned home with a huge team of forty pack horses. He was lucky, and he gained extra credit and money for nothing.

Looking at her hometown in the distance, Ms. Hong was sitting on a bullock cart with the curtain open, looking like she was about to wipe away her tears.

"Do you think this old bone like my mother can still return to Tieshan?"

"Wouldn't it be better to go to Hanyang?" Hong Jinglai knew that the old lady was reluctant to leave.

“Hanyang is good, but I’m afraid I won’t get used to it.”

"At least we can live together as a family, right?"

"Too……"

The shadow of Iron Mountain gradually became distant and disappeared.
Chapter completed!