Chapter 264: Crossing the Street
It was rare to see his fiancΓ©e, and at such a precious moment of reunion, Zhao Mo naturally couldn't give Qin Hanzhen too much time to think nonsense. He quickly drew her attention back to himself.
He stared at Qin Hanzhen with a smile, and said gently: "I can understand what my cousin is thinking, and that's because people have the same heart and the same reason." That's exactly what I thought, and I believe that my cousin and I must have the same heart, so I guessed what you are thinking now. He glanced at the sunlight outside the window, "From the moment I stepped into this garden and knew that I was about to see my cousin, my heart beat fast, and my whole person was extremely excited. When I saw my cousin, I couldn't calm down anymore. I also feel very hot, not only on my face, but also on my body. I don't believe my cousin, look at it, I'm sweating. He raised his neck and let Qin Hanzhen see the thin layer of sweat on the back of his neck, as well as his forehead and back, his thin pale green gown was obviously the coolest clothes in this season, but at this time, he was also a little soaked in sweat.
Qin Hanzhen has been mixed in modern society after all, his imagination is relatively rich, he has never eaten pork, and he has seen pigs run. Somehow, when she heard Zhao Mo's words, she couldn't help but have some discordant associations, her face turned even redder, and she hurriedly turned her eyes to the bamboo forest outside the window, and kept turning the content of the newly copied Buddhist scriptures in her mind, so that she could calm down as soon as possible.
In order to prevent Zhao Mo from saying too many meaty words and making her efforts go to waste in an instant, Qin Hanzhen also protested in a low voice: "Cousin, don't say that again, don't you know that girls are thin-skinned? If you do this again, I will really have to leave!"
Zhao Mo chuckled twice, clenched her hand, and crossed her fingers, as if he suddenly became interested in her fingers, looking at it again and again, and even used his other hand.
Obviously, he didn't speak anymore, and his eyes didn't look at her anymore, but Qin Hanzhen just felt that his current actions were even more shameful. She began to feel that the hand he was holding was also getting hot.
Qin Hanzhen's heart was beating fast, she hurriedly pulled her attention away from Zhao Mo again, and tried to start a serious topic: "What's that...... Belch...... Cousin, how is the search for a house going?"
Zhao Mo wrapped his hands around her hands and looked at her with a smile: "Although I have also found a few good places, I have already seen them, but I always feel that there are such and such shortcomings, and they may need to be renovated." I'm afraid that the construction period will be too long and the wedding date will be missed, so I'm still asking people to find a place right now. But rest assured, cousin, I will find a suitable house by the end of this summer, and then it will be completely renovated before winter comes. Wait for the spring of next year, and you can start raising the flowers and trees in the house. In that way, when we get married and move into the county palace, the palace must already be prosperous and beautiful. He glanced out the window, "Even if it is the main house in the main courtyard, it will not be worse than your garden." β
Qin Hanzhen tried to take his attention away from Zhao Mo's hand: "Huh...... I actually have a suggestion, which was accidentally revealed by my aunt when she wanted to buy a property in the capital. Do you know that there are several houses in the backstreet of our house that are currently for sale, and two of them are next to our house or the East House. She introduced the situation of those houses to Zhao Mo, and there was no need to mention some small mistakes in language confusion or meaningless repeated repeats during the period.
Zhao Mo became serious this time: "I really didn't notice this kind of thing. In this way...... If I buy a house in the back street of Houfu, not only will I be close to my uncle and grandparents, but it will be much easier to meet you before I marry my cousin?"
He began to get excited, and looked to the north, even if there was only a wall: "If I open a door in the wall and communicate with your house, will I be able to walk directly without passing through the street outside?"
Qin Hanzhen coughed lightly, pursed his lips and smiled: "Although it sounds tempting, it is impossible. How could my grandfather and grandmother agree to you? Besides, if you really want to make a hole in the wall and you can't hide it, how can you stop the gossip from the outside?"
Zhao Mo smiled: "That's okay. I'm opening a door in the aisle, and it's the same. Now there is only a sandwich road between your east and west mansions, and there are no idle people waiting to leave that sandwich road on weekdays, so I came to see you, or sneaked through the sandwich road. Open another door, it's the same. β
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still, and he couldn't wait to buy the house behind him immediately: "I'll send someone to ask when I get back!"
Regarding this point, Qin Hanzhen had already done his homework in advance, so he opened the bamboo yellow carved basket he was carrying when he came, and took out a thin notebook from it: "This is what I sorted out after asking people about the situation of all the empty houses on the back street, and I also attached a simple map, you should be able to see the terrain very intuitively." In addition to the four houses I mentioned earlier, there are several other smaller properties. You are going to build a county palace, even if it is a few empty houses, the largest one is only three entrances, far from enough, maybe you need to buy the surrounding land and transform it into a mansion. I even inquired about the current economic situation of the owner and the approximate price, and it was all in the book. It's just that the one next to our house has only two entrances and three roads, which is estimated to be only enough for a separate courtyard. If you want to buy it and build it into the county king's mansion, I'm afraid you can't. β
Zhao Mo was a little disappointed, and hurriedly took the book and flipped through it, and sure enough, he found the situation about the house on the north wall, and thought about it: "The house on the opposite street has three entrances, and the two houses add up, which is enough for five entrances, and there can be spare." If you want to make the house more spacious, it is not difficult to buy the house on both sides. Except for the two families that are commoners, the rest of the residents who live there are almost all descendants of your two provinces, that is to say, almost all of those properties are owned by your two provinces. With my friendship with Changfang, and my status as an uncle, grandfather, and grandson-in-law who are about to become my uncle, grandfather, and grandson, it must not be difficult to buy these plots of land from the two of you, right?"
Qin Hanzhen was surprised when he heard this: "What are you talking about? Between those two houses, but there is a whole street apart! Could it be that you want to buy the public street in the middle? Then this street will be cut off, and the traffic on both sides will be very inconvenient!" Even if he knew that Zhao Mo might already be a moat, this practice was inevitably a little suspected of harming the public interest, and Qin Hanzhen disapproved very much in his heart.
Zhao Mo actually thinks it's not a big deal, when the palaces in the capital are going to expand, it is common to encroach on the alleys or something, of course, they will all say hello to the government, those who want to lose money will lose money, and those who want to be resettled can also be resettled, but the amount of money depends on the conscience of each family. However, when he saw that Qin Hanzhen was so opposed, he was also relieved: "I can ask people to build a street outside of our house and pay some silver, so that the neighbors will not be angry." This was not a lively street originally, and almost all of the people who would walk this street were the surrounding residents, most of whom were from the two prefectures, and they did not dare to have any objections. As for the rest of the family, I'll just pay more money. β
Qin Hanzhen rolled his eyes at him: "Okay, what are you going to do with that money? We are building the county palace across the street, and it's the same." From the door of the house to the back door of my family's Hou Mansion, that is, a distance of dozens of feet, I walked there with my feet. I don't mind walking these steps, why do you have to spend that unjust money?"
Zhao Mo felt that this was not good: "It's just a car upside down, what kind of road to take? After all, it is a street where people come and go." Even if everyone knew that you were my princess and would not dare to act against you, I would not be happy at the thought of an unrelated outsider passing by and occasionally catching a glimpse of you. β
Qin Hanzhen pursed his lips and glanced at him with a smile: "When did the vinegar become so big?" I originally thought it would be too troublesome to get on and off the bus, but it's just a matter of a few steps, but since you insist, I also have to take into account your thoughts. Alas, it's so troublesome, if only there was a flyover. β
Zhao Mo blinked and hurriedly asked, "What is an overpass?"
Qin Hanzhen explained it to him briefly, but the more he talked about it, the more he felt that this idea seemed to be a bit of a spectrum? The kind of closed overpass, privately owned, and refused to allow outsiders to enter, should not be difficult for Zhao Mo's identity and financial resources, right? The big deal is to buy the house on the other side of the north wall, and then build a small building in each of the two houses, across the street, and establish a passage between the two small buildings, like building a stone arch bridge. The backstreet is not very wide, and it is about enough for three medium-sized carriages to travel side by side, so it should be technically fine to build an arch bridge, right? Both pedestrians and carriages can cross under the bridge. In this era, there is no problem of limiting the height of large trucks, just like the height and width of the door hole in the city wall, it is enough.
Houfu Backstreet is neither a commercial street, nor is the daily flow of people large, let alone on the traffic artery, a closed overpass, will not cause any obstruction to pedestrians and vehicles. If the construction speed is fast enough, the height and strength of the bridge are enough, and the impact on the surrounding residents will be even less.
Zhao Mo quickly understood what Qin Hanzhen meant, and thought for a while: "Isn't this a bit like a street building? I have seen such a street crossing building in a temple in Yongding, but it is narrower. However, if you want to build a taller and more spacious one according to my cousin's idea, there is no difficulty. Although this will divide my county king's mansion into two, I can easily communicate with your mother's family, and I can also come to my uncle and grandfather from time to time to ask for homework, why not?"
He clenched Qin Hanzhen's hand tightly, and then stood up: "I'll send someone to buy those mansions! I don't know if someone bought the house after you inquired about the news, cousin, I have to hurry, don't ask someone to take the lead!"
Qin Han was really about to speak, but suddenly saw Feng'er rushing in from outside the Xuan: "Girl, someone is coming outside!