Chapter 178: Coercion and Temptation

When it comes to buying land, Yun Yao talks a lot.

She came to Qi Jing's side and patted him and smiled: "Speaking of which, our sisters have to give some houses and Zhuangzi shops or something as a dowry when they get married, except for the silver in the clothes and jewelry pressure box, and now that you have become an official, naturally it is not as good as before, you can't all follow the example of the eldest sister, you have to be richer." ”

Qi Jing nodded: "Don't worry about this, the eldest sister is not the one who is strong, and she is not intolerant of the sisters, you just give the second sister a few purchases and make a splash of wealth, and the eldest sister will not say anything if she keeps it." ”

"Of course I know that." Yun Yao glared at Qi Jing: "What do you say to me, do I mean that the eldest sister can't tolerate people, I am discussing with you about buying a house." ”

"You say, you say." Seeing Yun Yao glaring at him, where did Qi Jing dare to say anything, he immediately made a look of listening.

Yun Yao glanced at Qi Jing again: "Although our family's life is much better than before, it is far from those big families, besides, it's not that I dislike it, it's just to be honest, our family has more sisters than other families, this dowry is not a small amount, not to mention the side, just to buy a house or something will cost a lot of money, each of the six sisters in the family is like that, I'm afraid I have to empty the family." ”

Qi Jing thought about it, and for a while he felt sorry for Yun Yao, and took Yun Yao's hand: "I'm tired of you, I originally worked hard to study and take the scientific examination just to let you live a good life, but I thought that you didn't have a good life, but you did so much to worry about." ”

Yun Yao smiled: "I'm not worried about it, nor do I think I spend a lot of money on my sisters, it's my own family on the left and right, I'm not stingy, even if I hollow out my family, I'm not afraid, I can earn it in the future, it's just that even if I hollow out my family, this dowry can't buy much." I'm thinking about the house in the east and west city, I'm afraid we can't afford it, since you plan to build the south city, how about we buy some land in the south city earlier for the sisters to dowry? ”

"That's a good idea." Qi Jing stroked his palms and laughed: "Sure enough, the lady is still smart, and she thinks about this matter well." That's a good idea. ”

Yun Yao glanced at Bai Qijing again: "Since you think it's good, then you must come up with 120,000 points of ability to build the southern city well, at least it is not worse than the east city and the west city, it is better than the house under the root of the imperial city, and the garden must also be done well." Otherwise, wouldn't we be sorry for the sisters. ”

Qi Jing smiled and hugged Yun Yao: "I know your heart, you are also a good heart for your sisters, I receive your love, even my father and mother also receive your love." ”

Speaking of this, Qi Jing told him the idea that Qi Baobox gave him, and Yun Yao laughed when she heard it: "This ghost girl, it's hard for her to come up with such a immoral method, just that, just since you think this method is good." Then hurry up and do it, I'll also ask my father to come forward to find an official tooth to buy land. ”

After the two discussed it, they went to the main room to eat together, and after eating, everyone else dispersed, and Yun Yao stayed.

She followed behind Qi Laoniu, and when Qi Laoniu sat down to drink tea, Yun Yao hurriedly saluted and said with a smile: "Dad, my daughter-in-law has something to ask you to be an old man." ”

Qi Laoniu was happy: "It's difficult for you to ask for help, I can do everything for you." I don't ask anyone for anything. ”

Yun Yao immediately pulled her face and made a look of horror: "It's hard for my father to make fun of people, my father has always been a straight face and doesn't speak." ”

As soon as she said this, Qi Laoniu smiled more and more happily: "Say it." What's the matter? ”

Yun Yao immediately told Qi Laoniu about wanting to buy land in Nancheng, although Qi Laoniu felt that Nancheng was a slum area, although the land there was cheap, it was really useless, and the family was not poor and couldn't get by, so there was no need to buy land there. But thinking that Yun Yao had always had rules in everything, and she wasn't fooling around, she didn't ask anything, and nodded and agreed.

Yun Yao smiled and thanked him, and then said goodbye.

After she left, Qi Laoniu thought about it and immediately went out to look for Guanya, and spoke to Guanya, and found several pieces of land in less than two days, Yun Yao remembered where Qi Jing wanted to build a garden, and asked Guanya for a drawing, found a few pieces of land near the garden, and asked Guanya to continue to look for suitable land around there.

And in the past few days, Qi Jing has frequently entered the palace, and I don't know what Emperor Chengping has said, and when March has passed, April is approaching, suddenly one day near the palace, a man in the prime of life died of a sudden illness, the master thought that the doctor made a mistake in diagnosis and treatment, and dragged the doctor to make him pay for his life, and the doctor was really forced to have no choice, so he told the truth to the master.

It turned out that this middle-aged man was originally engaged in the charcoal business, because his family did not have much money earlier, in order to make more money, he poured charcoal every day, and inhaled the charcoal fire dust all day long.

Later, through the mediation of the yamen, the family called an old man to examine the corpse, and after cutting open the abdomen, it was found that the five organs of the dead body, especially the lungs, were all black.

In this way, the family was convinced, but they thought that the person was still so young and went, and he couldn't stand it for a while, and cried bitterly for a long time, and the neighbors looked sad and came to help with the funeral, and the man's daughter-in-law was a well-spoken person, and she cried for a while to persuade the neighbors to get less close to the charcoal fire in the future, and the province was smoked.

The neighbors also knew the cause of the man's death, and felt sorry for him, and kept it in their hearts.

After the man's funeral, there was a rumor among the residents around the palace, the rumor was like this, every winter in Chang'an City, most of the people burn charcoal, some people are cold and a room is close to several braziers, and there are those who have made the dragon, after all, in winter, there is a smell of fireworks in the sky above Chang'an City, sometimes the fog does not see the day, and the strictest place is around the palace.

Because there are earth dragons in all palace rooms, His Majesty has always been kind and face-saving, even the eunuchs and palace maids who serve in the palace are indispensable in the house, plus the fireworks are constantly in the small kitchens of the various masters and mothers all day long, plus the most densely populated outside the palace, the fireworks here are the heaviest in winter.

Not long after this rumor spread, there were several people who had an uncomfortable throat and always coughed, and some even coughed up blood, and asked the doctor to see that it was tuberculosis, but these people were frightened, and when asked about the cause of the illness, most of them were due to the fact that they put a lot of braziers in winter, or inhaled a lot of smoke and dust.

It didn't take long. The people around the palace are talking about the change of charcoal fire, and they are all worried.

At this time, there was a family in this place whose son was on an errand in the Ministry of Industry, and he was a minor official in the Ministry of Industry. This petty official of the Ministry of Industry is surnamed Lu Zhao as Erlang, and it is this Lu Erlang who suddenly gave the house to the Ministry of Industry and asked to exchange this house for a new house in Nancheng in the future.

This incident surprised the residences around the palace, and they all thought that Lu Erlang was crazy, and they also thought that Master Lu couldn't control his son. Putting Lu Erlang away from fooling around.

There was a person who claimed to have a good relationship with the Lu family to persuade Master Lu, and said that Lu Erlang's mind was not clear, what is the boundary of Nancheng, what is the boundary here, and he also exchanged the house here for Nancheng, not to mention one house, even if he changed ten places, he would not change it.

It turned out that these people had good intentions, but after a few persuasions, Master Lu always refused to listen when he was stubborn, and said that Lu Erlang was reasonable.

Wait for someone to say something sour. Master Lu was furious, and scolded the man, but Lu Erlang was an official in the Ministry of Industry, and the news was naturally better than others, could he not know where the land was good and where the land was bad, since he wanted to change the land in Nancheng, it was naturally good in Nancheng, but it was not good now, and it would be good in the future.

Some people just don't believe it, but some shrewd people pay attention.

One of these shrewd people is named Song Wei. Although he is a businessman, he is very thoughtful and benevolent, and he has always had a good relationship with the Lu family.

On this day, Lu Erlang got off the ya, and happened to touch Song Wei. Song Wei was about to go to Lu's house with some snacks and side dishes and a pot of wine in his hand, Lu Erlang invited Song Wei to go together, and when he arrived at Lu's house, Lu Erlang called his Hun family to fry a few more dishes, and put the dishes brought by Song Wei on a plate, took a wine glass and invited Master Lu to drink together.

Song Wei picked up the wine glass in his hand and toasted Master Lu first. looked at Lu Erlang again, and said with a smile after clinking glasses with Lu Erlang: "You kid is not authentic, what kind of friendship do you have with your brother Song, we have a fateful friendship, why don't you know to tell your brother about something, you tell me honestly, why change the land in Nancheng?" ”

After hearing this, Lu Erlang immediately squeezed his eyebrows at Song Wei: "You be quiet, don't I want to tell you in the next few days, just when you come, I will sue you." ”

He lowered his voice again: "Let's put it this way, Your Majesty has allocated a lot of money to the Ministry of Industry to rebuild Nancheng, firstly, because I dislike that Nancheng is always flooded, and secondly, the people there live there...... Majesty wants face, not willing to let people watch the people of Chang'an live hard, just want to renovate the house for the people of Nancheng, three come, His Majesty has the heart to build a garden, but there is no place for other places, only Nancheng has more empty places, he wants to place the people of Nancheng in one place, and build a big garden in the rest of the place, this is not, I stayed in the Ministry of Industry, but even the drawings have been read, our new staff of the Ministry of Industry secretly told me that the land in Nancheng will probably rise sharply in the future, and the land there is not inferior to here at all, And because it is close to the garden, the elderly and children in the family live in good health, and there is a place to play and relax. ”

"Wow!" Song Wei gasped: "Is this true?" ”

Lu Erlang sneered: "Then there is a fake, this matter is called Qi Yuan Wailang to manage, he can still coax us to do things under his hands, Lord Qi secretly told me, asked me to sign a contract with the Ministry of Industry earlier, he said that if you sign early, the land you change is good, it is close to the garden, and it is closer to the shop street that will be opened in Nancheng in the future, there is nothing better than this, if you sign it late, there will be no good land boundary at all." ”

Song Wei listened to it and thought about it in his heart: "Brother, you will analyze it for my brother, should I also conclude the contract early?" ”

"That's going to have to be sooner." Lu Erlang only took a bite of food, and took another sip of wine: "Nancheng is spacious, and the house must be bigger than here, and the house there doesn't need to be a brazier at all in winter, and it is not afraid of being smoked, and it is warmer than a brazier." ”

Just this one, which was enough to make Song Wei's heart move, he hurriedly toasted Lu Erlang again: "That's it, Ming'er, I also went to sign a contract, brother, you have to give your brother and me a good check, and find me a good house." ”

"That's a good idea." Lu Erlang agreed with a smile: "Now the two of us will sign, the land is not yet for us to choose, when the time comes, I will find two houses next to each other, how about our two families partner as neighbors?" ”

Song Wei was extremely happy when he heard this, and patted his thigh and applauded.

Sure enough, early in the morning of the second day, Song Wei dragged Lu Erlang to the Ministry of Industry to sign the contract, and looked at the drawings of the construction of Nancheng drawn by the Ministry of Engineering, as well as the drawings of the garden.

The garden map is drawn by the famous Mr. Chu Weifeng, no need to look at the real thing in the future, that is, just look at the drawings and the sand table made by the Ministry of Industry can be seen, this garden has been built, it is more beautiful than the royal garden, it is simply a fairyland on earth.

At such a glance, Song Wei became more and more excited, and he couldn't wait for the Nancheng to be rebuilt immediately, and his family quickly moved there to live. (To be continued.) )