Chapter 116: Buying a lamp
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Once the business is open, it's hard to stop getting busy.
Chen Dayong has to go to the shop every day to watch it, although he is a little tired, he is also willing, this day is better than staying at home every day with nothing to do.
What's more, every day in the shop, you can still see copper coins coming into the account, which is even more comfortable for him.
According to Chen Dayong's calculations, it will take less than half a year to transfer 80 taels of rent, and the next two years will be net profit.
Chen Dayong was busy and fulfilling, but Chen Xiaoting was idle.
It's not accurate to say idle, he has been busy during this time, busy collecting money, and his hands have a few streets and gangs of money.
At the end of last year, as a small flag officer, he shared a total of fifty taels of silver, which was by no means a small amount.
For the lieutenants below, this is a huge amount of money, but Chen Xiaoting earns money faster.
Chen Xiaoting is fifty taels for one person, and ten small flag officials are five hundred taels, plus three hundred taels for the three chief flag officials, and the officials of the hundred households below Zhou Wenzhu will get eight hundred taels for the New Year.
But Chen Xiaoting knew that Zhou Wenzhu alone would only get more, and he would send a thousand taels to Luyang City alone.
No one knew the specific account, and no one rushed to check, and Chen Xiaoting didn't dare.
Now that the Chen family has rented a tea house, and after all kinds of purchases, the Chen family's silver deposit is less than two hundred taels, which makes Chen Xiaoting feel a little more urgent.
Chen Xiaoting still has a lot of money to use, the first one is to buy a house, at least a larger yard.
As a small flag officer, he may still be the chief flag and hundreds of households in the future, but now the place where he lives is indeed a little lower.
What's more, he and Chen Xiaolin, the two brothers, are going to split up, and Chen Xiaoting has to buy a house for himself.
At that time, the old mansion will be left to Chen Xiaolin to live in, and Chen Xiaolin will have a foothold in the city, so he will not have to go out of the city to farm like those ancestors.
But Chen Xiaoting hid these words in his heart, and it was not yet time to say them.
But now, the housing prices in Guangde Mansion City, although they are not as ridiculously high as in his previous life, they are definitely not cheap.
Only rents a two-story tea house, and it is still in Nancheng, where the land price is the cheapest, and it costs eighty taels of silver for three years.
If you want to buy a decent house in Beicheng, the price can be imagined, and the key is that there may be no market.
At this moment, holding the fifty taels of silver issued by the hundred households, Chen Xiaoting felt that the weight of the silver was very light.
In addition, if you want to start a family, you can't just buy a house, and in this era of heavy agriculture and business suppression, land purchase has become an indispensable thing.
Dozens of acres of land is definitely not enough, and no matter how many hundreds of acres are enough, it is enough to build a family, which is a huge expense.
Of course, it is difficult for the small flag official to achieve two steps to buy a house and land.
Just like Wang Youtian's family, he has been a small flag official for seven or eight years, and he has not completed the step of changing houses.
Chen Xiaoting listed it again, and now among the small flag officials of the 100 households in Guangde, only the Zhang Cheng family that he met last time has completed the two steps of buying a house and buying land.
But doing these things has nothing to do with Zhang Cheng, it was all placed by Zhang Cheng's father Zhang Zongqi when he was alive, and Zhang Cheng was just reincarnated well.
In the afternoon, after checking all the accounts, Chen Xiaoting stretched out in the duty room of the hundred yamen.
Wang Youtian and Liu Yucai have been in this duty room, and during that time, Chen Xiaoting was in this duty room, and was scolded by Wang Youtian and bullied by Liu Yucai.
Now that the world has changed, Wang Youtian and Liu Yucai have become a thing of the past, but he Chen Xiaoting sat behind the bookcase.
"My lord, it's not too early, you should go back and rest!" Zhang Ertie appeared outside the duty room, and his expression was very respectful.
Chen Xiaoting asked, "Is there anyone else outside?" ”
Chen Xiaoting naturally asked the captains, and Zhang Ertie replied: "Back to the adults, all the captains will return in the morning, and they have all greeted you!" ”
nodded, today is the latest overtime work, Chen Xiaoting couldn't help laughing.
Then he stood up and said to Zhang Ertie: "Okay, you can go back too......
Today, Zhang Ertie was on duty beside Chen Xiaoting, so he replied: "My lord, my subordinates will send you back!" ”
Walking out of the duty room, outside is the office of the captains, but at this time there is no one.
Chen Xiaoting shook his head and said, "No need, everyone is rushing home, you can also go back to accompany your family...... I want to walk around alone! ”
Zhang Ertie didn't say much, and after saluting Chen Xiaoting, he hurriedly left outside the duty room.
At this time, Chen Xiaoting looked around and carefully looked at the captains' duty room, he also had a table here at the beginning, but now Wu Jun is using it.
Turning around, to the west of the duty room where the captains were, the separate room had become Chen Xiaoting's.
"It's a pity, this room is a little smaller, and it's better to have a separate office for the general flags!" Chen Xiaoting sighed.
Then he turned around, closed the door and left.
When he went out, although it wasn't snowing outside like before, it was still bitterly cold, and Chen Xiaoting couldn't help but tighten his official uniform.
It was difficult to see people in the entire hundred households, and when Chen Xiaoting came to the gate of the yamen, there was a captain on duty to greet him.
When I came to the street, there were a lot of people at this time, after all, I was still looking for it after dark.
His family lives on the edge of the North City, so there is still a long way to go, but everywhere he goes, there is a look of awe.
It's really boring to walk alone, but Chen Xiaoting also enjoys this loneliness, which makes him think about a lot of things.
At this moment, I heard a voice say: "Official, today is the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, buy a lamp!" ”
Chen Xiaoting couldn't help but stop, turned to look at the old man selling lamps on the street, the old man's lamps were not very exquisite.
At this time, Chen Xiaoting remembered that today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, no wonder Zhao Ying and these guys ran so fast, usually they were waiting for the prime minister to go back together.
"Official, there will be a lot of boudoir ladies watching the lanterns at the Shangyuan Night Lantern Festival, buy a lamp!" The old man still smiled.
I didn't buy much of the lamp today, so the old man was a little bolder and stopped Chen Xiaoting.
But seeing that Chen Xiaoting had been looking at him, the old man couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart, and only then did he remember the murderous name of Jinyiwei.
Shangyuan Night, Valentine's Day in ancient times? I don't know if I can meet the bright girl in this lantern festival...... Chen Xiaoting said secretly in his heart.
So he asked, "Uncle, get me three lamps!" ”
Hearing this, the old man breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then hurriedly took out the three lamps he had made best.
After taking the things and paying for them, under the surprised eyes of others, Chen Xiaoting left the street.
"Zhang Laohan, you are really a fateful ......," a neighbor sighed.
Immediately, another passer-by said: "Do you know who that person is, dare to call it, that is the little flag official of Jinyiwei, a big man in the city!" ”
Needless to say, Zhang Laohan also knew the danger of Fang Cai, and if he didn't do well, he might have to lose his life.
But in an instant, Zhang Laohan was overjoyed, and only said to others: "The officials of Jinyiwei have all bought things from me, and it seems that my old Zhang has also been involved in official luck this year......"
Although he said so, Zhang Laohan knew in his heart that he would never be able to do this kind of thing next time.
This time, people bought his lamp, but next time they may get him to prison, and the blessing and misfortune are just a breath.
"Sell lights, sell lights...... Shangyuan Festival lanterns ......" Zhang Laohan shouted.
Not to mention, people at this time are trying to be auspicious, and after Zhang Laohan's explanation, there are still some people who want to get involved in official luck.
After a while, Zhang Laohan sold seven or eight lamps.