"Master Ji, Brother Junjie, I'm not paying the account, I want to spend the money that Master Gu helped raise when it arrives."

Han Xiufeng looked at them and continued: "I was going to wait for the silver to arrive and make a profit in the savings bank, but this silver is donated by fellow township officials and Chongqing Shilin. This year, the imperial court opened Enke, the palace examination has just been released, and the imperial court will open the department again in the coming year. If I come to the capital to take the exam or wait for the candidate but have no place to live, how can I explain to others when the time comes? ”

"That's right," Ji Yunfei thought so, raised his head and said: "In two or three months, it will be the autumn season, and all the motivated students from the fourteen prefectures and counties will go to Chengdu to take the exam, even if there is only one candidate in one prefecture and county, there are also fourteen new imperial examination candidates." In addition, the old lifters who have tried to pass the first place in these years, not to mention that there will be fifteen or sixteen lifters who will come to Beijing to take the exam, but they can't let people come all the way but have no place to live. ”

He Heng frowned slightly and said: "What can I do, even if the guild hall is renovated before the year, there are only twelve champion rooms." ”

Han Xiufeng has been pondering this matter these days, and said confidently: "Master Ji, Brother Junjie, I think so, since Master Gu helped us raise money in his hometown, and raised a lot, we don't need to worry about the lack of money." Coincidentally, the rooms behind the hall are the property of a banner man, and he lives with his family in the inner city, and those rooms have been rented to others to collect some rent. As soon as the palace examination list was released, all the candidates of the Chinese-style and the first place left, and the rooms were all empty, so I went to ask him if he sold it tomorrow, and if he was willing to sell it, and the price was right, he would buy it and tear it down and rebuild it together. ”

Ji Yunfei is not Qian Junchen, he has to do as a Beijing official, and he has to live in the capital for ten or eight years, to say the least. And the fourteen prefectures and counties of Chongqing Prefecture have no big officials in the capital, and no matter who takes over Han Xiufeng to do the first thing after the hall is renovated, they have to listen to him as they do now.

Thinking that after the hall is renovated, you can not only go to the hometown and talk about the hometown, but also invite colleagues and friends to discuss and meet friends, and even go to the hall to feast if there is anything at home, Ji Yunfei said conclusively: "If he is willing to sell, he will buy it, and it will be more expensive!" ”

"Okay, I'll go and find out his tone first, and if he wants to sell, I'll talk to him. If he is unwilling to sell, he can only buy a few rooms in other places like the provincial hall, rent them out at ordinary times, and vacate them for the exams to live in the year of the exam. ”

Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "But I think he should be able to sell, because he has mentioned to Pan Er more than once that he wants to sell that dilapidated yard and use the money from the sale to donate a fat." His brother is on an errand in the Internal Affairs Office, and it is estimated that his brother is red to see so much silver. ”

Although it was only a wall, Ji Yunfei had never been there, and asked curiously: "Zhixing, how big is his yard and how many rooms does he have?" ”

"It's bigger than our hall, with a total of nine rooms."

"If you can buy it, you can turn it into two as soon as you open it!"

"That's what I thought too."

Han Xiufeng got up and sharpened some ink, found another piece of white paper, picked up a pen and drew a sketch, pointed to the sketch and said: "Master Ji, Brother Junjie, didn't our hall sit west to east before, and the door was open on the east side, if you can buy this courtyard, open the courtyard gate on the west side, and build it on the side that has already started, and plan well to enter the west." ”

"There is no place and no way, if there is a place, build the Xiangxian Temple and Wenchang Pavilion!"

"Master Ji, you have a good idea, if there is no Xiangxian Temple and Wenchang Pavilion, it is a hall, and there is not even a place to worship." Han Xiufeng drew a few strokes on the map, and then turned around and said: "A small stage can be built here, and a flower hall can be built here, which is not separated in the middle like the provincial pavilion, and can accommodate twenty or thirty people to discuss matters together." ”

"Build a row of pavilions here, and also build a two-story one, can you build a dozen champion rooms?"

"It should be fine to build two floors."

"Where's the door to the rear?"

"What's going on here?"

"Okay, it's right here, but I'll hear what the craftsmen have to say."

"This is natural, there is a specialization in the art industry, and they are the experts."

Yang Juren of Jiangbei Hall also said with great interest: "Master Ji, if you can buy the courtyard here, if you renovate it according to the map, our Chongqing Hall will be magnificent, not only magnificent, but also the thatched toilet, which is just in the innermost." It's not like now, right in front of the gate. ”

"So it's better to open the main gate on the west side."

……

Han Xiufeng not only wanted to spend all the money raised, but also wanted to build the guild hall beautiful and leave a good reputation, so he accompanied them to compare the sketches, and took out the draft guild hall regulations from his arms and invited Ji Yunfei to take a look.

The header reads "Xianfeng Second Year Hall Public Discussion Regulations".

Orderly and decent, Ji Yunfei didn't want He Heng and Yang Juren to stand and watch, and while beckoning them to sit down, he read: "The first article, the meaning of the establishment, this hall is specially set up for buses, alternate candidates and fellow businessmen. Although no matter whether they are humble or humble, they are not allowed to live in the hall and stop goods in the year of the examination. In the year of the non-examination, fellow Beijing officials can also pay to live in ......"

He Heng couldn't help laughing and said: "Shopkeeper Wen, they donated silver, and they can't help but let people live." ”

"Yes, Zhixing's 'no matter how humble it is' is used well."

Ji Yunfei raised his head and praised it, and then read the museum fees and the corresponding donation standards for the examinees, alternate candidates, foreign officials and businessmen who came to Beijing to see their majesty, and the corresponding donation standards, all of which were based on the provincial pavilion, so he naturally had no objections.

"That's kind of interesting."

Seeing how to manage it in the future, Ji Yunfei said with a smile: "The guild hall is chosen to be in Beijing, and there are shop owners who are in charge of the public in different shifts. And the income and expenditure will be thin, and the upper and lower hands will be cleared and explained. All matters must be agreed with the current officials in Beijing, and the officials in Beijing are also in charge of two people every year, and they have a business trip to take leave, and those who stay in Beijing will take over, and there will be no abolition. ”

"Master Ji, is this inappropriate?" Han Xiufeng put down the teacup and asked.

Ji Yunfei couldn't help but ask: "It's not that it's inappropriate, but it seems that our Chongqing Mansion is just me and Qian Junchen, Jiang Haoxuan, and Wang Zhirong, the four current officials. If three of the four of us are on a business trip or on leave at the same time, how will we stay at that time? ”

"Master Ji, there are only four of you now, it doesn't mean that there will be only four of you in the future, you will bother with dim sum first, take charge first, and wait for Junjie and Brother Yang to be named or picked up on the gold list next year, and there will be more officials in our Chongqing Mansion in Beijing."

"yes, so be it, I think it's a good agreement." Ji Yunfei returned the drafted rules to Han Xiufeng, making it clear that there was no need for "public discussion".