The officers who set up checkpoints at the south gate of Huairen County knew one thing, that is, the wealth could only be distributed for one day, at most two days, and the news of the Tartars' retreat would soon spread everywhere, and entering the city was not a matter of life and death, and they would have no capital to extort.

Everyone wants to seize this last opportunity to make a fortune, although everyone regrets in their hearts, but they don't see any sadness, these days everyone has benefited from making a fortune in chaos, everyone is elated, thinking about how to spend money after the matter is over, where to drink, where to gamble, avoid the wife to go somewhere, everyone is talking about spitting.

Among the dozens of people at the card office, only five of them were registered officials in the yamen, and Chang Kai was also among them.

Since this is the case, this Chang Kai naturally has to shake his spirits, stare at the people below and don't hide them privately, but also hide the benefits for himself, and be careful and careful.

But Chang Kai has been reluctant to give up, his soul is not in his body, and he has lost everything he does, and even the people who were inspected were really problematic and let go vaguely, and he was caught by his companions, so he didn't let go of the benefits.

After being complained a few words, Chang Kai called over to a familiar Minzhuang and sent him to his own house to see, the Minzhuang was reluctant, but he usually followed Chang Kai on an errand, so he could only run into the city.

It didn't take long for this Minzhuang to come back, saying that his sister-in-law and children were preparing wine and food at home, and when the uncle went back to celebrate, he should always be comforted by his hard work and wealth these days, and he didn't see any outsiders.

Hearing this, Chang Zhutou finally put his mind at ease, and understood that the half-sized man just now was just a point-to-point threat, if he knew how to do it, it would be fine, if he didn't know how to do it, the disaster would have to enter the house, and Chang Kai, who was settled, immediately plucked the feathers of the goose, and made the people and civilians who were in a hurry to enter the city complain, and the officials and officials were all amazed, saying that the old man knew that his mistakes could be changed, and he was still the good man he usually saw.

When they had walked through the city gate hole, they saw the road in front of them, and the road leading to the city gate was the widest and best avenue in the city.

"Why is it not as good as Zhengjia Jikuan, the new village by the river is stronger than this!" This is their evaluation, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun are still coming to the county seat for the first time, and they used to pass by outside the city, because with what they have done, they still have to hide as far away as possible if they have an official mansion.

The road in front of him looks a little narrow and dirty, it is really not as good as Zhengjiaji and Hebian New Village, Zhu Da shook his head and explained in a muffled voice: "Zhengjiaji is good to attract merchants from all over the world, it is the private property of the Zheng family, naturally do it with heart, know how to maintain, our new village is the same, this county is Daming, who will worry so much." ”

"But what's the matter with so much cargo piled up on the side of the road?"

On both sides of the city gate, there are several sheds, under which are piled up all kinds of goods, some of which seem to be caravan goods, wooden boxes and straw bales or something, which are very neatly packed, and in addition to all kinds of native products, they are stacked indiscriminately.

Beginning to look at it and wonder, after a little pondering, Qin Qin was the first to say: "The benefits of those officials outside the city who are in the city, there are not many who can give money, and those who can't give money are estimated to take valuable things to offset their accounts." ”

As for the goods, it was nothing more than that the merchants who fled by taking advantage of the chaos did not bring the goods, or the merchants who wanted to enter the city could not get the money, and so on.

Everyone was thinking about finding a place to live, only Zhu Da stared at the shed there for a while, and even Zhou Qingyun couldn't help but urge: "Quickly find a place to settle down, it's really enough tossing in the past few days." ”

After coming out of the mountain hut, there were not too many dangers along the way, but they always remained tense, although there was no problem to continue for a while, but when they arrived in a safe place, the desire to rest became more and more urgent, and Zhu Da's unhurried was a little annoying.

"Let's go, let's go, let's have lunch first, and then I'll go find a house to settle in." Zhu Da waved his hand and said easily, although he has experienced a lot of life and death in the past ten days and seen a cruel scene, when he enters the city and is surrounded by thick and towering walls, he will subconsciously feel a little safe, and his body also wants to rest.

At this time, from Li He to Zhang Jinbei and Li Degui, the expressions of the three of them were very complicated, according to the prior agreement, after entering Huairen County, the relationship between the righteous brothers and the master and servant was determined, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun would protect them and give them a job, but knowing that after the Mongolian horse team retreated and the world became peaceful, it was not worth it, thinking of this, everyone's mood was a little complicated, but they did not raise any objections.

The more you go to the city, you feel that the county is dirty and messy, these days there have been a lot of refugees hiding in the city, and not everyone has relatives and friends to stay, many people are sleeping on the streets, the county streets are not so timely, naturally difficult to get down, the smell is unpleasant.

“....... Where is the inn? But it was Li He who was inquiring about it.

Zhu Da, who was leading the horse, turned around and said, "Don't ask about the inn, ask where the decent people in the city live, let's go over there." ”

"Big brother, if we stay overnight, the head of the household may not take us in." Li He was already very natural and cordial when he said this, and he really regarded himself as the third brother, so it was difficult to say how to think about it in his heart.

"What kind of accommodation do you want to stay with if you are not related to you, let's buy a house to live in." Zhu Da said very arrogantly, Zhou Qingyun didn't make a sound, just patted the coat of the mount, dozens of catties of silver were on the mount, of course he had confidence in saying this.

The area where decent people live in Huairen County is the northeast area of the city, when Zhu Da and his party arrived there, the environment was indeed much better than other places, the neat courtyard walls, relatively tall houses, and there were actually two stone paved roads, and there were no wandering people sleeping on the street, which was a bit of a Zheng family set near Zheng's house.

The reason why there are no refugee people is because there are messengers patrolling back and forth, and looking at their reluctant faces, you can probably guess the reason, it is nothing more than that you can't go to the south gate to set up a card to make a fortune.

Seeing Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun riding horses and carrying knives, the servants did not come forward to ask after a few glances, in the eyes of ordinary people, the young people who can ride horses and carry knives must have a good family background, maybe they came here to visit relatives and friends.

After coming here, Li He showed his ability, politely knocked on the door that could be knocked on, or talked to the servant concierge outside the door or something, asking where there is a house for sale, or if there is a house willing to rent for a long time, after all, in such a small county, it is not so easy to meet decent people who want to sell their houses.

I never thought that I really met a house seller, but it was the house of the former chief bookkeeper in this county, and the house had been vacant for two months, leaving only a distant relative to guard here, and after the sale, he took the money and left.

The main book is a small official of the nine products, ranking after the county, the county and the county lieutenant, ranking fourth in the county, in charge of the county's household registration and documents and civil affairs, although it is the fourth in the nine products, there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty, there is no county in the county within a radius of twenty miles, and the position of the county lieutenant is in name only, the main book is the second person in most of the counties, and the power in his hands is in his hands, of course, there is a lot of oil and water.

With such an identity, the house will naturally not be bad, and this master book is to go to the city of Datong Mansion to be high, and everyone has to take care of the face left, no one has the idea of this house, Huairen County is not big, the richest place is in the Zheng family outside the county, and the rich and noble people in the city have their own mansions to live in, Huairen County is not a good place, and the rich and noble people have no intention of buying a house in the city, so they stayed.

The two-entry house still occupies a relatively large area of two-hall, with three main rooms, four ear rooms, and several rooms with other functions, which are enough for their family to live, and there is far from surplus.

"Fifty taels of silver, no bargain." The one left behind was a middle-aged man with a bitter gourd face, his brain didn't look very flexible, but he gritted his teeth and didn't relax when bargaining.

Saying that "silver" a few taels can also make a fuss about the color, this "tattoo silver" is to set the color to death, Li He has been in business for so long, and he is proficient in the doorway, as soon as he hears the price and the way of shouting, he knows that he can't be the master.

"Big brother, a house like Zheng Jiaji is only sold for forty taels, this Huairen County is not as valuable as Zheng Jiaji's side, and it is also determined that the silver is fine, and it can be bought for three at such a price."

The thing is obvious, after the invasion of the Mongolian horse team, Huairen County is no longer a good place, those who can't afford to buy a house in the county still can't afford it, and those who can afford it will definitely move, but the former master book is actually sold at such a high price, either because he doesn't know the market, or he just wants to make a fortune.

But for Zhu Da and them, if they want to buy a decent house, they are afraid that the only choice is at the moment, going to the guest house, or buying a common people's house, which is much easier and more economical than this.

"Buy, pay according to the price, but you must go to the yamen to do a notarization, and the title deed is complete." Judah quickly made a decision.

There is such a decent house, you can avoid a lot of trouble, after all, it is surrounded by rich and noble families in the county, outsiders will feel that you are one of them, pay according to the price to avoid entanglement with each other in the future because of the high price and low price, so that it will be neat, the title deed is notarized by the government as a guarantee is also to have no trouble on the bright side, since you want to settle down, then you have to choose the most secure.

"Big brother, be careful when looking for the government as a guarantor, this family and the yamen have an acquaintance, if we gang up, we will be in trouble." Li He reminded in a low voice.

"It's good to find a reassuring official family member you know." Juda nodded and replied in a deep voice.