Li Yanqing didn't expect Zhou Ping to come up with a plan so quickly, he took the paperwork and opened it casually, first of all, a sketch, roughly planning the scope of the land to be sold.

Li Yanqing saw that the entire planned land was only fifty acres, and ten acres of land were demarcated in front of the Chenghuang Temple, Zhou Ping explained on the side: "Consider leaving ten acres of land for the Chenghuang Temple, and it is enough to hold some sacrificial activities at ordinary times, and also consider leaving a place for small stalls and vendors to gather, which is also to increase the popularity of the tiles in the future." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Fifty acres can be sold for a lot of money, so let's keep ten acres!" ”

He turned to the second page, and on the second page was also a picture, densely covered with grids, with the names of various shops written, "What is this?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"This is a sketch of the tiles on the east side, covering an area of about forty-six acres, about the size of this open space, and I feel that I can follow suit."

"It's a labor-saving solution!"

Li Yanqing suddenly became interested, looked at the map carefully, and found some subtle changes, "Many shops don't seem to have an acre of land?" ”

"The county gentleman may not have taken into account the needs of some small shops, one acre of land is too big for them, two points of land is enough, and the small shops are located inside, which is definitely not as good as the outside, but if the shops are numerous and dense, they will also attract customers.

In addition, the county gentleman also has to take into account the land occupied by the road, and there are some places for juggling performances, in fact, the area of the shops we can sell is only forty acres, and there are ten large stores in the first row of East Street, each covering an area of about one and a half acres, and there are dense small shops behind, and the county can build them uniformly, of course, at their expense. ”

Li Yanqing thought for a while and asked, "How much does the store that He Lao Liu bought in that lawsuit this morning occupy?" ”

"About two acres or so."

"Isn't that land two thousand acres and one acre?"

"It's like this along the street, but it's not good inside, at most a thousand per acre."

Li Yanqing thought for a while and asked, "How much does it cost to build a house on one acre of land?" ”

"If you build more, it will be cheaper, and if you build it a little easier, three or four hundred will be enough."

"Then count it as five hundred! In addition to digging wells and planting trees and ramming roads, a total of 15,000 yuan to the sky, in this case, the land inside should not be sold, we build a good rent, 25 acres can build 125 shops, each shop collects five rents per month, and there is also an income of six or seven hundred yuan per month, and the money for the elderly is also available, isn't it very good? ”

Zhou Ping praised sincerely: "It's still the county gentleman who has thought it through!" ”

After a pause, Zhou Ping asked again: "I don't know how to distribute the land of these ten big shops?" ”

This is the real purpose of Zhou Ping looking for Li Yanqing, there are too many people who ask him, he has to find the county order to get an idea, Li Yanqing thought about it, "Leave three pieces of land, you take two, Yang County Cheng keeps one, and the remaining seven pieces are sold publicly, so decide!" ”

Zhou Ping was overjoyed in his heart, he just wanted two pieces of land, one for the eldest son, and the other for his own pension, and for the concubine and young son in the future, but he didn't expect the county monarch to take it into account for him, he was grateful, and asked: "Since you decided to rent the official land to Baoyanzhai to grow flowers, why not leave a piece of land for Baoyanzhai to open a store?" ”

Li Yanqing also had this idea at the beginning, and asked Bao Yanzhai to open a Li Rouge shop in Jiayu County, but this would make people think that he was privately occupying public property, after all, the shop is more eye-catching than the land, and it is best to avoid the land of the City God Temple and rent a shop elsewhere to open it.

"Bao Yan Zhai does not have this demand for the time being, so let's decide! Implement it as soon as possible. ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhou Ping hurriedly went, at this time, the time had passed Shen, of course, the county government also had time to commute, a little later than the imperial court in the morning, and had to enter the official office at half past seven in the morning, and in the afternoon Shen Shi was finishing his official duties, that is, at four o'clock, and there was more than half an hour of rest at noon.

Li Yanqing was really tired today, so he cleaned up a little and got up to go home.

When I returned home, I found that the house was also quite lively, a large group of eleven or twelve-year-old little ladies were chattering non-stop in the front yard, there were at least more than 20 people, it seemed that they were interviewing maids, and they had to recruit seven little maids and three rough maids in the house, but there were so many came, and most of them would inevitably be eliminated.

At this time, a little lady walked out of the left wing room in the front yard, carrying a small cloth bag, wiping her tears and leaving the mansion, Li Yanqing knew why she was eliminated, she was too young, and she looked like she was eight or nine years old, and it was impossible for the mansion to want her.

Uncle Shan walked to the door again and shouted, "Next, Xu Wuniang!" ”

A rather handsome little lady walked out of the crowd and walked towards the house, Uncle Shan saw Li Yanqing and hurriedly greeted him, "The official is back?" ”

Li Yanqing glanced into the room and asked with a smile, "Who is interviewing?" ”

"Yes, ma'am!"

Uncle Shan shook his head and said, "I used to interview coachmen, grooms, gardeners, porters, and servants, and I was busy for almost two hours, and now I have started interviewing maids again." ”

"Madame interviews coachmen and grooms?" Li Yanqing was a little strange.

Uncle Shan hurriedly explained: "The manservant is a villain interview, according to the lady's explanation, no one who looks fierce and evil is wanted, they are all young people who are more pleasing to the eye, and the housekeeper and maid are interviewed by the lady herself." ”

Although the Northern Song Dynasty was not as strong as men and women in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the relatives of the eunuchs would never show up easily, and the male servants in the family rarely saw their wives all year round, let alone interview the male servants in person, which was generally a matter for the male host, and could also be done by the housekeeper.

Li Yanqing nodded, walked to the window and looked into the house, only to see his wife Cao Yun sitting at a table, and Hu Qing'er sitting next to her, Hu Qing'er was a little tired, and secretly yawned from time to time.

Cao Yun asked the little lady in front of her with a smile on her face, "What is your name and how old are you?" Where is home? Do you have siblings, and what do your parents do for a living? ”

The little lady looked about eleven or twelve years old, and she saluted timidly: "The people's daughter's name is Xu Wu Xiaoniang, twelve years old, her home is in Baixingzi Village outside the southern city, there is an eldest sister above, and a younger brother below, her mother weaves and cooks at home, and her father and grandfather farm for a living. ”

Li Yanqing nodded secretly, this little lady has a clear mind, and she answers all the questions, only to hear his wife Cao Yun ask again: "Are you the first time to come out to do things?" ”

"Yes!"

"And what did your parents do about you?"

Xu Wuniang said in a low voice: "My father said that he sold himself for six years, four yuan per month, one payment a year, and food, clothing, and housing. ”

After a pause, she added in a whisper, "There are ..... No marriage shall be assigned. ”

Cao Yun laughed, "It's okay, you can ask your father to sign the contract tomorrow morning!" ”

Xu Wu's little lady's eyes lit up suddenly, "Have I been hired?" ”

"Yes, come over early tomorrow morning to sign the contract, just bring two clothes for washing."

Mrs. Xu Wu was so excited that she knelt down, "Thank you, madam!" ”

"Go ahead!"

The little lady left happily, at this time, Cao Yun was also a little tired, so she said to Uncle Shan: "I have recruited five today, it's almost, if it's not enough, I'll look for it slowly in the future, give the little ladies outside a hundred dollars each, let them go back!" ”

"The villain knows, there are two of them that are very good, it is better for the villain to let them come back for an interview another day."

"It's okay, let them go back first!"

Cao Yun stood up and walked out with Hu Qing'er, Li Yanqing couldn't dodge, and just happened to meet them.

"When did you come back?" Cao Yun asked in surprise.

"I just came back, and I happened to see you interviewing a little lady."

"Then my vision is okay, right?" Cao Yun asked with a smile.

"It's not bad, that little lady is very delicate and has a clear mind, and the other maids are the same?"

Cao Yun nodded, "Almost, I mainly look at the edge of my eyes, if I can take a fancy to it at a glance, it will be good nine times out of ten." ”

"What about Sisi? How did she not be with you. ”

"Sister Sisi is painting, she happens to be interested today,"

At this time, Li Yanqing saw that Hu Qing'er wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked with a smile: "What does Qing'er want to say?" ”

Hu Qing'er blushed and said, "I went to see my eldest brother try the case in the morning." ”

"Oh? How does it feel? Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

Hu Qing'er said angrily: "I feel that the eldest brother is a good old man, how pitiful that widow is, she has a dead husband and has to raise young children, why do you want her to pay back?" That He Lao Liu was full of meat, and he was not a good person at first glance, not only asked for the money to be repaid, but also gave him the store in the end, in my opinion, this money should not be repaid. ”

Li Yanqing saw Cao Yun pursing his lips and smiling silently, so he asked, "The lady seems to know the facts of the case?" ”

"Qing'er came back and told us, we'll listen to your explanation when we're ready for dinner."

Li Yanqing laughed, "Then you don't have to wait for dinner, you can explain now, that widow is going to remarry, I specially asked her, she said that her parents are in charge, her parents will definitely let her remarry, so the problem comes, after she gets married, she takes the restaurant away as a dowry, so what should her ex-husband's children and parents do?" So I have to let her sell the restaurant and pay off the money, so that her ex-husband's parents will not be harassed by He Lao Liu, and when she remarries, the money will be divided into three parts, one for her ex-husband's parents, one for her ex-husband's son, and one for herself, although she repaid He Lao Liu's money, but in fact, she did not suffer a loss, the real loss was the former owner of the restaurant, who sold the restaurant to her husband cheaply, and part of this bargain was given to He Lao Liu, and the case was successfully resolved. ”

Cao Yun nodded, "Husband is very thoughtful!" ”

Li Yanqing asked Hu Qing'er with a smile again, "Is this explanation still acceptable?" ”

Hu Qing'er snorted, turned her face around, and said half-loudly: "You have some truth in what you say!" ”

Li Yanqing patted his stomach and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, let's go eat!" I'm hungry too. ”

"Today is two cooks cooking, see how they make small dishes, we have tasted it at noon, it is very fine, and it tastes good."

"I don't care about fineness, just let me eat enough."

The three of them talked and laughed and walked towards the dining hall.