Zheng Rongtai was a lot more cautious after being dismissed, and he didn't dare to stay outside for too long, so he hurried back to his house after drinking tea with Li Yanqing, at this time it was still early, that is, at nine o'clock in the morning, the street was already bustling, and the flow of people was like weaving.

After Li Yanqing learned what happened, he didn't know where he should go for a while? He had so many things to do, so many things to do, he didn't know where to start.

Zheng's house is not far from Liang Shicheng's mansion, although Liang Shicheng may not be in the mansion now, he still has to go to say hello and let Liang Shicheng know that he has returned.

No need to take an ox cart, Li Yanqing walked a mile and came to Liang Shicheng's mansion, as he expected, Liang Shicheng did not return to his house last night, and it is not clear whether he can return to his house today, Li Yanqing left a letter of worship and left Liang's mansion.

As soon as he walked down the street, a wide ox cart stopped in front of him, and the coachman smiled and said, "Where are the officials going?" I can send officials to the office, and the fare is cheap. ”

At this time, the rush hour for taking the ox cart has passed, and the fares are relatively cheap, Li Yanqing didn't care about the fare of more than ten yuan, he opened the curtain and looked at it, it was relatively clean inside, so he got on the ox cart.

"I'm going to the store, do you know where it is?"

Loudian is the government-run housing rental market, which is available in the capital and various states, mainly with cheap single rooms, which is equivalent to the low-rent rental center of later generations, which is also the characteristic of the Song Dynasty.

The coachman smiled: "There are several in the capital!" The largest one is in Daxiangguo Temple, and it costs fifteen dollars to go there. ”

"Yes, just go to that house!" Li Yanqing remembered that he could go there to buy a few books, and Shuyuan Street next to Daxiangguo Temple was the largest concentration of bookstores in Bianjing.

He mainly wanted to find a house today and move out of the Bianhe River as soon as possible, he felt that Sisi was not only unsafe to live there, but also too small and a little depressing.

Li Yanqing has a lot of money in his pocket, and the Son of Heaven in the Xixia Campaign rewarded him with five thousand taels of gold, although most of him used it to compensate the families of the fallen soldiers, but he still had two thousand taels of gold left, which is twenty thousand taels of silver, plus his previous savings, and forty percent of the shares in Baoyan Zhai, which was also what his father insisted on giving him, he really didn't worry about money, the key was to find a house that fits.

The ox cart walked slowly, but after walking less than ten steps, it stopped again, and a woman's voice came from outside, "Take a little bit of a road to Panlou Street!" ”

"Five cents per person, come on!"

There are three rows in the front and back of the ox cart, up to nine people can be seated, and they can be chartered, if you don't specifically propose a chartered car, the coachman will have to take passengers along the road, which is also the rule of the ox cart, Li Yanqing forgot it for a while, and he remembered that the coachman asked him for fifteen wen for a car just to pay for a ride, and the chartered car is not this price.

He was about to offer a chartered car, but it was too late, the curtain was lifted, and the smell of roses came to his nose, and only three young women dressed in fancy clothes got into the car.

"Yo! There's someone in the car. ”

When the three women saw that it was a young man in a long robe, there was a smile in their eyes, and they simply sat behind Li Yanqing and laughed.

"It's not far from Panlou Street, count us ten cents!"

"Three eldest sisters, it is already the cheapest for me to charge you five cents per person, you still have to bargain, this official goes to the Great Xiangguo Temple, and one person will need fifteen cents, you can't go too far."

"Daxiangguo Temple is far away! How close is our Pan Lou Street, we can't compare prices like this. ”

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly found that there were still a few people beckoning to take the car on the side of the road in front of him, he was really unhappy, and hurriedly said: "One hundred yuan, I have chartered this car, let's go!" Don't get on top of people anymore. ”

"Yo! Little brother, are you going to get us out of the car? The three young women raised their eyebrows.

"Just let me invite the three eldest sisters!"

The three young women suddenly smiled, "Then thank you, official." ”

At this time, a woman immediately hugged her grievances, "Fifty wen is enough to charter a car to Daxiangguo Temple, and one hundred wen is too much." ”

"Three eldest sisters, you can do it!" The coachman pleaded.

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "It's okay, just a hundred yuan, and drink a bowl of tea for the big brother of the coachman!" ”

"It's still an official who is kind."

The coachman was overjoyed, and gestured to several hitchhikers to indicate that the ox cart had been packed, and with a flick of his whip, he drove the ox cart eastward.

The three young women took the car for free, and they all had a good impression of Li Yanqing, and they asked nonsense: "The official is too a student!" ”

Li Yanqing saw that their makeup box used Li Ji grease box, and the perfume on their body was also the hottest rose dew in Li Ji perfume, so he couldn't help but have a good impression of them, so he smiled and said: "I'm so dark and so thick, where can I be a student, but just a businessman who runs the dock, what do the three eldest sisters do for a living?" ”

"We are prostitutes, two days ago, a family got married, hired us as a bride, and was busy in the dark for three days, each earning 500 yuan, and we have to hand over 100 yuan to Lefang."

"It's not easy to do anything now."

"That's right, but there are exceptions, like our former head Li Shishi, who can earn thousands of dollars as long as he sings a song, I heard that someone was willing to give her three thousand taels of silver to invite her to drink a glass of wine, but she still refused to agree, money is no longer important to her."

"Hasn't Master Li been missing for a long time? She shouldn't be the head of the line! Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"The current line is Hua Xiangrong, she sings a song in the elephant shed for only 300 yuan, far from being compared with Li Shishi, Li Shishi is the most famous prostitute in Bianjing in a hundred years, even the Son of Heaven will never forget her, but unfortunately she died."

"I can only say that she is missing, not that she is dead!"

"It seems to us that it's almost the same, it's been a year and a half, and she's either taken in by the powerful or dead, anyway, she's in the past, and to be honest, we all forget what she looks like."

At this time, the carriage stopped, and the coachman smiled and said, "Three eldest sisters, the Qu brothel has arrived!" ”

The three prostitutes hurriedly got up and got out of the car, and they smiled at Li Yanqing and said, "Thank you, official, you have time to come to the Qu brothel to listen to the songs, we are in the spring water room." ”

"Good! I must come to cheer for the three eldest sisters. ”

The three female prostitutes waved to Li Yanqing, and ran into the qu prostitute house opposite, that is, the music fang, which is a medium-sized music shop, and the three music prostitutes are also low-level music prostitutes.

It can be seen from them that the life of the people at the bottom is very difficult, but Li Yanqing also learned a piece of information that Master Li is already in the past.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, the ox cart stopped in front of the storehouse opposite the Great Xiangguo Temple, and Li Yanqing took out a small piece of broken silver and handed it to the coachman, which was at least two pieces of broken silver.

"The rest is rewarded to you, no need to look for it!"

The coachman thanked him and left, Li Yanqing looked at the shops on both sides, of course he didn't come to look for the store, the storekeepers were all single-room cheap housing, 500 yuan a month, not the house that Li Yanqing wanted.

But there are the best Zhuang Zhaiya people in Bianjing around the store, and Li Yanqing's target is them, if you want to find a good house, you must find a famous Zhuang Zhaiya person.

Li Yanqing walked into a very stylish shop called 'Beautiful House', this is the real estate agent of the Song Dynasty, and a guy greeted him, "Do officials want to rent a house?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I want to rent a house." ”

The guy immediately stood in awe, the people who are qualified to rent a house will not be ordinary people, "Official, please!" ”

The guy led Li Yanqing into an elegantly furnished room and sat down, and went to serve him tea, at this time, a middle-aged man walked in unhurriedly, wearing a black satin deep coat and a long-tailed hat, but his face was full of kindness, and he smiled before he spoke, "In Han, the lower tooth person, doing the business of Zhuang House, the official has a noble surname." ”

Li Yanqing heard Li Dongdong say that some famous tooth people in the capital only report their surnames, such as tooth man Zhao, tooth man Zhang, etc., saying that the generation of business has become a golden sign of the industry, and this tooth man Han is obviously the top Zhuang Zhai tooth person.

Li Yanqing replied: "Under Li Yanqing, I came today to rent a house." ”

"It turned out to be Li Guanren, it shouldn't be the first time to rent a house!"

"It's not the first time I've rented a house, but it's the first time I've built a house."

"I see, can you let me talk about some of the government's regulations, and then we can see if there is any compromise."

"Han Yaren, please!"

Han Yaren smiled unhurriedly: "Bianjing has too many people, if the government does not restrict, many poor people will have no place to stand, all the rules for renting a house, everyone dare not easily violate, since Li Guanren has rented a house, I will not talk about the rules such as single rooms and yards, saying that the house, the house generally refers to two or three entrances, that is, there is a front yard, an atrium and a back garden, covering an area of at least three acres, and the rooms are generally not less than twenty, and there are even pavilions and pavilions, rockeries and pond fish, and the back garden is also full of green trees, as well as exotic flowers and plants, Of course, the more you pay attention to the price, the more expensive it is, in fact, money is not a big problem, there are many people who can afford to rent a house, and I can afford to rent a house, but I can only rent four rooms at most, and I am not qualified to rent a house. ”

In fact, Han Yaren implicitly told Li Yanqing that if he wants to rent a house, he must be qualified, of course, he doesn't need any qualifications to spend money to buy a house, but not everyone can get more than 100,000 yuan, even if the funds of giant businessmen have to turnover, they can't get so much extra money.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "I've also heard a little, it seems that you want to be famous, or be an official in the court." ”

"Yes!"

Han Yaren slapped his thigh, "That's it, to put it bluntly, you have to be an official, I don't know how many official residences Li Guanren has?" ”