Whoever is hit by a pie falling from the sky is not necessarily a good thing.

It's true that Ma Zhou picked up a big bargain a few days ago, and he was about to show his skills to Li Chengzong. Unexpectedly, he was completely messed up, and Li Chengzong had called him over to reprimand him for several days in a row.

No, in order to solve the problem explained by King Jin, Ma Zhou's figure was lowered and he personally visited Fang Xuanling with gifts.

"Nothing to do, what to say later, Lord Ma Zhou." Fang Xuanling teased. In fact, Fang Xuanling is not a stingy person, on the contrary, for Ma Zhou, Fang Xuanling also appreciates it very much. I'm a lot younger than myself, but I want to be outstanding. In private, the two have a lot of contacts, and the relationship is quite harmonious, so the ridicule is just a joke.

can't laugh, Ma Zhou doesn't have the heart to cry now. If he can't sell the land, the king of Jin will have his heart.

"Lord Fang, you have to help me! It's been ten days, and not a single piece of land has been sold! King Jin called me over today, saying that he couldn't sell the land anymore, so he asked me to roll up the cover and leave. "Ma Zhou, that's not easy!

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "King Jin is reluctant to let you go, it's just angry talk."

Ma Zhou said: "If it goes on like this, King Jin won't let me go, and I won't have the face to stay to see King Jin."

"Alas, this land sale is not a house sale, in fact, the conditions given to you by King Jin are very deductible. You said that this house has four walls, which can be seen and touched. At the moment, there is nothing in the outer city, if the official is asked to spend so much money, the official will not buy it!"

Of course you don't buy it, the house you live in was given by King Jin, and you don't have to spend any money, Ma Zhou thought to himself.

"I understand, I also told King Jin. But this King Jin said, there is no difficulty to go up, and if there is difficulty, you must face the difficulty, otherwise everyone can be in charge of the Executive Yuan, why do you have to sit there?" Ma Zhou was embarrassed.

Fang Xuanling nodded meaningfully and said, "King Jin is reasonable, it's true!"

"Master Fang, don't laugh with me at this time, you're going to die of worry below."

"Okay, okay, don't worry! Build a large number of houses outside and sell them, obviously King Jin will not agree. Even if King Jin agreed, Li Xuantong and Qi Shanxing couldn't come up with the money. Therefore, for today's plan, you can only reduce the price, you go to discuss with the King of Jin, and maybe the King of Jin will agree. ”

Ma Zhou is not too satisfied with this answer, and if he can't sell it, he will reduce the price, who wouldn't have thought of it! The key problem is that the money from the sale of land is to be used for military expenses, and the king of Jin wants to recruit 20,000 new horses. If it is sold at a reduced price, then this money will not be enough for the expenses of 20,000 people!

"If there is less money, where will the military expenses of King Jin be raised? can't solve it, how to explain to King Jin in the next. ”

Fang Xuanling sat firmly on Mount Tai, waved his hand, and said, "That's why I said that I wanted to discuss with King Jin." The military expenditure set by the king of Jin was based on the expenses of a whole year, and all the weapons and armor were added. If some requirements can be lowered, military spending will naturally be reduced. Moreover, you can't sell a piece of land now, let alone raise military expenses. ”

Yes, yes, Ma Zhou couldn't make up his mind. If you act like this, you still prove that you are incompetent, and it is also a shame.

Asked for an idea that was not an idea, and Ma Zhou hurried in.

Fang Xuanling's wife, Lu Shi, came out and said to Fang Xuanling: "It's true that you have no intention of helping others, selling land at a reduced price, and you are still a person who claims to be a prime minister." You're embarrassed to say it, and you're really not ashamed. ”

This Lu family is the first vinegar king in ancient times, and "concubines would rather die of jealousy" is her wise saying, so Fang Xuanling has had nothing to do with his little wife all his life.

Fang Xuanling said: "King Jin is a dead question, even Zhuge Kongming can't solve this problem when he is alive. It is said to be an outer city, but in addition to the four walls that are not called city walls, it is like a leveled wasteland, plus a few military camps. In such a place, will you pay the price of a house to buy these lands?"

When asked like this, Lu Shi thought about it and asked, "Is there less money for an acre of land?"

"Ah, you really want to buy it?" Fang Xuanling exclaimed.

"Why are you surprised? In the past, we didn't have money and couldn't afford to buy land, but now with King Jin, you have a lot of monthly income, what's wrong with buying a piece of land!" Lu said.

"It's okay, it's okay." Fang Xuanling shook his head, not daring to argue with his own family.

Ma Zhou didn't get to the point of being white-headed overnight, but it was almost there. I couldn't think of a better way, so I could only go to Li Chengzong and discuss whether I could reduce the price.

Li Chengzong just took a sip of tea, and almost sprayed it all on Ma Zhou.

"After thinking about it for so many days, I came up with the bad idea of reducing the price. How can you let this king praise you?" Li Chengzong aired.

"The king of Jin forgives his sins, but his subordinates are incompetent." Ma Zhou pleaded guilty again and again.

Wang Hu stood aside, and when he saw that Li Chengzong was angry, he said righteously: "King Jin, the land outside the city is indeed not easy to sell, and it can't be blamed entirely on Lord Ma Zhou."

"I can't thank you enough for the dismount week!" Ma Zhou, who was kneeling on the ground, was instantly full of love for Wang Hu.

Li Chengzong got up and paced back and forth, and said in a deep voice: "What are you going to do?"

"Cut by 30%."

"What if you can't sell it?" Li Chengzong asked coldly.

"The subordinates are willing to be punished!" Ma Zhou thought to himself, if he can't sell it anymore, he can only use yin tricks. If you don't give me face like this, don't blame the official for being ruthless, when the time comes, all the businessmen in Dunhuang will count one of them, no problem will be fine, and if there is a problem, you will be punished for bankruptcy. Whoever makes me an official can't be an official, don't expect anything good!

Li Chengzong said: "Okay, the price will be reduced by 30%." If you can't sell those planned shops, warehouses, and houses on the street, this king will..."

Saying that, Li Chengzong looked around, picked up the teacup and slammed it on the ground, and then said: "Estimate it yourself!"

"The subordinate officer takes the order."

Li Chengzong was depressed, didn't he say that the land was bought in a hurry? The land price of Dunhuang is not even one-fifth of that of Chang'an, what are these people thinking! Dunhuang is a bunch of people who are even more slammering than themselves.

Comparing Chang'an with Dunhuang, Li Chengzong really thinks too much.

It is true that Dunhuang has been prosperous recently, but most of the people who come and go are merchants, who come and go. If you count the people who have settled in Dunhuang, I am afraid that it is not even one-tenth of Chang'an. The resident population is unstable, so naturally there is no market.

Although a large group of merchants think that the store is worth buying, the price is too high.

This is not doing business with ordinary people, it is King Jin who sells things, you go to negotiate with him to reduce the price, who has the courage. Don't make trouble for yourself, the boundary of Dunhuang provoked the emperor and may have a way to live, and it is true that the king of Jin has no life when he is angry, those soldiers and horses who practice every day are not holding fire sticks in their hands, they are real guys.

Miscellaneous reasons are added together, and King Jin's first sale of the house is a discount.