It turned out that the reward that Liu Hua asked for to Nian Qianyao turned out to be Wu Zhai, and he asked Nian Qianyao to reward Wu Zhai to himself in the name of the imperial court, and there was nothing else to ask for.

Nian Qianyao frowned and looked at Liu Hua: "Your appetite is not small, although that Wu Mansion has been defeated, but its area and geographical location are all the best choice, if the imperial court auctions it, that Wu Mansion is worth at least five thousand taels of silver." ”

"Nian, that's not how the account is calculated." After intercepting Nian Qianyao's words, Liu Hua deliberately said with a bitter face: "The price you just said is the price when the Wu Mansion was just built.

Now that so many years have passed, in my opinion, the Wu Mansion is worth at most five taels of silver, and after the court gave me the Wu Mansion, I have to tear down those dilapidated houses and rebuild them, and I have to decorate them inside and out, all of which require me to pay for it myself.

Nian, don't forget, the owner of this Wu Mansion was beheaded all over the house, and others were unlucky, who would buy it? That is, I am a stupid person, picking up some rags that no one wants.

Moreover, as the saying goes, the courtyard is empty, and if you are idle for a long time, you will be evil, this Wu house has been abandoned for fifteen years, who knows if there is a haunt in the road, I am using my own life to do experiments for the imperial court. ”

Nian Qianyao was sitting there drinking water, but when he heard Liu Hua say that Wu Zhai was worthless, he almost choked: "Ahem...... What did you say? Five taels of silver? In this way, I will give you six taels of silver, and you go and buy me a courtyard like Wu Mansion and come back, not to mention haunted by then, even if there are corpses inside, I will not dislike it.

Tattered? Have you ever seen a man who can pick up a house worth 5,000 taels of silver? Liu Hua, Liu Hua, why are you embarrassed to say that you are stupid? It's too good at putting gold on your face, right? I've seen a lot of people? I've never seen anything as real as you. ”

"Brother Nian, don't laugh at your brother, isn't it just an abandoned house? Why should you be so serious? Speaking of this, Liu Hua leaned forward: "After the brother repairs this house, when the eldest brother comes to Yangzhou to play, he will also have a place to stay."

We're all our own family, isn't mine yours? The brother will never forget the gift of the house from the elder brother, and when the brother gets ahead in the future, he will definitely repay the kindness of the elder brother today. ”

When Liu Hua said this, Nian Qianyao fell into deep thought, he had seen Liu Hua's talent before, and later he also appreciated Liu Hua's talent in investigating cases, perhaps, Liu Hua may really get ahead in the future.

In the future, maybe there will really be a time when he begs Liu Hua, if that's the case, now while Liu Hua has not yet made a fortune, it is not impossible to sell him a favor, maybe there will really be a day when he will ask Liu Hua for a favor in the future.

Thinking of this, Nian Qianyao nodded and agreed: "Okay, since you have the Wu Mansion in your eye, I will ask Brother Baishan to reward the Wu Mansion to you in the name of the Yangzhou Prefect's Yamen, and then ask the Land Administration Department to issue you a new house deed, and after you repair the house, you can move in." ”

Seeing that Nian Qianyao agreed to his request, Liu Hua was very happy in his heart, and thanked Nian Qianyao vigorously, and after a few words of greeting with a smile, he asked Liu Hua to go to Huang Baishan to go through the formalities.

At noon on the same day, Nian Qianyao recruited more than 100 officers and soldiers from the Yangzhou Prefecture City Defense Battalion to escort Susuha's eight people. After saying goodbye to Huang Baishan, he rode away on a cyan horse.

Tong Zhen, the chief catcher of the prefect's yamen, accompanied him with more than a dozen catchers. Seeing that Nian Qianyao was already on the road, Tong Zhen greeted everyone, and then led the mighty team towards the capital.

At this moment, Liu Hua and Sun Shidong are consulting business in a shop specializing in decoration in Yangzhou Mansion, they went to Wu's house in the morning to check, and found that in addition to the three houses that need to be rebuilt, the remaining rooms, although they do not need to be rebuilt, have to be renovated.

In addition, Liu Hua plans to tear down the room near the courtyard gate, and then build a shadow wall in that location, or place a town stone on it, in case the family moves in in the future, there will be a shadow in their hearts.

After checking, Liu Hua and the others came to this shop called "Luban Family" after some inquiry, which is not only the largest decoration shop in Yangzhou Prefecture, but also has a very good reputation.

The person in charge of entertaining Liu Hua and the others was an old man in his fifties, the old man's name was Lu Mu, and he was the shopkeeper of this shop, and when he heard that Liu Hua wanted to renovate the famous Wu Mansion, Lu Mu couldn't help but be a little surprised.

After hearing Liu Hua's words, at first Lu Mu thought that Liu Hua was joking, but when he saw the letter issued by the prefect's Yamen Land Administration, he believed that Liu Hua did not come here to fool people.

Glancing at Liu Hua curiously, Lu Mu slowly told Liu Hua about the cost of decoration: "Liu Gongzi, according to the projects you just said, Lao Yu has generally made a budget, can you see if there is anything that needs to be improved?"

First of all, there are a total of sixteen rooms in the back hall of the Wu Mansion, of which six are the main house and ten are side rooms, and among the sixteen houses, one main house and two side houses need to be rebuilt, and if they are built according to the previous specifications, these three houses will need one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

In addition, in the courtyard of the back hall, there is a landscape fish pond and a pavilion, the cost of repairing this piece is about one hundred taels of silver, and there are ten houses in the front hall of the Wu house, although it is the place where the people live, but the construction inside is also extremely exquisite, and if the doors, windows and roof are repaired, at least two hundred taels of silver.

This is not counting the cost of repairing those rooms in the back hall, if you add the twelve rooms in the back hall, even if you take care of some expenses, you will need four hundred taels of silver, and the green bricks in the yard will definitely need to be replaced, roughly estimated, almost one hundred and fifty taels of silver.

In addition, Liu Gongzi just said that he wants to redecorate these houses, and these more than 20 houses plus the gatehouse, if they are carefully renovated, I am afraid it will cost at least 500 taels of silver.

The rest of the projects are all scattered work, and they don't cost much silver, but as far as these main projects are concerned, if you want to decorate the Wu Mansion inside and out, it will cost about 1,300 taels of silver. ”

"Poof...... Many...... Many...... How much? One...... One...... One thousand three hundred taels of silver? I'll you...... Are you robbing? After hearing this price, Liu Hua squirted out all the water in his mouth, and looked at the budget list in front of the old man in disbelief.