Xizhi Gate, towards the west square of the palace, needlework alley.

Meng Yan planned to rent a large courtyard here to make a workshop for honeycomb coal, and Jiang Feng and others also transferred it and lived in the inn.

It's relatively close to the coal market, and the price of renting a house is slightly cheaper.

I found a tooth shop that specializes in helping people rent a house, and said the requirements, and the shopkeeper immediately enthusiastically recommended a few suitable houses to him.

After reading a few, they were not in line with Meng Yan's wishes, and in the end, in order to complete this business and get a commission, the shopkeeper recommended a house that was a little different.

This is a convicted military attaché's mansion, after being raided, it was reached by a rich businessman, and within a few months, the rich businessman fell ill and died, and his family and two or three accidents happened, and then the whole family moved out, but the house could not be sold, so it could only be listed for rent.

The yard is very dilapidated, it has been uninhabited for many years, the yin qi is heavy, and the feng shui is not good, which is undesirable for Meng Yan.

It is really a big expense to rent such a large space yard in the capital where every inch of land is valuable.

"Childe, I'm panicking here, there can't really be dirty things, right?" Jiang Feng accompanied Meng Yan to look at the house and cautiously followed behind and whispered.

"It's okay, it's your psychological effect, although it's a little broken here, but it's still good with a little renovation!" Meng Yandao didn't think anything, any gods and ghosts or anything like that, they were all scary.

"If Shi Gongzi is satisfied here, why don't we sign the lease contract?" The shopkeeper of the tooth shop said eagerly.

This house has been in his hands for several years, and finally someone has taken a fancy to it and is willing to rent it, even if he doesn't earn commissions, he is willing.

"The shopkeeper, this house, I look okay, the yard is big enough, and there are a lot of rooms, but the rumors about this house, and after I rent it, at least it will cost a lot of money to renovate, do you see if it can be cheaper?" Meng Yan Road.

"One hundred and twenty taels a year, this is already the lowest price, Shi Gongzi might as well inquire, the same house, the rent price is at least six hundred taels!"

"One hundred taels, how about it, I can sign a long-term contract with you, five years, ten years without a problem!" Meng Yan Road.

"This ......"

If it weren't for the lack of money on hand, he would have wanted to buy this house directly.

"Okay, Shi Gongzi is so sincere, one hundred taels is one hundred taels, but we only accept silver tickets, not treasure money!"

"Okay, the silver ticket is the silver ticket, we will sign the contract now, how about we sign a ten-year contract?" Meng Yan Road.

"Good!"

The lease contract was signed at the moment, in triplicate, one for Meng Yan to keep, one for the Yaxing for archiving, and one for the owner of the house.

After the representatives of the three parties sign their names and affix their seals, the contract is officially valid.

Meng Yan also added some penalty clauses for breach of contract to the contract, and the shopkeeper of the tooth shop and the owner's housekeeper representative didn't care, even if the house could be rented out, even if it was thankful, he didn't want to breach the contract at all.

After paying a year's rent and taking over the key to the gate, this house is temporarily owned by Meng Yan.

To put it bluntly, the house is not worth a few dollars, not to mention that it is in disrepair and cannot be directly inhabited, the key is this land, which is in the inner city, even if it is a remote area in the northwest, it is also quite valuable.

In the Ming Dynasty, the housing specifications of the common people and officials were customized, not how you want to build it, and the common people could not use the eaves, nor could they use color, all of them were blue bricks and green tiles, and there were regulations on how many rooms.

If this goes wrong, it's going to be troublesome.

"Jiang Feng, you have a job to do, tomorrow I will find some craftsmen, more money, and renovate this house inside and out, except for the forbidden things to be demolished, there is no need to move other places, and I will talk about it later!" Meng Yan commanded.

"Got it, Childe!" Jiang Feng nodded, "But what are we spending so much money to rent such a big house?" ”

"One is that it is inconvenient for a few of you to stay in the guest house, and second, I want to stack raw materials in a larger place, and next, I told you that mine, we want to process coal into something called honeycomb coal, which is more economical and affordable than the coal burned by ordinary people now." Meng Yan Road.

"Son, are we going to do a coal business?" Jiang Feng was surprised.

"Sort of, when I make the real thing, you'll understand!" Meng Yan said, "No matter how you say it now, you don't have that intuitive feeling. ”

"Oh!"

"Son, this house is gloomy, are you looking for a Taoist priest to come back and do things?" Jiang Feng said.

"You can do it, but don't be too ostentatious." Meng Yan nodded, he didn't believe it, but Jiang Feng and the others might not believe it, they wanted to ask for psychological comfort, that was also human nature.

"This is a procurement list, you are in accordance with the above procurement is complete, all sent here, it is best to sign a fixed procurement contract with the supplier, the standard mode of the contract, are in it, the price you can flexibly grasp, don't suffer a loss!"

"Understood!"

"This is three hundred taels of silver, you take it first, and if it's not enough, come to me!" Meng Yan handed over all the three hundred taels of silver to Jiang Feng.

These are all his belongings, there are two hundred and two taels of Ming treasure banknotes borrowed from Guo Nu, exchanged for one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and he took the sheep from the five Beiya Jinyi guards who were beaten, and the most was snatched from Lan Dou.

I robbed it twice, and it added up to more than two hundred taels of silver tickets and broken silver.

"Childe, if there is something, how can we find you?" Jiang Feng was a little excited, Meng Yan trusted him so much, and handed over such a huge amount of money to himself like this.

"Don't go to Nanya, let Shen Cong follow me first, if there is something, you can find him first, and then he can tell me!" Meng Yan thought for a moment and said.

"Okay."

"Your sister Jiang Xiaodie, let her temporarily be outside as Mrs. Shi, and you will host a qiē as a housekeeper, so it won't be too eye-catching!"

"Childe is thoughtful!"

"The rest of the people you look at the arrangement first, and it's important not to reveal your true identity." Meng Yan said, "Before the honeycomb coal came out, our actions were all low-key. ”

"Childe's words, Jiang Feng remembered it!"

"Sue the brothers, literacy, learning arithmetic, and changing the accent, are not allowed to be sloppy, if anyone fails to meet my requirements, he will enter the Jinyi Guard in the future, and the promotion is not as fast as others, don't blame others!" Meng Yan Road.

"Yes, yes......"

Although it is not necessary to use a special furnace to burn honeycomb coal, a briquette stove specially created for honeycomb coal will undoubtedly reduce the amount of honeycomb coal used and reduce waste.

After Meng Yan and Jiang Feng separated, he followed his childhood memories to find a blacksmith surnamed Shao, Meng Xian had taken him there several times before his death, and the last time was to take him to build a short sword, which was the first and last gift Meng Xian gave him.

But alas, he lost the short sword, and now remembered that the short sword with the word "stone" engraved on the hilt of the sword was most likely lost that night in the concubine's tent that Tokhtar did not spend Xinna!

Ten years ago, Shao Blacksmith was already sixty years old, and he didn't forge weapons by himself, and if his father hadn't come to the door that time, I'm afraid his old man would definitely not have done it himself.

Blacksmith Camp Alley, it should be here.

Most of the residents here are blacksmiths, and the streets are basically blacksmith shops, and the sound of tinkling iron is like a beautiful music.

"Laojia, this big brother, may I ask if there is an old blacksmith Shao who lives here?" Walking into a blacksmith shop, Meng Yan asked a middle-aged blacksmith who was striking iron.

"Little brother is asking about Shao Lao Wei, right?"

"Yes, it's Shao Lao, do you know him?" Meng Yan remembered that it seemed that this old blacksmith Shao had such a nickname.

"Dead!"

"Dead?" Meng Yan was stunned, although he was mentally prepared, he was already a sixty-year-old man ten years ago, and now if he is alive, he will be seventy years old.

In this era, being able to live to the age of 70 is definitely a long life, but that is also to be able to live.

"It's been eight or nine years, I don't remember it clearly, little brother, you're from out of town, right?" The middle-aged blacksmith asked.

"Yes, I heard that there is a blacksmith who is good at crafting weapons here, and he came here, but I didn't expect him to be immortal?" Meng Yan said regretfully.

"Old Shao is dead, but he still has an apprentice, just at the end of the street!"

"Thank you!" Meng Yan clenched his fists and went directly towards the end of the street.

"Little brother, if you want to build a weapon, why don't you come in and have a look......" The middle-aged blacksmith turned around, "Hey, what about people......"

"Forget it, you'll have to turn back when the time comes!" The middle-aged blacksmith was a little disappointed, shook his head slightly, and muttered to himself.

This is probably the smallest and most broken blacksmith shop in the entire blacksmith camp alley, although the door is open, but the signboard and the simple wooden counter have all fallen a thick layer of dust, reaching out and gently wiping it, the finger ends are all black ash.

It's been a long time since anyone patronized this shop.

Unlike other shops, there was no sound of striking iron inside, and Meng Yan took a step inside: "Excuse me, is there anyone inside?" ”