After a day of surveying, when he returned to Longjin Bridge, Meng Qingyun already had a sore back.

Although she could ride a horse, her body did not experience the test of long-term horseback riding, so that in the second half of the day she gave up riding and switched to riding a car.

Fortunately, Asakusa Bauhinia brought the car.

When she returned home, she collapsed on the chaise longue, and Asakusa and Xiu'er hurriedly massaged her, otherwise she would get up tomorrow and her muscles would be even more sore.

Lu Yun came over with a piece of letter paper, and said with a smile: "Yuan Niang, the letter from the second uncle is here again, he has already arrived in Suzhou, if there is no accident, he can enter Beijing the day after tomorrow." ”

Meng Qingyun was tired, but he smiled on his face: "Great, our God of Wealth is here." ”

A room full of maidservants burst out laughing.

Jiang Fang's side couldn't make a decision for a while, because to dig an artificial lake, many places in the North Outer City needed to re-plan, and the Ministry of Industry had to measure, design, draw, and make a project budget before it was submitted to the ruling, and it would take a few days.

Fortunately, after a full massage, Meng Qingyun's arms and legs were fine the next day, and she wore someone to carefully decorate the guest room prepared for Bai Rongxin.

Early the next morning, Wu Liu took people to the Shangshan Gate in the outer city to greet him.

Mengjin was supposed to be on duty today, so he took half a day off and waited at home with his daughter.

At the end of the day, Bai Rongxin finally arrived at the Longjin Bridge Meng Mansion.

Although he was the only one who came this time, he brought a lot of suitcases and several large cars.

Meng Jin and Meng Qingyun personally greeted them at the gate, and their brothers and sisters met each other, and they were very affectionate, bursting with laughter, and entered hand in hand.

The main hall was seated, and the maidservants presented hand towels, wiped off the dust for Bai Rongxin, and then served tea and fruits.

Bai Rongxin took a sip of tea and smiled at Meng Qingyun: "I sent money to Yuan Niang this time." ”

Meng Qingyun said: "Following my uncle to do business is to make sure you don't lose money." ”

Bai Rongxin laughed and said, "That's why you dare to invest money." Although the sea trade is very profitable, but the sea risk is also great, the second time we went out on the ship, we encountered a hurricane, damaged three ships, and lost more than a dozen sailors. ”

Meng Jin and Meng Qingyun suddenly sighed, and Meng Jin asked, "Are the families of these sailors all compensated?" ”

Bai Rongxin said: "Don't worry, it's all generous." Our Bai family is in business, and we have always been kind to our guys and subordinates. ”

Meng Jin nodded, he was willing to marry the daughter of the Bai family, and he also took a fancy to the integrity and benevolence of the Bai family.

Bai Rongxin said to Meng Qingyun: "Two trades, you even have 1.2 million taels of interest, I am in charge, I will bet 500,000 taels and still invest in it for you, and the remaining 700,000 taels will be sent to Beijing for you this time." ”

Meng Qingyun said: "So much money, transported from She County? ”

Bai Rongxin waved his hand: "That's so troublesome, I first deposited the money in Delong Qianzhuang in She County, and the light car Jane went on the road to Songcheng before changing it into cash and bringing it into Beijing." ”

"Although the silver ticket is convenient, the interest rate is too high, and it is really not suitable to keep it for a long time."

Meng Qingyun nodded.

In modern savings, savers can collect interest; In ancient times, they had to pay interest to the bank, which was equivalent to paying them to keep the money. Therefore, large families generally have their own treasury or cellar, which is to store gold and silver.

When Wu Liu repaired the Meng's house in Longjin Bridge, he also followed Meng Qingyun's instructions to thicken the walls of the warehouse to store property.

Meng Jin said: "Actually, it's the same to send a steward, why bother you to come in person." ”

Bai Rongxin waved his hand and said: "It's not just to send you money, last year's bidding for the sea certificate, relying on many high-ranking officials in Beijing to protect the promotion, now the sea trade has made a lot of profits in a year, so it is natural to go to Beijing to thank you and maintain a good relationship." ”

Meng Jin nodded, this is the proper meaning of the question.

He won't say anything about refusing to be corrupt or anything like that, since Bai Rongxin dares to say it to the surface, he naturally won't be so stupid to send money to others directly.

"What's more," Bai Rongxin changed his words, "Yuan Niang's letter also said that there is a big business opportunity that is rare in a century, which will help the Bai family to lay out the capital, how can I miss it." ”

Meng Qingyun smiled: "I will ask someone to send a post to His Royal Highness King Qi in the afternoon and make an appointment to meet him." ”

Bai Rongxin said: "Don't be busy, let's go to the North Outer City to have a look first." ”

Meng Qingyun nodded.

The nephew and uncle were talking about buying thousands of acres of land in Bianjing City, where every inch of land was expensive, and a big business involving millions of dollars, but they completely put Mengjin aside.

Meng Jin was suddenly a little lost.

Is my daughter a little too capable?

Bai Rongxin did things resolutely, had lunch at Meng's house, rested for half an hour, and took Meng Qingyun to the northern outer city in the afternoon.

Because Meng Qingyun had surveyed in advance, they didn't need to look at the entire North Outer City this time, and focused on the place outside Tianbo Gate.

According to the artificial lake planned by the Ministry of Industry, it was indeed the best place that Meng Qingyun had drawn at that time.

The nephews and uncles rode around the place for almost an hour, with a few maidservants and a few nurses.

In the end, Bai Rongxin high-fived: "That's it!" ”

He turned his head to look at Meng Qingyun: "What a Yuan Niang, her eyes are really vicious." You really should have the surname Bai. ”

Meng Qingyun said with a smile: "I'm not surnamed Bai, am I not a family with my uncle?" ”

Bai Rongxin laughed.

"What are you going to do with this place when you buy it?"

Meng Qingyun is still very concerned about this big project, and has been thinking about it for several days. At this time, as soon as Bai Rongxin asked, she talked eloquently.

"I want to divide this area into three districts.

"First of all, along the outer side of the inner city wall, from the Tianbo Gate to the west of the Lu Gate, there are all residences of dignitaries. Let's rely on these high-gate mansions to build small houses. ”

"The foreign officials in Bianjing City, including the size of the civil and military affairs, plus those who enter Beijing every year to take the imperial examination, find a way, and join relatives, I am afraid that there are more than 100,000 people."

"Most of these people can't afford to buy a house in the capital, so they can only rent it. We build small houses and sell them or rent them to these people. ”

"This area is close to dignitaries and dignitaries, so it is easy to take refuge and climb; the second is that there are both waterways and land routes, which can be connected to outside Beijing; The third is close to the inner city, and it is also convenient for the upper government to be on duty. Let's set a suitable price, and we will definitely rush to it. ”

Bai Rongxin nodded frequently when he heard this.

Meng Qingyun pointed to the second area.

"This area is a few main streets, and shops are built on the streets, and then a market is built in that area. I have inquired, originally this area was the most lively market in the North Outer City, due to the flood, the Ministry of Industry plans to change it to a lake, so the market must be relocated, this area is the best place. ”

"With a market, people gather, business naturally flourishes, and shops are valuable."

Meng Qingyun pointed to the third area, which is the closest to the artificial lake in the plan.

"In this area, there are gardens and restaurants. After the lake was built, this area has the best scenery and is close to Hong Lim Gardens. Bianjing people are good at amusement, but the terrain around the capital is flat, and there is no landscape at all, so the Jinming Pond will flow like a weave every year. ”

"If we make the lake scenery beautiful here, and then build a polo field, a juju field, a chuiwan garden, a Bo opera garden, a goulan, and a restaurant, and connect the scenery of Jinshui River and Fanglin Garden, it will inevitably become another place for the people of Bianjing City to have fixed amusement."

Meng Qingyun depicted this great prospect, his eyes were shining, and he didn't know how unique and charming his demeanor was at this time.