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Thinking that Zhang Qingting would have to leave sooner or later. Zhao Chengcai is still a little uncertain when he is doing things in the yamen today.

Lou Zhixian asked him to take the wrong share, and immediately smiled, "Chengcai, what's wrong with you today?" Didn't you wake up from last night's drink? ”

Zhao Chengcai reacted, and suddenly blushed, "I'm sorry!" I'm sorry! Please forgive me, I'll change it! ”

"It's okay, take your time!" Lou Zhixian is very lenient, this young man is honest and diligent, and he is very handy. At the end of the year, he collected a lot, and in the morning he and his wife were in a good mood as he calculated that this year's income was that the sesame seeds were blooming.

There happened to be a New Year's affair to explain to Zhao Chengcai, so he said, "Chengcai, your shop is very busy!" ”

"It's busy. This year has been busy, and I am all pointing to this to make a little money! Zhao Chengcai secretly wondered, Lord Lou wouldn't say this for no reason, did it imply that he wanted to?

In fact, he had prepared for this a long time ago, and he had also discussed it with Zhang Qingting, so others could not send it. This Louzhi County must be sent, and some good things must be sent. Even those restaurants know about it, and they don't dare to have opinions.

Although they have this heart, but they haven't found the right time to speak, since Lord Lou has taken the initiative to mention it, looking at the little people who are only serving close to him, he said with a smile, "Actually, my mother has long wanted to give a small gift to the adult, but it is just some food, and I am afraid that the adult will not look down on it, so I have not dared to take it out to offer ugliness." If adults don't dislike ......"

"Whoa! That's all you need! Lou Zhixian was very satisfied, and as soon as he mentioned it, Zhao Chengcai thought of it. To be a subordinate is to have this ability, so that the leader does not have to take the initiative to say things that are difficult to say.

"My wife is not very well-off, and there are many things to do this year, so I have to be idle at home to greet them, but I have to prepare something to deal with the people coming and going. The brine in your shop is now very famous, but it is difficult to order, can you make it convenient for us? ”

"Where did you come from? Although I opened an order and asked for something, I asked my mother to hurry up and prepare to go. Zhao Chengcai also had to make a few sycophants at the right time, "Adults are entangled in official business, where can I have time to worry about these things?" Since the lady is not happy, it is necessary to take care of her life and take care of herself. If there is anything else that can be used, please ask the adults to give me instructions as well. Our family are all rough people with solid eyes, and we can't do fine work, but we can still do it. ”

Lou Zhixian was comfortable when he heard this, and pretended to call the little maid into the inner house to find his wife to get the menu that had been prepared, "How much does it cost, you can report it as much as you want!" ”

Zhao Chengcai glanced at it, Lou Zhixian didn't want many things, but they were all more exquisite, and the cost was estimated to be fifty taels of silver, so he smiled and said, "We can afford this little gift, just hope that the Lord and Mrs. will smile, it is our honor!" ”

"How's that going to work? How much can you make in this shop? Besides, this big one can't be made for nothing! "It's just a little cheap, and Lou Zhixian doesn't care about it. The main thing is to eat things and prop up a façade.

Speaking of this, Zhao Chengcai just has something to say, he has been thinking about Zhang Qingting looking for a house, so who is better to ask than to ask the prefect of this county?

"My lord is so compassionate! But speaking of which, my mother's shop is indeed a little smaller. In this big year, many customers come to order brine, but they can't do it, and they don't know how much business they have put in vain! ”

"Oh! So why don't you make a bigger one? ”

"It's for this reason that I'm worried!" Zhao Chengcai said eloquently, "Don't hide it from adults, I have a lot of family, and the house is very narrow, and more than a dozen people are crowded into a few small rooms, which is very inconvenient. If you want to make a shop, I want to make it bigger, and then invite a few young guys to make it look like a front store and a back house, and it is convenient to take care of it. But look at this market, how can there be such a big house? Even if there are some large families, they will never give it away. If you are looking for those small households, you must buy several sets in a row, so how do you know if people are willing to sell them? ”

Lord Lou nodded when he heard this, "What you think is also true, there is indeed no such a large ready-made house in the bazaar, even if there is, people will also do business, how can they give it?" It's just ......"

He stroked his beard and groaned, as if remembering something, and then stopped.

This is waiting for someone to ask, of course Zhao Chengcai will understand, "My lord, do you have another good plan?" ”

Lord Lou thought for a moment, "You go and get a map of the city!" ”

Zhao Chengcai hurriedly pulled out the scroll and spread it out on the desk, and Lord Lou pointed to an alley road behind the market. "The terrain in this area is low, the drainage is not smooth, and the house is in disrepair for a long time, and it has broken down a lot. This year, after several heavy snowfalls, several civilians have been crushed, and now they are reporting the disaster and asking the government for help. ”

This Zhao Chengcai naturally knew, but he didn't understand what Lord Lou meant.

Lord Lou smiled slightly, "If you have the financial resources, it is better to collect all the houses in this area, make ditches again, and build new houses, this place will be big and good enough." And it's close to the market, so if you change the front door to the back door, and turn it off, won't it become a shop in the market? ”

Zhao Chengcai understood, Lord Lou had a good calculation!

If this piece of land is to be repaired, the government can hardly shirk its responsibility, and the cost of repairing it naturally has to use the official money drawn from above, and the money allocated from above has a fixed amount every year, if it is not used up during the term of office, the biggest beneficiary is of course Lou Zhixian himself. Moreover, if someone collects these dilapidated houses, the government will save another amount of relief money. It can also be used as a way to persuade the good and good to report upwards, add a glorious stroke to his official resume, and let people not find a little fault.

In this way, you can make a name for yourself in the officialdom, and you can get a good deal in your own pocket, so why not do it?

Seeing Zhao Chengcai's hesitant face, Lou Zhixian smiled, "If you really want it, I can keep it for you first." This place doesn't look great now, but once it develops, it's amazing! Again. If you really take it, you can be regarded as doing a good deed for the local surname. ”

Zhao Chengcai didn't dare to respond rashly, so he gave a deep salute first, "Thank you, Lord for your guidance!" However, for such a big matter, I have to go back to discuss with my mother, and I have to inquire about the price of this land before I dare to go back and forth to the adult. ”

Lou Zhixian shook his head, "There is no need to inquire about this land price, because it is a disaster victim, the government must come forward to set the price, not too low, of course, it will not ask for a sky-high price, and someone will be arranged to assess the public price to you." ”

When Zhao Chengcai heard what he said, he seemed to have planned for a long time, so he simply asked directly, "According to what the adults have seen, how much silver taels will this land cost?" Let us also have a number in our hearts, if we can't afford it, we will die of this heart. ”

Lou Zhixian asked him to take the disaster report again, and counted it, "There are a total of fourteen houses here, each household is large and small, even if it averages down to one tael per household, it will probably cost one thousand and four taels, plus the cost of repairing the ditch, the total amount is about two thousand taels." ”

Although the total price was high, Zhao Chengcai was not shocked when he heard it, Lou Zhixian did not quote a high price to him, and he almost asked for this fee. He didn't know how much money Zhang Qingting had in his hand, but he vaguely listened to that breath last night, there were still thousands, and it might be a little difficult to get such a big piece. So he asked, "With so many houses, we may not be able to use them, can we only buy a few houses?" ”

Lou Zhixian shook his head, "Since you want to buy it, you have to buy it all at once." lest there be one or two households left. The government is also not easy to deal with. It seems that our officials and businessmen collude to pick the fat and the thin. Well, if you really decide to buy it, then I can give you a few years of tax relief. Even if you suffer a little loss for the time being, you will come back in the future. ”

Zhao Chengcai nodded, "Thank you for your grace!" ”

Lou Zhixian finally confessed, "If you want to, you will do it before the year, and let every household collect the money for the New Year." If you wait until the spring of the year when the official government repairs the canal, this place will be more than this price, if someone is willing to pay a higher price, the official can't show favoritism! ”

Zhao Chengcai knew that he wanted to end the matter as soon as possible before the year and save himself some trouble, so he should reply in the next few days.

At the end of the year, there were very few official duties, and half a day was over. Zhao Chengcai took a half-day off, saying that his sister returned to the door and left first.

He didn't go home, but he hurried to Juewei Zhai to find Zhang Qingting, and as soon as he told her about it, Zhang Qingting also beat a drum in his heart. She didn't think much about one thousand taels of silver, but she didn't have two thousand taels, so she had to find Fang Dehai.

As soon as she came this morning, she told the old man about her plan to invite him to join the gang.

Fang Dehai smiled, "I'm so old, I can't get on your thief ship!" Let Mingzhu go and have fun with you! "That's right.

Now that he is a partner, of course he has to discuss such a big matter.

Fang Dehai frowned and hesitated, "How much silver I have here, you know best, girl, it won't be a problem for the two of us to get together two thousand." It's just that this investment is a bit bigger! When the house is put to the ground, we will all be poor and white, and if the business can't keep up, we won't have anything to do. In this case, let's go and see the house now! ”

Zhang Qingting was also resolute, and Zhao Chengcai went out with Fang Dehai left and right. explained to the rest of the people who looked at the store, seeing that it was almost noon, and specially instructed that if there was news of Zhao Yulan's return to the door, he would immediately go over there to find them.

Turning around this bustling and clean commercial street, there is the alley that Lou Zhixian said. Just across this wall, it seems to have completely changed the world.

Dirty, tattered, like a place where rats live. It's still winter, and if it's summer, it might smell rancid. The roofs of several rooms were covered with large holes in the snow, and the middle of the alley was covered with black slush. If it weren't for the fact that some houses had paved some large and small stones in the alleys, they wouldn't have been able to get in.

Walking down this alley, a few people still got wet mud. Except for the four-family house, which can barely accommodate people, the rest are already crumbling. If you buy it, you can only tear it down and rebuild it.

The place is big enough, and the backyard wall of the house at the east end is right in front of the market, and if this place is converted into a shop gate, it is spacious and magnificent.

Zhang Qingting and Fang Dehai both wanted to buy only a few households here, but Zhao Chengcai shook his head and asserted that Lou Zhixian would definitely not be willing to sell alone, and he still had to think more about political performance.

Fang Dehai thought for a long time, and pointed to a few households next to him with a cane, "Actually, it's not bad to buy these places, this price is really not expensive, but the cost of rebuilding these houses is really not small." Even if it's built, we won't be able to live there! Isn't it really a big rich man, do you still build a few back gardens? But it's a waste! ”

Zhang Qingting thought carefully and said, "If the money is not enough, I have to build the shops at this end first, and then slowly build the houses at the back when the business is done." If you can't use this house, you don't have to worry, let's make it a shop and rent it to the outside world, which is also an income. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both had seven or eight points of agreement.

Fang Dehai's crutches were heavy, and he made a decision, "Buy it, just buy it!" It's a big deal that I will fight this old bone for a few more years, and when I earn all the land price back, I will hand it over to you and Mingzhu to toss! It's really not good, the two of you have half of each of you, and you have a share of the rent, and you can't be hungry in this life! ”

Get out! Zhang Qingting also made up his mind, seek wealth and danger, and fight hard!

A few people didn't even have the heart to eat, so they sat down on the second floor of a teahouse opposite, borrowed paper and pencils, and condescendingly drew drawings while calculating how much silver they had in their hands. How much should be handed over to the government, how much of the house can be used temporarily, how to resettle one by one, and how to build new shops, how to build it, and how to build it, and how to take into account the needs of the house in the future, all of which must be planned out in a unified manner.

In the end, Zhang Qingting borrowed the abacus again, "Reluctantly, the silver in our hands is just enough." Although there are few shops here, there are still more than two years of lease and can continue to operate. Here you can buy the land first, and when the ditch is opened in the spring, according to the current income, it is estimated that you will be able to save some silver at that time, and pay for the first time to build the shop. There are a few rooms next to it that can still live in people, so let's settle the guys first, and wait for all of them to be built, and it is estimated that it will be the year after tomorrow. But by then, we'll all be relieved. ”

Fang Dehai thought about it more long-term, "Since we want to build a house, we should build it better, this land is originally low, and rebuilding the ditch is just to solve the problem of sewerage." However, the foundation of our house can not help but lay a little firm, and then allocate a few feet high, use bluestone slabs to make steps, and do not add all guardrails outside the courtyard wall, which is the plan for long-term peace and stability in the future. Otherwise, if you can't soak in the rain and snow for more than ten years, you will become a soft-footed crab again. This house is no better than anything else, we can't rush it......"

"Big sister! Brother-in-law! Suddenly, Yinbao ran over and shouted for them.

It's time for Magnolia to come back! Zhao Chengcai hurriedly responded, sent Fang Dehai back to the store, and the two hurried home.

(ps Thank you for your little pink, Kesu, is it still slow for Guiren to be 7k a day?) Lasagna tears...... Occasionally, the speed is just over 1k! ）