With Song Ling's act of eating crabs, two more officials came to see Fanning that afternoon, but most of the officials were still afraid of Yang Du's strength and did not dare to come to see Fanning.

On the one hand, he sent Zhu Hu to rush back to the capital with his impeachment letter and handed it over to Li Weizhen, the doctor of the left consultation, and he would impeach Yang Du for forcibly occupying the official residence of the government and destroying the rules of officialdom.

On the other hand, he needed to develop his own power in the palace, and Song Ling, who dared to be the first to come to eat crabs, became the first object of Fan Ning's attention.

In the afternoon, the shopkeeper brought in a Zhuang Zhaiya man, and the shopkeeper already knew Fanning's identity and was particularly stammering with Fanning.

"Daguanren, Wang Qin is the proprietor of the most famous Wang Ji Ya Company in our Songcheng County, and he has the best housing resources in his hands."

Fan Ning sat in the courtyard and said with a smile: "I'm not very familiar with the housing prices in Songcheng County, can proprietor Wang give a brief introduction first?" ”

Wang Qin bowed and said: "It is an honor to be able to serve the big officials, in general, the housing price in Songcheng County is only about 30% of the housing price in the capital, but there are also special circumstances, the lowest room and the best luxury house exceptions, for example, the official rent of a house in the capital is 500 yuan per month, and the official rent here is 300 to 400 yuan per month, in fact, it is not much different, but the middle real estate is cheap, and the yard of a one-acre land in the city is about 500 yuan, and it costs 2 or 300 yuan outside the city. ”

"Then tell me two prices, how much a bullock cart driver can earn a month, or how much a fellow can earn a month?" Fanning asked with interest that the wages of the ox cart drivers and their fellows were very representative, and that they would probably be able to get an idea of the income level of a place.

"The ox cart driver goes out early and returns late every day, and he can earn about four times a month, and the bartender in the hall has an average of three times a month, and the guys like this inn also have three times a month, which is about sixty percent of the income of the capital, which is almost the same as the income of the counties in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the prices are also comparable."

"But you just said that the mansion is in a special situation?"

Wang Qin nodded, "That's because Songcheng County lives with a large number of descendants of the founding of the country, as well as Shuai, Cao, Xian, Cang and other Jingdong Road Yamen, and there are many high-ranking officials, so the price of a mansion with a good location is expensive, almost equivalent to the price of the outer city of Tokyo." ”

Fanning smiled: "My family has a large population, and I want to find a mansion of twenty acres, which can be bought and rented." ”

Wang Qin thought for a while and said: "There are the most houses of about five acres in the city, and the monthly rent is about ten yuan, but there are not many empty houses of more than twenty acres. ”

Fan Ning asked a little puzzled: "The area difference between Liu Mansion and the other two families is only ten acres, but why is the difference in rent so big?" ”

Wang Qin smiled slightly: "It's not strange at all, it's definitely a penny for a penny, and the big officials will understand it when they go to see it." ”

Fan Ning was a little curious, got up and smiled: "Then go and see!" ”

Zhu Hu had already rented a carriage and a few horses, Fan Ning took Aya into the carriage, and Zhu Hu and Zhu Leopard rode horses to follow the guards.

"Didn't the official want that person to get out of the official house? Why do you have to look for a house? Aya asked a little puzzled.

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Of course he wants to let it out, but it doesn't mean that I want to live." ”

"Why?"

Fan Ning patted her delicate face and said with a smile: "The things in the officialdom are not clear in one or two sentences, anyway, it is just a sentence, others don't make us comfortable, and we won't make them comfortable." ”

Aya didn't seem to understand, but obediently stopped asking.

The closest to the inn is the Yang Mansion, which is a big businessman's house, and because it is an ancestral house, it cannot be sold, so it is willing to rent out the mansion to make money.

Fanning walked around the house and came out, the house was about seventy percent new, and it was built very neatly, the same as the pattern of the Wu Fuma Mansion next door in the past, Fanning didn't like it very much, so he didn't think about it anymore.

The layout of Zhang's house is similar, so Wang Qin no longer recommends it, and everyone goes straight to the willow house in the east of the city.

Entering the willow house, Fanning immediately fell in love with this house, a house of thirty acres, the inner house occupies at least twenty acres, there are mountains and rivers, the big trees are lush, and pavilions and pavilions can be seen everywhere, which is also a garden-style house, which is very similar to the style of his house in the capital.

The house is about ninety percent new, it has just been renovated last year, all kinds of buildings are very exquisite, flowers and trees are scattered, rockery pond fish, the flower brocade fish in the pond is at least a foot long.

In particular, a four-zhang high earth mountain, covering an area of about five acres, the forest is luxuriant, lush, more than a dozen towering trees actually create a kind of forest atmosphere of high mountains and forests, very original, there is an attic and an octagonal pavilion on the mountain.

"It's nice here!"

Fanning praised sincerely: "The monthly rent of 100 yuan is not outrageous. ”

Wang Qin, the tooth man, also smiled: "I said it, here you get what you pay for, and the owner wants a monthly rent of 100 yuan, there is always a reason." ”

Fanning nodded, "This is it, please go and tell the landlord that I have rented this mansion, and the lease period is tentatively set at two years." ”

Wang Qin was overjoyed, "I'm going to tell the landlord, anyway, the furniture is complete, as long as you buy some more bedding and the like, you can move in." ”

After settling on the housing, Fanning returned to the inn.

Soon after he arrived at the inn, Zhu Long, who was sent out to investigate Song Ling, came back in a hurry, Song Ling, as a Hu Cao Sishi, usually has a lot of people looking for him to do things, and his details have long been thoroughly excavated by the brokers, as long as he is willing to pay, Song Ling can get all the details.

Fanning looked at the information in his hand and said with a smile: "I even know what he likes to eat, these people are quite powerful." ”

"It is said that his servant revealed that he loves to eat shrimp, and fried shrimp is a dish that cannot be missing on his family's table every day."

Fan Ning shook his head, he was not interested in this, he asked again, "How much do you know about the relationship between Song Ling and Yang Du?" And who is his benefactor? ”

Fan Ning knew in his heart that if Song Ling had nothing to do with him, he would not be able to get a real shortage of officials like Hu Cao Sishi, so he could only go to the post of Hu Cao to join the army in the Nanjing Garrison Mansion, which was a typical empty post without power and no position.

"Qiyu official, this Song Ling's benefactor is the deceased King Yaochen, he and Wang Yaochen's wife are fellow villagers, and only after finding Wang Yaochen's relationship was he able to be transferred to Yingtianfu as Hu Cao Sishi, the predecessor Zhao Zhinian also valued him very much, it is rumored that he is Zhao Zhinian's person, after Zhao Zhinian was squeezed out, Yang Du is ready to clean him up next, which is the most important reason why he came to the official."

Fan Ning took a few steps, although Zhao Zhijie was promoted by Zhang Yaozuo, but Zhang Yaozuo allowed Yang Du to squeeze out Zhao Zhijie, and did not stand up for Zhao Zhijie at all, until he was squeezed out, and even Zhao Zhinian was humiliated by forcing the official mansion to be forced, and Zhang Yaozuo did not help him, indicating that Zhao Zhinian was not Zhang Yaozuo's descendant.

It can also be inferred from this that Song Ling, whom Zhao Zhijie values, has nothing to do with Zhang Yaozuo, and with Zhang Yaozuo's high vision, he definitely can't look down on this kind of petty official from the eighth grade.

But this Song Ling is very important to Fan Ning, Ying Tianfu has no people loyal to Zhao Zongshi, it is the territory of Jia Changchao and Zhang Yaozuo, Fan Ning urgently needs someone who understands Ying Tianfu officialdom.

Thinking of this, Fan Ning said to Zhu Long: "After dark, you go to Song Ling's house and ask him to come and see me!" ”

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Yang Du was also really annoyed by Song Ling's first standing, and when he returned to the study, he slammed his official hat on the ground, gritted his teeth and said: "I knew that I couldn't be too kind-hearted, he should have driven him to the street to ask for food, and he dared to betray me publicly, see how I clean him up!" ”

At this time, the staff member Wang Yue persuaded him: "Don't worry about such a trivial matter, in fact, Song Ling is just a small person, even if he doesn't go, there will be others to curry favor with Fan Ning, and the top priority now is that Fan Ning is making a fuss about the official residence, and the general judge should think of countermeasures as soon as possible." ”

"What countermeasures do you need to think of, can't you make it impossible for me to move out?" Yang Du was extremely dissatisfied.

"Besides, Jia Changchao agreed to move into the official mansion of the government, and he should solve this trouble for me."

"That being said, Fan Ning is not Zhao Zhinian, he won't bear this breath, the meaning of the humble position is that Jia Xianggong should be notified in time, and let Jia Xianggong say hello to Taichang Temple, unless Fan Ning wants to deliberately make a big deal about it, this matter should be over when it reaches Taichang Temple."

"What if Fanning is just going to make a big deal out of it?" Yang Du asked.

Wang Yue said slowly: "If this is the case, then Fan Ning is not a good person, he is on behalf of Zhao Zhongzhong to seize power in Tianfu, whether it is a general judgment, or Jia Xianggong and Zhang Taishi must be prepared for a fierce struggle." ”

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