Ying Tianfu has not been a regular city since the day it was founded.

Because there are two mountains in the city, there are countless hills and lakes, and the largest lake in the city is Xuanwu Lake.

The original Xuanwu Lake was located in the outer city, but now with the expansion of the city, it has long since become an urban lake.

The imperial palace of Yingtianfu was not in the middle of the city at first, and was originally located in the southeast corner of Yingtianfu, which was biased to a corner.

With the development and expansion of Yingtianfu, from hundreds of thousands of people to more than 4 million people today, the size of the city has expanded nearly tenfold.

The housing price of Ying Tianfu is not high, but if you want to buy a house, you need not only silver coins, but also qualifications.

Ordinary people know that Xiamafang is the best planned community in Daming, and most of the people living in it are scientific researchers.

Taipingfang is the neighborhood with the most nobles in Yingtianfu, and the families of the noble generals live there.

In the Purple Mountain community, all the people who live there are children of the clan.

These three areas, plus Chang'anfang, which is close to the palace, are all high-end communities that even the rich can't live in.

The Yunshan Bofu given by Zhou Bei was not located in Taipingfang, where the nobles lived, but in Xiamafang.

The number of princes increased from generation to generation, but starting from Gaozu, it took only five generations to pass on the throne.

Many princes could have been crowned a prince and given overseas.

But after the Ming Dynasty fixed the ninety-nine princes' mansions, even if it was a prince, when there was no vacancy in the prince, he could only be crowned the king of the county.

When the prince is eighteen years old, whether he is married or not, he has to live outside the palace.

Most of the princes continue to go to college after they get married, and they can continue to live in Yingtianfu until they graduate from college.

These princes were either studying or waiting to be crowned, so they arranged a community to settle them in Xiamafang, which was a stone's throw away from the palace.

After Zhengde ascended the throne, he has been committed to sending the princes of his uncle's generation to Yingtianfu, and now the villas in this area are vacant a lot.

The mansion of Zhou Bei is located at the very edge of this area, with the entrance of Xiaoling on the east side, the community on the west side used to be the royal family study, and the largest research center in the Ming Dynasty on the opposite side.

When Emperor Gaozu was young, he established ten research institutes in Xiamafang, and these ten research institutes are currently sufficient motivation for the Ming Dynasty to roll forward.

Zhou Bei personally drove his Mercedes-Benz big G, followed the car of Zongzheng Mansion, and parked the car at the gate of the courtyard, and the Purple Mountain not far away was in front of him.

This is truly a treasure of feng shui!

Behind, the car of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also stopped, and the famous Sushang Palace got out of the car.

Whether it was an official of the Zongzheng Mansion or an official of the Internal Affairs Office, they all leaned over to say hello when they saw her.

Today, she personally came forward to help Zhou Bei arrange a residence, which can be said to have given Zhou Bei a big face.

Only she herself knows that Her Majesty is afraid that the officials of the Internal Affairs Office and the Zongzheng Mansion will slack off Zhou Bei, cause him unhappiness, and cause right and wrong.

In the eyes of others, Zhou Bei is just a lucky person who was awarded the title by invention.

But knowing some of Zhou Bei's abilities, Su Shanggong knew how important he was to Da Ming, and how much His Majesty valued him.

For his sake, His Majesty can give up anyone.

She personally went out not only to support Zhou Bei, but also to get closer to Zhou Bei.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs came forward today was Xue Hou of Sipin Langzhong who came forward in person, followed behind Su Shanggong, and kept nodding his head.

In the face of Zhou Bei, he also had a close attitude and took the initiative to talk. "Yun Shanbo, your car seems to look different, is it a new model from the Mercedes-Benz factory?"

Zhou Bei smiled and carried the pot to Zhengde. "Your Majesty asked the factory to study a few special cars and gave me one."

The shape and logo of Daming's Mercedes-Benz are the same as those of another world, but the sense of technology is a little worse.

The car driven by Zhou Bei is almost the same as the existing Mercedes-Benz car, not a familiar person, and he can't tell the difference.

Anyway, Zhengde has to use the bulletproof car as a car, and with his guarantee, Zhou Bei is not afraid of anyone doubting the origin.

He still wanted to talk, Su Shanggong said: "Xue Langzhong, the concubine body still has to return to His Majesty, so let's take a look at the house first." ”

The staff opened the door, and he hurriedly said: "It's the lower official who is happy to see the hunt, and asks the palace to forgive him." Please ......"

On the other side of the car, Zhou Dong held his mother's arm and followed everyone into the yard.

Yunshan Bofu was originally a small courtyard for adult princes, with a three-story villa of 200 square meters each.

The front yard is not large, only enough to park less than ten cars, but there is a pond in the backyard that is connected to the living water, and the back garden is particularly beautiful.

The house is a concrete frame structure, the windows are somewhat Western-style, and all are large.

The interior walls of the house are not planked, but they are covered with wooden floors.

This was originally equipped for the princes who were waiting for the king, and the decoration was extraordinarily luxurious.

Except for the lack of furniture, all the rooms were clean, and Zhou Bei was very satisfied at a glance.

The three-storey villa has six bedrooms, each with a maid's room, all equipped with en-suite bathrooms.

The entire courtyard is nearly 1,000 square meters, and being able to have such a house in Yingtianfu, where every inch of land is valuable, is the dream of countless officials.

"Yun Shan Boke is still satisfied? You also know that since the renovation of the whole city of Yingtianfu, all the mansions have shrunk in area and converted into small buildings, 1,000 square meters of residences, which is already not small. ”

Zhou Bei hurriedly said: "Shang Gong's words are serious, I am very satisfied with this house." ”

Su Shanggong smiled, nodded to Xue Hou and said to Zhou Bei: "Now that there are telephones, telegraphs, and cars, the area of each family has shrunk, and the servants naturally don't need it much."

According to the law, the Earl's Court can invite a maximum of fifteen servants, and when you first return to Middle-earth, there are not many people you should know in this regard.

Xue Langzhong is mainly responsible for the royal property, and he is also familiar with the aspect of servants, if you want to recruit servants, you can consult him more. ”

Xue Hou handed Zhou Bei a business card and said with a smile: "If Yun Shanbo wants to recruit a servant, just come to me." Whether it is the Ming people, the Goryeo people, the Dongyi people, or the natives from all over the South Seas, there are many Ying Tianfu who are servants. ”

Yingtianfu is the place where the aristocracy is most concentrated, and the demand for servants is also the greatest.

The Ming people could not be slaves, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs arranged a large number of people to trade slaves from abroad.

Although these servants have a minimum income guarantee and old-age security, the price is much lower than that of hiring a Ming person.

Even so, there are still many Yi people who voluntarily come to the Ming Dynasty as slaves, and the lives of people in the Ming Dynasty are richer than in their own country.

Zhou Bei took the business card and said with a smile: "I haven't settled down yet, the business card has not been printed, and when I settle down, I will make amends to Xue Langzhong at that time." ”

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. This mansion also has a telephone line, and I will arrange for someone to install a telephone for you and choose a good number for you. ”

Xue Langzhong did what he was ushering in, and the interpersonal relationship was handled very well. You can feel his warmth, caring, but not tired.

Of course, Zhou Bei uses him, today he has to determine the furniture and room layout according to the house and the number of family members, and the maid is in place earlier, which can also make the eldest brother and mother work a little less.

Of course, the layout of the house and the recruitment of the maid must be handed over to his mother, if he is considerate of his mother and does not want her to do the work, it is a wrong choice.

Besides, the two of them arrived at Ying Tianfu ahead of schedule, and they were originally doing this.

However, Zhou Bei was very good at being a man, so he deliberately disturbed Su Shanggong and asked: "Shanggong, in Yingtianfu, a family like ours, how many servants do you usually invite?" ”

Su Shanggong said with a smile: "There is no fixed number for this, but if your family has this house and a hot spring courtyard, you need at least two maids to do hygiene, two cooks, and one gardener, not counting drivers and guards, you need at least five maids." ”

Zhou Bei nodded and decided to hire someone according to the minimum base.

In the noble Yingtianfu, he has no real power, only a title, and is actually at the bottom of the noble.

Before you join the company, the more low-key the better.

What's more, Xu Gongcheng and Hou Guiqiang will also come over soon, they are qualified candidates for drivers and guards.

"Mother, come here."

Zhou's mother couldn't help but be overjoyed when she entered the villa, her son was made an earl, and now she has given this luxurious mansion, she no longer has to worry about the trouble caused by her son.

introduced Xue Langzhong to his mother and eldest brother, and ordered to recruit only five people, so Zhou Bei didn't have to worry about it.

However, he had to prepare a silver ticket for his mother to buy furniture.

In the afternoon of the same day, when Zhou's mother and the others went to the human market at the foot of the shogunate mountain to pick people, the Internal Affairs Office sent a new plaque that had just been baked.

There are one large and one small, all of which are carved with red sandalwood, the small ones are vertically arranged and hung on the pillars of the gate, and the large ones are horizontally arranged and hung on the porch at the entrance on the first floor.

At the same time, there was also a holy decree of knighthood, which was put into the space by Zhou Bei.

The freshly baked Yun Shanbo did not attract much attention in Yingtianfu, and the number of knights conferred by the imperial court every year was not a lot, and the number of derogatories was also quite large, and a young man who was knighted because of his invention could not attract the attention of others.

But in Xuezhou County in Dongzhou, the Zhou family and the Liu family were boiling because of Zhou Bei's knighthood.

Zhou Duo burst into tears of joy, preparing to return to Zhongzhou, and return to his hometown to worship his ancestors as soon as possible.

Xu Gongcheng and Hou Guiqiang were also very excited, especially Hou Guiqiang, he was a little unwilling to leave his foundation to Zhou Bei as an entourage at first, but now, the retinue of an earl is something that countless people are willing to do.

And in the county lord's mansion, this news made everyone have mixed feelings.

Yu Cheng, in particular, was even more emotional. "I really didn't expect that Zaiheng's invention would be so important. This time, his identity will surpass mine. ”

After the restructuring of the Ming clan, the princess was at the same level as the prince, and the concubine was awarded the title of Sanpinxun, which is equivalent to the earl.

Zhu Lihua is the county lord, and her guest of honor is only Sipinxun, which is the same level as the prefect.

This is also the level that Daming deliberately raised in order to balance the power in remote areas far from the center.

Zhu Lihua was also a little surprised, and couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty's signal is clearer now, if I don't honestly go to Tianfu to receive punishment this time, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”