The house rented by Lu Zai belongs to the combination of the corridor courtyard and the courtyard house, which can be regarded as the transitional type of the evolution of the corridor courtyard into the courtyard house.

The east side is a corridor room, and the west side is a wing room, which is not symmetrical.

In the middle is the hall house, and there are ear rooms on both sides of the hall house.

There is a row of houses in the backyard with a total of three bedrooms and a study.

The front yard is also quite spacious, with small rooms separated from the east and west sides, which belong to the maid's residence. The servant's house is separated by a wall, and the middle is used for the entrance and exit.

If it is according to the regulations of the Ming and Qing dynasties, this should be counted as three, and the front yard can also be counted as one.

The kitchen and firewood room were opened from the fence and occupied the laneway, which was a proper illegal building.

Such a house layout was mostly rebuilt at the beginning.

In the case of a tight house area, the owner wants to add interest and has to leave enough room for use, so it is a bit nondescript, and even illegally expands and occupies the laneway.

Zhu Ming, Chen Yuan and Min Zishun each asked for an inner courtyard bedroom.

Bai Chongyan slept in the wing.

The retinues of the people were crowded together in two transepts and a servant's room.

The two maids bought from Lu Zai were crowded into another maid's room.

The hall and study room are shared by everyone.

It's shabby enough to have so many people crammed together, but who makes housing prices expensive in Tokyo?

Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun currently only have the identity of Di Gonglang, and the monthly salary is 12,000 yuan.

I have to say 12,000, not 12,000, because of the chaotic monetary system.

The official regulations of the Song Dynasty stated that 1 guan was equal to 770 Wen, which was called provincial Bai. However, private transactions are still accustomed to 1 guan is equal to 1,000 Wen, which is a full hundred. In addition, there is a market bai, that is, according to the fineness of the copper coin to determine how much money is 1 guan.

For example, if they rent a house, the monthly rent is 100 yuan, which is calculated according to the full hundred, and each one is 1,000 copper dollars.

Bai Chongyan's monthly salary is not enough to pay the rent, so he has to live in the capital with money.

In addition, there is Yuan Suiqian, that is, the imperial court pays money for officials to support their followers. Zhu Ming, Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun all have two entourage quotas, each with a monthly salary of 500 yuan.

But 500 money a month can only guarantee that the entourage will not starve to death in Tokyo.

Zhu Ming's situation was much better, because he was sent and could get double salary.

Wen Linlang's monthly salary is 15,000, Lu rice is 3 stone per month, and he has to release horses to make clothes every year, and there are some miscellaneous money.

(Xing) Taixuezheng's monthly salary is 18,000, and there is also Lu rice every month, and the horses must be released every year. (Taixue is a positive ninth grade, which is lower than Wen Linlang's grade.) The dispatch is lower than the rank of the Jilu official, and this situation is called "doing a certain job", which is slightly higher than the normal salary. ）

Double salary plus miscellaneous things, Zhu Ming's monthly salary is about 38,000, and there is still 13,000 yuan left after removing the rent.

Zhu Ming, who has a good salary, is weeding at the moment.

There was a row of flower beds in front of the porch, and weeds had grown. Weeding and protecting flowers should be the right to cultivate sentiment.

"Puff puff!"

Someone outside snapped the knocker, and Gu San ran to open the door.

Min Zishun threw away the weeds and went out to greet him, but it was the three He Su brothers.

The two sides exchanged a few words of greetings, and He Tang picked up the mutton in his hand and said, "The best leg of mutton!" ”

Min Zishun took it and threw it to his entourage, and asked him to take it and hand it to the cook: "The three of them are here, why bother to bring their own food?" ”

"You can't eat and drink for nothing." He Su said.

"Three, please come in." Min Zishun raised his hand to lead the way.

The sound of footsteps reached the inner courtyard, and Zhu Ming shouted, "Come and help!" ”

The three brothers smiled and rolled up their sleeves and ran to help weed.

As disciples of Shuxue, they are proficient in cultivating the Tao and reciting Buddha and cultivating flowers. Pulling up the weeds, his hands and feet are much sharper than Zhu Ming's.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door again, but Qin Hui also came.

The official award has been decided, and most of the Jinshi, from the first to the fourth class, have to leave Tokyo.

Zhu Ming prepared a hot pot and planned to see off Pan Lianggui.

I don't know how to leak the news, the champion He Su came with two brothers, and Qin Hui also ran happily to join in the fun.

Qin Hui brought a jar of wine and said like a treasure: "What my father-in-law gives, bring a good wine." ”

Bai Chongyan took the wine jar, put it outside the corridor, and asked his entourage to go in and move the bench.

Near noon, Pan Lianggui came late, and there were even a few more people he didn't know.

Zhu Ming asked Bai Chongyan in a low voice: "Who is this Zheng Lizhong?" I don't have any impressions. ”

Bai Chongyan said: "He is from Tingzhou, and he is a fellow villager on Fujian Road with Mr. Chen. I admire Mr. Chen's talent and learning, and I often listen to lectures by the Cai River, and I can talk to him quite well. Zheng Lizhong took the top three exams this time and was released as a lieutenant of Chong'an County. ”

Historically, Zheng Lizhong was also a loyal and brave person.

The Jin soldiers went south, and Zheng Lizhong recruited thousands of villagers to fight all the way back to Henan from Fujian, and recovered the lost territories such as Guangzhou (Huangchuan) and Caizhou (Ruyang). The Jin people increased their troops to besiege Caizhou, and Zheng Lizhong was killed in the city.

Zheng Lizhong asked, "Isn't Mr. Mo'an here?" ”

Zhu Ming pointed to the backyard: "Write a book inside, and you will come out when you eat." ”

Chen Yuan no longer lectures in the downtown area, and in order to avoid being labeled as a banned school, he repeatedly emphasized that he was carrying forward the new school, and completely removed the unique views of Luoxue and Shuxue.

However, Yin Shengzhang of Kaifeng Prefecture had another way, directly asked the chengguan (street division soldiers) to come forward, forcibly disperse the people who were listening to the lecture, and arrested Chen Yuan on the charge of obstructing traffic. Fortunately, many students helped to block it, otherwise Zhu Ming would have gone to the Kaifeng Mansion Prison to catch people.

Nowadays, Chen Yuan writes books every day.

In addition to perfecting the theoretical system, he also wrote mathematics, geometry, and physics into a book manuscript.

Bai Sheng and Shi Biao moved out the stove and iron pot, Chen Yuan's four entourages brought coal, and the rest of the entourage were busy slicing mutton and cleaning the internal organs of the heart and lungs.

Qin Hui squatted down to make a fire, but the charcoal fire was not lit, but he choked himself.

Song Di, who took the fifth place in the exam, said with a smile: "I don't know about fireworks, and it's up to me to show my means!" ”

Qin Hui defended: "At home, I use firewood and charcoal, and I haven't learned how to make a fire with this charcoal. ”

Zhu Ji, who ranked sixth in Jinshi, said: "Everything is good in Tokyo, but there is a shortage of firewood, and the smell of charcoal is too strong. When it was time to cook, the whole city was filled with the smell of charcoal. ”

Zhu Ming is worried that he is short of money to spend, and now that the official appointment has been completed, it is time to do business.

After staring at the coal for a while, Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng over: "Where do you buy charcoal at home?" ”

Bai Sheng replied: "Coal field." ”

"Where is the coal field?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Bai Sheng said: "In addition to the inner city, there are everywhere, even on the outskirts of the city. ”

Zhu Ming has a plan in his heart, he can use the coal ash that he doesn't want from the coal field, and use the waste to make honeycomb coal for sale.

Tokyo has been using coal on a large scale for more than 100 years.

At that time, there was not enough firewood, and the imperial court encouraged the use of coal to make fires, and even the sale of coal was tax-free, which stimulated merchants to increase the volume of coal shipments.

Due to the huge profits, the magnates began to speculate on coal.

Song Zhenzong's concubine Chai Zongqing made a big fuss. He instigated tax collectors to collect taxes in violation of regulations and raise the costs of competitors. He contacted the fleet and shipped coal to Tokyo duty-free, dumping at low prices to drive small merchants into bankruptcy. After monopolizing the market, it is sold at a high price for profit.

In the five years of Dazhong Xiangfu, the price of coal was extremely high, and the people were frozen.

The imperial court urgently transferred 400,000 scales of coal and sold it to the people at half price. People rushed in the snow, causing a stampede, killing and injuring countless people on the spot, and some people froze to death because they could not buy coal.

Since then, the imperial court has strengthened its supervision of coal, and it no longer dares to let the powerful monopolize the market.

Up to now, there are nearly 100 coal farms in and around Tokyo. There are official and private ones to prevent one family from becoming dominant.

Zhu Ming paced to the study: "Sir, there is a good business, do you want to come to the book (shares)?" ”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "I don't like business, if you are short of money for success, I can borrow you two hundred yuan." I don't have much silver or gold left in me, and I have to keep some for my days. ”

Zhu Ming said: "When I research the new things, I will borrow money from my husband." This business can also benefit the people, and the people's daily use is the way. ”

"Oh, what's the way to succeed?" Chen Yuan became interested, which was related to the way of daily use.

"You'll know when the time comes, and let's go eat first." Zhu Ming is not yet fully sure, he only saw the honeycomb coal workshop in the town when he was a child in the countryside.

When the two came to the courtyard, the soup base in the pot was already boiling.

Everyone sat down around the iron pot, poured the rice wine, and Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Please say a few words." ”

He Su immediately raised his glass and got up: "Gentlemen, we are all new science and technology scholars, eating the king's lu, loyal to the king's affairs, I hope you can report to the Son of Heaven and the people of Anli." Congratulations for the Great Song Dynasty, congratulations for the official family! ”

"For the Great Song He!"

"Congratulations to the official family!"

The crowd shouted and raised their glasses to drink.

Zhu Mingsha took a piece of mutton and ate it, and said to Pan Lianggui with wine: "You are going to Guizhou farthest, so take care of yourself." ”

Pan Lianggui clinked his glasses and said: "Brother Chenggong's refusal to marry, he has already hated Cai Jing, and offended Dasheng Ci and Kaifeng Mansion Yin, so in the future, we must beware of the traitorous party framing." I'm in Guizhou, but it's safe. ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "If you want to offend the traitorous ministers, everyone here has already offended Wang Huang." ”

"Hahahaha!" The crowd laughed.

As the chief examiner of the provincial examination, Wang Hao is the seat teacher of all new science and technology scholars. Although the imperial court repeatedly ordered that scholars were not allowed to worship the teacher, it could not be prohibited at all.

According to the usual practice, before the palace examination, everyone should take the initiative to visit Wang Huang and thank the teacher for his support.

But Wang Hao's reputation was too stinky, and he was in charge of He Zhizhong, and soon betrayed He Zhizhong. tied up Cai Jing to the throne, and now he has betrayed Cai Jing. Such repeated villains are rare among traitors.

Of the six hundred and seventy-one jinshi, there were only a few people who went to worship the master.

This also has something to do with Cai Jing, the Cai Party controls the officials, who dares to worship Wang Huang, and will be suppressed when he confers officials.

He Su chewed the mutton and said: "When I become a speech official, the first one will be to impeach Wang Huang!" I only know that there is a traitor Wang Huang, but I don't know that there is a master Wang Huang. ”

"Well said!" Song Di raised his glass and drank booze.

Qin Hui sat there a little embarrassed, his wife's third uncle was Zheng Juzhong, and Wang Hao took refuge under Zheng Juzhong.

Everyone is a traitor on the left and a traitor on the right, Qin Hui feels like he is scolding himself when he listens.

Song Di said: "The traitorous ministers in the court are in charge, and the local officials are corrupt. The first thing I did when I appointed the official Fuzhou Cao Peng was to rectify the Cao Xu officials. If he can be promoted to the head of a county, he will rectify the rule of officials in a county. The rule of the officials is clear, and the world can be clear! ”

"Brother Cai Cheng has good ambitions!"

The people here are all relatively young, and they have just been given official positions, and they are bent on showing their ambitions, and they have not yet suffered from the darkness of officialdom.

One by two, drinking wine and eating meat, telling their political ideals.

If the wine is not drunk, everyone will get drunk, and in the end, they will fall crookedly and help each other to leave.

Zhu Ming half-leaned on the porch to sober up, without the slightest intention of bringing down the traitor, only thinking about how to make money by doing business.

If Song Huizong does not fall, can the traitorous party fall?

It's still more practical to make money, the price is too high, and he can't spend enough with a double salary.

(End of chapter)