Chapter 17 The Jiafu Turmoil
This Hua Xiaoshuang is a diligent and delicate person, Ren Xiaoyao has had a very comfortable life since he had Hua Xiaoshuang by his side, and he opened his mouth for food and stretched out his hand for tea. But for Ren Xiaoyao, who is used to living alone, he was really a little unaccustomed to it at first. The most unaccustomed thing is that during the period when Hua Xiaoshuang practiced the footwork like the wind, Ren Xiaoyao couldn't travel around, always lived in the inn, taught Hua Xiaoshuang to recognize words every day, and taught her how to perform the footwork like the wind. There is also the fact that the space of this inn is too small to be used at all. After teaching Hua Xiaoshuang martial arts for a few days, Ren Xiaoyao couldn't stand it anymore, and thought alone in a daze: "It looks like I have to buy a larger personal property." "When Ren Xiaoyao was on Earth, he was the kind of person who almost couldn't afford to rent a house, and now he plans to buy a private villa, which is not an ordinary level of life.
On the second day after Ren Xiaoyao decided to buy a house, Ren Xiaoyao came to a place that recorded all kinds of housing sales information, which is equivalent to the second-hand housing company on the earth, looking for information on the sale of houses on Golgo. But looking around, they are all the kind of houses that can be bought for a dozen taels or dozens of taels, and the most expensive ones are only more than three thousand taels, and they are very few. Ren Xiaoyao was depressed, and now he is a rich man, he originally planned to buy a villa, but he didn't plan to buy a small yard.
"Boss, what are you doing here? Why are they all bargains, and there are no luxury houses for sale?" Ren Xiaoyao, who couldn't find the house he wanted to buy, had to find the boss.
"This brother, our Shuangniu Town is a small town, there are not many rich people, this most expensive house of 3,500 taels is the best house for sale at present, and not many people can afford it, it has not been sold for a long time. The boss didn't dare to offend a rich man like Ren Xiaoyao, so he had to tell the truth.
"Then where should I go if I want to buy a house like the Royal Residence? Ren Xiaoyao continued to ask.
"Brother Tai laughed, how can we have that kind of house for sale in this remote area. However, there is a manor fifty miles west of here, called Jiafu, which is the best manor within a radius of 100 miles, and I was fortunate enough to see it five years ago, and it is no worse than the house where the prince lives. If Brother Tai wants to buy a high-end house, he can go there to see it, but the owner of the manor has a strange temper, and he doesn't know if he sells it or not. The boss said that Ren Xiaoyao wanted to buy the house where the prince lived, and in surprise, he sued Ren Xiaoyao for the best house within a radius of 100 miles.
"Oh, then I'll have to go see it in the afternoon. Ren Xiaoyao was attracted by the boss's best circumference, and directly said that he was going to see it tomorrow, which attracted the boss's disdain. It's almost noon now, and you can see it in the afternoon, but Maxima isn't so fast. The boss thought that Ren Xiaoyao was the kind of person who only bragged about saving face, and directly ignored Ren Xiaoyao's words.
found that there was no house that Ren Xiaoyao wanted, so Ren Xiaoyao didn't look much at it, and went back to the inn directly, and after telling Hua Xiaoshuang to practice martial arts alone, he left for Jiafu. With Ren Xiaoyao's light skill level of the wind footwork now, fifty miles is a very close distance, and it will take half an hour to arrive.
When he came to this Jia Mansion, before he entered it, Ren Xiaoyao was stunned, completely shocked by this Jia Mansion. How to say it, Ren Xiaoyao has also been to see the Forbidden City in Beijing, although this Jiafu is much smaller than the Forbidden City, but this architectural style is imaginative but gives people a sense of integration into nature, the scene outside the Jiafu is stronger than the shock of the Beijing Forbidden City to Ren Xiaoyao. didn't knock on the door, Ren Xiaoyao entered Jiafu with a light leap, and admired it to himself. The layout of this deeply shocked Ren Xiaoyao, Ren Xiaoyao couldn't turn his eyes, and thought in his heart: "It's so beautiful, I'm going to decide on this house, so I'll be my Xiaoyao Villa." ”
With Ren Yao's light work, if he doesn't want others to discover him, no one can find him. After appreciating the general situation, Ren Xiaoyao wanted to find the owner of the house to talk about buying a house, so he calmly discerned the direction and walked towards the place where there were people, but although he walked, he carried light work, and the speed was still very fast.
Coming to a place that should be a living room, Ren Xiaoyao heard that there were many people inside, but he was not alarmed, and gently pasted it, wanting to hear what those people were talking about.
"I said Mr. Jia, how can I say that my Wuhe Gang is also a gang with a head and face here, and now I want to buy your house for 100,000 taels of silver, which can be regarded as giving you a lot of face, why don't you agree to it? I have already been here three times, but I don't want to come for the first time. You must know that although you, Mr. Jia, are the number one architect today, known as Jia Shenjiang, but that is also a matter of the previous dynasty. Since you were involved in the *** incident three years ago, offended the emperor of the dynasty, and was dismissed and went home to retire, you can only be regarded as a lonely person now, and no one dares to stand up for you. If it weren't for the fact that our Five Rivers Gang leader respected you as the number one master craftsman today, I am afraid that I would have robbed you directly, and I wouldn't have spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy it. This is already enough to give you Jia Shenjiang face, don't you not give me face in the Five Rivers Gang!" The one who spoke was a sturdy middle-aged man, about forty years old, with dark skin and bright eyes, obviously a **lake. After he finished speaking, he picked up the teacup, blew the tea leaves gently, and tasted the tea slowly. There was a room of people standing in the room, there were about a dozen people, and judging from their clothing, they should all be disciples of the Five Rivers Gang.
"This Jia Mansion is what I built with my life savings, it is the essence of my life's art, it is more important to me than my life, I will never sell it. Besides, my Jia Mansion cost me more than two million taels of silver, but you only gave 100,000 taels, isn't this a robbery?"
"I said Jia Xiaoxian, do you really think that you are still the original Jia Shenjiang, your reputation and status are not as good as before, of course this price has to be lowered. My Wuhe Gang has always paid attention to identity in doing business, if you weren't for the fact that you were the first craftsman in the world, with your current situation, this Jia Mansion would be worthless. Also, you have only one son in the family of Jia Shenjiang, an old lady, 100,000 taels is enough for you to support your old age, why do you want 1 million taels so much? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble with money?" The middle-aged man who led the Five Rivers Gang heard Jia Shenjiang say that it was the same excuse that he had said countless times, his face looked very impatient, and his tone of voice became even more unkind.
"I, I, what if I don't sell it?" said the Jia Shenjiang and said that the middle-aged man was excited by the middle-aged man's words.
"I have to talk to you about this, I'll just tell you directly, the reason why our helper has always been so polite to you is because you are still a little famous, and secondly, I want to let you sign the deed smoothly, and I don't want to have any trouble in the future. I've been here three times, and if you don't know each other anymore, I have to take special measures to attack your only son and your own mother, and I'm afraid you won't even get 100,000 taels at that time. The middle-aged man sneered when he saw that Divine Craftsman Jia was playing a scoundrel so uninterestingly.
Jia Shenjiang was so angry that he stood up, his face turned red, and he pointed to the middle-aged man and said:
"You, you, you Five Rivers Gang is too much of a bully!"
"My Five Rivers Gang has always done things like this, if you know each other, sign this contract. The middle-aged man didn't care about Jia Shenjiang's angry scolding at all, and motioned to his subordinates to take out the contract and put it on the table, drinking tea leisurely.
It turns out that this Jia Shenjiang is the world's first architectural designer, and has designed mansions for princes and nobles, first-class ministers, and local tycoons. Of course, the most important thing is that most of the current palace was rebuilt by him. In the years when he became famous, he Jia Shenjiang had a huge influence, which also caused him to have a stinky temper. All the people who asked him to design the building had to meet one condition, in addition to having a certain status, that is, to be super rich. Because the buildings designed by Jia Shenjiang are all unprecedented buildings, and the money spent is huge. Among all the buildings designed by Jia Shenjiang, the cheapest one must be four or five hundred thousand taels. But at this price, not everyone will help him design the house, because there are too many people to invite him, and he can't be busy.
Jia Shenjiang is a person who is dedicated to studying the art of architecture, and is not interested in money or anything, and never participates in it. But a person who doesn't understand politics is mixed with high-level people every day, and after a long time, there will naturally be problems. In the dispute between the princes of the previous dynasty, there were countless officials who fell from power, and many of them had designed residences for them, and they were implicated at once, and they also made the current emperor very unhappy. The new emperor who successfully ascended the throne still pardoned him for his capital crimes because Jia Shenjiang had also designed his residence, but dismissed him as an official and never hired him. The disheartened Jia Shenjiang returned to his hometown where he had not returned for many years, and returned to his Jia Mansion to gather with his family, but he was also at ease. And this Jia Mansion was also secretly built by Jia Shenjiang with his savings for many years many years, and it is the crystallization of all his architectural arts. After Jia Shenjiang was dismissed and returned to his hometown, none of those princes and nobles dared to ask him to design a residence, Jia Shenjiang's artistic ideas with an empty mind could not be displayed, and ordinary people could not afford to invite him.
Jia Shenjiang's idle days have passed for three years, and no one disturbs him, but he is also comfortable. But more than a month ago, the Five Rivers Gang suddenly visited and wanted to buy the Jia Mansion that he had spent more than a million taels of silver to build. It turned out that the Five Rivers Gang had already had the idea of beating him in Jiafu, but when Jia Shenjiang had just been dismissed and returned home, the influence was still there, and the Five Rivers Gang was afraid of causing trouble, so they didn't do it. Now that three years have passed, Jia Shenjiang has not dealt with any powerful people, and his reputation has faded, and the new Shenjiang is the only apprentice of Jia Shenjiang, and the Five Rivers Gang finally can't help but make a move. At first, the Five Rivers Gang was very polite to buy it, but Jia Shenjiang's stinky temper directly ignored them, but the Five Rivers Gang came three times, and their attitude became worse and worse each time, and this time, they even went to the bottom to threaten his bride's only son.
Jia Shenjiang, who was cornered, walked around the living room repeatedly, looking extremely hesitant, on one side is a lifetime of hard work, and on the other side is his mother's only son, this choice is really painful for him. But Jia Shenjiang is a very filial person, after the middle-aged threatened with his mother, Jia Shenjiang hesitated for a while in extreme pain and finally sighed gloomily, obviously giving up Jiafu. And the middle-aged man who was sitting and drinking tea pursed his lips and smiled, and Jia Shenjiang's attitude was as he expected.
Jia Fu looked pained, picked up the contract with trembling hands, and was just about to sign it, when suddenly a voice came from outside.
"May I ask if Craftsman Jia is there?" it was Ren Xiaoyao, who had been eavesdropping outside.
"Somebody sneaking around out there. When the middle-aged man of the Five Rivers Gang heard the voice, he stood up, looked stern, and said loudly. This person can come here without being discovered by himself, obviously a master, which has to make middle-aged people nervous.
Ren Xiaoyao walked into the living room leisurely, ignored the middle-aged man, and said to Jia Shenjiang, who was about to sign: "In the next Ren Xiaoyao, I want to ask Jia Shenjiang to build a house for me, I wonder if I am free?"
"Your Excellency I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, the old man has been giving up for more than three years. Besides, the old man in the ordinary house doesn't bother to make a move. "In the face of this young man who suddenly walked in, Jia Shenjiang has the demeanor of a grandmaster of his generation.
"I don't know if I'm interested in building a city, Jia Shenjiang?" Regarding Jia Shenjiang's arrogant attitude, Ren Xiaoyao didn't care about it and continued.
The middle-aged man of the Five Rivers Gang began to look a little unhappy with Ren Xiaoyao ignoring him, and was just about to speak to find a way back, when he suddenly heard Ren Xiaoyao say that he wanted to build a city, he was taken aback, and he held back the unkind words he was about to say. The people who can build the city are not ordinary people, and the Wuhe Gang doesn't want to offend them casually, so let's listen to what he has to say before making a decision.
"The old man's palace was built back then, and I wasn't interested in ordinary cities. When it comes to his art, Jia Shenjiang's attitude is still arrogant.
"Although the size of the city I want to build is not as big as the palace, it is much more difficult to build than the palace, and it is also a grade higher than your Jia Mansion in terms of art style, oh no, it should be a few grades. Ren Xiaoyao was unimpressed by Jia Shenjiang's arrogant attitude, and said lightly.
This scared all the people in the living room, you must know that Jia Shenjiang's Jia Mansion is the crystallization of his life's art, Jia Shenjiang is recognized as the first person in the world of architectural design, although now the whole country is famous for his apprentice, but most people think that his apprentice is not as good as him. And this stranger wants to ask Jia Shenjiang to build a building that is several grades higher than his highest masterpiece, I don't know if it is a pastime for Jia Shenjiang. Moreover, it is more difficult than building a palace, what is the origin of this man, and what does he want to do in building such a city?
"Your Excellency is so big, although the old man has not made a move for more than three years, but I think that I have never seen a building that is several grades higher than the building designed by the old man, Your Excellency will not be joking with the old man. Jia Shenjiang just heard Ren Xiaoyao say that the difficulty is greater than the palace, and the artistry is several grades higher than the current Jia Mansion, his eyes lit up, and then his face became gloomy, obviously in his opinion, such a building is impossible, he thought that Ren Xiaoyao was making fun of him.
"Then if you really want to build such a city, is Mr. Jia willing to make a move?" Ren Xiaoyao continued to ask with a mysterious smile on his face.
"Build, of course build, the old man's only wish in the past few years is to build a mansion that is better than Jiafu. Listening to Ren Yao's tone was not like lying, Jia Shenyi's heart was hot, and his tone became stern and affirmative.