"Ahh This ......"

Fang Xu's face showed a big question mark.

Then his face suddenly became ugly: "Master Hou, the Hou Mansion has a little family background. But there were not 1,000 but 800 houses in the upper reaches of the Jinshui River, and he bought one of the larger ones and spent 200,000 taels of silver ......."

A house is 200,000 taels of silver, how much does a thousand sets cost?

"Hiss~"

After breaking his fingers and counting for a long time, Chen Kan got an accurate result, a lot.

Anyway, with the family background of the Hou Mansion, he must not be able to afford it.

After a while, Chen Kanfeng patted Fang Xu lightly on the shoulder: "Oh, that's fine!" ”

Then he showed an encouraging expression: "You did a good job in buying a house." ”

"Thank you Lord Hou for the compliment."

After saying thank you, Fang Xu always felt that something was wrong, but Chen Kan had already strode towards the convoy that had already moved.

The long convoy stretched for several miles, and the subordinates of the Hou Mansion really moved everything that could be moved to Beijing.

After all, people have heard that their own Hou Ye is likely to live in Beijing for more than three years, or even stay in Beijing and not go back.

Chen Kan did not take a carriage with his dependents, but found a carriage full of goods and got on the wheel.

It's not the first time that Beijing Chen Kan has arrived, but it's the first time for Daming's Beijing Chen Kan.

The last time Chen Kan came to Beijing, the place where Zhuozhou City was located had become Fangshan District, and the large area of fertile land outside Zhuozhou City had been occupied by high-rise buildings.

The style of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty is still very primitive.

Although there are many villages outside the city, they are still more than a step worse than the Jingshi in the world's best place.

As far as the eye can see, Chen Kan can rarely see the houses scattered on the North China Plain with blue bricks and white tiles.

Most of the villages are made up of adobe and thatch.

On the outskirts of Beijing, Chen Kan's first feeling was poverty, not ordinary poverty, but extreme poverty.

Unlike the south, thanks to the popularization of Champa rice introduced from the Southeast Asian Peninsula in the former Song Dynasty, the rice in the south of the Yangtze River can be harvested at least twice every year, so there is always no shortage of grain.

And the north, especially the land of the North China Plain, has not been a rich place since ancient times.

Even if the former Yuan had the capital here, it was more looting of the people than development.

Walking all the way, Chen Kan did not see the imaginary harvest scene of 10,000 seeds in the autumn.

More often than not, a group of yellow-skinned, skinny people are replanting traditional northern crops in the fields, millet seeds.

It is hard to imagine that Zhu Di fought all the way from the Beiping frontier to Nanjing with the support of such a group of poor people who did not even have a complete set of clothes.

It's a pity that Chen Kan came late, otherwise he really wanted to ask Emperor Jianwen, how did he play a good card to a sparse and perfect bypass all the correct options?

Not long after the convoy set off, a sparkling river came into view.

The scenery of the small river is beautiful, and you can also see many families of rich and noble families enjoying the cool air by the river, which is in stark contrast to the poor people in the fields near Zhuozhou.

A river of golden water seems to separate two worlds, and the unevenness of the world is vividly expressed here.

At the end of the river, a majestic city came into view.

That is the city of Beijing under construction.

Even from a long distance, Chen Kan and his entourage could see the fly ash and dust shrouded in the sky above Beijing.

Clearly, Beijing is undergoing a massive transformation.

Beijing is a square city facing south, the Jinshui River flows into the city from the north of the city, and then flows out from the south to the south.

Theoretically, the fastest way to reach their new home is through the middle of the city.

But looking at the mud above the city, Chen Kan decided to take a detour.

Under the leadership of Fang Xu, everyone bypassed the path on the east side of the city, the scale of Beijing City was really large, and the bypass along the city wall was half a day later than everyone expected.

Finally, the sparkling Jinshui River appeared in front of everyone's eyes again.

At the same time, the exquisite houses built along both sides of the river also appeared in the eyes of everyone.

Obviously, there are rich people in Beijing, but they are all gathered in the upper reaches of the Jinshui River.

It's not surprising that no rich person would go downstream to use the river water used by the rich upstream.

As you get closer to this residential area, the scenery along the river changes abruptly.

First, there were endless lotus bushes in the wetlands on both sides of the river, and the houses were separated by clusters of wood hibiscus.

The public area is full of delicate Luoyang peonies, pavilions and pavilions look simple and elegant, and rockeries formed by Taihu Lake stones......

The biggest change is that the dirt road under everyone's feet has become a neat and smooth marble paved path, and the marble paved road leads in all directions, even extending into the fields outside the residential area.

Coming here, Chen Kan jumped out of the car and started walking, for the environment here, Chen Kan is satisfied, although it is in the north, but it also makes people feel like they are in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The only thing that's not beautiful is that there are no tall trees to shade it, and the summer is definitely hot.

Yun Cheng leaned behind Chen Kan and explained to Chen Kan: "Master Hou, this is the residence of the Northern Yuan nobles in the former Yuan Dynasty, after the Northern Yuan Dynasty returned to the grassland, His Majesty came to Beiping to take up the domain, and gave the house here to the princes and ministers, so the people who live here are either rich or noble." ”

"Oh!"

Chen Kan nodded in understanding.

No wonder there are no tall trees here, and the feeling is that the assassins are hiding in them.

After a while, everyone walked to the door of a large mansion under the leadership of Fang Xu.

The plaque on the door has been replaced with four gilded characters in the Jinghai Marquis Mansion.

At this time, the mile-long moving team under Chen Kan also attracted many onlookers, most of whom were dressed as stewards.

Obviously, Chen Kan's neighbors are also interested in Chen Kan, a new neighbor.

Chen Kan automatically ignored the curious gaze that was secretly cast and ordered Fang Xu to open the door.

Then he took the lead and walked into the new house with his hands behind his back.

Zhu Zhanji, when it was a flower, Zhu Zhanji ran towards the atrium with a smoke, ready to find his favorite bedroom.

Zhu Yuelan and Yun Cheng commanded the subordinates of the Hou Mansion and the idlers who helped the idle men to move the things on the carriage towards the mansion.

And the most advanced door is Chen Kan and Zhu Yuelan's big bed.

There was no way, there was no bed to sleep at home when he was in Nanjing, so he made Hou Ye so angry that he went to the Qinglou to take a nap, and now Yun Cheng really didn't dare to make such a small mistake again.

The so-called three-entry house is composed of three courtyards, of which the front yard is where the descendants of the Hou Mansion live, and the atrium is the residence of the three Xiao Langjun and Yun Cheng, the housekeepers.

In addition, the auditorium where Chen Kan meets guests and the restaurant where the family eats are also in the atrium, and the backyard is the residence of Chen Kan and Zhu Yuelan.

The courtyard of the three entrances adds up to more than 100 rooms.

Although it is a little smaller than the Hou Mansion in Nanjing, considering that a group of people are new to the car, Chen Kan did not find any fault.

The only fly in the ointment is that there is no lake in the garden in the backyard, only a small pond, the pond is about twenty or thirty square meters, and there are some fish and Wang Ba in the water.

Walking around the courtyard, Chen Kan saw that the bedroom had been arranged by the subordinates, so he planned to make up for sleep first.

After drifting on the ship for more than a month, even though Chen Kan is used to taking a boat, compared to the soft big boat, life on the ship is still far from comfortable.

The yawn came as it was said, and along with the yawn came Yun Cheng's disgusting old face.

"Master Hou, someone outside the door asked to see him, and the other party claimed to be the commander of the 3,000 battalions left behind in Beijing."

Chen Kan's footsteps paused, and his face showed a strange look: "The three thousand battalions left in Beijing to command the matter?" ”

With a snap of his mouth, Chen Kan was a little stunned.

Although Chen Kan did not hide his whereabouts along the way, this Laoshzi commanded the affairs too quickly, right?

Three thousand battalions, one of the three major battalions of the forbidden army in the capital, was originally composed of three thousand Mongols who served the Ming Dynasty, so it was named three thousand battalions, and the other two battalions were the five military battalions and the Shenji battalion.

However, the development of the 3,000 battalion has long been more than the 3,000 at the beginning of the camp, but has expanded to an exaggerated 70,000.

and then united the five military battalions and the Shenji battalion, known as the 200,000 forbidden army.

At the same time, the three battalions are also directly under Zhu Di's personal control of the troops.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty in history, the most fundamental reason why the civil official group was able to completely suppress the imperial power was that the main force of the three major battalions was buried in Tumubao by the Emperor Baozong.

Otherwise, if one of the three battalions is still there, it will not be the turn of those Jiangnan wealthy clans to jump up and down in the court.

At present, the main forces of the three major battalions are in the Gongwei Beijing Division in Nanjing, and only 5,000 soldiers under the command of the 3,000 battalion remain in Beijing.

"Then let's go and see you."

Chen Kan quickly made a decision.

He wanted to see what his titular vice president meant.

Walking out of the backyard with his hands behind his back, bypassing the busy Hou Mansion's subordinates, Chen Kan saw the commander of the forbidden army who stayed in Beijing outside the gate.

and a cart of gifts and two servants behind the commander of the forbidden army.

"The last general, Zhou Shi, has seen Master Hou."

When the visitor saw Chen Kan, he quickly stepped forward with two servants and saluted, and his face was full of respect, so that people couldn't find fault with it.

Chen Kan raised his eyebrows and pointed to the pavilion not far away: "General Zhou is exempt, Ben Hou first arrived, and there was chaos in the house, so he didn't invite General Zhou to come in as a guest, if General Zhou doesn't dislike it, how about we go over there?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Shi's face suddenly stiffened, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart.

He didn't expect that he ran over to show his loyalty in a hurry, but he couldn't even enter the gate of the Hou Mansion, which was a bit insulting.

But after all, he had been in a high position for a long time, and he quickly suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and arched his hand to Chen Kan and said: "It's the last general who is abrupt, Master Hou, please." ”

Chen Kan nodded, and walked straight towards the gazebo not far away with his hands behind his back.

Coming to a stone table in the middle of the pavilion and sitting down, Chen Kan stretched out his hand and motioned, "General Zhou, please take a seat." ”

Zhou Shi hesitated for a moment, then came to Chen Kan and sat down.

Just as he was about to speak, Chen Kan asked in a preemptive voice: "General Zhou is here today, isn't it for the joy of He Benhou's housewarming?" ”