The sky was slightly bright, and the people who woke up not only saw the snow, but also learned the news that Swallow Lane was burned, and people with good deeds went to see that there was scorching smoke rising from the ruins, and the entire Swallow Lane was burned to ashes by the fire.

Wen Mianmian, who woke up, went directly to the next door, and her brother was talking about Swallow Lane with a sullen face, "Let's eat a trench and grow wise, I still can't be kind in the future, I also feel pitiful, and I will be angry when I hear those words again." ”

"Brother, tell me quickly, what's the situation."

Wen Lingxiao took a deep breath, and then he told the story.

In recent years, the charcoal fire in the winter in Swallow Lane is also provided by the General's Mansion, and this year, as soon as the supply is cut off, those who want to spend the winter can only think of their own way, and there are many people who can support themselves to buy charcoal fire, and some people who have no silver can only find wood to dig a pit in the house, burn the fire for warmth, and carelessly caused the fire.

Wen Mianmian was very embarrassed, "I heard that someone from Swallow Lane came to me yesterday for charcoal?" ”

Mrs. Wen shook her head, "I wanted to come to you to arrange for them to work on the New Year's Festival." ”

Wen Mianmian frowned slightly, there are so many people who come and go every day on the New Year's Festival, so she naturally needs to sprinkle and sweep, so she invited several women who are diligent in Swallow Lane to come, because she is very tired of sprinkling and sweeping, she will give fifty Wen a day's wages, and Zhu's sister-in-law also specially thanked Cheng Steward for this.

"I invited all the hard-working women in Swallow Lane, and if they didn't, they were all people who liked to take advantage of small things or cheat and play tricks."

"Those people have to make inches, in my opinion, my brother is right, since it is broken, it has to be broken."

Mrs. Wen had her own worries, she was afraid of affecting the reputation of her husband and son, seeing that she was embarrassed, Wen Mianmian said: "If the mother is concerned about her reputation, she can let the people below rent two miscellaneous courtyards to settle these people in, and the rent will be given for one year, and it doesn't matter what happens after one year." ”

Wen Lingxiao frowned slightly, feeling that his mother and sister were a little kind of woman, Wen Mianmian said to him: "The people inside are not all unreasonable, don't worry, those people will have conflicts in a big mansion within a month, and those who are capable will move out quickly, as long as these people don't live together in the future, what can happen to the remaining people." ”

"Once this dog skin plaster is stained, it is a bit troublesome to take it off."

Mrs. Wen agrees with this, "The annual rent of the compound is not worth a few dollars, so it saves those people from talking nonsense outside." ”

After speaking, he immediately asked the Wang steward to arrange this matter, and Wen Mianmian thought about Swallow Lane again.

In order to prevent the resurgence of the ashes, the people of the Water Dragon Bureau poured water on the ashes again, and the wood that was not burned out was also useful, and it would be collected when the sparks were completely extinguished, and it would be used to make firewood for the original people in Swallow Lane, or sell it, in short, there was no waste.

Wen Mianmian stood on a high place and looked into the distance, and the more she looked, the more she felt excited.

It's also spacious, with a wide ditch, and because of the demolition of the two shops connected to Xingda Street, it also has a convenient location, so you don't have to turn around to get there.

She has imagined in her mind to build an antique street here, the spacious street is paved with wide stone paths, the houses on both sides are carved and painted, the lake behind is clear, the flowers and plants on both sides are planted, and the winding path leads to the pavilion, where visitors can leisurely shop, and when they are tired, they can go to the riverside to enjoy the scenery and drink tea......

Clean, tidy, beautiful, by the way, but also to build a parking lot, each parking space to build a horse shed, people who come in can only sit in a sedan chair or walk......

"Sister! Younger sister! ”

Wen Lingxiao looked at the smirking person on the side suspiciously, and he didn't know what was there to see in the dark place here?

Wen Mianmian was a little excited when he came back to his senses, "Brother, this place is burned like this, how will it be arranged in the future." ”

"Arrangement?" Wen Lingxiao pursed his mouth, "Nine times out of ten, that's it." ”

Is it necessary to build back all the houses for those people?

"Brother, if I want this land, how can I get it?" She stretched out her hand and gestured, "This one, including this stinky ditch." ”

Wen Lingxiao raised his eyebrows, "This piece is not small, what are you going to do?" Running a New Year's Festival? ”

"Just tell me how to get it."

Wen Lingxiao said: "If no one wants it, it will always be deserted, if someone wants to be afraid, it will not be cheap, the city walls of Kyoto are all the land of the imperial court, and it is easy to say that it is easy to build a house with two or three acres, it is difficult to talk about such a large area." ”

Wen Mianmian understood, no one wants this stinky ditch to be a dung pit, if someone wants it, it is a golden bowl, and this principle is the same everywhere.

"Let's go, let's see."

From morning to noon, she dragged her brother to look at the ground for a long time, and it was not until Wen Lingxiao urged her to leave reluctantly, Wen Lingxiao felt that his sister was only afraid that she was stunned, and a piece of scorched earth made her see the flowers.

Wen Mianmian, who returned to the house, went directly to the study, the more she thought about it, the more excited she became, she really wanted to take down that piece of land, but in this way, she would really have to spend the family of the big scalper.

After lunch, she couldn't hold back her temperament and pulled her grandfather to take the pen and ink and went again, and asked his grandfather to paint the situation of the land.

In the evening, Steward Cheng came back to report the situation of the New Year Festival to Wen Mianmian, "A few women from Swallow Lane also came today, and the land in the racecourse was also cleaned for them, and the salary was increased by 20 wen a day. ”

The salary of seventy yuan a day is definitely very high, and those women can be regarded as knowing that it is the princess of his family who takes care of them, and they are grateful to Dade one by one, and they can't see anything that has just been burned when they do their work.

Wen Mianmian nodded and asked out loud: "How much cash can be turned over in the mansion?" ”

Steward Cheng estimated it and arched his hand: "If you want to be in a hurry, you can take out 500,000 taels within three days, and the princess is in a hurry?" ”

Wen Mianmian slowly exhaled a breath, "Manager Cheng, I want to buy a piece of land, which is the one in Swallow Lane, what do you think?" ”

Steward Cheng almost didn't stand firm, the princess is floating, there are a lot of enclosures, but who dares to enclose land in the city, not to mention that the scorched earth can't grow food, what are you going to do?

Seeing him like that, Ziwen Mianmian waved his hand, "Forget it, you just didn't ask me." ”

Steward Cheng said cautiously: "If the princess has any big decisions, let's wait for the prince to come back, and listen to what the prince means." ”

"Got it, go get busy."

In this way, Manager Cheng finally put his mind at ease.

Facts have proved that he doesn't know anything about his princess, and as soon as he walked on his front foot, Wen Mianmian instructed Mama Fang to hand a sign to the palace, saying that she was going to greet the emperor.